Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1930, Page 12

A—12 WOMEN' SESSTON 'BRINGNG 80 HERE Conference on Defense Will Consider Disarmament Par- | ley as Chief Topic. e | With about 800 delegates from 40 | organizations expected in attendance, the fifth Womans Patriotic Conference | on National Defense will open Wednes- | day night with a mass meeting in Con- i stitution Hall. | Discussions to come )jefore the dele- | gates will hinge mainly dn the oresent disarmament conference in London, questions of national defense and allied ies. Officers of the conference are: Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president gen- eral of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is_chairman of the confer- | ence; Mrs. Donald Macrae, national | presidnt of the American Legion Auxil- iary, of Indianapolis. Ind., is first vice | chairman and Mrs, Virgil McClure, na- tional president of the American War Mothers, of Lexington, Ky., is second | vice chairman; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker of Washington is secretary and Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter of Tidioute, Pa., | is treasurer. | Public Reception. A public reception will be held after | the meeting Wednesday night. to which | cards are not required. Ad ll'.‘:mber r.;( i diplomats and Senators an present- atives have accepted invitations. This will be the first formal showing of | Constitution Hall, in completed form, to the public. While customary to seex audiences | each year at the White House, the three chairmen have agreed that they would not impose their usual request upon President Hoover, due to the great stress of business before aim. Sessions Thursday and Friday will be held in Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. C. C. Coombs of Washington is chairman of a committee that is ar-| ranging for the conference dinner | Thursday night at the Willard Hotel. A trio of the leaders in the national defense conference, opening Wednesday. Upper: Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, presi- d ean Revolution, chairman, and Mrs. Donald Macrae, national president, American Legion Auxiliary, first vice chairman. Lower: Mrs. Virgil McClurg, national Mothers, second vice chairman. lent gewcral, Daughters of the Ameri- president, American War ‘The guests of honor on this occasion will be the woman members of the House of Representatives. Mrs. Hobart to Speak. Speakers at the opening session Wed- nesday will be Mrs. Hobart, on “The Purposes of the Conference”: Mrs. ‘Thomas Wi -, Maj. O. L. Bodenhamer, national com- mander of the American Legion, on “The liam Sherman Walker, vice president general of the D. A. R. and chairman of the society's national defense com- mittee, on “National Defenss.” Mrs. Macrae welcome the dele- gates and the response will be given by Mrs. McClure. United States Ma- rine Band will furnish music and Mrs. Russell W. Magna of Holyoks, Mass. will sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘The invocation will be by Rev. Z. B. Phillips, chaplain of the Senate. Fifty girls from Washington and nearby_cities will act as ns, under Mrs. W. W. Wagner. e District Council of Boy Scouts will serve af NEW CEMETERY BEAUTIFUL “Where the Memory of Beautiful Lives will be Kept Beautiful . . . Always” To be Built Adjacent to Takoma Park—Silver Spring—Northwest Washington Section commander of was one of the s WOMEN DEMAND REPEAL OF LIQUOR AMENDMENT | Former Legion Head, Speaking Be- fore “Wet” Committee, Criti- cizes Dr. Doran. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 25.—A resolu- tion calling upon Congress to propose & referendum on the repeal of the eight- eenth amendment was adopted yester- day by the women's committee for re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. The plan calls for ratification ventions in three-fourths of the S:.‘;WII. , nal ‘Ammetican Legion, | State con- Edward M. B{:flm’d e ers. He criticized James Doran, national prohibition com- | about 110 missioner, for blaming of enforcement officers in Florida upon anti-prohibition propaganda . e recent killing THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY ‘.’ti.. LR R (R O W00 ) DIRECT WOMAN PATRIOTS’ PARLEY) HISTORIC BANNERS WILL BE DISPLAYED Muster of Battle Flags Will Be Staged Tonight by 6th Field Artillery. A muster of battle flags by the 6th Field Artillery of Fort Hoyle, Md., com- memorating the display of the regi- mental ‘American combat flag on the battle front at Sanzey, France, January 21, 1918, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in St. Stephen's Church. The flag was the only banner carried into battle dur- ing the World War. The service appreciation will be di- rected by Rev. George F. Dudley, rector of the church, chaplain of the Washing- qun contingent in the Spanish-American ar. Members of the national standard and colors of the 8th Field Artillery, bear- ing battle colors representative of every major war of the United States, will attend the ceremonies. This regiment displays & group of authenticated com- bat banners, dating from 1794 to the World War, and the color bearers are all winners of decorations for bravery. Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, chap- lain of the regiment, will deliver an address, tracing the battle history of American flags. The ceremonies will close with a battle flag homage to the allied nations. MISSING FOR 25 DAYS. PRI RS, JPollee Asked to Aid Search for Miss Laura Conneau. | Poltce yesterday were asked to ald in the search for Miss Laura Comeau, 22 years old, who has been missing from her home in Chevy Chase since New Year eve. Miss Comeau is described as being ¢ feet 11 inches in height and weighing pounds. She has medium ;blond hair. When Ilast seen Miss Comeau was wearing a silver muskrat | coat and & brown hat. [ < 4NNOUNCING Washington Memorial Park THE CAPITAL’S PARK-PLAN No tombstones or monuments permitted. Bronze Markers Only, flat with the lawn. Artistic—Democratic—Permanent Inexpensive | BUILT are included in the AND BY EXPERTS Men of wide reputation and unquestioned ability company enterprising Wash- ington Memorial Park. LOCALLY OWNED AND CONTROLLED A corporation composed of business and profes- sional men of Washington and adjacent com- munities has determined to build for this city America’s finest burial park. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS Nicolet and Griswold, Inc., of Pittsburgh, have sold. DELIGHTFULLY ghostliness. garden spot. |Justice Stafford May Name PERPETUAL CARE A great Perpetual care fund will be created for Washington Memorial Park by setting aside, in trust with the Merchants Bank and Trust Company, of Washington, a fixed percentage of all money derived from the sale of lots. ONE MILLION DOLLARS will accrue in this fund when the lots are all Washington Memorial Park is not “just another cemetery.” It will be as different from the old- style graveyard as sunlight is unlike darkness— as life is unlike death. Gone, the unsightly tombstone; gone, the atmosphere of sorrow and In the place thereof a delightful “A Living Shrine of Perpetual BEAUTY CAFRT EXPECTED T0 BE RECENER Manager for Corcoran Courts Tomorrow. Justice Wendell P. Stafford of I.hcl District Supreme Court is expected to sign a decree tomorrow appointing Morris Cafrits receiver for the Cor- coran Courts Apartment House, of which Samuel J. Henry, former presi- dent of the F. H. Smith Co., was a trustee. Justice Stafford announced from the bench Priday that he would designate Mr. Cafritz as receiver provided a satisfactory bond was arranged. The application for a receiver was brought by Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner, representing Mrs. Nancy De- Land of Bethesda Md., a bondholder. Henry Resigns Position. After the receivership petition, it was learned that Henry had resigned as president of the Smith Co. and that G. Bryan Pitts had relinquished his chairmanship of the company's board of directors, Some time ago' the resignations of Representative Frederick N. Zihlman and former Controller of the Currency Daniel R. Crissinger as directors were announced. Seven men identified ‘with the com- pany were indicted here in December for alleged use of the malls to de- fraud, but only two of these are still participating in affairs of the company. They 'are John H. Edwards, jr.. and C. Elbert Anadale. Henry C. Maddux, the seventh man indicted, has denied that he was ever associated with the Smith company. Weeds Manages Company. Frank J. Raichle, New York at- torney for the Smith company, an- nounced that active management of the concern had been taken over by Theodore Weeds of New York, at an annual salary of $25,000. Mr. Weeds ‘was connected with the Commonwealth Finance Co., which went out of busi- ness here several years ago. Henry declared last night that he understood that he was to remain as trustee of the Corcoran Building. He added he assumed he, as trustee, would retain title to the property and the receiver would direct its operation. GIVEN 170 8 YEARS. Colored Man Is Sentenced in Death of Girl, Henry Pratt, colored, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Dorothy Kelly, col- ored, 3 years old, was sentenced yester- day by Justice Peyton Gordon in Crimi- nal Division No. 1 to serve eight years in the g:nlmnthry. Pratt, while drunk September 20 last, had an argument with a colored woman in a house in Gordon avenue northeast and began shooting. Later he walked into the street and continued firing. One of the bullets struck the child, who was stand- ing in the doorway of her home, causing her death. He was represented by At- torney John H. Wilson. DIFFERENT be MAJ. GEN. AMOS A. FRIES TO BE CHURCH SPEAKER Retired Army Officer, Chemical Service Head, Is Eckington Guest. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A., retired, former head of the Chemical Warfare Service, will speak on “Chris- tian Citizenship” at a mass meeting to held February 2, in the Eckington Presbyterian Church, under auspices of the Crusade-With-Christ Commission of the Christian Endeavor Union. Arrangements for the meeting are under direction of the Christian cit- izenship committee of the commission. to prevent their spreading. LOS ANGELES | NEW ORLEANS PHOENIX SPRINGFIELD | coLumBus ¢ g SYRACUSE | FT. WORTH TAMPA LANSING MILWAUKEE | ROCHESTER planned by the commission, Former | {°chairmani of the commission. icipated in. by the :Snmbl Church quartet. — of which Irving Koch, of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, is according to Luthér H. Kinard, associate religions work director of the Y. M. C. A. A special musical program will be | At ? Luther Place The public will be invited to Attend the meeting. Bubonic Plagne Is Reported. LISBON, Portugal, January 25 (#).— | ‘The Governor General of Angola, Por- | citrus crop, were presented to him at tuguese West Africa, has cabled the colonial office thgt three cases of bu- bonic plague have broken out at Porto | Floride. Orange Festival at Winterhaven, Alexandro. Measurcs have been taken | Fla. PICK OF FLORIDA ORANGE CROP GIVEN PRESIDENT | Two Boxes, One Containing Grape |P Fruit, Rushed Here by Plane. ‘Two specially packed boxes, contain- ing what was represented to President Hoover as being the finest oranges and grape fruit from this year's Florida ., who office. 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