Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1930, Page 4

DORAN LAUNCHES DRY LAW RESEARCH Will Gather Data for Hoover on All Phases of Prohibi- tion Enforcement. By the Assoclated Press. A research into all phases of prohibi- tioa enforcement to gather data which will be presented to President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission has been inaugurated by Prohibiiion Commis- | sioner Doran. | Doran said today that he had in-| structed Palmer Canfield, former pro- | hibition administrator at Albany and | now a legal expert of the bureau, to | gather the records of enforcement in all | States and municipalities. He added that Canfield had not progressed far enough to make any gencral conclusion possible. but that his study this far had shown a wide variance of municipa! and State statutes relating to prohibition. W) the study, is completed the | com mer expects it will provide a fairly accurate picture of enforcement conditions throughout the United | States and will enable the more equit- able distribution of prohibition forces When the Prohibition Bureau is trans- ferred to the Department of Justice the | data will be made available to Attorney | General Mitchell for use as a basis of reorganization of the enforcement ma- chinery. FACE BADLY SCALDED. Taxicab Driver Hit by Flood of Steam From Radiator. Milton Davis, 25-year-old taxicab | driver of 1233 Shepherd street, was burned about the face and head early yesterday when he lifted the hood of his car to examine the engine and was struck in the face by a stream of scalding water shooting from the radiator. Davis, a driver for the Black & White Cab Co., was removed to the Emergency Hospital for treatment after the mis- hap, which occurred in front of the Willard Hotel. Paul G. Burton to Lecture. Paul G. Burton, secretary of the Anglo-Catholic _Club, will lecture on “The Catholic Faith From a Layman's Point of View” at a meeting of the club this evening. Dr. John R. Oliver, who was to have spoken, will be unable to address the club, due to illness. o Imports of raw cotton into Hungary from the United States last year was 40 per cent greater than in 1928. | concert and oratorio and oIt _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 MARGARET MATZENAUER QUITS AS METROPOLITAN CONTRALTO Concert and Oratorio Oppor- tunities Are Desired by Opera Star. Leading Singer’s Resignationf Is Season’s Third in Organization. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—Margarat Matzenauer, for 19 a leading con- traito of the Metropolitan Opera Co., announced yesterday that she will not | return to the Metropolitan next se She appeared at the M Wednesday for the last tim the role of Amneris in “Aida own request, she said, ageme it was her | not to accept a the Metropolitan Opera statement given out by “was due to her desire to MARGARET MATZENAUER. the organization this year. The other wo are Amelita Galli-Curci and Frances Alda. She ber, 1 opportunity for her artistic acti lack of opportunity given by politan organization to her the third of the ingers to leave 13 BELOW REPORTED | AT ALTAMONT, MD. Coldest of Winter Weather Noted in Cumberland Region. same time redt of the loan. plan tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., February 17— The snap, which came with sudden- ness late Saturday afternoon, developed into the coldest of the Winter yester- | 5 day morning with the mercury drn;)-i on your ping to 13 below zero at Altamont, Md Stvings in the glades, where a new snowfall | ; £ Organis measures 6 inches. | / There is no_drifting. according to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reports The Western Maryland Railroad re- ported 4 below zero at Deap, Pa., and Thomas, W. Va. Frostburg has about | 8 inches of snow with zero tempera- | ture. OR MORE Under Supervision 5{yined the company in Novem- | Open daily 9 to 5 Saturday until noon NATIONAL PERMANENT Building Association F. J. SHEED TO OPEN CATHOLIC SERIES | Lecturers to Be Brought to Capital to Explain Church’s Position. Business and professional men of the city have joined in organizing the Catholic Testimony Associates to bring to Washington each Winter prominent lecturers, cleric and lay, from varlous parts of the country and Europe, for the purpose of explaining the position of the Catholic Church on questions' of the hour. The initial lecture will be given to- morrow evening at 8:15 o'clock in the Immaculate Conception auditorium, 715 N street, by F. J. Sheed of Lon- don, who is spending February in th United States. Mr. Sheed'’s lection tomorrow is open to the public. Rev. Francis J. Hurney, pastor of the Church ot the Immacnilate Con- ception, is president of the Catholic Testimony Assoclates and will serve untll the selection of a layman. Oth- er temporary officers are Rossa F. Downing, vice president; John E. Lynch, secretary; Eugene F. Gallery, treasurer; Victor Mersch, Willlam C. Sullivan, John Manfuso and Camden McAtee, members of the board of di- | rectors. 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