Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 4

o SIX VIRGINIA SCHOOL ORATORS SELECTED Lelgh Asks Audiences to Aid Speakers by Attention Paid to Remarks. ‘With the first of & series of five Vir- county oratorical finals scheduled this week to be staged tonight in Leesburg, National Oratorical Contest ‘Headquarters announced today the mames of six school winners of other counties. ‘The contest tonight will be among the four high schools of Loudoun County and will be held in the audi- torium of the Leesburg High School at 8 o'clock. O. L. Emerick, superin- tendent of Loudoun County Schools will reside and present The Star medal to Be winner. The school representatives made pub- lic today and their subjects include Leo Miller, 16_years old, of the Franklin- Sherman High School, “The American Constitution and the People”; Victor W. White, 17 years old, of the Jefferson High School, “The Constitution, a Guarantee of the Liberty of the Indi- vidual”; Grace Hamilton, 15 years old, of the Warrenton High School, “The Origin of the Constitution”; Ernest Brown, 16 years old, of the Warrenton High School, “The_Constitution in the Daily Life of the Individual’; Thelma Brown, 17 years old, of the Bealeton High School, “The Origin of the Consti- tution,” and Rebecca Wallace, 17 years old, of the Mechanicsville High School, “The Constitution.” Leigh Advises Audiences. With the interschool eliminations beginning throughout The Star Area tofil;, Randolph Leigh, national direc- tor of the contest, issued the following statement concerning the ways in which audiences may help the youthful orators: “Student bodies whose champions are for them in the interschool m{ the National Oratorical Con- test have an excellent opportunity this year to influence the results of the competition. This is possible because the extemporaneous feature makes an additional call upon the moving power of the young orators, who in turn will be influenced by the responsiveness of their hearers. “The rules forbid applause during the delivery of the extemporaneous speech, as in the midst of the prepared oration. They do not, however, forbid a sympa- thetic and concentrated attention on the part of the audience. “Pupils who are speaking extempo- raneously for the first time, or those who have not had considerable experi- ence in that form of public address, are keenly aware of a sympathetic audience and respond splendidly to it. They are, similarly, disturbed by any show of inattention on the part of their ‘hearers. Feel Need for Sympathy. “Many pupils who have had some in e eous speaking before small audiences, such as their own classes, feel the definite need for audience sympathy when they face the large audiences which attend the more extent of hearer-sympathy becomes an increasingly important factor in the re- mnp:l l'il'u cfigmt. . who are attending meetings, therefore, will increase the chances of their favorites by cultivating a support- ing and encouraging frame of mind while they listen. Their school loyalty w&;fiw such a course as an heir own speakers, their sports- manship ‘will guarantee simflar treat- ment for all of the speakers. If that fiu:y is adhered to the will stimulating from the standpoint of the orators and, therefore, doubly in- teresting from the standpoint of the e French ha expresst “The c] ve an yhich accurately portrays o ‘assisted at’ & meet- From that point of view the au- dience is an active and not merely a )’:;:slve {%c’lormln the gathering. If is pired orator, but ¥ spires him.” Whnos LEO MILLER, Who will resent the Franklin-Sher- man High )l of McLean, Va., in the Fairfax County finals of the Na- tional Oratorical Contest. DAVIS SAYS HOME 1S KEYSTONE STATE Secretary Ridicules Demo- cratic Charge He Was Ap- pointed lllinoisan. Becretary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor, candidate for the Republican nomination for Senator, re- turned to Washington today from Pitts- burgh well satisfied with the manner in which his campaign for the nomina- tion is progressing. Mr. Davis ridiculed the chgrge of Sedgwick Kistler, Democratic candidate for nomination to hte Senate, that he, Davis, was not eligible for election as Senator from Pennsylvania because he had been appointed in March, 1921 to his xfismem position as “James J. Davis of Illinois.” “I went to Pennsylvania when I was seven years old,” sald Mr. Davis. “Pennsylvania has been my home for 40 years. For the last 22 years I have voted regularly in Pittsburgh.” The records show that Mr. Davis was appointed Secretary of Labor by the late President Harding as “James J. Davis of Illinois.” Mr. Davis was & founder of Mooseheart Home and School, in Illinois, and in 1906 became director general of the Loyal Order of Moose. In some quarters it has been sug- gested that perhaps President Harding, in naming his cabinet on March 4, 1921, assigned Mr. Davis to Illinois so as the better to distribute the cabinet geographically. He had selected Andrew ‘W. Mellon of Pennsylvania to be Secre- tary of the Treasury. Mr. Davis, however, does not take this view. He sald today he believed it was the mistake of one of the clerks at the White House, made at the time his name was sent to the Senate. “I may have written a letter from Mooseheart, d11., which was in the files, and caused the mistake,” said Mr. Davis. “Although I was engaged in the building of the Mooseheart. Home, I never lived in Illinois more than a week at a time all the time the work was going on. My home was in Pittsburgh. 1 was there. My thildren were born there, except those that were born in Washington.” In the Congressional Directory, pub- lished in 1921, the official biography of t Labor gives Pittsburgh, as the home of Mr. Davis and each succeeding congressional directory has carried the same home address. Davises Lining Up. This is the last day for filing nomi~ nating petitions in Pennsylvania. Sec- retary Davis had one sheet,submitted to him, a completed petition from Car- WEATHER HANPERS BYRD PHOTO FLIGHT Schoenhair, Attempting to Rush Pictures to U..S., Is Held at Managua. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, March 31.—Adverse weather conditions over Central America today caused Lee Schoenhair, carrying pic- tures of the Byrd expedition, to turn back to Managua after leaving there this morning, according to & radio mes- sage received by Pan-American Alrways here. Schoenhair returned to Managua at 10:45 a.m. and planned to start for the United States again this afternoon if weather conditions cleared. Schoenhair, flying the Miss Sliver- town, owned by the Goodrich Rubber Co., is rushing pictures to the United States, especially for the New York Tires, the Assoclated Press and Para- mount News. Exclusive Pictures Aboard. On the plane are the exclusive ex- pedition pictures made in the Antarctic by Paramount Newsreel and the New ‘York Times. The airman left France Field, Canal Zone, yesterday morning after receiving the photographs and motion picture films of the Byrd Exposition from Willard Van Derveer, official Newsreel photographer with the expedition, who arrived by the steamer Tamaroa from New Zealand at Panama Saturday. He arrived in Managua yesterday afternoon and, because of weather conditions, de- cided to remain overnight. Nineteen miles of motion picture film, cranked from the time the exyedmon left Dunedin, New Zealand, for the Bay of Whales, until the dramatic de- parture from the Ross Ice Barrier the return to an enth wel at the New Zealand base, were aboard the plane. The day after the arrival in Dunedin of Admiral Byrd's bark, the City of New York, Van Der Veer sped across New Zealand to Wellington, where the liner Tamaroa was held for him. Holds Loaded Speed Records. Schoenhair, who is a former first lieutenant in the United States Army Alr Service and a one-time mail pilot, planned fueling stops at Havana, Miami and Fayetteville, N. C. The flight with the news pictures was glnnned as the speediest means of ringing the photographic record of the expedition before the eyes of Amer- ican newspaper readers and motion picture audiences. Thus an airplane Byrd enterprise, in which airplanes have Byrd enterprise in which airplanes have already been utilized to a greater ex- tent than any previous similar ex- pedition. Schoenhair recently broke six records in two days of flying at Jacksonville, Fla., carrying added weight up to more than a ton. He also made numer- ous intercity records, including those from New York to Tampa, Windsor to Toronto and Augusta, Ga., to Curtiss PField, N. Y. He is chief pilot for the Goodrich Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio, though only 29 years old. BOLLING DELAYS START. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 31 (Py—The departure of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition steamer, Eleanor Bolling, has been post- poned to tomorrow night, it was an- aounced today, because of delay in coal- ing the ship. The ship was scheduled to sail yes- terday for Papeete, Tahitixfirst stop on the journey home to New York. Capt. Brown was confident, however, that his ship would overtake the bark City of New York, which sailed a week ago, be- fore Papeete is reached. The trip, the captain said, would require 13 days. ‘The City of New York was reported making excellent progress and on Saturs day logged 208 miles, which 'Admiral Byrd said was the best she ever had made in a single day. The two ships will join at Papeete for the second stage of the journey to Panama. DON PLANS SPEED . MR. AND MR. LES MORRISON 0f New York plan a 6,400-; 16-foot oul mbtor boat. day and night sailings and passage throug mile trip from Portland, Me,, to Portland, Oreg., in a The trip will include several long jumps requiring h the Panama Canal. —Associated Press Photo. BUZZARD CHUMS WITH HAWKS Inquisitive Bird Soars Alongside Glider Over Phoenix, Air- man Says in Describing First Leg of Tow Trip to New , York From San Diego Across Arizona. BY FRANK M. HAWKS, Holder of the Transcontfnental Airplane Speed Record. TUCSON, Ariz, March 31.—We were 2,800 miles from Van Cortlandt Park, New York when our glider-plane air train started on its transcontinental way from San Diego yesterday morrting. Here in Tucson, 420 miles to the east, we feel that we are a great deal more than half way. Not only was this first day's flying the longest, and, because of the moun- tains, the most difficult of our eight daily hops, but the unsatisfactory weather conditions slowed and ham- red us, Heavy clouds, drifting in m the ocean, lowered the ceiling to doubtful height as the air train took off from Lindbergh Field. Listens to Radio on Way. Accompanied by two movie planes, however, we succeeded in crossing a pass in the Rockies at 6,500 feet and on the other side we found skies which continued to smile the balance of the day. Going “over the hump” I regaled myself with church organ music coming in on my radio set. To Fly Fleld, Yuma, from Lindbergh Field is 150 miles. Duke Jernigin, fly- in the tow ship, brought us over Yuma in 1 hour and 45 minutes. I cast off at 5,500 feet and, after a 25-minute exhi- bition of gliding, slid into the field at 11 o'clock. All of Yuma, it seemed, turned out to meet us, but the crowd there was nw to that which awaited us two hours latet at Sky Harbor, Phoenix, 160 miles away. Phoenix Hop Enjoyable. Our trip to Phoenix was the most en- Jjoyable stage of the flight. A tail wind sped us along sometimes as fast as 90 miles and hour and when I cast off at 7,200 feet above the field favorable YOUTHFUL CRIMES SHOWN DECLINING i | rising air streams itted what must have been a con o cing demonstration f_soaring. For 55 minutes before a throng which increased with the seconds as the Eaglet was sighted from around the countryside, I kept it aloft from that record height, turning this way and that, gliding up and down wind, climbin sometimes as much as 500 feet an wheeling slowly before the crowd's astonished upturned eyes. Buzzard Is Inquisitive. For two or three minutes as I circled around, an inquisitive buzzard, an ani- mated counterpart of my glider, wheeled and tuw and soared with me on the favorable up-currents. I guess he had never seen a fellow buzzard of the Eaglet's complexion and 50-foot wing spread. On the 110-mile stretch to Tucson, we encountered still head winds, which cut our average speed to nearly 50 miles an hour. We thought we had allowed ample time to reach Tucson, but it was 7:30 p.m. and dark before I skimmed to earth PARTS, HALTING HOP Noted Fiyer Safely Ends First Lap of Glider Trip at Tucson. By the Associated Press. TUCSON, Ariz, March 31.— Capt. Prank Hawks was forced to return to Tucson Alrport today shortly after he took off for El Paso, Tex., in continua- tion of his transcontinental glider flight. The rope attaching his glider to the tow plane broke. % The transcontinental glider pilot ecut loose from his tow-plane over Tucson at 7:25 o'clock last night, just 10 hours and 40 minutes from the time he left San Diego, Calif. Bobbing around like a cork ship on a stormy sea, the wind-riding fiyer trailed his lead-plane from Phoenix through a stiff gale and landed here after dark on a strange fleld, marked only by the lare of automobile headlights. In the from the Coast city, Capt. Hawks made two landings—one at Yuma, Ariz., to refuel the tow plane, and again at Phoenix, where the first transcon- tinental airtrain crew ate lunch. Before noon the mountains of South- ern California had been crossed, the first refuelihg stop had been made and the airtrain was riding a stiff breeze toward Phoenix. Capt. Hawks said an altitude of more than 5000 feet was reached in clearing mountain ranges en route. At Phoenix he cut loose from the lead rope at 3,800 feet and thrilled spectators with a 30-minute glider dem- onstration before landing. Today’s hop called for a refueling stop at Lordsburg, N. Mex. An altitude of between 5,000 and 6,000 feet will be necessary in order to pass over rugged mountain areas in Southeastern Ari- itinerary calls for an day, mt bus, 3 Capt. Hawks expects to over Oentral Park, New York City, early Sunday afternoon and plans to land in Van Cortland Park. d'f‘he wwl-sll;ne will go to Roosevelt Field, Long ind, to land. The trip is expected to con- sume 40 flying hours. REXACH RITES HELD Colonel of Infantry Is Buried in Arlington. Funeral services were held at the chapel at Fort Myer, Va., this morning for Lieut. Col. Henry C. Rexach, United States Infantry, who died at Walter Reed General Hospital last Thursday, and were followed by burial services in the Arlington National Cemetery. Col. Rexach, a native of Porto Rico, was a graduate of Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Porto Rico Infantry in March, 1905, and served in the World War as a major in the Na- tional Army. He reached the grade of leutenant colonel in the Regular Army in January, 1928. His last service was in a flood of light from hundreds of automobiles fringing the fleld. ‘Today, we go 280 miles into El Paso, only once for gas at Lords- burg, N. M., % with the. 84th Division of Infantry (re- serves) -at Indianapolis. P S, Hampton Roads, Virginia's sea gate- way, has seen its imports increase four (Copyright. 1830, by North American News. times and its exports seven times in 15 er_Alljance. THE years. The Avenue at 7th Remember? WE SAID IT WOULD BE A Brand-New Collection—Just Rec.eiuatb' 2TROUSER TWEED SUITS —with 2 pairs of long trousers; or —with long trousers and knickers MAGIC FLUTE '35 GET in step with Spring—in Tweeds! Tweeds are the highlight of the season— of the Pied Piper lured all the children from Hamelin after the burg- hers failed in their payment to him for driving the plague of rats into the Weser. Hamelin is one of the many German towns rich in and you will see smartly dressed men wearing them for every daytime occasion—on the" street, in offices and on the golf links. TF you go in for sports, you can choose.a legend and medieval relics, which have their climax in the Oberam- mergau Passion Play. Modern life, too, affords the traveler the thrill of theatres, cabarets, jozz, and resorts gay with sports. Luxurious express trains thunder through enchanting landscapes fretted with castles and picturesque villages. Courtesy, comfort, and modern bon County, which bore only the names of residents of that county whose sur- name is “Davis” One hundred and eighteen “Davises” had signed this par- ticular petition, engaged in all kinds of occupations. The Davis family appears to be lining up rather solidly for the TRIAL RUN TODAY Briton, Warned by A. A. A. That a Saks Tweed with one pair of long trousers and one pair of matching knickers (or, of course, two pairs of long trousers). We’ve genuine nubby Tweeds of the rugged type, as SOCIETY LEADERS EXPERT SCULPTORS Children’s Bureau Report After | Chicago Survey Replies to Na- tional Wave Charge. Chicago Matron Shows 15 Portrait Busts at Her First Exhibition. By cthe Assoclated Press CHICAGO, March 31.—The sculptor's smock has as important a place as the nunge fi:‘xz) la, the glrdaobu of Mrs. 'z Woodruff and Mrs, Mzsyn‘:‘rd Hutchins. B s oth are serious students of - toring. Mrs. Hutchins held he:cg}l":t ;)‘:};'x;mion this year, showing 15 portrait Both Mrs. Hutchins, wife of the presi- dent of the University of Chicago, and Mrs. Woodruff, wife of the chairman of the board of the Bank of the Republic, n west fing studies in thelr homes, oo DBVE Devote Hours to Study. Despite domestic duties, the care of children, the demands of society and the pressure of charitable and church :vorl;ky, twl';e t‘l‘:eol wocmal? almost daily steal r ‘h%fh oy studies for hours with dle the youthful university presi- dent was winning teaching hoyno‘;n at Yale, his young wife was busy with her sculptoring. Before she came to Chicago a year ago she had executed :e‘;rzul nt}nma;tvlc and foreign commis- . _Mrs. Woodruff st under_Bourdello. Sh onéflal;es‘w!vlod!;;\h“c Madonna, of Mrs. Hutchins' outs portraits is that of “Lolly, : S:alzggr‘l fi:‘l:ldé"'fl l;l]er subieC‘t was a South Caro- he saw b R{'"m‘ Loy rom the window of rs. Woodruff’s most recent m & modernistic Madonna and cm?gel s PALESTINE PROBE ENDED British Premier Will Study Report and Make Statement Later. LONDON, March 31 (#)—Prime Minister Macdonald told the ;»louse of Commons this morning that copies of the report on the Palestine inquiry :lnzl:)ls be in the hands of members to- “I hope to be able to make a pre- liminary statement next Thursday,” he stated in replying to a question by Stanley Baldwin as to whether he would make a statement regarding British policy in Palestine. Mr. Macdonald added that the gov- ernment was studying the report and Wwas in consultation with the parties concerned, Ponies Stop a Train. Ponies “held up” a passenger train running from Southend, England, to London fecently. As the train was nearing Benfieet the engineer was sur- prised to see a number of the dimini tve animals on the track. They per- sisted in running ahead of the engine, So that the train had to slow down and follow. Pinally, it was stopped, and the eritire crew zounded up the trighi= ened animals apnd drove 'm back to the flield from which they had escaped. Lty China now has leather tanneries. Secretary of Labor. ‘The Philadelphia Republican organi- zation and the y organizations in other cities, including Pittsburgh, are lining up for Mr. Davis. He said today that he welcomed the support of all voters in Pennsylvania. “I have never asked any one in Pennsylvania to vote for me,” declared Mr. Davis. “The tenders of support have come to me voluntarily.” = . . 10,000 Pupils in Milk Test. Ten thousand Scotch children are drinking nearly $500 worth of milk a day in a test in dietetics. The milk is supplied free during the test, which is being conducted in 67 schools of Scot- land. It is sponsored by the govern- ment and has the backing of the Scot- tish board of health, agriculture and education. The children are being fed on grade A milk for four or five months, and their progress is periodically con- trasted with boys and girls who are not receiving the diet. Every child tak- ing the test drinks three-quarters of a pint of milk every school day. Beach Is in Poor Condition, May Try for Record. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 31.— A trial run, and perhaps an official attempt to lower the world's automo- bile speed record, was planned at low tide at 2:37 p.m. today by Kaye Don, British driver. Impatiefit at delays occasioned by unfavorable beach conditions, Don said he would take his powerful Silver Bullet to the Ocean Speedway today and make a trial run. “I'm not going out there and kill myself by taking a chance,” he said, “but if I run over it at 130 or 140 miles an hour and find it looks all right I'm going to shoot for the record.” | Officials of the American Automobile Association, which has sanctioned the trials, warned Don last night that the beach was in no condition for a record- | breaking attempt. SOCIETY MATRONS WIN IN SCULPTORY S il -~ T R Pigures to refute statements that there is a crime wave among the youth of the Nation were issued today by the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. The bureau cited a sharp drop in crimes committed in Chicago by youths 17 to 20. Census Bureau figures of the country at large also were quoted as showing the number of 18-to-20-year-old males sent to penal institutions as decreasing 11.7 per cent in the 13 years following 1910, which included the World War period. Chicago was taken as the sample for the “youth and crime” study because it the pioneer city in providing a separate court for youths above juvenile court age and below the age of ma- jority. Records dating back to 1915 were available to Dorothy Willlams Burke, who made the study under supervision of Miss Katharine F. Len- root, assistant to the chief of the chil- dren’s bureau. Commenting that all but two States have juvenile courts for children under 16, the report added that “the feeling is developing that treatment different from the usual criminal proceedings should be extended to young people of the next age group.” A summ: was made of 972 cases selected for study, by sampling at set intervals the general run of the Boys' Court. Violations of lquor laws con- stituted 1.1 per cent of the charges. Auto joyriding, with all its lawbreak- ing possibilities Jumped together, com- prised 12.2 per cent of the whole group. Four-fifths of all the charges were based on disorderly conduct and of- fenses against property. The delin- quency cases decreased numerically from 7,500 in 1915 to 5,409 in 1925, the Teport said. Relief Corps Plans Party. Women's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G. A. R., will give a card party on April 30 at the G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Pennsyl- vania avenue, according to an an- nouncement today by Delia L. 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The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified Advertising every day than any other Washing- ton paper that there can be no question as to which will give you the best results. “Around the Corner” is a Star Branch Office well as soft-finished Tweeds of the Shetland type—and they are mighty smart and.color- ful in the new black-and-white, and tan-and- - white blends. A number of the models have patch pockets. . Saks~Third Floor —_— EASTER IS SUNDAY, APRIL 20th ~—- e e - - - - Of course, your Tweed Suit wants A TWEED TOPCOAT! $29.50 OU want a Tweed Topcoat not only because it's a great companion for your Tweed Suit ° —but because it's as smart a Topcoat as you can find. We have had these new smart Spring models tailored superbly and trimmed beautifully; and they are in just the right shades. Rag- lan and plain shoulder models. A size for every man. Saks—Third Floor R R T EASTER IS SUNDAY, APRIL 20th ' R T T e S The touch of style to “top off’”* Tweeds: THE SAKS SNAP BRIM #5.00 . ET it;:::n—-tbe correct snap-brim hat for Spring is different. It has a striking roll-back brim and a little :higher crown. The “Saks Snap” will give you all this newness—and the smart new shades besides. Hand-flanged and silk-lined. Saks—First Floor