Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 12

IN VARIED CAREERS Star Finalists Will Face Ex- perienced Group in Title Contest. The task of selecting The Star’s champlon in the seventh national ora- torical contest will rest on the shoul- ders of a board of judges, representa- tive, as nearly as possible, of a cross section of America’s political and busi- ness life. ‘Thursday morning they will hear each of the 11 finalists—4 girls and 7 boys—deliver six-minute prepared ora- tions and four-minute extemporaneous speeches on the Constitution of the United States. Judges Named. ‘The judges include Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, French Strother, administrative assistant to President Hoover; G. Aaron Youngquist, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank. Senator Connally, who was educated #t Bayer University and the University of Texas, was one of the founders and members of the debating club at the latter university and has for years contributed cash prizes to the star de- baters of that club. His career also in- cludes a membership in Texas Legisla. ! révious to his election to the Senate fnr the term beginning March 4, 1929. He is a member of the following Sen- ate committees: Banking and currency, finance, privileges and elections and public buildings and grounds. Mrs. Owen, a daughter of Willlam Jennings Bry: is herself an able ora- tor. She was .educated in the public schools of Nebraska, Monticello Semi- nary and the University of Nebraska, and has received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Rollins College. As vice president of the board of regents of the University of Miami, and mem- ber of its faculty from 1926 to 1929, Mrs. Owen has given particular atten- tion to the development of oratory among secondary and college students in Florida. She gives scholarships an- nually to students winning honors in this line. Mr. Strother has long held & high place in the fleld of journalism and lit- erature in this country. Educated in the putis schools of Fresno, Calif,, he began his career as a reporter on the Fresno Republican, and has since served as associate editor of the California Weekly, as an assistant to the Cali- fornia superintendent o:drllbllc instruc- tion, and as associate editor and man- aging editor of the World's Work Maga- gine. He is also a trustee of the fund for the Walter Hines Page School of In- ternational Relations. He was co- author with Henry Morganthau of “Pighting Germany’s Spies,” and has written mlmem;us articles on politics d current topics. mur. o\mmll:ut. who is a graduate of the St. Paul's College of Law, prac- ticed law in Minnesota for 11 years, was county attorney there, and in 1931 was appointed assistant attorney gen- eral of the State. He was later - pointed attorney general of Minn and served in this capacity until accept- ing the position last November of As- sistant Attorney General of the United States in charge of taxes and prohi- bition enforcement. One Judge Local Man. e . Fleming, a leader in the Caj hu&lknm world, is well known for his frequent co-operation in civic and wel- fare e:.l‘werpflul. He was educated at the Friends’ School, Western High School and George Washin University. He is now a member of the board of trus- tees of the latter institution. During This college term, he s in politi- cal economics and commercial law. He has served before as a judge in The Star area finals. MISS MARY MERRICK RETAINS PRESIDENCY Most Rev. Michael J. Curley Is Speaker at Christ Child Society Meeting. Miss V. Merrick was re-elected ’ruldenl'.ng the Christ Child Soclety at its annual meeting this past week at 2400 Sixteenth street, where Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, was the principal speaker. Other officers elected were: Mrs. J. D. Morgan, first vice president; Mrs. D. C. Stapleton, second vice president; Mrs. D. J. Callahan, third vice presi- dent; Mrs. Charles P. Neill, correspond- ing secretary; Miss Barredell Gower, recording secretary; Mrs. J. J. Hegerty, assistance secretary; Mrs. Charles W. Semmes, treasurer, and Miss Martina Pleace, executive secretary. Members of the board were elected as follows: Mrs. Thomas Keane, Mrs. W. J. McGee,, Miss Mary Barney, Miss Barredell Gower, Mrs. T. P. Ballenger, Mrs. Thornton P. Boland, Mrs. D. J. Callahan, Mrs. Thomas H. Carter, Mrs. Aubrey L. Clarke, Mrs. Thomas L. Costi- , Miss Agnes Riley, Mrs. l;?esemmel. Mrs, C. N. Harris, Miss Florence Roach, Mrs. B. F. Saul, Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, Mrs. Prederick E. Altemus, Mrs. Robert F. Cahill, Miss Louise Darr, Mrs. James A. Emery, Mrs. J. J. Hagerty, Mrs. W. J. McGee, Miss Rose Shea, Mrs. Thomas J. Sheridan, Mrs. D. C. Stapleton, Mrs. William F. Sands, Mrs. J. G. Haskell, Mrs. C. P. Neill, Mrs. H. J. Berns, Mrs. G. E. Miss Eleanor Heany, Miss Anna J. Keady, Miss Sarah Maher, Miss Mary V. Merrick, Mrs, J. D, Mor- gan and Miss Anne Squire. Reports were read by committee chairmen. Absolute Divorce Asked. Mrs. Alice G.- Covington, 600 block of Morton place northeast, has filed suit for an absolute divorce from Charles W. Covington, 1000 block Pifth street northeast. They were married July 31, 1925, and have three children. The wife charges misconduct and names a corespondent. She is repre- sented by Attorney D. Edward Clarke, - Airmail Network Explained. The functioning of the airmail net- work which connects every section of the United States with the principal cities of Central and South America and the West Indies, was explained last night by P. E. D. Nagle, Wt n Tepresentative of 'the Pan-Ame.! Airways, in & radio address from Sta- tion WMAL, under the auspices of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce. 815 15th St. Next to Keith's es and the House of Representatives ' FRENCH STROTHER, Administrative Assistant to President Hoover. ROBERT V. FLEMING, President of the Riggs National Bank. MT. VERNON ROAD MODELS ARE BUILT Sections to Be Displayed in Capitol Rotunda Friday. Models of two important sections of the Mount Vernon Highway, prepared by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture, will be ex- hibited Friday in the rotunda of the Capitol. They will depict the approach ::ll at _u&mc ‘Vernon md"v;h: ;ecuon luding the grade separaf ridges in Virginia south of the Highway Bridge. ‘To visitors to Washington they will reveal for the first time the advantages and prospective beauty of the memorial highway. They also suggest, says the Hics f the proposed parkay.ssacem 107 of rkway s for ‘Washington, of whlerme I{Ighwly will be a part. The models were executed by H. W. Hendley, chief model maker of the bureau, with assistance given under the suj n of the bureau’s engineer and landscape architect. ‘The model of the Mount Vernon ap- proach is 15 by 18 feet, and the one of the bridge 15 24 feet. not only the 1 1932, but also the contours of the land and the landsca design. ‘The bridge south of the Highway is regarded as one of the finest grade separation structures ever de- signed. It is on the Alexandria road and is & two-arch span over the memo- highway, which at this t pro- vides for two roadways, 40 Tfeet ‘wide, separated by a parkway, and ac- commodating eight lanes of traffic. This divided section extends for more than 8 quarter of a mile under and beyond the railroad bridge. The bridge has four rumps of long, easy curves, making for a& continuous and safe flow of traffic between the memorial highway and the Alexandria road. At no point does one traffic lane cross another. The model shows that the water's edge in the area between the two bridges, the bridge abutments and the land area will be planted with trees, vines and shrubbery. ASSOCIATIONS MEET Two Will Open Annual Conventions Tomorrow. The American Psychiatric Association and the American Association for the ! Study of the Feeble Minded will begin their annual meetings here tomorrow. Both socleties will have ams in- dependent of that of the first Interna- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 4, 1930—PART ONE. ORATORY JUDGES | IBIG STEEL MERGER REPRESENTATIVE RUTH BRYAN OWE! N of Florida. SENATOR TOM CONNALLY Of Texas. DIVORCE PLEA CHARGES ARE DENIED BY WIFE Mrs. Bierley's Answer Cites Long Friendship With Man Named as Co-respondent. Alleging that she had known Charles W. King, jr. local builder, since her childhood, when he was & Triend of her parents many years before her mar- riage, Mrs. Virdie A. Bierley, Ogden street near Fifteenth street, has filed an answer denying charges of her hus- band, Herman M. Bierley, in his suit for an abeolute divorce .in which he names King as co-respondent. Bierley has also sued King for $250,000 damages for alleged alienation of the affections of Mrs. Bierley. Mrs, Bierley says her husband failed to support properly his family and she accepted the generosities of Mr. King because she had no place to take the children and was without money to buy food for them. She denies any mis- conduct and calls the attention of the court to the disparity between her age and that of the alleged co-respondent. WILL ADDRESS SERVICE Dr. Johnson Will Speak at Y. W. C. A. Branch. Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson, president of Howard University, will make the principal address at vesper services at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Phyllis ‘Wheatley branch of the Y. W. C. A, at 901 Rhode Island avenue, on the oc- casion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the branch. G. AARON YOUNGQUIST, Assistant_Attorney General, JUDGE GRAHAM, 1, RESIGNS BENCH Resignation From U. S. Court of Claims Awaits Hoover’s Action. Judge Samuel Jordan Graham of the United States Court of Clalms has tendered his resignation, effective as of May 1, it was learned from an au- thoritative source yesterday. It is un- derstood that President Hoover has the Tesignation, but as yet has taken no action. Judge Graham is 71 years old and has served on the bench for the last 11 years, having been appointed to the post during the Wilson adminis- tration in 1919. Born July 27, 1859, at Lexington, Va., Judge Graham received his college edu- cation at Washington and Lee U versity, where he studied law. He prac- ticed law at Lexington from 1881 to 1890, when he moved to Pittsburgh, where he practiced until 1913. During his residence in Pittsburgh he was president of the examining board for admission to the bar of Allegheny Co;lnt{.glgl.’,‘ for three years. n e was appointed Assistant United States Attorney General by President Wilson and held this posi- tion until 1919, when he resigned to :;;.:elglt! the judgeship at the Court of Judge Graham is married and makes his home at 2101 Connecticut avenue, WOMEN’S LEGION T0 OPEN MEETING Eleventh Annual Convention Wil Btart at Red Cross Building Thursday. The American Women's Legion will | open its eleventh annual convention at the American Red - Cross Bullding | Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Edward Campbell Shields, presi- dent, will preside, and Mrs. Nina Swalm Reed, chairman of program, will intro- duce the speakers. Speakers at the morning session include: Maj. Gen. William G. Everson, chief of the Mi- litia Bureau, and Rear Admiral Fred- erick C. Billard, Coast Guard com- mandant. Mrs. David H. Kincheloe will sing the “Star Spangled Banner.” At noon the delegates will be received at the White House by President Hoo- ver. At the afternoon session there will | bfflmpom of committees and election of | officers. "A Premier Showing of Sports Sho A Complete Line of Our Sports Shoes is on Ex- hibit In Our Windows— 607 18th St.—Over the Week-end, Announes on 4 mumbers of G H ‘Two lines, formerly Two lines, formerly tional on Mental Hyglene which will be here throughout the week. THE BEAUTY OF DOG ‘Washington, are in full bloom. you when you d iye out. CEDAR HILL CEMETERY Rows of shrubs Hundreds of trees, the most beautiful in or near besutiful flowers will enthrall “The Prince of Wales” (Sketched) A smart sports Ox- ford of White Elk, trimmed in dull Black or Tan calf. a Permanent Prica Reduction V-Line Chitfon ;Z.Dll. now. .$1.65 $2.50, now..$2.00 D.; Pennsylvania Avenue Extended Southeast FACES LEGAL SNAG Officials Will Attempt to Bar Objecting Stockholders From Voting. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 3.—The fight over the pending billion-dollar merger of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation tonight was in one of the worst legal tangles in the history of American big business. ‘The latest development was the an- nouncement today by Sheet & Tube officlals that stockholders who de- manded cash refunds for their stock in preference to ' accepting shares in Bethlehem, will receive no more divi- dends and will be prohibited from further voting. If this decision can be enforced, about 330,000 shares of Sheet & Tube stock will be affected, including the large holdings of Cyrus S. Eaton and his affiliates, who are leading the attack to block the merger. ‘Today's announcement followed close- ly a decision of the company’s directors to suspend the same group of stock from transfer on books of the com- pany and a request that the New York Stock Exchange suspend the “dis- senting” stock from trading. The stock exchange has not acted upon the re- quest, however. Directors Meet Monday. Another meeting of Sheet & Tube di- rectors will be at Youngstown Monday. At that time, the pro-merger directors, constituting a majority, plan to execute today's announcements and to issue cer- tificates in exchange for dissenting stock. They previously decided to offer $110 a share to stockholders who have demanded cash. ‘The prevailing stock market quotation on Sheet ‘Tube is approximately $125, and prices were as high as $160 a share for large blocks bought sev- eral weeks ago to be voted on the merger. Some financial observers in Youngs- town today predicted an additional move for Monday's meeting of directors, an attempt to oust Eaton and his as- soclates from the board, by eliminating them as voters. o ‘Whether the pro-merger forces can succeed in suspending the dissenting stock from voting, from receiving divi- dends, from transfer rights and from trading, is a question of doubt that probably will evolve into new litiga- tion. And even if the directors suc- ceeded in such suspension of rights, the possibility of a plan to remove Eaton and his associates from the board, would be an additional doubtful point, for they were elected recently under the Ohio cumulative voting law, designed to insure minority representation on boards of directors of all corporations. Another important question pointed out by the observers today was the possibility that owners of dissenting stock might not wish to continue a long legal battle against the merger if their millions of dollars of Sheet & Tube investment are tied up without dividends or other usual stock privi- leges, and with their stock’s collateral value hampered by the situation. Eaton was not in his office today and could not be reached for a states ment, but thus far has given no indi- cation of desire to withdraw. His last quoted attitude was that he would fight the merger “to the finish.” Although a stockholders’ election re- cently approved the merger, it has not been consummated, and the proponents have only until September 1 to accom- plish the merger before it would be outlawed by the time limitations of the contract. In the event of delay until after that date, presumably any pos- sible merger would be a new deal, re- quiring a new vote of stockholders. Court Fights in Progress. Several court fights already afe in progress, delaying the program, and one stockholder has applied for in- vestigation by the Federal Trade Com- mission and by the United States dis- trict attorney. Depositions taken today in an in- junction suit filed by Myron A. Wick, jr, and International Shares Corpora- tion, showed that Pickands, Mather & Co. of Cleveland, who bought $9,000,- 000 worth of Sheet & Tube stock and voted it for the merger, did more than $17,000,000 worth of ore and freight business last year with Bethlehem, with a compensation of $210,884. The appeal to the Federal Trade Commission and to the United States district attorney alleged that directors of the United States Steel Corporation interlocked with several directors of Bethlehem in two New York banking companies, which are prominent in the merger negotiations, and that the com- bine of Sheet & Tube with Bethlehem would be a violation of the Clayton anti-trust laws. ‘The two next moves foreseen in the battle are the directors’ meeting Man- day and the resumption at the same time of the taking of depositions in the injunction suit. PLAYS WILL BE GIVEN BY CATHOLIC STUDENTS Three Will Be Staged by Drama Group of Mission Crusade at Gonzaga Hall. The dramatic group of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, under the direction of W. F. Baker, will present three one-act plays at Gonzaga Hall, May 13 and 14. The plays are “Thank You, Doctor,” “When the Horns Blow” and “Political Hash.” ‘The players are chosen from students in local Catholic high schools and col- leges. A double quartet of the Catholic University will sing during intermissions between the plays. _— Elected Class President. James A. Marks was elected president of the Powell Junior High School 1930 aduating class at a meeting: yester- ay. Marks, who is 14 years old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Marks of 3544 Thirteenth street. Other officers of the class are Miss Charlotte Knode, vice president; Miss Doris Kengla, secretary, and Miss Jean ‘Thompson, treasurer. SCREENS Made to Order for Your ‘Windows--Doors--Porches National Woodworking Corp., 37-9 New York Ave. N.E. Phone District 9741-2-3 ) UNUSUAL VALUES FOR TOMORROW! ) their The managers of 43 Kay stores put heads together and have brought you a most unusual array of gifts for Mother. Percolator Sets Manning-Bowman — 4-plece Makes the kind of coffee you like to g0 back home for. y BANJO CLOCK $|6.95 It's & Sessions movement Seen in smartest homes. Tl JEWELERS Tableware New pattern knives, have stainless steel JEWELRY COMPA 409 7th St. N.W. set. 50c Week Ix TO ALL AMERICA .o IRED PROBES ASKED BY LEGISLATORS House Committees Urged to| Act as Result of Alleged Communist Papers. By the Associated Press. Investigation of Communist activities in the United States by two House com- mittees was proposed yesterday as the official reaction in the Capital to the| disclosure of alleged Communist docu- ments in New York City. Chairman Johnsan of the House im- migration committee, who long has ad- vocated more stringent legislation to deal with aliens entering the country il- legally, requested the Labor Department to furnish available information on the | manner of entry of some 30 persons named in the documents made public in New York yesterday. Study of Permits. Advancing the belief that the renewal of visitors’ permits makes it possible for many undesirable aliens to remain here indefinitely, Johnson indicated his com- mittee would make a study of the sub- ject. Along with this the committee will inquire into reports that many Russians leave the trains between New York City and Montreal after being admiited at - $10, g Sample Between 32nd Six Btifi}lt vRooms, — New York for passage through this country to Canada. ® . A ey & ous ment came from ive Republican, New York, that he had ob- tained assurances that his resolution proposing that a special committee delve into Communist propaganda activities would be acted upon favorably by the rules committee within a few days. Chairman Snell is out of the city, but Fish said he expected quick action when the chairman returns, this week. The committee probably will make his measure more comprehensive and increase the fund for the study from $5,000 to $25,000, Fish said. DELAY IN EXECUTION OF HAWKINS GRANTED Stay Until May 22 Given Colored Man Convicted in Slaying of Woman. Justice Peyton Gordon yesterday post- poned the electrocution of Andrew Jackson Hawkins, colored, which had been scheduled for May 9. A respite until May 22 was al- lowed by the court in order to give the United States pardon attorney an op- portunity to study an application by Attorney John H. Wilson for a com- mutation of the death sentence. Haw- kins killed Ruth Watkins, with whom he was living, November 19, 1929. Assistant United States Attorney Wil liam H. Collins, who convicted Hawkins and opposed successfully the latter's appeal to the Court of Appeals, made ao objection to the delay in the execu- jon. CHEVY CHASE, D. C. Attractive New Homes 750 to $10,950 Hous 3235 QUESADA ST. N.W. Open and Lighted Daily Until 9 P.M. and 33rd Sts. One Block South of Rittenhouse St. 2 Complete Baths Two-Car Garage CLARENCE W. GOSNELL Or See Your 1727 K St. NW. 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