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B8 WORKERS 10 HAKE WAKEFELD BRIK Washington’s Birthplace to Be Rebuilt by Memorial Association. Within a week or two the foreman @nd a number of his assistants, who Bave been forming the handmade Co- Jonial brick for the restored houses at rg, Va., will go to Wakefield, on the Potomac River below Washing- ton, to manufacture handmade bricks, with which the house in which George ashington was born will be rebuilt, ac- to an announcement made here | rday by Mrs. Harry Lee Musr pres- | t of the Wakefield Memorial Asso- n. Wi elatio These experts in the making of brick by hand, in the same manner as bricks were made in the Colonial period, will be loaned to the Wakefield Association By John D. Rockefeller, jr., who is pay- | ing for the restoration ‘of Williamsburg, | CAPTAL GROLRS 0N N LAY “The Tempest” to Be Given at Sylvan Theater Thurs- day and Friday. Many art, civic, business and edu- cational groups are co-operating in plans for- presentation of Sgfl comedy of “The Tempest” at the Na- tional Sylvan Theater on the Monu- ment grounds next Thursday and Pri- day evenings at 8:30. | The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital and the District of Columbia Commu- nity Center Department are the two Government agencies sponsoring the presentation of the production by the Community Drama Guild. In addition, a number of outstanding Washington women, representing the official and residental circles here, are serving as individual sponsors for the play.. The grounds of the Monument lot ery, U. 8. A., park police, and will be under the direction of Maj. Donald A. Davison, who ob- ul.nedl g: lei';«"’buufl groups of school lets for urpose. Members of the Nltgtmll 4-H Club from 38 States, who will be encainped oa the Department of ‘Agriculture grounds, probably will be invited by the board of governors.of the Drama Guild, headed by Dr. De Witt C. Crois- sant, to attend and to distribute the souvenir programs. The advisory committee includes W. [W. Everett, Robert V. Fleming, E. C. [ , R. Jelleff, Mark Lansburgh, Newbold Noyes and Melvin 8l The committee on publicity for the guild, of which Miss Bess Davis Schreiner is chairman, has been rein- forced, with subcommittees on posters. Clifford K. Berryman is chairman of the poster committee, being aided by Miss Jessie Baker, Miss Ethel Foster, Mrs. Mae Ashton, Mrs. Saugsted and Miss Ethel Prince. Art students in the five senior high schools have colored the rs for Q.h!b::::!, and they have been widely" distril . The orcrynutn of the United States Marine Band will play the orchestral score of Sir Arthul': Shulllvln's "‘l'h; Tempest” throughout the scenes, an: enh‘"::.m of “The Tempest” on both Thursday and Friday evenings. = MARYLAND AIR FORCE HAS NEW COMMANDER Maj. Tipton Relieved and Mary- land Service Turned Over to Maj. Charles A. Masson. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 14.—Maj. Wil- I'am D. Tipton has been relisved of | in National Guard, the command having been turned over to Maj. Charles A. Masson. Maj. Tipton has commanded the | State air force since October, 1924, and | Kentuckian Asks $5,000, Charging PADUCAH, Ky., June 14 (#).—Claim- ing that his télephone wires had tapp:d and a.stenographer engaged take down conversations of members | of his household, C. H. Rhodes filed suit | ‘Herman yesterday against command of the air service, Maryland | neighbor, and members of Graham's family. tional rights of the have | damages. SUES HIS NEIGHBOR Phone Wires Were “Tapped.” McCracken County Circuit Court Graham, his He charges that his constitu- vacy of his home been in and asks $5,000 ) under his supervision It has attained a rank second 6 none in the country, having received many evidences of high rating from the Federal Government. Born here in 1892, Maj. Tipton be- came an air cadet in May, 1917, at Ohio State University, training also at Oxford and Stanford, England. He trained at the Fighting Schoel at Bumsteadsm@yflm “To children an at ions are fe Ayr, Scotland, and then served with the al air force, winning the Dis- tlnzurx{med Service Cross, and-later with the American forces. Maj. Tipton, who represents the Cur- tiss-Wright interests in Baltimore, has been assigned to duty on the staff of the 29th Division, Air Service. He INSTALL THIS HOT WATER PLANT NOW ... START PAYING NEXT OCTOBER An American Radiator Co. First Quality Product Installed as Low as “325 Complete installation for 6-room house. Install now . . . no monthly payment till October 1st. Just Phone NAtional 3067 GENERAL HEAT . NG CO. Meating and Plumbing Ooatracters 91 10th St Natonal 3067 wishes to devote more attention to | commercial aviation, and in his new position expects to find this possible. American tractors shipped to Russia in Europe in the first quarter of this year were valued at $21,646,000. the Colonial capital of Virginia Mrs. Rust said that all of the work en the house at Wakefleld will be done by hand, even the woodwork, to carry out the Colonial idea and make it as mearly like the original Wakefield as | ible. The bricks will be made cn e spot of brick clay there available, such as was used originally to build the &irst house of Wakefield. Boys’' and Girls’ Tt B oned by aey oy ML | LONG ISLAND CHURCH Sandals & Oxfords Wakeneid thar i actant soro” o | OBSERVES CENTENNIAL ' eonstructing the house will begin in —— | ssc e 0 Jears T s BV | v nant Van Zandt Founded Insti- | In' tan only. ance of the original house, inside and tution, Which Once Was 1 out. Sizes to 2 Mrs. Rust has been collecting furni- Robbers’ Nest. Special Dispatch to The Star. ture which was once used in Wake- NEW YORK (N.AN.A.).—The cen- fleld house and already has a number ©f very handsome Colonial pieces Which will be installed in the house |tennial of the Zion Episcopal Church, after it has been rebuilt. Douglaston, L 1., which was founded by Wynant Van Zandt, buried in Trin- ity churchyard here after residing on In her report to the association a few days ago Mrs. Rust sald that the as- Wall street and at the Battery, is being’ celebrated this week. Soclation's architect J. Edward Donn, In 1869, Jefrerson Knight and hu: Jr, of this city, has “developed the m for the mansion from the excava- and other data.” She quoted the Tobber gang were captured, after two years in which this Douglaston Church Fine Arts Commission as saying: “Mr. and the houses and barns of the com- Donn's studies and practice in the res- toration of Virginia mansions make him munity bad been periodically despoiled. The trau of their booty led up the{ &n authority without a superior.” ladder to the belfry of the church. This will be under the personal supervision - \ | JANE HESTER'CARLSON, i Daughter of the late Judge and Mrs. | Gustaf G. Carlson, Middleton, Conn., | whose_engagement to George E. Van Cott, Bronxville, N. Y., will soon be of- ficlaily announced. —Associated Press Photo. Women’s One-Strap SLIPPERS S0P v Make Baby Comfortable use Cuticura Talenm AFrER his daily bath with Cutieura Soap shake on some Cutieura Taleum. Pure and medicated, it soothes and comforts his tender skin and also pre- vents chafing and irritation. BACK HOME EXCURSION’ From Washington, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2nd Reduced Round Trip Fares to ALABAMA GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA Birmingham...$2500| Aganta ... Asheville. . ... .$17.40 Mobile 83165 [ Charlotte ....$13.90 Montgomery . .$26.65 53 g-rhm ; v:uu reensboro 10.50 FLORIDA Raleigh “$10.50 Jacksonville Winston Salem, ©of the birthhouse.” Many interesting | ries were made which have en- | #bled the architect to draw plans for the house which will follow the original lines closely. Charles Arthur Hoppin, noted as an examiner of ancient records of persons and property, has made a associa is relying largely upon his findings with regard to the appearance ©f the exterior and interior of tphe house. m’nbufldin‘ b(;f W;Lkefleldhsl:"bagz Paid for partly by private subscription Lnd partly by the Government. It is to one Rust ‘also explained how in 1926 | excavations were made “on the sight | belfry had been their headquarters. (Copyright, lllo;y:lonh Americi News- Daper 4 to $6 Footwear A Remarkable Purchase From One of Boston’s Largest Jobbers for This Great Event—All the Newest Summer Fashions Blonde Kid—Patents—2-Tones Black Kid—Gun Metal —Satins— A lmora Kid Included Are: Also 250 Pairs * 340 Pairs of E E Beige EIK of the permanent memorials to ‘Washington that will be dedi- 1922, when the 200th anniver- his birth is celebrated all over Nation in accordance with plans being formulated by the Federal ‘Government throug] The George Washington Bicentennial Commission and the Wakefield Me- Goth have their Headauer, co-operation. Both have ieadquar- ters in this city. The movement for the restoration of w 's birthplace took form when . and Mrs. H. L. Rust issued invita- SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia Greenville Spartanburg - e LOUISIANA s Viskobuey . 2. 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