Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1930, Page 24

CITY'S DESTITUTE SAVED BY CHEST 1930 Emergency Foreseen by Executives—Larger Sum Needed Next Year. John Poole, president of the Com- munity Chest, in a statement issued terday declared that Washington been spared this Autumn and Winter from the frenzied appeals for relief and other emergency devices to wid the destitute unemployed, such as have marked many American cities, because Washingtonians last February prepared to meet the need adequately ‘when they gave $1,605,000 to the Com- munity Chest for tv'he vé‘grk of {}5 mem- ber organizations for this year. ““There has been no need at any time this year, and will not be during the remaining days of the year, for any &Ifll who has a legitimate Clni\":; upoolz thies and gene ¥ e tens, 1 g0 wxm?ut rlv‘nd fuel, clothing, shelter, medical or hos- care, or other aid adapted to his need,” said Mr. Poole. “There has not been and will not be any need for any | p, for aid on_the streets of the fimflmpxm, Community Chest organizations have cared adequately for those who came to them for aid. United planning, united appealing and united distribution of funds have en- abled Washington, through the Com- munity Chest and the 68,000 givers to the Community Chest, to care for the unprecedented need of this year effec- tively, sympathetically, adequately and economically.” 1930 Emergency Foreseen. “People have asked me why the Com- munity Chest has made no emergency 8) for funds to care for the unem- The answer is that that ap- peal was made last February when the Community Chest conducted its cam- paign for the needs of 75 organizations serving people of all races and creeds in all kinds of need for the full year. “In the first place, the Community Chest knew that the unemployment situation was creating an exceedingly severe relief problem when it held its last February. The Execu- tive Committee, therefore, added to the amount subscribed in the campaign; namely, $1,605,000, the further sum of $100,000, which existed as a surplus from the oversubscription in the cam- of the previous year. The Ex- ecutive Committee felt that every pos- siblé cent should be made available to meet the emergency need which was bound to exist under the conditions of unemployment, which were then known and predicted. “In the second place, the Budget Committee of the Community Chest so distributed the funds that adequate supplies of money were given to the or- dealing especially with re- , such as the Associated Charities, Catholic Charities, the United Hebrew Relief Soclety and the Salvation Army. Larger Sum Necessary. “Similarly adequate care for all cit- fzens of Washington, who are in real need, is planned by the Community Chest for its member organizations in the year 1931. The campaign, which will be held January 26 to February 4, will include adequate budgets for re- lief organizations, and whatever funds may be necessary to maintain the other member organizations on & reasonable plane of efficiency, so that the care of the sick, the promotion of character and the care of the orphans may not suffer because of the urgent need of the unemployed. It is expected that the campaign goal will be in the neigh- borhood of $1,850,000, or about $250,000 |lnm than was subscribed for the year 930. “The reason for this increase is that present activities must be maintained and relief measures must be extended _— This 10 year Guaranteed., Immediate Installation Without Cash Payment 3 Years to Pay! Taly with i~ s now about in- stalling this fine plant. Our low price in- Let Us Replace All Worn Out Plumbir!g With New STANDARD PLUMBING FIXTURES We'll gladly call and submit & on any replacement you te...this service is free. 'prices are as low as you will anywhere. GENERAL HeatingCo. {Besting and Plumbing Contractors 1901 10th St. Na. 3066-7 Hit in Eye, Says Wife, After Rooting For Notre Dame By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 13.—An echo of the enthusiasm that at- tended the Notre Dame-Southern California foot ball game last year was heard in a Chicago court_ room yesterday when Mrs. Bella Ogden was awarded a di- vorce from John Wesley Ogden, wealthy descendant of a ploneer Chicago family. Mrs. Ogden told Judge Daniel P. Trude about it. According to her testimony, Ogden was rooting for Southern California, while she was for Notre Dame. The Californians lost and Ogden struck her, she said, in the eye. In addition to cruelty, Mrs. Ogden charged drunkenness. Ogden, reported to be living at Pasadena, Calif,, is the beneficlary of three trust funds, the later of which was for $1,000,000, estab- lished by his mother, Mrs. Anna Ogden Austin. through what will doubtless be the hardest Winter the city has known. $150,000 more than was raised last year will be necessary merely to maintain activities as they have been conducted, because the $100,000 surplus which has been used up must now be made good y_subscriptions in addition to whi $50,000 must be raised to take the place of ‘the subscription of the Inaugural Committee, which cannot be repeated. An additional $50,000 to $100,000 will be necessary to meet increased needs.” VETERANS’ LEGISLATIVE DIVISION IS ORGANIZED Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, adminis- trator of veterans’ affairs, has an- nounced establishment of a legislation and regulations division and appoint- ment of George E. Brown, formerly chief of the compensation division of the Veterans’ Bureau, as chief. The new division will have Jurisdic- tion over all matters pertaining to legis lation affecting the veterans’ adminis. tration, including the Veterans' Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions and the Bu- reau of National Homes, and will edit, compile and co-ordinate all regulations, orders and bulletins issued by these agencies. Maj. O. W. Clark, for a number of years assistant director in charge of the co-ordination service of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, has been appointed as assistant director in charge of adjudi- cation, succeeding Col. George E. Ijams, who is now director of the bureau. P PREACHER ASKS CHURCH BOARD TO CUT HIS PAY Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 13.—After the official board had voted him his full salary for the year Rev. P. P. Hasselvander, pastor of /Jefferson Ave- nue Christian Church, asked that his salary be cut 825 per month on ac- count of present conditions. His request was made at the regular annual congregational meeting of the congregation Thursday night, and his recommendation was approved. 18th & L Sts. N.W. North 0790 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 14, 1930—PART OW LEADERS OF CHEST T0 OUTLINE PLANS 2,000 Organizations Are Ex- pected to Take Part in Pre- Campaign Meeting. Leading citizens of the Capital will make five-minute speeches to a mass meeting of officers and representatives of more than 2,000 organizations of the city in a pre-campaign meeting of the Community Chest tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. ‘The meeting will be called to order by John Poole, president of the Com- munity Chest, who will present Edward F. Colladay, campaign chairman, who will preside. ‘The speakers will be Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners; Mr. Colladay, Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington; Dr. Abram ch | Simon, rabbi of the Washington He- brew Congregation; Rev. Dr. W. Cole- man Nevils, president of Georgetown University; Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, presi- dent of the D. C. Federation of Women's Clubs; George Plitt, president of the Board of Trade; John B. Colpoys, editor of the Trades Unionist; Dr. Mordecai Johnson, president of Howard Univer- sity; Thomas P. Littlepage, director of the Chamber of Commerce; Mark Lans- burgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federa- tlon of Citizens' Associations; Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest. The object of the meeting is to place before organizations in all parts of the city, through their officers, the objects of the Community Chest, and to make plans for interesting these civic bodies in the campaign which start Janu- ary 26. . ROCKEFELLER BUOYED BY 125-YARD GOLF DRIVE By the Associated Press. ORMOND, Fla., December 13.—John D. Rockefeller, playing golf at 91, and his crony, Gen. Adelbert Ames, sitting home at 95, looked at life differently yesterday. “I must give away some dimes after that splendid shot,” said the former ofl magnate zestfully, after a 125-yard drive off the first tee during his dally golf round. Mr. Rockefeller then presented shiny coins to his playing companions, Mr. and Mrs. David H. McConnell, and called over three visitors and two news- paper men, who received similar gifts, In his modest home across the Halifax River, Mr. Ames, oldest living general of the Civil War, and who was Mr. Rockefeller'’s golfing partner for years before he recently became afflicted with eye trouble, sat thinking in a more de- Jjected mood. “There’s no use living to be 95,” said Gen. Ames resignedly, but not at all cynically. “You can't eat candy any longer, can't see or hear very well, and you become more or less & curiosity.” Op 18th COMMUNITY CHEST Numerous Christmas Cele- brations Planned by Mem- bers for Neighborhoods. Community Chest officials made public yesterday plans for the numerous Christmas celebrations sponsored by organizations which are members of the Chest. Presentation by Mrs. Herbert Hoover of the first baskets to be distributed by the Salvation Army at Temple Corps, 606 E street, the afternoon of Christmas eve will be the highlight of the various celebrations. ‘Will Present Play. Neighborhood House will present & play and pageant the evening of. De- cember 16, fifty members of the girls’ clubs participating. Tuesday evening the kindergarten group will be enter- tained, and on December 24, the Lions’ Club will play host to the day nursery children and their mothers, presenting | them with gifts. On Christmas eve a | volunteer Santa Claus Committee will meet at the house to assemble their donations for children in the neigh- borhood. Christmas day at 1 o'clock, United States Army busses will arrive at the settlement to convey 50 children to ‘Walter Reed Hospital, where the dis- abled ex-service men will “adopt” them for the afternocn Community dancing will afford enter- tainment in the evening, December 26, and on Saturday afternoon, December 27, the girls’ clubs will give & party. In the evening the junior boys’ clubs will present a program and serve re- freshments. At Children's Hospital the children are busy writing letters to Santa Claus, expressing their wants, which are, in most instances, to be fulfilled by friends of the institution. The young mothers at the Florence Crittenton Home, 4759 Conduit road northwest, will have their Christmas dinner at noon. Young women from the First Presbyterlan Church will sponsor a special Christmas program in the morning. Y. W. C. A. Starts Early. The Young Women's Christian Asso- clation has already started its Christ- mas festivities with a Girl Reserve party at the main building Friday eve- ning, December 12. “The Christmas Hat,” a play, will be presented by the “B and P” Blue Triangle Club Thurs- day evening, December 18, followed by & party. On the following day the “B and P" Silverelle Club will present an international doll show. Girl Reserves will conduct the hour of music at 3:30 o'clock Sunday oon, December 21. The_business professional women's Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cenls per day and 5 cents Sundays to have Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly le;m evening and Sunday morn- . The Route nt will col- hfilimndnl“u::hmmfih. & Columbia Rd. Columbia 2900 This Newest Improved 1931 STEWART-WARNER ADIg A Liberal Allowance on your old Radio or Victrola Phone North 0790 Columbia. 2900 —and a representative will call. 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A tree celebra= tion will entertain the little folks of the pre-school class Tuesday morning, De- cember 23, followed by a similar cele- bration and dinner for the children of the day home the next day. The Boys Club, 230 C street north- west, will hold its Christmas party Tuesday evening, December 23. A vl'm?;l dhlxl;l.ne.ll' will b: served at St. Rose’s Technical Schapl, 1879 Phel; northwest. » 9 St. Joseph’s Home and School, East- ::t“:fi‘lmb:nd Bunker Hill road north- 3 gay with red and green decorations for the holiday uuon‘" Program at Union Station, Christmas cheer will greet the traveler Who passes through Union Station Christmas eve. The Travelers' Ald clety has arranged for a large tree, lighted and decorated, to be placed in the station. There wiil be chorus sing- ing by the Girls' Glee Club of the Y. W. - A, led by Miss Mary Burnett, and & group of male vo!{rtsh from the Epiphany . Porters at the s - (e T tation have vol. Put on some specialties of their own. Various Boy Scout troops will do their good turn by helping to dis- to families in L ‘Washington Home for Found- . ons’ ub will distril 8ifts to the children. e UTILITIES COMMENDED Building Trades Employers' Head Lauds Jobless Relief. Letters commending local public utili- tles for steps taken to relieve unem- ployment by creating work for addi- tonal employes have seen sent to heads of f%ur concerns by E. H. Rmeur:f garten, president of the Building Trades Employers’ Association. illiam F. Ham, president of the Po- tomac Electric Power Co.; Lloyd B. Wil- son, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.; George A. G. wood.&r, dent of the Washington Gas Light .. and John H. Hanna, presi- dent of the Capital Traction Co., were the reciplents of the letters. - 3, Because talking pictures threw him out of employment, W. W. Houghton, a movie musician, of Hull, England, committed suicide. A Only 9 More Shopping Days Time and tide wait for no man. 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