Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 23

WOMAN RAPS LAW AS FAVORING MEN Miss Maud Younger Cites State Statutes Discriminat- ing Against Wives. tors, represen rohtllcll Dnruel B ation passed by Repul Democrnv.s in behalf of women, Miss Maud Younger, congressional chairman of the National Women's Party, last night declared that there are still in effect :n the United States today more than a thousand laws discriminating | P! against women. Miss Younger addressed her remarks to a radio audience immediately fol- lowing talks by Senators Shortridge of California, Republican, and Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, broad- cast over a Nation-wide hook-up of the National Broadcasting System. Miss Younger said there were some States that permit the father to will away the child from the mother, that make the father the sole guardian of | the child, where the wife's earnings belong to the husband, where the wife's personal possessions, including jewelry and clothing, belong to the husband, and where women do not have the right to serve on juries and are not- eligible to wvarious State offices. “We believe,” can make to justice and freedom than to write into the United States Constitution that men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United | States and every place subject to its j\lfiadmlm » PHYSICIANS’ COLLEGE TO MEET IN CAPITAL Dr. Morgan Heads Committee on Arrangements for Event in March. The fifteenth annual clinical session of the American College of Physicians will be held here and in_ Baltimore during the fourth week in March. ‘The Washington program, scheduled for the 28th, will include inspection tours. d by the Medical De- %-nmenz of the Army and Navy, the niled States Public Heflm Service rangements Committee, which includes Admiral Chlrl;is E. a ug] Cumming, s the United States Publ ice; Dr. William A. White, superin- tendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Dr. John A. Foote, dean of the med. feal depnm-nent of Georgetown Un- versity; Dr. Alex Hrdlicka, director of the department o( zoology of the Na- tional Museum; Roy Adams, chief of the medical mlce n Mount Alto Veterans' Hospital; Dr. W. H. Hough, president of the "Medical Sodny o( the District of Cclumbh Dr. Conklin, secretary of the mmy George . McCoy, United States Col. Charles e et of the Army Pileld Hospital School at Carlisle Barracks. TRAPPED MEN HELD AS KIDNAP SUSPECTS Pair Spotted in Phoenix by Ex- Policeman in Abduction of Sportsman and Wife. th. ‘Wagner, have been shot by Beach, Calif., officers in a gun battle while he and others were on their Thaek for 830,005, was. Teporied ¢ for in an mlflyin‘ h;.&lm Both he refused lice assert Ralph Sheldon, former aide to Al also was & member ot thornl heldon is helfl in leu of and Pol MAN TO GIVE 'UP WEALTH Eadiana Banker to Use Cash to Save Depositors From Loss. CHICAGO, February 10 (#).—The Herald and Examiner said today that Peter Meyn, often referred to as one of Indiana’s wealthiest citizens, would voluntarily turn over his fortune to save depositors and stockholders from loss in '.hfl closln‘ of the Pirst Trust & Sav- nk of Hammond, Ind. Mr. Meyn 'Ph dem of the institution. e newspaper said Mr. Meyn's deci- sion followed a meeting of the board of directors last night. The bank was closed & week ago. Withdrawal of $660,- 000 within a few days by large deposi- tors and the deflation of real estate val- h- were bllmm she added, “there is no | m’-fl’ contribution which this genera- | 1 ARMY ORDERS Lieut. Col. Donald C. McDonald, Field Artillery, has been relieved from duty at the War Department and ordered to ths | Philippines for duty with Artillery troops; Maj. John Magruder, Field Ar- tillery, from the Army War College, this ecity, to Fort Sill, Okla.; Maj. Logan M. Weaver, Medical Corps, from Fort Clark, Tex., to the Phuerl.nu Maj. Bascom L. Wilson, Medical to San Juan, P. R.; Maj. Pltrlck F. Mc- Guire, Medical Corps, from the Philip- pines to Fork Clat! Sparrenberger, Medical Corps, from Miller Field, N. Y., to Fort MacArthur, Calif.; Capt. David D. Barrett, Infant. ry, from the College of the City of New | York to Tientsin, China; First Lieut. | Earl 8. Gruver, Ordnance Department, from the Proving Ground, Aberdee: Md., to Fort Eus Va.; Capt. Grove B. Egger, Infantry, from the Philip- pines to Fort Benning, Ga.. First Lieut. E. M. Sutherland, Infafitry, from | Jofferson Barracks, Mo., to Tientsin, China; Second Lieut. James N. Kreuger, Engineers, from PFort Humphries, Vi to Manila, P. I.; Second Lieut. Frederick J. Dau, ln‘ll& from the Phllflpln to the University of Cllltom Berkeley, and First Lieut. Jordan, Infantry, from Fort Rodm- Mass,, to the University of New Hamp- shire, Durham. Flowers bloom again ~—in gardenias, lace and patent leather; Schiaparelli bent-frame under-arm bag; patent leather. Copy, $13.50 Black patent leather belt—a shining ex- ample of contrast, $1.25 Lzataer Goops, Aisies 3-5 Fmst PLooR. ArTIrciaL FLoweas, Aisie 10 , Tex.; Maj. F. H. | THE EVENING S CITIZENS PROTEST TRAFFIC HAZARD Kalorama Resulents Ask Di- rector That School Area Be Made Safe. A request that Traffic Director Harlan study conditions in front of the John Quincy Adams School, Nineteenth and | California_streets, where several acci- dents, including one fatality, have oc- | | curred recently, was made at last | night's meeting of the Kalorama Citi- bens’ Association, held in the school. M. O. Eldridge, assistant traffic direc: tor, suggested that Nineteenth street be ‘closed from Florida avenue to Co- lumbia road duting school hours. The alternative, he pointed out, is the in- stallatios of traffic lights, and no funds are availble for this. A list of citizens’ associations and an outline of the purposes of the organ- izations, was presented by John L.| Proctor chairman of the Special Mem- | bership Committe d was ordered ' O™ LI™ F anD G STrEETS TAR, WASHINGTON, pflmpd and distributed among residents { the Kalorama section. Publlcnlun of a monthly magazine wu lnnoun:ed bv Jmph HI'!rlld pomua llm Lieut. ysses S. Grant, 3d, di- Fuctax ot ¥ bllc ¢ “buildings and parks, alucuued p ans for park and playground BARONESS 92 IS DEAD Daughter of Compol!!‘ ‘Was Inter- ested in Modern Jazz Music. SALZBURG, Germany, February 10 (). —Baroness Cecilie von Adrian Zu Wernburg, daughter of Giacomo Meyer- beer, the composer, died here today at the age of 92. She had the liveliest_recollection of | her famous father and during the years | she had made her home here she ex- | hibited an unflagging int-rest in young ! people and in modern jazz music. She was born in Paris on March 10, 183 ot AMFIICA\T EDICAI cust Woonpwarp & LoTHROP Sheer. black velvet evening wrap—half scarf, half cape—aft- er Vionnet...$15.95 Nrckwear, Amsie 15 Fmst FLOOR. Plaids — most important contrasting fashion—now in large handkerchiefs with hand-rolled hems, 75¢ “Backgammon” — the newest hose, in large lace mesh HANDEERCHIEPS, AISLE 20 Pmst FLooR. Hosiery, A1sLz 19, Finst FLOOR. 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He amassed a fortune, estimated | at from $5.000,000 to $6,000,000, in the WINDSOR, Ontario, February 10.— |liquor business while such activities r, 57, millionaire relldent were sanctioned under Canadian law Onfario, was lost in mld-‘lnd retired several years before such y from the steamer exports to the United States were pro- | hibited by the Canadian Parliament. He has lived in Vevey, Switzerland. for the past two years because of im- No details were teceived either from | paired health and sailed from New York transferred his activities to the border | 1 Sun to Europe, according to word received Arthritis, and Rheumatism Sufferers write P. V. Cropp, Phg., Pa., for in- formation about newly discov- ered remedy. 25c¢ Ib. N. W. 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