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D. C, FEBRUARY 22, 1931—PART ONL’ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIN GTON, (CAPONE REPORTED BILLBOARD GROUP SILVER PRICES RISE AS OPTIMISM GAINS Hoover May Call Parley to Discuss Slump—]nterna- tional Chamber Takes Action. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Pebruary 21.—A few rays of sunshine in the form of activity on both sides of the Atlantic toward resuscitating silver pervaded the two most important markets for the precious metal today to precipitate the sharpest upturn of the year in its depressed ce. Silver sold for 27!, cents an ounce in the New York market, an advance of 1 cent from yesterday, and was quoted in London at 127-16 pence, a rise of y. This compares with an aver- e price of 52.99 cents in 1929. Sentiment toward the precious metal, which recently sold at 253, cents an ounce, an all-time low record, was bol- stered by evidence indicating the world has been aroused to action and may do something to help the plight of the metal, which represents the tangible ‘wealth of a good portion of its popula- tion and, therefore, has an important influence on buying power. Hoover May Call Parley. Passage by the United States Senate of a resolution asking President Hoover to take the initiative in calling an in- ternational conference with respect to the uses and status of silver was coinci- dental with a similar proposal of the Executive Committee of the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce meeting in Paris. Another heartening development was the report of the American Bureau of Metal Statistics showing that production of the white metal in 1930 in the six countries supplying 87 per cent of the world output was the smallest in at least four vears. ‘The drop in production tends to lessen the spread between the supply and demand and is regarded as impor- tant to any efforts made to stabilize the price of silver in the world market. ‘The United States remains the lead- Ing silver-producing Nation in the world, with a total output in 1830 of 50,234,000 ounces, compared with 33,447,000 for Canada, 105,204,000 for Mexico. Others included in the total are Peru, 16,634,- 000; Australia, 83854000, and Burma, 7,055,000. Numerous Mines Closed. ‘The curtailment of o tions is, of course, directly attribu to the pres- ent low price level. Numerous mines bhave been forced either to reduce pro- duction sharply or shut down, and the downward trend is being continued this year. ‘The curtailment of production is only one of many factors in the complex mblm Just what steps the world will e to bolster the price of silver, the decline of which has had tragic aspects, especially for China, cannot, of course, be foretold, but & distinct improvement in sentiment in recent weeks has been noticed. The Scnate and International Cham- ber of Commerce committees that studied the problem agree that one of the chief causes was the desire of India to dispose of its stock after ng & nominal gold standard, and the debase- mt;‘l‘fllvumwmmuom. market. Suggestions have been made that a large loan be made to China to sta- the purcl power of silver, there is & of opin- both in New York and the Orient concerning it, COUNTY FIREMEN RE-ELECT OFFICERS Largely Attended Meeting Is Held by Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Department. Specisl Dispatch to The Star. ROCK' ithe - Wi Volunteer nnm t, Ernest C. Gartner, president; George F. Reber, Jjr., treasurer; Merhle T. Jacol chief, and Edwin R. Kinsey, assistant chief, were re-el>ct=d; and Dr. Willlam D. Barnett and Norman B. Jacobs were chosen vice president and secretary, re- spectively, in the places of Rob'rt E. Palmer and Francis Beall. Herbert L. Diamond, James M. Mount, Ralph R. Wayland and Frank B. Sever- ance were named to serve with the president, secretary, chief, assistant chief and treasurer as a board of direc- ; and these committees were se- : _Finance, Douglas B. Diamond, Joseph Brake, B. D. Schwartz, Frank B. Beverance, Hugh Carter, Harry B, Ka- node, Lewis Reed and Robert E. Pal- purc) , Norman B. Jacobs, Merhle T. Jacobs, Edwin R. Kinsey, James M. Mount and Frank B, Sever- ance. 1t was decided to separate the organi- gations into two companies, and Charles Pope and Moffett Grimm were made captains of Companies 1 and 2, respec- tively. The feasibility of forming a third company was considered, but it was decided to defer such action until the membership is larger. The annual report of the treasurer showed the organization to be in excel- lent financial condition, while that of Chief Jacobs stated that during the year 1930 the department responded to 91 calls, traveled approximately 1,000 miles, and saved many thousands of dollars in property. Considerable other business, mastly ©f a routine nature, was transacted. —— e HELD IN CAR THEFT Alexandria Man Also Charged With Stealing Tags. By a f! Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 21— William A. Smith, 28, of 523 South Lee street has been charged with house- breaking end the larceny of State and city automobile tags here and the lar- ceny of an automobile in Washington, D. C., following his arrest here. Smith was arrested here by Sergt. Edward J. McDermott of the State De- pastment of Motor Vehicles. He has n released under $2.000 bond pend- t hearing in Police Court next week. Police say that Smith entered Hoff- man’s rage at Fairfax and Wilkes streets February 11 and took State and city automobile tags, which he placed on an automobile he had stolen in ‘Washington the previous day. LENTEN SERVICES- HYATTSVILLE, Md., Pebruary 21.— Mass is being held each morning at 8 o'clock, and services are being held each Priday evening at 7:30 o'cl in Bt Jerome's Catholic Church here during Lent. Rev. Andrew J. Carey, pastor, ‘who has been i1, has resumed his duties. Complete returns from the minstrel show given here Monday night for the ‘benefit of the 8t. Jerome's building fund are not yet avallable, but it is known that a substantial sum was red. — Girls Spurn Jobs, Lose Dole. Nearly 50 unemployed mill girls in Stalybridge, England have refused work offered to them in navy, Army and air force unlnn:. and h“ L re-ul:n their unemployment pay has been stopped. ‘The wages in the mills range from $7.50 15 & week. In the canteen service ‘were offered $3.50 a week with and lodgings. Schools and Colleges News of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington’s Leading Educational Institutions. G. W. U. Convocation Tomorrow. EGREES will'be conferred upon 83 graduates of George Washington University at the Winter convoca- Mon] at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Constitution Hall. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, eminent scholar, author and teacher and histo- rian, for the George ‘Washington Bicen- tennial Com mis- sion, will deliver the con v ocation address. His sub® ject will be “Wash- and Lin- Dr. Hart, | professor | s emeritus_of Har- vard University, taught history an govemment fstitution from 1883 to 1926. He js the author of g i works in the fie e of Amertcan history. The Rev. James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist 1 Church and chaplain of the House of Representatives, will offer the invocation and pronounce the benedic- tion. A program of organ music will be given by John Russell Mason, uni- versity librarian, preceding the cere- monies. The academic procession will be led | { by Prof. Elmer Louis Kayse! with the president of the university, the provost, members of the Board of Trustees, the faculties ‘and the graduating classes in lne. Following the convocation address the degrees will be conferred by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, the candidates being rresented by the deans of the va- rious schools of the university. The ex- ercises will close with the president’s charge to the graduates. ‘The Georgs Washington University Men's Glee Club will participat> in the Middle Atlantic Glee Club *Competition which is to be held in Washington on Friday, for the purpose of selecting a group to represent this section of the country in th: national competition in New York City on March 14. As winners of the National Intercollegiate Glee Club Competition for 1930, the George Washington singers will com- pete in the national contest this year rogardless of the outcome of the re- glonal contest. This will be their sec- ond appearance in the national con- test. Entering the competition for the first time last r they were awarded first place, an honor which during the reviohs 14 years of the competition, d gone to but five universities. The regional competition will take place at the Shoreham Hotel and will be fol- lowed by a danc:. Senior class elections have resulted in the election of the following class officers: Frank Weitzel, president; Harry Ruddiman, vice presid'nt: Wilhelmina Gude, secretal Ewin Wethe, treasurcr: Marjory Keim, historian; Harrymah Dorsey, chairman of class night; Rich- | ard Mattingly, program chairman Richard Radue, chairman of decora tions; Stanley Frager, chairman of re- freshmen! . G. U. to Debate Prohibition. GWRQETOWN UNIVERSITY'S var- sity debating team will visit Lex- ington, Va., March 6 to debate the liquor question with & team represent- ing Washington and Lee University. This contest will inaugurate the in- tercollegiate - debating season for the Hilltoppers. One March 8, the George- town debaters will compete with the University of Pittsburgh in its first | Washington appearance this year. In both debates, the Georgetown team will | rmative side of the ques- | uphold the tion, “Res amendment shoul ved, That the eighteenth be repealed and control of liquor §i¥en to“tHe 1hdividual | States.” For the last two weeks the George- town debaters have been visiting libra- res rudl.n'{u\lp on the prohibition ques- tion and stud debates in Congress, Each of the ee debaters was chosen from the Philodemic Soclety at the col- lege, They are Willlam A. Sullivan of Yonkers, N. Y., Willlam G. McEvitt of New York and John C. Hayes, jr. of Chicago. Another Philode: ‘member, Lawrence J. Mehren of Chicago is the alternate. 'Mr. Hayes recently way re- fire | elected president of the Philodemic’ the | oldest students’ debating club in the | United States. { In a recent lecture at the School of Foreign Service, George L. Xree: former United States Minister to Para- guay, spoke on econcmic conditions in Latin America. After the lecture he answered numerous questions asked by the students. The class on the Economic Survey of Latin America, before which the former diplomat spoke, is under the direction of Prof. William A. Reid, the foreign trade advisor of the Pan-Amer- ican Union in Washington. Georgetown's Mask and Bauble is preparing for its annual play which will be given at a downtown theater, probably early in April. The play chosen for this production is “If 1 were King” upon which the operetta “The Vagabond King” was based. Five senior officers of the George- town R. O. T. C. unit have received high praise from Maj. William H. Hob- son, commandant, and Maj. C. C. | Benson of the Army War College and general editor of the Affiliated Service Journals for the excellence of their theses on approved subjects of “military histor The articles and their authors we! eb Stuart,” by James H. Ma- ney; “Army Transport Service Dur- ing the World War,” by J. F. Beger; “Military Education’ in_the Civil In- stitutions of America,” by H. J. Cola- vita; “N#ional Life Insurance” by George C. Stout; “Preparedness versus Pacifism As a Means of Averting War, by James J. Monaghan, women’s debating team THE A. U. to Meet New York. American University will meet a women's team from New 'York University tomorrow night at Hurst Hall, on the local campus, debating the question, “Resolved. that the principle cf compulsory unemployment insurance is scund.” The Oregon system of debating will be ushered in next Thursday here be- tween men representing the University of Cincinnati and A. U. One man on each team will present the entire con- structive argument and the other one of the two-man team will devote his entire time to cross-examination of the oppositicn. Arthur Murphy and Hyl- ten Harman will represent A. U. on the question, “Resolved that the States should enact laws to provide for com- pulsory unemployment insurance.” Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of American University. will deliver the principal address at the annual meet- ing tomorrcw night at Harrisburg. Pa., of the Sunday School Boards of Har- risburg and vicinity. Honor men for the past semester were guests of men of the faculty at s luncheon at the Cosmos Club yesterday. The r students included James Elmer Swan, Norman Fablan, Barrett Fuchs, Earl Masincup, Perry Snider, Henry Backenstoss, Harold Harbough, Prederick Stewart, Robert Marcus, Ed- ward Davidson, Lawrence Rice and John Coulter. Another “experim is being tried out at the College of Liberal Arts, where of honor students have been given the priv- | flege of additional “cuts” from classes. | Junior and senfor students hate been given what is known as unlimited cuts fron regular classe: amount of chapel and sophomores who landed in the hon- or roll have been given twice the usual number of absences from regular classes and chapel. But, it was expiained by Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the col- lege, all students will be held responsible and double the | sence. Freshmen | for all written class work at the discre- tion of the instructor. Dr. Willilam S. Abernathy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will address vespers service this evemn* at ths women's residence at 5:30 o'clock. The service is open to the public. A musi- cal service featured last Sunday’s chapel, with numbers by Helen Tucker, Joseph Thomas, Willett Denit, Edward Tate, Blake Espy, Roland Norquist and Anna Mary Sanford. Howard Observes Anniversary. 'OWARD UNIVERSITY will cele- brate the sixty-fourth anniversary of the granting of its charter Mon- day, March 2, with the annual alumni- | charter day dinner in the university | dining hall. Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield | of the Methodist Episcopal Church and former president of the university and Mrs. Thirkield will be the honor guests. | Members of the faculty and Washing- | ton alumni will act as hosts to the seniors of all departments. In addition to addresses by Bishop Thirkield, Dr. Johnson and Dr. S. L. Catlett of Orange, N. J., president of the General Alumni Association, there will be short ad- dresses by a representative of the fac- ulty, local alumni and seniors. Music will be furnished by the Wom- en's Glee Club under direction of Miss Carolyn Grant, instructor in the School of Music, and a string ensemble from the class of Louia Vaughn Jones. The Charter day dinner was originated eight years ago by Emory B. Smith, then alumni secretary of the univer- | sity. Its success through the years has been due primarily to the efforts of Mrs. Alma J. Scott, who has served as chal man of the committee sponsoring the dinner since its origin, except the first dinner, when Mrs. Laura Bruce Glenn was chairman. Associated with Mrs. Scott in pro- moting the dinner this year are Miss Kitty Bruce, Mrs. Bertha Lomack, Mrs. | Georgia S." Johnson, Mrs. Mary R. Saunders, Mrs. Bertha M. Clarke, Mrs. Beatrice Catlett, Miss Edna Bowie, Miss | Estelle Brown and Miss A. Blondel Newson. Dr. E. P. Davis, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Registrar F. D. Wilkinson will be guest speakers at the | Charter day dinner at St. Louis. Fol- | lowing the celebration the Howard offi- | cers will journey to Pine Bluff, Ark., March 4-6, where they will attend the sixth annual meeting of the National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars in Negro Schools. Maryland Uy, Names Players. VIRG!NIA TAWNES and Lenore Blount have been chosen to sing the leading soprano roles in “The Chimes of Normandy,” which will be presented by the Opera Club of the | University of Maryland in the school | auditorium on April 15 and 16. | Miss Tawnes will be Serpolette, the good-for-nothing, while Miss Blount will have the part of Germaine, the last marchioness, | Henry, the Marquis of Cornville and | the hero of the story, will be sung by Norman Wilson, baritone, and Ken- neth Spessard will sing the tenor role ufulJCln Grecmmeux, James Decker Wwill portray Gaspard, and He; Me- Donald will t‘kep‘the part ofnnéllle Other players include Alice Brennan, Doris Lanahan, Anna Deal, Robert Allen, Joseph Caldara and George Hargis. Plans have been completed for the Calvert Cotillion, which will be held in Ritchie gymnasium next Friday night. Miss Katherine Jenkins and Arley Unger, president of Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary fraternity, spon- | sor for the annual affair, will lead the cotillion. He will be assisted by Miss Martha Themas and James Andrews Both of the young ladies are students at Hood College and Andrews is chairman of the Cetillion Committee. Prof. Bernard T. Dodder of the de- partment of business administration, and Harvey T. Casberian, cashier of the university, are among the 23 in the State who passed the examinations held by the Board of Public Accountants of Maryland for the degree of C. P. A. The University Little Symphony Or- chestra, under the direction of Prof. B. Louis Goodyear, will give a concert in the Petworth Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington on the evening of March 1. National Juniors to Dance. HE annual junior class prom of Na- | tional University, which was post- poned out of respect to the late Dr. Charles F. Carusi, National chancellor, who died two weeks ago, will be held at the Carlton Hotel next Saturday 'NAMED BY SLAYER SENTENCED || Scouts Honor Washington 10 20-YEAR TERM Man Who Held Up Taxicab Driver Gets Eight Years. Charles W. Brown, colored, was given the minimum sentence of 20 years' im- prisonment yuurdlr by Justice Peyton Gordon following his plea of gullty to murder in the second degree in con- nection with the killing of Willlam Sedgwick, also colored, January 2. Brown had been indicted for murder in the first degree, but was permitted to plead guilty to the lesser offense. Edward Bunch was given a term of eight years for holding up a cab driver last December. Bunch been ac- cused of another robbery, but the a rest of an 18-year-old boy, who a mitted that act, saved him from the additional cha The prisoner took $9.65 from Sherman W. Wiley, driver of the cab, and stole the cab, which belonged to the City Cab Co. and was valued at $200. Lawrence Madison, colored, will serve seven years in the penitentiary as the result of the death of his wife, Lottie, last Christmas eve. Madison wielded a flatiron in the course of an argument with _his wife, inflicting a wound from which tie woman died some days later. He was indicted for second-degree mur- der, but was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter. John Boyd, who attempted suicide when police cornered him after a rob- bery of an A. & P. store in Southeast Washington January 10, was sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary. Boyd was in the hospital when his partner, Theodore R. Brewer, pleaded gullty to the robbery and was given seven years. The men stole only $31.34 and were chased by a former employe of the company. MISSIONARY COUNCIL T0 DISCUSS LYNCHING Methodists to Consider Advisability of Services to Be Attended by All Races. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., February 21.— The lynching problem and the advis- ability of church services attended by all races will be discussed by delegates to a three-day convention of the Gen- eral Missionary Council of the Metho- dmk!:pucop.l Church South here next week. ‘The council will meet Tuesday and devote the firt two days to the foreign missionary work of the church. Thurs- gny has been designated “inter-racial ay.” Among the questions to be asked the delegates are: What can churches and pastors do to control the lynching and mob evil?” “Would it be good to have union serv- ices with neighboring churches of other races?” “Is it best for all concerned to have a majority of Negro leaders trained in the North?”. ~Is there need of closer co-operation among Indian, Mexican and Anglo- Saxon churches, and what steps may be taken to bring it about?” The inter-racial open forum will be conducted by Bishop W. F. McMurray COURT T0 SETTLE ESTATES BOYS PLACE WREATH ON TOMB. the toi Photo shows a group of Washington Boy Scouts at Mount Vernon, where a wreath was placed on the tomb of our first President yesterday morning. BemlcrbBukklEy of Ohio delivered an address as the boys thronged about —Star Staff Photo. By the Associated Press. ] HOLLYWOOD, Calif., February 21.— The manufacturers of motion pictures would give a lot to know the secret, if there 13 one, of pleasing all the people all_the time. ‘Too many movies that are bell-rmg- ers in the “downtown houses” fall flat in the neighborhood or second and third run shows. And often films not so good in the first-run theaters draw a panic of customers when they get around to the neighborhood districts. A recent and notewrothy example of pictures in the latter class is the travel epic, “With Byrd at the South Pole.” It played first, as all pictures do, in what the industry calls “ace” theaters, but the reception it got was as chilly, as that received by the members of the expedition to Little America. Pictures Take Well. for as few days as their contracts would | permit, fearing the worst. But the un- | expected happened. + The film did a! capacity business in nearly every neigh- borhood theater in the country. Surviving Husbands and Wives Selected Under Wills Filed at Fairfax. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, February 21.—Mrs. Sarah Jane Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell of Clifton Station, who died February 11, has been appointed ad- ministratrix of the estate of her hus- band in accordance with the terms of his will probated here this week. Mrs. Mitchell gave bond for $15,000, with the Fdelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland as_surety. The will of the late Jane C. Malla- han was offered for probate and Edison W. Mallahan, Annie C. Shaver and night. Walter T. Cardwell, chairman of the arrangements committee, announced the new date last night. Efforts had been made to make the junior prom the out- standing_social evént of the academic vear at National, It was to have been held February 7, but Dr. Carusi, who was traveling in Florida atthe time, died of influenza two days prior to that date. Following a hasty meeting of junior class officers, the function was | Postponed “indefintel; National University will be closed to- morraw in_celebraticn of the anniver- sary of George Washington's birth. Classes will be resumed, however, Tues- day morning and Tuesday afternoon | and evening. | March 2 was set last night as the deadline for subscriptions to the 1931 Docket, National University yearbook. The volume has been compiled and edited by the staff under the direction of Lieut. Willlam E. McCain, editor, and the publication of the volume now has reached the stage where the printers must be advised of the exact number of coples that will be requied. National University debaters who last night engaged in the second interclass debate of the year, will argue the pro- posal to enact legisiation similar to New York’s Baumes law for the District of Columbia next Saturday night. The team arguing for the passage of such a measure will include N. M. Baker, Nat Goldberg and V. E. Crowder while the opponents will include James W. Cannon, H. D. Leatherwood and E. Bussey. | Columbus Plans Debates. NOTHER of a series of interclass | debates will be held Wednesday night at Columbus University School of Law. The subject will be, “Resolved, That the United States Sen- ate should discontinue investigations of the campaign fund expenditures of Sen- ators-elect.” William H. Ring and A. J. Moore of the Freshmen Debating Soclety, will uphold the affirmative with W. A. Whit- tlesey as their alternate. The negati will be taken by E. R. Halloran and R. A. O'Connell of the Columbian Debat- ing Society, with J. H. O'Connell as alternate. The committee in charge: John Burns, chairman; Alfred A. McGar- raghy, Veronica Quinn, Mary Hurley, Bart Walsh, C. A. Giblin, Paul F. Nachtman, Raymond J. Walter and Frank J. O'Connor. Judge Nathan Cay- ton of Municipal Court will preside. Judges will select the best individual speaker of the evenln:. At the end of the year the outstanding debators will compete for a $25 prize. They will be instructed by Judge Cayton, faculty ad- visor of the Columbian Debating So- | clety, and Robert E. Lynch, an assistant | corporation counsel, faculty adviser of the Freshman Debating Society. Woodward Celebates. HE Woodward Varsity Club, «col posed of athletes of the Wood- Irene W. Major, executor named there- in, qualified before the county clerk and gave bond, no security being required at the request of the deceased. Clara Adelaide Huber, executrix named in the will of the late Louis Huber, qualified and gave bond for $16,000. Margaret Constance McGuffey of Falls Church gave bond for $5,000 as executrix for her husband, the late Dr. Willlam Holmes McGuffey. Ernest Robey of Merrifield has been appointed administrator of the estate of his mother, the late Lucy A. Robey. The value of the estate was placed at $6,942.34. Robey gave bond for $4,000, with Mrs. Ada Carleton s surety. Saidee D. Lee, named sole beneficiary of the estate of her late husband, Charles W. Lee of Falls Church, gave bond for $1,000, no surety being re- quired by Lee's will. Susie J. Follin of Forestville gave bond for $9,000, with E. R. Follin as surety, after appointment as adminis- trator for her husband. 8. M. Follin, who died intestate. The estate was appraised at $17,450. DIES AFTER FUNERAL Prominent Virginia Woman Ex- pires Following Rites for Sister. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. February 21.— Miss Margaret Gibson, 89, member of an old and prominent Stephens City family, died today a few hours after funeral rites had been held for her sis- ter, Miss Laura Gibson, who died Thursday from a heart attack while helping to nurse her older sister, long an invalid. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Barton Guard and Miss Ella Gibson, and one brother, Edward Gibson. charter members were Victor De Mott, Julian Williams. George Groff, Frank Maniscalco and Director Hayes. Since the organization eight new members have been inducted: Wililam T. Pry, Daniel Moore, Irvin Goebel, Albert Heider, Joseph Brookhart, James Ma- gee, Comly Robinson and Robert Litschert. Officers of the club include Daniel Moore, president; George Grofl secre- tary; Victor DeMott, treasurer® Albert Heider, vice president. Irvin Goebel, sergeant at arms, and Warren D. Hayes, historian. C. Vaughan Darby, secretary to the District Board of Accountancy and member of the Strayer College of Ac- countancy faculty, was named a mem- ber of the board of trustees of the col- lege to succeed Willlam Newsom at its regular meeting last week. E. G. Purvis, assistant director, was appointed dean of the School of Accountancy at the same meeting. Sigma Eta Sigma, Strayer honor so- ward School who have won a var- sity award in some 'ff" celebrated its first_anniversary wit dance at the Thayer Studio last Friday night. The club was organized February 24, 1930, by W. D. Hayes, director of ath- letics of the Woodward School. The ten clety, elected to membership 27 stu- dents of the college who have attained a scholastic average of 95 per cent in their courses of study. Elnyr Newcome led the list with 12 honor credits, while Josephine Newman and Elizabeth were second with nine each. Approval of pictures in this country knows no georgraphic bounds. Pro- vided the story, cast and other essen- tials are good, the theme or locale mat- ter not. Serious dramas about problems in the upper strata of New York or other large city society are as successful in one part-of the country as another. Small-town audiences, however, seldom FILMMAKERS KEPT IN DILEMMA TRYING TO SATISFY FICKLE PUBLIC “Bell-Ringers” of Downtown Houses Fai_ll in Neighborhood Shows: “With Byrd" SUCCCSS in Smaller T})eaters. Owners of smaller theaters booked it | enthuse over stories whose characters roll out & broad “A;" they prefer repe. titions of persons like their neighbors. Outdoor action romances are accepted |in every locality, although to interest sophisticated downtown audiences, they must have some merit other than thrill- ing scenes. Out-and-out Wild West pictures never are shown in_first-run H{\::em in New York or other large { cities. Location Important Factor. Three sage-brush dramas, starring Tom Mix, were presented at the Rivoli Theater in New York a few years ago, ‘but Broadway show goers refused to be interested. But the appetite of the fans of bigs theaters in little towns and in little theaters in big towns for stories laid in the open and dusty spaces never seems fully satisfied. In isolated cases a picture commands more attention' in some sections and then it is _due to the nationality of the star. did a bigger business in cities of large German population and Maurice Chevaller is the star of stars in French communities, ‘The rule that there is no such animal as a sure-fire picture has been par- tially disproved of late. ‘“Hokum” will do it, the experts believe after witness- ing the almost universal success of Ed Wynne's “Follow the Leader,” the Marie Dressler-Polly Moran farce, “Re- ducing,” and the Marx Brothers in “Animal Ctackers.” REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT AT FAIRLAND TOMCRROW David J. Lewis to Speak Before Parent-Teacher Body at Wash- ington Anniversary Fete, Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRLAND, Md., February 21— Representative-elect David J. Lewis, from the sixth Maryland district, will speak before the Falrland Parent- Teacher Association at its second Washington's birthday celebration at St. Mark's Hall here Monday night. He will be introduced by Delegate Odo- rian W. Roby. Commissioner Lacy Shaw, president of the Board of Coun- | ty Commissioners, will be present. The Liberty Grove Band will fur. nish a number of selections and als lead the chorus of school children and audience in singing patriotic seleciions. Miss Betty Gray, accompanied by Miss Kash, will sing: Miss Lorine Peebles | will give a reading; H. Stephan, violin- ist, accompanied by Mrs. Stephan, will play. Invocation will be by Rev. R. F. Hall. The committee in charge are Mrs. 8. J. Athey, Mrs. Elmer Duvall and ‘W. B. Walters, president of the asso- clation. At the meeting of the association & program was furnished by the fourth and fifth grade pupils and by Miss Charlotte Adams, soprano soloist. The association favors the proposed addition of two school rooms and an au- | Jitorium-gymnasium to the present building. The association went on rec- | ord as approving the proposed pro- | motion of a public park along the Paint Branch in the community. Max Burdette, principal of the school, gave a talk on the value of examinations in the promotion of unchlnf in the schools, explaining the standing of this school in relation to the schools of the whole county. LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS Special Dispatch to The Sta; WAYNESBORO, Va. February 21.— Election of officers and the selection ufl Staunton as the next place of meeting | on April 21 featured the meeting of the :u!\llh Odd Fellows' Association held er. These officers were elected: Presi- dent, J. F. Armentrout, Waynesboro vice ‘president, C. B. Reeves, Staunton secretary, S. M. McLaughlin, Waynes- boro; treasurer, W. S. Bryan, Staunton; chapiain, G. E. Bright, Staunton. Cork Street Cars to Go. Cork, Irish Free State, soon will be without street cars. The present ones are .too’ old and too noisy for the city to take over, so the operating company will quit. Some of the cars are more than 30 years old, and when rounding corners are said to make as much noise t!: tanks. Busses probably will succeed em. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. PIANO PLAYING SAXQPHON Positively T; IN 20 E, BANJO, GUITAR GAS OFFICE MANAGER NAMED AT ALEXANDRIA Raymond C. Brehaut Appointed in Place of S. T. McAdams, Trans- ferred to Capital. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. Pebruary 21.— Raymond C. Brehaut has been ap- pointed manager of the Alexandria Gas Co., to replace 8. T. McAdams, it was announced by the Washington Gas Light Co. today. McAdams, who has been manager here since the formation of the Alexandria Gas Co., has been trans- ferred back to the Washington office. The new manager, who took charge several days ago, has only been con- nected with the Washington Gas Light Co. for a short time. For several years previous to coming with the Washington company he was connected with the Massachusetts Utility Association, and has had experience in managing a gas company office. MISS HARDY WILL SPEAK Assistant Superintendent of Schools to Address Principals’ Group. Miss Rose Lees Hardy, assistant su- perintendent of school in charge of elementary instruction, will address the Elementary Principals’ Assoclation at its meeting at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, in the board room of the Franklin Ad- ministration Bullding. Miss Hardy will discuss “Significant | Facts Concerning the New Courses of Study.” Besides Miss Hardy, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., trustee of George Washing- ton University, will speak briefly. Mrs. E. K, Peeples, president of the associa- tion, will preside. Cyclist Killed by Truck. SAN JOSE DE LAS LAJAS, Cuba, February 21 (#)—Angel Ruiz, 24-ysee old telegraph messenger, who, with two other young men, sought to set a bicycle speed record over the new highway between Santiago and Ha- vana, was killed yesterday when he iried to hitch on’to an_ sutomobile iruck. SPANISH Brots., R SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON from Spain—Conversational Method ‘Drogress. st. 11, 9361 The_Civil Service Preparatory School, SE. Cor. 13th & F n.w. Met. 6337. Law Review Course Conducted by Frank S. Smith Opening Lecture Monday, February 23 8:30-10:30 P.M. 1809 Eye St. N.W. The eourse includes three cls week until June 1 snd five class from June 1 until the Bar Examination, Emil Jannings’ films l.l'l}'lsy ONWAYTO CHICAGO Policeman at Danville, IIl., Says He Talked With Notorious Gangster. By the Associated P DANVILLE, L, 2N Trafic Policeman Wiley Wat:'n said Alphonse Capone, Chicago gang ieader, stepped from the Florida Limited of the Chicago & Eastern Illinols Rail- road today, accompanied by three bodyguards, and was whisked away in a waiting limousine. Watson sald Capone chatted with him, admitting his identity. Residents near the Danville Alrport said & strange cabin moncplane landed at the fleld around noon and took off 30 _minutes later. ‘The officer said Capone announced he would fly to Chicago. Passengers on the Florida train sald Capone boarded it at Miami, making no_effort to conceal his identity, Capone is under a Federal court order to appear at Chicago next Wednesday to answer a contempt of court cita resulting from his failure to return from Florida two years ago when subpoenaed before the grand jury. Capone at the time pleaded iliness, but Government investigators said he was well enough to frequent the race 18 IN ASHEVILLE BANK PROBE NAMED Ex-Mayor, Former City and County Commissioners and Local Financiers Indicted. By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C. February 21— Eighteen former public officials and bankers were indicted by the Buncombe County grand jury today on charges growing out of recent bank failures and resultant loss of public funds. Gallatin Roberts, who was mayor until he resigned because of a crisis in city finances, and the complete boards of city and county .commissioners in office at the time of the bank failures were among those indicted. A charge of conspiring to use public funds for the benefit of a private insti- tution, the defunct Central Bank & Trust Co., was returned against Roberts and eight others, as follows: Newton M. Anderson, former chair- man of the County Board of Commis- sioners; James W. Grimes and J. C. McEIroy, former county commissioners; L. B. Rogers and C. H. Bartlett, former | city commissioners; Wallace B. Davis, fofmer president of the Central Bank & Trust Co.; Russell C. Davis, former vice president. and L. L. Jenkins, for- | mer president of the American National | Bank, also defunct. Various charges of violating the State nking laws were voted against the following: W. A. McGeachy, president; Wallace B. Davis, vice president; W. L. Crown, cashier; Clyde S. Reed and Dr. J. A. Sinclafr, directors of the Biltmore- Oteen Bank. A. A, Hegman, presiden! Dr. C. E. Cotton, Fred Perley, L. G. Beall and R. L. Woodward, officials of the Commonwealth Bank at Black Mountain, near here. With the closing of the banks last Fall, approximately $9,000,000 of city and county funds were tied up. THREAT OF DYNAMITE RECEIVED iN LETTERS Three Persons Get Communications at Lynchburg Demanding Money Under Penalty. Special Dispateh to The Btar. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 21.—N. B. Handy, Mrs. Ernest Williams and J. P. Bell Co., all of this city, have recently received anonymous letters in which demands are made for money on threat of dynamiting their homes or business places. All of the letters have been turned over to the police and Federal authori- ties. who are engaged in an effort to disclose identity of the writer of the letters. The letters, carefully printed | with a pencil, are written on good sta- tionery. e Recreation Camp Set Up. CUMBERLAND, Md, February 21 (Special).—A model camp for recrea- tion purposes for the use of officials and guests has been established on the south branch of the Potomac River on land leased from A. C. McNeill of Mountain View Inn, near Moorefield. ‘The lodge has been bullt In a grove of trees at a point noted for scenery. The bullding has rustic finish. STATISTICAL CLERK Begin Now. Special Tuition. Low Rate e Civil Service Preparatory School. ___S.E._Cor. 13th & P n.w. Met. One Lesson FREE A free trial lesson will prove how it is to speak any modern lan- Native . teachers. i asses forming ail the time. Prench, German, Italiari or Spanish, the Berlitz conversational way—suc- cessful for 53 ye Clip th BERLIT?Z SCHOOL. OF LANGUAGES The Temple School, Inc. | Beginners’ Classes in | Gregg Shorthand | 5:15 P.M. Class Starting Feb. 25 7 P.M. Class Now Forming | 1420 K St. NA. 3258 Art—Adpvertising Interior Decoration—Costume Design Poster Class—Children's Saturday Class New Class in Sign Writing 1333 F SLNW. _ ME 2883 ° | LEARN TO WRITE SHORT STORIES Registration Dally, Except Wednesdays 510 7 pm. Folder on Request National 3510 The Moneyway Studios KEEPS MRS. MKED Resignation of Maryland Committee Chairman Re- jected; Fight to Continue. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. BALTIMORE, February 31.—Mrs, Edward H. McKeon's repignation ag chairman of the Billboard Restrictiony Committee of the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland has been rejected by the board of directors of the organiza- tion and Mrs. McKeon has agreed to remain in office. ‘The chairman of billboard restriction is anxious, she said, to correct an im- pression that has gotten abroad that she has quit the billboard fight. “I am distinctly still in it,” she de- clared, “and I intend to remain in it until Maryland gets what it wants in the way of legislation against billboards and signposts along the public high- ways of the State. “When I tendered my resignation as chairman of the committee, I had no intention in the world of giving the im- pression that I was no longer interested in billboard restriction and that I was no longer in the fight to have the bill, now before the Maryland Legislature, passed. “My resignation was merely a matter of form,” she went on. “My year's work was up and I simply tendered my resig- nation with the hope that someone else might be appointed to carry it on. My resignation was not accepted and so I am still in office. “I'm just as keen about the abolition of billboards as I ever was and I am working just as hard as ever to make others realize that they are unsightly and constitute a hazard to motorists. ! “I particularly don't want the people who have been working with me to think I have let them down. I had no such intention when I resigned—I ex- pected to retain my interest, but not the chairmanship—but I'll retain both if necessary to make it perfectly clear that I'm still in the fight,” WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS Brandywine Organization to Gather Thursday Afternoon. Special Dispatch to The Star. BRANDYWINE, Md., February 21.— A meeting of the Woman's Club of Brandywine will be held Thursday after- noon at 2 o'clock at Brandywine High School. The club, at its last voted against the proposed county - mmxy-mvme‘ next meeting of the Mothers® Club will be held at the home of Mrs. W. T. McPherson March 12 at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Canter will be the leader. At the club’s last session held at the home of Mrs. Hogue, an article on “The Influ- ences of Pre-school Life on the Later Development of the Child,” was read by Mrs. Meinhardt. Trade Body Chartered. BALTIMORE, February 21 (8 —The Kensington Chamber of Com- merce, Inc, of Kensington, Mont- gomery County, has been chartered undet the State laws of Maryland to stimulate interest in the welfare of the community. The organtzation has no capital stock and the incorporators are Irwin H. Linton, Washington I, Oleve- land and George C. Shinn, all of Kensington, FRENCH Profs. from Parls JARDIN MANGHAGE rapid_progress_908 14th n.w.. M || COLUMBIA “TECH” (Formerly Columbia Bchool of Drafting) All Branches of Ensineering and DRAFTING oo s ial), Columbia Technical School Engineer & Draftsman “Headquarters” 1319 F St. NW. Metro. 5626 ITALIAN X A Businesi School with University Atmosphere. Owned by educators national Character d of every sti . 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