Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1931, Page 30

B—14 WOMEN T0 MEET T0 FIGHT DRY LA National Body Will Award Its Prizes for Anti-Prohibi- tion Posters. Claiming membership of many of whom are nationally known, the %om?n's Organization for Nlllonlli Prohibition Reform will meet here April 14-15 to discuss plans for fur- ther expansion. In the past year, the | announcement of the conference says, | the group has grown from 100,000. Marking the April gathering, which will be at the Meyflower, will be a ter exhibit, with both national and | jocal awards. In the first class the prizes will be | $250, $100 and $50, for first, second | and third, respectively. Mrs. Henry Leonard, who heads the Reception Committee for the District Council of the organization, has offered prizes of $50 and $25 for the best posters sub- mitted in the District. ‘The posters are to be based on three themes: Why women should work for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, why women should enroll in the Wom- en’s Organization for National Prohi- bition Reform to work for the repeal of the amendment and why the suffrage amendment may be the instrument of repealing the eighteenth amendment. ‘The purpose of the posters is to stir up interest in the organization and its| aims, including the support of wet po- | litical candidates. | Miss Bell Gurnee is chairman of the | District Council. The vice chairmen | are Representative Mary T. Norton of | New Jersey, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs Elizabeth C. Harris and Mrs. Alexan: der Wolf. Mrs. W. B. Mason is sccre- tary and Mrs. John F. Dryden treas- urer. | Mrs. Charles Parker Stone of the Junior League will be chairman of the Information Committee. MARRYINiGr BLACKSMITH | TAKES ANVIL TO LONDON, 250,000, Man Who Has Joined 900 Couples in Wedlock Prefers Gretna Green | to Great Metropolis. | By the Associated Press | LONDON, February 23.— Richard Rennison, the marriage-making black- smith of Gretna Green, Dumfries, Scot- | land, made his first visit to London | over the week end and was so afraid that some one would steal his anvil- altar that he brought it along with him. On his first sightseeing trip he left | the anvil at his hotel, but he was so | nervous for its safety that thereafter he | took it with him wherever he went. | ‘The Mirror said that, although the anvil weighed 240 pounds, he was able to carry it to and from his taxi and | \up and down subway escalators with- | out distress. He was greatly impressed with don. “But Gretna Green is best,” he | sald. “There is more romance therc| than in all of London.” He has mi ried more than 900 couple | Lon- | FELLOWSHIP GATHERING | Dr. Hildreth Caldwell to Discuss “gurgical Service by an Indian | Road” Thursday. An address by Dr. Hildreth Cald: well, medical and surgical missionary | from the United States, whose present station is Kasjang, Indis, will feature a world fellowship meeting at Barker Hall, Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation, Seventeenth and K streets, ‘Thursday at 12:30 in the afternoon. Reservations for the Juncheon meet- ing must be made prior to Wednesday noon at the general education offices of the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Wilson Comp- ton, who will preside, will introduce the speaker, whose subject will be “Surgical | Service by An Indian Road.” | Dr. Caldwell is a graduate of the Uni- | versity of California, class of '24, and is charge of the mission hospital at Kasjang. She is the only white woman on the staff of the hospital, located in an Indian city of 15,000 inhabitants. Strike Protests Martial Law. | ASUNCION, Paraguay, February 23 (#).—The labor unions have called a general strike beginning today and con- tinuing indefinitely until the gove ment raises the state of siege, or martial | v the capital and liberates pris- rrested in recent labor troubles. A small river scene by Guardi, whose | ctures brought only trifing sums a 'w years ago, was sold in London re- ! cently for $2,000. You Can’'t With A Cold | g | EXPLORER CLAIMS SOUTH POLE AREA IS ONE BIG CONTINENT Capt. Larsen Reports Finding New Land and Occupying 200 Miles of Coast Line in Norway's Name. By Cable to The Star. OBLO, Norway, February 23.—The South Pole area consists of one huge continent. | This bold theory is supported by | a radiogram from Capt. Riiser Lar- | sen of North Pole flight fame, Capt Larsen in his message home said that | he discovered new land from his air- | plane during flights February 16 and | 17, and has occupled 200 miles of the coastline in Norways name, calling it Princess Ragnhild’s land. The new land is situated between 70 degrees 30 minutes south, 24 degrees 15 minutes east, 68 degrees 40 minutes south and 33 degrees 30 minutes east. To all appearances, the new land is a | THE EVENING continuation of the coastline of which hitherto only Kemps land has been known in the west and Enderby land in the east. Links with other lands dis- covered in the Antarctic area have not been_ established yet, but experts here consider it only & question of time. Capt. Larsen’s occupation was made during his service in the Norwegian expedition, which was financed entirely by Lars Christiansen in connection with his huge whale hunting under- takings, which are the biggest in the world. ' Capt. Larsen has been an avia- tor for him since 1929 and earlier dis- covered and occupied Peter I Island, west of Hearst land, Queen Maud's land, near Kemp land and Princess Martha's | land near Coat’s land. (Copyright. 1931) STAR, WASHINGTON, TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS, National—“The Lonely Way,” 8:20 p.m. Belasco—"Better Times,” at Gayety—“Let’s Go,” at 8:15 p.m. Columbia—Greta Garbo in “Inspira- tion,” at 11:20 a. 1:20, 3:25, 5:25, 7:40 and 9:45 p.m. Palace—"Parlor, Bedroom and Bat! at 11:35 am,, 1:53, 4:36, 7:2¢ and 9:47 pm. Fox—"Don't Bet on Women,” at 11:58 am., 2:28, 4:58, 8:05 and 10:35 pm. R-K-O Keith's—“Cimarron” (third week), at 10:07 a.m.,, 12:22, 2:37, 4:52, 7:07 and 9:22 p.m. Earle—"My Past.” at 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:52 and 10:20 p.m. Rialto—"Dracula” (second week), at 11:47 am., 1:46, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45 pm. 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