Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1931. PLANS DISCUSSED FOR BICENTENNIAL Dr. Marvin and Dr. Havenner Address Banquet Held by Northeast Committee. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University and chairman of the District of Columbia Commission for the George Washing- | | HONOR LANSBURGHS | cotimiry s fncompetent. and brutai | ton Bicentennial- next year, and Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and Tepresentative of District Bicentennial Commission, spoke at a banquet of the Northeast Suburban Bicentennial Committee last night at Sherwood Hall, Twenty-second and Jackson streets northeast. M. C. Wilson, general chairman of the Northeast group, acted as toast- master at the banquet, explaining the purpose and organization of his com- mittee. Last night's was the first pub- lic meeting of the entire group. Sportsmanship Is Stressed. Dr. Marvin told of what the commis- #ion already has done and what it proposes to do in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Washington. He told of his observance of an‘en- America from that in any other nation on earth, stressing the ‘noblesse oblige,” which he termed the “good sportsmanship” of the Nation. Dr. Havenner outlined the tentative program for the celebration, which, it is lanned, will start with Washington's irthday and continue through to ‘Thanksgiving. He said that a call will be issued soon by the District Commit- tee $o members of the citizens’ associa- tions, parent-teacher associations and similar organizations about the city to aid in celebration arrangements. Both speakers commended the spirit of the Northeast group in organizing to aid with the celebration. In explaining the purpose of his or: ganization, Mr. Wilson outlined the plans of the group to beautify the east | entrance to the City of Washington. Musical Selections Heard. The committee is composed of the presidents _and three delegates each from the Burroughs and Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' _ Association, the Brookland, John_Burroughs, Langdon and Woodridge Parent-Teacher Asso- clations, the Burroughs Athletic Clup, the Woodridge Book Club and the Woodridge Garden Club. It was or- ganized in December. Vocal selections at the banquet were given by Miss Aurelia Beck, accom- panied by Mrs. Roy K. Easter, and Earl Halls, accompanied by Mrs. C. E. Chan- | | ¥ ning. Delmar Bock gave & number of | | violin selections, accompanied by Oris | Rader. | About 150 attended the banquet, served under the direction of Miles E. | Bailey, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the association. MICHIGAN ORDERS QUIZ | OF STUDENTS’ DRINKING | Police Raids and Fraternity House Closings Seen as Cause for Legislators' Act. By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich., February 25.—A eommittee investigation of drinking on | the University of Michigan campus was | authorized Monday by the State House of Representatives. ‘The resolution, broadly interpreted as calling for an inquiry into drinking by students, the police raids of two weeks ago which resulted in the closing of five fraternitv houses. in which liquor was found and disciplinary action taken by university officials was adopted by & vote of 47 to 31. Fraternity houses in which liquor was alleged to have been found were “pad- Jocked” until September 1, by the uni- versit 415 7th St. N'W. that body in the| Cyclist Is Hurled 74 Ft. Over 1-Story Building to Death By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., February 25—Herbert W. Lindaner, 20, met death in a spectacular ‘acci- dent Monday. Riding a bor- rowed motor cycle, Lindaner apparently opened the throttle wide while intending to close it. He was hurled 74 feet over a one-story building _when _the machine crossed a dome-shaped rise in & parking station. 'MASONIC EMPLOYES |Store Club Has Rites at Graves of | Two Late Members of Mer- | chant Firm. by an organization of employes and {officials of the department store at brief exercises held at the graves of the two late Washington merchants. | The exercises were held by members | of the Henry-Stanley Masonic Club of | of the late Henry Lansburgh in | Creek Cemetery and later at the grave etery in Anacostia. Members of the club, led by Marx | who is associated with the Washington ‘Confflnnlsl Lodge, took an oath of alle- | giance to the American fiag, and Sol | | Lansburgh placed wreaths on the two | graves at the two services. | Bro. was formed as a tribute to the | memory of the two members of the | firm, both of whom were Masons. | | z . Cash In on Tourists, |, DARWIN, Australia () —By permit- | ting tourists to witness their tribal cere- monies, | achieved prosperity. The chiefs of the North Australia | | tribes found that residents of Darwin‘ | | and passengers on_visiting ships were | willing to pay to witness “cornoborees,” | especially the weird ceremony of “mak- | ing” the tribal youths into men | Chiefs who formerly hung abcut the outskirts of Darwin dirty and hungry, begging food and clothes, now are af- | fluent. Easedin5 Minutes ‘When throat is so raw it hurts to swallow, | ease pain in 5 minutes with one drop Kon: | don’s Catarrhal Jelly. Prescribed by doctors | for 40 ‘years as quickest relief ever knovn. | don’s when throat painful, % without trouble. Beats izers Ends pain quicker. Get Kondon's for few cents from druggist today. —1 & ITCHING ENDS WHEN ~ ZEMO TOUCHES SKIN —thousands say. It's wonderiul the way soothing, cooling Zemo brings relief to skm which itches and buwns. Even in most severe cases, itching | disappears almost as soon as Zemo tonches the tender and inflamed sur- | face. 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Stanley Lansburgh was paid this week |gards them with the eighteenth-cen- | Lansburgh & Bro,, first at the grave | people who are at least two centuries Rock | behind the times.” of the late Stanley Lansburgh in the | Which would authorize $10,000,000 to tirely different type of cilizenship in | Wochington Hebrew Congregation Cem- | be spent in co-operation with' States Kahn, a thirty-second degree Mason | manager of the industrial relations de- The Masonic club of Lansburgh &§Call the Originall aboriginal blacks here have | - U. 5. 0LD AGE CARE 1S TERMED BRUTAL Henry Ford Is Criticized by Advocate of Dill Bill Be- fore Committee. ‘The Senate Pensions Committee yes- terday was told by Abraham Epstein, executive secretary of the American Association for Old Age Security, that He was testifying at a session con- sidering a measure hy Senator Dill, Democrat of Washington. “What a rotten institution the alms- house is.” Epstein said. “With only a half dozen or so exceptions in the whole United States, the man who is in charge of the poor house looks at the inmates just as the warden of a He re- tury idea that anybody who is poor is ipso facto a criminal. 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