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A2 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PLAN EASTER RITES Memorial Services Will Be Held in Early Morning at Arlington. A colorful sunrise memorial service is being planned by the Grand Com- mandery of the District of Columbia Knights Templar for Easter morning in Arlington Cemetery, it was an- nounced by officials cf the order today. Every Knight Templar in this juris- diction has been ordered to be present in the picturesque uniform of the or- der by Grand Commander Joseph H. Milans, A number of high governmental diplomatic and Mascnic officials have been invited es special guests. Annual Affair Proposed. According to Eugene E. Thompson, chairman of the religious committee of the local grand commandery, it is planned to make the sunrise service an | annual affair. This is the first time such a ceremony has been held at Arlington. An elaborate program has been ar- ranged for the occasion. Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips, rector of the Church | of the Epiphany and chaplain of the United States Senate, will deliver the sermon. Also taking part in the ser- vices will be Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, pastor of the Metropoli- | tan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, chaplain of the House of Rep- resentatives and grand prelate of Knights Templar; Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief of chaplains, United States Navy, and Rev. John C. Palmer, pas- tor of the Washington Heights Presby- terian Church, grand chaplain of the Grand Lcdge of Royel Arch Masons and prelate of Washington Comman- dery. Special Music Prepared. | The Masonic Glee Club, under the | direction of Warren W. Grimes, will | sing several numbers and lead the Going to Illinois INGRAM MEMORIAL PASTOR ACCEPTS NEW CALL. REV. KYLE BOOTH. Rev. Kyle Booth, for the past six and | a half years pastor of Ingram Memorial Congregational Church, Tenth street and Massachuseits avenue northeast, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church in Peoria, 1ll. He will preach his last ser- mons &t the local church next Sunday and assume his duties in Peoria on Easter Sunday. During his pastorate here Rev. Mr. Booth has been elected to the offices of moderator cf the Washington As- Soclation of Congregational Churches, president of the Washington Associa- tion of Congregational Ministers, presi- dent of the Washington Congregational Club, delegate to the National Council of Gongregational Churches from the Middle Atlantic Conference and dean of the Congregational Young Pecple's work. The church in Peoria to which Mr. Booth has been called is one of the oldest and most infiuential churches of | the Midwest, having in its member- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931 ° 3 GROUPS PROBE CROSSING CRASH Seek to Determine Why Gates Were Raised in Path of Oncoming Train. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, March 27— The crash of Southern passenger train No. 11 into a crowded street car hore yesterday, injuring 43 persons at & crossing equipped with safety gates, tonight had set in motion three sepa- rg!e investigations in an effort to place the blame. Authorities of the Southern Railway Co., the street car company, and pubic officials sought to determine why the crossing gates were raised while the cas, loaded with early risers on their way to work, rolled directly into the path of the locomotive as the latter crossed West Trade street into the yard of the Southern passenger station. Twenty-six of the injured were re- ported “resting well” at hospitals. The other 17 suffered injuries not requiring hospital attention. None is expected to die. Of the victims, 36 are colored. ‘The street car had at lower- ed safety gates to allow a railroad hand- car to . ‘The gates were raised and the trolley started across the tracks just in time to be struck in the middle by the oncoming train. KIWANIANS HEAR U. S. AIDE ‘The functions of the Bureau of Standards, “testing agency for the vari- ous departments of the Federal Gov- ernment,” were outlined tp the Kiwanis assistant director of the bureau, in a talk at the weekly luncheon meeting in the Washington Hotel. Dr. McAllister said that there are at present in effect 698 Federal specifica- tions, of which 52 per cent, or 362, have been revised one or more times since 1921, when the Federal Specifications Board was organized. Announcement of a golf tournament this afternoon at the Washington Golf and Country Club was made by Albert W. Howard, sports chairman of the Ki- wanis Club. Plans for the joint meeting with the Manassas, Va., club were explained by Earle G. Wilhoite, vice chairman of the Interclub Relations Committee. When coming in for. your furnishings, ties, Club yesterday by Dr. A. S. McAllister, | tive of = “Resolved, That the several shirts, etc., don’t overlook these . « o Dorchester Suits and Topcoats WOMEN TO DEBATE George Washington and Cornell Will Clash Tonight. Woman debaters of George Washing- ton and Cornell Universities will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Corcoran Hall. ‘The debate originally was planned for March 13, but was poned on ac- count of the illness of the Cornell par- ticipants. ‘The George Washington girls—Bertha Kauffman, Genevieve Wimsatt and Louise Feinstein—will hold the affirma- States should adopt législation providing for a system of unemployment insur- | ance.” | Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife of the | LOOK FOR THE SCHWARTZ GOLD CLOCK ON SEVENTH ST. ~ - take Three Stone DIAMOND —For Instance 1 at the regular price— and a most outstand- ing special at this “One president of George Washington Univer- ! mx. will preside. George Washington team composed of Elizabeth Reeves and Louise Falligant will meet a men’s team of Penn State College in a radio debate Monday after- noon at 2 o'clock. The argument will be broadcast over Sfation WJSV. Penn State will be represented by Hnrr{ Ww. Lightstone and Orville A. 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