Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1931, Page 13

THE SUNDAY EDITORS 0 OPEN PARLEY THURSDAY' I Three-Day Program of News- paper Men Includes Call on President. } Newspaper making in its many phases will be discussed by notable au- | thorities at the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors | which gets under way at the National | Press Club Thursday for a three-day gession The conference will be marked by a call upon President Hoover Thursday | night. The meeting not only will take up the problems with which the news- papers cope in the conduct of their own affairs, but will also hear the outsider's views on the press. The sessions will start at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with an interna- ! tional exchange of editorial greetings, in | which a hook-up of telegraph, cable | and radio will be employed by Fred Fuller Shedd, the president. ture will be Page, vice president | tional Telephone and Telegraph Cor- | poration. ' Leggett to Extend Greetings. Mr. Shedd then will deliver his open- ing address, E. S. Leggett, president of | the National Press Club, will extend greetings from the Washington corre- spondents; Lincoln B. Palmer, general manager of the Association, will speak on “Newspaper Publicity” and commit- tees will be appointed. Opening the morning session Priday at 10:30, Willam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, will discuss “The Press and Labor News”; Frank R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun will have as his subject “Politicians and Publicity” and Albin E. Johnson, recently staff correspondent of the New York World at Geneva, “The Press Abroad as viewed by an American.” At the noon session the question of radio will be taken up, with W. G. Vorpe, Sunday editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, presiding. Volney D. Hurd, radio editor Christian Science Monitor and President of the Newspaper Radio Editors’ Association, will speak. That afternoon Samuel P. Weston of New York will discuss “Fundamental Laws Upon Which Newspaper Success Is Predicated and Sustained” and Richard V. Oulahan, chief of the Wash- ington bureau New York Times, will give reminiscences. Talk by H. J. Smith Scheduled. ‘The night session will be marked by 8 talk on “Building a City Staff” by Henry Justin Smith, managing editor | Chicago Dally News, with Arthur J.| Sinnott, managing editor of the New- | ark News, presiding and a talk on “Editorial Department Costs” by M. V. Atwood, associate editor Gannett news- papers, with Dwight Marvin, editor of the Troy (N. Y.) Record, in the chair. Saturday morning Col. Robert R. Mc- Cormick, publisher Chicago Tribune, will discuss “The Future of the Amer- ican Newspaper” and Col. William J. Donovan, former Assistant _Attorney ‘A Free Press and Free Gov- At noon, the subjects will be “M; ing Scientific News More Readable” and “Government Data the Editor Can Use.” For the former A. R. Holcombe, managing editor of the New York Her- ald-Tribune, will be the chairman and Watson Davis, managing editor of Sci- ence Service, the speaker. In the lat- ter discussion Dr. Juius Klein, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce, will be the speaker and James A. Stuart, man- aging editor of the Indianapolis Star, will preside. Committee reports will be given that afternoon and dinner that night will wind up the meeting, DESERTION PLEA WINS INTERLOCUTORY DECREE | Mrs. Beulah C. Mumford, Wed at | Elkton, Md., in 1925, Names Co-respondent in Action. On her plea that her husband, Thomas, deserted her September 10, 1928, in order to spend his time with & co-respondent, Mrs. Beulah C. Mum- ford, 1605 Brentwood road northeast, yesterday was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce by Justice Adkins in Equity Court. The couple was married at Elkton, Md., September 30, 1925, ac- cording to the complaint. There were no_children. Mrs. Mumford charged the co-re- spondent, a neighbor, was in the habit of driving by her house and signaling | Mumford with her automobile horn. Counsel fees and costs of the divorce proceedings were assessed against the usband. Attorney Raymond Neudecker eppeared on behalf of the wie. Before engaging in any form of sport the ancient Greeks and Romans strong- ly belleved in invocations to their re- spective deities. WATCH REPAIRING BY EXPERTS The repair of your watch does not complete the (rans- action between us, but estab- lishes owr obiigetion to fulfill our guarentee cof service. All parts Used in Our_Repair Depariment are Geauive Material BURNSTINE’S 927 G St. NW. DIAMONDS WATCHES PLEASE S/IR--She saicly \TY SUNDAY E cious 5-Course Sunday Dinner Heads Wesleyan TAKES LEADERSHIP AT MACON, GA., SCHOOL. | | | DR. DICE R. ANDERSON Has accepted the presidency <f Wesleyan College, Methodist School for girls, at Macon, Ga. A. P. Photo. MASONS’ HISTORY MAKING | SUBJECT BEFORE LODGE Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson to| Trace American Battle Flag in France. i “Where Masons Made History” will be the subject of an address tomor- | row evening at 8 o'clock before Joppa Lodge, No. 35, F. A. A. M, at Masonic | Temple, 4209 Ninth street, by Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, U. S. A, re- tired, who was president of the Masonic | Club at Sanzey, France, where the first American combat regiment entered the battle line. The pathway of the American battle flag will be illustrated by a large map, | showing where the flag was at all times | on 250 miles of battle front, and the route across thé Rhine. Photographs of the flag en route will be exhibited. Clyde Wendelkin, master of Joppa Lodge, will preside, and after the ad- dress there will be an open forum in which questions will be welcomed and answered. Bigger Business necesitated Bigger Quarters vemiting Better Service OPENING CELEBRATION Take Advantage of These Celebration Specials White Bond Size, 6% Box of 5 1,000 Sheets Typewriter Paper 1,000 sheets | a short talk by Director Street, a_talk | to CHEST SPEAKERS T0 EET TUESDAY Elwood Street to Outline Courses of Study in Five Special Fields. The speech clinic of the Community | Chest wil meet Tuesday evening at 6 | o'clock at the Brick Wall Inn, 1905 K | street, to put into effect plans for special | activitles by members of the speakers’ | bureau. W. W. Wheeler, chairman of the clinic, will preside. | Elwood Strect, director of the Chest, will outline a course of study in each of the five special fields of the Chest activities. The idea at present is to study the health fleld first, as the| Council of Social Agencies is now re- | leasing portions of the repott on ‘the health survey of Washington recently made here. The two ideas are expected to tie together. The general theme fol- lowed will be “Health Social Work and the Community Chest.” Once each week, Director Street broadeasts from station WRC under the | general program heading of “Give- | idends” and in the future this talk will | be devoted to the particular field of work in which the speakers’ bureau hap- pens to be specializing at that time. A combination meeting of the govern- mental “Uniteers” and the “Keyman's Club” of the Chest wil be held Wednes- day night at th: Boys' Club, 230 C street. There will be supper for which the guests will pay and the two groups, after a brief program, will inspect the club house. The program consists of by Cherles M. Fyfe, director of the Boys' d entertainment furnished by e ARTIST MARRIES WARD McGillivray Knowles and Miss Lila | Taylor Wed. ‘WINDSOR, Ont., April 11 (#).—Mc- Gillivray Knowles of Toronto, Canadian artist, and his former ward, Miss Lila Taylor, a teacher at Alma College, St. Thomas, were married last night. Mr. Knowles gave his age as 69 and his bride’s as 45. The bride was the ward of Mr. Knowles and his first wife, also an artist, who died three years ago. | Less than half the children of Mex- | Abbott and Dr. D. W. Willard were pm-: ico of school age attend school. Starting Tomorrow STAR, WASHINGTO Alabama Beauty SHARES HONORS WITH THREE OTHERS AT UNIVERSITY. MARY ELLEN WORTHY Of Alexander City, Ala., a freshman at Alabama College for Women, was se- lected by Gov. B. M. Miller as one of the four most beautiful students at the school. —A. P. Photo. COUNCIL TO LEARN OF WELFARE WORK Year's Activities Will Be Reported at Annual Meet- ing Tomorrow. Past The past year's activity of the Coun- cil of Social Agencies will be reported at the annual meeting of the organiza- tion in the Y. W. C. A. bullding to- morrow afternoon. The session will commence at 12:30 o'clock. ‘The following names have been sub- mitted for reelection as members-at- large of the council: Dr. Karl J. Alter, Dr. W. L. Darby, John Ihider, Miss Louise McGuire, Lewis Meriam, Dr. Frederick W. Perkins, Edward D. Shaw, and Mrs. W. S. Ufford. Miss Grace posed for election to the council. and continuing throughout the week Including One Pound Box MARTHA WASHINGTON Candy to Each Lady whose purchases amount to $1 or more Envelopes inches. 00, 97c Bize 8x12% $1.00 value, 72¢ Per Good Bond Embosse 40 in a package— size 8%x11 inches. Round Cornered Lead Penc Metal tipped and rubber eraser, and 3 grad '37c Per Doz. Chair Cushions Corduroy and T er. Regular $1.5 $1.00 Each $1.50 Served in the Main Dinin Room, 12 loz Aug_u_s_gon {4 . 14th ond K Sts.-N.W. New Store 718 13th St. N. W. Manilla Scratch Pads 5¢ Per Box OF Zinane2PAPER COMPANY New Five-Floor Retail Store 718 Thirteenth Street N. W. Just three doors below our old location—still in reach of those many good friends whose patron- age necessitated this move from a two-floor building to a five. We can now serve you more efficiently-—display more merchandise. proud of this new store and know you will be, too! Souvenirs to All Customers On Monday—Opening Day! Whitney’s “La Tulipe” 24 sheets, Regular 75¢ value. 49c¢ Per Box inches. Doz. Pads d Napkins a box. Regular In fancy in white, grey. ‘Waxed Paper 40 feet to the roll. 10c value. ils e lead: regular value. mitation Leath. 0 value. e 6¢ Per Roll Writing Paper English vellum: 24 sheets and 24 lined envelopes. 34c Ye Old English (deckle edge) sheets and 24 envelopes. Regular 60c value. 39c Per Box Writing Inks bottle blue black. 4 oz value. Regular 50c | starving _and millions barely Strathmore Paper buff. pink. violet and Regular $1.00 value. Toilet Tissue 2,000 sheets to roll. $2.00 value. $1.35 Per Doz, D. C, APRIL 12, 1931—PART O | JEWISH CAMPAIGN WILL SEEK 360,000 Funds Will Be Raised for Relief of Starving in Central Europe. Workers in the United Jewish Cam- paign are preparing to make an in- tensive canvass of the Jewish population of Washington in an effort to raise $60,000. Organization of drive teams has been nearly completed under the supervision of the hei of the men’'s and women's divisions and drive chairman. Harold H. Levi, expressed confidence today that the sum sought will be quickly raised. A special Gifts Committee, headed by Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, has been busy during the past week soliciting contributions from the “big givers” and expects to have a substantial sum raised when the drive is formally launched April 19. | Invitations were sent out a few days ago to the banquet next Sunday night | in honor of Mrs. Goldsmith on the an- | niversary of her sixtieth birthday. Mrs, Goldsmith is secretary of the Board of Public Welfare, vice president of the Community Chest and president of the Hebrew Relief Soclety. Priday a meeting of the leaders of the women’s division of the drive was held, at which drive plans were thoroughly discussed. Men workers held a rally at the Jewish Community Center head- quarters Thursday night for the purpose of organizing men’s teams. The workers were told of distressing | conditions abroad, of thousands literally able to make a livellhood due to the economic conditions in Eastern Europe. ACTRESS’ FEARS QUIETED Ethel Barrymore Colt Finds Rash | Is Not Measles. NEW ORLEANS, April 11 (#)—Miss | Ethel Barrymore Colt continued with | her theatrical engagement today after a physician informed her that & rash from which she was suffering was not the measles. ‘The doctor released her from further medical care after diagnosing her ail- ment as a digestive disorder, but the diagnosis was not made until the report had got about that Miss Colt was suf- fering from measles. She is on tour with her mother, Ethel Barrymore, and her brothe: We are 24 lined envelopes. box; two-tint border 75¢ 20¢ 10c Regular New Store 718 13th St. N. W. 88,000 HEALTH LETTERS WILL STRESS CLINICS Pupils to Be Told Benefits of Medical and Dental Examinations. Eighty-eight thousand health letters are to be sent to pupils in_the public and parochial schools of the District this week to stress importance of medical and dental examinations. The hours of the free clinics in all the important hospitals of the city are given in the circulars. The movement is sponsored by the Early Diagnosis Campaign Committee in combination with the May Day Child Health Day Committee and the letter is signed Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical inspector of the public schools, who is chairman of both com- mittees. The active co-operation of school authorities was assured yesterday when they agreed to have the letters dis- t?bl;.ud through the supervising prin- cipals, Speclal attention is given in the let- ter to the matter of early signs of tu- berculosis, such as underweight, fre- auent cough, tiring easily and frequent Inesses with fever, all of which are taken into comsideration with the as- surance that the disease in childhood form can be cured and its later devel- opment prevented by the observation of a few simple health habits, including })roper diet, plenty of rest and sleep, resh air day and night, and open-air exercise within the child's strength. State Lottery Delayed. Premier Lang of New South Wales has agreed to delay the state lottery scheme for hospitals, which is part of the cabinet’s official program, pending a whirlwind appeal to the public for $2,500,000. s concession follows suggestions by a committee representing | the Council of_Churches. 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