Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1931, Page 5

HOLDS PROMIBITION | 1S NO LONGER ISSUE Mrs. Sabin Asserts Contro- versy Is Between Absti- nence and Temperance. ___(Continued From First Page ganization which she heads, Mrs. Sabin said the membership had increased from 100,000 at the last convention to 300,- 000 now. “To the militant prohibitionists who I had long been accustomed to facing the | brewers and distillers as their only ad- | versarles the change in the character | of the opponents of the eighteenth amendment is bafing nnd on the whole 1s very unwelcome,” she sai Charges s-mnn-m “If the in our membershit is not mdmuw"gawlh of the mcms‘-’i ing demand for the repeal of the eight- eenth amendment, certainly the report of the President’s commission on law observance and enforcement tas made lain in every The chairmen con- | the of comprehensive, pai and thorough investigation. dings :E:ud upon the pages o{ t.he wlcker- the separate statements of all but one of its eleven members, compose a document which should be adopted as the handbook of the anti-| » prohibitionists. Though by some feat| of Japanese sword-swallowing, the com- ‘mission in its summing up as Sl o 5 oo s, 20 jess for the ‘whicl sprea upon the record and for the plain de- mlnd of 10 of its 11 members for re- .* peal or revision, we owe a debt of grati- tude. How uh-nluhly it our contentions as 83 Republicans the Senate, 11 of each major party, standing for repeal. Conventions To Consider Repeal Mrs. Sabin recalled that in’both wmuewvmmm hhu-mm';mmrdln of npe‘l\mt that the New York plan for. State delegates could isgue involved. In concluding, Mrs. Sabin declared. that candidates for office would not to evade the probibition by the organizmtion g the soeeches, committeés were organized and went into executive ‘Tonight at 7:20 there will be & ban- quet. followed by a business meeting, at which the speakers will be Matthew ‘Woll, vice president of the American ¢+ Yederation of Labor; Dr. Esther Rich- ards, psychiatrist, of Johns Hopkins University, and Maurice 8. ed!tor of the Hartford (Conn.) an ! Delegates to the convention from the + District of Columbia, in addition Mrs. Margaret Cox, Mrs. John F. Dry- den, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs. W. B. Mason, Mrz. Fred- erick Solger. Mrs. Valentine Vivkery, Mrs, John R. Willlams and Mrs. W. M. Wright. Many of the delegates tn this con- vention this m-rning attended the an- nual meeting of the Red Cross, to which they also are delegates. TWO SAVED AS BOMB WRECKS ARMY PLANE Officers Leap With ’'Chutes and; Land Safely—Dengling Petards Explode in Ship Crash. Cour- By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 14.—An | Army bomber pilot and his passenger yesterday afternoon escaped in plrl-' chutes when & bomb stuck in the "-l leasing device and could not be disen- | gaged. Pearing to land with the bomb dengling beneath the plane, the occu- pants, Capt. Robert G. Brene, Air Corps, end Maj. Charles A. French, Coast Artillery, decided to jump. They reached the ground safely. ‘The empty plane crashed some dis- tance awsv and was demolished by the cherge. The accident occurred during maneuvers. Bandits Rob Store of $2,500. NEW YORK, April 14 (). ——'l"o young men walkeq into the man: office on the third floor of a B mmt store yesterday, held up Rutledge, the manager, and two us‘rl employes, scooped up $2.500 and departed, waming their . W against an cuwry in the store, About 200 patrons were unaware of lhe ho!d up Brush l"iu Checked. HYA’ TTSVILLE, Md. Apri 14, (Spe- clal) —Effective work by the Mrs Edward 8. Moore, New York (left), chairman of the Poster Committee of the VJomen's Organization for National Prohibition Refcrm; Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Washingt-n, and Felix Mahony, Washingtan ertist, photographed with prize-winning poster in the contest sponsored by the organization. —Underwocd Photo. From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. “Philip Goes Forth” Delights National A NOTHER bull's-eye! The Na- tional Players have again whipped out their theatric arrows and shot straight into the core of one of the light- est and brightest of their dramatic apples. A tempting bit of didacticism, ‘whose label is “ Goes Forth,” young hoped against hope l.hn he would and could wrm a play, it was presented last night at the Natios ‘Theater with grace, vim and vigor. This is no " Sadimage in je in which the char- acte: John Watburton, this is no easy to accom- plish while in the fi‘;t Ing. B "o et sy, why with the froth of “Let Us Be Gay” their speeches so unflinchingly. One or two stumblings, & look of “Help me, I've forgotten”; mh- placed , an arched mhmw, were the only indications thatall was not consistently well last night with . As & whole, it gravi- the stanchest _Kelly ‘what every young man and per] lug- w::l:n has once or twice thought al e flow of its rather than any flow of it has much meat in its slen- der ribs and it did tickle last night's audience tremendously. John Warburton won his spurs as the youth who finds that writing plays is not his especial vocation. An ennfw young actor, whose smile is sald to have floored the feminine mmhtlon of this town, he played Jong lnd arduous role with much easygoin, . Maud How- ell Emlv.! locally and affectionately called one of “our owns,” did the tanley in his smallest part of the year, probably—stood out especially, even behind those glasses. Adelaide Hibbard, of course, contributed another of her long line of inimitable portraits, and Play Ball!!! by 0 - ol J° 5 s ghe pe* “F o o ax g Lane, handsome in black and not so handsome in brown, won many of the laughs of the evening. The rest of the company measured up to the high requirements of the occasion. E. DE 5. MELCHER. St. Gabriel's Players In “Broadway Jones.” WHETHER or not a telegram from George M. Cohan ex- tending best wishes to the members of the cast and received on the eve of the performance had anything to do with it or not, the St. Gabriel's Players cavort- ed merrily through his “Broadway Jones” last night at St Paul’s Hall and won for them- selves, individ- ually and' col- lectively, local renown. 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Sheriff A. N. Barrentine said in the nnnrl hand was a note reading: “I shot them because I loved them.” URGES STUDY AS PLAY Meiklejohn in Address Declares Ed- ucation Is at Standstill. WHITE PLAINS, N. ¥, (®)—Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, for- w-ldenl olAmhent merly m% m chairman of the Unlv.mn.y d asserted that |!¢.Il still at uu bottom.” Dr. Meiklejohn spoke at the Wind-| wlrd Sehool member of society,” he said, bl e eaiad t5 . srsation, e gardless of wealth and position. Knowl- ed.!uho\udbelequlred!wunhvefl learning alone, bringing it under the heading of play. Teach knowing as a game for the joy of it.” RUM ARRESTS SET Augmented U. S. Force Takes . 5,273 Persons in March, Says Woodcock. bumuhumd-lne.lwok 1y lbynr 3 dry law arrests dur- ing March, the pmhlbmcn director said, ll contrasted with illl for February. seizure of aul iles jumped by g:mnhmlo: 1lvtorthe'n‘::'nm‘md mnung of anent injunctions i 2 “Notwithstanding this tivity,” he tontinued, “the than kept up with us. 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