Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1931, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931. GEOGRAPHIC SITE T0 BE IMPROVED Society Will Add to Present Structure With Half Block on Sixteenth Street. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, today announced plans for an imposing addi- tion to the soclety’s headquarters at Sixteenth and M streets. The new building will extend along a 135-foot frontage on Sixteenth street. It will house the society’s scientific_collections, its library of current geography and rare collection of historic voyages and travels, also the world's largest collec- tion of geographic photographs, and the editorial rooms of its official journal, the National Geographic Magazine. As designed by Arthur Heaton, archi- tect, and approved by the United States Fine Arts Commission, the additional structure will carry out the general scheme of the older headquarters build- ing in the Italian Renaissance style. The central motif will be a colonnade 1 and ornamental pediment, with alancing wings of the building on each side. Half Block on 16th Street. Thirty years ago, when the society had but a few thousand members, his- toric Hubbard Memorial Hall, still standing at the corner, was large enough to house all it activities. Now, with its membership grown to 1,250,000 repre- senting every civilized community in the world, the soclety’s home will oc- cupy a building half a block long on Sixteenth street, as well as the large Eckington annex at First and R streets northeast, which include the society's office buildings and storage warehouse. An up-to-date ventilating and tem- perature control system will be installed in both the new and old bulldings. ‘This modern plant is similar to that used in the White House and the United States Capitol. In Summer air will be reconditioned and cooled and in Winter heated. ‘Thousands of out-of-town members eall annually at the society’s Washing- ton headquarters. Reception and ex- hibition rooms, tastefully decorated, will be provided in the new building to re- celve these visitors. Photographs, il- lustrations in colors and exhibits will depict the activities and the discov- eries of the soclety’s many expeditions sent out to remote places of the world. Provision is also being made for an up-to-date cafeteria, where employes will be served wholesome and palatable Juncheons at the cost of the food. 300,000 Photographs in Library. ‘The society’s photographic library has more than 300,000 photographs, includ- ing many natural color plates, taken by photographers in every part of the ! lobe. These are catalogued and filed fn wvaults for future use as illustrations in the National Geographic Magazine. Spaclous quarters and fireproof safes are to be provided in the new building for this priceless collection. The soclety's cartographers will have | ample room for their extensive map- m.gma projects, which include large color maps, sent tb all the society’s members, of the continents, the States of the United States, and other world areas, such as that now being made which shows the Antarctic continent with vast areas first mapped by Admiral Byrd. Additional space also will be pro- TH! National Geographic Soclety announced plans for a new addition to the executive hendqulrtefa, at slxfienth and M streets. The architect’s drawing of the proposed addition appears above. JEWRY OF EUROPE RELIES ON AMERICA Rabbi Newman Asks Support for Campaign at Temple * Services Here. The outlook for the Jewish future in foreign lands will be extremely pre- carious unless American Jewry lends a | helping hand during the present eco- | ncmic erisis abroad, Dr. Louis I New- man, New York rabbi, told members of the Washington Hebrew Congregation | last night at services in the Eighth | street temple. | Speaking in behalf of the United Jewish campaign, which opens here to- | morrow, Dr. Newman urged liberal sup- port for the cause of European Jewry. “Large masses have been dependent upon help from the United States,” he said, “and the difficulties of the many Jewish families in this country have lessened the funds available through private sources. “In Poland the Jews find themselves | trapped, and in Rumania they have paper rights with no power to enfcrce them. endangered the life and property of the Jews, who have been in Germany for centuries. American Jewry is their only hope. “In Palestine the work of rebuilding the Holy Land continues, despite all cbstacles and perils. The spirit of the settlement is undaunted and a concor- dat of peace is being achieved with the Arabs. “Whatever the problems which we face in this country, Bur duties to the communities in Europe and Palestine continue unabated.” . i APPOINTMENTS MADE President Names U. 8. Attorney and Two U. 8. Marshals. In Germany the Hitlerites have o U. S. NAVY DECLINES TO PUT FINGERPRINTS IN CRIMINAL RECORDS _(Continued From First Page) of thes Civil Service Commission, the fingerprinting plan disclosed that 5,037 out of 72,208 civil service applicants during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, had police records for offenses ranging from misdemeanor to counter- feiting, burglary, arson and murder. Undesirables Eliminated. ‘The co-operative plan has been simi- larly effective in eliminating undesir- ables from lists of applicants for enlist- ment in the Army and other services. | The fact that the Navy has refused to adopt the plan was disclosed in the report of the congressional hearings on | appropriations for the Bureau of In- vestigation. During this hearing J. Edgar_Hoover, director of the bureau, told of the success of the inter-depart- | mental agreement and remarked that | the Navy Department so far had failed to_accept the program. | Director Hoover today refused to dis- | cuss the Navy's attitude, but officials | at the Navy Department were outspoken | in their eriticism of the proposal in 50 | far as it affects the Navy. | J. H. Taylor, chief of the Navy identi- | fication division, and Comdr. J. S. Mc- Cain, in’ charge of Navy recruiting, ex- | plained that the Navy is willing to per- | mit examination of the fingerprints of any man in the Navy suspected of a| crime, but objects to casting evervbody under suspicion by a wholesale check- Make Own Investigations. | _“we co-operate readily whenever the | Department of Justice wishes to inves- | tigate any one in the naval service sus | pected in connection with a_crime’ | Taylor said. “We keep a complete fiie | | of ‘fingerprints of all naval personnel. | Our finger-printing system has proved | of great value in identifying the dead |and in our own investigation work, as | of thefts aboard ship and the like. We make our own careful investigation of the men applying for service before we | enlist them and there is no_apparent reason for calling on outside bodies for assistance in this work.” Comdr. McCain declared there is an overwhelming prejudice among parents | |of prospective recruits against_having | | their boys fingerprinted for purposes of | inal investigation. ‘To institute | vestigations have been of inestimable value in blocking criminals from enter- ing the Government service. He cited one outstanding example of how the Government has benefited from these inquiries. In the New York City post office, he said, a special investiga- tion some years ago revealed that 49 out of 460 employes in the registered mall section had criminal records and seven of these confessed they joined the postal service for the sole purpose of robbing the malls. Will Rogers Says: FROM PAN - AMERICAN AIR- PLANE NC-943-M.—Say that Vene- zuela is quite a country. They have a fellow named Gomez that is the local Alfalfa Bill Murry and he really runs it. They might call him a dictator, but they are the only ones that seem to get any- thing done in these times. I ‘want to get back down there and see him some time. he is the real McCoy. Just breezing into Trinidad, Port of Spain, ah English island, to spend the night and the language will be as foreign to me as the Spanish tonight with Col. Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan, Porto Rico. Oh, yes, and the Virgin Islands get them today, too. . The bulk of the world supply of hard | coal is produced in Eabtern Pennsyl- vania. does the “100,000” [WFCOR: ICK WARNS | EDITORS OF RADIO Chicago Publisher Says Papers Also Must Meet Bill- board Competition to Live. Col. Robert ‘R. McCormick; publisher of the Chicago Tribune, told the con- vention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors today that the modern newspaper must overcome grow- ing competition from the radio, the bill- bodrds and television to avold the pos- sibility of faflure The speaker said it was evident that | “newspapers which could barely succeed without these forms of competition will need to strengthen themselves to suc- ceed in face of these enemies, and that | newspaper proprietors who stubbornly | refuse to meet changing conditions wiil face the end which was reached by carriage manufacturers, canal properties | and stage coach owners who refused to see and participate in more modern forms of transportation.” The editors opened their ninth an nual convention Thursday in the Na- | tional Press Club, with some 100 dele gates in attendance. The session will | close tonight with a_banquet scheduled | for 7 o'clock at®he Willard Hotel. Speakers at the dinner include Col. | Arthur Woods, director of the Presi- | dent's emergency commitfee for unem- ployment; Dr. Jullus Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Senator Wil- liam J."Bulow of South Dakcta and Senator Daniel O. Hastings of Dela- ware. Unemployment to Be Discussed. Mr. Woods and Dr. Klein will discuss | the unemployment situation, while Sen- ator Bulow, a Demccrat, and Senator Holcombe, managing editor of the New | Hastings, a blican, are to air their views of the rival parties. The editors have agreed that nothing said at the banquet will be released for publication. In his speech today Col. McCormick sald that the paper on which the mod- ern newspaper is printed is a drawback within itself. He suggested that a higher grade must be obtained for the creation of “artistic effects which can ITV!.I%A those of the billboards and the ghts.” Col. Donovan's Speech. Col. McCormick was followed on the program this morning by Col. Willlam J. Donovan of New York, formerly assistant to the United States Attorney General. Donovan, in discussing Free Press and Free pointed out that since the complexities of the industrial age have forced the Government to expand its agencies it has beccme more and more the duty of the press to inform the public upon the manifold activities of the Government. The newspaper, Col. Donovan said, should have freedom to criticize Gov- ernment officials in so far as they stay within the bounds of truth. The char- acter and quality of men elevated to high Government office, he said, de- pends in no small degree on the news- papers. The mere reporting of the news, Col. Donovan added, should be | supplemented by an _editorial inter- | pretation of its significance. The editors showld make it clear to the readers, continued the speaker, when the news is being interpreted rather than reported. He recalled the days of personal journalism, when the animosities of the editor or owner were clearly defined in their publications. While the newspaper of today is a marked improvement over thet of yes- terday, Col. Donovan said, the modern editor can well emulate his predecessors in their definite stands on public issues. Another speaker this morning was Jay E. House, veteran columnist for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Mr. House spoke in a reminiscent vein upon the amusing experiences and the personal- ities which he has encountered during his 30 years as a specialty writer. The program today included “shop talks” at the luncheon hour by A. R. Buy Now, While Prices are Low— Then you can laugh Get when they are high! the satisfaction of having a full supply of the cleanest, purest hard coal that it is possible to obtain—at the YEAR’S LOWEST PRICE! Step to your telephone today and order what you need Have your fur- nace vacuum for next Winter. You’ll be repaid for your fore- thought when York Herald-Tribune; Watson Dflfi.! managing editor of Science Service; James A Stuart, managing editor of the Indianapolis Star, and Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Holcombe and Mr. Davis were listed to lead a discussion of how to make scientific news more readable, while Mr. Stuart and Dr. Klein were scheduled to talk on “Government Data the Editor Can Use. | Group discussions last night were | led by Arthur J. Sinnott, managin editor of the Newark News; Henr Justin Smith, managing editor of the | Chicago Daily News; Dwight Marvin, | editor of the Troy Record, and M. V.|| Atwood, associate editor of the Gannett | | newspapers. | Politicians and the Senate came up | for criticism yesterday at the hands of | Frank R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun || and Richard V. Oulahan, chief of the | Washington Bureau of the New York | Tmfis. | “It's no use a man's being a good | President or a Senator or a Congress- || man unless he can get the fact in the | newspapers,” Mr. Kent said. “What | every public man here, from the Presi- dent in the White House down to the most obscure member of the House of Representatives, wants is publicity. | There is not much use being here if he doesn't get it—publicity is the life blood of politics.” Mr. Oulahan said the Senate has be- come a greater source of news than the White House and that newspaper men have come to “feed that august body with the meat of publicity which en- l"::lces its sense of power and impor- ce.” ASSIGNEL TO DIRIGIBLE Two Washingtonians to Be Aboard Akron for Trial Flights. Two Washingtonians will serve as | officers aboard the Navy's glant diri- gible Akron, now under construction at | Akron, Ohio, when trial flights take ||| place in July. Liegt. Richard Rodney | ||| Dennett of 1615 @ street and Lieut. | ||| I} W il il i | low enough and in add — e e e “In Cold Storage —the temperature is kept ion the air is dry enough to in- hibit the growth of molds. In ordinary temperature storage the temperature is nearly always favorable to mold growth if the neces- sary moisture is present.” From bulletin of Haskelite Co.: “Effects of high humidity and high temperature on furs fn storage.” August 8, 1930. Why take chances? RATES for SEASON of 6 months or less, including cart- age: $2 and up for fur coats, $1.50 for cloth suits, $6 for trunks under 12 cu. ft, 4c per sq. 1t. for rugs, including cleaning. Seruritp Srorage 1140 FIFTEENTH ST A SAFE DEPOSITORY FOR40 YEARS CAASPINWALL , PRESIDENT Anthony Leo Danis of 1540 Forty-fourth street are assigned aboard the big craft. NEW DFTACHED HOMES 6403 to 6411 3rd Street N.W. Drive out Georgia Avenue to Rittenhouse Street, thence East to 3rd Street and then North two squares Houses Face New Public Park and School Grounds BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER IN THIS SECTION cleaned. Invest- rimi The White House today announced |such v 3 ment small, re- fety's extensi duca- S e iy v | the following threz recess appointmen investigations would seriously af-| tional activities, supplementing its | : | fect recruiting, he stated. at prices start to go National Geographic Magazine, such as the bullentin material it provides for| newspaper uss and for thousands -of | schools turoughout the country. ! VAR COMMISSIONERS REFUSE | T0 DISMISS POLICEMAN Wrial Board's Conviction of “Tell- | ing an Untruth” Against R. W. Hopkins Dropped. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday | refused to approve the Police Trial Board's recommendation that Police- | victed by the board for “telling an un- truth” to a superior officer. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, recommended to the Commis- sicners that on account of Hopkins' ex- cellent record he be retained. Hopkins had been on the force for three years and had an unspotted record. The Commissioners reduced the sen- tence of dismissal to a loss of 10 days’ Jeave. Hcpkins, however, will lose 24 days’ pay during the period of his sus- | pension. [ Alaskan Pioneer Woman Dies. NOME, Alaska. April 18 (P —Mrs. | Anita “Mother” Tiffany, the first white | woman to lard at Nome during the gold | rush days of '97 and '98, is dead. * She | succumbed at a hospital here yesterday | at the age of s . NOTICES. 1 WILL B PONSIBLE FOR DI Contracted by no one other than mys CHAS. O. VENAMAN, 633 Lamont st., lt'l. T WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR other ' than contracted by me BECKS, 214!, Eim st. n.w | RUGS LOOK NEW, LAST LONGER, AT THE | lowest cost. if cleaned by our method of shampooing, Phone North 9163, THE LU- WIN 'CO. 7th . Scouring. gust- NO_DEBTS SIMUEL sonally WILLIAM 8. 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