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B—4 » GIRL SCOUT AWARD GEREMONY IS HEL Mrs. Hughes Presents Nine “Golden Eaglets”—Badges and Stripes Given. Nine Girl Bcouts were awarded “Golden Eaglets,” the most coveted of a1l awards in scouteraft, in an elaborate ceremony at the annual court of awards of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbla in Constitution Hall yester- day. Pirst class badges and sllver stripes were also awarded at the ceremony. ‘Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes presented the eaglets to the nine girls in behalf of the m‘r‘l,e Scout :mflluwm. ‘Those recelv] eaglets were: leg‘?n‘h Hammerley and Alma Laux- ‘man, both of Troop 12; Ansley Spalding, Troop 20; Polly Lewis and Barbara Moulton, Troop 43; Clarissa Howe, Troop 52; Hope Norris, Troop 80; Polly Leake and Mrs. Betsy Fries Henney, the latter of Troop 8. Songs and Talks Heard. The program was opened with music by the orchestra of the United States Army Band, followed by selection by the local Girl Scouts’ Drum and Bugle . Next came an elaborate inter- national ceremony, with the Girl Scouts marching into the large hall carrying flags of various nations. Led by Mrs. Gerrett Miller, the en- tire assemblage of Girl Scouts in the auditorfum of the hall and on the stage, joined in reciting the Scout pledge and Scout laws. A talk on “Why Girl Scouting is & National Asset.” was delivered by Bar- bara Fenton, Troop 57, district No. 1 winner of the Girl Scout Oratorical Contest. An address on Camp May Flather, the Girl Scout camp, was e by Frances Shield, Troop 41, chairman 0{ the camp council. Subsequently, *“Brown! " were sung members of “Five Brownie Packs,” made up of girls under the regular Scout age. Mrs. Stuart McGuire, regional com- missioner of Girl Scouts, assisted Mrs. Miller, district commissioner of Girl Scouts, in presenting first-class awards. Lord Hampton, an official of the Boy Scouts’ organization in England, was & guest of honor at the ceremony. Miss Dorothy Greene, director of Washington Girl Scouts, was in charge of arrange- ments for the program. Awards Are Listed. Girls receiving first-class badges were: Betsy Winter and Helen Sheets of Troop 10; Elizabeth Schultze, Trcop 12; Valerie Wheeler, Troop 13; Beverly Marshall, Lois Kuhn, Eleanor Kuhn and Sarah Robbins, Troop 17; Joy Hul- sizer and Frances Combes, Troop 20; Catherine Hart and Wilma Moffett, Troop 22; Dorothy Jemison, Betty Jane | tary Oswald, Mary Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Lyle and Mildred Vierling, Troop 28; Catherine Strong and Betty Zapf, Troop 30; Margaret Edge, Shirley and Dorothy Pyles, Troop 34, Louise Erk, Clara Hall, Dorothy Linz, Ruth Magnusson, Jane Patterson, Janet Rastall, Margaret Snow, Adelaide Smith and Marion Thomas, Troop 40; Elizabeth Cotton, Marlow Davis, Frances Shield and Elizabeth Waters, Tr Ruth Behrend, Carol Laise, Jeam Craig: 53; ‘Troop 58; Doris Griffen, Betty Jeffers, Margaret Swanson, Dorothy Law, Elea- nor Law, Hazard and Janet Brown, Troop 61; Rita Kessler, Peggy Star, Margaret Ann Clayton, Grace Louise Greenwood, Ruth Jehle and Sylvia Waldman, Troop 73; Cecelia Silver, Troop 78, and Eleanor Norris, the silver stripe for in the Girl Margaret Clark, Margaret, Hamburger and ‘Marion E. Stevens, captain of s 28; .Mary Mann Kirk and Mrs. R. Bruce Horsfal, latter captain of ‘Troop 52 T CI 5 Moss, Troop 58; Estelle Henderson, ‘Troop 26; Mrs. Oliver O. Kuhn, cap- tain of Troop 17: Elizabeth Waters and Prances Shield, Troop 41. STRIKE CALLED OFF AT ST. LAWRENCE U. Students Postpone Action Out of | Consideration to Trustees and Owen D. Young. By the Associated Press. CANTON, N. Y., May 2—A strike of the student body at 8t. Lawrence Uni- versity, put into effect today as a pro- test restrictions imposed by in- stitul officlals curtalling social and other activities outside the class room, wag called off tonight a few hours after the protest action had been taken. Out of consideration of the mem- bers of the Board of Trustees and Owen D. Young, its chairman, who is at the sickbed of his aged mother in Van Hornesville, a student committee spokesman said, the strike was called off. ‘The committee requests that the faculty meet on Monday to consider thetr fitluon for rescinding or modify- ing what they term unfair and alto- gether too drastic curtaflment of their outside activities ‘The student committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to hear the report of the faculty, and it is understood that unless their demands are met they will aghln strike. Mr. Young had been expected to at- tend a meeting of the university board here this afternoon, but was prevented by the iliness of his mother. His at- tendance had been looked forward to with high hopes by the students, who felt. that through him they could attain thelr point. CRAIN WILL ANSWER DATA ON CONVICTIONS New York District Attorney to Compare Record With That of Banton. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK., May 2.—When public the removal against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain are resumed next Tuesday, Sam- uel Untermyer, defense counsel, will pre- sent statistics intended to refute the data submitted by Prof. Raymond Moley of Columbia University, who con- cluded that the prosecutor’s convi record was the lowest in 25 years. Statisticlans for Mr. Untermyer worked today on & report which is ex- Mr. Crain in a more Yyears ago. Moley statistics and sent to Gov. Franklin ho is keeping in close 'h with Governor is mot expected to re. report from Ce b\lflincfl THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 3, 1931—PART ONE. Schools and Colleges News of Interesting Student and Faculty Activities in Washington’s Leading Educational Institutions. N. U. Docket Issued. DOCKET, year book of the Na- tional University School of Law, was released by the printers yester- day and the edition is being distributed this week end, according to an an- nouncement made last night by Lieut. William E. McCain, its editor-in-chief. Under Lieut. Mc- Cain's guidance, the 1931 Docket is one of the most successful volumes issued by National University students. Full-page layous of photographs of the members of the| 1931 graduating | class are a feature | of the book. Each student organiza- ::cm of the|un1v&: ty, as well as Mok Habper. g 001 of Eco- nomics and Government, has been ac- corded adequate space both pictorially Besides Lieut. taff of this year's | Docket included Roy Butrum, John M. Lynham and M. J. McCarthy, associate editors. Henry Reese Harrison, another associate editor, was the representative on the staff of the School of Economics and Government. A special audit commiitee of the senior class was appointed this week to make a survey of the class financial standing with a view to closing out its activities as an organization for the current academic year. The commit- tee is expected to make its report on or before May 15. The committee fol- lows: Alfred J. Maxwell, chairman; McCarthy and John J. Saunders. Standing committees of the Segnu Forum, new student organization of the School of Economics and Government, were appointed at the forum's meeting ‘Wednesday night. The chairmen of these bodies are Mauro Baradi, public- ity; PFrancis Killarney, program, and Miss Stella Gray, membership. Maj. Neal A. Harper, U. 8. A, president of the forum, who took the degree bachelor of arts at National last year, at present is a candidate for the mas- ter's degree. He also holds the of bachelor of laws, master of laws and master of patent laws from National and the degree of doctor of dental sur- gery from the St. Louis University. Maj. Harper has been a commissioned Army officer for 11 years and was for two years professor of military science and tactics at a leading Midwestern university. Other officers of the Segnu Forum in- clude Joseph McGroary, first vice presi- dent; Miss Maude Taylor, second vice president; Miss Rose Trammell, secre- - :“cguflums-urr, Jr.‘.l treasurer; Jose esus, hitsorian, and Miss Tillie Oisboid, 3 Prof. Henry Lasard of the depart. ment of modern ages, School of Economics and Government, has been appointed interpreter to the sixth gen- eral Congress of International Cham- bers of Commerce, which meets here May 4 to 9, C Queen next Saturday afternoon, and presentation of Shakespeare's famous old romance “Romeo and Jul'.l‘e'l"'nm MMIY 15, are the two out mn1 events on the American University calendar as the draws to a close toward com- mencement, June 1. The ceremony of crowning the May Queen will be instituted on the campus Greek theater stage when the new president of the Women's Student Government Association to be elected early this week is honored in festive fete. There will be a Maypole and dance in costume, The leading roles in “Romeo and | Juliet” will be played by James Elmer Swan, president of the Student Coun- | cil, and Miss Helen Tucker. Mother's day will be appropriately celebrated next Sunday by & program | including both a dinner for mothers of students and address afterward in the college chapel. Mrs. E. L. Ford, mother of Alice Ford, a student, will deliver the principal Dr. Lue of address. 3 ctus C. Clark, chancellor American University, left Washington Thursday for an extended trip to the West in the iInterests of the university. He represented American University at the inauguration Friday of President Chase of the University of Illinofs. Four debaters were inducted into | membership in Deita Omicron, the lo- | cal debating soclety of Delta Sigma Rho, the national honorary debating fraternity, at a dinner given by Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, at the Club last Thursday night. The dinner was in honor of Stanley Houck, national president of Delta Sigma Rho. Ameri- can University debators inducted into the local group included: Roger Craven, Max Tucker, Arthur Murphy and Rich- ard Horner. Agatha Varela has been elected president of Epsilon Kappa Sorority, succeeding Noia Livingston, who has been head of the organization for the past year, Other officers elected we: :: | Eleanor Johnstcn, vice president; Dor- | othy Latham, secretary, and Prutia | Peirce, tregsurer. | ‘The pring Formal” of Phi Beta Zeta Fraternity will be held next Fri-| day night at the Roosevelt Hotel, "Rh: Robert Marcus chairman of the Comi- | mittee on Arrangements. The American University Glee Club | will sing at both night performances | of the Fox Theater next Wednesday as & part of music week festivities. A. U. Events Announced. ROWNING of the college May, Maryland University to Hear Harrison. R. PAUL W. HARRISON, physician, traveler, lecturer and missionary, will speak twice in Ritchie Gym- nasium at the University of Maryland Wednesday, at 11:15 am. and 7 p.m. He will tell of his travels and experi- ences in Arabia. He has written many papers and is author of a book called “The Arab at Home.” Maryland's co-ed debating team will meet Ursinus Coliege tomorrow night | at 8 o'clock in the auditorium, Maryland will be represented by Myra Lewis and Rachell Holst, who will have the negative aide of “Resolved, that the nations of the world should ‘sdopt & policy of free trade” Other members of the Maryland team are Catherine Bixler, Ruth Curtis and Catherine Den- nis. 1s. The annual review and drill of the Reserve Officers Training Corps unit of the university will be heid in Byrd Sta- 11, at 9:20 o'clock. A good-will seminar will be held un- ings | der the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association Wednesday, May 13. It will be held for the gurpm of studying and appreciating the contri- bution of different rel groups. Dr. Nathan Krass of Temple Eman- ual of New York City will be the Jew- ish speaker; Dr. Frederick K. Stamm, rwr of the Clinton Avenue Congrega- onal Church of Brooklyn, will be the Protestant , while a Cathollc speaker of national prominence is ex- f the fac- , Catholic VIniver- ‘Three sessions will be held, at i1:15, 3:15 and 7:30. Charlie May, & Washington Business High School graduate, will lead lopments at the hear-|the senior class at the university next year. Charles Pout. another Washington- ‘ommis- ian, was nangd vice president; Theo- of the dore Meyer, slso of Washington, treas- | third Lawrs Nevius of Collegs Pask, urez; | Medal debate will be dium on the morning of Monday, May | boy and | s torian, and Roome Gibson of Wash- , sergeant-at-arms. William Lines of Ke: ton and Elizabeth Norton of Hyattsville were elected men's and women's representa- tives, respectively, to the Executive Council of the Student Government As- sociation. G. U. Schedules Debates. 'O debates hold interest this week for Georgetown University stu- dents. The annual Hamilton held tonight in Gaston Hall at the college between teams selected from the Philodemic Society, and the final prize debate of the School of Law will take place evenini fered by the fa ulty awaits the form of a trial in fo- cused on the work of the four law clubs of the school last week when William A. Sulli- van of Illinols won the annual prize debate of the Plerce Butler Club. ‘The prize is a photograph of the Su- preme Court autographed by each of the nine justices. It was offered by Assistant Dean Hugh J. Fegan and the presentation was made by Justice But- ler of the Supreme Court, patron of the law club. In Tuesday night's debate the partic- ipants, each the winner of a prelimi- nary contest, will be: Joseph P. Sheri- dan of the Butler Club and Al Philip Kane of the Gould Club, representing the plaintiff in the case; John Joseph O'Connor and Michael F. Kresky, both of the Carroll Club, for the defendant. O'Connor and Kane are District of Co- lumbia students. The Hamilton Medal was founded years ago by Dean George E. Hamilton of the Law School, who Mr. Sullivan. of | was a member of the Philodemic So- clety during his coll town. The debates, extemporaneous, ‘The subject for tonight's contest is “Resolved, That the recent Austro- German tariff agreement is advisable.” Edmund L. Brunini, '31, of Mississippi; James C. Bernhardt, '31, of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and David A. Dyer, '32, of Missouri, will defend the affirm- ative. Those on the negative side are: Ralph F. Koebel, ‘32, of the District of Columbia: John C. Hayes, '31, of Ii- nois, and Willlam G. McEvitt, '31, of New York. The chairman of the de- bate will be John D. Rellly, jr., '31, of Pennsylvania. ‘The winner last year was J. Fred Schlafly, '30, of Missouri. The retiring staff of the Hoya, offi- cial news publication of the university, will hold its annual dinner the eve- ning of May 12 at the Mayflower Hotel, at which time several veteran Wash- ington correspondents will be invited to address the student journalists. Lawrence J. Mehren, the retiring edi- tor in chief, who has been succeeded by Denis E. Hendricks, '32, of New York, will preside. Hoya “keys” will be presented to seniors of the retiring staff in recognition of faithful wprk during the year. days at George- eld annually, are Baughman Joins S. E. Staff. ILBUR N. BAUGHMAN, assistant United States attorney, has been appointed professor of in the Law School of Southeastern Uni- versity, it was announced yesterday by Dr. James A. Bell, director of educa- tion at the univer- g sity. Prof. Baugh- man will conduct early morning and late afternoon classes at 1736 G Teet. In addition to his official position under United States Attorney Rover, Prof. Baughman is es- sociated with the law firm of Crom- elin & Laws. As assistant United States attorney he 1s assigned to han- dle prohibition law prosecutions in the Police Court. Graduating five years ago from lh'e University of Pennsylvania, Prof. Baughman came to this city to take | charge of the underwriting department | of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Association. At the same time he en- rolled in George Washington Univer- sity Law School, completing the four- year course in three years. He was; admitted to practice in the local courts in_August, 1929. Heui‘s & member of the Washington Board of Trade, the D. C. Bar Asso- ciation, the National Republican Club, B. B. French Lodge, No. 15, F. A. A. M; the Kensington Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, Lambda Chi Al- pha and Phi Alpha Delta fraternities, Toc-H and other organizations. He is scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop No. 233 of Kensington, Md., and Sunday School trustee and deacon in the War- ner Presbyterian Church of Kensing- ton. He holds the master of law de- gree of Georgetown University and is studying for the master of arts degree at George Washington University. He is 26 years @\l Columbus Plans Debates. ’I:’WO important debates will be held soon at Columbus University Law School. ‘The first, scheduled for Priday night, will be between mem- bers of the Pi Chi Club. The subject will be, “Resolved, That installment buying is detrimental to the best in- of the country.” ‘Miss Helen Huhn of the senlor class and Miss Eleanor Spates of the fresh- man class, have been assigned the af- firmasive, while the negative will be supported by Miss Irene Bontz of the junm class and Miss Magdalene Con- jon of the freshman class. The girls have been trained by Prof. Thomas J. Pitzgerald, veteran faculty adviser. Each of the girls entered in the finals was victorious in one of the four preliminary forensic clashes. The forth- coming debate will definitely decide which participant is the most accom- plished speaker. Arrangements will be completed soon for the final debate of the school proper. The competitors will be Miss Huhn, Byrnes F. Bentley, C. A. Giblin and E. R. Halloran. Mr. Baughm: G. W. U. Singers Close Season. LOSING a highly successful season, | the George Washington University Glee Club will give its annual Spring concert and dance on Friday night at 8:45 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel. The program for the concert includes three groups of songs by the Men's Club, one %‘y the Women’s Club, one by the combined Men's and Women's Clubs and a group of baritone solos by Henry Nestor. ‘The concert, with the exception of one group of songs, will be conducted by Dr. Robert Howe Harmon, whose direction of the club during the past six years has contributed greatly to the success it has attained. The third group of songs on the program comprises those ung this year in the Intercollegiate Glee Club composition, and this group will be conducted by Jesse Stimpson, student leader, who led the club when it won the national contest in 1930, and again this year when 3t wa awarded IRON FIST URGED . C. GARDEN WEEK FOR SANDINO ARMY JUDGING ARRANGED | |Knutson Says U. S. Policy|Contest Which Will Be Opened: Has Robbed Americans of Protection. By the Assoclated P A policy that “will convince Sandino and his fellow-bandits that swift and certain reprisal will follow the mistreat- ment of any American in Nicaragua” was demanded yesterday by Represen- tative Knutson ' of Minnesota. Saying in a statement that Secretary Stimson “seems to have substituted the ruel’fllty of Bryan for the robust Amer- icanism of Blaine, Olney and Hughes,” the Minnesotan, chairman of the House Insular Affairs Committee, added: “If the Nicaraguan government has collapsed and can no longer meet its treaty obligations, then it is the moral duty of our own Government to step in and prevent the spoilation of Amer- ican citizens by Sandino and his horde tender mercles of the Nicarguan cut- throats is an act of rank cowardice that is resented by every American worthy of the name.” Referring to Stimson’s recent state- ment that Marines would not be sent into the interior of Nicaragua againet insurgent forces, Knutson said it was “in effect notice to the bandits that they are at liberty to plunder and kill Americans living in the interior with impunity and that they will be im- mune from punishment so far as our Government is concerned.” debate season, interfraternity and inter- sorority debate has begun. Inaugurated last year, under the auspices of the de- partment of public speaking, forensic competition between the Greek Letter Socletles is now an annuel event. In the preliminary rounds, held April 23 19 sororities and fraternities participated in nine debates. The winners in the preliminaries participated in the second round on April 30, and this Thursday the final contest will be held. The prizes for the competition are given by Delta Sigma Rho, honorary forensic fraternity. The question which been used by the sororities in these de- bates is, “Resolved, That the chain store method of distribution is beneficial to the interests of the public,” while fraternities have debated the question, “Resolved, That legislation should be enacted providing for compulsory auto- mobile insurance.” ‘The 1931 Cherry Tree, student annual, has come from the press and is now being distributed, under the editorial leadership of Mary Hudson, a book which already is winning commendation. Members of the faculty and alumni of the George Washington University School of Education are making prep- arations for the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the school, which will be observed next year. Founded in 1907, the School of Education for a quarter of a century. has provided collegiate training for teachers of Washington and the sur- rounding area, and instruction in the science of education. Its graduates include many of the administrative neads and well known teachers of the public schools of the District. On May 13 a conference dinner will be held at Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A, for the purpose of discussing plans for the various observances of the anniversary. All alumni and former students of the school are invited to attend. Law School Plans Social Events. NS for the final social events of the current school year at the ‘Washington School of Law are being completed. A picnie will be given next Saturday by the women of the evening junior class, according to Mrs. Gertrude Smith, president. The outing will be held in Rock Creek Park in honor of the graduating class. The freshman class of the evening division will give a dance at the school June 6, under the direction of its presi- dent, Prederick Dunham. Miss Elna of the Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, will preside at a chapter dinner to- morrow night at the Washington Golf and Country Club. The committee in charge of this event includes Mrs. Gertrude Smith, chairman; Miss Mary L. Chadwick, Miss Agnes M. McWhinnie, Miss Helen A. Slapnicka and Miss Greta Ruth Palen. Plans for the Alumni Assoclation’s entertainment of the senior class will be completed later, following a pre- liminary meeting of the association Thursday night. Senifors who pleaded cases in the school’s moot court last night included Margaret Morton, Genevieve G. Meehan, Ina D. Russell, James H. McCoole, Richard A. Walker, Frances B. Wein- stein, John W. Bulkley and Leonard W. Ahearn. Dunbar Graduates Excel. LEVEN of the 21 Howard University undergraduates who received perfect grades during th= Winter quarter were graduates of Dunbar High School of Washington, according to statistics compiled by the university’s Tegistrar. They were: Eunice E. Day, George W. Jackson, Vivian E. Jenkins, Dan T. Reid, Ruth P, Settle, Marie Louise Taylor, James U. Watson, Mary E. Burke, John P. Harris, Charles S. Lofton and Gheretein A. Ridgely. The last four also received “A” grades in the Fall quarter. Hilyard R. Robinson, associate pro- fessor and head of the department of architecture at Howard, addressed an assembly at the Howard High School of Wiimington, Del.,, Friday in observance of Vocational Opportunity week. Prof. Robinson is on & year's leave of absence to study at Columbia University. A test given 203 Howard University freshmen Dr. F. H. Sumner, head of the university's department of psy- chology, showed that the mental health of the average Negro freshman is slight- ly below normal during childhood, but that he is slightly above normal in maturity. The results of Dr. Sumner's study are contained in an article by him on “Child Psychology” in the April Psychological Bulletin. Dr. Sumner is one of two Americans invited to partici pate in the program of the first Inte national Congress of Religious Psychol- ogy at the University of Vienna, May 23-30. He will speak on “The Mental Hyglene of Religion.” The engineering and drafting stu- dents of the Columbia Technical School will observe the operation and mechanism of the dial system at the office of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co, tomorrow evening. Trips of inspection to construction projects and manufacturing plants are part of the instruction at the Columbia Technical School. The students of the architectural engineering classes under the instruction of E. T. Dunlap recently visited & prominent iron works where they observed the process of metal work from the mines to the finished product. They also inspected a Virginia brick plant. FREE TUITION IN FRENCH Beginners, intermediate, advanced and conversational classes (under auspices of Washington Salon since 1916). every evenin at 7:15 o'clock at the LANGUAG! SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON, 1206 18th st. n.w. North 5336 Commercial Art School Summer School—Children’s Class Tune in on “WMAL." Thursday, 9 A.M. M. Anderson, dean of Epsilon Chapter | of bandits. To abandon them to the | jside Bank & Trust Co. and chairman Tomorrow in Clean-Up Has 7 Prize Cups. | i Tomorrow will be the opening day of “garden week” of the 1931 clean-up campalgn, it is anncunced tarough the! Clean-up Campaign Committee. Detalled plans for the Bicentennizl garden contest, which will be under ! auspices of the George Washingto Bicentennial Garden Committee, a announced. As part of the program, the Garden Committee will have on display in an F street show window of Woodward & | Lothrop's department store nine silver | loving cups which wiil be awarded as! prizes in the Bicentennial garden con- test. Seven of the cups will be award- jed to communities in the District showing the best lawns and plantings while two of them will be awarded fo communities ghowing the greatest garden improveme: Must Be Won Trwice. Any one of the seven cups for the! best lawns and planting must be won twice by the same communitv to give that community permanent possession | of it. The cups for the greatest garden improvement will be awarded perma- nently to the winning communities in i Donors of cups for which the white | communities are to compete 1nclude! The Evening Star, Washington Herald, | Washington Post, Gude Brothers Co., | A. Eberly's Sons, Inc., and George J. Adams. The National Benefit Life| Insurance Co.. the Try-Me Taxicab Co. and Clarence Dodge have donated cups for which colored communities are to | compete. Six cups will go to white com- | munities and_three to colored ones. They are further sub-divided so as to | award five cups for best lawns and! plantings in the white communities and one cup for the greatest garden im- provement. In the colored communi- ties there will be two cups for best lawns and plantings and one for garden | improvement. Judging Outlined. A system of judging is being worked out_by Miss Margaret Lancaster and| R. W. Rogers. Miss Lancaster and Mr. Rogers will appoint the judges and pre- sent the completed system to them for approval. The territorial divisions of a community are understood to cor- respond with the territorial divisions of a citizens' assoclation; thus, each | community will be represented by its citizens' association, and the prize for & winning community will be presented 10 the citizens’ association which repre- sents that community. The total number of citizens' asso- ciations or communities will be divided into five districts and one prize for best lawns and plantings will be awarded to the citizens' association of the winmiaz community in each district. The trophy for the greatest garden improvement will be competed for by all com- munities. Similarly, colored communities will be divided into two districts, each com- munity being_represented by a civic association, One prize for best lawns and plantings will be awarded to a civic association in each colored dis- | trict, while the prize for the colored community showing the greatest gar- den improvement will be competed for by all colored communities. The Bicentennial Garden Committee is also planning a similar contest for the four nearby counties, Montgomery 2nd Prince Georges in Maryland, and Fairfax and Arlington in Virginia. BANKER SHOT DEAD ST. LOUIS, May 2 (#).—Alfred C. F. Meyer, president of the Lafayette South- of the board of the Twelfth Street Na- tional Bank, was found shot to death on a shooting range near his home in a suburb today. The wounds appeared to be self-inflicted. A revolver was found lying beside the body. The banker was 57 years old. He practiced law until 1904, when he be- came cashier of the south side bank, of which he later became president. 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Adams, executive secretary of the current clean-up campaign, | ywars New Drive on Rats “ ADAMS HELPS CLEAN UP MARKET SITE. shows Jamcs Thorpe, the cambpaign’s official rat catcher, how to set a basket trap. ATS squealed with apprehension and scurried for cover last night when a reinforced band of exterminators invaded the Center Market area with a dual purpose—to kil all the rodents and to deliver their bodies to seience. The new offensive opened with a boom of flashlights as George J. Adams, executive secretary of the current ciran- up campaign, who instituted the drive against the rats several days ago, be- came dissatisfied with the results and left the theater long enough to organize | his workers. Mr. Adams has received a request for dead rats from Dr. J. Bozievich of the zoological division, Department of Agri- culture. He announced lar, night he intends to supply them In farge num- 7S, The solentist wishes to examine the rodents for parasites, to sift the possi- | bility that human food might be con- taminated by contact with them. | In all, some 30 shiny new basket | |traps were set in the abandoned build- ings and over the grounds littered by debris of the wrecked structures Mr. Adams said last night he expected | Baron von Huenefeld in conquering the | sun-up today to find him leading the rat catchers, and that he would con- tinue to be on the scene until progress | is shown. He was being assisted by James Thorpe, official rat catcher; Gerald Exton, field foreman for the Unem- | ployment Committee, which Mr. Adams —Star Staff Photo. heads, and F. W. A Scmners, employ- ment ‘supervisor for the committee, Mr. orpe was unable to trap any of the rats Friday night, his first on the job. because some one had locked up all the committee’s new traps in a | storeroom and the key could not be located. PLANS FIRST PAY LOAD IN FLIGHT TO EUROPE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—James C. Fitz- maurice, Irish copilot of the airplane Bremen, announced tonight he would take off June 15 for Europe with the first pay load of letters and packages in history. He will leave New York in his new plane and will make stops in Newfoundland and at Dublin and Lon- don before reaching the continent. The companion of Capt. Koehl and Atlantic in April, 1928, will be accom- panied by A. S. Stanford, jr., ex-officer of the Navy. The load will be confined to 500 pounds of mail from a select group of Government officials, forelgn Ambas- sadors, leading indusirialists and Cham- bers of Commerce, the flyer aid. The family treasurer can tell you CONGRESS VIEWS - ON'VOTE: SOUGHT Citizens” Alliance to Launch Campaign Tomorrow With Letter. | A campaign designed to ascertain the views of every new mamber of Congress | With regard to national representation | for the District of Columbia will be launched tomorrow cyENS g by the Citizens' L | Alliance of Wash- | ington. Since the question of rational repre- | sentation is non- partisan, George J. | Adams, president of | the Citizens' Alli- ance, an organiza- 3 A | tion pledged hw its [ RO | support, said he felt DEMAND | there should be no vore. [ hesitancy on_ the THC RIGHTTO | part of all Senators and Representatives elect in stating their opinions before the | new Congress convenes | Letter Asks View. | The letter, which is to be sent to | each, reads, in part, as follows: | “It being understood that national | representation for the District of Colum= bia would confer upon American citizens residing permanently in the Nation's | Capital the right to be represented in . both Houses of Congress, and to vote | for President of the United States, and | that it would not in any way alter or | debilitate the existing form of commis- | sion government in the District of Columbia, do you favor an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ccording the rights and privileges of ational Americans to all bona fide - resident citizens of Washington, D. C.? | ““Since this question is strictly nons | partisan and does not involve a con- | tentious issue, may we not have the | favor of an early reply?” a In addition to the continued sale of | franchise scals and distribution of edu< | cational matter on national representa- tion, the Citizens' Alliance is planning | a campaign for next Fall on the bill to | grant_ national representation which is annually introduced in Congress. Prior knowledge of the views of new members, it was felt, would be of great assistance in this campaign. No Change In Raule. ‘The Citizens’ Alllance merely believes ‘Washingtonians should have the right to be represented in Congress and to | vote for President of the United States. | It does not advocate any change in the | present form of Commission Govern- . ment in the Distgict nor does it stand for local suffrage: ‘Thousands of the franchise seals are being sold and are beginning to appear on the backs of erivelopes sent u‘“":fi the mails. 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