Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1931, Page 5

5,000 VOLUNTEERS ASKED FORPAGEANT Bicentennial Commission Provides Blanks for Events of Next June. ‘The District of Columbia Gecrge ‘Washington Bicentennial Commission yesterday issued a call for 5,000 volun- teers to play roles in the histcrical pageant .t the bass of the Washington Monument five nights next June and to aid in other colorful events of the Bicentennial year. Registration blanks wiil b> available for volunteers at the cflices of the Dis- trict Bicentennial Commission begin- ning October 1. The commission is ask- ing the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, the churches and other groups to | aid in enrolling the small army of talent necessary for the success of the pag=ant. Mrs. Marie Moore Forres:, in charge of page2nts, plays and special events or- gonized by the Districc Bicentennial Commissicn, explained the riagnitude of the task involved in so large a pro- duction. She said: All Types of Taient. H “There will be opportunity. for every type cf talent in this dramatic and mov- ing pageint-play to be produced in one of the most beautiful natural settings in the United States. Five thousand per- sons will have roles in the play liself, but helpers will be ne=ded also to stage the play, costume the players and do the innumerable tas“s connected with 80 extensive a project. “Vclunteer ; are needed also for many other striking events during the Bi- centennial year, divided into' the fol- lowing groups: Historical, military, dancing, symbolic, juvenile, musical, scenic, make-up, costummg and man- | agement. Like a great army, these vclunteers will be divided into units directsd by captains and assistant captains.” Lighting Arrangerents, Special arrcngements for lighting the monument grounds on the nlq_hu of June 22, 23, 24 and 25, when tte play will be performed, are being made. Scenic effects produced by the spot and floodlights piaying on the zctors attired in picturesque colcniai costumes will provide one of the mcst vividly beau- tiful spectacles ever viewed in Wash- ington, Mrs. Forrest said. ‘The pageant is being prerared by one of the foremost pageani writers in the Unitzd States in consultation with Paul Kester, ncted dramatist, and Charlton Andrews, who has written many suc- cessful plays. Several noted directors have volun- teered their services, including R. H. Burnside, the producer o many noted spectacles; also musician like Walter Damrosch, Henry Hadley and John Philip Sousa, { naticnal life.” BANK OF U. S. FAILING MAY BRING NEW LAW Attorney General’s Office Goes Over Case—Weinberg, Back, to Be Quizzed on Loan By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—The in- quiry into the predicament into which the Bank of United States foundered with a loss to 440,000 depositors is being analyzed lation which will make a recurrence of such a disaster impossible. ‘This was made apparent today when it was learned that the Attorney Gen- eral’s office is reviewing the evidence in the case with a view to placing criminal liability for the closing of the bank upon all of its directors. The grend jury will receive some of this evidence on Monday. The Attorney General's office has learned - that Morris Weinberg, one of the Bank of United States directors, ‘who went to Palestine after the closing - of the bank, returned to this country a few days ago. He will be questioned next week concerning a lcan of $180,- 000 to his son-in-law, Arthur Lincoln Jacobs, a law clerk who has not: yet been admitted to the bar and whose weekly salary is understood to have been, $5. Jacobs has been examined. DISC;)UNT RATE RISES Bank of Italy Increases Charge to 7 Per Cent on Monday. September 26 (#).—The min- istry of finance announced tonight the Bank of Italy will raise’ its discount rate from 5% fo 7 per cent Monday, following upon a decree which ‘will be published Monday in.the official gazette, Under the direction of Premier Mus- solini the Bank of Italy has been quiet- Iy reducing its circulation during the past few weeks and has succeeded in increasing its gold reserve from 34,- 000,000 lire (approximately $1,750,000) to more than 54,000,000 lire ($2,700,- 000). The gold coverage also was raised from 53.43 to 53.49 per cent. TASK SEEN FOR CHURCH Universalists Told Religion’s Place | in Rebirth of World. HOOPESTON, 111, September 26 (). —A new world will be b-rn cf the eco- | nomic depression and religion must play | a part in its birth, Dr. Walter H. Mac- | Pherson told 200 ministers and laymen attending the ninety-fourth State con- | vention of the Universalist Church today. He discussed the part the church must play in economic rehabilitation. “This is not_just enother depression,’ said Dr. MacPherson. “It is so general we are certain it is the birth of a new world. It is therefore the task of churchmen to determine what they can do t> help this new world.” THE ARGCONNE 16th and Columbia Rd. with a view to establish legis- | OT¢ HE SUNDAY STAR, WASH Blind to Aid Bicentennial PLANS LAID FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION HERE. Miss Dorothea E. Jennings, herself blind from infancy, who is directing the plans for the participation cf the blind in the Bicentennial celebration, with little Vcra Connell, a Braille student. ARTICIPATION by the blind ecple of the couniry in the na- tisnal tribuie to George Wash- ington, on the oceasion of the 200th anniversary of his birta next year, is being mad: a dsfinite part of the prcgram of the Government to bring about & revival of devotion to country among the American people, “w.th 2 rerew:d appreciation of what Groorg® Washington stends for in our That b.indness may not bar the way for observance by every, man, woman and caild in the United States of the historic event in 1932, the Unitcd States George Washington Bic:nt nnial Com- mission has set up a depariment whose activities are concentratzd on stirring the patriotic impuises of those who can- | not see. At the helm of this department is| Miss Dorotaca E. Jennings, herself sightless since infancy. . Rea'izing that the many State and | city commissions, which are established to conduct community observance of the bicentennial year, cannot provide in their prcgrams for participaticn by or- ganizations for the b’ind, and by sight- less persons, Miss Jennings is planning, through a thousand institutios, parts to | be played by these groups in the bicen- tennial ceremonies. “We plan to have the civic and fra- ternal organizations all over the United Stat:s co-operatz with institutions for the blind in staging joint programs in | 1932,” Miss Jennings said today. “I am | interested in bringing juvenile groups of the blind and other young people to- | gether through such organizations as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and the like. Miss Jennings’ work involves the re- production of virtually a'l forms of lit- erature, issued by the commission, in Braille, a system of Iaised lettering adopted almest universally as a means of conveying reading material/ to the blind without. the need of an interpreter. The news clip sheets published by the commission for distribution all over the United States are being reproduced in a | condersed form and sent to the | Eraille publications in all sections of the country. The plays and pageants | ‘which the coi prepares for com- munity use are bel embossed in this same fashion, an icentennial songs and sheet music ere being made avail- | able to all schools for the bii and “Be : “watch of railroad’ ac- curacy” is the choice of all who want the best. You can own one of these 17 jev.el Eamiltons with a 14 karat gold flled case, for as little as $1 a week! 1004 ® 6 o o ¢ America’s Oldest Credit —Star Staff Photo. other institutions and organizations {uncllonmg in the interest of the sight- ess. Among the booklets which the com- mission plans to reprict in Braille are eight of the series of sixteen by Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, historian, “Honor to Washington.” Four cam- paign maps used by the first President aiso will be embossed. The first allot~ ment of the Braille publications will be distributed through members of Con- gress, Miss Jennings said. The work of this department of the commissicn hes had the commendation of Helen Keller, internationally famous for her achievements in the face of the handicaps of deafness and blindness. Miss Keller, in a recent letter to Miss Jennings, generously lauded the whole bicenternial ¢elebraticn movement as one which bids fair to “restore pros- perity to an econcmically troubled and turbulent world. Miss Jennings, who lost her sight through an accident when a baby, is president of the District of Columbia Association of Workers for the Blind. She is a product of the Academy of Our Lady in Chicago, and also held a schol- arship in the Chicago College of Music. cn | She is a student in evening el at | George Washington University, Eere. LOST SAILORS HONORED Memorial Services Held for Those Who Perished on Tampa. TAMPA, Fla, September 26 (#).—A memorial service was held here today in honor of 22 young sailors from ‘Tampa who perished with the sinking of the U. S. 8. Tampa off the coast of | England 13 years ago. ‘The ship, a Coast Guard cutter doing convoy duty during the World War, disappeared after an explosion in Bris- tol Channel. 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