Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1931, Page 28

D.AR. DEDICATES T, VERNON FLAG Staff From Fort Loudoun Is Raised at Winchester Ceremonies. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. * WINCHESTER, Va., September 30.— A flag and & flagstaff, each with a his- tory, were dedicated on historic ground this afternoon by Fort Loudoun Chap- ter, Daughters of the American Revo- lution, with colorful ceremonies. | The flag was one that had flown over | Mount Vernon, home of George Wash- | ington, on the Potomac, and_the staff was from @ tree growing on Fort Lou- doun, which Washington erected in 1756 | when he was colonel of the Virginia | Militia. | The exercises took place on & city- owned reservation at Braddock and Cork streets, where Washington had his military headquarters in a log house, now preserved with oak weather- boarding. Colonial Emblem Lowered. The Mount Vernon flag was present- ed by Mrs. Robert D. Johnston, the Alabama regent, D. A. R., and widow of Gen. Johnston, of the Confederate Army, after the original Fort Loudoun flag, a Colonial emblem, had been low- ered. The flagstaff was presented by Mrs. Katherine Glass Greene, present owner of Fort Loudoun and organizing regent of Fort Loudoun Chapter, D. A. R. They were accepted by Judge Philip Williams on behalf of the George Washington Office Board and the City of Winchester. Mrs. Frank B, Crawford, local D. A R. regent, was in charge of the exer- cises and made a speech of welcome. Mrs. Boyd R. Richards was chairman of the Flag Committee, and the cere- mony of lowering and raising the flags was in charge of Col. Brantz M. Roszel, superintendent of Shenandosh Valley Academy. The Handley High School Band played. U. S. Flag Hoisted. ‘The Colonial colors were lowered by alumnae of Fort Loudoun Seminary, and the American flag was hoisted by Ruth Farley Massey and Howard Gath- er, jr., of the Children of the American Revolution. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Robert B. Nelson, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, and the benediction by the Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden. Mrs. Crawford announced that the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the flag and staff were in a nature introductory to many events planned | by Fort Loudoun Chapter in connection ‘with the Washington Bicentennial, and reminded the gathering that George Washington was intimately identified with the early history of Winchester and the surrounding country—first as surveyor for Lord Fairfax and later as commander of the Virginia forces on me w:st:rhn xéonuer, and also as mem- T Of e House of Burgesses from Frederick Count; SURVEYS OF HOSPITALS BY STATES ADVOCATED Johns Hopkins’ Doctor Stresses De- termination of City Needs at Toronto Session.” By the Assoclated Press. i TORONTO, Ontario, September 30— The need for municipal or govern- fmental machinery to consider hospital vequirements of various communities yas discussed by Dr. Winford H. Smith of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., before the Amerfcan Hospital As- Bociation here last night. P + “The time has come when there Should be machinery of the State or of the municipality which should con- cern itself with such questions as: Is Bnother hospital needed, where, of what type and how is it to be sup- ported?” he declared. “Such a commission would not run hospitals, but would determine the heeds of the community and how much of the expense must be borne by .the Btate and how much by private Pphilanthropy,” he said. The financial problem was the most ressing one for the future of hospi- s, he asserted. PRI Card Party Planned. . SILVER HILL, Md, September 30 «Special) —The Parent-Teacher Asso- riation of the Silver Hill School will give its first card party of the season pt the school Saturday night. = i Wellesley Dean NEW “MOTHER” OF CAMPUS AT GIRLS’ COLLEGE. L DR. MARY LOWELL COOLIDGE, Former member of the faculty at Vas- sar_College, who is now the new dean at Wellesls P. Phot / THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 FORT MYER TROOPS (=2 COMPLETE MARCH Practice Tour of Virgiqiai Towns Ends—Polo _Team Plays. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, September 30.—The | annual practice march of the 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, commanded by Tol. H. E. Cootes, ended today when the troops broke camp early this morning on the Fairfax County fair grounds. The detachment, which left Fort Myer September 21 included headquarters troop, machine gun troop, troops E and F, and the mounted Cavalry Band, comprising 16 officers and 380 men. The troops spent a day and two nights in Fairfax, en route to and from Marshall, Va., giving a band concert last night on the court house green. At Marshall they gave an exhibition drill on the polo field. The Fort Myer polo team which accompanied the troops | played the Marshall team. They were . 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Doebler said they saw the skin of | a polar bear which they believed the explorers had killed and partly eaten and expressed the opinion other arti- cles could be found. FORMER MARSHAL ON TRIAL IN DEATH West Virginian Charged With Slaying Man Arrested Under Mann Act. By the Assoclated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., September 30—S. T. Lambert of Williamson, a former United States deputy marshal, was placed on trial in Federal Court here yesterday for the slaying of Prussey Lowe, 18, of Pike County, Ky. Lowe was .shot fatally while climbing up the bank on the Kentucky side of | Tug River after breaking away from Lambert, who had arrested him on a Mann act charge. J. Walter Copley, Mingo County prosecutor, is directing the prosecution, while James Damron, United States | district attorney, is defending Lam- bert. Copley, in his openi: sta t, contended Lambert was rl:‘;)der :;Teil;‘l- fluence of liqu d without Tomorrow Every Suite ata Gre year. at a fleeing of his duty. — it CUBAN BUDGET SLASH WILL SAVE $10,000,000 Reduction of 25 Per Cent Made by Decree of Machado to Be Signed Today. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, September 30.—A budget cut, reducing by 25 per cent all gov- ernment expenditures save those set by international or fixed obligations, was announced officially yesterday. 1t 1§ estimated nearly $10,000,000 will be saved. A presidential decree making the slash effective at once will be signed after the cabinet meeting set for today, it was learned at the palace. The bud- et, which became effective in July, pre= seribed outlays of slightly more than $60,000,000. The cut is expected to entail suspen- d by the prisoner in performance sion ¢f many employes, esf newspaper Informac < |70 DIRIGIBLE IN FLIGHT Two Pilots Make Aviation History by Repeated Connection With Los Angeles. By the Associated Pre LAKEHURST, N. J, September 30.— Two Army aviators last night made the first successful contacts with & cruising dirigible at night when they hooked their planes onto the Navy afrship Los Angeles. The flyers—Lieut. D. W. Harrigan, squadron commander of the five planes that will &nnu from the new airship Akron, a Lieut. H. L. Young—said they were practicing the maneuver so they could accomplish it without diffi- culty when the Akron comes East. ‘While flying at 2,000 feet over Barne- gat Bay the Los Angeles lowered & bar to which the pilots hooked their planes. Lieut. Harrigan made seven successful contacts and Lieut. Young made six. 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