Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1931, Page 23

THE EVENING |VETERAN SEAFARER IS BUILDING 1931 MODEL OF CONSTITUTION | Capt. Callan’s Ship to Be s0| [~ : o ! Feet Overall and Will Carry 525 Yards of Sail. STAR, WASHINGTON, IRISH SWEEPSTAKES TICKETS ARE SEIZED 1,000 Addressed to Bearers of Gacelic Names in Capital Caught in Mails, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1931 GANDHI RECENVES HARLEM INVITATION Customs and postal officials have to Sail to M t v | frosted the dlg:‘“l:“:lt dln];ltyed in_the il o attempted ribution of Irish Hos- Hopes 0 sail to oun er. | o n pital Sweepstakes lottery tickets from i X Limerick, based on a race to be run next month, and as a result. it is doubtful if anyone in Washington will | Z | have to wonder whether they are | ! 3 | holding & winner. o, A * 3 From all indications, the promoters | got hold of a Washington City di- rectory, and carefully culling a list of Gaelic names, forwarded tickets, ask- ing payment of $2. It happened however, that the offi- clals all over the gountry were watch- ing for mail from Limerick as the re- sult of a tip, so the mail got no further then the city post office. About 1,000 letters, containing tickets Here if He Decides to Come to United States. TOMORROW Tuesday, October 13th "OURTESY Mahatma Will Make Address= non Decoration Day, Strow- " ing Flowers on River. By the Associated Press LONDON, October 12.—Harlem halls Mahatma Gandhi as “a sccond Moses | to lead all colored races from the ? 2%} Men who go down to the sca in ships :r“'}:;:,‘:fn of bondage into the Nght "4y spirit of adventure in their blood. He has revealed that a number of | Ferhaps that's why Capt. J. A, Callan, Negro organizations in that section of a grizzled veteral of the days when New York have invited him to go to s"rafflrl{lz men hauled aloft sails )élste):d i Aa lof stoking engines, intends to do his the "“;"d i’l“‘" and address them '\ Yoward preserving the time-honored 3 ‘ on racial problems. ! traditions of the celebrated frigate Con- B i If he decides to make the trip he !stitution by building a 1931 model of 1 and advertising matter have been seized also will speak on his doctrine of non- | the former rover of the seas. violence in Philadelphia, Washington Boston and other large cities. He de. ; here in the past two weeks, by customs ratin, o Capt. Callan_has started work on his | CAPT. J. A. CALLAN. [{1eT OpevRuiE MOUEC L. Sy SWaytych) model of the Constitution in the cellar | pends on his American friends to con- vince Dr. John Haynes Holmes that deputy commissioner. of his home at 1415 Montague street. famous ship by the Navy Department. (ei¥hen, the officers find n_suspicious | letter, tI ddre: He will draw on his Experience as a| The canvas will include 12 yards, I | misei e addressee is notified, the missive is opened in his presence, and L} he (the Mahatma) would not be treated as a curiosity. Wants to Meet Irish. When the round table conference is over he plans to visit the Irish Free State, Germany, Italy and Pulew[ml«‘ if it will not embarrass the British government. He is particularly de- sirous of meeting the Ivish people be- cause of their successful struggle for empire status He paid Prime Mini a compliment for his efforts to sce Great Britain through her crisis and said he would not take advantage of | her position to enforce his demands ! for Indian independence. er MacDonald Sympathizes With Premier. “I have the deepest sympathy for Prime Minister MacDonald,” he said “He is worn out. He is carrying a load which would have crushed a man | of less spirit and courage long ago. | England has not seen his like in many | a year.” Of progress at the conference, he | said: “I can see nothing but darkness | on the horizon. But I cannot hold a blackjack over England's head while she is tottering and gouge India's free- dom out of her.” | $12,000 GEMS STOLEN Jewel Case Taken From Parked Auto of Mrs. Warren J. Lynch. | NEW YORK, October 12 ().—Theft | of a_jewel case coainir at $12,000 from Mrs. Wa wife of the vice pr-sident ican Steel Foundries, was disclosed last night by police. The jewels were taken from her auto- mobile last Monday when she stopped at a store. {of canvas. i furnished numero bosun in the Navy from 1888 to 1903, sarticularly the “stretch” he served on ithe old sailing vessel Jamestown, sister ship of the Constitution. While on the Jamestown he visited such remote ports as Tangier, Cadiz, Gilbral and Cherburg. The veteran recalled it took the Jamestown 27 days to cross the Atlantic, About 50 feet overall, Capt. Callan’s Constitution will carry some 525 yards He will use hemp rigging and otherwise conform to the original Constitution, even to miniature wooden guns patterned after the iron cannon of old. The captain will work princis pally from memory, though he has been FARMERS WILL AID IDLE BY DISTRIBUTING FOOD Mobilized in New York and Near- by States After Appeal to Give Surplus for Relief. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 12.—The Sal- vation Army announced last night that ' farmers of New York and nearby States were being mcbilized for distribu- tion of surplus footstuff crcps in aid of the unemployed. The move was undertaken after a gift by Edward F. Hutton, a stock broker, of 100,000 boxes of food products and an appeal by Henry Mcrgenthau. jr., that crops in danger of being wasted be con- | | centrated for relief gifts. It _received the indorsement of Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, the statement said. One Summer camp, the announce- ment added, already had been con- verted into a canning plant and receiv- | ing station and others were expected to NAVY ORDERS B | Lieut Comdr. tached U. S. S Salinas. Lieut. Arthur F. Bl 8. S. Gold 5 ington E Lieut. 2 U. 5. 8 enginecr Lieut. command U. S. Sirius as navigati sign tes, detached Hoover. to U Guy de- Dc 5. s detached U, yard, Wash- ngs, detached . Sirius as R. Runquist, detached | S. Swallow, to U. S. S about October 5 . Arizona Ensign Nicholas A. Lidstone, de- tached Naval Air Station, Pensacola, | Fla., about October 4, to U. S. S. Ten- | nessee. | Lieut. Comdr. Irwin D. Coyle. de- | tached U. S. S. Seattle about October | 31, to U. S. S. Arkanses as supply officer. detached navy | U. S. S. Arctic | n, L to James C. Masters, detached | La about November 20, | Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads. | Licut. Walter E. Scott, detached re- ceiving ship, San Fran about De- | cember 20, to Asiatic station | Lieut. John N, Silke, detached Train- | ing Squadron, Base Force, about No- vember 30, to n d, Boston Capt. Charles G. Smith, detached Naval Training Station, Newport, R. L, to submarine base, New London, Conn Licut. Comdr. Rolland E. Gass tached U. S. §. Northampton, Academy, Annapolis, Md Lieut. Comdr. Hugh R. Alexander, de- tached U. S. S. Whitney about Novem- ber | s P. Holland, detached | tation, San Diego, | r 26, to U. S. . Marble- | | Comdr. Joseph T. detached | U. S. S. Texas_about January 7, to| Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I | Comdr. Albert N. Park, jr.. detached U. S. S. Tennessce about January 20, | t0 11th Naval District, San Diego, | Calif. i Lieut. (Junior Grade) Frank R. Ham- | fiton, detached Naval Training Station, | San Diego, about October 3, to U. 8. §. | Holland. | Radio Electrician John D. Isbell, de-| tached Naval Radio Station, Mare Island about Novgmber 16, to U. S. S.! Maryland. | Death, { Rear Admiral Francis John Higgin- son, U. S. N., retired, died September 12, 1931, at Kingston, N. Y. Casey. | ARMY ORDERS Col. Philip W. Corbusier, Cavalry, at San Antonio, will be retired Decem- ber 31, on his own application, after more than 33 years' service; Maj. Roland 1. Gaugler, Ordnance Depart- ment. at Fort McPherson, Ga., has been detailed to the War Department general staff; Maj. O. H. Presbrey, Ordnance Department, at Philadclphia, has been ordered to Walter Green Genera! Hos- pital for treatment; Maj. A. W. Smith, | Medical Corps. from March Ficld, Calif., to Randolph Field, Tex.; Capt.| William N. Skyles, Finance Department, Arsenal, Md., to his ement; Capt. F. W. from Fort Riley, s, Calif.; H. P. § Hawaii to! Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.. Maj. ! James G. Hall. Medical Corps, at Fort | Sam Houston, Tex., to examination for ! possible retirement: Capt. B. F. Giles, | Air Corps, from Kelly Field, Tex., to this | city for temporary duty at the War De- partment; Second Lieut. R. B. Robinscn, | Medical 'Administrative Corps, from | Fort Jay. N. Y., to the Army Medical | Center, this city home Koester. Kans,, Hallowell, for "Avoid Embarrassment of 'FALSE TEETH Dropping or Slipping | Don't be embarrassed again by hav- | ing “Your faice teeih sip of drop when 3 ik, 'Taugh’ of sneeze. Just Fasteeth on vour plates extremely fine powder. gives a wonderful sense of comfort | eurity. No gummy. gooey t or feel- ! ing. Get Fasteeth today at Peoples | Driie Stores or any other drug store.— Advertisement, and se- CCRACK-SHOTERASH join the campaign in the next week. photographs of the | spanker, 3 headsails, 1 flying jib, 1 four-topmost-staysail and 1 jib. | Capt. Callan plans to complete his { boat by April 1. He hopes to sail down | the river to Mount Vernon Decoration | Day, strewing flowers along the way. |~ “I may finally anchor the ship in the Tidal Basin near the monument to ! manent tribute to the original Consti- tution.” Capt. Callan has built sailing vessels before. Back in 1899 one of his small ships was inspected from stem to stern by Admiral George Dewey. The admiral rated the vessel as one of the most re- markable exhibits he had seen in & half & century following the sea 131 OUTSIDE LOOPS CLAIMED AS RECORD Made by Tex Rankin, Oregon Aviator, at Air Pageant in Charlotte, N. C. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C. October 12.— Tex Rankin, Portland. Oreg.. aviator, made 131 outside loops at the Southern air pageant yesterdey and laid claims to a world record Rankin said the former record of 124 was held by Roy Hunt of Oklahoma. Dorothy Hester Portland, Oreg., girl stunt fiyer. took Wiley Post, team- mate of Harold Gatty in their round- the-woild flight. up in _her plane and made an outside loop. It was the first time, Post said, he had ever been in a plane while an outside loop was made. John Paul Jones,” he said, “as a per- | if it contains contraband, it is seized. ‘The tickets coming here are in books of 12 each. Each ticket sells for 20 cents, and the recipient is asked to remit $2 per book, allowing him either to have two free tickets or make 40 cents on a sales basis. ‘Without stopping to remove his cloth- ing. 70-year-old Charles D. Thompson jumped into the sea at Southsea, Eng- land, and saved a 12-year-old boy, swimming ashore with the lad under one arm. SLIP COVERS Beleian linen and cretonne. §omieces. 3 "diraizht cusnions. $13.50 Tallored, Free amples.“"Featber mativcores R. L. ISHERWOOD. Line. 5250 _1513_3Ath 8t. R E. 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