Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1931, Page 39

FRENCH ACADEMY | PRIZES INCREASE Task of Distributing Them Larger With New Gift of $1,250,000. | | | | | | PARIS, October 30 (N.ANA)—The Academie Prancaise is always busily concerned with the administration of These tend to grow in number that presently the 5 will be hard put to distrib- all and revise the dictionary Th> academicians already administer the legacies of the Cognac-Jey founda- tion which produces an income of about $220000 a year, as well as countless minor legacies, and now M. Durracg, the well known industrialist, has left | them a fortune of $1,250,000, producing some $45,000 a year. They have decided o accept the fortune and the conditions governing their acceptance. 8o their innumerable prizes will be ented by 12 annual awards of s1 each for “Prench women who distinguish themselves by acts of devo- tlon outside their own homes,” 6 an- nual prizes of $200 each “for filial devotion” and 6 more of $200 each for | “devotion to old people and orphans.” (Copyright, 1931 by the North American | Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) | RADIO VOICE FINALS | SET FOR TOMORROW/ Boy and Girl to Represent D. C. in| National Trials Will Be Chosen. Selection of two winners, one boy and one girl, to represent the District in the fifth national radio audition of the Atwater Kent Foundation will be made | tomorrow from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. at the Firemen and Police To Finish Work of Blaze in ‘Hobo Park’ By the Amsocisted Press CHICAGO, October 30 — Park” has suffered a fortune. Pire yesterday destroyed hun- dreds of the huts erected by casuals of the near Southwest Side along the river. Firemen let them burn. As the homeless the task of reconstruction, officials asked the city's permission to destroy the remaining huts as “a nuisance, an eyesore and s fire hazard.” Then Desplaines street phlice were ordered to clear the “ho- boes” eut of the territory VETERANS COMBINE TO CLOTHE NEEDY V. F. W., Disabled Men and Le- gion Form Joint Relief Committee. ‘The three major veterans’ iza- tions—Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dis- abled American Veterans and the American Legion—have formed a joint Relief Committee in Washington to gather clothing for needy former service men. An announcement yesterday stated the committee has opened offices in the | Transportation Building, Seventeenth | and H streets, and that clothing will be received there. The following statement was issued by the organizations: “There now is and will be a growing need for all kinds of clothing, and an appeal is made to public-spirited citizens 1o release to the committee every article of clothing which they will not longer use and may donate for the comfort of their more unfortunate fellow men. Upon telephone advices given to Metro- politan 2068, a machine will call for any quantity of serviceable clothing, and it would be more appreciated if the donors owning cArs would effect their delivery to room 228, Transportation Building. “This most laudable undertaking for THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1931.. MOON MULLINS—Evidently He Has the Evidence. DUMB BROTHER-IN-LAW, LOUIE, STARTED IT ALL, OFF\CER- HE GOT TOULGLH AND TOOK A POKE AT ME WITH A POKER. ME? SUREL SOCKED HiM! WHAT D YOU DO\ A GLY WRAPPED A POKER AROUND YOUR WNOB, GIVE HIM A BUNCH OF PANSIES? 1 OON'T SEE ANY MARKS, LUMPS WELL, IF YOUL OOUBT MY WORD, A. S. BECK *5 SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN studios of WRC. the exigent relief of indigent veterars The eight winners, four boys and four | and their dependents is a vital concern girls, who were adjudged the best of |of the alllied veterans' organizaf The 40 contestants in the preliminary | mm—— oz audition, will compete. This feature will be broadcast. The two winners will be sent to New Yotk to participate in_the district contest November 23. The contestants are Marietta Fleet- wood and Ina Marle Holtascheiter, lyric sopranos: Beverly R. O'Brien, contralto, and Helen Hunkel Donofrio, coloratura; Hugh_Phelps Clark, bass, and Tt W. Cushman, Leonard Rogerle Davis and Edwin Charles Stoffe, baritones. 2 e Musiclans as Judges. Dirty Rugs ‘ Judging the winners will be by a joint 9 { vote of & jury of musical authorities ey 7 oo o and the radio audience. Contestants —let us shampoo rugs, it| Will be judged by a 60 per cent vote of || | will revive the color—make| them look like new. | the musical authorities and a 40 per cent vote as a result of the radio au- I Call Mr. Pyle.. .| | NAtional 3257-3291-2036 dience’s ballots. Both ' the musical Jjudges and the radio audience will be required to vote for first and second places among the young women and | young men cantestants. | . | Hoch contmen: el ba- alloved 0% iSamtary Carpet & minutes in which to sing one song or ) to be held December 13 in New York American_institute of music or under | Members of the Rug Cleaners’ | r's tuition: Pplace; ffth two or three short ones. |R“g Cleaning Co.; City, will receive $5,000 in cash, a gold a_recognized teacher. 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