Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1931, Page 26

DREISER PROBERS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931 Coxey Stages Comeback Story of the International Oratorical Contest,” was published on & non-roy- alty basis. It contains not only the g'uwry of the contest but the hes ORATORY CONTEST'S - | Myrtle Posey, Washington® Helen By- | tional Stansell, Chicago, and Philip Glatfelter, Columbia, Pa. Third national finals, 1926—Herbert ‘Wenig, Los Angeles, national champlon; lund, New York City; Guita F. Bear- tional champion; Paul Leduc, Canada; Clemente Peres-Zanartu, Chile; Heins Bockhacker, Germany; Javier Vivanco R, Mexico; Andre P. J. Pious, Prance; T | Jack M. gl William German, England, and ELECTED MAYOR ON UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE. man, )(mne;polh:’mg.;AAnn Hardin, each year are given free to the schools ALu‘u.st“ " Ga.’ and ‘Thomas Cleary, which participate in the contest despite | philadelphia. the fact that it contains the booklet for | First internationsl finals, 1926—Her~ the coming ninth Latf and seventh | pert Wenig of California, international international contest. The profits from | champion; Jose Munos-Cots, Mexico 3 the Tlme willibe the fund | Gity. Mexico; Herbert Moran, Canada: | Katherine Marsnall, . Quanah, b B g hm;,"“ paper booklets to | william Meades Newton, England, and | James Leonard Rufsch, Was : “The new voram Maxime R. Puel, France. Elizabetn Corey: Eortisnd, Me., Williams The new volume also contains two| Fourth national finals 1927—Dorothy | Thibsult, Portiand, Oreg., and Howard a driue- by President Coolidge and | Carison, Balt Lake City, Utah, na- | K. Pinch, Battle Creek, Mich. e hhaticn o e {ionar champion; James M. Tunnell, | Fou jr. Georgetown, Del.; Jefferson F. Meagher, Birmingham, Ala.; De Lisle Crawford, Oak Park, Tl.: William A. Loker, Leonardtown, Md., and Carl Albert, McAlester, Okla. Second _international finals, 1927— Arturo Garcia-Fermenti of ' Mexico City, Mexico, international champion; GROWTH SKETCHED Leigh Recounts Development and Lists Winners in New Book. * ARRIVE IN HARLAN National Guard Officers Greet Committee, but Refuse to Testify. Chicago; Willlam J. Codd, Spokane, Wash.; Jack Emmett, New York City; James A. Moore, Wi H e , D. O ind a N. Y.; and Sixth international finals, October 24, 1931—Henri R. M. Van Hoof, Overveen, 20 Gomrmiorer: Cuadh: Mariin B S e essanis, Prance; Robert Rayburn, United fl"&:"'.n:'a""{‘-nm.. Shillington, Rath Feru: | farnham, Ireland. & ‘Cuba. Sixth national finals, 1929—Ben Swofford, Kansas City, Mo., national champion; Lee Miller, "."Mfr 3 Lucille Fietcher, Brookiyn, N. J. Donohue, Herkimer, Publication of the book represents the first effort to list all of l!’hg partici- pants in the national and international finals. In the order in which they ap- ers were: "I‘:’ ‘The story of the International Ora- torical Contest from its conception as a city-wide competition in Los Angeles to its present breadth involving many nations of both hemispheres, and in- cluding the orations of all national and | Ruth New international winners, is told now be- DUl gton, D. John M. tween the covers of a single volume pub- | Dallam, 3rd, Philadelphia; Eieanor Hu* | Georges Guiot-Guillain, France; Dor- lished by Randolph Leigh, director gen- | ber. Loulsville, Ky., George Chumos,| othy Carlson, United States; Prederick eral of the contest. Topeka, Jack Turner, Mont- | . Hotson, Canads, and James Keith J _The new book is a concrete example | Bomery, Al d Vall Barnes, New | watson, England. of one of the National Capital's largest York City. Enteved tn: 1905 Pinale Industries, at o In and ub- e 2 g ! Winners in 1925, Fifth national finals, 1928—James lishing. The volume is from the press of A. C. Mellichampe, Inc., and is issued | Second national finals, 1925—Robert | Rayburn Moore, Somerset, Ky., , Birming] tional champion; Elliott Norquist, in two editions. The major edition is in cloth binding, while a special limited Kansas City, Mo.; Charles J. Olson, jr., ‘Worcester, Mass.; Frederic R. Johnson, edition is handsomely bound in artistic leather. Cairo, I.; Joseph E. West, Omaha, Nebr.; Ralph Zabludofsky, Brooklyn, LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 B> the Associated Press. + HARLAN, Ky.. November 6.—Theo- dore Dreiser and his committee of New York writers arrived here today from Pineville to pursue what they sald were Teports of a “reign of terror,” and what Drejser has termed “blackjack rule” ver the Kentucky coal fields. The committee was met here by Ma). eorge M. Chescheir and Capt. Frank cAuliffe, National Guard officers from isville, who are acting as_personal Te, saentatives of Gov. Flem D. Samp- son! H , Denmark; F. Whitnall Allen, England, and Vin- cente Pardo, Suarez, Cuba. Seventh national finals, 1930—Ed- mund A. Gullion, Washington, D. C.,| national champion; Seymour M. Peyser, New York City; Vernon L. Withuhn, Seattle, Wash,: Edmond Benard, Springfield, Gloria Gulager, a- | Chicago, and. Wiltam Gark . - 3 iliam Loulsville, Ky. T Won 1930 World Finals. Fifth international finals, 1930—Ed- mund Gullion, United States, interna- R 1n s wide variety of pleasing styles that are suitable for ev- ety purpose. Special Up + MUDDIMAN ¢ 911 G St. Nat'l 0140-2622 Organized 1888 .00 Morning and afternoon meetings were | B:nnn‘d for today, the committee seek- g information from miners and opera- rs. Members of the committee said ey were especially anxious to hear from Circuit Judge D. C. Jones, Sheriff J. H. Blair 'and other officials of Harlan County. © Maj. Chescheir was in this section | éeveral months ago when 400 troops were called out to quiet labor disorders which resulted in the death of three officers and one miner. Charles Rum- ford Walker of New York, acting as| secretary of the Dreiser Committee, to- day asked the major to testify &s to ‘hat he saw at that time, but the major | clined on grounds he was appearing | only as an observer for the governor and not a witness. In addition to the Harlan meetings. the committee expects to seek testimony at Wallins Creek and Straight Creek, in Harlan and Bell Counties, between mow and Sunday. Longnecker, Graves, Washington, entitled “Oratory—The No Connection With Any Other Washington Store 'OPPOSE SALE OF CABLE | Alaska Business Men Hold Plan Would Curtail Service. | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, November 6| (P).—A group of business men an- | nounced Wednesday they would oppose vigorously the proposal of the War Department to sell the Washington- Alaska military cable and telegraph system to private interests. | As a first move, the Chamber of Commerce wired George Wickersham, delegate to Congress, and other Cham| of Commerce in Alaska to enlist their support. They said the sale of the system would bring a cur- tail in service and increased rates ACOB S. COXEY. who 37 years ago led his fanfous army of unemployed on ‘Washington, D. C.,, has won his latest battle. He was elected mayor of Massillon, Ohio, on a platform advocating municipal ownership of utilities and fletation of a bond issue to aid the city’s unemployed. Here he is with his wife, Henrietta, and his son, David. 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