Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1931, Page 4

THANKSEIVING DAY OBSERVED BY 1.5 fRation Drawn to Churches In Gratitude for Mercies of Past Year. (Continued From First Page) dinners to 100 needy families who are being sent to him at different hours today by the Assoclated Charities. Besides the President and Mrs. Hoover, other prominent Americans who chose ta celebrate Thanksgiving at home included Vice President Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Gann, Postmaster General Brown and Mrs. Brown, Secre- tary Adams and his family, including Charles Francis Adams, jr.. student at Harvard, and his daughter and son-in- | 1 Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, of | New York, and children; Secretary Mellon, his son. Paul, and daughter, Mrs. Bruce; Secretary Stimson and Mrs. Stimson. Secretary Hurley and his family, Chief Justice Holm and all of his associate justices, except Harlan Stone, who will go to New York; Senators Robinson of Arkansas, Watson of Indiana and Smoot of Utah. Garners Dine With Homefolks. Next to home-dining in popularity was dining with “homefolks.” Repre- sentative John Garner, Democrat of Texas, radiating thankfulness at the prospect of being the next Speaker, and his secretary-wife, Mrs. Garner, planned to feast with Judge W. D. Love of the Board of Tax Appeals and Mrs. Love, their two of Hoovers Buy HE EVENIN Health Seals | old friends from the hometown Uvalde. ‘The Thanksgiving spirit bubbled clear through the Democratic wing of the House with the returns from Texas, all the Democrats being thankful for added assurance they would control the House. And some of the Republicans were thankful too—at the thought of being rid of responsibility. And as the pendulum of review swings from the lowest to the highest and then back to the humble again, 72 more ‘Washington families are enjuylns their dinners at home because the District d partment, und;r Miss Sybil Baker, director, yesterday dis- tributed baskets of food among them. ‘Thirty of these dinner baskets were provided by the Women's Club of Chevy Chase, while the others were filled througl? donations from the children who patronize the playgrounds. In order to help Washington celebrate its holdiay, bath the Congressional and the Public Libraries are open on a spe- clal schedule today. The Congressional Library, which closed last night, is open today from 2:30 p.m. to 10 pm. The Public Library’s main building at Eighth and K streets is open from 2 to % p.m. Bishop Gives Sermon. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Epis- copal Bishop of Washington, sounded-a religious to the Nation in his ser- mon delivered ‘over a country-wide radio hook-up from the Washington Cathedral during services that began at 11 o'clock. The need of ishop Freeman con- America today, tended, is & Nation-wide revival of reli- glon to lft the le from their spiritual depression. moral char- in_ T convictions, he sald, is the first line of gefense of the Nation. “Above all else,” Bishop Freeman said, “this N i needs a deep, pene- trating, charactedforming revival of re- . It must béa revivak that touches ith its revivifyl and repewing power every phase and t of our life. It must mcmm}::tm ;::ndd fatrer r;!llulgm between. yer, oye in shop and work room, m‘mhwmp and cleanly conditions in our domestic and sqcial life and equity and justice Judicial p: o Charactet First Defense. Continuing, he sald: “Let us be solemnly admonished on this, our national T ving day, that we will witn consistency and re- newed consecration set ourselves to the greatest task that lies before us, or suf- render ultimately to forces that will make havoc of our institutions.” Bishop Freeman declared that no matter how restricted religious institu- tions may be in their operation or how ineffective they may be by reason of the limitations of those who adminis- ter them, “they cannot be disregarded or ignored when we are reckoning our safeguard. “The nation's first line of defense is; the moral chazacter of its citizens,” he asserted. “Let (nis be undervalued or indifferently regarded and we not only lower our standards, we imperil our most cherished institutions.” The cathedral's Thanksgiving services st which Bishop Freeman spoke were held in_the Bethlehem Chapel, where former President Woodrow Wilson and other great Americans are burled Special prayers of thanksgiving and of petition for the needy were offered. Music was furnished by the cathedral cholr of men ana boys. Pan-American Mass Held. Just prior to the cathedral service| the other great religious devotion of the day was held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, when diplomats of the Latin| American nations and ranking Ameri-! can Government officials and service | officers attended the annual Pan- American mass. Preaching to a distinguished gather- ing et & Pan-American mass, Rev. Ful- ton J. Sheen of the faculty of Catholic Uniyersity gave hearty indorsement to a recent statement by James Brown Scoft, secretary of the Carnegie Foun- dation for International Peace, in whigh he stated the Vatican State| should be sought as an instrument in settling internstional disputes | “Fhe Vatican,” Dr. Sheen quoted | Scolt as saying, “would be f{ree from | suggestions of material force to compel accaptance of its solutions.” . Sheen illustrated his point fur- ther’ by stating that “Just as it is im- ble for a man to steal a bundie it e # part of the bundle. and it is im- possible for & man to pack a bag if he is pArt of that bag. so it is impossible for any agency to bind the world to- gether in peace unless that agency is bigger than the world itself.” Dr. Shahan is Celebrant. 1 the mations of th boudd together in a e, DI assafted, they must be bound by some- | thing bigger and wider than themselves. “Fhere is only one sociely in the that is not only international, butf supra-national, and that is the , with its primate, the 'Vicar of ht Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector emefitus of Catholic University, was celebrant of the mass, assisted by Rev. Henfy F. Brabenstein of St. Cyprian’s Church, as deacon, and Rev. Joseph Striekler of St. Matthew's Church es subgeacon, Very Rev. John B. Ten- nelly. president of Sulpician Seminary, wasjassistant {o Bishop Shahan Ppllowing the mass in {he church, **Mge} Thomas, pastw of St. Patrick’s, ‘was‘host to a gathering of the diplomats at luncheon in thg church rectory. Olnldren in Food Riot. PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY GET FIRST STICKERS, OIE LOU BERLINER, granddaughter of the late Emile Berliner, and David Witcover, yesterday presented the President and Mrs. Hoover with the first of the 1931 Christmas Health Seals. the south grounds of the White House. The presentation was made on ~—Underwood Photo. “KING” OF HOBOES WILL ABDICATE, ALL BECAUSE OF GIRL IN CANADA Calls Convention to Meet in Chicago Park to Accept Resignation and Elect His Successor. By the Associated Press. CROOKSTON, Minn., November 26 ~—The “king” of Americen hoboes will abdicate his “throne,” and all because of a wee Canadian lassie. “His majesty” is none other than Joseph leon Cohen Segal Lazarowitz, who for four years has ruled with iron hand his chosen realm. The monarch has called a meeting of the “Bona Fide Hobes’ Union of the United States of America,” Januarj, 2, at Grant Park, Chicago, for the pur- of relinquishing his crown and the election of a successor. “Yes, there’s & girl—she lives in ‘Winnipeg,” the ruler confided here fo- day as he stopped en route to Chicago from the Orient. “I'm going to settle down and work for her.” Police protection at the cbnvention will be demanded, King Lazarowitz as- serted in_answer to Mayor Anton Cer- mak of Chicago, who warned & “hot” reception awaited hoboes, “Mayor Cermak places hoboes in the same category as bums and tramps.” the monarch said. “They are not. A hobo, in erder to be a member of the hobges' union, must be an American citizen. As citizens we demand police protection at the Chicago convention and ask that Mayor Cerr.ak detall a squad of officers to see the - no one dis= turbs us instead of runnirg hoboes out of town.” AD CIRCULATION COMMITTEE NAMED| National Association Members to Be Supplied With Data on Various Publications. As a result of the recent annual meet- ing of the Association of National Ad- vertisers held ‘Washington, when | opinion was crystalized on the ques- | tion of advertisicg rates in various | classes of publications, & committee has | been appointed known as the Com- | mittee on Circulations, it was announced | today. This particular committee Will exam- ine into and acquaint the membership with all possible data on ®irculation of magazines. newspapers, and business papers. Its purpose will be to help, members of the association to ® more intelligent buyers of advertising space. | Under a resolution adopted at the | convention, Lee H. Bristol. president of | the association appointed the following | committee: Paul B. West, National Car- bon Co., Inc., chairman; Felix Lowry, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet_Co.; J. Seward COSCHATCRED Fixtures on Display 4100 Georgia Ave. AD-0145 Now Is the Time to Have Superior Lock 1410 L St. N.W. Downtown Show Room Washington Buildin get away Two thousand children invited to a feast in Berlin, Germany, fought over the food and police had to be called 0 end the riot. NORTH 1742 UPHOLSTERING GET OUR ESTIMATES. ’S CAL BROS. 2 4th ST. N.W. “We Live Our ion” Johnson, Johnson & Johnson: Ralph Starr Butler, General Foods COrpora- tion; Stuart Peabody, The Borden Co.; R. F. Rogan, the Proctor & Gamble Co., and W. E. Loucks, California Packing Corporation. Mr. Bristol is ex-officio member of the committee, JOBLESS EAT TURKEY Denver Restaurant O:'uer Is Host to 5,000 Unfortunate. DENVER. November 26 (#).—Five thousand jobless men were called to eat turkey dinners today on A. A. McVit- tie, Denver restaurant owner, “The town's been good to me, T'll pass it along.” McVittie said in invit- ing the unemployed to dine with him. EXPERT HEATING ROOFING SERVICE Avoid heating troubles this Winter —let us correct them properly and instantly. FuM Line of Coal Ranges and eating Stoves W.S. JENKS & SON 723 7th St. N.\W. NAt. 2092 Washington’s_ Oldest Hardware and Stove Store imnd Tide Wait for No Man LINEL EV]CE STATION IN TROUBLE? That Engine REPAIRED For the past 18 years I have rendered satisfactiory train repair service at lowest charges consistent with expert workmanship. NEW ADDRESSES & Electric Co. Phone Met. 9439 Open Evenings g, 1417 G St. N.W. ou can’t from ite~ KILLS ALL INSECTS A Product of The Americ 0il Company | ISTAR, 1 chancelior | patent WASHIN SNOWDEN SEATED INHOUSE OF LORDS Labor Leader Becomes First Viscount of Ickornshaw in Ceremony. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 26.—Philip | Snowden, & poor man’s son, wWho be- | came a member of the House of Com- | mons a quarter of a century ago, put | on robes of scarlet and ermine and took | his seat in the House of Lords yesterday as the first Viscount of Ickornshaw. For hundreds of years the ceremony of seating a new peer of the realm has seldom deviated from the prescribed form, but for this little man, hobbling on_two canes which he has used since he' was injured in a bicycle accident many years ago, the ritual was waived. Snowden Bows Head. Other peers, when they entered the Upper Hou knelt before Viscount Ickornshaw, he by the robes of his new office. merely bowed his head. Lord Chancellor San- key, his old friend rose and shook hands. Prime Minister MacDonald, for whom the new viscount fought unnumbered battles in the Howse of Commons as chancellor of the exchequer, stood in the place before the throne with Stan- ley Baldwin, Walter Ronciman and | other members of the cabinet. But where the labor peers usually ait were only vacant seats. Not one of | them had come to see their oid leader | - introduced to the Upper House. Limping over to the clerk’s table, the | new viscount leaned heavily upon it as the reading clerk, in wig and black | gown, Tead out the letters patent de- | scribing the newcomer as “our right trusty and well beloved counselior, Philip Snowden, keeper of our privy seal.” He was lord privy seal in the coalition cabinet after general election. His infirmities and a serious iliness just be- fore the last Labor cabinet fell influ- enced Mr. Snowden not to run for a seat in the House of Commons in that election, for the heavy burden of the chancellor of the #xchequer, a post he held for two years, had begun to tell| on him. Takes Place on Bench® He signed the roll of peers, took the | oath and walked with two sponsors, | Viscount D'Abernon and Viscount Lee of Fareham, to the place on the vis- counts' bench, which he will occupy hereafter. Then there was another departure ! from custom, Usually ofi taking his seat a new peer bows three times to the lord chan- ‘| cellor, resuming his seat after each bow, but Viscouat Ickornshaw doffed ~his cocked hat, bowed three times and sat down. Lord Sankey walked over and shook hands again. The ceremonies crowning the career of one of his majesty's most valued servants were watched by a crowded h@use. ALUMNI TO HEAR GAME Stanjord Graduates to Be Guests of Dartmouth Club. * _All Washington graduaies of Stanford | URiversity were invited today to at-| uid a luncheon, to be given in their | hdnor by the Dartmouth Club of Washington Saturday, at 1_o'clock, in the National Press Club. Telegraphic reports of the Btanford-Dartmouth foot ball game, to be played that after- non in the Harvard Stadium at Cam- bridge, Mass., will be received. "The Dartmouth Indians hope to get revenge upon the Indians of the West Coast this year. Stanford defeated them by one touchdown last season. TREE TO BE DEDICATED Permission to dedicate an elm tree near the Lincoln Memorial was granted yesterday to the Children of the Amer- ican Revolution by First Lieut. F. B.| Butler, assistant director of public the lord | d presented thelr letters leaning | vily on his canes and weighted down | buildings and public parks ‘The ceremony is to take place in about six weeks, the assistant director | was informed. | DAY, re 15 il'l School Clubs in Thanksgiving Drama ‘WHEATLEY PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION SPONSORS “DREAM OF PRISCILLA.” HE Dream of Priscilla” presented by the student clubs of the Wheatley School yesterday, will be repeated | for the sixth division of the public school system after the holiday. | Members of the cast are shown (left to right), first row: Norma Abernethy, Neal Hall, Dolly Brown, | Lilllan_Watson, Norman Tanner and Jeanette Russell. Howard, Tony Vasco, Elise Fisher, Cariton Pern, Annabelle Ballard and Eleanor Prentz, Eugenia Wanall, Courage Bred Gratitude Pilgrims’ Celebration of Years Ago Was in Face of Bitter Hardships and Many Discouragements. Prof. Albert us Hart 18 & pro- !u,hnell of Harvard University. y_and is th e George Washington tennial Commission. BY PROF. A. BUSHNELL HART. (Copyright, 1931, by the Associated Press.) 3 Bicen- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. November 26.— | Some people think that these are hard times this year. Some people have given up hopes of a turkey for Thanks- giving. or even & chicken or a plece of beefsteak or a ham sandwich. Nev- ertheless, there is hardly a town within the limits of the United States that is as poor and seems to have as little to be thankful for as the community of Plymouth a little matter of 310 years ago this Thanksgiving. There would have been no Plymouth colony and no colony of Virginia or of Pennsylvania had it not been for the grit and the energy and the perseverance of the earliest colonists in all the little groups that developed into the 13 united colonies and then the 13 United States and then the 48 United States. If the American people do not feel & burning sense of thankfulness this week, we can always be thankful that we had people of grit and practice in looking at the bright side such as dis- tinguished the people of Plymouth colony the Fall of 1631; and we have & great advantage over them in that we can be deeply thankful to them and they had no opportunity to express thelr thanks to us for keeping up t good old custom which they initiated. Courage Preserved Colony. In October, 1621, Plymouth had been through very hard times—cold and hunger and disease. Nothing but back- bone and unwillingness to give up their enterprise held them together. Brad. ford in his immortal “History of Ply- mouth plantation” tells about the first landing on Cape Cod, November 15, 1620, going “well armed, under the conduct of Capt. Standish” and how they had the luck to find rce faire Indean baskets filled with corne.” Then they for the first time heard the cry of “Indeans, Indeans,” and were deeply thankful to get away alive. On the FLEECE First Thanksgiving 310 18 day the wind came faire.” and they arrived safe in the Harbor of Plymouth. Then came troublous times, with disease and bitter cold and death. but in September, 1621, they were in what- ever corresponds to clover in the New England Winter, “For besides water foule, ther was great store of wild turkies, of which | they tooke many. besides venison, etc. | Besides they had about a pecke of to a person, and now arvest they also felt | thankful because of “King Massasoit, ‘wlth some ninetle men for whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five ceere, | which they brought to the plantation | and bestowed on our governor.” That | was the first Thanksgiving. | Found New Blessings. “ Winslow goes on to say: “And thus | | they found the Lord to deliver them in | all their ways, and to bless their out- goings and in-comings; for which that His holy name have the praise for. ever.” There is no record of the sermon | | which must have been a part of that | first Thanksgiving, either on the day elI feasting or on the nearest Sabbath, for | | sermons were the only thing in th perfod that corresponded to the modern | | movies. There are authenticated cases | of & minister turning the hour glass so that the congregation might have an | r:’xm 60 minutes of religious exhilara- ' jon. Hard times were still before the Pil- | grims. disease and death and ungodly neighbors and Indians that brought | them no fat bucks and much danger. A year later there was a difficul sbout. Thanksgiving celebration | labor union question of the * Christmasday.” ot Played on Christmas, “The most of this new-co y ex- cused themselves ard faid 1t wemie against their consciences to work on | | that day.” 8o the Govr tould them that | If they made it mater of conscience, he BEST’ o s JURY. DEADLOCKED IN PANTAGES CASE State Testimony in Trial for Pringle Attack Is Heard Again. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 26.—Ap- | parently deadlocked, the jurors deliber- ating the fate .of Alexander Pantages, wealthy theatrical man charged with attacking Eunice Pringle, young dancer, are still hopeful of reaching a verdict. This was indicated shortly before they were locked up for their second night last night. At that time they requested the reading of certain testimony of State witnesses who described events at Pantages’ office, where the alleged of- fense took place August 9, 1929. No word had been sent from the jury room this morning. The jurors were not locked up for the night until 10 pm. A persistent rumor had the jury standing 10 to 2 for acquittal. Pantages was charged with having attacked Miss Pringle when she went to his office seeking employment. He was tried and convicted in October, 1929, and sentenced to from 1 to 50 years in San Quentin Prison. The State Supreme Court, however, gave the theater man a new trial when it ruled the trial judge erred in re- fusing to allow the defense to question Miss Pringle about her past life. TWO FISH FOR HOUR, Second row: Dorls Benny Negro. —=8tar Staff Photo. would spare them till they were better informed. So he led-away the rest and Jeft them: but when they come home at noone from their worke, found them in the streets at play, openl; some pitching the barr and some at stolle-ball, and such like . S0 he went to them, and tooke away their implements, and tould them that was against his conscience, that they should play and others work No turkey shoots, no good dinners, no presents, no Christmas trees. We are safe in being thankful that the excel- lent Puritans did not have it all their own way in buudlng ur the celebration of joyous occasions by later generations. . Film Used as Evidence. A sound fllm was recently used in Australia as evidence in a suit to curb a nolsy factory. he | { GET 10 HENS AND CELL | Baltimore Pair's Plans for Real | Thanksgiving Feast Fall Through on Way Home. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 26.—Thanks- giving will be just another day for two Baltimoreans whose plans for & chicken feast caused their arrest. Armed with a long pole and a wire heok, Clarence Tyler and Louis Thorn- ton, colored, invaded the edge of the market district and fished for an hour “catching” 10 chickens from two crates. On the way home with the “makin’s for their Thanksgiving feast, they were halted by an officer who was sus- picious of the bulge under their coats and sounds coming therefrom. Today they will eat in jail. CAPITAL, $250,000.00—SURPLUS, $500,000.00 A Helpful Banking Connection —such as “Columbia™ is able to extend its Customers is some- thing for which we are truly thankful. fIt means Safety and Service .. . access to the friendly coun- sel and practical experience of every-day bankers, who are ever ready to extend you co-opera- tion. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES $3.50 up Per Year CoLuMBiA N ATIONAL Bank 911 F Street SED ON SAFETY, AND SERVICE ‘THE EARLY SHOPPERS GET THE OVERCOATS Assuring the Maximum Comfort With the Minimum Weight % K <«An Overcoat value that is unusual, even under 1931 conditions! 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