Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1931, Page 6

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HOOVER HEARS PLEA FOR JOBLESS PLAN Spends Busy Thanksgiving. | First Lady Is Visitor at Hospital. President Hoover yesterday heard his | #lan for local relief of the unemployed | indorsed from the pulpit of the Church | of the Covenant, in which he and Mrs ‘ Moover sought prayerful expression of their own thanks. Rev. Albert J. McCartney, pastor of the church, did not mention the Chief Executive by name, but he addressed himself to his congregation on the cul- mination of the “executive appeal for Joeal funds” to aid the jobless in their own home sections “without the assist- | ance of Federal legislation.” Continu- ing, Dr. McCartney said l‘ Collection for Relief. | “This is the day to manifest brother- thood—and this goes for politics and 1o suggestion, the eollection for the day was give to or-| ganizations co-op ing with the Pres- | ident’s emergency relief organization. At the conclusion of the services, which were opened with the playing ©of “The Star Spangled Banner” in sa- | lute to_the couple from the White House, Dr. McCartney walked with the | President and Mrs. Hoover to the door | of the church. There he shook hands with each and chatted with Mrs, Hoo- ver for a moment about her Girl Scout work, while the President waited. The attendance of the Hoovers at & Presbyterian church service Wwas & variation of their usual Thanksgiving : day program. Previously they have at- * tended the services at one of the Cspi- (" tal's Friends’ meeting houses. ! First Lady at Mospital, ‘The President spent an hour of $o0 % #n his office after church and then y ined Mrs. Hoover in the firat of their - #wo turkey Thanksgiving day dinners, During _the afterncon Mrs. Hoover 3 visited Walter Reed Hospital, where she greeted veterans. She attended the annual reception of the Gray Ladies, the volunteer hospital workers’ corps of the Red Cross. Mrs, Margaret H. Lower, field direc- for, stood with Mrs, Hoover in the | yeceiving line. Mrs. Hoover pmedi . mearly an hour at the hm&l:nl, | In the even! he President and his | ‘wife entertain friends at a second turkey dinner at the White House. Tailored at Fashion Park 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Blizzard Hits Colorado Town AUTOS ABANDONED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL. children perished in a blizzard-locked t of the coming Winter, & snowstorm that pulled down more than 500 telephone poles and forced scores of motorists to abandon their cars and take refuge in farm houses. AMAR, Colo., near where several I school bus last Spring, has felt the first bl Above is a typical scene of forsaken autos. LONG DANCE TO OPEN } Marathon Hop of Several Weeks to‘ Get Under Way Thursday. A dancing marathon expected to last several weeks, with entrants registered | from all parts of the United States, will get under way at the Washington Au- ditorium next Thursday at § pm, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schindele of Bal- timore, present holders of the dancing record, ate among those entered. The contestants will be under the constant supervision of doctors, sponsors of the | marathon said. I December 2 has been set as the) closing date for entries in the contest, | which is limited to men and women over the age of 18 years who pass the | ——e. WHOLESALE CAR RIDES | | physical requirements. I [San Francisco Company Sells Un- limited Weekly Tickets. BAN FRANCISCO, November 27 (®). —Street car rides at wholesale prices | for Christmas shoppers, provided they avold riding at rush houre, were of- Fashion Park Produces the Aristocracy of Overcoats —and the Mode is its direct and —A. P. Phot fered SBan Francisco yesterday by one of its tram systems. ‘The regular car fare here is five cents. Starting next Monday and con- tinuing for four weeks, this company will sell weekly pases for 75 cents, good for as many rides as the holder wishes between 9:30 am. and 4 pm and between 7 pm. and midnight, Sundays excluded. Pocket guns, About the sise of & foun- tain pen and filled with tear-gas car~ tridges. are belng sold in Europe as & protection against bandits. Justifying Your Confidence Is Our Success. Upholste 1235 10th N.W. 'WALKER PREPARES FOR MOONEY PLEA Mayor Drops Jesting Role as| Rolph Completes Hear- ing Plans. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. November 27— With the Thanksgiving holiday behind them, Gov. James Rolph, jr., and James J. Walker were busy today preparing for the Tom Mooney hearing Tuesday. Rolph, who is tu hear the arguments, and Walker, ¥ho will make one of them, had a'number of advance chores | to perform. ‘The CQovernor, geles this aft Monday, had some last-minute details to work' out with his legal advisors. | The mayor, whe will appear t the cause of the man convic years ago of participating in the bomb. ing of a parade in which 10 were killed, worked steadily to master the record on which he will base his argument As the hearing approached, the New | York visitor became more and more Walker the lawyer, and less the “Jimm; PLANNED STOREWIDE \To save yo _ on Clothes.and Gift . : tailors have produced this season . . . and most for Men and Boys! There have_been few “wise cracks” on this visit. Fhe mayor has been serious mlpubhc and has relaxed little in pri vate. His best laugh of the tour came y terday at the foot ball game between St. Mary's and Oregon, where he was the” guest of Angelo Rossi, mayor of San Francisco. With Mayor Rossi to introduce him, “Jimmy” went to the stadium loud speaker. The San Francisco mayor, long a friend of Gov. Rolph, whom he succeeded in the municipal office, by & slip of the tongue introduced Walker as “the most popular mayor in the m of the gre: city in the world, mayor of New York." When the delighted shrieks of the crowd had died down so he could be heard, Walker explained it was quite all right to_call him “Jimmy Rolph" Lecause he had come in on the Gov- Eernor's puss, Johnson Joins Party, The party here to present Mooney's case was increased by the arrival of Joseph Johnson, Hollywood film execu- tive, formerly commissioner of publi aving for Los An-works in the Borough of Manhattan, | be & brief summary of the life of Wil- rmoon to remain until|“Joe" Johnson is not a lawyer, but the | llam Henry Flower, British naturalist, mayor said he is & good man to have around Mayor Walker was headliner today for & luncheon of the San Francisco center of the California Women Voters and will speak Monday at the luncheon of the Downtown As- soclation. Prank P. Walsh, senior counsel for Mooney, said vesterday that no effort would be made to introduce new matter most familiar to the public. |the petitioners standing on the record. | work. n. Jimmy Rolph, | League of | u money | 13, was found alive by hunters, reports plete recordiof the, case in existence,” HUNTER FOUND ALIVE | to the provincial police stated. accumulated} over 'the 15-year-period B | Lost in a snowstorm while big-game with “every §ffidavit, the result of every | EDMONTON, Alberta, November 26 hunting 12 days ago, he had taken investigationg good, bad, or Mdifferent.” | 5 po o e geavae Al | Shelter in a trapper's cabin 30 miles i e A, ¥, from his own camp. He had been withe | g berta, missing in the Athabasca River|out food for six days when found, and condition. {THREE TALKS PLANNED | couniry, noat Basom, ‘since November was reporied i & wenkeasd ON NATURAL HISTORY IDr. Bryant, National Park Service "Y°u Didn" Kn°w | Director, Among Speakers at = the Music Cosmos Club Auditorium. and | Didn’t Know the Words” | Walsh said that he had the “only com= Three talks on subjects related to natural history will be given tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Cosmos Club auditorium, it was announced today. Dr. H. C. Bryant, assistant director of the National Park , will dellver | an_illustrated lecture cn “National Parks as Wild Life Sanctuaries” fol- | lowed by a talk on “Natural Features of Washington Citv Parks.” an illustrated discussion by T. N. Hoffman of the Of- | fice of Public Bulldings and Public | Parks. The third speech of the evening will erv plays it on one record “Time on My Hands” (on reverse side) sings it on another “’A Faded Summer Love” (on reverse side) Y _Latest Victor;))Hits given by Dr. T. S. Palmer, The public is invited. d - USRI | Elephants Reared to Work. Two elephants were born in captivity in the Belgian Kongo this year, and will | be trained to work. Two elephant-train- |ing stations in the district are taming | elephants and teaching them to plow, | pull loads, and to be of use in military | Present Prices Lowered! 2-Trouser -Suits and Overcoats $37.5 Q—$45 Saks Quality We don’t have to compare this special price with prices of other years in order to make it seem low. It is sensationally low when compared with the most favorable prices of TODAY’S NEW LOW -MARKET! Briefly, we offer you now at $29.50 the newest and finest SAKS QUALITY $37.50 ,and $45 Suits and Overcoats that our regular of them are just out of their hands! That’s Opportunity! . Saks—Third Floor. Mens SHIRTS *1.35 3 for $4.00 Regular Higher Grade Every Shirt PRESHRUNK —and every sider ‘these facts in choosing shirts as gifts! Whites in collar-attached or neckband styles. Tan, Grey—collar at- Shirt Seks tailored! Co: Blue, Green, tached style. Gift boxed. Saks—Street Floor. $3.00 Saks Quality MensSPAJAMAS only distributor for Washington Handsome models in Fleeces, Chinchillas and Chesterfields— single and double breasted—and the trend of the times is shown in the present price—for a year ago these Overcoats would have sold at $50 and $55. 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