Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1932, Page 3

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHTNGTON, D. '€, JANUARY 24, 1932—PART ONE. NS PREPARE BICENTENNIAL ‘ Qettlntrs and (haractere in “W A—3 akefield,” Bicentennial Folk-Masque Scottish the Bodies W|l| Start Degree Work Febru- ary 9 and End May 10. ttish Rite bodies in the Dis- trict are putting forth special effort oward the celebration of tennial of George Washington, the man and Mason. A “Bicentennial class” is lin course of formation for the dearee The S Iko;/;flb.is & BAINES Oxienta offee It’s Vacuum Sealed and fifth degrees of the concludc with the thirty- second degree, in”full form, May 10. | An entirely new cast has been organ- ized for the presentation of the six- teenth degree. which thus far has n.t | been allotted to any specific cast, end the twenty-eishth deerce a cast has been organized of the brethren in- terested in_the rapidly growinz and library of the Rile. In the other casts important es have been made to perfect th> brick, new and modern | | ritualistic work and to present it with homes near 16th St. ex- | | the inherent beauty demanded tended. | liance and impressiveness is the goal W. GROOMES, 1319 Eve St le ritualistic work, and such has -Grade 1st Mortg. Notes Since 1901 the improvement in these that a nguished United States Senator, & member of a recent class, asked and received permission to pay tribute along those lin services_this The Maundy year, obligatory to every Mason of the Rite, will ede the Easter Sunday serv.ces on March and are expected | to be especially e'adorate, with mu ical ompeniment of a high order and in ping with their dignity ! the fourth | Rite, and for 1st Mtge. Notes for sale; on detached all- | bee d; FOR SALE. $10.750, Just East of Colorado Ave DETACHED. ALL __FACE RES. 6 ROC T-IN BATH ATTIC. PULL CELLAR. BUILT-IN GARAGE. PORC SLATE ROOF Lot 30x104. $6,000 15t Trust. Fasy Terms, L. W. GROOMES, 1319 Ese [ TONIGHT 8:15| First Free Lecture Extencea [ | BRICK hursday New Relief Program. notable forward step has been by the bodies of the Rite this in conformity with the program y Grar approved by the Supreme Council, in the organization of what is (known as the Scottish Rite Service | Board to care for a new prqgam of | welfare work within the mel rship | of the Rite. This board, which, it is \up ained, is not in any sense to su- sede or to vary the welfare service by the almoner and the “Box of Fra- ternal Assistance,” is to be given finan- | cial assistance in conducting work of | relief among the brethren in cases of | emergency and misfortune, with due | sympathetic impulse, and to enable h'm to help himself Members of the Rite are welcome at s meetings, and wil co-operate in inging to attention all cases of need, especially-in the way of medical atten- tion or legal assistance. as appointed by Ellwood P. Morey, deputy of the Sépreme Council for the | | District of Columbia, is composed of | the heads of the four constituent bodies Rite, with Lem Towers, thirty- jcgree, as secreta treasurer, and | Deputy Morey, thirty-third degree, ex officio chairman Eugene Fyersen, L Subject “What’s Wrong With Us Today?” Ball Al%oom Hotel Arlington 1025 Vermont Ave. N.W. All Welcome Collection Schedule of Degrees. The degree work for the Bicentennial class will be presented, one or mcre de- | grees at a time, every Tuesday evening | om February 9 to May 10, both in usive, and refreshments will be ser: .ed‘ the refectory at the cloce of each | ening. Degrees will be presented on | evenings of February 9, 16 and 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29; April 5, 12, | 19 and 26. and May 3 and lofhtarl}[ all of the degrees in full form, for the | | time probably in the memory of 1 members of the Rite. | The announcement pregram of Dep- | uty Morey is neatly bound in pamphlet | form, and contains the pictures, history ‘ahd of r comment concerning local | | Masons who were recently elevated by | | the Supreme Council to the ! thirts | third and la<t degree of Masonry, or | aavanced to the rank and dignity of | | knight commander of the Court of | thirty-third degree, Frederick | Maximilian Bock, Robert Edward Coontz, Lurtin R. Ginn and J. Walter | Karsner; knights commander of Km“ Court of Honor, Harry Wilson Beach, | John Oliver Bowen, William Witthaft Bride, Elmer William Goss, John Doug- las Hess, Christian Frederick Klein- knecht, Cloyd Heck Marvin and Prank Stetson. SETH PARKER COMING | GREATER LEISURE Is the Natural Re- sult of Having a IN YOUR HOME! An automatic oil burner that ban- ishes forever the weary miles of cellar-stepping the aches and pains of furnace-firing the soot and_dirt and dust. The Domestic Nu-Wav Automatic Oil Burner brings you NEW comfort, NEW cleanliness. NEW convenience PLUS ECO- NOMY. And an inguiry from this firm will bring you a NEW concep- tion of service . . . with Washington's foremost heating experts ready to help you with your heating problems. DOMESTIC BACK TO AID MISSION| {Cenm\l Union Women's Guild Sets | Return Engagement in Benefit for Children Tois board, | | earliest | biographies | stories the Bicen- series which wi'l start February 9, with | Bril- ' Commander John | WASHINGTON BOOKS LISTED BY LIBRARY Renewed Interest Is Shown Here. A George Washington Bicentennial number of the monthly bulletin of the Public Library has just been issued, featuring books about the first Presi- dent and the country in which he lived, together with lists of stories and plays in which Washington appears as a character. George F. Bowerman, librarian, an- nounced that copies may be obtained at |the central buiiaing of the Public Li- | brary or at any neighborhood branch Organizations desiring a number of copies for distribution, however, should | apply to the central library Although the formal opening of the Bicentennial celebration is still a month away, the Washington shelves in the biography division at the central Library are practically emptied of bods évery ay. The collection ranges from the to the results, of the latest research work Weems’' Book Praised. The little volume by Parson Weems turned “ll the actions of Washir to the encouragement of virtue careful application of numerous ex- emplificatiors drawn from the conduct of the founder of our Republic from his earliest life,” according to the en- thusiastic reviewer Henry Lee. It very successful in giving currency still popular with juvenile 2 diences, but a sounder criticism needed to humanize the great leader John Marshall wrote one of the finest of the lives which appeared before the middle of the cent Washing ton Irving and Jared readable biographies { iting a man n ton's writing to SERVICE CORP. W A sheltered place at a nearby beach | where underprivileged childern, some | the hapless victims of unemployment and others of broken-up homes, may | | get a breath of salt alr and a_chance {to play outdoors during hot Summer | months is the goal set for this year i by the Women's Guild of the Central | Union Mission More than 450 boys and girls passed | through the Children’s Emergency | Home, maintained by the mission at 5 YOU MONEY 624 Indizna avenue, during the past < P e A 1 X ye Many of them are forced to re B > home for weeks and months 3 until _circumstances over | ea Which they have no control are righted. | Cue to the distress in more than the | I number of homes this Winter the Emergency Home has been taxed o the limit of its facilities on more n one occasion Except for a small playground con- ted on the roof of the building ittle children, some 40 of whom are constantly sheltered at the home, have no other ummer month Mr John S. Bennett, the Emergency Home, dea last year %% chase grounds at some beach near the 4169 * |city and maintain a Summer camp, WANTED _RETURN LOAD FOR FURNL- where the entire staff of the home and n to Atlanta or nearby. Address BOX | ji"inmates could remain about three ‘an.an REPAIRS an- | or 1c months during the year, out eri: Groas |of the noise and heat of the city rieal g0 Imbucd with this idea, the Women's e e C of the mizsion came to the rescue INVALID ROLLING CHAI { with Mrs. Bennett’s help arranged three “Seth Parker” concerts. They 50 successful that nearly all the csary money to purchase the| d for a camp was raised at that H. G Ma 1706 Conn. Ave. ttlied POtomac 204% ECIAL NOT BE RESP racted by any am L. Hors OTICES. NSIBLE FOR ANY WHO OWES it for yor Federal Protective NEY—5-LB. TIN r folks who can t HONEY POT Vest 0654 by 10 a.m 3 PRESS CO in charge of conceived the 1t you bui advance. 1 We finance CONSTRUCTION CC FOR RENT OR d used chairs; | # e reduced | for od or_ metal. | TORAGE. o 1843. | nece ¥ TRIPS, FULL AND PART LOADS, | gre m\v ‘more. Pk New ¥ B {iTivae Other expenses, such as sending two mbitious girls to college and buying necessary equipment for the Emergency | Home, ate into the surplus. So the| Women's Guild is now preparing for another personal appearance of “Seth Parker” and i “Jonesport neighbors” next Friday evening at Constitution APPLFS SWEET CIDER Hall 1f proves successful it is supply jossible that the dream of a seaside camp for the children will be realized Rockvllle Fruxt F.lrm by next Summer GIVEN 180 DAYS IN JAIL AD- | atis & er th TO NEW Y TO LONG_I1SLAND FROM O! And JAN 20 JAN. 26 JAN. 2 N and West. “AGENT LLIED VAN LINE We also pack and TR sTEEL ‘LT vANS ahvwhere | Man SMITH S TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. | 1313 You St. NW. Ph North_3342-3343 “FREDERICK W, McREYNOLDS, BION B. LIBBY | AND MEREDITH M. DAUBIN ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, EVANS BUILDIN( “Telephone changed from Natio NATIONAI ) Furniture Repa Uphclstering Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 10th St. N.W, Metropolitan 2052 Bam: tion 21 which insures low e, JoF PR frade Workmanshiv. Accused of Cheating Slot Machines Sent to Prison. ested by police for working a slot machine “racket,” David L. Sturman, 46, of 425 Four-and-a-half street, was | sent to jail for 180 days by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court yes- sald that Sturman went to stores and obtained stamps nes by using slugs instead H~ also obtained candy, cigarettes and othe: goods from ma- 5 in this manner. Police said they :nd a number of the slugs and for- eign coins in his posseszion at the time of the arrest. «1 0253 to ng Toronto leads Canadian cities in the publication of books and periodicals, and the United States is its best foreign customer, place to play during the hot| of raising funds to pur- Parke Custi | of memoirs of W | not until the n: gan to studv V Worthington Cl monumenta! edit of George Wachington | Henry Cabot Lodge s “American_ Statesn Leicester Ford combir arship with a por i subject in his C ton.” gton, but at scho ton's life and Ford edited his The Writings in 14 volumes a life for the ies and Paul d the new schol- itment of his Washing- Public Interest After the World | vival of interest ington, the man 2gainst the fore nt which the United so heavily invc diaries” were vatrick, who Wa-hington, C 5" A shorter compi Washington's writ Washington s Lucretia P. Osborr {ture of “The F Washington” was writter | Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Com- | mission. All of these excellent works, however, falled to n { the com- motion that accompanied the appear- ance in 1926 of George Washingion, The Human Being Hero, 17 1762." by Rupert This at- ltempt to humanize \gton wa violently attacked by 0l of her worshipers. but it a hearing and ¢ judgment that in sp diseretions its treatme und. an opinion that lidity with the publi two later volumes “The Patriot, 1762-1 of the States work of the same {appeared in the wmnnzmn the {by william Renewed. War t was a re- he life of Wask ad cautione glements in had become Washington John ar ation from issued as elf,” by atful pic- of George by Charles Sped Another 1shing same year, “George Image and the Man," Woodward. Like the lluehp: volume, it was favorably re- ! ceived by critics. but bitterly denounced by old-line patriots. | Three Others Added. Joseph D. ington” in 1 E ¢ | Washington pict of factual text volum appe were Shelby Wash- ry of minimum satisfactory 1930 ashing- ash- 1am'’s -in-Chief,” aring 1929 Little's “George V ton,” John Corbin’s “Unknown ington” and Thomas G. Frot ‘Washington, Command }xmmury interpretatior The Jatest work on W comes from the pen of the distinguishe | Prench biographer, Bernard Fay, whos life of Franklin was so well received year or two ago. It is entitled “George Washington, n»pnhhmn Aristocrat,” | | MEDICAL LEADER DIES K BOSTON, 1. Prankel, 45. professo cates at Boston Univ ) School and an associate profesec surgery, died today. He started out | & watchmaker in a Boston shop. worker | nis way through Boston University Med- iical School and attained an eminent position In his fleld. He maintained an office in Porto Rico and spent part of each year thers. shington January 23 (4 —Dr. of trop it Bibliography Issued Free as the ¢ c + kit Savior | type | 1,000 PERSONS REHEARSING FOR PERCY MACKAYE'S PRODUCTION on (cover design of “Wakefield"). Center: The setting of “Wakefield,” Cedar Rock and North Star (legend) n of Northwe hington:ans are iticn Hall held on the 21 hington, to b February aris in the character zations of folk “Wakefield," symbolic folk poken, acted. en t tes George W Commission, and as “A Midwinter Birth of Washing motntain which might be termed poem, aesigned to be anced and sung, was < the United entennial referred to it Dream of the a Under Joint Auspices The world premicre of th: ‘Wak:field” will be under joint auspice of the United ani District o C Wachington Bicenten- folk-masque remembered as the Pilgrims.” 3loucestor the hich h r and of its spir to tell, its em tory i m-pla dan form parab'e matic d be- sung. d of poem; and because its and actable, it is a_pc 1 ) to b masque and & for com a folk Opposition of Forces. And the masqu~ tells of the onp Drift v a i nd i< a trument pression, it is this folk- the them Will and era of ntinuity il in the s the Machine- s thrown on the matic v Ives about Ider stretch and the nengs of birt Age. “whose chad mists of provkecy cKayc the centuries. the world-tides, the lyric of planets and_constel in relation to the flow of 1 dance all these bewildered “free and tribute of new world in of Washing- tions r-renascent spirit Raiders Padlock Kitchen RUTLAND, Vt. (P)—They're mov- | ing the kitchen and the pantry in John Seeale’s home into the dining room. Th en and the pantry have been “pad- locked.” reducing ale's to four small room e padlocks were attached after a series of raids for liquor. Basement Office for Rent at 1719 Eye Street L. W. GROOM ~—BAY STATE Paints and Finishes last longer. i paints. ~InorOut Enamel 35¢c !4 pt.; 55¢ Y2 pt. Floor and Deck Enamel $1.00 qt.; $3.50 gal Interior Gloss $1.00 gt.; $3.50 gal SPECIAL—4-inch Brush, rici'es voleanized Gqc in raxd rubber Kemp Morgan of Texas, Comp t Logger-Camps and Rip CAPPER SPEAKS -~ ON BIGENTENNIAL Points to Special S|gn|f|cance to D. C. in Radio Address Over WMAL. Although Nation-wide the George Washington lebration has a special the National Capital lose association of the with this city. Senator Capper, of Kantas declared in Station WMAL yes in Bice significance because of First Presi- s sCope, tennial in the dent Republican radio address over terday evening “I think the’ people of Washington will be quick to appreciate the peculiar significance which this celebration has for the Nation's Capital,” Senator Cap- per said. “Of cou it must be re- membered that the District of Colum- bia has no monopoly on this celebra- on. 1t will be as intensively national as the hard-working national, State and local Bicentennial commissions know how to make it Z it secms to me that here, in th~ very city that Washington laid out, cmong the ‘scencs where he spent his last years, there is an ideal s-tting for the observance of the 200th anniver- cary of his birth Rich city is rich, intimately in Associa indeed, in asso- connected with the life of Washington. His achievements are indelibly impressed upon this city | and the neighboring States “It is estimated that no less than 165 conventions will be held in Wash- ington duting this Bicentennial year. These gatherings will bring not only great numbers of delegates to the Capi- | tal, but additional thousands of un- official visitors. “I hope that every one will feel that he or she is a part of this celebration It is not just a free show, put on to exploit Washington's memory. His memory needs no exploitation. The object of the entire program is to en- “This clations | courage the people—you and I—to a ! [ullr- appreciation of this great Amer- Sketchi ir Taureau of Louisiana, Solomon Shell of Ken- an Winkle of Catskill Mountains. es by Arvia MacKaye. | ican’s everlasting contributions to our | Nation. If you the big job of fi Bicentennial 1n own city, just Bicentennial Na 1 Press Bi you can da. Led Colonies 1 do mot know when our peopl history than they do the principles for ‘\nuvnn worked and foj what “He knew had the !ding toget nt supplics | He uffic trer escape the lash of criti e 1n high places from th deaf to the grui But h2 led his ar Commission now want tting George write to to help out in celebrating the Washington’s the Dis t in the uilding, and ask what to Independence. ¢f any tine in our necded, more the .knowledge of which George ‘Wash- At times meant. ndous. responsibility her an army without Washington did not 'm and censure e was not he ranks, and the nard mbling in my to victory Colonies to ind ependence writings Washington are mbled by the U nial Commissicn, and utterances of being carcfully as- nited Sta’es Bicenten- so that Arerica may ave complete the record of Washing- | ton's prophetic vision and his wise Put Your New Car in a Prices low. have Garage never beem 30 METAL, BRICK OR FRAME our interesting enzineer fac No down payment call. reven o™ oblieation: Monthly pay- wil ts. ments as low as $5.00 ASHINGION CONSTR Chandler Bldg. 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January 23 () —The grasshopper that didn't store up anything for a rainy day is just as well off as the thrifty ant this Winter. William Amos of Somerset Township found the grasshopper hopping on his farm right in the middle of January. The weather is as mild as Spring. | Richard A. Bennett | have | tion, | town, HUNT FOR SLAYERS SHIFTS TO CAPITAL Photos Inspected in Effert to Identify Old Germantown Store Bandits. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 23.—The search for the three colored bandits who Wednesday night murdered Horace D. Waters, 79-year-old storekeeper at Old Germantown, Md. and wounded 68, his clerk, in & Washington today leads were being shifted number holdup., where a run down. Headed by State's Atto Prescott the Montgomery County force in Washington incluced Sergt. Roy Bodmer, Detective Ted Vollten. and two Baltimore detective ser; M. J Dunn and William J nn Besides making investigations in colored sec- tions with the of Washington police, the men viewed a large number of photographs in the rogues' gallery of to of Stedman | the Washington Police Departnient Several photographs of colored men who the investigators believed might been connected with the crime were sent here late today for identifica- but Mr. Bennett, the c! to identify them. The ban committed the murder flad bearing D. C. license plates Police here were also n that two colorcd men description of two of th> n.en w had been a sted in imberland in connection with anot and are being h police. More info conc>rning these men is being obtained and a member of the local force may be sent to Cumberland to question them Six of the seven colored men who have been held in- jail here without charges while police checked their in- in | formation were released this afternoon The seventh, Bud Prather of German- is still being held. 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