Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1932, Page 16

A—16 = RAMSEYER CALLS FOR ESTATE TAX 'Also Proposes Gift Levies to Aid in Balancing the Budget. ated Press of estate and gift taxes od today by Repre- Republican, lowa, | rent In balancing its | to the House | and inherit- to prevent the e hands ing or second, to 0 weigh- of the ur estate and ly reduced b xet e and es- | our | a im- Writ Denied. the Supreme Court denied m the lower cent of the estate should pay dreds his son and a 0,000,000 on the $100,000,000 to | transfer was the othi SERVICES WILL HONOR | INDEPENDENGE SIGNER| John Wither- ¢ Monument To- of R. of District. or of John Declaration held ¥ by Rev. Al- | Church of | cord w will be placed Rev. George E. or of the "The benedic- BAND CONCERT. tates Marine 3 o'clock at Barracks. Capt ader 4 ..Goldmark suite “In Vollstedt 1am The Halls of Monte- Banner." Berlin | oldman | Improved MERION Gas Water Heaters on Display Here 4100 Georgia Ave AD-0145 DOPE FACTS MANY cough syr- ¥ps contain DOPE. Not, however,Smith Brothers Triple Ac- tion Cough Syrup: Instead of dope its far more effective but SAFE principle —“Triple-Action” —stops coughs quickly, pleasantly. Children like it. 35¢ 'HOOVER TO ATTEND THE EVENING S AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, 1932, e Asks Relief CARL CAVE. WRITERS’ BANQUET| Other Notables to Be Present at| Dinner of White House Correspondents. President Hoover, Vice President Cur- tis, members of the cabinet and a long list of other notables will be honor guests March 5 at the tenth annual| nquet of the White House Corre- | * Association at the Willard | | =i} dors, the Minister from the Irish Free State, Speaker Garner, Senators Wat- son of Indfana and Robinson ¢f Arkan- | sas, Representative Rainey of Illinois | and Charles G. Dawes, head of the Re- | construction Finance Corporation, also | will be honor guests. An invitation to join the correspond- ents in their annual frolic, which was extended personally to President Hoo- | ver by a 'special committee headed by | | Paul R. Mallon of the United Pre&fi,‘ president of the association, was ac- | cepted by Mr. Hoover. In doing so he said he always enjoyed thesc annual | airs | bally because of the rule against speeches With the exception of a few words { of welcome from the presiding officer. the evening will be devoted to en With the assistance of the Broadcasting Co., the Enter- tainment Committee, headed by George E. Durno of the International News Service, is arranging a program which | promises to eclipse all previous affairs | given by this association Because of the large membership of the association and the desire on the part of the committee to keep down the size of the banquet. each member will be limited to one invitation for a guest | tional poet laureate. living in Washington. | American poets may | studied POETS ASKNATIN T0GLORFY THEN Plan to Make America Poetry- Conscious Fostered by Delegate Here. Now come the poets with & plea for relief. They want rellef from the prosaic worries of making a living so they can devote thelr time wholeheartedly to the business of creating sonnets, odes, bal- lads and other verse, Instead of lsunching a hunger march, the struggling bards have sent to Washington one of their number to endeavor to make Congress and the Nation poetry-conscious. The delegate is Carl Cave, 31-year-old New York lyr- ist and organizer of the Poet Laureate | League of America, of which he is pres- ident. Want Poet Laureate, Mr. Cave and his league associates want_Congress to enact legislation for the “recognition and support” of & na- But, first of all, they hope to establish here and in New York and elsewhere homes for poets, “where they may be free from the wants and absolute necessities of life.” In an interview today at the Central Y. M. C. A where he is stopping, Mr. | Cave ‘declared the poets of the United States are in need of immediate aid. “Only a few days ago one of them committed suicide in New York, he said, “For the poets of New York and vicinity we are trying to obtain use of the Perry Belmont mansion at Newport as & home and headquarters. We will try to interest some wealthy person who 11S interested in poetry to buy this house or us.” 80 Poets in Capital. Mr. Cave, after a survey of the local situation, disclosed there are 80 poets He is endeavor- ing to organize them into & branch of the Poet Laureate League and has ad- dressed several groups of them during the past few days, ‘The league has 12 definite planks in its program: 1, to create a national poet laureate; 2, to find poets of prom- ise; 3, to find patrons for poets of promise; 4, to sponsor and support poets of promise: 5, to foster poetical activity throughout the Nation; 6, to create a poet laureate in each State; 7, to honor and glorlfy American poets; 8, to or- ganize active branches of the Poet Lau- reate League throughout the Nation; 9 to assist in the placing and publishing of poetical works of merit; 10, to intro- duce legislation in Congress for the rec- tion and support of the national | . to build or acquire a | poet. laureate; 11 suitable home for poets where they may be free from the wants of the absolute necessities of life, and 12, to bufld and erect a palace of poets in our National Capital where all the works of the be found and Cites Athletic Glory. “The and ball players and actors,” Mr, Cave ATRIAL ILL ©NVINCE Yol that the Hotel (@VERNOR (TINTON one of New lorkis Finest Hotelr gives more for your Money than any other ~ 4 1200 ROOMS, EACH WITH RADIO, BATH, SERVIDOR, QRCULATING ICE-WATER 5 FROM OPPOSITE PENNA R:R: STATION - - - DAILV B-& O- BUSES STOP AT DOOR NEAR EVERYTHING HorEt RNOR(LINTON 31t STREET and, 7AAVENUE NEW YORK GROSNER’! for ¢ o o Friday and Saturday We offer an unrestricted Choice of | * the House Any O Kuppenheimer VERCOAT formerly $45 to $100 "2 73 Two Days ONLY also these prevailing specials o Entire Stock of $2.50 and $3 Shirts $ 1 45 Entire Stock of $1.50 to $3 Ties 95¢ CHARGE YOUR PURCHASE Use Our Convenient 10-Pay Plan or Open a Charge Account GIROSNERS 1325 F STREET public glorifies prize fighters | pointed out. "Whyl Atgluuldn‘t poets be lorified as heroes, too? # "Praga our cradle days with their nursery rhymes, through the love poems of our courtships to the dirges that are written on our tombstones at death, we have derived pleasure from this most noble art. We are entering into an era when industry is beginning to recog- nize the spiritual and esthetic needs of mankind. “Let it be hoped that neither those who need nor those who supply these wants shall be lacking in their obliga- tions in the future.” CHAPLHNT)F EOUSE SAYS AMERICA NEEDS FAITH James Shera Addresses Optimist Club Meeting Here. Rev. Montgomery Americans should have faith in their institutions and in their public servants in order to conquer the depression, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, declared yesterday at a meeting of thei Optimist Club in the Hamilton Hotel. Sober thinking and meditation - are badly needed, Dr. Montgomery said He added simplicity is the terminal point of all progress and that Christi- anity will not fail the country. Dr. Montgomery pald tribute to the late Speaker Nicholas Longworth as a man who early learned and profited by the lesson that “if we make good at the tail end of the line we will qualify to g0 up to the head of the line.” = He lauded the late Champ Clark on his integrity. WILBUR TO BE SPEAKER Secretary of the Interfor Wilbur will address the annual convention of the Association for Childhood Education, to be held at the Willard Hotel May 4 to 7 it was announced today. Other speakers prominent in educa- tional work also will appear on the pro- gram, which will mark the first con- ference since the merger of the Na- tional Council of Primary Education and the Association for Childhood Educa- tion. BAL CAST PLANS DRESS REHEARSAL Carnival Participants in An- nual Arts Club Dance Meet Sunday Afternoon. With enthusiastic zeal, a large stafl of workers is getting everything in readiness for the dress rehersal pre- ceding the eighth annual Bal Boheme of the Arts Club, which will be held Monday night at the Willard Hotel. The dress rehearsal for Neptune's | Review, the big feature of the carnival, [in which hundreds will take part in | the “Ball of the Seven Seas,” will be held Sunday afternoon Mrs, Marie Moore Forrest and Percy J. Burrell, co-directors, are in charge of the ar- rangements for this colorful feature. “Seaport Cabaret.” Part 1 of the pageant has for its theme the “Poetry of the Sea.” James Otis Porter will take the part of Nep tune. His entrance into the Court will be the | golden | Taggart dancers will present a series of ballets. Part 2 of the pageant, featuring the “Fantasy of the Sea,” will include a | number of descriptive dances by a group | from the Washington branch of Deni- shawn, directed by Marian Chace General dancing, which will pre- cede and follow the pageant, will last | until early morning. ~As an'extra at- traction, the “Seaport Cabaret” will be staged in the small ballroom under | the direction of Miss Marjorle Lowe | Window Display Made. Washington merchants have donated space for window displays arranged to promote interest in the ball, half of the net proceeds of which are to be given to unemployment relief. Miss | Frances B. Johnston, member of the for the dance of the directed by Donna signal dolphins, A group of Lisa Gardiner | standing Committes for the ball, is | chairman of window displays. | One of the windows in a downtown | department store portrays a deep sea diver entering the under-sca palace of | Neptune. 'The diver's outfit was loaned | by the commandant of the Navy Yard, | Rear Admiral H. V. Butler, and the | window was arranged by Mr. Vander- | | linden and William Bowman. Other window displays are equally | effective, particularly scenes showing “The Marriage of the Doge of Venice | to the Adriatic Sea” and a group of birates recovering treasure from Davy Jones' locker. BRIDGE PLAY STARTS | Columbia Country Club Inaugu- rates Tournament. The Columbia Country Club's first session of a newly inaugurated bridge | tournament was held at the club last night. Bridge enthusiasts will meet at the club biweekly hereafter until the tournament _ends. High scores last night were points, east and west, Marshal Mor, and Miss Betty Hume north and south, | 139 points, Mrs. Earl Mackintosh and | Mrs. Frank Fooshe. Second, east and | west, 133 points, Mrs. and Mrs. John Wicks: north and south. 132 points, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shelton, | W. D. LYONS IS SPEAKER “Forty and Eight” National Lead- er Before Legion Post. D. Lyons, national head of Forty-and-Eight”, an organiza- tion of the American Legion, was guest speaker’ at a_meeting of the Sergt | Jasper Post, No. 13, American Legion in the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, 1 Edward Hollenback man of the Legion's Ck Service, also addressed the | the post. |~ Twenty-four | admitted at the meeting, at w Marthill, post commander, pres group voted to adopt a junio Legion base ball team new members PROM DETAILS DECIDED Georgetown Law School Will Be Held Tonight. The annual Georgetown University Law School prom, representing all the classes at the school, will be held to- night at the Mayflower Hotel. Al Philip Kane of Washington, general chairman of the Prom Committee, has arranged the details with associates from each class. There will be dancing | from 10 p.m. to 2 p.m., with an 1m,er-‘ vening supper. 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