Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1932, Page 6

A6 THE EVENING igive it what it wants. I am in favor of D. C. COVERNMENT Congress “Just Practices on the District,” Says Rep- resentative. ive Loring M. Black, jr. New York, a member of ict Committee, last eve- annual dinner- a Heights Business w Amster- the com- gton and Represe (Democrat) the House Di: ning at the s dance of the Men’s_Associa | glving the District what it ‘wants.” | at the end of his address. | the most representative city. Its people The speaker was roundly applauded “Uncle George” Speaks. Col. George H. Laird, familiar to the radio public as “Uncle George,” paid tribute to Washington as “thn best city in the United States to live in. It is represent the entire country. No man can truly call himself an American Who does not visit Washington at least once in_his life.” Two hundred Columbia Heights busi- ness men and their friends attended the dinner. S. K. Macdonald was toast- master, and William F. Dismer, presi- dent of the association, had general charge of the arrangements, assisted by & committee consisting of A. H. Swann, John E. Burgett, Miss Lillias Cropper, George A. Ford, L. R. Gottlieb, J. W. Lauderdale, J. Ramsay Maxwell, L. I Rucker and Prank J. Sobotka. An entertainment program was pre- sented by Vernon Slaughter. The Misses Hudlow, Miss Dorothy Skinner, Miss Cora Trimmer, George Levy and Mlle Emily took part. The Radio Quartet | BARBOUR T0 URGE b. 0. P. WET PLANK Jersey Senator Says Majority Sentiment Is Against Dry Law as It Exic'~ Now. By the Associated Press. Senator W. Warren Barbour of New | Jersey announced today that he would urge " the Republican Natlonal Con- vention to adopt a wet plank in its 1932 platform. Barbour, who succeeded the late Dwight W. Morrow in the Senate, made public his stand in a telegram ad- dressed’ to Edgar A. Knapp of Red STAR, WASHINGTON, Senator Davis,” he added, “will not get the eighteenth amendment out of the Constitution, but will bring eventual political disaster to any person or party that approves of or seeks to benefit by the sacrifice of a great public welfare policy like prohibition for imagined political expediency.” OYSTER ROAST SET Members of Engineers Institute Frolic Thursday. The sixth annual oyster roast of the ‘Washington section of the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, in- cluding members in Maryland and Vir- ginia, will be held at 6:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Capital Yacht Club, Water and Eleventh streets southwest. | At the regular meeting of the section, following the roast, Albert W. Atwood will speak on economic planning and Joseph M. Dixon, former Governor of Montana, will describe the early his- tory of the West. D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1932. THREE HURT IN CRASH [FIGHT TO PROTECT BASS Colored Woman’s Arm Broken by Accident in Northeast Section. Two colored men and a colored woman were injured last night when automobiles operated by Charles Jack- son, 21, colored, of the first block of Fenton 'street, and Edward Hunter, 22, colored, of the 1200 block of Fourth street, collided at Third and L streets northeast. The injured, all treated at Casualty Hospital, were: Edward Dodson, 23, of facc and an injury to the head; Wil- liam Lee, 20, address unknown, treated for bruises, and Leona Christian, 21, of 1109 block of First street, who re- celved a broken arm and bruis fe 300 block | of I street, who received a cut on_the | Maryland Izaak Walton League Members Meet March 10. Efforts of the Izaak Walton League to secure Maryland legislation against the sale of black bass will be furthered | by th. annual convention March 10 lof the Maryland Regional Copncil of | the league. The session will be held in Hagers- | town, Md., and plans will be discussed | for assuring the preservation of the species which sportsmen describe as Maryland’s greatest game fish. Thought by its owner to be worth about $150, a grandfather clock made in the time of William VIII was sold at auction in London recently for $2,125, | | a record price. The GHILLIE Tie An UNLINED Shoe . . . the Nearest Thing to a Glove on the foot. .. of Golden Crown Minstrels, including | Bank, N. J., who had asked for his Granville Leaf, Horatlo Rench, Howard Moore and Charles W. Moore, sang & groun of old favorite songs. Distinguished guests included Cor- | poration Counsel W. W. Bride, Dr. snd; Mrs. A. E. Westrater, Mr. and Mrs. FEugene Minoux, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Harland and Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Kinsell THOMAS CLARK TO TALK stupid hva; Will Discuss Economic Needs at rld | “Y" Service Series. | treat China eats the Dis- bia that occa- ve China a break. The ¥ ome to signify he attitude f both v gl | | sward t | trict is bot strict probably the v the District as no more he can Feonomic needs and opportunities will be discussed by Thomas H. R. Clark, local business man and real es- | tate broker, in the first of a series of discussions under the auspices of the Service Department of the Twelfth Street Branch, Y. M. C. A, at 8 p.m Tuesday ‘ On February t than Holds Proposals Foolish. list of proposed for District 16 Mr. Clark also will be the speaker. The forum meetings, at which Mr. Clark is to speak. are part of a series instituted by William B. West, dean of Howard University. n the form of t to work together. District would be ion that with | the forum. | 1 he District is e of the dry Con- mesick.” e Treas- it g0~ his or Heads U. D. C. Chapter. FAIRFAX, Va., February 5 (Spe- cial). —Mrs. L. B. Eaton was elected president of Fairfax Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at the meseting at the home of Mrs. Walter Tansill Oliver. Miss Mary Millan was elected vice president, Miss Mamie Wiley, secretary: Miss Lillian Millan treasurer; M Annie Woodward, regis- trar, and Mrs. I. N. Hall, historian. ary of t nt Hoover g to London. h the crown m any com- d, “s to Opening a New Department —at Our F Street and Other Women’s Shops The public s invited to all sessions of | position. “I believe,” Barbour said, “that there is a majority sentiment against the prohibition law as it now exists, and that the Republican party should not and cannot afford longer to ignore the issue. The experiences of the last decede and a half have shown con- clusively that the prohibition law as now framed is impossible of enforce- ment, and that the evils that have sprung up as a result are far worse than the good it is claimed could be accomplished.” Urges Courageous Stand. He asserted He considered prohibi- tlon second in importance only to the | economic situation and unemployment, and that he strongly favored & coura- geous anti-prohibition stand by the party, concluding: “T intend to urge strongly upon the | Co., and an autcmobile operated by R. | when they collided at Sixteenth and U [to ¢ delegates from my State to the Re- | publican Natfonal Convention that such a plank be incorporated in the platform.” Barbour’s statement followed closely upon the declaration of Senator James Davis of Pennsylvania for a State liquor-control amendment to the Con- stitution and modification of the Vol- stead law. Assallec Dy McBride. This was severely criticized last night by F. Scott McBride, general superin- tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who asserted that while the Davis stand implied a conversion to the wet cause it “in reality represents surrender to the arbitrary demands of the ruthless wet Vare machine.” “The use of a political bludgeon such as Vare is holding over the head of | importance of personality in applying FIRE TRUCK HITS AUTO Both Slightly Damaged in Irving Street Crash. A fire truck, attached to No. 9 Truck S. Blanco of the 700 block of Irving street, were slightly damaged last night stree's while the truck was proceeding fire. The truck later continued n to the fire, a chimney blaze in the 1800 block of Sixteenth street. seiea PERSONALITY IS TOPIC Kiwanian to Discuss Psychological Approach to Job. The psychological approach to job seeking will be explained by Ernest J Spitzer, chairman of the Vocational Guidance Committee of the Kiwanis Club, in a “personality development” lecture tonight at 8 o'clock in the Cen- tral Y. M. C. 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