Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1932, Page 23

FEBRUARY WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SCHOOL TERM CUT Hammond, Ind., Lops Off Month Because of Shortage of Funds. HAMMOND, Ind., February 25 (®).— Thirteen thousana Hammond school children learned with rejoicing yester- day that they will have an extra month of vacation this Summer. The decision was reached by the school board because funds are ex- hausted. Schools will be closed May 15. Teachers will be paid their salaries | § STAR, s ARNY STAF ST GVEN KIBOURNE declared “it Will wreck the en- r‘g:gemem of the prohibition Jaw.” THE EVENING Hall Supports Measure. The measure Was supported by Dele- ' ! [ | | | gate wilbur Hall of Loudoun County and g!\'erul other members. Hall said he | had never been lple to understand why i a commonwealth’s attorney should be [ | paid $25 for convicting a man having a pint of liquor and $10 for convicting & murderer, or Why a sheriff should be il Is Passed to Remove paid $10 Ao e o man with liquor and $1 for arresting a murderer. Mandatory Sentence for | it bit at aing crimpest tobr | Drunken Driving. i War Plans Chief i Virginian With Enviable War | Record Will Head Plans Division. hibition, but at rising criminal cost. | " Delegate Page, patron of the measure, | said it had the approval of the attor- = |56y general and Delegate Ashton .| full and the board said the school Dovell, floor leader, declared this in. | probably will open on schedule next | dorsement should remove all doubts as | i to the worth of the measure. | Every Northern Virginia delegate, with the exception of Delegate RB A PROF. DRAKE T0 LECTURE' McIntyre of Fauquier County, voted in| = favor of the engrossment of the measure. UNVEIL CHURCH TABLET Record Congregation Attends Cere- monies at Ironsides, Md. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star . IRONSIDES, Md., February 25.—Be- Lith- fore a record congregation of 300 per- | sons. a bronze memorial tablet was un-‘P l a N O S A By a Staff Correspondent of The Star s RICHMOND, Va, February 25— Consideration of bills affecting the State prohibition law occupied a greater part of the attention of the House of Delegates yesterday. By passage of the bill of Senator Robert O. Norris, the House sent to the Governor a measure which removes the mandatory jail sentence for driving while intoxicated, but tightens up the | revocation_provisions. Under the bill, a person convicted of driving while intoxicated will be de- prived of the right to drive for one | year on the first conviction and three years on the second, although courts will be permitted to assess a fine in place of the present mandatory jail Brig. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, one of the few Army officersawarded all three | of the highest medals for conspicuous and meritorious conduct in action, has been assigned to be assistant chief of staff | in charge of the War Plans Division, | one of the most coveted positions with the War Department general stafl. He will succeed Brig. Gen. Joseph P, Tracy, | who has held that post for less than a | year, but is now assigned to service with active troops as_commandant of the Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va. Gen. Kilbourne, a distinguished vet- | eran of the Philippines, Boxer and World Wars, is now in command of harbor defenses at Manila. He will sail from the Philippines on June 24 and take over his new duties September 1.| An illustrated lecture on the Oberam- | | mergau Passion Play will be given Mon- | day by Prof. Timothy Drake, under the sponsorship of the Delta Circle of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church. The lecture, to be given twice —at 4 and 8 pm. i1l be in the audi- | torium of the parish house, Sixteenth | and Newton streets. : Prof. Drake has studied this religious presentation for the past 25 years.| There will be special music, FOR UNITED SERVICE rne NA. 6728 “A GRAND PRIZE EVERY NIGHT” GEN. CHARLES E. KILBOURNE. Gen. "Tracy's assignment i effective | tive assistant in the Office of the Chief | August 31. The newly appointed chief of the War of Coast Artillery. Gen. Kilbourne was a graduate of | sentence. day, “in comemmoration of the 200th anniversary of Gens. Washington and $1,500.00 the Virginia Military Institute in the | Page Believes Bill Is Fair. class of 1894, and for four years there-| wnhile the bill was attacked by Dele- after, before joining the Army, was & |gate W. Stuart Moffatt of Staunton as surveyor and official of the United (oo drastic, Vivian Page of Norfolk, States Weather Bureau. He was born | chairman of the House Courts of Ju at Fort Myer, Va, 1872, the son of tice Committee and an avowed “we an Army officer. | declared his committee believed the bill Plans Divislon is a Virginian. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in ac- tion at Laco Bridge, February 4, 1899, while serving with the Volunteer Signal | Corps; the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism on September Smallwood and of Old Durham Church.” The tablet was unveiled and present- ed to the church by Mrs. Maxwell Mitchell of La Plata, on behalf of the Gen. Smallwood Chapter of the D. A. ““FOR RENT|%“™*| pREE PRIZES At Our WORCHS | 2 = | to be a fair one and that he was pe 12, 1918, and the Distinguished Service | oz R. Representative Malcol ‘Baldrid Medal as chief of staff of the 89th Divi- | sonally in favor of it. 1t is expected t0| ¢ nebrasia delivered the spe = UNITED FOOD STORES ] t : il peech of ac- et e et " 7 PRINCE GEORGES it o ooy I ettt ik | 1110 G NLW. |- botdles b 0 | » 9 Yale elm trees. reads: | | juries have for sending a man to jail : : SCHOOLS IN CONTESTS | "“fioving o snarp debate on the foor bottles Repaired Wire Under Fire. | | the House advanced the engrossment of “Within a range of 250 yards of the | T ;me Page hn]l fiucmgmfgfi paid by n:: - c | ] 3 1yl ommonwealt] in prol tion law cases e S S T B il Compete n Maryant mivi. ozt m i vt | Reduce Your COAL Bill 25¢ of the bridge and in full view of the 3 i cases, and removing the mandatory jail at. ar th to ¢nemy coolly and carefully repaired | sion of the National Ora- | sentence and_automobile c}r}m]frtsra;llgni 3 - ’ ] by re-estab- | 3 visions W] ss thi 21f-gallon Tahing IeEerenine. commmecation 15 torical Contest. B Tlauer s transported. for personal Plus WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM Plus the front.” He was & second lieutenant e | use and ot for sale. The measure was ou o e en ng it it n the Signal Corps With the expedition . advanced by a vote of 55 to 47 Deposi . - i Deposi Seven Prince Georges County high | Ask Your United Grocer for Special Rate Tickets to the Philippines, taking part in the capture of Manila and the occupation of the city. Transferred to the Infantry on Sep- tember 2, 1899, he next served in China and took part in the relief of Peking in 1900. -He was transferred to the Artillery in 1902 and became honor schools will compete in the Maryland division of the National Oratorical con- test Star area, according to an an-| nouncement made at local head quarters yesterday. Orators who are successful in pre. senting their speeches on subjects re- graduate of the Artillery School in 1903. 3 |lated to the Constitution in the sub- mfif m’" ;’r“ ‘{'e ‘:?’”."“‘- Of"fifg“fi contests will go to the county finals, % bmdpm e o and : | where a winner to represent the section niy and In | jn The Star area finals will be selected. the suppression of & mutiny of the The victor in the latter contest will Igorrotes in North Luzon. He returned | uin g trip to Europe and & cash prize 10 the United States in 1811 for two | pitu Tk {0 FUToPe B0C A o8 hpete years of duty with the General Staff | (it and other posts and when the United States entered the World War he was chief of staff of the 89th Division. Wounded by Trench Mortar. Gen. Kilbourne was with Gen. Leon- ard Wood on an inspection trip of the in the national finals here. | _The schools under the direction of Nicholas Orem, superintendent of | schools, which will enter speakers in | the contest include, Baden Agricultural High, W. R. C. Connick, principal; Maryland Park High School, William Delegate H. M. Bandy of Wise County, ‘Among the opponents of the bill was We Guarantee the Results Order this combination today—J4 ton chestnut and 14 ton pea (certificate Anthracite). Delivery will be made separately or mixed as you prefer. You will quickly recognize the superior size and quality of this coal. Use separately or blend to suit your requirements. You have in this combination a wide range....instant response cold mornings, or it will sleep peacefully mild days. 15 Ton Certificate Nut STRICTLY FRESH EGGS o~ 23c VA. SWEET PANCAKE FLOUR 5 849 | § o 25¢ | 3 e 25e WESSON OIL RITTER’S BEANS FREE A Rubber Apron with each . Himes, principal; Bowie High School, Robert H. 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