Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 13

CITIZENS TO HEAR WASHINGTON TOAST Music Honoring Bicentennial | Will Be Presented at Mc- Kinley High. to George A “Bicentennial Toast” Composer Washington has been composed by Wil- | liam T. Pierson, well known radio pro- gram_director and author of several atriotic musical compositions. Tt will e rendered for the first time by Mr Plerson in person at the biz Bicen- tennial celebration of organized citi- zens in McKinley High School Audi- torium, Second and T streets northeast, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Two other compositions by Mr. Pierson will be include: the program the song “Washington” will be sung by Miss Mary O'Donoghue, sopreno, end the war song. America” will be sung by O'Connor, with Mr. Pierson piano. High Officials to Attend. Prominent members of the House and Senate, important Government officials, and the officials of the Bicen- tennial Commission. both national and Jocal are participating in the program ‘The audience will include large delega- tions from most of the citizens’ associa- tions in all parts of the District The speakers include: Representative Sol Bloom, national director of tk Bicentennial: Dr. George C. Haver executive director of the District of Bicentennial >mmission; the “Sons of George at the Canon G land Peter, groat-great-great-grend- son of Mrs. George Washington: Frank | C. Daniel, principal of the McKinley | High School, and Tefft Johnson, official impersonator of Washington for the National Commission. Gilligan In Charge. The music program is in charge of Henry Gilligan, member of the Wash- ington Board of Education, and will in- clude selections by the McKinley High School Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Dore Walton; pipe organ num- bers by Miss Lillie P. Bailey, John Jay Daly’s “Toast to the Flag," “America,” by the assemblage; “Pro Patria’ hymn by the assemblage led by a union choir from a dozen churches: solo, “Your land and My Land,” by Miss O'Donog- hue. An interesting feature will be a drill by 16 cadets of McKinley High School wearing the uniform of the Centinental Army. A copy of the “Pro Patria” hymn will be presented to each guest as a souve- nir. FEDERAL POWER BODY CITED IN D. C. COURT Action for Mandamus Filed by City of Lockport in ‘Water Dispute. Justice Peyton Gordon of the Dis- trict of Columbia Supreme Court yes- terday ordered the Federal Power Col mission to show cause March 7 why a writ of mandamus should not be issued sgainst the commission. The citation 15 based on a suit of the City of Lock- mezzo- | .under the direction of | scetety | ments of the nation-wide observance of | WILLIAM T. PIERSON. CALERYTOGNE DISPLAY PREVIEW Corcoran Trustees to Open| Washingten Coliection | Next Saturday. With 120 of the foremost portraits of George Washington and his contempo- raries expected to be on display, the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art | announced yesterday that a loan ex- hibit of original paintings and repro- ductions under the sposorship of the | United States George Washington Bi- centennial Commission, would be open for a private invitation preview next Saturday night. Public inspection will commence the dzy following, contin- through the period of the Bicen- al Celebration. The collection will include all the important available portraits of Washingten, his sister, Betty Washing- ton Lewis, and his brothers and other | members of his family. | Prepared 18 Months. | Work in assembling the loan exhibit has been under way for 18 mohths Mrs, Rose Gouverneur Hoes, acting for the United States Bicentennial Commission, and u; ten of | Mrs. McCook Knox, cheirman of the | Portrait Committee of the commission. i According to the commiission, the most famous Washington portrait in | the group is the Gilbert Stuart so- | called Lansdowne painting, owned by the Earl of Rosebery, London, which was brought here for the purpose of | | exhibiting in the collection. It is one | ‘of three originals made by Gilbert Stuart from life. Other Paintings. Other prominent paintings in the display include the “Virginia Colomel” | | The collateral descendants of George THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON'S KIN 10 FORM SOCIETY {Many Descendants, Traoced for Bicentennial, Plan Organization. “Wakefield”’ Author Thanks Public for Support in Letter Appreciation for the public cos accorded the recent George Washington Bitentennial folk-masque ‘“Wakefield” was ex- pressed yesterday by Percy Mac- Kaye. the author, in a letter to The Evening Star. The communication follows: “As author of ‘Wakefield,' the washington Bicentennial folk- masque, which concluded on Fri- day night its performance at Constitution Hall, may I express through your columns to the press end the public of Washing- ton my Very earnest appreciation | of their generously cordial co- operation in contributing to the community success of the mas- que’s production? “Especially, since it is imprac- | | e to express my grateful | | of obligation individually | | many hundreds who took | | 1 should like to pay my | | te here to the painstaking | | devotion, the artistic zeal and | | the great friendliness revealed | throughout rehearsals and per- formances by the participants in the festival and its organization, from the most expert and well known to the least and anony- mous. It is an honor which I shall always cherish, to have been assoclated with their mutual work and good-will as their fel- Jow worker and friend.” |[EXPRESS OFFICIAL DIES; BEGAN LIFE AS DRIVER | Washington will be banded together into a permanent George Washington society, according to plans that are now | in process of taking definite form. The ill be one of the accomplish- | the bicentennial of the First President’s birth. No more than an idea at present, it is one that is being fostered by Rep- | resentative Sol Bloom of New York, as- | sociate director of the National Bicen- | tennial Commission. It had its origin in the fact hundreds of hitherto ob- scure relatives of Gen. Washmgton have come to light since the organiza- | tion of the commission, and the fact| they are so widely scattered geourarh-' {cally that only through such a soclety u:g they be kept in touch with one an- ather. se to the Total Is Nearly 2,000. According to records on file at the offices of the commission, nearly 2,000 collateral descendants of Washington are now residing in the United States For two years they have been contacted by letter through the commission, with the idea of tracing the complete gene cgy of the Washington family and es- tablishing a permanent record of it Suspended for a time as the date of Andrew Christeson, Vice President the opening of the Bicente: Cele- bration drew near and the work of thr commission increased, the task oi reaching every living Washington dr-| scendant by letter will be resumed shortly, Representative Bloom said yes- terday. When this is done and the fam ily tree brought down to date in every obtainable detall, the projected society will take shape. Information Gathered. As to the exact nature of the pro- posed society, no definite information is obtainable at present. Acording to r. Bloom, that is a problem that can best settled by the Washingtons| themselves. Information obtained by the com- mission is being placed in permanen: form, and when completed will outline every branch of the Washington ly tree. This information, togethe other material gathered during the lif of the commission, will be placed at| the disposal of the Washington family of American Company, Suc- cumbs in California. By the Associated Press, SAN JOSE, Calif., | Andrew "Christeson, February 21 immigrant farm | boy who became a vice president of the American Railway Express Co., died at his home at Los Altos, near here, mée Thursday night. He was 75 years | old. | Christeson came to the United States | from Denmark as & boy of 14. He| worked his way from the position of express wagon driver to the presidency | of the Wells Fargo Co. of Mexico. | Upon the consolidation Of express | companies, he wes made & vice presi- | dent of the American Raflway Express Co., an office he held until his retire- ment five years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs | Martha Christeson of Los Altos, and a | daughter, Mrs. Joseph M. Crawford of Roanoke, Va. U. S. CONDITIONS BETTER, McGARRAH DECLARES Further Substantial Gains Predict- ed by Head of Bank of World Settlements. By the Associated Presp. NEW YORK, February 27.—Gates W. McGarrah. president of the Bank of International Settlements, said yester- day, before sailing on the Cunard liner Mauretanis, that he believed there had been a decided improvement in condi- tions in the United’ States. “I do think there has been a very D. | isting law by reducing prohibition fees painting of Washington by Charles | decided improvement here, and I would Willson Peale owned by Washington|be very much surprised if this senti- C., FEBRUARY 28, DRY REFERENDUM URGED N VIRGINIA Page of Norfolk Offers Bill Calling for Vote on State Prohibition Law. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 27.—The first bill calling for a referendum on repeal of the State prohibition law in- troduced in the Virginia Assembly since the State went dry came today under | the signature of Delegate Vivian L.| Page of Norfolk. It immediately drew a orous de- | nouncement from Senator George W. Layman, author of the Layman act,| Virginia's enforcement law, who called the bill s “gesture.” | Delegate Page introduced the measure | in the midst of 4 bills and two reso-| lutions which flooded the Ilegislative hopper on the last day for acceptance of general bills in the present session. | Among others was a bill to place treas- urers and commissioners of the reve- nue on a flat salary, identical bills de- signed against “gasoline bootlegging” and resolutions to investigate the re- cent changes in public school text books and the expenditures and efficiency of the various State departments. Under provisions of the Page meas- ure the Governor would be required to issue a writ of election at least 60 days prior to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1932, calling for | an election to be held concurrent with the general November election. Climax to Series of Measures. It came as the climax to a series of prohibition measures offered during the | past six weeks by Delegate Page. Among them was one bill liberalizing the ex- | paid by the State and removing manda- tory jall sentence for the transporta- tion of ardent spirits in amounts up to a half-gallon for personal use. bill, after being advanced to its third readlig in the House, was defeated by a close vote. It still is alive, however, on a motion to reconsider. In support of his bill today, Delegate Page said that since members of the Assembly did not seem inclined to re- duce criminal costs and wanted prohibi- tion at any price, he presented the measure. in view of the recent report on criminal costs in the State and to see how the people in Virginia stand. Delegate Stuart Moffett of Staunton introduced the bill abolishing the fee system of compensating treasurers and commissioners of the revenue, and pro- 1932—PART OXE. entire fee system as practiced hout the State. In lieu of the fees paid the treasur- ers and commissioners of the revenue, the bill provided that they should be paid flat salaries ranging from $1,750 to $1,500, respectively, in_counties with a population less than 5.000 to 7,000 respectively, in counties adjolning cities of more than 100,000. With scarcely a quorum present in the Senate, the last batch of bills intro- duced in the upper house numbered 18. Along with them went two resolutions demanding an investigation into the reasons for a recent change in 16 text books used in the public schools and into all State departments in the in- terest of economy and efficiency. The text-book resolution was present- ed by Senator W. Worth Smith of Louisa for Senator R. O. Norris, who was absent, and the economy resolution carried the signature of Senator Wil- liam Tuck of Halifax. Identical bills, designed to stop “gas- oline bootlegging,” were introduced in both Houses—in the Senate by Senator A. P. Staples of Roanoke and in the House by Delegate King Harman ot Pulaski. Record Called for. Under the bills it would be the duty of every person buying gasoline from a dealer for the purpose of re-sale to maintain and keep for a period of a year the amount of tax paid the dealer as part of the purchase price, to- gether with delivery tickets, invoices and other records which the director of motor vehicles may require, When the Assembly sessions open again Monday the Representatives will face two weeks of hard work. The Senate expects the budget bill on its floor and the roads subcommittee has vromised to have the huge motor code bills before the body before the week is out. In addition to these matters the Ferguson bill carrying out the “Byrd plan” for local tax reduction is out of committee and due on the House cal°ndar Monday. NEW QUARTERS TO OPEN Child Society Completes First Unit. Arrangements have been completed for opening of the new headquarters and Christ This | settlement. house of the Christ Child Soclety, April 4, at 608 Massachusetts avenue northeast, officlals sald yester- day. The first unit has been completed. A gymnasium will be added later after sufficlent funds have been obtained. The present structure was made possible by sale of the society’s old headquar- ters on Indiana avenue, due to the Government building program. In addition to its charitable organi- | zations for babies. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at the main settlement. the so- eiety conducts a suburban home for | viding for a searching investigation inta. convalescent children at Rockville, Md. PAGEANT TO OPEN CITY'S FOOD SHOW |Exposition Will Centinue from Next Saturday Evening Until March 12. | with a wewiety of interesting exhibfts | | planned, the first annual United Food Stores Exposition, sponsored by more than 90 local grocery concerns. will |open in the Washington Auditorium, ' Nineteenth street and New York avenue, next Saturday night. The show will continue for a week, climaxing with a gala carnival night affalr March 12. | A parade, with decorated vehicles |and floats, will be a prelude to the formal opening Saturday evening. Dr | Luther H. Reichelderfer and cther | members of the Board of District Com- | | missioners, as well as several public | officlals, are expected to be on hand for | | the ceremonies incident to the opening of the week-long exposition. Designed as a constructive enterprise | for the benefit of manufacturers, dis- for the benefit of manufacturers, distribu- tors, retailers and consumers, the show is | under the auspices of the United Food Colored and Cylindrical Lenses Established 18 Years —Washington’s FIRST fuel oil distributor, A—13 Ine., membership includes grocers in business ! in the District and nearby Virginia and{ Maryland. i Authorities {n the domestic field wib” give a series of demonstrations and dis- cussons on food and household prob- lems during the course of the exposi- tion. A al stage has been erected on the auditorfum floor for this purpose and also to present the various enter- tainments and contests contemplated in connection with the show. A 1932 automobile as a grand prize will lead & list of awards to be made to lucky winners during the perlod of the exhibition. Entrance tickets will entitle holders to chances to win the asutomobile, as well as radios, electric refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances and count- less other prizes. Pavors and samples will be given gway in abundance. Daily Baby Contests. A baby contest each afternoon will feature the show, with prizes awarded dally and a silver loving cup given the baby adjudged winner in the final con- test the last day of the show. Other contests, including & “largest family” contest, twins contest, “youngest grand- mother” contest and “tallest and short- est” contest also will be held each night. W. M. Hornstein is president of the food stores organization. Other officers include George Heider, vice president: Morris Kraft, treasurer, and David Hornstein, counsel. The Show Com=« mittee includes the officers of the body |and M. Vigderhouse, J. Riehl and S. Goldstein. Alfred L. Stern is director of the exposition. Not Included. WAy Pay More? SHAH OPTICAL CO. 812 F St. N.W. This Is Not a Jewelry Store The Dome Qil Company, Inc. an _organisation 'hu‘_ Y port, N. Y. which charges that the commission refused to hear its appli- cation for the use of 275 second feet of | water remaining under the treaty of | the United States with Great Britain | by which the Federal Government is | suthorized to divert 20,000 second feet | of Niagara's waters. Through Attorney Charles A. Russell, former counsel for the Power Commis- sion; M. K. Doty, corporation counsel | of Lockport and Joseph Stein of Wash- | ington the court is told that the Niagara | Falls Power Co., & public utility, has| an application for the use of the water desired by the city and that the com- mission is about to grant the llcensr‘_‘ although the statute gives to States and | servatory at Turin today reported the municipalities priority of right on ap- | discovery of a new asteroid of the lications for water for power purposes. | fourteenth degree, 25 miles in diameter, e plain terms of the act are about | near the constellation of the Great| to be violated, it is claimed. Bear. and Lee University, the Edward Sav- | ment did not crystallize into something age portrait, owned by Harvard Uni- substantial before a great while,” he versity: a collection of portraits of the | 5aid first five Presidents of the United| ‘We have to be patient because it's States. painted by Stuart and loaned & long walk by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge of | Boston. The exhibit includes many other | valuable paintings from all parts of | the country and abroad. The display | will be open untl Thanksgiving day | this year. whose major efforts since 1921 have been devoted to the development of oil heating, In an ice cream contest at Ol England, recently judges had to 500 _samples. SEYK Army & Navy? S Coffee Shopg 818 Conn. Ave. g Amnnounces The Formation of Its Subsidiary T Dove O Burner Co., INC 1723 Commnecticut Avenue —Organized to Market the RIDHEE I ER FOR BETTER HOME HEATING . New Asteroid Discovered. ROME, February 27 (#)—The ob- tween H & Eve N.W. v BOTRSE TURKEY' DINNER Qc AREREEREEN ASEEERRR NI W \ TONIGHT FROM 8:30 to 8:45 P, M. OVER STATION WMAL DR. JULIUS KLEIN Ass’t Secretary of Commerce In Washington ® TO insure thoroughly competent automatic oil heating service this organization has been built around RALPH C. MILLER, HERBERT L. LACEY (for sev- eral years Washington’s TORIDHEET dealers) and C. J. (Cy) WARNICK (for many years prominent in the marketing of oil burning equipment), men of long and successful experience in home-heating and particularly in home-heating with OIL. Never before in Washington has there been an organization so carefully planned and so thoroughly equipped to provide COMPLETE AUTOMATIC OIL HEAT. ING SERVICE, including the installation of heating plants and oil burning equip- ment and supplying fuel oil. The Dome @il Burner Co. Inc. invites you to inspect their unusual display of the latest in automatic oil burning equipment at SENSATIONALLY LOW PRICES. during HOUSE WARMING WEEK Beginning February 29th Open Evenings Until 10:30 Will Give an Interesting Address on Important American Service Industries, Conspicuous Among Which is the Modern Laundry Millions of radio listeners will hear of the development and efficiency of the present day laundry, and of the important place it has in our lives, when Dr. Klein speaks on “Service Industries”—over this coast-to-coast network of stations associated with the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System. . HERBERT L. LACEY, President and Business Manager C. J. (Cy) WARNICK, t Vice President, In Charge of Sales PAUL J. CRUMMETT, 2nd Vice President _y ERNEST C. RUEBSAM, Director DON’T NEGLECT HEARING THIS VIVID, INTERESTING ADDRESS RALPH C. MILLER, Secretary-Treasurer DEcatur 5828-7-6 The LAUNDRY DRY-CLEANING OWNERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE DIST. OF COL. 1723 Connecticut Avenue N.W.