Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1932, Page 5

FRATERNAL DAY PLANS ANNOUNCED Exercises Set for October 27 as Part of Bicentennial Program. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D €, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932. Lone Visitor a Dr. George C. Havenner, executive | vice president of the District Bicenten- i nial Commission, today announced | tentative plans for observance of Fra- | ternal day, next October 27, as part of | the District’s Bicentennial program. The | announcement followed a meeting yes- | terday of representatives of all principal | fraternal organizations | In agreeing on the date for the Fra- | ternal day event, the group pointed out that a parade would supplement the Navy day celebration already contem- | plated for that day. Formal action cn the parade phase af the ceremonies was deferred until a meeting March 30. Senator Davis Chairman. Senator Davis of Pennsylvania, repre- senting the Loyal Order of Moose, was | named chairman ex-officio of the Fra- | ternal Day Committee, with Marshal Edgar® C. Snyder, representing the Knights of Phythias, serving as first vice chairman. = Miss Mary C. Boland | of the Catholic Daughters was named second vice chairm: The executive vice chairman will be named at the next meeting. The skele- ton organization of committees, which | also will be completed at the next meet- | ing, follows: Organization—J. C. Mc- | Connell, Woodmen of the World | Newcomb, Knights of Pythias; | William S. Shelby, Elks, and Mrs. Emma F. Brooks, Daughters of America. Deco- A. R. Marrs, Masons; John S. Daughters of America: George | ers, Eagles, and Patrick H., O'Day, Hibernians. Police Co-operation —william A. Riley, Woodmen of the | World; Capt. William S. Shelby, Elks, | and George Plitt, Eastern Star. | Others Present. Besides the above, those who met | with Dr. Havenner and the organiza- | tions they represented were Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, Masons; David Wiener, B'nai Brith; J. D. Eggleston, Knights of Malta; Jacque Heidenheimer, Red Men; Mrs. Mary P. Pollock, Rebekah | Assembly; William B. Severe, Macca- bees; Mrs. Patty H. Bartlette, Protected Home Circle; James A. Balderson, | Moose; James M. Futrell, Daughters of America; Leo J. O'Connor, Moose; Robert Croggon, Jonadabs; James R. Glenn, Thomas Jones, Junior Order | United American Mechanics; John R. Mahoney, George B. Jackson, Recha- bites, and John W. Gibbs, representing | the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. ALL-NIGHT PARKING BAN IS URGED BY GLASSFORD Strict limitation of downtown park- ing and elimination of all-night park- ing was proposed as a solution Yo many of Washington’s traffic problems by Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, sup- erintendent of police, in an address last night at the meeting of the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association in ihe E. V. Brown School. Gen. Glassford commented briefly on policing generally, expressing the hope | that the police headquarters would be moved soon from its present location, which he described as inacequate ior the handling of the department. The association adopted resolutions opposing the proposed amendment to | the child labor act which would permit child actors to appear on the profes- sional stage here. The association ap- proved the passage of the pending fire- arms act. H. V. Schreiber, presidert, ‘presided. Former Washington Newspaper Man Succumbs in New Jersey. ‘Word has been received in Washing- ton of the recent death of James Ely Bready, a former well known Washing- | ton newspaper man, which occurred | March 10, at his home city, Woodbury, N. J., where funeral services were held last Saturday. Mr. Bready began his newspaper work 28 years ago in Dubuque, Iowa, where he was born in 1880. He worked on many papers and eventually came to Washington, where he joined the staff of the Washington Times for a number of years. He covered the famous Beatty murder trial in Richmond, Va. a sen- sation a score of years ago. He was in the Army during the World War. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Mabel McIlvane of Beverly, N. J.; two sons, James Hall and Gerard | Bready; a brother, George Lee Bready, and a sister, Mrs. Horace E. Jacobs. BUSINESS CLUB ELECTS x | Le Boy J. McCarthy Named Pres-| ident of Organization. Le Roy J. McCarty was elected president of the Washington Business | Club yesterday, Other officers chosen | included Horace Browning, first vice president; Dr. William Paul Hoffman, | second vice president; George O. Schweinhaut, treasurer, and Mark H. Lomax, secretary ‘The new officers will direct the club through the National Convention of American_Business Clubs, to be held June 14, 15 and 16 at the Willard Ho- tel. Samuel A. Syme was named general convention chairman several months ago. REDUCED RATE EXCURSIONS Fares Shown Are Round Trip SUNDAYS $3.50 MARCH 27 o Washington 12 midnight er ,:u "A. M. Return same day. $4.00 Atlant MARCH 27 ¢ ‘Waehington 7:15 A. M. Re- ra same day. $3.00 MARCH 20 ngton 740 A M. er etorn same day. New & EASTER FARES CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE and Southeastern Points One Fare Plus One Dollar for Thekots good going March 24, 25, 26, Other Excursions $0%0 Harpers Forry | 8275 Hancock .00 Martinsburg $3.00 Cumberiand SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Jpave Washington § A. M. Return o day. e Baltimore #5325 Saturdays and Sundays $1.50 Daily. Good for three days Fast Tralns—Ample Room—Modern Equipment Philadelphia morning when park officials set a effort to transfer 500 pigeon t Pigeon Trap BIRDS SHUN SNARE IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE. trap for the second day running in an m Lafayette Square to a new home in TH!S squirrel, looking for peanuts, was the only caller for several hours this Rock Creek Park. The trap was string. baited with corn and set with a trigger —Star Staff Photo. ROOSFVELT SCHOOL OPENING INPERLED | Bids and Specifications to Be Rushed as Delay Over Funds Looms. Concerned over the possibility of de- | lay in opening the “Roosevelt High School next September, due to failure to secure equipment in time, public school officials today were preparing specifications and invitations for bids in order to facilitate as much as pos- sible purchase of the needed materials. | Under normal conditions, it was said | today, the appropriation for the equip- ment’ would be available in time, but | the present arguments over the Mapesl Committee report and fiscal relations | for the District in general are likely to delay the passage of the pending ap- propriation bill. Cost Put at $200,000. If the appropriation bill now in Con- | gress carried language making the | equipment fund for the Roosevelt High | School “immediately available,” and it | it were passed prior to the beginning of | the 1933 fiscal year, it was pointed out, | no difficulties would arise. However, | protracted consideration of fiscal rela- tions which would delay the adjourn- ment of Congress, and, in all probability, passage of the District money bill would seriously delay equipment of the new | building. | The Roosevelt High School equip- ment probably would cost $200,000. School officials already have attempted to get this money by including the esti- mates in the 1932 appropriation bill. The item was stricken out by the Bud- get Bureau, however, on the ground the date set at that time for completion of the school was far enough in the future | to allow plenty of time for securing | these funds in a subsequent appropria- | tion bill. Following the hearings on the 1932 bill, however, the completion date for the school was advanced, and the avail- abe time for the securing of equipment consequenty shortened. In order to meet the pending emer- gency, Jere J. Crane, school business | manager, said he was planning to have specifications out and bids in regardless of the availability of the money. Then, the local authorities would be in a | position to withhold the actual award of contracts until the appropriation bill's fate was definitely settled. The $200,000 sought would buy the new equipment needed for the Roose- velt building. This material would be augmented by some $49.000 worth of equipment carried into the new struc- ture from the present Business High School, which will be abandoned with the opening of the new school. 'EVERY HOME CAN HAVE “AMERICAN” HOT WATER HEAT At This Special Price 5285 Regular price $325 The lowest price in_years on finest hot-water heating plant. This price includes 17-in. boiler, 6 radiators, 300 ft. radiation... completely _installed in 6-room house. Fully guaranteed by the American Radiator Co. 35c to 50c_per day p: the bill. Phone us NOW. AMERICAN HEATING ENGINEERING CO. 907 N. Y. Ave. Nat. 8421 WEEK ENDS UNTIL APRIL 30 York $8.50 Go every Saturday, all day turn until 1:13 A. M. from City following Monday. NEW D. G, SET-UP T0 BF DISCUSSED House to Get Resolution, Pro- viding for Study of Pro- posal, Tomorrow. Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee expects to confer late this afternoon with Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee and plans to introduce. in the House tomorrow the resolution which is being drafted today providing for a study by a joint committee of the House and Senate to see what change in form of government is desirable for the Dis- trict of Columbia. Mrs. Norton expressed confidence she will receive strong support in both House and Senate for her resolution which will call for a Study Committee of three members from the House, to be appointed by the Speaker, and three members of the Senate to be appointed by the Vice President. Her resolution will ask for a modest appropriation of only $5,000 merely to pay stenographic and printing costs. Mrs. Norton declared emphatically that she believes the people of the Dis- trict should at least have voting rep- resentation in both the House and Sen- ate. With such representatives, who can devote their time exclusively to legislation affecting the District, she believes an important contact can rad with all members of House and Senate toward a better understanding of what the people of the District want and what their real needs are. Complaints coming to her office since she has been chairman of the House District Committee convince her, she said, there is developing a feeling of antagonism between members of Con- gress and District residents, which has been intensified by the group of bills railroaded through the House when re- | ported by the special Mapes Committee. Mrs. Norton hopes to be able to bring a more cordial co-operative feeling be- bers of the House and Senate. EARLY AMERICAN ic City Go Friday all “day midnight Monday following. $5.50 Go every Saturday, all day. Re- turn_ from Philadeiphin until 3:44 A M. following Monday. Round Trip Return limit 16 dave $3.00 Chester $2.75 Wilmington MARCH 20 Leave Washingion 1:40 A. M. or 11 A M $16.00 Chicago SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Leave Washington 1:30 P. M. Re- turn from Chicago 3:30 P. M. Sunday. Seventh Street PARKING-DRIVE TO R FIRST ORATORICAL * CLASH 15 TONIGHT :Opening County Contest to Be Held in School at i [ Ballston, Va. The first of the 10 county elimina- tions scheduled for the selection of Maryland and Virginia representatives |in the National Oratorical Contest will | be neld tonight at the Washington-Lee High School, Baliston, Va. Seven contestants will face the judges |in the competition to decide who shall | reprusent Arlington in the Virginia State finals, April 22. S. P. Vanderslice, prin- cipal of Washington-Lee, will preside. New Medal Offered. | Contest headquarters announced here today the calendar of county meetings | in the two Statse which, with the Dis- trict schools, comprise The Star area of | the National Contest. Simultaneously it was announced each county winner this year will receive id gold medal | presented by The Star as a special in- centive to participation in the contest’s work on Constitutional subjects. On the front of the medals is en- graved a torch bearing the inscription “Ninth National Oratorical while the winner's name and county are written on the back. When awarded to girl winners, the prizes will be strung on a black cord, while boy | victors will receive them made up as fobs. Winners to Get $100 The county prizes are the first of a long series available to successful con- testants in the oratorical contest. Each winner in the District high schools, the private and parochial school group 3 and the finalist who represents nd or Virginia receives $100 in nd the right to participate in Area finals. st speaker in this competition is awarded $200in cash and a European tour of two and one-half months, as well as a place in the national finals. The national champion merits a silver loving cup and is speaker for the United States in_the international finals held here each year. The county schedule this year will be: T (HOREHAM CONNECTIEUT AVE. o CALVERT The Greatest Entertainment Contest,” | March 17—Arlington County finals, | | Washington-Lee High School, Ballston. April 11—Alexandria County finals, | Alexandria High School. | JApril 12—Fauquier County finals Warrenton High School. April 13—Fairfax Madison School Falis | Church. April 14—TLoudoun County finals, Leesburg High School. April 21—Prince William County finals, Manassas High School { Virginia State finals will be held in Maury School auditorium at Alexandria, { Friday evening, April 22. All meetings | will be at 8 o'clock ! The Maryland schedule is: April 15—Prince George's finals, Hyattsville High School. April 18—St. Mary'’s County finals, Duke Theater, Leonardtown, Md. April 19—Montgomery County finals, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High ~School, Bethesda. April 20—Charles County finals, Plata High School. Maryland State finals will be held Priday evening, April 29, in the Hyatts- ville High School THOMAS A. ROBBINS DIES County auditorium, finals, | County La Retired Employe of Post Office De- partment to Be Buried in Platteville, Wis. Thomas A. Robbins, for more than 40 years an employe of the Post Office Department, died last night at his home, 1457 Fairmont street. He had retired from the department about 9 years ago. . Robbins was born in Platteville Wis,, in 1852, son of Hamner Robbins, who had gone from Central New York to California in 1849, and later settled in Wisconsin, representing his district in the State Legislature _Beginning as a page in the Wiscon- sin_Legislatuge. Mr. Robbins later bi- came one of the early railroad teleg- raphers of Plattsville. He came to Washington in 1880 to take a positior in the Division of Dead Letters, and during his service with the department occupled various positions, including those in the stamp division and clas- sification division. He was unmarried He was & member of La Fayette Lodge. No. 19, F. A. A. M. Mount_ Vernon Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M., and Columbia Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Funeral services will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock, at Wright's undertaking parlors, 1337 Tenth street. Burial will be at Platteville NDS SOON * A-S ! THE AVENUE AT SEVENTH Retrement € tween the District residents and mem- | Event of the Year “SCANDALS’ NIGHT” Twesday Evening, Mareh 22 with ruests of honor e RUDY VALLEE e Willie Howar' Eugene H Joan Abbot MAW BALLROOM Danc‘i-ng, 10 P.M. to 2 Augmented Orchestra Couvert $2.00 Ray Bolger Everett Marshall AM. PFor Reservations Call Robert Kehl, ADams 0700 DRAPES [LIFETIME URNITURE Visit Our Pine Room for Early American Reproductions You will enjoy an hour or two in our Pine Room of Early American Reproductions in cherry, maple, hickory and pine. Authentic copies of fine old originals owned by our forefathers from New England, New York and Pennsylvania. groups for all rooms. 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