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r—v M R. AI]DRESS[D | D. A. R. Head Greets Successor " BY MRS HODVER First Lady Welcomes Chil- dren at Opening Session of Convention. American children should uphold the §deals of the founders of the country, Mrs. Hoover told the CI American Revolution at session today of their annual conven- tion in the Corcoran Art Gallery. Mrs. Hoover welcomed the visitors to Washington. She said she was glad to sce so different tions of the count v jcining in a salute to the flag. She was accorded a rising vote of thanks. Van Orsdel Pays Tribute. George Washington was eulogized by Associate Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel of the District Court of Appeals. pres- ident general of the Naticnal Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Justice Van Orsdel declared Wash- ington, more than any other man in the history of the country, “is the em- bodiment of our instiutions. The Re- public will be safe as long as w2 adhere to his ideals.” The speaker W against central- tzation of power Wash: n. He said the sovercignty of the States must be maintained Greetings also were extended by Samuel S. Williamson, president of the District Sons of the American Revolu- tion: Dr. Themas E. Green, president of the Sons of the Revolution of the District, and Miss Helen Harman, State regent of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution Tell of Hardships. Bessie Carpenter and Myrtle Buchan- an, students of the Tamassee School, Tamassee, S. C., supported by the Chil- dren of the American Revolution, told of the hardships they endured prior to the time they became students in the school and of the happiness the insti- tution had brought into their lives. Maude Maxwell Galloway of the Gov. Thomas Wells Society, Washington, sang “Our Flag of Liberty.” Harold Lynn Carpenter of the Fort Schuyler Society, New York City, gave several violin sclos. He was accompa- nied by Mrs. James D. Walters. Several numbers were played by a section of the Marine Band. SLAYER, DUE TO DIE, TRADES FOR LIFE Hopes for Commutation Today After Giving Tip-off Leading to Capture in Police Killing. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—Benny Gor- don, bespectacled killer, fidgeted in his death cell ot Sing Sing today waiting for the saving word he betteves he had earned by becoming an ally of the law. The youth was due to die in the elec- tric chair tonight. but he hoped a last- minute tip-off he gave police would ge: him a commutation. The tip led to the arrest of Jack Zaroff, 29, who was taken, battling furiously, by a large squad of detectives who rushed a New- ar: restaurant last night. ‘They said they wanted Zaroff in con- nection with the murder of Patrolman Maurice O'Brien, shot cown in 1930, while he was investigating & complaint here. Gordon “came through” at the last moment, detectives said. He had gained six reprieves by promises 1o “turn up the policeman’s slayer. Always some- thing went wrong. however, and no capture could be made Gordon has spent 15 months in the death house. He was convicted of the murder of Anthony Grisoldi in a Bronx garage holdup. Now he hopes to swap the death sentence for a life term. No word had come from Albany early to- day, however, and Gov. Roosevelt was out of the State. PROTESTOR WARNED TO SHUN MINE AREA| Civil Liberties Union Head Re- ceives Kentucky Reply Charging Aims Are Communistic. By the Associsted Press. PINEVILLE, Ky., April 18.—County | Attorney Walter B. Smith Sunday wrote Arthur Garfield Hays, general counsel for the American Civil Liber- ties Union, that “the Civil Liberties Union will be suppressed in Bell County just as we would suppress the mad dog." The leiter was in reply to one from New York in which Hays said he plan- ned to visit the Southeastern Kentucky coal fields, from which student delega- tions from New York and Arkansas have been ejected Smith wrote Hays that “all roads lead to Pineville, and some lead from it. You can use your own judgment ebout which of these roads you will take. No person will molest you either wa! hlgam ounty attorney repeated his charge the Civil Liberties Union was Communistic and said the people of| Bell County do not believe “any such organization, or any group of persons | representing it have any constitutional rights in Bell County th2t any person 18 bound to respect.” . . DR. MUNRO MAY RESIGN AS MINISTER TO HAITI ‘Will Join Princeton Faculty if He' Can Leave Without Creating Political Difficulties. By the Associated Press. State Department officials indicated yesterday that Dana G. Munro. Minis- ter to Haiti, probably would resign to | accept the position offered him by | Princeton University, providing his resignation could be effected without creating political difficulties in Haiti. | Dr. Munro has bezn cffered a place | as professor of Latin American history an: affairs in the School of Public and Irternational Affairs of Princeton Uni- versity Dr. Munro's father, an authority on medical history, is also on the Prince- ton facuity. Minister Munro formerly | was chief of the division of Latin American Affairs of the State Depart- ment. News of D. A. R. Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention, April 17 to 24, inclusive: Mail—Postage P r ¢ - paid U. S., Mexico and Canada oz e 35¢ Foreign $1.28 Leave orders with Star representative at Constitu- voung | | Magna of Holyoke, Mass., the M Assembly call. Entrance of the pages Congress called to order—The preside Greetings—The honorary presidents g Address to the congress—The presiden Greetings—National Society, Children Announcements. ‘The retiring of the colors. Recess. - Concert—The United States Army Ban the National Society, Daughters of Reception Committee—Princess Canta Biddle Arthurs, Mrs. Charles Read Livingston.L. Hunter, Mrs. Arthur Mrs. Willlam D. Mitchell, Mrs. Robb White and Mrs. Wallace H. White, § tation to the pages to attend & ball Hotel tonight at 10 o'clock. Pages’ Ball Jean Labat, vice chairman; Mrs. Ma well, Mrs. Tonnis J. Holzberg, Mrs, Mackenzie, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin Wagner and Mrs. Bates Warren. TOMORROV Organ recital, 8:30 until 10 o'clock. Edward G. Mead. F. A. G. O,, Mia Assembly call. Entrance of the president general, esc: RS. LOWELL FLETCHER HOBART (left), retiring president general | of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Mrs. Russell William | are seen exchanging greetings yesterday &t the opening of the fo first annual continental congress here. D. A. R. PROGRAM TODAY—2 P.M, Mrs. Story, Mrs. Guernsey, Mrs. Minor, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Brosseau. Mrs. Samuel Shaw Arentz, national president. State meetings, dinners, receptions. 9 P.M.—COLONIAL RECEPTION. ‘The president general, vice presidents general and national officers, assisted by the State regents, will receive in Constitution Hall the members of W. Hanger, vice chairman; Mrs. Charles H. Le Fevre, vice chairman; Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, vice chairman; Mrs. Samuel S. Arentz, Mrs. Frank H. Briggs, Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Mrs. Myers Y. Cooper, Mrs. William F. Dennis, Mrs. Robinson Downey, Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, Mrs. Horace Martin Farnham, Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, Mrs. Joseph H. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Hugh M. J. Hamilton Lewis, Mrs. Jacob P. Marshall, Mrs. Charles G Miss Janet Richards, Miss Aline E. Solomons, Mrs. Hubert D. Stephens, Mrs, Maurice H. Thatcher, Mrs. John E. Weeks, Mrs. George Whitney PAGES’ BALL—I10 P.M. The president general and National Board of Management extend an invi- Committee—Miss Helen Harman, chairman; Mrs. John M. Beavers, vice chairman; Miss Dorothy Jenkins, vice chairman; Mrs. Price, Mrs. Marvin A. Tyler, Mrs. Willlam Walker Smith, Mrs. Congress called to order—The president general. THE EVENING | d only candidate for the post this y —A. P. Photo. nt general. eneral: t general of the American Revolution. d, Capt. William J. Stannard, leader. the American Revolution cuzene, chairman; Mrs. G. Wallace Banks, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Grundy, Mrs, M. Hyde, Mrs. Thomas Kite, Mrs. Matthews, J. Reed, Mrs. Willlam N. Reynolds, . given in their honor at the Willard urice H. Bletz, Miss Catherine Cald- William D. Leetch, Mrs. Annile H. , Mrs. E. L. Morrison. Miss Virginia W. H. —10 AM. mi University, Oxford, Ohio. orted by the pages. STAR. WASHINGTON, PACFTS SEORED N, R ADDRES | Mrs. Hobart Says Caravans| " Are Moving on Both Par- ties at Chicago. (Continued Prom First Page) was given a rousing reception as she stepped forward this afternoon to de- iver the final address of her three-year term Her appeal to the D. A. R. to go into schools and combat communisti es. to go into mecting places and the propaganda of alieni ate America to the ides! shington were interrupted from time to time by applause Many of our large cities hate ex- their relief funds” she said en school teachers find it necessar practice strictest economy. Some of their szlaries have been cut off. Our nat 1 society can fill the position of & friendly understanding community co-operator and co-worker in this dis- tress." But it was in patriotic work in th. schools that Mrs. Hobart particularl: directed the efforts of the D. A, R, in unison with other organizations. “The, Einstein plained per cen: movement,” che ex- Interpreted, this 2 per cent movement was designed to reach thou- | sands of young people in an attempt to make them swear they would never help the country in time of conflict or cmergency. Fully two dozen or more countries are organized by the War Resisters. D battleship — destruction of military training—cutting down appropriations for army and navy and air force—these are continuously presented to young people in the language of pacifism and | internationalism.” Teachers Fall Prey. The first objective of the disarma- ment caravans moving toward Chicago, Mrs. Hobart said, is to secure a pacifist plank in both platforms. The second motive is to hold a rousing institute in Chicago in the time that intervenes between the two political conventions. Unemployed parents and unem- ployed school teachers are falling prey to communistic wiles, she de- clared. School superintendents and boards of education are beseiged to Jjoin councils sponsored by Communists. | “Why not have our teachers and clergymen enter the school room and the pulpit with the inclination to teach and preach ideals supporting American nationalism?” she demanded. “While we hesitate and delay, others are plotting by daylight and through the hours of darkness to capture young people. While we sleep the Com- munists are on duty.” “The privilege of license has taken the place of liberty.” Mrs. Hobart de- clared. “A crisis needs citizenship. The country has a right to expect unending fidelity from each of us. “For all the institutes and conferences conducted by sinister forces we should plan as en offset the meeting of minds in intelligent service to Nation and the unison of hearts in devotion to God. “Lectures, sermons, conversations, contests, radio addresses abound in pro- claiming ideas hitherto unwelcome on American soil. The financial conditions in this country emphasize all of these features. “We must keep on building American homes and protecting the institutions of the United States.” Points to Mass Meetings. Mrs. H-bart also singled out for de- nunciation ‘“recent mass meetings in the Nation's Capital and elsewhere which indicates emergencies are aris- ing.” In her earlier report she had denounced these assemblies as ““so-called armies of hunger marching to the doors of the United States Capitol to make demands in the name of revclution.” Such mass meetings as these, she re- minded, give out figures to the effect that children in thousands are rallying to get into the scrimmage. The scene at the opening of the ses- sion, which would have been the formal convening of the congress but for the change in this year's program, was col- orful and impressive. Pages hurried down the aisles carrying arms full of flowers to present to the national offi- cers and favorite State regents. Just before Mrs. Hobart delivered her address, the five honorary presidents have been solicited to join the | rmament—the abolition of the ! Scripture and prayer—The chaplain general. ‘The salute to the flag—The assemblage. The National Anthem—The assemblage District of Columbia. Reports of national committees— Insignia—Mrs. John Brown Heron, Historical and Literary Reciprocity- Representative from California. Announcements. DIVORCEE IS FOUND | DEAD IN BALTIMORE New. York Woman Had Gone to Maryland City to Inspect Future Home. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 19.—Mrs. Mar- jorie Thomas, 30, of New York, former wife of Dr. F. Carlton Thomas of Lex- ington, Ky, was found dead late this afterncon in the gas-filled apartment of H. Kay Lynn, advertising man of Baltimore. Lynn, who was absent when the body was discovered, told police that she had | been living in the Martha Washington Hotel in New York City and that she flew to Baltimore Saturday to inspect a country home they planned to occupy after their wedding Workers on the first floor of the building dn which the apartment was | located detected the odor of gas and | began an investigation. ‘The woman was found on the kitchen floor and five jets of a gas stove were | open, police were informed. GERMANY HUNTS REDS Groener Directs Action Against | Communist Organization. BERLIN, April 19 (#).—Police today searched the former rendezvous of Prus- sian Communists throughout Germany on orders of Wilhelm Groener, minister of interfor, who was tipped that the “red front” fighting organization had started to function again after having been banned two years ago. Secret orders to begin the search were sent from here 10 days ago to the| various states, ordering the search to begin today. MUSSOLIN'S PLAY OPENS LONDON, April 19 (#).—London dra- | matic critics praised and blamed today | Premier Mussolini's play, “One Hundred | Days,” which had its London premier last night, but most of them indicated they did not expect it to enjoy & long tion Hall or The Evening Star Office, 11th Bt. and Pa. Ave. NW. run. ‘The play is based on Napoleon's brief | return to power from Elba. It was| adapted into English by John Drink- water, British poet, blographer and playwright. Ramona J. Newman, leader; member Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, Reading of the minutes—The recording secretary general. Report of the Resolutions Committee—Miss Emma L. Crowell, chairman Legislation in United States Congress—Mrs. Fred C. Morgan, chairman. “How Are We Guarding Our Gates? Girl Home Markers—Mrs. May Montgomery Smith, chairman. Constitution Hall Finance—Mrs. Russell William Magna, chairman. , chairman. s. John W. Chenault, chairman. —Arthur M. Free, United States LOSES $1,500 IN GAME OF DICE WITH STRANGERS Filipino Tells Police Four Other Islanders Lured Him With Promise of 6,000 Winnings. They “rolled the bones” Jjust three times for Diosdada Sonida, a Filipino, yesterday afternoon, and he was out $1,500, according to the story he told police. Sonida said four other Filipinos came to his apartment, at 2300 Eighteenth street, looking for a fellow named “Joe.” They couldn’t find Joe, 50 one of them told Sonida how they could win $6,000 from another man if they had a little money to bet with Accordingly, Sonida said, he went to the Riggs National Bank, drew out 1,500, and proceeded with the others to 8 spot near the Lincoln Memorial, where dice were produced and a Craps game started. Sonida’s luck didn’t seem to hold out and he lost all of the money. His fellow countrymen escorted him back to his apartment and left him, he said. He told polf t (el police he did not know HOTEL SOLD AT AUCTION Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N. C., Brings $525,000. ASHEVILLE. N. C, April ».— Grove Park Inn, handsonie recort ';?vm built here by the late E. W. Grove, was sold at auction yesterday for $525,000. Edwin S. Hartshorn bid in the prop- erty for the Garrison Co. of Baltimore, a holding company organized by second- mortgage bondholders. The purchase is subject to confirmation by Buncombe County Superior Court after 10 days. The inn was bullt in 1921 by the mil- lionaire medicine manufacturer. It was placed In receivership last January. It was announced the rrison Co. ex- pected to make arrangements for the operation of the hostelry, WOULD HOLD SUGAR HAVANA, Cuba, April 19 (). —A bill introduced In the House of Represent- atives yesterday would prohibit the ex- portation of raw sugar until its market value reaches 1 cent per pound. An article of the bill charged the Sugar Stabilization Corporation with enforce- ment of its provisions. For many centurles Holland has been known as the garden of Europe, general greeted the throng which num- 3431 delegates, or 35 more than last year. The honorary presidents general, each of whom was welcomed with an ovation, were Mrs. Story, Mrs. Guern- | sey, Mrs. Minor, Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Brosseau. This evening, Mrs. Hobart will hold her formal reception in the form of a Colonial tea in Constitution Hall and later in the evening the 300 pages will be the guests at the annual pages ball in the Willard, under the auspices of the District of Columbia D. A. R. Miss | Helen Harman, State regent, is chair-| man. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the guest of honor at the session, occupied a front seat on the stage with the national offi- cers. Both the “First Lady” and Mrs. Hobart received generous applause from the delegates, who packed Constitution Hall again, as they did last night at the formal opening of the congress, when Vice President Curtis made the principal address. Mrs. Hoover Speaks. Mrs. Hoover, smilingly attractive in a brown ensemble, was presented with | a bouquet of flowers. In a few words she expressed her pleasure at being with the D. A. R. again this year and at the same time conveyed the regrets of President Hoo- ver at his inability to address the con- gress during its sessions here. Trere are at Jeast a hundred conventions meeting in Washington this Spring, Mrs. Hoover said for him, so he felt compelled. on account of the number and the stress of executive business, to refrain from addressing them. Mrs Hoover said: “It is a great pleasure for me to be with you this morning and to see this colorful pageant again. In giving my little word of greeting I want to ex- press a hope for success in your work for the preservation of the ideals of our “ountry, as our ancestors have preserved it in the most strenuous years through which they passed. 1 suppose there really isn't a great difference, if any difference at all, in the importance of the years as they go on. Yet sometime some of them stand out more than others. This is one of those years Your work this vear in building up these ideals is going to stand out in comparison with that of the most con- structive years of our ancestors, who builded as well as they fought. I am very sorry the President is not here to give his own greeting to you. I am sure that he joins me in my good wishes to you. This is the year of unmitigated work for him, too. There are several hundred conventions that meet in Washington in a year, and they have already asked him to come and partici- pate, in one way or another, in some of their deliberations. Ke knew that that the Daughters of the American Revolution would be the very first one to tell him to stay and do his duty, and allow him to maintain his activities along other lines of work. We can en- joy these times together some other years when we will have more time for pleasure than for just work. Good luck to vou all” ‘The congress began Its sessions last night under auspicious circumstances when Vice President Curtis laid down a rollcy of “America first” in our deal- ngs with other nations, and predicted the loyalty of its common people * rout the economic peril that is troubling our_beloved coungry.’ t volced the hope, red, white and blue bered, by the official registration count, | D. C., TUESDAY, Vtoo, for world peace, but warned, in the words of George Washington, that “it was never more necessary than now that the country be kept in a state of complete national defense.” | “Unless all will disarm, none will" | Mr. Curtis warned. “So we must keep | both our Army and our Navy strong | enough for complete national defense, ! So. 100, must we keep up the strength of that new branch of the common de- ense, the air force.” Senator Fess Speaks. Scnator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, and Charles Moore, chairman of the National Com- mwission of Fine Arts, also spoke last night As Mrs. Hobart delivered her annual report this morning she urged the 3.000 or more dzlegates to be “on guard” this Bic-ntennial year as never before against the malign influences at work throughout the land. [ & report with the same she concluded. cnre of childhood.” he need of unity among tions cf m:n and women, the it general cited the example of 2°nt Women's Patriotic Con- Netional Defense as demon- “how fortunate it s for societics to combine their efforts seme form of conference.” “Five years ago it might have been ssible to take things more gradually pertainiag to such matters,” she told the congrass 'Now on evi hand any |one can discover in every place the { plots of radicals and international prop- agandists which react directly upon the safety of our homes and our chil- dren.” In urging organ.z strating Oppose Defense Fund Cuts. Hobar! left no doubt in the delegales that she would tak2 stand in her messag> for the of an adequate Army and pporting the R. O. T. C. activities of colleges and universities and in demanding even tighter restric- tions on alien immigration. The trend of the times is toward cutting down appropriations for the Army and Navy." she sald in her annual report. “Let us continue our protests on every hand against such a prodigio mistake in judgment con- cerning the liberty and security of the people of this Republic. “The new ventures munists magnify she warned again Reporting on the splendid activities {of the D. A. R. in connection with the George Washington Bicentennial, Mrs. Hobart nevertheless pointed to con of alien col our responsibilities, | ditions in the City of Washington and | | elsewhere | continuousty | who withhcld | military and nas text books indicating the need of guarding against those honorable mention of 1 heroes in children’s she said. “In Washington, D. C. and in other cities I have heard it said that | schools fail to observe the birthdays of | heroes like George Abraham Lincoln and the long list of such distinguished men and women who have made it possible to inhabit this country as happily as we do. We |must demand that schools provide | programs emphasizing the part pa- triotic leaders have played in creating and preserving the United States.” | “A Beautiful Audience.” Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, in a sil- ver gown. shared honors with her brother, Vice President Curtis, and Mrs. Hobart last night at the eventful open- ing of the congress, Constitution Hall was packed with beautifully gowned women. many of them wesring corsages. The scarlet coats of the Marine bandsmen chal- lenged the pure white uniforms of the 300 girl pages. Banners lined the walls of the great hall and the stage was profusely decorated with flowers. Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, one of the guest speakers, was so enrap- tured of the scene that he paused a moment before he began his address and stared speachless over the hall. Finally he said: “I have never before in my life seen such a beautiful audience.” And the audience smiled back at him mightily pleased. | A feature of the program was the ! presence of Ambassador Claudel of France, Ambassador von Prittwitz of | Germany, Ambassador Filipowicz of | Poland, Ambassador Lindsay of Great Britain, and the Netherlands Minister, J. H. van Royen. Their part in the program was to commemorate America’s gratitude to her friends of 1776. Curtis 1s Applauded. Vice President Curtis evoked rounds of applause at several times during his address, especially as he pleaded for national defense and denounced alien Communists. Preservation of this country’s neu- trality and riddance of alien criminals and alien racketeers were tenets advo- vated by the Vice President. The Daughters applauded vig-rously as he il straight back to this tion's beginning. “Now, as then, we should chart and follow our own course, not that of any other nation,” he said. “Ncw, as then, should we be indignant at every attempt of a foreign power to establish an influ- ence in our councils. “Today there are in our midst men of alien thought and race who would sow | the seeds of discord and disunion among us; who would overthrcw our cherished ideals and traditions. We must rid our beloved country of all such, and of alien criminals, and of all alien racketeers. As I have said more than once, the socner such aliens are deported the | better it will be for all." Curtis prophesied that “a loyalty to the common good of our people,” bred from the historic past, will rise and “rout the economic peril than istrou- bling our beloved country.” He pronounced the American people ready to help other ccuntries in every way possible, “provided we are mnot drawn into political quarrels of other nations.” “But our first concern should be. is, the welfare cf our own people.” he | edded. “We are anxious about our own depression, our own unemployment. Our troubles will be solved by our own farmers, our cwn business men, our own laboring men, and our own financial and industrial leaders.” Praises Bipartisanship, The Vice President expressed gratifi- cation at “men and women working together, regardless of party lines.” In Congress, he said, “Republicans and Democrats have joined in support of the recommendations of President Herbert Hoover,” adding: “This course is deeply appreciated, and was to be expected because in this nopoly on loyalty and devotion to coun- try in times of stress.” Senator Fess, who eight years ago Wwrote the resolution creating the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, declared there were three outstanding achievements of the Bicentennial year. These he enumerated as the preserva- tion of Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington: completion of the Mount Vernon Memorial compilation of Washington's writing Lavinia Darve, lyric soprano, sang “The Star Spangled Banner” and several operatic selections before Mr. Curtis’ address. Another singer, James Melton, tenor, also supplied two groups of songs. Museum Recelves Gifts. Mrs. Samuel Jackson Kramer, curator general and chairman of Revolutionary Relics Committee, reported that the museum has received a number of valuable gifts. Portraits of 54 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence have been hung on the walls of the south wing. John P. Story, jr. of the District of Columbia and Mrs. V. D. Moore gave —_— Electrically Type- written Letters SERVICE UNEXCELLED Direct Mail Advertising Service Edmonds Bldg. 917 15th St. N.W. National 0445 COMPLETE MAIL CAMPAIGNS APRIL Sidelights of D. n ’ “Silence is setting over the Nation” | ‘Washington, | country no political party has a mo- | Boulevard and the | 19, 1932. | HREE HUNDRED young and a tractive women, wearing snowy- white gowns and accessories to match, are pages at the D. A. R. Congress. ~Representing every State in the Union, this group of women fill an important place in the sessions. ‘They are the messengers for the dele. gates, and are untiring in delivering messages and flowers and directing those who are not familiar with loc tions of various State rooms in ‘ne D. A. R. buildings. At the opening of each session the pages march in stately procession down the aisles of the hall and then take | their places in the section assigned to ! the State delegations. | pages lead the march, carrying the | Stars and Stripes and State flags which are placed on the platform. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi- dent general, has serving as her pages | Miss Dorothy Britney Cooper, Mics Martha Anne Cooper Judy and Mrs. Hester Ann LeFevre Luke. Miss Dor- othy DeG. Jenkins is chairman of the pages and Mrs. Jean L. Lebat vice chairman. Miss Amanda P. Salisbury is page to the chaplain general, Miss Katharine | Matthies to the recording secretary gen- | eral, Miss Blanche A. Swope to the cor- responding secretary general, Miss Sally R. Harvey to the organizing secretary | general, Miss Prances M. Abbott to the | treasurer general, Miss Kathryn Spell- | man to the registrar general, Miss Ma: | garet McReynolds to the historian gen- eral, Miss Edith Holton to the reporter general to Smithsonian Institution, Miss | Glacys Frost to the librarian general and Miss Katherin L. Kramer to the curator general. ‘The platform pages are Martha B. H. | Andrews, Elizabeth Renfroe Corxr, | Grace Cummings, Margaret F. Filurick, | Bernice G. Ford, Mary Lee Forney, Mu | riel Gates. Sarah H. Hawkes, Mary Ken- |w Mary Irene Steely Maxson, Fran- | ces H. Ryan, W. Marie Shuler, Florence | Sparfield, Sallie Stevens, Adaline | Thornton, Frances P. Todd and Deane | van Landingham. The floor pages include Sally Aber- nathy, Mimika Abraham, Phyliss Adel- | man, Beatrice Altchison, Anne Akers, | Edith Albertsen, V. Katherine Allen, Louise Almy, Elizabeth Arnold, Eva M. | Atwood, Ella Lomas Backoven, Elmer. deen Bailey, Frances Banks, Elizabeth Barber, Vivian Barnes, Charlotte Bar- | tleson, Margaret Bartleson, Madeline | Barton, Sallie Beard, Helen Beatty, Herma Beebe, Margaret Bilosoly, Edna W. Bliss, Eleanor Bobo, Edith Ahbe Braden, Barbara Brand, Ruth E, Brooke, Mildred Brostow, Elizabeth Brown, Janet Bruce, Caroline Burgess, Al Stewart Burke, Helen Frances Burr, Flora M. C. Burt, Marion E. Burwell, Natalie Knapp Buttolph, Margaretta Campbell, Margaret Hoskins Canning, Helen _Carlton, Elizabeth Carrigan, Alice E. Casey, Augusta Chamberlain, Nancy Chamberlin, Constance Cham. berlin, F. Eleanor Chaney, Isabel Clapham. Marie Austin Clarke, Eliz- abeth Cla; Vicla Clouse, Mary | {a case in which to exhibit the gown | worn in the White House by Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, the first presi- dent general. This gown, together with a parasol given to Mrs. Harrison by ‘Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, were presented | to the National Society by Mrs. Mary McKee Reisinger and Benjamin Ha rison McKee, grandchildren of Mrs. Harrison, through the interest of Mrs. | Mary N. Walcott of Indiana. A hand- some manuscript case was given in | honor of the president general by the ‘sc\'en States of the Eastern division, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, | trict of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia and West Virginia. | New Jersey and South Carolina led | in the writing on “The Contribution of Women to the American Revolution” this year, Mrs. Flora Myers Gillentine, historian general, reported at this ses- sion today. She said that there has never been so much historical research | as this year. Chapters have using | shop windows to teach American his- tory concretely to children, Mrs. Gil- lentine stated. New York and Indlana won the first prizes in_ the Bicentennial contest of | plays and pageants, 10.013 plays and pageants having been written. In the | Yorktown Sesquicentennial essay con- test 50,000 essays were written. The /|| District of Columbia and Missouri took the first awards in the Yorktown con- || test. Mrs. Albert M. Walker of Wash- ington took the prize for the best essay written by a D. A. R. Mrs. Charles Humphrey Bissell, re- cording secretary general, have been issued in addition to 39 com- missions to officers, 135 State regents and 62 re-election cards to State re- gents and State vice regents. Books Added to Library. The platform | Boote, Freida Harmon Bowman, Hulda | | done in the history of the organization been | in her annual | report stated that 25241 membership | | certificates and 24,929 notification cards | | dine Whitaker, A.R. Congress | | Cornelia Cole, Elizabeth Conway, Eunice | Cook, Mary F. F. Cooper, Mildred E.| Corson, Dorothy B. Cottingham, Sarah A. Courser, Margaret L. S. Cowgill, | Marion Cox, Virginia S. Crisfield, Flor- ence A, Currier, Helen Sutton Dawson, Berta Denman, Marguerite Dennis, Dorothy Duncan, Mary Elizabeth Dun- {can, Mary Dwight, Janet Ruth Ear] Elizabeth M. Eaton, Adelaide Emle: Lillian Bright Espey, Catherine Estiow, | Dorothy Evans, Emille Ewers, Nyce | Feldmeyer, Frances Jeanne PitzGerald. Sallle Prost, Willle Jane Frost, Ruth Fuller, Lola Garland. Morgie Garrett, La Vaughn S. Garrison, Eugenia W Gilbert, Mary Goldthwaite, Genevieve G. Goodrich, Lillian J. Greathouse, Mabel Elizabeth Griffith, Charlle Griggs, Gertrude S. Grove, Helen Rowland Grosvenor, Ernestine Haile, Priscilla Hammond, Wilhelmina Harre, Kather- ine Elizabeth Harrington, Frances Hart Cornelia 8. Hartman, Frances C. Hecker, Kathryn D. Hess, Anna Welsh Hines, Helen P. Hodges, Florence Pal- mer Holmes, Edith Holton, Elizabeth C. +Hommann, Nanabelle Hoover, Anna Mary Hostetter, Laura C. House, Eliz- abeth Howe. | Sarah C. Howe, Mary Warren Hud- son, Kathryn Eldridge Jackman, Evelyn L. N. Jenkins, Marion Jerolman, Kath- arine S. Johnson, Margaret G. Johnson, | Mary E. Johnson, Anna L. Jones, June | Flato Joyce, Mary Junkin, Mabel H Kaiser, Elizabeth Keedick, Esther Hix Keller, Alleen Kimbrough, Jane King, |Cornella Mildred King, Glendeane | Kirkpatrick, Katharine J. Knight, |Helen 8. LeBar, Louise Lamb, Virginia Latcham, Anne Eliza Lay- lin, Helen Phelps Leach, Mar- | tha Lester, Maud Lightboun, Helen P. Linthicum, Virgeania Lobdell, Hunting- wn Loofbourow, Mary Lindsay Lowi | Mcry Lowrey, Bernardine Lufkin, Cyn- | thia Lynch, Agnes Jeanne Lyon, Janet | Mann, Mary M. Mardorf, Gladys Mar- | shall, Virginia Masden, Josephine N. | Masengill, Ann Robinett Mason, Mar- | garet J. Maxwell, G. Elizabeth Megin- | niss, Florence Merritt, Olive W. Minor, | Fannie B. E. Montgomery, Helen L. Montgomery, Suzanne Morrow, Virginia | Murray, Evelyn H. Myers, Henrietta | Myers, Mary S. McClure, Mary Virginia | McComb, Margaret McCorkle, Jane Mc- | Cullough, Grace Smith, Mary Tyler | Spohn, Juliet Stephens, Mary Simmons Stephenson, Lilllan M. Stewart, Laura W. Stewart, Marion Stewart, Ruth L. Stikeleather. Florence Luc Kennedy Stiles, Marcia Lenora Stowe, Elizabeth Stribling, Grace Summer, Jane Surfacs Eleanor Puder Sykes, Elizabeth J. Tay- lor, Helen Taylor, Frances K. Test, Nome Thomas, Ruth Beall Thomas. Lu- cile K. Thomas, Edna McCall Tidwell, Margaret E. M. Titus, Lolita Toothaker, Pauline Palmer Mclntire, Margaret McKee, Charlotte McKinney. Mattie Hardin McKrill, Helen McMackin, Bes- sie S. McMahan, Mira Reed McMaster, | Marjorie McMillan, Elizabeth Desha Nall Ruth Haws Nash, Helen J. Neal Alice Nelson, Barbara Newell, Virginia Nixon, Gertrude P. Norton, Katherine Oglesby, Eleanor O'Neal, Marguerite Orme, Ruth Ann Parker., Josephine Parks, Sadie Patrick, Lydia L. Paul, Eleanore Pease. Nell Pearson, Betsy E. Pettingill, Emily M. Phelan, Elizabeth Phillips, Inez Eldora Bull Plemmons, Hazel K. Poehle, Julia Ethel Porter, Alma Potts, Lilla Pratt, Suma Powell Prentice, Prances D. Reinhold, Eliz- abeth Reymann, Florence Delavan Carr | Rice, Winifred J. Richardson, Helen | Elizabeth Ritchie, Haze! s, | Portia St. J. Ruehl, vet, Grace 1. Schneider, Helen M. Scott, Jessamine P. Scott, Dorothy Seamans, Helen F. Seaverns, Emma Louise Sevier, Rosalie H. Shantz, Dorothy J. Silver- steen, Harriet E. Simons, Carolyn Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Marion M. Townsend. Lillian S. Trenary, Gladys ‘Trobough, Dorothy F. Valentine, Mar- guerite M. Voorhees, Althea James Vos, Charlotte Stringer Wahab, Amy Wal- ker. Nellie Bly Walker, Dorothy Walsh, Esther S Weatherly, Jessie Arline Weinscherk, Charlotte Weiser, Geral- Spontaneous applause greeted the re- | port of Mrs. Russell Willlam Magna, librarian general, and candidate for the office of president general. Mrs. Magna said that during ner term as librarian general, 2,472 books, 409 pamphlets and 288 manuscripts have been added to the library. sent to the indorsed schools as well as contributions of money. her report she stressed that the daugh- ters continue their valuable library work. Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon, treasurer general, gave her report, which in- cluded “Recalling the second $100,000 of our investments and placing that amount in notes bearing 4'4 per cent, secured by Constitution Hall, has resulted in making the investment absolutely se- cure and guarding against a possible reduction in value. The annual in- terest on Constitution Hall has there- by been reduced from the original | 830,000 to $24,566.25. In March the final bill of $3,084 was paid to John Russell Pope & Co. This amount in- cludes $2,484, which is three-fifths of 6 per cent commission on the third- floor addition on the Administration Building, to cost $69,000 and on which work was suspended. been reduced $8.500 and all interest on hand of $17,223.03.” port as chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, stated that vouchers were ap- proved to the amount of $545,938.65, of which $65858.91 represents contribu. tions received for patriotic education; $12.577.46 for preservation of historic spots; $11,707.70 for students’ loan fund. TRIANGLE YOUR FORD CAR Lubricated FREE! (38 Points) With purchase of change of oil. This offer good through April 22, 4 % 2 Use our Budget Plan on Major Repairs—No Money Down. BETTER (ZOrd) SERVICE AVE & N.CAP ST NY Over 10,000 books have been || In concluding | | | “The debt on Constitution Hall has payments made and there is a balance | Miss Margaret B. Barnett, in her re. | Made of imported In weights suitable mer and in styles the that are popular. $ The Mode—F In terms of values a $40 Suit; in terms of price— $27.50 and tailored by our Glenbrook craftsmen. Single and double breasted, in the shades that have fashion’s highest favor now—light tan, platinum gray, etc. This Top Coat— is special, too! Camel’s-hair, tweed, etc., in single and double breasted models, in the grays and tans —because we have elected to mark them that, but they are really worth $10 more. Helen Louise White, Dorothy Kennedy Whitlock, Frances Maxine W. Wilke, Juliette G. Wil- lard, Helen T. Williams, Jean Woolverton, Muriel Davis Wright, Myra Wright and Katherine Young. Mrs. Magna, candidate for the office of president eral, will wear her wed= ding gown when she is nominated to- morrow night. It is of ivory satin and old lace. Mrs. Magna has been a figure in national D. A. R. circles since 1924, when she was elected a vice president general from Massachusetts. Mrs. Edward Everett Gann. sister of Vice President Curtis, will be the honor guest at the Colonial reception ht at 9 o'clock in Constitution Hel n the presiden' genecal, vice president general &ud national officers, assisted by the State regents, will receive the members of the national society. The Reception Committee includes: Princess Cantacuzene, chairman; Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger. Mrs. Charles H. LeFevre and Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, vice chairmen: Mrs. Samuel S. Arentz, Mrs. Biddle Arthurs. Mrs. Charles Read Banks, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Frank H. Briggs. Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel. Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Mrs. Myers Y. Cooper, Mrs, Willlam F. Dennis, Mrs. Robinson Downey. Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, Mrs. Horace Martin Farpham., Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, Mrs Joseph H. FPrelinghuysen, Mrs, Hugh M. Grundy, Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, Mrs. Thomas Kite. Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, Mrs. Jacob P. Marshall, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Mrs. William D. Mitchell, Mrs. Robb J. Reed, Mrs. William N. Reynolds, Miss Janet Richards, Miss Aline E. Solomons, Mrs. Hubert D. Stephens, Mrs. Willlam Sweeney, Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher, Mrs. John E. Weeks, Mrs. George Whitney White ard Mrs. Wallace H. White, jr. The president general and national beard of management will leave the re- ception in time to attend the pages ball at the Willard. The committee in charge of the ball includes: Miss Helen Harme:n, chairman; Mrs. John M. Beavers, Miss Dorothy Jenkins and Mrs. Jean Labat, vice chairmen; Mrs. Maurice H. Bletz, Miss Catherine Cald- well, Mrs. Tonnis J. Holzberg, Mrs. William D. Leetch, Mrs. Curzon A, Mackenzie, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, ‘Mrs, E. L. Morrison, Miss Virginia | Price, Mrs. Marvin A. Tyler, Mrs. Wil- liam Walker Smith, Mrs. W. H. Wagner | and Mrs. Bates Warren. The Texas delegation held its annual dinner Sunday evening at the Willard | Hotel. Mrs. Willlam Perry Herring McFaddin of Beaumont, State regent, | presided. Mrs. Morris Sheppard was chairman of the Committee on Ar- | rangements, and guests were Senator | and Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Senator and | Mrs. Tom Connally, Representative and Mrs. D. E. Garrett, Representative and Mrs. Fritz Lanham, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Louis Dunne, Mrs. Baily, State regent of Missou John Louis, Mo.. Lowery Smith, Amarillo; Mrs. Charles W. Watfs, Mrs. Alice Lane Newberry, Dallas; Mrs. Carroll Ward, Beaumont; | Mrs. Calfee, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Samuel Biggs, West Virginia; Mrs. J. D. Francis, St. Louis, Mrs. Edgar Greever, Gary Autrey Higgins, N. B. Sanderson, Benjamin Rush Mrs. J. A. Walker, Brownwood; Mrs. Henry Stalling, Brownwood; Mrs. P. 8. Tilson and Mrs. C. C. Oden, Houston; Mrs. John A. Glen, Beaumont; Mrs, Price Cross, Dallas; Mrs. E. J. Cherault, | Houston; Miss Bertha Denman, Mrs, D. 8. Collins, Palestine; Mrs. George McLendon, Waco; Mrs. G. S. Fraps, Bryan; Miss Humphrey, Amarilio; Miss Lucle Smith, Forth Worth; Mrs. D. H. Priest, and Mrs. E. Leroy Alder- son, Dallas. Builds Truck 33 Feet Long. Recently a European firm built a g.uck s? feet long. "Ns:n;h‘ Scranton, ., motor company a truck 34 feet 6 inches long. flannel—and designed for Spring and Sum- smartest of the mode. at Eleventh