Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1932, Page 6

NOCTOREXPLANS STNTETESTMON Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan Says Stand of Liquor Prescrip- tions Misunderstood. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 20.—Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, former president of the American Medical Association, who tes- | tified before a Senate committee last February 5 in a hearing on 8 4 per cent beer bill, said yesterday he had | been misunderstood and wished to cor- rect erroneous impressions formed from his testimony “T stated,” he said in a letter to the Jjournal of the American Medical Asso- ciation, “that the doctor is authorized | to write 400 prescriptions a year for & pint of whisky, and that a number of doctors had not been able to resist the | temptation of selling these prescrip- | tions to patients—some of them selling | their full quota of 400 prescriptions a | year, and a number had even sold their | entire books to bootlegging druggists | &nd bootleggers. | “I feel that the writing of milllons of prescriptions for & pint of whisky a year, the bulk of which may be used | for beverage purposes and not for med- icine, is a disgrace to the medical pro- | fession. I believe that of the illegal and un tions are written by a sm2ll mi of the members of the medical profe sion and I believe that the grea. jority of the profession are ent: ethical and sound on this problem. | ‘There is no finer body of men in any| profession or any field of work than the men in the medical profession. * “I feel that the abuses which have developed in the writing uff unccl::’{:;\ W. Va., for the benefit of the President’s Organization on Unemployment Relief. | or w Y S izabeth Taylor (left) aj iss Nells Ve 3 over th pect 0] > call ol T Ml e s aaa, L Ly rr\‘anx:;‘r:‘}ufi?e h Tay nd Miss Nelle Covell are shown looking over the | spect. proposes to call on pre and illegal prescriptions and eliminated * * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932. Aid Unemployment MAKE ARTICLES FOR ORGANIZATION HERE. Various articles made by mountaineers from No. 1 district, Morgantown, —Star Staff Photo. “I feel that the organized medical profession of this country, the Ameri- can Medical Association, should assume leadership in this matter and should ummsn to eliminate, as far as it is| possible to do so, the injury done by alcoholic drink. CITIZENS OPPOSE RENAMING OF PIKE| | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. WOODSIDE PARK, Md., April 20.— “Unalterable opposition” to any change | in the name of the Brookeville road |fcurth annual exhibition of fine and ap- plied art of the Woman’s Club of Be- thesda, to be held at the club house, Old Georgetown road and Sonoma road. will begin Saturday afternoon with a tea. chairman of the department of fine arts and Mrs. Edwin H. Etz heads the Silver Spring and running to Olney. A | Arts Committee. was expressed in a resolution adopted by the Woodside Park Civic Association here last night. The Brookeville road or pike is also | known as Georgia avenue and the Sev- enth street pike, being an extension of Georgia avenue from Washington and committee, consisting of M. K. Arm-| strong, chairman; Mrs. Archibald Small | and S. F. Birthright, was named to| seek the co-operstion of the North Woodside Citizens” Association, the Sil- ver Spring Chamber of Commerce and other organizations to retain the name “Brookeville” for the road. A nominating committee to select a slate of officers to be presented to the association at its annual meeting in May was named and consists of Victor Grotlisch, Mrs. Archibald Small and Karl Jarrell about 10 days before the. meeting #Faf 1, s 2 uelaues Fleurs, Jipsee Fleurs Houbigant’s Ideal, Evening in Paris, Dier Kiss : ight of Orlent, Avril Shows Un Air Emi Xmas Bells Black ;TE!??EE%.‘-?Q S PRICES THAT SCREAM LOUDER THAN EVER BEFORE Nothing Sold to DEALERS or Children 10c PALMOLIVE sy 14¢ 15¢ 25¢R. &G. Lip Pomade 25¢ Woodbury's = (reams Tubes C 50c—Dr. WEST’S TOOTH BRUSH 21c This Special Only Sold Fri- day Afterncon Between 2PM. and 3 PM. T 'BETHESDA WOMEN (Sixty Washington Artists Will| | By a Stat Correspondent of The Star. artist, will again supervise the arrange- ment of objects of art. lis, president, will be in the receiving | line with Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Etz. | They will be assisted by Mrs. Oliver | Owen_Kuhn, Mrs. John A. Fleming, | Mrs. Earl W. Chafee, Mrs. George E. Hamilton and Mrs, Chambers. exhibit. and Mrs, Reginald B. Looker are in It was_annouriced that jcharge of the tea and will be aided by the nominations would be made public Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Alvin 916 F STREET N.W. 1307 F STREE A ARROLL’S 916 F St. N.W. 1307 F St. N.W. William M. Gamble and Mrs. Harden B. Arledge. Mrs. Eugene Ferry Smith will | be in charge of floral decorations. Sunday afternoon the club will keep open howse, when husbands of club membere will be the guests. Monday the sclibe? children will have a special view: ¥ith Mrs. Mina Church Brann, Mrs. orge E. Pariseau and Mrs. Thomas E. Cassey in charge Tuesday is the club’s Round Table day. At 11 o'clock Tuesday morning Mrs. Marshall will present Clifford K. Berryman, cartoonist of The Evening Star, in an illustrated talk. Miss Ada Rainey, art critic, will give a talk on the pictures in the exhibit. Mrs. Bar- ber, literature chairman, will review a | book, while the final feature will be a violin recital by Princess Nacoomee of the Osage tribe of American Indians. WILL EXHIBIT ART| Show Paintings, Beginning Saturday. 20—The | BETHESDA, Md., April ARRES?ED BY GLASSFORD Colored Man Accused of Failure to Obey Traffic Signal. Mrs. Rowland 8. Marshall is Miss Clara R. Saunders, Washington Mrs. E. M. Wil- perintendent of police, added another arrest to his record yesterday after- noon when he took into custody an alleged traffic law violator. Gen. Glasford, while cruising on his private motor cycle, 3 Wells, colored, 26, of the 1700 block of Ninth street, when the latter allegedly failed to obey an automatic signal Wells was released on $5 collateral, Charles Leonard About 60 Washington artists are to | Mrs. Edwin Bateman Morris Mrs. C. Wil Mr CHASE Depre Kee Factories Busy_ 65¢ POND’S CREAMS N.W. ANNIVERSA SPECIAL $1.00 Terri FACE POWDE PERFUME 89c $1.75 Value 777227 ANNIVERSARY SALE 50c Frostilla LS SPECIA 20Tl 25¢ Dr. West's 11¢ 2 = 17¢ 25c¢ Liste Tooth Paste 35¢c Betty Faye Talcum ..... 50c Jergen’s SPECIAL!!! $1.00 and $1.50 Values for NN GREATEST VALUES IN 7 YEARS Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, su- arrested George = $1 Armand’s Face Powder, 5 \ Betty Faye Compact and c _ \ $1.00 Betty Faye \ Face Powder N $2.00 and $2.50 JDGES AD ASKED I TRAFFE CRUSAE |Glassford Seeks Co-opera- tion in Campaign for Law Observance. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, Superintnedent of Police announced to- day he would sesk the co-operation of the judges of the Police and Traffic | Courts in carrying out his program for better compliance the District’s | traffice regulations. a conference in | the Police Court Building tomorrow dges and Gen wiil include | tatives of the Commissioners’ tendent of | Traffic Bu- el Willlam own, assistant superi in command of th Corporation Cou Gen. Glassford is anxious to have the judges, in imposing fines for traffic vio- lations, follow the fixed schedule of collaterals used by the Police Depart- ment. In other words, he is seeking uniformity of penalities by abolition of' the practice of the courts, in some ceses, of imposing a fine less than the amount of the collateral—a procedure he considers detrimenta! to his efforts to break up some of Washington's traffic | evils, such as overtime parking, disobey- ing official signs and double parking Gen. Glassford said he also planned to instruct officers assigned to beats in | the various precincts to pay more at tention to traffic violations than 12 t 1o He thinks some of them ave been too lax in enforcing tr: regulations, and in an effort to ascer the efficiency of the officers ast ne manders for reports showing the number | of traffic arrests made by foot patrol- men in the last month he determination of Gen. Glassford to bring about beiter compliance with | the traffic regulations through stricter | enforcement was born at & conference |in his office last Friday with traffic | officials and a group of representatives of the Traffic Advisory Council. For nearly three hours various plans were discussed and as a result Gen. QGlassford issued specific orders to mem- bers of the force which he hopes will pave the way for an improvement in the traffic situation. | | Street accidents tn Edinburgh, Scot- {land, this year have been 50 per cent Advisory Council, Inspector E.|J DIVORCEE AND ADMIRER | WILL PUT UP BUILDING | HELD IN FATHER'S DEATH] FOR PAINTING OF WAR Utah Man Said to Have Admitted Striking Banker and Stockman. By the Associated Press. MANTI, Utah, April 20.—A 36-year- old divorcee, mother of four children, and her alleged sweetheart face charges of first-degree murder for the slaying of her father, Andrew N. Bjerregaard, 84, in his home at Ephraim, Utah, April 12 Udell Jensen, San Pete County prose- T, filed the charges against Mrs. Jensen and Mendon Draper, 27, erday. The county attorney said Draper con- fessed he struck the aged banker and stockman in a dispute over his assoc tion with Mrs, Jensen, but denied blows were of sufficient force to Kkill int Jensen and Violin Rush in Britain. Following the gold in_Britain will come a jewel rush and after this be & violin rush, declare those who are watching the trend. Already high prices are being offered for old violins, for those with a reputation and for those classed as “aristocrats.” LOST Are Frequently Restored to Their Owners by Classified Advertisements in The Star Only last Friday the following advertisement appeared in The Star under “Lost.” Sponsors of Exhibition Here of | Pantheon de la Guerre File Plans for Structure. Plans for the construction of a large | exhibition building for the “Pantheon de la Guerre,” the huge cyclorama of the | World War, were filed yesterday with | the District bullding inspector, with an | application for building permit. The application places the site at 362 | New Jersey avenue, in the open area near the home office of the Acacia Mu- tual Life Insurance Co. owner of the land. The painting, when set u}) ramic form, has a circumference of 402 feet, a height of 48 feet. The ex- hibition hall sufficient in size to afford public showing of this painting, there- fore, would be of unusual size. The building, according to plans filed, is to be of a metal construction and CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 DOGS in cylo- DOG—Gordon _set swers to name Reward. J. L. D. O De Neale, Ga black and tan: an- tag No. 10972, 10889, The advertiser reported the return of the dog at 6 K the advertisement appeared. Needless to say, the customer was much pleased at the al- o'clock of the afternoon most immediate result. If you are so unfortunate as to have lost something, let a Star classified advertisement look for it. | greater than in the same period of 1930 ‘ | Window Blinds || Complete stock of all stand- {| ard sizes—prompt delivery. GeoM.BARKER * COMPANY - LUMBER and MILLWORK ++SINCE 1865 °° 4 649 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 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