Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1932, Page 19

DISTRICT ROTARY 10 OPEN SESSION International Delegates Meet Here Today for Three- Day Conference. Tnternational delegates of Rotary | Clubs in the local Rotary district are expected in Washington today for a three-day conference in the Willard Hotel. The Washington Rotary Club, | headed by S. Percy Thomson, president, | and George Whitwell, convention chair- | man, will act as hosts. District Gover- nor Paul E. Titsworth will preside. [ Special religious services for the dele- tes and members of their parties will held tonight at Epiphany Church, with Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, offi- | ciating. | The speaker at the opening session of the convention tomorrow morning will | be Canon William Thompson Elliott, | Vicar of Leeds, England. The nmml‘ Teport of the district governor will be | presented. Rev. Allan A. Stockdale will | speak at a luncheon in the Willard Tomorrow afternoon group meetings | on international, vocational and com- | munity service will be held. The ladies | will visit Mount Vernon. The day will | close vith a ball at the Willard, Tuesday's program will include ad-| dresses by Federal Trade Commissioner | Huston Thompson and Elwood Street director of the Community Che: session will close with the ele: the district governor. The ladies will be received by Mrs Hoover Tuesday noon at the White | House. 'The men will lunch at the Wil- | Jard and hear an address by Labor Sec- retary William N. Doak. Tuesday afternoon, after the awar ing of the trophies in today’s golf tou nament, the meeting will be addressed by Robert Lincoln O'Brien of the Tariff Commission. The conventicn will close with a reception at New Nati Museum, DELMARVA BEAUTY CONTEST PLANNED| Prettiest Girl of Tri-State Pen- insula to Be Chosen Thurs- day Night. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | POCOMOKE CITY, Md. May 7.~ “Miss Delmarva”, the most btautiful] girl in the 14 counties of the Delmarva | Peninsula, will be selected et a style show here Thursday night in the State armory. The various American Legion | posts of the Tri-State territory are| Sponsors. Prior to the final contest prelimuaries are being staged in each county ex- pected to send a representative. * “Miss Delaware”, “Miss Maryland” and “Miss Virginia” will be chosen from among the entrants from the Delaware, | Maryland and Virginia areas embraced in the peninsular territory from ‘Wilmington, Del,, to Cape Charles, Va., and Miss Delmarva will be chosen from among these beauties. It will be the first contest of its kind ever waged in the Delmarva peninsula, according to L. Griffin Callahan of this | city, general chairman. Prizes will be given in the preliminaries, semi-finals | and finals. The Worcester County post, | American Legion, and its Ladies Aux- iliary, will act as hosts. CULPEPER SCHOOLS HOLD | FIRST MAY DAY EXERCISE| Queen Is Crowned as Part of Cere- monies Marking Health Day. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va, May 7—Culpeper| County’s first Mav day exercises were | celebrated syesterday by the public| schools of the county, when Miss Kath- erine Jones of the Culpeper High Sth(m“ was crowned queen. Two girls from each of the high schools of the county were maids of honor. The program ‘was a part of Health day exercises. The ceremonies, held outside of Cul- | geper were followed by & maypole dance pils of Mitchells High School, and U dances by puplis. of Brandy and | Jeffersonton. Pupils of Lignum High | School sang old-time melodies accom- | panied by an orchestra of 30 pieces. The minuet and the Old Virginia Reel were danced by pupils of the Cul- begs; High School. e standings of the schools in the percentage of “five point” children, wa read by Supt. Hendrick. Mounta School, at Gibson's Mill, won first place for the second consecutive year. COLLEGE PARK SCH( SCHOOL LEADS IN ATTENDANCE Average of 98 Per Cent Brings First Honors for Grades in Prince Georges. By a Btaft Correspondent of Th UPPER MARLBORO, Md. With an average of 98 per cent, t College Park Graded School won fir honors in Prince Georges County du ing April, according to Miss Kathleen Shears, county attendance officer. Tippett School was first in the one- room group with 97.7 pe Hill led the two-room per cent. . Masyiand Pare. with 96 per cent, wes first among the high schools, while an av per cent placed Blad head of the sen Glenn Dale having a 100 p 4-H CLUB RALLY DAY TO BE HELD AT FAIRFAX Berles of Pag by aeeianers Will Depict Scenes From Life agent, Moare, Civic LEAGUE T0 MEET AT VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS State Senmor Rust in prepa 'xw tr Membcr of Arlington County Board to and Discuss Byrd Plan. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va —A special meeting of Civic League will be held Monday night in the Community Hall. State Senator John W. Rust, Harry A. Fellows, chair- man, and Fred A Gosnell member of the ‘Arlington County board. will dis- cuss the Byrd road pian. John C. Gall, member of the county board, will talk on the “County Budget.” May m he Jefferson | THE SUNDAY Jitney Players Committee “THE DUENNA" TO BE GIVEN TUESDAY. Left to right are, Mis: Olivia Phelps Stokes, o 8 dsw o b - Mrs. Cary T. Grayson and ce Graeme, members of the Junior League Play Committee, who are for the presentation of “The Duenna” nd evening in the garden of Mrs. rformances will be given at 4:30 and production wiil be presented indoors at Friends by the Jitney Players Tuesday yson, 3825 Wisconsin ave- o'clock. School, 3901 Wisconsin avenue. —Star Stafl Photo. STAUNTON WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON DURING WEEK | Music, Songs, Dances and Tableaux Will Feature Program Thursday and Friday. 1e Associated Press NTON, Va., May 7—A literally cus round of entertainment fea- tures will be provided for visitors 1o ‘Ye George Washington Faire,” to be held here May 12 and 13 by the Au- gusta Garden Club as part of Staun- contribution to the Nation-wide tion of the Washington Bicen- v students at Mary Bald- win will bring back the grace and gal- lantry of Colonial times, and an old- fashioned concert by the Music Club will entertain with the spritely tunes jof the Colonial period The “Briar Jumpers,” { diers, will play each evening old-time fid- A con- cert will be given by the Stonewall Brigade, Augusta Military Academy and Staunton Military Academy Stringed instrumental music also will be furnished by the orchestras of both Augusta and Staunton Military Acad- emies It is to commemorate the Bicenten- | nial of Washington's birth that the fair is being held, and to emphasize that feature a series of tableaux will be presented. Folk dancing by the younger girls at Stuart Hall will be presented The fair will be brought to a close | with a colorful Colonial costume ball, being planned by the American Legion Almlmr\' HYATTSVILLE IDLE WILL GET GARDENS Associated Charities Will Furnish Seed and Plow Plots Donated by Owners. | [ | \ | ‘ \ Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, May 7—Gar- | dens will be cultivated on vacant lots | in this section by unemployed in order | that they may raise vegetables for their familics,, it was announced by Mrs. Retta Morris, head of the Associated Charities, Several owners of vacant | lots in Hyattsville and Riverdale have given permission for use of their| property. The Associated Charities will furnish the seed and have the plowing | done. Work in Magruder Park, and on the Hyattsville High School athletic fleld, | under(a)fien some time ago by un- emplo; has been completed, Mrs. | Morris said. SKULL IS FRACTURED IN COLLISION OF CARS e | Auto Hits Parked Machine in War- renton—DBoth Are Destroyed by Fire. Special Dispateh to The Sta | WARRENTON, Va, May 7—Frank Leach, 21, employe of Robert C. Win- mill, is in Fauquier Hospital with a | | fractured skull suffered last night when | | his automobile ran into a parked car | belonging to D. B. Smith, on Culpeper street here. Both cars burned up. New Miter Invented A miter square designed to save 50 | per cent of the time used by carpen- | ters, joiners and others in laying out angles in wood construction has been on which every inflection of the voice | County; J. M. Lewis is recorded | and L. Ledman, secretary to the board. vented by O Harold Ahola of Portland, MARYLAND WILL HAVE VALLEY CONVOCATION WORLD’S FAIR EXHIBIT In case of rain the | | | day | in the fall. Bands. | garet Cotter, second: Charles Carrico, State Leases 2,000 Square Feet in | Chicago Hall—$10,000 Will Be Sought. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 7.—Maryland will have an exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair next year, having leased 2,000 square feet in the State exhibition hall. At a recent meeting between Governor Ritchie, William S. Gordy Jr., State comptroller, and Joseph O' C. McCusker secretary, it was announced an appropriation of $10,000 would be sought from the next Legislature. Plans for the exhibit will not be made for some time, but Mr. McCusker said he will enlist the cooperation of State departm?nt\ WINS SCHOLARSHIP | e Gaithersburg Girl Takes Honors in County-Wide Competition. Special Dispatch to The Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., May | Making a score of 134 out of a mwme | Samiaans {150, Miss Margaret Walker, daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Walker of this place, won a scholarship at a Washington business college. The examination was participated in by senfors of the high schools of the | county. ROBOT TAKES DICTATION “Court Stenographer” Length of Steel Tape. A court stenographer is the latest ad- dition to the robot family. ‘The machine consists of a steel tape of the judge, counsel, etc., electro-magnétically. IFORD SPREADS FARM DOCTRINE - AS MEANS TO WORK INSURANCE Prince Georges Volunteers to Get| Small Units for Eventual Liaison With Agncu]tural Workers. ord, who of his n between e, is_using the { the Ford Motor e that the best other Earth how teachers, n ‘nd hflp them (0 or all of their subsistence present season,” he said in today. t thing for the e land and t and every re soundly based is there, aud both can't fail He conceives of large industries event- broken up into many small units, buted through rural so0 that till the sofl half n the factories ones hostile to be “food monop- see the American independent in this re- aid, “has no Santa > have grown too accus- d to expecting that the Govern- - employer or some fund for us. We must all work together, whether any one em- ploys us or not. and the always-open door to self-emplovment is the land.” With the plenting season here, he P! said. owners of idle land would be glad | to lend it for cultivation by groups of emploved and unemploged, Working to- | gether, h\nd For 10 years Ford has been trying to unite industry and agriculture The latest development is a 20,000~ acre ject near Dearborn. Products from which are used for the most part in research work to find industrial out- | drew's lets for farm croj will continue this year. CAN BE BOUGHT HERE ON CONVENIENT TERMS | Convocation | Consists of | bers of the board. |Conceives of Large Industries Broken Into| | Training School has been extended an- ‘These operations | shire, England, to summon the parish- A COMPLETE LINE ON DISPLAY 1802 11th Street N.W. Phone NOrth 5976 | ! ) . The Daly-Hopper Co., Inc. \ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 8, 1932—PART ONE. GIRL RIDES SECOND | AFTER NASTY SPILL Miss Margaret Cotter Slight- ly Hurt in Preece Horse Show Event. Regaining her seat after a nasty spill, Miss Margaret Cotter rode on to win second place in the afternoon fea- ture of the Preece Horse Show yester- She was but slightly injured|| The results follow Best rider—Jane Davis, first; Slopes, second; Mona Merrill, Peggy Matheson, fourth. Open saddle—Ruth Myer, firkt; ginia Rodgers, second; Jane third. Best_rider, Group first; Nancy Weller, Prittwitz, third Open Pair Winners. Open pair class, children 16 and under—Emlen Davies and Nancy Jones, | | first; Margaret Cotter and Betty Couzens, second; Helen Gwinn and John Hanson, third, and Virginia Rod- || gers and Lawrence Baker, jr., fourth. Best rider, Group A—Virginia R gers, first; Lawrence Baker, jr., sec- || ond; Carlyle Cochran, third, and Polly Foraker, four Open jurr and under—Margaret Hill, Hanson, second. Open jumping, children 16 years old and under—Margaret Cotter, first; Helen Gwinn, second. Miss Jacqueline Smith, Beatrice Blair, second; Carroll | ; Warren Barbour, xnunh.’ Hunt team, children 16 years old and under, Louise Herron, Elizabeth Cape- | hart and Carlyle Cochran, first; Mar- | garet Cotter, Helen Gwinn and Charles Lewis, second. and Virginia Rodgers, Lawrence Baker, jr, and Polly Foraker, third. ‘Thoroughbred hunters, Ernest Wolf, first; George Plummer, second: Miss Persis Myer, third, and Charles Car- | rico, fourth. Four-Year-Olds and Under. Four-year:olds and under, 3! jumps, Ernest Wolf, first; Miss Mar- Marsyl third; Vir- Rust, C—Margaret Hill, second; Elsa Von g. children 10 years old first; John third, and Nancy Hanna, fourth. Ladies’ saddle class, Mrs. John Cas- well, jr., first: Miss Persis Myer, second; |! Miss Peggy Turner, third, and Mrs. R, L. Bacon rmmh Touch-and-out class, Mrs. H. H Fuller, first. Louise Herron, second; J. J. Cotter, third, and Charles Carrico, fourth Family class, Mrs. Gwinn Rust and | daughter, Jane, first; Capt. Rodgers and daughter, Virginia, second; Mrs. R. L. Bacon and daughter, Martha, third, and J. J. Cotter and daughter, Margaret, fourth. MEETS AT LEESBURG ‘ Evacuation of Shenandoah Park by ! Members of Episcopal Church Discussed at Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., May 7—The 158th semi-annual meeting of the Valley | was held in St. James' Episcopal Church at Leesburg. Twenty | of the 23 members of the Convocation which includes the rectors of the | Episcopal Churches in Northern Vir- ginia were in attendance. Rev. Stanley Brown Sherman, professor cf Greek of the Virginia Theological Seminary, preached the cpening sermon | Other speakers included Rev. Dr. Kensey of Culpeper and Rev, T. Watkins Taylor of Front Royal. One of the outstanding matters taken up at this time was the evacuation of the area of Shenandoah Park. Many of the persons moved out of the park area at this time are members of the Episcopal Church and the assistance of the church has been asked in arranging for the removal of their members. | COUNTY AND CITY HEADS TO HAVE LUNCH AT HOME William Guests and Prince _Officials to Be Tuesday. al Dispatch to The Sta MANASSAS, Va., May 7.-—County {and city officials and the governing | bodfes represented in the District Home l')Laled in Prince Willlam County wiil given a luncheon Tuesday at the home by the superintendent and mem- Acting hosts will be Mrs. Ayleene Guthrie, superintendent; T. J. Fannon, Alexandria; D. W. Buckley, Fairfax County; J. W. liam County; Merchant, Prince Wil- L. L. Triplett, Fauquier , Culpeper County, et FIRE-FIGHTING COURSE | |EXTENDED ANOTHER WEEK | Diplomas for Work Friday Night. The special course in fire fighting being given members of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Association in the District of Columbia other week. 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