Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1932, Page 10

A—10 . 0FF CONVENTON PLANS 10 B MADE Five Councils Will Meet Wed- nesday Night With Calla- han as Speaker. Five local councils of the Knights of ! Columbus will hold a mass meeting in the Mayflower Hotel Wednesday night to discuss plans for the golden anni- versary national convention of the or- | der. to be held here August 14 to 18. The principal talk at this meeting will be made by Daniel J. Callahan, supreme treasurer of the Knights of Columbus and Washington's only rep- resentative on the supreme body, Who | will discuss convention plans. H P. Michael Cog Committee on Arra line preparations wh gements, will out- been made | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, Committee Arranging for Knights’ Convention This committee of Knights of Columbus is making elaborate preparations for the golden anniversary convention Photo shows, left to right Front row—Manning J. Willcoxon, 1 chairman of the | of the order in the Capital August 15 to 18. treasurer; Thomas P. Carlin, vice chairman Program; Col. John J. Phelan, for the visit of several thousand Cath- | parade chairman; James A. Sullivan, vice chairmen; Edward S. Tucker, State secretary; P. Michael Cock, general chairman: A. B. J. Williams, Banquet chairman; Jchn H. Zabel, Transportation chairman; George E. Howell, grand knight, Potomac Ccuncil; George E. Herring, executive secretary: John B. Colpoys., chairman Program Committee. Back row—Richard L. Lamb, Reception chairman: John E. Burns, past grand knight, Keane Council; T. J. Quirk, Entertainment chairman; J. Fred Brady, Publicity chairman; Val Iseman, Entertainment vice chairman; M. F. Calnan, Finance chairman; L. H. Sothoron, grand knight, Washington Council; John P. Dunn, Printing chairman; Eugene De Souza, chairman Hotels Committee. olics to the Capital for the five-day conclave, which will be marked by : the unveiling of a memorial to the late James Cardinal Gibbons, in front of the Sacred Heart Church on Sixteenth street. An elaborate program of entertain- ment for visiting delegates has been ar- ranged under guidance of Mr. Cook's committee. The convention will be opened with the annual banquet Sun- day night, August 14. Sightseeing trips | and excursions have been planned, and | many other functions will occupy the | days of the convention. The presentation of the Gibbens | statue to the people of the United | States by the Knights of Columbus will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, August 14. The statue will be present- ed by Martin H. Carmody, supreme knight, and is expected to be accepted by the President or one of his Pepre- sentatives. The presentation will be preceded by a parade of approximately 20,000 Knights of Columbus on _Sixteenth street, with Col. John J. Phelan as grand marshal. Y. M. C. A. EMPLOYES GIVEN 10 PER CENT CUT Salary Reductions Effective From July 1 Result of Curtailed Income. The employed staff of the Washing- | fon Young Men's Christian Association has been notified of a salary cut of 10 per cent, effective from July 1 ed income. c s due to libe ayment of 1 charges and of ibership fees, tuition ter assessments, led to the reduction. a nard W. ! De Gast, e of the| Y. M. C. A i The decrease was recommended by a | Special Committee on Efficiency and Economy, appointed recently by ka‘l Executive Committee of the board of managers of the association. The decision was reached “with great reluc- | tance,” the employers were advised. | In ‘a letter notifying the staff and | other employes of the reduction, Mr. De Gast said: “I need not point out to | you that practically all lines of business | have been obliged to reduce salaries. | To assist in preventing further reduc- | tions, you must do everything possible tion income for the | . and to keep down‘. ses. Your hearty co-operation is| expected. The Y. M. C. A. is one of the charac- ter-building agencies affiliated with the Community Chest. Efforts of the asso- | ciation to ease the financial burden on | members of the Y. M. C. A. and stu- | dents of Southeastern University and affiliated schools of the Y. M. C. A.| have slowed up income materially, it! was pointed out. Due to the economic conditions, the Y. M. C. A, some time | ago, instituted the installment plan for | members and studen! | The salary reduction affects 72! employes, from the general secretary | down. The special committee which | recommended the cut consists of H. L.| Rust. jr., chairman; A. W. Defenderfer. | A. H. Lawson, Hugh A. Thrift and George A, Lewis, RULING COSTS HALE SONS | Control Denied Actor, Paving Way to Adoption by Miljans. 1OS ANGELES, July 16 (#.—A Su- perior Court judge paved the way to- day for adoption by John Miljan, film actor, and his wife of the two sons of Creighton Hale, also a film actor, by deciding Patrick Hale, 13, and Robert Hale, 11, were free from the custody and control of the.. father. Miljan and his wife, divorced from Hale, filed a petition for adoption of the two boys and charged Hale with failing to support them. Hale testi- fled he did not intend to abandon his sons, but had been unable to pay for their upkeep because of financial | troubles. I ARMY ORBERS I | Col. Orville G. Brown, Medical Corps, | from Fort Hayes, Ohio, to Panama | Canal Department; sailing September 2. | Lieut. Stanley H. Hunsicker. Quarter- | master Corps, discharged from Walter Reed Hospital, to join station at Phil- | adelphia. Maj. Thomas W. King, Infantry, for- mer orders being revoked, is detailed | to Inspector General's Department Au- and relieved from duties at Fort ut. Malcolm H. Harwell, Coast Ar- from Fort Monroe, Va, to Hawaii; sailing October 7. Capt. Bernard B. McMahon, Infantry. DcPauw University to Vancouver rracks, Wash,; sailing from New York | Octobe % Maj. Harry H. Young, Air Corps, from ¥muks Field, Tex., to Fort Crockett, ex. Capt. Elmer C. Goebert, Ordinance,! from office of chief of ordinance, Wash- ington. August 20, to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md Capt. John E. Brown, Ordinance, ©Ohio, to d from Erie Depot, at Lacarne, e M Announces a Removal Sale Ending July 23 Entire Stock Drastically Reduced for Quick Clearance 1202 G St. N.W. After July 26 will be located in City Club Building, 1st Floor, 1314 G'St. N.W. WEVL T0 BRING COTTON EROP LT Food Production and Live Stock on Increase as Sta- ple Takes Drop. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., July 16—The boll weevil loomed today as the chief menace to Dixie’s 1932 cotton crop. ‘The Mississippi Department of Agri- culture has compiled returns from a Scuth-wide canvass. supporting and strengthening early reports of heavy in- festation. Linked with the weevil threat are the Government's report of a 9! per cent acreage Teduction for the cotton belt and private estimates of decreased yield due to curtailed fertilization and other factors that ranged up to 30 per cent in cne State, the survey disclosed. Food and Feed Crop Up. The department questionnaire brought | out the optimistic findings that food and e stock production feed crops an an upward trend over generally are the South. A private estimate cof Mississippi's 1932 cotton yield set it at 75 per cent of last year's production of 1,725,000 bales. The estimate was based upon an esti- mated cut of 8 per cent in acreage, the heaviest mid-July weevil infestation in a decade and sharp retrenchment in use of fertilizer, 61,000 tons this season against 17,000 tons last year and 370,- 000 tons two years ago. Tennessee, according to the Depart- ment’s returns, proved the only excep: tion in the weevil situation, t State reporting it was “not alarming” except in one county. The Mississippi questionnaire went to agricultural commissioners and exten- sion experts in all cotton-producing States and Commissioner Holton an- nounced the following summary: Alabama Acreage Cut. Alabama—Cotton acreage 90 per cent of last year, weevils “higher than last year, with very large population pres- ent,” food crops generally increased over last year and in good condition, live- stock industry holding on. Tennessee—Acreage about same as last year; “so far weevil damage not alarming” except in one county; acre- age food and feed crops off 5 per cent, with crops in good condition; livestock. hogs and poultry trend about normal. Texas—Crop not fruiting well; “‘wee- l vils heavier and flea hoppers more abundant, expected to be worse if show- ery weather keeps up.” Mississippi—Heavy weevil infestation | and little poisoning being done; report- | cd an estimate cut of 8 per cent; food- | feed crops are on upward trend; live- | stock, poultry and hog production gains | reporied. | South Carolina—Estimated acreage | cut 10 per cent. | North Carolina—Condition compara- | e to South Carolina. | R | ! TAX DEFAULTER JAILED | bl | Crowded Court Calendar Prevents Release of Two. | | GREENSBURG, Pa, July 16 (@ —| Two men jailed for failure to pay | school taxes stayed in the county jail today because the court calendar was too crowded to permit hearings. Archie McEacherin, 49. and Ivy New- man, 36, Negro, are held for failing to pay 1931 school taxes amounting to $! each. They were to have had hearings in habeas corpus proceedings | today, but the hearings were postponed until next week. Both McEacherin and Newman claim they are unable to pay the taxes. DR. BEARDSLEY SUCCEEDS AIMONE AT MOUNT ALTO Transfers From Newington, Conn., to Hospital Where Officer in Charge Was Killed. Dr. Lewis G. Beardsley will be the| new officer in charge of Mount Alto Hospital. Dr. Beardsley has been trans- ferred from the Veterans' Administra- | tion Hospital at Newington, Conn., to| take the place made vacant by the death of Dr. Victor A. Aimone, shot to death by & demented former patient July 13. Dr. Beardsley received his degree in medicine at Yale in 1917, and joined the Public Health Service in 1921. Along with other physiclans in that service, he was transferred to the Vet- erans’ Administration in 1924, and has held several responsible positions since. Dr. Beardsley 1s no stranger to Mount Alto. He served as clinical director there in 1925. but requested a transfer to Connecticut, of which State he is a native. Any Good Painter Will Tell You: “Good Paint Means More Value for the Money” These are the days when you WANT more value. . .especially when you paint your home. “MURCO” is good Paint “Murco” always has been giving REAL VALUE for the money, because “Murco” is made of the finest ingredients available. For longer wear, for genuine beauty, for economy. . .paint with “Murco.” EJ Murphy (© INCORPORATED 710 12th St. N. W. NAtional 2477 You Might Just as Well Have a Leonard Electric ’5 There is no need to deprive yourself of a fine Leonard Electric Refrigerator you can own one s veniently. 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Y., July 16, —Residents of this resort village, tense for & week over incidents connected with raids by prohibition enforcement agents on two occasions, pressed dissatisfaction with the report of State Prohibition Administrator An- drew McCampbell to Prohibition Direc- tor Woodcock at Washington exonerat- ing_the agents. That report, said G. J. Savage, sec- retary of the Chamber of Commerce, who had protested the situation, was submitted without Mr. McCampbell's coming here to investigate. It was Savage's telegram to Mr. Woodcock, Secretary of the Treasury Mills and others that brought the order for the investigation. With the McCampbell report in hand, Woodcock sent Field Office Inspector Ellsworth today to inquire further into the situation, Defends Accused Agents. Mr. McCampbell’s report said: “In the matter of Alexandria Bay affair, investigators were not at faulp They were attacked by local residents after execution of search warrants. A iustice of the peace warrant issued for Federal Agent Bornemann charged with reckless driving. Understand other war rants to be issued for investigators He promised a complgte report later The administrator, in Syracuse to confer with the United States attorney, Oliver D. Burden, explained further to questioners: “The investigation has not ended by any means. I expect to go to Alex- andria Bay next week to continue it, something good at a today ex-| although I am satisfled that the pro- hibition investigators were not at fauit.” Mr. Savage, who had said that a “serious situation resulting in possible death and bloodshed” would result un- less something were done, was in tele- phone communication with the admin- Istrator today. He said he asked Mc- Campbell why he had not come here to look into the matter personally, and | was informed by that official that he | had obtained the information he de- | sired from agents who were involved in the raids that brought the protests, as | well as from the United States com- missioner at Watertown. Expects Exaggeration. Mr. Woodcock's view of the situation, as given in Washington today, was this. | “I think it is a fair inference that | | the charges are overwhelmingly exag- gerated. Our effort is to get the facts direct. If our people are in the wrong, we want to know it. If they are right, we want to know it.” The events being investigated are| | these: - | Last Tuesday & mob of 100 attacked | | 2 of the 12 agents who raided 6 places. | They were escorted out of the village | | by “State troopers while the crowd | Jjeered. Thursday night, after two more raids, a crowd gathered about the agents’ car. Ross Visger, 45, and Cora Bradley, hotel maid, were injured, al- legedly by some of the officials’ auto- mobiles. There were nine agents in the party. | FESTIVAL WEDNESDAY ‘Third in Summer Be:ie! Will Be 1 Held at Sylvan Theater. | Under_auspices of the Community Center Department and the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, the | third program in a series of Summer festivals will be staged in the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument Grounds Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock. The program will be presented by Lester Shafer and Marian Chace and their Washington Denishawn group. with Willa Semple as planist. It will comprise a variety of dance numbers, with participants attired in colorful costumes. In case of rain the program will be postponed until the next night. It is always a great satisfaction to buy genuine money saving. You can do just that thing at Mayer & Co. now. Dozens and dozens of odd Bed Room Pieces are marked at wonderfully low clearance prices. 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