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CITY JOINS NATION " IN THANKSGIVING Church Services Held by All Creeds—Provision Made | for Unfortunates. 1 | | | | | | (Continued From First Page) “tions of All Souls’ Unitarian, Francis Asbury M. E. Church South, Irving Street Friends’ Meeting House and the| Universalist National Memorial Church participating. Other churches in various parts of | the city also united in special services, | including all beliefs—Protestant, Cath- | olic and Hebrew. Representative Sol Bloom of New York. associate director of the United States Bicentennial Com- mission, will addrcss a union service of the Lobrew capgregations at B'nai| Isracl headquarters tonight. Many Government employes, freed from their labors at 1 o'clck yest:rday, took advantage of special raiiroad and ! bus excursicns to make trips to their homes for the holiday. Several congressmen remained in the Capital for the day, a few planning some work, while others prepared to observe the occasion in their homes. A quiet dinner at his hotel here with | his daughter, Mrs. C. P. George, com- | prised the program of Vice President Charles Curtis. Vice President-elect John N. Garner and Mrs. Garner| planned to pass part of the day work- ing and the balance in rest. Cabinet Members Here. Cabinet members i the Capital with | their families today incude Secretary of C:mmerce Chapin, Sxcretal f Labor Doak, Secretary of the Navy Adam« an Attorney General Mitchell. Secreta of the Interior Wilbur journeyed to the | ome of his sister, Mrs. F. M. Paist, at | ayne, Pa. to observe the holiday. | Secretary of War Hurley and Mrs, | Hurley are in Florida and Secretary cf | Agriculture Hyde is vacationing at Fort | Lauderdale. For Postmaster General Brown the day was one of mourning. He left the Capital today to attend the funeral of Joseph Henry Bagley, a life-long friend, in Grand Rapids, Mich., tomorrow. - | Secretary of State Stimson, after a | trying day of war debt negotiations | and note writing to the European na- | tions, departed last night for a duck| shooting trip in the South. He was accompanied by Mrs. Stimson and Capt. Fugene Regnier, his military aide, and planned to return Monday. Sccretary of the Treasury Mills re- mained in the city. Baker Pleads for Poor. Newton D. Baker, chairman of Wel- fare and Relief Mobilization, took oc- casion to appeal for aid for the un- fortunate and to remind the country | that conditions now are mild compared those surrounding the Pilgrims’ ‘Thanksgiving 300 years ago. ‘The missions, bent on making the oc- | casion a day of thanksgiving for the needy, prepared to donate many a bas- ket of food to poverty-stricken homes. ‘The Central Union Mission, 613 C street, which yesterday gave out 580 baskets of food to destitute families, each with provisions for five, made mp-nuons today to feed more than homeless men and boys at the mis- sion between 11 and 2 o'clock. Supt. John S. Bennett said all worthy cases would be cared for. ‘The spirit of Thanksgiving was the theme for the weekly luncheon meeting of the Washington ‘Rotary Club in the | ‘Willard Hotel yesterday. The speaker, Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, took for his topic “Thankfulness for the Future.” Frederic William Wile, political writer, was a guest at the meeting. SLAYER, 16, DEBATES OWN PUNISHMENT Bert Arnold, Who Killed Step- grandmother, Cannot Decide on Fate. “By-the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 24 —"“Bert” ‘Arnold, confessed hammer-slayer of his aged step-grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Saxe, today admitted he didn't know what punishment he deserved. The 16-year-old boy, declared legally sane by State alienists, told reporters he had “been doing a lot of thinking | sincs Friday night,” the time he killed | his 60-year-old relative because she re- | fused him permission to use her auto- mobile. “I've trled for two days to arrive at per conclusions as to what should done in my case,” he said. “I don't know what to say. Crime, however, al- vlysh 1!houlr= be ‘;pp’;‘mched from a| chological standpoint.” | P the cell above “Bert” is James | ‘(Tegy) Varecha, 18, former inmate of | an institution for mental defectives, ‘who confessed, police said, killing one man during a robbery and a series of | other crimes. Both today ate chicken, | sweet potatoes and cranberries with | other prisoners at the Thanksgiving | g%l‘dny meal, but it was a glum| ving for the boys. | CAMERA BLOWS UP CHATSWORTH, Callf. (#)—The pic- fure-taking expedition on which A. H. Tanguay engaged was a bang-up affair indeed. He was all set to photograph a group of lions for a film company. | gudden]y there was an explosion and | guay was us a camera. He de- | duced that the sunlight on the lens ex- ploded his film. | e | Fine Feathers Save Turkey. TULSA, Okja. (’)—Because Thomas much a mlgnlflcen; tturkey, Lee pson, poultry market owner, gave | him a reprieve. Thomas today is head bird of the Thompson turkey lot, while thousands of his fellows rest in state on Thanksgiving tables. SPECIAL TICES. ARRIVED FROM FLORIDA WITH picest oranges, treo” sipened; 70 for 75¢; VAN NESS ORANGE GROVE. car 11th and G sts. s.w.. on Water st. WANTED-LOAD OF HO! ture to New York City, %;lv a. No{\“’;r\“ sfrq__m Prov! 202 &0, 1510 You e o & B SHOP, "COMMISSION DE- E st. in connection with ned a commission t ob- ssion basis. ~The Droce from all Thrift Sh ehfl»fliwdhrr’ AEn o hop sales go to support HONEY, 5-LB. CAN. PURE, U(c DELIVER- ed: for’ folks who can't eat sugar. Phone HONEY POT, West 0654, before 10 a.m. * IRS POR _RENT, SUITAl SRIDGE PARTIES. banauets. wea n 1 Der day each: new chaire. e ing_chairs for rent or sale. litan 3 418 10th 7 TELL US AND move your furniture and take ity ood care of it at low cost. A telephone and troutle " RATL, will save you B IVERY ASSOCIATION. phone Nt 1360: TREASURY Dfi?al‘flmfl‘_.— ©ffice of the Comptroller of the Currency. wummm. D. C. - September 1032, Notice 1s hereby given to all Dersons who ve claims against ‘““The Departmental ‘Washington. D. C., that the s must presented to W. B. Jlman. fhrec months i his di months from this date or they ma: e disallowed. % (Signed) P. G. AWALT. Acting Comptrolier of the Currency. MOVING VAN AVAILABLE SRS wiad N Re- 1 style) of that year.” ro‘ Sweden. He has been wor ame | legal proof thereof. within | THE EVENING STAR, WA ' THANKSGIVING ORIGIN ANCIENT, DATING BACK TO ISRAELITES First National Proc by President Wa BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. The cusicm cf sstting aside a day for gencral thanksgiving is of very ancient origin. Such occasions were commoi among the Israelites and are mentioned throughout ths Scriptures. They were frequent in medieval Europe. They sarvived the Reformation. Even among religlous groups which rejected practi- cally all other festivals of the Western church, they remained popular. The first thanksgiving s=rvice held in North America was that conducted on the coast of Newfoundland, May 27, 1578, when th> Rev. Mr. Welizll, chaj plan of the Frobisher expedition, e pressed the gratitude of the “adven- turers” for a safe voyage. ‘The eariest thankcgiving observance | withit. the present borders of the| United States was that held by the; Popham colcnists at Sagadahoc, on the coast of Maine, in August. 1607. The early Colonies of New England were established by men and women to whom general thanksgiving was an old religious custom. They had brought the tradition with them to America. First Proclamation. But the real origin of Thanksgiving as w day specia’ly set apart for pmyir and refolcing must be conceded to Wil- liam Bradford, first Governor of Massa- chuset's Colony. “In gratiiude for the | plentecus harvest of 1621, following | upon a period of great depression, he | proc’aimed a cay of thanksgiving to be observed on December 13 (old Bradford prepared for the occasion by sending out four men in search of game. “Thus early in the history of| the day does our good friend the turkey make his appearance; for, suc- cessful in their quest, the four sports- men returned, struggling under a burden of wild fowl, principally tur- keys, sufficient to meet the wants of the little colony for a week.” Three-Day Celebration. The celebration opened at “the first gray dawn” with the firing of a can- non. “A solemn procession to thz meeting house was formed, the men marching three abreast, Elder Brew- ster, in his long preacher’s camlet coat, walking beside them, bearing, with a gravity befitting the occasion, the great Bible, while the sergeant in coun- sel and Gov. Bradford brought up the rear. After the service followed the dinner, whos> savory odors seem to have penetratcd the forest’s fastnesses, for in the midst of the festivities an Indian shoat was heard, and 90 friendly red men, under King Massa- soit, appeared as if by magic, bearing as an addition to the feast huge haunches of venison. The day of thanksgiving lengthened into three, the mere bodily feastings being varied with the singing of psalms and songs, with war-dances by the savages, With exhibitions of military drill by Capt. Standish’s well-trained soldiery, and with such sports and pastimes as char- acterized the recreations of the middle class of English people in those times at home.” Observed Throughout Colonies. Subsequent thanksgivings were ordered “‘according as reasons for giv- ing thanks presented themselves.” Be- ginning, in 1684, the festical became a formal and annual one in Massachu- setts, and the example soon was fol- lowed by all the other New England Colonies. Thanksgiving then was the great festival of the year. It was far more important than Christmas, a feast which the Puritans hated as a relic of “Popish mummery.” ‘The Revolutionary War promoted wider observance. The Continental Congress named at least eight davs of general thanksgiving. These fell in April, May, July and December. The heads of the several colonial govern- ments were “recommended” to suspend business on the dates appointed. George Washington was an ardent | believer in popular expressions of grat- itude to the Deity, and it is recorded that he proclaimed a general thanks- giving by the Continental Army on Thursday, December 18, 1777. A simi- lar proclamation by the commander in chlle;_“v!cu issued at Valley Forge, May T, 5 But the first “Thanksgiving of the independent Colonies, newly reorganized |First American 6bscwancc in May, 1578— lamation Was Made shington in 1789. as States, resulted from an inspiration on the part of Elias Boudinot. Shortly before Congress adjourned in Septem- the House of Representatives to moVe that the President be requested to ree- ommend a day of thanksgiving and prayer in acknowledgment of the many signal favors of Almighty God and espe- cially “His affording them an oppor- tunity of establishing a Constitution of government for their safety and happi- ness.” Roger Sherman of Connecticut supported the motion. Burke of South Carolina disapprov “this mimicking of European custom: and Thomas T. Tucker of Virgir a sug- gested that “it might be as w i to wait for some experience of the efficiency of the Constitution before returning thanks for it.” However, the motion carried, and President Washington ap- pointed November 26 as Thanksgiving day. It is of interest to know that his proclamation was the first ever issued by an American Chief Executive. Two phrases from the document are worthy of quotation. In one Washington called for gratitude “for the peaceable and ra- tional manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government * © * nparticularly the national one lately instituted.” In the other he summoned the people to pray for the protection and guidance of “all soverelgns and nations, especially such as have shown kindness to us.” Opposition Develops. ‘Washington's including Madison, abided by his exam- ple, But Andrew Jackson refused on the ground that he “could not do other- wise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President.” Zachary Taylor also de- clined, saying that he “thcught it most proper to leave the subject in the hands of the Governors of the several States.” In point of fact, there had been op- position to the idea on the part of the South from the beginning. The people of the Southern section of the country considered Thanksgiving “a Yankee ncliday” and would have nothing to do with it. When Gov. Wise of Virginia proclamation in 1857 he was hotly de- nounced by newspapers and influential individuals in his own and other Southern States as attempting to revive “g relic of Puritanic bigotry.” But the misunderstanding which was the cause of this objection gradually was cor- rected. s The name of Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godcy's Lady's Book, the first periodical published in America for women, came into the history of Thanksgiving about 1844. She insti- tuted a campaign for national observ- ance of the festival, and such success attended her efforts that by 1858 the Governors of 25 States and of 2 Terri- tories were issuing annual Thanksgiv- ing proclamations. Just after the bat- tle of Gettysburg, in July, 1863, she wrote to President Lincoln on the sub- ject, inclosing & copy. of Washington's initial proclamation. The Great Eman- cipator acted immediately, setting aside Thursday, August 6, as “a day for na- tional thanksgiving, praise and prayer.” Lincoln’s Attitude Model. Lincoln’s attitude served as a model for Andrew Johnson, whose first proc- lamation ealled for gratitude to God that the country had been delivered “from the fearful scourge of civil war.” Each President since Johnson has followed the custom, and Thanksgiving day now is generally accepted as “the only religious festival celebrated in the United States by authority of the civil government.” But the day is & eral legal holiday only in the District of Columbia, Alaska and our insular ons, Elsewhere throughout the Union it is a State holiday by action of of the Governors of the same. There is but one exception, the State of Utah, but there, too, Thanksgiving is observed. of Thanksgiving from 1886 to 1924 were written by Alvey Augustus Adee, an As- sistant Secretary of State during that lengthy period. He was a master of English style and took great pains with his compositions. The approval of the President, of course, Was necessary in each case. President Hoover has writ- ten his own Thanksgiving messages. DOCTOR GIVEN LIFE | IN GIRL'S MURDER| Oklahoman Convicted on Evidence of Alleged Criminal Operation. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, November 24— | Life imprisonment for murder today confronted Dr. Richard E. Thacker, 60- year-old former Army physician, con- | victed of causing the death of Ruth Hall | by a criminal operation. The 12 men on the jury, 8 of them fathers, deliberated a little more than an hour last night, taking only four ballots. Miss Hall, telephone company em- ploye, died last April 15 after being treated by Dr. Thacker, who testified she came to him after an operation had been attempted. Dr. Thacker also is accused of mur- der in the death of Robbie Lou Thomp- MRS. WILSON IN U. S. AFTER TRIP TO TOKIO Widow of War President Declines to Discuss Politics—Greeted in San Francisco. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 24.— Smiling at the news of the Democratic victory, but firmly declining to discuss either national or international politics, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the for- mer President, arrived yesterday from Tokio on the liner Asama Maru. “I never give interviews,” she said graciously. “I have always felt that the wife of the former President, like the wife of the President, should not speak for publication.” Mrs. Wilson was met at quarantine by Mayor Ange.o J. Rossi and Capt. John T. Stone, the latier representing Collector of Customs W. B. Hamilton. At the dock a reception committee, headed by Mrs. Annette Abbot Adams, assistant United States attorney here son, telegraph company employe, Whose sweeth:&‘r‘!, Marvin Erdman, testified | against Thacker, as did Frank Lee, for-| mer University of Oklahoma foot ball | player, and Francis Roach, whose wives died allegedly from criminal operations | by Thacker. | The grizzled doctor maintained his composure at the verdict, but flinched as the clerk read the sentence. Ben Arnold, defense attorney, said a | motion for & new trial would be made | on the ground that testimony of other such cases should not have been ad- mitted in the trial. District Judge John B. Ogden set next Monday for hearing the motion. ILLEGAL ENTRY CHARGED Son of Norwegian Novelist Faces Hearing in Detroit. FORT WAYNE, Ind., November 24 () —Hal_J. Bojer, 37, an engineer for | General Electric Co. here, was taken to Id | Detroft last night by Federal immigra- tion officers for a hearing on charges™of | illegal entry into the United States and Communistic activities. Bojer is the son of Joaln B(rf'j;,flor; novelist, and a_ titizen of Besa ng in Fort years, The immigration of- ‘Wayne two als Bojer will face deportation ficials said at Detroit. TRACKS WASHED AWAY Floods Halt Railway Traffic in Costa Rica. COLON, Panama, November 24 (#).— | Travelers arriving from Costa Rica. yes- terday reported that 1 mile of the Northern Railway operated there by | the United Fruit Co. was washed away by floods last Sunday. The fruit com- pany officials said traffic probably would several weeks. 25 2 2 b S, Agents here were not Pas- | ing, e mtefior ot under President Wilson, boarded the ship. At the invitaticn of the mayor, Mrs. Wilson inspected San Francisco's new $6,000,000 war memorial opera house and veterans’ building, and then went to tea with Democratic women leaders at the home of Mrs. Frank P. Deering. She said she would return to her home in Washington for the holidays. Mrs. Wilson attended in Tokio the wedding of her niece, Miss Virginia Teusler, to Eric Crowe, second secretary of the British embassy to Japan. FOUR MINERS SAVED | Workers, Trapped After Flood Kills | Two, Are Rescued. POTTSVILLE, Pa., November 24 (#).— | Four men trepped in a flood which killed two mine:s in the Brookside col- llery were brought cut of the mine alive yesterday. Officials of the Philadelphia & Read- ing Coal & Iron Co. said all the men working in that section have been ac- counted for. ‘The water roared down on the work- men when a blast was diccharged. A few minutes later fellow workmen rush- ing from another section of the gn found the bodies of Charles Deichert, 36, and Simon Bohr, REFORMATION IS TOPIC Rev. John K. Cartwright to Lec- ture at Aloysian Club House. Rev. John Keating Cartwright of St. Patrick’s Church, who is professor of | church hisiory at Sulpician Seminary, will lecture on the Reformation, under auspices of the Literary Club of the Sodality Union at the Aloysian Club house, 47 tht.reet, t:llbe:“ o'clocke:- morrow night. It w an Tn meet- and a mfl invitation is.extend- ed to non. olics, Discussion will follow the lecture, - A ber, 1789, he rose in the meeting of | But Aedanus | immediate successors, | presumed to issue a Thanksgiving day | 1$2,000000 Jobless Aid Measure :he Legislatures and by the proclamation | Most of the presidential proclamations | IBAKER DELIVERS | THANKSGIVING PLEA Terms Hardship in Original Celebration More Severe Than Present Day. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24—Newton | D. Baker, as chairman of welfare and | relief mobilization of 1932, said last ! night the “first American Thanksgiving was celebrated after a year of extreme discouragement and hardship, in con- trast to which our present depression seems mild.” In a Thanksgiving eve appeal to the American people, Mr. Baker s2id: “The crisis through which we are now pass- ing has proved beyond doubt that the sturdy bravery exhibited by the early| pioneers of our country’s history stiil dominates America.” Cites Bradford’s Diary. Mr. Baker added: “William Bradford, leader of the Plymouth colony, writing in his diary of the first famine and pestilence-ridden Winter spent by the Pilgrims in the New World, describes their fortitude in these words: ‘While they had strength they forsook none that had need of them.’ This same dauntless spirit is manifest in America today. There is hardly a family which is not supporting a relative or friend whom the depres- sion_has hit. “The spirit of neighborliness is shown by the loyal support of community wel- fare and relief campaigns throughout the country and a determination to put these campaigns ‘over thg top.’ It has| been estimated that publie ghd private agencies in the United States spent in 1931 $500,000,000 for relief, including expenditures for child care and family welfare, No other nation in the world does as much to promote the welfare of its people as the United States.” As_for the coming Winter months, Mr. Baker said: - “It will take the united effort of every State, every community agency and every individual to assure the bare necessities of life to those who must be helped through the months to come. Must Maintain Standards. “This knowledge instead of discour- aging us should fill us with the deter- mination to see the situation through in a manner which will do credit to the traditions of our country. In this ‘seeing-through’ process, we must make sure that the standards of relief are not lowered. To reduce rations below a decent minimum is to threaten the health and well-being of American families. This must not be permitted. The relief needs of every community must be met on a basis adequate to maintain life, health and morale. Along with the work of relieving hunger, cold and sickness goes hand- in-hand the need of relieving the emo- tional strain which accompanies loss of a job and financial security. “Our support to the social service agencies in the community in which we reside will make possible the ‘neighbor- ing’ which Gov. Bradford described in his diary of the Plymouth settlement s proving ‘love of friends and breth- ren.’” - DELAWARE SENATE BEATS RELIEF BILL Rejected in Fight Over Sum to Be Appropriated. By the Associated Press. DOVER, Del, November 24—A $2,- 000,000 unemployment relief bill passed by the State House of Representatives | after a prolonged night session, was defeated in the Senate late yesterday by a vote of 11 to 6. 5 The opposition in the Senate cen- tered around the amount to be pro- vided for relief. Some of the Demo- crats wanted it reduced to $1,000,000, with the expectation of adding another $1,000,000 if necessary at the regular session of the Assembly in January. All of the Republicans in the Senate and two of the Democrats supported the bill while the remaining six Demo- crats opposed it. As soon as the vote was announced two Republicans changed their votes to nay so as to be in a position to move for reconsidera- tion and thereby get the bill back on the calendar.’ Both Houses then ad- Jjourned until Friday. The Legislature convened in special session November 15 to provide unemployment relief. ELECTION BOOARD HEAD GETS SENTENCE STAY New Yorker's 30-Day Term for Re- fusing Records in Federal Court Delayed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24 —Federal Judge Martin T. Manton of the United States Circuit Court cf Appeals yester- day granted a stay to S. Howard Cohen, president of the Board of Elections, thus deferring service of a 30-day sen- tence for contempt for his refusal to froduce electicn records before a grand jury. The stay gives Cohen and Arthur J. ‘W. Hilly, corporation counsel, until next Wednesday to file notice of appeal from the sentence imposed by Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe. Judge Manton also set December 8 as the date for hearing on the question of whether the Federal grand jury has the power to subpoena records of the Board of Elections. Hilly Tuesday argued that it was an infringement on State rights to demand prcduction of the election records, although he offered the grand jury “every courtesy” in examining the records in the office of the Election Board. CLUB PLANS DANCE Thanksgiving Party to Be Held at Friendship House. A Thanksgiving dance sponsored by the Adventure Club will be held tonight at Priendship House, 324 Virginia ave- nue southeast, from 8:30 to 11 o'clock. Miss Roxadene Martinsdale of the National Park Seminary next Saturday, at 2 pm., will present at Friendship House a program of songs and dances, ; interpreting Mother Goose and folk songs. The Jolly Actors also will pre- sent “The Temperamental Scarecrow,” a Thanksgiving play. This entertain- ment will be espscially for members of the Play Club and Story Hour of Friendship House. TALKS ON HOME TEXTILES Mrs. Eleanor L. Murphy Addresses Riverdale Women’s Club. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., November 24— Declaring that approximately 80 per cent of the buying power of the coun- try is controlled by the women, Mrs. Eleanor L. Murphy of the home. eco- nomics department of the University of Maryland eddressed the local Wor an’s Club on_ “Standardization Textiles in the Home.” The club will join with other organi- zations in the county in an effort to promote the showing of better movies, especially for children. The matter was Bty Lockzldgs was appotnied e Tepre: ‘was pent the elub, i of SHINGTON,” D. C.,_THULESDAY, Children Present PUPILS OF WEST SCHOOL PARTICIPATE IN PILGRIM PLAY. T HE birth of Thanksgiving day was reproduced by a group ef children cf the Joseph Rodman West Public School, Farragut street near Fourteenth, yesterday before the pupils of the institution and their parents. Those in the picture of the east are: Nathaniel Smith, Jane Leitzel, Jenniewee Baum, Lillian Benjamin, Graham Pearson, Allen Byers, Walsh Hollend, Gloria Kirstein, Beity Jeanne Wheatley, George Haines, Harold Stirling, Ivan Floyd. There were other features of the entertainment, including songs by the second and third grades, a vccal duet by Belle Norton and Elcanor and a recitation-by Peggy Kelling: eral direction of Miss R. B. Pea , Bettigene Pagter and Francis Kahn. administrative principal. —Star Staff Photo. NATION END Placing of Floral Wreath at Monument Firal Ceremony in Program Which Began 9 Months Ago. America’s Bicentennial tribute to the | Father of His Country today h:cames{ history. In the spirit that was its intended | theme as it was launched by President Hoover and the highest dignitaries of the Government on February 22. the celebration in honor of George Wash- ington ends while the Nation observes the feast of Thanksgiving. ‘The period of reverent homage to the | first President on the occasion of the | 200th anniversary of his humble birth | at Wakefield, on Popes Creek, Va., reaches its conclusion with no spec- tauclar central demonstration or public jubilation. The curtain falls as Ameri- | cans everywhere voice their gratitude | in church pew and at home hearthside | for the heritage hanced down to them | by a great American. | With the official conclusion of the period of tribute authorized and desig- | nated by Congress, a chapter is added | to American annals that is unequaled | in scale in all history in doing honor to a national hero in this or any other country. Nine Months’ Celebration. Nine months and two days long, it | represents the longest single celebration of its kind ever held; and, extending into every town and hamlet in the United States and into lands beyond the seas, it goes on record as the most far-reaching and comprehensive. Mil- lions of people throughout the world | rallied to the call of the United States | George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission to commemorate the first true American, “that future generations of American citizens may live according to the example and precepts of his ex- alted life and character, and thus per- petuate the American Republic.” At the invitation of the national group, local Bicentennial commissions were organized in every State, and more | than 700,000 separatc committees es- tablished to convey to every native son the patriotic message. For the Capi- | tal's part in the observance Congress | authorized the expenditure of $100,000 | of municipal funds. Last Official Act. ‘The last official act of the District Bicentennial Commission within the celebration period was the placing of a floral tribute at the tall shaft immor- talizing the memory of George Wash- ington, which took place at 10:15 o'clock. this morning. Participating in this ceremony were | Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Dr. George C. Havenner, Thomas P. Littlepage, Mrs, Virginia White Speel, Clarence Aspin- wall, Dr. George F. Bowerman, Isaac Gans, John H. Cowles, E. C. Graham, J. Leo Kolb, Edgar C. Snyder, Gen. Anton Stephan, Judge James A. Cobb, W. W. Everett, Mrs. Phillip Sidney Smith and Gov. Thomas Campbell, all members of the commission.” Others present included Mrs. Fulton R. Lewis, Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest and Mrs. Gans. ‘When President Hoover, speaking from the rostrum in the House of Rep- resentatives on Washington's birthday anniversary, delivered to a joint session of Congress a eulogy of ihe Nation's founder he recalled the prophecy of | Daniel Webster, made February 22, 1832, commemorating the centennial of ‘Washington’s birth, that ‘a hundred years hence other disciples of Wash- ington will celebrate his birth with no less of sincere admiration than we now commemorate it.” His prophecy, the President said, was borne out, his hope fulfilled. As the Nation’s leaders assembled be- neath the Capitol dome to pay tribute to Washington, thousands milled about the plaza outside to participate in exer- cises that would formally launch the gigantic celebration on ifs way. Mil- lions more, employing a device unknown and unthought of in Washington's day, “listened in” as two national broadcast. ing chains radiced the program over national and international networks. The national anthem was sung simul- taneously all over the United States and abroad through the medium of the radio, led by a choir of 1,200 voices assembled on the Capitol steps to launch the program. Community Celebrations. From this point on the celebration was designed to penetrate into the in- dividual communities, with exercises and functions planned under the lead- ership of the National Bicentennial Commission to sustain the ‘demonstra- tion through to its termination. The intent of the commission was to divorce from the American mind the idea of a world’s fair or a geographically cen- tralized event. Co - operative Bicentennial groups were formed in every State, city and town, and among the civic, fraternal and religious bodies were organized committees to see that every walk of life was represented in the celebration. To Postmaster General Brown is given credit for assisting Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate and only ving director of the national com- mission, in overcoming one of the earlier problems of the program—that of con- tacting the greatest number of p-ogh as soon as possible. A list of 49,063 post offices was placed at.the disposal of the commission, and a.general: order was issued by the Postmasster General for co-operation on their part in giving gfih information as would'be asked of m. Thus, by obtaining from the coun- try’s postmasters up-to-date informa- tion on every community in the coun- try by the use of questionnaires, the commission set in motion the machin- ery which Congress appropriated more than a million dollars to establish. S BICENTENNIAL ‘Through the postmasters th tion- clirches ‘snd pastors, educetion imstie tutions, leading citizens—through all of whom, the commission claims, it has been able to indirectly sponsor upward | ofa million different Bicentennial pro- groms during the nine-month period. Accomplishments Listed. Here are some of the accomplish- ments of the Bicentennial celebration reported by the national com- mission : There have gone out from the com- mission’s headquarters here more than 12,000,000 pieces of litcrature, including | plays, pageants, music, educational panphlets, etc. Nation - wide educational contests | have been held in the elementary | schools, high schools and institutions of higher learning under auspices of | the commission, with more than 2,000,- | 000 American boys and girls partici- | pating. | _The commission has distributed to| the schools of the country over 1,000,- | 000 large-size lithographed coples of the Gilbert Stuart Atheneum portrait of George Washington—one for every |- class room. To every library in the country went a copy of the commission’s special flag chart, showing all the flags used in the Revolution. Every post office received a large poster of the restored Wake- fleld, Washington's birthplace. Special Song Distributed. George M. Cohan, famous for his patriotic airs, wrote a Bicentennial song, “Father of the Land We Love,” more than 1,000,000 copies of which were distributed. A special Bicentennial quarter dollar was minted and placed in circulation. Gold, silver and bronze medals also were cast and awarded for meritorious service in connection with the celcbra- tion. In addition, the Government is- sued a special series of 12 postage stamps bearing different likenesses of George Washington. Said to be the most comprehensive | undertaking of its kind relative to George Washington is the task of com- | piling and publishing the “Definitive | Writings of the First President.” Sev-| eral of the 25 volumes expected to be required to complete the work have been finished. 30,000,000 Memorial Trees, A tribute to the founder’s love for trees and gardening lies in the fact that 30,000,000 George Washington Memorial trees have been planted since February 22, and the commission has assisted thousanas of people in planting Colonial gardens. For the first time in history the commission assembled under one roof— in the Corcoran Gallery of Art—nearly all of the famous original portraits of George Washington and their replicas. Exhibiting valuable works of art, ‘the work of the foremost contemporary artists of the Revolutionary period, this display opened in March and has con- tinued since. vily insured, the paintings will be started on their way back to their lenders immediately. ‘Besides the completion and dedication of the Mount Vernon Boulevard at a cost of $4,500,000 and the restoration of Wakefleld, other permanent memo- rials established in the name of Wash- ington duting the Bicentennial pericd include . the restored Day House, in Paterson, N. J., where Washington once stopped; erection of a bridge at Vincennes, Ind.; designation of George ‘Washington memorial parks in Wyom- ing; reproduction of Mount Vernon at Prospect Park, B , N. and of Federal Hall at Bryant Park, New York, and completion of the George ‘Washington _ Memorial Bridge across the Hudson River, New York. The Ma- sonic fraternity also completed and dedicated the George Washington Ma- sonic Memorial in Alexandria. Foreign Countries Celebrate. Acting spontaneously, 78 foreign coun- tries took part in the Bicentennial cele- bration without offictal invitation from our Government. With the exception of Russia, every large country of the world is represented in this group. In 26 foreign cities streets, parks and squares have been named for George ‘Washington. After erecting a beautiful monument to his honor, Florence, Italy, named the approach to it the George Wi avenue. In Germany four cities named public ares for him, as did two cities in Albania, three and three in Poland Ttaly. If he lived today, the first President might read a book in the George Wash- ington Library in Stuttgart, Germany; he might lodge at the George Wash- ington Hof in Vienna, or see a statue of himself in Saigon, French Indo- China. His likeness appears on the postage stamps of Foland, and his name has been embodied in essays la- boriously executed by the school chil- dren of New Zealand, China and| Japan. And he may have heard the crown prince of Sweden el Activities to Be Compiled. Now that the celebration is over, the mmissic record for missioner Cuno H. Rudolph and later by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, was charged with .the National Capital’ contribution to the world-iwe obser- vance. 3 .::uvymxom nnmgmmh’ S { the events spon- Nimble Police Save Family Dinner as Gobbler ‘Hops Off’ Two nimble second precinct policemen saved a runaway din- ner for a family in the 400 block of Florida avenue yesterday. ‘The dinner—a 20-pound turkey gobbler—escaped from his coop and precipitated what developed into a turkey hunt by a goodly portion of the community. Over roof after roof the bird flew and ran until finally the owner put in a call for police help. Policemen A. L. Embrey and E. G. Warren responded. Warren finally caught the turkey. By that time, however, its owner had become lost and the bird was taken to the second precinct, where it was claimed a short time later. national body, were the Wakefield Folk- Masque February 21,-25 and 26; the glamorous Army day parade on April 6: the re-enactment of the first inau- gural ball and reception on the- Capi- tol Plaza May 7: American Music week, May 9 to 13; Festival of Youth, May 14; Flag day parade and pageant, June 14; George Washington pageant play, June 22 to 25; Labor day parade and cxercises (co-operating with Washing- ton Board of Trade), September 5; Fraternal day parade in October and the Halloween carnival October 31. ‘Weekly Events Here. Besides these major events, the Dis- trict commission conducted a series of collateral events, which took place every week of the Bicentennial period. Vari- ous organizations and societies of the Capital planned many of these events under the general supervision of the commission. Dr. George C. Havenner, who was named executive vice chairman of Washington's commission last Novem- ber, is preparing to draw up a compre- hensive report of the District’s partici: pation in the observance. -Of the $100,- 000 appropriated to conduct the com- mission’s work he expects to return s substantial amount to the Treasury, he says. The Nation's Capital was made the Mecca of thousands of tourists during the Bicentennial year—more, the com- mission feels, than would have come normally. In addition, more than 200 national conventions were held here during the year. Officers of Commission. ‘The United States Bicentennial Com- mission is headed by the President as chairman, and includes -Senators 8Si- meon D. Fess, vice chairman; Arthur Capper and Carter Glass, and Repre- sentatives Willis C. Hnwley,nt'nhn Q Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, Colo- rado; Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, Penn- sylvania; Henry Ford, Michigan; C. Bascom Slemp, Virginia; Wallace Mc- Camant, Oregon: Albert Bushnell Hart, Massachusetts; Bernard W. Baruch and George Eastman, both of New York. Besides Dr. Marvin and Dr. Hav ner, other members of the District com- mission include W. W. Everett, first vice chairman; Mrs. Phillip Sidney Smith, secretary; John Poole, treasurer; Clarence inwall, Dr. George F. Bowerman, William W. Bride, Thomas E. Campbell, John H. Cowles, James A. Cobb, Harrison H. Dodge, Robert V. Fleming, Isaac Gans, Edwin C. Graham, Gilbert Grosvener, John Hays Ham- mond, J. Leo Kolb, David Lawrence, Thomas P. Littlepage, Charles Moore, A. K. Shipe, Ernest N. Smith, George Richards, Gen. Anton Stephan, Merle Thorpe, Edgar C. Snyder, Mrs. Vir- ginia White Speel, Charles S. White, Lloyd B. Wilson and J. P. Tumulty, FED AT MISSIONS Houses to Serve Food Until Supply Runs Out—Long Lines Form Early. ‘Washington's charity missions were the busy spots in a closed-down eity today, preparing and serving Thanks- giving dinners for approximately 3,000 unemployed and homeless men. » Turkey, chicken and roast pork were main items on the mission menus, with all the traditional trimmings from soup to_cranberry sauce added. In every establishment, the demand for food was expected to be above the daily average, and all announced this morning they would serve dinners until the supplies ran out. At the Salvation Army emergency home about 300 full meals were in readiness when serving began at noon, and the Volunteers of America prepared to satisfy the hunger of 1,500 to 1,700 men. The Gospel Mission, where em- ployed converts of the institution are supplying turkey for their less fortunate fellows, fed about 400, The Central Union Mission expected to take care of 600 or 700 more. Dozens of men collected about the institutions early this morning to await the first serving at noon. A survey Morrison, songs by the whole school and by the second, third and fourth grades, e Geriatauent wie gHict: Mier Koo | showed all available sleeping quarters were occupied in the missions last night. With the continuance of cold weather 1t was anticipated the applica- tions for relief, food, clothing 2ad shel- ter would increase steadily here. DUCK STOLEN FOR POOR SPRINGFIELD, Mo., November 24 (#).—A modern Robin Hood, imbued with the Thanksgiving spirt, sat in the juvenile jail here today, hoping the Jjudge has a sense of charity next Sat- urday. The prisoner, Prank Anderson, 16, admitted, police said, that he stole a fat young duck and gave it to a poor family for dinner today. The dressed duck and a sack of feathers were re- covered from the family to whom An- derson said he gave it. 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