Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932. SEEKS T0 PUSH BLL ON BIRTH CONTRO Margaret Sanger Here toj Back Measure—Says Many Seek Data in Mexico. | The first state-operated birth-con- | trol clinic is now in operation in the! State Vi . and is/ beinz s United States asking for aid, according to Mrs. Margaret Sanger, noted birth-, contrcl advocate, who has come to Washington to press for pas Hatfeld bill, which would remove many | trictions now in force in this | The exigencies of hard times, she| said. have led to a more favorable pub- | attitude toward birth centrol. The § bill she advoc s would remove the ban on contraceptive literature and ‘.n-‘ formation for the use of physicians, | hospitals, druggists or clinics. N | It provides that existing restrictions | #hall no longer apply to “any book or | information relating to the prevention | of conception, or article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine or thing de- | signed, adapted or intended for use by any physician legally licensed to prac- ¥ tice medicine, any medical college legal- | 1y chartered, any druggist in his legiti- mate prescription business or any, licensed hospital or clinic.” | The succgss of the Mexican experi- ment, she holds, and especially the ap- | peal from Americans, should serve as| an object lesson. The provisions of th bill, she said. would only le existent condition. _Contraceptive in- | formation is available already to those | who have money to pay physicians, she | eaid. MRS. STEVENS QUITS HOSPITAL AID POST Progress of Garfield Group in Three Years of Presidency Told at Meeting. After nearly three years as president of the Ladies’ Ald at Garfield Memorial Hoepital, Mrs. Cabot Stevens has ten- dered her resignation, to be effective December 31. This was announced at the meeting of the board Thursday. Resolutions of indorsement and ap- | preciation were presented by Mrs. Henry | K. Willard, first vice president; Mrs. | Robert Clay Sherrill, recording secre- tary; Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison, second vice president: Mrs. Lewis J. Battle, | Mrs. Frederick Adams Young. Mrs. | Trederick Newburgh, Mrs. Colin H. Lu-i ingstone, Mrs. James H. Cox, Mrs. Henry Albers, Mrs. Everett Hickerson ana_others. ‘The organization has grown under Mrs. Stevens’ leadership from a small group holding together the historic so- ciety, organized 50 years ago, to an ac- tive body of 180 members Many modern _improvements have been given to the hospital. chief among | these being the free circulating library. | operated by the “Bluebirds”: a so service department, a memorial garden, | B more than two-score private rooms dec- | orated, wards, nurseries, waiting rooms, | student nurses’ quarters and public cor- | ridors given new furnishings and equip- ment. MINNESOTA SOCIETY" - TO BE GIVEN FLAGS American Standard and State. Colors to Be Presented at Tonight's Meeting. An American flag and the Minnesotd State colors_will be presented to the Minnesota State Society tonight by Miss Bede Johnson, president of thc society. The presentation. which will be held at the Willard Hotel, will be witnessed by Justice Pierce Butler of the Su- preme Court, Senator Henrik Ship- stead, Walter H. Newton, secretary to| President Hoover. and Col. James A. Moss. president-general of the U. S. Flag Association. Musical entertainment will be fur-! nished by Mrs. Nicholas J. Sinnot, so- loist, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Co. of New York; Mme. Elena de Sayn, viclinist, and Mrs. Winifred Lakeman, accompaniest. RECOVERY PLAN IS TOPIC Labor's Program to Be Discussed Here at Meeting Monday. “Labor’s Plan to End the Depression” will be the topic of discussion at the December 19 meeting of the Monday Evening Club in the cabinet room, Wil- lard Hotel. Edward F. McGrady, legislative repre- sentative of the American Federation of Labor, will start the discussion with an address on behalf of President Wil- liam Green. Senator Costigan, Colorado, a mem- gc‘f of the Senate District Committee, | preside during the discussion. %l.elgur Magnusson is president of the lub. District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. S recorded in the official citation, Blanton Winship, colonel, 110th Infantry, 28th Division, Ameri- can Expeditionary Force, was awarded the Croix de Guerre of France for heroic gallantry in action with the enemy near Lachaussee, France, November 9,1918. While com- manding his regi- ment and_observ- ing fron. his out- post lines the prog- ress of a daylight raid on the enemy by a detachment of his officers and men, Col. Winship discovered the enemy _envclopinz the right flank of the raiding party. Hastily collecting and organizing a small party from the few available men, he, regardless of his own sefety, ersonally led them forward under eavy rifle. machine-gun and shell fire, and covered the exposed flank, advanc- ing over a deep tank obstruction and through enemy wire to their second lines, and destroying several machine guns and killing many of the enemy. His prompt and fearless action enabled the main raiding party to accomplish its mission, and his personal conduct great inspiration to his officers 2nd men d contributed largely to the succes the 1eid. Res dence at appointment, Washing- ten, D. C. M2j. Gen. 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