Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1933, Page 4

%k % W % age Portraits of the Roosevelt - CABINET will appear EVERY WEEK in the ROTO Section Drazwn Especially for The Sunday Star by " Walter E. Luetzenkirchen x The Portrait of Hon. Cordell Hull Secretary of State Beginning Tomorrow - Star ¥ ¥.¥ ¥ _x THB EVENING HAM NAMED HEAD OF PEPCO" BOARD Resigns as President ‘and McClellan Is Chosen to Succeed Him. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Wiliam F. Ham today was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Potomac Electric Power Co. and Braddock Light & Power Co. at a meet- ing of the board. He resigned imme- diately from his position as president. ‘Willlam McClellan, well-known utility engineer, was elected president to suc- ceed him. Mr. McClellan, who was also elected a director of the Potomac and Braddock companies, has been vice president of Stone & Webster En- gineering Corporation and in that ca- pacity has served as consultant during the last few years for the Potomac Electric Power Co. Following the meeting Mr. Ham stated that the developments of the last vear or so had been sucn that he desired to be relieved of the pressure of certain of his active duties. Under the new plan he will have an oppor- tunity to devote more of his tirme to the transportation merger and other mat- ters involved in the development of utility service required in & growing community. Will Keep W. R. E. Co. Pdst. Mr. Ham will continue as president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and its subsidiary transportation companies, . including the Washington Interurban Co.. Washington & Rockville Railway Co. and Glen Echo Park Co. Mr. Ham has been connected with the company for more than 33 years and for 15 years as president and feels that he is entitled to some respite from his labors. During his period of service the company has developed to one of the outstanding public utility companies in the country. During the last year a transmission line connec- tion with Baltimore has been completed, providing supply of hydroelectric power from Safe Harbor, Md., snd I3 new steam electric generating plant now in course of construction at Buz- rards Point, Washington. McClellan Experienced. Mr. McClellan was born in Philadel- phia in 1872 and is & graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He has had wide experience as an electrical engineer, first with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. from 1900 to 1905 and with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. from 1905 to 1907. During the succeeding 20 years he was & member of the engineering firms of Campion- McClellan Co.; Paine, McClellan & Campion, and McClellan & Junkers- field, serving also as consulting engineer for the New York Public Service Col mission_from 1911 to 1913 and dean of the Wharton School of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania from 1916 to 1919. His experience has included the op- erating management of electric power companies as well as construction and other phiases of electrical engineering. In 1925 he was selected by President Coolidge as a member of the Muscle Shosls Commission. Since 1920 Mr. McClellan has been vice president of the Stone & Webster Engigeering Cor- poration and in that capacity has| served as consultant during the last few i years for Potomac Electric Power Co. He is_a past president of the “Amer- jcan Institute of Electrical Engineers and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. McClellan, whose headquarters have been in New York, is establishing his home in Washington, but will retain his farm at Bethayres, near Philadel- phia. For some years he has been a member of the University and Cosmos Clubs of Washington. LISTS SER;‘ON TOPIC Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel to Preach at Christ Lutheran Church. “Foolish Far-Sightedness or the Man Who Has His Eycs in the Ends of the Earth” will be the subject of the ser- mon by Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel, pas- tor of Christ Lutheran Church tomor- row. This is a sermon in contrast tb the one of last Sunday morning, “Foolish Near-Sightedness.” On Thurs- day evening the subject of the Lenten address will be “Prayers From the Cross of Christ.” The annual exami- nation of catechumen will also be held in this service. A meeting of the Ladies’ Mission Circle will be held at 1 pm. The de- votional meeting will be led by Mrs. W. Charles Heitmueller. Mrs. Wi J. Graham will give a reading on “Foreign Missions” and Mrs. George H. Heit- mueller on “Home Missions.” The business meeting will be presided over by Mrs. Edward Fisher. MUSIC FRIDAY CLUB PROGRAM. ATHERINE FLOECKHER CULLEN, pianist; Esther Holden Bibber, soprano, and Evelyn Scott, violinist, appeared on the Friday Morning Music Club program given at Barker Hall v terday. A large audience greeted the artists warmly and showed generous appreciation of their work. Mrs. Cullen is a pianist of solid and briliant capabilities whose strong, mellow tone carries a sense of bigness that places her beyond the limits of a salon player. Her individual char- acteristics are particularly well suited to such numbers as the “Sonata pasionata” of Beethoven or Moskowski's “Etude in A Flat,” which she in- interprets with poise and authority. The proper application of her broad style to compositions where delicacy and lightness of execution are nec such as Debussy’s “Reflects dan and Ibert’s “Le petit ane blan even the “Staccato Etude” of Ruben- stein, was not so successfully achieved and the intrinsic effect was missed mbre by reason of the particular bend of her natural talent than through technical inefficiency. The ease of her playing reached her audience with decided effect and to plcase them further she responded with an encore. An exceptionally delightful and fine voice was disclosed in the singing of Mrs. Bibber whose first number, “Nina,” by Pergolesi, revealed an exquisite tone quality and refined vocal production.| Such finely spun phrasing and pure tones, well sustained in their high regis- ter, are ssldom heard and her “Nina” proved to be a gem of the true bel canto. Gounod’s “Au Printemps” and { “The Answer,” by Terry, were also well | sung, with careful atention to detail, al- thought in “Waltz Song,” from “Romeo and Juliet,” was more burdened than the previous free and light singing of Mrs. Bibber would lead one to expeck. Mildred Kolb Schulze accompanied Mrs, Bibber with fine understanding and as- sisted in the success of Mrs. Bibber, who was recalled several times by the ap- preciative applause of the audience. Tartini’s “Sonata in G Minor” is a grateful number for both violinist and pianist, and Miss Scott, with Marjorie Davis at the piano, played it in a man- ner to bring out its dignified and which distinguishes Miss Scott’s play- ing was heard in full beauty in the sonata and again in the “Berceuse” by Grieg’ which was arranged by Miss | Trinity Lutheran Church in the English sonorous style. The rich rounded tone | a STAR, WASHINGTON William P. Ham (top), former presi- dent of the Potomac Electric Power Co., who_yesterday was made chairman of the board, and William McClellan, who had_been consulting engineer for the Loc-cl company, who was elected presi- ent. MATSUOKA T0 CALL ON MANY OFFICIALS |Today’s Schedule Includes Vice President Garner and Others of Congress. By the Associated Press. Yosuke Matsuoka, earnest advocate of the recognition of Manchukuo in the face of world opposition, had a full pro- gram before him toda He planned to vl the Capitol to meet Vice President Garner, Speaker Rainey and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Toreign Affairs Committee. Calls on M. | Claudell, the French Ambassador, and Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs of the State Department, and a dinner at the Japanese embassy also were scheduled. Matsucka, who talked with President Roosevelt yesterday, is on his way back to Tokio from Geneva, where he served as Japan’s chief delegate in the losing battle that country waged to get League of Nations' sanction for the new gow- ernment created in Manchuria with Japanese assistance. Will Go to Detroit. Matsuoka will leave late tonight for Detroit, where he is to investigate the motor industry. He also will visit Chi- cago and his alma mater, the University of Oregon, before salling from San Francisco April 13 for Yokohama. Special interest attaches to Matsu- oka's visit to Washington, because of rumors that he soon may be minister of foreign affairs, or even premier of Japan, as result of the manner in which he has set Japan's side of the Manchurian conflict before the world. Matsuoka is primarily a business man although he had long training in the Japanese diplomatic service. For many years he was executive vice president of the South Manchurian railways, which are owned by the Japanese gov- ernment. He served his country in other parts of China for nearly 20 years and consequently is thoroughly familiar with the problem over which Japan and China are battling. Member of Seyukal. Matsuoka is & member of the Seyu- kai, the party now in control of the Japanese government and dominated by the army and navy. As a member of this party he served two terms in the Japanese Diet. Matsuoka was with the President for about 15 minutes yesterday and chatted for the same length of time with Sec- retary of State Hull. The Japanese visitor said, however, that his calls were formal and that the Manchurian situa- tion was not discussed. OLD TESTAMENT SCENE WILL BE RE-ENACTED “The Crucible Service” at Wesley Methodist Tomorrow Morning to Be Preceded by Pastor’s Talk. “The Crucible Service” a re-enact- ment of an Old Testament scene, will be held at Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11 am. The serv- ice will be introduced by a brief sermon by the pastor, Dr. J. Phelps Hand, whe SATURDAY. GHARTCHEF ENCS 6 YEARS N NKVY Alfred Klakring Is Retired From Post in Hydrographic Office. Forty-six years' continuous service with the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department came to a close yes- terday with the retirement of Alfred Klakring, chief of the chart construc- tion section, who is considered an un- rivaled authority on nautical charts of the world, from ancient up to modern times. Mr. Klakring followed in his father's footsteps in the Hydrographic Office, and the son’s lengthy service brought from Secretary of the Navy Swanson a letter of feliciation. Secretary Swanson wrote: “Your record of service shows that your tech- nical knowledge and ability, co-opera- tion and loyalty have been recognized through steady promotion up to the high position of chief of the chart construction section in the Hydro- graphic Office. “Such an excellent record of service is an accomplishment worthy of the highest commendation. The Secretary of the Navy takes great pleasure in complimenting you upon this occasion and is extending to you the best wishes for many years of health and hap- piness.” Mr. Klakring's father began his ca- reer in 1866 as the first engraver in the|, Hydrographic Office, under Comdr ‘Thomas 8. Plllebrown, United States Navy, its first hydrographer. During that span, Rear Admr. W. R. Gherardi, present hydrographer, asserted, this branch of the office has developed into one of the largest nautical chart pro- ducing agencies in the world. Born in Washington March 9, 1863, Mr. Klakring entered the Hydrographic Office in September, 1886, being first employed as a draftsman. The office was then located at Seventeenth'street and New York avenue. Because of his father's work as an engraver, Mr. Klakring became interested early in the making of maps. DR. H. B. SMITH LISTS SUNDAY SERMON TOPIC ‘Will Preach on‘‘Let Us Tear Down Our Churches” at Columbia Heights Christian. Dr. Harvey Baker Smith, pastor of Columbia Heights Christian Church, will take as his text tomorrow at the 11 am. service, “Let Us Tear Down Our Churches.” An anthem by the choir, assisted by Miss Esther Hull at the organ. A period of prayer will be observed from 3 to 5:30, led by the adult Bible classes. At 7:30 p.m. the pastor will speak on “Why Men Go Wrong.” Music by the junior choir. The following council groups will meet: Business women, Miss Justice, leader, Monday evening: Bessie Farrar Masden group, Mill Tinker, leader; the Montgomery group, Mrs. Brandt, leader; the Shelton group, Mrs. Emma Dewey; at the church Tuesday, 1 pm. The Berean Bible class will meet with Mrs. C. B. Cambell, 5205 Thirteenth street, Tuesday evening. The officlal board will meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm. at the church. The prayer service will be led by the pastor Thursday evening, subject, “What Must I Do to Be Saved?” FAMILY DAY PROGRAM ARRANGED BY BAPTISTS ‘West Washington Congregation to Hear Pastor at Both Services Tomorrow. “Family day” will be observed at the West Washington Baptist Church to- morrow. Special effort is being made to get every member ,of every family in the church to attend the communion service at 11 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. Charles B. Austin, will preach at both services. Meeting of the True Blue Girls’ Class in the Sunday school house Monday evening. The Y. W. A. will meet in the Sunday school house Wednesday eve- ning, The Ladies’ Ald Society will serve a luncheon and dinner in the Sunday school auditorium, April 5. The pas- tor will speak at the mid-week service Thursday evening. * The Church Council is making ar- rangements for a shower of gold April 9. R PASTOR WILL PREACH ON “HE LEADETH ME” Dr. J. Hillman Hollister to Deliver Message at Chevy Chase Pres- byterian Tomorrow. Dr. J. Hillman Hollister, minister of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, will have for his sermon theme tomorrow morning, “He Leadeth Me.” The in- termediate group, under the direction of W. Bradford Bayliss, will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the church house. The fireside discussion group will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bierl, 3926 McKinley street At the same hour the Collegiang and Young People will meet in the Young Peoples’ Toom, when the speaker will be Repre- sentative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania. The Missionary Society will meet at 11 am. Wednesday, with Mrs. Hubert APRIL 1, 1933 Retired DR. BALL TO PREACH AT METROPOLITAN BAPTIST “The Greatest of These” Will Be Topic for Minister's Message at Morning Service. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church the pastor, Dr. John Compton Ball, will preach tomorrow morning on “The Greatest of These.” The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed. In | the evening the sermon subject is “The | Real Joy of the Christian.” The Woman's Bible class will enter- tain the women of the Baptist Home at Georgetown Monday at 7:20 p.m. ‘The Teacher Training Class will meet { Tuesday at 7 p.m. The study is “Pupil ALFRED KLAKRING. —Star Staff Photo. UNITY OF RAILWAYS URGED BY CHAMBER Consolidation Advocated as an Economy Move for Carriers. Consoligation of railroads as an econ- omy move was included in a series of recommendations for improving the rail- road situation, made public today by the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The proposals, it said, would give due rd to the interests of the public, shi pren. railroad security owners and employes. Other Recommendations. er principles which the board ad- votated were: Reasonable Government support of railroad credit; recognition of the re- lationship between wages and adjust- ment of railroad rates to current eco- nomic conditions, and relief of the rail- roads irom hampering regulatory re- strictions, The chamber yesterday received from special committees proposals that all commercial banking be unified under the Federal Reserve System, and that State and local budgets be balanced to keep in step with the slash in Gov- ernment expenditures. In accepting this budget report, the board of directors adopted a resolution calling upon all members to co-operate with their State and local governments to bring about this balance, The Committee on Banking also ad- vocated that the chamber study anew, in the light of recent disclosures, its previous commitment in favor of banks maintaining their security affiliates, to- gether with its stand in Tegard to banks continuing to deal in investment securi- | ties. Favor Branch Banking. Extension of branch banking under “careful regulation” by Federal and State governments also was indorsed. In advocating the unified bank sys- tem, the committee pointed out that 90 per cent of business payments are by check, “a new form of fiduciary cur- rency,” and that therefore virtually all business is dependent upori commercial banks. Only unified control, it continued, could give effective protection to the bank theck. SERVICES ANNOUNCED BY DR. JAMES H. MIERS s Lo “Except Ye Be Converted” Morn- ing Topic in Fourth Pres- byterian Church. Dr. James H. Miers, pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will preach tomorrow morning on “Except Ye Be Converted,” and at 8 p.n. on “The Victory Is the Lord's.” The Prayer Circles meet at 5:30 p.m. take part. ‘The class in Old Testament criticism will meet Monday at 7:20 p.m. in the Boy Scout room. The Women's Mis- sionary Society meets Wednesday at 11 o'clock in the adult classroom. Mrs. W. D. Hutton will lead. Mrs. 1. H. Linton will have charge of devotions. The topic is “Persia, Syria and Meso- potamia.” Mrs. Charles Eckert is chair- man of the Luncheon Committee, which will serve refreshments at 1 o'clock. « At 7 pm. Thursday the class in New Testament Greek meets in the Boy Scout room, and at 8 o'clock prayer meeting will be held in Kelly Hall. SERMONS ANNOUNCED Rev. Kenneth B. Carson Will Preach Twice Tomorrow. Rev. Kenneth B. Carson of the Gar- den Memorial Presbyterian Church will continue his Lenten meditations tomor- row morning at 11 o'clock. His subject will be “The King on the Cross” and at the evening service “They Crucified Him.” Celebration of holy communion. The religious film, “The King of " will be shown in the church ril 10 beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Mid-week prayer and Bible study, R. Snoke presiding. The speaker will | Thursday, 8 pm.; communicant class, be Mrs. Calvin Wight, a missionary serving under the Presbyterian Board | at Teuchow, China. Mrs. Ralph Wilson will be the guest soloist. Luncheon will be served at 12:30. Officers and leaders will be installed at the nteeting of the ‘Women’s Guild at 1:30, and the per- sonnel of the sections will be announced. Members of the church will attend Friday, 7 p.m. DU PONT IS DIVORCED Wife of General Motors Chairman Wins Decree at Reno. will have for his subject “The Stirred |the Chevy Chase Union service to be RENO, Nevada, April 1 (#).—Lam- Up Heart.” The last of the Lenten Meditation services will be held Wednesday from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. The last of the Lenten preaching services under auspices of the Protestant churches of Chevy Chase, will be held in Wesley, Thursday evening, the speaker to be Dr. Wallace E. Rollins, dean of the Episcopal Theological Sem- inary in Virginia. Church attendance campaign is be- ing promoted during April by the com- mittee headed by Jesse P. Crawford, chairman. A Visitation Committee of 50 will make contacts with every mem- ber of the church. COMMUNION TOMORROW English Service to Be Held at Trinity Lutheran at 11 A M. Holy Communion will be celebrated in service tomorrow at 11 aum. preceded by & preparatory service at 10:45 a.m. The confirmation class will render an ount of its faith in the regular serv- ice. The German service will be held at 8:3 am. ‘The Lenten services will be Wednes- day at 8 pm,, in German, and Thurs- Scott for the violin. Elgar's “La Capri- ceuse” showed an uneven technical de- velopement which, unfortunately, is sufficiently serious to outbalance the real talent and temperament with which Miss Scott is so finely gifted. Attention to this side of her playing should goon place her well forward in the small list of fine violinists. A. E. day, at 8 p.m., in English. They will be conducted by Student-pastor Edwin Pieplow. At the Mount Rainier Mission, Thir- fy-fourth street and Bunker Hill road, the morning service at 11 a.m. will be devoted to the junior membership class. At-8 p.m, Student-pastor Edwin Pieplow Fie! ten tople. g will ourse on & Lenf held Thursday evening in Wesley M. E. Church, the speaker to be Dr. Wallace E. Rollins, dean of the Episcopal Theo- logical Seminary ‘st Alexandria. GUILD MEETS TUESDAY Ladies’ Aid Plans Luncheon at Church of Reformation. The program contest conducted by the members of the Luther League of the Church of the Reformation closed last Sunday evening. It was conducted over a period of eight weeks. Miss Catherine Edwards and her committee, composed of Miss Eleanore Stopsach, | Miss Anita Tumger, Chester Herbert, John Halley and Joseph Peaslie, were the winners of the contest. The Missionary Guild will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Mary McNair, 900 East Capitol street. The Ladies’ Aid Society will hold a luncheon Wednesday at the church from 12 to 1 o'clock. The sixth of the midweek Lenten talks will be given Wednesday evening. Dr. Wedley will take for his subje®t “Regeneration.” Fri- day evening a business meeting of the league will be held, with David Raab presiding. S Cornell Honors D. C. Girl. Miss Gladys Fielding, 1701 Kalmia road, has been elected women's busi- ness manager of the Widow, monthly humorous publication of Cornell Uni- versity, it was annojced today. Miss 1 is s member of the junioy mot_du Pont, chairman of the board of General Motors and president of E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co., was divorced here yesterday by Mrs. Carolens Hynson du Pont on grounds of cruelty. Hearing was behind closed doors. The couple married at Wilming- ton, Del., in Septembr, 1930 The proceeding were the third here Involving members of the du Pont fam- y. NEWSPAPER RESUMED Capital's Youngest Publishers Is- suing Chevy Chase Weekly Again. Economic depression - means nothing to the Capital's most youthful news- paper publishers, the young sons of Lawrence E. Williams, 128 East Thorn- apple street, Chevy Chase, Md., who to- day resumed publication of the Thorn- apple Street News, a weekly, which, as in the past, will be published each Saturday. The paper suspended publication last February, after more than a year of operation. The suspension was not due .0 economic considerations, but to a new baby sister in the editors’ home. FLYING ANTS Term: $40.( .000 d Work in Homes Bull GUARANTEED TREATMENT Vacating Unnecessary—Free Inspection Terminix Co. of Washington 1102 National Press Bldg. 5 Netienal 3708 Cause to Woo All persons are invited to attend and | Life.” Miss Maude Saunders, assistant 0 pastor, is the teacher. At 8 p.m. the t Philathea, Fidelis and Baraca Bible | classes will hold their monthly business meeting. The Ladies’ Aid Soclety will meet WoobDwARD 0™ U™F Axp G Strmers 100 7-line Wedding ENGRAVING, FIRST FLOOR. 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