Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1933, Page 4

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By virtue of his victory, which was won over good opposition from three other Montgomery County schools, young Shaw will be one of four contenders in the Maryland State finals at La Plata April 29. ‘The second of these contenders for State honors will be chosen at Upper Marlboro at 8 o'clock tonight, when four school spokesmen compete for the cham- pionship of Prince Georges County. Speakers and Orations. Tonight's speakers and their respec- tive orations follow in the order in which they will compete: Margaret J. Ballard, Marlboro High School, “Voting, An Outstanding Privi- lege of the Constitution.” Mary Halfpap, Maryland Park High School, “The Constitution—the Guide of the People.” Robert Bradley, Hyattsville High School, “Leaders of the Constitutional Convention.” | Lucille Goodwin. Oxon Hill High | School, “The Constitution.” Wins Second Place. At the Montgomery County finals last | night, held in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase | High Schocl auditorium, Norman B. Jacobs. jr., spokesman for the Gaithers- burg High School, won second place in the decision of the judges to be named official alternate to the county cham- pion. Shaw's speech on “Our Changing Con- stitution” was delivered in five minutes and two seconds of the permitted six minutes. In a loud, deep voice, which he accompanied with a few well placed gest- ures, Shaw discussed the manner in which the Constitution, ever the same instru- Members Rug Cleaners’ Institute of America FINEST RUG CLEANING AT FAIR CHARGES p: Iv high- CALL MR. PYLE Nat. 3257,3291,2036 Rug Cleaning Co. 166 Indiana Ave. ment of government, has permitted changes to meet the times. With huge surplus stocks choking many markets while men are in need, and with heavy unemployment, the Bethesda - Chevy Chase speaker asserted that the Con- stitution today faces its greatest test in histor He cited the broad powers given by Congress to President Roosevelt under the Constitution and pointed out that no storm of protest arose to oppose the grant, all of which, he contended, | illustrated the elasticity of the Consti- tution. The first speaker at last night's meet- ing was Miss Gladys Beall of the Sher- wood High School of Sandy Spring. She spoke on “The Personalities of the Constitutional Convention.” Her style of oratory was clean-cut. rapid and un- faltering, and she stood composedly with her hands clasped behind her.” She spoke for exactly six minutes. Speaks on Roosevelt. Paul Deeb of the Takoma-Silver Spring- Blair High School next took the stage and he spoke for 5 minutes and 34 sec- onds on “Theodcre Roosevelt and the Constitution.” His was & novel speech, in which timeliness played an impor- tant part, and his oratory was of the intense, spirited type. Once, when he seemed about to falter in memor: showed splendid courage and carried on | to finish withcut further delay. Jacobs, the winner of the position of alternate, spoke on “The Social Signifi- "YOUR Mattress We will make it germ- free — huckleberry the dirt that invariably gets inside — cover it with charming new ticking, at a cost of $4 and up. All work guaranteed. All work done in one day. Beds . . . Mattresses . . . Box Springs B et The SHERRY- NETHERLAND Do you like a charming, pri- vate-1ome atmosphere? Here are New York’s superlative ac- commodations of that type... at surprisingly attractive, by- the-day rates. Send for folder. FIFTH AVENUE AT 59TH STREET on Central Park . . . New York cance of the Constitution.” He, too, used gestures and spoke with poise. His speech was the shortest of the eve- ning, requiring only 4 minutes and 40 seconds for delivery, The meeting was presided over by Dr. Edwin Broome, superintendent of Mont- gomery County schools. The judges were Norman Nelson, assistant principal of the Western High School in Wash- ington: Miss Sue Gardner. teacher of history and dramatics at ‘Western, and Jacob Gichner, Washington director of a national honor scholastic fraternity. The program was given spirit by the music_of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Band, with 30 musicians, who played under the batcn of James Moss, student director. Virginia Speakers Named. ‘While Maryland's participation is in the home stretch, Virginia schools rapidly are completing their lists of school spokesmen. The George Mason High School of Alexandria late yester- day designated two orators to represent it against the Alexandria High School in the Alexandria City finals. The George Mason High School’s spokesmen are Godfrey Runaldue and Gladys Cas- well. Runaldue won with an oration on “The Influence of Our Federalism Upon Other Federalisms.” and Miss Caswell's speech was on of Nations and the Constitutio; Runaldue and Miss Caswell will com- pete with Lawrence Wood and Miss Thurman Baker, winners at the Alex- andria High School, in the Alexandria city finals at 8 o'clock next Monday night in the George Mason High School auditorium. The winner of that con- tff-t will represent Alexandria in the Virginia State finals. Judges in the George Mason High School finals were Dewitt Bennett, Seymour Mintz and gllzabsthwneg\'es_ all members of the eorge ashington Unive speaking depnrt;‘nent. FEeT eukle URGES WALSH STAMP Ayers Introduces House Bill for ! | i Issue in Senator's Memory. Representative Ayers, Democrat, of Montana, vesterday introduced in the | House a bill (H. R. 5037) calling for a | | commemorative postage stamp in honor of the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Mr. Avers specified “that the said Walsh memorial stamp snall be the first stamp issued upon the restoration of the 2-cent postage rate on first-class mail matter.” The resolution was re- ferred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. NOTED REALTOR DIES .Thomns J. Montgomery of Winni- peg Was 76 Years Old. | ST. PAUL, Minn, April 19 (® — | Thomas J. Montgomery, 76, of Winni- | peg, Manitoba, formerly of Aiken, Pep- | ler & Montgomery, one of the largest | real estate firms in the Canadian | Northwest, died here yesterday. |~ He fell 2bout two weeks ago and had | been confined to the hospital since. | Surviving are the widow, three sons | and two daughters, one of whom, Mrs. George Mara, resides in Toronto. 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PHILADELPHIA, April 19 (®—| Guarded by police after a letter threat. ening her was received, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins spoke last night at the annual “friendship” dinner of the Temple University Women's Club. Uniformed police and plainclothes men were stationed around Mitten Hall, at Temple University, and stood at doors and in the balcony. The letter was received at the local office of the United States Department of Labor. Authorities said it was writ- | ten in a scrawling hand and that its | contents were rambling and discon- | nected. Acting Superintendent of Police Joseph A. Le Strange said the writer demanded an audience with the Labor Secretary and wrote that “something would happen to her” if his request | were not granted. | Police reported they believed they had | learned the identity of the writer and that a house in the center of the city | was being watched. - Details of the letter were not re- | vealed to Miss Perkins. On seeing the | police cordon she remarked, smilingly: | “It must be the style nowadays.” Secretary Perkins, commenting on business conditions, said: | “The upturn will be gradual, as to| the present situation, we see in some | places encouraging signs, and in others reverse indications that counteract these.” Miss Perkins declared that restora- tion of purchasing power is an essential to recovery. Concerning wage reduc- tions of Federal employes in connec- tion with this principle she said: | “That seems to be necessary as part of the pledge to the people and the ne- | cessity to balance the budget in order | to preserve the Nation's credit. It is| unfortunate and greatly to be regretted, but appears to be necessary to achieve larger en | | Olive STAR, WASHINGTON, CHARGES DENOUNCED BY SOVIET FRIENDS Julius Davidson Says Facts Were Distorted at Anti-Recognition Meeting. Denunciation of the charges made againd Soviet Russia by speakers at the anti-recognition mass meeting last night in Washington Auditorium was voiced {in a statement prepared by the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Washington Friends of the Soviet Union following the meeting and made public by Julius Davidson, chairman. ‘The mass meeting, according to the statement, “was an attempt to arouse the emotions of an audience and then mislead it with distorted factg” The speakers were accused of repeathhg “dis- proved charges against the Soviet Union and misinterpreting its foreign policies.” ‘The speakers, it was stated, “persisted | in confusing American communism and | the Soviet government,” and the asser- tion was made that no propaganda is | . % R eoren | Railway Executives today had referred | cal properties now are mortgaged to sponsored, directed or controlled by the Soviet government. Charges that the Soviet government has interfered with other governments were denied in the statement, as were charges of dumping | of Soviet goods produced by “forced™” labor. “Trade relations between the Soviet nion and other countries were grossly isinterpreted at the mass meeting,” the statement continued. PEACE GROUP TO MEET War Resisters’ League Will Con-| vene Here Saturday. ‘The War Resisters League, anti-war organization, will convene in Washing- ton Saturday for a conference on mili- tant pacifism. Groups co-operating in the meeting include the Women'’s Peace Union, Women's Peace Society, the New History Society, Fellowship of Recon- ciliation, Committee on Militarism in Education and sections of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. A message from Prof. Albert Einstein henorary chairman of the league, will | dent, and Miss Lillian Reagan, president | be read at the conference. 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He points out, however, CHICAGO, April 19 (.—Unable to | as 25 or 30 per cent of the total mort- agree on proposals to reduce passenger | gage Paul | values of real estate in the District. The | WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19, 1933 Minute Mysteries Solution to FORDNEY AT SCOTLAND YARD. (See page 3.) As only one shot had been fired from the gun Fordney knew that either the upper window pane had been lowered or the lower one raised (or both had been manipulated) when the fatal shot was fired. Afterward the murderer had closed the window and lowered the shade half way. This was later proved. THE EXPRESSION OF TRUTH IS SIMPLICITY. —Seneca. D. C. FORECLOSURES LW IN COMPARISON Tax Assessor Says City Prop- erties Have Well Weath- ered Depression. ll Mortgaged properties in the District have weathered the trials of the depres- sion better than in many other cities of comparable size, William P. Richards, tox assessor, estimated today on the basis of a study of new data compiled in his office. Total $30,000,000. During the past vear, he finds, there have been foreclosures affecting local properties having mortgage indebted- ness totaling about $30,000,000. The total of these mortgages on which there were foreclosures, he calculates, amounts to about 5 per cent of the total of ap- proximately $600,000,000 in mortgages on all classes of property in the Dis- trict. The foreclosure of mortgages on having loan indebtedness amounting to $30,000,000, the assessor points out, tells a story of the effect of deflation of property values during that reports of foreclosures in some other cities have amounted to as much indebtedness on properties in those cities, or even higher. The assessor’s figures reveal that lo- about 50 per cent of the total assessed total real estate assessment now is about $1,200,000,000. 3,000 Quarterly Seekers. About 3.000 property owners have ap- plied to the assessor for permission to pay their next year's real estate taxes in quarterly instead of semi-annual in- stallments, as provided by the new act of Congress. Applicants for the new payment plan were required to state the amount of loans placed on their prop- erties. A sample survey of 1.000 of these ap- plications, Mr. Richards said. shows that the total mortgaged indebtedness against the homes amounts to almost | exactly the same figure as the total of the assessed value of the dwellings. Most | of the homes in this list are assessed at | between $2,000 and $3,000. COMPARE THEM ALL WITH G-E VALUES 9 THE GE JUNIOR 55 tow as @ PLUS TAX AND DELIVERY APPEAL IS DELIVERED FOR CHURCH NEWSPAPER Arthur E; Hungerford of Baltimore Speaks at-Editorial Parley of Religious Press. A plea for continuation of the church | newspaper was made yesterday by Arthur E. 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