Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1933, Page 4

A4 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1933. JULY 4 OBSERVED BY TAKOMA PARK Parade, Patriotic Exercises! and Athletic Fete Are In- cluded in Program. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., July 4—Inde- Bare-Hand Anglers ) MODERN “FOURTH" CELEBRATION Reaping Harvest |- In Dixie Streams Grabblers Sometimes Catch Snakes Inste'lil_ of Fish, However. By the Associated Press. b JONESBORO, Ga, July 4.—The grabblers are reaping a- harvest these hot days. Grabblers are fishermen who scorn pendence day was celebrated here to- | tackle and consider rods sissy. They go day with an elaborate parade, patriotic exercises and an athletic program cov- ering the day's events. The night fire- works display was abandoned this year. The parade started at 9:30 o'clock on Ethan Allen avenue, proceeding along Carroll avenue to Cedar street, to Piney Branch road, disbanding at Dahlia street, on the grounds of the Takoma public school. Escorted by motor cycle officers from the Takoma Park Police Depart- ment and the sixth police precinct in Erightwood, the parade was headed by Mayor Frederick B. Lewton as grand marshal, with Councilman John R. Adams, Royal S. Sherburne, Peter Rem- sen, Col. A. L. Conger, Millward C. Taft and Maj. Leonard Boyer as aides. Army Band Next in Line. ‘The United States Army Band, under the leadership of Capt. J. W. Stannard, | followed next in line, with a detachment | from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a_company from the 121st En- gineers, District of Columbia National ‘Guard; Company F, Supply Company of Silver Spring, Maryland National Guard, and color guards. Others in the line of march included Takoma Post, No. 28, Department of Maryland, the American Legion; Takoma Post, No. 350, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries, Boy and Girl Scout Troops of Takoma Park and schoolboy patrols of the local schools. In the next division numerous floats and marching units of children were the feature. This section was directed by Miss Alberta Heale and included a group of girls attired as Red Cross nurses, Colonial men and dames, cowboys, In- dians and a group dressed in red, white and blue. In the children’s section a large American flag was carried by a group of small boys. The new fire appa- ratus of the department paraded for the first time since its purchase. Chief Leo B. Moffett was in command of the fire- fighting organization. Merchants Enter Floats. Another section was devoted to floats entered by local merchants. This sec- tion was led by the Review and Herald Band, and included members of the Ta- koma Park Chamber of Commerce, the ‘Takoma Park Citizens’ Association, the Citizens’ Association of Takoma Park, D. C.; the Community League of Ta- koma Park, the recently organized Young Men’'s Democratic Club of Ta- koma Park, the Takoma Park Women’s Democratic Club and other civic organ- izations. The large collection of World ‘War flags donated to Takoma Park Post of the American Legion was carried. At 11 o'clock, following the disband- ing of the parade, patriotic exercises were held in the auditorium of the Ta- koma Park Public School, with Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce, as the prin- cipal speaker of the day. This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the pro- am was to be shifted to the Whittier hool playgrounds, Fourth and Whis- tier streets, where an athletic program Wwas staged. -— VETERAN AT HOME SLASHES THROAT NMilo D. Heath, Patient at Soldiers’ Home Hospital, Commits Suicide. A patient at the Soldiers’ Home Hos- tal for almost 13 years, Milo D. eath, 66-year-old veteran of the In- dian wars, committed suicide early this morning by slashing his throat with a razor as he lay in bed. Heath was found by Charles H. Adler, an orderly. Adler said he passed through the ward in which Heath was about 4:45 o'clock this morning and the man appeared to be sleeping. Re- turning about 15 minutes later, he dis- covered the tragedy. After an investigation, Acting Cor- oner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of suicide. Dr. MacDonald sald he was informed Heath had been suffering considerably for several months. He had been & semi-invalid for many years. Heath Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary D. Heath of Petershoro, Ontario, Canada. INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT AGAINST POLISH REFORMS Germany Applies to Hague Arbitra- tion Court, Charging Discrimi- natory Land Measures. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Germany, July 4. —Germany applied today to The Hague Arbitra- tion Court for a temporary injunction against Poland to prevent enforcement of alleged discriminatory ‘land reform Mmeasures against German land owners ffom that country. The question has been the subject of fruitless negotiations between the two governments and also in the Council of the League of Nations. At Berlin it was explained that the fnjunction was desired to prevent Ger- m{ly being faced with an accomplished WOUNDED IN BACK Colored Man Says He Was Shot Quieting Group in Front of House. James Buffett, 39, colored, was in a serious condition in Casualty Hospital today with a bullet wound in his back, said to have been received when he attempted to quiet several boisterous men in front of his home in the 4200 block of Benning road northeast early this morning. Buffett told police he went to the door and requested the men to make less noise and when he turned to enter the house one of them shot him. No lifelong vows are permitted in the Buddhist Monastic Order, any member of which is at liberty to leave at any time. FIRE ESCAPES GUARDS — GATES RAILINGS— FENCES— Largest Plant in the City Special Attention to Repair Work FRED S. GICHNER IRON WORKS, INC. 1214 24th St. N.W. WEST 2420 at it bare-handed and they usually get their fish—or some! 8. Streams with rocky nooks or over- hanging banks where fish can loaf away | per! the scorching days of July are the best grabbing grounds. When he finds such a stream, the grabbler pulls off his shirt and shoes and socks and rolls up his breeches. He feels with his hands around the rocks, in the eddies and under the banks. When he fels his prey, he slips thumb and forefinger through mouth and gill or seizes it around the body. The grabblers who know their stuff can make heavy catches where ortho- dox fishermen sit with slack line. The 8 only trouble is thdt a grabbler can't | 8ion of the city’s heads. always be sure he’s {nbblln( fish. Once in a while hell inadvertantly bble a snake. That usually breaks im of grabbling for a spell. o 20,000 AMERICANS MARK DAY IN FRANCE Ceremonies Held at Lafayette's Tomb in Observance of Fourth of July. By the Associated Pr PARIS, July 4.—Twenty thousand Americans in France celebrated their Nation's Independence day with private galety and public ceremony. The traditional center of the day’s customary exchange of friendly senti-| puses ments between the United States and France was Lafayette's Tomb in Picpus Cemetery. ‘This commemoration of France's par- ticipaticn in early United States history was followed by a ceremony at the statue erected in Paris to honor Amer- ican volunteers in the ch army during the World War. A reception and tea for the American colony at the home of Ambassador Jesse Isider Straus, rekindling by the Amer- ican Legion of the eternal flame at the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a dinner given by the American Chamber of Commerce completed the day's festivities. Ambassador Straus was the principal speaker at the dinner. Lafayette's great-grandson, Marquis Marcel de Chambrun, whose wife is the former Margaret Rives Nichols of Cin- cinnati, delivered an address at the tomb of his forbear, where the Prench gov- ernment and American patriotic societies were represented. ‘The marquis is president of the local Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. French public buildings were deco- rated with the French and American colors, but there were no fireworks. Most of Prance’s natives saved their exuberance for their own national fete, Bastile day, 10 days hence. Eighty Gold Star mothers and widows, here on a pilgrimage to the graves of their dead, attended the various cere- monies. WIDOW OF GENERAL DIES Mrs. Medoren Crawford, widow of Brig. Gen. Crawford, died at Walter Reed Hospital last night after a long iliness. She was formerly Miss Lola Goodall of this city. She is survived by & daughter, Dolores 8. Crawford, and & scn, Maj. Medoren Crawford, stationed at Fort Bradley, Mich. Gen. Crawford died in 1922. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Burial probably will be in Alrington National Cemetery. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Columbia Heights Business Men’s Association, Garden T. Shoppe, 3334 Fourteenth street, 12:15 p.m. Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, 12:20 pm. Luncheon, D. C. Bankers’ Assoclation, ‘Willard Hotel, 12:45 p.m. Luncheon, Democratic Club, Uni- versity Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Veterans’ Administration, University Club, 12:30 p.m. I Army Orders I Retired. Bridges, Col. Charles H, Adjutant General's Department, on own ap- plication. Infantry. Manley, Lt. Col. Frederick W., orders naén(éect de“ur:lmx him dm cene‘l;‘ll‘ s luty with troops and ass him to Manila, P. I.l‘ 2 Ordnance. Clement, Maj. John K. detached Springfield, Mass., Arsenal, to Pica- tinny Arsenal, N. J. Air Corps. Hefferman, Maj. Leo G. Walter Reed Hospital, before Retiring Board for examination. Browne, 2d Lt. Roger J., detached Panama Canal Dept. to Kelly Fleld, Tex. Coast Artillery, Witman, 1st Lt. Clark C., Lettermsn Hospital, San Francisco, to Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Arx. for treatment. YOUR HOME Pays Bigger Dividends If Protected With “FAIRFAX” PAINT Paint is the great preserver of all surfaces that are whether wood, concrete or metal. Cut down on repairs and keep up the value of your investment in realty by periodical painting. “Fairfax” Paint is ... Do water . ., Just 100% Pure Linseed Ofl, Lead. Zinc and Tetanum. Deferred Payments If You Desire Them 'BuflerFlynn PAINTS—GLASS 607-9 C St. N.W. Met. 0150 | t JUST AS GLORIOUS AS OF OLD More Noise in Firecracker Days, Records of Evening Star of 1880 Reveal, But Patriotism No Greater. Although the “Glorious Fourth” been celebrated in traditional “fire- cracker,” picnic and patriotic speech fashion throughout the National Capi- tal since the establishment of this city, the new era of a community celebra- tion, such as will take place tonight, flltf:d back only to the World War Plenty of noise has always been a “Fourth celebration,” ac- cording to the memory of old-timers about the city, and the files of The Evening Star. But it has been only since the World ‘War that the importance of the birth- day of the Nation has been annually atressed in public celebrations of city- wide interest, organized and conducted by an m;hllflmd.:ly:ncy of the city government and ted by the citi- zenry at large, under official supervi- An account of July 4, 1880, celebra- tion is related on the front page of The Evening Star for that year, under 8 heading reading ‘“The Glorious Fourth! How It Was Celebrated. Ac- cidents and Incidents.” Breezy, Overcast Day. “Yesterday was all that could be desired by the public so far as the | weather was concerned. For the cele- | bration of Independence day in this district, ‘says the story,’ there was a cloudy sky and a fresh breeze all day. The holiday was ushered in by the ringing of bells and by the firing of salutes by the District of Columbia Artillery and from the heavy guns at the Navy Yard and Arsenal, while the greater portion of the community made all the noise possible with pistols, fire- crackers, etc. At an early hour, a gReatipart otiou population were “on | e go.'" The excursion boats took large | numbers of people down the river, the railroads took out many and omni- and all sorts of vehicles were loaded with pignic partles. Within the | ATm: city there was not much in the way of a formal celebration. “How the Oldest Inhabitants Cele- brated: “At 11 o'clock, the members of the Oldest Inhabitants Association and their friends assembled in the hall of the Corcoran Building, corner of Fif- teenth and F streets, where they ob- | served the day. There was a large number of them present and a num- ber of their lady friends. The meet- | ing was called to order by Dr. J. B.| Blake, who introduced Mr. Nicholas | Collan, and the latter read the Decla- | ration of Independence.” The account then proceeds to tell of the orator of the day, L. A. Gobright. The story quotes liberally from his ad- dress, concluding with poetry, and com- ments: “Mr. Gobright was frequently applauded and a vote of thanks was tendered him after which the soclety sang the “Star-Spangled Banner,” un-| der the leadership of Col. Robert Ball.” New Community Plan. ‘The new era of a community-wide | celebration began in 1918, when the| country was at the war's end. Then | & vast pageant processional, in honor | of Independence day, was held on Pennsylvania avenue. The celebration, f | organized and directed by the Com- munity Center Department of the pub- | lic school system, at that time not yet 8 year old, was a giant undertaking | for a small department established to | conduct leisure-time recreation and to| supervise the civic use of Government facilities in public school buildings. But it established a precedent in the con- duct of civic celebrations that has been | followed here ever since. | Since that time, all July fourth cele- | brations here have been carried out | through the Community Center De- partmenf, with the co-operation of a | committee of prominent citizens, ap-| Bolnted by the Commissioners of the | istrict of Columbia, upon the request of the Community Center Council. In 1919, and again in 1925, the In- dependence day celebration was held in Central High School Stadium. But otherwise, the celebrations have been | held at the Capitol or at the Wash-| ington Monument. Up to this time, the I RUST@R A A A\ FLORS SHOES w has | Community Center Department, aided by merchants and otk:=:s in the city, carried the burden of the expense for the celebration, the sum being aug- mented in 1925 by the sale of seats fn the stadium made possible by the in- terest in the fireworks display there. In 1926, the annual celebration be- came of national importance, and much more elaborate preparations were made and carried out in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. Again led by the Cummur:’lx Center Department, the city undert & magnificent display of fireworks at the Monument, and an inspirational his- torical pageant at the Capitol. The celebration cost approximately $3,000. Two thousand persons participated in the pageantry, and 30,000 persons wit- nessed the celebration. First at Sylvan Theater. It was in 1927 that, for the figst time, the officlal ceremonies of the 4th of July took place at the Sylvan Theater in the Washington Monument Grounds, for which funds were raised by popular subscription. The following year (1928) fireworks and oratory were the features of the Sylvan Theater pro- gram. It was about this time that the department and the Citizens' Committee found it increasingly difficult to raise required funds for the celebration by public subscription. Not even the pro ise of a big airplane demonstration and mock battle of air forces achieved the amount needed without great difficulty. ‘The program in 1929 was more wide- spread. It offered a Yro(hm devoted to games and sports, climaxed by a vast torchlight procession of patriotic bodies at the Sylvan Theater, and a night air raid staged by the District of Columbia National Guard and the United States y. But nmmurh the success of the an- nual celebration was greater each year, as planned by the Community Center and the Citizens’ Committee, the system of raising the needed funds for the celebration by means of popular sub- scription had to be abandoned, and in 1930 a group of patriotic citizens or- ganized the National Capital Civic Fund, designed to support all civic cele- brations, as well as recreational, educa- | tional and athletic activities of the District of Columbla, organized and carried out according to custom, with the approval of the District of Colum- bia officials. In that year, the 4th of July Citizens’ Committee, acting with the Community | Center Department, and supported by the National Capital Civic Pund, erected | a grandstand at the Monument for the fireworks display, for which tickets were s0ld at minimum prices to cover all ex- penses of the celebration. This plan, successfully carried out, was followed in 1931 and 1932, when it was estimated that the crowd attending the July 4 ceremonies at the Sylvan Theater and the fireworks display at the Monument | was the largest in the history of such celebrations in the Capital City. Outstanding citizens have headed the committee from time to time, among them being E. C. Snyder, Isaac Gans, Gen. Anton Stephen, E. F. Colladay, E. J. Murphy and Thomas P. Littlepage. The director of the Community Center Department is always the executive sec- retary of the committee for the celebra- tion, and under her supervision the Community Center Department attends to the countless detalls incident to the successful culmination of Independence day plans. Upon the CommunitgCenter director devolves the duty-of originating and carrying forward the plans for each year's celebration with the advice and consent of the Citizens’ Committee. Since 1931, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, as director of the Community Center Department, has headed this civic work. SR Official Paper Started. ‘To encourage Turks to read, an offi- cial newspaper has been started in Turkey and will be pasted on walls in all villages. HEIM FOR OMEN Notan“oddsand ends” event...butevery pair drastically reduced in price. New Summer styles . . . whites, Spectator Sports. . . shoee forEarlyFall. . .all designed for beauty, cool comfort, long wear. If you know Florsheims, here’s your opportmnity to save...if you don’t, now’s the time to get acquainted with Foeture Arch comfort at these Sale prices. $685 “Florsheim” Shoes for women, exclusively in Washington . . . at Jelleff’s new Shoe Shop, street floor. $~ 785 ANO elleffs TH 1916-1220 F STREET | < | the vessel drew their energy from the NOTED COAST GUARD: ENGINEER RETIRED Capt. Quincy B. Newman Famed in Service for Work on Electric Propulsion. Oapt. Quincy B. Newman, one of the outstanding engineer officers of the Coast Guard, has been retired by rea- son of “physical disability in line of duty,” it was announced today. His latest duty assignment was head of the engineering department at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., but he was well known here in ‘Washington, where he served at head- quarters of the Coast Guard, for elgln: years as el eer in chief. 'pon retirement he recelved a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Woodin felici- tating him on his “outstanding record of service.” Capt. Newman’s active career of over 32 years was characterized by a state- | ment from Cosst Guard headquarters as marked “by fidelity, honor and achievement.” Capt. Newman is best known in engi- neering circles for his outstanding ac-| complishment in the advocation of syn- chronous electric motors for ship pro- pulsion. His development and magtion of this drive in 1919 for the four Guard cutters of the Tampa class has | been followed by numerous similar applications in sea-going vessels of | many types. Tis intense interest and | faith in- electricity for shipboard use | was also the source of development of | | the central power plant idea as applied | in later electric drive cutters, whereby | practically all power using devices in | main propulsion. Many examples of | this ingenuious plan are now found on modern commercial vessels. { From December 1919 until December 1927 while Capt. Newman was engi- neer in chief of the Cost Guard, he resided in the Ontario Apartments here. U. S. CHILDREN IN MEXICO TOLD TO THINK ON JULY 4 | Mrs. Roosevelt Addresses Letter to Americans Through Embassy at Capital. By the Associated Press. | . MEXICO, D. F., July 4—July Fourth is a day when all Americans should | think seriously about their duties as | citizens, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt |said in an Independence day greeting | to_American children living in Mexico. “I am glad to have this opportunity |of sending a message to American | children living in the Republic of Mex- | ico.” she wrote. | I hope that all of them will be conscious of what it cost their ances- tors to bring freedom to this country and that they will remember that the Fourth of July is not only a day for pleasure and a display of fireworks, but a day upon which all the citizens of | the United States should think serious- | ly about their duties as citizens. “Their Government will be good only if they are good citizens themselves and one of the ways of good citizen- ship is to be a good citizen in other countries and improve the respect and affection with which the United States is looked upon by the other nations | of the world.” The message was given out by the American embassy. 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MIAMI, Fla, July 4—An expedition from Miami reported yesterday that scores of big fish cast upon the deso- late beach in the Cape Sable region, south of here, were black fish, and not killer whales as fishermen in the area believed. ‘The expedition, headed by Henry G. Frampton, newspaper man and natu- ralist, counted more than 200 of the huge fish dead on the beach. pton and others in the party, said they believed the fish were, lured in too closely to the beach by a full moon that brought excessive high tides, and then when the tides receded swiftly the fish were left stranded in shallow water. The black fish, known as a member of the whale family, is perhaps the most timid of the tribe. Killer whales are considered the most vicious. Frampton said the fish measured from 12 to 30 feet in length and each weighed between 2,000 and 6,500 pounds. CHARITY CASES DROP CLEVELAND, July 4 (#).—For the first time in two years, the Associated Charities yesterday reported a decrease in the total number of jobles. familres on its rolls. Stockton Raymond, general secretary, said that last month 41,360 families were cared for, 8 decrease of 105 fami- les from May. New families added dur- ing May numbered 1,913, but 2,508 were taken off the rolls because of increasea employment. NEW DEVICE SHOWS POSITION OF PLANES “A Mirror of the Sky” Demon- strated in Los Angeles to Noted Aviators. By the Associated Press. record on an airport map the exact minute-by-minute location of any plane in the air, an elaborate model of “a mirror of the sky,” was given its first public showing yesterday by the in- ventor, Samuel Spits, a retired naval lieutenant commander. Spitz, whose submarine work during the World War and prior to it, led to the development of delicate and hitherto undeveloped wireless devices. ‘While prominent aviation figures, in- cluding Col. Roscoe Turner, Jimmie ‘Tomlinson, watched him, Spitz operated his model. Turner said that if the actual device works as well as the | model, it would aid aviation greatly. A model airplane, with propeller whirling, was electrically sent circling et N ? - LOS ANGELES, July 4.—Designed to | James, Tommie Thomas and L. N.| Special Dinner, $1.78 “Barnee” and hia Riviers Orchestra Masim Lowe's Musle. No Couvert Charge for Dinner Patrons Remaining through Supper Reservations by “ROBERT” at The 8Shoreham Hotel, ADams 0700 post, ‘to which were attached three microphones. At the other end of a table was & map of the United States, behind glass, and in front of 325 smal electric lights. ‘The sound of the propeller was trans- mitted through the microphones, through & maze of wires and wireless equipment and the location of the plane was automatically shown by a light appearing on the map. EERIR R PLANS THIRD MARRIAGE Los Angeles Capitalist and Vien- nese Beauty to Wed. LOS ANGELES, July 4 (#).—Arthur Letts, jr., 42, capitalist and former head of a large Los Angeles department store, yesterday filled notice of intention to wed Mrs. Margot C. Van Blarcom, 26- year-old Viennese beauty, who has been visiting in Beverly Hills. Letts divorced his second wife, Mrs. Bard H. Letts in Reno, Nev., June 24. He has obtained two Reno divorces, the first in October, 1930, from Mrs. Bessie Baker Letts. At that time'he met Mrs. Bard Van Cott, New York society woman, who was obtaining a Reno divorce from a New York attorney. 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