Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1935, Page 7

ROOSEVELT BALL PLANS PROGRESS' Lounge and Four Ball Rooms of Hotel Will Be Used for Event. The lounge and four ball rooms at | the Shoreham Hotel are to be used for the President’s birthday ball on ! January 30 for the purpose of rais- ing funds to fight infantile paralysis ! here and throughout the country. ©Of the proceeds, 70 per cent will be | retained locally and 30 per cent will be forwarded to the President’s; Birthday Ball Commission for Infan- tile Paralysis Research. One of a series of balls that are being held at the same time and for | the same purpose throughout the | United States, the local affair prom- ises to be one of the most brilliant in the present season here. So large is the affair to be that three orches- tras have been retained to furnish the music. Two Types of Tickets. There are to be two types of tickets to the ball. One will be for danc- ing only and will cost $5. The other includes supper, which will be served cabaret style, and will cost $7. Tick- ets are being sold in the headquar- ters of the Birthday Committee in| the Transportation Building. Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson is honorary chairman of the committee arranging the effair, Mrs. John R. Williams is chairman and Raymond T. Baker is Executive Committee chafrman. Vice chairmen of the Executive Committee are District Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen and George E. Allen, Arthur O'Brien, Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Joseph P. Tumulty, | Corcoran Thom, Joseph Himes, | ‘Thomas Brahaney, Julius Garfinckel, €arl Corby and Joseph Davies. Groups Co-operating. Rear Admiral Mark Bristol heads the Ticket Committee and has as his vice chairman Gen. William A. Hor- ton. The Table Committee is headed by Mrs. Reeves Lewis, with Mrs. Wil- liam W. Galbraith as vice chairman. Leaders in the affair announced today that they are receiving the whole-hearted co-operation of busi- ness, civic, fraternal, military and social service organizations in its efforts to make the attendance at the hall one of the largest ever seen at | any social affair ever held in this city. | e FORESTERS T0 GIVE IDEA ON C. C. C. WORK! Meeting Here Late This Month. ‘The discussion of a national forestry policy, including recommendations for administration of the Civilian Con- servation Corps, if placed on a per- manent basis, and subsistence home- steads, will be the chief topic at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters at the Shorenam Hotel January 28-30. More than 400 delegates from all sections of the United States are ex- pected to attend. Those on the local committee in charge of the meeting are C. M. Granger, secretary and treasurer of the soclety; Franklin W. Reed, execu- tive secretary, and G. H. Collingwood. Earle H. Clapp, with the United States Forest Service here, is vice president of the society. Miss L. Audrey War- ren is business manager. Among the activities in which the society is engaged and which will be brought up at the meeting are the correlation of research in forestry| through standing committees and through representation in the Na- tional Research Council, the develop- ment of a national forestry policy, |y U. S. Society Will Hold Annual] | Carlson, national president of the the development of standards in for- estry education through a forest edu- cation inquiry, made possible through ! the financial contribution of the Car- negie Corp.; the compilation and standardization of forestry terminol- ogy, the maintenance of professional standards in public employ, and the development of increased employment oportunities for foresters. CHAIRMEN APPOINTED ON SCHOOL FEDERATION Fairfax Body Holds Meeting to Name Committee Heads and Members. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va., January 19.—At a meeting of the Fairfax County Fed- eration of Parents and Teachers, held this week, Dr. Ernest C. Shull of Herndon was named chairman of a health committee; J. E. Bauferman of Groveton, chairman of education; Mrs. F. D. Parrish of Burke, home servicé; Mrs. L. I. Dolph of Lorton, | welfare, and Mrs. Bruno H. Wittig of McLean, organization. The following Executive Committee members were appointed: Mrs. Carson | Ryan of Falls Church, Mrs. William Mills of Vienna, Mrs. B. H. Wittig of McLean, Dr. Ernest C. Shull of | Herndon and W. T. Woodson of Fairfax. G. 0. P. WOMEN FORM EIGHT DISTRICT UNITS| Prince Georges Organization | Plans Further Groups—Work Is Outlined. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, January 19.— Units of the Federation of Republican ‘Women of Prince Georges County have been formed in eight election districts and plens are being made to organize in other districts, it was announced st & meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the federation, held in the home of Mrs. James Severe here. It was decided to make layettes for the Red Cross and plans for other work were outlined. A report was given of the visit of approximately 50 members to the county almshouse at Christmas, when baskets were dis- tributed by the federation members among the inmates. Mrs. Eva Chase of Riverdale, presi- dent, conducted the meeting. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Charles J. Fuhrmann, Rhode Island avenue, Brentwood. - Boxing Law to Be Debated. FALLS CHURCH, Va. January 19 | (Special) —The boxing ordinance re- cently passed by the Town Council will be discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the Young Democratic Club of Falls Church Monday night. The club was instrumental in shaping and passing the ordinance. |is now serving cut the unexpired | Charles A. Hamilton, Noted Engineer SET RAILROAD SPEED MARK IN 1893, CHARLES H. HOGAN, Famous railroad engineer, who on May 10, 1893, drove old “999” to a world record of 112} miles an hour over the Batavia-Buffalo straightaway to win immortal fame, was given a testimonial din- ner at the Hotel Statler on the oc- casion of his 85th birthday anni- versary. Hogan is now superin- tendent of the Buffalo labor shop. —Wide World Photo. NATIONAL DEFENGE PARLEY PLANNED Secretary Dern Heads List of Speakers to Women’s Meeting. A program for co-operative effort in support of adequate defensive prep- arations for the United States will be the objective of the tenth Wom- en’s Patriotic Conference on National Defense, scheduled to meet here January 30, 31 and February 1. Near- 1,000 delegates, representing 40 national women's organizations, are expected to attend. The conference will open Wednes- day night, January 30, with a patriotic mass meeting in the ball room of th: Mayflower Hotel. The opening ad- dress will be made by Secretary of War Dern; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Mrs. O. D. Oliphant, founder of the conference, and Frank N. Belgrano, jr., national commander of the American Legion. Mrs. A. C. American Legion Auxiliary and con- ference chairman, will preside. Other Speakers. Conference sessions will continue Thursday, January 31, in the May- flower Hotel ball room. Among the speakers on the morning program will be Rear Admiral E. J. King, chief of the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics; Representative Martin Dies of Texas and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne, chief of the War Plans Division. At the Thursday session addresses will be made by Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward, member of the Navy Gen- eral Board; Dr. Thomas H. Healy, chairman of the American Legion’s National Defense Committee, and Brig. Gen. Charles D. Herron, chief of staff, Ordnance Department. This session will take the form of an open forum, with general discussion of na- tional defense questions by the dele- gates. Banquet Announced. Thursday night the annual con- ference banquet will be held, and the final conference session Friday morn- ing, February 1. Brig. Gen. Richard P. Williams and the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh will be speakers at the Priday session. The conference will close with the adoption of resolutions set- ting forth the attitude of the dele- gates on national defense questions. After adjournment a pi will be made to the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier, where Mrs. Carlson will place & wreath in the name of the women's patriotic organizations of the country. PRESS CLUB TO SEAT FOOTE ON SATURDAY Organization Will Commence 28th Year With Member- ship of 2,000. With inauguration next Saturday night of Mark Foote of the Booth papers in Michigan as president, th- National Press Club will start its twenty-eighth year with a memb.r- ' ship in excess of 2,000. | The ceremonies will be held in the Press Club auditorium snd will be followed by an entertainment pro- gram. To be inaugurated with Foote, who‘ term of William <. - merly of the Pi hin Public Ledger, will be C--rge Stimson, writer, vice president: Paul Hodges. | Cleveland Plain Dealcr, secretary; Binghamton Press, treasurer; Cecil E. Dickson, As- sociated Press, financial sc-vetary, and the following members of the Board! of Governors: Lorenzo M-:tin, Louis- ville Times; Lyle C. Wilson. United | Press; Arthur W. Hachten, Un versal Service; George W. Combs, Baltimore Evening Sun; Harold Brayman, Phiia- delphia Evening Public Ledger; George L. Tarry, Wall Street Journ-!. and Charles O. Gridley, Denver Fost MRS. WOLFE TO SPEAK TO WOMAN DEMOCRATS Will Address Educational Council on “The Reporter Plan” at Mayflower Tomorrow. Mrs. James Wolfe, acting director of the Women's Division of the Demo- cratic National Committee, will speak tomorrow evening at a meeting of the Women's Democratic Educational Council in the Mayflower Hotel. Her subject will be “The Reporter Plan.” Mrs. Gratian Kerans, president of the councl, will preside. The Party History Group of the council will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Mabel Jennings Fry, 3405 N street, it is announced by Miss Ida B. Mapel, group chairman. Mrs. Zo2 T Garig Carson and Miss A. Deasy will spaak. Mrs. Carroll L. Stewart will speak at a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. 1 of the council Study Unit in the Women's City Club. The council will hold its annual card party the evening of Fel 5 in the Mayflower Hotel. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, PLEADS FOR WILD LIFE Darling Finds “Appalling Short- age of Water Fowl.” Advocating a “national movement for wild-life restoration” J. N. (Ding) w. & J (¢} o JANUARY And it must arbitrarily end with this week. Every Suitc and Occasional Piece ordered out by Inventory is tagged to go —and MUST GO. The sale cannot be prolonged. That, you see, makes us doubly ruthless with the reductions—leaving out every consideration save the one objective. Thus this week in which “Clearance Ends” marks an opportunity you will be chief of the Bureau of Biological Sur- vey, told Secretary Wallace yester- day a crisis was approaching. Submitting his annual report, Dar- ling said the bureau had made “the most exhaustive survey of water fowl conditions ever attempted” and had o o JANUARY D. C, Darling, newspaper cartoonist and |found “an appalling shortage of water fowl.” Big Crops Harvested. Bumper fruit and beet crops were harvested in Latvia last year. [¢] JANUARY 20, 1935—PART ONE. Clinic Slated. LEESBURG, Va., Janfiiary 19 (Spe- cial) —A clinic for adults conducted by a specialist of the State Health De- Auxiliary Dance Wednesday. School Dance Planned. A card party and dance will be GAITHERSBURG, Md., January 19 held Wednesday at the Mayflower | (Special).—The editorial staff of the iR 0 Q partment for the diagnosis of diseases of the chest will be held in the Lou- doun County Hospital here January 24. | of the Committee on Arrangements.|January 25 from 9 till 12, Mrs. Martin Mendelsohn is chairman T welfth o o JANUARY o eager to embrace when the intrinsic values are weighed beside the extravagant reductions. Blanket Chest Early American design; maple con- struction. Regular Price $§42.50 Butterfly Table Early American; solid mahogany; lamp table size. Regular Price $22.50 You will appreciate why all selections mustbe final—and no exchanges can be made. Bedroom Suites In black and gold; artistically decorated. 7 pieces, including single twin bed. Cofiee Table Combination cof- fee and book table; maple construction. Regular Price $9.50 ing twin beds. Tavern Table An interesting early American piece in maple. Of dis- tinguished construc- tion. Regular Price $62 End Table Early American type, with book trough. Solid maple. Regular Price $15 Popular periods and designs are numbered among this group featured in the final week in the Clear- ance Sale. $275 Directoire Suite . ..........$125 $285 Chippendale Suite.........$189 A full 8-piece suite of genuine mahogany, includ- $298 Classic-Moderne Suite ... $175 Yellow and silver combination; 8 pieces, includ- ing twin beds. $360 Chippendale Suite. . .. .....$225 Genuine mahogany of 8 especially attractive pieces, including twin beds. $510 Queen Anne Suite..........$255 o, Combination of genuine mahogany and walnut construction; 8 pieces, including twin beds. Coffee Table Queen Anne type, in genuine walnut. Regular Price §75 $29.50 Library Table Solid mahogany, in practical, useful size. Regular Price $25 $12.50 Pier Table Solid mahogany, with five convenient drawers. Regular Price $45 rust upholstery. Pie Crust Table Genuine mahog- any construction; a very ornamental piece. Regular Price $40 $25 Book Case Made of genuine mahogany; with four convenient shelves. Regulor Price $13.50 $7.50 $145 Empire Sofa Solid mahogany frame, covered in quaintly de- signed tapestry. $235 Georgian Sofa. . . . .. ceee...$125 $375 Directoire Suite...........$235 Combination of rosewood and mahogany. 8 pieces, including twin beds. Living Room Pieces $59.75 Studio Couch...........$29.50 Encloses twin beds; three separate cushions; slmfiodemeSoSa..............$79 Spring back and spring cushions; upholstered in plain green tapestry edged with eggshell moss. Exquisitely carved mahogany base; all hair Gallery Table Genuine mahog- any construction, with metal gallery. Regular Price $20 $8.50 Chest and Table Of selected genu- in~ mahogany. Regular Price $40 $19.50 Writing Table Mahogany cone struction. Recular Price $35 $14.50 Painted Chest Makes convenient lamp stand. Pruit- wood top, with white and gold decora- tions. Regular Price $30 Double Chest Genuine mahog- any; both orna- mental and useful. Regular Price $115 $52 D op-Lid Desk Ccveniently fitted intcrior; genuine makogany construc- tion. Regu’r Price $65 $30 T b e H o u s e filled ; real down cushions; upholstered in green silk damask. Tip Table The construction is mahogany, with attractively carved base. Rezular Price $27.50 $12.50 Lamp Table Genuine mahog- any, with brass gal- lery. Regular Price $30 $14.50 Lamp Table With carved pedes- tal base; genuine mahogany construc- tion. Regular Price £29.50 $14.75 Chest and Table In genuine ma- hogany. Will add a decorative note in any home, Regular Price $£30 $15 Curio Cabinet A" living room piece in early Eng- lish Regular Price $75 $30 Magazine Rack Canterbury typi in genuine mah any Regular Price £35 $12.50 End Table With three cone venient shel hogany constr A Regular Price $19.50 $8 Secretary One of the attrac- tive periods; in genuine mahogany. Regular Price $§115 $50 * China Cabinet Hepplewhite de- sign in genuine ma- hogany: adjustable shelves; covered compartment in base, Regular Price $§20 $35 Candle Stand Real mahogany— a table of many uses. Regular Price $31 $12.50 Center Table Early English oak. Regular Price $100 $40 Dining Room Suites These are the last remaining suites of several of what have been distinctly popular types. $425 Mahogany Suite...........$195 Consists of 10 full pieces; very attractive de- signing. $265 Dining Suite. ..............$130 Mahogany and birch construction; 10 pieces. €275 Classic-Moderne Suite. ... .$130 Natural mahogany with white and gold decora- tions; 10 pieces. $298 Sheraton Suite. . . . ..$198 True to its period in design; genuine mahogany construction; 10 pieces. $375 Hepplewhite Suite. . ... ... .$280 Full 10 pieces, including three pedestal dining table. Sofas and Love Seats $140 Chippendale Sofa.. ... Genuine mahogany; hair filled; real down cushions. Upholstered in green brocatelle. $145 Love Seat...............$72.50 Early English design with gracefully turned walnut base; hair filling; real down cushions; upholstered in tapestry. $103 Moderne Love Seat.........$55 A Chinese inspiration; all hair filled. Down cushions; green damask upholstery. $220 Tuxedo Sofa. .............$130 Down-filled attached back cushions and down- filled seat cushions. Hair filling and blue and gold damask upholstery. Clearance Broadloom Carpets The wanted shades will be found inythe assortment and the best of domestic and imported makes— all at interesting reductions. 9, 12, 15 and 18 foot widths. For example: Choice of Every '$5.75 Domestic Broadloom Redtu;ced S 4.75 You'll also find deep reductions in genuine ORIENTAL RUGS from famous looms. In all sizes. W &J SLOANE 711 Twelfth Street N.W. Square Yard $10.50 Very Heavy Imported Broadloom Rugs 87.50 Were Square Yard DlIstrict 7262 We have provided free parking space for our customers opposite the store on 12th Street W h t h e Gre e n Hotel by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the | Blue and Gold, Gaithersburg High Consumptive Relief Society of Denver. | School publication, 1benem dance in the school here on Street o JANUARY Poster Bed Early American de- sign; maple con= struction. Regular Price $35 $15 Spool Bed Typically sugges- tive of its Colonial ancestry; maple con= struction. Regular Price $35 $15 Colonial Bed Genuine mahog- any construction. Full size. Regular Price $40 Double Bed Of selected satine wood construction. Regular Price $40 $15 Spool Bed Real Coloniel type; genuine mahogany construction; full size. Regular Price $50 $19.50 Separate Bureau Including mirror. Walnut construction. Regular Price $95 Chest on Chest Early American period. Regular Price $39.50 Bureau Base Aspenwood con- struction. A piece that will find a con= sistent place in most any bedroom. Regular Price $60 Dressing Table Just the base, without the mirror. Early American de- sign; maple con- struction. Regular Price $35 $15 Dressing Table Mirror is included. Genuine mahogany construction. Regular Price $65 $29.50 Card Table Chippendale riod; hogany. Regular Price $40 pe- in real ma- Secretary Empire type, deco= rated in gold; with grilled doors. Regular Price $80 Drop-Leaf Table Duncan Phyfe period, in mahogany with the old world finish. Regular Price $125 2., Secretary Console Table Cherry construc- tion, with hand- painted decorations. Regular Price $80 Nest of Tables Satinwood, with hand-painted deco- rations. Regular Price $60 Shutters will sponsor &