Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1935, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935. SHEPARD CLAINS as well as some capsules, he testified, were on a table within easy reach of the patient. Rebuttal Plans Center About Romance of Retired Officer. A—6 PRESIDENT TALKS T0 BOYS TONGHT Nation-Wide Scout Silver Jubilee Celebration to Be Opened by Radio. Haskin Autographs New Book Maj. J. C. Dye, an eyz specialist, quoted the patient as saying she “knew all about life and wanted to know about the hereafter.” DORIS DOE TO SING AT SUNDAY CONCERT Metropolitan Opera Star Will Substitute for Miss Sophie Dscliee & NMoantine GIFTS & HOME FU HINGS SINCE 1847 At Oar 1106 STREET Main Store Frederic J, Haskin autoyragh- ing copies of his new book, “The American Government Today,” for purchasers who value a first edttfon carrying. the author’s signature. To obtain a copy of this book, use the coupon that will be found in another column of The Star, and send your order to The Star Business Office. Photo shows, left to right: Miss Hazel Kernon, Miss Marjorie Turner and Mr. Haskin. National 1z By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt, speaking from TOPEKA, Kans., February 8—Be- the White House tonight, formally will open the celebration of the Sil- ver Jubilee week of the Boy Scouts of America, although several programs were to be held during the afternoon. Boy Scouts throughout the Nation will hear the President's greetings, after which they will stand and repeat the Scout oath, it was said at na- tional headquarters. The President will be introduced by Walter W. Head, president of the Scouts, speaking from the St. Louis Auditorium, where 10, 000 Scauts will gather for the cere- mony. The inauguration will be broadcast over national radio hook=- ups. Jamboree in August. ‘While the activities of the Scouts will be concentrated during the next seven days, the celebration will con- tine throughout the year, reaching a climax with the first national jam- boree August 21 to 30, inclusive, when 20,000 Scouts will encamp in Wash- ington. This encampment will be the greatest outdoor event for boys ever held in the country, it is said. A radio challenge of loyalty to scouting opened the anniversary week this afternoon when a program “Scouting Comes to America,” de- picting the advent of the idea as brought over here from England by ‘William Boyce Thompson in 1908, was broadcast over Station WRC. Mem- bers of the British Embassy staff took part in the program, enacting the parts of the British principals in the organization plan. Protestant Scout Services. Special services for Protestant Scouts will be held in Washington Cathedral at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and there will be services for Catholics in the Shrine of the Immaculate Con- ception at 4 pm. Sunday also will mark the sending of greetings to the home of Colin H. Livingstone, founder and first presi- dent of the Boy Scouts of America, at 1249 Kenyon street. Greetings will be carried to Mr. Livingstone by uni- formed Scouts. RADIO BEACON STATIONS ASKED ON PACIFIC ISLES Pan-American Airways Bids for Construction Grants to Speed Airmail. Federal authority has been asked for the construction by Pan-American Air- ways of five long-range radio beacon stations on islands in the Pacific as a step toward trans-Pacific airmail serv- ice which is expected to begin within a few months. The Federal Communications Com- mission was asked to grant permits for construction of stations at Alameda, Calif.; Kaneohe Bay in the Hawaiian Islands; on one of the Midway Islands; on Wake Island, and on Guam. The Navy Department has been asked to grant the airline permission to con- struct Intermediate bases on Wake Island and Guam. CARNIVAL TO OPEN IN SOUTHEAST AREA Community Exposition in Buchan- an School to Feature Prom- inent Speakers. After months of preparation, the Southeast Community Exposition and Carnival will open this evening at 7 o'clock in the Buchanan School audi- torium, Thirteenth and D street southeast. There will be exhibits by various civic, welfare and rec- | reational organizations and agencies of Southeast Washington, interspersed | with demonstrations by the various; exhibitors, brief talks by outstanding | citizens and a varied program of entertainment by community groups. Sponsored by the Community Cen- ter Department of the public schools, the event is designed to be both edu- | cational, by explaining the work of the various organizations, and bene- ficial, by stressing the needs of South- east Washington. Speakers this evening will include Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, Dr. Stephen E. | Kramer, assistant superintendent of schools; Henry I. Quinn of the Board of Education, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Pee- ples, director of the Community Cen- ter Department, and Elwood Street, director of public welfare. Each 10 minutes during the expo- sition, which will last until 11 o’clock, there will be a carnival feature— dancing, tumbling, songs, dramatic arious recrea- A SOL HERZOG Inc. Anniversary Sale is no tame event. The sale is storewide. It would take two pages to tell you about all the savings— but we’ll leave all the superlatives to you. The lowest price we have ever announced for GENUINE WORUMBO 2075 O’COATS Clermont and other famous $35 OVERCOATS Smooth and Fleecy Fabrics $25 & 335 Topcoats Tweeds, worsteds and mixtures in wrap, polo and raglan styles. $3.95 Pigskin Gloves....,. $1.79 $2 snd $2.50 Shirts. Fine madras, 1.55 $1 Ties. 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MADRID, February 8.—The digni- fied Jose Franco y Rocha, minister of | state of Spain, and Deputy Pau:ual( Leone cheered up the affairs of gov- | ernment no end vyesterday by ex- | changing kicks and punches in the | corridors of the National Congress Building. Witnesses said the fight began | when the Deputy demanded an | apology from the cabinet minister for certain disparaging remarks he claimed Dr. Franco y Rocha had made about him. The minister of state replied with | a blow in the face, Leone countered with an old-fashioned kick and then | the battle really got under way. | Friends closed in and tore them | apart. There was no decision. i Huge Dam Planned. The proposed dam across the Neva River to prevent the flooding of | Leningrad, Russia, will be 15 miles long. hind its big barrage—romance—the Government summoned forces for a counterattack today in its second at- tempt to convict Mej. Charles A. Shepard of the alleged poison murder of his second wife. With more than a dozen witnesses on hand fcr rebuttal testimony, Fed- eral prosecutors encountered a mass of testimony to undermine the defense twin theory that the death of Mrs. Zenana Shepard at Fort Riley, Kans., 5% years ago, was either suicide or accidental. Defense Stresses Case. Against the Government's charge that the 63-year-old retired Army medical officer’s romance with Miss Grace Brandon, young blond Army post stenographer, constituted a mur- der motive, the defense brought out: The defendant’s own denial that he poisoned his wife; testimony of witnesses who said the woman had threatened or talked of suicide, and statements of Medical Corps officers and physicians that Mrs. Shepard “had a definitely fixed idea of suicide” and that the “stage was set for suicide” during her last illness. Dentist Adds Testimony. To this, Maj. W. A. 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