Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1935, Page 17

CITIZENS INDORSE PLAY CENTERPLAN Mt. Pleasant Association Urges Recreation Site Near Powell School. Plans for a proposed recreation cen- ter west of the Powell Junior High School were indorsed last night at the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting of the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Associa- tion in the Mount Pleasant Branch Library. ‘The action indorses a petition of a special committee which is enlisting the aid of various religious, patriotic, civic and school associations. The proposed set-up includes the use of 48,000 square feet of property already owned by the District, in addition to the purchase of 115,255 square feet of privately owned property and the clos- ing of portions of certain streets total- ing 52,800 square feet. 60,000 Residents in Area. R. J. Bowen, president, said the | proposed site is in the center of the area bounded on the north by Spring | road, on the south by Florida avenue. | on the east by Eleventh street and on the west by Rock Creek Park. Within this area, covering about three and one-half square miles. Bowen declared there are more than 60.000 residents. The only available playgrounds in the area, the report stated, are those connected with public schools, which | are limited in size and number. The | Jargest, the Cenigal High Scnool Sta- dium, is in the extreme southeast corner of the area. 25th Anniversary Observed. The petition requests that the Board of Education, the Commission- ers and the National Capital Park | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO MARCH 10, 1935—PART ONE. John J. Burkhart, postmaster at caused a letter carrier and Planning Commission apply for the necessary appropriation. In celebrating its twenty-fifth an- niversary, first presidents, early resi- dents and representatives of neigh- boring associations spoke on the early history of the group. SURGEONS MEETING PROGRAM PLANNED Notables in Field Will Attend Session to Be Held Here Next Month. Headed by Dr. Ralph M. Le Comte, chairman, and Dr. Elijah W. Titus, secretary, a large committee on local arrangements is completing the pro- gram for the sectional meeting of the American College of Surgeons, which will meet at the Mayflower Hotel, April 11 and 12. Fellows of the American College of Surgeons from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia will take part. A general invitation to the entire medical profession in these States has been extended. Among the distinguished visitors who have already notified the local committee they will attend are: Dr. Alfred W. Adson, Rochester, Minn,, chief neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic; Dr. Frederic W. Bancroft, New York City, associate professor of clinical surgery, Columbia University College | the cheese’s qualities. Postmaster Proves Limburger - Innocuous in Sniffing Duel | By the Associated Press. | DUBUQUE, Iowa, March 9.—Post- master John Burkhard and his Mon- roe, Wis., Limburger cheese overpow- ered all opposition today in a sniffing duel to determine once and for all whether Limburger has aesthetic or anesthetic fragrance. | Daring all for good old Limburger. Burkhard met his rival, Postmaster Warren Miller of Independence. Iowa, on neutral ground in a Dubuque hotel and came through with iying ! colors, but breathing hard. Postmas- | ter A. F. Schrup of Dubuque awarded | the decision. | By this unique joust on the field of aromatic honor the city of Mon- roe, Wis., won its place in the sun and Limburger its place in the United States mails, from which Postmaster Miller had barred it. Wrapped and double-wrapped, Miller had said, the cheese made his cler! ick and he'd have none of it. Burkhard challenged | him to the sniffing duel of the cen- tury after Washinsten postal officials { had given a split verdict, holding | Limburger could be sent through | the mails, but objectionable odors | couldn’t. | Weather No Deterrent. Cloudy, threatening weather had | Ah! What an Aroma! Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. down on the question of mailing limburger cheeses yesterday. there was quite a controversy because the “odeur” of the commodity some discomfiture, to be returned to Monroe. Mr. Burkhart, however, seems to approve of | until the bell. of Physicians and Surgeons; Dr. | George Crile, Cleveland, director Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and chairman, board of regents, American | Postmaster Burkhard entered the College of Surgeons. | arena five minutes before Postmaster | Dr. Claude F. Dixon, Rochester, | Miller. Weighing-in ceremonies were | no deterrent effect on the crowd that | gathered long before the main event. (COUNCIL FORMED ON PLAYGROUNDS {Action Independent of Es- tablishment of District Advisory Group. ' Contemplating a reorganization of the city's playground and recreation | facilities, representatives of 22 po- | tential playground areas have organ- lized a city-wide Playground Council | to outline their needs and to study and co-ordinate all such facilities in the District. Their action was taken indepen- dently of the District Commissione; establishment of an Advisory Council | on Playground and Recreation which | jon Friday recommended a unified | system under a joint board. The| | proposed new board would consist of {nine members, three each appointed by the District Commissioners, the | ! Board of Education and the National Capital Parks. | The new council is representative | of a large number of community Vabues Like These ic decided on a show- It seems Monroe, Wis., thereby causing the cheese it killed him. Maybe, he added. th fact he had suffered from catarrh | for 10 years and couldn’t smell much would help him | “Hew to the rind, let the crum fall where they may,” the judge! ordered. room suite is. . or Frieze. ! $79.00 value for as little as Miller bn Defensive. Burkhard rushed from his corner | at the opening gong and burst into a | package of Limburger. Postmaster Warren retreated, but hastily recover- | ed his aplomb. The two men spent the remainder of the round sniffing | with Miller mostly on the | | second and third rounds were | mark by fast sniffing. Neither vielded ground. although it was ap- parent the furious pace was telling on them. | The fourth rcund was slow. Miller pulled up to try and catch a breath | of unlimburgered air. | Burkhard came out in the fifth' round sniffing wildly, and when he | feinted with another package of| limburger, Miller almost fainted, but clinched and managed to hang on Eighth Round Mild. Miller had breathing trouble again in the seventh and judges had to warn him against taking air through his mouth. The eighth was mild. The ninth round was interrupted when a practical joker shouted “cheese | Three solidly constructed 2 PIECES Made To Your Order organizations, including parent- teacher associations, citizens’ associa- tions, business men's groups and other similar organizations which have been invited to outline the needs of their respective communities. Central Planning Committee. | From the council, a Central Plan- | ning Committee has been appointed | to co-ordinate suggestions for future | development and the utilization of | existing faciliti The committee is | composed of Dr. Willilam M. Daviny, | Mrs. Carroll Johnson, Aris H. Bacas, Elzie Hoffman, Mrs. Ada Mills Payne, Dr. Norman O. Scribner, Mrs. Roger Sisk, Mrs. Clinton Ward and Mrs. | Gabrielle Pelnam. A subcommittee | on existing plans is composed of Wil- lard S. Driggers, C. R. Fadeley, Louis F. Frick and Mrs. Hector O'Connor. The council already has offered its services in co-operation with the Dis- trict Playground Department, under the direction of Miss Sibyl Baker. An outline of - the council’s future ac- tivities has been set up and agreed upon in a series of meetings held re- | cently in the District Building. Event- ually, a comprehensive plan is to be presented to Congress with a request for necessary legislation to carry it| out. Members of the council and the | areas they represent are as follaws: Mrs. Carroll Johnson, Chevy Chase- Reno; Mrs. Clinton Ward, C. R. Fadeley and Henry E. Jueneman, Georgetown; N Lillian McKenzie. | Park View-Raymond Maj. Earl $59.95. Easy Terms. Small pieces of Landreth and Mrs. Hector O'Connor, Mount Pleasant-Kalorama Heights; Mrs. Belle Cutler Parker, Mid-City; Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, Dr. Clara S. Taliaferro and Mrs. J. W. Williams, Banneker-Northwest; Mrs. F. Holman and Mrs. Carlene V. Austin, Walker Stadium; Mrs. Ada Mills Payne and Mrs. Joseph Saunders, McMillan- Eckington; W. M. Walsh, Northeast Suburban; Harry E. Shilling, Trini- dad; H. F. Winn, Northeast; Dr. Norman O. Scribner, John Hamburg, Ben Lindas and Andrew Peterman, Southwest; R. E. Contee and B. T. Montgomery, South Washington Civi Mrs. Russell Leake, Mrs. J. R. Page, Mrs. Phyllis E. Plemmons, Mrs. Lin- coln Roberts and Mrs. Roger Sisk, Anacostia; Mrs. C. F. Rudolph, Con- gress Heights; Elzie Hoffman and Ulysses G. Banks, Barry Farms, and Aris H. Bacas and Louis F. Frick, Southeast. CALLES SERIOUSLY ILL MEXICO CITY, March 9.—Former President Plutarco Elias Calles, Mex- ico’s “strong man,” has suffered a re- lapse and is seriously ill at his estate, El Tambor, in Sinaloa state, where he has been recuperating since his re- cent gall bladder operation in Los An- geles. His son, Rodolfo Calles, minister of communications, will leave tomorrow morning by plane for Sinaloa. Copyright Living Room Suites 59- Look at the picture and you can see how comfortable this modern living with its large davenport and roomy club chair! Bilt” construction throughout. . .smart coverings of 100, Angora Mohair To our knowledge, we are the first to feature a suite like this—a “Honor- Carrying Charge. s B3 FEDERAL POWER INCREASE EXPLAINE De Vane Says U. S. Will Not Ex- tend Jurisdiction to Every Little Lake. By the Associated Press. Solicitor Dozier A. De Vane of the Federal Power Commission told the | House Commerce Committee yester- day that proposed amendments to the water-power act did not contemplate | extending the Government’s jurisdic- tion to hydro-electric plants on “every little lake or stream in the country.” He was arguing for a change which would give the Power Commission au- thority over all waters over which the Government has jurisdiction, in- stead of confining this authority to navigable streams. “All we ask,” De Vane explained, “is to aid the commission in keeping down litigation. That is true of all the amendments, which are more or less to clarify the present act.” Representative Pettengill, Demo- crat, of Indiana, wanted to know “what constitutional authority is there to give preference to State or ’pnvat.e interests when both were in- | volved in a case. De Vane said the “logical conclu- slon” was that conceivably all private | development could be prohibited un- der the language, but added “They (States or municipalities) are governmental agencies, and we | see no reason why we should ask Con- izrca\ to extend our power over them.” ’ SEYE e | CONTRACT SPEED URGED Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 9—With an announcement that April 1 will be the latest date for making application for corn and hog contracts County Agricultural Agent H. B. Derr has re- quested those interested to file appli- | cations at once. The agent advises that the Ap- | praisal Committee will soon begin functioning and wishes to have appli- cations at an early date in order to save expenses. | j Allen's 1935 Berry Book rsett. Catskill \ Copy Free. Write Today The W. F. Allen Co. 309 Evergreen Ave. municipal projects,” compared with | Sofa Pillows KAPOK FILLED 49 Rayon damask with rayon repp back. Some have brushed fringe edges. others have corded edges. Beautiful shades of red, rust, green and gold. Sale of 59¢ Water Color WINDOW SHADES assistant professor of surgery, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical School; Dr. Robert B. Green- ough, Boston, president, American | College of Surgeons; Dr. Le Roy Long, | Oklahoma City, director Leroy Long Clinic; Dr. oJhn O. McReynolds, Dal- | las, ophthalmic and aural surgeon, St. Paul's, Parkland and Methodist | Hospitals, Scottish Rite Hospital for | Crippled Children; Dr. Fred W. Ran- kin, Lexington, Ky, surgeon St. Joseph's and Good Samaritan Hos- | pitals; Dr. Charles L. Scudder, Bos- | ton, consulting surgeon, Massachus- | €tts General Hospital. | Dr. Frederic A. Besley, Waukegan, | T1L, professor of surgery, Northwestern | University Medical School; Dr. Mal- colm T. MacEachern, Chicago, as- sociate director, American College of | Surgeons, and director of hospital | activities, and Dr. M. N. Newquist, | Chicago, department of industrial | medicine -and traumetic surgery, | American College of Surgeons. WAR SERVICE WOMEN | TO HOLD BIG REUNION Many Organizations to Be Rep- resented at Glacier Na- tional Park. By the Associated Press OMAHA, Nebr., March 9.—In the quiet of mountain solitude, members of the Women's Overseas Service League will attempt next Summer to recapture the thrills of 17 years ago. | A Nation-wide reunion of those | women who served overseas during the World War will be held in Glacier National Park from July 6 to 11. The Red Cross, the “Y,” Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, American Library As- sociation—canteeners, nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, telephone and ordinance corps—in fact, every branch of the service will take part in the reunion. Development of the reunion plan is in the hands of Mrs. Reuben H. Hunt of Omaha, in co-operation with Miss Faustine Dennis of Washington, D. C,, national president of the league. ““BUNION DERBY” WINNER NOW USES SWIVEL CHAIR Elected Clerk of Oklahoma Su- preme Court, Andy Payne No Longer Participates in Athletics. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 10— There’s a swivel chair and a desk now for Andy Payne, the Claremore boy, who won the transcontinental “bunion derby” foot race in 1928. Elected clerk of the State Supreme Court last Autumn, Payne said the *only exercise he now indulges in is strolling along the capitol cor- ridors and pushing a pencil in his office. “I'm not engaging in any forms of athletics,” said Payne, “and haven't since the year after the cross-country ce.” Pioneer Editor-Lawyer Dies. DENVER, March 9 (#).—Webster Ballinger, 94, pioneer editor and law- yer, died last night of pneumonia. He | dispensed with. The battle was on | at_catch-weights. Burkhard, accompanied by a flock of pro-Limburgers from Monroe, of- fered his opponent a gas mask before the start of hostilities. “If it doesn't work. try this, it's a sure breath killer,” he added, and offered a clothes pin. Miller declined. He would sniff the Limburger in its natural state if Community Chest Dollars in Action The Community Chest reports that its affiliated organizations aid, in some manner, more than one- fourth of the entire population of Washington during the year. This is one of a series of stories to d@p- pear in The Star each Sunday, showing typical examples of the aid given. Only the names are fictitious. ERE'S a dollar an’ seven [ cents, Mr. Nielson, that I want to put in the camp bank.” The speaker, a bright- faced youngster, faced Otto Nielson, director of the Northeast Boys’ Club, which has recently inaugurated a “camp bank” for boys who wish to save for a stay at Camp Reeder. the Boys’ Club playground on the Wico- mico River, this Summer. The camp, authorized again this year by the Budget Committee of the Community Chest, already had attracted a goodly number of dimes and nickles into the Northeast Club's “bank.” Has Seen Camp Merit. But the little fellow who brought in the “dollar an’ seven cents” was an exceptional case. His family has been in straitened circumstances for a number of months. He is enthusi- | astic about the camp and last year received such decided benefits from | his first week’s stay on “scholarship” that an extra scholarship was pro- vided. “I want to pay my own way this year,” the little fellow declared, so that some other boy, who can’t earn money like I do, can go to camp, too. It was mighty nice of those people | to send me last year and things were so nice at camp that I just thought | |I'd earn my own money this year. ! “I sold papers every afternoon after school and every morning before school and I'm making some money that way. I did get up to two dollars, but we had to have some bread and a few things one day and mother didn't have any money so I bought ‘em. But I'm making money again and on Saturdays I hunt junk and sell that, or carry bags home from the stores for ladies and they most always give me a nickel or a dime. I'm going to keep right on hustling and I'm sure I'll have enough money by camp time so that I can pay my | way.” Many Using Bank. | ‘This chap is not the only one striv- ‘[ ing for funds for a trip to the Boys’ Club camp this year. Members of the Boys' Club of Washington have been saving since last year and many of | them are able, through their own ef- forts, to pay their way for the two weeks' vacation. Many of them are the sons of families on relief who could not possibly provide camp funds and so must earn their own way if they are to go. Last year board members and others was born in Barbourville, Ky. in 1841, snd came to Colorado in 1873. [ provided a number of “scholarshifs” » it, the cops.” Miller came out for the tenth round virtually out cn his feet, but Burkhard was gaining strength from the lim- burger. The finish for Miller came | when his Wisconsin opponent, no longer able to content himself with merely sniffing, sank his teeth into a sample of the Monroe cheese product, and ate it with obvious enjoyment. ! They were both consciQus at the \‘nd,* modern design for your for boys who could not pay for this outing or could pay only part. The Junior Board of Commerce sponsored | }a boxing match which provided for |camp trips for a large number of | boys. Altogether about 250 boys had | outings during the season and an | equally large number will be accom- | modated this year. |EX-GOV. M. R. PATTERSON (OF TENNESSEE EXPIRES By the Associated Press, MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 9.—His | | powerful oratory silenced by death, | Malcolm R. Patterson was headed Generous size dresser with mirror, chest of drawers and bed. suite in price only—you’ll agree that it was made to sell for much more. bedroom. A $29.95 Easy Terms Arranged Small Carrying Charge This Sale Only! Automatic IRONER 293 Iron and press this new, easier way and cut your ironing day to a few short hours. Two controls, hand or knee. Fully en- closed gears. Illuminated “on” and “off” switch. [Easy terms arranged. Small Carrying Charge. Also Sold at 714 12th St. N.W. and 3140 M St. N.-W. will rollers. oil homeward today to receive the last | tributes of admirers who cheered him |on in life as “the Gamecock of Democracy.” The former Tennessee Governor, | whose courage in office and in politi- | cal campaigns was not questioned even | by his bitterest political opponents, | | died yesterday at Sarasota, Fla., where | he had gone in the hope of regaining his health. He was 73 years old. He was Shelby County (Memphis) attorney general from 1894 to 1900, Representative from the Memphis dis- | trict from 1901 to 1907 and Governor |from 1907 to 1911. He became a circuit judge at Memphis in 1923, re- tiring late in 1934 because of his health. JORDAN’S 13th & G Buys a good s 2 demonstrator Other Used Washers $10—-$20-$25 ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G St, cor. 13th & G Save on Lighting e ih paven 58c TURE, finished in rich polych- rome. Regular $1.19 ki 38° FINISHED SIZE 36 Inches by, 6 Feet The water colors—buff, sand or green—are painted on muslin base, producing an inexpen- sive “cloth shade” that improve the ap- pearance of any win- dow. Mounted on cop- per trimmed, spring . Also regular 79c Machine Window Shades mow S§7c. Silk Formerly eggshell or _’._Sa]e of Beauti LAMP SHADES sold for 9 Pleated silk top, rayon linin in rust, gold, green, bridge or table lamps. ful 29- Sizes for Floor, Junior, Bridge, Table and Lounge Lamps. 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