Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1935, Page 58

F—8 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 10, 1935—PART FOUR. 31 SUPPLY CORPS NAMIES ARE LISTED Nine of Group of Lieutenant Commanders to Be Promoted. . Thirty-one lieutenant commanders of the Supply Corps will be considered | by the Selection Board that will be convened at the Navy Department to- morrow for the purpose of recom- mending nine officers of this group for promotion to the rank of commander. Headed by Rear Admiral George G. Beibels, the membership of the board will be composed of Capts. Frederick G. Pyne, William R. Bowne, Howard D. Lamar, Fred W. Holt. Manning H. Philbrick and Fred W. McMillen, with Lieut. Comdr. William B. Young as re- corder. Lieutenant commanders eligible | for selection include Howard H. Alkire, Edwin M. Hacker, Spencer E. Dickin- son, Irwin D. Coyle, George S. Wood, Harold C. Shaw, Robert W. Clark, William Gower, Harry W. Rusk, jr.; ‘Thomas Cochran, Ernest H. Barber, Stanley M. Mathes, Lawrence A. Od- lin, John D. P. Hodapp, Charles G. Holland, George C. Simmons, Ralph | W. Swearingen, Frederick C. Beck, | William V. Fox, Charles L. Austin, Tucker C. Gibbs, Stephen J. Brune, | Robert B. Hufl, Malcolm G. Slarrow, | Benjamin S. Gantz, Morton L. Ring, | Raymond M. Bright, Vernon H.| ‘Wheeler, Louie C. English, Howard N. | Hartley and Chauncey R. Murray. | The date for convening the Selec- | tion Board to select lieutenants and Junior lieutenants of the line for pro- motion has not been determined defi- nitely, but it probably will be directed to meet in May. Several officers have been ordered to duty in Washington. Col. Guy Kent, Cavalry, now on duty with the 12th Cavalry, Fort Brown. Tex. will assume new duty at the War Depart- ment in the office of the chief of Cavalry on June 15. Lieut. Col. Ray- mond F. Fowler, upon completing his bresent course at the Army War Col- . lege will be assigned to duty in the office of the chief of Engineers. Lieut. Col. James B. Woolnough, upon relief from duty as instructor at the In- fantry School. Fort Benning, Ga., May 1, will assuthe duty in the office of the chief of Infantry. Capt. Rowland C. W. Blessley, who has been on duty at Selfridge Field, Mich, has as- sumed duty in- the office of the chief of Air Corps. Capt. Charles 8. Mil- ler will be relieved from duty with the 3d Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va. on May 15 and will assume duty in the office of the chief of Cavalry. First Lieut. Lawrence J. Carr, who has been at Bolling Field, will be as- signed to duty in the office of the chief of Air Corps. Considerable interest was taken last week in the proposal that would ex- tend the course of instruction at the United States Military Academy to five years in lieu of the present four- year course, during the first year of which each cadet at the academy would serve as an enlisted man in the Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery or Coast Artillery of the Regular Army. Under the terms of the proposal the five-year course would become effective beginning with the Military Academy class completing the course of instruction at West Point in 1942. RUSSELL APPROVES ORGANIZATION PLAN Marine Commandant Soon to Is- sue Order for New Changes. Maj. Gen. Commandant John H. Russell has approved the recently compiled new tables of organization for the Marine Corps and the same will very shortly be issued. It is stated that all stations of the corps will make future organization changes. Six colonels and ten lieutenant colonels will be automatically retired | June 30 next. These retirements are in accordance with the legislative modifications of the personnel bill. Capt. David R. Nimmer, who has arrived from Moscow, Russia, has been assigned to duty in the office of naval intelligence. Col. Frank Evans, of the line. now on duty at Pearl Har- bor, Térritory of Hawaii, will return to this country this Summer. All officers who were recently rec- ommended for selection to next higher grade will be given professional ex- amination during May. The Examin- ing Board will hold its sessions at Marine Headquarters Barracks, Eighth street southeast. senior colonel | Y. W. C. A. TO HOLD AT HOME TODAY Music Hour to Be Held at 5. Princeton Members to Be Hostesses. Members and friends of the Y. W. C. A. are invited to the at home today at 4 o'clock preceding the music hour, at 5 o'clock, when members of the Princeton Chapter, Miss Helen A Gleason, Mrs. G. G. Siebold, Mrs. Frank R. Davis and Mrs. Charles Baum, will be hostesses. Committees meeting during the week include: Chapter Council, Mon- day, 11 am.; Public Affairs, Tuesday, 11 am.; Elizabeth Somers, Wednes- day, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Kamp Kah- lert, 10:30 a.m. The Cleveland Park Chapter will meet for luncheon at the home of Mrs. P. H. Walker, 2950 Newark street, at 12:30 Monday. Senior High Reserves will meet for a music conference Saturday from 9:30 to 5. Girl Reserves from Phila- delphia, Wilmington, Delaware, Balti- more and Richmond will attend. Reg* istrations will close Wednesday. Junior Girl Reserve Council will meet.Wednesday at 3:30 at the Y. W. C. A. Roosevelt Girl Reserves will meet Thursday to make plans for a visit to the Congregational Home March 28. The Business girls’ gym hour Thurs- day will be devoted to folk dancing program March 26. “The ‘Y’ of Ours” will be the sub- Jject of the assembly of the Blue Tri- angle Club Thursday at 8:15. The speakers will be Mrs. Albert W. At- wood, president of the Y. W. C. A.; Miss Bertha Pabst, former business and professional women's secretary, and delegates who attended the Mid- | winter conference for business girls in | Reading, Pa. | | The Xenos Club will meet Wednes- in preparation for the Natlon-wlde[ NIGHT SCHOOL IS ASKED IN NORTHWEST SECTION Mass Meeting Held at Gordon Junior High, With Many Groups Represented. E. J. Lockwood, director of hight schools, spoke before delegates from several citizens’ associations in North- west Washington attending & mass meeting held last week at Gordon Junior High School. The meeting was called to consider plans for a night school at Gordon or some other large school in the vicinity. Mrs. Joseph R. Lyddane of the Con- duit Road Citizens’ Association pre- sided. Other groups represented were Georgetown, Georgetown Progressive, Glover Park and Burleith Citizens Assoclations, Georgetown Recreational Council, Georgetown Progressive Busi- ness Association and Grant Parent- Teacher Association. A resolution was passed asking that $10,000 be allotted to the District to | provide for such a school. Copies of the resolution will be sent to all citizens’ associations in Northwest Washington, with the request that they approve the action of the meet- ing and send similar resolutions to the Bureau of the Budget and to the District Committees of Congress. The associations also will be requested to send follow-up letters to Congress in an effort to secure acticn on the { proposal. . Aran Film Youth to Study. Michael Dilane, the Aran Isles youth who has made a world-wide reputa- tion as “Michlin” in the film “Man of Aran,” has quit the movies. He en- | tered St. Jarlath’s College at Tuam, | Irish Free State, and will study a pro- fession. He is a healthy, intelligent lad | of 15, and takes part in all the games and exercises with the other boys in the college. His knowledge of Irish is | helping him, for all classics are taught | at the institution through that lan- guage. | day at 7:30 p.m. The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club, | directed by Miss Mary M. Burnett, | will have a rehearsal March 14 at the home of Mary Worthley and Gladys Darke. E Street Community House Girl Reserves will meet Monday at 4 p.m. for a music program, followed by a social service. | will meet March 13 at 4 pm. Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company: IN OUR ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT WE OFFER ELECTRIC RANGE 5[] 450 The New Hotpoint Electric Range brings you all of the features of the most expensive ranges at a considerable difference in price. Beautiful ovens fin- ELECTRIC up-to-date features. A new ished in white porcelain enamel. Oven top and cooking top finished in stain- less porcelain cision temperature control. enamel. Automatic pre- A compact efficient range specially adapted to mod- ern requirements. 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Hav- |ing completed a novel course of study | they are now recognized as theo- |retically perfect mates for worthy bachelors, and they now await swains | so they may apply their academic theories to the problems of domestic | pare girls for marriage. | TWO MEETINGS SET AT “Y” TOMORROW District Sunday School Associa- tion Committee and Married Couples Scheduled. The Executive Committee of the District of Columbia Sunday School Association will meet at the Central Y. M. C. A. tomorrow at 8 pm. There will be a meeting of the Married Couples’ Glub in the Y. M. C. A. as- sembly hall at 8 pm. A new public speaking course, under leadership of J. O. Martin, will be in- augurated at 7:30 pm. Tuesday. This will be open to the public. J. Nelson Anderson has called a rehearsal of the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club for 8 pm. Tuesday and the Dramatic Club will hold its weekly rehearsal in the Y. M. "C. A. assembly hall at the same hour. The Finance Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Board of Managers will hold a breakfast meeting in the Y. M. C. A. at 7:45 am. Wednesday. The Build- ing and Loan Association will meet in room 305, Central Y. M. C. A, at 7:30 p.m. The Y. M. C. A. staff will hold its weekly conference at 8:55 a.m. Thurs- day. The speaker will be Miss Bertie Backus, assistant superintendent in charge of character education in the public schools. Her subject will be “How Character Growth Takes Place.” Floyd K. McTyer will lead the de- votional exercises. The Y's Men's Club will meet at Olmsted’s at 12:15 pm. There will be a luncheon meet- ing of the Executive Committee of the Board of Managers at 12:30 in the central building. “What About Your Heart?” will be the subject of a health lecture at 8 | pm. by Dr. Earl R. Templeton. This lecture will be held in the “Y” assem- bly hall and will be open to the public. The Standard Training School will meet at the Central Y. M. C. A. at 7:15 pm Friday. Page McK. Etchi- son will give a lecture on ti “Pas- sion Play of Oberammergau” at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock. The self-expression group will meet in room 217, Central Y. M. C. A, at 8:15, under the leadership of E. A. Drumm. The Y's Boys' Club will hold a dance in the assembly hall beginning at 9 p.m. Judge J. W. Thompson will give Station WMAL Saturday at 5:45 p.m. PARKS OFFICIALS MAKE RECREATIONAL SURVEY Majority of Citizen Groups Favor Control by Community Center and Parks Departments. In the view of park officials, the plan for unification of the District’s scattered recreational facilities that would bring control jointly to the National Capital Parks and and the Community Center Department, to the exclusion of the District Play- ground Department, is winning “hands down” among local civic as- sociations and parent-teacher groups. Thomas 8. Settle, secretary of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, last week was informed a canvass showed that of the 135 citizens’ associations and parent- teacher associations in the District, 55 have passed resolutions or other- wise gone on official record as fa- voring the adoption of & unified rec- reation plan, under which the Na- tional Capital Parks and the Com- munity Center Department would prevail. This would eliminate the District Playground Department. Three Start Trip to Cape. Three men have left Paris on & trip to the Cape of Good Hope by auto- mobile, and they hope to complete the journey in two months. The route chosen is by way of Port Vendres to Algiers, thence to the Sahara, Lake Chad, Bangui, Brazzaville, Angora and Southwest Africa. One object is ! to show that the natural road lies by way of the French colonies. The road from Bangui to Brazzaville has been covered only once. That was in 1931, when a hiker covered the distance in | 35 days. Man, 54, Dancing Champion. W. H. Heath, 54-year-old builder | of Putney, England, won this yenr's“ | international amateur dancing cham- | | pionship at Nice, France, with his | | partner, Miss Nellie Wood. It is the |su | sixtn year in sucession that he won | the event, easily defeating many men | | much younger. Until he was 43 [Hellh had never danced a step. | e i 35 Tons of Wheat in Load. What is declared to be the biggest load of wheat was hauled by 15 horses | belonging to Hildebrand & Sharpless Bros. of Calleen, New South Wales, the ing 35 tons. | Service Band Concerts. THE United States Navy Symphony Orchestra, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader, will play at the sail loft, Navy Yard, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The soloist at this concert will be Musician Samuel Stern, who will play Godard’s “Adagio Pathetique” for violin-cello. Other works included in the pro- gram are Von Weber’s overture, “Der Freischutz,” selections from Victor Herbert's “Eileen,” a fantasy on Moussorgsky's “Boris Gopdonow” and the “Bacchanale” from Saint-Saen's “Samson and Deliah.” The orchestra | will also be heard &t the sail loft ‘Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Concerts by the United States Navy Band are scheduled for Monday morn- ing at 11 o'clock; Tuesday and Thurs- day mornings at 11:30. The coming week’s schedule of the United States Army Band includes the following concerts to be given in the Army Band auditorium. Monday—Concert in connection with the Future Farmers of America program of the Farm and Home Hour, 12:30 p.m. Concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday—Concert at 11:30 am. Friday—Concert at 11:15 am. Saturday—Concert in connection with the National Grange program of the Farm and Home Hour, 12:30 p.m. Concert in connection with the Ameri- can Legion program, 7:30 p.m. Concert schedule for the United States Marine Band and Orchestra for the coming week: On Wednesday at 8 pm. the Ma- rine Band Symphony Orchestra will present the following program: Overture. “Sakuntala,” oBus 13.. Carl Goldmark Rapsodie de Concert for violin and or- orth’k&rl. Tz, loist. Wolf-Ferrari Cycle. Lehmann “Inquisitive o . Selections from the Rubaiyat “In a Persian Garden’ Waltz from the ballet _ lSlrrmnx Beauty ite, “A’ Serenade.” opus 34 ... Schumann On Tuesday at 11:30 am. the Pa- triotic Shut-Ins’ Dream Hour will be given, and on Friday at 3 pm. band concert. These programs will be presented in Tschalowsky Taylor Branson. Concerts .by the United States Sol- ley Hall. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assiste ant leader. Tuesday evening, beginning at 5:30 o'clock: March, “Bersaglieri” (Italian Rifieman) ovgture Eilenberg “Mornin Vgang: Yoon snd bt o Suite d'orchestra. Y “Bcenes _ Poetiques"”. (a) “In the W Buppe In the Mountains.” In_the Village.” erpts from comic oper; ep. “Ching-Ling-Ting Valse intermezzo, “Springtime” arch, “The Rookies Overture “The Hermits' Bel A tone poem, ~Emperor Jones” Selection from “A Connecticut Yankee" Characteristic, *Hok Pokey"” ‘Wendell Hall Finale Ziehrer “A Signal_from Mar: Taylor “The Star Spangled Banner.” Saturday evening: | March +.Goldman .« .Langey .Fletcher Visions_of Al ‘In the Palace of Old Versailles.” 1:3) “At the Court of Cleopatra.” Selection, “The Shamrock™...........Myddleton Intermezzo. Leigh Triandis” Popular Waltz. .Cohan O'Hara ay ) Nelly Kelly. I Love You! Finale. “Over_the Top" “The Star Si Pope’s Charity Fund Grows. The Crusade of Charity, launched | by Pope Pius XI to aid families of Rome, rendered poor by the depres- sion, is meeting with a response far | greater than expected. From all parts |of Italy bishops, priests and laymen | are pouring in funds for the charity, | after the example of the Pope himself, who gave a large sum. Among the | recent contributions was one of 8,000 lire from the Right Rev. Celsus O’Con- | nel, Abbot of the Trappist Mount | Melleray. | Students Collect $50,000. | Students of Glasgow, Scotland, col- |lected a “mixed bag” during their |the band auditorium at the Marine | recent charity day street solicitations. | Barracks under the direction of Capt. The total amount raised was $50,695. | The only gold received was a half- | sovereign, valued at $2.50. There was | $30.60 in half-cents and $27,860 in The Wednesday Club of 614 E street | life. The school was founded to pre- | the weekly Y. M. C. 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