Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1935, Page 4

HEAD OFCOLLESE SEERSD.A R POST Dr. Flora Myers Gillentine on “Brain T!-u_st” Ticket for Highest Office. —_— Opposed to Mrs. William A. Becker of Summit, N. J., in the race for the office of president general of the Na- tional Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the forthcoming triennial election is Dr. Flora Myers Gillentine, Nashville college professor, whose ticket was | announced here yesterday. Not in years has the National So- ciety approached a triennial election with as many issues as are crowded to the fore. The election will be held during the week of the Continental Congress, which convenes in Consti- tution Hall on April 15. Mrs. Herry Colfax, former State regent of the District of Columbia D. A. R. is the only Washington can- didate among the 20-odd aspirants for national office this year, and she’ has been indorsed unanimously by the local organization for registrar geenral on the ticket headed by Dr. Gillentine. | Native of Tennessee. Dr. Gillentine had announced her candidacy at the same time that Mrs. Becker entered ‘the field some time ago with her full ticket, but it was only recently that the complete per- sonnel of the opposing ticket was se- lected. A native of Tennessee and a resi- dent of Nashville, th> “Athens of the South,” Dr. Gillentine has been prominent for many years as an edu- cator, public official and leader in women’s activities. She has held many offices in the D. A. R. | It has been announced that if elected president general of the D. A. R. Dr. Gillentine will take up her permanent residence in Washington | during her term of office. | Dr. Gillentine traces her Revolu- | tionary ancestry to officers of the North Carolina and Virginia troops. She lists among her ancestors Capt. Joshua Stone, a lineal descendant of George Stone, who came to James- | town, Va., in 1620, as well as many | others whose names are closely linked | with the history of the Old Dominion. Mrs. Grove Widely Known. | As associate candidates Dr. Gillen- tine has assembled a group of women | from many sections, all of whom have more than local renown for achieve- ment in many spheres. Mrs. Grove, the District’s lone can- didate, is widely known outside the 'ranking member of the Communist | their chances will be reduced. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 31, 1935—PART ONE. Candidates for D. A. R. National Offices Upper, left to right: Mrs. Flora Myers Gillentine, Mrs. John Allison Hardy, Mrs. E. B. Ball and Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove. Lower, left to right: Mrs. Percy Young Schelly, Mrs. Clyde H. Porter, Mrs. Herbert F. Gaffney, Mrs. Adam Mrs. Philip c-swgll. This Changing World Capt. Eden, Conservative, Reveres Lenin in Moscow, but Has Satisfaction of Litvinoff Toast to King. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. distinguished Tory lord privy seal, Capt. Anthony Eden, has spent three happy days in Moscow. It is true he had to visit and remain uncovered in contemplative reverence before Lenin’s tomb—a somewhat un- pleasant task for a true British con- servative. But in exchange he had the satisfaction of hearing Maxim Litvinoff drink with enthusiasm toast to “His Majesty the King” at a state dinner in the Kremlin. in the West might conceivably be avoided in the near future. A war in the East cannot be postponed much | | longer. Both Japan and Germany have their eyes on Russian territory; they need Toom for their surplus | populations and Russia has plenty | of territory. Consequently Russia | must be the object of attack from BRITISH SATISFIED Believe Russians Support Collective Plan to As- sure Peace. (Continued From First Page.) in secrecy, but both sides denied any | formal agreements had been worked | out. | Capt. Anthony Eden, British lord | these two powerful military nations. At the present moment Russia, with the support of France, the Little | privy seal, who has spent two days here talking with Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commissar, and Joseph Stalin, Russia's dictator, entrains for Very few people thought 15 years | Entente and other minor nations, can | warcaw tomorrow night. | ago that one of the highest officials of | still the Soviet government and a high defeat the Japanese-German If the issue is much delayed In block. Will Visit Praha. ‘Thence he goes to Praha, afterward ON SOVET STAND Titulescu, Rumanian foreign minister and little entente spokesman, nister of Czechoslovakia, will follow i McMullen, Mrs. Fred Schilpin and the Anglo-French security plan devised at London was the basis for | their exchange of ideas, but neither was willing to give an opinion as to iwhnc the chances were for putting that plan into effect after the Berlin and Moscow positions became known. | Well informed Russian quarters | professed to be certain that Adolf Hitler replied in the negative to sug- gestions advanced in his recent talks with Simon and Eden, and em- phatically in the negative concerning | the Eastern European pact. Russia’s next important visitor will be Laval, who is coming here after the League Council meeting. Nicholas and possibly Eduard Benes, foreign mi- him to Moscow, it is understood. JAPAN WATCHES EUROPE. —— | Retains Interest Despite League Resig- nation. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, March 30.—Japan will maintain her interest in European affairs, observers here believe, despite her resignation from the League of National Capital. She has been State | party would shout long live the King order to preserve the peace of the returning to London to add his pieces Nations. historian, vice regent and State regent | of the District of Columbia and has seen service on many important na- tional committees. For successive sessions of the Continental Congress she was chairman of the Pages’ Ball Committee. | As State chairman of the Con- stitution Hall Finance Committee and the Revolutionary Relics Committee, Mrs. Grove has given distinctive serv- ice to the national headquarters in ‘Washington, for the “District Daugh- ters” have been liberal subscribers to both the building and museum proj- | ects. | As candidate for chaplain general, | Mrs. Percy Young Schelly of Phila- delphia is one of the most prominent women in Pennsylvania patriotic circles. She is an ex-regent of In-| dependence Hall Chapter and for many years has served as treasurer, within the walls of the Kremlin, and a leading British Tory would uncover himself before the tomb of Lenin. * X Kk % Still fewer people believed that the { world would change so fast as to see the most determined opponent of the established old order of capitalism, talism, Great Britain, to save the world from chaos. and is on the Nominating and Resolu tions Committee of the State D.A.R. | organization. Rhode Islander on Ticket. i New England’s representative on the ticket with Dr. Gillentine is Mrs. Philip Caswell, candidate for record- ing secretary general, who is State regent of Rhode Island. She is the| only New England candidate for na- tional office this year. Mrs. Caswell | is a charter member of the Rhode | Island D. A. R. and is second vice president of the United States Daugh- | ters of 1912. The candidate for corresponding | secretary general, Mrs. John Allison | Hardy, is a leader in Mississippi, where she is honorary vice regent and a former acting State regent. She is representative of the younger element in the D. A. R. and is active in social welfare work. Well known as publisher, historian and woman of affairs, Mrs. Fred Schilpin of Minnesota, candidate for treasurer general, was last year's winner of the D. A. R. prize for historical publications. She is author of “Study Outlines of History,” used | largely in State work throughout the | society. | Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball is the eandidate for historian general and is one of the prominent D. A. R. lead- ers in Indiana. For six years she has been chairman of the Indiana room in Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. McMullen Is Candidate. | From Nebraska, Mrs. Adam Mc- Mullen, wife of a former Governor of that State, is the candidate for re- porter general to the Smithsonian In- stitution. Mrs. McMullen is a former State regent and is a member of the National Officers’ Club in Washing- tion, where she is well known. Mrs. Clyde H. Porter, State vice re- gent of Missouri, is Dr. Gillentine's candidate for librarian general. She | has been State chairman of finance and is a member of the Board of Ar- rowrock Tavern, memorial landmark preserved by the Missouri D. A. R. 'he candidate for curator general, Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney, is one of the best known members of the D. A. R. She has five years of service as a member of the National Board of Management, and as State regent and viee president general she has been a leader in many fields. Mrs. Gaff- ney is from Georgia. : “Brain Trust” Ticket. Dr. Gillentine, a college professor herself, is literally putting & “brain tryst” ticket in the fleld. Colleges and universities represented on her ticket are Columbia, Minnestoa, Vas- sar, Peabody, Iowa, Sweet Briar, Ohio ‘Wesleyan and Ward-Belmont. Now that the debt on Constitution Hall is about paid, Dr. Gillentine ad- voeates a lessening of demands on State and chapter organizations in order that they may resume projects in!sections in which they have direct local interests. by The two tickets now in the field are sald to have supporters among the present “cabinet” and Board of Man- agt t. Mrs. Becker is the present national defense chairman under Mrs. Rugsell William Magna, president gen- * ¥ ok % How far this new association will go nobody quite knows now. There is no doubt that the Soviets are willing to go to any length to obtam Britain’s collaboration in the inevitable struggle in Europe lnd! Asia. How enthusiastically Britain will accept this bid is another matter. ¥ ek The one and only effort of the British leaders is to avoid a war. This is why Sir John Simon and Capt. Eden have become the traveling salesmen of the peace idea and are approach- ing every one possibly interested in it. Every reliable report coming from London indicates that the British government is willing to go to almost any length in the line of political concessions in order to prevent the outbreak of a new con- flict. But, these reports say, it is equally determined to avoid as long as possible political entanglements which might involve the empire in another war. Hence, Sir John and Capt. Eden are endeavoring to sponsor new agree- ments and pacts, provided they do not involve Great Britain in any obli- gations to mobilize its armed forces and fight a new war. * k ¥ X The Soviet leaders see the situa- tions from a different angle. They, too, would like to see peace preserved, but, being more directly menaced than the British, are considering the situation more realistically. A war Soviet Russia. assoclate itself with ' the most stubborn defender of capi- | world Moscow thinks Germany and Japan must be crushed now, other- wise they will keep the world in the the moment to strike when the other group of nations is least prepared to face an attack. Britain, says Mos- self will ultimately suffer. * k X % Moscow wants to mobilize all the | capitalistic countries in the eventual | war against Germany and Japan. A trial balloon was launched Friday in- | timating that America might be in- vited to join in a new security pact {to include Japan, China, the United | States, the Soviet Republic and | France. diately. The American Government can see no good reason for jdining such a pact. It is fraught with dan- gerous possibilities. There is already such an agree- | ment—known as the nine - power | pact—and it has been thrown in the | when they started in 1932 to slice intervals portions of it. To join another “peace instrument” when nations are vying with each | would be an unnecessary step on the part of this Government. Diplomats see in a new treaty of | this kind nothing but an attempt to | draw America into some entangle- ments which might involve her in a war. Or the policy of this adminis- tration is to keep out of the coming embroglio at all cost. The President is determined to fol- low the line of policy which is almost unanimously desired by the people of this country—to join any real peace move and any eventual disarmament attempt, but to keep out of any snare which may be intended by the other powers to draw this country into an alleged peace move which would ultimately result in another war, DEFENSE SENTIMENT DECLARED GROWING D. A. R. Officer Says Middle West Aroused to See Need by Con- ditions in Europe. Recent events in Europe have aroused Americans to recognize the need of adequate defense, especially in the Middle West, Mrs. Willlam A. Becker, chairman of the D. A. R. Na- tional Defense Committee, declared yesterday. She has just returned from a speak- ing tour embracing Omaha, Minne- apolis, Madison, Wis, and Grand Rapids and said it was gratifying to find the call for national defense is meeting with hearty response in that section. Mrs. Becker is a candidate for presi- dent general of the D. A. R. at the Continental Congress which opens April 15. ¢ “There is & widespread approval of the administration’s program to build up the Army and Navy,” she said. “The cost need not alarm.. Americans spend more for cigarettes each year than it costs to maintain the Army and Navy combined.” She declared one of the greatest needs is vigilance against the various “isms” spreading throughout the eral, and Mrs. Magna and Dr. Gillen- { COUDtry. tire both served as national officers in the administration of Mrs. Lowell Fldtcher Hobart, which immediately P the present group. Dr. Gil- lenitine was historian general and con- dug & historical essay contest dur- the recent Yorktown Sesquicen- ughl celebration in which 50,000 high school students submitted manu- scripts. “Some 600,000 to 800,000 persons are organized in groups that openly ad- vocate the overthrow of our Govern- ment,” she claimed. " French Wines Lead. France is leading the world in ship- m sparkling winés to the~United ) C. C. C. TO CONTINUE Organization to Be Kept Going Until $4,880,000,000 Relief Bill Is Enacted. By the Associated Press. mAmwugh the :112; creating the villan Conservai Corps expires tonight, officials are going to keep it going until the $4,880,000,000 relief bill, continuing it for another two years, is enacted. Final action on the measure is expected by congressional leaders this week, In view of the pressing need 2lso of the Federal Emergency Reliet Administration for additional funds to carry on its activities. The Relief Administration yesterday had but $4,000,000 remaining in its cash drawer, with average outlays of $5,000,000 a day to meet in April. However, a transfer of some of the $48,000,000 of impounded P. W. A. money is to be made this week unless the relief measure is enacted quickly. MAN, 70, HURT BY CAR Victim of Auto Mishap May Have Fractured Skull. George G, Will, 70, of 5220 Forty- cow, must help, otherwise she her-| waste-paper basket by the Japanese, | |up China and swallow at frequent | other to disregard treaties and pacts, | DESPITE EXPIRATION| ;w the puzzle-picture of the European | situation. Sir John Simon, British | foreign secretary, will present to |and Benito Mussolini, premier of | Italy, at the tri-power parley at Stresa, Italy, April 11, | While articles in Russian newspa- | | pers urged that “Americ: 11 is | bound up with that of Europe,” ob- | servers here considered the possibility | that Russia, Great Britain, France | | and Italy might join hands within | | the framework of the League of Na- | ‘tlons to oppose Germany's rearm: ‘ | ment. | | In an address Thursday night Eden | | stressed Britain's support of the | League. The French already have | | given notice that they will take their | This balloon was punctured imme- | case against Germany before the | BY the Associated Press. League Council April 15. Observers | here think League action would claim | Mussolini’s support, while they regard | ! Russian co-operation as assured. U. S. Seen at Crossroads. Most outspoken in asking American | co-operation in preserving peace was | the government’s organ for heavy in- dustry, Za Industrial-Zatziu, whose | | authoritative writer on foreign af- fairs, Michael Tanin, said under the caption “The United States at the | Crossroads”: | “At the moment of an extremely | tense atmosphere in Europe in connec- tion with the aggressive attitude of German Nazis, American diplomacy is manifesting indecision.” Declaring America’s position in in- ternational affairs worsened by recent Far Eastern events, which, he said, the American press has described as “closely connected with the breaking of the Versailles treaty by Germany,” Tanin's article asserted the United States “can never isolate itself from | Europe.” “America,” the writer continued, “could not avoid becoming involved in war in Europe,” saying the leading capitalistic circles in America at least “realize that war can be postponed only through the accord of United States policy with that of other parties interested in protection of the Euro- pean status quo.” Debts to U. S. Cited. The United States has $11,000,000,~ 000 of war debts to be received from Europe, he said, and over $5,000,000,- 000 invested in Europe. The newspaper Izvestia, government mouthpiece, renewed charges that Germany is anxious to seize the Ukraine, saying Russia stands firm for the Eastern security pact, which Ger- many thus far has scorned, and pre- dicting Poland would be converted into Germany’s vassal. A joint communique will be issued tomorrow morning outlining the results of the Anglo-Russian talks. Eden termed the conversations “ex- ploratory,” while the Russians used the word “informative.” - British and Russian sources made identical statements to the effect that The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDI VIDUAL || the facilities of & SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical is, which enables the borrower to liquidate his obli- |i gation by means of weekly, semi- || monthly or | monthiy deposits. A Bank for the INDIVIDUAL MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervisien U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N.W,, Diplomatic quarters today said they . |Ii attached considerable importance to the conference of Japan’s European | present warlike tension and will choose | Plerre Laval, French foreign minister, | diplomatic corps to be held in Paris | in June for general exchange of views concerning European problems. Reports to be drawn up at that con- ference will be submitted to Tokio, probably by Tsuneo Matsudaira, Jap- anese Ambassador to London, and | will provide background for shaping | the Japanese government’s European | policy, these diplomats say. SCIENTIST GROWS BEARD TO AID STUDY OF INDIANS | HOLLYWOOD, March 30.—High| hopes of growing a passport on his | chin were entertained today by Greg- | ory Mason, author-explorer and an- thropologist for the Museum of the American Indian. His embryo beard bristling, Mason. | who has just arrived from New York | en route to Mayan ruins in Colombia, explained that Whiskers—plain, fancy | or otherwise—are a passport to safety in Colombian wilds. Indians of the interior are unabe ||l to grow beards and they treat any | one who can almost as a god, the| scientist said. American Radiator Co. product com- pletely installed in six rooms as low as *289 NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY A Complete Line of Heating Equipment o Electrol Oil Burners o B and G Summer and Winter Hot - Water Attachments o Westinghouse Blow- ers Free Estimat Convenien Heating ECONOMY o, 906 10th St. N.W. Met. 2132 It is wot meces- sary to have had an accoust at this | Bank in order to lima. 0GRS QT sed dy'r filing within a two after application—with few exceptions. M ly though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. MANY OLD HOMES ON VISITING LIST Georgetown Group An- nounced for Public Open- ing April 12-13. Many historic old houses of George- town will throw open their doors to the public Friday and Saturday after- noons, April 12 and 13, under auspices of St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown. For this annual event, of benefit to the church, several homes never be- fore included on the list, will be ready for the public, some of them having been reconditioned for new owners. The committee in charge, headed by Mrs. Devereux Green, 3128 P street, has selected an interesting group of houses, most of them with some in- trinsic interest, and a number of them occupled by persons prominent in The houses will be open from 2 to 6 p.m., some of them on both Priday and Saturday, certain others only on Friday, and still others only on Satur- day. The list includes the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dean G. Acheson, 2805 P street; Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Chillingworth, 1406 Thirty-fourth street; Mr. and Mrs. Willam 8. Conant, 1402 Thirty-first street; Mr. and Mrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3263 N street; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Phelps Dodge, 1645 Thirty-first street; Mr. and Mrs. Prancis C. De Wolf, 3322 O street; Mr. and Mrs. F. Mott Gunther, 2812 N street; Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Harman, 3025 P street; Maj. and Mrs. Henry Leonard, 3038 N street; Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC. Little, 3010 O street; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, 3023 Q street; Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, 1401 Thirty-first street; Mrs. H. H. Rousseau, 3238 R street; Mr. and Mrs, Jouett Shouse, 3300 O street; Comdr. and Mrs. Ellis 8. Stone, 1520 Thirty-third street; Mr. and Mrs. A. Blair Thaw, 3255 N street, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Woolley, 3401 Prospect avenue. Tickets at $1 for each day may be secured one week in advance at the Willard, Mayflower or Dodge Hotels, or may be purchased at any of the houses visited. SWEEPSTAKE WINNINGS SUBJECT TO SEIZURE Canadian Authorities COite Law Allowing Institution of Suit by Reformers. By the Associated Press. 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