Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1935, Page 42

D—10 0 R CONGRES PLANS UNDER WY Triennial Election Expected to Draw Thousands Here April 15. Preparations for the Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution are now under way, it was announced today, with various func- tions planned prior to the official | opening April 15. | An attendance of thousands is ex- pected, it was said, as this is the| triennial election year, concluding the | term of Mrs. Russell William Magna | of this city as president general. This | will be the forty-fourth convention of the organization, which is the largest | women’s patriotic group. The dele-| gated body, representing nearly 2500 chapters from all of the 48 States,| consists of about 3,500 citizens, ex- clusive of alternates and those at- tending in unofficial capacity. Officers’ Club Meeting. Among the preliminary functions will be the annual meeting of the | national officers’ club Friday at the| national headquarters, with a lunch- eon at 1 pm. in Memorial Continental Hall, and a banquet the next eve- ning at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. | George Thacher Guernsey, honorary | president general of the D. A. R., is | president of the club, which is com- posed of women having at one time | served as national officers. | The national board of management | will hold its last meeting of Mrs. | Magna's administration Saturday at Memorial Continental Hall, when a | luncheon will be served in the ban- | quet hall honoring the retiring presi- dent general. Friday evening Mrs. Frank Madison Dick, librarian gen- eral, will entertain the board of man- agement in honor of Mrs. Magna at the Mayflower Hotel. | The National Chairmen’s Associa- | tion will hold its annual breakfast | next Sunday at the Willard Hotel. | Special Palm Sunday services will be held at 4 pm. at the National Ca-| thedral, to which Bishop James E.| Freeman has extended special invita- | tions to D. A. R. members. The Con- stitution Hall Committee will meet | that evening at 8:30 o'clock in the | president general's reception room in | Constitution Hall, at which time Mrs. | Magna hopes to announce the pay- | ment of the debt on the auditorium. | Arrangements Chairman. | Mrs. G. Wallace Hanger is chair- man of the committee which arranged | the week's sessions. Working with her was Mrs. Charles H. Bissell and | Miss Jane Randolph Young, vice| chairmen, and Mrs. E. G. Bowman, | Mrs, James Shera Montgomery and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson. Besides | exercises at the Congress, outstand- | ing features will consist of memorial exercises Good Friday for members | who died during the year, pilgrim- | sges to Arlington, where a wreath | will be placed on the Tomb of the | Unknown Soldier, and a trip to Mount | Vernon, where tribute will be paid to | George and Martha Washington. During the visit to Arlington Ceme- tery a marker in honor of Hugh Auld, | Revolutionary soldier, will be dedi- | cated. Auld’s remains were recently brought from the Eastern Shore of | Maryland and reinterred in the Na- tional Cemetery. SR et HUNGRY PICKETS FEAST | AS GUEST OF GOVERNOR Then Resume Parade Asking| Passage of Social Legis- lation. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 6 —Pickets parading in front of the State capitol yesterday bearing placards demanding BRITISH AIRMAIL PARTY VISITS U. S. DURING TOUR Officials Propose New Services to India and Other Parts of Empire Soon. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 6—Two British postal officials on a special mission to link the empire more closely THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, with speediest air mail service around the globe, paused here yesterday long enough to tour the city, visit the post- master and look in on a gangster trial ‘The visitors were Sir Frederick Wil- liamson, C. B., director of postal laws, and Sir Edward T. Campbell, M. P., parliamentary secretary to the British postmaster general. Sir Prederick outlined a proposed service by 1937, which would carry airmail into India four times weekly, into East Africa and Malay possessions three times weekly, and to South Af- rica and Australia twice a week. Air- mail now flies all these routes, but en less frequent schedules. “And of course a trans-Atlantic service is looked for in the future,” he added. Keeps 15 on $10 a Week. J. Graham, unemployed &nd keeping 15 children on $10 a week, told attend- ants at the unemployed center at Workington, England, that “if my old girl died tomorrow I would marry again right away.” D. C, APRIL 7, 1935—PART "TWO. METHODIST CONCLAVE :’u‘;‘.‘: :Mm::l::: ;m”s:h’; IS CONCLUDED AT LURAY | Edwin D. Mouson of Chariotse, . C, yesterday in addressing the Rocking- Bishop Mouzon Declares Time Is mw‘;‘:‘rg“m&m&mfi?m‘sfim Ripe for Revival & two-day session here. Following Dr. Mouzon, Dr. H. H. Movement. g:mln of Front Royal spoke on lan education. Dr. Herman Wil- Special Dispatch to The Star. son of Galf 5 5 LURAY, Va., April 6. CTTS, M,/ alo) e can do again what it did in the eigh ethodism | dressed the conference. The 200 delegates of Thursday in- eenth century in leading a great re-|creased yesterday to 300 as lay dele- gates arrived. Bruce Slaven, mm-’Amentrouu McGaheysville; J. J. sonburg, was re-elected lay leader. | Nicholas, Port Republic, and P. Da< Dr. 8. H. Cockrell, Staunton, presided | ¥ Lexington. and Rev. C. E. Brandt of Waynesboro 4 2 acted as 1:ecmary. Pig Chaser Injured. Six ballots were taken before ties worked off and delegates to ane MO':KLAI:D,"l Calif. (#).—John J. nual Virginia conference at Staunton | MCL€80, 28, is through with greased in September were elected, as follows: | Pi§ chases. McLean thought it was g}l:nl:flu}:n'gml?, Basic; B. Jones,| a swell idea when someone at & urc! 3 J. L. Henderson, Marquis | party suggested it. Memorial; E. E. Cox, Fisherville; J. ! {)he yhoxglgul wl‘th }l!;umdn:: ‘: H. Furr, Waynesboro; Lynn Walton, | broken tooth or two, possible con- Luray; M. G. Lilly, Bridgewater; C.|cussion of the brain—and no pig. '*_Be sure to "tune in” tomorrow and hear all ting news Jean Abbey, Shopper for SPECIAL SALE “INFORMALS” 100 Double Cards like this sample With Your Name Embossed 100 Envelopes to Match. 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