Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1935, Page 17

FNES TOADDRES [FRON SESSON High Legion Officials to At- tend Conference Open- ing Today. Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi and Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans’ affairs, will be guest speakers at the Spring con- ference of national rehabilitation offi- cials and representatives of the Amer- ican Legion which opens this morn- ing at 10 o'clock and continues throughout Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel. The purpose of the meeting is to lay the foundation for a future pro- gram for the betterment of World War veterans throughout the Nation now in need of constant care because of physical and mental diseases. Among the subjects to be discussed by various speakers at the three-day conference will be procedure in hos- pitalizing veterans, guardianship, ex- amination and rating of cases, hos- pitalization and domiciliary care of woman veterans, insurance, decen- tralization of insurance and death claims and development of cases for adjudication. To Discuss Hospitalization. Chief among the items to be dis- cussed will be the subject of increased hospital facilities as proposed in | various bills now receiving the atten- tion of Congress. Approximately 30 States have gone on record as in need of further facilities for the care of the ever-increasing number of patients. Special attention will be given to the‘ subject of caring for woman patients | from the ranks of veterans of the| World War. | In attendance will be representa- | tives from the American Medical As- | sociation. Two members of the as- | sociation are members of the Advisory | Board of the National Rehabilitation Committee. Dr. E. H. Carey, a former | president of the American Medical Association, and Dr. F. S. Crockett are here, and Dr. C. B. Wright of | Minneapolis, another outstanding member of the association, is expected today. | Belgrano to Attend. H Attending the conference also will be Frank N. Belgrano, jr., mhtional commander of the American Legion, and Frank E. Samuel, national adju- tant. Mrs. A. C. Carlson. national | president of the American Legion | Auxiliary; Miss Emma Puschner, na- | tional director of child welfare; past National Commander Edward A. Hayes and national. area and depart- ment officials of both the legion and | auxiliary throughout the United | States, together with many other | members of both organizations, have arrived, i One of the matters which will re- | ceive consideration will be the legion’s | widow and orphan bill, giving more adequate governmental protection to! widows and orphan dependenis of | World War veterans. John Thomas | Taylor, National Legislative Commit- | tee vice chairman, of the American | Legion, will address the conference | from the standpoint of legislation providing additional hospital facil- ities throughout the country. The | idea has been advanced that funds from the new public works bill could be allocated and work started on new | hospitals. Approximately $20,986,000 will be required to provide 9,000 heds | and additional wards in hospitals. | Watson B. Miller, a past national vice | commander and a past commander | of the Department of the District of | Columbia and chairman of the Na- | tional Rehabilitation Committee, will preside over the three-day session. NOVELTIES PLANNED | IN NEW THEATERS| Two Planned by Warner's Here Will Have “Streamline” Features. { | John J. Payette, general circuit manager of the Warner Bros.’ thea- ters here, announced yesterday two new theaters, costing $1,000,000, will be added to the chain of 12 now oper- ating in Washington. One of the new theaters, to be | known as the Uptown, will be erected at Connecticut avenue and Newark street, while the other, the Penn, will be built across from the present Ave- nue Grand on Pennsylvania avenue southeast. “These theaters will present some- thing new to theatergoers in Wash- | ington,” Payette said. “They will be what is known as ‘streamlined’ in ar- chitecture, which will give the audi- ence much better sound effects. In both theaters, the screen will be en- larged in keeping with modern trends.” The present plan does not contem- plate the use of theaters for stage or vaudeville, but the stage block will be made sufficiently large to accommo- date shows of this kind if the policy should be changed. LIGHTNING PROTECTION BIDS ARE BEING STUDIED Park Officials Also Are Consider- ing Offers for Construction of Mall Sidewalks. National Park Service officials are | studying bids just opened for install- ing lightning ~protection systems at the memorial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery and for the con- struction of sidewalks in the Mall, between Third and Fourteenth streets. There were four bidders for the lightning protection installation, which will also be set up at Columbia Island, which’is part of the Arlington Memorial Bridge development. The indicated low bidder was Howard P. Foley Co., Inc., 2020 I street, which has offered to do the job for $2,110. ‘The prospective low bidder for the sidewalk construction is Easthom-Mel- vin Co, which maintains offices in the Woodward Building, and will do the work for $28,235. Four firms sub- mitted figures. Awards are expected to be made in a few days. ensed buy old zold. DIONNE QUINTUPLETS HAVE $150,000 ESTATE Business Transactions Bared by Papers Filed in Surrogate Court at Nipissing. By the Assoclated Press. NORTH BAY, Ontario, April 27.— An estate valued at $151,187 has been accumulated for the Dionne quintup- lets in the period July 26, 1934, to March 31, 1635. This figure was re- vealed in the Surrogate Court of the district of Nipissing by H. R. Valin, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 28, 1935—PART ONE. solicitor for the former guardians of the five little sisters, *The accounts are scheduled to come before Judge T. F. Battle April 30. They cover all business transacted for the quintuplets by W. A. Alderson, G. K. Morrison and Oliver Dionne, the former guardians. The estate consist of contracts val- ued at $114,750, cash in bank, $15,728; Dafoe Hospital, $9,112; Province of Ontario bond, $10,000; gifts, $1,596. 95,000 Are Past 85. England now has 95,000 person: 85 years of age or older. Y. M. C. A. EXECUTIVE TO ADDRESS FORUM George Irving Will Discuss Place of Religion Thursday Evening. George” Irving, executive secretary of the Commission on Message and Purpose of the Y. M. C. A. National Council, will speak on “Is There & Place for Religion in. the ‘Changing Social Order?” at a meeting’ of' the Y. M. C. A. Men’s Forum next Thurs- day, at 8:15 pm. at the Central Y. M. C. A, Eighteenth and G streets. There will be an open discussion period when Irving has concluded his address. Prof. J. Orin Powers of George Washington University, who is chairman of the forum, will preside. . Irving, an executive of the Na- tional Council for many years, has studied religious trends in the ¥. M. C. A. He will speak under joint aus- pices of the Men’s Forum and of the Religious Work Department of the Washington Y. M. C. A, The public will be admitted to the forum, free of charge. Schools to Teach War. VIENNA, April 37 (#).—Pre-mili- tary education is to'be introduced as & compulsory course in Austrian schools, the' secretary of education announced last night. Regular class room hours will be devoted to study of gas and air de- fense. Educational credits will be given, 3 BIG CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR BOULDER TESTED Eight Units Run Successfully Under Actual Operating Conditions of Dam. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 27.~The huge oil blast circuit breakers, which will be used to insure continuous transmission of electrical power from Bouider Dam to Los Angeles, were successtully tested under actual oper- ating conditions in the General Elec; tric Cob. laboratories yesterday, 1 The circult breakers will be de. livered to the project in June and put into operation this Fall. Two hundred employes have b»en‘ at work on ihem in the company's plant here'almost a year. The cost of the eight units is $1,000,000. Cuba to Execute Kidnapers. 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