Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1935, Page 8

A3 WATERWAY NEEDS WL BE REVIWED Two-Day National Parley| Termed Most Vital, With Goal Near. Announced as the most important meeting ever to be held by the or- genization, the National Rivers and | Harbors Congress will open its 30th | convention at the Mayflower Hotel ‘Thursday at 10 am. and will con-| tinue through Friday. i Three committees are scheduled to | meet on the two days immediately preceding the convention for consid- eration of some individual projects | and to work out other details of the | meeting. The committees are the | Projects Committee, headed by Sena- tor Clark of Missouri: the Resolutions Committee and the Committee on | Nominations. | Opportunity for Work Seen. | The convention comes at a crucial | time in the waterway movement, | President Frank R. Reid says in an | announcement, because the work re- leif program proposed by President Roosevelt offers the “greatest oppor- tunity in our history for the com- pletion of exsiting waterway projects | and the undertaking of a planned | program to provide an adequate and comprehensive development of lhe! ‘ Nation's rivers, harbors. lakes, water- } ways and water resources for pur- | poses of navigation, flood control, irri- | gation, reforestation, power, the pro- | tection of waters from pollution, the | prevention of shore and soil erosion | and other related uses.” | Every organization in the United States identified with questions of navigation, flood control, irrigation, | he etc.. has been requested to attend the convention and present their projects in order that they may be placed be- fore the administration for in(‘luslonl in the development of the Nation's | water resources. Many Will Attend. ] Governors of States, mayors and | executive heads of municipalities and | many other persons have been invited to attend or send delegates to the | _sessions. The convention will be addressed by public officials and outstanding national leaders. All resolutions ‘adopted will be presented to President Roosevelt, the Vice President and, other appropriate officials and agencies | and to the proper congressional com- mittees. The projects indorsed by the congress will be advocated for inclusion in the Government's pubue! works program. GAY PLANS DRAFTED | FOR N STREET FETE Neighborhood House to Hold Its: Traditional Festival Begin- | ing Thursday. Neighborhood House, 470 N street | southwest, will hold its 33rd annual| May festival for three days this week, | beginning Thursday. Every affiliated | organization is co-operating. There | will be daily programs starting at| 4:30 pm. and lasting until 10. ‘ The big events will be the proces- sional and May pole dance in the “roped-off N street blork Saturday aft- ernoon. They will culminate with the crowning of the May queen. Further interest is added by the fact the queen’s identity is never revealed until about 30 minutes before the corona- tion. Neighborhood House. for the festival | period. will take on all the aspects of | a village fair. an atmosphere which | will prevail also in the surrounding | neighborhood. | Practically every one in Southwest Washington is interested in the tradi- | tional event. Many of the neigh- borhood families are represented by children in the various operettas. folk dances and plays. The women are’ members of the Mothers’ Club. Citizens Meet Wednesday. S8ILVER SPRING, Md., April 27 (Bpecial).—A meeting of the Indian Spring Park Citizens’ Association will | be held Wednesday night in Blair 8chool. J. A. 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C, APRIL 28, sponsor the dedication of a tablet commemorating the signing of the Rush-Bagot agreement between the United States and Canada. The tab- let has been placed at Columbia Hos- pital for Women, Twenty-fifth and L streets, and the unveiling will take place at 11:30 a.m. The international agreement was signed at the British Legation in| Washington, then located at the present site of the hospital. Co-sign- ers were Sir Charles Bagot, Minister from Canada, and Richard Rush, Act- ing Secretary of State. At the ceremony tomorrow, Under- 1935—PART. ONE. secretary of State Phillips will speak {on the lives of the signers of the agreement. Hume Wrong of the Canadian Legation will extend greet- ings from Canada. Dr. Willlam J. Carrington, Atlantic City, president of Kiwanis International. will dedicate the tablet which will be accepted by | Capt. Chester Wells, U. 8. N., retired, president of the Board of Directors of Columbia Hospital. Miss Nancy Jorss and Miss Margaret Maxfleld will unveil the tablet. Edwin F. Hill of Washington Kiwanis will be master of ceremonies. Harold N. Marsh, president of the local club, will be chairman of the Reception | Committee greeting | A luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel will follow. OUT FOR BOARD By a 8taff Correspondent of The Star April 27.—Col. J. G Pepper, a re tired Government official, yesterday announced his independent candidacy for the County Board at the general election on November 6. Col. Pepper was a candidate four years ago when the board was first created. Declaring he was opposed to the guests of honor. | ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., $60,000 addition to the court house, plans for which are now being drawn by architects, Col. Pepper said that he would run on “an economy plat- form,” and oppose any tax increase. TEN THOUSAND U. 8. PENNIES WANTED PAID FOR 35 to 3500 CERTAIN DATES INDIAN HEADS UP TO $43. Send 10c today for large coin catalog and our buying prices. 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