Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1935, Page 23

PLANSGONPLETED FORPOSTAL RTES Senators to Attend Hyatts- ville Corner Stone Laying on Wednesday. pectal Dispatch to The Star HYATTSVILLE, Md,, June 15.—In- vitations to attend the ceremonies in- cident to the corner stone laying of the new post office here next Wednes- day at 5:15 p.m., at which Postmaster General James A. Farley will be the principal speaker, have been accepted by Senators Millard E. Tydings and George L. Radcliffe of Maryland and by Representative Stephen W. Gam- brill of the fifth Maryland congres- sional district. This was anncunced last night at a meeting of the Citizens' Committee arranging the ceremonies, which was presided over by the general chairman, T. Howard Duckett. Will Be Welcomed. 1t was decided the Postmaster Gen- | eral, the Fourth Assistant Postmaster | General, Smith W. Purdum, who lives | in Hyattsville; Senators Tydings and | Radcliffe and Representative Gambrill | would be met at the District line on | the Bladensburg road by the Recep- tion Committee, of which Mayor il T. Willis of Hyattsville is chairman. On the Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard at Baltimore street in Hyatts- | ville the officials will be met by a parade. The procession will proceed | up the boulevard, across the bridge to | Frnaklin street, up Franklin street to | Wine avenue, down Wine to Johason | svenue. down Johnson to Rhode Island | avenue, up Rhode Island to Spencer | street and up Spencer to the new post office site. Program Decided. The order of the program was vir- tually decided last night. It will open with “Maryland, My Maryland” by the National Training School for Boys Band, followed by the invocation by Rev. H. Hobart Evans, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Hyatts- | ville; introductory remarks by Mr. Duckett, general chairman; welcom- ing address by Dr. Willis; addresses by Senators Radcliffe and Tydings. [Representative Gambrill, Mr. Purdum | end Mr. Farley; corner stone laying 'with Mr. Farley wielding the trowel, and benediction by Father Chester J. Czyc. Caesar L. Aiello, in charge of the arade, announced participants would assemble at the National Guard Ar- mory here at 4 pm. He said the| parade would consist of Company F, [National Guard of Hyattsville; Snyder- | Farmer Post, American Legion of | [Hyattsville; the Legion drum corps, | the Nationai Training Schol Band,| hree troops of Girl Scouts, and theJ Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Depart- | ment. State and County policemen also will be in line. Business con- cerns are invited to enter floats or decorated automobiles. | The Decoration Committee, com- | prising Neuman G. Dudrow, chairman; | William A. Shepherd and Capt. J. M. | Edlavitch, urge.that business houses | and residences along the route of the | parade put up flags and bunting and | Little Elva Jean daughter of ing hands and face comes easier Wl during the Summer months, BY DON BLOCH. Tiny Tots Learn First Lessons at Center National Child Research Project to Expand to Wooded “Resort” ESTLED snugly within a tree | a streamer will be placed across the 'Washington-Baltimore Boulevard at Spencer street to indicate the location of the new post office site. A final meeting of the General Com- Imittee will be held Monday night at 8:30 o'clock in the council room of he Municipal Building here. EN. FRIES SPEAKS AT FLAG EXERCISES Alexandria Legion Sponsors Ob- servance—Warning Given on Communism. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 15— Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, former head of the Chemical Warfare Division of the United States Army, was the principal speaker at flag day exer- cises held by the Alexandria Ameri- can Legion Post in Gadsby's Tavern | last night. The retired Army officer spoke of the communistic activities under way in the United States and urged patri- | otic and service organizations to con- tinue their efforts against the dis- | .semination of radical propaganda. Representatives of the pogt's aux- iliary, the Cameron Club of Alex- andria, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American War Mothers at- | tended the exercises. | A recitation by Robert Rutledge, Alexandria High School student who | won & recent district public speaking contest, and group singing formed part of the program, which was pre- sided over by Everett A. Hellmuth, | post commander. | . BRITISH WRECK KILLS 8 Bcore Hurt When Train Hits An- other in Crash Near London. LONDON, June 15 (#).—At least eight persons were killed and a score jnjured tonight when a parcel train | speeding north with newspapers | and hedge bound acre at 3208 Highland place northwest is the National Child Research Center of Washington. Here daily. from 8:30 am. to 4 pm., 50 tiny boys and girls of pre-school age | are taking their first toddling steps in | citizenship. When present plans are carried through, that woodland spot will have become a sea-side Summer resort for { the children of city-fast families, a miniature outdoor camp ground where the youngsters may get expert at- tendance for as short a time as half |a day, or where they may move ini with their own favorite toys and stay for the season. Part of the regular teaching staff will remain during the warm months to supervise camps and to lead the | infants in singing and simple dances. | A dietition of the Bureau of Home Economics, doing research co-oper- | ation with the school, will supervise the three and a half or more school | meals the management thinks the | children need every day. A house physician will keep close watch on all | the toddlers, and all the teachers | know how to apply first aid when it's needed. In addition to the school's slides, “junglé gym"” equipment, swings, building boxes, rabbits, goldfish and canary birds, a pair of portable can- vas wading pools are going to be set up in the big yard surrounding the great, rambling structure that houses the real part of the center. These play fixtures, supplemented by the al- ways popular big boxes of sand, the plenty of sunshine and the abundance of shade, should provide a popular re- treat for the little folks who attend the center in the hot days. Founded in 1928 under a grant | from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation, to offer educational fa- cilities for children ranging in age from 18 months to 5 years, the insti- tution has come to be self-supporting. Its aim is to instil some modicum of physical, mental and social develop- ment into its limited enrollment of half a hundred pre-school children, to teach them some self-reliance, re- sponsibility, and spirit of fair play. All furnishings for the center’s chil- crashed into a stationary express at | dren are in miniature—beds, blankets. the Welwyn Station near London. | bath room accessories, clothes space, Fear was expressed that many more | tables and chairs. In order to foster than the eight known dead had per- | good habits of tidiness, each child is ished. All four tracks on the line | provided a place for his own things. were blocked by debris from four | Though unable to read, of course, the shattered coaches. | children do recognize pictures of Volunteers from London hospitals sped by special train as soon as the news was received. ° | RED FEARS SCOUTED Interchurch ® Spokesman Defends Students at Hearing. MADISON, Wis. () —Miss [Caryl Morse of the Interchurch Council spoke her mind at a Senate Commit- tee hearing on radicalism at the ‘University of Wisconsin yesterday. A witness charged 25 students were members of a radical group. Said Miss Morse: “When you (com- mittee members) were young, your elders were saying that the young people were going to the dogs. Now you are saying the same thing of us. ' I don’t think 25 students are going to plot a revolution.” BEES CLOSE BUSINESS PITTSBURGH (/). — Gasoline is flowing once more from Matt Albert’s filling station pump, but for awhile it looked as though business was go- ing to the bees. A thousand or so bees found Matt’s pump and thought it would be & good place to swarm. There was a complete shutdown until Matt summoned Walter Brehm of the Carnegie Museum, who coaxed fruits, flowers, animals and other ob- jects. Over each tiny towel and wash- rag hook, therefore, is a picture, and the child recognizes the picture as labeling his own property. Beds, blankets, racks for clothes, “lockers,” and . eating implements are all so marked for their convenience. Each year are carried on controlled tests in pediatrics, mental- hygiene, psychology and nutrition with the | groups of children then in attendance | at the center. A number of Wash- ingtonians have recently donated a total of several thousand dollars to- ward putting the research work in child education at the school on & | more stable basis. —_— CUBAN AFFAIRS PROBED Clifford Odets Is Named to Rep- resent Writers. NEW YORK, June 15 (#).—Clif- ford Odets, dramatist, has been named by the League of American Writers as its representative on a commission of investigation being organized by labor and liberal groups to make an inquiry into conditions ni Cuba. In addition to Odets, Frank L. Gor- don, author of numerous articles on Spanish-American affairs, will go as a representative of the league. Among the founders of the league, recently the queen bee into a box. Her buz- subjects followed, and Brehm lugled them off to the museum, organized, were Waldo Prank., Mal- colm Cowley, John Howard Lawson ‘4 Alfred Kreymborg. in Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B, Paul, 3701 Thirteenth street northwest, finds whash- hen she doesn't have to stretch to reach the bowl. Part of the group of pre-school-age children trying out the sandpile “beach” which will help turn the National Child Research Center, 3209 Highland place northwest, into & miniature make-believe seaside resort &, WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. JUNE 16, 1935—PART ONE. NEW PLAYGROUND 10 BE DEDICATED Ceremonies Will Feature Takoma Park Fourth of July Celebration. Special Dispateh to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., June 15— Dedication of the new municipal playground on Philadelphia avenue will be a feature of the Independence day community celebration, which will include a parade, patriotic exercises and sathletic events. The dedicatory address will be made by Councilman .John R. Adams, dean of the council and & member of the Civic Improvement Committee, which supervised the playground —construc- tion and its equipment. A large Amer- jcan flag has been donated by Takoma Park Post, American Legion, and will be raised at the opening on the 50- foot flagstaff recently erected by the town. The parade feature will be under the direction of Comdr. E. Brook Fetty of Takoma Park Post. Medals will be awarded by the post for the float best depicting an historical or patriotic event; for the individual displaying the best costume of his- tory of the United States or Colonial period, and for the organization hav- ing the greatest number of individuals in the line of march. Flags to Be Carrled. The collection of 40 flags of allied countries participating in the World War, and donated within the past vear to the post, will be carried in the parade by members. The parade is scheduled to start at 19:30 am, July 4, at the Maryland | portal of the new Piney Branch road subway, proceeding via Piney Branch road to Cedar street, Carroll avenue and Deanwood avenue, disbanding on the playgrounds at Philadelphia ave- nue. The flag-raising program will start at 11 o'clock. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock the Irdependence day community cele- | bration will be shifted to the Dis- | trict side of Takoma Park, where an | ethletic program is scheduled tq take | ,Place at the swimming pool on Van | Buren street. These contests, Which will be in charge of Arthur Kriemel- meyer, newly-appointed supervisor of the Whittier Playground, will include swimming races and a water tug-of- war. Other athletic events are sched- | uled for the Whittier Playground. At 8 o'clock a fireworks display on the vill conclude the celebration. Heffner Is Chairman. Judge Herman C. Heffner, recently appointed by Gov. Harry W. Nice, is general chairman of the Celebration Committee. He is assisted by Walter Irey, Mrs. Byron C. Coon and Wallace ain C. Waters, secretary, and Robert M. Lyon, treasurer. The following committee appoint- ments have been made: Budget and Audit Committee: Mrs. | Mary Lamond White and Jesse C. playgrounds on Philadelphia avenue C. Magathan as vice chairmen; Har- | Suter; Public Meetings, Col. A. L. Conger, U. 8. A, retired; Maj. C. Leonard Boyer, Wallace C. Magathan; Police and Trafic Committee, Preston C. King, sr,, and Royal G. S8herburne; Athletic Events, Arthur Kriemel- meyer, Ralph E. Harries, Miss Joseph- ine L. Irey, J. Courtney Suter, Miss Rhoda Lewton; Fireworks, Freedom R. Leaman; Sound Equipment, Albert A. Spear; Hospitality, Mrs. Byron C. Coon; First Aid, Dr. F. X. Richard- scn, Dr. Lynwood Heiges, Miss Joseph- DRIVER IS HELD INTAXI ACCIDENT Miss Dashiell, Poet, Report- ine L. Irey; Playground i i ine L Trey. Playground and Badges.| od Improving—injuries Gould: Publicity and Printing, Wal- o ter Irey. y Serious. DIVORCEE TO WED RENO, Nev., June 15 (#).—Edward | 8. J. 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