Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1935, Page 34

TAKOMA TO HAVE DAWN-TO-SUNSET JULY 4 PROGRAM Parade, Flag-Raising and Athletics Included in Festivities. Independence day will be appro- priately celebrated again Thursday in | Takoma Park, with every civic, veter- an and business organization partici- pating in the all-day community pro- | gram, which will start at sunrise with the booming of cannon and will end with a fireworks display at sundown. The elaborate program includes a street parade in the morning, flag- raising and dedication of the new municipal playgrounds on the Mary- land side of the town, lying in Mont- gomery Ccunty; athletic field contests | and swimming contests throughout the afternoon. Included in the day's | sport, for which provision has been made by the committee, will be the finish of the 10-mile marathon for The Evening Star trophy at the Ta- koma Recreation Center The United States Army Band, un- der direction of Lieut. Thomas F. Darcy, will lead the parade. which is &cheduled to start at 9:30 am. from | the Maryland portal of the Piney Branch Parkway. The route will be southward to Cedar street, thence easterly to Carroll street. Carroll ave- nue, turning left in front of the Tae koma Park Volunteer Fire Depart- ment building, into Denwood: thence to Philadelphia and Holly avenues. to the Maryland municipal playgrounas, where it will disband. Flag to Be Raised. At 11 am. a large American flag, donated by Takoma Park Post, No. 28, Department of Maryland, Amen- can Legion. will be hoisted to the top of a new 50-foot flagyole and Posu Comdr. E. Brooke Fetty will lead with the military honors. The dedi- catory aadress will be delivered by Councilman John R. Adams, followed by a musical program and selections by the Army Band. In the line of march of the parade will be the official police escort of District and Maryland police; Mayor | Frederick L. Lewton and members of the Town Council: Judge Hermnn C. Heffner, general chairman of Lhe celebration, and his staff; a detach- ment of soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital; veterans of the Civil, Span- ish and World Wars. and numerous fioats. The parade will comprise four | divisions and in addition to the Army | Band other musical organizatiops | will include the Fort Stevens Drum | and Bugle Corps of the District de- partment. Squadron No 28, Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, department of Maryland; Prince Georges County Drum and Bu- gle Corps and the Review and Herald Band. The various churches in Takoma Fark will be represented with floats and units in the parade: Boy and Girl Ecout troops in Takoma Park: various clubs and the Takoma Park Volun- teer Fire Department. Athletic Events Listed. At 1 p.m. the scenes of activity will be transferred to the District side of the town, where a water pole match: tug-of-war and other water contests will take place. At 2:30 p.m. the fin- 1sh of the marathon will be witnessed by the spectators and at 3 p.m. the athletic program will be resumed on the Whittier street playgrounds. These events will include a horseshoe tour- nament, boxing and wrestling matches and at 4:30 o'clock the presentation of awards will be made to the winners of the various athletic events. At 8 o'clock the fireworks display will con- clude the program on the Maryland municipal playgrounds on Philadel- phia avenue, The committee in charge of the | general details of the celebration are: | Chairman. Judge Heffner, who is pres- | ident of the Community League; vice chairman, Walter Irey, president of the Takoma Park Citizens' Association: Wallace C. Magathan, president of the Citizens' Association of Takoma, D. C.; Mrs. B. M. Coon. president of the Women's Club: secretary, Hardin C. Waters; treasurer, Robert M. Lyon.| Chairmen of the subcommittees in- | clude: Athletics, Arthur Kriemel- meyer; Badges, Ralph E. Gould: | Budget and Audit. Mrs. Mary Lamond | White; Police and Traffic, Preston C. | King, sr.: Fireworks, Freedom R. Lee- | man: Invitations, Dr. William A.| Hooker; Sound Equipment. Albert A BSpear; Parade, E. Brooke Fetty Printing and Publicity, Mr. Irey; Dec- orations, Burt W. Andrews; Hospital- Ity. Mrs. Coon; Marathon, Judge Her- man C. Heffner; Concessions, William H. Parsons; First Ald. Dr. Francis H. | Richardson; Grounds, Councilman Adams; Reception, Maj. C. Leonard | Boyer: Patriotic Exercises, Col. A. L. | Conger; Finance, Dr. N. E. McIndoo. THE MACCABEES Capitol Tent, Earl R. Lewis, com- mander, presiding, elected to member- | ehip Francis Kenneth Taylor, William H. Gentry, Clarence L. Dove, John W. Collins, Frank Schoenbauer, Rich- ard E. Shontere, George E. Garner and ‘Woodrow L. Conway. The new ritual wazs approved and resolutions adopted | that Capitol Tent be merged with | Eureka Hive as a joint unit. Eureka Hive, Mrs. Eva G. Bruce commander, elected to membership Mrs. Elizabeth Cady, Florence C. Garner and Elizabeth V. Schoenbauer. The action of Capitol Tent in deciding to merge with Eureka Hive was rati- fied and it was decided to hold a joint meeting in July for the election of officers. The new body will be known as Eureka Unit, No. 15. Capitol Court observed its 8th an- niversary Tuesday evening with a class initiation and graduation of juniors. Master Karl Hershey, commander, presided. The graduates included Eva Katherine Bruce, Ruth Darnall, Edith Dove, Adalscynia Kerner, Mamie Ray, Nathan Breeskin, Claude Claggett, Charles Curtis, John Kaldenbach, Boyd Stine and Margaret Keese. Mrs. Louisa Minor, supreme junior director of Detroit, presented each graduate with an emblem. Margaret Keese and Ruth Darnall gave essays. State Manager W.% O. Hayes presented prizes to Ella Tuohy, Irma Russell, Marie Russell, Margaret Cady, John Keese, Walter Snider and Joseph Bchoenbauer. Ruth Kaldenbach ren- dered solos, John Branan, a guitar solo; Karl Hershey. xylophone solo, accompanied by his father, Sergt. Charles D. Hershey of the United States Army Band. A drill by 20 little girls was rendered, under the supervision of Manager W. O, Hayes. St S e Japan to Scrap Ships. Japan has announced that 10 war- thips will be scrapped. LY | Aleathea Hurley, THE SUNDAY TRINIDAD GITIZENS GET PLAYGROUND Four-Year Effort Results in Getting Plot in Northeast Section. A four-vear effort to secure a play- ground in the neighborhood by mem- bers of the Trinidad Citizens' Asso- ciation has been culminated with the iscuance of a six-month permit by the playground department of the District for the use of land belong- ing to the Jameson Estate. located between Oates and Neal, Holbrook and Orren streets northeast. The association working, with the Parent-Teacher Association of the section, the Holy Name Parochial School and various civic bodies, has the promise of the use of the land for this purpose for the six months. How= ever, the association hopes to make this a permanent playground for the children, but this will rest with the owners of the property. The playground department has promised the association that a su- pervisor would be appointed for the duration of the playground existence. Actual work on the grading of the land and incidental equipment will begin shortly, perhaps the first of the month. D. A. R. ACTIVITIES The District of Columbia Daugh- ters of the American Revolution will participate in the Capital's celebra- tion of the 159th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. The State regent, Mrs George Mad- den Grimes, with the State vice regent, Mrs. Jeon Labat. will lead | the Daughters’ section of the “pro- | cession of flags” at the Monument. Mrs. William D. Leech and Miss Ruth Ann Parker will be color guards to the State colors, while the following will act as color bearers for their respective chapters: Mrs. E. M. Pick- ens, American Liberty; Mrs. Herbert R. Eck, Capt. Joseph Magruder; Mrs. Albert S. Boles, Capt. Wendell Wolfe; Mrs. W. L. Mattocks, Columbia; Mrs. A. C. Houghton, Continental Dame: Mrs. Thomas H. Seay, Constitutiol Mrs. Carl C. Brown, Deborah Knapp; Mrs. Charles G. Hoffman, Eugenia | Washington; Mrs C. Violet Fellows, Federal City; Mrs. E. P. Andrus, Frances Scott; Miss Linda E. Deaton, Independence Bell; Mrs. Fred Louis Volland, Littel John Boyden; Mrs. Joseph Reich, Maj. L'Enfant; Mrs. C. W. Hassell, Manor House; Mrs. Henry F. Fones. Marcia Burns; Miss Achsa V. Moore, Mary Washington; Mrs. H. L. Adams, Potomac; Miss President Monroe; Miss Catherine Mills, Samuel Gorton; Mrs. William T. Clark, Susan Riviere Hetzel; Mrs, F. J. Ford, Victory. Manor House Chapter held the last meeting of the season at the home of the regent, Mrs. Calvin W. Hassell, in Takoma Park, Md. She was as- sisted by Mrs. Davey, Miss Julia McCoy and Mrs. Porter. The follow- ing officers were elected: Regent, Mrs. Calvin W. Hassell; vice regent, Miss Mamie Hawkins; chaplain, Mrs. Nathalie Walkley; recording secre- tary, Miss Clara Follin: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles H Davey; treasurer, Mrs. Bessie T. Newlin; as: sistant treasurer. Mrs. C. B. O'Neal; registrar, Mrs. Barton S. Embry; his- torian, Mrs. C L. Garner, and dele- gate, Mrs. W. L. Hill. Susan Riviere Hetzel Chapter will sponsar a patriotic service today at 4 o'clock, at Pohick Church, Va., in memory of Dr. Willlam Brown, first surgeon general of the Continental Army, to which the public is invited. Wade H. Ellis will give an address on “our Country.” Mrs. George Madden Grimes, State regent, Dis- trict of Columbia D. A. R, and Mrs. C. A. 8. Sinclair, national pres- ident, C. A. R., will speak’ Mrs. Bessie W. Gahnn, a great-granddaughter of Dr. Brown. will read a paper on his life, and Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Miss Maragret Moncure and Mrs Charles H. Haig will sing patriotic songs. The program will be ire charge of Rev. C. A. Langston, rector of Pohick Church, and Miss Luella Chase, regent of the chapter. After the service in the church, flowers will be laid on the grave of Dr. Brown by Lawrence Brown, Dr. Brown’s great-grandson. The five clubs met with the Btate ( | | | Dahlia PROJECTS LISTED BY TAKOMA UNIT . | Recommendations Made to | City Heads After Survey by Committee. ‘The Takoma Park Citizens' Asso- ciation has submitted to the District Commissioners a detailed list of com- munity improvements desired in the Takoma Park area. after a survey just completed by officials of the asso- ciation. The survey was made by President | Walter Irey, Burt W. Andrews, chair- | man, and L. R. Grabill, for many years superintendent of county roads for the District, vice-chairman of the Committee on Streets, and included every street and alley in Takoma Park The recommendations to the Com- missioners include the paving of Seventh street and Seventh place from | Underwood to Whittier street; Eighth street, Van Buren to Whittier; Sixth | street. Van Buren to Whittier street; Underwood street trom Georgia avenue to Fifth street; Whittier street, Third to Fourth street, bordering the Whit- tier street playground: Whittier place, | Georgia avenue to Piney Branch road; Eighth street, Dahlia to Elder street; Elder street, Seventh to Eighth street; street, Seventh Fifth street, Blair road to Cedar | street: Underwood street, Blair road to Third street; Willow street, Aspen to Carroll street; Maple street, Vine street to Sandy Spring road, and Harlem place, south of Whittier street. The association also recommends the rounding off of the northwest corner of Sandy Spring road and Van Buren street and the northwest corner of Whittier street and Second street. The Commissioners are re- quested to give consideration of mak- | ing Blair road a one-way street for | traffic between Cedar street and Piney Branch road, owing to the heavy :raffic and narrowness of the thorough- fare. The paving of 11 alleys in the community is also recommended. The only sidewalk projects urged adjacent to the new Takoma Park swimming pool on the south side of Van Buren street, between Third and Fifth streets and the west side of Third street between Underwood and Van Buren streets. The planting of irees on Walnut street east of Sandy Spring road and on the west side of | | Sandy Spring road from Aspen to| Walnut completed the recommenda- | | tions. e Symp}mny Concerts. ‘The first of a series of five con- certs by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Albert Stoessel, musical director of the Chautauqua Institution, will be heard over N. B. C., Sunday, July 21. The concerts, which will be relayed from the Amphitheater at Lake Chautauqua, N. Y., will bring listen- ers the performances of some of the vorlds outstanding symphonle works Commmee at Peck Memorial Chapel to receive the prizes awarded for the best essays on “Motion Pictures as an Educational Influence.” Miss Eliza- beth Malott Barnes, State chairman, presided. Prayer was led by Rev. Irving Ketchum. Mrs. George Madden Grimes, State regent, District of Columbia D. A. R., spoke. Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders spoke of the prizes to be given for the best essays. Miss Lillie B. O'Don- nell, Miss Nell Clements and Miss Mary Lee Goddard extended greet- ings. Miss Barnes introduced the follow- ing club presidents: Miss Lydia Hunter of Alexander Hamilton, Miss Evelyn MacCord of Nathan Hale, Miss Theresa O’'Brien of Betsy Ross, Miss June White of Georgetown and Jack MacCauley of Mount Vernon. Mrs, Grimes presented Howard MacCord with a medal which was awarded by the National Defense, N. S. D. A. R. Cash prizes were pre- sented for essays on “Motion Pictures as an Educational Influence” to Ev- elyn MacCord, Jack MacCauley, Betty Dickinson, Harry Dickinson, Mary King, Edith King, Patsie Speakes, Howard MacCord, Theresa O'Brien and Rosamelia Rosson. Mrs. Grimes contributed one prize and the rest were given by the State Committee. Prof. Colangelos’ Orchestra gave & musical program. Margaret Finney sang and Vivian Unger, Virginia Dan- forth and Eileen Lennon danced. Tap dances were performed by Miriam and Edward Ehrmantraut. to Ninth | | street: Fern place, east of Blair road; | STAR, WASHINGTO Direct Takoma July 4 Celebration . ‘The ubove are included among members of the committee directing the July 4 celebration to be held Thursday in Takoma Park. ner, chairman; Mrs. B. M. Coon and Wallace C. Magathean. Lower, left to right: Walter Irey and Robert M. _ Lyon. CHEST DEMANDS DECREASE IN JUNE Officials Believe People Are Looking Forward to Work-Relief. There has been a decided decrease in the demand for heip at the appli- cation bureau of the Community | Chest. been made so far during June. It is believed at Chest headquarters a nu ber of people who would otherwise work relief and are stlempting to stay off the relief 1oils until the work reli:f materializes. St. Joseph’s Home, and School. ‘The boys are await.ug the opening of the new swimming peol which will be formally dedicated about the mid- dle of next month. This pool is the gift of the Calvert Club. an organiza- tion of prominent Catholic business and professional men, of which Lewis A. Payne is president. Many of the members of the Calvert Club donated material and labor for the construc- tion of the pool which, had it been built by contract, would have cost in the neighborhood of $6,000. Flovence Crittenton Home. | Rev. Joseph Loughran new minis- ter of the Cleveland Park Congrega- tional Church, addressei the girls of the home at their midweek service last Tuesday evening. The program was in chdige of Mrs. A. H. Coster. Loyalty Circle, a group of members of the Eastern Star, held a picnic on the grounds of the home last Monday to which all the girls were invited. A weiner rossl, ice cream + sand home-made cake wmade up the menu. Southwest Community House. | A lawn fete. with autcmobile rides, was given last week on the lawn of the house. Refreshmenis were served. Friendship House. ‘The Mer's Club held a get-together vesterday afterncon at Camp Eagles’ Roost. | The art class of ihe junior girls spent Wednesday at Ford's Beach. This is the first group of girls to | start swimming classes for the Sum- mer. | The Social Club held a swimming party Friday at Wide Water. Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. A meeting of the Camp Committee was held last Tuesday. The Indus- trial Council met the same day. The business and industrial depart- crafts every Tuesday evening during | the Summer months from 8 to 10 | o'clock. Knitting, crocheting, dres: making ¢nd other useful crafts will | be taught. Miss Martha Bogan, leader of the junior girls is conducting a series of | sightseeing tours for the members | of the Giils’ Reserve aepartment. Boys’ Club of Washington. Most of the personuel of the staff has been transferred to Camp Reeder, the club camp on the Wicomico River, for the Summer season. Fyfe, executive director. will be di- as his assistant. Neighborhood House. The vacation school will open July 8 with a full Summer schedule of classes for youngsters who may need building up in certain studies in order to make their grades this Fall. The school also offers regular classes of study for children of sll ages. JOB'S DAUGHTERS Bethel No. 2 installed officers. as follows: Doris Brattain, honored queen; Irma Pierce, senior princess; Mary Hamilton, junior prince: Helen Kirks, guide; Margaret Blu- menaur, marshal; Doris Linz, re- corder; Isabelle Huitt, treasurer; Winifred Smith, pianist; Shirley Hoffman, chaplain; Annella Robin- son, librarian; Babette Loch, first messenger; Lorraine Taylor, second messenger; Delores Morgan, messenger; Florence Flemming, fourth messenger; Ethel Myers, fifth messenger; Ellen Cooper, senior cus- todian; Dorothy Williams. junior cus- todian; Alice Hodge, inner guard; Marie Emmett, outer guard. Installing officers were: officer, Dorothy Smith; guide, Dorothy Vernon; installing marshal, Helen Manning; installing chaplain, Helen Hepp; installing sec- retary, Mary Virginia Conway, and pianist, Mrs. Laura Wallace. Mr. Nevius presented the jewel to the retiring queen. The attendance prize was won by Anna Mary Davenport. The prize given by Mr. Weaver for bringing in the most petiitons was won by Isabelle Huitt. Officers of Bethel No. 4 of Hyatts- ville, Md, were installed by Miss Ba bara Lee, past honored quéen, as fol- lows: Miss Thelma Stansbury, hon- ored queen; Miss Louise Coomes, senior princess; Miss Jeanette Padgett, junior princess; Mias Elsie Greer, guide, and Miss Esther Poole, marshal. A Presiding installing | creased tax rate with a lowered valu- Upper, | left to right: Judge Herman C. Heff- | | the United States, C., JUNE 30, 1935—PART TWO FOREST HILLS UNIT 10 SEEK D. C. VOTE AND TAX' CHANGES| Program for Next Year Is Drawn Up as Busy Season Ends. National representation for the Dis- trict will be one of the main issues of the Porest Hills Citizens’ Associa- tion during the next year beginning with the reconvening of this group in October, according to Mrs. Leslie B. ‘Wright, secretary. This association, under President L. A. Carruthers, has been very active on this measure and is expected to continue with a hard drive, A change in the present taxation plan used in Washington will be an- other item on the 1935-6 program. This association is advocating an in- ation of property instead of the low rates on the true value of the prop- erty, Tax Plan Outlined. ‘This would enable the tax income of Washington to be compared more ac- curately with taxes in other cities in the association contends. It also would aid in obtain- | ing part payment of the expenditures | by the Federal Government. The | Forest Hills unit favors the Federal | partial-payment plan. | An active part will be taken by’ this association in the coming year in all | ‘fiscal matters in the city, in lddilmn | to this tax-adjustment plan. ‘The development of the Reno sec- tion, around Murch, Deal, and the new Woodrow Wilson schools, into the best recreation center of the city is ' another project to be wugm accord- | ing to Mrs. Wright. | abandonment of street cars on Con- | necticut avenue from Calvert street The fewest number of appli- | cations recorded in mauy months have | apply for sid are looxing forward to | ment announces a class in arts and | Charles M. | rector of the camp, with Arthur Fyfe | third | A fight to reopen he.rinxl on the | to the Chevy Chase Circle is being ! carried on by a committee during the | Summer. If action on this matter | is not taken before the Fall meeting, this issue will be placed high in next year's program. It is the belief that citizens did not get a fair hearing | in this matter, Mrs. Wright contends. | A very successful year'’s work was concluded by the Furest Hills group at the June meeting, with the com- pletion of the Woodrow Wilson School as probably its most out- standing achievement. The name of the school was suggested by Mrs. Wright, who took an active part in acquiring it for this locality. Funds for the erection of an addi- tion to the Ben Murch School also have been obtained. A request for ad- ditional nurses in the educational de- partment met with disapproval, but Mrs. Wright said the association will continue this fight next Fall. | Viee Campaign Waged. { Spurred by the gambling raids made early last Fall, President Carruthers conducted a fruitful compaign to de- crease activities in this vice. In October the association strongly in- dorsed a resolution introduced by Carruthers which would require filing of applications for the installation of unlisted phone. Applications would be made in writing and would include reasons for requesting unlisted phones. At its December meeting, the or- ganization urged closer co-ordination between the District Commissioners when it disapproved the plan of try- ing to concentrate responsibility in the various departments to speed im- provements. The association also op- posed the curtailment of the street lighting appropriations which neces- sitated decreasing the candlepower and the number of street lights in order to operate this dep-nment within the alloted funds. Carruthers urged the creation of : commission composed of residents of the District to draft a charter pro- | viding for local home rule, with full representation in Congress. This plan was favored by the association, and | later broadcast over Station WMAL. Power Expansion Opposed. | The proposal to give the Commis- | sioners broad powers of direction over the Board of Education was vigorously | | opposed. The group contended the schools are competently handled un- der the present set-up. At the same | time, the unit favored getting outside | | help when it is found necessary. The | proposed merger of the traffic and po- | lice departments also was opposed. A bridge connecting Broad Branch road and Blagden avenue was pro- posed during the year. The associa- tion contends erection of this bridge | would relieve some of the heavy traf- fic on Sixteenth street. No action has | been taken by the Commissioners onw this measure. A fight to prevent the sale of hard | liquors on Connecticut avenue near | the three schools, which is to be car- | ried on during the Summer by a com- | mittee, marked the conclusion of ac- tivities for the current year. Several members have been active | in other civic organizations along with | the work of the ‘association. Three | members were appointed to the District Committee on Recreation by Commis- | sioner Melvin Hazen. They were Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, Col. John O. John- son and Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick, Besides President Carruthers, the officers are Herbert S. Wood, vice president; Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, sec- retary, and Joseph M. McCollum, treasurer. Programs for Fourth, ‘Three international broadcasts, two outstanding sports events, patriotic addresses by leading statesmen, and important national events of the day will be broadcast over National Broad- casting Co. networks Thursday, in a series of elaborate and gala holiday programs. From Rebild Park near Copenhagen will come the first international pro- gram. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, United States Minister to Denmark, will make her debut as radio commentator in describing the twenty-sixth annual Danish-American day celebration. Crown Prince Frederick, Prime Min- ister Thomas Stauning, Dr. P. Munch, minister of foreign affairs, and Robert Lund, president of the board of the historic Rebild Park, will be heard during the broadcast. AUen-Fennelly Co-Starred. Arthur Allen and Parker Fennelly, who in the role of the original Steb- bins Boys became one of radio’s out- standing character teams, will be co- starred in » new N. B. C. network feature starting Tuesday. As the Simpson Boys of Spruce- head Bay, Allen and Fennelly again will bring the homespun philosophy of two Jovable New Englanders, which endeared them to thousands of N. B. O, listeners in the earlier series. Civic Problems, Civic Bodies District Legislation in Congress Speeded—Restric- tion Proposed on Citizens’ Opposition to Granting of Liquor Licenses. BY JESSE C. SUTER. EGISLATIVE activity on Dis- trict measures has been marked during the past week. Monday was District day in the Hnuse but only two bills passed. These were the bill relieving the Commissioners and other officials of the District gov- ernment, who handle no funds, from the requirement to give surety bonds, and the airport bill. The first bill was generally approved but the airport bill, as passed, con- tains many features not at all sat- isfactory to District citizens. The chief objections are to the pro- posal to saddle the entire cost of the project on the District and to have it operated independent of the local community which would have to pay for it. It is supposed that title to the property would be in the United States just as in the case of the parks and recreation centers acquired by the National Capital Park and Planning Com- mission through the expenditure of District funds. On Tuesday the Senate passed the bill abolishing hidden bars and six other measures, as follows: The bill changing the levying of special assessments for street pav- ing so that exemptions shall not apply to property which paid prior assessments for paving before Jan- uary 1, 1885. This bill has passed the House. The Copeland bill for smoke con- trol. Authority for the Pennsylvania Railroad to substitute a waiting room for its present station at Sev- enth and C streets southwest. Repeal of the law requiring the Commissioners and other District officials to give bond. A bill to license a physician to practice the healing arts. A joint resolution authorizing special regulations during the en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic in September, 1936. The House District Committee on Thursday reported out 11 bills in an attempt to clear its calendar. These include the Copeland smoke control bill and four bills recom- mended by the Crime Inquiry Subcommittee, These are bills limiting jury trials to those re- quired by the Constitution, extend- ing the time for jury service in the Police Court from two weeks to one month as provided in the Dis- trict Supreme Court; making a large number of citizens eligible for jury service who are now exempt; withdrawing the right of women to decline jury service for un- named reasons. Other measures re- ported provide for semi-annual in- spection of motor cars, small loan bill, increased fines for prostitu- tion, authorizing the substitution of a waiting room for the Penn- sylvania Railroad station at Seve enth and C streets southwest. in- creased qualifications for lawyers and the bill to raise the standard of the vocational schools to that of the junior high schools. The bill to tighten the gambling laws is still in subcommittee and no hint of consideration. The di- vorce bill still awaits action. The Senate committee has been holding hearings on the Ellenbogen unem- ployment insurance bill which is far from satisfactory to the local citizens in the form passed by the House. It smacks so strongly of a laboratory experimental measure that Commissioner George E. Allen entered a vigorous protest against the use of the District as a guinea pig. Proposed Restriction of Citizen Opposition to Liquor Licenses. PROPOSAL was advanced be- fore the Senate District Com- mittee recently to amend the Dis- trict liquor law so as to restrict the rights of citizens to protest success- fully against the granting of licenses in their neighborhoods. ‘The restriction would be accom- plished by the defining of a neigh- borhood as the area within 600 feet of the proposed location for the liquor shop. E This is the outcome of the very vigorous and largely successful fight in Takoma led by the Citizens’ Association of Takoma. D. C. The interests pushing this proposal are same of the unsuccessful appli- cants and owners of business prop- erty occupied by such applicants. The A. B. C. Board, after a thorough canvas of the question and numerous hearings heid that the Takoma community was clearly a neighborhood as shown in all of the various activities for which that community is noted. The Takoma area has always been dry and while there have been two off sale beer and wine licenses granted there is pending in the District Supreme Court against both of these places injunction proceedings for violation of covenants in the deeds against the sale of alcoholic liquors on the premises, The special committee of the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C, charged with the responsi- bility of keeping out the sale of liquor, has planned to oppose this amendment to the law. This com- mittee points out that at the time the A. B. C. law was adopted Con- gress gave out the idea that the Commissioners were being clothed with broad powers so that it would not be necessary for the Congress to be continually taking up its time to tinker the liquor law. The idea was also advanced by the pro- ponents of the legislation that local option would be the rule under regulations to be promulgated by the Commissioners. ‘While this new proposal to re- strict the right of the citizens to protest against the granting of liquor licenses is sought for Takoma section it would apply with equal force in all other sections, in conse- quence of which it is understood that other residential sections will join forces with Takoma. A Municipal Auditorium Proposed by Business Men. Tflx erection of a municipal auditorium at public expense is proposed by the Federation of Business Men's Association with the support of the Central Business Men's Association. The recent renting of the Washington Audi- torium by the Federal Government, it was stated, makes it necessary to supply a hall of adequate size for the holding of conventions, in- dustrial expositions, automobile shaws, food shows and others. In this connection some of the men active in these organizations believe that there is opportunity to include such project in the pro- stadium, National Guard armory and other ideas now being b formulated in the office of National Capital Parks. There seems to be some sentiment for an auditorium if it can be put through as a Fed- eral project, but if it is to com- pete with the school and other urgent néeds it is expected that it will encounter positive opposition. How May We Persuade Congress To Know the Truth About D. C.? MONG all the knotty problems which continue to perplex or- ganized civic Washington probably the greatest is that of persuading Congress to get at and understand the actual truth regarding the Dis- trict. The District is continually the sufferer through misfit legis- lation, inadequate appropriation or omission to legislate influenced either by a lack of correct infor- mation or by erroneous statements emanating from some members who have acquired a reputation for being well informed regarding the District. A such times doubtless there are in Congress many friends of the District who would gladly rise in their places and tell the truth re- garding the District if they were well grounded in the facts. As it is, wild statements go unchallenged— are swallowed, “hook, line and sinker” and the poor voteless and unrepresented District acquires another black eye. The civic organizations have long recognized that the truly American way to have Congress know the truth about the District is through the remedy advocated by the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia. The nroposed constitutional amendment empow- ering Congress to grant to the resi= dents of the District voting repre- sentation in the Senate and House of Representatives, and the vote for President ana Vice President will give the District a place in the councils of the Nation where it will have equal opportunity with the States in making the truth known and replying to misstatements which operate to its disadvantage. This is the ultimate goal for District fair play, but in the mean- time we need some method of fortifying our friends in Congress with ammunition in the form of truth with which to refute the vile calumnies which stimulate a blind prejudice against the District. The importance of this problem is recognized throughout the organ- ized citizenry and is worthy of the most intensive study in search for a “stop-gap” until the Wash- ingtonian becomes Americanized. District of Columbia Natives Interest in Our History Grows. A WEEK ago the Society of Na- tives was off on its annual patriotic pilgrimage and picnic, with the historic city of Annap- olis as it= principal objective. ‘Through the courtesy of Gov. Nice, himself an native of the District an interesting and informative patriotic exercise was held in the old Senate chamber The pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the United States and the singing of America preceded two brief informative historic addresses. The history of this room, of sacred memories, was told. It had been the meeting place of the Conti- nental Congress and here Gen. Gecrge Washington on December 23, 1783. resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the American Armies. The very spot, now marked with a bronze tablet, was pointed out where the Father of His Country stood as he handed his commission to the Congress. Attention was also called to the fact that it was in this old Senate chamber where the act of cession and the act of ratification were passed by the Maryland General Assembly ceding to the United States for the seat of government the territory now comprising the District of Columbia. In this con- nection it was pointed out that a marked difference existed between the terms of the cession from Maryland and the cessions of ter- ritory to the United States by for- eign powers. The cession of Alaska by the Czar of Russia, of Louisiana by Napoleon and that of Florida by the King of Spain all provided that any of the residents of these areas, who elected to continue to reside therein, should be guaranteed all of the rights and privileges en- joyed by American citizens. The Maryland acts included no such guarantees. ‘The burning of the brig Peggy Stewart on October 19, 1774, with its entire cargo, including 17 pack- ages of tea, scmething over a ton in weight, was related to the as- semblage and a piece of timber from the ancient vessel pointed out. This incident, though not so well advertised as the Boston Tea Party, was really a more daring adventure than that thrilling event. The owner of the brig, who had paid the tax, was given the choice of being hanged at his own front door or setting fire to his vessel. When the unmasked patriots began the erection of a gallows he elected to burn the ship with its cargo. ‘The implicit faith of these Mary- 1and patriots in the fair-play of the Government of the United States was suggested as the probable rea- son for the failure to include in the acts of cession a safeguard to the inhabitants of the Federal District against a condition of taxation without represenfation, a protest against which was responsible for the Peggy Stewart incident. The District Natives have made two other patriotic pilgrimages, one to Wakefield and last year to St. Marys City. Members are enthusi- astic over the idea and others are contemplated. LONGEST WORD ESCAPES MENTION IN LAW BOOK HARRISBURG, Pa. (#).—The long- est word in the didn't impress Pennsylvania's legis- lators enough to make them put it on the statute books. The word is pneumonoultramicro- scopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. It means a special form of silicosis, a disease contracted by men work ing in dusty surroundings. The word | was in an occupational disease bill which was killed in comnittee. Pigeon Builds Nest. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (#).—Miss Agnes Holm, secretary in a large busi- ness firm found a pigeon sitting in a wire copy basket in one of the firm's rooms. The basket was lined with straw and in it was an egg. [ English language | JULY AND AUGUST WILL BRING MANY CONVENTIONS HERE 55,000 Delegates to 17 Gatherings, Big Increase Over Last Year. July and August, usually the dullest season of the year, will bring to ‘Washington some 55.000 delegates, at- tending 17 conventions already schede uled for the two months. These figures are far in excess of statistics for a like period last year, when 2,500 persons attended 11 con- ventions, Curtis Hodges, director of the Greater National Capital Com- mittee, disclosed. Chiefly responsible for the large in- crease this Summer is the Boy Scouts of America silver jubilee, which is ex- pected to attract some 30,000 persons | o Washington. | Among the youthful delegates will | be Boy Scouts from China, Spain, | France, Great Britain and “15 other | foreign countries,” Scout executives re- port. Other Meetings Scheduled. Conventions scheduled during Julv are of the National Association of | Rainbow Veterans, the National Asso- ciation of Referees in Bankruptcy, the Commercial Law League of America and the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of Potomac. Elaborate plans have been made for the Boy Scout jubilee. A bill covering the admittance of Scouts from foreign countries without the usual visa has passed the Senate, Dr. James E. West chief Scout executive. has informed Scouts of other nations Although not covered by an official | order, the Post Office Department has | given permission for the Bov Scouts’ Washington poster to be displaved in all post offices and branches. The de- partment is planning complete postal facilities directly to the jamboree grounds. A special cancellation stamp is being designed to be used only upon the letters posted at the Scout camp. Louis Rothschild, director of the | Washington Better Business Bureau, attended a conference of Better Busi- ness Bureau directors from the East- ern area in New York Thursday. Code Situation Studied. The purpose of the conference was to discuss changes in Better Business Bureau work occasioned by the col- lapse of N. R. A. codes in the face of an adverse Supreme Court decision The retail code had operated to make considerably easier and more effi- cacious the bureau’s merchandizing work. Last week also saw the election nf | Lanier P. McLachlen, president of the MrcLachlen Banking Corp., as chair- man of the board of the local Better Business Bureau. He succeeds Fra G. Addison, who completed five y: as head of the organization, and w presented with a traveling bag in ognition of his service. All other bu- reau officers were re-elected. Some 250 persons attended the a rual outing of Washington coal me chants. sponsored by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, held Wednesday. The coal dealers went to Bay Ridze Md., with their families and friends There were games, athletic contests boating. swimming and all the usual waterside picnic activities, Plans Summer Teaching. ]_E ROY LEWIS Jeft Saturday for ~ Conway. N. H.. with his accom- panist, Frederick Weaver, where thev will spend the Summer months. While in New Hampshire, Mr. Lewis will conduct Summer school and Mr. Weaver will coach. A number of Mr. Lewis’ students of Washington and Baltimore, and Catherine Toomey of New York will study during the months of July and August. preparing their Winter programs Mr. Lewis will reopen his Washington studio September 10 Status of Bills || Legislation of Civic Inter- est Pending in House I and Senate. The congressional status of District bills of interest to Washington eiti- | zens® associations is as follows: National representation for District of Columbia (S. J. Res., 12). In Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. Broaden divorce law (S. 2259). Sen- ate: Passed. House: In District Com- mittee. Regulation nf small loan business | (H. R. 3464). House: On calendar. | Creation of a commission to con- | trol rents (H. R. 3809). House: On | calendar. | Provide pensions for the blind (H. R. 4510). House: | Senate: On calendar. | Strengthen gambling laws (S. 398). | Senate: Passed. House: In District | Committee. Substitute civilian trial board for present Police Trial Board (H. R. 1734). House: In District Committee, Abolish capital punishment (H. R. 2808). House: In District Committee. Establish training school for police- men and firemen (H. R. 2858). House: In District Committee. Amend Code relating hearings (H. R. 3451). District Committee. Amend act authorizing Commi | sioners to remove dangerous build- ings (H. R. 3458). House: Passed. | Senate: In District Committee. Amend act creating board for con- demnation of insanitary buildings (H. R. 3459). House: Passed. Senate: In District Committee. | Regulate foreclosure of mortgages and deeds of trust (H. R. 3461). House: In District Committee. Establish commercial airport for District (H. R. 3806). House: Passed. Senate: On Calendar. Provide old-age pensions (H. R 4135). House: Passed. Senate: In District Committee. Provide for election of delegates in Congress for the District (H. R. 4346). | House: In District Committee. Broadening powers of Commission- ers (H. R. 4347). House: In District Committee. Authorizing use of District surplus funds for necessary public projects ‘lH R. 4345). House: In District Committee. | Prevent fouling of the atmosphere (H. R. 5232, 5. 2034). House: On Cal- endar. Senate: Passed. Tighten liquor control act 6610). House: Calendar. needy Passed. to House: lunacy In (H. R. Passed. Senate: On U. 8. Pens Popular. American fountain pens are becom- ing popular in France. [