Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1935, Page 18

B—4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JULY 1,362 ARE TAUGHT INFERA. CLASSES Report Made on Adult Edu- cation Work in Mont- gomery County. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. July 6.—A re- port prepared by Frank E. Sutch, in charge of the F. E. R. A. classes in adult education in Montgomery | County, shows that during the nine months which ended May 31 the 33| classes for white students and 30 classes for colored students were at- tended by 872 and 510 persons, re- spectively, and that 27 teachers were employed. The 26 centers where the classes for white students were conducted were at Lay Hill, Cabin John, Takoma Park-Silver Spring High School, Ta- koma Park, Silver Spring, Rock- ville, Rockville-Kensington, Pooles- ville, Brookeville, Brighton, Burtons- ville, Four Corners, Browningsville, ‘Wheaton, Damascus, Slidell, Travilah, Darnestown, Clarksburg, Cedar Grove, Gaithersburg, Fairland, Sandy Sprlng‘ and Colesville and the 19 centers | where the classes for colored students | were held were at Kan Gar, Burnt Mills, Linden, Norbeck, Spencerville, | Martinsburg, Clarksburg, Seneca, Ta- | koma Park. Smithville, River Road, | Rockville, Laytonsville, Washington Grove, Grifton, Brighton, Cloppers, Damascus and Purdum. The subjects taught included agri- | culture, gardening, homemaking, sewing, English, arithmetic, short- | hand and typewriting, physical edu- cation, home hygiene, group singing. | band music and expression. | Speakers Will Help Dedicate Glen Echo’s New Fire House $20,000 Siructure to Be Scene of Exercises on July 20. Radcliffe and Lewis on Program Arranged by Mayor McCuen. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. GLEN ECHO, Md,, July 6.—Senator George L. Radcliffe and Representa- | tive David J. Lewis wil take part in the exercises to be held here July 20 in dedication of Glen Echo’s new $20,- 000 community building and fire house, Mayor Henry 7. McCuen an- nounced today. Senator Radcliffe will deliver the dedicatory address at 7:30 o'clock that evening, while Representative Lewis, who worked with Mayor Mc- Cuen in securing Federal funds for the structure, also is to speak. High ranking Montgomery County officials are to be invited to attend. The Conduit Road Ire Board, ad- ministrative body for the local de- partment, had charge of the program and is planning a gala occasion. A firemen's parade is set for 2 pm., followed by an engine hook-up con- test at 3 o'clock, while a dance and card party will be held after the ded- ication exercises. Special Music Arranged. Mayor McCuen, wno is chairman of the Fire Board, will preside at the exercises while the music is to be fur- nished by the choirs ¢f the Chapel of the Redeemer, Church of Our Lady of Victory and Shrine of the Little A census taken among 663 students | attending classes in May disclosed | that only 31 white students and 25| colored students were unemployed. | The nearly 200 home makers were | rated as employed. as were 19 in| school and 40 retired. | BRITISH MONARCHS SEE AERIAL PARADE 350 Planes Given Ground Inspec- tion at Mildenhall—200 in Duxford Flight. By the Associated Press. DUXFORD, England, July 6.—The | finest, fastest ships of the Royal Air Force roared past King George and Queen Mary on the forty-second an- niversary of their marriage today, in the first royal review of the newest branch of the armed forces. After an hour’s ground inspection of 350 planes of 38 squadrons drawn up at Mildenhall Airdrome, the King motored the 35 miles to Duxford to join the Queen and 200,000 other Britons in watching 200 planes roar by in formation. _ The King, for the first time, wore the blue uniform of the Royal Air | Force. His two sons, the Prince of | Wales and the Duke of York, were similarly attired. With them, he drove up and down the long lines of | planes at Mildenhall, stopping sev- eral times to chat with officers. Afterward, the monarch compli- mented at great length Sir Robert Brooke Popham, chief of the air force. SOVIET PARTY HUNTS ARCTIC SEA PASSAGE, Scientists Have Theory Warm Currents Keep Ice Free From Asia to Europe. ARCHANGEL, U. 8. 8. R, July 6.— | A Soviet scientific expedition headed‘ by George Uschikoff, assistant man- | ager of the Russian Northern Sea | route, left today to seek an Arctic passage from Asia to Europe. ! The expedition, in its search for | warm currents making passage through | the ice possible, will use the ice- breaker Sadko, which was raised last year after lying at the sea bottom since it struck submerged rocks and sank in 1916. The scientists’ theory is that warm Atlantic currents may cut through the ice of the little known Arctic regions, thus permitting year-round passage to Asia. The party also will search for mys- terious Gillis Land, reported seen only twice since it was discovered more than 300 years ago by the English captain, Gillis, sailing northeast from Spitzbergen. —— FUND SHORTAGE HALTS TRAVELING COLLEGE 650 Teachers From 40 States Start Back Home After Being Stranded in Colorado. By the Associated Press. DENVER, July 6.—An “omnibus college” traveling Summer school car- rying 650 school teachers from 40 States, was “recessed” at Aurora, Colo., & Denver suburb, today because of lack of funds. ‘William R. Welch, Aurora police chief, said Dr. William M. Goldsmith of Wichita, Kans., head of the expedi- | tion, advised the teachers last night | that the college would be unable to continue its trip. “The girls took it like good sports,” Welch said. “They had paid from £100 to $190 to make the trip. Dr.| Goldsmith said their money would be Yefunded.” By noon today almost all of the teachers had left for their homes. Welch said Dr. Goldsmith had been cperating his traveling college for years. The official tours were to be- §in Monday from Aurora. HEIRESS IS MOTHER Former Rachel Lynch Clews Bears Seven-Pound Son. RENO, Nev, July 6 (®).—Mrs. ‘Wayne W. Dillard, the former Rachel Lynch Clews of New York, Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. heiress, became the mother of a seven-pound son last night. Hospital attaches said both mother and child were “doing fine” today. The wealthy young socialite was married to Dillard, Reno X-ray spe- cialist, last year following her divorce from John Elliott Munger, youthful explorer. Dillard is a former resi- dent of Roanoke; Va. — River Region Charted. | room. Flower, and the Mohicans. a local chorus led by J. Stevens Stock. Invocation will be delivered by Rev. M. M. Perkins and kenediction by Rev. Father Louis Miltenberger. The exercises will be held in the au- ditorium on the secornd floor of the structure, a handsom: brick building that also includes an apparatus room, a kitchen, dining room and storage The new house is nearing com- pletion and cost $20,595, financed by a P. W. A. grant and loan. ‘The committee handling the pro- gram is composed of L. William M. | Gamble, E. E. Ellsworth, Clarence W. Sands. Edward Fagan, Thomas South- wick, Daniel T. Etzler, Albert Arnold, Joseph Gimmatea, Melvin White- side, George Fifer, Harry C. Arnold | | and Benjamin B. Vaden. Auxiliary Group Assists. Assisting is a committee from the Ladies’ Auxiliary, consisting of Mrs. Fannie Orendorff, chairman; Mrs. Goldie Bradshaw, Mrs. Daniel T. Etz- ler and Mrs. A. V. Blackmon. Mayor McCuen said that the coun- ty’s 11 fire departments and a number of other crganizations, including the Potomac Band, are expected to take part in the parade, which will take in the communities of Brookmont, Glen Echo Heights, American Univer- sity Park, Crest View, Westmoreland Hills and Glen Echo. A tropny donated by Mrs. Charlotte B. Randall of Washington will be presented to the winner of the hook- up contest. FLETCHER BACKING G. 0. P. ‘CRUSADERS’ Conference of Republicans to Be Held in Cleveland Monday and Tuesday. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, July 6—George H. Bender, temporary chairman of the “Republican Crusaders’” conference to be held here Monday and Tuesday, asserted tonight that the gathering has received the “unqualified approval of none other than Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the National Commit- tee.” “If any remain who doubt the genuineness of our purpose,” Bender said, “this should convince them.” He sald George Piddington of Philadelphia, chairman of the Penn- sylvania “Republican Crusaders’” delegation, recelved the following telegram today from Fletcher: “No one was authorized to say that I am in any way hostile to the Cleve- land meeting. As a matter of fact, I am in full sympathy with every movement calculated to bring abcut a free and open discussion of the problems confronting the party. “I understand that to be the pur- pose of the Cleveland convention and I give it my full approbation.” AIR RACE CONSIDERED FOR TEXAS EXPOSITION Director Debates Hiring of EI- liott® Roosevelt to Study Possibilities. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 6—Walter Cline, managing director of the Texas Centennial Central Exposition, said today he was considering employing Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, to explore further the possibilities of a proposed Texas Centennial-Latin | American air race. The race for $100.000 in prizes over an 18500-mile course would inaugu- rate the central celebration here of Texas’ 100 years of independence from Mexico on June 6, 1935. Young Roosevelt, who first broached | the plan for the race to centennial | cfficials, has said he thought his father could be persuaded to come to Texas for the start of the derby. Cline said the only reason they had not decided already to sponsor the race was the question of cost. FORT WRIGHT SOLDIERS TO GUARD BLUEBIRDS Acting Commandant Adds New Order After Birds Build Nest in Cannon. By the Associated Press. FORT GEORGE WRIGHT, Wash,, July 6.—The protection of the United | States Army was thrown about a tiny pair of bluebirds, their nest and four | eggs today. The birds built the nest in the mouth of a brass cannon, a few yards from where sentries of the 4th In- fantry pace back and forth. The officer of the day, instructed by Act- | ing Commandant Maj. George S. Clark, added this sentence to the orders of the day: Army and civil aerisl photographers are making maps of the hitherto un- charted Yuls River region in Man- churia. . “—And keep an eye on those birds!” ‘The protection will be maintained, Maj. Clark said, until the eggs are hatched, ’ REPRESE “TWO LETTERS LAUD | MATANUSKA VALLEY NTATIVE LEWIS. | “Homes Better Than Dreamed Of" Write Members of Wis- consin Families. The Relief Administration yester- day made public letters from two families in the Matanuska Valley, Alaska, settlen.ent which it claimed | “refute charges of widespread dis- | satisfaction and stories of hardships in the colony.” Lawrence Westbrook, assistant re- lief administrator, said “the letters speak for themselves.” Complamts from the colonists about | delay in constructing cabins and high | prices charged by the commissary DEMOCRATS FORM STATE-WIDE CLUB Re-election of Roosevelt Is Aim of New Virginia Organization. By the Associated Press. CLARENDON, Va, July 6.—The “Democratic Clubs of the State of Virginia” was organized here tonight, with the Advisory Committee an- nouncing its purpose was to “crystallize for further action what is felt to be | the overwhelming sentiment in the State for the re-election of Roosevelt in 1936." Announcement of the formation of the organization was made for the Advisory Committee by Robert N. Anderson and Leo C. Lloyd of Arling- ton County, Edwin J. Smith of Princess Anne and Frank A. Kearney of Hampton. The announcement saild “Demo- cratic Clubs of the State of Virginia™ was a State-wide ‘“‘Roosevelt for re- election” organization, seeking “to af- ford an opportunity for any Democrat | in the State, regardless of age, to be- [ tion and thereby co-operate in the promotion and fostering of the princi ples of the Democratic party to the end that an adequate and proper re- interpretation of those principles be secured in the light of present condi- tions.” The organization is composed large- ly of recently formed constituent Democratic clubs in various sections of the State. With headquarters established temporarily in the Rucker Building here, the organization is planning to hold a State-wide meeting at Rich- mond soon to perfect plans for the development of its objective. The committee said it was likely that the headquarters would be moved to a more central part of the State| later. BIDS REQUESTED Hyattsville Council to Receive Collection Estimates. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 6.—Pro- posals for the collection and removal of garbage and trash in Hyattsville for the year beginning July 15 will be received by the mayor and council Monday night in the Municipal Build- ing at 8 o'clock. Bids must be on forms which will be furnished by Councilman T. D. Jarrell, chairman of the garbage and come affiliated with a local organiza-'trash collection. —AT THE NATIONAL. 7th and H STS. | brought a demand by the Senate for| | information fiom the F. E. R. A. That | agency, after making a report Sent a | | “trouble shooter.” Eugene Carr, to the settlement to take charge. | Officials said the letters were from families of Einer Hureby and Frank | Ring, both 1ormerly of Marinctte | County. Wis. These were said to have written back home that: The land is good; it| 5 God's country; ther is no sick-| ness except measles and mumps; | homes are “better than anything ever | dreamed of.” The two families were said to agree that “some people * * * are never sat- | isfied, no matter how good they are treated * * * that's the kind who are kicking here.” 'REECE STARTS TERM FOR BOND THEFTS Ar- Ex-Banking Commissioner | rives at Nashville Prison | for Sentence. | By the Associated Press. | NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 6.—Once | a $5000 a year State official, Joseph | I. Reece tonight was State prisoner | No. 27,153. The former commissioner of in- surance and banking was brought to the penitentiary shortly after noon | from Tampe, Fla., where he was ar- | rested Monday night. He is to serve | three to ten years on & charge of | stealing $30.000 of bonds held by the insurance department. Awaiting his arrival at the prison were two relatives and Miss Hilda McCray, who testified at his trial that she acted as Reece’s “confiden- tial secretary in political matters.” | As a result of her testimony in his behalf she is under a perjury indict- ment. 'HERMAN W. SCHROEDER, MUSICIAN, SUCCUMBS Former German Concert Master and Newspaper Critic Dies in South. By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 6.— Herman W. Schroeder, once concert master of the Berlin Symphony Or- | chestra, died at his home here today. A native of Berlin, Schroeder was graduated from the Royal Academy {of Music there and later moved to | England, where he served as music | critic on various newspapers as well as a conductor of symphony groups at Manchester. Coming to the United States, the musician, who wrote a number of compositions, taught and conducted in Minneapolis. Several years ago he moved to Chattanooga. Funeral serv- ices were announced for Sunday at the Pilgrim Congregation Church here. - Woman J. P. Marries, Too. NEW CASTLE, Pa. July 6 (). — Justice of the Peace Gertrude Lani- gan, cementer of 1,000 romances, sur- rendered herself today to cupid with & weakly spoken “I do.” She was married this afternoon to James Nicholas Speed in the First Christian Church by Rev, Dr. J. 8. Bennett, having resigned as “J. 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This is one of the smallest percentages in recent years, Watts taid, the number of successful appli- cants wsually averaging 40 or 50 per cent. According to the Assoclated Press those in Northern Virginia who passed the examination were: James Keith, Warrenton; Caldwell C. Kendrick, Baliston; William H. Martin, jr., Leesburg; Walter J. New- lon, Brandy; Roy Raymond Rusmisel, University; Worth G. Seymour, Alex- andria; Henry Ellis Staley, Charlottes- ville; Lee Sweeny, East Falls Church; W. E. Weber, jr, and Edwin M. Young, University. De Jarnette, Manassas; Thomas Stoke- ley, 8pottsylvania; George Minor Coles, Charlottesville; Ernest V. Good- rich, Wakefleld; A. E. Hackley, Uni- versity; Aubrey N. Heflin, Colonial Beach; Robert D. Bauserman, Wood- | stock; George Moflet Cochran and Lawrence Payton, jr., Staunton; J. M. Swetnam, Luray; Prederick Joseph Whelan, Clarendon; Robert H. York- dale, Alexandria, and Mark Dowling Woodward, Washington, D. C. The examinations, held in Roanoke, June 25 and 26, were the last to be given before the new statute setting up new educational requirements be- came effective. The new law requires that applicants after July 1 of this vear “shall furnish to the board sat- isfactory evidence that a degree has been received from a law school ac- credited by the American Bar Asso- ciation,” or has completed the “equi- valent of at least & two-year academic course of an accredited college.” Such study, the statute adds, needs not ! have been in any college. Dinner Plans Laid. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, July 6 (Special) —Plans for the annual chicken dinner and carnival of the Building Fund Committee of St. Mathias Catholic Church here are nearly completed, Mrs. Irene A. Con- ner, chairman, announced. The affair will be given in the parish hall of St. Margaret's Catholic Church, Seat Carl Castaldo, Charlottesville; Henry | Pleasant, July 17. brings 99 NO MONEY DOWN—ONLY 13c A DAY! | FAIRFAX STORY CONTEST ‘ WINNERS ARE REVEALED Mrs. Florence Jodzies, Vale, Gets First Prize, Demonstration Agent Announces. | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | . FAIRFAX, Va., July 6—Winners in | the Fairfax County labor-saving story | contest, sponsored under the auspices of the State better farm housing con- | test, have been announced by Mist | Alice Crutchfield, county home demon= | stration agent, as follows: | Mrs. Florence Jodzies, Vale, first; | Miss Christine Ferguson, Annandale, second, and Mrs. Katherine Leigh, Kenmore, third. Mrs. Barbara Allen was given honorable mention. | MEDALS AWARDED Marys Boy and Girl Win D. A. R. Prizes. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md. July 6.— The two citizenship medals given by- | Mrs. John Duke of fhis city through the Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D. A. R, to the St. Mzry's Academy here, have been won by Miss Elizabeth | Bailey of River Springs and Lewis | Russell of Medleys Neck, it was an- | nounced. The two were graduated { last month. | 8t. This Electrie Clock to help make payments easier. 5 ligh A sor Brtinded Fovmente Free Parking—Ott’s Parking Lot—Eye St. Between 6th and 7th