Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 16

FA—16 % FAMOUS DIVISION “WILL BEGIN SHAFT Site for Memorial to Be Dedicated by Veterans Saturday. . The famous 2d Division’s contribu- #ion to the allied victory in the World ‘War will be recalled next Saturday at the dedication of the Constitution avenue site for a memorial to the division’s 5,137 dead. This fighting force, which was sent, into action in France a few months after the United States entered the war, played a decisive role at Cha- teau-Thierry, in the Soissons salient and at St. Mihiel and the second Bat- tle of the Marne. More than 60,000 officers and men, recruited from :very part of the coun- try, served with this outfit at some time or other. Gen. Harbord to Attend. Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, who commanded the division’s Marine brigade holding the center of the line in the Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood engagements, will turn the first | epadeful of earth at the monument site Saturday. | Gen. Harbord became gcommanding officer of the division after Chateau- | ‘Thierry and directed the Soissons | drive. In recognition of his success there he was placed at the head of | service and supplies, a post he held until the close of the war. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, who com- manded the 3d Infantry Brigade on Gen. Harbord's left at Chatean- ‘Thierry, will speak of the bravery of his dead comrades.’ Reunion to Be Next July. ‘The site of the monument is Con- stitution avenue and Sixteenth street. Present at it during the dedication ceremonies will be cabinet officers, high ranking Army officers, heads of veterans' organizations and promi- nent civilians. ‘The eightfenth reunion of the di- vision will be held in Washington next July and it is planned to have the memorial ready for dedication at that time. *Maj. Frank E. Mason, recently in- stalled as president of 2d Division Association and who served on Gen. Harbord's staff during the war, will be in charge of Saturday’s program. The monument was designed by | John Ruscell Pope, noted architect, | and executed by James E. Frazer, sculptor. Both will be present at the | ground-breaking ceremonies. TAX VOTE ASSURED California Referendum to Decide Chain Store Levy. SACRAMENTO, September 7 (#). ~—Referendum petitions putting up to the people the question of whether California shall impose a $2,000,000 | annual tax upon chain stores were | completed today before the secretary of state. H Frank C. Jordan, the secretary, an. nounced that county clerks have cer. tified petitions carrying 135,023 sig- | natures of registered voters, or 19,536 more than are required by law to put the issue to a ballot test. TOURNEY PLANNED By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 7.—Leroy Pumphrey will be the oratar of the day, and John F. Mudd the coronation orator at a tournament to be given by the Marlboro Volunteer | Fire Department on the fair grounds next Saturday. | The tournament is being staged raise funds for the new fire house. LINCOLN, Nebr., September 7 (#).— George C. Mason of Lincoln today sald a court attack will be made on the validity of the acts passed by the | & 1935 Legislature dividing the State into 43 districts for election of the first one-house Legislature in 1937. The unicameral Legislature was pro- vided by a constitutional amendment edopted by the people last Fall. ‘Yawns, Dislocates Shoulder. CHICAGO, September 7 (®).—"It was just a common, ordinary yawn and stretch,” said puzzled Doris | Wasinich, 17, news stand proprietress. The yawn and stretch dislocated her right shoulder. A doctor fixed it. Read TH THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER. S8, 1935—PART ONE. New Head of Veterans Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, former commander of the 2d Division (left), is shown above with Maj. Frank E. Mason who was installed last week as president of the Second Division Association, suce ceeding the late Maj. Lucian Vandoren. POST OFFICE SITE CHOSEN FOR TOWN Strasburg Location Announced by Committee—Building Plans Rushed. Site for the new post office build- ing at Strasburg. Va. has been se- lected by the Government on the north side of King street, between Holliday and Depot streets, it ‘was announced yesterday by the Treasury Department. Selection was made by the Joint Treasury-Post Office Department Committee from several sites offered. The Government will pay $6,000 for this site, about 110 by 187 feet, offered by the Massanutten Bank and the Stermont Lodge. Selection was made only 21 days Bathing's now at its best at the beach CHALFONTE HADDON HALL Sepremser is an ideal month for swimming at the shore. At Haddon Hall you may don your suit in your room and take an elevator to the beach. Enjoy our cabana colony. And the Surf Club Grill for lunch. $7 up at Chalfonte. $8 up at Haddon Hall, single. American Plan. $5 up at Haddon Hall. single, Euro- pean Plan. Special weekly rates. L Leads and Lippincott Company PATLANTIC CITY E STAR —Keep in Touch With Home Mail or leave your address or i tinerary at The Star Business Office, and The Star will be mailed to you with the same dispatch as if you were in your own home in Washington. * Rates by Mail—Postage Paid . 2 Maryland and Virginia Evening & Sunday Evening Sunday 50¢ 150 One Month, 85¢ 40c One Week, 25¢ 10e Payable in Advance Other States and Canada . Evening & Sunday Evening Sunday One Month, $1.00 750 50c One Week. 0c 150 Che Zoening Star I after President Roosevelt signed the second deficiency bill carrying a total | of $60,000,000 for & new Federal | building program throughout the country. Plans for the Strasburg post office will be rushed in the public works branch of the procurement division of the Treasury. ONG BEFORE THE PRICE RISE, WE MADE' THIS D930 AMERGANS ¢ LING ABROAD State Department Survey Shows More Than Half Are in Canada. By the Assoclated Press. A world-wide census of Americans living in foreign countries, just com- pleted by the State Department’s Con- sular Service, shows 409,306 citizens have permanent or semi-permanent residence abroad. More than half that number, how- ever, have crossed the Canadian bor- der and now live and work in the Dominion. Including 444 who dwell in Newfoundland, 22,920 Americans are now living in Canada. 103,241 in Europe. Europe has been the magnet for 103,241 Americans, with 31,572 living in Italy. South America has 10,069; Mexico, 12,346; British Honduras, 132; Costa Rica, 735; Guatemala, 924; Honduras, 1,325; Nicaragua, 346; Panama, 3,368, and El Salvador, 260. In the West Indies, Americans have trekked into these areas: Bahamas, 158; Barbados, 276; Bermuds, 215; Cuba, 5,806; Dominican Republic, 9.~ 361; Dutch West Indies, 1,165; French West Indies, 12; Haiti, 325; Jamaica, 594, and Trinidad, 195. Africa has attracted 3917 Amer- fcans, while Australia has 1251, and New Zealand 240 more. The Fiji Islands are & haven for 23. Worry for State Department. Scattered around the far corners of the world, as many of them are, Amer- icans provide constant work and worry | for the State Department and the | Consular Service. . With war threatening in Ethiopia, | for instance, the 130 Americans who still are in that African empire have | become the special charge of the | American Legation in Addis Ababa. | Most of the Americans in Ethiopia | are missionaries representing three Seamless WILTON § RUGS 9x12 FEET On Sale Tomorrow American church organizations, many of them carrying on their work in towns and villages remote from Addis Ababa. - ‘The State Department, however, al- ready has notified Americans in Ethio- pia that, in the event of actual hos- tilties, it would be impossible to afford them protection, and advised that they concentrate in the capital, or leave the country. A majority, however, have elected to remain and may—in the event of trouble—become embar- rassing charges for Cornelius H. Van Engert, the American charge d'affaires. PAYNE'S RECORDS GIVEN TO PROBERS Banker Declares He Gave House Investigators Data Three Weeks Ago. By the Associated Press. GREENFIELD, Mass., September 7. —The bank records of former Assist~ ant Secretary of War Frederick H. Payne were turned over to investi- gators of the House Military Com- mittee three weeks ago, President John W. Smead of the First National | Bank and Trust Co. said today. Smead’s declaration was the resuit | of the announcement yesterday by | Chairman McSwain, Democrat, of South Carolina, that the records were being sought to bring out Payne's relationship with Joseph Silverman, jr, whom the committee accused of | “a plot to defraud the United States” | in connection with an Army motor | truck order in 1933. { Smead said he turned over all bank | records to Kenneth Anderson, com- | mittee clerk, and H. O. Hoagland of | the general accounting - department. | after they presented credentials. 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