Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1935, Page 4

MANY PAY HONOR 10 M. G. GIBBS Testimqnial Dinner Given Head of Peoples Drug Stores on Anniversary. Tributes to Malcolm G. Gibbs, founder and president of Peoples Drug Stores, were paid at a testimenial din- per last night observing the 30th an- niversary of the organization’s es- tablishment. President Roosevelt and| Edward P. Mertz, Gibbs' first em- ployer here, sent letters and there were spee¢hes of | tribute by public | and private om-; cials, merchants and radio enter- tainers. The din- | ner was given in| the Willard Hotel M. G. GO ha)) room by the | ‘Washington Advertising Club. Nor- man C. Kal, club president, presided. “Your many worthwhile achieve- ments in the business world are well known, not only to Washington resi- dents, but in the various States in which your stores operate,” President Roosevelt wrote of Gibbs. “It gives me real pleasure. on the occasion of | this anniversary, to extend congratu-| lations and my very best wishes for | yqur continued health, happiness and success.” i Praised by Mertz. ! Mertz couldn't attend, but sent a letter praising Gibbs' servioes with the tifen Mertz's Modern Pharmacy, where | he was first employed when he came here in 1898, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen praised Gibbs as a “thoroughbred.” “It is natural and in keeping with the manner of his thinking and act- ing that he went into business under the name and style of the Peoples Drug Stores.” he old the meeting. Eugene Meyer, publisher, speaking for the Ac ertising Club, traced Gibbs’ history since his arrival in Washing- ton, 37 year ago, complimenting him fdr his “un-anny good judgment” and for his activities.” Commission Presented. e Former Representative McClintic of | Oklahoma presented Gibbs with an Oklahoma colonel's commission. Dr. Walton Hamilton. Yale law professor, spoke on “Advertising and the Con- sumer.” Charles R. Columbus, secre- tary of the Advertising Club, read telegrams honoring Gibbs. After remarks by Arch McDonald end Arthur Godfrey, radio perform- ers, and music by the “Hillbillies” . from Peoples Drug Stores warehouse, the event was concluded with a buffet supper. Cooper (Continued From First Page) e A e charges. Goldstein sought to introduce income tax returns which Mist Barber made out for Continental in 1930 and 1931, in which, the prosecutor said, the charges were included. Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue ruled against {ntroduction of the returns on the ground that they were confidential. Miss Barber was preceded to the| stand today by two other defense wit- nesses, Maj. Willlam L. Browning and | Norman Pisher, both of whom were directors of Continental. Both testi- fied they knew nothing about the in- terest charges when they were first Jevied by Commercial, and they said they voted for dividend payments with the understanding that earnings were sufficient to justifv them. Deny Domination. ‘Two former dircctors of the Com- | mercial Bank, testifying for the de- fense yesterday afternoon, told the | Jury Cooper did not dominate the Board of Directors of the bank, and all transactions involving the Conti- | nental Trust Co. were approved by the board. Ralph D. Quinter, former attorney | for the bank and one of the directors, | ®aid, under cross-examination, that| Cooper “never proposed to the board | a dishonest or questionable trans-| action.” He said the other former | directors would bear him out in this ' assertion. | Quinter said the board always voted | voluntarily to do what it considered | ‘was best for the interests of the Com- mercial Bank, and that nothing the | board did was the result of “pressure” by Cooper. U. S. Rests Abruptly. ‘William H. Sholes, another director, testified to the same effect. The Government closed its case sbruptly yesterday afternoon after nerous support of welfare | Figures in D Above: Col. John W. Oehmann W. Gwynn Gardiner, today during of the District Bar Association, who Oehmann (Continued From First Page.) condemned, in which case there is no fee for razing. | 2. That the office on August 16, !1934, recommended the appointment | as the District of Columbia representa | tive on & board of survey to pass unon ! the structurel condition of 2145 I | street one Robert Goodman, who was not a disinterested person. as required by law. Gardiner said that the de- fense would show Col. Oehmann had nothing to do with the appointment of Goodman, who was recommended by some one in his office and approved by the Commissioners. 3. That on April 23, 1935, he issued | a permit for the repair, alteration and modification of premises 2015 I street | when he knew the building was in a | dangerous and unsafe condition and | had personally recommended that the building be entirely removed, De- | fense counsel said it would be shown | | Col. Oehmann took this matter up with his superiors and acted on their instruction. | Fire Escape Incident. | 4. That on September 20,1932, the Commissioners directed the owner of premises 908 E street to erect a fire escape on the building, and that Oehmann’s office failed and neglected to secure compliance with the order. 5. That his office, in violation of the zoning regulations, issued a permit for erecting a cover-over porch of prem- ises 717 Rittenhouse street. 6. That on April 11, 1935, his office issued a permit to Dr. W. C. Barr to remodel a residence at 3050 N street in violation of section 7 of the zoning regulations, in that the said permit authorized the making of structural changes in a non-conforming use; that the permit authorized the exceeding of the permitted percentage of lot occu- pancy and that the alteration was not approved by the Commissioners of the District. 7. That on October 31, 1930, his & THE EVENING . C. Hearing STAR, WASHINGTON, SNOWDEN ASSAILS “MASKED" REGIME Election Speeches Largely Concern International Naval Conference. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 30.—The Inter- national Naval Conference figured much in the speech-making today as candidates for Parliament in the November 14 elections supported and attacked the government for its| policies inside and outside the British Isles. Phillp Snowden, twe Laborite and | | former chancellor of the exchequer, | | described the current regime last Enlght as “this masquerading national | government.” Its record, he said, was one of “almost unbelieved failure and cruel complacency.” “Exaggerating” Charged. [ He charged the government with “exaggerating” the condition of the | navy to put over a heavy rearmament | program. | | At Evesham, Worcestershire, Sir | Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, first | lord of the admiralty, declared, “We | intend to do nothing to involve this country in the risk of going to war with Italy.” ‘The minister for League affairs, An- j | thony Eden, at Leamington expressed | | the hope the International vanlj Conference will “continue the good | (left) conferring with his attorney, Oehmann’s hearing. Below: Commissioner Allen (left) and H. Winship Wheatley. presider.t are conducting the hearing. ——8tar Staff Photos. | ises were vacated when the ccadition of the hotel did not require such action. Isaiah S. Baptist, a colored building wrecker and the first witness, testified he razed the dwellings covered in the first charge and said he told Col. Oeh- mann these buildings had been con- demned. He said he received this in- formation from the owner of the property. Residents in the neighborhood, he continued, had taken parts of the building out for firewood and he found them *very much condemned” when he arrived on the scene. Baptist threw the hearing into an uproar when he told the board he had been sick for two years and drew a bottle of medicine from one pocket and & box of pills from another to verify his statement. Gardiner is expected to answer the | last six charges later today. Cambridgeshire 1Co§(1r{l{gd From Pirst Page.) allotments from the draw, means that a total of $2,729,000 goes to the United States. Americans won about 435 per cent of the total pot. to today’s running of the race they had gained prizes totaling $1,305,100 by winning horses which did not finish in the money,” residual purses and “consolation” prizes. Six lucky Americans held sweep- THE FAMOUS ® Get a Box of Fan HOME MADE CANDIES For Ha 6Q0c * 2 work done by previous naval confer ences in Washington and London.’ But he stressed what he termed the reed for eliminating deficiencies in British defenses. | Churchill Attacks Snowden. | Speaking at’ Woodford, Winston | Churchill, former chancellor of the | | exchequer, attacked Snowden for | “trying to smash the parties in the | governments one after another, ) ing the country in a paralyzed, head- less condition.” | stakes tickets on Commander III. Each one of them gets $147,300. ers, The ticket-holders on Commander | 11T are John Ohlson, 1414 South Hope street, Los Angeles, Calif.; “Golden Nugget,” 704 One Hundred and econd street, College Point, “We Need It Portchester, ; “Forever,” 1751 Vanburen street, the Bronx, N. Y., “Labeete,” 381 Edgecombe avenue, New York, a Louis Rabinowitz, 909 Beck street, the Bronx, N. Y. | Six more Americans held tickets on | | Man's Pal, the horse which came in second. Each one of these tickets ‘ pays $13.650 Tickets on Man's Pal were issued | to: Lawrence Johnsen, 1313 Deland | avenue. Chicago; J. B. Broderick, 511 | South Louise street, Glendale, Calif.; “Hard Luck,” 430 Barnum avenue, | Bridgeport, Conn.: James Angel- ustro, 511 East Fifteenth street, the | Bronx, New Yark: E. J. McDonnell, | | 607 West Forty-third street, New York, and J. G. Cashelman, North Tona- wanda, N. Y. Two tickets were held in the United States on Finalist. Each one of these | | tickets is worth $49,100. Tickets on | | Finalist were won by “Bookery,” 114 | East Thirty-second street, New York. |and an unidentified holder at 853¢ D. C., WEDNESDAY, CITIZENS PRAISED FOR SCHOOL ROLE Forest Hills Association Is Lauded at Meeting Hon- oring D. C. Official. While honoring District officials and others credited with securing the Woodrow Wilson High School, the Forest Hills Citizens' Association last aight discovered that its own organ- ization probably played the major role | in bringing about construction of the | new institution. Col. Dan 1. Sultan, Engineer Com- missioner, who headed the guest list at a banquet at the Columbia Country | Club, intimated it was the citizens | themselves who did most to get the | school. | Commending citizens’ associations in general for their quick action on matters concerning the welfare of the | city, Col. Sultan declared “Washngton | has a very responsive public and I think you have a government influ- enced by the public.” Dr. Ballou Present. | Col. Sultan urged members of the | group to refrain from criticizing the | new school building until work on the | grounds has been completed. Other guests included: Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Mrs, Marion Wade Doyle, president of the Board of Education; District Architect Nathan C. Wyeth and Nor- man J. Nelson, principal of Woodrow Wilson High School. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick acter as toastmaster, and L. A. Carruthers, president of the association, presided at the banquet. Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, secretary of the association, was commended by District Architest Wyeth for service: rendered in making plans for th school and grounds. ‘The Connecticut avenue area wa. praised for having obtained the nr‘wl school by Mrs. Doyle. She urged the | group to assist other sections in get- ting more school buildings and teach- Ballou Discusses Program. Dr. Ballou expressed gratification that the school had been completed “Our program in schools must be as comprehensive as the social | changes,” said Dr. Ballou in explain- ing the increase in the number of subjects taught. Lester C. Boykin, chairman of the Membership Committee, spoke on the importance of citizens' associations, PROSPERITY IS DUE ‘ IN EVANSVILLE IN 2162 By the Associated Press. | EVANSVILLE, Ind, October 30— Prosperity is due at Evansville prompt- ly in 2162. In that year a $1.000 trust fund started October 28, 1912, by the late Adolph Melger, soap manufacturer, will be ‘available to the city for what- ever the Board of Trustees shall speci- fy—just so it's a civic project. The National City Bank, custodian of the fund. has reported it had | TOWN to $2.485.56. | Sixty-seventh road, Forest Hills, Long JOE HIGY | ‘INCORPORATED" 'OUR PLUMBER'| The Safe Place For Your Valuables and Silverware INSURED SMITH’S TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. | 1313 You St. N.W. North 3343 llowe’en Ib.box $1.00 F:iner- -a;d Fresher SALADA' SLATER PRESENTS. étcal;hax OCTOBER 30, 1935. Named in Bandit’s Will A SUNDAY SCHOOLS HIT LIQUOR AND FILMS Alcohol Business Called Unjusti- fiable and Immoral at Close of Convention. Resolutions denouncing the liquor business as “unjustifiable and im- moral” and criticizing modern motion pictures as a “detriment to character development” were passed yesterday in closing sessions of the forty-second annual convention of the District of Columbia Sunday School Association. Charging that intoxication, traffic accidents and crime attributable to strong drink are on the increase, the Sunday school leaders, meeting at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis- copal Church South, declared in their resolution that “Government author- ities have broken faith with the pub- lic in allowing the return under the license system of what for all prac- tical purposes is the open saloon.” Other resolutions pledged the Sun- day school to movements for world | peace, civic improvements and inter- | denominational co-operation. The | Evening Star was commended for its | safety campaign. | W. W. Millan was re-elected presi- | dent of the association last night. He has already served 13 years in that position. Newly elected vice presidents are W. H. Barringer, Page McK. Etchison, John A. Patterson, jr.; William S. Jones, Mrs. O. R. Balderson and Dr. | J. 8. Noffsinger. Mrs. M. C. Bone and Shortly after Henry J. (Midget) Fernekes died at Chicago yesterday from self-poisoning. his will, with this photo attached, was filed by At- torney A. C. Velonis. The will bequeated the Fernekes estate to Robert L. (left) and Donald Darche, and named the woman as Jennie Mulhall. Tourist Spending. ‘Tourists are estimated to have left | 5,000,000 in the Irish Free State this year. G2 RADIO CONVENIENT TERMS JCHARRING | Sales ELECTRICAL 517 10th N.W. Service t Shoes may come . . . shoes may go « « . but this distinctive broadstrap, trim and chic in armor-like alligator, is an indispens: le footwear item for the woman who knows her fashion, and interprets it cor- ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | George E. 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