Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1936, Page 8

UNION VETERANS T0 GATHER HERE 79th Annual Encampment_ of Grand Army to Open Next Sunday. The seventieth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which is expected to attract approxi- mately 900 Union veterans to the Capital, will open next Sunday ‘with services in the National Cathedral's outdoor amphitheater. Although the veterans will be guests of honor, more than 2,600 additional delegates are expected here in con- pection with the annual canventions of G. A. R. Auxiliary and allied or- ganizations, which will be held dur- ing the week's encampment. 5,000 Visitors Expected. The total number of visitors, in- eluding members of families, is ex- pected to exceed 5,000. The G. A. R. and its auxiliary, the Women's Re- lief Corps, will establish headquarters ot the Mayflower Hotel. Two allied organizations, the Ladies of the G. A. R, and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, will meet| at the Washington Hotel. Headquarters of two other allied groups—Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Auxiliaty to the Sons—will be at the Willard Hotel. s The route of the parade on Septem- ber 23 will be on Pennsylvania ave- nue from Twelfth to Seventeenth street. Behind the blue-uniformed remnants of the Union armies will march a group of 100 sons of the G. A. R., followed by Army, Navy and Marine detachments. About 20 bands will participate. Will Dedicate Trees. The Women's Relief Corps plans the dedication of trees to be planted at the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, Beptember 20, and the dedication also of a bronze tablet to Gen. John A. Logan at Soldiers’ Home Cemetery. The following day the corps will present a flag to Commissioner Mel- vin C. Hazen for the auditorium of the District Building, while the same day the junior clubs, composed of girls from 8 to 18 years of age, will pre- sent a flag to the Children's Emer- gency Home of the Central Union Mission. 3 ‘The annual father-and-daughter banquet of the Daughters of Union Veterans will be held Tuesday eve- ning. On Monday the Daughters plan to go to Arlington Cemetery to pay tribute to the unknown soldiers of the Civil War, Sevice at Cathedral. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, is arranging 8 special patriotic service in honor of the veterans to be held in the Cathedral Amphitheater at 3:45 p.m. next Sunday. From the pulpit will be heard the Voices of Oley Nelson of Slater, Iowa, national commander in chief, and Rev. J. King Gibson of Dayton, Ohio, chaplain in chief of the G. A. R. Bishop Freeman will deliver the ser- mon and music will be played by the Marine Band. Canon Raymond L. ‘Wolven, chaplain to the Bishop of ‘Washington, will be master of cere- monies. FLOWER SHOW SET Blomsoms to Be Shown in Lees- burg’s Old Homes. _ LEESBURG, Va, September 13 (Bpecial)—The annual flower show sponsored by the Leesburg Garden Club, for the benefit of the Loudoun Hospital grounds and garden, will be held in the Thomas Balch Library here, from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m., Septem- ber 23. Miss Florence Manning, chair- man, has announced 23 classes. A new feature this year is the showing of various flower arrangements in a number of the attractive old homes in Leesburg. Assisting Miss Manning is Mrs. Robert McDonald, co-chair- man. Famed Leadville - Opera House Is & Devoured by Fire Misfortune Strikes Sec- ond Time in Week at Tabor Relics. By the Associated Press. LEADVILLE, Colo., September 12.— The old Leadville Opera House burned today, once more linking the Tabor Dame to ill Tuck. It was the second time within a week that misfortune struck at things that had a place in the legend sur- rounding the family of H. A. W. Tabor, one of the most famous in Colorado mining history. As plans were made to make the old court house at Buckskin Joe, Colo., & museum of pioneer and Tabor relics, the stone chimney that had stood 75 years crashed to earth and wrecked the remains of the ancient log structure. ‘Today flames were discovered in the Mmahogany trimmed bar of the opera house Tabor built here in the eighties. Four old paintings for which Ed Kikany, co-owner of the bar, had re- fused $3,000 recently were L Furnishings of the days when Tabor ‘was the midas of Colorado also were burned. Some one dropped g cigarette on an overstuffed lounge, officials said. The bar was in the lower part of the opera house that Tabor built to bring “culture” to Leadville. — Lighthouse Keepers Confirmed. Two keepers at Bishop Rock light- house, Scilly Isles, were confirmed by the bishop of Truro at their stations. B ———————— SI0P don’t have to wait until you Ilmlonunl‘!‘lhfl- economy__ef Chamberlin We =tfl'< You can have your ‘present me insulated m:m- Ively a ectively with Chamber- lin W Strips. For full infor- g TRYING TO HEAT ALL OUTDOORS nd free descriptive beok- eail ‘National 3653, o write CHAMBERLIN METAL WEATHER STRIP CO. 932 New York Ave. N.W. CHAmBEeRLIN WEATHER STRIPS ‘ THE - SUNDAY- 8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 13, '1936—PART ONE. Lieut. Michel Detroyat, French flyer, who captiured the Thompson Trophy, greatest of all American landplane speed awards, is shown as he arrived yesterday at the French Embassy, where he is a guest. Accompanied by his wife, the aviator flew here in a transport plane. He will be in the Capital over the week end. Next year, in addition to himself, he erxpects many other European pilots to participate in the national air races. Left to right: Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, chief of the Arm bassador Andre de Laboulaye and Col, J. M onroe Johnson, Pershing, 76 Today, Retains Lively Interest in Army By the Associated Press. Active military days have been over for Gen. John J. Pershing for 12 years now, but his interest in the Army he commanded throughout the World War remains the same. He is 76 years old today. Erect and sprightly yet, he spends much of his time in Washington with men he saw grow up in the service and who now run the War Department. His blue-gray eyes and square chin are as of old beneath hair that has turned to gray. “Black Jack”"—as s0 many knew him—carries his numerous honors as becomingly as he does his years. One of the latest is membership in the Academy of Morals and Sciences in the Institute of France, recently be- stowed. He finds real pleasure, too, in look- ing back to the beginning of his mili- tary career, when he entered West Point in 1882 at the age of 22, or to those many years of training for the battles to come, such as 1891 to 1895, when he was an instructor of military strategy at the University of Nebrasks, and the late George H. Dern—Sec- retary of War—was a member of the cadet corps there. The general is & familiar figure also in Paris, where he has spent at least three or four months each year since he was “over there.” He is chairman of the American Battle Monuments ‘Commission. To the general's personal interest is due largely the beautiful memorials on French and other battle fields commemorating the services of the American forces in Burope during the World War. Congress created the commission to prepare plans and erect suitable memorials. It has functioned actively and has about completed its work. Just now the general is in Paris, where he went this year. His duties probably will keep him in Europe un- til the beginning of November. Then he will return to Washington to con- tinue his work here. In a large, airy room in the War Department, overlooking the White Air Corps; Lieut. Detroyat, Am- ssistant Secretary of Commerce. Underwood & Underwood Photo. House, and formerly occupied by the Secretary of the Navy, Gen. Pershing makes his headquarters. Over the door is a modest sign reading: “General of the Armies.” That is & permanent rank bectowed upon him by act of Congress. Making his home in a hotel three or four blocks from the White House, Gen. Pershing usually walks to work. His duties are sufficient to keep him moderately busy while he is in Wash- ington, but he often finds time to canter through the parks on his favor- ite saddle horse. Gen, Pershing has traveled consid- erably since he retired. His health is moderately good, but the Army doctors have confined him & number of times to the Army Medical Center here for rest. During the Winters he usually makes & brief visit to Tucson, Ariz. ‘The eldest of nine children, Gen. Pershing was born in Linn County, Mo., in 1860, and was named “J Joseph.” After completing a public school course, he took up teaching at Prairie Mound, Mo., later attending the Kirksville State Normal School. A newspaper announcement of & competitive examination for a West Point cadetship turned his sttention toward the military career whose cli- max was the highest command. GULISTAN RUGS AND CARPETING In the Glorious, New; .Modem Texture Patterns Texture—developed by the makers of Gulistan—in both carpeting and rugs, enables you to secure ot Mayer & Co. floor covrings soft and restful es Plain Shade Carpet, but richer! Many new patterns, each lovely with the play of light on rough and smooth surfaces, revealing exquisite new decorative effects. And more practical than plain carpet, too, as foot-marks do not show. 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TOMEET SEPT. 21 Three-Day Golden Jubilee Convention to Be Held at Washington Hotel. ‘The golden jubilee convention of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held at the Wash- ington Hotel opening September 21 and continuing through September 24. A complimentary breakfast will be held the opening day at 8:30 o'clock honoring Miss Wynnye G. Willlamson, national president, and her staff. The convention will assemble at 3 pm. when Mrs. Margaret Hopkins ‘Worrell, president of the Department of the Potomac, will make the wel- come address, Others who will speak are Mme. Cantacuzene, G. W. Offutt, chairman of the Citizens’ Committee of the District of Columbia, and Mrs. K. P. McEiroy, chairman of the aux- iliary to the G. A. R. There will be presentation of flags to Boy and Girl Scout troops by Mrs. Ethel Cottrell, national patriotic instructor. Me- morial services will be conducted by Mrs. Gertrude Walbridge, national chaplain. The convention will assemble at 8:30 a.m, Tuesday and a reception will be held at night for Commander in Chief Oley Nelson and his staff at the Mayflower Hotel. A pageant, “Our 80 Years,” will follow at the Willard Hotel, under the direction of Mrs. Grace Holzberg, department patriotic instructor. The Marine Band Orchestra will furnish the music. The Betsy Ross breakfast will be MRS. MARGARET HOPKINS WORRELL, National chairman of arrange- ments for the golden jubilee convention of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re- public, which will begin here September 21, e e Wednesday at 8:30 am. at the Sul- grave Club. At 1 pm. the Depart- ment of the Potomac Auxiliary will be hostess to the delegates at a luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel, and at 6:30 p.m. the fathers’ and mothers’ banquet will be held at the Washing- ton Hotel in charge of Mrs. Emily J. Tompkins, past national president. On Thursday at noon the pioneer luncheon will be held at the Wash- ington Hotel, DEMOCRATS TO MEET Special Dispateh to The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., September 12.—~The Roosevelt-Lewis Democratic Club of Kensington will complete its permanent organization at s meeting Monday night in the Kensington Ele- mentary School. Election of officers and plans for active participation in the presi- dential and congressional election campaign are expected to take p'ace at the meeting. Alfred D. Noyes is temporary chairman and Edward Northrop temporary secretary. ELECTRICITY SOUGHT LEONARDTOWN, Md., September 12 (Special) —~The Seventh District R. E. A. Committee, headed by Rev. Pather 8. J. Rudkte, B. J., said today that they needed 200 more signers to assure them a rural electric current, as they have gotten so far 135 signers for the current. 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