Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 23

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$1.000,000 15 GOAL INW.C. T.UL DRIVE Money Will Be Spent Solely for Education Purposes, Leader Says. The National Women's Christian Temperance Union today launched a drive for $1,000,000 to be spent in & Nation-wide campaign of temperance education. Proceeds will be devoted to teach- ing what alcohol does to the body. None will be used for administrative or legislative expense. Two District residents are listed among sponsors of the campaign, results of which will be reported at the meeting of the World W. C. T. U. in Washington next June. They are John Garland Pollard, chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals and former Governor of Virginia, and Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the Journal of the National Education Association. Capper Among Sponsors. Other sponsors are Senator Capper of Kansas, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, New York; Sir Wilfred Gren- fell, famous Labrador explorer; Dr. John R. Mott, Y. M. C. A. leader; Dr. Angelo Patri, New York author; Mrs. Kate Speake Penny, Alabama author; Dr. Daniel L. Poling. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, former presi- dent of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs; Miss Agnes Samuel- son, president of the National Educa« tion Associstion, and Senator Shep- pard of Texas. “This million-dollar fund,” said Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, president of the National W. C. T. U, “will be the largest ever raised anywhere for a purely temperance educational pro- gram. It will enable us to hand on to people in general the knowledge accumulated by unbiased, fact-find- ing investigators, whose only motive has been the scientific one. “Never was liquor more naively regarded by the average American than it is today. Never was it so widely favored socially. Never was it so0 extensively and so ingeniously advertised.” The organization, she said, will be in the position of carrying directly to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936.° the people scientific news that con- cerns them intimately and immedi- ately. "1%0 shall not be preaching, we shall not be moralising,” Mrs. Smith stated. “The liquor interests are spending approximately $25,000,000 in adver- tising,” she said. “By their own con- fession, they seek to double their and the feeling that “underlying the whole problem is an almost universal ignorance as to what alcohol is and what it does.” ‘Wright Brothers Patient. life as a pleasant hobby, reading all the books on fly- ing. they could get their hands- on to see what others had done and then to reckon what they themselves could do in it. ‘They patiently checked data as to curved surfaces. They flew kites. Making doubly cer- tain of every step, refusing to be hurried, they first spent years in theoretical planning and reading be- fore ready to put an engine into the latest.of their gliders and make the first attempt at power-driven flight. NAVAL OFFIGER 5 HELD SIGDE Wife of Lieut. H. G. Hazard, Aviator, Tells of Wit- nessing Shooting. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va. September 21.— Lieut. Harold G. Hazard, 37, widely known naval aviator, shot and killed himself yesterday in a bed room of his apartment here. Mrs. Hazard, his wife, told police that she witnessed the shooting, but was unable to prevent it. The only other occupant of the apartment, Mrs. Hazard's 10-year-old son by a pre- vious marriage, was asleep in another bed room. Lieut. Hazard, using a .45-caliber automatic pistol, shot himself through the roof of the mouth. He died instantly. Dr. D. J. MacDonald, city eoroner, listed the death as a suicide. Naval authorities are expected to conduct a regulation Navy inquest. The hospital reported that burial probably will be in Arlington National Cemetery, No definite motive for the aviator's act was announced. Lieut. Hazard is listed in the Navy directory as born in Pennsylvania in 1809. He entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1918, graduating in the class of 1922. He had been in the aviation branch of the service for more than 10 years, and was regarded as & pilot of unusual ability. In 193¢ and 1935 he was inspector of naval aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore. He and his family came to Norfolk several months ago, and he was attached to the U. 8. 8. ‘Yorktown, now nearing completion at Newport News. New York Official Speaker. Byrnes MacDonald, A deputy police commissioner of New York City, in charge of juvenile aid work, will speak before the Junior Board of Commerce ‘Thursday noon at a luncheon in the Lee House, Pifteenth and L street}, it was announced today by Albert E. Comadis, president. MacDonald will speak on juvenile delinquency. STAIR FALL FATAL Maryland Farmer, 55, Broken Neck. RIDGELY, Md., September 21 {#).— John Willard Sullivan, 55, Tuckahoe Neck farmer, died of a broken neck suffered in & fall on the stairs of his home. Sullivan tripped last night as he ascended the stairs afier supper, fell His Best Friend ~ Told Him It was his wife and she told him the truth, But she didn't say he had “bed breath.® Instead, she said, “My dear, you need E-Z Tablets.” A hint to the wise was sufficient. Don't wait for/ some one to tell you. If you feel slug- @ish, headachy, dissy, or bilious, due o constipation, you may be quite sure| your breath is telling others, Get a package of E-Z Tablets today, Mlul €eod dsug stores, only 256, Dies of and rolled to the bottom of the flight. Mrs. Sullivan, the only other person in the house, ran half a mile across the fields to summon ald. She telephoned a doctor and re- turned to her home with neighbors to find Sullivan dead. i Campaign Club of e A Ak e s ke ek e e ol e ek ke e ook ok ok ok Money Lenders Profit. Money is the great incentive the world over. A missionary, opening the first school in a village in India, found to his amazement that the only pupils appearing to be benefited by education were the money lenders! ik ik RePuBLicAN RALLY A CLOSE-UP OF LANDON Presented by His Intimate Friend HON. HENRY J. ALLEN Governor of Kansas 1919°23; U. S. Senator 1929-'30 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 8:30 P.M. THE WILLARD HOTEL Under the Auspices of the Landon and Knox the District of Columbia Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer, Soloist PUBLIC INVITED A Rl o o A g s S AR S n s a g % | i | | | WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10™ 11™ F AND G STREETS PHONE DIsmrIcTr §300 Smart Lines for Misses to Follow in choosing Autumn dresses $ I 0.95 $|3.95 Our Inexpensive Dress Section proves again its ability to cast a canny eye at both style and price. The result: a group of afternoon frocks, in tunic or princess silhou- ettes—or with the “'swing’’ feeling of the very chic Jersanese (Celanese jersey) sketched. In black with “turquoise’’ necklace, $13.95. INxpensIVE Daessts, THIRD FLOOR. Youthlastic in a New Le Gant —foundation of Fall Chic For the svelte lines your new Princess frocks de- mand—this foundation features a two-way stretch back that stays down, a boned front for control, a lace top for well-rounded 5'250 Sheer Wool with Pleated Accents in a frock for a woman Distinctive in its neckline, in its pleated skirt ruffle— this is a frock @ woman will thoroughly enjoy. She will rejoice, too, in its colors—rust or subtle green—ideal under a coat later. And itis a perfect weight to “‘walk right into” now. 5'6.95 Sizes 34 to 42 ‘Womzxn's Dresszs, TrIRD FLOOR. Other models, $5 to $15 Corszts, TrIRD FLOOR. Leopard and Leopard Cat Young Favorites in Fur Stadium afternoons, country week-ends, shopping ex- peditions in town—these are the backgrounds against which you will see these debonair coats. We sketch two from a group notable for beauty, for fine workmanship ond gallant styling. Leopard Coats, $325 to $425 Leopard Cat Coats, $179.50 to $249.50 Rhinestones Lend Their Sparkle to a brilliant season ahead Set in a rhodium finish that accentuates their brilliance, rhinestones continue a favorite evening accent. We show: Eardrops of Oriental inspira- tion, $2; a Necklace, utterly modern, $5; a “’double-chevron” Pin, $3.50; two Clips that can become a pin, $2.75; a dining Bracelet, $3.50. NoveLrYy Jrwrlay, Aisie 5, Fmst FLOOR. uB Hosiery “Thoroughfares” for Autumn Qut-of-Doors From a field of high ranking choices, we illustrate: A—A diamond-patterned tweed-mixture in mercerized lisle. In faun or brown. Sl B—Wool anklets with merry stripes. woven into their cuffs. Pair C—An open-cock style in faun, brown or Oxford mer- cerized lisle. Pair HosIERY, AlsLE 19, Fist FLOOR.

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