Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 2

. v I Y POPE COMPLETES - NESSAGE N BED fl}éadcastinq Equipment In- ~$talled for Annual Christ- = mas Address. the Associated Press. . VATICAN CITY, December 23.— Pope Pius, working in bed, finished writing his Christmas message to the world today. - Vatican City radio engineers com- ‘pleted installation of broadcasting equipment to permit the pontiff, suf- fering from circulatory gestion, to &peak through a microphone in his room. - Prelates said the holy father’s ad- firess, in Italian, would be about a “thousand words long and take between 15 and 20 minutes to deliver. He will Bpeak at 12:30 p.m: tomorrow (6:30 am, E S. T). _.The 79-year-old pontiff passed a Ntful night, Vatican' sources declared, his rest disturbed by pain in his partly Qaralyzed left leg. * . Doctors Make Early Visit. » Dr. Amanti Milani, the Pope’s phy- Gician, and his associates made an early visit to the holy father's quar- ters to examine their patient and at- fempt to persuade him to refrain from overwork on the allocution. - His holiness, described by well- gnformed sources as “very weak but in good cheer,” has agreed to be very Prief in his broadcast, which will, per- baps, be made while he lies in bed. ~ Dr. Milani urged the Pope, who is %9, not to consider the slight better- ment noted in his condition after com- Plete repose yesterday as a warrant for any activity today. Absolute Quiet Prescribed. ~ Absolute quiet—whether the address § finished or not—was again the pre- ecription as the best cure for the cir- Bulatory stagnation which, complicated )y the ills of old age, has kept him in bed for more than two weeks. Fess (Continued From First Page.) Chicago, where he was engaged in research work until 1906. In 1907 he hétame president of Antioch College end remained there until 1917. ~From 1903 to 1907 Dr. Fess was editor of World Events and was the writer of many books and treatises on history and politics. In 1912 he served as vice president of the Ohio Consti- tutional Convention. His career in Congress began with his election as Representative from the sixth Ohio district in 1912. In 1914 his district became the seventh in that State and his service in the House was continuous to 1923. Defeated Pomerene. In the previous Fall, that of 1922, Fess defeated Senator Atlee Pom- erene, Democrat, for s seat in the Senate. His career there continued until his defeat in 1934. Senator Fess served as Republican National Congressional Committee an in 1918 and he was a dele- gatq to the Republican National Con= vention at Cleveland in 1924. He was temporary chairman of the Repub- lican National Comvention at Kansas City in 1928, the convention which nominated Herbert Hoover after a key- note address by the Ohioan. His service as chairman of the Re- pyblican National Committee was in 1830 and 1831. -During his senatorial service Fess *p chairman of the George Rogers Clark Commission, chairman of the Joint and Senate Committess on the Library, vice chairman of the George , Washington Bicentennial Commission afifi member of the Library of Con- fia Trust Fund Board. He also was ublican whip. ‘Benator Fess was staunchly con- servative in his senatorial conduct and Wwas one of the most vigorous enemies of the present Democratic administra- ion for the short time he remained the Senate. A scholarly and able ker, he attacked numerous New measures in analytical fashion. _ He was considered a very able cam- ler and was elected to his second torial term by & margin of 505,000 <. He was a thirty-third degree Mason was & member of the Methodist Egilicopal Church and of the General Bo gt M:h.b‘ee church. 2 N in seemingly good Bealth up to the time Eoun :‘ i of his death, Expressions of sorrow at the Sena- mwdlmh came quickly from the _“Bénator Donahey, Democrat, who de- Seated Fess in 1934, said: <*The death of Simeon Fess will be 8 mourned by Ohio people. He gave his best in every undertaking and followed the best light he could obtain. He was my friend, and I al- ways spoke of him as a ‘grand old peaker Bankhead said he was “déeply distressed” to hear of the death of one who possessed “fine qualities and courageous convictions on public questions.” . APPEARED IN GOOD HEALTH. . Fe Senator Chopped Wood on «15th Birthday Anniversary. YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Decem- ber 23 (P).—Twelve days ago Simeon Davigon Fess observed his 75th birth- €day anniversary by chopping wood. Fess appeared in good health at his home here and said he was set to “carry on” a militant fight against the New Deal. Twenty-two years a member of Congress from Ohio, Fess had been an outspoken critic of the Roosevelt administration. He refused to retire from politics after his defeat in 1934, but was an sctive consultant in the mapping of party-battle lines and policies. He contented himself with “behind- the-scenes” activity in the last cam- paign while collecting material for a history on the two-party system in the United States. He was in Washington ajunflnunc this material when he ed. He had lived here since 1907, when he became president of Antioch Col- lege. RIVERS FINISHES TOUR Georgia Governor-Elect Voices Policy of Co-operation: : ‘ ’s Governor-elect, E. D. Riversy completed his round of visits to Government officials yesterday and returned home, reiterating assurances his administration would co-operate leaders. A q ! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936. Washington||LEADERS CHOSEN | TURKEY ON MENU Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ADDRESSES. LTHOUGH their chances of A getting away with it are prac- giving wrong addresses when getting their automobile tags. Wiiliam A. Van Duzer, director of the Traffic Bureau, must keep a corps of policemen busy every day checking addresses, he says. The favorite fictitious address usual- ly is somewhere in the Mall or on an imaginary line running out from some street into the Potomac River, Van Duzer declares. As soon as the police have time to check up on the address, the motorist must come back and try again, Another failing of motorists, the di- rector claims, is their weakness for going places. Hundreds of motorists this year gave an address when mak- ing their application, and when the police checked up the next morning no one by that name lived there— they had moved overnight. * x % x CARD. Even the swirling Yuletide spirit, current nowadays in the District, has not swerved the mind of Capt. Milton D. Smith from the track of duty. Capt. Smith, who is head of the trafiic division of the Metropolitan Police Department, sent out the first batch of his personal Christe mas cards today, thereby spreade ing all kinds of happy Christ- mas thoughts among his many friends. The design of his card, however, will also serve as a re= minder that the local trafiic reg= ulations are not to de trifled with. it consists of a colored replica of @ trafic signal, with appropriate sentiments emanating from the “Stop,” *“Caution” and “Go” sig- nals, LR KITTY. ; SANTA CLAUS is going to be a bit late for the charwoman who keeps the lives of several artists more neat than they otherwise would be. . Some weeks ago the artist group decided to start a fund of small- change contributions toward the end of making Christmas happy for the woman in question. Omne of the first rules was that contributors were sim- ply to drop their money in the pot and forget it. No one was to know how much was in it, or any such de- tails. It came almost working out: that way, but not quite. The thing was officially opened yesterday despite the absence of one man, a chap whose initials, “J. E.” were sighed to the note, which read: “Dear Kitty: I owe you $—" the amount specified being the several weeks' contributions of the entire group. * *x ¥ x SHOPPERS. Wives and sweethearts doing their yearly necktie buying may have soured the normal sweetness of some clothing store clerks. In proof a Washington operative of- Jers this story. She and her flance were Christ- mas shopping and went together to get him a new shirt. The clerk brought ome out, saying, “Now, here’s a right pretty piece of goods —it’ll wear, too.” The young man felt the material. “O. K., I'll take it.” She was surprised. “Why, honey, arew't you even going to look at any others?” Bejore he could answer the clerk snapped, “That's just the differ- ence between a man and a woman shoppin’, miss. If it'd deen a lady, shirts would have been spread clear out into the street be!a(l she’d make up her mind.” * % % % TRAVELER. MR& R. T. LACKIE, San Fran- cisco, & recent visitor to Wash- ington, is exactly the kind of s 76- year-old lady that the bus companies can be most proud of in this world. She has just completed her sixth transcontinental bus journey. Mrs. Lackie has not missed much in her very busy life. On her six bus trips across the continent she has taken a different route each time. Travel agents are kept in rather a constant dither working out routes which will not take Mrs. Lackie back over her own footsteps. Her return trip shortly after Christmas is to in- clude several important points she has yet to see, but she is going to see * x ¥ ¥ FALL. . HEADL!NE writers might describe the plight of Attorney Denny Hughes something like this: “Defense attorney collapses at trial.” But it would not be strictly sccu- rate, because Hughes really was not to blsme when he suffered a break- down yesterdsy at an inquest at the District Morgue. Hughes, appearing as counsel for & man accused in a fatal shooting, was anxiously awaiting the testimony of & “key witness” when it all hap- Without so much as & cresk of ‘Wet Counties Threaten Fight. RALEIGH, N. C, December 33 (). .| was a member. NROADCANPA First Step in Formation of Steering Committee Taken at Bethesda. By a Staft Correspondent ot The Star. BETHESDA, Mq., December 23— ‘The first step in formation of a Steer- ing Committee to secure funds for widening and resurfacing Old George- town road was taken last night at a meeting of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce in the County Building. William Buckley was named chair- man of a delegation of five to repre- sent the chamber on the Steering Committee. The other members of the committee are D. W, Parker,- vice chairman; A. R. Townshend, jr., sec- retary; Samuel E. Stonebraker and J. Harry Welsh. “ To Draw Up Policy. After consulting Lendell A. Conner, president of the Old Georgetown Road Citizens’ Association, and John A. Dickinson, president of the Bethesda Fire Board, Buckley announced that those organizations had agreéd to send delegations to a Steering Committee meeting to be held early in January to formulate a program. The new committee also will have representatives from the Bethesda Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association and the American Auto- mobile Association and the Keystone Motor Club, Buckley said. “This committee will be represent- ative of the entire community, and will proceed immediately after the Christmas holidays to draw up its policy and take steps to put it into effect,” Buckley declared. Deaths Aroused Public. “We are determined to eliminate the hazards of Old Georgetown road by obtaining funds for widening and resurfacing it as a protection, not only for the motoring public, but also for the families who live on or near ®” The death of two motorists Decem- ber 6 in a collision with & bus was the direct cause of arousing public sentiment in favor of immediate im- provement of the thoroughfare, one of the busiest in the county. Its constant use by huge trucks and busses has added to the congestion caused by the heavy passenger traffic. Miss Ruth E. Shoemaker and Joseph A. Cantrel, members of the Montgomery County delegation in the State Legislature, have offered co- operation in the improvement cam- paign. Presbyterian Missionary Dies. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 23 () —Miss Sadie Buckland, 71, former missionary of the Southern Presby- terian Church in Chosen, died unex- pectedly here today. A native of St. Louis, she was educated in the Mis- souri Synodical College, Fulton, Mo, and at Holyoke College, South Had- ley, Mass. Capital Residents May Share Estate FOR WHITE HOUSE President’s Christmas to Be Reunion for Most of ‘ Family. The White House Christmas dinner will be featured by a 38-pound turkey stuffed with chestnut dressing, with giblet gravy and cranberry sauce on the side. ‘The dinner, scheduled for 7:30 pm., will start with Blue Point oysters. In addition to the turkey the menu will include saltines, calf’s head soup, celery and olives, celery crackers, deer- foot sausages, caulifiower and beans, candied sweet potatoes, fresh pine- apple salad, plum pudding with hard sauce and eggnog ice cream, with cof- fee and cakes to follow. The White House has assumed a real Yuletide atmosphere now that all the decorations have been put up. Word was received today that the President’s son, Franklin, jr., who has been 1l for nearly’a month in a Bos- ton hospital, will not be able to make the trip to Washington. The Presi- dent's daughter, Mrs. John Boettiger, recently moved to Seattle, where her husband took over the management of & newspaper, also will be absent. , Three Children at Home. However, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt will have with them their three other children—Elliot, who arrived at the ‘White House several days ago with his wife, son and daughter; John, the youngest of the Roosevelt sons, who arrived today from Harvard Univer- sity, where he is a sophomore, and James, the eldest son, who is expected to arrive tonight with his wife and two small daughters. In addition to the small children of James and Elliot, the Christmas at the ‘White House will be enlivened by the presence of “Sistie” and “Buzzie” Dall, children of Mrs. Boettiger. These lat- ter two grandchildren are reaching the age now where they prefer to be known by their formal names, Anna and Curtis. Tomorrow Mrs. Roosevelt, aside from her many household and family duties, will have a busy program, which will include taking part in the distribution of Christmas packages at the Salvation Army and Central Union Mission. Will Light Tree. At 5 p.m. President and Mrs. Roose- velt and other members of the family will go to Lafayette Park to partic- ipate in the municipal Christmas cele- bration, at which the President will press the button illuminating the community Christmas tree here and others throughout the county. Christmas carols will be sung at the White House tomorrow night by local Girl Scouts. At 9 o'clock carols will be sung by members of the Agriculture Chorus, the Farm Credit Chorus and the Gypsy Chorus. Following this, the family will retire to the living room on the second floor, where the Presi- dent will read aloud Dickens' Christ- mas carol. ‘The stockings of the grandchildren will be hung from the mantlepiece in the President’s bed room, after which the grown-ups will decorate the family tree. This tree will be illuminated by imitation wax candles, in accordance with the séntiments of the President. To avoid fire hazards, the tree has Set at $18,000,000 Mrs. George Brandt and Mrs. George Lavally Not Optimistic. Two Washington women today have a chance of inheriting part of an $18,000,000 estate, left five years ago by a third cousin of whom they never heard—Mrs. Henrietta Garreit of Philadelphia. The District claimants, neither of | whom is sanguine over prospects of | sharing the inheritance, are Mrs. George Brandt, 2926 Upton street, and Mrs. George Lavally, 835 Whittier street. Claims also have been filed on behalf of 7,000 other persons. Mrs. Brandt received a letter last Spring from & friend in Lahr, Ger- many, her birthplace, informing her that Philadelphia lawyers were seek- ing relatives of Mrs. Garrett and ex- plaining that Mrs. Brandt was & third eousin. Mrs. Brandt notified her first cousin, Mrs. Lavally. They trace their re- lationship through the German Hen- richs family, of which Mrs. Garrett Mrs. Garrett willed $500,000 to her servants and made no disposal of the remainder of her estate. Miss L. B. Thomas, superintendent of the Washi; ‘:l:n Home ndlings, i3 shown recetving !o;”rg;t m'i‘fmm Chi Sorority, at a Christmas gt last night. home Miss Fry is the daughter of n%. the Parent-Teacher Auoam, uMufiu been active i been treated chemically. Japen Aids Railway. Japan has promised to help the South Manchuria Railway financially. Girl Who ““Cleared” Chimney for Santa Dies of Her Burns By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 23. —Clutching & Christmas doll, 5-year-old Mary Ann Boyle died yesterday of burns she suffered trying to clear the way so Santa Claus could come down the chimney. ‘Taken to & hospital, badly burned, she sobbed, “I'm sorry, daddy. I didn't mean to be bad.” Her father, Leo Boyle, said Mary Ann had “scolded him” & few days ago about the inciner- ator and told him if it was not cleared out Santa Claus would be unable to get down the chimney. Her dress ignited Monday when she tried to burn papers so they would not be dumped “in Santa’s incinerator.” Foundlings Receive Toys toys from Miss Fry, ety n The -Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam; ) - Teachers. Judge Trying Gomez Takes Oath Chief Justice Edelman of the Cuban Supreme Court takes the oath of presiding judge at the Senate session which is trying President Gomez at Havana. Gomez (Continued From PFirst Pll!.)_ overrode his sugar tax veto 26 to 6, the results of the court’s vote probably will not be known for some 10 hours after it is taken, All indications were that the na- tion's military “strong man,” Col. Fulgencio Batista, sponsor of the bill to provide funds for army-taught rural schools, would emerge victorious in the poiitical battle. Gomez throughout had declared his opposition to the bill was based on a belief its passage would create a of educating Cuban young in the “PFascist manner.” The President, who would be suc- ceeded by the incumbent Vice Presi- dent, Dr. Pederico Laredo Bru, held a series of conferences in the presidential | —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. palace last night, but those emerging evidenced little hope that their chief could be spared impeachment. Specifically the President was charged with “interfering with the frec functioning of a legislative power” and threatening with political reprisals all legislators who voted against him in the proceedings. If convicted by the Senate, Gomez could be removed from office within a few hours. More Cash Donations Needed For Police Christmas Party Final Appeal Made for Gifts to Help | Bring Yule Happiness to Underprivileged. A final appeal was made today for cash donations to the sixteenth annual metropolitan police Christmas party, which is resolved that no one in Wash- ington shall go hungry on Christmas. . Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, party chairman, reported that more than $3,000 has been contributed, in addi- tion to quantities of food, clothing and toys. He said, however, that more is needed to buy food to fill Christmas baskets. The police hope to distribute more than 4,000 baskets. Checks should be made out to the “metropolitan police Christmas party” and mailed to Capt. Morgan at the fifth precinct or, to expedite purchases, brought to gift collection headquar- ters in the National Guard Armory, Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. The police campaign, conducted in conjunction with The Star-Wamner Bros-N. B. C. Christmas toy cam- paign, drew toward a close today with declarations from its sponsors that it had been “the biggest ever,” with donations reaching an all-time high. 2,000 Baskets Crowd Armory. The collection center at the armory presented & scene which gave assur- ance of a merry Christmas to thou- sands of the city's needy. More than 2,000 baskets, filled to overflowing, were stacked six and eight deep in the vast drill room. Baskets yet to be filled were piled to the lofty ceiling. Each basket will contain 20 articles, | including coffee, cereal, flour, rice and 8 4-pound smoked ham. The police | have bought up the entire supply of | small “cala” hams in Washington and Baltimore. The contents of each bas- ket, if purchased at retail, would cost $3.50. Reductions obtained by buying at wholesale and at the lowest bid prices, plus donations by many of the merchants from whom purchases were made, lowered this cost drastically. This is how the baskets will be dis- tributed: They will be taken today and to- morrow, as packing is completed, from the collection center to every precinct in the city. From 4 to 6 pm. to- morrow, holders of the blue tickets which have been distributed by po- licemen and testify that the bearer is a member of a needy family which has been investigated and found to be deserving, will call at the precinct stations and be given the baskets. To shut-ins and others physically un- able to leave their homes, the baskets will be delivered by policemen. Thousands to Benefit. ‘Thus will thousands of under- Rgvileged throughout Washington re- cL.ve the makings of a Christmas dinner and probably of meals for sev- eral days to come. Since they can- not thank individually all who have contributed so generously to make their Christmas a happy one, this will express their gratitude. As for toys—“we've as many as we can use,” say officials of the police party and the District Congress of Parents and Teachers. Countless thousands of playthings to cheer the hearts of poor children have been distributed this week following their collection from 11 Warner Bros. theaters where matinees were held Saturday morning; from Government agencies; from the Pall Mall room of the Raleigh Hotel, Helen Hamilton's Russian Club Troika, the Club Volga Boatmen, the Heigh-Ho Club, where special shows were given to benefit the campaign; from the Shoreham Hotel's toy ball; from the apartment house and hotel lobbies, and from the Lotus Restaurant. “I've never seen anything like it,” said Mrs. Walter B. Fry, president of the District Congress of Parents and “And the moving com- panies which loaned their trucks for collection of the toys, and the police, who helped out in this same work with m wagons, said they never had, in the achool area served by her asso- ciation. The toys have been re-wrapped by Parent-Teacher Asocistion members for sach school snd are heing distrib~ 1 uted by these women in their own au- tomobiles or as best they can. ‘Toys also have been supplied to the Seaton, Webster, Fairbrother and An- thony Bowen (colored) nursery schools. P.-T. A. women for colored schools will be given toys for distribution among needy colored children. Institutions or organizations which will benefit include the Northwest Settlement House, the Gospel Mission, the Receiving Home and the Ladies | of Charity of St. Gabriel's Church, Police Plan Distribution. The police, after their Christmas| toys to children in the Gallinger Hos- pital wards, German Orphanage, Friendship House and Providence Hos- pital Day Nursery. Playthings also will be supplied the Instructive Vis- iting Nurse Society for distribution in | homes which it aids. | On Christmas morning, Gordon Hit- | tenmark will give a party at the Glenn Dale (Md) sanatorium for tubercu- lous children. Dolls donated to hi Doll House at Fourteenth and F street and toys given by Marvins Credit, Inc., will be taken to the tuberculosis hospital in a fleet of Union taxicabs. Hittenmark also will present to these boys and girls several items of play- ground and gymnasium equipment, oranges, apples, tangerines and candy. Many of the dolls collected at the Doll House have been given to the | police for distribution Christmas | | morning at Jack O'Connell’s tree party in the fifth precinct station. Needy | children from every neighborhood are | invited to this annual “blow-out,” | where there will be toys for all, ice cream, fruit, candy and a Santa | | Claus, Broadcast Is Scheduled. ‘The generous people who have made possible this party and other phases of The Star's Christmas campaign can get a good idea of the joy their gifts bring by tuning in Christmas morning at 10:15 to & broadcast over Station WMAL of the merry-making at the fifth precinct station. The same idea, coupled with a last-minute appeal for support, can be obtained tonight, when | WMAL will broadcast for 25 minutes from three important centers of the Christmas campaign. Hittenmark will speak from the Doll House, Lee Everett | will describe the preparations at the tree party Friday morning, will send | * District National Guard Armory to dis- tribute the thousands of food baskets and Ted Kimball will talk from Chil- | dren’s Hospital. Time, 7:30 p.m. | Children of foreign diplomats who ! participated yesterday in an interna- | tional broadcast of Christmas greet- | ings brought to the Shoreham many | beautiful gifts to be given to poor youngsters who will be helped by this campaign. Employes of the Accounting Depart- ment, Washington Gas Light Co., pooled the money usually spent in sending Christmas cards to each other and donated it to the “forgotten child” fund. The contribution totaled $30. Employes of Government agencies in addition to giving hundreds upon hun- dreds of toys, articles of clothing and baskets of food, contributed more than $1,000, which was divided between the police party and the P.-T. A. fund. ———— e RECTOR TO BE GUEST Rev. G. F. Dudley and Mrs. Dud- ley to Be Honored at Luncheon. Rev. George Fiske Dudley, who re- tires in January as rector -of the Church of St. Stephen, and Mrs. Dudley will be honor guests at & luncheon to be given by the Wash- ington Diocese next Tuesday at the Willard Hotel. Right Rev. James E. Preeman will préside. Speakers will be Canon An- son Phelps Stokes and Rev. Z. Bar- PROMOTIONS GIVEN 9 ARMY' OFFICERS Brig. Gen. Knight to Succeed Maj. Gen. Kilbourne in War Department. Nine high-ranking Army officers are slated for promotion in a list of recommendations made yesterday by President Roosevelt. The group in- cludes two brigadier generals to be major generals, and seven colonels to be brigadiers. ‘Two of the latter are particularly well known in the Capital—Col. Campbell B. Hodges, former White House aide, and Col. Kenyon Joyce, until a few months ago commandant at Fort Myer., Col. Hodges. Col. Joyes. Those to get the two stars of a major general are Brig. Gen. John L. DeWitt, commanding the 23d Infantry Brigade in the Philippines, who suc- ceeds Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, retired, and Brig. Gen. Henry E. Knight, as- sistant chief of staff, in charge of the | personnel division at the War Depart- ment, who will succeed Maj. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne on the latter's retirement. Col. Hodges was here as aide to President Hoover and then served in the same capacity under President Roosevelt early in his administration. He now is stationed at Atlanta and will succeed Brig. Gen. George H. Estes, | retired. Col. Joyce held the Fort Myer post from Midsummer, 1933. He previously had served three tours of duty in the Capital. Now chief of staff of the 4th Army at S8an Francisco, Joyce will suc- ceed Brig. Gen. Charles §. Lincoln, retired. The other colonels who go up are George Grunert, now in the Philip- pines; Walter C. Short, Fort Benning; Leslie J. McNair, War Department; Henry C. Pratt, Langley Field, and A. Owen Seaman, who becomes assist- ant to Quartermaster Gen. Patrick W. Guiney. Col. Grunert gets the vacancy created by the retirement of Brig. Gen. Francis LeJeune Parker, and Col. Short will succeed Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Estes, scheduled for retirement. MRS. ROOSEVELT PLANS VISITS TO INSTITUTIONS Inspection Trip to District Jail ‘Will Be First of Series to “Learn About District.” * Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's inspec- tion of the District Jail, scheduled for next Tuesday, will be one of a series of visits to institutions in Washington this Winter, she said yesterday. She explained at her press confer- ence that she has found she knows less of Washington than many cities that she visits only for a short time, and that she plans to learn all she can about the District during the Winter. In addition to visiting the jail and other District nstitutions, she will in- spect various projects conducted by Federal tions, she said. The visit to the jail will be made un- der sponsorship of the Corrections Committee of the Council of Social Agencies and she will be accompanied by one of the Police Court judges. Plans for the inspection were made when the President’s wife became dis- turbed by complaints of overcrowded conditions at the lock-up. igt FinoDeIiVered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, youll ind 1t in The Night Final Sports Edition. ' NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SBUNDAY STAR—delivered carrier—70c & month. Call National 5000 and service ARMY EMPLOYES HOLD YULE PARTY Five Needy Children Are Special Guests—Three Unable to Attend. Five bright-eyed children met Santa Claus under s Christmas tree in the second wing of the Munitions Build- ing yesterday afternoon while three others, who were to have been present couldn't attend because they didn't have the right clothes for such an occasion. This was the only shadow cast over the Christmas party given by some 200 employes of the transportation branch, finance department, United States Army—that three of its honor guests were in such need ‘their spon- sors found it impossible to have them appear in public. They will not be forgotten, however, because Santa Claus at once made arrangements to deliver their Christmas gifts to their own homes in the traditional Yuletide manner. Plan of Army Employes. The party was the plan of Army employes to co-operate with the cam- | paign conducted by The Evening Star, | Warner Bros’ Theaters, National Broadcasting Co.,, Metropolitan Po- lice Department and Parent-Teachers' Associations to see that no one in Washington is forgotten during the Christmas season. In one respect, however, it was just an elaboration of an office program observed every “pay day,” when employes contribute cash donations to provide baskets for four needy children in the District. Yesterday's guests included four children selected for this charity through the usual channels and an additional four selected by the Metro- politan Police Department, Only one of the latter group was able to attend. Refreshments Served. Under the supervision of Joseph Ganey, & committee in charge pre- sented an elaborate entertainment program. Chairs and desks in a large room were pushed back to make room for a Christmas tree and the party got underway with Mrs. Rosa Jarman sirging “Silent Night” Then Joe Brown, with a troup of amateur per- formers, presented vocal and tap dance numbers. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served also. Season’s greetings to the group were extended by Gen. F. W. Boschen, Gen. F. W. Coleman and Col. L. H. Morey. In addition to stockings stuffed with fruit and candy, the special guests received handsome Christmas toys and substanital articles of clothing. Contributions Roll In. Meanwhile, Federal employes con- tinued to contribute toys, food, clothe ing and cash to the Christmas drive for Washington's needy. Numerous articles are being turned over daily to the Metropolitan Police by Agriculture employes, Miss Ger- trude Rest reported to Harry R. Daniel, chief co-ordinator of Federal employes. Two office parties in the department are scbeduled for to- morrow and are expected to add sub- | stantially to Agriculture’s donation. Additional cash contributions turned in by Federal employes in- clude: $30.50, Navy Department; $21, Federal Communications Commis- sion; $10, Maritime Commission; $125, Commerce Department; $3, Lebor Department, and $1, Library of Congress. This amount will be added to approximately $800 which has come to the campaign from Govern- ment groups. TENANCY SOLUTION PLANS CONSIDERED Chairman Jones Sees Hope in Bill for Government Purchase Methods. A two-way solution of the problem of farm tenancy is being considered by Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee. who said “per- haps the outstanding task of the new Congress will be drafting and passage of & farm tenant home bill.” Jones, co-author of the Bankhead- Jones tenancy bill, which failed of passage last year, suggested that the Government either buy tracts of land to divide among tenants, who would remain under supervision, or purchase individual farms through local com- mittees and turn them over to the tenant. “In both instances” Jones said, “payment should be over a long pe- riod, with low interest rates. In both instances provision should be made to prevent sale or transfer to any one except an owner who is to live on and operate the farm.” Under the "first method tenants would be colonized on the tracts after they had been improved and made into Federal projects. The second method would take the Federal Gov- ernment as far out of the picture as possible, except as the supplier of the loan with which the tenant would launch his career as an independent farmer, T. S. Employes to Meet. The United Government Employes will meet at Garnet Patterson Junior High School, Tenth and U streets, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Edgar G. Brown, president. will report on the membership campaign. 10,000 Newspapers in Russia. Ten thousand riewspapers are now published in 80 languages in Russia. SHOPPING OAYS LEFTY 4