Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 5

BONNET EXPECTED TOGETU. S. POST Appointment as French Am- bassador Involves War Debt Mission. By the Assor'ated Press. PARIS, December 23.—Official an- nouncement of the appointment of Georges Bonnet as Ambassador to Washington with a special mission to settle France's war debt to the United States was believed today in informed diplomatic circles to be imminent. Friends of Bonnet, former minister of commerce and long-time advocate of close Franco-American commercial friendship, said he definitely had ac- cepted the post. Some authorities thought Premier Leon Blum might sieze the opportunity of his adress today at the luncheon of the Anglo-American Press Association to announce Bonnet’s appointment. The premier, who reopened the question of debt payment with his speech before the American Club last May, was expected to speak on Franco-American relations, in which settlement of France's war debt is considered to play an importan’ part. ©On December 15, when France ten- dered her usual acknowledgment of the American demand for payment, sources close to the government fore- cast formal talks would get under way early in 1937. It was suggested at that time France wouid offer approximately $536,- 000,000, or one-eighth, in full pay- ment of the total French war in- debtedness of $4.061,234,000 in 20 or 25 equal annual instaliments, with no interest accruing during the period. NAZIS SEEK OUSTER OF TWO EDITORS Move to Replace Officials Frankfurter Zeitung and Berliner Tageblatt. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 23.—Authorita- rian Germany moved today to replace with “dyed-in-the-wool” Nazis two newspaper editors who refused to obey orders from the propaganda ministry. The Frankfurter Zeitung will be permitted to ' continue publication, officials said, on the condition a na- tional Socialist leader assumes the chief editorship and approves all articles before publication. ‘The Berliner Tageblatt will also be oompelled to accept a “safe” man as chief editor, it was announced. Paul Scheffer, former Washington corre- spondent and present editor of the ‘Tageblatt, will be given a foreign cor- Pespondent’s post, officials declared. of ‘The Frankfurter Zeitung incurred the displeasure of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister, cember 16 by publishing a story that Germany faces & 1,000,000-ton wheat shortage. At that time Goebbels was reported | seriously considering withdrawal the newspaper’s publication permit. Powerful industrial interests in the Rhineland, however, were reported later to have intervened on the paper’s behalf to soften a sharp repri- mand from the propaganda ministry. TWO MORE CONCERNS TO PAY YULE BONUSES Employes of A. 8. Beck Shoe Store and West End Laundry to Get Gifts. of Employes of the A. S. Beck Shoe | Store, 1315 F street, and the West End Laundry, 1723 Pennsylvanie. avenue, will receive Christmas bonuses, E. E. Farren, president of the laun- dry, said all workers with the com- pany for more than a year will receive a bonus tomorrow, computed on the annual earnings of each employe. According to an announcement from the New York office of the Beck cor- poration, those with the company a year or more will get a week's salary, payable tomorrow, while those in serv- iee over six months, but less than a year, will get a half week’s pay. A proportionate payment will be made to those employed a shorter period. Max L. Friedman, Beck president, said the bonus will affect hundreds of employes in the 99 stores, offices and ‘warehouses of the concern. Man Loses Leg. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., December 23.— Melvin Morrison lost his right leg last night as the result of an accident’ &t his home on the New Cut road yes- ferday afternoon. A saw that he was operating flew off and struck him in the leg. The Bethesda rescue squad ook him to Georgetown Hospital, where doctors found it necessary to amputate the leg. F. S. Harris Co. your choice, Philco se! De- | Western High Is Greeted STATE’S OFFICIALS 34 Graduates Now at Annapolis Send Christmas Card. Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western High School, is shown here as he displayed to Miss Katherine McCandlers, a secretary, the Christmas greeting received by the school from 34 graduates who are now members of the cadet corps at the. United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. —Star Staff Photo. TERN HIGH SCHOOL today offered some proof of its reputation as & training ground for mili- tary service when Dr. Elmer S. New- ton, principal, displayed to the stu- dent body a joint Christmas card | that had attached the personal cards of 3¢ Western graduates, now mem- bers of the cadet corps at the United | States Naval Academy at Annapolis. number of cards attached, is seventh in an annual series that Dr. Newton has received from midshipmen who once did squads right and left on Western's parade ground. The school long has been outstand- ing among Washington institutions for its excellence in the annual cadet | | drills, and with the revelation that 30 present Annapolis cadets took their | secondary training at Western, the reputation of the school is even more fully recognized. Leads All Rivals. In cadet competition locally, West- decade Western has produced at least one of the winning companies and sometimes two. The Allison Nailor Medal, awarded annually to the cap- | tain of the winning company, has | rested longer in the halls of Western than any other of the ‘city’s high schools. Dr. Newton displayed the Yuletide greeting today, and explained that while the 34 boys at Annapolis were able to get together for a single greet- ing, 34 more individual cards will be received from the Western graduates now members of the cadet corps of the United States Military Academy the freedom to get together that exists |at the Naval Academy. | ‘Together the two national institu- tions are now preparing 68 former Westernites for military and naval service, Dr. Newton, always modest, is par- ticularly proud of the school's record, but already has acknowledged that a competitor is in the making in the new Woodrow Wilson High School, which last Spring entered ompetition for the first time, and came out a winner. The present cadet brigade staff is composed of Woodrow Wilson pupils, awarded to the school by com- petitive examination. Expects Competition. “We may have some competition hereafter from Woodrow Wilson,” Dr. Newton said. He did not explain, however, that the first Woodrow Wilson companies were trained by Western High School students, loaned to the new school be- cause the officer personnel of the Cadet Corps is confined to seniors, and Wil- son had no senior class its first year, Although Western and Dr. Newton presents, for a complete lection. A Lasting Gift You'll find no more suitsble gift than a Philco Radio . . . beauty of structure is combined with s beauty of tone that enriches the a which it is heard. In every way—price, appeat- ance, entertainment—Philco offers you your eom- plete money’s worth! Open Evenings for Your Convenience 2900 14th St. N.W. OPEN NITES ‘The card, unique because of the| ern stands far and ahead of all the| other high schools, For more than a | at West Point. At West point, it was | explained, the cadets are not allowed | did not have the names of the West Pointers who formerly attended classes there, the following Westernites at- | tached their cards to the holiday | greetings shown to the student body | today: Howard Weldie Baker, Stockton | Birney Strong, Herold J. Weiler, jr.; Robert M. Rawls, Henry Earl Surface, Roger Warde Paine, jr.; Fletcher Hale, jr.; James Norris Mayes, James Blair Glennon, jr.; Roger Blake Woodhull, Louis H. Roddis, jr.. M. Joseph Hanley, jr; Walter Harlen | Peirce, John Lyman Haines, Charles | Henry Morrison, jr.; Elward Francis Baldridge, Iler James Fairchild, jr.; Canterbury B. Pierce, William Dough- ty Bonvillian, Raymond Berthrong. David H. Fope, Hugh Blanchard Vick- ery, Michael Thiel Tyng, George Don- | nell Axford, Stuart J. Fuller, jr.; Wil- bur Summers Wills, Philip Randolph Anderson. Franklin Stearns Rixey, Preston Bennett Haines, jr.; Francis Gaines Blasdel, jr.; C. Edwin Bell, jr.; Harry Hayes Barton, Conde LeRoy ir. Held in Building’s Collapse. PHILADELPHIA, December 23 (). —Mayor 8. Davis Wilson ordered the arrest last night of Abraham Sam- son, lessee of a three-story brick Saturday night, killing six persons and injuring more than a dozen others. The warrant, sworn out by Herbert M. Packer, chief of the Bu- reau of Housing and Sanitation, charged Samson with operating the place while knowing it to be “in a dangerous condition and unfit for hu- man habitation.” Garner Holds Votes Assuring Own and President’s Victory Another step in the re-elec- tion of President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner was com- pleted today with the announce- ment that all 48 States had com- plied with the law requiring them to report their electoral votes by the “fourth Wednesday in De- cember.” The certificates of votes are now in the custody of the Vice President, where they will remain until January 6. The returns from each State then will be canvassed at & joint session of Congress and the result officially proclaimed: Roosevelt and Gar- ner, 523; Landon and Knox, 8. California WINE - Learn the "art of fine dining by serving ROMA Sherry at your mext meall Aleoho! 19 to 2% by Volume THE ROMA WINE & LIQUOR ¢ Raguet and Philip VanHorn Weems, | tenement building which collapsed | T0 SEE INAUGURAL Entire Membership of North Carolina Legislature Will Attend. The entire membership of the North' Carolina Legislature will be seated in a body in the reviewing stands when President Roosevelt is inaugurated January 20, the Inaugural Committee announced today. Reservations for 120 members of the House and 50 members of the Senate have been made at the request of Representa- tive Warren of North Carolina. The Governor also is expected to attend. The membership of the Medical Aid and Emergency Arrangements Committee, of which Maj. Gen. Mer- ritt W. Ireland is chairman, as an- nounced by: Rear "Admiral Cary T. Grayson, head of the Inaugural Com= mittee, follows: Brig. Gen. Carl R. Darnall; Dr. Earle Clark; Col. C. R. Bennett of the Quar- termaster Corps; Gen. John M. Welch of the Medical Corps; Comdr. Howard H. Montgomery, Naval Medical Corps; Senior Surgeon Roy P. Sandridge, Pub- lic Health Service; Dr. Daniel Seckin- ger, assistant District health officer; Dr. R. Lyman Sexton of the first aid and life-saving service of the Red Cross; Dr. A. M. McDonald, ambulance service, Red Cross; Miss J. Beatrice Bowman, chairman, District Red Cross Nursing Committee, and L. A. Barnes, plant supervisor, Chesapeake & Poto- mac Telephone Co. “Court ‘of Honor.” Engineer Commissioner Dan 1. Sul- tan, chairman of the Inaugural Grand- stand Committee, announced & con- tract for construction of the “Court of Honor” had been let to Skinker & Garrett. The successful bidder for construction of stands north of the ‘Treasury, in front of the Riggs Na- tional Bank, the Treasury Annex, and at the south of the Treasury, was C. Wahlgemuth, jr. Hechinger Co. has been engaged to remove the stands after the celebration. Members of the Committee on Pub- lic Order, announced yesterday, are: Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, chairman, and Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of police, vice chair- man; Floyd E. Davis, Edward A. Dent, District surveyor; E. Emery Galliher, J. B. Gordon, District sanitary en- gineer; Richmond B. Keech, public utilities commissioner; Maj. Harry Leonard, Capt. Rhoda J. Milliken, head of the Police Women's Bureau; Odell S. Smith, William A. Van Duzer, director of the Traffic Department; L. Perry West, Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, director District Highway Department; Charles A. Jones, Elwood Seal, corporation counsel; B. A. Lamb, inspector, Police Departmen Col. John Oehmann, District building in- spector; Dr. E. M. Colvin, jr.; John O. Gheen, Fred A. Smith, John Mar- chief, Fire Department; Henry C. Burton. The chairman of the Committee on Legislation is Joseph P. Tumulty. Other members of this group are: John Walsh, Louise A.- Spiess, John F. Crosby, T. T. Ansberry, William H. Boyd, John B. Guider, Julius I Peyser, Sefton Darr, Jo V. Morgan. South Trimble, jr.; Arthur G. Brode, Walter E. Barton, E. Barrett Pretty- man and Joseph C. Sheehy. - Cubs Rough Pets. PITTSBURG, Kans. (#).—To satis- {y a childhood dream, Cecil 1. Jenkins recently purchased two bear cubs. He is more than satisfied. Already his pets have caused the family’s valuable setter dog to move to a neighbor's home; eaten the family cat; coat, hung out to TAKE THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25 @nd SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27 Two Holiday Bargain Outin Nswvonx*:;fo SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 CUMBERLAND $3.00 ':";:‘ PROFESSIONAL 1CE HOCKEY New York Rangers vs. Chicago Dec. 27 Madison Square.Garden — 8:30 P. M, nv 88 O Tickel Agent 17370 €0. WASHINGTON, 0.6 shall, John Saul, Charles E. Schrom, | Nestor, Ralph A. Norton and Clyde | torn out a partition in the ga- rage and shredded Mrs. Jenkins' fur | C, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23, 1936. Inaugural Stand Nearing Completion MERGER OF COURTS OPPOSED BY BAR Federal Association Ad- vances Four Reasons for Fighting Proposal. Opposition to the proposed con- | solidation of the Court of Claims, the Court of Customs, the Court of Cus-| toms and Patent Appeals and the Board of Tax Appeals was expressed tee of the Federal Bar Association. | The committee accepted the report of the Administrative Law Commit- | tee, disapproving the mecger proposed in a bill introduced at the last session | of Congress by Senator Logan, Demo- | jcrat, of Kentucky. The committee’s report recommended opposition to the proposal on the following grounds: First, that the plan would prove unwieldy. Second, that the Patent Law Asso- ciation, the Customs Bar Association and the lawyers practicing before the | Board of Tax Appeals have disap- proved the proposed merger. | Third, that great expense would be | involved, since the plan would place .v,he functions of all the courts under |40 judges, who would be forced to travel from place to place. FOURTH. that there is no real grounds for changing the present set-up. The Administrative Law Committee of the American Bar Association has | been leading a fight to obtain adoption | of the merger plan, and the quamon | is expected to be taken up at a meet- | ing of the House of Delegates of this group in Columbus, Ohio, Jlnuary 5to 7. ‘The Executive Committee of the | Pederal Bar Association said it would send delegates to the Columbus ses-| yesterday by the Executive Commit- |~ sion to express its opposition to the merger. In another report received by the committee yesterday, the Criminal Law Committee urged an investiga- tion by Congress of conditions at the District Jail. SRS FILIPINOS TO MARK DEATH OF PATRIOT ‘The Filipino Center, Inc., will spon- sor ceremonies commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. | Jose Rizal, Filipino patriot and mar- tyr, with a social and literary pro- gram at the Y. W. C. A. Assembly Hall Sunday at 8 pm. Speakers will include Charles Ed- real Franch way. low “AMERICAN OV RESERVE® | L. N. RENAULT & SONS, Iaa, | qud larbor City, N.J. tablished 1670 A REAL BARGAIN FOR HIM Leather Billfolds Fitted Dressing Cases Cocktail Sets Cellarettes .. Hickok Belt Sets Poker Sets Zipper Brief Cases Golf Bags .... Zipper Bags .. Wardrobe Cases . Gladstone Bags .. 1$10.95 to $125 FOR HER Lovely Gift Handbags Gift Compacts . Vanity Sets Umbrellas . Gift Gloves Jewel Cases . Table Lamps . 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