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NONTACUE POST TOBEFLLEDNDY.2 Governor Calls Election After Democrats Set Nom- nation for August 3. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, February 6.— Voters of the third congressional dis- trict will choose a Representative to succeed the late Andrew Jackson | Montague November 2, the date of the regular election. Gov. Peery announced from the ex- qcutive mansion, where he is confined by illness. todav he was calling the election for November 2, in accord- ance with the action of the third dis- trict Democratic Committee postpon- ing the nomination of a candidate until the August 3 primary. “As the Congress in all probability | will not be in session between the August primary and the regular elec- tion in November,” the Governor said, “I do not feel justified in incurring the expense of a special election to be held in the interim.” Peery said he had received no com- munication from the authorities of any party other than the Democrats, and “having previously announced I would co-operate with the authorities of the political parties in fixing the date of the special election so as to | permit them to adopt such method s they desired to select their candi- | dates, I shall be glad to fix the date | to conform to the action of the Demo- cratic Committee. “The State law provides that a eandidate in a primary election shall | file a declaration of his candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by | 250 qualified voters of the district, at least 60 ys prior to the date of the primary,” the Governor pointed out. “Time does not permit the hold- ing of the primary on April 6. There- fore the earliest date on which a pri- mary can be legally held at public expense is August 3.” There are two entrants in the field thus far for the congressional nomi- nation, Dave E. Satterfield, jr., Mon- tague’s opponent last vear, and State Senator Gordon B. Ambler, who man- aged Montague's 1936 campaign. Lieut. Gov. James H. Price is the only announced candidate for the governorship, but four are in the race for lieutenant governor. They are State Senator Robert W. Daniel of Brandon, State Senator Saxon W. Holt of Newport News, State Senator Vivian Page of Norfolk, and Frank T. Stone, retired Arlington County druggist. Four also have announced for at- torney general. INDIANA SOCIETY PLANS | FLOOD RELIEF BALL Admiral James Feiser to Be Guests at Cary T. Grayson and February 18 Event. The Indiana Society of Washing- ton will hold a flood-relief ball Thursday, February 18, at Wardman Park Hotel, proceeds going to the Red Cross for use in stricken Indiana districts. Admiral Cary T. Grayson. national director of the Red Cross, and James T .iser of Indiana, now on tour with President Roosevelt's personally-ap- pointed group in flood areas, will be guests of honor. Feiser will talk briefly on flood conditions. | Representative Louis Tudlow of In- | diana, pre: t of the society, and Mrs. Ludl be assisted in re- | ceiving by officers and members of | the society and members of the Ine diana congressional delegation. | REV. FRANK.CREIGHTON TO OPEN LENTEN SERIES | Preaching Service Is Scheduled Wednesday at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. Right Rev. Frank W. Creighton of Garden City, Long Island, will open a eeries of evening preaching services during Lent at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church Wednesday at 8 p.m. Bishop Creighton formerly was | mmissionary bishop of Mexico. Other Lenten preachers Friday eve- | nings, beginning February 19 will be | Dr. Hart of St. John's Church; Rev. | Prederic F. Bush, Garden City Cathe- | dral; Rev. Calvert E. Buck of Wash- ington; Dean Kingsolving of Garden City Cathedral, and Rev. J. G. Arm- strong, 3d, of Georgetown. CONNECTICUT DANCE Btate Democrats Plan Reception | | to Delegation Tomorrow. A reception and - ictory dance hon- oring Connecticut Senators and Rep- | resentatives will be held at the Broadmoor Hotel at 10 p.m. Former Connecticut residents now lving in the District are invited by the Connecticut Democrats Club, #ponsors of the dance. Tickets may | be secured at the hotel. — e Library Association Elects. ‘WESTMINSTER. Md., February 6 | UP).—The Westminster Library Asso- ciation has re-elected George Mather | as president; Mrs. M. S. H. Unger, vice president; Miss Marguerite Shunk, secretary; Charles R. Foutz, Jr., treasurer, and Mrs. Martha Shaw, libraria: ESTABLISHED 1823 i l'l ’ ’ Chickering SMART NEW VERTICAL DESIGN Petite size, glorious tone, typically Chickering. EASY TERMS ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G St., Cor. 13th Completion of THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Mellon Gallery By April, 1939, UP to Congress Two Years Estimated to Be Required for Building, With Work Expected to Start in Next 2 Months. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. If Congress acts promptly to ac- cept former Secretary of the Treas- ury Andrew W. Mellon's gift, the gal- lery to house his pictures and sculp- tures, now formally pledged to his country, may be completed and ready for occupancy by April, 1939. ‘This became known yesterday fol- lowing conferences between Mellon and John Russell Pope, architect and designer of the projected structure. ‘Two years is the term estimated for actual building operations, and it is hoped that a start may be made within the next two months. Dome 100 Feet in Width, Costing between eight and nine million dollars, the gallery is ex- pected to be “the finest edifice of its | kind in the world.” It will occupy the sife bounded by Tourth street, the Mall, Seventh street and Constitution avenue. The length of the north and south elevations will be 829 feet, the “over-all” breadth of the east and west elevations about 300 feet. A stairway 389 feet wide will lead to the principal entrance from the Mall roadway. The south portico will be | 114 feet in width and about 30 feet |in depth. Twelve lofty pillars will | frame the doors. A graceful dome, about 100 feet in diameter, has been provided to crown the central hall. The design for his feature is curi- ously reminiscent of that of the dome which Thomas Jefferson created for the University of Virginia at Char- lottesville. Pope deliberately sketched the whole roofline to harmonize with ! the Capitol, the United States Mu- seum and other adjacent or nearby monuments. Two wings add to the capacity as well as to the beauty of the gallery. Each will be 155 feet wide by about 300 feet long and each will have a colonnaded garden court yard in its heart. The east and west entrances, like those in the north and south eleva- tions, will be through noble classic columns of white marble. Few, if any windows have been planned. Instead, the lighting ar- rangements will be in line with the latest museum science. All illumina- tion will be from above, through frosted or ground glass set in the roof or through concealed overhead electric fixtures. Mellon personally visited the most important galleries of Great Britain and the Continent to confer with authorities on gallery architecture and management, and Pope also has been abroad on the same errand. The present blue prints re- flect their joint decisions. 90 Different Rooms. As now laid out, the floor plan shows approximately 90 different rooms, but certain changes may be necessary before the final construc- tion work gets under way. Several ‘very important canvases, it is indie cated, will be exhibited independently. D. C, FEBRUARY 7 The celebrated “Alba Madonna,” for example, probably will be shown in a hall of its own, decorated in sacred fashion suitable in the circumstances. Private contractors may be en- gaged for the construction of the gal- lery. But the trustees of the Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust will keep in touch with representatives of the Government, particularly with the Fine Arts Commission and the re- gents of the Smithsonian Institution, throughout the progress of the werk, Research Engineer to Speak. Dr. Phillips Thomas, research en- gineer with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., will speak on “Ad- venture in Electricity” Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Potomac Electric Power Co. auditorium, Tenth and E streets. 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