Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1937, Page 5

FIVE WILL JUDBE OLS AT CORCORAN Nationally Prominent Artists on 15th Biennial Jury of Awards. Five nationally prominent artists eomposing the jury of selection and awards for the Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings met today at the Corco- ran Gallery of Art to pass on several hundred entries submitted for the famed show, which opens March 28. The jury, of which Willam J. Glackens, noted New York painter, is chairman, already has passed on a group of paintings entered through the New York City agency of the gallery. The entries have come from every section of the United States, as well as Hawail and the Virgin Islands, ac- cording to C. Powell Minnigerode, director of the gallery. National in Scope. The “biennials” of the Corcoran Gallery are national in scope and are regarded generally as the most repre- sentative exhibitions of this character heid in the United States On the jury, in addition to Chair- men Glackens, are John 8teuart Curry, Phinter, Hthographef and Aculptor; of Madison, Wis:} Danlél Garber, painter and etcher, of Philadelphia &nd Lum» berville, Pa.; Richard Lahey, principal of the Corcoran School of Art, and | ‘William M. Paxton, painter and teach- er, of Boston, Mass. Four to Be Chosen. After completing the selection of | paintings deemed qualified to be in- | cluded in the exhibition, the jury will | choose four pictures for the coveted | W. A. Clark Prize Awards, totaling $5,000. First award will be $2,000 and the Corcoran gold medal; second, | $1,500 and the Corcoran silver medal; third, $1,000 and the Corcoran bronze medal, and fourth, $500 and the Cor- The jury of selection and awards for the Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings is shown at its meeting today in the office of C, Powell Minnigerode, director of the Cotrcoran Art Gallery. Left to right: William M. Pazton, Boston, Minnigerode, Eichard Lahey, Washington; William J, GlaeKehs, New York, chairman, Johh Steuart Curry, Eg :aam Ddniel Garber, Phildd 4, DA JAMES M GORMICK DIES HERE AT 26 Well-Known Figure in The- atrical Circles Victim of coran honorable mention certificate. The exhibition will be confined to | original oil paintings by living Amer- fcan artists, not before publicly ex- | hibited in Washington. An opening vate view will be held March 27, at | 9 pm. The show will be open to the public from March 28 to May 9, in- clusive. STUDENT MI{P EXHIBIT CONTINUED AT LIBRARY Dispatch t SILVER SPR ~—An exhibit of i by high school stude been shown for the past week at the Silver Spring Public Library, will be continued all of this we The made by seventh-grad Takoma-Silver Spring School Plans hob 21, were s of the Junior High nade to hold a ¢ library beginning are bel Heart Attack. James Collier (Jack) McCormick, 56, long & familiar figure in Washington theater circles, died yesterday of a heart attack while cleaning snow from his automobile in front of his home, the Decatur Apartments, 2122 Decatur place Mr. McCormick had been asso- ciated with local theaters as ad- vertising agent and in other ca- pacities for about 15 years, after an earlier career| w it h Ringling Bros. Circus and in other tne- atrical work. He had been advertising agent and J. €. McCormick | later doorman for the National The- ater and afterward was advertising agent for the Warner Bros. theaters h He had been inactive about a year | C of bronchial pneu- | of Directors of F which operates 43 “ A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Mc- nick ran away from home at 13 to join the circus and went to Europe with it. After touring the Continent and this country for about two years, Jjoined a theatrical advertising firm New York. For a number of vears he was advance agent for many shows and theatrical stars, including Lillian Russell, George M. Cohan and the | Barrymores. During the World War he enlisted |in the Infantry and served overseas | with. the 29th Division. Harold and G the Shattuck Co., survive After the war ame here as advance agent for Down East.” Subsequently he was advance agent for Anne Nichols' great success, “Abie’s Irish Rose.” Mr. McCormick is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Baker, New York City, and Mrs. Margaret Bryan, Brooklyn, N. Y. Tentative funeral arrangements call for ‘services tomorrow afternoon in Hysong's funeral chapel. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. SUNDAY LIQUOR SALE TEST CASE DISMISSED Judge Rules No Martinsville Or- dinance Forbids Sabbath Beer or Wine Vending. BY the Associated Press. MARTINSVILLE, Va. March 15— | Trial Justice M. H. MacBryde, jr., of | Henry County today dismissed a Mar- | tinsville city warrant charging Lafe Prillaman with violation of the State Liquor Board's ban on Sunday sale of wine and beer. It was a test case. Justice MacBryde ruled that no | Martinsville ordinance forbade the sale | | of the light alcoholic beverages there on the Sabbath. | The burden of proving that such | sales do not violate the State’s old “blue law” or local ordinances has | been placed upon the separate com- | munities by the Virginia Alcoholic | | Beverage Control Board. | | To this end, it was understood here | | this morning, Commonwealth’s Attor- | ney W. R. 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