Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1937, Page 10

ROOSEVELTHEDAL GOESTOEDLCATO Dr. J. H. Dillard’s Work on Behalf of Negroes Rewarded. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 17.—Dr. James Hardy Dillard, educator of Charlottes- ville, Va., was announced yesterday as the winner of the 1937 Roosevelt Medal “in recognition of 60 years of wise and devoted work in behalf of the American Negro.” The medal, awarded annually by the Roosevelt Memorial Association to in- dividuals outstanding in fields asso- ciated with the life of Theodore Roosevelt, will be presented to Dr. Dillard on the seventy-ninth anniver- sary of the late President's birth, Oc- tober 27. The Trecipient, who is president of the Jeanes Fund for the Improvement of Negro Education, has rendered “dis- tinguished service in the fleld of social Justice,” said James E. Garfield, the association’s president. The 80-year- old educator was credited also with establishing “a better understanding between the white race and the black.” Under the Jeanes visiting teachers’ plan, more than 350 Negro instructors are now in the South teaching and conducting campaigns for better racial schools. ‘When Negro colleges in New Or- | leans merged their facilities recently they called their new institution Dil- lard University. Harvard, Southwestern University and other institutions have recognized Dr. Dillard’s work with honorary degrees. Helen Keller will share honors with Dr. Dillard at the presentation cere- monies in Roosevelt House here. Miss Keller was awarded the 1936 medal with her teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, MONDA MAY 17, 1937. Young Washington Alan Travis, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Travis, 638 Hamilton street, standing beside the train engine which he and his classmates of the 1-B grade, Truesdell School, made. Tomorrow: Charles Niblock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton C. Niblock, at the Truesdell School —Star Staff Photo. FAREWELL PARTY HELD FOR MAX BALDENBURG Employes of Eastern Region, U. 8. Forestry Service, Mark End Washington since that time. He was made regional auditor in July, 1928. At the party, which was held at the home of Leslie T. Mahurin, regional fiscal agent, 6802 Forty-fourth street, Baldenburg was presented a walking Crocodiles Sink Buoys. Rubber buoys to which transconti- | nental flying boats were anchored in | Lake Victoria, Africa, have been dis- appearing, and it has been found that | they were punctured by crocodiles and | EDMONSTON WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS Wife of Navy Department Drafts- man Was Found Shot in Woods Near Home. BY a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. EDMONSTON, Md, May 17.—Mrs. Gertrude Hagenbeck, 39, of 321 South Welles avenue, died in Casualty Hos- pital today from two bullet wounds in the chest. Police of Prince Georges County and Washington authorities, who in- | vestigated the case, reported the | wounds were “self-inflicted.” A physician at Casualty Hospital and county officers declared Mrs. Hagen- back, who has been in ill health for several years, had attempted to take | her life by inhaling illuminating gas | on February 10 and was treated at the District institution. Mrs. Hagenback was found in a wooded section near her home on Saturday night by Police Sergt. Ralph Brown and her husband, Paul Hagen- back, a draftsman in the Navy De- partment, after Hagenback returned home from work and discovered her absence. CLUB ANNOUNCES PLANFORBUILDING 7-t0-9-Story Structure HHere Will Cost Estimated $4,000,000. Representatives of the National Capital Club, Inc, today announced | plans for construction of a seven to nine story club building in this city. The structure, designed by Ely Jacques Kahn, New York architect, is estimated to cost $4,000,000, t« be raised by the sale of memberships in the club. Philip D. Slingluff, organizer and promoter, announced that op- tions on four possible downtown sites are now held by the corporation, the locations being kept secret at this time. With no Washingtonions enrolled as yet, representatives of the embryonic club hope to sell three classes of memberships at prices ranging from FOOTER SPECIAL Until May 22nd LADIES' COATS C ea. except white, plain, It. wt. reg. price MEN'S $1.00 TOPCOATS Beautifully cleaned $100 to $1,000. Voting control, they explain, will be vested in the life mem- bership classification, which they hope will be 20 per cent composed of Wash- ington residents. Fees for this type of membership range from $300 to $1,000, depending upon time of en- rollment. Resident, non-resident, Army-Navy and atnletic memberships also are planned, subscriptions to sell for $100 to $200. Legislators, educators, busi- ness men and other professional groups would be eligible. Slingluff, who was active in promo- tion of the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City, claims that inter- est in the Washington project has! been displayed by business men of | New York. Complete hotel and club | facilities are planned in the building. The newly founded organization has| an address at the Chanin Building in | New York and last week opened an office in the Woodward Building here. Prize Milkman Is Modest. FAIRVIEW, Kans. (#).—Proclaimed the “most beautiful milkmaid in the | world” at a Sabetha, Kans., farm fafr, Miss Aloha Warner seeks no greater glory. Bhe declined & stage offer and & | "YES,SUH . . possible movie opportunity because she “is too busy delivering milk” for her father’s dair; EATING CONTRACTORS & ENGINEERS E. J. FEBREY & CO. Est. 1808 IT'S TIME FOR BOILER INSPECTION Be sure your boller is ir. perfect condition. Caution now saves trouble later. 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