Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 16

A—16 PRESIDENT T JOIN INMONUMENT RITE Roosevelt to Broadcast Talk as Lebrun Dedicates War Marker in France. By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt will join Presi- dent Lebrun of France today in dedi- cating America's monument on French <0il to the soldiers of the two nations who fell in the Meuse-Argonne offen- sive of the World War. The memorial, the first of 11 battle | nonuments to be erected in Europe | 0 honor the dead of the World War, | s at Montfaucon, France. overlooking | he area over which am)roxmmwl,\'; 1,000,000 American troops fought in | he great drive which finally ended | he war. Mr. Roosevelt will broadcast an ad- ‘ iress to a distinguished assembly at | fontfaucon from the presidential acht Potomac, on which he is cruis- | 1g. The vessel will put into Quan- ico, Va,, this morning to complete the adio-telephone hook-up on which the Shief Executive will speak from his abin aboard the boat At Montfaucon to dedicate iment in person will be Pres] »run of France. Marshal Petai Tohn J. Pershing, chairman of the \merican Battle Monuments Commis- fon, and other French and American »fficials. Bullitt to Preside. Both President Roos nd those vill be broad Jurope . over 1etwork. William C. Bul an American 1 preside at ce S With President Roosevelt on board ‘he Potomac was a ip of friends, | neluding Gov. Murphy of Michigan who had been mentioned in specula- | ‘lon over the Supreme Court vacancy. | The Governor arranged to join the | President after the cruise started. fly- ing to the yacht aboard a naval plane which took mail to Mr. Roosevelt. The Montfaucon Memorial is & ross granite shaft towering 175 feet above the crest of a hill. Near its base are the ruins of the old village, which was virtually de: fire during the cl flerce Meuse-Argonn Observation Balcony. ‘The great battle began on Septem- ber 26, 1918, and c v interruption for 47 & L he | armistice was signed o Five miles from the monument is the American cemetery of Romagne, where are buried thousands of Ameri- | can soldiers who lost their lives on the shell-swept slopes in the vicinity At the top of the Montfaucon Mon- ument is an observation balcony from which can be seen virtually the entire area of the Meuse-Argonne battle- field, stretching from the south where the American divisions began their g weeks of the offensive. drive against the Hindenburg line on | the north. Montfaucon, an old French market town, was captured by the American | 1st Army from the Germans, who had held it since early in the offen- sive, on September 27, 1918 The new village has been built off | the west of the monument hill, leav- | ing the ruins of the old settlement as & part of the memorial, | NOVENA TO BE GIVEN Prayer Service to Honor Our Lady of Prompt Succor. A novena in honor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor will be given by a Capuchin priest beginning next Pri- day and ending August 14, the eve | 4-year-old German police dog sen- | | peal of of the feast of the assumption, at the Ursuline Convent, 519 Fourth | street | Services, open to the public, will be | held in the chapel of the convent | every day at 8 pm, consisting of a short sermon, prayers to Our Lady of | Prompt Succor and benediction of | the most blessed sacrament. ! Sale of TRUSSES THESE PRICES EFECTIVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY! Leather Spring Truss Comfortable. _light weight. 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FRANK MURPHY Of Michigan, shown stepping from a plane at Washington Airport on his arrival here westerday for a conference with esident Roosevelt aboard the yacht Potomac. Murphy transferred to a naval plane taking mail to the Presi- dent on his pleasure craft in Chesapeake Bay. —Wide World Photo. DOG, SENTENCED TO DIE, FREED BY HIGHER COURT Owner Appeals Death Vendict, Given After Two Testify Animal Bit Them. By the Associated Press. SKOWHEGAN, Me,, July 31.—June, to death by a Municipal Court | t was free under an ap- owner to the Superior Judge Maurice E. Merrill ordered festroved after two persons | dog had bitten them. cing the death sentence, declared there was no law ich he could order the dog 80-year-old insurance man, | Harry A. Dinsmore, testified June at- tacked him on July 21 when he crossed the garden of June's mistress, Mrs. | Mattie Perkins. Mrs. Alice Smith also | said the dog had bitten her a year ago. The defense presented three “char- acter” witnesses, who testified the dog | was gentle; that children had taken ke and meat—June's favorite menu, | along with ice cream—from the dog's | mouth without molestation. Grace Gray Delong Life Reader Advi 4 11 AM to 9 P.M. PSYCHIC_MESSAGE COUNCIL 1100 Twelfth St. N.W. Corner of 12th and “L" Telephone MEt. 5234 T H g L PIIFOR,g. s BAYERSON OIL WORKS COLUMBIA 522 Consultation and Fitting Services FREE! Experienced lady and gen-’ tlemen attendants who have been thoroughly trained in the i d beits is guaranteed nust be satisfied or your ba Replace that old ut {russ during this sale. OPEN EVENINGS For Your Convenience DR. TIERCE SPECIAL Hood Style Truss Small leather dummy pad on nnaflected side helps hold truss in place and guards against double rupture Rupture pad ieather 'covered. " Leather-cov- ered padded spring. 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The Barney Neighborhood House has an outdoor theater where chil- dren are making costumes and re- hearsing for a presentation of “The d Nightingale and the Rose” on Au- gust 13. Colored children of the Southwest Settlement are using the Bell School for art work, sewing, woodwork and other crafts, while younger children attend nursery school. The children will present a play at the close of the Summer classes. Games, radio programs and a nurs- ery school occupy the time of children of the Northwest Settlement, who live more than a mile from the near- est playground. The nursery young- sters get & wholesome meal, fol- lowed by & nap, as part of the pro- gram. The Georgetown Children's House supervises a camp near Pickett Run, where older boys are making rustic furniture and building & swimming pool. Boys at St. Joseph's Home have pitched tents back of the home. They have a swimming pool in their own front yard. The program at Friendship House includes concerts and other enter- tainments on “family night,” every ‘Wednesday, In addition to these activities there are “stay-at-home” Summer programs in boys’ clubs, Y.'s, Scout rooms and other places under Community Chest Jurisdiction, REORGANIZATION BILL HEARINGS SET Senate Group Starts Work Tomorrow, Although Plan Won’t Come to Vote. Although it has been definitely agreed there is to be no action by the Senate at this session on the administration reorganization bill, Senate members of the joint commit- tee are to start 10-day hearings to- morrow on the .omnibus bill intro~ duced by the late Majority Leader Robinson. The House Committee expects this week to discuss two of the four bills reflecting various phases of the ad- ministration program. Chairman Vinson of the subcommittee, in charge of the bill for reorganization of the controller general's office, expects to call a meeting of his group tomorrow. 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Downstairs Store 69: ministration’s plan for having the omnibus reorganization bill reported | and placed on the calendar at this session, to be taken up as special order of business at the incoming session in January, must be held in | abeyance until “adequate” hearings have been held on what they describe as the “most important bill to come before the Senate in many years." RUSSIA TO AID FAIR Exhibit Reservation Is First Taken by Foreign Government. | NEW YORK, July 31 (#).—Grover | | Whalen, president of the New York | | World's Fair in 1938, announced yes- | terday that the Russian government was the first to procure space for a governmental exhibit | Under the agreement Constantine G Street at Eleventh District 1100 Urmansky, charge d'affairs of the Soviet Legation in Washington, com- mitted his government to use 100,000 square feet. An area of 10,000 feet will be “covered” to house the U. B, 8. R. governmental exhibit. 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