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D—+4 BORAH TO SPEAK ON CONSTITUTION Masons of District Arrange for September 16 Pro- gram in Two Halls. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho will discuss “The Constitution of the United States” over a coast-to-coast broadcast the evening of September 16, acoording to Paul B. Cromelin, grand | master of Masons in the District of | Columbia. Past Grand Master Reuben Bogley is chairman of a committee making arrangements for approxi- mately 8.000 Masons in this jurisdic- tion to attend in both Constitutior and Continental Memorial Halls. The occasion represents Masonic | fecognition of the 150th anniversary | of the signing of the Constitution at | Philadelphia and the inauguration of | the Nation-wide celebration of this event by the United States Constitu- tion Sesquicentennial Commission. ‘The grand master feels this will afford | an excellent opportunity to bring to | the attention of the 2,500,000 Masons | throughout the country the vital im- portance of the Constitution at this point of our national development | A parade with bands supplied by | various Masonic organizations of this | Jurisdiction and nearby States will precede the gathering. The entire program is built around the discussion | of the Constitution by Senator Borah. | Invitations have been extended to | grand masters of the 13 original States to participate in the exercises as guests of the District Grand Lodge. It is planned to call upon these grand mas- ters in the order in which their States ratified the Constitution for brief re- sponses as to the part played by their | respective States in the formation of the Constitution. Senator Borah's address will touch | off a far-reaching schedule of national | programs and exercises by the Ma- | sonice fraternity throughout the coun- try Assisting Mr. Boglev are John H. Cowles, sovereign grand commander of | the Scottish Rite, Southern jurisdic- | tion; J. Claude Keiper, grand secre- | tary of the Grand Lodge of the Dis- | trict; Representative Sol Bloom of New | York; Leonard P. Steuart, deputy! grand master of the District: Eugene | E. Thompson, senior grand warden of | the Grand Lodge: Ara M. Daniels, po- | tentate of Almas Temple of the M 3 Shrine; Carl H. Claudy, senior grand steward of the Grand Lodge: Maj. Gen. | Amos A. Fries. past master of Columbia | Lodge and grand master councilor of | the Order of De Molay of the United States; Theodore C. Lewis, past master of St. John's Lodge. and Charles F.| Worden. master of Washington Cen- tennial Lodge, i The Railroad Square Club of the | District of Columbia entertained at the Eastern Star and Masonic Home | August 6. Song and dance features were by Wayne and Murrell Holtz, Dolores Anderson, Vera Stewart, Patsy ‘Watson, Betty Jones, Mary Jane Owen, | Eleanor Johnson, Doris Young, Ger- | trude Rubin, Jack Alexander and Jack Fitzgerald. Robert Garrison gave fe- | male character impersonations and | several selections were rendered by Mrs. Helen Young. | Past President J. J. Cunningham | Was master of ceremonies. | Lodge Trestleboard. Monday—Benjamin B. French, F. C.; Anacostia, F. C.; Pentalpha, M. M. | Tuesday—Mvron M. Parker, F. C.; | King David, F. C ! Thursday—Naval, F. C.; Hiram, so- | 1. | Friday—Columbia, social: Lebanon, | F. C.; Joseph H. Milans, M. M. | GUARD ANNOUNCES NEW RIFLE TEAM Men Making Best Scores Selected to Go to Camp Perry, | Ohio. The team which will represent the District National Guard at the na- tional rifle matches at Camp Perry, ©Ohio, next month has been selected | and certified to the War Department. | The selections were made after com- petitions held on the rifle range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C., | and those with the highest marks | were named to forin the team, which | 18 to be headed by Maj. Just C. Jen- | sen, State staff, as team captain. | Staff Sergt. Harry B. Parsons, Com- pany E, 121st Engineers, is team coach. The team members, with their averages attained during the shooting competitions, are as follows: Mnj.i Just C. Jensen, 46; Second Lieut. Henry M. Boudinot, Company A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment, 47; Technical Sergt. Warren G. Snyder, Headquarters Company, 104th Quar- termaster Regiment, 44.38; Technical Bergt. Raymond L. Taylor, State De- tachment, 45.936; Staff Sergt. Philip C. Geraci, State Detachment, 45.44; Staff Sergt. Ernest V. Gonzales, Headquarters Detachment, 29th Divi- sion, 44.37; Staff Sergt. Harry B. Parsons, Company ¥, 121st Engineers, 46.96; Sergt. John M. Crandall, Com- pany E, 104th Quartermaster Regi- ment, 44.88; Sergt. Jack E. Dove, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 4356; Sergt. Milton Kurland, Company F, 121st Engineers, 44.22; Corpl. Edwin L. Staubus, State Detachment, 45932; Pvt. Robert L. Mattingly, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 45.89; S8ergt. Hubert L. Cocke, Company A, 104th Quartermaster Reziment, 43.50, and Pvt. (First Class) Gray K. Eth- ridge, Company E, 121st Engineers. All of them are attending their regular encampments and immedi- ately upon completion of this duty will pack their rifles and accoutrements and leave for Camp Perry, Ohio. SONS OF PERICLES Washington Chapter last Tuesday night at Bunker Hill Hall received the C. G. Paris Trophy and the J. J. Davis cash award for finishing first in the National Golden Age member- ship drive. Addresses were made by J. J. Davis, donor of the cash award; C. G. Paris, donor of the trophy; V. I. Chebithes, supreme president of the Ahepa; Chris Petrow, supreme president, Sons of Pericles; Peter J. Phocus, president of Washington Chapter; William Pera- tino, supreme governor, and Spiro Gioneros, adviser. Connie Poulas pre- sided. Entertainment and dancing fol- Jowed. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 15, 1937—PART TWO. Civic Problems, Civic Bodies | |ARTILLERY STARTS Small Calendar of District Business Not Disposed of by House—Bill to Amend Liquor Act Delays Action. BY JESSE C. SUTER. HILE District day in the House last Monday ex- tended over into Tues- day’s session, even the very small calendar of District business was not completed. The House substituted the Senate adop- tion bill for its own and passed it with two minor amendments. The time-consuming item on the calendar was the bill, H. R. 7950, to amend the District A. B. C. con- trol act. Proposals to permit the sale of hard liquor over lunch countefs and to change appeals from the Commissioners to the court were rejected. These pro- Visions were opposed by the Com- missioners and the A. B. C. Board. The bill as passed covered changes in procedure and the bringing of alcoholic beverages into the Dis- trict. These changes were recom- mended by the liquor board, The District revenue bill remains unsigned by the President. Upon receipt at the White House it was referred to the Budget Bureau for report. It is presumed that the delay in the signing of this bill is due to the Tydings rider. In this connection it is interesting to note that this rider, regarding price agreements, will not apply in five or six of the States and also in the District of Columbia. It isa rather striking situation that purely District of Columbia legis- lation should be used as a vehicle for national legislation, of which the District will be no beneficiary. Though no other District days are expected this session in the House, the District Committee met and approved the bill establishing a five-day, 60-hour week for fire- men. This bill is opposed by the District Commissioners because of the present condition of the Dis- trict finances. The Senate District Committee has reported favorably to the Sen- ate three House bills, including that for real estate licensing, naming four driveways on the Mall after four of the States and to grant a charter to the Southeast- ern University of the Young Men's Christian Association. The com- mittee also reported the Senate bill to regulate the sale of serums, toxins and analogous products in the District, in accordance with the Federal law on the subject, and a bill to require an agreement be- tween the Federal and District of- ficials before closing any streets in connection with the new public buildings in the area west of Nine- teenth street northwest, bounded by New York avenue, E street and the Potomac River, and in several additional squares. The committee rejected a bill to exempt from taxation certain prop- erty of the Society of Cincinnatus in the District of Columbia. The Commissioners had reported ad- versely on this bill. At the District Building the Commissioners held a meeting of the various committees charged with arranging for an appropriate celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Constitution. Preparations are being made in anticipation of the approval by the President of the District revenue bill and re- quests have been made by the Com- missioners of the Budget Bureau for the approval of an additional appropriation for the employment of increased personnel made nec- essary by the recent tax legislation. Education of Non-Resident Pupils Mandatory in District Schools. THE decision of the Court of Appeals during the past week very definitely removes any doubt as to the absolute requirement of the public schools of the District of Columbia to educate, free of cost, non-resident pupils whose parents are employed within the District. The court apparently was impressed with the reasonableness of the po- sition taken by the school officials, by holding that it was the duty of the court merely to interpret the law. The position taken by the District, the court suggested, was a question for legislation and not legal determination. The District schools, through the failure of Congress to make ade- quate appropriation, are unable at the present time to properly house and educate pupils living in the District of Columbia. The com- pulsory educational law makes it obligatory upon the schools to take care of our own. By legislation, Congress has imposed the addi- tional burden of educating, at the expense of the District taxpayers, non-residents whose parents are employed within the District, and certain others in various branches of the Federal service. In our local civic circles- the idea prevails that there is at pres- ent less reason for throwing the District schools open to outsiders than some years ago. Nearby Maryland and Virginia have in recent years provided extensive school accommodations and have materially raised their educational standards. It is now possible for children living in these nearby suburbs to attend a conveniently located, well- equipped, modern school. These schools are provided for the ele- mentary grades and junior and senior high schools. To some of our citizens, there appears to be no good and sufi- cient reason for a pupil ignoring the more convenient school facilities of his own neighborhood and insisting on getting an education in a more remote school located in Washing- ton. There are some civic leaders in nearby Maryland and Virginia who consider it a reflection on their fine schools when children of their Sections are sent to Washington for their schooling. A strong local sentiment prevails that if the Congress continues to require the education of non-resi- dents in the local schools, it should assume as a national obligation the enlargement of the school plant sufficient to take care of this added burden. Surely, this is a national burden which should not be im- posed upon the local taxpayers, Airport Legislation Appears to Be Near. THE Camp Springs airport bill passed the Senate Iate on Fri- day by unanimous consent and without debate. This bill provides for the construction of an alr- port at that location in Maryland 4 with Federal funds. The tract to be acquired comprises 2,500 acres and the sum of $3,268,250 is au- thorized to be expended in the de- velopment of the air terminal. The House has passed the May bill to improve the Washington Hoover Airport. This bill closes the Military road, adds 56 acres of the Arlington Experimental Farm and the Boundary Channel Lagoon. ‘The passage of this bill by the House is the result of an agree- ment reached with the authorities of Arlington County and includes a provisien for the building of a substitute road for Military road which will be abandoned. While the resulting airport, in many respects, would not be ideal, it will lose some of the present dangers and the addition of acre- age of the Arlington Experimental Farm and the Channel Lagoon will be a great improvement over the present, restricted area. The Copeland bill, which has some points of similarity to the May bill, will probably be sub- stituted for that measure by the Senate. It is considered & much more workable plan for providing immediate, improved airport facili- ties than the bill as passed by the House. The prospect for some kind of airport legislation seems brighter than for a number of years. Kennedy Reorganization Proposals Submitted for Civic Study. TH! outline of the proposals of Representative Ambrose J. Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland are presented in a compact form. During a number of years, various proposals have been made for en- larging the powers of the District Commissioners and many varieties of plans for a reorganization of the District of Columbia government. But Kennedy has put the matter in & more tangible form for considera- tion by the citizens than any pro- posals heretofore made. Expressions of appreciation have been heard from various civic lead- ers regarding Kennedy's work. He appears to have made an inten- sive study of the proposal, has for- mulated a plan and has had the good grace to submit it in tenta- tive form for discussion. The Dis- trict’s legislators are not always so considerate in giving the voteless and unrepresented District an op- portunity to consider such meas- ures before an attempt is made to put them on the statute books. ‘The proposed reorganization plans, it is believed, will be the subject of painstaking and sympathetic study by the various civic groups when they resume thelr activities in the Fall. The committee appointed by the Commissioners several years ago, composed of District officials, made an extensive survey of the District government, its history, the func- tions of the various departments and agencies and many incidental matters. The results of its work ended with the compilation of a number of large volumes of mimeo- graphed matter. The final volume was supposed to contain the defi- nite reorganization recommenda- tions. But that volume never ap- peared, for the reason, it is under- stood, that the members of the committee were unable to agree The most recent activity along the line of reorganization at the District Building was the ereation by the Commissioners of a commit- tee of citizens headed by former Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman. It is anticipated that this committee may turn out a re- port in the Fall and be considered by the public in connection with the Kennedy proposals. The re- organization of the District govern- ment is clearly one of the most important problems in our eivic affairs. Slaughter House Menace Continues to Threaten. SECRLTAEY OF THE INTE- RIOR and District Commis- sioners, with the support of most of the civic bodies, continue an effort to block the proposed erection and operation of the so- called abattoir and rendering plant at Benning. Under the direction of the Engineer Commissioner, a survey is being made of the sew- age-disposal plant, with a view to ascertaining to what extent it would be overburdened by the op- eration of the slaughter house. These and other efforts may come to naught for the building contrac- tor is already on the ground and actual building operations will be gin tomorrow. The House District Committee, through the operation of parlia- mentary tactics, has apparently tied its own hands. The bill pending before the Senate District Committee to prohibit the erec- tion and operation of nuisance in- dustries within the District of Co- lumbia is still before a subcom- mittee of the District Committee, Here, it is stated hearings on the bill have not been completed and that they will be contiinued early next week, after which time the subcommittee will be in a posi® tion to report to the full committee. The Senate committee is impressed with the need for prompt action. With very few exceptions the organized citizen groups favor and urge the passage of the pending bill. The feeling prevails that this is an urgent matter which should be taken care of at the present session of the Congress in order that this proposed nuisance indus- try shall be prevented from erect- ing its plant and beginning opera- tion in the Fall. These groups are equally interested in providing permanent legislation to guard against any similar threat in the future. This Celumn Oft for a Vacation. OTH reader and writer need a vacation to relieve the tedium, to banish staleness and to freshen up a bit. To solve the problem, this column will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Will be back with you on Sunday, Sep- tember 5. Sounds the Same. A tourist in the Far East found “Ouarsh-t0o” on the bill of fare, and was proudly told this was an Amer- fcan dish. But what in the world Ouarsh-too was he eouldn’t pussle out till they brought him the dish, Irish stew, anglicised inte Quarsh-tool ARMORY TRAINING Intensive Program Mapped Out for Anti-Aircraft Unit. With their annual encampment hav- ing now passed into history, members of the 260th Regiment of Coast Ar- tillery of the District National Guard are facing a strenuous armory drill program, which has just been laid down by Col. Walter W. Burns, com- mander of the organization. In ad- dition to the weekly drill programs, plans have been made for a confer- ence of officers on off drill nights and for overnight fleld exercises, as well as comprehensive school sessions. The primary objective of the train- ing, according to Col. Burns, will be the firing of successful service practice at Fort Story, Va, during the field- training program of next year, in- cluding movement of the regiment to and from that station by motor con- voy, followed by tactical exercises, working out of that post. Col. Burns has ordered a progressive training schedule be followed by all units of the regiment. All units of the regiment, except the Medical De- partment Detachment, will drill on Thursdays. The medical unit will drill on Tuesdays. All units, except the Medical Department Detachment, will meet for administrative work on Tuesdays. Each scheduled drill is to be divided into three 30-minute peri- ods, with 5-minute rest periods be- tween each of these instruction periods. The first part of the first 30-minute period of instruction at each drill is to be devoted to minute inspection of all men in ranks, including the oral examination of individuals on such subjects as have been covered during the armory period to date. Dur- ing the inspection in ranks, particular attention will be given to insuring that all men, except recruits, are pres- ent in the prescribed uniform. In general, the second period will be al- lotted to a subject best covered by group instruction or lecture, and the 30-minute period to a subject requir- ing physical activity. Recruits joining afler the beginning of the armory training period will be given intensive training in all basic subjects which have been covered by their organiza- tion to that date, prior to being turned jover to duty with the organizations to which they are assigned. Each battery will hold an overnight exercise after March 31, and prior to the week end of May 21-22, 1938, for instruction in making camp and cook- ing and messing in the fleld. A regi- mental exercise will be held on the week end, May 21-22, for the purpose of training in motor-convoy discipline. In addition to battery schools for non-commissioned officers to be held in preparation for each drill, schools will be conducted under regimental supervision in the following subjects: {Mess management, defense against chemical warfare and motor-vehicle operation. These schools are to begin after January 1. Pvts. (First Class) Taylor and Marsh and Frank R. Coleman have been promoted to corporals in Com- pany D, 121st Engineers, upon the recommendation of the company com- mander. Pvt. (First Class) Russeil P. Larson has been promoted to corpo- ral in the Headquarters Company, 29th | Division. Pvt. (First Class) Bernard | Bernstein, Headquarters Company, | 29th Division, has been promoted to corporal, to take the place of Corp. | Malcolm A. Burrows, reduced with- | out prejudice. Pvt. (First Class) Jack | M. Kahn and Pvt. Lawrence W. Division, have been transferred the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, and assigned to the Adju- tant General's section. Sergt. Cec:l {D. Cooper, Quartermaster Section, State Detachment, has been trans- ferred to the Headquarters Company, 104th Quartermaster Regiment. Sergt. Raymond L. Taylor, Ordnance Sec- tion, State Detachment, has been pro- moted to technical sergeant. On account of business ence with the performance of military .duty, Corpl. Andrew M. Smith and Pvts. Henry Hoff and William M. King have been transferred to the inactive list of the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Alfredo Guaragna, Headquar- ters and Service Company, 121st En- gineers, and Pvt. Melvin D. Schecter have been transferred to the active lists of those units. Pvt. George H. Evans, Company A, 121st Engineers, has been honorably discharged upon his own request, he having completed two years of a three- year re-enlistment. Pvt. (First Class) Melvin T. Kicher and Pvt. Jack L. Burke, Headquarters Company. 29th Division, and Pvt. (First Class) Roger L. Dyers, 29th Division Military Po- lice Company, have been transferred to the inactive lists because of busi- ness interference. The following have been transferred to the active lists: Pvt. Harry A. Hogerty, Headquarters Company, 29th Division, and Pvts, Robert A. Sadler and William R. Fox, 28th Division Military Police Company. Pvt. Byron J. Ford has been trans- ferred to the active list of the Head- quarters Detachment, 29th Division. Pvt. Melvin H. Fox, 29th Division Military Police Company, has been honorably discharged on acrount of removal from the city. Promotions in the Headquarters and Service Company, 29th Division, are as follows: Sergt. Frank L. Campbell, to be technical sergeant, and Corpls. Stirling E. Chambers and Morris F. Wolfe and Pvt. James P. Quigley, to be sergeants; Technical Sergt. Charles Dunn and Sergt. Walton E. Shipley were reduced to privates. In Company F, 121st Engineers, Sergt. Harry A. Janzig was reduced to private, while Corp. Milton Kurland was promoted to sergeant and Pvt. Harry A. Janzig to corporal. Pvt. Joseph J. Quigley was promoted to sergeant in the Medical Department Detachment, 121st Egnipeers, to fill the vacancy created by the reduction of Sergt. Charles H. Gifford to private. Promotions in Company B, 121st En- gineers, are as follows: Corp. Albert O. Brockman to be sergeant and Pvts. Louis C. Burch, Harry L. Reynolds and Elmer A. Rosetta to be corporals. Sergt. Samuel G. Jones was reduced to private. Sergt. James W. Blackburn, jr., has been reduced to private, without preju- dice, in the Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, and Pvt. George A. Shaw promoted to sergeant. In Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, are the following reductions, without prejudice: First Sergt. Arnold Sokol, Sergt. Denis K. Lane and Corp. Wilson H. Clark to be privates. Promotions are as follows: Pvt, Willlam F. Edmonds to first sergeant, Pvt. Arnold Sokol to Katison, Headquarters Company, 29'h | to | interfer- | SUNDAY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Time of celebration. Mutual concord. Gather together. A thing found. Mahomet's successor. Loosen. A two-door automobile. Dewy. Cockpit.~ 97 Decree of a Turkish ruler. gg Occurring at regular in- gg tervals. 100 Hebrew patriarch. 102 Former Spanish coin. One trained to run a cer-1g3 tain distance. 104 Incensed. 108 A reigning beauty. 108 Assault. 109 City in Washington. ‘What is read. Ciphers. Roof's lower edge. Unyielding. Siamese coins. All together. Significant date. 119 Ludicrously incongruous.j23 Fat bacon or pork. Furnished with a cutting]2s tool. One engaged in maraud-130 ing: India. Move circularly. Forged mass of metal. 133 Narrow valley. 135 Chinese monkey of varie-136 gated colors. 137 Infidel. A stem, shaft. Silkworms A narrow shelf. In debt. Soldiers on guard. Drugs. Harmfully: obs. That which is staked. ‘Turkish cap. Textile screw pine. ages. 92 95 One Shot Obse Grec; 111 113 115 116 118 Unct: Reed Havi 131 Nulli atate. 138 Inap 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 Bird The Zenana. Belonging to the first A horse. 3 Series of events of epical dignity. Mother of Apollo. Tenfold. To rise or spurt high. Acknowledge frankly. Slender prickle. thority. 1 Fitting moment. Artificial a governor. Wrathful: obs. Runs away in & panic, Occurrence. ment. Rawboned. Persons serve writs: Law. 8. American rodents. lip, as shells. Bullding lots. Make smooth. Procedure. Insect in its final adult Sweetheart. Saltpeter Rafah's wife. Rectify. Spirited horse Ancestor. Deflances. Dresses smart]; Affected with fears. War cry of the Greeks. ing. Put forth, Accomplishing. To secure. Pertaining to of hearing. who exercises au- ordinary. Judicial. A garland: var. Fanon. at from ambush. watercourses. rvance. ian province under 11 13 15 Not having center. uous. 17 18 A long cord. An orifice. Goes hungry. To sail with abeam: Rare. like musical instru- 20 34 to 36 appointed rabbitlike 40 42 43 Tamarisk salt ng a broad expanded Blithesomeness. A dull red marble. Large ment. ties. 45 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 56 58 61 64 66 In any case. Peasant. Hinder part propriate. of prey. A fur seal. Vestibule. chief part. Kind of a rota Visionary. Recruit in military train- Excessive numbers. Of a higher grade than Small bottle for liquids the A drinking match. Malayan feather palm. Rocky pinnacle. Roman officials. Season of the year. 11 musical instru-117 Select and take. In a state of rest. Feminine name. Hymns of a canon. A witch's sailboat. Upholstered couches. Face of a cut gem. Corrosive. Greek letter. Through the agency of. Traverse by rowing. Clown in Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night.” To fit out. Sulphide used in India to | darken the eyebrows. Bloodthirsty, fierce. Buoyance. American inventor. A natural terrace. Edible starchy tuber, Habituate: Var. Founded on truth. Range between mountain gorges. Stringed instruments. Roman bishop. Cardinal numbers. Resolving into elements. Compact variety of gyp- sum. Part of the leg. Integral factors. A center of attraction. Fog made heavier and darker by smoke. | Crouched quiveringly. 112 Matter: Law. Belgianil4 Inhabited. 8 Encomia. Threefold. Gratifies excessively. 120 Wooden wedge. 121 Scope. 122 Spanish American gruel of maize meal. Muse of amatory poetry. Remain stationary. Body of Moslem scholars. Gentler. Without contents. ry engine.129 Directs to go. 132 Turkish title of dignity. 134 Fencing sword. Y. ghostlike e Ancient 81 82 the sense 83 84 85 86 87 . 88 89 90 same 91 9 96 99 101 the wind o4 105 106 tree. 107 110 119 123 124 126 127 128 Mary Sue Williams and Jean Mor- Tow, both of Washington, and Lois Osthoff from Baraboa, Mich., are new members of the staff of Kamp Kah- lert. | Ruth Robbins, Mary King, Cathe- | rine Richardson, Mary Alice Glass, Lois Osthoff, Katherine Bristol and | Louise Danforth are working as a | committee to complete plans for the Maryland day trip. Helen Miller, Emily Cowart, Brownye Middleton compose the committee to | select. the participants who will be in the water pageant on August 22. Mary Alice Glass and Helen Mor- phey, two of the camp craft counsel- ors, are planning to take some of the younger campers on an overnight hike. The group will be made up of Carol Hughes, Elsie Oliver, Pat Bursley and Mary Ann MacPherson, The Girl Reserve department will hold a dance on the roof Thursday from 8 to 11 o'clock. Due to complications in arrange- ments, the Wednesday Club of 614 E street plan their watermelon party at Hains Point on August 19 with Mrs. James W. Anderson as hostess. The bus will leave E street at 4 p.m. Miss Wickey and Miss Barger will act as hostesses to the Saturday morn- ing Sewing Circle of 614 E street when & bus will take the group on a sight- seeing tour of the Zoological Park. B. P. 0. ELKS A German picnic will be given by ‘Washington Elks at Grifith Farms on the Marlboro Pike today. There will 150 be games and prizes. Members of Annapolis Lodge will attend. Exalted Ruler Philip U. Gayaut was re-elected chairman and approving member of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Association at the recent convention in Cumberland. The distinguished service award for 1937 was made to Cambridge Lodge. The committee in charge of the Thursday and Saturday night dances met last week to make plans for the new season which opens September 9. Numerous applications for member- ship in the Fred Berger class to be initiated October 13 are being re- ceived. There will be & social session on that occasion, and members of Alexandria, Va., Lodge will be special guests. The lodge meets Wednesday at 8 pm. sergeant and Pvt. Denis K. Lane to corporal. Staff Sergt. Robert L. Harriman, jr., has been reduced, without prejudice, to private in the Headquarters Battery, 260th Coast Artillery. Sergts. Percy E. Poole and Warren C. Snyder have been transferred from Company B to the Headquarters Company, 104th Quartermaster Regtment. Answer to Yesterday's Pusale. ODD FELLOWS Sovereign Grand Lodge session will | be held September 20-25 at Milwau- {rates have been secured. A large |delegation from Washington will at- tend, including Grand Representatives Guy F. Glossbrenner, also Amy Gloss- brenner, representative to the Asso- ciation of Rebekah Assemblies, and | Cora E. Kincer, president, Rebekah Assembly. President Kincer announces visita- tion to Rebekah lodges as follows: Fidelity, October 5; Esther, October 11; Mount Pleasant, October 21; Miriam, November 5; Martha Wash- ington, November 11; Schuyler Col- fax, November 23, and Theta Rho Girls' Club, December 10. Columbia Lodge will hold its annual picnic today at the Summer cottage of Henry F. Alwine, Masons Beach, Md. Mount Nebo Encampment has ad- mitted to membership Patriarch Wil- liam H. Hutcheson by transfer from Neilson Encampment, Richmond, Va. NATIONAL UNION The bowling league representatives will meet August 25 at headquarters to revise rules for the coming season. Visitations by the delegates in a body will attend the Scott Council meet- ing in September and the Congres- sional Council in October. National President Henry C. Smale of Chicago will attend the class ceremonials in Washington the early part of October. District Manager Arthur 8. Brown will have 30 candidates for the initiatory ceremonies in Pythian Temple on Oc- tober 2. George W. Spire presided at the meeting of Victory Council. Senator Arthur 8. Brown and Richard A. Walker, chairman of the Executive Board, spoke. Meetings this week are: Monday, Potomac Council, Pythian Temple; Central, Woodmen of the World Hall. Tuesday, State, War and Navy, room 733, Colorado Building. Wednesday, OCongressional, Typogrsphical Temple. Friday, United, Pythisn Temple, A 'y |kee, Wis. Special railroad and hotel | W. W. Millan, Wilford E. Lawson lndl | Plant, | Mrs. George E. Herring, left here Pri- | bus. K. . TO TAKE PART IN BICENTENNIAL Members Will Observe Birth of Charles Carroll Sep- tember 19. Knights of Columbus of Washington will go to Doughoregan Manor, Howard County, Md. on Sunday morning September 19, to participate in the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the signera of the Declaration of Independence. Archbishop Michael J. Curley will be the celebrant of a solemn pontifica) military mass State Deputy Walter 1. Plant wil) appoint a committee to arrange for transportation and publicity. ‘The ‘Washington Knights will be joined by State Deputy John A. Flanagan and members of the order throughout Maryland. Doughoregan Manor is located five miles from Ellicott City. It is the burial place of Charles Carroll of Car- rollton. A visit to his tomb will be made by the Washington delegation. State Deputy and Mrs. Walter T with Past State Deputy and day for S8an Antonio, Tex., to at- tend the fifty-fifth annual supreme convention of the Knights of Colum- State Deputy Plant has been advised of his appointment as chair- man of the Committee on Greetings to the apostolic delegate. A group of members and their fami- lies will leave the club todav at 9 o'clock for an all-day outing at Gales- ville, Md. Joe Pricci and Peter Ac- quilino are in charge. On September 8 the Knights of Co- lumbus Athletic Association will spon- sor & moonlight cruise on the Wilson Line City of Washington, leaving a! 8:30 pm. The band will sponsor a dance in the club house next Wednesday at 2 37 o'clock. Proceeds will go toward the band uniform fund. More than 70 members of Alcantar> Caravan, Order of the Alhambra, hate registered for the forthcoming seven- teenth biennial convention of the Su- preme Divan of the Order of the Al- hambya, to be held in Atlantic City September 10, 11 and 12. Headquar- ters will be established at the President Hotel. Grand Knight Francis J. Rafterrv presided at a meeting of Keane Co cil on Thursday evening. Preliminar. arrangements were made for an “Old- Timers' " night in the club house on September 12. Charter members will be guests of honor. Grand Knight Carmine Garofalo an- nounced Washington Council will meet at Kenwood Country Club at 8.30 August 24 At 10 o'clock there will be a “Ladies’ night,” complimentary to members of the council and their ladies. Washington ~ General Assembly, Fourth Degree. will meet at the Mav= flower Hotel the evening of September 20 for installation of officers LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE The Executive Committee of the Annapolis Marching Club of Columbia Chapter and Columbia Lodge elected the following officers: Past Dictator John Lowe. general chairman: Past Dictator Milton V. Hanson, secretary and treasurer, and Past Regent Mrs. Grace Clark. vice chairman. Columbia Lodge last Tuesday night EASTERN STAR There will be & mass meeting of |the Triennial Session Committee of | |the Grand Chapter at the Masonic Temple tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. | Past Grand Patron Theodore C. Lewis, chairman, announces there will be representatives from both the 'rlxlrocd company and the American | | Automobile Association, who will give |informative talks relative to the plans | |for transportation via railroad and | | automobile. Also at this special meet- | ing final plans are to be formulated | |for the triennial session of the Gen- eral Grand Chapter Session. which is to be held in Indianapolis, Ind., | in September. Mr. Lewis requests every member of this committee to be present. The Matrons and Patrons Associa- | tion of 1928 will hold an outing at | Fenwick, Md.. the Summer home of | Past Matron and Past Patron Thomp- | |son, on August 22. Members of the association, present and past Grand Chapter officers and friends are in- | vited. For directions and information telephone Mae V. Evans, Georgia 2426, or Mollie Bateman, Adams 1319. The Temple and Endowment Com- mittees of Ruth Chapter will have & Joint garden party at the home of Mrs. Seal, 805 Bonifant street, Silver Spring, Md., August 24. If it rains that night they plan to give the party on the first clear night after that date. Those desiring to play cards make reservations by calling | Shepherd 3998 or Emerson 6293, after 6 p.m. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Star Spangled Banner Council will have a party August 19, at Sixty-first street and Central avenue, at 8:30 p.m. It will be given to send delegates to the State convention and the orphans’ funds. Councilor Lura Loenichen pre- sided over the last meeting and an- nounced meetings hereafter will be held on the first &hd third Thursday evenings of each month. Independent Council elected and in- stalled Mrs. Audrey Williams as 18- month trustee. Mrs. Renna Corry, deputy, gave her farewell address. A reception was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ripley, recently married. Mayflower Council indorsed Mrs. Emilie E. Meyers for inside sentinel of the State council. At the last meeting of Mount Ver- non Council, No. 18, & handkerchief shower was given,in honor of their retiring deputy, Mrs. Ida 8. Prazier. Unity Council will have its annual picnic today at Pinehurst. All mem- adopted a resolution to hold nomina- tions and election for the office of | prelate August 24 at 8 p.m. A class initiation will follow the meeting.. Junior Past Dictator Russell B. Mar= tin, delegate to the Supreme Conven- tion in Cleveland, Ohio, September 1 to 5. was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the Mary- land and Border States Moose Asso- clation. The Executive Committee will meet at 8 pm. Tuesday in the secretary's office. The Mooseheart Glee Club will hold a rehearsal tomorrow night.. Women of the Moose. ‘The Homemaking Committee met Monday evening at the home of Mrs Mae Sine, to organize the committee and outline plans for the early Fall Mrs. Mary Haines was elected assistant chairman; Mrs. Mary Richards, sec- retary, and Mrs. James P. Mitchell treasurer. A membership contest, culminating in a class initiation October 8, ir honor of the past regents of Columbia Chapter, is the plan formulated by the Membership Committee. Credits wil be given for applications for member ship, for re-enroliments and for se- curing the attendance of inmactivc members. ‘The annual picnic supper was helo yesterday. Next Thursday the Ritualistic Com- mittee will meet at Moose Hall at € p.m. ORDER OF PURPLE HEART Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 22, was represented at the national conven tion, held at Benjamin Franklin Hote: at Philadelphia, by Department Comdr H. E. Church, National Executive Committeeman Pinto, Chapter Chap- lain Towne, Color Bearers Frank Long and Donato Ma%zaro and Color Guards William Bickerdyke and R. M. Fork- ish. ‘The principal speakers were Mayor Davis Wilson of Philadelphia and Rear Admiral Foote, U. 8. N, retired. Special services were held in the old historic chapel at Valley Forge. A parade was held from the hotel to Independence Hall, where Representa- tive F. J. G. Dorsey delivered a speech, after which Gen. H. Pickert, national commander, with color bearers and guards, viewed the the Liberty Bell. Any man decorated with the Purple Heart wishing to join contact R. M. Porkish, Greenwood 2968-J. Noughts for Naught. ‘The Armenian merchant's arithmetie is somewhat elastic, as when he asks $200 for an embroldered tablecloth and accepts $2. An English official tells of an instance when adjusting claims of the allied subjects for dam- ages in the Near East after the war. An Armenian asked for $500,000 dam- ages, was awarded $400 and insisted he should have $500. “But you asked for $500,000 originally,” they told him. bers were urged to keep in touch with Secretary Laura Milbourn, 2129 Bight- “That's nothing,” with a shrug of his shoulders, “my lawyer just added 8 few noughts.”