Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 5

i ) Office Building And Rifchie Highway Are Dedicated Maryland Capital Pays Homage to Late Governor By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 27— Maryland’s capital paid homage to- day to the late Gov. Albert C. Ritchie in a colorful all-day cele- bration marking the dedication of the ultra-modern Ritchie highway end the new office building, the 6tate’s $3,250,000 investments. Federal, State, city and county officials and thousands of specta- ‘tors came 'here from all sections of the State to participate in the cere- monies in honor of Gov. Ritchie, who served as chief executive of the Free State for 15 years. Annapolitans were prideful of the occasion because to them the high- way and the office building were manifestations of “bringing the capital back to Annapolis.” Dignitaries Present. ‘The celebration, with its high- way dedication in the morning, and 2-mile-long parade in the after- noon, brought together two Demo- cratic senatorial candidates—Sena- tor Radcliffe and Howard Bruce. ‘They and Gov. Herbert R. O’Conor headed a list of dignitaries which included Mayor Jackson of Balti- more, Mayor George W. Haley' of Annapolis, Judge Ridgely P. Mel- vin of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, State Senators Louis N. Phipps and Phillip Dorsey, Ezra B. Whitman, State Roads Commis- sion chairman, and W. Lee Elgin, commissioner of motor vehicles. In an address from the balcony of the new State office building, Gov. O'Conor paid tribute to Gov. . Ritchie. He praised the new high- way and office building and said the State would make every effort to utilize the building to the fullest possible extent. Judge Melvin Speaks. Judge Melvin, who sponsored the office building while a member of | the Legislature, said in part: “It is particularly appropriate that this building should be linked with these dedication ceremonies, for they are being held for the glo- rification of a great citizen, states- man and Governor who literally consecrated the best years of his life to the service of our State and in so doing brought even greater recognition to Annapolis as the ancient and honored capital of the Btate. “This reconstructed highway and this building are both manifesta- tions of the State’s increased in- terest and pride in Annapolis, of the dawning of the new day which has come for her, the day which| sees the defensive attitude and in- feriority complex of one period in her life completely eliminated and in their place a proud consciousness of her constitutional rights as the State’s capital.” Other Addresses Made. The other speakers included Mayor Jackson, Mayor Haley, Har- ry S. Kenchington, general chair- man of the Celebration Committee, and State Senator Phipps, who acted as toastmaster. Mr. Bruce and Senator Radcliffe were introduced to the assemblage, but they did not speak. The celebration began at 11 am., when Gov. O’'Conor formally dedi- cated the Ritchie highway at cere- monies held at the Ritchie Memo- rial, overlooking the Severn River and the Naval Academy. He promised “definite advance- ment” in Maryland road building and planning, saying that his prom- {se would materialize before the end of his administration. After the address Mrs. O’Conor eut a 285-foot ribbon, formally opening the road to traffic. Following a lunch at the Govern- ment House for visiting dignitaries, | Gov. O'Conor, Mrs. O'Conor and his military staff led the parade in an open automobile. ‘When the official delegation ar- rived at the State Office Building, they left the procession and entered & reviewing stand. Planes Soar Overhead. As the parade, with its floats, troops, firemen and bands filed past the reviewing stand a group of Navy airplanes from the naval reserve base at Anacostia, Va., saluted by swooping down on the city with engines roaring. ‘The floats were entered by the va- rious counties. Montgomery County recalled Ritchie’s interest in educa- tion, Prince Georges entered a float showing Francis Scott Key writing “The Star Spangled Banner.” In the line of march were fire- men’s units, field artillery, infantry and war veterans. At night a minuet was danced by 30 couples in Colonial costume at the State Office Building. The singing of old songs by city choirs ended the celebration. G. O. P. Delegates Named GREENEVILLE, Tenn., April 27 (P)—First district Republicans, in a meeting here today, chose Sherman Grindstaff of Elizabethton and Fred England of Claiborne County as delegates to the party’s national convention at Philadelphia in June. W. E. Miller of Johnson City was - nominated as presidential elector by the more than 300 delegates from the 14 counties of the district. LIPPINS CORNER Double line indicates the new dual-lane Gov. Ritchie highway from Baltimore to Annapolis. Single line shows old road. North- Woodside Cifizens Urge Underpass Action A resolution indorsing the cam- paign of the Silver Spring Business Men's Association to have the Georgia avenue underpass improved and urging immediate action on the project was adopted Friday night by the North Woodside-Mont- gomery Hills Citizens’ Associatiow. Joseph B. Matre, Calvin W. Schaeffer and George Bond were elected delegates to the Montgomery County Civic Federation. Alter- nates are Leo Zwissler, James T. Reside and F. W. Reisner. P. B. Morehouse, president, ap- | pointed Mr. Bond vice president to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Hugo Winkler, who resigned because she has moved from the community. Six Kite Contests Scheduled Saturday Six kite contests will be held in | various sections of the city at 4 pm. Saturday under auspices of the Community Center and Playgrounds Department. The locations will be Anacostia Park (two contests, one west of the Eleventh street bridge and the other east of the span); Langston Recre- ation Center, Benning road and Twenty-fourth street N.E.; Monu- ment Grounds at the Sylvan The- ater; Taft Recreation Center, Twen- tieth and Otis streets N.E., and Ta- koma Recreation Center, Third and Van Buren streets NW. The con- tests will be open to individuals from the District and suburban area. Virginia. Woman Wants to Be State Trooper By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. April 27—A Virginia housewife, taking note of many traffic law violations, decided she would do something about it. She asked for a job as a State trooper. “I am a lady of 35 years of age,” she wrote, “with qualifications to perform every duty required in the service and can furnish you with best references.” Col. M. S. Battle, director of the division of motor vehicles, said it was the first such application ever received from a woman. He replied: “Before one is eligible for appoint- ment to the police force, it is nes- essary to attend the State Police Training School, and we regret that women are not permitted to enter the school.” " Shop at the friendly store= i you're always greeted with . smile—with no obligation to b 901 G St N.W. Follow MR. PYLE’S Expert Advice for QUALITY RUG CLEANING! THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- €., APRIL 28, ;1940—PART ONE. Justice Roberfs Urges Lawyers fo Do Best On Every Case Deplores Attempts by Some to Relax Rules For Passing Bar Lawyers are dishonest if they fail to prepare every case—no matter how trivial—to the best of their ability, Justice Roberts last night told members of Marshall Inn, the George Washington University Law School Chapter of Phi Delta Phi Legal Praternity. He spoke at the group’s annual spring dinner at the Raleigh Hotel. “The test of an honest lawyer,” the jurist said, “is in his devotion to the daily tasks of practice. Case after case is thrown away by law- yers who go to court unprepared. There is no more consecrated work than the right work of a lawyer. The memory of clients served faith~ fully is to be treasured. Lawyers should do their level best in every case.” Justice Roberts said he regarded the practice of law as 8 ‘“great profession,” and he fondly recalled his own experiences both as a law- yer and as a teacher prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court a decade ago. Favors Rigid Rules.” He echoed the regrets of other speakers who deplored attempts by some to make it easier to pass the bar. He recalled incidents that he knew of years ago when Phila- delphia lawyers were allowed to sidestep hurdles that stood between them and active practice. But he pointed out that Pennsyl- vania, his home State, now has very rigid rules, making it difficult to register as a student in law and also to pass the bar examinations. “Law students today have a ter- rible grind,” Justice Roberts said, “and there is a question of whether we have lost some of the-character of ethical training in concentrating on_intellectual preparation.” The jurist said he was doubtful of the value of some law courses, believing that actual experience was the best teacher. He related how a professor once said: “Roberts, the school of experience .is the only one a fool can learn in.” G. W. Dean Speaks. Dean William Cabell Van Vleck of the George Washington Univer- sity Law School said the “biggest business in Washington, next to making laws, is making lawyers.” But he assailed attempts to lower the standards to admit untrained persons to the bar. He said he be- lieved in democracy, but not to the point where everybody is allowed to do any job, regardless of quali- fications, William Alfred Rose, internation- al president of the fraternity, who came from Birmingham, Ala., to at- tend the banquet, reminded that Phi Delta Phi had turned out four Presidents, a dozen Supreme Court Jjustices, hundreds of Senators and Representatives, and thousands of prominent lawyers. In all, he said, there have been 28,000 members since the fraternity was founded in 1884. He urged the present mem- bers to live up to their organization’s ideals. Frederic J. Ball was chairman of the Banquet Committee, and Oliver 'W. Hayes, magister of Marshall Inn, presided. Brig. Gen. J. R. Lindsay To Be Buried Here Brig. Gen. Jame$ R. Lindsay, 74, U. 8. A, retired, died Friday in Louisville, Ky., the War Department was informed. He will be . buried with full military honors in Arling- ton National Cemetary tomorrow | after services at the Ft. Myer Chapel | at 2 pm. A native of Calhoun, Ill, Gen. Lindsay was graduated from West Point in 1890. He retired in 1920 after 24 years’ service. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Vera Cruz expedition of 1914, and was in China in 1916-7. During the World War he was on duty in California and at Camp Cody, N. Mex. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Eva M. Lindsay of Louisville, and a son, Capt. James R. Lindsay, jr., U. S. A. FOR RADIATOR OR Judicial Conference Will Be Held Here May 24 and 25 Chief Justice Hughes Expected to Speak At Sessions With Chief Justice Hughes ex- pected to be one of the principal | speakers, Washington's first judi- cial conference will be held at the United States Court of Appeals on May 24 and 25. The conference will | consider the status of the court dockets here; ways and means of improving the administration of justice; pre-trial methods; the ;speeding up of appeals in capital jcases and an examination of the | procedure in habeas corpus cases. | Besides Chief Justice Hughes, | speakers will be Judge John Parker, | senior jurist of the fourth circuit, ithe administrative | United States Courts. | wil be Chief Justice D. Lawrence | Groner of the United States Court of Appeals here. The District Bar Association will | be host at a banquet on the evening of May 25. Associate Justice Justin Miller of the United States Court of Appeals is chairman of the Com- mittee of Arrangements, and serv- ing with him are Associate Justice Fred M. Vinson of the Appellate Court, Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Justice Oscar R. Luhr- ing of District Court, Attorney Fred- erick Stohlman, representing the | District Bar Association; Heber H. William B. Kerkam of the Patent | Bar Association, Assistant United | States Attorney Grace Brown Stiles | of the Women's Bar Association and Dean George A. Parker of the | Washington Bar Association. | Attendence at the conference is | compulsory for the 18 jurists of the Appellate and District Courts. Be- cause of the limited seating capac- ity, only judges and delegates will be admitted. Because of the conference, the spring outing of the District Bar Association, scheduled for May 21, has been postponed until June 11. Gen. Marshall to Get Honorary Degree By the Associated Press. CHESTER, Pa. April 27—Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff, will be awarded an honorary degree by Pennsylvania Military College at the 78th annual com- mencement June 11. The citation is for Gen. Mar- shall’s efforts toward modernization of the Nation’s land forces, the college Board of Trustees said to- day in announcing five other re- cipients of honorary degrees. 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Mounties Declared on Alert For Treachery in Canada The men who epitomized adven- ture to adolescents until they were pushed out of the news and comic strips by G-men are “making sure that Canada won’t be turned into another Norway.” The Canadian Northwest Mounted Police stood guard against the spread of subversive groups for decades be- fore the current war and had little difficulty rounding them up, an ex- mountie who left the red-coated force and its $2-a-day pay for the more lucrative lecture platform said yesterday. Sydney R. Montague, husky and 35 years old, his speech a mixture of English accent and New Yorkese, de- clared the mounties knew in ad- vance where the aliens who might prove dangerous in wartime were congregated. Those dangerous enough were quickly imprisoned, he said. A resident of this country since 1937 and about to become a citizen, Mr. Montague declared at the Hotel ‘Washington that the long-time im- pression that the mounties “al- ways got their man was just so much nonsense. There is no crime there today of any great import- ance,” he said. “The mounted po- lice work more to prevent crime and the tough boys lay right down when the mounties appear. “The F. B. I is the greatest or- ganization in the world for crime detection. We don't have anything like it. Matter of fact, in the seven years I was a mountie up in the far Northwest and around the Hud- | son Bay, I never had to draw a gun.” Baseballs Take Place of Cigars In Campaign Autographed baseballs are the | newest version of the political cam- paign good-will gesture traditionally represented by the cigar. Baseballs bearing the signature of Walter Johnson, former star pitcher of the Washington Nationals, will be in evidence tomorrow night when the United Walter Johnson Clubs of Montgomery County hold a card | party and rally in the Bethesda (Md.) Elementary School. The horsehide reminders that Mr. John- son is running for the Republican nomination for Congress and would appreciate the recipient’s vote will’ be presented to several guests. : The candidate is expected 'to be present and members 6f the Wash- | ington Redskins professional foot- ball team are to be among the guests. | $: An entertainment program is to be presented by Brooke Johns. Farmhand Gets Life For Slaying Employer LAFAYETTE, Ind., April Clair Mitchell, 25, farmhand, was | sentenced to life imprisonment to- day on his plea of guilty of second- degree murder in the “funeral pyre” slaying of his 62-year-old employer, Georgia Miller, retired school teacher. 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