Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1940, Page 32

B—8 = 5 Galleries Crowded As Stamp Centenary Exhibition Opens Famous Treasures Placed on Display At National Museum By JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Stamp collectors and their friends from all parts of the United States attended the opening of the cele- bration of the centennial of the first adhesive postal label and of the beginning of “the world’s fa- vorite hobby” at the postage stamp centenary exhibition in the National | Museum, Constitution avenue and | Tenth street N.W., last night. From the moment when the doors | were unlocked at 7:30 o'clock until | nearly midnight the galleries were crowded with philatelic enthusi- asts attracted by the public show- ing of many of the most valuable | stamp rarities in existence. The list of treasures placed on | display included the 1869 24-cent inverted center stamps of the United States, a block of four, owned by | Wsmond Bradley Martin; 1901 com- mremoratives, 1, 2 and 4 cent invert-| ed, in blocks, lent by Y Souren of | New York; the 1918 airmail 24- cent inverted block of four, be- longing to Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart, and 1845 Baltimore postmaster's provisionals, 5 cents and 10 cents,‘ from the collection of Philip H.| Ward, jr., director of the exhi-| bition. Farley's Stamps on Display. Pages from the albums of Post- master General Farley filled one case, while selected portions of the postal stationery collection of the late A. Eugene Michel, bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institution, were | displayed in another. Mr. Michel’s widow and daughter came from New York for the opening. The guests were received by | David D. Caldwell, chairman of the Postage | Stamp Centenary Committee; Dr. | Alexander Wetmore, assistant sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion; Mrs. Catherine L. Manning, philatelic curator, and Mr. Ward. ‘ It was announced that the Bureau | of Engraving and Printing press, set up in the National Museum lobby to illustrate the manufacture of stamps, will be operated through- out today and tomorrow. The ex-| hibition is scheduled to continue until May 29. Centenary Fair Opens. Meanwhile, the centenary phi: latelic fair opened at the Hote! Mayflower this morning and th Bureau of Engraving and Printin will be open for an inspection tour had been keeping a lookout in the belief the burglar would return. Detective Jones, who was search- ing for two young men wanted for robbery, saw the four people and ordered them to accompany him to police headquarters for questioning. ‘When they reached a police station Mrs. Hill charges that Detective Jones seized her and dragged her from the car. Committees Prepare For Symphony Drive Pre-campaign meetings of two committees in preparation for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 10th annual sustaining fund drive were scheduled for today. The campaign to raise a minimum of $107.600 to provide for the or- chestra’s 1940-41 season officially opens Monday and will continue | through May 16 under the general chairmanship of A. F. E. Horn. The Special Gifts Committee, headed by Thomas P. Morgan, jr., was to meet this afternoon in the orchestra offices in the Woodward Building to go over plans for so- licitation of larger givers. Members of the Suburban Committee were to meet at the home of Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, 2001 Twenty-fourth street" N.W., to map out a campaign to reach residents of the outlying dis- tricts. Mrs. Parker is co-chairman of the committee with Mrs. Robert Le Fevre. Mr. Morgan’s committee includes Mrs. Milton W. King, vice chairman; Mrs. Arthur T. Lyon, secretary, and Miss Esther M. Behrend, Mrs. R. H. Dunlap, Mrs. Carl A. Droop, Mrs. Edward R. Finkenstaedt, Mrs. Edgar J. Goodrich, Mrs. Paul Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. John Rowland Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mr. King, Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, Dr. William McClellan, Mrs. Walter H. Nash, Mrs. Parker, Miss Marian Stevens, L. Corrin Strong and Rob- ert W. Wilson. THE EVEN. éisliop Stewart Dies Suddenly in Chicago; Stricken in Aufo Rector for 25 Years * Of Evanston Church, Largest in West By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—The Right Rev. George Craig Stewart, 60, Bishop of the Chicago Episcopal Diocese for the past decade, died last night of a heart ailment. He was stricken in his automobile while en route to a South Side church to instruct a confirmation class. His chauffeur took him to Burnside Hospital where he was pronounced dead after a fire depart- ment rescue squad worked for 15 minutes to revive him. Bishop Stewart, recognized as one of the Nation's leading preachers, was elected bishop coadjutor of the diocese in February, 1930, and be- came Bishop nine months later. For 25 years he was rector of St. Luke's Church in Evanston, largest Episco- pal parish in the West. He was a member of the National HPAGHE? Here is Amazing MIM;I 1f you think all lazatives . ju this vegetable faxative, . thorough, refreshing, invigorating. De- dendable relief from sick headaches, bilious spells, ired feeling when associated with constipation. Without Risk 57 25 box of NR from your druggist. Make the test—then | { not delighted, return the box to us. We efund the purchase WOODWARD & LOTHROP Council of the church for the past 15 years. At the time of his death he headed the National Commission on Negro Work. Born in Saginaw, Mich., August 18, 1879, Bishop Stewart was baptized and reared a Scotch Presbyterian. He became & Methodist minister in Chicago in 1898 and five years later was ordained in the Episcopal ministry. He is survived by his widow and two sons, John Clyde and George Craig, jr, of Chicago. Shell Travels Far A six-inch unexploded Russian shell found by the Finns had traveled far. It was made in Ger- many and sent to Japan, where it was captured by the Reds in Manchukuo fighting, then used against the Finns. Helsinki may get it as a relic. eAmerica’s Favorite Babson Willing fo Run On Prohibifion Ticket By the Associated Press. WELLESLEY, Mass, May 3.— Roger W. Babson, eminent statis- tician, is willing to be the Prohi- bition party’s presidential candidate, provided the party undergoes a reorganization and broadens its platform to include a campaign against gambling. Notified that West Virginia’s na- tional convention delegates at large were pledged to him at yesterday’s State convention, Mr. Babson issued a statement insisting that the party be “revamped and reorganized so that it will start with the public school system and endeavor to teach SEE THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENT N THE PIANO BUILDERS ART . PLAY a WURLITZER SPINETTE WITH THE PATENTED AUGMENTED SOUNDING BOARD Priced.as low as 245 KITT'S 1330 G Street & National 4730 NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940. young peaple the evils not anly ot | niversity Vote Is Small liquor but of gambling.” prbad Only 419 per cent of the electorate e main things we are| or 32288 of Cambridge University, going to fight for is that a person’s | in England, including 4,576 women, behavior and habits be considered | Voted in the last election for a mem- before he is given Federal aid,” he | ber of Parliament, which was held continued, by mail . 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