Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1940, Page 18

Ground fo Be Broken Today for National Guard Armory District Officials And Capitol Leaders Will Attend | A ground-breaking ceremony for | the new National Guard Armory, to be constructed south of East Capitol street at Twentieth street SE. will be held at 4 pm. today under auspices of the District Na- | tional Guard. | District officials, leaders of the| Benate and House are to attend. ‘The first shovelfuls of earth are to be removed by Senator Overton, | of Louisiana; chairman of the Sen- ate Subcommittee on District Ap- propriations, and Representative Collins of Mississippi, under guid- ance of Engineer Commissioner | David H. McCoach, jr. { The program will be opened by the marching of special troops of the 29th Division, with colors and bands, to the area. Next, “America” will be played by the 260th Coast | Artillery, District National Guard Band, under direction of Warrant | Officer Joseph Berst, leader. Invo- | cation will be by the Rev. Dr. Ar- lington A. McCallum, chaplain of | the 260th Coast Artillery. Gen. Cox to Speak. An address will be delivered by | Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, comman- | der of the District National Guard. | He will introduce commanders or! branches of the Guard and Senator | Overton and Representative Collins. The remainder of the program will include playing of the “Na- tional Emblem March” by the Coast Artillery Band, the doxology and “The Star Spangled Banner” by the 121st Engineer Band, and bene- diction by Chaplain Simpson B.| Daugherty, 121st Engineers. Among guests expected to attend are Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen and J. Russell Young, Maj. Gen. John F. Williams, chief of the Na- tional Guard Bureau, War Depart- ment; Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, commanding general, 29th Division; | Senator King, chairman, and other | members of the Senate District Com- mittee; Representative Jennings Randolph, chairman, and other ‘members of the House District Com- mittee; members of Senate Subcom- mittee on District Appropriations; | Representative Caldwell of Florida, | chairman, and members of the House Subcommittee on District Appropria- tions; Senator Sheppard. chairman, and members of the Senate Military | Affairs Committee; Representative | May, chairman, and members of the | House Military Affairs Committee. Other Guests. Other guests included: Brig. Gen. Maxwell Murray, com- manding general, Washington Pro- visional Brigade; Frederic A. De- lano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Com- | mission; Thomas S. Settle, secretary | of the planning commission; John | Nolan, director of planning com- mission; John L. Keddy, Budget Bureau; Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, | District auditor; Theodore W. Noyes, | * James A. Colliflower, president and other officers and directors of the ‘Washington Board of Trade; Arthur J. Sundlun, president and other of- ficers and directors of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; L. A. Carruthers former president Fed- eration of Citizens Association; Mrs. Anton Stephen, wife of the late| Maj. Gen. Anton Stephen, former commanding general, District Na- tional Guard; Miss F. S. Harries, sister of the late Maj. Gen. George H. Harries, former commanding gen- | eral of the local Guard. | Former officers of the District| Guard invited to the ceremonies include: Brig. Gen. George C. Shaw, U.S. A., retired; Col. Luther H. Reichelderfer | former District Commissioner; Col. Leroy W. Herron, Col. Wallach A. McCathran, U. S. A. retired; Lt. Col. Edward H. Grove, Lt. Col. | Arthur L. Smith, Maj. Alfred P. Robbins, Maj. Horace Dulin, Maj. Thacker V. Walker, and Maj. Wil- liam S. Hodges. The first section of the armory 45 to consist of a drill hall. The latter is to be surrounded by wings or separate buildings for each of the major organizations of the Dis- trict National Guard. Bliss Graduates to Hear Dr. Blackwelder Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor | of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, will deliver the grad- uation address at final exercises of the Bliss Electrical School in the Roosevelt High School Wednesday at 8 pm. The class banquet will be held at 6:30 pm. tomorrow at the Raleigh Hotel and the final class dance at | 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the same hotel. | Wedding Racket Bared Labor organizations and govern- ment officials are watching a new racket in London. Hundreds of women are marrying soldiers, or men about to be called to the colors, to qualify for separation allowance. Labor leaders fear that the growth of a large class of working women with “private incomes,” may force down wages in industries unpro- tected by trade agreements. Reserve Officers Number Four Times Those of ‘17 By, the Associated Press. The Army has more than four times the number of reserve officers avallable for emergency service that 7th, 8th & E Sts. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 2, 1940—PART ONE. - it had for several months after the start of the World War. War Department records showed yesterday that reserve officers num- bered 21,543 on June 30, 1917, nearly three months after declaration of war on Germany, as compared with present 117,000, Most of the reserve officers of the early World War period were hur- riedly commissioned after the actual start of hostilities. By contrast, the present Officers Reserve Corps has been built up and maintained over a period of two decades, and includes a large portion of officers who saw service in the 1917-18 conflict. 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