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DUTCH BOY ORATOR
I IS CONTEST VICTOR
Henri R. M. Van Hoof, 17,
| Wins International Con
i * test Cup.
. f Continued Prom First Page.)
Affairs. He contended that as men of
many lands meet in an exchange of
Ideas, world differences fade. Or. Marvin
aald there was no short cut to world
understanding and happiness, but
democracies were not selfish.
"They are generous," he said, "they
mean what is right, they are honest;
they desire peace, for they are the
hearts of the people. Because of this,
they will counsel together until they
learn the art of mutual concession.
They must speak to one another until
fear shall give way to faith and the
voice of leadership shall proclaim that
the road to happiness is through mutual
help."
Seven Orators Presented.
“We perhaps shall forget many of
the words that are about to be spoken,”
said Dr. Marvin, "but the spirit and
friendship that prompts each represent
ative to be with us will always help us
eo understand his people the better. His
wove is their voice, reminding us ol
emotions, of hope, of interests, of
thoughts that are in our hearts even
ff Hi Ui t«II 10 Will Hitt
the hearts of all men have the same
yearnings through God's world.”
Mr. Leigh then presented the seven
orators to the audience. As each boy
stood, he was greeted warmly by the
audience.
John Thomas Lumsden, 17. England’s
entrant, launched the meet proper.
Lumsden spoke quietly, scholarly with
•n occasional gesture as he discussed
••Diaraell.”
Pierre Henri Courtade-Cabessanls,
France's 18-year-old champion, fol
lowed the Briton with his prepared
speech on "The French Colonial Em
pire.” Matter of factly, the Parisian
traced the building of his nation’s far
flung empire. The peace in which he
said France has governed her posses
sions is the result of s policy of "adjust
ing law to customs by means of a series
of compromises and understandings.”
Holland’s Speaker Popular.
Tall and sm.li’ig. Henri R. M. Van
Hoof, 17, Holland’s spokesman, won the
affection of the audience the moment
be walked to the center of the stage.
2t was “The Kingdom of the Nether
lands” he lauded in his rapid Dutch
speech. In this national fight, he said,
his people were lpd by Prince William
of Orange, who paid with his own life
tor the gains he won his people.
Robert Rayburn, the 17-year-old
Kansan, who won the United States
championship on the same stage In
May, was the fourth orator to take the
stage. His first speech was the same
that won him first honors In that
earlier meet. "The Test of the Con
stitution” was the title and In that
oration he said the American instru
ment of government "had stood every
test,” and will continue as “our coun
try marches on.”
The next speaker was Gerard Cour
noyer, Canada's 19-year-old entrant.
The second French speaker on the pro
gram. Coumoyer, injected the melody
with which that tongue may be blessed
In the voicing of his explanation of
"Why the French Have Survived in
Canada.”
German Discusses Arms.
Martin Krieger, 17-year-old German
boy, was next with an Impassioned plea
for disarmament and peace. He rose to
dramatic heights when he asserted:
“It matters not whether or not we
find the disarmament idea embodied In
all its purity ; we know that the League
of Nations has many defects, but this
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Os Overvcen. Holland, who v.on the International Oratorical Contest last night,
receiving the silver trophy from Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of District
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merely lays upon us the duty of working
to reform It as far as lies In our power.
We young Germans unite with our
brothers and sisters throughout the
world and with those of older genera
tions who stand with us in the struggle
to usher in an era of love between
man and man.”
Thomas- Shillington, Ireland's 17-
year-old spokesman, .was the last ora
tor to deliver a prepared oration. His
was a glowing optimistic portrayal of
the future of ‘"Hie Irish Free State.”
Only a man or woman bom of Irish
parents In Ireland, he said, can ap
preciate what the new freedom in the
Emerald Isle means to the Irishman.
Lumsden returned to the stage to
discuss "If Disraeli Were Prime Min
ister Today.” Applying Disraeli’s love
for the downtrodden to present condi
tions. contending that Disraeli would
not fear to extend “some measure of
liberty” to England’s colonies, the boy
said that Disraeli would have left the
gold standard if he believed it would
aid British commerce and he would
uphold the League of Nations.
Halted by Timekeeper.
Young Courtade relumed to "Re
concile the Colonial System With the
Democratic Ideal.” If this seemed an
unsolvable riddle to the audience. In
the face of Courtade’s first oration,
the young Parisian was unworrled as
he plunged Into his task.
The timekeeper's whistle blasted
Courtade to silence and he smilingly
bowed In acquiescence to the contest
rule.
Van Hoof returned to clinch his
place In the affection of the audience
with an oration on "Holland of the
Future.” He handled his subject with
confidence.
While the audience groaned when
It heard the American. Rayburn,
directed to "discuss specifically the
Constitutional provision covering our
policy in the Phlllipines,” the young
Kansan bowed calmly and began
Rayburn's extemporaneous speech, was
well ordered and was presented without
hesitancy.
Coumoyer, the Canadian, was next.
He was required to discuss “The
French-Canadians in the Crisis of 1812,”
and he did it with the same musical
French that characterized his first
speech.
Krieger, the German, followed to talk
about "The Future of the League of
Nations.” With the assurance of a man
thrice his age. this startlingly blond
youth projected his vision into a glo
rious future until the timekeepers’
whistle stopped him.
Schillingtrn made his second bid with
an extemporaneous speech on "Th?
Shannon Scheme,” characterizing the
Shannon River power development as
an example of the new spirit that has
come to Ireland.
In the meeting time was kept by i
Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, chief
of the Bureau of Navigation. U. S. N.,
and Maj. Gen. Amob A. Fries, U. S. A.,
retired. The musical program was pre
sented by the Tech Symphony Or
chestra under the direction of Dore
Walten, and the Inter-High School Fes
tival Chorus of the District of Colum
bia. under the leadership of Or. E. N. C.
Barnes.
ARMY END’S NECK
BROKEN AT YALE;
CONDITION CRITICAL
(Continued From First Page.)
a stretcher was hurried from the Army
side of the Bowl, just as a second
stretcher was being prepared on the
Yale sidelines. Even then no one of
the 70,000 in tne Bowl realized that the
cadet was near death.
As Sheridan was carried off the field,
| through a portal on the Eli side, the
spectators cm this section of the Bowl
j arose in tribute to the fallen cadet. A
11 crowd which just a few minutes before
( ! had wildly cheered Parker’s run was
t silent.
An ambulance was ready outside the
portal to take Sheridan to the hospital
Surgeon Leaves Game.
J Dr. Samuel C. Harvey, chief rurgeon
j at New Haven Hospital, who was at
. the game, followed the stretcher into
the ambulance, where he examined the
cadet.
1 ! Dr. Harvey, after pronouncing Sherl
' , dan's injury as serious, ordered the am
t bulance to proceed at top speed to the
j hospital, where Dr. Harvey was Joined
1 by Dr. Harvey Cushing of Boston.
Lassiter, left halfback, had played a
top-notch game up until the accident
He is 19 years old, weighs 160 pounds
and is 5 feet 11 Inches tall. Like Sher
> ldan, he also Is a Southerner, his heme
’ being in Charlotte. N. C.
j I Expressions of regret and sympathv
> were numerous on the Yale campus as
: hospital reports told of Sheridan’s
' grave cond.tion.
- John M. Cates, director of athletics at
; j Yale University, said. "There is not
r much Yale can say at this time We
. i hope that it will not result in Sheri
; dan's death. He was very badly hurt,
but we all hope for the best.”
GRADUATE OF AUGUSTA.
Sheridan Later Joined Army and
Passed West Point Test.
AUGUSTA. Ga., October 24 (Jp)
Richard Brimsley Sheridan, Army foot
ball player, whose neck was broken in
! a game with Yale today, was graduated
from August Junior College, where he
was prominent in athletic and student
activities, in June. 1928.
He was lieutenant colonel of the
cadet corps at the college, the highest
cadet position, and won letters in foot
ball and basket ball during his stav at j
the two-year college. He was president
of the freshman class and treasurer of
the student council.
Sheridan Joined the Regular Army
soon after graduation, and after train
ing at Port Bennlng, Ga.. as a mem
ber of the Howitzer Company of the
29th Infantry, and at the training
school of Port McPherson. Ga., he
passed the examination for West Point
and entered the academy in the Sum
mer of 1929.
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, I). C., OCTOBER 25, 1931—PART ONE.
Oratory Champion
First From Nation
To Enter Contests
Henri Van Hoof Also
Known as Writer Among
Pupils in Holland.
Henri Van Hoof, the smiling young
j Dutchman, who last night took tht
| world oratorical championship from the
I United States to Holland, is a writer
as well as speechmaker, in his school,
at Overveen, near Haarlem, in the land
of dykes.
A student at the Roman Catholic
Lyceum, Henri is one of the most pro
lific writers in that institution. He has
produced voluminous essays, and papers
on various topics, running the gamut
of school life from athletic field to
scientific subjects. As a matter of
fact, Henri is determined to become a
journalist and he is directing his studies
at the Lyceum toward that goal. He is
particularly proficient in history and
civics and these have furnished mate
rial for many of his writings.
Young Van Hoof has the distinction
of being the first contestant in the in
ternational oratory finals from Holland.
Whereas, Germany, Prance, England
and Ireland have regularly sent their
best high-school speechmakers to Wash
ington to seek world honors, Holland
decided to enter the forensic fray for
the first time this year.
When he returns to his homeland the
young Dutchman will take with him
not only the silver trophy, which war
presented last night, but the champion
ship, which last year was won by Ed
mund Gullion, Western High Schoo'
boy, who was victor in the Fifth Inter
national Oratory Contest finals.
He also will take with him the mem
ory of a milling throng of Washington
High School students who nearly mob
bed him as they sought to congratulate
him and to have him autograph pro
grams for his excited admirers. As a
matter of fact, fully 30 minutes elapsed
before the champion could be dragged
! from the stage in Constitution Hall to
j an anteroom where photographers were
waiting to make his picture with the
I German Ambassador, Priederich von
I Prittwitz und Gaffron.
When finally the boy was thrust
| through the mob into the arms of the
photographers he was given a hearty
slap on the back by the German diplo
; mat. who had waited patiently for him,
while some cne else thrust a six-inch
Turkish cigarette into his grasping, fin
i gers.
The young Dutchman puffed like a
| veteran on the smartly shaped fag and
would relinquish it to a reporter only
long enough for camera shutters to
slick. When the picture-taking was over
Van Hook seized his cigarette and
| smoked it calmly, while he prepared to
face his admirers in the corridor out
: ide. Another hour elapsed before the
champion, bedraggled but happy, was
allowed to leave the hall.
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia and Maryland—
Fair today and tomorrow; cooler this
afternoon and night.
Virginia—Pair today and tomorrow;
cooler in north portion this afternoon
or night.
West Virginia—Pair and slightly
' cooler today; tomorrow fair.
Report for Last 24 Hours.
Temperature—Midnight. 52; 2 a.m.,
49; 4 a.m„ 49; 6 a.m.. 47; 8 a.m.. 48;
10 a m.. 60; 12 noon, 64; 2 p.m., 69; 4
p.m . 70; 6 p.m., 67; 8 p.m., 65.
Highest, 70. Lowest, 47.
Temperature same date last year—
Highest, 52. Lowest, 42.
Tide Tables.
'Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. 'Tomorrow.
High 7:08 a.m. 7:48 a jn.
Low 1:41a.m. 2:23 a.m.
High ........ 7:28 p.m. 8:05 p.m.
Low 1:46 p.m. 2:24 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
sises. Sets.
Sun, today 6:27 a.m. 5:17p.m.
Sun. tomorrow 6:28a.m. 5:16p.m.
Moon, today... 4:46p.m. 5:31a.m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.
,-Temperature.-. Preclpj-
Max. Min. * tatlon.B
Hat- Fri. Sat.p.m.to
urday.night. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.
Asheville. N. C 72 40 63
Atlanta. Ga 76 .«-> 68
Atlantic City. K. J 66 56 52
Baltimore. Md 70 50 68 ....
Birmingham, Ala 82 66 70 006
Bismarck. N. Dak 60 40 48
Boston, Mass.. 68 52 Bt' ....
Buffalo. N. Y 66 62 60 0.14
Chicago, 111 74 62 58 0.08
Cincinnati. Ohio 70 56 66 0.27
Cheyenne. Wyo 62 26 56
Cleveland. Ohio 66 60 M 0.20
Davenport, lowa 74 60 64 ....
Denver, Colo 74 42 68 ....
Des Moir.es. lowa 76 54 64 .
Detroit. Mich 88 68 62 0.22
Duluth. Mtnr. 64 46 54 002
El Paso, Tex. 80 56 76
Galveston. Tex 82 74 78 ....
Helena. Mont 52 34* 44 ....
Indianapolis. Ind 74 60 68 0.56
Jaclionvtlle. Fla 68 73
Kansas City. Mo £2 80 73
Little Rock. Ark 78 60 70
Los Angeles. Caiif 80 58 64 ...
Louisville. Ky 76 CO 72 0.32
Marquette. Mich 60 If Sr 012
Memphis. Tenn 60 68 76
Miami, Fla W ™
Mobile. Ala 82 70 74 ....
New Orleans. La..: 72 76 ....
New York. N. Y g 52 60
North Platte. Nebr •« $0 58
Omaha. Nebr.. 76 52 62 ....
Philadelphia. Pa 72 SO 64
Phoenix. Ariz J 5 5? E jii
Pittsburgh. Pa •« J® o °*
Portland. Me 12 12 52 j, si
Portland. Oreg -. •••• *8 48 5 . 0.12
Salt Lake City, Utah.. 16 44 68
i St. Louis. Mo 2 12
Bt. Paul. Mlnn_ _ *8 58
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RED CROSS FEARS
SLUMP IN HEALTH
Nation May Face Big Prob
lem Years After Depression,
Acting Chief Says.
The deleterious effect on the health
of the public of the lowered standard
of living as a result of the widespread
depression is causing grave concern for
the health service of the Red Cross,
James L. Fieser, acting chairman, said
yesterday.
I "Reports reaching the Red Cross."
Mr. Fieser said, "indicate that a serious
health problem may face the Nation for
several years to come as a result of
curtailed diets, inability to pay for
medical and hospital expenses and
withdrawal of funds fcr local health
work.
."A fortunate aspect of the drought
relief work of the Red Cross last Winter
was that mild weather prevailed
throughout the 23 States affected. This
meant that the Red Cross did not
have to fight epidemics of disease in
addition to relieving the hardships
visited upon the farm families by the
drought. Evil effects that might have
revealed themselves later had malnutri
tion started its work upon the people
who were loath to apply for Red Cross
help until hunger forced them to were
warded off by the varied fruit-vege
i table-meat diet immediately provided !
iby the Red Cross chapters and the
ImDDitilli ichflOl M Dm Id
stituted in the public schools through
out the drougiit areas.”
Mr. Kieser said that pellagra, usu
ally prevalent In rural sections, was
found In many places, and the Red
Cross services distributed 40 tons of
powdered yeast to combat the disease.
This Winter, unless the weather is ex
ceptionally mild, conditions will be
much worse.
Red Cross chapters employ 795 public
health nurses, who work in 618 com
munities. Mr. Fieser continued. These
made 1,338,000 visits in behalf of in
dividuals in the year ending June 30.
1931. and examined 1,017,518 school
children.
AIRLINES TO CARRY
400,000 THIS YEAR
385,910 Passengers Carried Last
Year, Aeronautic Cham
ber Reports.
Passenger traffic on the nation's air
lines during 1931 will exceed the 400,000
mark by a wide margin, it was pre
dicted last night by the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce, on the basis of
a study of air transport operations dur
ing the first eight months of the year.
There were 385,910 passengers carried
last year. •
During the first few months of 1931,
passenger traffic was trailing far be
hind the totals for last year, due to
a decline of “thrill” passengers, who
traveled merely for the experience. The
growth during the past few months,
which is carrying the passenger volume
.to new high levels, it is claimed, is the
result of turning to air transportation
as a standard mode of travel.
During August, the last month cov
ered by the report, a total of 54,163
passengers rode the Nation’s air lines,
an increase of 17 per cent over the
record of 46,299 established during the
same month last year, the previous high
point in passenger traffic.
Mileage flown by the country’s pas
senger planes Increased more than 400,-
000 miles during August over July and
1,700,000 miles above the total flown in'
August, 1930, the total scheduled for
the month being 4.716,697 miles. Os
this scheduled total, 4,528.908 miles
were actually flown, or an average of
96 per cent completed service.
Airmail carried in August reached a
new record of 832,919 pounds, while
air express also reached a new high in
August, with a total of 101,992 pounds.
LIQUOR CACHE FOUND
Contraband Uncovered in Building
Near Police Court.
A liquor cache only a stone's throw
from Police Court was uncovered yes
terday by Sergt. C. A. Musselman of
the vice squad and several officers in
an unoccupied building at 617 D street.
The liquor was believed to have been
hidden by bootleggers who were using
the unoccupied building as a downtown
"supply warehouse.”
Two cases of corn whisky, several
bottles of rye whisky and paraphernalia I
such as bottles, corks and other equip
ment were said to have been seized.
No arrests were made.
UTAH PLANS FLOAT
Loofbourow Will Direct Flag Day
Arrangements for State.
Representative Frederick C. Loof
bourow. Republican, of Utah, is to be
chairman of the Float Committee for
the Utah State Society, to arrange a
suitable pretentious representation in
the Flag day pageant here on June
14 next. It was announced yesterday.
The processional is being arranged in
conjunction with the George Washing
ton Memorial celebration.
Floyd Bennett’s Mother Dies.
WARRENSBURG, N. Y., October 24
<fP). —Mrs. Henrietta Bennett, mother of
Floyd Bennett, aviator who lost his life
in Canada while flying to the aid of
Transatlantic pilots, died today. She
was 83 years old,
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Prize-Winning Oration
Text of Dutch Youth*s Address on "The Kingdom
of the Netherlands'* Which Won First Place
in International Oratorical Contest.
"The Kingdom of The Netherlands.”
BY HENRI R. M. VAN HOOF.
Haarlem. Holland.
Far to the East, surrounded by power
ful nations, lies little Holland, risen
from the ocean’s waves, literally
snatched from the sea. It is evident
that our people developed the deliberate
firmness, that cautious and patiently j
thoughtful spirit which stfll charac- j
tcrizes them, as a result of their age- i
long struggle against th’ sea. the erec- ,
tion of sea-dikes and the reclamation
of marshland, the painful process of
winning and protecting every bit of
their soil.
A people who must fight thus for
every square yard of ground, and who
even today must persist in their strug- i
gle with the elements (as evidenced by .
the drainage of the Zuyder Zee, that
really huge undertaking now under
way), will not readily give up a domain
obtained with such great exertion.
Over 350 years ago, when Spain im
posed her tyrannical yoke on the in
habitants of these lowlands, depriving
them of their freedom and dooming
them to slavery, they realized what It j
meant to have no Fatherland and no |
ruler of their own. Unprotected, a prey
to tyranny, they were bereft of their
most piecious spiritual and material
possessions. But their salvation was at
lv-nd. Prince Wl'llam of Orange threw
h msclf into the fray rs the deliverer
oi our wren®!him vj
noble brothers, laid the foundation of
our independence.
True, tie paid dearly for this deed
with an ignominious death at the hands
of a traitor, and his brothers died upon
the field of honor, but they will be re
membered forever in the grateful hearts
of the Netherlanders. Your great his
torian, Motley, has well described this
struggle against Spain In his splendid
history. "The Rise of the Dutch Re
public.” You should, therefore, not be
wholly unacquainted with the names of
Princes Maurice and Frederick. Wil
liam’s son Maurice —the great general—
and his brother Frederick Hendrik,
called the "fortress subduer;” together
completed the work of deliverance.
And soon afterward when other dan
gers menaced our land on every side—
when in 1672 four mighty enemies
threatened to annihilate us—the people,
country and government were helpless—
again there appeared a great deliverer
in the person of William 111, later also
King of England. He dared to wage
war against the powerful French King,
and frequently brought to naught the
latter’s political alms. Under his rule,
the Netherlands entered the most fa
mous period—the Golden Age—of her
history, when she became the leading
European power and produced men fa
mous in the realms of art, science, com
merce, navigation and politics. In this
connection we need only mention Rem
’brandt, Vondel, de Ruyter, Johann de
Witt and many others. And do not
forget that it was then that we con
‘TIMBER*
DRIVE PLANNED
Campaign Will Be Launched
at Dinner of Workers
on Tuesday.
A dinner next Tuesday night of 100
membership workers will mark the
opening cf the ■ annual "enrollment
week” of the Washington Y. M. C. A.,
during which period an effort will be
made to increase the association’s mzm
bership by 500 men.
A special enrollment organ izatlcn, di
rected by an Executive Committee com
posed of Dr. Everett M. Ellison, chair
man of the Standing Committee on
membership; Leonard W. DeGast, gen
eral secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and
Ed Morton Willis, retired "Y” secretary,
has been formed for the annual ccnvass.
The membership workers have been
divided into divisions and teams. Di
vision leaders are W. C. Hanson, assisted
by C. E. Flemng; F. M. Nettleshlp, as
sisted by Randolph E. Myer; Dr. E.
M. Ellison, assisted by E. A. Drumm,
and Worth E. Shoults, assisted by Page
McK. Etchiscn and J. C. Ingram.
Team captains under Hanson are R.
W. Dunlap, Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture; Dr. C. P. Frailey, T. W. Cook
and Ralph Haupt. Captain’s in Nettle
ship’s division are Thomas ,J. Frailey,
Dr. E. J. Grass, George B. Kennedy and
jB. G. McGinniss. Dr. Ellison’s team
leaders are S. D. Hanson, E. C.
Graves George J. Adams and M.
P. Canby. Shoults will lead two di
visions. In one of his divisions the team
captains will be George E. Harris, Wal
ter B. Crossan, M. G. Randall and J.
Wallace Talley, while the other divi
sion's captains will be John Sumner,
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quered our colonies, with their beauti
ful scenery and rich natural resources.
But. just as a descent always follows
a summit, so did Holland slowly decline;
solidarity and wisdom gradually gave
place to dissension and lack of self
reliance. Love for the House of Qrange
slowly waned; men turned their backs
I upon it and preferred to draw the tri-
I umphal chariot of the French oppressor.
Holland lost her independence and be
, gan to imitate the French in everything.
Then the voice of our poet Bilderdljk
made itself heard. In an impassioned
poem called "Farewell,” he appealed to
the nation’s soul and predicted a glori
ous future. Bilderdljk had told the
truth. Soon afterward the people
i sprang to arms, and with an Orange
again at their head, once more fought
for their freedom. This time Holland
became a kingdom, and so it has re
mained to this day.
Three Orange kings succeeded one
another and brought victory and pros
perity with them. On the death of
the last William 111, two stately per
sonages appear on the scene, Queen
Emma and her daughter, later Queen
Wilhelmina. The mild, gentle queen
mother so ruled the land that the
hearts of the Dutch were filled with
gratitude and love toward her. And
finallV, when she surrendered to her
daughter the helm of the ship of
state, this descendant of the old and
UtM nw N wi® lit mom
enthuslpstically by the people. In re
turn. she has shown great love and.
attachment for her subjects. Their
sorrows have been her sorrows, their
joys her joys. On her birthday, when
she passes through the streets, every one
wears an orange decoration and cheers
her, not only as the queen, but as a
true daughter of our own House of
Orange.
Then every Netherlander glows with
pride and each breathes in his heart
the prayer: "So may it ever be; Orange
and Holland, together.” They watch
the queen ride past with joy; they love
her for her simplicity. In the Nether
lands, the constitutional monarchy
moderates the passionate partisan strife
that so often fiercely rages in other
lands. Despite themselves, each party
regards it as a symbol of solidarity and
loyalty. Holland has found the tran
quillity afforded by freedom under the
rule of these two queens. All our hopes
for the future are fixed upon the young
est scion of the House of Orange—
Princess Juliana. Some day she will
be obliged to take over her mother’s
task.
These three women have won the
hearts of the Dutch. Because it is a
woman who reigns, the duty of pro
tecting her is especially sacred to the
men of Holland. It is our duty to act
like men of Orange, and that means
that we must be willing to fight, at the
cost cf our lives if need be, for the
freedom and prosperity of our dear
kingdom.
Emory Prince, Richard Dorman and
Graham Luckenbill.
The following members of the Y. M.
C. A. official staff will take part in the
drive; R. B. Morgan, B. K. Phillips,
R. J. Graham, H. S. Costain, Dr. James
A. Bell, Fred L. Dawson, Carroll Hick
man, Jack McDonald, Paul Brtndle,
Leßoy Harrison, C. E. Waybright, James
Westcott, Ralph W. Foster, E. 8. La-
Fetra, Louis B. Nichols. Thomas Searls,
Jr„ J. F. Bergner. Fred Carpenter,
Marinus DeGast and J. C, Ingram.
WILL LECTURE TUESDAY
Dr. Neil M. Judd to Show Pictures
of Arizona Cliff Dwellings.
Dr. Neil M. Judd, curator of arch
eology. Smithsonian Institution, will
give in illustrated lecture on his find
ings among the ruins of cliff dwellings
in Arizona, at the meeting of the Stuart
Walcott Post. No. 10, American Legion,
Tuesday night.
The meeting will be held at the Con
tinental Baking Co., 2301 Georgia
avenue.
FRESH CUT (I
flowers)
for any occasion
We Deliver or Telegraph
Flow era Anywhere |j|
Member* Florists’ Telegraph Delivery
Association.
FLORIST
Opposite fort Lincoln Cemetery
CHEST COMMITTEE
TO MEET TUESDAY—
Church Delegates Will Plan
Working Agreements
for Co-operation.
Working agreements between the
churches and the Community Chest
will be discussed at a meeting of the
Chest Church Co-operation Committee
in the United States Chamber of Com- ;
merce Building Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. Huston Thompson will pre- j
side in the absence of William Knowles
Cooper, chairman.
Among the speakers will be Rev.
William S. Abernethy, pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, representing the
white Protestant group: John R. Haw
kins, president of the Prudential Bank,
representing the colored Protestant
group: Patrick J. Haltlgan of the Grif
fith Consumers Co., appearing for Cath
olics; Norman Fischer, vice president
of the Jewish Welfare Federation, and
Rev. John Papanicolaou, pastor of the
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church.
Temporary chairmen for each sub
committee will be named. They will
determine future meetings and pro
grams for their individual groups.
“The committee,” an official said.
‘ has as its purpose the creation of a
greater consciousness of social respon- i
sibllity on the part of every citizen
and a clearer understanding between
the church people and s|p
cies o i Washington. This plan of co
operation has nothing to do with the
financial campaign of the Chest. The
Chest never has solicited and never
intends to solicit church groups as
such. The plan is rather a year-round
program looking to long-time planning
and more intelligent co-operation.”
The committee already functioning
is an advisory group composed of two
representatives from each classifica
tion. This committee has requested
each church to name two keymen who
will serve as links between the Chest
and the social agencies. About 125
churches have responded.
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0. C. GIRL’S ENGAGEMENT
ANNOUNCED IN BOSTON
Miss Victoria Stuart Tytus’
Betrothal to Attorney Made
Known by Grandmother.
News was received here yesterday from
Boston of the announcement by Mrs.
Edward Jefferson Tytus of the engage
ment of her granddaughter. Miss Vic
toria Stuart Tytus of Boston and Wash
ington, to Lawrence Coolldge of
Boston.
Miss Tytus is the daughter of the
late Robb de Peyster Tytus and the late
Grace Tytus McLennan. She made her
debut in Washington In 1927, and was
presented at the Court of St. James
the preceding Spring. She has visited
abroad extensively.
Mr. Coolldge is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Jefferson Coolldge. He is &
graduate of Harvard Law School and
now Is connected with the Boston firm
of Lorlng, Oxtlidge, Noble Sc Boyd. He
is a member of the Somerset, Harvard,
Tennis and Racquet and Delphic Clubs.
DRY DONATIONS LISTED
$59,688 Reported to House Include
$31,105 Sept. 1 to Oct. 20.
Contributions of $59,688 were re
ported to the clerk of the House today
by the allied forces for prohibition.
Outstanding unpaid pledges of $20,-
280 were also listed. Os the cash con
tributors, $31,105 were received from,
September 1 to October 20. I
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Adjoining Chevy Chase
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ANTI-SALOON GROUP
TO CONVENE HERE
Biennial Convention It Set for
January 15 to 19 to De
cide ’32 Stand.
The Anti-Saloon League announced
yesterday it will meet here January
15-19* in biennial convention to de
termine its attitude toward president**
candidates and party platforms, expreie
a definite policy on various prohibition *
| referendum proposal-, and elect officers.
During the convention, to be held
i at the Mayflower Hotel, the twelfth
anniversary of prohibition will be cele
brated on the evening of January 10.
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national and world
president of the W C. T. U„ will de
liver the principal address on tha£
occasion. ,
Veteran Will Speak.
Other events scheduled during the
meeting include an address by Sergt.
Alvin York. World War hero, and a
young people's rally In honor of the
youthful delegates attending as winners
i of prohibition oratory and essay con
tests. ' .
The election of officers will be held
by the National Board of Trustees. The
board also will formulate plans and
adopt general policies for the direction'
of the league for the ensuing two year*,,
the dry organization announced.
if. mini
Sheppard, co-author of the eighteenth.,
amendment, has accepted an Invitation
to speak at the convention. Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes of Chicago also will
speak. i ~V
Convention to Be Public.
The convention will be open to the
public and all church and temperance
organizations “interested in the sup
pression of the intoxicating liquor
traffic” have been invited to send dele
gates.
The meeting will mark the thirty
ninth year of the founding of the
league by Dr. Howard Russell, who is
still active as an associate super
intendent.
Present officers of the league include
Bishop Thomas Nicholson, Detroit,
president: F. Scott Mcßride. Washing
ton. general superintendent; X. H.
Cherrington, Westerville, Ohio, director
of education, and E. B. Dunford, Wash
ington, attorney.
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a device which will detect the depre
dations being carried on by termites,
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