Evening star. [volume], January 13, 1935, Page A-7, Image 7

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BOY SCOUTS MAP
BIRTHDAY FETE
Silver Anniversary Will B(
Observed Here in Tests
Next Month. <
Preparations are being made in Bo;
Bcout circles to observe the silver an
niversary of the organization her<
next month.
A series of challenges—prepared
Tiess tests—will be issued tç> the Scout:
beginning February 8. the date of th(
formation of American Scouting ir
the Capital 25 years ago.
The Anniversary Committee, headec
by Commodore W. E. Longfellow, ha:
made plans for the celebration, t
feature of which will be a challengi
by Brig. Gen. P. R. Keefer. chairmar
of the Disaster Preparedness Com
mittee of the D. C. Chapter. Ameri
can Red Cross.
Test Set for February 11.
Gen. Keefers' challenge follows:
"In connection with the celebratior
cf the twenty-fifth anniversary ol
Scouting in America I hereby issue
the folioing challenge to all Scouteri
and Scouts who have qualified for th«
junior, senior or advanced first aie
certificates or for the merit badge ir
first aid. That on Monday evening
February 11. before 8 o'clock, you pre
sent yourself in uniform (with* firsl
aid kit. if any) at the Hall of Service
Red Cross Chapter House. 1730 ï
street, to be inspected by a committei
of leading physicians, who shall satis
fy themselves of the quality of train
ing you have taken. Troop or divi
sional first aid teams or patrols wil
be inspected as such and any wh<
present themselves will stand in readi
ness for interrogation or to demon
strate any of the material in first aie
required of a first-class Scout. Witt
the increasing number of automobili
accidents resulting in fatalities fr
Washington it behooves all well dis
posed Americans to be prepared t<
render first aid in harmony with th
Bcout motto. 'Be prepared.' and th<
Red Cross motto, 'Service to hu
manity.' "
Another Challenge Slated.
Another challenge is expected t<
be issued by park police, in whicl
Scouts will be asked to assist ii
searching for lost children in tin
parks. Several hundred Scouts wil
participate in this "child hunt," fol
lowing which a luncheon will be servei
by the Disaster Relief Committee.
Several other challenges are beini
arranged by churches, schools. Fir
Department and other communit;
groups.
The celebration will be climaxei
February 14 with a rally for all Scout
ers. junior officers and patrol leaders
l-UKLiJl tHà IU HULU
THREE-DAY MEETING
Society to Convene Here Januarj
28, 29 and 30 for Thirty
Fourth Annual Time.
About 400 leading foresters of th<
United States are expected to attenc
the thirty-fourth annual meeting ol
the Society of American Foresters
January 28, 29 and 30 at the Shore
ham Hotel.
Prof. H. H. Chapman of the Schoo:
of Forestry of Yale University, presi
dent of the society, will preside al
the meetings. Franklin Reed of the
Washington headquarters of the so
ciety is executive secretary and Mis;
L Audrey Warren, business manager
The society's annual banquet will
be held on the second night of the
convention.
SESSION IS PLANNED
Jewish Consumptive Relief So
ciety Group Will Install.
The local Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Jeweish Consumptive Relief Societj
of Denver. Colo., will install newlj
elected officers at a meeting Wednes
day at 2 p.m. in the Jewish Com
munity Center. Mrs. Joseph Millen
son. president, will preside and officers
will report on the work of the organi
zation. Prayer will be delivered by
Mrs. Louis M. Tulman.
On January 23 a dance and bridge
party will be held at the Hotel May
flower to raise funds. Mrs. Martin
Mendelsohn is chairman in charge,
assisted by Mrs. William Levy, in
charge of card games, and Mrs. S.
Rubenstein, tickets.
DR. WITTe'tO SPEAK
Eocial Security Topic of Speaker
at Monday Evening Club.
Dr. Edwin E. Witte, director of re
search of the President's· Committee
on Social Trends, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the January meeting
ef the Monday Evening Club. Jan
uary 21. at the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Red Cross.
1730 Ε street.
The discussion will center on the
subject, "National Social Security
Measures as Applied to the District
of Columbia." Leifur Magnusson will
serve as moderator of the speaking
program, and Catherine F. Lenroot
will preside.
Η. Η. B. MEYER TO SPEAK
library of Congress Staff Mem
ber to Discuss Shakespeareana.
Η. Η. B. Meyer of the Library of
Congress will discuss the books pub
lished during the last year on Shake
speare or his time before a meet
ing of the Shakespeare Society to
morrow night at Whitby Hall of Cathe
dral School. Woodley road and Wis
consin avenue.
Several scenes from "Henry V" will
be presented in costume. The players
Include Merwin H. Browne. Kent Dyer,
Η. K. Bradford, John Chadwick,
Theodore Freter. Miss Pauline de
Brodes, Miss Adrienne Courtenay
Alice and Miss Esther Marshman.
A stringed quartet will furnish a
musical program.
The Murrays Move Out
Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
With cat and canary and other belongings. Williem H. « Alfalfa Bill)
Murray moved out of the Governor's mansion at Oklahoma City yesterday
to make way for Ernest Whitworth Marland. incoming chief executive
1 who will be inaugurated Monday. Murray, shown here descending the
steps, left a trail of 5-cent cigar ashes on the rosc-colored carpet. The
women in the photo are Mrs. Murray and their daughter Jean, holding
the bird cage.
CHESTER CAPTURES
CHIEF 1 PRIZE
I
! Illinois Flyer Drives Plane
1 220.25 Miles an Hour
' at Miami.
> B.v the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., January 12 —Without
[ scratching a pilot or damaging a
. plane, the three-day all-American
air races zoomed to a finish late today
with the sky full of Marines depart
ing for Quantico.
They and the Army polished off the
show with a final exhibition of forma -
i tion flying, tactical maneuvers and
bombing that had the field, on the
ground and aloft, in an uproar.
Wonart Chester. Glenview, 111., fly
ing his own Chester Special, won the
final and feature race of the meeting,
a 15-mile, free-for-all for planes of
any displacement. His average speed
of 220.25 miles an hour brought him
the Venezuelan trophy and $300 cash.
Roger Don Rae. Lansing. Mich., fin
ished second to collect $200, and S. L.
Wittman, Oshkosh, Wis., third for
$100.
In the nip-and-tuck free-for-all
for commercial planes over the same
distance. Ben Stegall. Savannah. Ga .
won first place and $200 prize money.
Stegall lost his lead to Jack Wright
of Utica. Ν. Y., veteran of the Lon
don-to-Melbourne flight, in the sec
ond lap. but Wright, who ended in
second place, was disqualified after
the judges decided he had cut a pylon
in front of the grandstand.
Wright, however, pushed his plane
around the course at an average of
140.6 miles an hour to take first place
and $150 in the contest for commer
cial cabins of less than 550-cubic-inch
displacement. Harrison Doyle, Erie,
Pa., won $100, second money.
CHEST'S FEDERAL UNIT !
RAISED 109 PER CENT!
Maj. Gen. Coleman Congratulates
Keymen of Drive—Final
Audit Reported.
The Governmental Unit in the re
cent Community Chest campaign
raised $624,319, or 109.43 per cent of
its quota of $570,500. according to a
final report made yesterday by Maj.
Gen. Frederick W. Coleman, chief of
finance of the Army and chairman of
the unit, in a letter of congratulation
to the keymen of the various divisions
of his unit.
Gen. Coleman included a copy of the
final audit of the unit drive.
According to the report, 438 di
visions out of 632 exceeded their quotas
and another 29 divisions exceeded 90
per cent of their quotas. Of 65 gov
ernmental departments and inde
pendent offices 56 exceeded their
I quotas and seven of the remaining
nine raised more than 90 per cent.
Catholic Auxiliary to Meet.
Seeking to benefit the students' loan
scholarship fund, the Washington
Auxiliary of the National Catholic
School of Social Service will meet
Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at 2400 Nine
teenth street. Plans will be discussed
for the card party to be given under
the auxiliary's auspices February 18
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
r
IHLDER TO SPEAK
Head of A. D. A. Will Address
Social Agencies Tortiorrow.
John Ihlder, director of the Alley
Dwelling Authority, will discuss the
work of this organization at a meeting
of the Council of Social Agencies to
be held at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at
the Y. W. C. A„ Seventeenth and Κ
streets.
Mr. Ihlder has been engaged in this
work for many years and is an au
thority on the housing situation in
Washington. His organization bids
fair to bring to fruition the efforts
of social workers over a period of
25 years to eliminate alley dwellings,
and a capacity attendance is expected
to hear him tomorrow.
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CLEARANCE REDUCTIONS
on hundreds of pieces and suites of
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Lifetime Furniture
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Fine Secretaries
1 Finely Made Walnut Secretary
with ball and claw feet. Was $275.
Now -..$195
1 Maple Governor Winthrop Type
Secretary with 4 drawers. Was
$120. Now ;... $85
1 English Walnut Secretary with
mirror doors, 4 drawers. Was $225.
Now $175
2 Winthrop Type Secretaries, with
3 drawers, mahogany and gum
wood. Reduced to $39.75
Dining Suites
1 Adam Style Dining Suite of ten
pieces. Formerly $345. Now $225
1 Attractive Ten-piece Dining Suite,
enhanced with crotch mahoganv.
Was $395. Now $295
1 Grand Rapids Dining Suite in
classic Adam stvle, ten pieces.
Was $369. Now $279
1 Elizabethan Type Dining Suite
with refectory style table, oak.
Was $295. Now $225
1 Early English Type Dining Suite,
ten pieces, walnut chiefly. Was
$575. Now $395
Other Dining Room Suites
$195 up
Odd Bedroom Pieces
. 1 Grand Rapids Vanity Dresser,
walnut and gumwood. Was $60.
Now $24.75
1 Large Vanity Dresser, walnut and
gumwood. Was $55. Now. .$34.75
I Stickley Cherry Dresser with
swinging mirror. Was $112.
Now $39.75
1 Cherry Chest of Drawers, quaint
wood pulls. Formerly $50.
Now $29.75
1 Stickley Highboy with six draw
ers. cherry. Was $100. Now $49.75
1 Dresser with swinging mirror,
beautified with crotch walnut. Was
$80. Now $59.75
Floor Sample Radios
1 Philco "X" Model 9-tube Radio.
Reduced to $69.50
1 Philco Highboy 9-tube Radio. Re
duced to $55.00
1 Philco Console and End Table
Model. Reduced to $79.50
1 RCA Victor Lowboy 6-tube Radio.
Now $72.50
1 Lowboy RCA Victor Model. Re
duced to $34.75
1 RCA Victor Table Model. Re
duced to $24.75
1 American Bosch Tune-in Table.
Reduced to $39.50
1 Lowboy 6-tube Model. Reduced
to $19.95
Occasional Pieces
2 Mahogany Chippendale Type Sofas
with down cushions. Were $150.
1 Queen Anne Type Walnut Book
case with glass doors. Was $88.
1 Mahogany Tier Table, finely made.
Formerly $27.50. Now $19.75
1 Beautifully Carved Tilt-top Table
with shaped edge, mahogany. Was
$135. Now $67.50
1 Drum Table with leather top,
Grand Rapids make. Was $48.
Now $39.50
1 Elaborately Carved Console Table,
walnut. Was $85. Now .... $69.50
1 Fine Brown Mahogany William
and Mary Console. Was $125.
Now
$125
Now
$57.50
Now
$62.50
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Living Room Suites Reduced
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A Suggestive Few Are Quoted
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Karpen Suite in Rust Tapestry; sofa and match*
ing armchair $129.75 $110
Rust Figured Damask Karpen Suite; two finely
made pieces . .1.. « $175 $139
Tapestry Suite, blue predominating, with pillow
back chair; 2 pieces ,. $185 $150
Small Figured Rust Tapestry Karpen Suite; sofa
and armchair . . $99 $79.75
Plain-color-effect Rust Tapestry Karpen Suite,
with sofa and armchair . $250 $168
Gold Damask Karpen Living Room Suite of
two luxurious pieces . . $250 $159
Blue Figured Tapestry Karpen Suite with much
style; two pieces . $210 $185
Karpen Overstuffed Suite in an attractive small
figured green tapestry . . .$225 $165
Plain-color Karpen Suite, modern design; two
smart pieces.. $300 $195
Down Cushion Karpen Suite, French style, two v
pieces. ...r $395 $269
Down Cushion Karpen Suite, walnut framing,
two pieces . .. $350 $235
Brocaded Tapestry Suite in green, finely tai·
lored, two pieces ............ $295 $225
Carved Mahogany Base Karpen Suite in rust,
two pieces.. »«.*.. .$285 $195
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