Evening star. [volume], April 26, 1936, Page A-19, Image 19

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Meeting Tuesday Night to
Feature Christ Child
Convention.
The Most Rev. John N. McNamara,
D. Do auxiliary bishop of Baltimore,
will be honor guest at the annual
meeting of national and local organi
sations of the Christ Child Society,
to be held at the settlement, 608 Mas
sachusetts avenue northeast, Tuesday
at 8 p.m.
The Tuesday night meeting will be
a feature of the annual convention
I of the Christ Child Society to be
held here tomorrow, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. Mullen to Preside.
Mrs. Arthur Mullen, vice president
of the local Christ Child Society, will
preside at the Tuesday night session.
The speakers will include Dr. George
C. Ruhland, health officer of the Dis
trict; Miss Jane Hoey of the Social
Security Board, and Representative
John M. O'Connell, the dentist Con
gressman from Rhode Island.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John O'Grady
will bring a message from the National
Conference of Catholic Charities. John
Saul, member of the board of the
Boys’ Club of Christ Child House,
Will report on the wmk of the club
Delegates from 13 cities will attend
the national convention. Miss Maiy
Virginia Merrick will entertain them
tomorrow with a tea from 4 to* 6
p.m. at her home, 2 East Melrose
street, Chevy Chase. Tomorrow night
they will visit the settlement house.
. Special Mass Planned. ..
Tuesday’s program includes a spe
cial mass at St. Matthew's Church
and a visit to the fresh air farm and
convalescent home for children main
tained by the society at Rockville, Md.
Mrs. Mullen will preside over a
panel discussion Wednesday at the
settlement house. The convention
will end Wednesday night with a
dinner at the Wardman Park Hotel.
The speakers there will be Miss Agnes
Reagen, executive secretary of the
National Council of Catholic Women;
Mrs. Charles P. Nelli, vice president
of the national association, and the
Rev. Lawrence J. Shehan, assistant
director of the Catholic charities.
NATIONAL ACADEMY
TO HEAR REPORTS
Various Branches of Science Will
Give Account on Status of
Researches.
The annual meeting of the National
Academy of Sciences will be held
here tomorrow and Tuesday, with
reports from world leaders In various
branches of science on the present
Status of their researches.
The academy meeting will be fol
lowed Wednesday by the annual meet
ing of the American Meteorological
Society at the Weather Bureau. This
will be followed the last three days
of the week by the annual meetings
of the American Geophysical Union,
at the National Academy Building, and
the annual Spring meeting of the
. American Physical Society at the Bu
reau of Standards.
Subjects ranging from the trans
mutation of elements to the effect of
environment on emigrants will be
considered during the two-day session
of the National Academy, which is
the highest ranking body in American
science.
AIRLINE COMPLETES
NINE YEARS OF SERVICE
, In the midst of the greatest period
of traffic increase in its history. Penn
sylvania Airlines, operating between
Washington and Milwaukee, today
completed its ninth year of operation.
Tomorrow Alexander Howie of
Cleveland, one of the first passengers
to fly the line back in the pioneer days
When passengers, express and mail
bags were all loaded into the same
small, open cockpit, will receive ticket
number 103103 and will travel over
the line in one of the most modern
high-speed transports.
The line today operates nine round
trips daily between Washington and
Detroit, covering more than 1,300,000
miles a year In scheduled service.
Answers
1. Dr. D. E. Robertson (b).
2. Los Angeles opera stars
(a).
3. Joyce Helmich and Mary
Cottrell (a).
4. Mary Heely (a).
, 5. Representative Zion
check fbJ.
6. Cilly Feindt (c).
7. Former Senator Harry B.
Hawes (c).
5. Judge E.A.Stowater (d).
9. Students at Tulane (d).
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
OPEN CONFERENCE HERE
250 Delegates From 16 Colleges
and Universities to At
tend Sessions.
The third annual Alleghenies Re
gional Student Branch Conference of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers will open today at the Har
rington Hotel for a three-day session.
Mechanical engineering students of
lfl colleges and universities will send
about 250 delegates to the meeting.
Catholic University will be host and
William Keman, chairman of the
school's branch, will preside the first
day. Louis Reznek. chairman of the
George Washington University branch,
will occupy the chair- tomorrow.
The official welcome will be deliv
ered by Maurice E. Weschler, profes
sor of mechanical engineering at
Catholic University.
Technical sessions will be held in
the Potomac Electric Power Co. audi
torium. Papers submitted by student
representatives of the various institu
tions will be read and prizes awarded
for the three best discourses. The
delegatee will visit Mount Vernon,
the Bureau of Standards and the
Government Heating Plant.
Moscow’! 6,500,000 Books Moved.
Nearly 0,500,000 books in the public
library of Moscow, Russia, are being
moved into a new building.
C. C. KEISER RESIGNS
TO ENTER LAW PRACTICE
Clarence C. Keiaer, who has been
deputy collector of Internal Revenue,
in charge of the Washington office, at
Room 1002 Revenue Building, has
resigned to enter the practice of law,
and take over the real estate business
of his father, Lewis Kelser, who died
March 21.
Reiser's active duty for the Gov
eminent In a responsible post, which
brought him in touch with thousands
of Federal income tax payers here
was concluded last weelc.
Keiser entered the Government
service in 1924 and was made deputy
collector of internal revenue in
charge of the Washington office
March 1, 1932. His successor there
has not yet been formally appointed.
The local office is a field office under
the jurisdiction of the collector of in
ternal revenue at Baltimore, who has
charge of the State of Maryland and
the District of Columbia.
REGISTRATION SET
Special Dispatch to The 8tar.
RIVERDALE, Md., April 25.—The
last registration for new voters in the
town will be held Thursday evening
from 7 until 9 o’clock at the Are house.
As only one candidate has filed for
each office, a contest Is not expected
at the annual election on May 4.
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