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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1937. ***» PAGE B-l^
CELEBRATED HERE;
Archbishop Curley Attends
j C. U. Service Marking
Pope’s 15th Year.
' REV. J. M. M’NAMARA
DELIVERS SERMON
Pontiff Fears No Path Because
It Is New, Baltimore
Clergyman Declares.
At the golden altar of the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception. Msgr.
Egidio Vagnozzi. wearing the rich
vestments prescribed for solemn occa
sions, today celebrated a mass in
honor of the 15th anniversary of the
coronation of Pope Pius XI.
Diplomats, Government officials and
churchmen crowded the small church
at Catholic University, and to the left
of the altar sat Archbishop Michael J.
Curley of Baltimore, the chancellor of
the Institution. *
In the midst of the mass, the Right
Rev. John M. McNamara, auxiliary
bishop of the Baltimore diocese, of
fered what he termed “an expression
of gratitude” for the accomplishments
of the priest Achille Ratti, who on
February 12, 1922, became the 260th
successor of St. Peter as the Bishop
of Rome.
“Pope Pius fears no path because it
Is new nor hesitates to try an old
path by new’ ways,” Bishop Mc
Namara said to emphasize the Pope's
progressive point of view.
“Activities Momentous.”
His activities have been so momen
tous, the bishop said, that "never has
the press, especially that of the United
States, devoted more space to the
deeds of a reigning pontiff.”
McNamara recalled that his many
encyclials “pondered and quoted by
presidents and kings,” and added:
“He has always sought to share in
a solution of the problems that weighed
upon mankind.”
Attending Msgr. Vagnozzi, the audi
tor of the Apostolic Delegation,. wTere
Rev. Edward Rielly, who acted as dea
con, and Rev. John Kilgariff, sub
deacon. Three priests assisted at the
throne of the ermine-caped Arch
bishop Curley—Rev. Donald McLean,
Rev. Francis Mullen and Rev. Martin
Higgins.
C. U. Choir Is Heard.
Throughout the mass choirs chanted
the classical music which from time
immemorial has been selected far such
functions. The Catholic University
Choir, under the direction of Dr. Leo
Behrendt, was supplemented by the
Seminary Choir.
Masses similar to the one at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
are being celebrated today in every
Christian capital in the world.
Among the distinguished guests who
accepted Invitations to attend the
celebration here were the Peruvian
Ambassador, the Charge d’Affaires of
Argentina and Brazil, the Ministers of
Austria, Irish Free State, Portugal,
Union of South Africa, Uruguay. Lith
uania, Egypt, Latvia, Canada, Czecho
slovakia and Bulgaria; representatives
of the German, French, Italian, Polish
and Chinese Embassies; Postmaster
General Farley and Joseph B. Keenan,
the Assistant to the Attorney General.
ELY URGED TO AID
. IN SCHOOL SAFETY
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Retiring Division Principal Is
Asked to Keep Traffic
Patrol Post.
Selden M. Ely, whose retirement as
supervising principal of the fifth
school division became effective Feb
ruary 1, has been asked by school offi
cials to continue as long as possible
to head the schoolboy safety patrol
organization and has indicated his
willingness to do so, it was learned
today.
Ely has been chairman of the Street
Safety Committee, which, in conjunc
tion with the American Automobile
Association, has supervised the safety
patrol since its inception in 1926. The
committee consists of representatives
from the elementary and Junior high
school divisions.
“MT. Ely has done splendid work in
this field and has succeeded in reduc
ing schoolchild accidents to a mini
mum,” said First Assistant Supt.
Robert L. Haycock, who has charge*
of the elementary schools.
Ely's continuance as head of the
safety patrol organization will be
brought before the Board of Educa
tion next Wednesday.
SMOKE CURBING DEVICE
TO BE DEMONSTRATED
Bureau of Mines Experts Develop
Invention to Point of
Practical Use.
A new device developed by Bureau
of Mines experts to curb the smoke
nuisance in large cities and aid in
solving the smelter-fume problem will
be demonstrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow
In the North Interior Building.
H. W. St. Clair, metallurgist, who
invented the device, says it has
reached a point for practical use. It
should be helpful, he says, in solving
the smelter-fumes problem, which for
years has been the source of ex
pensive litigation due to suits brought
by property owners charging damage
to live stock, vegetation and water
supplies. In large cities, the Bureau
of Mines said, the smoke nuisance
has been responsible for injury to
property and health, running into
many millions of dollars annually.
By St. Clair’s invention, fumes from
factory chimneys are diverted by a
“supersonic wave.”
Railway Construction Urged.
The Kwangsi provincial government
In China has asked the Chinese gov
ernment to hasten the construction
of more railways In that part of the
country.
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Unpaid Alimony
Not Deductible
From Tax Return
Board of Appeals Rules
Claims Are Not Worth•
less. Debts.
By the Associated Press.
The Board of Tax Appeals ruled to
day that unpaid alimony claims were
not deductible as worthless debts In
computing tax liability.
The board’s ruling was made in the
case of Pearl A. Long, Hermosa Beach.
Calif. She had appealed to the board
against a finding by the Internal Rev
enue Bureau that she must pay (3,286
more on her 1931 tax.
The bureau determined the amount
after deciding she could not deduct
as an income loss $112,450 which her
divorced husband, the late Marcus A.
Marshall, had agreed to pay her in
settlement of her marital claims.
They were divorced February 17,
1930, and Marshall died April 24, 1931,
without fulfilling the terms of a prop
erty settlement which, among other
things, called for creation of a $100,000
trust fund and $500 a month mainte
nance.
C. R. Arundell, member of the board,
explained:
“She merely failed to receive some
thing promised, which is vastly differ
ent from the loss of something once
reduced to possession.”
Two Youths, Girl Viewed by
Victims of Unsolved
Hold-ups.
Victims of unsolved hold-ups were
summoned to police headquarters to
day in an attempt to link the crimes
to two youths and a girl charged with
murder yesterday after a coroner’s
jury held them responsible for the
death of James Najjum, 54-year-old
Insurance collector.
The three bound over to the grand
jury—Robert W. Meinzer, 23; Law
rence N. Ricker, 24, and Eunice C.
Gerardi, 19—were viewed last night by
several robbery victims, but they were
! not identified with any of the cases.
Meanwhile, Morris Wolfe, 23, of 1251
I street northeast, who appeared as a
witness in the case, was at liberty
under $200 bond, following his arrest
last night as a material witness at the
request of the District attorney's office.
Wolfe, according to testimony, was
dropped off at his home because of
"illness" before Najjum was driven out
of the District.
A capacity crowd filled the morgue
to hear testimony of an alleged beat
ing that preceded the $2 robbery of
Najjum and the subsequent discovery
of his unconscious figure on a nearby
Maryland road.
Detective on Stand.
The principal witness, Detective
Sergt. Aubrey Tolson, who took part
in the arrest of the three Tuesday
after the insurance collector died of
head injuries Saturday night in Sib
ley Hospital, testified Ricker made a
voluntary statement in which he ac
cused Meinzer of striking Najjum with
his fists.
The assalt took place on the back
seat of Ricker's automobile, Tolson
said, and occurred while the Gerardi
girl was driving the car toward Mary
land.
Shortly before this, Najjum, said to
have been seen staggering along North
Capitol street with scratches on his
face, accompanied Meinzer, Ricker,
the Gerardi girl and Wolfe, to
a liquor store where a pint of
whisky was purchased with the col
lector’s money, according to testimony.
Later, the jury was told, Najjum also
bought gasoline for Ricker’s car at
a Benning road filling station.
In Ricker's statement, Tolson said,
Meinzer was charged with beating
Najjum a few minutes after they
drove away from the gasoline station.
Meinzer, it was testified, then took
two $1 bills from the pocket of the
helpless collector, giving one to
Ricker.
Youths Not Called.
Neither Ricker nor Meinzer. who
sat handcuffed together, took the
stand. Miss Gerardi testified briefly,
telling the jury she drove the car
because “Lawrence had been drink
ing,” but that she did not know what
“was going on.”
Najjum was “dazed” and apparently
under the influence of liquor, It was
testified by Capitol Heights Policeman
Albert Erskine, who investigated after
Re ad us Frye, District highway fore
man, had found the insurance col
lector lying in Chapel road, Seat
Pleasant.
Najjum, who lived at 1809 North
Capitol street, had about $18, a gold
watch and other personal effects
when he left home. They were miss
ing when he was found. His empty
pocketbook was discovered near him.
Meinzer, a carpenter, lives at 3107
Seventeenth street northeast, while
Ricker, a Public Welfare chauffeur,
resides at 1530 Rhode Island avenue
northeast. Miss Gerardi’s home is at
614 Kennedy street. She is a former
Fourteenth street parking lot em
ploye.
CLOTHING COLLECTIONS
FOR FLOOD AREA HALTED
Admiral Grayson Also Stops Per
ishable Pood Receipts, But Says
Canned Goods Needed.
Red Cross chapters were Instructed
today to discontinue the collection
of clothing and perishable food sup
plies for the flood sufferers of the
Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys.
In a letter to Brig. Gen. P. R.
Keefer, chairman of the District
Chapter, Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son, chairman of the American Red
Cross, added that "more canned goods
can be used to good advantage.”
Chairman Grayson wrote that
“there is now available an ample
supply of serviceable garments.” The
chairman praised the generous re
sponse to appeals for food and cloth
ing and the co-operation of the rail
roads, which transported the supplies
to the stricken area free.
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PROMISED SPACE
To Have Room for Offices
Temporarily at 21st
and C Streets.
SITE OF NEW BUILDING
IS SUBJECT OF DEBATE
Location in Southwest, South of
the Mall, Seen Likely Choice
of Commission.
(This is the first of three articles,
in which The Star presents a sur
vey of Government space require
ments, present and prospective.)
BT WILLIAM A. MILLEN.
The Social Security Board, whose
space needs accentuate the problem
of an expanding Government here, has
been promised the Potomac Park
Apartments at Twenty-first and C
streets until a new building can be
constructed.
This was made known today by
A. E. Demaray, associate director of
the National Park Service, who is
working closely with Secretary of In
terior Ickes on space problems.
Growth incident to old-age benefits
and other matters under the Social
Security Board demands more space
immediately. Because of this, the
forthcoming trek into the new Interior
Department Building at Eighteenth
and E streets, will not materially
solve the Government’s space problems
in the National Capital, Demaray as
serted. Comparatively little rented
space will be given up in the series
of moves that will start, Just as soon
as Ickes gives the word.
Inauguration of the shift into the
Interior Building South—as it is offi
cially termed—will not begin this
week end, according to present indi
cations, as the workmen are still en
gaged in putting the finishing touches
on the interior of the structure.
The Social Security Board is now
working under handicaps, inasmuch
as part of its force is quartered in
Baltimore. The board wants 100,000
square feet of space in Washington
immediately, but Government officials
in charge of space confess that they
cannot find it. Consequently, it looks
like the board will have to expand
in Baltimore, shortly—pending the
completion of a new building here.
Just where this structure will go has
not officially been determined, as this
Is a job for the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, but opinion
is that it will be in the Southwest,
south of the Mall, bounded by Vir
ginia, Maryland and Delaware avenues.
As some of the Government author
ities envision it, the Social Security
Board building would be constructed
directly south of the old Patent Office
and Archives building, along this
main axi3 of the city. South of Inde
pendence avenue, some of the officials
believe a great Government develop
ment is in the making.
The supervsing architect’s office
of the Treasury Department and the
Park and Planning Commission, are
jointly working out a detailed program
for future Government build.ngs in
the Southwest Triangle, bounded by
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia ave
nues.
Northwest Rectangle Picked.
The Park and Planning Commission
has already set apart the Northwest
Rectangle, bounded by Constitution
avenue. Seventeenth street, E street
and the Potomac River, for the imme
diate future. In this area are the new
Interior Department, just about fin
ished, and the Federal Reserve Board
building, under construction at
Twenty-first street and Constitution
avenue. The new War and Navy De
partments and the new Naval Hospital,
as well as a Naval Museum building,
are projected in that rectangle. Al
ready built there are the Public
Health Service, the National Academy
of Sciences and the Pharmaceutical
building—the “frame" for the Lincoln
Memorial.
The perplexing problem of the Pan
American Union Annex, at Constitu
tion avnue. Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets and Virginia avenue,
remains to be finally solved. The
union has authority from Congress to
erect its building on that site and
the Carnegie Foundation has made
funds available for it, but Ickes is
strenuously opposed to its erection,
contending that :t will interfere with
the appearance and view of his new
Interior Department building, imme
diately to the north.
As matters now stand, the new War
Department, estimated to cost $26,
000,000, will be constructed on the
squares bounded by Twenty-first,
Twenty-third, C and E streets, if Con
gress approves the Bureau of Budget
estimates, sent to Capitol Hill recently
by President Roosevelt. This looks to
be the next construction move of the
Government. Just when the new Navy
department and Naval Hospital will be
built is conjectural.
Dr. Charles Moore of the Fine Arts
Commission and his colleagues, have
recommended that the United States
purchase the land on both sides of
Pennsylvania avenue for future Gov
ernment buildings, from Seventeenth
street to Rock Creek. The commission
has Indicated that it would like to see
the new War Department built on
Pennsylvania avenue and provide for
future expansion of that department.
But President Roosevelt has forwarded
the Bureau of the Budget estimates to
Congress, naming the specific site at
Twenty-first, Twenty-third, C and E
streets.
To erect the new War Department
on that site, the Government will have
to purchase a couple of apartment
houses, as well as a variety of private
dwellings and stores. The Boulevard
Apartments are located at 2121 New
York avenue, while the Riverside
Apartments are at 2145 C street. These
will have to be purchased and torn
down by the Government to provide
for the new War Department. The
Potomac Park Apartments and the
Mayfair, adjoining it immediately to
the westward, at 2115 C street, are
now In public ownership. The May
fair will shortly be the new home
of the Headquarters Company of
the Washington Provisional Brigade,
United States Army.
(The next article will deal with
Uncle Sam’e rent equation here.)
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Night Hmvk, Rare in Captivity,
Kept 6 Year shy Expert Care
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Blue Jay, Cockatoo and Marabou Stork9
Also Among Personal Pets
of Zoo Keeper.
BY WILLIAM H. SHIPPEV. JR.
What does a zoo keeper do on his
day off?
In the case of Guy L. Eadie, he
keeps pets; keeps them healthy and
happy with an expert’s cunning.
"See this little night hawk?" said
the kindly, gray-haired keeper, bend
ing over a cage. "Well, he's probably
the only one in captivity.
“For more than six years he's been
taking his food from my fingers. A
night hawk almost never lives more
than a day or so as a captive. He’s
one of those graceful winged things
you see in the Summer sky at dusk.
"He takes all his food on the wing,
scooping small insects into his wide
stretched mouth as he circles, swoops
and glides. In captivity the fragile
creatures starve immediately or die of
fright.
"This one here is an exception. He
and another were brought to the Zoo
as nestlings in the Summer of 1930
by a resident who found them help
less on a roof :;ear Dupont Circle.
“I fed the tiny birds insects with
my fingers, and I prepared other food
for them, which is my own secret.
"They thrived, but they became so
tame by the time their wings were
strong enough to bear them, that they
were quite incapable of living long
in freedom. So I kept them here,
where I could look after them as I
worked."
Eadie has other pets in the Zoo
"hospital," where small birds and
mammals are kept when they are in
poor health or, for some reason, un
suitable for public exhibition. The
keeper walked over to another cage
and opened the door.
"Come out, Spanky," he said. A
brilliant bluejay leaped from the
cage to his finger and scolded him
with shrill cries so familiar in the
Fall woodlands about Washington.
“He’s a fine fellow,” chuckled the
keeper proudly, “even if he is some
thing of a rogue and a miser.”
The keeper laid a 5-cent piece on
a table. Spanky swooped down,
grabbed the nickel in his beak and
scurried into his cage. He buried the
coin in his feed pan.
"Spanky was one of five nestlings
orphaned by -a cat last Summer. A
lady rescued them and brought them
here. They became so tame we could
not liberate them. We sent four of
the birds to a foreign collection and
kept this one.
“Spanky is quite tame, but not as
fearless as that female cardinal over
there." Eadie opened the cardinal's
cage. The bird fluttered out and
perched on Eadie’s shoulder.
Eadie waved his cap at the bird
and shouted, but she disregarded the
demonstration and lit on his finger.
“A hawk or a cat or some urchin
would put an end to these birds in
short order if we freed them now,”
Eadie said. He led the way to a big
cage from which a half-plucked
cockatoo shrieked for his attention.
“Scratch, scratch,” chirped the
bird, “scratch, scratch.” The cocka
too sidled over to Eadie and held
his head against the bars of his cage.
The keeper grinned as he scratched
the old beggar's head.
“See how he loves to have his head
rubbed?” said Eadie. "He knows he’ll
get serice around here when he says
‘Scratch, scratch!’ ”
It was the Old Soak, an aging cock
atoo whose profane and noisy con
versation banished him from the home
of Henry L. Stimson, former Secre
tary of State. The Old Soak had
lost so many body feathers he no
longer was presentable for public
appearance.
“Now I’ll show you Mary,” said
Eadie. “I call her Mary, you see,
because she follows me around like
Mary's little lamb. Besides, Mary's
short for Marabou. She’s a Marabou
stork from Africa.”
Mary sidled up to Eadie on her
stilt legs and lifted her head on a
yard or so of neck to receive a pat
from his hand. She stalked after
him as he moved about the big cage.
“You see,” grinned the keeper, “a
lot of things go on at a zoo that the
public never sees, eh, Mary?”
Mary nodded her head like a broken
weather vane, but she seemed to get
the idea.
Valentine Program Set.
The Southeast Community Center
children will present a valentine pro
gram in the Hine Junior High School,
Seventh and C streets southeast, to
night at 7 o’clock. Drama and danc
ing will be featured.
Mrs. Roosevelt Enters Bid
For “Scamper” at Art Auction
As rabbit families do. the tribe of
“Scamper,” flciious Whle House ani
mal character, is increasing.
The newest addition may be a Dan
ish porcelain Jackrabbit which pleased
the eye of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt yesterday at the opening of the
art exhibition at Garfinckel’s for the
benefit of flood sufferers.
Making a “silent bid” on the dainty
glazed figure, the work of Margot
Broxton, Mrs. Roosevelt laughed and
promised:
“If I get it. I’ll send it to "Sistle”—
because it’s Scamper, you know.” Sis
tie Dali’s mother, now Mrs. John Boet
tiger, wrote the children’s book about
Scamper who all but ran the White
House.
Recently the President’s wife bought
a white rabbit for another grandchild.
Bill Roosevelt, 4-year-old son of Mrs.
Donner Roosevelt of Philadelphia, who
demanded Scamper on his arrival at
the Executive Mansion for a visit.
Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., wife of the
Secretary of Treasury, also bid on a
water color, “Old Red Barn,” by Lesley
Jackson, and a block print, "Provi
dence," by Rowland Lyon.
Mrs. Morgenthau placed her bid on
a Spanish donkey in water color—
maybe because it reminded her of the
Demorcratlc party. The artist, Edith
Hoyt, is chairman of the exhibition.
Both visitors paused to admire a
contribution by Clifford Berryman,
Star cartoonist, showing his famous
Teddy bear pleading for flood relief.
Bids on the art collection—donated
by local artists—will remain open for
a week.
Since visitors are privileged to raise
the bids on all articles on display,
8 is tie will not receive Scamper if some
one chooses to overbid Mrs. Roosevelt.
Subcommittee Probing D. C.
Needs May Take Up
Schools Monday.
The House Subcommittee on Appro
priations in charge of the District sup
ply bill resumed hearings today on the
1938 budget estimates, taking up items
affecting the Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol Board, the Office of Register of
Wills and the new Boiler Inspection
Bureau.
Marked progress is being made by
the subcommittee in its consideration
of various items in the budget. Chair
man Collins said he expected to end
the hearings early next week and be
gin drafting the appropriation bill.
Items for the public schools will be the
last considered. Collins said the school
budget would be reached Monday. Two
days probably will be reserved for Supt.
of Schools Frank W. Ballou and mem
bers of the Board of Education to de
fend the school estimates.
The 1938 budget totals approximate
ly $47,500,000 and is predicated on
adoption of the Jacobs three-point
fiscal relations plan, which confronts
the District with a revenue deficit of
nearly $10,000,000 in the coming fiscal
year. Collins, however, has indicated
the subcommittee will give serious con
sideration to continuation of the pres
sent lump-sum basis of fiscal relation
ship, rather than the Jacobs plan for
scrapping it.
Witnesses who appeared before the
subcommittee included Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer, H, K. Kugel
of the Smoke and Boiler Inspection
Bureau, Isaac Gans of the Alcohol
Beverage Control Board, J. B. Moor,
superintendent of insurance; E. S.
Dawson, inspector of claims; E. A.
Dent, District surveyor; Theodore
Cogswell, register of wills, and William
J. Thompkins, recorder of deeds.
400 SALESMEN VIEW
MANUFACTURING FILM
Dayton Executives Attend Meet
ing of Local Frigidaire
Sales Force.
Sound motion pictures of manu
facturing processes were shown to
day to 400 Frigidlaire salesmen of
the local district at a meeting in
the Mayflower Hotel attended by a
group of executives from the Dayton,
Ohio, headquarters.
Two baggage carloads of demon
strating equipmen were brought here
for the meeting. The convention
program dealt with new household
refrigeration products ai well as other
equipment.
These feathered inhabitants
of the Zoo’s “hospital” are the
pride of Keeper Guy L. Eadie’s
heart. No. 1—A tiny night
hawk takes his nourishment
from Eadie’s fingers. No. 2—
A female cardinal rests in
Eadie’s hands to have her back
scratched. No. 3—The Old
Soak, a cockatoo, too aged for
exhibition, begs Eadie to rub
his head. No. 4 shoics the
keeper with Mary, the Mara
bou stork which follows him
about like “Mary’s little lamb.”
No. 5—Spanky. the bluejay,
does a bit of scolding.
—Photos by Elwood Baker,
Star Staff.
PRESIDENT GIVES
2 PLANSAPPRO VAL
D. C. Auditorium and Jeffer
son Memorial Here Dis
cussed With Press.
President Roosevelt has no objec
tions to the Capital getting both a
handsome temple memorial to Thomas
Jefferson and a large, modern audi
torium. he indicated at his press con
ference today.
The President made it plain, how
ever, that he naturally is in favor of
a specific and special memorial, such
as is being planned by the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Commission, which
is expected to be of the dignified ele
gance and beauty presented by the
Lincoln Memorial.
Mr. Roosevelt already has Indicated
he would be in favor of a suitable
auditorium for Washington. He did
not express himself to this exact ex
tent today, but did say that after the
specific Jefferson memorial planned by
the commission has been agreed on he
could see no objection to Washington
getting such an auditorium as has
been proposed, calling it the Jefferson
Auditorium, if that is desired.
Boylan States Position.
Meanwhile. Representative Boylan,
Democrat, of New York, chairman of
the Jefferson Memorial Commission,
who discussed the memorial with the
President yesterday, said that while
he is opposed to having an auditorium
serve as a memorial to the third Presi
dent as a substitute to the marble
structure planned by the commission
for that purpose, he has no objection
to Washington getting a suitable audi
torium.
Secretary of Interior Ickes, who has
recently been named chairman of a
committee created by the President to
study future office space needs of the
Federal Government here, has been an
ardent supporter of the idea of a suit
able auditorium as a memorial to Jef
ferson.
Resolution by Robinson.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, was the author of
a resolution providing for appoint
ment of a committee of five to study
the matter of a site and the cost of a
memorial auditorium. This resolution
reached the White House yesterday,
but has not been acted on by the
President.
From pr^ent Indications there is
no reason to believe the President
would not approve this resolution. In
the meantime the Jefferson Memorial
Commission expects to receive a $3,
000,000 appropriation from Congress
shortly and enter on the actual con
struction work on a site selected on
the south side of the Tidal Basin, di
rectly south of the White House.
PRAYER DAY OBSERVED
Woman’s Council of Federation of '
Churches Sponsors Event.
“World day of prayer” was observed
at special services today at New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, under
auspices of the Woman's Council of
the Washington Federation of
Churches. The service was held
simultaneously with others in many
parts of the world.
Dr. Raphael H. Miller, pastor of Na
tional City Christian Church, was the
principal speaker. Hie Polish Choir
sang. Mrs. W. R. Rhoades was chair
man of th
PRESIDENT PATS
LINCOLN TRIBUTE
AT SHRINE HERE
Wreath Placed at Base of
Giant Figure in Presence
of Throng.
SERVICES CONDUCTED
BY COL. CRAWFORD
Loyal Legion Commander, Repre
sentatives of Other Organizations
Remember Emancipator.
President Roosevelt and his son
James stood with bared heads today
before the Lincoln Memorial while
Col. Edwin W. Watson and Capt. Paul
Bastedo, his military and naval aides,
carried his wreath to the base of the
giant figure of the Great Emancipator.
Laying of the presidential wreath
was the high light of impressive cere
monies at the memorial observing the
128th anniversary of the Civil War
President’s birth, sponsored by the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
Mr. Roosevelt and his son, in formal
attire, arrived at the memorial at 12:15
p.m., accompanied by the aides and
his bodyguard, Thomas Qualters.
Col. Watson and Capt. Bastedo,
while several thousand spectators
watched, advanced with the 6-foot
palm wreath up the high steps leading
to the memorial. The presidential
party stood at attention ai the wreath
was laid. A few minutes later Mr.
Roosevelt returned to the Wnite
House after which a host of local
patriotic organizations laid their
wreaths at the base of the memorial
pillars.
Col. Crawford in Charge.
Col. Lawrence C. Crawford, com
mander of the Loyal Legion, was in
charge of the services. Dr. Harry
Green of the American Red Cross de
livered the invocation.
Lincoln's birthday ushered in the 10
day observance throughout the Nation
of National Defense week. Army posts
and Navy bases and National Guard
companies presented special reviews
and parades. This occasion is spon
! sored by the Reserve Officers’ Associa
1 tion. National Council of which will
meet here for three days beginning
next Thursday.
A wreath was also placed at the Lin
I coin Memorial for the District Com
I missioners by Capt. Patrick H. Tansey,
assistant Engineer Commissioner.
The exercises were colorful, with
the Marine Band furnishing music
and the National and Loyal Legion
colors escorted by soldiers, sailors.
Marines and Coast Guardsmen under
arms. The Loyal Legion requested
local business houses to display hags
during the day.
At the request of President Roose
velt, Federal employes desiring to at
tend the ceremonies at the Memorial
were excused.
Robsion to Address House.
Other groups planning celebrations
included the Department of the Po
tomac, Grand Army of the Republic;
Dames of the Loyal Legion, Daughters
of the American Revolution. District
Federation of Womens Clubs and the
District school'. Representative Rob
sion of Kentucky was 'o ?:ve a Lincoln
birthday address to the House, after
which it adjourned.
The following organizations joined
in the Loyal Legion, observance:
The Commandery-in-Chief, Pennsyl
vania Commandery and District of
Columbia Commandery, Loyal Legion;
Gold Star Mothers, American Women'*
Legion, Lincoln Post No. 17, American
Legion; Department of the District of
Columbia, American Legion Auxiliary;
District of Columbia Chapter, Red
Cross Motor Corps; American War
Mothers, American War Mothers of
the District of Columbia, Aztec Club
of 1847, Capital Society, Children of
the American Revolution; District of
Columbia Society, Dames of the Loyal
Legion; National Society, Dames of
the Loyal Legion; National Society,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion; District of Columbia Daughters
of the American Revolution. Depart
ment of the Potomac. Grand Army of
the Republic; Department of the Po
tomac, Woman’s Relief Corps, Grand
Army of the Republic: Burnside Corps
No. 4, Woman's Relief Corps; Phil.
Sheridan Corps No. 12, Woman's Re
lief Corps; Department of the Po
tomac, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic; Abraham Lincoln Circle
No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic; William B. Cushing
Camp No. 30, Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War; William B. Cushing
Auxiliary No. 4 to Sons of Union Vet
erans of the Civil War, Lincoln Camp
No. 2, Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War; Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey
Tent No. 1, Daughters of Union Vet
erans of the Civil War; National So
journers, Heroes of 1776, Kallipolis
Grotto, Italian World War Veterans,
District of Columbia Commandery,
Military Order of Foreign Wars; De
partment of the District of Columbia,
Ladies’ Auxiliary to Veterajis of For
eign Wars: District of Columbia Chap
ter, Military Order of the World War;
Navy League, District of Columbia
Department, Reserve Officers’ Asso
ciation of the United States; National
Society, Sons of the American Revo
lution; Society of the Sons of the
Revolution in the District of Colum
bia, Society of the Army of Santiago
de Cuba, Department of the District
of Columbia National Auxiliary,
United Spanish War Veterans; The
National Patriotic Council, National
Daughters of Union Veterans of tha
Civil War.
Mme. Cantacuzene, granddaughter
of Ulysses S. Grant, read letters from
Lincoln to her grandfather at a meet
ing of the Dames of the Loyal Legion
at 12:30 p.m. at the Carlton Hotel.
Representative Randolph of West Vir
ginia spoke.
BACKS YOUTH BILL
Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas announced last night he is 1.1
sympathy with the American youth
bill introduced in Congress Wednes
day.
The measure proposes a comprehen
sive program of public works, voca
tional training and scholarships to
help those between 18 and 25 who are
unable to find employment or con
tinue their education.