Evening star. [volume], April 10, 1938, Page A-6, Image 6

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CAMP FIRE GIRLS
WILL A HERE
About 70 to Attend Parley
Beginning on Tuesday.
To Plant Trees.
Between fifl and 70 Camp Fire Girls
from various parts of the country will
come here to attend a three-day ses
sion of the national conservation rally,
which opens Tuesday morning at the
Mayflower Hotel. They are meeting
here on thejnvitat.ion of Mrs. Arthur
H Vandenberc, member of the Camp
Fire Girls National Committee and
vice chairman of the conservation
project on which they have been work- ,
ing all ypar.
The principal event, will occur !
Thursday at 11 am. when six of the
girls, with outstanding achievements ;
to their credit, will present their '
long-term conservation plans to Pres- '
ident. Roosevelt and receive national i
honors from him.
Other Activities.
There will be an outdoor picnic :
Tuesday noon, near the Joaquin Miller j
Cabin in Rock Creek Park, following ]
which the delegates will plant a
grove of trees sent from all parts of ,
the country in memory of Dr. Luther
Gulick. first president of the 26-year
old organization. Mrs. Vandenberg,
wife of the Michigan Senator, will be
guest of honor. Other speakers will
be Arno Cammerer. C. Marshall Fin
nan and Dr. Harold C. Bryant.
Wednesday morning the girls will
have breakfast in the Capitol dining
rooms and see Congress in session. At
4 p m. ytev will have tea with Mrs.
Roosevelt, who is honorary chairman
of their advisory council, and go
with her to see her garden. At 8
p m. they will have a rally meeting to
see conservation moving pictures in
the auditorium of the Agriculture De
partment Building.
Some of Contenders.
Among the contenders for national
honors, chosen from 250,000 Camp
Fire members, are Betty Wheelock of
Corsicana. Tex, who induced her
father to practice scientific soil con
sevation methods. Dorothy Wieand
and Rhoda Leichter, delegates from
New Haven, Conn., have kept bird
feeding stations all winter and are
bringing a census of the most desir
able species in their district.
On Tuesday at 1 p.m. Shirley Tug
gle of Seattle. Wash., will plant a holly
trpp in Rock Creek Park, in keeping ‘
with a program in which she has
helped in her home State. A "sister"
tree to thus holly will be planted on
the grounds of the Seattle Camp Fire
Girls, camp at the same time.
U. S. AIDS WOUNDED
LOYALIST SOLDIER
Goldsborough Enlists Help in
Repatriation of Former
West Point Athlete.
By the A^sociatAd Pr*ss.
CHESTERTOWN. Md.. April 9.—
Repatriation of Vernon Selby, former
Weft Point athlete, who was wounded
In Spain while fighting for the Loyal
ists, will be attempted by the State
Department.
Representative T. Alan Goldsbor- j
ough today informed Owen Selby, en- i
gineer for the State Roads Commis
sion, a brother of the soldier, he had
enlisted the aid of the State Depart
ment to locate and return him to
the United States.
The plight of the 32-year-old for- j
mer clerk was made known yesterday
by John G. Honeycombe. 37, of Los
Angeles, in Perpignan. France. Mr
Honeycombe said Mr. Selby, who was
known as Norman Selby, was suffer
ing from shrapnel wounds in the 1
shoulder and a general, breakdown. He
was wounded while fighting with the
Washington-Lineoln battalions, made
up of foreign volunteers. Mr. Honev- j
combe reported the battalions had !
been practically wiped out.
Owen Selby said his brother left
last summer without informing his
family here, and was unheard from !
until last October, when he sent a let- j
ter from Spain telling them he was
with the foreign volunteers.
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MARKET ASSOCIATION
TO MEET HERE IN MAY1
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Trends. Advertising Media and
Value of Research Will
Be Discussed.
The American Marketing Associa
tion will hold its 1938 midyear meet
ing here May 20-21. according to an
announcement made through the
Commerce Department yesterday by
Dr. Fred E. Clark, association presi
dent.
The session will be arranged pri
marily for businessmen in the dis
tribution end of American business
and the program will include dis
cussions of such subjects as current
trends in marketing, the current
position of advertising media and
the value of marketing research.
Arrangements are being made for
a display of marketing materials bv
Government departments. The as
sociation also Is making arrangements
for its members to meet Government
experts working in their respective
fields.
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Conducive to Corns.
Failing to walk properly is now said
to be even more conducive to corns
than ill-fitting footwear.
Take Advantage of These
Pre-Season Prices
Custom Made Slip
Covers
SPECIAL
•3-Pc. Suite
$15.95
Orders taken:
filled at any
later date. |
Phone NAt. 7813 and estimator will
grladly call with samples. French
seams and box pleats included.
Willit Upholstery Co.
406 10th St. N.W. NAt. 7813
Below and Opposite
Gas Light Co.
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Leads Program for Veterans
P”" 1,1 1 — ■■ 11 . ...mum. . ... m
SYLVIA KAPLOW1TZ.
One of 40 accordionists, dancers, singers and pianists who
will participate in a program to be given in Mount Alto Hospital
at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow for the benefit of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Columbia Post 333. She will direct the Homer L. Kitt
accordion octet in feature numbers on the program.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
This is Your Invitation
to visit a session of
The Granville B. Jacobs Course
in
Talking and Thinking on Your Feet
and
Strategy in Dealing with People
ALL of our present classes are* filled. You will
not be asked to enroll. Additional enrollments
cannot be accepted before fall.
The purpose of extending this invitation is to
let men and women of Washington see for them
selves how effective PERSONALIZED INSTRUC
TION is in developing confidence, poise, ease and
effectiveness in speaking before an audience.
What Is Personalized Instruction?
Personalized instruction as applied in this training means
thot Granville B. Jacobs hims^f not only organizes this course
but he personally conducts all but two of the class sessions.
He knows his students personally, they know him.
Knute Rockne turned out champions because of per
sonalized coaching. He knew his men, they knew him. He
followed their progress from week to week.
The Granville B. Jacobs system of coaching is founded
on these sound principles of Personalized Instruction.
Why does “the livest body of
Business Men” in New York City
Sponsor' the Granville B. Jacobs
Course in New York City?
The Advertising Club of New York, a non
profit organization of over 2,500 business
executives from various fields of endeavor,
frequently referred to as "The livest body
of business men in New York," on January
1, 1938, became the sponsor of this iden
tical course in New York City. THE REA
SON: These business executives appre
ciate the value of Personalized Instruction.
Those who ore taking this course are
Granville B. Jacob*, receiving their training from an instructor
0v£r^v"r/tcrr*yt' w^° •* EXPERIENCED.
Read Hit Background: I
Granville B. Jacobs has
been training adults in ef
fective speaking and deal
ing with people for the past ,
twelve pears. Many lead
ing business and financial
institutions have engaged
his services to improve their
personnel in the art of
handling customers. He
has had wide experience,
not only as an instructor,
but also as a practical busi
ness man. He has held key
positions in direct sales,
sales promotion and sales
training work with The
C e 1 o t e x Corporation of
Chicago, manufacturers of
insulation and acoustical
materials.
The originator and director
of this course was awarded
an L. C. Roberts Fellowship
for advanced study at Co
lumbia University, New
York, in 1922-1923. He has
served as special lecturer
at the Walton School of
Commerce and at Loyola
University, Chicago. Com
panies and organizations
which have benefited from
his instruction and talks
include such as the White
Motor Truck Co.: Butler
Brothers, Baltimore: The
Glens Falls Insurance Co.;
The Financial Advertisers’
Association of America, the
Safe Deposit Association of
Washington. D. C.; The
Riggs National Bank, Wash
ington; The Mercantile
Trust Company, Baltimore.
This Is Granville Jacobs' Fourth Season in Washington
Whan you visit a doss, you will ba impressed not only by the
•“eetiveness of tha training but by the fine type of business and
professional men and woman who ora members of the groups.
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| AN INVITATION !
I Please Mail This Reservation to I
GRANVILLE B. JACOBS j
In care The Mayflower Hotel j
Washington, D. C. I
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j GRANVILLE B. JACOBS
j One Well Street, >
i New York City \
I Dear Mr. Jacobs: j
j I would like to visit one of your classes in Talking and i
j Thinking on Your Feet. j
j ft is my understanding there will be no obligation in doing
j so and that I will not be solicited for enrollment. ;
j Please inform me of the classes which will be open to visitors, i
I (Please indicate number who would like to attend_) |
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Mrs. Becker Leaves Fund
for Purpose—Bequests
of Mrs. Hechinger.
Bequests to Jewish institutions and
a conditional gift for establishment of
a home for elderly women were con
tained in two wills filed for probate
in District Court yesterday.
The first will was that of Mrs. Ber
tha Hechinger, who died February 27,
leaving two children, Sidney L. Hech
inger and Mrs. Leona Roller. The pe
tition for probate, filed through At
torney W. W. Spalding, valued her
real estate at $18,500 and her personal
property at $65,900.
After several specific bequests to her
children and other relatives, Mrs.
i~
Heehinger directed the payment of
$100 each to the Hebrew Home for the
Aged, the Jewish Camp for Underpriv
ileged, Children, the Northeast Boys'
Club and the Jewish Foster Home, and
gave $500 to the Washington Hebrew
Congregation on condition a new tem
ple is built within five years.
The bulk of the estate was left in
trust to the son for the benefit of other
relatives.
The will of Mrs. Olivia Deakins
Becker,,who died March 15, was filed
through Attorney Arthur C. Keefer of
the Washington Loan & Trust Co.
Her estate, comprising $393,000 of
real estate and $91,500 in personal
property, was left principally to Mrs.
Ora D. Bayard and Florence Berker
of Washington and Oberline Deakins
of Vienna, Va.
The will provided that the estate be
used for establishment of the Deakins
home for ‘ gentle Southern women in
reduced or straitened circumstances"
if the individual beneficiaries are un
able to qualify under the terms of the,
testament.
Mrs. Becker stipulated that $3,000 be
given the Rock Creek Parish Church
for Installation of two memorial win
dows.
UNION TO CELEBRATE
Fainter* Local No. 388 Holds
Banquet May 23.
The Painters Local Union, No. 368,
an A. F. of L. affiliate, will celebrate
the 37th anniversary of its founding
with a banquet at the Willard Hotel
on May 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Principal speakers will be L. P.
Lindelof, international president of the
Brotherhood of Painters and Deco
rators, and Bryce P. Holcombe, busi
ness agentofthe local.
EVENING CLASSES
FOR BEGINNERS
Greet Shorthand. April II, 7 P.M.
enrliah-. Spelling Letter
Wrltlnt. April 11. T:15 P M.
Stenotrpr, April 18, 7 P.M.
TEMPLE SCHOOL
nan K St. N.W. National 8258
Ettahliihed 1896
IOUIS ABRAHAMS
OANS ON JEWELRY
m _ saw* R. L Are. N.E.
■ Coih for Your Old Gold
Til G St. N.W.
I ™ WASHER & DRIER I
The sofest type machine in
which to wash your clothes.
The machines at this price
are demonstrators, but some
are like new and are all fully
guaranteed. Also new Apex,
ABC, Primo, Crosley, General
Electric, Hotpmnt, Iromte
and Wotermatic Washers
ond Ironers.
*3 3 each
Pay $1 **
J» JORDAN'S
j Allowance for , -
Old Wathert '239 G Street—Corner 13th
a&ettoutf
It was a riot three weeks ago! In only two hours over two hundred
\ Wt Jth PTeS We,e ,oW! But we ^PP0i»ted many of our regular patrons
who were unable to get here early enough. Here they ore again! An
9 '' 'Wj / MM " ^ other shipment of 300 pieces. Get yours now! Remember, vocation
rpl ill HU time » only a short time off! We offer one suggestion: BE HERE BY
" ^ TOMORROW MORNING! THEY'LL GO FAST AT $5
to 12.95 VALVES LX THIS VUE AT
Sale!
• 10—6.95 Striped Hot Boxen_$5
• 30—o.9o to 8.95 Pullman Canen!_$5 • 9 - a a- r i j . „ .
__ * • *o—6.9o Gladstone Bags!_$5 .
• 75—o.95 to 10.95 Wardrobe Canes!-.$5 % zn ~ a- n • u. r » »
, _ , , • 50—5.9,? Overnight Cases!_$5
• lo—12.95 Jackknife Cases!-$5 m - o- . r o- r i r- , ^ ,
Inn, „ , • 00—0.95 to t .9o Lid’Fitted Cases! So
• 15—12.9o Men n 2-Suiters!_$5
• 25—9.95 Hat and Shoe Cases!_$5
H e Could Only Get 300 Pieces! For Men and Women ^
Don9t Be Disappointed This Time! Get Here Early!
That's all we could get to sell at this breath
taking price! The manufacturer didn't even
want to fill our order at first, but he finally
come across Imagine getting LEATHER
BOUND PULLMAN, JACK-KNIFE and WARD
ROBE CASES at $5. And MEN'S 2-SUITERS
ot the SAME PRICE. And that goes for practi
cally every piece in this sale. Quantities in
each style are limited! We could only show
•even styles; many more for your selection.
(Luggage Shop, Second Floor, The Hecht Co.1
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Shop for your luggage tomorrow
morning with the greatest of eose.
And you'll be sure of getting the one
you want if you use our convenient
modern
PARKING
Enjoy the Convenience of a Hecht Co. Charga-Plate
Account and Exclusive Charga-Plate Service. -
fraction thereafter. I
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