Evening star. [volume], May 24, 1940, Page A-18, Image 18

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Ukrainians Promised
Assistance in Effort
For Independence
Told Roosevelt Will Be
In Power Until Situation
Abroad Is 'Cleared'
The prediction tnat 'President
Roosevelt’s administration will re
main In power until the interna
tional situation has "cleared” and
that the administration will then
give every consideration to the right
of self-determination for the Ukran
ians and other peoples of Europe was
made today by Representative Bo
land of Pennsylvania. Democratic
whip of the House, in an address be
fore the Congress ot Ukranian or
ganizations.
Speaking at the Washington Hotel
assembly of more than 1,000 repre
sentatives of 2.500 Ukranian groups
in the United States, Mr. Boland said
that when the European war is over
the administration will be a staunch
friend of all peoples seeking to live
peacefully and democratically.
Senators Favor Purpose.
Senator Guffey, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania, assured the congress
that he was in accord with their de
sires for establishment of an inde
pendent nation by the Ukranians in
Europe, now partitioned among Rus
suia, Germany, Hungary and Ru
mania.
Senator Maloney. Democrat, of
Connecticut also voiced his agree
ment with the aims of the con
gress.
Senator Davis. Republican, of
Pennsylvania warned the totali
tarian powers that have "super
imposed a new type of state religion”
on the Ukrainian people that “you
can never destroy a faith. * * • Sup
pression only makes their faith
more fervent.”
Appeal to Americans.
In resolutions expected to pass
this afternoon the congress would
appeal to the people of the United
States and all liberty-loving coun
tries to recognize and support the
historic right of the Ukrainian peo
ple to organize their own state and
to live as a free nation, in peace
with their neighbors.
The resolutions condemned the
"ruthless violation of the sovereign
rights of neutral countries by total
itarian states" and expressed com
plete accord with the foreign policy
of the United States.
The Ukrainians, it was stated,
have "suffered terror, executions, im
prisonments and other harsh meas
ures of political oppression and eco
nomic exploitation at the hands of
their foreign rulers."
The Congress will be concluded to
night with a concert by the Ukrain
ian Chorus under direction of Alex
ander Koshetz. The concert, sched
uled for 8:15 in the Washington
Hotel auditorium, will feature Marie
Hrebenetake. soprano, and Mikail
Holunski, tenor.
Chicago Concern to Build
Weather Bureau Building
Contract for construction of the
proposed Weather Bureau Building
has been awarded the Thorp-Rogoff
Co. of Chicago, the Public Buildings
Administration of the Federal Works
Agency announced today. The Chi
cago firm's bid wras $186,940.
The contractor will be given 300
calendar days from the date of the
"notice to proceed" to complete the
project, it was said.
Two D. C. Clergymen
Honored by Chaplains
The Washington clergymen today
were notified of their election as
vice presidents at large of the United
States Chaplains’ Association of the
Army and Navy holding its annual
convention this week in New York
City.
Named were the Rev. Robert J.
White, dean of Catholic University
Law School and a chaplain in the
Naval Reserves, and the Rev. How
ard E. Snyder, pastor of Atonement
Lutheran Church.
The association will hold its 1941
convention in Los Angeles, probably
late in May.
School Program Urged
To Combat Vandalism
A classroom educational program
to combat vandalism on school prop
erty has been urged on the Board
of Education by the Friendship Cit
izens’ Association through a letter
from its president, Samuel J. Flick
inger.
Mr. Flickinger suggested the board
communicate with principals rec
ommending “that from time to time
the teachers bring this matter to
the attention of the pupils.” in
order that they may be impressed
with “the responsibility of recog
nizing and respecting both privately
and publicly owned property.
D. C. Druggists End
Convention Tonight
New officers were to be installed
this afternoon at the final business
session of the District Pharmaceuti
cal Associations annual two-day
convention in Wardman Park Hotel.
Dr. Morris G. Goldstein is the new
president, succeeding Dr. William
H. Whittlesey.
The finale of the convention will
be a banquet at 7:30 o'clock tonight
in the continental room, at which
500 delegates and guests are ex
pected. Mr. Goldstein will preside
and Mr. Whittlesey will serve as
toastmaster. Speakers include Dr.
E. P. Kelly, secretary of the Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association, and
Dr. Robert L. Swain, editor of Drug
Topics.
Delegates this afternoon were to
hear addresses by Dr. George C.
Ruhland, District health officer, on
the subject of “Pharmacy as Viewed
by Public Health"; Dr. George C.
Schicks, Dr. Roy Lyman Sexton and
J. W. Snowden.
The pharmacists were to view a
motion picture, “Know Your Money,”
put out by the United States Secret
Service.
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You’d never guess, watching the composure with
which Ann Neagle goes smoothly and flowingly
through her various roles, that beneath her self
possessed exterior there lies- a heart which quakes
with stage-fright. You will be interested, then, in
Lupton Wilkinson’s story about her in THIS
WEEK.
This Sunday
May 26tH... in
If C CD ’EM AIII/C—that is the big problem in captur
™ ™ ■ till nLliL ing animais> says Frank
Buck, author of “Bring ’Em Back Alive.” Bagging wild animals
is not exactly a picnic, he declares in THIS WEEK, but it’s a lot
tougher to keep them than catch them. And as for excitement,
keeping them provides a great deal more.
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| nCCD WIN Q—^ big business man dedicates a Memo
LU u L II VVIIlw rial Hospital, not an unusual occurrence,
perhaps, but this dedication contained a great surprise for the
listeners. Edward Stevenson has written an interesting, attention
arresting story. ,
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NO TIME FOR TERROR-^ZJTS
of the races in which dare-devil drivers send their autos at terrific
speed around the track at Indianapolis. Did it ever occur to you
whether they experience fear? Wilbur Shaw, twice winner of the
auto classic, tells readers of THIS WEEK the answer.
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UrriDn MHN^TFp—Again Hercule Poirot, the fa
Wkinil IVIUIIU I kll mous detective created by Aga
tha Christie, is called in to solve a case the strangest in his long
career in dealing with strange cases.
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MANY OTHER FEATURES
voking editorials and articles by James Hilton, Lyle Spencer, Ful
ton Williams, Sylvia Blythe and others. An outstanding issue of
an outstanding magazine.
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