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___WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 30, 1940 * . B—l~
HARBOR POLICE TO THE RESCUE — When the sailboat
“Bubble” capsized in the Washington Channel early last night,
a Harbor Police launch went to the rescue. The arrow points
to Stuart Merwin, 24, who manned the sailboat with Bryce
- *
Harlow, 23, and clung to the frail craft after a line was thrown
from the police boat. Mr. Harlow, meanwhile, was picked up
by the river ferry.
—Star Staff Photos by Steve Kellogg.
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Mr. Merwin attempted to right the craft but, failing that,
worked his way up the line to the police launch. Here he is
shown being pulled out of the water by Harbor Policemen
Franklin Morette and Charles A. Parker, while "Reds.” the
Harbor Police mascot, watches the rescue. The sailboat is shown
at the stern of the police boat.
Police Boat Rescues
Nine as Wind Hits
Pleasure Craft
Four Parties Picked Up,
Including Two Women,
In Frail Kayak
Nine persons were rescued from
the river last night after fighting
high wind and choppy waters that
capsized two boats, swamped an
other and drove the exhausted oc
cupants of a frail kayak to call for
help.
Most of the boaters had been on
the water since early in the after
noon and were trying to get back
to shore when the wind came up.
One Harbor Police boat made
three rescue trips within an hour
without docking. Another police
boat was on its way to dock when
four young men signaled it for help.
Two women were among the
rescued. They were Constance Mc
Corkle, 1811 R street N.W., and Alice
A. MacLean, an employe of the
Farm Credit Administration who
lives at 1513 O street N.W. They
had put their kayak into the water
In the Eastern branch of the Ana
costia River and were trying to
round Hains Point on their way to
Key Bridge.
Taken Aboard Police Launch.
Exhausted from fighting the wind
at the Point, and unable to go back,
they decided to call it a day and
broaded the police launch which
immediately set out for the Navy
Yard and another rescue mission.
That call was to bring in Tom
Parsons. 33. of 1725 New Hampshire
avenue N.W. An economist with
the Federal Reserve System. Mr
Parsons was trying to get the sail
down on his 14-foot craft when
the wind tipped the boat, tossing
him into the water. The boat drifted
away and he had to swim for it.
When the police boat got to him.
he was a few hundred yards off the
Navy Yard in the Eastern branch.
The same boat, manned by Police
men Franklin Morette and Charles
A. Parker, also went to the rescue
of Stuart Merwin, 24. a Navy De
partment engineer of 532 Twentieth
street N.W., and Bryce Harlowr, 23,
of the same address, who were beat
ing their way back from Hains
Point in their 14-foot sailboat when
it capsized opposite the police dock
in the Washington Channel. Mr.
Harlow was picked up by the Poto
mac Park swimming pool ferry and
Mr. Merwin came to shore in the
police boat.
four itescuea from sailboat.
Policeman Thomas D. Bailey, on
his way to the police do’ck from
the Georgetown Channel in the sec
ond police launch, went to the as
sistance of four persons making
their first trip in the 16-foot sail
boat they had bought in the morn
ing.
The rescued were Bill Curtis, 17.
ft student at Shenandoah Valley
Academy; Dan McCraney, 23. a
clerk with the Prison industries
Reorganization Administration; A1
Eckert. 28. a War Department engi
neer. and Bernard Warren. 23, a
commercial artist, all of Wesley
Hall.
The young men had started out
from the Tidal Basin early in the
day with the Washington Canoe
Club as their destination. Sailing
against the wind, they tried three
times to round Hains Point. They
decided not to try again and turned
to go back to the Tidal Basin when
the waves swamped them.
They were able to make the sea
wall and two of the men jumped
out to keep the boat from sinking.
But even with the lighter load,
they could not make any headway
and, sighting the police boat, they
signaled for help.
The shivering quartet, drenched
by the waves that had swept across
the boat, said they would try it
again today.
100 Boys' Club Members
To Go to Camp Reeder
A hundred boys of the Boys’ Club
of Washington will leave the club at
Seventeenth street and Massachu
setts avenue S.E. at 1 p.m. tomor
row for a two-week stay at Camp
Reeder, on the 1,000-acre West Hat
ton Farm, Mount Victoria. Md.
The group will be the first of a
total of 400 boys to attend the
camp, where they will be accommo
dated in groups of 100 at a time.
Due to its large membership, the
Boys’ Club will be able to send only
regular club members to the camp.
A special program is scheduled
for the camp on July 4. including a
|flreworks display that night. ^
Star to Receive
Additional Gifts
To Camp Fund
The campaign for funds to send
needy children to camp is still far
short of its goal. The formal cam
paign has ended, but The Star will
continue to receive and acknowledge
contributions to the “Needy Chil
dren's Camps’’ fund in the hope a
few more children will be able to
go to camp.
To keep a child in camp a week
j costs $8.50. Three weeks at camp
! cost $25. but every dollar contrib
uted means a day in camp for a
youngster who desperately needs it.
Following is a list of contributions
i received today:
Previously acknowledged . $2,165.18
I G. S. F. _ 1.00
! C. W. O B. .. 25.00
j Henrietta M. Leach _ 2.00
I G. R. B. .... 10.00
—
$2,203.18
Employment Gain
In District in Year
Placed at 15,000
Labor Statistics Bureau
Starts New Series of
State Estimates
Employment in the District of
Columbia increased 15.000 between
May, 1939. and May, 1940, Secretary
Perkins revealed yesterday in mak
ing public a new series of monthly
State estimates by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the number of
employes in non-agricultural estab
lishments.
Not including self-employed per
sons, casual workers, domestic
workers and military and naval
personnel, 329.000 persons were em
ployed in the District in May, as
i compared with 314,000 in May, 1939.
The May figures show a gain of
3.000 over April, 1940,
Employment in Virginia and
Maryland also registered big gains
over the May, 1939, levels. Accord
ing to the bureau's estimates, em
ployment in Virginia increased
24.000 and in Maryland 28,000 be
tween May, 1939, and May, 1940.
Non-agricultural employment in
Virginia in May was estimated at
473,000, and in Maryland at 492.000,
representing gains, respectively, of
5.000 and 4,000 over the April, 1940,
figures.
Increases in Nearly Every Area.
Between April and May. employ
ment in nearly every region of the
United States showed an increase.
More than one-half the entire gain
of about 250,000 took place in the
Middle Atlantic and East North
Central areas. The South Atlantic
region showed a small decline, due
chiefly to the seasonal decrease of
employment in Florida.
“The largest net increases as com
pared with May of last year were
also in these two regions, with
nearly 600,000 more persons em
ployed in May, 1940, than in May,
1939," Secretary Perkins said. "Man
ufacturing establishments hired one
half of these workers, while the
re-employment of bituminous coal
miners who were still idle in May,
1939, following the delay in the ne
gotiation of new wage agreements
accounted for a gain of about 70,000.
The remaining net increase of about
200.000 persons occurred chiefly in
trade and in the transportation and
public utilities groups.
Big Gains in Four States.
“Outside of these two geographic
divisions, substantial gains over last
May were shown in the States of
California, Connecticut, West Vir
ginia and Kentucky. In California
nearly 40 per cent of the 43,000 net
increase since May, 1939, was the
result of expansion of employment
in the aircraft industry.
“The largest percentage increases
oyer last year, except for West Vir
ginia and Kentucky, were in Con
necticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan
and Alabama. In each of these
States the increase was about 7
per cent. Net gains of about 6 per
cent took place in Vermont, New
Jersey, Indiana and Maryland, and
of 5 per cent in Ohio, Delaware, the
District of Columbia, Virginia and
Louisiana. Nine States showed
lower levels of employment in May,
1940, than in May. 1939. In most
cases, however, the declines were
of negligible proportions.”
According to the bureau’s esti
mates, total non-agricultural em
ployment in May, 1940, was 35.151,
000. In May, 1939, total non-agri
cultural employment was estimated
at 34,109,000.
Cancer Control Plan
For D. C. Is Reported
Nearing Completion
Health Department
Officials Announce
Increase in Mortality
Plans for establishment of a can
’ cei control division in the District
Health Department are nearing
completion, after weeks of confer
| ences between the deDartment and
, the Cancer Control Committee of
J the District Medical Society, city
officials announced yesterday. The
Medico - Chirurgical Society and
other agencies also have been con
sulted.
I Health Department officials re
ported yesterday the cancer mortal
ity is increasing as evidenced by
| findings that while cancer deaths
! here numbered 871 for 1938, the
| figure for 1939 was 1.017.
Reports from nine hospitals in the
I District on attendance at special
i cancer clinics operated during April
showed 152 patients had attended,
j as compared with 146 in April of
; 1939 and 102 in April of 1938.
"This may be cited presumptively
as evidence of a vanishing cancer
phobia and the growth of an atti
tude that the cancer foe, in many
cases, can be crushed through early
diagnosis so that treatment may be
instituted in time to prevent serious
complications and death,” the
Health Department statement said.
“Cancer control, therefore, resolves
itself into the necessity of a year
round educational service and the
inauguration of new co-ordinated
facilities for diagnosis and treat
ment.”
Street Parade to Start
St. Gabriel's Carnival
A street parade again will touch
; oft the annual St. Gabriel’s Church
'carnival tomorrow at 7:15 p.m..
marking the 20th anniversary of
the fete.
The carnival itself will be held on
the church grounds and will include
50 booths, decorated tents, a ferris
wheel, kiddie rides and other at
tractions. The Rev. William J.
Sweeney is director of the event and
James Gessford is chairman.
Headed by Police Supt. Ernest W.
Brown and a police escort, the
parade will form tomorrow night on
Randolph street between Georgia
avenue and New Hampehire avenue
and on Eighth street from Quincy
to Shepherd streets. The units wiil
disband at Grant Circle and Var
num street.
Various American Legion posts
will be represented, as well as sev
eral local bands. Prizes will be
awarded for the best float, costumes,
decorated, bicycles, cars, wagons, doll
carriages, etc.
The Elks’ Boys’ Band will give a
concert every night at 8 o’clock.
White House Repairs
The White House will be closed to
visitors from July 1 to September 15
to permit repairs and extensive house
cleaning.
Strict D. C. Laws Suggested
To Curb Charity Appeals
Established Social Agencies Here
Feel the Need for Protection
This is the final article of a series describing the visits of a
reporter to some of the lesser-known, non-Chest organizations in
Washington which solicit funds from the public.
Recognized private welfare authorities here appear to be unanimous
in the belief that public solicitation of funds for charity purposes should
be regulated by law.
Such proposed legislation is supported, too. by a number of organiza
tions whose duties include prdtection of their members from questionable
: charity appeals.
The Council of Social Agencies, comprising about 85 service organiza
uons, Deneves, according to its ex-'
ecutive secretary, Mrs. Louisa Rob
erts, that:
“A law governing solicitation of
funds is necessary not only for pro
tection of givers, which is impor
tant, but chiefly in order that stand
ards of social work be kept at a
high level for the benefit of the
people who are served by this work.
It is unfair to the whole community
not to have a guarantee that the
agencies who are soliciting funds
have met requirements which are
generally recognized as basic.
Among these are that the agency
shall be governed by a responsible
body of citizens, who meet regu
largely and whose standing in the
community guarantees the proper
administration of funds and the fit
ness of the personnel for the work
that the agency undertakes to do.
This responsible body also guaran
tees that the objectives of the
agency are being carried out in ac
cordance with good social practice.
The agencies doing good work have
no reason to fear such a law. It
is only those whose work is below
standard and whose methods are
questionable who have any reason
to object.”
Protection for Contributors.
Speaking for the Community
Chest, Herbert L. Willett, jr., presi
dent of this co-ordinated group of
60 agencies, declared that “the gen
i erous contributor should be pro
tected by some proper form of con
trol which would apply to all char
! itable agencies and distinguish be
tween the good and bad ones.” The
latter type, he explained, are vicious
from four angles. “They waste
money by exorbitantly high operat
ing costs. They generally base their
appeals on trying to discredit repu
table organizations. They duplicate
services of other agencies and are
therefore not needed. And their
claims of what they do and how
they operate are generally exagger
ated and frequently untrue.”
The Washington Federation of
Churches, through the Rev. John L.
Mixon, its social welfare director,
declared that there is increasing
demand among church members
here that they and other residents
of the city should be protected,
legally, from questionable charity
appeals. “A solicitation law would
save Washingtonians hundreds of
thousands of dollars that are wasted
on so-called charity organizations
each year,” Mr. Mixon said. “The
public has a right to minimum pro
tection.”
Bureau Barks Legislation.
Support of the suggested solicita
tions law came long ago from the
Better Business Bureau, which
Bridegroom, 80, Collapses
At Wedding in Arlington ,
An instant before his marriage
ceremony was completed yesterday,
Roger Edward Nelson, 80, retired
Post Office employe, collapsed at the
altar of St. Thomas More Catholic
Church in Arlington County, Va.
His bride, the former Miss Theresa
Fitch, who was 69 yesterday, stood
at the altar as three members of
the bridal party carried her hus
band to a room in the rear of the
church where he rested before leav
ing for his home. Mrs. Nelson was
upset by her husband’s collapse and
left the church a few minutes later.
At the home of Charles P. O’Hara,
4419 Fourth street S., Arlington,
where Mr. Nelson lives, he was re
ported to be resting comfortably last
night. His physician has ordered
a few days’ rest and said Mr.
Nelson appeared to have a slight
case of grippe.
Relatives of Mr. Nelson said he
had complained of a slight diges
tive ailment for the past two days
and that they endeavored to have
the ceremony performed with a
proxy standing for him at the
altar. At the last minute, however,
Mr. Nelson insisted on personally
appearing at his wedding.
Prior to the ceremony, the Rev.
Father Edwin J. Lee. who married
the couple, announced that he had
consulted with church officials at
Richmond, Va., and found it would I
have been legal to perform the i
proxy ceremony. He said it would i
have been the first such marriage in |
the State of Virginia.
In the processional, Miss Fitch
was accompanied by her nephew,
William McNeill Fitch of Phila
delphia, who gave her in marriage
Mr. Nelson was accompanied by Mr.
O’Hara, who served as best man.
Mrs. O'Hara is Mr. Nelson's niece.
The couple exchanged marital
vows and knelt at the alter. A
few minutes later, as they arose, Mr.
Nelson was assisted to his feet but
almost immediately sank back to
his knees. Mr. O’Hara and two
members of the bridal party carried
him to a rear room.
Later, while- Mr. Nelson was at
home recovering, the bride and
several relatives who had come from
Atlantic City and Philadelphia, left
for a reception at the Capitol Park
Hotel in Washington.
The couple met 45 years ago
when Mr. Nelson was vacationing
at Atlantic City. They maintained
a constant friendship during that
time. He is a former - employe of
the Registry Division of the City
Post Office here and has been re
tired more than 12 years. Neither
Mr. nor Mrs. Nelson has been
married before. ^
found, according to its director,
Claude H. Woodward, that 'promot
ers, who are not regulated, con
duot one solicitation after another
using the names of institutions and
organizations Whose permission has
been obtained, on payment of a
comparatively small amount of
money, and in contributing one
believes the proceeds will go for
the benefit of said institutions or
organizations, but the truth of the
matter is that only a small part of
the moneys obtained are received
by them.”
Only a few days ago the Board
of Governors of the Merchants’ and
Manufacturers' Association unani
mously approved proposed regula
tion of solicitations. Asserting that
solicitations had become a serious
problem in the District, Arthur J.
Sundlun, president of the associa
tion, stated that his organization
"feels that the general public should
be protected through legislation
passed by Congress from the un
principled racketeers who prey upon
the generosity of kind-hearted
citizens.”
The Better Business Bureau and
the Council of Social Agencies, after
study of experience in other cities,
proposed to the District Commis
sioners through the corporation
counsel, bills w'hich, in effect, would
have Congress authorize the Com
missioners to regulate all financial
appeals or benefit sales for chari- j
table or patriotic purposes. Churches ■
or other organizations soliciting
without pay among their own mem
bership would be exempt, and ex
ceptions would be allowed w'here,
after investigation, the Commis
sioners deemed it advisable. The
regulation would be through issu
ance of licenses to solicitors and
revocation or refusal to renew
licenses in the event of unapproved
practices. These measures suggested,
too, that no license should be granted
to any individual or concern pro
posing to pay solicitors more than
15 per cent of the gross amount
collected. Penalties of fines from
$300 to $1,000 and imprisonment up
to one year, or both, are provided
for enforcement purposes. Super
vision of the licensing, the measure
proposes would be under a board
named by the District Commis
sioners—its membership to include
the director of public welfare, the
auditor of the District of Columbia
and the major and superintendent
of metropolitan police.
Find Difficulties in Proposals.
In considering the two suggested
solicitation bills, and possible varia
tions, the Commissioners found a
number of difficulties, according to
Elwood H. Seal, corporation counsel.
Foremost among these difficulties,
Mr. Seal said, were the uncertainties
as to the cost of the proposed pro
gram and its possible effect upon
civic, fraternal and church groups
desiring to sponsor benefit parties
and the like.
Mr. Seal declared that the ob
jectives of the suggested bill were
“admirable” and that he hoped
something could be worked out.
Miss Lamb, 71, Retired
By Navy Department
Miss Lilian Lamb of 524 Taylor
street N.W., who recently celebrated
her 71st birthday, was retired from
the Navy Department, effective to
day, after 42 years in the Govern
ment service.
Born in Washington June 17, 1869,
Miss Lamb started as a stenographer
and typist when Theodore Roosevelt
was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
She later went to Naval War Rec
ords as a clerk and more recently
was transferred to Fleet Mainte
nance.
Roosevelt on Cruise
President Roosevelt embarked on
the presidential yacht Potomac yes
terday afternoon for a week-end
river cruise. He had as guests the
Federal Jxian Administrator and
Mrs. Jesse Jones and the Solicitor
General and Mrs. Frjicli Biddle.
Montgomery Board
Dismisses Orme
As Police Chief
Further Investigation
Of Mob Attack on
Sect Ordered
After voting, 3-2. to dismiss Police
Chief Charles M. Orme, the Mont
gomery County Board of Commis
sioners yesterday ordered a further
investigation into the June 19 meet
ing of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Rock
ville, Md., which was broken up by a
mob W'hen members of the sect re
fused to salute the flag.
The motion to dismiss Chief Orme
was offered by Commissioner R. W.
Farmer, who nominated him for the
police chief’s post more than a
year ago. and the board split along
political lines. Commissioner O. W.
Robey and Board President Thomas
E. Hampton supported Mr. Farm
er’s motion. All are organization
Democrats. Commissioners Walter
P. Johnson, Republican, and John
E. Oxley, anti-organization Demo
crat, opposed the motion.
“I'm 100 per cent opposed to
mob rule,” Mr. Johnson said, “or
to politics or religion on the police
force, but I couldn't vote for dis- i
missal of Chief Orme from what
I’ve heard.”
Oxley Urges “Benefit of Doubt."
Mr. Oxley called attention to the
fact that Chief Orme was not given !
the benefit of counsel at the board
hearing and said he believed he
should “be given the benefit of the
doubt."
Mr. Hampton pointed out that
Chief Orme, in accordance with the
regulations of the police depart
ment, should have proceeded at once
to the scene of the riot, where head- i
quarters of the sect was wrecked by
a mob.
"Law enforcement is not a casual
matter,” he declared. “Yet Chief i
Orme displayed no great interest in i
the situation in Rockville when he i
was notified by Sergt, Guy Jones, in
charge at the time, and even asked
if he should leave his home in
Gaithersburg, 5 miles away.
Failed to Show Leadership.
“We regret that such an incident
should occur in this county. We |
regret that when the emergency did
arise, the man in whom we had
placed confidence failed in his pre
scribed duties, and failed to exem
plify that initiative and quality of
leadership which is essential in a
chief of police responsible for the
protection of safety of the 70,000
residents of Montgomery County.
"We regret that the board’s deci
sion could not have been unanimous
today. However, we reaffirm our de
termination to guarantee the people ;
of this county that as sworn officers
of the law, we shall continue to ex
ert every effort to assure prompt'
and adequate law enforcement, and
to guarantee to them the constitu
tional rights of a ‘free people.' ”
Justice Probe Continues.
The board's action was taken after
State's Attorney Ben G. Wilkinson,
jr., had testified in executive session
on a visit to the Department of Jus
tice in connection with the case.
After he left the board room. Mr.
Wilkinson issued the following state
ment:
“During the Board of County
Commissioners’ investigation of the
incident of June 19, in which a
crowd of people broke in on the
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ meeting. I
have had an opportunity to confer
with Henry A. Scheinhaut, chief of
the civil liberties section of the
criminal division, Department of
justice, concerning the matter.
“The department is still investi
gating the facts, but I think it will
be satisfied that the Board of Com
missioners has taken adequate steps
through administrative action in
dismissing the chief of police and
that I have instituted appropriate
prosecutive action.
“I feel sure that as long as we
ourselves in Montgomery County
can control occurrences of this type,
there will be no necessity for inter
vention by the Federal Govern
ment.”
Three to Be Tried.
During the session, several po
licemen’s names were mentioned and
Mr. Farmer suggested that all
officers mentioned in connection
with the case be investigated. The
motion carried unanimously.
The trial of the three police
officers on duty in Rockville at
the time of the riot will be heard
by the Police Trial Board within the
next week or 10 days. They are
under civil service and will be rep
resented by counsel at the trial
board hearing.
The board took no action on a
successor to Chief Orme. Since his
suspension. Sergt. Roy Bodmer has
been acting ehiej^
NEW D. C. OFFICIAL—Capt.
Beverly C. Snow of the Army
Engineer Corps, who has
been named principal aide to
Engineer Commissioner David
McCoach, jr., to succeed Maj.
Patrick Tansey.
—Star Staff Photo. I
New Alien Law Ban
Hits Some Employes
On District Pay Rolls
Citizenship Requirement
Effective on July 15
To Cause Dismissals
Several employes of the Bistrict
Government will be dropped from
the pay rolls before July 15 because
they are not citizens of the United
States or because they failed to de
clare their intentions of becoming
citizens prior to enactment of the
1941 District Appropriation Act,
June 12, District officials announced
yesterday.
Officials of various District de
partments and agencies now are
completing surveys of their staffs as ;
to aliens, in compliance with the
dictates of Congress in passing the
supply bill for the fiscal year begin
ning July 1. Formal action is ex
pected to be taken by the Commis
sioners in some instances, early this
week.
Must Certify Pay Rolls.
Recommendations for action in
the several cases of aliens so far j
spotted are exfycted to be filed with
the Commissioners this week by Maj.
Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor
and budget officer. Mr. Donovan
must certify that there are no aliens
on the pay rolls for the new fiscal
year, submitted to the office of the
Controller General.
One employe who faces dismissal
is said to be a minor District em
ploye who has been in the United
States for 46 years and who neglect
ed to apply for his first papers prior
to June 12, when the President
signed the Appropriation Act. This
law contains a provision that none
of the appropriations may be ex
pended for the compensation of any
one not a citizen or who had not
declared his intention.
Welfare Force Clear.
Robert E. Bondy, director of pub
lic welfare, reported yesterday that
a study of approximately 1,000 per
sons employed in the various agen
cies and services under the Board of
Public Welfare showed that none on
the annual or per diem rolls was not
a citizen of the United States.
Persons about to be dropped are
being advised to apply for citizen
ship papers with the idea that they
may thereby become eligible fo* re
appointment in the succeeding flsAl
year if the same language that ap
pears in the 1941 appropriation act
is repeated in the 1942 supply bill.
W. P. A. Will Continue
Lunches for Children
The District Works Projects Ad
ministration will continue serving
lunches to needy Washington school
children during summer vacation,
under plaris announced yesterday by
Administrator Paul Edwards.
The lunches will be served in 62
schools throughout the city at noon.
Since school closed the lunch has
been served on a tentative basis to
determine how many would require
it. During the first week nearly
5,000 children wye fed.
Oratory and Fireworks
For July 4 Program
At the Monument
Notables to Attend,
With 10,000 Seats
Available to Public
Members of Congress and of the
diplomatic corps, as well as Federal
and District officials are among
those who have accepted invitations
to attend the Capital's Indepen
dence Day observance Thursday
night on the Washington Monu
ment grounds, the committee in
charge of the celebration has an
nounced.
Ten thousand chair tickets priced
at 25 cents each have been placed
on sale at the American Automobile
Association, Keystone Automobile
Club, District Recreation Depart-*
ment, 1740 Massachusetts avenue
N.W..; the larger downtown depart
ment stores and hotels.
Secretary Ickes to Speak.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
will give the principal addresses on
the program, and Representative
Woodrum of Virginia will read from
the Declaration of Independence.
The Rev. Dr. Albert J. McCart
ney, pastor of Covenant-First Pres
byterian Church, is to pronounce
the invocation, and Lawrence E.
Williams, general chairman of the
Fourth of July Committee, Is to
make the introductory remarks.
The program will open with a
concert by the United States Ma
rine Band and conclude with fire
works.
The complete .schedule follows:
7:15 p.m.—Concert, United States
Marine Band.
7:45 p.m—March, United States
Marine Band.
8:00 p.m.—Invocation, Dr. Mc
Cartney.
8:02 p.m.—Flag-raising ceremony.
“America," United States Marine
Band.
8:03 p.m.—Pledge to the Fag, led
by Mr. Williams.
8:04 p.m.—Introductory remarks,
Mr. Williams.
8:06 p.m.—Declaration of Inde
pendence, Representative Woodrum.
8:11 p.m —Selection. Forst Stevens
Drum and Bugle Corps.
8:14 p.m.—Introduction of speaker
by Mr. Williams.
8:16 p.m. — Address, Secretary
Ickes.
8:28 p.m.—Adjutant's call, retreat.
8:29 p.m.—“Star Spangled Ban
ner,” United States Marine Band
(Star Shell).
8:31 p.m.—Retiring of colors. Fort
Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps.
8:35 p.m.—Fireworks.
Notables to Attend.
Those who already have accepted
invitations to be guests of the com
mittee include:
Senators Bankhead of Alabama,
Thomas of Oklahoma and Holman
of Oregon: Representatives O'Neal
of Kentucky, Houston of Kansas,
Lambertson of Kansas and Stefan
of Nebraska: the Ambassador of
Chile, the Ambassador of Cuba,
the Ambassafior of Colombia,
the Minister of Honduras, the Min
ister of Paraguay, Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior Oscar L. Chap
man, Rear Admiral George Petten
gill. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
Brig Gen. Albert L. Cox, Rear Ad
miral Russell R. Waesche, Justices
Jesse C. Adkins, T. Alan Goldsbo
rough. Bolitha J. Laws and James
W. Morris: Col. West A. Hamilton,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs.
C. D. Drayton. Mrs. C. D. Lowe,
James E. Colliflower, Mrs. Ellen s!
Woodward and Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune.
Oldest Inhabitants Meet.
Representative Ulysses Samuel
Guyer of Kansas will deliver the
patriotic address at the traditional
Fourth of July celebration of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Thursday at the Old Union Engine
House.
Plans for the prqgram have been
completed by the Entertainment
Committee, headed by Dr. Hugh fvt.
Smith, and will follow generally
the arrangements which have pre
vailed on this national holiday for
many years.
Business meeting of the associa
tion will open promptly at 10:30
a.m., to be followed by the exercises
of the day. The invocation will be
by the Rev. Horace E. Cromer, pas
tor of Emory Methodist Church.
The Declaration of Independence
will be read by Stephen T. Porter
and an original poem will be read
by John Glagett Proctor, vice presi
dent of the association. Music wdll
include selections by Frank Della
Lana and group singing of "Amer
ica” and “Auld Lang Syne." Th*
program will conclude with re
freshments.