Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
CAPITAL UNTESl
IN HONOR TO FLAG
Appropriate Exercises Com
memorate 152d Anniversary
of Nations Emblem.

dav II, the public and private schools
and among most Of the city's patriouc
ORGANIZATIONS eliminated last night in
a gala demonstration on the steps Of
the Capitol, where as part OF the pro-
gram two boys and two girls were
awarded trips around the world Tor es-
says on the nag.
Gne of the features of the city's cele-
bration also was the formal introduc-
ton into citizenship Of 1872 graduates Of
the District of Columbia NATURALIZATION
school last night at the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
The winners of the national nag
contest. who will 60 around the world,
were chosen on the east front OF the
CsnjtoI during the exercises conducted
bv the Grand Army of the Republic
and the women's Relief Corps. The
contest was sponsored by the united
States Flag Association.
Out of the eight competitors, who had
been chosen from the entire country.
two boys and two girls survived. They
are Mary McGonigal of Troy, N. z:
Alma Groves of ByTonvills, Ga; Robert
L, Sullivan of Syracuse, N. Y, and Merle
M. Clarke of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
The other contestants we're Elaine z.
CONWAY Of Detroit, Mich; Lupe Rivera
of Los Angeles Calf; Paul Derdock OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Ralph Agate OF
louisiana The winners we're chosen
after broadcasting their essays through
Stations VOL and NAA.
The Judges for the girls were Repre-
sentative Ruth BRYAN owen of Florida,
Miss Jessie Dell, Civil Service con1r1is-
sioner, and Mrs Marie Moore Forrest, IN
charge of the dramatic and pageantry
departments Of the District public
schools.
For the boys the Judges were Senator
| Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Wliam
! Green. president of the American Fed
| grafton IF tabor. and Dr. Frank W. Bal
lou. superintendent of the washington
public schools.
Address by DR.. Palmer.
The principal address was delivered
= Rev. DR.. John c. Palmer, pastor OF
The washington Heights presbyterian
Church. who said that he sought TO
! let Old GLORY make a plea for pa
| triotisnn, LOYALTY, respect and reverence
! for law"
. Col. James A. Moss, president gen
! eral of the United States Flag ASsocia-
! ton. as master of ceremonies, PAID
! tribute of the Flag as the standard OF
! the North, South, East and West, the
Flag of the Union
One thousand school children, bear
ing American Flags. added to the
1
Band accompanied Hiss Gladys Price,
! who sang The Star Spangled Banner
The Post Once Department, In &C
cordance with its yearly custom, OBJ
served Flag day yesterday afternoon at
/ o'clock in the court Of the Post Of
flee Building with an elaborate musl-
cal program.
Senator Oddie of Nevada presented to
Postmaster General Brown the flag OF
! -. - 81 he 1atIT.- haSife the StsIa6-
ards of the Al other States in the great
sreaway of the department building.
Chief Justice Walter I. MCCOY of the
| District Supreme Court presided at the
naturalization exercises and presented
the certificates to the. new citizens.
Those who received the awards were
welcomed as Americans by Representa-
| tive Robert Luce of Massachusetts,. Vel
| come was also extended by Jesse Thorn
as, District, director Of natura llzatlon.
Sarkis Manoukian spoke on Obedience
! to the Law" and Ernest Wolf delivered
an address on the Declaration OF lnde-
Among the new citizens who spoks
were Mrs Elsie K. Smith, Sydney, zig,
mond, Hugo Kurandt and Mlchae'
| Levin.
/ one of the most pretentious OF the
ceremonies held in public schools was at
the Characterization Junior High
! school There, Tayloria Dick Of Arm
| strong High School and Charles W.
Thomas Of Dunbar High School, re.
peated their prize-winning speeches o.
the National Oratorical Contest. spon-
sored here by The Star, and prize essays
| selected in the contest sponsored by me
Flag Association were read by Thelma
Marie Clark. Marian Burns. Alyee
| Hensley and Edward John Harris.
The new citizens welcomed at ths
| Chamber of Commerce ceremony were:
| Miss Flora Alexander. William Schick,
Frank di Lalla. Adorno Prosper, Mrs
| Elsie Smith, Vincent Moscolo, Milton
/ Mrs. Marie Zalipsky, Antonio Ros
I Recolta, Thomas Pugliese. Mrs. Mary
| Concetta Curto, Donenico Malatesta,
! Henry Edward Schneider, Mrs. Libe
! Ponns, Bernard Bobb, Israel Saltzmann
| Mrs. Rosa Citraubaun1. Miss Esther
| Chernikoff Morris Saltznan, Miss Mar
garet Teresa Crowley. Battista Marcon1,
Miss Elizabeth A Ellison. Mrs. Haris
| Pappas, Albert weiner, Mrs. Yenols
Manos, Samuel Binder, Mrs. Rita Be-
/ ment, Nathan Sacks, David Mcdonnell.
| Mrs. Katherine Denys, Salvatore Bot
TIM, Miss Ida A. Kennedy, Miss Mary
Stinchcombe. Miss Helen Fur, John D.
Rupsinaa, Miss Jansye Van Meurs,
I5ador Feldman, Julio Hernandez Horta,
Nicola Celenza, Giuseppe Ardizzone,
Constant Mottaz, William j. Hattie, Mrs.
Jane S. O'Connor, Mrs. Elena Huarte,
Kalnnen Dworkin, Louis Rosin, Paul
Cohen, Pasquale di 'Gennaro, Stanley
Lee Gardner, Michael Marrinan, Mrs
Elizabeth NJ. Loefier, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
John Bora, Harry Gordon, Anthony
Filipelli, Mrs. Nazha George, Louise
Rabinovitch, Mrs. Sarah Gerwirz, Rudolf
Numnerrichter, Mrs. Esther Cutler,
Miss Mary Cosgrove, Gustave Merz,
Walter Needhan, Sidney zigmond, Miss
| Ethel Aqua, Miss Catharine Guthrie,
Hugo Kurandt, Mrs. Fannie Bordow,
Guistino di Camille, Biagio di Carlan-
tonic, Joseph Mason Charles Butler,
George Barnikel, Miss Clara Miersen,
Christopher Reardon, Miss Bertha Nc
Alice. Miss Lena Jordan, Mrs. Artenis
Alfred Diena, Miss 1ngrid Strem, lisa
dore Gantz, Mrs. Sarah Gantz, Fran
cisco Citrano. Michael Levin, Mrs. Nora
Cahill, Abraham Hillman, jeremiah
Sheehan, Miss Mary Winkler. Miss
Bessie Solomon, Enrico Giannada,
Ferdinand Grahner, Morris Shooch,
Isaac Ayayou. Philip Aronson, Vincenzo
Pistone. Diniitry Tuneef, Mrs Bessie
Poms. Mrs. Jennie r. Jurgenssen, Jacob
Goldenzweig, Asriel Berry, Duncan Nc
Lean. Miss Hildegard Frank, Giuseppe
Giordano, Mrs. Jean Park, Miss Ellen
Granville. Giovanni Fiagno, CasiIniro
Ricci, Mrs. Enlnli Maria Engel, Bruno
John Haase, Selig Inbinder, Albert
Abraham Foternick, Mrs. Catherine
Mary Bertolini, John Kernekin, Mrs.
Lydia Kernekin, Mrs. Mary Wynne
Landry, Nathan Nisan Kurland, Alex
ander Chase, Mrs. Louise Karoline
Wehner, Edward Richard Devine,
Thomas Wood, Miss Carolone Mccain,
Nathan Wiener, Jose Docha, Mrs. Agnes
Herzos Shioutakor, Isadore Isaac