Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-30
BROOKHART HITS
HOOVER ON FARMS.
Senator Launches Attack at
HyattsviIle Chamber of
Commerce Banquet.
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claring that wall street backed HOO
yer' for the presidency and thai
"Raskob was to so out and get Wall
streets backing for AL Smith Senator
Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa and a
resident Of Hyattsville in an address at
the fifth Spring annual banquet of the
Hyattsville Chamber of Commerce in
Masonic Hall here last night reiterated
his statement made in the Senate that
the President had not kept the faith
with the farmers of the country when
he came out against the debenture fea-
ture of the farm relief plan.
The Senator. whose countenance was
marred by an ugly scar over his right
eye, which he claimed resulted from
falling on a rock while fishing at Great
Falls. reviewed his political career in
Iowa from the time he was prosecuting
attorney for his county until the pres
ent time. He referred to his support OF
Senator Cummings for ov !: IS years,
end told how he broke with the sen
ator when the latter worked Tor the
massage of the Esch-CummlngS rail-
road bill which he tErookharD opposed.
He declared that the present Seillte
was under the dOmlnserlng lnlluShce
of Wall street, and that he felU sure ne
and his friends i'll that body would De
defeated in their attitude on the Iarlh
relief measure. He eulog2ed the ale
Senator La Toilette and his son. and de-
clared that Jackson was the only man
who was ever really President OF the
dress by declaring it as his opinion that
the common people of this country had
little chance to progress under present
machine-operated politics.
Community Spirit Praised.
When the members and guests had
assembled Rev B. T. Robertson pastor
of the First Baptist Church Of Hyatts-
Vile, delivered the invocation ana the
party was on. Following the dinner,
which comprised fruit cocktail. shced
ham, creamed chicken peas ana pota-
toes, salad and coffee and ice cream,
the POSTMASTER. j. Ernest DoWnln'
called upon Eugene Dahl OF Wasnlhg-
ton, who rendered number OF tenor
solos. Arthur P. Owens, president OF
the Chamber of Commerce, spoke OF the
work the chamber had accomplished
and what it hoped to do in the future.
Mayor H. T. Willis of Hyattsville gave
the chamber credit for securing the
building of the bridge over the steam
and electric railway tracks in HyattS-
Vile to eliminate the dangerous railroad
crossing and the extension OF Rhode
Island avenue from the District line TO
Iiyattsville, and eulogized Irwin OWings
chairman of the Maryland-Natlonal
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion; T. Howard Duckett, chairman OF
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Comm ssion, and J. Enos Ray, former
State tax commissioner and chairman
Of the State Democratic central COM
mittee, for their efforts in bringing
these much-necded end long-delayed
improvements. william II. hnglin,
county newspaper men, made talk
which bristled with wit and Mr. Joseph
Waters of RiverciaIe entertained with
number of baritone solos. Students from
The University of Maryland put on a
black-face act that was appreciated.
Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments comprised j. Ernest Downin, r.
vim Owings, Henry A. Friday, Charles
j. Erwin, D. C. Fahey, jr., and Rev. B.
p Robertson. Mr.. Friday acted as host.
The dinner was served by members
of Ruth Chapter, No. Z, Of Hyattsville,
Mrs. Esther Lee, worthy matron, the
committee in charge being headed by
Mrs. Ellen Matsudaira, the other men,
bers being Mrs. Minnie 7. Macgrcgor,
WiIhelmina P. Flanders, Mrs. M. Vir-
ginia Thompson. Mrs. L. H. 3ushby,
Mrs. Bessie R. Waldman, Mrs. Margaret
Barker, Miss Janet McRae, Mrs. Carrie
j. Owens, Mrs. Anna I. Fisher, Mrs.
Gladys A. Barney, Mrs. Madeline c.
Bowers Mrs Emma I. Hutchinson, Mrs.
Marion E. Smith, Mrs. Esther M.
Schoch, Miss r G.. Smith. Mrs. A. Y.
Dowell, Mrs. Susie c. Bosher, Mrs.
Harry Coles. Mrs. Mildred Morrison,
Mrs. L. E. Knowles. Mrs. NJ. M. STAINS
bury, Mrs L. H Van Wormer. Miss
Eva McQuinn, Miss Goldia Hutchinson,
Mrs. j. Raymond Coomes, Mrs George
Haines and Milton M. Clark and Alfred
r. Lee.
Guests Present.
The guests from Hyattsville, Ed
Snonston. Riverdale, Bladensburg, De-
catur Heights, Berwyn Branchville, Col
lege Park, Cottage City University Park,
Mount Rainier, Brentwood, Washington,
Baltimore and other points included the
following:
United States Senators Smith W.
Brookhart and Thaddeus H. Caraway.
Floyd w. Woolley, NJ E. Pollock, G. II.
Sweet, Augustus c. Buismanger. T. r..
Callahan, James T. Berry, Dave j.
Richardson, William T. Page, DR.. H. C.
Naylor, Caesar l.. Aiello, NJ. T May, r.
J.. Bosher, Brice Bowie, Thaddeus M.
Jones, A. E. Burgess. H. w. Spicknall,
y. Hazen Mcleod, T. D. FARRELL, William
c. Gray, F. S. Ellen. Irwin G. Owings,
jr.: William Bowie. Clifford 2. johnson.
B. O. l.. Wells, J. M. Bolts, John j.
Anderson, W. c. Weber, Joseph S. K.
Brookbarlk. Paul A. Norfolk, John H.
Schaefer, Max Vollberg, Frank S.
Grooms. w. H. McChesney. Charles L.
Erwin, william p Magruder, Arthur
Carr. DR.. H. T. Willis, Arthur P. owens,
J. Ernest Downin. c. S. James, c. J.
Parkinson, j. w. Bowles, Harry A. Bos-
well, DR.. l. K. Anterior, c. d. Anderson,
J.. i. Gray, T. Howard Duckett, irwin
Owings. DR.. B. P. Robertson. Carlton
Claycomb, Charles w. Clagett. A. H.
Seidenspinner, Russell Hardy. Frank c.
Lombardy, G. Hodges Carr. Daniel Cox
Fahey, jr, Henry A. Friday. E. A Full
Ter. E. A. Fuller, jr.; Dwight 3. Gait,
Rev. Clyde Brown John w. Camp. F.
II. Bushby, M. H Flanders, j. H. Nay
lor, j. Moses Edlavitch, William H Ang-
lin, E. Ernest Bailey, Anthony A. Hiser
Paxton Holden, George II. Lanhardt
Alexander Guide, Charles H. Welsh, It
Hammond Welsh. Dr. Paul S. Herring
". D. Porter. Wr II. B. Mcdonnell
Ernest r Gasch. A. Yates Dowell, Fl. C
Fleming. E. G.. Mcmahon. E. NJ. Ripette
Sherman H. Hollingsworth, S. H. Har-
yey. N n Nichols Leroy w. Ingham
G. A. Bealor. Paul Grant, Raymon S
Cara. II. G. Machen. Richard j
Browning, T. Raymond Burch DR.. G. p
Close and George N. Bowen.
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