Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-18

Charles Evans Hughes, who has just
left Washington after arguing the New
York City marlborough Railway fare
case before the Supreme Court, is to go
on the air the night Of Washington's
birthday under interesting auspices. On
network Of stations which will carry
his sonorous voice from coast to coast
on the proposed George Washington
memorial to be erected at the National
Capital in commemoration of the 200tl1
anniversary of the first Presidents
birth. The project is eight or ten years
old. The corner stone of the memorial
was laid in Washington In 1921 on
magnificent block of land adjacent to
Pennsylvania avenue. the dedicatory
address having been delivered by PreSi-
dent Harding. Congress voted the prop
erty on which the memorial one day Is
to be reared, but popular subscriptions
will have to build it. The prime mover
in the George Washington memorial en-
terprise is Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, one
OF the Capitals great social leaders and
a sister of William G.. Whitney, Presi-
dent Cleveland's Secretary of the Navy
Mr.. Hughes, on February %, will sound
as his keynote the we'll known wish of
George Washington that the republic
some day should erect at the seat of
the Federal Government worthy struc-
ture OF the contemplated character.
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Count Chinda, the distinguished JAP
anese diplomat and statesman who has
just passed away in Toxic, is we'll re-
membered by Washingtonians, who
knew him as Nippon's Ambassador here
during the first Wilson administration
Chinda had cordial ties with this coun-
try, because he was a graduate of
De Paw University where he was a
clasSmate and fraternity brother of the
late Albert jeremiah Beveridge, Senator
and historian. This observer, when on
duty in Berlin before the war, met
Count Chinda at an American embassy
reception. The Japanese asked the
writer what part of the United States
he hailed from. From Indiana" was
the reply. Then you and I are both
HooSierS," Chinda retorted with broad
grin, recalling his college days on the
banks of the Wabash, far away. Chinda
represented Japan at three great capt.
tails in succession, Berlin, Washington
and London.
Senator David A. Reed, Republican, of |
Pennsylvania has revived the project |
first formulated by the late Representa- |
tive Tom" Butler of the same State |
to enable the mothers and unmarried |
widows of deceased American service |
men to make pilgrimage to their |
graves In France. The Reed bill pro- |
vides for the establishment of an in |
dependent bureau, to be known as the |
United States Gold Star Pilgrimage Bu- |
reau, the director Of which would be :
appointed by the President and receive |
a salary of $4,000 year. Uncle Sam |
would furnish free transportation, living |
accommodations in France, meals and |
other necessities connected with the |
pilgrimage to all women entitled to par
ticipate in 1t. They would go to France |
in relays between July /, 1929, and |
June 80, 1882.
1.-The Order of Ahepa," an American
fraternal organization composed of
American citizens of Greek descent, is
to hold its first national banquet in |
Washington on February 6. Altogether +,
Ahepa has 2l0 chapters throughout the
United States. with an approximate
membership of 10000. The order is
fraternal and educational in purpose.
1t has given more than Is university |
scholarships, bequeathed more than
$3.50, 900 to charity and bent its efforts
toward better understanding of
Greece IN America and OF America In /
Greece. Through its various agencies
Ahepa has brought about the naturali-
zation of approximately one-fourth OF
the present naturalized American citi-
zens of Greek origin. Last August it
presented to the city of Ypsilanti, Mich,
statue Of the Greek Revolutionary
hero, Gen. Demetrios Ypsilanti, in whose
honor the town so well known to all
Ann Arbor men was named. Ahepa is
now taking steps to honor appropriately
the Graeco- American, George Dilboy, in
whose honor congressional medal for
heroism was posthumously awarded.
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Now that it can be told without any
suspicion of cunning for the farm vote,
it is of interest to narrate that Her
bert Hoover is an honeSt-to-goodneS
dirt agriculturist. The PreSident-elect
has owned a 1.313-acre farm in Cali
fornia since 1920 and has operated 1t
not only as a business enterprise, but
also as base for practical agricultural
experiments. The Hoover farm is an
object lesson In Investigation Of crops.