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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

Labor Party Inaugurates Sweeping
Anti-Military Policy.

Ant1-M1l1tafy Follcy.
CANBERRA, Australia P).-Acces-
sion 10 power of the Labor party in
Australia Is being followed by q large
measure of disarmament.
The government, soon after taking
ONCE, ordered the abolition Of compul-
sorry military training and has now de-
cided to disband the expensive Jervis
Bay Naval College and the Duntroon
Military Academy, both in federal terri
tory. Military aviation services, how
ever, are being developed.
The government spokesman says that
arms factories will soon be remodeled to
produce goods Of trade and not Of war
fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
STRAYER COLLEGE OPENS
SECOND TERM ON FEB. II
Beginning and Advanced Glasses
in Accountancy to Begin
in Two Sessions. .a-

The second semester in Strayer Coll
lege Of Accountancy will begin on Mon
day, February II, according to p. j.
Hartman, vice president and director of
the college.
At that time beginning and advanced
classes in accountancy will be opened
IN the early and late evening sessions
Beginning groups will be under the in
struction of Percy E. Sackett, j. Leslie
Bowling and F. V. Pultz.
A new class in commercial law will
also be offered by Mr.. Pultz. beginning
tomorrow evening. and will be open both
to accounting and secretarial students.
American penman certificates of pro-
hciency have been received during the
past week by Gladys Fahrney, Jane
Cullen, Carmite Mudd and Frederick
Hickman.
The regular monthly after-school
dance of the college is scheduled for
Friday evening, February 2S. The dance
will be held in the school auditorium
from to IL o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
ON LAW
SET FOR TUESDAY D.
John r.. Fitzpatrick to Deliver
Second Address in Series
of Sixteen.

The second lecture In q series Of l6
arranged to lay the groundwork for a
study Of the law will be delivered on
Tuesday morning by Assistant District
Attorney John r. Fitzpatrick at CO.
lumbus University, 1914 Massachusetts,
avenue, from 8 to $40 o'clock. Seton
Darr, assistant dean of the School of
Law, said yesterday that this course,
which Is free to the public, is designed
to test out sentiment for the establish
ing OF morning, as well as evening,
classes and the opening lecture last
Tuesday morning was a good augury.
The Columbus Players, the newly err
gained dramatic group at the univer-
s1ty, are perfecttng preparations for
their debut on the boards in presenting
THE Whole Towns Talking" on March
l. The Wardman Park Theater is be-
ing considered for the production of this
popular play.
Members Of Cast.
Paul Graves of the Junior class of
the School of Law yesterday announced
the names Of the successful partici-
pants in the production as the result
of numerous tryOutS that have been
held during the past few weeks. Alfred
A. McGarraghy has been chosen to take
the part of Henry Simmons, Miss K.
Stafford will impersonate Harriet Sim
mons, Miss Mary Kane will represent
Ethel Simmons, r. Happen will be Ches-
ter Binney, Miss Helen G. HUM will
take the part Of Lefty Lythe, T. O'Con-
nell will be Donald swift, William Bray
viii be Roger Shields, Miss Kathryne
D. Power will act the part of Lila Will
son, Miss NJ. Shea will represent Sally
Otis, Miss Helen j. Furey will imperSon-
ate Annie, Miss M. Moriarity will be
Sadie Bloom and !. Lichtenberg will be
a taxi driver.
A meeting of the fancy Law Club was
held on Tuesday evening and the fac
ulty moderator, Prof. william A. Rob-
ertS, delivered some interesting and
worthwhile pointers on the art OF pub
lie speaking Mrs. Sadee Brawner. the
society'S president, was in the chair.
An effort is being made to bring the
fancy Law Club into prominence In the
life Of the university.
The February issue of the Skipper,
the publication of the School of Law,
made its appearance on Monday eve
ming. Under the editorship of James
v. DAILY, 81, the periodical has drawn
praise from Assistant Dean Darr. The
current issue contains biographical ma
terial relating to the professors and
alumni. as well as news items, humorous
articles and features. The paper notes
that a number of the alumni OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
HOWARD PLANNING
WEEK FOR HISTORY
Activities to Be Centered
Around Noon Assembly
Next Wednesday.

Howard University will celebrate
Negro history week, centering its ac-
tivities around the noon assembly In
Andrew Rankin Chapel on Wednesday.
The following program will be rem
dered: Negro national anthem, speaker,
Miss Tericles McDufae, class Of 1881;
vocal solo, speaker, Miss Evelyn Waie.
class of 1880, alma mater
The er-fraternity council will have
charge of the university forum at 6:4S
pm, Wednesday. The speaker will be
Walter H. Mazyck, grand keeper OF
records and seals of Omega Psi Phi
Of the Howard College and School Of
Law, and will speak on the subject
'Fraternalism in Negro Colleges"
The School of Pharmacy will present
DR.. Robert Ruth in an illustrated lee
ture, with two moving pictures, Sun
shine from the Sea-" and "How Science
Aids in Control of Infectious Diseases"
at 2 pm. Thursday,
Iouia v. Jones, violiniSt of Cleveland
Ohio, will appear in the lecture-recital
series in Andrew Rankin Chapel at
ais o'clock the same evening. Mr..
Jones studied violin under Joseph BalaS
in Cleveland, later continuing his work
in the New England Conservatory of
Music, Boston. After serving in the
American Expeditionary Forces during
the World War, he returned to Europe
in 1921, where he continued his studies
in Paris.
On Friday, at noon. there will be a
special assembly with George G. LOOMS,
cashier Of the Dunbar National Bank.
The meeting will be held under the
auspices of the Howard University
Chamber of Commerce The Dunbar
National Bank is sponsored by the
Rockefeller interests and is a part OF
their residential project known as the
Dunbar Apartments. The public is cor
daily invited to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

The trees held sacred by Scandinavian
mythology were the oak, ash and rowan.
To this day Swedes and Norwegians
take a Sprig of rowan with them in
their boats to act as a safeguard against
the evil powers Of the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

Nationally rec oE.
Hixed hetsl leader.
former Govt. Hotel
aAd Restaurant ex.
pert now Managing
CoRsultant to over
800 hotels. Origin.
atoP OF systematic
Hotal TFaining-ae-
tive head and per-
soual supervisor Of
Lewis SehoolA The
man Who IL ready
to ahow you ~ ana
Olp you Peaeh-
SUCCESS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
MINISTER TO CHINA
GRANTS Interview
Nelson Johnson Speaks to Reporters
in Northern Country
Dialect.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PE1PING, China, February 8.-Nel-
son P. johnson, new American Minister
to China, enjoyed two Chinese meals.
one chinese tea party, and gave one
interview in Chinese during his first
day in the old capital. where at various
times he has spent IL years
The minister was a luncheon guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Perkins, where
his favorite Northern China dishes were
served.
After the luncheon the American
Minister received Chinese newspaper
men and spoke to them in the north
ern dialect. He told the reporters that
Washington favored the gradual re-
linquishment of extraordinarily, as
had been said before, and expressed
the hope that the day soon would come
when Americans in China would enjoy
the same legal protection as Chinese
residents in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
TWO LECTURES PLANNED.
Hotel Training School to Hear Wis

iting Speakers.
DR.. Mark Welsh, baeteriologist of
University Of Maryland. viii give lee
ture at the Lewis Hotel Training School
on Wednesday.
The lecture will include a discussion
of the methods Of destroying bacterial
growth in food and drink and SANTA
ton in hotel housekeeping DEPART
mentS.
DR.. Lillian b. storms. who IL asso-
ciated with American Bottlers of Car
donated Beverages, will give lecture at
the school on Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

class of rs are engaged in the practice
of law in Florida, one of them, James
Carroll. being deputy collector of inter
nal revenue at Miami.
Debates Are Planned.
The second of q series of inter-soci-
ETY. debates at Columbus University is
scheduled to be held on Tuesday eve
ming of this week The subject of dis
eJssion will be- Resolved, that the
eighteenth amendment be repealed"
The debate this time will be between
the Columbian Debating Society, of
which Judge Nathan Cayton Of the
Municipal Court is faculty adviser. and
the Freshman Debating Society, of
which Robert e. Lynch, assistant cor
poration counsel. is faculty adviser.
Representing the. Columbian group
will be ByrneS r. Bentley and John T.
Burns, with I. Liehtenberg as alternate,
and these will uphold the negative side
Of the question. Hugh r. Rivers is the
president of the Columbian Debating
Society. The names of the freshman
contestants have not as yet been made
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

In early days, Kemp, q friend of
Shakespeare and himself an actor
danced all the way from London to
Norwich. He was several weeks upon
the journey, but the actual time spent
on the road was less than nine DAYS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
MILLIONAIRE DIVORCED.
Chauncey Woodwork Must Pay
Ex-Wife SCI 900 Annually.

WEST PALM REACH. Fla, February
8 (P).-Mrs. Linda " Woodwork was
granted a divorce in Circuit Court here
today from Chauncey v. Woodwork,
New York and Palm Beach millionaire
Under the decree. Mrs. Woodwork
will receive $21 900 annually from her
former husband. The terms of the
monetary agreement were filed before
the divorce was granted.
The annual sum will be paid in equal
monthly installments as long as Mrs.
Woodwork lives or until she remarries
Mrs. Woodworth charged cruelty and
continued tntemperance. The couple
married in Palm Beach March Is, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
GAMERS, GROWERS
IN 3-DAY MEETING
To Discuss All Phases of Industry
at University of Maryland
February 1920.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
(~YTE~H nAnI% ara

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, February g.
Gamers and growers from every section
Of the State will attend the three-day
session Of the Gamers and Field Mems
School, to be held at the University Of
Maryland from February 10 to 90,
inclusive.
There will 10 two sessions each day
in the Agricultural Building, one be-
ginning at o'clock in the morning and
the other at o'clock in the afternoon.
Specialists will speak at each of the
meetings. There will be discussion
groups and interesting exhibits pertain
ing to the industry, which is one Of the
largest in Maryland.
The meetings will be held under the
auspices Of the College of Agriculture
and Extension Service of the University
of Maryland in cooperation with the
Tri-State Packers Association.
All factors in raising and canning
food products, from seeding to making
them ready for the table, will be thor
ougnly discussed.
dinner will be held at the university
dining hall on the evening of February
10. at which DR.. Raymond A. Pearson
president Of the university, will speak
p w. Geise, professor Of vegetable
culture at the university. Of Maryland
has arranged the extensive program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
oRPHANAGE HEAD KEPT.
Baptist Trustees to Retain Man In
dicted for. ALLEGED Brutality.

JACKSON. Miss; February 8 Dr.
Trustees of the Mississippi Baptist
Orphanage voted to retain w. E.
Thompson, superintendent, who is under
indictment on q charge of inf1icting
brutal punishment on a girl inmate.
The Kinds County grand jury recently
returned the indictment and Thomp-
sons trial is scheduled to take place in
May.
He said he will not resign as orphan
age superintendent pending the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

Mailed IN Reading, England, in 1908,
post card has Just been delivered 70
Mrs. M. Shore Of that city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
FILIPIN0S PARADE.
400 Students Inaugurate Independ-
ence Move in New York.

NEW YORK, February (P.-Four
hundred Filipino students marched In
parade today I'D lower Broadway TO In
augurate the Filipino Youths Indepen-
dence movement in the United States.
Speakers urged the support Of pro-
posed legislation for the independence
of the Philippine Islands and cards,
asking liberty Americans to
give full and hearty cooperation with
our just cause" were distributed among
the crowds. I.
American and Filipino Independence
flags were carried In the parade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
Speaking"

and almost climb into it when you got
| confidential Coming back on the air
after long absence, Willie thought you
still had to use the old technique, but
when you try 1t on one of the new con-
denser mikes it sounds just like a bad
case OF fading. The announcer couldn't
seem to make Willie stay put, so Ne
picked up the microphone from the floor
and swayed back and forth in Gym
! chroniZation.
7 Oh, yes. Both married, and to the
same wives for Is years.
| SOMEBODY tried to tell me the other
- day that mike fright has disap-
| peared, and he is mixed up in this
broadcasting business, too. It's true
enough that a great many prominent
people have become used to that little
metal contraption in the last few years,
and most of them can face it with a
fair show of equanimity.
But mike fright isn't dead not by a
long way One of the best cases extant
belongs to Ring Lardner. He's been on
twice this Fall, and the second time hit
him even worse than the first, I think.
He told me in the studio that night that
he'd been practically sick for three DAYS
thinking about the ordeal
Perhaps some of you guessed it. There
was That same quaVer in his voice which
betrayed his nervousness on the other
occasion. And when the program was
over he heaved whopping big sigh and
| burst out the door
But the mike frights didn't stop him
from telling stories just before the pro-
gram began. One had to do with his
most highly priced compliment.
! IL was when he went South one year
70 cover the base ball training camps
for newspaper, he remarked to Grant
Rice and me. At the station of the
Southern town where one of the big
league teams was tuning up for the be-
ginning of the season he was met by a
local lad with journalistic and writing
aspirations
I'm so glad to meet you, Mr.. Lard
ner," burbled the young man. Your
Houseboat on the Styx' has always been
my favorite book"
But, you know" Ring confided to us.
I think that's the best compliment I
ever had, for think it's a grand book,
too. But wouldn't old John Kendrick
Bangs turn over In bis grave If he
| knew"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
BETTER BR0ADCASTlNG
IN EDUCATION URGED
Judge Ira Robinson Denies Neces.
sity of Sugar Coating" Gull
tural Radio Programs.

Radio ought to be devoted largely,
halfway anyhow, to the purely educa-
tional uplift of the people" writes
Judge Ira E. Robinson of the Federal
Radio Commission in the December
Journal of the National Education As
ISOLATION 1T is devoted today by GER
tain large interests to educational pur-
poses of questionable value-and educa-
tional view, subtly, in behalf of the
great public utilities of this country
Stanchest of the official proponents
of education's insistent claim for more
broadcasting rights, recently crystalliZed
in a demand that at least Is per cent
of all the broadcasting channels be re-
served to State educational institutions,
Judge Robinson deplores the extent to
which radio is now left to the direction
of commercial interests.
Their practice of offering "so-called
educational programs in connection
with advertising and music OF low
order" is condemned by the former
chairman of the commission. al
ready" he states, 1.-The listeners are be-
coming sick of the overdose of CONNER
cial advertising given them every hour.
What more would be needed to kill
education by radio than to mix 1t with
jazzy entertainments"
Judge Robinson denies that it is nee
essary to go into the show business to
broadcast educational programs, COW
ering pills of education" with choco-
late or licorice or peppermint ITO
claim this" he continues, implies that
pure educational or cultural matter is
hard for the American people to swal-
low. Personally, have not so far lost
faith in the good taste OF our people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
At Community Centers

The Declaration of independence, will
be shown.
Thursday evening athletic groups and
drill teams are scheduled.
Saturday evening athletic teams, NOV
ing pictures. social dancing and scouting
are the activities.
The library is open Tuesday and
Thursday from 5 to pm.
Langley Center, Second and T streets
northeast Athletic games Monday and
Friday. Boys play group Friday from z
TO pm. Opportunity for every boy to
learn volley or basket ball. Christmas
dance December 20 from to IL Q6
years and over). Good music by 5-piece
orchestra.
mcfarland Center, Iowa avenue and
Webster street: The adult dancing in
| struction group on Monday evening in
cludes tap, ball room dancing and exer-
ciseS for Keeping Mt for both men and
women. Men are requested to Join this
group. A game group has been formed
for children. There are quiet games and
active games which the younger chill
| dren enjoy. Mothers who wish to at
/ tend the Parent-Teacher meeting are
invited to leave their little ones with
the capable leaders for good time
Saturday at pm. at the Petworth
! School, under the leadership of Mrs
Donna Taggart and Miss Marguerite
Wolfe, Ten Minutes by the Clock" will
be presented by children of years and
over, and Sleepy Head" by a large cast
Of children Of ali ages.
Park View Center, Warder and New
ton streets: Children's rhythmic dane
ing Is scheduled for Wednesday after
noon, and games, tap dancing, scouting
and woodwork for older boys and girls
Friday evening. For adults are china
painting, leather tooling and hammere
silver groups on Friday evening. in ad-
dition to the Drama Club and social
dancing
Southeast Center, Hine Junior High
Seventh and C streets southeast: Two
Christmas plays and dances will be
given by children's groups December 10
at pm. for the entertainment of par.
entS and friends This center will be
open for athletics, drama, music and
dancing, including tap dancing fol
adults. on Monday, Wednesday and Fri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
WHITE BILL ASKS LIST
OF NEW AIR STATIONS

House Radio Chairman Introduces
First Broadcast Measure to Come
Up in Short Session.
Senator-elect Wallace White, H., of
Maine, who is now rounding out his
term as chairman of the House Radio
Committee before taking his seat in
the upper chamber, has introduced the
nrst bill dealing with radio to come
before the short session of Congress.
IT is a resolution in which he asks the
Federal Radio Commission to report be-
fore January IS the number of new
oroadcasting stations it has licensed
since its creation, in February, 1927, or
less than four years ago.
The trouble with broadcasting, saws
Mr.. White, is simply that there are too
many stations on the air. and he wants
to know what the commission has done
about It,
At the peak point in American broad
casting there were 1888 licensed sta
tions. Today there are exactly 613. Ap-
parently the decrease has been 100. AS
matter of fact considerably more
have dropped out, but most Of the NOR
talities were due to financial troubles
or consultations, the commission itself
having stricken only a handful of the
lists. The commission has actually
licensed at least 100 new stations. large
and small. since taking over the con-
troll Of radio from the Department of
Commerce. The report to Congress
should show Just who are these new
Corners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
AMERICA TO HEAR
|SHBEL MACDONALD
Daughter of British Premier
Will Speak Today Over
WMAL and Network.

Ishbel Macdonald daughter of the
prime minister of Great Britain, will
be heard by the American radio audi
ence today over WMAL and a network
of other Columbia Broadcasting System
stations in the weekly rebroadcast from
London.
Miss Macdonald will speak at 1890
o'clock, Washington time Social Wei
fare" is the subject of her talk.
The regular Conclave of Nations pro-
The speaker will be Kollmar Bostrom,
Swedish Minister to the United States.
"Swe5en and Its People is the topic
Another outstanding feature of the
W1AL afternoon broadcast will be the
concert of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, direc,ed by Arturo ToSca-
mini. The orchestra will play four num-
bers, the featured selection being THE
Pastorale symphony of Beethoven.
Regular Attractions in Evening.
In the evening WMAL will broadcast
its regular Columbia attractions. tn e
include the dramatiZation in the "Old
Curiosity Shop" period and the Back
Home hour from Buffalo. In addition
there will be a talk by DR.. j. T. Read
at tbs o'clock on Modern Magic" DR..
Read is professor of mining at Column
bia University.
WRC's outstanding attraction will be
the finale in the National Radio Audi
ton. The 10 finalists-five girls and
five boys-will take part in this con-
test, the winner Of which will receive a
SIS, ZOO cash prize, in addition to a
decoration and two years tuition at any
recognized American conservatory of
music.
In the Big Brothers Club presenta-
ton there will be dramatiZation de-
plotting the troubled days of early Amer
lea. The Capitol Family" will feature
Rudy Wiedoeft, saxophone virtuoso.
Ferrara Speaks Over VOL.
Selections by modern Russian COM
posers will dominate the program by
the Russian Cathedral Choir.
Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador
to the United States, will speak over
VOL this evening on THE Last Pro-
grams of Cuba"
VOL also has scheduled its usual
Sunday features. These include the
regular Catholic hour from the Church
of the Immaculate Conception and a
popular program by Ralston's Orchestra.
Charlie Clark's Home hour and the
Radio Revival, directed by Joe Jeffer,
are highlights of the program of WJSV.
The station also will broadcast Its other
regular Sunday features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14

but on the air each one does his own
job. We couldn't help each other very
much in that.
@. Is Georgia Price, the harpist, on
the air nowadays?-N. B., Chicago III.
A. She plays frequently in the NAL
tine program, and in addition to holding
down busy job at the studios she is
also teaching the harp to large class
of pupils.
@. Where can I hear Frank Fay
on the air?-Miss M, Buffalo, N. Y.
A. I don't think he's broadcaStiag,
except for occasional guest appear
ances. He's spending most of his time
on the stage and in the talkies.
@. Where was Adele Vasa born?-
v. H., Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A. Newark, N. ].
@. Please straighten me out on those
Russian conductors. Which conducts
which?-"Pained," Minneapolis, Ind.
A. Well, three of them are Leopold
Stokowsh of the Philadelphia Orches-
ira, Ossip Gabrtlowitsch of the Detroit
Symphony and Serge Koussevitsky of
the Boston Symphony. Does that help
any?
(Copyright, 1900