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Evening star., 1932-02-11
PERSON SELECTED
FORPROMOT|ON TO
POLICE CAPTA|NCY
GIassford Expected to Sub
nit Nominations of Officers
to Board Tomorrow.
SERGT. BOHRER SLATED
TO BE LIEUTENANT
Pvt. Robert J. Fraser in Line for
Sergeantcy as Result of Plem-
mons Retirement.

Promotion of Lieut.. Joseph w. Pierson
to a captaincy to fill vacancy created
bv the retirement February OF Capt.
G l.. Plemmons has virtually been de-
cided on by Brig Gen. Pelham D. Glass
ford, superintendent of police. who pre-
pared today to submit to the Commls-
sioners for approval list OF officers ne
believes should be advanced at TINS
time.
other officers slated for promotion are
Sergt A. S. Bohrer of the first pre-
cinct and Pvt Robert j. Fraser. Selec-
tion of these men, it was said, was made
bv Gen. GlasSford after series OF con-
ferences with his executive stan at
which the qualifications and efficiency
of those eligible for promotion were
discussed in detail.
Effective Monday.
The promotions are scheduled to go
into effect Monday. Gen. Glasslora Is
tions to the Commissioners in time for
action at the semi weekly board meet
ing tomorrow.
Lieut. Pierson is now attached to ad-
ministrative headquarters, and serves
as the departments liaison officer at
police headquarters He has been
IA, 1904. ,
sergt Bohrer heads the list OF
eligibles for advancement to lieutenant:
He is one of the younger members OF
the department. having been appointed
September l3, 1919.
Now Station Clerk.
Pvt. Frazer is now a station clerk
in the Detective Bureau. having held
this position since bis return to duty
after being seriously wounded IN
battle, April 4. 1929. with Richard E:
Hall. colored The policeman shot and
killed Hall after the man had stabbed
him in the chest and Slashed his race.
All of the men selected for advance
ment it was said must pass a physical
examination.
Several vacancies in the personnel
of the Detective Bureau also are eX-
pected to be filled Monday on recon-
mendation of Inspector Frank S. w.
Burke. chief of detectives. Men under
consideration for these positions are
understood to be D. H. Jones of the
narcotic squad. H. G. Wanamaker OF
the liquor squad and Precinct Detective
NJ J. Mahaney.
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CENTRAL BUSINESS MEN
HOLD BANQUET TONIGHT
Bulow and Offutt to Speak-Guests
Will Include Havenner.
Smith to Preside.

Making the high point of its member
ship the Central Business Mems Associ-
alton will hold its first annual banquet
at the Burlington Hotel this evening
Addresses will be delivered by Senator
William j. Bulow, Democrat, of South
Dakota, and George w. Offutt, presi-
dent of the Washington Board OF Trade
Guests will include DR.. George G.
Havenner, president of the Federation
of Citizens Associations and the presi-
dents of various local business mems
organizations.
Arthur Clarendon Smith, president
of the association, will act as toast
master, and an elaborate program OF
entertainment has been arranged under
the direction of Maj R. S. Hudgins,
chairman of the Entertainment Com
mittee.
Assisting him in arranging the
affair are: Dr. John r. Buechler, Ashby
Leeth, Arthur Copeland, Edward H
Young, Leon Brill, j. Nelson Anderson
and Martin H. Hysong.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
FRED STONE CANCELS THEATRICAL
ENGAGEMENT WHEN NMOTHER DIES
Star and Daughter Leave for New York-Wiu Rogers
Unable to .Pinch Hit" for Friend.

The Thursday and Friday perform
ances of Smiling Faces" the musical
comedy in which Fred Stone and his
daughter Paula have appeared this
week at the Shubert- Belasco Theater,
were cancelled TO-DAY when the two stars
left hurriedly for New York after re-
ceipt of telegram advising Mr.. Stone
of the death Of his mother. Mrs. Clar-
issa Johnston Stone, at Freeport, Long
Island.
An effort to have viii Rogers pinch
hit" for Mr.. Stone in Smiling Faces"
as he once did in Three Cheers" after
Stone had been injured in an airplane
accident, was blocked by "unbreakable
engagements" which Mr.. Rogers had
made In advance. Rogers came here
yesterday for q visit, intending to see
Mr.. Stone and other friends.
Mrs. Clarissa Johnston Stone was q
native Of Knoxville, III, where she was
born in 1855. She was married In that
town, and . few years later her huS-
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band headed Westward in a wagon
train. At Wellington, Kans, the couple
left the marchers to await the birth
of q son. Fred, who was to become ma
tionally famous as comedian and dancer.
Later they continued the trek, settling
for brief period in Iowa. afterward in
California and then returning to We'll
ington, where they became established
Fred Stone ran away from yelling
ton with a circus when he was boy.
Later. when he was successful, he
brought his parents East to be near
him. They made their home at Free
port Stone last saw his mother on
Sunday, February Z. when he went to
New York after Smiling Faces" fin
ished run in Baltimore. He returned
here Monday for the Washington
opening.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stone will
be held tomorrow at Freeport. Fred
and Paula Stone will appear at the
Saturday matinee and evening perform.
ances Of their show. -.
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CAPITAL FIRMS
FETE AID URGED
Havenner Says Commercial
Groups Have Been Slow in
BicentenniaI Participation.

Calling attention to the comparative
lack of enthusiastic response on the
part of some Washington business con-
Germs to the approaching George Wash
ington Bicentennial Celebration in the
National Capital, DR.. George C. Ha-
District of Columbia George Washing
ton Bicentennial Commission. said to-
day he cannot too strongly urge the
necessity for active participation in the
event by all branches Of the community
to insure the success of the celebra-
ton
ually little slow to take hold OF any
civic city-wide undertaking" Havenner
said. When they do, however, they
enter it with enthusiasm and with the
whatever 1t may be, success.
I'VE have had three meetings with
representatives of trade and civic groups
in relation to the decorations Of stores,
Office buildings, hotels and other build
ings during the Bicentennial. The
most enthusiasm, howeevr, in this
phase of the Capitals participation in
the event has been manifest by the
community groups, who are enthusi-
astically going ahead with plans for
nome decorations in the residential Sec
tions"
The trouble with some of the busi-
ness houses and citizens, DR.. Havenner
said. is that they do not realize the
magnitude of the events that will be
held in the Capital to commemorate the
Bicentennial of the birth of George
Washington"
DR.. Havenner is hopeful that every
building in Washington will display
flags on peak days during the period of
the celebration. The commission is en-
deavoring to contact the heads Of all
business concerns in Washington in ef-
forts to enlist their cooperation in
creating appropriate decorations during
the patriotic observance.
More than 100000 visitors will come
to the Capital during 1882. Havenner
estimated. Conventions alone, not in
cluding the Masonic dedication in Alex
andria, will bring close to 100000 peo-
pie, he said.
Evening star., 1932-02-11

are running Christopher Inn, the home
Mgr. Edward Buckley of St. Matthews
Star Staff Photo.
lounge, piano phonograph, books and
magazines. Upstairs there are bed
rooms with bedS-not dormitorieS and
cots. The tableware in the dining room
is from one of the city's best hotels;
it is laid on a white cloth, and an
ample amount of good food is served
by the member of the house group
chosen to sit at the head of the table.
No Distinctions Made.
Completing the picture are Mr.. and
Mrs William Smith rs and IA, re-
spectively, late of oxford street, Lon
don, England, host and hostess at the
Inn.
An average of 70 or more men are
cared for monthly" Mr.. Smith said
today, and every station of life has
been represented among the regis
trants. A consulting engineer went
from here to job last week; he sat at
table with a man just released from the
District Workhouse at Occoquan, Va.
There is no distinction made here be-
tween men; they come here for help,
and they are given it; race nor creed
make no difference; there are no pre-
requisites, religious or otherwise"
According to Mgr. Buckley, an effort
to perpetuate Christopher Inn and
place it on a more substantial basis
will be made when it has definitely
shown that it has a permanent place
in the charity needs of Washington
Begun as a personal charity, it has
continued largely on funds supplied
from Mgr. Buckey's purse. though GER
tain of the Catholic societies contribute
to the expense. The outstanding need
Of the Inn at present, he declared to-
day. is for shoes and clothing with
which the inmates may make them
selves more presentable in their search
for employment
Evening star., 1932-02-11

Church to test his own ideal of charity
- TARTED more than a year ago by
Catholic pastor to test his own
ideal Of charity, Christopher Inn,
~ at GIG D street southwest, is now
caring for an average of 10 per-
sons each month and is bidding for a
permanent place in the charity needs
Of Washington.
1t was the Right Rev Edward Buckley,
pastor of st. Matthews Church, 1925
Rhode Island avenue, who set for him
self the task of providing a real home
for jobless men who find themselves
without food and shelter in this city.
Christopher Inn stands unobtrusively
on D street in Washington's southwest
section. Past it rumbles the railroad
trains that connect the Capital with the
South; Behind it is a row of dreary
alley dwellings. Nothing in its appear
ance sets II apart from its neighbOrS.
Yet to hundreds of the men who have
been given food and lodging behind its
hospitable doors in the year and a half
it has been in operation it represents
the one bright spot Of a period Of drab
dependency.
Had Theory About Needy.
Mgr. Buckley set out to meet the
needs of the man who is broke" job
less and homeless in a way that would
make him feel that he is not a mere
object of charity. but a fellow human
being to be treated as such. The home
was the result and the home itself is
the best answer to the question of how
well he succeeded
With card Of introduction from a
parish priest of some other reputable
person as his ticket of admission, the
down -and -outer finds himself in home
where rugs cover the floor and white
curtains hang at the windows. There
are comfortable chairs in which to
Evening star., 1932-02-11
IMPERIAL SINGERS HERE
To Appear at Missionary College
Saturday Night.

The Welsh Imperial Singers will sing
at Columbia Hall of Washington Mis-
sionary College, Takoma Park, Satur-
day night at 8 O'Clock. The ensemble,
comprising q dozen singers and an &C
Davies, and has appeared in various
parts Of the Old World, as well as in
this country and Canada. They are
being presented by the College Lyceum
Lecture Concert Course.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
LEAGUE HAS ANNIVERSARY
Group for Hard Of Hearing Holds
Valentine Party.

Members Of the Washington League
for the Hard of Hearing gathered
around large birthday cake last
night to celebrate the organizations
10th anniversary at a Valentine party.
The cake was baked by one of the
members, and qualification at the sue
cess Of the leagues projects, especially
the lip reading classes at the Epis-
copal Hospital, was expressed.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
WAVES EXTRACTION
West Virginian Believed Wanted
on Larceny Charge.

BENJAMIN Hayes, Wheeling, w. Va,
who, police said, walked into headquar-
tiers Tuesday and surrendered after eX-
planning that he was wanted by West
Virginia authorities for larceny, waived
eXtradition when he appeared in Police
Court yesterday.
Police said Hayes is charged with the
larceny of $500 worth OF property ana
also is wanted in connection with a
robbery. He was placed in the custody
of Wheeling detective and taken back
to West Virginia.
Police said Hayes told them his con-
science had been bothering him.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
Wins $500 Groceries.

Mrs. F. C. Fishback, 912 Nineteenth
street, has been awarded $500 worth
Of free groceries for her letter on why
I like to buy my groceries in Piggly
Wiggly store" E. G. Yonker, president
OF the Sanitary Grocery Co. announced
TODAY.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
AVIATION ARMY PRAISED
Inspector Commends Work of Lo-
cal Bureau.

cal Bureau.
Mai. Arthur Flynn, field secretary
of the Salvation Army, inspected the
local army yesterday and last night
paid high tribute to the manner in
which the Social Service Bureau, 102
B street, is administering aid this Win
ter. He especially praised Brig. ]. G.
MCGEE, territorial secretary In charge
of the bureau.
Mai. Flynn, whose headquarters is at
Atlanta, Just returned from an inspec-
ton tour of Salvation Army facilities
in New York and Chicago. He es-
timated that In the Illinois city the
army Is caring !og 1000 i1piliek
Evening star., 1932-02-11
Will Hold Card Party.

SILVER HILL, Md, February II
(SpeciaD The Community Association
of the Silver Hill School will hold a
card party in the school auditorium on
Saturday evening.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
LOTTERY BAN PASSED

House Approves Bill to Keep
Chance Broadcasts Of Radio.
Radio stations would be prevented
from broadcasting anything about
lotteries under one of a dozen amend
ments to the 1927 radio act passed
yesterday by the House.
1t approved and sent to the Senate a
bill of Chairman Davis of the Radio
Committee which would make minor
and technical changes in the statutes
under which broadcasting is super
vised by the Federal Government.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
GROSNER is ELECTED
Clothiers' Group Names Washing.
tonian President.

Gerald D. Grosner, Washington
clothier, was elected president of the
National Association of Retail Clothiers
and Furnishers at the annual meeting
Of group just concluded at Atlantic
City, N. j.
Mr.. Grosner, who spoke at the con-
vention on Coming Styles in Mems
Clothing" is the only Washingtoniau
to be elected to an Office In the body.
Evening star., 1932-02-11
MRS. O'LAUGHLIN DIES

Funeral services 10 BE HeIU IOHUr-
row at Blessed Sacrament Church.
Funeral services will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament for
Mrs Mary Sussannah OLaughlin, who
died early yesterday at her residence,
3744 Jenifer street, after long illness.
Mrs OLaughlin is survived by a
daughter Jane Clipper, and a son,
John Callan OLaughlin, publisher of
the Army and Navy Journal. who
served in the A. E. F. in France.
Evening star., 1932-12-30


The prospect of hearing Charles
Laughton play the fiddle and watch
Ing the cracking of the flames as
they eat up Rome and of seeing
some Of those grand old orgies
which fodern times have tried hard
out never been able to duplicate
Is something to ponder over Mr..
LAughton. heretofore, has not been
even moderately musical in any of
his tilms: nor has Rome burned for
a long time-nor has there been SO
much as a suggestion of those fine
old bathing parlors which the lavish
Mr.. De Mile used to create with
such generous hand.
Cinemas at the moment are more
bound up with witty dialogue and
wise words-and with such genu-
tnely realistic treatises as are offered
in "Cynara" and "A Farewell to
Arms" The Sign of tht Cross
should be with us at just about the
same time as Mr. Hemingway's
effective and tragic saga. Rome
should be burning As Helen Hayes
lies dying. 1t will be interesting to
see which the public prefers.
Here are two examples of the best
that filmdom is capable Of. In one
$500 players are used, in the other
most of the footage is given over to
Miss Hayes and Mr.. Cooper. In one
the audience will get it's big moment
through the giant kaleidoscope pro-
Nded by the comprehensive De Mile
touch, In the other the high point is
reached in one of the most moving
and tragic death scenes ever drawn
on the screen. In one the words are
subordinated to the action, in the
other the action is subordinated to
the words.
Which comes out on top?
For long now the public has been
crying for action" Paramount has
answered the challenge with the re-
viva1 of this grand old classic which,
it is said, was being played some
where on the boards every year since
its birth up until last season In
this every extra" who is an extra"
gets his chance And four fiery
stars have been thrown together to
make the proceedings all the more
eXciting-Frederic March, Claudette
Colbert, ELISA Landi and Charles
Laughton.
Paramount at approximately the
same time took from its literary
shelf Mr.. Hemingway's story-and
presented it with little of thought of
anything but doing justice to the
efficacy of its lines
After viewing both of these will
the public say that it prefers action
to words9 We doubt it. Curiously
enough, the public has grown up.
And, curiously. too, SO has the
cinema. E. de S. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
NAVY ORDERS

Orders issued to officers under date
of December %:
Capt. George w. Stelle, detached
command y. S. S. Saratoga on Decem-
Der 81; to home; relieved all active
duty.
Capt Rufus F. Zogbaum. jr, de-
tached as commandant Naval Air Sta
ton, Pensacola, Fla: to command U.
S. S. Saratoga on December 81.
C0mdr. Archibald H. Douglas, de-
tached U. S. s. Saratoga; TO duty as
inspector of naval aircraft, Douglas
Co., Santa Monica, Calf.
Comdr. Charles w. Crosse, temporary
additional duty as recruiting inspector,
Western Division, San Francisco.
Lieut.. Condr. Herbert K. Fem, de-
tached command U. S. S. Barry; to
command U. S. S. Herbert.
Lieut.. Comdr. Jesse H. Smith, de-
tached command U. S. S. Herbert about
December 90; to command U. S. S.
Barry.
Lieut.. Josephus A. Briggs, detached
U. S S. Decatur in June; to U. S. S.
Saratoga.
Lieut.. Miles P. Du VAL detached Bu-
reau Navigation, Navy Department,
about December %: to U. S. S. Reuben
Jones as executive officer.
Evening star., 1932-12-30

Is assigned 20 the 26th Infantry, Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y, on completion OF
his Philippine service.
Lieut.. Grant A. williams, Capt. John
G. Macdonald and Capt. william H. W.
Reinburg are relieved from duty with
the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort D. A.
Russell, Tex, and detailed to Fort Bliss,
Tex, for assignment.
Each Of the following officers at Fort
D. A. Russell, Tex. is assigned to the
station appearing after his name: Capt.
Donald r. Dunkle, I'd Cavalry, Fort
Riley, Kans.: Lieut.. Paul w. Shumate,
18th Cavalry, Fort Riley.
Lieut. George ". Ehrhardt and Lieut..
Rogers A. Gardner, Fort D. A. Russell,
Tex, are detailed to Fort Clark, Tex,
for assignment.
Lieut.. Logan c. Berry. Fort D. A.
Russell, to 6th Cavalry, Fort Ogle-
thorpe. Ga.
Capt. Herbert L. Jackson, from Fort
D. A. Russell to 18th Cavalry. Fort
Ringgold, Tex.
Lieut.: Edwin P: crandan; from Fort
OF Monterey, Calf.
Lieut.. Lawrence G. Smith. from Fort
D. A. Russell to 14th Cavalry, Fort
Sheridan, III.
Orders assigning Capt Seth Gayle
| jr., Medical Corps, to duty at Mitchell
Field, Long Island, on completion oil
his Panama Canal service are revoked.
| Capt. Gustav ]. Braun, Infantry
from Philippine Department to Fort
Thomas, KY.
| Capt. william J. Kunzman, from
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ment. detached Quantico. Va. to San
Ddann Calf

ment. detached Quantico. Va. to San
Diego, Calf.
First Lieut.. Reginald H. Ridgely, de-
tached Depot of Supplies, Philadelphia,
Pa. to Philadelphia, Pa.
Second Lieut.. Wayne H Adams, on
or about December % detached Paris
Island, 8. c.; to lst Brigade, Haiti, via
the U. s. s. Kittery, scheduled to sail
from Norfolk, Va, on or about Janu-
ary ID.
Second Lieut. Harold w. Bauer, de-
tached Quantico, Va: to Annapolis,
Md, to report not later than Janu-
ary 8.
Chief Paymaster Clerk Wilbur W.
Raybolt, on February detached Head
quarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.
c.; to San Diego, Calf, via the U. S. S.
Henderson, scheduled TO sail from Nor
folk. Va, on or about February Z.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
ARMY ORDERS

Capt. Mordaunt ". Turner, Quarter
master Corps. has been transferred to
Fort Bliss, Tex, on completion Of his
tour in Hawaii.
Mai. Fielding T. Robson. Medical
Corps; Lieut.. Col George A. Taylor,
Field Artillery; Capt. Arthur L. Bene-
dict, Quartermaster Corps, and Lieut..
Henry K Williams, jr., Coast Artillery,
will be placed on the retired list De-
cenber 81 for disabilities.
Capt. Jeffry G. A. Montague. Infan-
try, is relieved Of duties with the Fred
ericksburg and Spotsylvania County
Battlefield Commission. Fredericksburg,
Va, and detailed to Hawaiian Depart
ment, sailing February % from New
York
Capt. Douglas NJ McMillin. Infantry,
has been transferred from Camp Harry
J. Jones. Arizona. to Honolulu, sailing
March "a from San Francisco.
Lieut.. Kenneth r. Bailey. Infantry
from Fort Jay. N. Y, to Puerto Rice
with the 65th Infantry.
Capt Eduardo Andino, Infantry, Is
assigned to 28th Infantry. Fort On
tario, N. Y, on completion of his Ha-
waiian service.
Lieut. Raymond w. Odor. Infantry
is assigned to the I'd Division. Infantry
Fort Sam Houston, Tex, on completion
Of his Hawaiian service.
Capt. Edwin U. o. Waters, Infantry
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Marine Corps Orders

The following changes are an
nounced:
Col. Richard 8. Hooker died on De-
cember "a
Capt George Bower, detached Ports
mouth, Va, to Department of the
Pacific.
Capt. Richard H. Schubert, assigned
to duty Peiping, China.
First Lieut.. Ralph c, Alburger, on
January 8 detached New York. to
Philadelphia, Pa.
First Lieut.. William P. Kelly, on COM
pletion Of temporary duty with the
Nicaraguan National Guard Detach-
Evening star., 1932-12-30

Owners Of large estates in Scotland
are reducing rents.
Evening star., 1932-12-30

Jail Drops Glasses.
Glasses in French, shorthand and
bookkeeping have been discontinued at
Maidstone Jail, London.
Evening star., 1932-12-30

Philippine Department to Fort Ben
ming, Ga. on completion Of his present
duties In China.
Each OF the following Infantry OFF,
GERS in the Philippines is assigned to
the station after his name: Lieut..
Lewis A. higgins, Fort Wadsworth, N.
Y, and Lieut.. Thomas B. Harper, Fort
Brady, Mich.
Lieut.. John w. Dansby, Infantry,
from Philippine Department to Fort
Sam Houston, Tex.
Lieut.. Richard Wetherill, jr.. Infantry,
from Puerto Rico to Fort Benning, Ga.
Chaplain Monroe S. Caver, from
Camp Stephen D. Little, Ariz., to Fort
Riley, Kans.
Evening star., 1932-12-30

" AL q lSo OF
husky AmaZo-
mans "flsticuf-
ing" with pyg-
mics, and fleets
of gay young
Roman cabal-
leros charging
ar un d the
country in their
chariots. They
will, in other
words, see The
Sign Of the
Cross" which is
to put in an
appearance at
the N a I i on a l
Theater begin
ing S u n d a y,
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formance which bobbed up now and
again. Such talented polka artists
as Mr.. Svoboda and Mime. Yurieva,
such q nice-voiced tenor as Gabriel
Leonoff, such a sword-dancer as Mr..
Shockmanon (the names are genu-
ine) and such Well-throated singer
as Zinaida Nikalina won "salvos" Of
applause and helped to prosper what
should be one of the most prosper
GUS Of the night haunts. 1t is new
and different-and the shutting OF
music and artists something to write
home about.
Other entertainment centers plan
ming big things for New Year eve in
clude the Madrillon, which is bring
ing down a flstfull of performers
from Broadway to help Jimmy Ray
along, and the Shoreham Hotel,
which says that it will present for
mer Ziegfeldians and Earl Carrolians
In a swift midnight revue.
Further news of the week includes
the announcement that Maxine
(''Thank Your Doyle will be 20
next Saturday midnight; that the
Loew Fox theaterS will present mid
night shows at all of their three
theaters New Year eve, and that
last night a previewing was shown
Of that new Columbia picture, THE
Bitter Tea of General Yen" which
Is to be shown next week at R-K-O
KeithS. E. de S. M.
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beauty ana IN
the manner of
its presentation.
T h i S operetta
h a S taken its
place in that
up OF ia
vorites W h C h
are d e S t in e d
never TO reach
the warehouse.
j. Charles Gill
bert, whose rich
ness OF V oil { e
and able char
acteriZation of
Schubert a e
known to Wash
ingtoni;lns. has
carved for him.