Evening star., 1932-11-23
HOOVERS TO LEAD
. IN GIVING THANKS
President and Wife Plan
Simple Home Observance
at White House.

Washington will play a leading part
tomorrow in the national offering Of
thanks
President Hoover is planning simple
home observance-his last Thanksgiv-
ing day in the White House-and In
millions of homes throughout the Ma
ton the people will follow his example
With Government departments closed
at l o'clock today, thousands in
Washington, released from their
tasks until Friday morning, are plan
ming to make the most of a holi-
day. They will not be unmindful, how
ever, of other thousands in the city
less fortunate than they. With cold
adding to the discomfortS in many
homes, social welfare agencies and the
city missions are making arrangements
to spread Thanksgiving cheer as far as
available funds can be stretched. It
is estimated that considerably more
than 5000 persons who otherwise would
20 hungry tomorrow VIII receive
Thanksgiving dinners from the missions
alone in Washington.
Special Church Services.
At Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew
churches, there will be special services
tomorrow, An out-pouring of Latin
American diplomats will join in the
colorful Pan-American mass at st.
Patrick's Church at IL o'clock, while
Washington Cathedral has extended an
invitation to residents OF washington
and holiday visitors to attend It's f1rst
festival Thanksgiving day service 10 pe
held In the great choir Of the Cathedral
at 10:30 O'Clock. :,
Five fat turkeys, the gifts Of well
wishers, have come to the White House
The choicest will be selected by chefs.
White House aides or charity will get
the other four. To President and Mrs
Hoover the day will be one for offering
thanks and resting.
Curtis to Dine Mt Hotel.
Vice President Curtis, spending hi!
last Thanksgiving as second head OF tne
Nation. plans to have his daughter
Mrs. C. P. George, and her husband al
his hotel here for dinner.
At their homes here will be Attorney
General and Mrs. Mitchell and Secre,
tary and Mrs. Adams; Secretary ant
Mrs. Doak will be at Notre Nidre, theil
home in nearby Virginia, while Secre'
tary Wilbur goes to the home OF M
sister, Mrs. F. M. Paist, and her nus
band, at Wayne. Pa.
Secretaries Mills, Stimson and Chapir
expect to be here. Postmaster Genera
Brown has not made his plans dennite'
". Secretary Hyde Is absent from th'
city Secretary and Mrs. Hurley are Ii
Florida.
Speaker Garner, Vice President-elect
and Mrs. Garner have not definitely
made their plans, but office attache!
said they were expected to have quie1
family dinner at their hotel here.
Most members of Congress were a.
home, planning to come to the Capita
next week for the December session.
Have Long Holiday.
Some Government employees whose
services cannot be spared will have
to continue on their tasks after
O'Clock, but the great majority in al
departments viii be spared for holi-
day. Government Printing Office en-
ployes were particularly joyful, because
by reason of having worked last Sat
tlrday. they will have a holiday begin
ming tomorrow and ending Monday
morning.
There we're some few exceptions tc
the o'clock closing order. At the Navy
Department all employees were released
early except those at the Navy Yard
who worked a 1ull Qay.
At the Central Union Mission, the
Gospel Mission, Salvation Army and
the volunteers Of America thousands OF
baskets Of food will be distributed to-
day and tomorrow to needy families OF
the city. Each basket will contain food
for family Of five. With this estimate
the Central Union Mission will feed ap-
proximately $500 persons in their
L. rxr;ll t,o rftyof
at 2 o'clock from the mission headquar-
tiers, where Supt. John S. Bennett will
be assisted by E. H. De Groot, presi-
dent of the board of directors, and
James Trimble, vice president. The
Gospel Mission is prepared to feed $500
in their homes in a similar manner.
Missions Plan Dinners.
Tomorrow both missions. which are
supported by the churches of the city
are planning substantial dinners fol
homeless men and boys at their head
quarters. Superintendent Harvey Prem
tiss of the Gospel Mission said the
MISSIONS converts have supplied turkey
for 400 of these men and boys. Tht
Central Union Mission, it was said, is
preparing to feed approximately 55t
men and boys At both, the hours viii
be from IL to o'clock. Cooks at tht
Relief Mission Of the Volunteers o.
America are preparing extra food fol
other unfortunates on Thanksgiving
day.
/ While available funds at the variou.
missions are insufficient to take car,
of all of the unusual demands made
upon them this year-far in excess o.
last Thanksgiving day-no effort viii
be spared to relieve the most urgen
cases. Warm clothing will be distrtb.
uted also until the scanty supple.
are exhausted.
Delegate to Preside.
The Pan-American mass at st. Pat
rick's is one of Washingtons officia
and traditional observances of Thanks
giving day. Diplomats in gold BRAIDED
uniforms and many prominent Gov
ernment officials will attend, as we'll a.
dignatartes of the Catholic church.
The apostolic delegate, Most Rev
Pietro Fumasoni- Biondi, will preside a
the mass and the sermon will b
preached by Rev. DR.. Lawrence j
Shehan of st. Patrick's Church. tn,
celebrant will be Rev. jerome Sebastian
Of st. Elizabeth's Church in Baltimore
Two ether Baltimore priests. from st
Edwards Church, will participate. They
are Rev. Elmer Fisher, deacon of tht
mass, and Rev. George E. Shank, ths
sub-deacon.
Equally interesting will be the Thanks
giving service at Washington Cathedra
in the newly finished Great Choir. Ths
service tomorrow morning will be chora
and the sermon will be preached b,
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
of Washington. Among the cathedra
clergy who Will participate are Yer,
Rev. DR.. G. G. F. Bratenahl, dean o.
the Cathedrak Rev. Dr.. william L. d.
Vries, canon precentor; Rev. DR.. G
Freeland Peter, canon chancellor, anc
Canon Raymond L. Wolven, chaplain
to the Bishop of Washington. Thil
service will be broadcast over Station
WMAL including the bishops sermon.
Methodist Services.
The National Methodist Thanksgiving
service will be held at IL am. in Foun'
dry M E. Church, Sixteenth and Church
streets. Metropolitan Memorial Church