Evening star., 1932-11-24
CITY JOINS NATION
! IN THANKSGIVING
Church Services Held by All
Creeds-ProviSion Made
for Unfortunates.
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stions of All Souls Unitarian, Francis
Asbury M. E. Church South, Irving
Street Friends Meeting House and the
Universalist National Memorial Church
participating.
Other churches in various parts oi
the city also united in special services
including all beliefs-Protestant. Cath
olic and Hebrew. Representative So
Bloom of New York. associate director
of the United States Bicentennial Com.
mission, will address union service OF
the S:orew congregations at B'nal
Israel headquarters tonight.
Many Government employees, freed
from their labors at l o'cl1ck yesterday
took advantage of special railroad and
bus excursions to make trips to their
homes for the holiday.
Several congressman remained in the
Capital for the day, few planning
some work, while others prepared to
observe the occasion in their homes.
A quiet dinner at his hotel here with
his daughter, Mrs. c. P. George, COM
prised the program of Vice President
Charles Curtis. Vice President-elect
John N. Garner and Mrs. Garner
planned to pass part of the day work.
ing and the balance in rest.
Cabinet Members Here.
Cabinet members iii the Capital with
their families today include Secretary
of Commerce Chaplin, Secretary of Labor
Doak, Secretary of the Navy Adams and
Attorney General Mitchell. Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur journeyed to the
home of his sister, Mrs. F. M. Paist, at
Wayne, Pa, to observe the holiday.
Secretary OF War Hurley and Mrs.
i,, I71nrido or1d Coprotorv RI
Agriculture Hyde is vacationing at Fort
Lauderdale
For Postmaster General Brown the
day was one of mourning. He left the
Capital today to attend the funeral of
Joseph Henry Bagley, lifelong friend,
in Grand Rapids, Mich, tomorrow.
Secretary of State Stimson, after a
trying day of war debt negotiations
and note writing to the European ma
tions, departed last night for duck
shooting trip in the South. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Stimson and Capt.
Eugene Regnier, his military aide, and
planned to return Monday.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mills re-
manned in the city.
Baker Pleads for Poor.
Newton D. Baker, chairman of We'll
fare and Relief Mobilization, took oc-
casion to appeal for aid for the un-
fortunate and to remind the country
that conditions now are mild compared
to those surrounding the Pilgrims
Thanksgiving 800 years ago.
The missions, bent on making the oc-
casion a day of Thanksgiving for the
needy, prepared to donate many bas-
ket of food to poverty-stricken homes.
The Central Union Mission, 613 c
street, which yesterday gave out $50
baskets of food to destitute families,
each with provisions for five. made
preparations today to feed more than
500 homeless men and boys at the mis-
sion between IL and 2 o'clock. Supt.
John S. Bennett said all worthy cases
would be cared for.
The spirit of Thanksgiving was the
theme for the weekly luncheon meeting
of the Washington Rotary Club in the
willard Hotel yesterday. The speaker,
Rev. Russell j. Clinchy, pastor of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church,
took for his topic "Thankfulness for
the Future" Frederic william Vile,
political writer, was a guest at the
meeting.