Evening star., 1937-07-25
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

Paging all pages-this is Daddy
Shannon announcing from Station
EATS That is to say that Repre-
sentative Joseph B. Shannon of Missouri
is today host in the garden room of the
MayfoWer Hotel at his annual ban
quet to the fifty-six House pages.
Daddy Shannon. as they call him, is
tops with the pages. They nominate
him for the presidency, and this year
Johnny McCabe, chief page, who is
master Of ceremonies, tipped us of that
they may nominate him this year for
one Of the new jobs on the Supreme
Court bench, If and when-because they
have no intention OF losing him and an
annual meal ticket In the House The
boys have good time planned McCabe,
who is known as the turkey king of
Congress-" because he has a chicken
farm at Arcola, Va. from which he
brings in eggs to members and makes
them pay by digging post holes on the
farm, will make the introductions. Jack
Parrish of Indiana will serve as chaplain.
"A message from the President" will be
delivered by T. v. Martindale of Ohio
Music will be furnished by Donald Car
lIISlldti vi A1tOl Rld. llc WOIklIlRS OIL
Congress" will be described by William
Paul of California. A touch of comedy
will be furnished in a harmonica dance
by Henry Hill of North Carolina and
Cullen Collinsworth of Tennessee Albert
Payne of Texas is all ready to make
speech, following which Ryder Ray Of
New York will describe MY Headache"
Aubrey Russell of Kentucky says he will
sing. Then will come sketch by James
Strachan of Georgia and George Catlett
OF Kentucky. A harmonica speciality will
give the spotlight to William Mclaughlin
OF Ohio. Earl Morgan of Alabama has
a poem he writ. Walter Morgan of Ala
bama will contribute what he calls
music, Roy Robertson Of Maryland will
break out with speech and there will
be one-minute talks by Thomas Northrup
of South Carolina. Myron Blalock of
Texas, Martin Schafer of Illinois, James
Neal Peterson of Georgia. Arthur Sutton
Of Michigan and Edmond Walsh Of the
District of Columbia. Another sketch"
about Paul Revere will be worked by
Edward Mccormack of Pennsylvania and
James Thompson of District of Colum-
bia. James Linkletter of New Jersey has
practiced up for a harmonica solo. A
Spanish story will be told by Antonio
Suazo of New Mexico and a grand as
semble harmonica trio by Mclaughlin,
Morgan and CollinsWorth will close the
festivities. The motto for the occasion
is BE not ignorant of anything, in a
great matter or small"
The other pages who will demonstrate
disposing of good victuals are Lewis Allen
of Ohio, Jack Barrett of Pennsylvania
Thomas Beatty of New Jersey, Rodney
Bowman of Ohio. Harmon Burns, jr.. of
Maryland, Randolph Carr OF West Vir-
ginia, James Chestnut of North Carolina,
Maylon Clinkscales of Georgia, Owen
Dieterich of Michigan, Eugene Dlngler
of Pennsylvania, Daniel Ellis Of Ala
bama, c. H. Emerson of Tennessee, Peter
Green Of Illinois, Charles Harris of
Georgia, Lucian Hunter of Kentucky,
Harry Joachim of Mississippi, Fred John
son, jr., Of Wyoming, James Johnson of
Indiana, John Jurgensen of New York,
Jimmie Mack of Florida, Charles Nc
Carthy of Illinois, Rutledge McGhee of
South Carolina, Robert Martin of Cali
fornia, Landon Mitchell of Virginia. H.
H. Morris of Kentucky. Jack Morrow of
Nebraska, Robert Parrish Of Indiana,
Smith of Pennsylvania, Alvin SmuZynski
of Michigan and John Stacy Of Georgia.
The House welcomes back George
Potter Darrow who was unanimously
elected by the Republican members to
succeed the late veteran Joseph G.
Rodgers as minority employe. Mr.
Darrow is 70 years of age and up to the
last election had served continuously in
the House for twenty years and was
one Of the most valued members of the
Naval Affairs Committee Mr.. Darrow
comes of an old New England family and
is native of WATERFORD, Conn. He
served in Congress from Philadelphia,
where he had been president Of a sec
tional School Board and member OF
the City Council. He graduated from
Alfred University, New York, in 1880.