Evening star., 1940-02-05
TaIIuIah Bankhead
To Turn Over $1,000
For Finnish Aid
Third of 1t Is Her
Salary and Rest Is From
Relief Fund Here

Three thousand dollars to aid the
Firms, a third of 1t representing
Tallulah Bankhead's weekly salary
and the remainder donations from
friends of the Washington Unit of
the Finnish Relief Fund, will be
turned over to Minister Hjalmar
Procope by the actress after tomor-
row nights performance of "The
Little Foxes" at the National The
ater.
When she arrived yesterday for
the opening of the play tonight,
Miss Bankhead, bothered by touch
of laryngitis. told reporters who met
her at Union Station that she was
now more interested in reading the
news of Finland then perusing the
theatrical columns of the news
papers.
The actress, who is the daughter
of the House Speaker, is member
of the Theatrical Committee of the
national headquarters of the Finnish
Relief Fund.
Soldier-Athletes to Arrive.
Expected to arrive in Washington
shortly are Taisto Maxi and Paavo
Nurmi, soldier athletes who will tour
the country for the benefit of their
native Finland. They were well
coined in New York Saturday when
they arrived from Finland aboard
the Wegian-American liner Ber-
gensfjord.
Latest to contribute to the cause
of Finland are 81 artists, all but
one of whom are Washingtonians,
who have presented 100 works of
art to the Washington unit of the
fund, to be auctioned off at two
public art auctions, with all pro-
ceeds going to the fund.
Half the works of art will be put
on the auction block Thursday
afternoon at the Shoreham Hotel,
while the others will be placed on
sale at the Raleigh Hotel Saturday
night. Every cent of the receipts
will go to the fund, since all ex-
penses of the auction are being
met by the patrons, and the auction
halls have been donated by the
hotels.
Bust of Sibelius Donated.
A Washington sculptor, Yucca
Salamunich, contributed a bust of
the noted Finnish composer, Jean
Sibelius, to the collection that will
be sold. And the paintings include
a life-sized portrait of the late
Speaker of the House, Representa-
tive Henry Rainey of Illinois, con-
tributed by the Norwegian -Ameri-
can painter, Bjorn Egeli, who has
lived in Washington since 1925 and
who is an American citizen.
A sketch of Hjalmar j. Procope,
Finnish Minister to the United
States, was given by the only nom
Washington artist, Miss Violet Oak
ley of Philadelphia.
Benjamin Bell will be auctioneer
and the committee in charge is
headed by Mrs. Alexander Lee.
Lapps Are Evacuated.
Successful evacuation of $4,000
inhabitants of the Lapland Prov
ince of Northern Finland was re-
ported in cable received last night
by Minton M. Brown, executive sec
retary of the Washington Unit of
the Finnish Relief Fund, from his
brother-in-law, William Hallam
Tuck, one of the funds represent
atives in Finland.
Mr.. Tuck reported that the hos
pitals are being operated "splen-
didly" under direction of women
doctors and that many school build
ings in non-evacuated areas have
been converted into hospitals for
aged and children, many OF whom
are suffering from the effects of
the 30O-mile flight in subzero tenn
peratures. He also described the
moving of $4,000 reindeer from the
eastern section of Finland to the
west, where the reindeer will be
used for meat and leather.