Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1922, Page 32

GOVERNMENT HOTELS HAVE BIG WAITING LIST Now Numbering 250 Applicants for Rooms, It is Expected to Gain by Midwinter. The government hotels on the Union Statlon Plaza, where 2,000 govern- ment workers make their homes, now have a waiting list approximating 250 persons, according to Robert S. Watson, chief clerk of the Housing Corporation. The walting list is in- creasing constantly, and will prob- ably be much larger than 250 by the middle of winter. Government workers who desire to make reservations for rooms at the have government hostelries been v M urged «n a T make re: carly as pos- sible, as ospect there will a pi be a waiting llfl. through the entire winter. The actual capacity for fe- male governme nt workers in the hotels is about 1.: Mr. Watson said. and the servant staff of the hotels is about 20. Demand for rooms at the hotels s always greater in the late fall and early winter than In the spring and summer, Mr. Watson said. although 's are frequently filled to ca- uring the latter seasons. The pacity discord between the manager of the repre- L hotels and_the plaza council, sented by s Bertha president, spring, whicl nated in rning from ning, assi; secreta would be closed unless the contr has been cleared up, gement and the plaza in aceord. Miss An ment hotels. —_— System. | From the Loaisville Courfer-Jeurnai. | ““This is the Red Tape Bureau. We have 200 employes.” “I did not suppose you had work for so many."” “Oh, we have an excellent system by medns of which two men can do the work of one. S ].n the govern- Terry Cloth Dolls and Stockinet Dolls 49¢ Washable Dolls for tiny decorated in fast colors. girls, dogs, rabbits and cats. son to|nell of the hospital ship Rellet has |Supply Corps of the bureau of sup- 5|the Naval Observatory. - | headquarters, this city, tots, Boys, Changes in Stations of Army and Navy Officers Of Interest to Capital Army Orders detaching Brig. Gen. George B. Duncan from command of the 14th Infantry Brigade at Omaha, Neb., and assigning him to the command of the 1st Division at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., have been revoked. Lieut. Col. Alvan C. Gillem, 14th Cavalry, at Fort Sheridan, Ill, and Maj. Frederick Herr, 14th Cavalry at Fort Des Moines, Jowa, have been as- signed to the 26th Infantry in the Philippine Islands. Capt. Willlam K. Weaver, jr., fleld artillery, and First Lieut. Paul R. Carl, infantry, have been transferred to the retired list on account of dis- ability, incident to the service. ! Orders for the retirement of Col. Clarence E. Dentler. infantry, Decem- ber 15 have been revoked, the officer having withdrawn his application for retirement. Navy. Licut. Commander Riley F. McCon- been assigned to duty in the bureau of engineering, Navy Department. Lieut. Willard A. Kitts at the naval powder factory, Indian Head, Md., has been assigned to duty at the naval sun factory, Washington, D. C. Lieut. Commander Elwood A. Cobey, plies and accounts, Navy Department, has been assigned to the battleship Utah as supply officer. Gunner Charles E. Smitherman at the Newport training station has been ordered to this city for duty at Marine Corps. Maj. Edwin H. Brainard, at marine has been as- signed to duty with the 2d Brigade in Santo Domingo. Capt. Charles A. E. King has been transferred from Quantico, Va., to Philadelphia. apt. Thomas J. Curtis, from the al proving ground, Indian Head, Md., to Quantico, Va. Second Lieut. R A. Boone, from the battleship Maryland to Quantico. FlrsaLleut. George Nielson has been reti: First Lieut. Gustaf A. Brodstrom, at Quantico, has been ordered to resume status on the retired list. Second Lieut. Joseph Ascheim, resig- nation A January At Exactly ’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922. MUTT AND JEFF—Mutt Didn’t Get Away With It This Time. YAAS JEFE, SORRY I CAN'T DINE WiTh You BUT I'VE 60T AN INWITE T A SWELL DINNER WITH SoMe = FoLl WS s NEW RESERVE OFFICERS. Three District Men Receive Ap- pointments to Service. Commissions In the Officers’ Reserve ' ton Sunday. THEY DIDN'T INVIT@ e i‘x‘é“\’.“m"‘hi":z'fizé.‘é‘n:.".?‘nn‘.‘1:;‘.‘1‘. FOUR GIVEN D. S. MEDAL. cago Saturday, arriving in Washin ton Sunday night. NOTHING STRANGE ABVT THAT! WHo ARE Yw? wHY, YoURe hoBobY!! WELL, TA TA OLD DEARS THE HotT AND HosTE3s GOMNA HAVE A SwELL WRkey EEED AND ‘ALL T CAN EAT (S THIRTY CenTS WORTH OF HAM AND E66S A, N3OME. CHEAP SOCLETY STRANGE lective draft in the world war, thel deut. Col. James H. McCord, in- | Zlegaus, U. President has awardsd the distin-|spector general's department. of St.|Wash. sulshed service medal to Lieut. Tol.| Joseph, Mo.; M: Edgar B. Tolman. John G. Langston, judge advocate|judge advocate general's department, Eenersl’s department, of Goldsboro, N. of Chicago, 1ll, and Capt. Irvin W. S. Infantry, of Seatt 1 —_— Telescopes were Invented in the first reflecting one in 1692. For exceptionally meritoriou fces- as executive officers in Mrs. Davis will be back in Washin Arthur E. Cook, privat Corps of the Army have been issued Secretary to Mr. Davis, who acco to three residents of this city as fol- lows: Alfred H. Gllbert, post office box 23, to be captain and staff secre- tary; Daniel S. Hollenga of 1014 Ver- mont avenue, to be captain and quar- termaster, and John B. Roddy of 608 | /\' /" 1 '0¢ six months’ service a classified employe before transfer to permit the immediate transfer of F street southwest, to be second lleu- tenant of infantry. panied him to the Pacific coast, a rived here today. —_— PRESIDENT AIDS TRANSFER. President Harding bas waived the THE MANS STORES 112Women’sCloth Suits Frank C. Staley from the Veteran Bureau to the Post Office Department. Mr, Staley has a clullnod status in IS EXPECTED MONDAY. result of open competitive examina: tion. tion in West. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will be back at his desk in Washing- ton next Mond morning after a Va. ‘Wood cuts invented in 1460. Why Not Open A Charge Account? This convenience is offered to you and other responsible people. May we arrange it for you tomor- row? Clearance on December 1st! 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