Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1925, Page 18

S SUFFERING AT SEA DESCRIBED BY 21 Men Rescued After More Than Week in Barge Near Exhaustion. By fhe Associated Press. CLARENDON POST OFFICE BILL IS REINTRODUCED Citizens Notified by Representative Moors of Action Taken for Bite and Structure. Special Dispateh 1o The Star, CLARENDON, Va., December 15.— The Clarendon Citizens’ Association; at a meeting last night, was notifled by Representative R. Walton Moore, through a letter addressed to Herbert H. Porter, that Mr. Moore had rein- troduced his bill providing for the construction of a post office building THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925. e e e s s Clarendon and that he hopes for orable consideration during the nt session of Congress. The bill provides that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and di- rected .to acquire, by purchase, con- demnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable bullding fof use of the post office and forother Federal purposes. It also provides that the cost shall not ex- ceed $100,000. The meeting went on record thank- ing Mr. Moore for his dction and the secretary was directed to inform Mr. Moore that the association would pro- cure certaln necessary data pertinent to the matter for use of the postal of- ficials and himself. This will include A statement as to the area served by in fi the office, the number of houses there- in_and its population. Success having attended the recent card party given by the assoclation to reduce the indebtedness on Clarendon Citizens' Hall, the meeting voted to stage another Friday evening, Janu- ary 16. Dancing is to be an added feature at the coming party. The com- 7pnittee on arrangements corsists of A. J. Porter, J. F. Bushong and Nolan D. Mitchell. . Educating Dad. From the Portland Oregonian. The modern father who decided to chum with his own boy was aston- ished to learn how many sharp turns thers ars to the gallon. N. Y. BANKERS PLAN NEW ITALIAN LOANS Industrial and Municipal Financ- ing of About $100,000,000 Being Considered. NEW YORK, December 15 (#). — The New York Times says today that Italian {ndustrial and municipal fi- nancing, which may amount to from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000 n the next few months, is being discussed by New York banking groups. Foremost among the projects is a loan of $40,000,000 to the city of Rome, |and the list Ancludes flotations by a number of hydro-electric and public utllity concerns. While a large volume of American loans is expected, some of the issues may be held back for a while, 80 as not to follow too closely on the $100,- 000,000 Itallan government loan float- ed here last month. | Chinese Women Getting Modern. Emancipation of women in China is an accomplished fact. 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