Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1926, Page 44

Wlll SEEK $1200 | ' T0 REMOVE SNOW| District’s Committee to Ask fl' . Congress for Funds for Added Equipment. A deficienc - the purchase aipment witl be as the District’s snow 0 committee, which met Epimeor Commissioner J. - Franklin Bell last week to the pro-, gram of snow rem The new equi necessary followi Hacker, supervis his snow clean Congress by well equip. s of travel, but ing the snow driven 'rn the diffi- | procuring snow, lA‘:ul‘(. nmnyulm decided tb the $12,000 deficiency to be asked for should be u ntirely for the pur- chase of such equipment. quipment Ts Supplemented ment has been added called attention to the | he so-called trafle l»m-; n street intersectior e pointed out would damage the snow plows. As a result the com- | mittee decided Traffic Di- | rector M. O. provide | drivers of the charts | showing the locatidn of these but- tons, so that they may be avoided. Ready for Business. The snow removal force is well or- ganized and ready to go out at a moment’s notice, Mr. Hacker told the commit ind’ unless there is any unusually heavy Winter, there is no dang of traflic. Those who were Maj. W R. assistant John_Newt the Merch acturers' | Association, R. H & of the Capltal Traction Company, ‘Robert L. wis apd L. R. Mass e M ckioner. Bell stressed the gmportance of persons Keeping open the gutters in front of their homes and their sidewalks clean after a &nowstorm. to ask Eldridge to plows with :nded the meeting Covell, senior POET-DOCTOR WINS szsl William Carlos Williams Gets Dm\ $2,000 Award. , NEW YORK, December 20 ®.— | Dr. William los Willlams, of Rutherford, . poet as well as physician, has been awarded the £2,000 given annua by the Dial, a mag- azine, to allow literary workers free- dom for one year to further their am- ‘Dbitions uLhur\ Dr. Williams has written several books of verses, and also prose. Win- ners of the award in previous years have been Sherwood Anderson, T. S. Fllot, Van Wyck Brooks, Marianne Moore and E. E. Cummings. In announcing the award of the prize to Dr. Williams today, the editors of Dial reiterated the pur- poses of the award with the state- ment: “The money we pay to the recipient will give him lstsure for a vear, if leisure is what he wants most; it will in any case afford him an opportunity to do what he wishes to do, and out of that to enrich nd develop his work.” XMAS CARDS An Unusual Showing of Holiday Greeting Cards. Popular Prices. E. Morrison Paper Co. _ 1009 Pa. Ave. HRISTMAS DECORATIONS cards. taxs, seals. wi 2w Gecorations. GARRISON’S “’holenle ‘l‘oy and Novelty Co., Inc. 4 E Street NW. Since 1893 SEE ETZ and SEE BETTER FDWIN H. E14 OPTOMETRIST 1217 G ST.NIW. 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Strand—"'Steppin’ in Society,” presentations, continuous hite Cargo,” p.m. one and Pillard,” 30 and $:20 p.m. Magician,” st 0, and drama, at bur- Metropolitan at 11:40 am 7:45 and Palace Svery! v's * at 10:50 a.m. 2:15 T:50 and 9:05 and ' of the n«allt»rr— ‘Midnight and 10 p.m. Lovers, at “Cabinet of Dr. 12:30, | HOME LUXUR!ES CURTAIL ; NECESSITIES, CLUBS FIND Federation’s Home Economics Head Reports More Autos Than Kitchen Sinks in Small Towns. By the Associated Press. SPOKANE,- Wash., December 20— There are more automobiles than kitchen dinks in small American | towns, and the voice of the radio is | more raucous in the rural regions than the swishing of suds in the modern washing machine. So it was declared here by Mrs. J. C. Gawler of Yakima, Wash,, chai man of home eéconomics for the Gei eral Federation of Women's Clubs, in a report of her work, which shows that in towns of less than 2,500 people many ‘“necessities” of today are lack- ing_where lots of “luxuries” abound. The vacuum sweeper has ot swept the bristly broom from the home, and while washing machines and even sta- tionary tubs are noticeably. absent, have phonographs, radios and pianos,” the report said. Advertising, Mrs. Gawler noted, is important in the trend for better home equipment. candy. Every box of Polly Trent candy carries @ “money back” guarantec that the contents will meet the de- mand of the most cnitical taste, Sells By Virtue 517 1Cth St. Main 3549 “there are any number of homes that | THE EVENING POISONED FASCIST CHIEF FOUND IN TAXI York Italians—Arms and Ribs Broken. By tho Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 20.—Suffer- ng from gas poisoning, a fractured ft arm and shoulder blade, fractured ibs and contusions, Salvatore Russo leader of the Italian Fascist mov was found early yesterd: | semi-conscious in a taxicab outside the headquarters of the Fascisti Leagua of North America In West Forty-fifth street. He had disap- ed mysteriodsly Friday night. A ver said an unidentified man had directed him to take Russo to_the Fascist headquarters. ! Tusso told police he was seized by four men as he left the home of a friend at 3 o'clock Friday morning. overpowered him and forced him into an automobile, he said. After | that, he stated. he did not know what | happened to him. Car! Vinti, secretary of the Fa gue, told police he was convinced sso had_been attacked by a rival faction. Barller in the month two shots had been fired at Russo while he was in an automobile, he said. MOUNTAIN TO BE PARK. RALEIGH, N. C., December 20. (#). —Rendezvous Mountain, where dur- ing the Revolutionary War 10 com- panies of Wilkes County, N. C., men gathered, and from which 225 picked men were sent to join other patriots at Quaker Meadows for the advance on Kings Mountain, has heen donated to the State of North Carolina as & State park. The transfer was announced here today by Wade H. 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