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1927—PART 1. 19 . STAGING OF FIRES URGED AS FRENCH AMUSEMENT Engines Racing to Blazes So In- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST 21, RUMANIANS TOUR >G50 ARD e scuas s i pianie i MINE UNON HEADS | Bolling Ficld Broadcast o L e el , i Equity Case in Pittshurgh! Charges Violation of Sher- man and Clayton Acts. as in America. Some seem to feel the | some village in which a fire is bullt, need of the thrill a little more often. | just to test the speed of the One serious Paris paper has sug- | teers, who hustle from home a gested that wooden huts be put In the | workshop to pull the pump to the streets and set afire every now and | scene of the blaze. then, in order to provide amusement e for the fire-loving public and a test | O, peeds tor: Hp: eamieh | Warrant Officer Transferred. In villages—where wooden homes| arrant Oficer Wiltur ¢ are almost unknown— is indeed |, 5 a rare thrill. Sometimes there isp't |Pa% been relieved from duty one from one end of the year to the | Arn at other. But the “pompiers,” and the |Japan. and ordered to this ci public have their fun just the same. | duty with the quarter- year a day is set aside in 'master ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥: / 3 lgl?iug : Star ¥ e ed Press quartermaster By the Associ August 2 i Educators as Well as Other| Leaders in That Country | GIVE OT:lER DESIGNS Are to Be in Party. | y constructing to Army Stations. Distinctive Markings Select- ed for Navy and Marine Corps Service. | By, the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, Pa., August International, district local | ficers of the United Mine Workers of £ the C: America, and the National Surety b e Xmitok s . | will be named defendants in an equity I suit filed in Federal Court here tod v the Pittsburgh Terminal ‘orporation under s Tringing will | from Rumania. a group of 30| oducators officials and earch students of that country will | messages of | 20, good NN NI X hout XANRRNX ernment and The p| of hlue. | of alternate ca visit of several day: an extensive tour of es in the interest of inter al amity has been painted Artanzements for th entertain- | fugelages of all Bol nt are hoing made by a committee | as the official insignia ¢ #vnointed at a recent meeting of the | longing to that Army Air Cosmos Clul. This committee con- | tion. #'sts of Prince Mahail R. Stu b agia counsclor of the Rumanian lexation: | heen b George PBoncesco. financial counselor | jce, and A of the tezation: Dr A.| now have no difficulty Walsh, €. I, vice president of George- [ a strange plane it town University and regeat of the | jand as being from School of Foreign Service: Dr. Clovd | air field. H. Marvin, president of Georze Wash- In adopting the insignia Bolling | ington University, and Willlam W.| Field abolished the markings hereto Bride. District corporation counsel. | fore emplozed on planes which identi fied particular squadrons. There are To Be Luncheon ¢ only two squadrons at the field now While arrangements vet to be | the 56th Servic 1sth Head completed, the Rumanian visitors will | quarters. A th be guests of Dr. Walsh at a luncheon | tion, has heen Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at|and California Georgetown College. They will he | worked taken on sightseeing trips about the | Anr Cc Capital with inspection trips to the | pre various unive and other edu While the Capitol's dome cational facllities centered here, and } the plane belonging t will have opportunity also to meet | Field, another color scheme prominent Government officials. In | adopted, alons with other planes | the absence of the Rumanian Min- | throughout the service, which desig-| ister his countrymen also will be en- | nates them at firs mnee as tertained by members of the legation | craft. This embodies the paintir staff who are in Washington the red. white and blue on the This is the second vis't of Ru.|ders. Heretofore both Army and manian educators to Washington | craft hore th since the World War, the first visit | and biue stripes on th having been made last Summer, as|of the rudder guests of Georgetown University. [ as being military plane: Since then Georgetown has arranged | as the plane in flight was concerned, | for annual exchange visits, which are | the difference often could not be told. doing much to strengthen the ties| Most Navy planes are painted s of friendship between the two coun- | and most Army planes are olive drab, | tries. Several prominent Rumanian |but this color distinction always did stitesmen were with the delegation | not work out Y last Summer, paving the way for the So the Army kept the first later visit of Queen Mari® to the | vertical stripe and then painted United States. | nate red and white horizontal str ” | to the trailing edge of the Students Visit Rumania. This fact, together with the position During the past month a group of | of the large white stars on the toy 25 professors and students of the [and bottoms of the wings and close Georgetown Foreign Service School | to the edges, clearly identificd a shi has been visiting Rumania as guests | with these markings as an Army of the governmen In Bucharest | plane. Or a plane with vertical red, they were graciously received by [ white and blue stripes on the rudder Queen Marie and entertained by Dr.|and the large white stars on the top Willlam S. Culbertson, the American | and bottom wings. inted closer Minister to Rumania, who is also a | to the fuselage and away from the member of the Georgetown executive | wing tips, identifies it as a Navy faculty. The Georgetown group was | plane. A Marine plane has all the taken on a tour of the country under | Navy markings and in addition a the guidance of Rumanian officials red globe, anchor and eagle on and educators. o of the fuselage It was reported here that every- where in Rumania there was shown the greatest respect and friendliness for the United States, and these ex- change trips undoubtedly have helped relations between the two countries. Upon leaving Washington, it is understood that the Rumanian group will visit the principal industrial and commercial centers of the United States, to make a study of American financial and business methods, as Franc Jewelry Company, 627 7th St. well as the advanced educational sys- ;;I:AE‘;%YWVISIT | % SP%%SLTEI%EEVSEEER TO STATE FAIR IS OFF 2 ; 4 " Every dizmond reset this week, we will Thompson Will Not Speak at New modernize your old style wedding ring in the York Gathering, Says new 18-kt. white gold designs and engrave Market ofld;l any design free of charge. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., August 20.—Visi- tors to the New York State fair at Syracuse next month will not hear any speech by Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago, who had been mentioned as one of the attractions surrounded by a circle the | { gold squares, the sides of | Field planes aircraft be Corps sta blue 2 cing the de-| to prevent | ntiff from movinz coat in in- | nmerce, asked for $1,500, | ind prayed for an injunc: A X The Star’s Rural = BOX I a e By S | /jfi Definite Guid the surety company from interfering in | s e llll e lll e ay with the operation of its-non- Shlon peines n this district B S ok e e e e Judge F. P. maker ordered the defendants to appear in court August 5 to show cause why such an injunc tion should not be issued. The corporation, in its bill of com plaint, alleged that striking union | miners and their sympathizers had | attacked and intimidated company | employes and had destroyed and dam- aged company property. The was asked to restrain the defend from assaulting and molestin, corporation’s workers and their fam nd from loitering or congregat- about or near company property. was charged that striking union sisting efforts of the company to regain possession of com- any-owned houses, as provided in a and the court was asked to restrain the surety company from posting bonds in eviction cases The order directed Philip Murray, international vice president of the union, to bring into court all letter: telegrams and other documents fr international union officers, including John L. Lewis, president, relating to control, conduct, financing and pur- pose of the suspension of mining since April 1. ¥ insignia has out the serv it other fields in identifying | comes into 2 Washington's | sription of deast throu my airmen | On the far-reaching roads, radiating in all directions from Washington into the great 25-mile area constituting the “Washington Market,” which The Star covers so com- pletely, the familiar metal boxes provided Star sub- scribers are fixtures in front of practically every home along these rural routes. ests. | specifies Each of the Star Boxes is numbered and in this way serves as a definite guide to individual homes that could not otherwise be easily located. In giving her address recently to a local store for the delivery of a purchase, a lady, living on one of the rural routes, located her home by saying, “My Star Box is num- ber so and so.” Thus the delivery department of the store was relieved of any uncertainty, making her home blue as easy to locate as that of any numbered house in the city. e e ke Sk sk sk ok ok ok ok ok s sk ok ok sk sk ok s ok ok ok ok ok ok ok Temple, to cost £1,500,000, was laid in Oakland recently under the aus- pices of the California Grand Lodge R S i EAMERICAN FURNITURE CO., 512 NINTH ST. N.W. [ NN NN NN R R RN OLD FRENCH LAW-KEEPS | BATHERS OUT OF SEINE, | Police Enforce Edict of Louis XIV | in Stopping River | Sport. i When a woman husband, both in bathing ¢ recently the loud ) & istered’ caused the authorities to dig up the ordinance they were enforcing. The police had orders not to permit bathing in the River . but th did not know why. They know now is absolute and that cos- to_do with it 1y inclosed ba viver, howeve Much and her were In scores of enti h- PARIS, August 20 (®).— River bath- | houses along the ing in th open is forbidden in Paris, | thousands bathe daily. but only lately have the police learned | linen is was| that » enforcing a_decree of | laundry hoats moored to the banks in Loui: adopted in 1688 the center of the city. Faces Retiring Board. Clarence Deems, jr.,| under treatment at Walter Reed General Hospital, has been ordered to report to the Arm: Retiring Board, sitting in this city for_examination To partake of the wonderful values we are offering. We advise you to call as quickly as possible, so that you may have a selection to choose from in Quality furniture at a great sacrifice in price. W? are appealing to your judgment—that is why we want you to call and personally examine the mer- chandlse‘ofiered. We want you to have CONFIDENCE in us and our merchandise—we have CONFI- DENCE in you and are offering you most liberal terms in paying for any articles of your selection. Card Tables Legitimately a $3.00 value. Strongly constructed with a wood top covered in leather- ette. A very exceptional value for the price offered. Fiber Ferneries Substantially built. with a re- movable container. this Fern- 18 a value that will prob- not be duplicated. We omit ‘a comparative nrice, but at $1.65 1t is a remark: able value! on the opening day. The Chamber of Commerce had in- vited Mayor Thompson to come to Syracuse on the first day of the fair, and it was reported that he would deliver an address. Berne A. Pyrke, State commissioner of agriculture and markets, the chief of the State de- partment which has charge of the fair, said thht neither he nor any other official of the State York in ;eneral or the Sti particular had sanctioned proved of any speech by Thompson. Commissioner Pyrke said he under- stood that the Syr f Commerce had tion to Mayor Thomp: Mayor | LONDON RAIN AND ROSES | Prepares to Sail for Home After| August’s Fifteenth Day of Soaking Weather. By the Associated Press LONDON, London t American official cogni was_Augu the British capits *I have seen it ed comewhere,” he remarked, “that Englishmen excel in cleverness because they must be clever or die—it takes a clever man to live in this climate. But there are roses as well as rain. There is noth- ing like the E h rain and nothing lik - the English roses. { “I have rested myself in London | just strolling a bit around the streete. | They are fine streets. though a bit | narrow—some of them ked in | history as well as smok nd in."” Secretary Davis salls for home from Southampton on the Berengaria 700,000 in Legion. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, (P)—The American Legiol 700,000 mark Howard P. er, announced. 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