Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1927, Page 3

BRIC LUV BLOC STUCCO METAL Tin_Roofs—Concreting Roofs Painted—Gutter & Spout. We Remodel. Rebuild Repalr MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Leaves 3th St. Whar? Dally 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ Cafe and Lunch Counter on Steamer Bt. Vernon not open on Sundnys MUNITIONS MAKERS 10 MEET IN PARLEY Display of Death-Dealing War Implements. Munitions manufacturers who would be depended upon by the Government to construct materials of war in time of a natlonal emergency, as well as representatives of corporations who would be depended upon to provide the speclal means of automotive transport, will mobilize at the Army | proving ‘sround at Aberdeen, Md., next Thursday, for the annual meet- | ing of the Army Ordnance Association. At that time the Army authorities will stage one of the biggest displays in its history of death-dealing engines of war, from the smallest rifle fire to the biggest of the big guns, includ- ing in the day’s activities smoke screens, gas discharges, anti-aircraft offense and defense, both night and da ecial trains from all parts of the Bast will converge at the town of Aberdeen that day, bringing the ex- perts who will participate in the de- liberations of the association as well as witness the Army's latest muni- tions developments in actual use, From Aberdeen the participants will be taken aboard two special proving ound planes proving grounds to be taken to the nd around its 35,000 where the various ordnance ma- 1 and firing will take place. The ac H\Illv« are so tion in nrdor to get I(he people to them. Special Trains Provided. Two special trains will leave the Union Station here at 7:30 o'clock Thursday morning bearing members ‘| of the cabinet, other Government of- Parents of Battery Park are re- [ lieved of that constant fear and | dread of death or injury to their { children by motor accident. The beautifully winding roads and lanes do not lend themselves to fast d -i?g. At school or play the ace 3 no traffic menace. ficlals and civillans who have been invited to be present and witness the demonstrations. The activities at the proving ground {| will begin at 10 o'clock, with a re- sounding crash, when a 16-nch sea coast gun will hurl its 2,200-pound projectile across the 33,000 acres of land and speed it on for 32 miles ‘{down Chesapeake Bay, which will be vantages thiz delightful re- ,smcml community. isit this { unique colony and inquire about { the pretty homes and attractive h\ulrhm; sites available. Mr, Crutchfield is on the premises all day Sunday and will gladly inform ™ HEDGES & MIDDLETON, Inc. \Reutors Franklin 950: Full Protection for your Car The fullest protec- ‘ tion for your car, the greatest conven- ience for yourself Per Mo. plus the finest invest- ment you can make. Handsome metal weather- board construction gives both strength ind beauty. Call Lincoln 10-100 The Natural Beauty of is most effective at this season You Should See It! To get there —Take new Defense Highwcay (the new road to Annapolis) at Bladens- burg, follow Soushaven signs to entrance road, just 22Y% miles from Memorial Cro:s at Bladen:burg. Hedges & Middleton Realtors Ine. BARREL WILI cember 20th: all cidk hour out Frtuefl(k « K to 10 an HENS PAT 2! AR’ R Vi HMOND l’n'r~m Ren o BATES. x¥o At the Rikvil put_of Rockyille Makc Weekly Trips to Baiumore, Philadelphia, and New York. SM THS THA! CHIORAGE. Noris 3395, wnmm.um. || cleared of shipping for this period. After the party is allowed to see the method of maneuvering this engine of war, it will be taken to the section devoted to rallway artillery, when a 12-nch gum, mounted on a railway carriage will be run up to its firing point, gigantic jacks placed to steady the car and then fired, to be followed 17| by a firing of one of the 8-inch railway mounts. Shifts to Aviation Field. The activities then will be shifted to the aviation fleld, when the Sixty- first Anti-aircraft Coast Artillery unit will place and fire the very latest developed antiaircraft guns at gigan- tic targets, to be towed by aeroplanes. In addition to the gun firing, the wit- nesses” will see the methods of con- trolling the fire at aircraft. In addi- tion to- the 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, there also will be fired the 105-mm. gun and the .50-calibre machine gun. On the other side of the contest, planes will drop 600 and 800 pound demolition bombs on land and water, using instantaneous fuses, which will set off the projectile as soon as it touches the surface of land or water, as well as demonstrating the delayed fuses, when the projectile will go off only after the projectile pierced the land or water. This will complete the morning dis- play, and the 2,500 guests and mem- bers of the association will be served a réal Army meal to be prepared by members of the Army School for Cooks and Bakers, who have been or- dered from Camp Meade, Md., where they are stationed. Ordnance Equipment Display. After the food is served'the party will be taken to the main front of the proving ground, where ordnance au- tomobile equipment will be on display, and, incidentally, the Society of Auto- motive Engineers has been invited to be present. Tanks, tractors, automo- bile gun mounts and cross-country cars will be on display. Then the Field Artillery will bring on its latest, including French and American 75s, 155-mm. and 240-mm, howitzers, all of which will be operated and fired. This will be followed by the discharge of smoke bombs and the laying of smoke curtains, all of this part of the demon- stration being staged by the Field Ar- tillery unit from Fort Hoyle, Md. Upon completion of this the Chemi. cal Welfare troops from Edgewood Arsenal will discharge the various war gases, and then the meeting of the association will be held in the Administration Bullding. It will be presided over by Benedict Crowell, its president. Visitors to View War Relics. After the meeting the museum will be. opened and there the guests and members will be able to see modern and obsolete artillery, including cap- tured German material, as well as many freak engines of war, which have been tried and cast aside. Supper, Army style, will be served, by which time darkness will have swept over the ground, when there will be a searchlight display, picking airplanes high up in the air, and night firing at and from airplanes. The demonstration will end about 7:30 o’clock, SOCIETY PAVES STREETS IN LONDON’S NEW CRAZE Piceadilly Is Scene of Activity of Elite in Early Hours, When Night Life Palls, Correspondencs of the Associated Press. LONDON —Mayfair's newest fash. | ionable craze is to go street paving xn‘ white ties and golden evening gowns. In the early hours, after night lite has begun to pall, parties of society folk have appeared In Piccadilly— London's Broadway now being re- paved—and, seizing picks and shovels, begun helping the street pavers. A change from pick wielding was made by two young men smartly groomed in evening clothes, who for two hours put up a wheelbarrow-push- ing contest, filling and dumping loads | of s0il. The navvies, already amused, ought _they were on something for allowing them to do the navvies’ work. 1 SISASR AN HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS New and Used Bought and Sold |BIG BOOK SHOP—933 G, Hot-Water Heating System led complete In six rooms. 0 3 years to pay with Another “home 'Improvemen H. K. Contracting Co. 424 S5th St. N.W. Phone Main venings, Army to Feature Event With |t THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. OCTOBER 2. 1927—PART 1. Virginia Is having its points of in- torest, from the east to the west and the north to the south, photographed from the air. For the past 10 day; raco plane, ing Serv eld, South Washington, Va., and ing Lowell S. Harding, operating manager of the vice, as pilot, and He *. Robin- ., a_commercial photographer of Front Royal, Va., has been touring the State while Robinson makes his pictures with an aerial camera. Among the photographs taken are Richmond, St. John's Church, Uni- versity of Richmond, the State capi tol and grounds, Hollywood Cemetery where thousands of Confecorate deid are buried; the principal residential the principal golf cour 1916 17th Fireproof, tance of Government offices. Bachelor Apts., 1 r., b .. 2r, k. & b., reception hall. 3 r, k. & b, 2 exposures Realtor and business streets of the city andjbeen Vlrgmla Photographed From Alrplanc To Advertise Its Pomts of Interest “rom Richmond the plane flew to Malvern Hill, Cold Harbor, Fort Har- rison, Bermuda Hundreds, Hopewell, nestown, , the Big Yorktown, Hamp- ton, Langley old homes and plantations in oucester and in southern Matthews Counties. Robinson, a former Navy aerfal photographer, was given the contract for the work the State Conservi- tion and Development Commission. It is_understood the photographs also will be reprinted in pamphlet form for distribution in connection with Gov. Byrd's plan for Virginfa pub: licity. Highly efficient bus ser\lrew have established in the suburbs of Apartments for Rent WILLARD COURTS St. N.W. Inder New Management convenient to car and bus lines- All lurge, alry, ets; tiled baths; all-pight switchboard and elevator service. within walking dis- outside rooms; ample clos- 3r,k. &b, large recep. h., 3 ex pmures Resident Manager on Premises Short-Term Leases if Desired JOHN A. BRICKLEY 1321 Connecticut Ave. IS 3 rooms and bath. 4 rooms and bath. 5 rooms and bath. No. 3701 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest Corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue Opposite St. Alban’s Cathedral Elevator and Telephone Switchboard Service 4 rooms and bath ......$75.00 4 rooms, bath and porch, $100.00 5 rooms, bath and porch, $115.00 Vacant Apartments Open for Inspection Saturday and Sunday Randall H. Hagn INCORPORATED er & Co., Phone Main 9700 R No. 1909 19th Street N. W. MODERN FIREPROOF BUILDING 24-Hour Elevator Service All Apartments Done Over 1 room, dining alcove, kitchen and bath. . .$50.00 60.00 . 70.00 .100.90 Polecat in Post Office. Correspondence of The Star. WICHITA FALLS, Tex.—Depart- ment regulations proved of little a when a polecat strolled into the parcel post department of the post offic It was a sort of rural free deliver: Authorities tried to entice the anim outside, but he strolled nonchalant from one mail sack to another, e dently quite at home. Police were called and settled the intruder with 1 Dog's Fangs Pulled Out. Correspondence of The Star. ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Frances Ed- wards, 80, I8 reunited with her only companion, a dog. she says is 17 years old. The police charged that the dog | was vicious and had bitten two peo- ple. The aged woman in court pleades for her pet Judge Calloway ordered | that the dog's teeth be pulled before | it wes restored to her. The drgonne SIXTEENTH and COLUMBIA ROAD NORTl;lWEST. PHONE COLUMBIA 4630 he Klingle Apartment i Cornecticut Avenue at Macomb n Northeast Corner i i Modern Fireproof Building Electrical Elevator 2 Rooms, Dining Alcove, Kitchen and Bath, $57.50 Vacant Apartments Open for Inspection Saturday and Sunday Randall H. Hagner & Co. Incorporated No. 1321 Connecticut Ave. N.W. LOCATION Convenient to three. maii suieet car lines, two bus lines, churches, schools, markets and thea- ters, yet located on high elevation in embassy district of upper 16th street at new residential hub of Northwest section. BUILD]NG A modern, spac eight-story, fireproof strue- ture, containing 229 apartments of from one room, kitchenette and bath, to rooms and two baths: with large reception halls, all outside windows, built-in baths, entirely complete in every element of convenience and finish. SERV]CE Service on phones and elevators is uninterrupted throughout the 24 hours. Milk and ice delivered night or day through our own efficiently conducted service room, which also receives and redelivers packages sent during occupants® absence. Individual servants’ rooms and garages are obtainable in the building—in short, ppy combination of semi-hotel service with apartment <pace and privacy. Pay us a visit. let our resident manager take you through the building, and whether vou rent or not, we shall be amply repaid in having an additional advertisement, far better than this one. Phone Main 9700 Unfurnished Apartments The Chastleton Hotel Conveniently Located 16th St. at “"R”™ Two and Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath, With Large Porches, Available for Immediate Occupancy. 233322838288 MALE & FEMALE [s883388 1{ *0 00 3 90600000000 000000000000000000000500000000000 00000009000 000000000000000000006000000000: > PHILLIPS TERRACE 1601 Argonne Place, ILW. West of 16th and Columbia Rd. 999 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT >4 Salesmen and Saleswomen Cashiers—Office Help Alteration Hands, Porters and So Forth 0000000000000584000000008000008000009. 00400660000000000000000604. Reduced Rentals experienced persons who are in- terested in making connections with— " —which we are soon a turing ready-to-wear — shoes— NENT, GOOD-PAYING POSITIONS Card Writer . . Superior Service Between HELP WANTED' pS\ ‘$$ to open. A store for millinery—toilet goods—yard goods TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY. \l Apply Floor Managers | 7th St. 9&12 Starting tomorrow we will interview 'g women and children — fea- % —domestics and similar lines—PERMA- Window Trimmer and at Once! > N.W. AM. :::z....““m::r“f “wmmmmmmx.m 000000 §0»m All rentals in this thoroughly modern apart- ment have been adjusted to meet the changed 3 SER when the pushers gave them |? élllllllllllllllll!lllIIIIIII||IIIIIlIIIII-IIIIllIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII NS % % % Vacant Apartments Open for Inspection Saturday and Sunday * Randall H. Hagner & Co. INCORPORATED No. 1321 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Phone Main 9700 ST AL A GRAND OPERA FESTIVAL Week Dec. 5th to 10th POLT'S THEATER MIGNON—CARMEN—THAIS—FAUST HANSEL and GRETEL—AIDA : THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY With World Famous Artists Edouard Albion, General Director Prices $1, $2, $3 and $5. No Tax. SEATS NQW— Jordan Piano Co,, 1239 G St. Main 756. JOIN NOW SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT CLUB New Civic Music Club Affiliated With THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY Membership Fee—$5.00 Five Great Concerts for Members without further charge. ly Box Office, Washington Nutional Overs, ADDly B n Fiane Con Main 3 e Get Your Heating Plant Installed Right T’z prepared for the Winter. Don’t let the cold weather find you without heat. Let us install your plant now before cold weather sets in. No Down Payment No Finance Company 3 Years To Pay Real Estate Improvement Co. 605 14th St. N.W. ’hxn 8184 0 S 0 N I 05 50 S S AN H B NN conditions. After this date Phillips Terrace will be operated under the rental supervision of Mr. Roger L. Calvert, whose high standards of service are well known to thousands of dis- criminating apartment dwellers in Washington. The quiet, refined atmosphere and the ideal location should convince the most fastidious that Phillips Terrace now offers the blggeat apartment value in the city. INSPECT—SELECT—TODAY Why wait longer for that home in in the country? HERE ARE ClTY HOMES WITH PARK SURROUNDINGS You Can Buy One of These Homes for the Rent You Are Now Paying. Why Not Come Out? 100 CAS Monthly Payments NEW HOMES 16th Street, Alaska Ave. and Hemlock St. N.W. A group of new semi-detached homes; 4 bedrooms; Frigidaire ; large lots; built-in garages—at prices lower than any house ever offered in this section. Drive out 16th St. past Walter Reed Hospital to Hemlock St. SEE THEM TONIGHT Open Until 9 O’Clock P.M. 8 Sold—Only 4 Left FRRIRRRBAERDARRIRBARRBLLRLDARIARL DD w“&%@&%»w, 28 «2 G‘s - Select Apartments at Moderate Rentals IVE modern buildings ofl'fl'ing a diversity of location. Many attractive apartment suites from which to make a selection, at very moderate rentals. CORCORAN COURTS 23rd and D Streets N.W. A high-class building with quiet, refined environment opposite the U. S. Naval School, near Lincoln Memorial, 5 minutes’ walk from Munitions Building, Navy Depart. ment and other Government buildings. De Luxe Apartments $39.50 to $110.00 Attractive, well arranged housekeeping apart- ment suites of 1 to 5 rooms, bath and porch with all modern conveniences. » 24HOUR SWITCHBOARD Al ELEVATOR SERVICE—EXCEL- LENT CAFE—MANAGER ON PREMISES—MAIN 10030 ats | : % THE SHARON 2148 O Street N.W. A splendid new building, just a block from New Hamp- shire Avenue and the fashionable Dupont Circle Section. Comfortable apartment consisting of large liv- ing room, spacious bedraom. kitchen, tiled bath, large closet . veseeess.$50.00 RESIDENT MANAGER ON PREMISES 1443 OAK STREET N.W. Between 14th and 16th §yreets Only one apartment available, consisting of large reception hall, living room, bedroom, kitchen and bath .......... ... $47.50 936 MADISON STREET N.W. A Convenient Location One apartment available with an excellent out- look on a large estate, containing living room, bed- room, kitchen and bath .. RESIDENT MANAGER ON PREMISES 1860 CLYDESDALE PLACE N.W, Facing Rock Creek Park Just north of 18th and Columbia Road, facing Rock Creek Park. Large apartment containing re- ception hall, living room, bedroom, dining alcove, kitchen and bath ................ $60.00 INSPECT THEM TODAY! «x CAFRITZ s ers and Builders of Communites