Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1927, Page 27

ROTARIANS HEAR OF CITY PROBLENS Grant and Ladue Tell Club of Traffic and Zoning Dif- ficulties Here. Col. Willlam B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner of the District; Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d. director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, and Wil- llam H. Hacland, director of traffic, were the guests of the Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon yesterday afternoon. They were introduced to the club’s membors by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, himselt a Rotafian, who smil remarked that Commissioner of official the voting upen any mat ' business” while attending luncheon. Lieut. Col. Grant was the speaker of the meeting and he sketched briefly the tasks confronting the National Capital Park and Pla sion and the Zoning the. carrying eut of projects. Highway Problems Great. it. Col. Grant ted definiti t‘ent of and heari uent requests are m ng Commission, Lieut. ge the proper tablished boulevards owners of that ground may obtain higher prices for the property W is said to lose residential value (hrnulfl\ |lw vo would much comme residents of the cf need, so we must means of softening t heavy traffic on residential streets svhich must be kept clear of com-| ] 1305 F Street mercial propert; W future, the director said, are greatly simplified by the original planning of the city which allowed no narrow streets and forbade excessively tall bulldings. Asks for Suggestions. The most important problem in the attainment of additional park lands for the District, Lieut. Col. Grant de- clared, was the creation of more play- grounds for the boys and girls of the intermediate ages. The establishment of areas for this purpose, he said, was a real confribution to hoy life and young maghood. In conclusion, the officer asked the members of the Ro- tary Club to furnish the District Goy- arnment with any suggestions which may tend to aid in the solution of the problems which confront it in the de- velopment of Washington. Among the guests of the club were Wallace R. Farrington, Governor of Hawaii; Victor Houston, a former Washingtonian, now the delegate of ai and W. B. Shearn, on, England. udeville performer, entertained at’ the conclusion of the luncheon with a swift satiric “speech,’ in which he quoted from the address which preceded him. Two-Year-0ld Hit in Fight. A two-year-old innocent bystander at a fight was hit over the head yester- |day by a flying water glass. Florence Pannell, colored, spectator - {to a battle between Nathaniel and Aquilla Welington at 1430 Sixth street, the viati She was treated at dmen’s [ tal. A Smart New Shoe for Fall “ol. Grant | fronting | from | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDA GERMAN RANGOR FORU.S. HELD GONE Cooper Describes Survey of Conditions in Europe for Lions Club. Contrary to what might be the gen- eral belief in this country, Germanj holds no real bitterness toward the i declared ~ William cretary of Men's Christian Associa- address at a luncheon of the Lions Club in the Mayflower Ho- told of witnessing a motion picture o the World War while in Germany. The speaker described the great growth of communism in various sec- where it ha . He predicted that the Labor party in Great Britain will become much stronger in the mear future, and at- tributed o certain amount of dissat- isfaction among that group to Under Raleigh Haberdashey Management Patent leath- er, round toe, bow pumop. Concealed gore, Cuban heel. Also iu black suede. ‘ STETSON SHOE SHOP W.&]J. SLOANE 709-711-713 TWELFTH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. “The House with the Green Shutters” i . 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The meeting will be held in line with the program of Lions International, who have designated October 16-22 as the “Week for the Blind.” with a view to stimu- lating interest in the blind and their welfare. Committees for the occasion were announced yesterday as follows: Hall, L.:W. DeGast and A. N. Miller; invitations and printing of program, Thomas W. Brahany, W. C. Hanson, W. J. Brown and S. Russell Bowen; program, R. L. McKeever, rge A. Lewis, Caleb W. O'Conrnor, lyde Miller, A. H. Lawson, R. Dean Shure: ushers, Dr. Guy W. and others to be selected by him as assistants, and reception committee, Dr. G. B. Trible, Thomas W. Brahany and Dr. E C. Barnes. Argentine Wheat Pool Formed. CALGARY, Alberta, October 13 (#). —The first Argentine wheat pool has been formed. according to word from the headquarters of the Alberta wheat pool yesterday. The pool, sponsored by a number of descendants of the Danish colonists that settled in the Argentine, is ex- pected to handle about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. WAR DEBT IS BEING CUT SAFELY, MILLS CLAIMS University Women Told More Rapid Reduction Would In- flict Burden. Declaring the war debt was being rapidly reduced, Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills yesterday told the American Association of Uni- versity Women at 1634 1 street that it could not be liquidaed morte speed- ily than at the present rate without overburdening the present generation. He reported the percentage of people paying income tax was so small ENTERPRISE SERIAL Building Association 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 59th Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments dnmes E. Connelly James F. Shea President Secretary OCTOBER 13, 197. that it virtually caused this levy to become a class tax. 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