Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1927, Page 13

D. C. TRADE DINNER PLANS UNDER WA' Smith Names Committees to Arrange for Annual Event February 4. mittees which will annual The roster of eo arrange Midwinter Washington ous pizses of the mecting of th Boavd of irade at the Willard Hotel the evening of Febru ary 4, was announced vesterday by Odell § Smith, general chaivman of smmittee cording to plans now being laid A number of members of Congress and dinner icials will r and & made to like numl this year chairman of and Harry “Other commit follews Advisc man 2 tion floor visor: ment: John Saul lichts and Waters, prc ¥ Dr. Murphy, publicity: Milton 1. Schwab, Charles J Florence, chairman Dinner—\William | Arthur r Paul Ward a Door—I Combs }l ink R. Strunk and R tertainment ‘man: Jerome ell, C. W, E. McClure, Floor Morris, chairman chairman N. Wafle. V. Triplett Thomas John . Barnard Clever and ARRANGE BOARD OF TRADE DINNER THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 27, 1927—PART 1. FORD PUSHING RUBBER PROJECT ON VAST BRAZILIAN PROPERTIES| ‘v)ll\ development of 5,000,000-Acre Tract Ex-| e . [ pected to Give Huge Yield When Planted. ! | Officials Claim Years Will Be Required for Full De- velopment of Plan. Special Dispateh to The Star DETROIT, Mich., Novemler 1s are being pushed visorously by » Ford Motor Co, for the develop of the rubber industry in the of 4,500,000 to 5,000,000 acres purchased recently from the Brazilian sovernment on Piquataba Plateau, State of I'ara Possibilities loom o large, as they {are outlined by Ford officials, th o | Upper: Ben T. ¥ and Dr. Frank E. : Luther W. Linkins and N-Il\\xlh and Charles J. Waters Webster, chairman u( llu' qnl\l\ur\ committee; Edwin aham, pre; James B m i W OMutt, Graham chairman: W' . By Ed ward J. Murphy, J. 8 3en T. We ¥ and loud speakers— ey Carl, chairman: William W red A. Smith. —T. Brooke Amiss. ¢l irman aines and Chares M Ioss Hayw . chairman Plitt and | White Publicity—Richard L. Conner, man, and Robert J. Cotrell, Reception—E. . Brandenburg, chair- Richard L. Conne Joseph chair Fred White and William E. S nirs—J. Mitchell Ower George H. Davis and He Tickets—Elmore T. Burdette, cha man; Frederick M. Bradley, Kent, George B. Farquhar and Hugh W. Barr. DESERTS OLD THEATER. Adjutant General's Printmg Branch to Have New Quarters Owing to the inadequacy of the ac. commodations of the old Ford Theater | Building, on Tenth street between E und Fstreet: move the put adjutant in that hi modious quarters on the first floor of the west end of the Munitions Build- ing on B street, at Twenty-first street. The transfer will be effected during the month of December. th cation branch of the jail by panied here by a county detec \ur October | containing and shot her. ' PRISONER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING WOMAN Lakehurst Air Station Aide Iden- tifies Negro Charged With Beating Another. By the Associated Press, CAMDEN., N. I, November Charles Howard, the negro who is « |to have confessed beating to attacl an I\Ino \I 8, The Miss Nippins, who ws 1e county prosecutor. Miss Nippins, es with Mr. r at Ridgew: o entered their house the night pocketbook , locked her in a rod1| He was frightened off | 20, took her Wilber's screams. v Mr Miss Moffa was stabbed in the abdo- it has been decided o ! men and beaten on th {she was thr zeneral's office, now located | ara, oric building, to more com- | here and probably will recover. was accosted by the negro while she | was waiting at a railroad flag station | F for at It is expected that unless Miss Mof- fa's condition should c she said. in to Philadelphia. ing and| r Dun- | identification was made in the | Sidney | witness room of the Camden county | accom- | and stenographer in the ce at the Lakehurst | g0 nd head before | f wn into a ditch by How- | She is in a hospital | the wolse, Howard will be placed on trial | an Only the absence of . who attended the s foot ball game in Noew York. prevented the nesro from being placed on trial today Howard was r Jorsey ed from the New Trenton six five-yes sav he 1lso had served nine years in Tennes ea for the lu]lmr_ u( a woman. TEACHER GETS VERDICT. d | Dictrict Consents to Claim of $1,- 843.93 Due on Salary. The District of Columbia has con- | sented to a judgment against it for | 93 in favor of Mary J. Cottrell, 33 R street, a teacher of domestic art in the public schools. The sum represents the difference between the paid the teacher by the Board | of Education and the amount to which | she was entitled under a_promotion. | W represented by Attorney Camille J. Cottrell. RUTH ELDER HONORED. bama State S presentatives Jef resented Ruth | lace Theater la bunch of 5 | Members of the ciety, headed by R dl: party Allen Laste Hughley argent, chair- Miss_ Florenc . and Mrs. H. O, man of the so tar some sett arc a Beautif ed by 20 diamonds: in four cor inum eight s stones; an from with two large ¢ ter xtones sur structed emerald s $125 Reautiful All-plat- Mountin large diamond : assortmeft ranging EOPLE prize a diamond . . beauty as for its permanent invest- To receive a diamond is ‘. to receive truly a very thoughtful I gift. We have at present a complete stock of exquisite diamonds, in hand- Rings of attractive design set with ery detail. ment value. ings. precious stones, each perfect in ev few: Large Center Stone, 10 surround- ing stones: trim ming of emeralds: 18-kt. white gold mounti Hand somely engraved ving. $125 ul rin round smaller recon- ners, Many other pre- cious gems set in beautiful mount- ings; VALUES YOU WILL AP- PRECIATE. maller exquisi $175 to $250 sidsmith & Eo. BETWEEN TWELFTH-AND - THIRTEENTH 1205 for its Here 3 large diamonds surrounded with sapp hires 18kt White Gold Mount- ing: artistically pierced and en- graved sides. A value at | duction predicted by experts for 19 | This whole tract if put to productiol not only change the cntire situation of the rubber industiy of the world, tut will give to northern Brazil \sricultural and industrial impetus | vavely paralleled in the economic de velopment of a_people o This is joyfully conceded and antic- [a_minimum of 3.000 ipated by Brazilians, says W, planted to rubber Reeves Blakley of the Iord Motor | four years | Co. who has made three trips to| “Rubler trees will be planted about Prazil the last two vears, exploring | acre, and we believe we can the Amazon Valley and closing neso- | he' finest rubber in the tiations to buy the tract. Ford officials said 5,000,000 Acres Secured. ! here is an average of 2 : " veq o | able hardwood trees an acre, enoush roimately 5000000 ncres. tich, ved, | ost of clearing the land and planting voleanic soil, sloping with ideal nat- '“f_"\'{ ’”f,"”\ ural drainage from the hizhest point |, s couthward, at 18,800 feet elevation R laE AT the . wontert hove tevel. toward the rivers on | L e e ' | houndary of the tract, and has tiie noith and west boundaries of the | (LIS et minimum depth wract. b e “One of the most interesting irdugh: B18 mailes 6t 4 termine | teatures of the ventu the social inland from the Rio os, the |2nd economic effect on E ""““'””;‘ western boundary of the land, and zoo | 15 one of the host e “r"‘:l‘h"\.(_ s ot miles traversed on ihis river and ihe | States Bas. Offeials of (Be Bie cf Rio Itapaca Curua, the eastern hound- | e . there Isn't an acre ready for beert. . ORIy COUKteous | i Sl et axccent | nd absolutely square in| four or five squar in the Gt BUCHES B0 extreme nor ! Assuming cultivation, a ive estima of the yield will he 1.200 pounds acre a year, and the young trees will | bexin to viell a small quantity six | ye s after plantin; The production o such an area in the Amazon Valley, where the trees | mature at 10 vears, would give a | annual yield of 6.000,000,000 | pounds, enough for more than 837 | 142,000 Ford tires with 7 pounds 1o the tire. This area would he 680,000 acres more than all the rest of the | world planted last year, and a _yield | \lmost five times the total world pro- acres within shall be | the next market transportation s idea River is from 1 to determine | AND K PER TOOTIL, $6 & SN (-l \Il\\’l‘l‘l‘l) Twentyosix ot £nod honest dent ey (hat e matural 96,000,000 schedule Terms of to Payment May Be Arranged predicted yield pounds with the Stevenso holding down British production 330 pounds an acre, the maximum in dicated by that schedule last But it is not the itention of the Ford Motor Co. to take a_sudden plunge in producing rubber for the world. Converting the great tract Into a rub- her plantation will take years and will require highly organized efforts. The city of Para is 750 mlles north- | east of the Ford purchase and 110 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. One | ig 1 Hours: 9 AN fp h e (DR ook foi Be Sure Get ‘Tnko the Ticht | condition of the Ford purchase is that ! | tempti | production companies which will see Twho have 1 Wa Dr. Dionysio Aus Lrom Para | minister of | word ot lof th and_ hridge “There are thousands Portuguese, Indians and mixed bloods in northern Brazil for whom, to this time, there has been no promise of economic_advancement. “It is hoped by the Ford Co. the rubber in-| northern Brazil, and the | outlook to other rubber | that dustry in what can be done there, will gradually | change the entive social and economic complexion of the country Among those who have felt the rching possibilities 4 Ford Co. is heginnin heen of g hington ¥z president | state of Eurico and Dr. Prado Lopez, senators ind Rio: Dr. Lyra Castro. | gricultuve at 1 rge Dumont Villar spirited citizen of San P The story of the beginn rubber industry in Brazil by the Ford | Co. would he incomplete without a ippreciation of the helptul- | and understanding of these men of the State of Para: Dr. Eurico a better era for the common people | country.’ of the Valles (Copyr trics by North Iy ORCHS 1110 ¢ EST. 1879 PLATE SATIS FACT]ON careful, reputati ark thronzh necurat: i COME TO DR. 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