Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1928, Page 6

THRFY SHOPOPENS TOCAPAITY CROWD Police Keep Customers in I Line as Charity Project [ Starts Business. ! Crowds so Jarge that they were kept fn line by police flocked to the opening | this morning of the Thrift Shop, 504 frenth street, to be conducted as a| permanent activity for the benefit of four child welfare agencies. A large number of customers awaited the opening of the doors at 9 o'clock, &nd the crowd continued to grow dur- ing the morning. When the shop was ®s full as possible for conduct of busi- ness the door was closed. Those out- side were admitted a few at a time as emerged, their arms full of ges. _ John Allan Dougherty, chairman shop, and her associates repre- genting the four welfare agencies were highly pleased with the opening and the biz demand, which they had anticipated. | Q‘Thw shop, conducted for the benefit | f p 3t the Children’s Hospital, the Child | re Society, the Children's Country | and the Prenatal Clinic of | business hours, and also on | irday night | hile a plan for consistently furnish- Ing new stock for the store has been worked out, Mrs. Dougherty today again | ed supporters of the four agencies, ds and any others who may ested, to contribute materials for sale in the high-grade rum- mage shop. Men's and children’s cloth- :v.: are especially desired, Mrs. Dougherty aid o- Four-passenger airplane lines are in Pperation in the Belgian Kongo, linking incipal centers of civilized settle. Left to right: Gen. Air Traffic Associati and W. ¥ THE EVENING RTAR,” WASHINGTO ) ll. F. Deutelmoser, general manager of the Austrian Lt Hormel Heimkelflug Zengworke of Ger- imbia Hospital, will be open daily | many, first of the foreign delegates to the international civil aeronautics con- ference, to be held in this city December: 12 to 14, shown as they arrived in BIRGER FOLLOWERS GAIN COURT DELAY December 17 is Set for Trial of Three Charged With Wom- an's Murder. By the Associated Press. The Pilgrim Father on Thanksgiving, he Trudged along with his family, Shivering all over with aches and chills, Nothing to help him . . . not even pills. Blue in the face and red in the nose— Thanksgiving moderns don’t have to wear such clothes. ; sented in blue The Melton Overcoat .y Sheldon Warmer than the Pilgrim Fathet’s coat ever dared be. And, by far, much better lIooking. This is the Sheldon melton fabric overcoat. Which may be had in types ranging from the single or double breasted box-model to the approved double breasted fitted style, with or without the velvet collar, Pre- and Ozxford grey shades. $3‘7.50 Other Sheldon Fine Overcoats $25to $75 (Direct elevator service to the Men's Clothing Department, Becond Floor.) New York aboard a Hamburg-American liner yesterday. oclated Press Photo. Newman, Riley Simmons and Freddie _Wooten,’ followers of Charlie Birger |when his gang terrorized Southern | Iliinofs, gained a continuance of three weeks, until December 17, in their trial for the killing of Mrs. Loty Price, wife of an Illinois State highway patrolman, late yesterday. The defense petition of insufficient time to prepare t granted by Judge D. T. Hartwe Arlie Boswell, who, as State y, obtained the convi case was ET ARMY POST TRAINING DUE FOR EXPANSION War Department, Gratified by Suc- cess at San Antonio, Will Enlarge Program Next Year. By the Assoclated Press. Gratified by the success of the com- mand post exercise of the Army re- | cently held near San Antonio, Tex., the War Department announced today that similar exercises would be con- ducted next year in four corps areas. The exercise was the initial step by the War Department of a program of training in high command duty. In it approximately 450 officers of the Regular Army, Natlonal Guard and organized Reserves participated. It was the largest and most comprehensive exercise ever held in the United States, covering an area of about 500 square miles, with command posts at full distance. Only skeletonized stafls and communication agencies were used and these proved an economical sub- stitute for large maneuvers involving the actual use of troops. The general tactical scope of the exercise was that of an army of two corps and one Cavalry corps, With aviation and Army artillery as were necessary for mobile operations. One | hundred’ and eleven airplanes were | used. Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, assistant chief of staff in charge of the opera- tions and training division of the War Department general staff, said 1t was the purpose of the War Department to parallel the Army's school system by establishing a method of practical troop instruction. slaying, announced he would prosecute the case, although his term of office ends December 3, two weeks before the case b ial. Wooten was taken to Greenville, 11, last night to face charges of bank rob- D.” U,” TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1928 PICKPOCKET GETS $180. | Man Robbed as He Leaves Street Car, Police Learn. As he was leaving a street car in the terminal at Fifteenth and H _streets northeast last night, William Hunter, 608 C street northeast, was robbed of $180 by a pickpocket, police were told today. !dyvllrd M. Brooks, 2532 Fourteenth street, reported the theft from the en- gine room of the Manhattan Laundry a suspect. ‘The theft from his home of jewelry valued at $240 was reported by Lester D. 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