Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 30

. . i THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1928 “ROCK OF THE MARNE" EMBARKS|BLAZE DESTROYS |7 i iyt i = * NEW CABINET POST HONEYMOON/| 6 COLLEGE BUILDINGS | ¢fon"id" ciesee e sorenc o’ tne 50 ®Y . ; NAVY YARD HOLRS BRNG COMPLANT Longer Days for Civil Em- ployes in New Wage Schedule Protested. nomic Association and the American | istration, a director of material for Statistical Association. | purchase of supplies and equipment and A preliminary bill was drawn pro- | a director of investigation. PLAN Is INDORSED viding for a cabinet officer to head the | m———————— - | proposed department as secretary of | | campus. The two-story frame home of administration. One of the chief pur- | Dr. Lowrey caught fire from a flying poses of the bill is to provide for better ember and the other buildings were 242 2 .| selection and promotion of Federal em- {Ehitoa. tranivie 8 | Political Science Group Favors De | Dloyes, with ' more _adequate salary PPRAEISE I adjustments. The proposal incorporates R in the department the existing Civil Finance Agency to Close. Service Commission, the director of the MR EIRON G P A= budget, a director of personnel admin- | The treasury department announced today that the Mexican government's| By the Assoclated Press. financial agency at New York will be| CHICAGO, December 27.—The Amer- é‘loscd e s é“tl fln{l”nvgfl ican Political Science Association met ransactions after that date w e | today to indorse a proposal for a de- handied through the consul general. | PPH R L L tion in the Fed- Blue Mountain, Miss., School to Extend Holidays to January 15 as Result. Maj. Gen. McAlexander’s Marriage in Canal Zone Is Revealed. partment of Administration for Federal Government. CHEESE Anew delight when mashed with .. butter and seasoned with LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE By the Assot’ated Press. BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss., December 27.—Fanned by a brisk wind, fire yes- terday destroyed six buildings on the [Title Won by Holding an Im- | portant Position During S iter eis ani vaiodiwe Vigorous protest was made by Luther | i nearby residences. Dr. L. T, Lowrey, | eral Government. i C. steward, president of the National N World War. 5 I|)m:;|d(‘m. estimated the total damage| Insects have been on the earth for |~ "o ion“woc 40 pe taken in jolnt Federation of Federal Employes, to Sec- tonight at $100,000. | 50,000,000 years, while humans have € e retary Wilbur of the Navy Department | As a result of the blaze, reopening of | been here only 500,000 years, some | Session with the Americun Economic | regarding & lengthening of hours for| ... . .. . the college after the Christmas holi- | scientists say. | Association, the American Farm Eco- | the Second Wonderful Day of of wages, after these employes had been | SAMN FRENCISCO. | mber 27 denied a hearing, and he protested also | M) © e ,_Té{el ?g)g\l‘loti}nd{hw against “continuance of the present dis- | o Ve, KU A8, BO0 BACK O o | criminatory rates for classified 1abor-| jawafi for an extended honeymoon i | with his bride, Mrs. Grace Palmer | Copies of this letter have been sent | Sl ‘521 Francisco psychoanalyst and to Chairman Lehibach of the HOUSE|jocturer. They were married recently civil service committee, who is drafting | 5" Baihoa, ‘Canal Zone. a relief measure to correct the inequali- [ %" Gt N AIE0E (IR0 ive ties under the Welch pay act, and 10 [ panama on the other members of Congress Who are |emper17. Effort particularly interested i the Navy Yard workers. Text of Letter to Wilbur. Mr. Steward's letter to Secretary Wil= | bur is as follows: “It is astonishing to find in the sched- inder ule of wages for civil employ | the naval establishment for the calendar | RADIO KILLING JAZZ year 1929, that a substantial number of additional ratings in group 4-B have Muslc TEACHEHS HEAR,\\(’I’Q highly praised for their service. been removed from the 7-hour group to ‘ ST | - - the 8-hour group. Our astonishmen! 3 the 8-hour group, O A bbeared | Head of Association Holds Mechan- | before the departmental board of re- | ¥ I{| Sunday By the Associated Press. view and asked the chairman if the CLEVELAND, December 2 dio| 5 2 $3.50 Philadelphia Tomorrow, Friday, Is here from omme Dec- 'w him then me known | amship company | (ha Marne,” when as a colonel com- | manding the 38th Infantry he held an | mportant position against attacks by | he German army. The Germans flung | themselves repeatedly against McAl- | exander’s forces for three days in Ju 1918, but finally abandoned tic attempt. | McAlexander and the 38th Infantry GEN. McALEXANDER. istic Trend Is Here to Stay and Will Grow. Excursions subject of increasing the hours of 4-B employes would be considered by the board, a recommendation on lllfls ;xmmll been submitted by the local |- CLE g are dotand. T was informed |15 Killing its first love, jaze, by 4 sort of | by the chairman that the board would |Slow poisoning method, in the opinion | oot eonsider the subject. I stated at|of Willlam ~Arms Fisher of Boston, | +that time if the question of hours was |President of the Music Teachers’ Na- | $3 25 CHESTER to be considered by the hoard I wished | tional :i;‘h“,,‘i“éfl:xe,‘,‘.‘.“““h opened s o to discuss 1t, but if not it was not my | fiftleth an onvention here today. boerd's time with » question not be- | 18% o ke e Ners e aber el “We. s1e % | ernistic art, is an honest effort to get We find ourselves, therefore, in the 3 T mere eiitnee | December 30 position of having been denied the op- | “"pisper asserted that the mechanistic | ; ™ .30 am. i i argument, of, & |in music, symbolized by the radio. the | Philadelphia_(Broad subject of grave . X SRter that de- new wired radio and the musical | West Philadelphia, employes, only to learn later that de-|mgyjes, is here to stay and grow under | Off! ter 8:05 p.m., Wilming- P cisive action has been taken without the employes side having been heard. We desire emphatically to protest against a lengthening of hours without |the study and invention of America’s best scientific minds. | More than 300 delegates are expected | to attend the three-day meeting. ) sylvania Railroad Our Entire 1 Stock of / FUR COATS 2 We Continue Friday the : Greatest Sale of a corresponding increase in compensa- tion, and especially do we protest against the unfair manner by which the present decision was reached. Discrimination Claimed. “We desire to protest against the con- tinuance of the present discriminatory rates for classified laborers. These clas- sified laborers have not received any benefit from the passage of the Welch act or at the hands of the departments, and our conviction is strong that had the data been taken into consideration the award for 1929 would have shown a substantial increase for these employes. “We request reconsideration on the | two questions hereinabove set forth, with a view to arriving at a more equitable decision than the one con- tained in the schedule of wages for 1929." The Columbia National Bank Capital and Surplus, $650,000.00 911 F Street Tomorrow—Friday—A Sensational and Timely Reduction of Smart Party Frocks |[COATS SATINS NEW MODES in In Our Entire History! Bonus and Gift Checks | ‘ —to open an account in OUR SAVINGS CHIFFONS STRAIGHTL[NE 5@ Use Your Christmas EX-TELLER .SENTENCED. LOS ANGELES, December 27 (#).— James B. 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