Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 28

28 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1929. CENTER MARKET'S CONTINUATIONSEEN Operation for Another Year or Two Is Indicated Bureau of Agricultural Economics, who |is in direct charge of the operation of Center Market, in reply to questions by Representative Cramton, advocated the advisability of continuing the operation of the market until such time as the | site is absolutely needed in connection | with the building program. He pointed |out that the Government paid $1,522,- 000 for the buildings and equipment. The title to the land has always rested in the Government. As a result of the operation of the market there will be turned into the Treasury for last year $113,000 more than the cost of operation, Caricellation Stipulated. Kitchen called attention that in Testimony. Mr. while the Government enters into yearly |leases with the tenants, there is a stip- | ulation that these leascs may be can- celed by Congress at any time. He | recommenced, however, that the dealcrs before the House appropriations com- |Should be given a year's notice. mittee durix carings on the first| “These people bt Sf‘dl"t"%r about $15,- deficiency appropriation bill reported to | 000,000 worth of foodstuffs a _year, o s e i | Mr. Kitchen said. “The Center Market on of the subcom-|matter has been agitated for the last Supervising . Architeet | 10 years, but it has always been put ¢ he understands | off_and_they have not made any pro- %ss in regard to|vision for themselves. They do not want to vacate until they know what is going to be done 5 Probability may be cont othel mittee asked ‘Wetmore whether, the desire of Congr expansion of the public bulding pro- gram, there will be any use made of the Center Market site for a new build- ing prior to the end of the fiscal year of 1930. Mr. Wetmore replied that ely there would not be he amount of the expenditure that can be made in the District of Columbla for public building work is not in excess of $10,000,000 a year. | POSTMASTERS NAMED. The President today nominated the +2 postmasters in Maryland and Maryland — William G- ¢, Chestertown; Louis J. de Alba, This means that there will be required | at least two and a helf years to com- nlete the projects we now have on hand.” bt | Depends on Congress. Glenburnie, and Robert G. Merryman, Monkton. Virginia—Peter L. Cooper, Clerkesville, and Edgar B. Elliott, Gate City. Ends Life With Shotgun. | Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. January 4. —Harland J. Thatcher, 50 years old, dair;man and orchardist, took his own Mr. Wetmore continued that it might | be even beyond 1932 before the market | site would be used. “Of course, i depends on what Congress do e said. “The $50,000,000 for the building rogram in the District has been allo- ated to other projects. 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Many of the men who appealed to the mis- sion explained that while they were utterly without funds for room and board here, they were in Washington to collect compensation from the Vet- erans’ Bureau, Mr. Bennett said. During the last week, Bennett said, three men who had received amounts averaging $135 each, donated $2, $3 and $4, respectively. to the mission in appreciation for- the treatment re- ceived there. Permanent jobs were obtained for 27 men in December, while 51 others were placed in temporary employment, the report showed. It also indicated that the month's attendance at the evening chapel services was 2,422, with 179 pro fessed conversions. An average of 110 germents a night were washed in the 19¢ Flannelette Women's heavy sleeves. Stripes neck and long Second Floor. Wl R & | under the World War adjusted com- | Bureau, according to John S. Bennett, | EX-CONVICT'S PLEA FOR CHANCE “TO MAKE GOOD" IS ANSWERED An ex-convict's appeal for a chance to “make good,” which was printed re- cently in The Star, has elicited widely i varied responses from persons whose interest in the case was aroused. One result, of primary importance to the former convict, is that he has se- |cured the desired job. He received i several offers from business men and |is leaving Washington today for a | nearby city to assume a position there. ‘The man, who does not want his identity revealed, served five years in the Lorton Reformatory for embezzle- ment. He was released nearly a year ago, but could not find work, meeting everywhere the answer that he “could not be placed” when his prison rccord came to light. Numerous persons wrote The Star regarding the man's case, some con- mission’s laundry while the destitute wearers slept in the dormitories, it was reported. James Trimble, vice president of the directors’ board, presided in the ab- Many Comment on * Asking Aid—Few Condemn Him. Others Want to Help. goes on down the line until he finds an opening at some other kind of work. There is always an opening somewhere; there are plenty of jobs where they don’t ask a man if he has a prison record. These are not the kind of jobs a man would pick if he had his choice, but there are a good many hundred thousand honest men working at them. “Why should your ex-convict think he is better than these men? He asks for | a chance to show that he is a real man. | Well, he has the chance. Why doesn’t | he go ahead and show it by doing what | real men do when they are up against | hard circumstances?” |, The former convict, however, insists *Outcast’s” Action in that he does not expect or ask any| | demning his plea as coming from a | weakling, while the majority approved | | his stand and expressed their desire to | see him reinstated in society. | One woman compared the case of | the embezzler to that of other men who have committed graver offenses, only to be pardoned and welcomed back from prison by the social group affected | | by their crimes. | “she hopes, in the case of the Wash- | ington man, that “the pcople of the | District of Columbia will recognize his appeal and give him a chance to carry | out his desire to ‘make good.’ " An opposite view is held by another writer, who wonders why the man| should think himself “entitled to special | privileges just because he has been a | convict.” “Why Whimper?” Asks One. Continuing, he asks, “When he can- not get the kind of work he wants, why, | | special favors. He points out that the work he starts today is hard, physical work and that h> will receive the wage | the running schedule of the Orifntal | tunnel in America The job. | Limited on the Great Northern Rail- | from the western end when the train customary for such work. however. contains advancement. TWO INFLUENZA DEATHS. Eighty-seven cases of influenza were reported to the District Health Depart- ment today. No additional deaths were reported today, but two, the first of 1929, were reported late yesterday. There have been 374 cases reported thus far in January. opportunity “for Missing Dog, Blind, Sought. A partly blind Pekinese dog belong- sence of E. H. 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NEW YORK, Januaty 4—A coast- to-coast radio hook-up governed by the progress of a crack transcontinental train will form a part of the program dedicating the new $14,000,000 rail- road tunnel through the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle on January 12. | The broadcasting center of the net- | work of 37 stations in the National | Broadcasting Co. chain will be shifted | | back and forth across the country be- | tween five points, all synchronized yrith | road. | | 'Mme. Schumann-Heink, singing in | San Francisco; an orchestra in New | | York and speeches by prominent per- Hookup to Be Synchronized With Schedule Of Train in Program Dedicating Tunnel sons in Washington, New York and at the tunnel portals will be broadcast. ‘When the limited comes to a stop at the eastern portal of the tunnel the broadcasting center will be shifted to that point to pick up a speech by Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern. Before the train has cleared the eight-mile tunnel the hook-up will have been shifted twice across the continent. A description of the first trip thestigh what is said to be the longest rallway will be broadcast emerges from the bore. ‘The hook-up, which will be headed station WEAF, will go on the air 2 9 p.m. Eastern’time. E s | ORDER OF AHEPA DINNER SCHEDULED FEBRUARY 6 The annual dinner in honor of the| | Supreme Lodge of the National Order | of Ahepa, an organization composed of 20,000 Americanized Greeks and their descendants in ths United States, will| be held at the Willard Hotel on the | night of February 6, with some 500 representatives of the various lodges |in’attendance, according to announce- ment by George C. Vournas, Washing- ton attorney and chairman of the ban- quet committee. Honor guests at the banquet will be the 11 governors of the various dis~ tricts of the order, who, with the five national officers, compose the Supreme Lodge. The announced purpose of this vear’s dinner is to emphasize the im- portance of the part played by the Greek population in the national af- fairs of the country. Many of the 400 chapters through- out the United States will be repre- sented by proxy, with newspaper cor- respondents and congressional repre- sentatives serving as substitutes. Of the 20,000 Greeks composing the order, all are American citizens, al- though the greater number were born in Greece. Mr. Vournas pointed out that one of the primary aims of the order is to teach undivided 1oyalty to the Uxited States. On Furniture in The Hub’s January Clearance Sale! Decorated Metal Smoker 98¢ Complete With , ] g Frame—Generous Size Fittings—No Phone or Mail Orders Buffet Mior Polychrome-Finished $ 1 98 Speci r———————g) Polished Brass Radio *' Seat With Velour Pillow $4.98 e — e ] Other Attractive Values! $89 Walnut-Finished Four-Piece Bedroom Suite $57.60 ists of a gum- This suite bed, dresser, Save $10 to $40 in the January Clearance y X 5139 Other Values in Ten-Piece Dining Room Suites $198 Ten-Piece Walnut-Veneered Dining Room Suite $149 $139 Genuine Walnut-Veneered Four-Piece Bedroom Suite with Jaequard velour. loose pillow arms. $98 $189 Four-Piece Walnut-Veneered Bedroom Suite Reduced to Two of. 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