Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1929, Page 27

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929: + CEDAR INDUSTRY'S PEASCONSERED House Ways and Means| Group Takes Up Wood Schedule. By the Associated Press. Taking up the wood schedule in its | consideration of tariff revision, the House ways and means committee to- day heard supplemental oral pleas for relief of the Northwest cedar industry. In a brief filed with the committee two days ago 180 cedar mills in Wash- ington, Oregon and Idaho asked that shingles and cedar lumber be taken from the free list and be given a duty | of 25 per cent ad valorem. ~ugmenung this argument, Repre- sentative Hadley of Washington, a Re- oublican member of the committee, to- Jay read into the record a joint memo- <ial adopted by the Washington Legis- :ature declaring the present law dis- >riminated against domestic producers and appealing for a tariff to protect 125,000 American wage earners now in competition with Oriental labor in Brit- ish Columbia. A. C. Edwards of Everett, Wash,, speaking for the tariff committee of the cedar industry, said the 25 per cent duty would equalize costs of production in this country and British Columbia. The War Department took a hand in the hearing yesterday, entering a plea, on national defense grounds, that pro- | lection be given private small arms | manufacturers. Lieut. Col. Townsend Whelen of the Ordance Department, appearing at the request of Secretary of War Davis, told the committee during hearings on the metals schedule that the Government Retiring from Business: Sale Now On! Mayer Bros. & Co. 937-939 F SPECIAL FEATURES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY YOUR CHOIC Spring Dresses $O .90 EALLY marvelous values at this price; made of flat crepes, Bandit Is Nervous, But Holds Seven at Bay in $60 Robbery | | | | A robber, whose voice trem- | bled with nervousness when he commanded “stick 'em up,” held up and robbed an Atlantic & Pa- cific Tea Co. store at 2302 Fourth | | street northeast of $60 late yes- terday afternoon. Three cus- tomers and four employes were in the store at the time. Leonard M. Diggs and Thomas L. Dabbys, managers of the store, reported to police that a man about 35 years old entered the place a few minutes before 6 o'clock and drew a revolver. Hearing a clerk moving around behind a partition, the bandit or- dered him out and then opened the cash register, emptied it, and made off with the money. was absolutely dependent on prl\'ate‘ manufacture of small arms, and any | increase in duties, provided they did not raise prices, would “redound very great- |ty to the national defense." | {LIQUOR BLAMED ON WIFE.| | Michigan Man Facing Life Term | as Habitual Criminal, MANISTIQUE, Mich., January 17 (). | —Blaming his wife for the presence in | his home of & quantity of liquor found | by police, Tony Papich, 45, facing life | imprisonment under the dry provision | | of Michigan’s new crime code, took the | |stand in his own defense yesterday. Papich, the father of five children, had | | been convicted of liquor law violations | four times previously. ‘ The defendant said he was absent | | from home October 26, when police | seized the liquor. He said it must have been taken to the house by Mrs. Papich. Street georgette and smart prints. One and two piece models and en- sembles. All new shades. Sizes 14 to 20—36 to 46. New Dresses 13: Coats at and Below Cost OU will marvel at these values, as they are the smartest style Spring’s newest shades. Sizes 14 to 20—36 to 48. SPECIAL! $3.98 Lingerie $2.69 Crepe de chine Ted- dies, Bloomers, Slips and Tailored and Dance Sets. fancy. All-sizes. T hese Specials Will Not Last Long s-and in SPECIAL! $2.98 Lingerie $71.69 Choice of crepe de chine Step-ins, Teddies and Bloomers, tailored or fancy trimmed. All sizes. Be Here Early! FOUR SQUARES AIM | be made to report out a bill providing { of Massachusetts announced today that ! OF MUNICIPAL BILL Underhill to Push Center Pur- chase “In Interest of Economy.” i | | When the Simmons bill authorizing acquisition of the northern half of the proposed site for a municipal center be- tween Third and Sixth streets, Penn- sylvania avenue and the courthouse comes up for consideration in the House District committee, an effort. will for acquisition of the entire four squares contemplated for use for the municipal group. Representative Underhill, Republican, January Sale! Entire Stock of Ladies’ Hand Bags reduced in price 207% to 25% unrestricted choice CASTENS | LEATHER GOODS 1314 G St. N.W. CITY CLUB BLDG. Values Up to $16.75 SPECIAL! $1.95 Hosiery $1.27 Pair Silk, toe to top; perfect quality, full fashioned, sheer, clear chiffon in all new shades and all sizes. 'he would lead the effort to have the entire four squares purchased immedi- ately in the interest of economy and to prevent local taxpayers later being forced to pay probsbl{ twice the cost for which the entire site could now be purchased. Representative Underhill feels .that the two squares east and west of John Marshall place and fronting on. Penn- sylvania avenue should be acquired first instead of the two squares north of C street, which are mentioned in the Simmons bill. Mr. Underhill said to- day that if it is impossible to convince the House District committee that the four squares should be acquired at once he will insist upon the two squares fronting on Pennsylvania avenue being the first to be taken. Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis- trict committee today introduced in the Senate a bill similar to the Simmons measure. The Commissioners estimate the cost M. B New Spring Frocks Just Unpacked in Time for This Sale Together With Bright Frocks for Wear ’Neath Heavy Winter Coats R O of the land will be approximately $2.- 405,000 and the proposed courts build- ings, $4,700,000. - — FOUR KILLED AT CROSSING | Auto Skids on Ice-Covered Road Into Train’s Path. BRENTWOOD, N. Y., January 17 (#). | ~Four persons were killed when ‘their automobile was struck at a crossing by | a train near here last night. ' Those killed were Harold Candell, 24, of Farm- ingdale, N. Y.; His wife, Agnes, 21; John Holmes, 40, his father-in-law, of Brentwood Park, and Anna Holmes, 18, also of Brentwood Park. It was belleved that Candell saw the train, but that the car slid on the ice- | fiying 1n the United States, was brought 1 was awarded by the Navy Department covered road to the 0O K For Spring we're Georgettes and new Printed Crepes although Flat Crepes and Combinations are * chie, too. All the latest styles. o N Brooks’ “BeSt Selling” | (@ | : At Close-Out Sale Prices! | Fofmgrlj Selling from $79 to $98 In these three special groups there are scores of coats just re- cently purchased . this time of year . Formerly Sold from $58 to $69 featuring colors and 3150 Values to $19.75 Largest Plane in U. S. Is Brought Here - ‘For Test Flights at Anacostia Station || Sunday B T "« O A th T 4 What is said to be the largest airplarie Buffalo plant. Contract for the plan- $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN : Sunday, January 27 SPECIAL T Leaves Washington RETURNING, leaves o ireets Philadelphia. 7:48 P.M. 8:05 P.M.: Wilmingto: to the Anacostia Naval Air Station yes- | February 28 last. terday for test flights during the next| The plane, of a monoplane type, with week or 10 days. The plane, which is | metal hull. has two 430-horsepower 100 feet across the wings and wmch‘l’rnu & Whitney Wasp motors and ! can carry 32 passengers, is an experi- | an emplacement for a third motor of | mental type constructed in con-|the same type. Because of its great formity with the winning design of last | wing spread, two wing tip pontoons | year's flying boat competition of the | have been added, a practice not custom- | Navy Department. ary with smaller flying boats. The bilg seaplane, &nown as the Although equipped for military pur- XPY-1, was. flown here by Lieut. A.|poses, it is so designed as to be readily; W. Groton, piiot, and S. M. Landon, | convertible into & commercial type | chief engineer of the Consolidated Alr- | transport plane, with seating provisions | eraft Corporation of Buffalo, N. Y. |for 32 passengers in a cabin 60 feet which comstructed the plane, from the lorg. i Chester, 8:35 PM. SIMILAR_EXCUT February 10, 24, March 10, 2 Peansylvania Railroad $ & € © &% P You Should Have a Smart Handbag for Every Costume And youy can do it most economically in this special purchase sale of genuine feather bags. All the wanted grains and shades, smart marcasite clasps, moire lined and with chic simulated tortoise * frames. Envelope or pouch style.': A wonderful selection to choose from. $3.95 Values Remember, there are two, at least two more months of really cold weather and the Bright shade Flat Crepe Frock is the smart thing to wear ’'neath heavy coats. FLOOR HANDBAGS THIRD FLOOR—DRESSES A Special -Group of FROCKS for Women .and Larger Women For you women from 36 to 44 and from 407, to 5014 here’s an opportunity to get a smart frock at exceptional savings. Formerly sold to $49.75. THIRD FLOOR—DRESSES Imagine it! . . 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All the wanted fabrics, all the wanted furs, “plenty of all Black coats, Tans, and colors. : Values Ext.l;aordinary Abound in ‘This Friday and-Saturday Sale of Over 300 ALL SIZES. + SECOND FLOOR—COATS $2~:§5 GLOVES 45 pecial Purchase Made Possible This Tremendous CHIC FELTS Combined With New Straws An extraordinary purchase of Ad- vanced Models for misses and women, Lustrous Hand-finished Felt, beauti- fully trimmed with the new straws and for early Spring. All silk lined. y are fully MILLINERY—FOURTH FLOOR Remember That Our Entire Stock of FUR-COATS and REDUCED TO COST AND LESS SCAREFS are Not one was made to sell for so low a price! Every one of the exquisite Pastel and high colorings will be found in abundance . .. Purple .Lide Sand . .. Marron . . . Maracaibo . . .Byrd Blue ... Goya Red...Pandora Green and Black. Twice our usual window -display has ‘been devoted to this event. They are in tonight . .. worth a special trip to see . .. then try them on tomorrow. 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