Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1929 SCHOOL BUDGET PLAN APPROVED Change in Method of Han-| dling Estimates Is Favored | by Trade Boaid Body. Change in the method of handling estimates for the District public schools | system, which would provide that the original estimates of the Board of edu- catlon be forwarded intact by the Dis- trict_Commissloners to the Bureau of the Budget, with recommendations by the city heads, is recommended by a Joint subdommittee of the public schools committee and the municipal finance committee of the Board of Trade. 1 by the foint request of the Board of Education. Building Plan Favored. | a report presented by Guy | nd D. D. Kinsman, the joint | ee went on record appro the proposed new five-year building program and the following resolution “Whereas, the procedure recently fol- lowed in the submi: 1 of estimates for appropriations for the public schools of the District of Columbia has resulted in failure of Congress to ap- propriate for itoms which, it is believed, would have been made if those items had been before the Bureau of the Budget, “Resolved, That the Washnigton Board of Trade recommends that es- timates of the Board of Education be forwarded by the Board of District Commissioners to the Burcau of the | Budget, as they Board of Educa mendations as to the maxi 10 be allowed to the publ o items or ‘otherwise a District Commiss! proper.” Board to Act on Finding. ‘The recommendation of the subcom- | mittee will go to the schools and mu- nicipal finance committees of the board | and later to the full membership of the board for action. Under the present system, which has caused friction between District officials and the Board of Education, estimates of the school needs, prepared by school authorities, are revised at the District Building to conform to the whole bud- getary program formulated by the city heads and then forwarded to the Bu- reau of the Budget. G. U. GLEE CLUB TO SING. Midwinter Concert Sunday Night First Appearance of Season, ‘The Midwinter concert of the George- town University Glee Club, marking its initial appearance this season, will be held Sunday night at 8:15 o'clock in Gaston Hall. The club will be assisted by the Collegians, a student orchestra, under the direction of Edmund S. Fish. Henry Deane Benson, president of the 1929 Glee Club, has built up an aggre- gatfon of 48 es. The other officers of the club are: Frank J. Wenzler, vice president, and William J. McLarney, secretary-treasurer. The accompanist will be Robert Bruce. Prof. Edward P. Donovan, director of glee clubs at Georgetown for a number of years, and B:sme'. Breeskin, violinist, will be solo= ists, ch recon- num amount | schools or as the Board of shall think Special Showing New Millinery Second Floor NINE AMERICANS MADE ORDER OF MALTA KNIGHTS Two Already Knighted Given New Rank—Admiral Benson Ac- corded Honor. By the Associated Press. ROME, January 24.—The Vatican yes- terday announced a long list of new knights of the Order of Malta, includ- ing many Americans, and also the con- ferring of the Order of Malta upon several lay leaders of the church who have already received knighthood. The latter category includes James A. Far- rell, president of the United States Steel ~ Corporation, and Morgan J. O'Brien, former judge of the Supreme Court of New York. Mrs, Farrell and Mrs. O'Brien were created ladies of the Order of Malta. ‘The list of new knights included the follo\\‘in?t Cornelius F. Kelley of New York, president of the Anaconda Copper Co.; Frederick J. Fisher, vice president of the General Motors Corporation; John J. Bernet, president of the Erie Rail road; John J. Leahy, Bank of Com- merce, St. Louls; Admiral William 8. Benson, U. S. N,, retired, Washington; | John K. Mullen, president of the Colo- rado Milling Co., Denver; John 8. Drum, San Francisco; Amadeo P. Gian- nini, San Francisco, and D. W. Twohy, Spokane. ¢| SOCIAL AGENCIES 0. K. INDUSTRIAL MEASURE| Senate Labor and Education Com- mittee Notified of Action of Council. The Senate committee on education and labor has been advised that the executive committee of the Council of Social Agencies at its meeting Tues- {day gave its approval to the House bill designed to glve the residents of the District the same privileges given those of the States in the vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry. Willard C. Smith was appointed by the committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Edward T. Devine as vice president of the council. Mrs. Fernando Cuniberti and Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary, were nemed as representative members to the board of trustees of the Com- munity Chest. Maj, Carey Brown of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion explained in detail the districting of the city, which had been accom- plished by a committee of the council, and announced that these divisions had been accepted by the Census Bureau for the 1930 census statistics, Officials pointed out that this will be especially helpful to social agencies in tabulating social statistics which will be made by the census and applying results to their own district divisions. The Boys' Club, the Boy Scouts and the Columbia Poly- technic Institute for the Blind were admitted to membership in the organ- ization. STABBER IS SOUGHT. Police Hunt Colored Man Accused of Wielding Weapon. Police are searching today for a col- ored man who is said to have stabbed and seriously wounded Richard Rich- ardson, colored, 34 years old, of 56 I Street northeast, while he was standing in front of his home. The injured man had nine wounds in his head, hands and left side. He was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Louis Jimal. | J WARDMAN OBTAINS BIEBER BUILDING Structure Included in B Street Property Now in Process of Condemnation, ‘The Bieber Building, located on the south side of B street between Thirteen- and-a-half and Fourteenth streets southwest, which has been occupied by offices of the Department of Agriculture for 14 years or more, has been pur- chased from the estate of Mrs. Hen- rietta M. Halliday by the Wardman Corporation, it was announced today by Harry Wardman, president of the company. The Wardman Corporation exercised an option to purchase which members of the firm have held for about 10 years. Wardman for a number of years has had a leasehold on the property and has been subleasing it to the Government, ‘The Bieber Building is.an eight-story structure, with basement. The consid- eration in the deal was not made pub- lic. Contracts for the purchase were closed yesterday with the American Se- curity & Trust Co. as trustees for the Halliday estate. The building is included in property along B street now in progress of con- demmgtion for sites for new Govern- ment buildings. PAPER PROCESS TRACED. Desoribed to 250 Printers at Din- ner—Film Shown. How fine bond papers are manuface tured from raw pulp wood was described last night to 250 leading printers of | Washington, dinner guests of the R. P. Andrews Paper Co. A film version of the mehanical and chemical processes, “The Romance of the Paper Industry,” was exhibited in connection with the addresses. The story began in Canadian forests, where sprice timber was being logged, and traced the process, step by step, through the vast plant of one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the | world. = |GARBAGE PLANT WORKERS’ PAY INCREASE IS ORDERED An increased Wage scale for employes | To break a cold harmlessly and in @ hurry try a Bayer Aspirin tablet. And for headache. The too, in cases of neuralgia, neuriti action of Aspirin is very efficient, s, even rheumatism and lumbago! And there’s no after effect; doctors give Aspirin to children— often infants, ‘Whenever there’s pain, think of Aspirin, The genuine Bayer Aspirin has Bayer on the box and on every tablet. All druggists, with proven direct ions. Physicians prescribe Bayer Aspirin; it does NOT affect the heart Tspirin s the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salieylieacld BJones: & * INCORPORATED 121921 G Street N.W. Showing New Sportswear Main Floor Friday! A Most. Unusual Special Selling 300 Spring Dresses Advance Season Models Priced Much Below Usual New Prints! Georgettes! Crepes! Tomorrow we offer an unusual sale of new Spring'Frocks at a price that-will come as a delightful surprise to disctiminating women! Many of these frocks are one-of-a-kind, dress- makers’ samples that would ordinarily sell for $15, $16.75 and $19.75. Sizes 13 to 50 58‘_ Lovely dresses ... beautifully made . . . their quality is evident from the first glance to the most minute exanination! They are new dresses . . . this sale is of great fashion interest. There are jacket, bolero and ensemble frocks as well as many other new styles— Sizes of the District Garbage Reduction Plant at Cherry Hill, Va., was ordered by the District Commissioners today, effective January 27. The new scale will call for_ | the expenditure of $14,500 additional in |1 the pay roll for the balance of the fiscal year. 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