Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 4

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Segrave, whose mark of 231 miles an hour the British race driver | | believes will stand for some time, will | “take another shot at it,” he told Capt- | || tal newspaper men today. || The British superspeed driver is in| the Capital for & short stay before he | || returns ta England. He pald his off- | | cial respects to President Hoover at the | White House shortly after noon tods | Tomorrow morning he will be the cen- FAMOUS AUTO RACER HERE { | | | | + nue, and made away with $20,000 worth | thieves gained entrance is on the §20.000 APPAREL STOLEN FROM SHOP Police Probe Robbery of Ex- clusive Establishment on Connecticut Avenue. Police today are searching for clues leading to the thieves who some time | % between Saturday night and Monday morning forced a rear window in the exclusive imported gown shop of Mme. Agasta Cadullo, 1213, Connecticut ave- of expensive women's apparel. The Tob- bery did not come to light until toda; 24 hours after police, under the dire tion of Headquarters Detective C. P. Cox, started an investigation into the robbery. According to Mme. Agasta, owner of the shop, who lives at 1604 Buchanan street, the loss represents newly im- T 7 | shipment of the latest styles. The 1 renting automobiles for out-of-town merchandise, she said. was taken !rum"nps in an effort to trace the thieves a rack in a rear room.on the ground | before they had an opportunity to dis- floor of the store after thicves had gain- | pose of their loot. | ed entrance by forcing a rear window | Jewelry valued at more than § on the second floor. Mme. Agasta was | wa olen from the home of Lieut |at a loss to understand why the rob- | E. Stone, U, S. N., of 3741 Jocelyn street bers had passed up thousands of dol- |last evening by thieves, who entered by lars'’ worth of expensive gowns hang- | breaking the lock of & front window and ing on racks on the top floor, through |left behind them a large wdriver which they must have passed in going | and fiigerprints, which police are at- downstairs to the lower floor. The | tempting to identi gowns hung in their plages vn the rac Licut: Bfone afd” M Btoke vere this morning, the same as they ha . V] v the time of the robbery, undisturbed. | (o g, an il friend when, the burglary Rabbery Discovered Yesterday. | 8:30, c'lock last night and Mrs. Stone i TORB wta ik vart _|went in the house while her husband doy morning by sralscovered yester-| put their car in the garage. He firs 1811 T Strest, ' saleslacy ot the mhih: | learned of the robbery when Mrs. Stont d the police were notified immediate- | ¢ TUNNINg to him with the new Mist Altce” Goniouined immediate- | Every part of the house had been 15 avene noriheAst. o baorrenacBl: | thoroughly ransacked. Only jewelr | the shop. opened the store as usual yes. | *25 taken. The most valuable of th | terday End went about her work e | stolen articles was a ring set with two | out noticing that anything was wrong | ¢ d!amonds and 16 smaller stones. | and did not know of the loss until Mrs, | XUt Stone sald it was worth §1,300. Smith's arrival. | pinied The window the | | 40,000 tickets were issued. through which |ond floor in & courtyard and not morc |than 30 feet from the ground. and police pointed out. the ease with which more than one man could eflect an entr and the comparatiy: ese | with which they could work in seclu- sion without being detected. Cox and other members of the head- quarters clothing squad spent yesterday For a service in St. Peter's, Rome,' LEJEUNE HONOR GUEST. Tarewell Dinner Proposed by Ma- rine Corps Officers. District officers of the Marine Corps, active and Reserve, will be hosts at a farewell dinner next Monday night at tie Army and Navy Club for Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, retiring commandant of the Marines. Pictures of the Marine Corps head, taken at different times uring his career, will be shown. Music 1 be furnished by an orchestra from the Marine Band. Sor BREAKFAST PAPPYS = ORANGE -\ MARMALADE ASK YOOR GROCER o A We Pay You FElectrieal Experts || iral figure of a little ceremony on the ported gowns, evening wraps and wom- ' and today searching the city to obtain {ll | steps of the Capitol, when Vice Presi- | dent Curtis will present him with the 211 12th St. S.W. PHONE—MAIN 3571 ! cup awarded by the cily of Daytona, | Fla., for breaking the world automabile Members American Society of | speed mark. Sanitary Engine || "A great many “ifs" hedge about | further automobile speed tests, Mal. Segrave says. But in Tespouse to the hypothetical question of if Capt. J. B. Irving, his racing car designer, finds | means of getting together & 300-miles- | an-hour ear, and if a place can be [ found to try it out. and if his present | | mark is broken or in danger of being | broken, he says he will make another | try at it. Interested in Boat Racing. Emphatically, and with a little mild | | British profanity thrown in for good measure, he declares he will not at- tempt to break his own record. Maj; Segrave says he has become quite interested in speed boat racing and intends to keep that up. His im- mediate plans are for the building of another super-speed watercraft to meet Gar Wood in the Duke of York trophy | race in England on June 10. He also plans to return to Florida next Winter | and engage in races. Meanwhile the tall Briton plar- to get | back to business and, except ior the boat races. to leave speed marks alope. He is in the cement business, a director of the largest cement firm in Europe, and he plans to settle down to work again dlsposing, of cement in England and on the Continent. Presented to Moover. Sir Esme Howard, the British Am- ‘bassador, presented Maj. Segrave to President Hoover today. In Maj. Segrave's party at the Carl- ton Hotel are Mrs. Segrave, Mr. and Mrs. Noel Van Raalte, Mr. and Mrs. |W. F. Sturm and Lord Brecknock. Capt. Irving, who is sailing for Eng- land with Maj. Segrave, is staying at the Willard. ‘Wives of the department heads of the national headquarters of the American Automebile Association will be hostesses this afternoon at a reception in the palm court of the Mayflower Hotel for Maj. and Mrs, chn\'e‘ e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. R TODAY. The Jowa-Thomas Circle Citizens' Assoeiation will meet, 8 o'clock, in lec- ture ‘room of Northminster Presbyte- rian Chuyrch. Readu'\i! by W. O. Ison for - can &) idate for Public “Utilities commissioner. ‘The Business Women's Council will meet in lecture room of the Church of the Covenant. Rev. Willlam A. Eisen- berger will conduct the Bible study from 6:45 to 7:15 o'clock and Miss Sophy Casey will deliver an illustrated lecture on “Jerusalem.” Public invited. Andrew Jackson Council, No. 6, Junior O. U. A. M., will meet, 7:30 o'clock, at 808 I street. The Georgetown Civic _Association will meet, 8 o'clock, at Phillips School. ‘The Kentucky Soclety will meet, 8:30 en the Crash Comes \W/HAT 3 saistying fecling to realize that the re- sources of a great insurance organization are behind you, ready to aid, assist, and re- imburse in whatever part of the country you may be. May we tell you further about the Ztna Combination Auto- mobile Insurance Policy? 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The Southeast Washington Citizens’ Association will meet in the Southeast Public Library, 8 o'clock. Eckington W. C. T. U. will meet, 7:45 o'clock, with Mrs. Alvin Day, 2014 North Capitol street. ‘The Tall Cedars of Lebanon will give a card party, 8:30 o'clock, at Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and P streets northeast. rtment of the Interior. Pub- Also: Nurses’ Oxfords White and black kid and white canvas. FUTURE. The Soroptimist Club will meet at luncheon tomorrow, 1 p.m., at the La IFuyelu Hotel. Easter program. Installation dinner-dance of the Re- | serve Offics Association of the Dis- 726 7th St. turday Nites Till 9 P.M. {00 can have a Good Head ' of Hair START NOW to restore your hair to a healthy condition. The Thomas’ scientifically combat all scalp disorders leading to baldness and posi- tively regrow hair. If you are already bald or possess thin, lifeless hair, call for an examination without charge. 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Miss Rose Lees Hardy, assistant su- perintendent of schools, will address parents and teachers at the Grant School tomorrow, 2 p.m. ‘The Probus Olub will meet at lunch- eon tomorrow, 12:30 pm., at the Ham- ilton Hotel. Dr Albert H. Parham will speak on “Ostecpathy.” Parents and teachers of the seventh division of the public school system will meet tomorrow, 8 Pm" in the au- ditorium of Eastern High School, Dr. F. W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and Miss Jessie La Salle, assistant su- perintendent in charge of extension service, will speak. < The March meeting of the Conduit Road Citizens' Association will be held in the Community Church, on Cathedral avenue near Conduit road, Thursday, at 8 o'clock. The Geological Soclety of Washington will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., in Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Speakers: W. S. Burbank, J. B. Mertie, jr., and Tais- sia Stadnichenko. All intcrested are invited, TIndustrial School Boys Sought. 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