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40 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, D, O, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929. Nonr Worth Battery 1320 the purchase of the latest All-Electrie —on GREBE RADIO. The Parrot 1643 Conn. Ave. “Speaks for Itself” pen Decoration Day Noon Until 8 P.M. Specializing in chicken, fresh vegetab'es, seasonable food. Telephone Potomac 6322 “Closed_on_Sundaxs home-grown and are coming And ho! for a trip On the blue salty ocean On a won- derful ship! ‘Why not let us send you free copy of illustras 17 ted booklet? " Now ready. Describes 1929 all- expense tours, 7 to 14 days,from $57 to $149. From Baltimore to Boston; to White Mts.; Lake Champlain; Quebec; Cape Cod; Bar Harbor; Nova Scotia; Florida. MERCHANTS & MINERS Transportation Co. 1338 HSt.N.W. National 4612 Wash. SPECIAL Genuine Toric Reading or Dis- tance Glasses, complete Genuine Toric KRYPTOK in- visible far and near Bifocal .50 00 7 Examination Free by lReglctered Optometrist D. ALPHER 915 G St. N.W. Opticians—Jewelers FLODDS IN TEXAS *TARE SEVEN LIVES [Heavy Property Damage Re- ! ported in Western and | | EAR MUFFS, SAUCER. V3 EYES o SIDE &)¥ € WhisKeRs «»BLACK VELVEY WAISTCOAT | Southern Parts of State. | muks Tex., May 30.—Seven per- sons were known to have lost their ll\(“', {and heavy property damage caused b; floods in West and Sfl\;!l\ Te } y rainfall re ches in one locality While some sections were being re- lieved by receding others were aulted by widespr ndations. The most serious siiuations appar- | ently were in sections around Houston, | San Antonio, Victoria and Laredo. The Weather Bureau at Houston | ported the Trinity River out of its| banks in Anderson County and mm; it would reach flood stage from th its mouth. Madisonville, on the Trinity, was marcon all being under water and teleg was criopled. At Victeria the at a 24-foot flood re- age and still rising riant e of farm lands had Roosevelt in Tibet. The animal shown w “Gurine obtained from them by a French mon: ation panda, ROOSEVELTS BAG RARE GIANT PANDA | Belongs to Breed Never ‘Before Obtained | 1 have fallen during the last 36 hours. A Jarge number of motorists were marooned at San Antonio, all highways out of that pl g under water. A number of had not reached their crest. Besides crop damages, tele- | phone and telegraph compa were | said to have suffered heavy 1 | “Two lives were claimed mn r San | 1ssell Cadwell, 16, and Alex 43, cle, drowned while at- o to cross the Frio River. J. T. : .8 : Harry Mike, | Animal Lockhart. 2 1 boy, at Houston, and two negroes, near Luling, were the ILLICIT LIQUOR TAX by Whits Huters. [ IS HELD T BELEBAL ~ o e v s white hunters are said never to have obtained before, a gant panda, has | been bagged by the Roosevelts. Theo- ¢ dore and Kermit, hunting in Tibet This penda, a full sized bear that resembles a raccoon, is so rare that even scientists_know it only by description obtained from natives. Something very like it could be obtained by taking a white Teddy bear and drawing him out s | just long enough to leave some of his ernment’s right to tax retailers in il-|yov poly proportions. Substitute the lcit liquor traffic was upheld here Tues- | pod R0l neck of a polar bear, with that day in_Federal Court by a decree of iiller's head shortened and flattened a | Judge Ben C. Dawkins in a test suit | jigie of the United States against Anthony | paint two black rings around the Lafranca, operator of Delmonico's res- | eve. just like those common in the | taurant, a delicatessan. A liquor deal- | com| Afa¥e BUth mnall cars:coall| er's tax of about $2,500/ was levied| plack, and over the shoulders paint a against Lafranca for the years 1924/ proad stripe of black and make this | and 1925. color completely incase the forelegs, The decision given after an agreed | like hip boots, | statement of facts was submitted by op- |~ Finally, put short boot lengths of posing counsel reserved to the defendant | plack on the hind legs, and the color the right to present bills of exceptions upon which appeal may be taken from the decree. If the higher courts sus- tain Judge Dawkins' decree, prohibi- tion authorities will transmit to In- ternal Revenue officials data which will be the basis for levying about $2,000,- 000 in dealers’ taxes against bootleggers in Louisiana. In addition to standing as a victory for the Government i its right to tax a prohibited traffic the decision infer- entially upholds the procedure of civil suit followed by the Government in the case. Government Wins Test Suit Against Operator of Restau- rant in New Orleans. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, May 30.—The Gov- A LITTLE By way of the modern Steamers MRS. CARROLL DIES. Funeral Services Will Be Held To- morrow at 10 A.M. Mrs. Amelia Betzon Carroll, 74 years of age; member of an old Maryland family, died at her residence in the Montgomery Apariments Tuesday after a long illness. Mrs. Carroll was the granddaughter of Col. Benjamin Rawl- ings of the Revolutionary Army. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs, William E. Graves and Mrs. Lillian Hobbs, and three sons, Thomas S, J.| Madison and Frank S. Carroll. | Funeral services will be conducted in | St. Aloysius’ Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in"Mount Olivet Cemetery. | and Tradition. | TWO NIGHTS AND ONE at I, R, R. City Ticket Office—613 Enjoy a Good Meal at HERZOG’S 11th & Water Sts. Open Until Midnight Decoration Day Delicious deviled. soft shell and hard shell crabs. All fresh fish in season. Frog legs, steak and chicken Phone Franklin 5823 imperial. | Y] g This Store For All Your Blank Book Needs E. Morrison Paper Co. | 1009 Pa. Ave FREDERICKSBURG “The City of Shrines” De Luxe Motor Tours Sundays and Wednesdays From Willard Hotel 10 A.M. including entrance fees. $5.00 Special Trips ‘Also Arranged C. C. Drake Travel Bureau Willard Hotel, 1ith & Pa. Ave. M. 4420 Shore Dinners, $1-$1.50-52 Established 1858 Pennaylvania Ave at i1 served our homeland. of heartsease. THE MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Lesves 7th St. Whart Dally 10 AM. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ Oate and Lunch Counter on Steamer ernon Not Opes on Sundeys. COAL~JRON CO ROOSEVELTS CAPTURE RARE ANIMAL l The giant panda, a rare, raccoon-like bear, bagged by Theodore and Kermit sketched by Tibetan natives and was Few white men ever have seen the eme of the panda reproduced at the 1d Muscum of Natural History here is complete. The Rocse! are collecting for the museum. Word of their success came to Willlam V. Kelley, sponsor of the ex- pedition. Wilfred Osgood, the museun’s curator of zoology. says the panda is about the size of a bear and that never before ha: ays there have been only six recorded specimens in_the world. an in no instance a complete skeleton. Native ing large wheat stocks which they have held for a year in expectation of High- er prices, unaware that local millers had made heavy purchases of foreign grain. Our Friday Soecials Soft Shell Crabs. ... $1 doz. Large Frogs. . . . . 35c piece Green Shrimp. . ....35¢c Ib. Crab Lump. ...65¢Ib. Shad Roe. . ..65¢c set Clams . . . ... ..vov@5cdox. Filet Flounder 30c Ib. ‘Wholesale Retail Eacho & Co.,Inc. 21-22-23 Municipal Fish Market 12th & Water S.W. Phone M. 10130 THE BALTIMORE & VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT CO. 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REMEMBRANCE, AND CLUSTERS OF HEARTSEASE AS the thinning ranks of those who fought our country's battles gather to revere the mem- ory of the eternally mustered out, it is fiiting that the nation should turn from toil and play to pay homage to all those who made and pre- And surely the brave dead for whom this day was designated would count it ill against us if we did not also remember all the loved and lost whose lives touched ours. So let the flowers fall softly today on grave and tomb, and in the garlands which mark their resting places, let there be rosemary, “that's for remembrance" and close beside it clusters President PHILADELPHIA~ READING MPANY PHILADELPHIA + NEW YORK + BOSTON + BUFFALO - DETROIT - TOLEDO + CHICAGO ° MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLIS * ST. PAUL + ROCHESTER + BALTIMORE - WASHINGTON « ©PRCICO, 1929 READING « MONTREAL, CANADA a white hunter obtained one. | farmers of China are unload- | TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. 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Willlam Horace Day, president of the home board. and pastor,of the " United Church. Bridgeport, Conn. chairman of a “fact-finding committe he reported that while many obstac would present themselves in _merging the work of the home boards of the two | denominations he favored the plan. | Spain, Rev. Horace F. Holton of Brockton, 'a tunnel . reporting for the forcign boards Gibraltar. 9:30 p.m. Tiveli—"The Voice of the City,” 2:25, 4:15, 6, 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. not announced. Central—"Seven Foot Satan,” continuous from 11 pm. Prints 11 am. ge of both denominations the union to be consummated. Rev. Ohio, and Rev. Charles Emerson Burton, ge: council, spoke in favor of the plan. was favorable to merger. is studying the possibilities underneath the Straits Item Listed ! ACT! SAVE! READ! ! ! eavy continuousiposts, in all sizes. Al sizes. in two styles. Cane and plain. - -$6.98 Your choice of blue, green and Chinese red. Il drawers and robe with genuine cedar lining. 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