Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 8

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8 HOOVER WILL SEE THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTOX. D. 0, JUNE 9, 1929—PART T. CUBA To BU'LD NATIONAL E"‘ program of national projects for the | ment of ports, consisting of dredging | CHRISTENSEN To SEARCH | ensuing six vears of President Machado's for the first time announc SYSTEM OF AQUEDUCTS 17, o ciie movement for buiiding e | ot aqueducts. sewerage and paving. department said and construction of docks in connection with rallway lines. | Cuba, the report said, considers im- | FOR MISSING CADET SHIP | provement of aqueducts one of the most Danish Vessel, With 80 Aboard, delphia. T T | the East Asiatic Co. of Denmark to | search for the missing cadet ship Koe- benhaven, has taken over command | here of the motor ship Mexico, which | has just discharged a cargo from Phila- He will provision and fuel the Mexico for a six-month cruise of when the missing vessel started on her last voyage. ‘The Koebenhaven has not been re- ported since she sent a radio message on December 21, when 400 miles east of the River Plate and a week out of Salary Payments Cause Deficit. BELGRADE - () —Because members of the Parliament which was dissolved by King Alexander drew their pay sev- eral months in advance, a deficit of nearly $60.000 has been found in the Unheard of Since December 21, |the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans i gewerage and Paving Program for| The publi~ works " HAVANA. June 8 —The Cuban public | schools, umiversities and international | will be amplified with the object of sup- | RIO JANEIRO, June 8 —Capt | e seve eI e o | works. department foday made known | law. libraries and works for improve- ' plying a population of 100,000, | Hjalmar Christensen, commissioned by ' his mate succeeded him as skipper | Sale Starts Monday, 9:45 A.M. ossession of our buildin WILL g’n_ 30 days ~ ~ ever z’tefig; Z of our vast $100,000.9° 74 stockR of new Furniture must be disposed Of ~~n~ diately ~ ~ ~Result accounts of that body. Some of the former legislators have declined to re- turn the money and the Jugosiavisn government. has ordered the public prosecutor against them. Buenos Aires, en route to Port Adelaide, Australia The missing vessel was the biggest sailing eraft afloat. Three-fourths of her crew of 60 were Danish merchant service cadets. to start actions ¢ President Will Lay Corner "Stone of Building He Helped Plan as Secretary. 2 7 % Laying of the corner stone of the $17.500.000 Department of Commerce Puilding tomorrow afternoon bs >resi- dent Hoover will signalize the large pert | this branch of Government occuples i | administering law and promoting Ameri- | i can trade and industry } While the five addresses to be de- liversd are expected to touch cn various ! Dhases of the significance of the occa- I sion and the department. there will be placed within the large copper box which is to bs sealed inside the corner stone, & wide variety of @ocuments, Te- ! ports and articles, specifically to carrs down to future generations a graphic | ! gtory of the dutles of the Department of Commerce The box will contain scores of articles n: tion of the trowel <hington in laying Capito! and by the Com- IN 30 DAYS OUR OLD BUILDING BE TORN TO THE GROUND | 7, R, 2 % of the! ng a cross sectio { the United development o Program Starts at 4 P.M. am is to start promptly at l‘ akers will be President of Commerce Lamont. | man of the Public | i n: Representative | man of the House commit- | buildings and grounds, and | ¢ of Commerce George | lyou. | nsidered specially significant | nt Hoover should lay the | % % 77 % 72 Imime WASHINGTONS GREATEST REMODELING i T when pians for the new ! ade and had a large | the plans for the he department will be pronsunced James E. Freeman, wgton, and_the bene- { invocation v Right Res Bishop of Washir diction will be offered by Right Re: John M. McNamara, auxiliary Arch-| b.ehop of Baitimore 3 | Music will be furnished by the United | States Marine Band Three stands are being provided for | the occasion, one for the speakers. one for a company of invited guests, and a third for the band. Flags, bunting of red, white and Plue. will be used in profusion, and palms and ferns will decorate the stands The stone is fo be laid on the north- corner of the building, near | nth and E streets the department vesterday final| P r contents of the copper box in fhe corner stone were under way. A | wooden box had been constructed the exact size of the copper container, and Wwas being packed in the most careful fashion to learn how much would go in the permanent box of metal. The contents include a long list of documents, reports of the burcaus of the department, the Bible. Constitution of the United States, United States flag flag of the Secretary of Commerce: & new small size dollar bill and an old larger size dollar bill; copies of Wash- ington daily papers and one copy of the New York Times printed on cloth Aviation's Growth is Shown. Miscellaneous articles include a me- | dallion of President Hoover, floor plans | of the Commerce Building, pictures of the development of aviation from the first fiight by the Wright brothers in 1803 to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. | and modern commercial passenger transportation. Among the interesting bureau in- closures were the following: | Patent office—Patent, No. 4. issued to Francis Bailey (the oldest record of | the patent office); patent issued for the telephone to Alexander Graham Bell, | for the telegraph to Samuel B. F. Morse: | for the cotton gin, to Eli Whitney: f he sewing machine, to Elias Howe, for the reaper, to Cyrus H. K | Cormick; for a boat-raising device, to Abraham Lincoln; for the incandescent electric lamp, to Thomas A. Edison: | for a vehicle tire, No. 1000000, to T ; for a “submersible patent No. | 1 : annual re- | port of Commissioner, 1928; official | Gazette of the Patent Office, Journal of Patent Office Society: pamphlet describ- | ing Patent Office organization. history | and procedure, descriptive article; and | a radio talk by Commissioner of Pat- | ents Thomas E. Robertson, April 13, | 1929, l BAR ASSOCIATION EVENT TO BT DINNER DANCE % %, 77 7 % 7 00 % % 7 % I 0 100 Decorated Red or Green Magazine Racks 49c Worth $1.25 Each 7 2 4% 75 Assorted Boudoir Lamps 69c k- Up to $2.00 Values 7 89 Torcheres Complete With % Wrought Iron Smokers Cord and Plug Red or Green Worth s v v e || READ THE ITEMS BELOW—NOTE THE GIVE-AWAY PRICES ‘ Everything in Our Store Must Be Sold Regardless of Its Former Price. Come Early. | ederal Bar Association. William dent, 1 to hold a din- | Congressional Coun- ning. through the ). William Wolff_Smith, | of the Veterans' Bureau. | ocial event of the | | Mrs. George R nce, Mrs. A. Niess, | % Worth $2.50 Country Club. Bedroom Suites 8—8105 1-piece Walnut 4—$119 4-piece Walnut $129 4-piece Walnut 3—8$150 4-piece Walnut 9—$175 4-piece Walnut 11—S$198 4-piece Walnut 3—$225 4-piece Walnut Living Room Suites 16— $98 3-piece Overstuffed 12—8$119 3-piece Overstuffed 8—$139 3-piece Overstuffed 11—$149 3-piece Overstuffed 14—$175 3-piece Overstuffed 6—$198 3-piece Overstuffed 7—3$229 3-piece Overstuffed 17—8$245 3-piece Overstuffed 4—8279 3-piece Overstuffed 2—$298 3-piece Overstuffed Dining Room Suites 3— $98 6-piece Walnut 6—S$129 8-piece Walnut 2—8$149 9-piece Walnut g 5 10-piece Walnut 8—8185 10-piece Walnut Suites 200 10-piece Walnut Suite 29 10-piece Walnut Suites. . 5—$245 10-piece Walnut Suites. ... 2—8285 10-piece Walnut Suites 1—8310 10-piece Walnut Suite. .. $79 $89 BORRR: . i $59 Suites. ...... arsiase 1900 Suites. ... .. $89 7 BUites. ..ocoviivin’sac BB Suites........ ... 9119 Suites. ..8139 Suites. .$149 Suites. .. $159 Suites. .8179 Suites. .. ..8198 Suites. ... Suites : Suites $98 Suites. ... ..SHY Ll SR $129 Suites .$149 Suites .$169 5—$245 4-piece Walnut Suites. ..... i $189 2—$285 4-piece Walnut Suites. .. .. .$198 1—8325 4-piece Walnut Suite. . .$219 Mrs. Charles | Freemen and Mrs. Horace T.| % N, Ma). Horace T. ton regional office: Veterans' Bureau: Miss Annabelle ter. Miss Clare Greacen, contr general's office; Thomas G. Shearman. | Department of Agriculture: Ralph C.| Cornell, general accounting office: Ed- | win A. Niess. Post Office Department William N. Morell and Stanley Udy. 7 WY Z % SUICIDE IS IDENTIFIED |, AS BETHLEHEM WOMAN | Actress Who Leaped From Chicago | | Twelfth-Floor Apartment Clutch- | ed Eroker's Photograph. the Associsted Press | CHICAGO, June 8—Tdentified as Mrs. Donna Barron, formerly of Beth- | lehem. Pa., the hody of A young actress who killed hersclf by leaping from her | twelfth or apartment three days ago, tonight, was prepared for sending back ! vania . fes established the young dentity after a telephone call | to N ‘W. J. Barr of Bethlehem, moth- er of the actre$s. The young woman, under the name of Barbara Cole, had appeared in several Chicago stag shows recently and apparently had killed her- self because of her love for Edwin Page, a married broker, whose photograph she cluiched to her breast as she leaped to her death The inquest was delayed pending ap- pearance of Mr. Page. whose friends said he merely had befriended the girl. | BEDS Odd Beds SPRINGS |BeYourOwn and Salesman Mattresses Deduct 20% ot | 20% Except on Beauty From Already Rest Mattresses Low Prices Everything Must Go at Cost and Less Than Cost Take CEDAR 259 oit | CHESTS Your Choice at 209 ot The Low Price Tags R-U-G-S 346 Axminsters Velvets, Tapestries All Sizes At Cost and Less (WE Y2:URNITURE co. l§ 445 7 St.NW.—~ BETWEEN De B Any Lamp In the Absolute Cost! Out of Town Buyers Take Advantage of This Sale. Our Trucks Deliver Every- where Free of Charge. TERMS: Maxwell’s Usual Liberal Credit Terms Prevail During This Re- modeling Sale! Conservatives Leading. REGINA, Saskatchewan, June 8 (), —Three doubtful Saskatchewan legis- lative seats were claimed by the Con- servatives today in face of scattered re- turns from the constituencies of Wil- lowbunch, Happyland and Maple Creek, where the vote in the provincial gen- eral election is close The complete standing with the doubttul seats in the Conservative col- umn: Conservatives, 20; Liberals, 23; - Pragreseives 5, 'q

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