Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1929, Page 6

MARINE BARRACKS NEARLY CONPLETE Corps at Quantico Soon to Have Up-to-Date New | Living Quarters. { “Kitchen police”—that bugbear of the war-time and peace-time service man —is_doomed at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Va., for with the $2.250,000 ' Congress_oppropriated for the renova- tion of the post there is rapidly near- ing completion an up-to-the-minute station, with modern housing and_cook- ing appliances. Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, commanding the Quantico Ma- Tines. expects to put three battalions of his men into their new homes next month and looks forward to having Quantico appear as one of the fnest service posts in the Mation at an early dnte. The set. of structures now about ready for occupancy, consists of three bar- racks, each capable of housing a peace strength battalion of 500 men, officers at, Marine Corps headquarters explained vesterday. Standing on a hilltop ovei- iooking the Potomac River, the bulld- inge of three stories of brick and con- crete overshadow the squat wooden shaeks wherein the “leathernecks” trained. back in World War days. The new buildings are the first of a series of barracks designed (o place Quantico in premier piace on the military map. Machinery in Kitchen. Potatoes will be peeled by madhinery ‘which will also wash the dishes, so that resourceful Marine Corps officers will have to devise other means of punish- | ing those accused of minor violations of military discipline. The new heat- ing system in the central plant spells the doom of the antigue stoves, for pul- verized coal, blown into the furnaces like fuel oil, will be utilized. ‘The frame of a big garage is laking shape near the -heating plant ‘and nearby is a shop for the repair of motor transport units and storage facilities for gasoline and oil. . Side tracks of the R, F. & P. line will enable a wigable expedition to “shove off" over night, without interfering with the regylar railroad traffic between Wash- | ington and Richmond, in the opinion of Marine Corps officers. “Bean carts”—as the two-deck serv- ing wagons on rubber-tired wheéls are affectionately called by the “Devil Dogs™ —will bring piping-hot food to the halls. A dozen labor-saving devices will make the lot of Marine Corps cook- ing and kitchen policing an easiér one. | In one corner of each “galley’—as the kitehen is called in the corps and on shipboard—stands a machine capable of peeling and washing 60 pounds of potatoes in 10 minutes. Nearby is a dish-washing machine to cleanse 12,000 piecds in an hour. Marine Corps offi- cials estimate that with this equipment, ‘with the full complement of 500 men | in each set of barracks, the washing ' of dishes will take about 26 minutes, ! Galley Well Equipped. | Each galley is equipped with & large Tange and big steam bollers for stews soups and vegetables, with regulators for heat. With the assistance of all these devices, Marine Corps officers say, the | number of men necessary to feeding the | post will be cut down, leaving » greater | number available for regular military \::‘g;e ground floor ‘of each barrecks L.\ ONLY 12 | Y¥DAYS . LEFT ) Before Y Final Closing cButains Teading and recreation Tooms s and non-com- | and offices for missioned office: 3. Sleeping quar- iers are on the upper floors and esch man ix to bave = full-length locker to er rooms are on each floor and there are separate sleeping rooms for non- | commissioned officers. Warehouses and loading platforms | will be ready o handle supplies in Oc- tober and »iso be v say. Le garage and shops will pied in. the Fall, officers most of ihem in wn sdvinced stage of construction, will be heated trom the central plant. In sdaition to this structural work | the program for roads snd grading is With these improvements , in force, Macrine Corps headquarters | under way. here expects that the maintenance cost will be materially reduced. SEEKS $10,000 DAMAGES. - Alleging that an employe of the de- fendant smoked a cigarette while filing | the tank of an automoblle and caused su explosion. which resulted in the death of Jennie W. 8. 'I'hompson, her Sdministrator, Jesse C. ‘'hompson, hes filed sult to récover $10,000 damages from Raudolph A. Menefee. said Lo be the owner of s stalion st Rhode Isiand Whitnure & Co. 1225 F Street at 13th GOING OUT OF BUSINESS June 29 Five spartment houses for offi- | THE SUNDAY and Florida avenues, (where the acci- dent occurred April 20. The administrator is vepresented by Attorneys James A. Purcell and Cath- ) hang his clothes in. Commodious show- | Sur OV .\ RANGE - On the Purchase of a New “CLARK . JEWEL” GAS RANGE % MUDDIMAN § 708 13th St. N.W. 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Sectetary of the Treasury Mellon who I3 spending the week end out of town, will be in New Haven, Conn Tuesday snd Wednesday, to attend the commencement_exerelses at Yale Uni- versity, where his son, Paul Mellon, is to_gradunte Before the Yale exercises Secretary Mellon will_aitend the commencement at Trinity College, in Hartford, Conn. tomortow. | STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., JUNE 16, 1 bate Expected to Bring Out 1929.- PART 1. | | spokesmen for French industry and | | commerce: *The protest is becoming mare and more articulate instead of direct proposal whieh the Poincare gov- 1 Reparations and Debt De- cfnment is to make 10 davs hence for a ratificatgpn of the Melon-Berenger | accord will result in bitter denuncia- tions on the floor of the chamber of the American pretectionist system. . The serious outburst against the American economic system began 10 days ago when representatives of all the principal French Chambers of | Commerce in session in Paris adopted a resolution deploring the American tariff trend and urging the French gov- | ernment to begin pour parlers with other European governments looking to | a common means of defense. This tirade was followed three days later by a similarly worded appeal to the gov- ernment from four of the biggest French industrial assoclations, These organzations indicated a be- lief in the close connection of the tariff and the war debt question when it de- clared that the United States fariff policy “is in contradiction with the country’s position as creditor state.” Leon Blum, speaking at the French Socialist Congress at Nancy this week, asked for a frank and thorough under- standing with the United States in such a way as to impress Washington with the necessity of removing some of the trade barriers if France is to be in posi- tion to pay her war debts and at the same time to remove the impression that France wants her debt burden lightened in order to be able to spend more on armament. Feeling Is likely to be especially warm here should the Senate at Washington pass a tariff bill approximately at the same time the Chamber debates on the war debts. (Copyright, 1929.) Lugs Pouch 130,000 Miles. |~ TRENTON, Mo. (#).—Walter Thomas has lugged & mail pouch 132,000 miles, he estimates, in the 27 years he has' those Feeling on Issue. BY RALPH W. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, June 15.—The scheduled de- bate in the Chamber on June 25 on the war debt accords and the Young repa- rations plan is nearly certain to in- volve a frank airing of the French views on the United States tariff policy as manifested in the upward revision bill already passed by the House and new pending in the Senate. A great mass of French opinion, including im- portant political groups, insists that the United States is inconsistent in asking France to make substantial annual pay- ments on account of the war debts and at the same time to bar her from the principal source of payments—that of exportation of goods to America. The warmth of French feeling has been in- creased by the coincidence of the cur- rent discussion of the tariff measure in Washington and the discussion here of the war debl accords preliminary to the ratification debate. Mild as are the increases in the schedules of the proposed pending tariff bill, the French nation sees in the measure an indication of what is characterized as the in- creasingly protectionist policy of the United States. Protests have come from accredited the BARNES, son, in the feld. miles. A Notable Shirt Event that an unusual circumstance makes possible at this most favorable-time One of our leading shirt manufacturers is moving his factory from Philadelphia to Troy —and offered us the privilege of selection from his stock on hand—at a price so remarkably low that this extraordinary occasion follows begining tomorrow—Monday morning. There are 200 dozen of: these speciafiy picked shirts— : Plain white broad- cloth- - s Fancy broadcloth Neckband; separate collar to match and collar attached models— - $1.55 3 for $4.50 Assorted sizes and sleeve lengths. 200 dozen shirts of this quality—at such a price—won’t last long. Won’t you give them attention the first thing in the morning? ; At the Same Time Athletic Union Suits 79C 3 for $2.25 Madras, soisette and self- patterned nainsook. T h e model that fits—and in sizes 34 to 46. Solid color Ih}oad- cloth Fancy madras gl Wik Hosiery 3 for 45c % The new fancy patterns— stripe, checks, plaids, ete, Summer weight rayon, with the silk-like effect. Sweaters $3.85 All wool, in the service weight, plaid colors; jac- quard patterns in smart com= binations. With crew or V neck; pull-over model. Two Neckwear Assortments Featuring a wide variety of patterns in smart Four-in-hands— domestic and imported silks—plain colors and exclusive designs— the finer group is handmade— 65c and $1.15 Pajamas $1.55 ‘3% $4.50 Plain white, “solid colors and fancy broadcloth and madras—round neck, Eng- lish collar — coat and middy styles. | : - using The coming campaign for the United States senatorial seat of Frederick M. Gillett of Massachasetts may see Mrs. Jessie Sayre, daughter of Woodrew Wil- | here are being given group vision tests —Associated Press Photo. | g SILVER WATER FILTER PROCESS WORKS FAST Inproves Taste and Purity. Killing “Deadly Germs, Scientists Declare. ESSEN, Germany () —A water puri- | fler that improves the taste and turn tuberculosis-infected water into a pure | harmless beverage is claimed for a ne | German process of silver purification Cheapness, simplicity and durabiit: are claimed also, although the mazic purifier js just ordinary silver, it is fixed s0 that it neither washes away no | 'wears out. In German, Swise and Dutch scien- tific circles the process has been hailer as’ & significant advance in antiseptic It was devised by D, Georg Kri | ¢hemical engineer, director of the Sou'n German Serum Institute of Munich | The silver's effectiveness it due fn it in extremely fine particies { virtually silver dust. . . Both in power and $peed the effec ‘of the sflver are'said to be wmequaled Heretofore 48 hours often was required |40 sterilize by other processes a half liter of, water containing 21,000,000 bacteria’in each cubic centimeter. | | | “Wholesale Eye Tests for Pupils. MINNEAPOLIS (#),—School children by use of & device invented by Dr. F. Harrington, health commissioner. ~.| The machine combines use of moving been & mail carrier here. His daily | picture films with regulation letter testa roufe is 14 mtles and he has carried 945,000 pounds of mail over | sible examination of 15 children at he | projected on & screen. It makes: pot- ! once.