Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1929, Page 6

- POLFS THEATER WILL BE RAZED Structure Included in Tri- angle Which Will Be Devel- oped Into Park. ‘The little triangle of buildings, dn- cludinz Poli's Theater, bounded by Pennsyivania avenue, Fourteenth, Fif- teenth and E streets, will be torn down next Summer, and a park developed there, with new traffic arteries running through it. By razing all the old buildings a beau- tiful vista will be opened up toward the great new $17,500,000 Department of Commerce Building now going up south of the tiny triangle. “ape for development next Summer of this impurwant corner of the great Federal program in Washingion werc announced today by Ferry Heath, As- sistani Secretary of the Treasury. and Edward H. Bennett, chairman of the ‘Treasury Board of Architectural Con- sultants, which is now in session here. ‘This announcement comes in connec- tion with the sessions of the hoard of . architects, and the meeting hcld yes- terday with the Fine Arts Commission at the Treasury, where the commission approved generally the plans for fur- ther buildings along the B street front of the great Federal triangle. Details Not Complete. Details of the park and traffic artery development of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue have not yet been completed. but it is hoped to have them ready for execution by the time the first big move into new quarters takes place | next Spring, when the Internal Revenue Bureau goes into its monumental home, south of the Post Office Department. The shift of Internal Revenue, which hopes to get into its new quarters next June or July, will not only take all its personnel out of the National Press HUM-BUG’S 21 , where much of the bureau Is Building, St 1 also col space room for a considerable S0 oF iious Government. sctivities, prine! of the Treasury. ral are now seve activities housed in the theater-triangle of build- ings, bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Fourteenth, ' Fifteenth and E streets, the pfln%owemment activity there is the United States Coast Guard. It is expected that other quarters can be found for it next B.&Inl or ear] 1f 1s owne ago. | Third Theater to Go. The removal of Poli's will take from Washington the third theater building in | the Federal triangle. The first one to go was the old Bijou , at the corner of Ninth street and Louisiana avenue, no longer used as a theater. The second ‘w go was the President, at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, which has not been used as a theater for months. _Poli's, however, is still used as a playhouse and has already opened for this season. ‘The action of the Commission of Fine Arts yesterday was understood to haye been to approve generally, with sorfie suggestions for changes, the tentative plans for buildings and development of the Federal triangle. Among the build- ings whose sketches were generally ap- proved were the Department of Labor, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Independent Offices and the De- partment of Justice. BROCK IS NAMED. Tennessee Senator Is Made Mem- ber of Three Committees. | Senator Brock, Democrat, of Tennes- | see, recently appointed to finish the term of the late Senator Tyson of the | State, today was made member of the | committees on commerce, banking and ‘curreney. claims and military affairs. Democratic leaders were not r | today to announce who would fill the | vacant seat on the Senate district com- mittee created by the death of Senator ‘Tyson., Minority Leader Robinson said this vacancy was being left open for later | consideration. 2 FLYING THE BOAT GETS FINAL NAVY TESTS Largest American Seaplane Will Be Put Through Rough Water Trials. Carrying full military load, the XPY-1, America’s largest flyin; boat, built in accordance with winning de- signs in a Navy flying boat competition, will undergo her final rough-water tests at Hampton Roads, Va., today. If the big plane comes through successfully it will be assigned to duty with the battle fleet and will drop the “X" from .the designation, denoting that it has passed the experimental stage. ‘The XPY-1 will be flown to Hampton by Lieut. Henry F. MacComsey, of the flight test section, Anacostia Naval Air Station. At Hampton, full load, repre- senting bombs, guns, ammunition, cameras, instruments and battle crew, will go gboard for the final tests. The plane will be flown out to sea and put through a number of landings in the roughest water available. Conclude Months of Trials. Today's tests conclude months of the most rigorous trials for the huge patrol boat. It has been test flown with two and three motors. which was mounted on a trestle wbove the high monoplane wing. has been re- moved and the plane will be tested to- day and assigned to the fleet, if ac- cepted by the Navy, as a twin-engined ship. Results of the tests are withheld as military ™ secrets undey @ve) exé-rs, which ‘prohibit the publication of any datails of new aircraft until they have been in service at least a year. The great craft was constructed for the Navy by the Consolidated Alrcraft Cor- | poration of Buffalo, N. 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