Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1929, Page 39

REMOTE REPUBLIC GIVEN PROMOTION Taijikistan Elevated From Au- tonomous to Federated Group by Soviet. “Tajikistan, which has just been ele- vated from the status of an autonomous republic to a federated republic of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, is an area just 12 square miles less than that of Alabama, occupying the extreme southeastern corner of old Russian Tur- kestan,” says a bylletin from the head- quarters of the 'National Geographic Bociety. “The new republic is in a worse po- sition than the proverbial needle in a Haystack, for it cannot be found on any but the most recent maps. consists of a bit of the old provinces of Bokhara, Samarkand and Pamir of Russian Central Asi: Region the Cza “A rough outline: of ' be drawn by placing the pencil on a map of Asia about 50 miles due southeast of the city of Samarkand. A wavy line drawn due ecast of this point to the border of Chinese Turl tan is nearly the line of the northern boundary of the republic. The eastern boundary follows the Chinese Tur- kestan_border southward to Afghanis- tan, The southern border follows the northern border of Afghanistan to within about 50 miles east of the city s Forgot. ikistan may The area | point of a | BOYS’ SWIMMING POOL REOPENED AT Y. M. C. A. | Athletic Unit Renovated and Im- proved After Being Closed for Short Time. Reopening of the swimming pool lt the boys’ department of the Y. M. C. A at 1732 G street was announced )‘euter- day by John F. Bergner, associate di- rector of the department. The pool was closed a week ago_for renovations and _improvements, The pool has been painted white and made more attractive in other ways. AWARD NAVY CONTRACTS: facturing Co., located in the Washing- ton Building here, has been awardid $ contract totaling $11,461 for ma:::: the mechanical stoker for the power plant at the Navy Yard, Boston, | Mass., the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, announced yesterday. signed for various construction jobs for the Navy over the country. more, Md., dredging job at the naval operating base, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1929. The Westinghouse Electric & Manu- Contracts totaling $159,402 have been 1 Corporation of Balti- | as awarded the $130,000 ‘The Arun INDICTED SHERIFF SCORES DRY RAIDERS Idaho Official Declares His Office Is Above Re- proach. By the Associated Press. ‘WALLACE, Sheriff R. E. Weniger, Idaho, November 15.— indicted with | ness licenses, | more than 40 others on Federal charges | merchants; that these licenses were in- | North Side-Gold Coast section have of liquor conspiracy, said his office was above reproach and denounced Federal dry raid methods. ‘The Shoshone County official, arrest- ed terday with most. of the city officials of Mull-n near here, sl‘lld there was no “giant liquor conspiracy” in the Coeur d'Alene mining towns. The wholesale indictments by the United States grand jury as Moscow followed a Summer liquor drive by Fed- | eral prohibition agents, in_which many arrests were made at Wallace and Kellogg. Mayor A. J. Harwood of Mullan had said after his arrest that the Federal indictments probably are based on busi- “collected from Mullan | tended to relieve the bad financial con- dition of the town, but that they were not protectlon e POLICE WARN GOLD COAST | CAFE OWNERS TO BE DRY Chicago Official Threatens to Pad- lock Cabarets if Set-ups Are | Provided. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 15. —Proprl.- tors of 18 cabarets in Chicago's near- been called into conference with Capt. Charles Essig of that police dis- trict and issued orders outlining what they could and could not do in the way | of operating. Essig, recently brought into the dis- {trict with orders to clean it up, in- formed the gathering that no “set-ups” were to'be served, barred doors were to be replaced with regular portals, open at all times, and proprietors would be responsible for any liquor found in their places of business. Essig said he would demand padlocks under the nuisance decision of a Fed- eral judge here last year, holding sale of soft drinks for the purpose of mix- ing them with alcoholic drinks to be a violation of the law. Alterations and improvements to the | main clubrooms and installation of !d-‘ ditional equipment also are planned, according to James C. Ingram, boys' director. ‘The work is in line with the policy to expand the activities of the boys’ department. The facilities of the boys' building are being - made. available to groups of working boys organized in various commercial establishments of the city. Messenger boys of the West- ern Union Co. have been assigned a night weekly for recreation at the “Y.” This group Wednesday night were shown a special “safety” film under auspices of the American Automobile Association. Members of Hi-Y Clubs of the vari- ous high schools have fitted up a cozy clubroom as a joint headquarters. | Meetings of the club members are held there weekly. 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