Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1929, Page 42

NEW HARKET ST URGEDBYETZEN Conduit Road Association Picks Site and Asks Pres- ent Mart Replacement. Stressing the important role a muni- | cipal market plays in governing prices | and maintaining high quality in food | products and emphasizing the impor-| tance of selecting a central location for such a food distributing agency, the Conduit Road Citizens' Association at| a meeting held last night at the Potomac Heights Community Church adopted a resolution calling upon Con- gress to appropriate funds for the re- construction of Center Market on a site tentatively approved in Southwest Washington. The associated resolved to arouse the legislative ‘body “before the present buildings are removed.” The suggested new location for a| substitute market is a section east of Fourteenth street southwest, opposite | the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, | said to be admirably suited for the pur- pose because of its proximity to the‘ downtown area and to the present site of Center Market. It is said to be slightly more than half a mile from the | Government’s market pece at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. The introduction of the resolution in- dorsing_the site and urging appropria- | tion of funds necessary to build a| market met with little opposition among | the members of the citizens' group at last night's meeting. A number of| theories for a_substitute market were | propounded, including advocacy of al Lamp and Shade Cook County Sells Warrants to Meet Workers® Salaries By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 20.—Em- ployes of Cook County may now wish each other a merry Christmas. ‘The coatry treasurer has an- nounced he has negotiated the sale of $750,000 in tax anticipation warrants, and the December pay rolls will be met after all. location in Northeast Washington, where a wholesale market is at present being erected. and also expansion of the K Street Market place to meet the needs of the city. Government opera-| tion of the market was also criticized in one quarter. Although the unanimously carried, resolution was mot few dissenting THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929, GERMAN STUDY HERE SHOWS BIG INCREASE Pre-War Interest in Language Is Being Approached, Notz Tells G. U. Club. The number of university and high school students studying German in Washington is mounting rapidly as pre- war interest in German language, sci- ence and literature is being approached, Dr. William F. Notz dean of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown Univer- sity, told members of the Georgetown University German Club, Der Deutsche Verein, at its Christmas dinner last night at the Houston Hotel. More than 25 student members of the club and 5 guests attended. A recent survey by Dr. Notz in 10 Washington and nearby schools showed votes were heard. A resolution calling upon the w;sh-‘ ington Railway & Electric Co. to return to its former regular 15-minute sched- | ule on the line operating on the Cabin | John and Glen Echo route from the present alternating 10 and 20 minute | system was also adopted at the meet-| ing. | Revision and reconstruction of the| constitution and the introduction of| by-laws of the association occupied a| large portion of the meeting. Other | than changing the date of election of | officers and naming delegates to the| Federation of Citizens' Associations as| officers of the Conduit road clvic body, | no drastic alterations were made in| the rules of the association. | Clyde S. Bailey, president of the as-| sociation, presided at the meeting, while | Willis R. King, secretary, recorded. = it Production of rayon in Italy is grow- ing rapidly. Fi-RE SUITE ched above _ In natur finish. ~ with covered with cushi invely aretonne nearly 1,500 students registered in Ger- man classes, Tepresenting a 55 per cent increase over the same semester of last year. George Washington University | German department, under direction of Dr. Paul Gropp, leads with 420; Cen tral, McKinley, Western and Stuar! Junior High Schools have a total of 376; Georgetown University has 140 at | the’ Hilllop and 60 at the School of Foreign Service; Howard University has | 180, Catholic University 109, University | of Maryland 103 and American Univer- sity 48. | Dr. Amold W. Spanhoofd, who directs the German department for the Dis- trict high schools as well as at George- town, spoke in German on the origin | of Christmas. | Other guests were Prof. Ernst Corell of Munich, Germany, director of the German_courses at the American Uni- versity Graduate School; Capt. William | S. Trumbull, United States Army, both of whom addressed the club; Dr. Ri dolf E. 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