Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 6

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C, FEBRUARY g9, 1930—PART ONY. MINING AUXILIARY - TO'HONOR VISITORS ‘Women Representing Engi- _neers Will Preside at Lunch- eon- Tuesday. Mrs. William S. Culbertson, wife of the United States Ambassador to Chile, | and Miss Margaret Baxter of the Forum | Club, London, England, will be the| honor guests at the monthly luncheon SENATE PASSES BILL TO HONOR WASHINGTON Fess Measure Authorizes $200,000 Appropriation for Publishing First President’s Letters. The Senate yesterday passed - the Fess bill, authorising approximately $200,000 to be used by the George ‘Washington Bi-centennial Commission in publishing the writings of ‘George Washington and various pamphlets relating to the life of, the first Pres- ident, in preparation for the celebra- tion in 1932 of the 200th -anniversary of his birth. < The bill was acted on upon motion of Senator Fess of Ohio, vice,chairman of the commission, who introduced it a week ago. The bill also authorizes PARKER-BRIDGET CO. WILL OPEN BRANCH Headquarters to Be at Fifteenth 8t. and New York Ave., With ' Mount Pleasant Store. A new departure in the merchan- dising-plan of the Parker-Bridget Co. clothing -establishment, which now is | P"Qm%“& new main headquarters in the ‘ashington Building, at Fif- teenth street and New York avenue, was rcvealed yesterday with the an- nouncem*nt of plans to establish a branch store at 3113 Fourteenth street, in the center of the Mount Pleasant | section. The company has consummated leasing agreement with J. Frank and be extensively remodeled and & new facade erected for the pu of the clctugn( b\tl;lnun. %wflm is lo- cated on the east of the street above Irving street. 1t is expected the shop will for occupaney September 1. R on st floor of the Washington Building, which will have enlrmwn":n both G street and New York avenue. Plans now are being completed for the remodzllnf of the space in the down- town building and the store is ex- pected to be established there within three months, WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD. Mrs. Ida Mason, 75, Vietim of Il- luminating Gas Poison. Mrs. Ida Mason, colored, 75 years old, was found dead on the floor of her bed- room in her home, at 1456 Q street, be ready This will opening of the main store | HIGHER ALLOWANCE . FOR NAVY APPROVED| President Indorses Increase in Al-| Jotment to Enlisted Men When Absent From Station, By the Assoclated Press. It was announced yesterday by the Bureau of Navigation at the Navy De- partment that President Hoover had approved an increase in allowance for rations and quarters for enlisted men en route or when absent from their statfons. Under: the old order allowance for meals while travellng was set at $2.25 per day, or 75 cents per meal. The new order increases the allowance for will be reimbursed on the basis of $3 per day for meals and 75 cents for quarters. A graduated scale of allow- ance has been made for men forced to be abeent from their station for long- | er period than three days. The Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service will be affected by the new order as well as the Navy. T GOLD STRIKE CONFIRMED. Alaskan Town Made Booming Mjne Center by Discovery. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, February 8 (). —Confirmation of a rich gold strike in the Ruby district between Fairbanks and Nome reached here today by air- plane. The strike was made on the Poorman, Wolfe and Beaver Creek watersheds and was reported especially rich on Beaver Creek, where it was said the ground ran as high as $6 a \POLICE AUTO AUCTION | TO AID RELIEF FUNDS 1y | “Rinety Cars and One Cycle on List of Lost, Stolen or Abandoned | Vehicles. | Ninety automobiles, ranging from | 'gaudy “collegiate” models to powerful | and more refined ;ppenrlnf machines, |and a Jone motor cycle will be offered | for sale It?uhllc auction by the Metro- nolitan Pollce Department, February 25. |at 10 o'clock, in its property yard at | Twelfth and Water streets. | 'The cars are lost, stolen and aban- | doned vehicles, and will be sold under the law which permits the chief clerk of the Police Department to dispose by and property clerk of the department, A search’of the ncgda of previois auction sales nfade by Pvt. O, D. Rogets of the property department revealed yesterday that the smallest sum ever paid for & machine at a ice auction was 10 cents. The hig! was $110 Rogers said. » ' MACDONALD ON AIR. Son of British Premier in Radio Address Saturday Night. Alister Macdonald, son of J. Ramsay Macdonald, prime minister of Gre: Britain, will deliver his first radio ad- dress since his arrival in the United States Saturday night at 9:45 o'clock over the Nation-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. He will speak on “What I Think of America.” iMr. Macdonald has been in the United States for. little more than a mor.th “getting the feel of architecture’ auction of all property not claimed by | owners within a gerlod of six months | after its recovery by police. Funds derived by the auction are turned into the general relief fund of TSR the Pire and Police Departments. A plug of tobacco figuring in a Civil Preparations for the sale were start- | War raid in Tennessee is in the Confed- ed yesterday by H. Luckett, chief | erate Museum as he expresses it. At the present time he is on the Pacific Coast. where he has been visiting Hollywood. meals to $3 per day, or $1 per meal. An_ allowance of 75 cents for quar- ters' has been provided in addition to the $3 for subsistence. The allowance for quarters is not to be effective when Pullman or stateroom accommodations are furnished. Men delayed en route NACHMAN t Judith L. Steele, owners of the Four- teenth street property, for rental of the building for 10 years, it was reported by 5:’? & Co., which handled negotia- The bullding has a_frontage of 30 | feet and a depth of 112 feet. the commission to employ & director, a historian, an executive secretary and other. necessary personnel in making plans for celebration of the bi-cen- tennial, beth in Washington ‘and throughout the coyntry. The bill goes to the House for concurrent action. about 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Death resulted from illuminating gas poisoning, the gas having escaped from a heater in the room. . John Baber responded to a call received at Emer- gency Hospital, examined the body and It will pronounced life extinct. foot and 20 cents to the pan. Preliminary surveys indicated the pay streak on Beaver Creek was at least 60 feet wide and extended for a mile. The town of Ruby has been converted mwk & booming mining center by the strike. gineers, Tuesday afternoop, at the Cos- mos Club. 4 Baxter will give an illustrated talk on the British empire, which will be the principal entertainment feature of the ‘luncheon. Following her visit{ in Washington, where she has been the guest of Mrs. Minnie H. Pilling for the - past fortnight, Miss Baxter will tour the ‘ United States, lecturing before women's club groups and other organizations on her country, on the political status of women in England and on the sig- nificance of their club activities today. Mrs. N. H. Dearton, chairman of the District of Columbia section of the ‘auxiliary, will preside at the luncheon Tuesday. -" Mrs. Herbert Hoover, formerly- na- tional president, now serves as honorary “.president of the organization, which is| “‘composed of the wives of members of « the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and has a dual purpose—to promote fellowship among | the wives and to carry on charitable work anmrong the miners. One of its| principal works is the establishment of libraries in mining towns and out-of- the-way posts for the use of the miners and their families. Convenient Credit Home of Values See Your Living Room Suite Made in Our Window This Week NOTE_ should buy your furniture. Prices are the lowest with this great February sale going on. You will find five floors here just packed and jammed with real bargains. -We ask you to come in, shop and compare our furniture with others before you buy. 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