Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1930, Page 24

LIGHTNING GNITES | WESTERN TIMBER Hundreds Flght Flames m Tinder-Dry Woods of Idaho ! and Montana. By the Associated Press. MISSOULL Mont., July 31.—Several | Bundred volunteers today were fighting | flames in Western Montena and North- ern Idaho forests where lightning had | ignited the tinder-dry woods. A fire, sweeping along a six-mile tront | acres of timber. Another forest blaze | 50 miles northeast of Missoula rag=d be- | ond control. Two other less dangerous | lazes were burning in the same region. Several fires were beyond control in the Bitter Root \num south of Conner. Another was burning on Skalkaho Creek. Twenty-eight men and a string of pack horses were sent to the Powell ranger station, across the Bitter Root range in Idaho. The men hiked 15| miles through difficult passes to fight the advance of two fires in that sector. Regional forest officials described condition of the woods as melnr to that prior to the long seasons of de- structive forest fires in 1929, BOSTON ELKS’ LODGE PLEADS BANKRUPTCY Three B&celvers Appomted to Con- tinue Hotel Business in Action Brought by Bank. | By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 31.—The Boston Lodge of Eiks, whose charter was sus- | rnded several months ago by the na- fonal orgnmzatmn for lquor law viola- tion, is banlerupt, John F. Malley, for- mer grand exalted ruler, admitted yes- terday in Suffolk County Court. | Malley was appearing as counsel for the local lodge before Judge Lummus in | connection with the petition of the Pirst | National Bank of Boston for the ap gflintmert of & receiver to take over the otel property, because it is in arrears of its payments. He told the court the lodge probably would have gone into bankruptcy were not the officers and members deeply concerned about their second-mortgage bondholders and other creditors. Malley said the lodge had no business in the hotel fleld and said that venture | had been a faflure. The lodge is one of the largest in the country, and its new home, erected several years ago in the downtown thes amrll section of the hotel prop- up of ground-floor retail stores Judge Lummus lppfllmefl three re- eeivers, who were authorized to con. tinue the hotel business, but under some other name which will not include | the word “Elks” or any derivative of it. ~ SECRETARY WXINYAPI RULES WAR DEPARTMENT Bioux Indians Confer Honors Upon Hurlev, and Bodenhamer, Legion Commander. . By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak., July 3 »An Becretary of War, The name, meaning * mt ul was conferred on the ‘War Secretary Tues- day by Sioux Indians at a ceremony in connection with the State convention of the American Legion L. Bodenhamer, national com- lndfl' of the Legion, was named erphl K!nv-n)npl ‘'which means *“flying cloud.” ‘The bonnet of feathers which went to Secretary Hurley with the new name | was prmmca by Chief Red Toma- hawk, lo have been the mnn who killed snung Buu | AGREE ON EQUIPMENT ‘Will Hays Says Dispute Over Pat- ent Rights Is Settled. NEW YORK, July 31 (®.—will M| Hays, president of the Motion Picture | Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., who has been in Parls as chair- man of a conference Letween German | and American motion and sound picture atent holders, returned Tuesday aboard jhe Ile de France. Mr. Hly§ sald disputes over patent ng ts. held in America and Germany | had been settled -ml an exchange of equlpmmt agreed u] ‘The agreement, 1 lm confident, will tcn a new era of co- operltlon in the hnical pmms of the lrt he said. Soviet Develops ]-Inntmg MOSCOW (#).—To attract big game | Bunters to the Soviet Union, the state | tourist bureau has undertaken to or- | ac uj vided with a guide and mlerpre'er _— A e THE SHORTEST WAY | TO PITTSBURGH DETROIT to All Points “THEDIRECT WAY FARES” FARES One Round Way Trip Hagerstown ..$3.00 $5.40 Cumberland .. 5.00 9.00 Uniontown ... 6.00 10.80 Pittsburgh .... 7.00 12.60 Fairmont 6.35 1145 Morgantown .. 6.20 1115 Clarksburg ... 6.80 12.25 Wheeling ..... . Akron .. Toledo . Detroit BLUE RIDGE TRANS. CO.| “A BLUE RIDGE LINE” UNITED BUS TERMINAL 12th & Perna. Ave. N.W. Phone Nat. 9711 Tl kvemsisndg S1aR, WasninulON, D, U, TAautouAY, JuuY 31, 1930. SWEET POTATO “CLOTHES" DUE | sclr,oouss e soke st | sy, of the Shomist peuons | AFGHAN KING BEATS FOE io"n“m“.‘Jmn.nw"h..meu. v | e e 308 L e planes - al nicks and hollows or produce a|is peing initiated. This process is used | rday at Munaberl a tm 30 m! taken to The rebels ic —_— Kabul. FROM U s EXPERTS’ RESE ARCmeture more agreeable to the sense of | i me production of the Southern | Complete Rout of Rebels, With | from Kabul, stroyed four rebel village: s caen t SApers, whioh has attained hugs ‘-___._.__.._—-—-—-—-—-— American textile mills use 250,000, ooo nropomnm in recent years. More defi- Hundreds Slain, Reported. t > R R A TR pounds of starch annually, mainly made | nite information on the complicated | 1 GNDON, July 31 (A Daily Her- TH . . at and corn. | chem jcal reactions of this process 1 a5 h potal ald dispatch’ from Peshawar says thati South May Be Enriched if Tests Prove ok dapiate woTvh of this sthreh | Sougnt to extend. s A0 of Leetulness, | 1 dispatch from e | is imported. The American sweet po- | Such information should be beneficial | g TOTHRC 00 O Cing. Nadh | oM3 C C Y ld S h { mwt “nh"n :o“:.o 35 per eu:r!' starch én ne\ern} respects such as in the pro- :[oll::erx o Buchey "‘; rebellio A content, offers e South another eco- | duction of b; roducts. Of fibers havin, rop an 1e tarc or i Wl o v miaae i P O et eV | The tnerma Sald the Hoing's bombin : T .1 I d into the textile starch. S . | . — _ 1 B, extile Industry. Used on Christmas Cards, { i st Somplete ettty ot the pUlping | i o1 yoLanders Washade can be washed and —_——— ‘There may develop also sweet pmnto\ At present each ton of paper pro- » it % m rubbed again and n without harm- | Christmas cards and sweer, potato cor- | duced i accompanied by the loss of | B! [ | effects to its brilliant finish. By the Associated Pre | tles and the University of Alabama for | respondence notes, for starch is used | 330 pounds of sodium sulphate or 80 | } \ That's because Landers is a quality NEW YORK, Ju]y 31.—Clothes con- | Paper. | ~ 4 | Pounds of sulphu | HB:! window shade fabric...made to last. ‘o talning a dash of American sweet po- Aid in Clothesmaking. s S ""’;'“ o V- i oth research vml»r""f‘"' ungsh o K e ml other grades of paper. en at the request of Gov. e = - or {afoase ‘et ion e st GE'DEDIDIOHYe . « Slarchia by bé A Rwees DUltD! bons | Rle It Ion” s prospectus | Giraves ot ‘Alsbapoa. tnatrman of the B us forow: faetory’ BeIsel SoiEBLinG winters. tribution to what the well dressed man | of the Bureau of Standards, “will have | Alabama industrial development board. MADE TO ORDER { United States P““’B" of Standard re- n(fll (n;n(rh]r{(gn?:“' ?‘:L?zlpnlly IQ 1‘;’“1“ to d}(‘v primarily with the s mrch4=< fr\und } 5 i DI searches, which/aim to put sweet pota- | chemical with many other Quaiitics | progosed vio make & study of the ses | Large variety to choose from, toes and other Southern agricultural | rom food and gluelike adhesives to ex- | of starch in the manufacture of textiles | o df;"'“p‘m;:"""l jo oA, o crops into the textile industry and | plosives and artifictal silks, and it is| and the properties required in a starch < organ! boost the Southern pine as a foirce of | particularly indispensable in weaving. | for cach P Purther 1t 18 Planned to Two Rooms, Kitchen [/} picnics. Mnde fresh a5 you want paper, were announced yesterdsy by | It serves first as a protective coating, | determine whether starch from one = B O minenan Al | called sising, which guards threads from | source s superior to that from anotner (| and Porch, $37.50 We've bee making sendwiches vice chairman of the Alabama Indus- | wearing o losing thelr nap s they ub | for given purposes, and if specific i e trial Development Board. | in the weaving process. In some goods | starches may be modified 50 &s to bet- | The Wilson Phone MRS, J. “R. CASTELL The hurnu bexms v\nrk next montmme starch is removed after weaving by | ter adapt them for particular uses.” | b Metropolitan 7456 on both _projects, co-operating with| using chemicals. But it also may be' Concerning the papermaking plans 412 First Street SE. For Special Prices aboas Polyiechic Tnetitute for tex- retaimed in the finished product to en- the prospectus says: <A fundamental o Because of Lowered Prices—This Year Our Greaftest CiEAN SWEEP SALE ! I YHIS year Clean Sweep means more than a clearance of our own stocks. This year the manufacturers themselves are cleaning house so as to have their own stocks in order for the anticipated business revival eagerly expected this Fall. Window Shades and Awnings Tallored to Your Windows Many leading manufacturers and wholesalers are using the facilities of The Hecht Co. and its associated stores in Baltimore and New York as an outlet to distribute their sea- sonable goods at way below current commodity prices, and they certainly are low. Coupled with tremendous reductions of our own merchandise, this sale enlarges the buying capacity of the Washington wage earner’s dollar; fifty, seventy -five and even one hundred per cent. Almost everything you need for use or wear right now is in this store-wide sale at Bar- gain Prices. For instance ... Women’s $2 and $3 Silk Lingerie, 2 for $3; Men’s $1.55 to $2.50 Shirts may now be had at $1.29, 4 for $5; Women’s Millinery at $2; Women’s $19.75 to $25 Coats at $8.95; Women’s $29.75 to $49.50 Coats at $13.95; Women’s 17¢ to 25¢ Handkerchiefs at 1215 ¢; $1 Costume Jewelry at 39¢; Women’s Rayon Underwear, 2 for $1; Women’s $1 Blousettes at 79¢; $1 Tre-Jur Bath Powder at 33¢; Women’s $1.95 to $2.95 Handbags at $1.10; Silks at 55¢ a piece; Cottons at 11¢ a yard; for the first time Women’s Beautiful Shoes on the 5th Floor are $3; Women’s Silk or Rayon Frocks, now $2.95; Pride of Washington Sheets, 88¢; Crex De Luxe Summer Rugs, selling originally for $22.50, now are $10; Men’s $30 Tropical Worsted Suits are $18.95; 5-piece $24.95 Breakfast Room Suite, clean swept at $15.77; Women’s and Misses’ Beautiful Silk Dresses at $5, $10 and $15; Men’s $1.65 to $1.95 Pajamas, $1.10; a Windsor Chair is priced at $3.85; Beds, worth $12.50 to $35, now sell for $9.95; Sample Living Room Suites cut to $59.50 to $147.50, half their original prices; Women’s $1.50 and $1.65 New Dul] finish Sheer Chiffon Silk Heose, $1.10. If there were no bottom to this page we could mention thousands of other bargains that await you, but you'll have no trouble finding them when you come to the store. There will be plainly printed signs to guide you and courteous salespeople to help you, no matter how busy we are. There’s but one restriction . . . we cannot promise to take phone or mail orders ... because in a sale of this sort we have no idea how long each lot of merchandise will last. And please note that it will be six months until the next Clean Sweep. Annual August Sale of Winter Coats Monday, August 4th See Sunday Star, August 3rd F STREET AT SEVENTH NATIONAL 5100 %nmd hundreds' {