Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1930, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1930. ' ; ' Tonight at 7 P.M. Tune in on Radio Station WRC. Hear about the new 1931 S » Atwater Kent Radio Receiver with the Golden Voice. See it tomorrow in our Radio Salon, Fourth Floor. a A-§ PROBATION SYSTEM ¢ BEING EXTENDED Justice Department An- nounces Plan to Reduce Con- { ° gestion in Prisons. "The Department of Justice has an- mounced an extension of the Federsl probation system by the appointment of 45 probation officers in addition to the nine now serving. Appropriations for this purpose were approved at the last session of Con- gress, and the deartment has now de- cided where the men will be stationed. No mention of who the appointees may be was made. Two probation officers will be as- m;d to each of the following dis- : Massachusetts, Southern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, Southern West Virginia, Minnesota, Eastern Kentucky and Northern Tllinois. One Officer Assigned to Each. The following districts will have one probation officer each: Southern Ala- bama, Arizona, Eastern Arkansas, Northern California, Southern Florida, Northern and Southern Georgia, South- ern Illinois, Northern Indiana, South- crn Iowa, Western Kentucky, Eastern Louisiana, Maryland, Eastern and West- ern Mihigan, Eastern and Western Missourl, Montana, Nebraska, New Jer- sey, New Mexico, Eastern, Northern and Western New York, Eastern North Carolina, Northern Ohio, Northern Oklahcma, Western South Carolina, South Dakota, Western Tennessee, Eastern, Southern and Northern Texas, Western Washington. No appointments can be made in other districts, the department said, until Congress makes further appropriations. Aims to Reduce Congestion. The program is intended to reduce congestion in the Pederal prisons and the department. expects it also to prove a measure of economy. It said a single probation officer at $4,000 a year can supervise 100 probationed prisoners, who would require an outlay of $25,000 a year if kept in prison. MARINE AIRPLANE CRASHES AT 0COTAL Son of John B. Stetson, Jr., Who Had Just Bid Parents Good-By, Escapes Uninjured. By the Associated Press. 2 MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 5.— Within a few minutes after he had said g father, John were visiting him, Sergt. C. F. Stetson, United States Marine Corps, emerged unhurt from an airplane accident. The plane was a large tri-motored machine in which he and others were taking supplies to Ocotal, Young Stetson’s father, mother and sister, who flew here Saturday to be with him, said good-by at the field yesterday as he and others got into the plane to go to Ocotal, in the north- ern part of the republic they them- selves were leaving later for Panama en route back to the United States. Not long afterward word came from Ocotal that in landing the plane’s left ‘wing had been forced downward, nosing the ship over. Gunnery Sergt. Geer, the pilot; Stetson and other occupants + emerged unhurt just before the gaso- line tanks exploded and set the ma- chine afire. s crack-up represented the third of the large tri-motored transport planes to be destroyed at Ocotal and the fifth plane to be destroyed in Nica- Tagua this year. WAREHOUSE BURNS; . L0SS IS $1,000,000 \ Fireworks Spread Flames Through Buildings—Ten Men Overcome. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 5.—Ten fire- men were overcome by smoke and dam- age estimated by officials at more than 81,000,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the two upper floors of the in the industrial section yesterday. building, housing sugar, olive oil and fireworks, was one of the largest ware- houses in the city. Several tons of fireworks on the top ‘floor added to the danger and forced firemen to don gas masks and heat- Tesisting garments. The exploding glant “crackers” sounded like machine- gun fire, while bundles of skyrockets and roman candles flared -ndwllrafl the blaze to other parts of the building. SO MANY WOMEN MAKE THIS MISTAKE A face powder may be good, but the true test must be your own skin A face powder of any old texture won't do any longer. Women all over the land have learned from the lead- ing beauty specialists that there ere three types of skin--oily, dry and nor- mal and that the powder for one tex- ture type will not suitenother. Plough hat met this modern need with three face powders, each of different tex- ture and each Individually mede to meet exactly the needs of those three skin types. ‘THE PLOUGH FACE POWDER FOR YOUR EXACT TYPE OF SKIN WILL GIVE YOU GREATEST BEAUTY ‘I xou skinis oily, [ use exture ense of "5 Flow e Pow- der in the oval box, T5e. ture Plough’s round box, 50c. Each of these Plough Powders come in five modern tints--white, flesh, pink, brunette, sun-tan. Plough’s Three Face wders are sensibly priced wher- ever beauty creations are sold. 1F you are not cortain as to exactly which Plough Face Powder givesthe grestest besus- skin, writs Peggy Martin, the tint you want and you solutely free generous test packages of the three different powders. o 7th, 8th and E Sts.—FAMOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860—National 9800 All the Important Fashion Details, Colors afid Fabrics In This nnual August Sale of Winter Coats There Are Outstanding Values to Be Had Now—We Doubt If They Can Be Duplicated Later—There Are Three Groups of Styles and Sizes for Misses, Junior Misses and Women Genuine Buffalohide Luggage $25.00 to $35.00 Values $19.75 : The quantity is limited to 36 pieces, for it is. difficult to- get high-grade luggage to sell at this price, right in the middle of va- cation time! Genuine brown buffalo, lifetime cases, traveling bags, kit bags, gladstones, ward- robe cases and square hat'boxes for men and women. Lussage—Street Floor Inventory Clearances Silk Underwear Our $2.95 Grade *1.89 * Included in this limited lot are slips of crepe de chine and rayon satin, chemises of crepe or georgette with lots of pretty lace, tailored and lace trimmed step-ins, flesh and peach. Broken sizes, of course! Underwear Shop—Third Floor French Room Summer Hats Were $7.50 to $15.00 5 and $7.50 Distinctive millinery, reproduc- _tions of Paris originals, hand made hats—all going tomorrow at clear- ance prices! Fine bakus, chanvre soie, ballibuntal, felt and straw com- binations, and lovely Swiss hair hats, in_two low priced groups! Millinery Shop—Second Floor Muskrat ~—Ileads a double life among sthis season’s furs! As sports coats, the new muskrats are self trimmed and swagger of line. The Relts are worked in lovely erringbone and inter- locked effects. But the most intriguing muskrats are the new slightly fitted ones with collars of Russian fitch or badger coats of dress up elegance! As Sketched $1 5950 Other Muskrat Coats $79.50 to $225 For Shop—Second Floor Women’s. Athletic Underwear 59c 2 for $1 200 pieces of cool cotton underwear, of novelty weaves and rayon stripes, particu- larly suited to spor Bodice tops with h hem, and self s 36 to 42. Underwear—Third Floor New Books $1 Brand-new books that, according to the old price scales, would have been $2 and $2.50! Fine va- cation reading by your favorite authors. Kath- leen Norris’ new book, “Margaret Yorke”—Mar- garét Pedler's “Fire of Youth”—""Sanders of the River,” Edgar Wallace'’s latest — “The Immediate Family,” “Lovejoy,” “Giants’ Bread,” and many others. 'O‘* Shop—Street Floor *35 The recent break in the fur market, and the drastic drop in the cost of woolens and silks enables us to offer the best Winter coat values in years. Three modestly priced groups—with chic, youthful styles for the Junior, stunning individual styles for the Miss and lovely moulded models for the Woman. Every coat lavishly trimmed with one of the season’s smartest furs! Un- doubtedly, this is the year. of years to buy a new coat—and now is the time to buy it, for later in a stabilized market it will be im- possible to duplicate such coats at the same low prices. The Important DETAILS —Sweeping moulded lines. ~—Belts at natural waistline. ~—Subtle side flares. —Bloused or bolerc backs. —High :!anciing collars. —Flared or capelet cuffs. —Matching crepe linings. —Contrasting furs. —Sectional panels—"V"* seams. —Button or belt closing. The Important COLORS Black—Fashion’s favorite. Brown—rich and dark. Beautifully Cricket green. 3 : chic model for Winetone. the Junior . miss. $55. Admiralty blue. *55 o) 375 ) Tearose wolf Snow - flake smartly contrasts lapin on Manila with black en browa is very this medel for youthful for the the woman. $75. miss. $38, The Important MATERIALS Crepe broadcloths, suede fabrics, Norma and Imperata. This season’s fabrics have new depth and dullness. Select now—only a small deposit is required —we will store them free until November. Junier Misses’, Misses’ and Women's Coats—Second Floor Special Selling—FIRST QUALITY Women’s Full-Fashioned Picot- Top Silk Chiffon Stockings One of the loveliest grades of chiffon hose we've ever offered for 95c! Exquisitely sheer chiffon—silk to their picot tops and with lisle lined soles to insure satisfactory wear! very pair perfect—and every pair beautifully full fashioned. At this price 1t would pay you to buy them by the dozens o half dozens, Sizes 8Y4 to 101/5. Offered In the Best Shades Beige Clair Plage Sun Bask £ Ivorie Champagne Blonddore Rendesvous Sun Brown