Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1930, Page 5

SPEECH STRESSES | CVIGED OPERATION Thomas Littlepage, Addres- sing D. €. Chamber of Com- merce, Outlines Program. | | Civic co-operation as an essential to the development and ress of a city | was stressed last night by Thomas P.| Littlepage, eddressing members of the RETIRING FIRE THE EVENING CAPTAIN STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HONORED BY MEN WEDNESDAY, (CTIZENS N FAVOR OF CHANGING ZONE lowa-Thomas Circle Associa- tion Would Extend Com- mercial Area. OCTOBER 1, 1930. Construction on Boulevard | Slows Traffic, Maj. Wil- liar Announces. Says Time Will Be Saved by | Using Marked and Policed Association voted in favor of the pro- The Iowa-Thomas Circle Citizens % ‘ Substitute Route. posed changing from residential zone MOTORISTS URGED TO DETOUR. EDMONSTON ROAD TO LAUREL, COMMITTED 47 YEORS AGO * A-—§ MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER Alabaman, Aged 70, Is Going on Trial in Alleged Slaying Dated in 1883. By the Associated Press. | GUNTERSVILLE, Ala., October 1.— Trial of James Neely on a charge of | alleged slaying in 1883 of Hiram Cooley was set for October 6, when the 70-year- old defendant was arraigned in Circuit | Court here yesterday. After the indictment, crisp with age, was read to Neely, he entered a plea of not guiily by reason ci self-defense. | He has stated Cooley was killed in & | fist fight that resulied from remarks Rhole Island avenue in its first | BY a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. alleged to have been made about a | | to commercial of the 1300 block of ; | Washington Chamber of Commerceé at & _dinner at the Willard Hotel. which officially inaugt the_five-year pansion pro the chambe “Inactivity ack of inter eitizenship of any city is almost as destructive in its final net results as an invading lepage declared ahead of the 16-year-old girl. Neely has been in jail here since last week en he was recognized in Tyler, Tex., after 47 years of dodging the law. He expressed a desire to have the case settled as soon as possible Thomas Neely, a brother, indicted with James Neely, is dead, as are all but two ey:witnesses and a majority of the jurors who returned the indictment, Fl'(]ED ( | KRIEG > -|. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 1.— Fall meeting last night, in the North. | Use of the Edmonston Road and the | | minster Presbyterian Church, Eleventh |newly completed State road through | street and Rhode Island avenue. Central avenue, Berwyn and Berwyn | The question of changing this block | Heights, by motorists traveling between | was to be taken up today by the Zoning | Washington and Laurel, is recem- | Commission, at the District Buliding. | mended by the State Roads Commission The citizens passed a resolution favor- | while the Baltimore Boulevard between ing the change, to be presented before | Hyaitsville and Berwyn is being wid- | the commission’ takes action b i A committee composed of Mrs. H. M | ajino, : i A Fulton, Miss A. E. Loomis and Miss | pom s Senteeie L0, unider construcs A Clark was appointed for the selec- | relatively inconvenicnced,” sccording to Hon of a site for a “midnorthwest” | ;" statement of Maj. Harry D, Williar, recreational center. It was pointed cut | i *chict” engineer of the® Commsion t rank in the American cities.” | that this section of the city has n Eclinquiching his command yesterday, Capt. Robert Graham Tegéler of No. 20 Engine Company was the guest of | 14o0, 00" Sjavotouna ‘amnh}s’_ Votong . Outlines Expansion Program. S | s Ti ‘hief J. B. Si 4 ST £ honor at an oyster supper. At the head of the table are Sergt. F. C. Hanback, Capt. Tegeler, Battalion Chief J. B. Simms | 1 [0 %0, B UIC FREUEER Fore0 Outlining the Gy e jon program of . B. Dutton. —Star Stafl Photo | efort, will be made to have an appro- o ained | and Lieut. priation which will take care.of this | “*Nay JOHICE (atement, 1n part, fol- nize the T : N WA B { . | need. M ruling along the line laid down by |POET’S MEMORY HONORED |"“Mrs. wittam s. Fletcher, accompa- |1o% e A s b Woodcock. Instead, Judge Weems ruled . t oS . the Uik by er GWGUWE |is Sitimore Bowerard will met | against the construction of the Federal | ; = statutes, stating that the case was being ‘Naples Today Celebrates Virgil's |Moe MAry Fleteher tang several se- | completed in time for the opening of { tried under the Layman act of the | meeting. » the races at Laurel, we are arranging a dustrial de- [ Virginia Legisiature, #nd not under the Lo ¥ it wasa | satisfactory detour for the race trafic, & e E . ; s. H. F. s appointed dele- ’ o o ] Federel laws, or the latter’s construction | naprps, Ttaly, October 1 (P.—|gate to the Federation of Citisens: Ae- | The route is as follows: o $ actiestisins by its enforcement officer | Naples today began two weeks' celebra- | sociations to take the place of John F. om Fifteenth and G streets, Wash- e e ats tha tont .} ——— | tion of the bimillenary of the birth of | du Comb. ington, by way of U. 8. Route 1, to right : e Rechulety i | the poet Virgil. The celebration will| Mrs. Ella M. Thompson presided at |at Peace Cross, Bladensburg, Md., one- ’t.sntu:r‘:d‘:::;.‘-h B o i Cumberland Doctor Dies. | culminate Octoker 15, the epicistist's | the meeting. | quarter mile, turn left at Edmonston view to improving et tralic_and | Winchester Judge Holds U. S. obtaining m: gars and parking ;3 4 Dry Ruling Inapplicable to space, and t de development greup | Woman in Virginia. ex- ber of Commerce. “When itions that make a city worth while are allowed to drag, become obso- ‘ Jete and inactive. it takes a long time S : e | for such a city to restore its standard ? £ e . | e " For 30 years President ling attention to the advisability of ?‘"“ re's Exprecs o using __the Edmonston road detour, 2-pec.ally during the coming racing sea- on at Laurel of Krieg's Express Co is NOW in business at 904 10th St. N.W. Call District 9115 five department. The civic and Federal affai will deal with fscal problems invol trict govern: Glasses Fitted Eyes Examined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Graduate McCormick Medieal College Route Recommended. road, four and one-half miles; turn left on Central avenue, one and one-half miles to Boulevard, then tum right to Laurel.” | CUMBERLAND, Md., October 1 (Spe- | birthday. cial) —Dr. Frank Leslie Barkdoll, 51,| ~Thousands of citizens quit their was found dead in his office here last | work and followed guides appointed by ynight. It is thought he died early in | the city through places in the suburbs the morning froma heart attack. ~ Dr. | associated with the name of the author Barkdoll, a graduate of Southern | of the “Aeneid.” Homeopathic School, Baltimore, prac- Among the pilgrims were scores of ticed here 30 years. He was a son of | Americans, who had come to Naples William Barkdoll, Waynesboro, Pa. His ‘ particularly to participate in the 2,000th widow and two children survive. anniversary. will be re: ible for the promotion | of the “Buy in Washington” movement and will also work for the expansion of Washington's marketing area and seck more “quality at low price” merchan- dise. The group will work in the in- et g terest of the wholesale as well as retail | S ce i Dishateh to The Star. buyers and sellers, WINCHESTER, Va, October 1| e RN Hopes and espirations of citizens who | - | . 3 . president of the | €SSaved to make beer and wines ln! — ot ot Tl aident of A® | thetr homes without fear of arrest on | Other speskers were Rudolph Jose, | the strength of Federal Prohibition | chalrman of the five-vesr ;XF:;‘SIE:‘Dirccmr Woodcock’s recent ruling to A, - Ay iR ik that effect, dreoped today in Municipal s Chamber of Commerce. o L N S Court, when Judge D. L. Weems fined M Ida Cline for illegal possession of 19 bottles of home-made beer. Police raided her home with a search warrant ued on complaint of Chief C. W. Hollis. A fine of $68 and costs was im- d, and a 30-day jail sentence ended. Mrs. Cline admitted she had made the beer, and that ‘Woodcock had said it was all rig to co so. Her attorney urged the court to establish a See the Newest Trends in Fr="rure—New Home Arrangements in the MIRMAIL CONTRACT IS AWARDED TODAY Joint Bid of Cnlifnr:\;a and Dela- ware Companies Accepted by Post Office Department. = That the French fiyers — Bellonte and Coste - after they landed in New York City at the end of their record Paris-NewYork flight - - - dressed themselves in HArt = SCHAFFNER& MARX clothes '\ for all the ‘welcoming ‘functions. By the Associated Pres. A contract for carrying the mails by air from New York to Los Angeles was I.a.ional Home Furnishing awarded today to the Western Air Ex- STYLE SHOW [ 3 ) Ranscontinental Atr. Transport, Iney | il L ! This Style Show is of exceptional interest to every ©of Delaware. N 4 3 . . . o The Post Office Department announc- | o > home lover in Washington. Visit the following local stores this week. See the latest fashions in ed Postmaster General Brown accepted | furniture, the new designs in rugs, the smart lamps, & joint bid by these two companies be- | cause it was the only qualified one | mirrors and other accessories. under the terms of the McNary-Watres | act, and in conformity with specifica- | tions in the advertisement. The United Aviation Co. of Pitts- burgh submitted a lower but the | | Post Office Department said it did not conform to specificatio Service is to begin For the present it will be maintained | by daylight fiying only. The schedule | over the route has not been arranged. | In addition to the terminal cities the | following will be served: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus, ©Ohio; Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mo. Albuquerque, N.'Mex. The Gove may choose an alternative e 8t. Louls via Tulsa, Okla., t6 Amarillo, | operating either or both routes. R euces the gicatest inpro since oxl hea These Stores are Participating in This National Event: Dulin & Martin Co., Connecticut Avenue at L Street. Goldenberg's, Seventh Street at K. The Hecht Co., F Street at Seventh, James B. Henderson, 1108 G Street N.W, House & Herrmann, Seventh Street at Eye. Hub Furniture Co., Seventh and D Streets N.W. Lansburgh & Brother, 420 Seventh Street N.W. Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co., 909 F Street N.W. Mayer & Co., Seventh Street, between D and E. Wm. E. Miller Furniture Co., Seventh and E Streets S.W. W. B. Moses & Sons, Eleventh and F Streets N.W. Nationel Furniture Co., Seventh and H Streets N.W. P. J. Nee Co., Seventh and H Streets N.W, Palais Royal, Eleventh and G Streets N.W. D. S. Pool, Inc.,, 729 Twelfth Street N.W. W. & J. Sloane, 711 Twelfth Street N.W. Thompson Brothers, 1220 Good Hope Road S.E. Woodward & Lothrop, 10th, 11th, F and G Streets. hin 30 days. New quietness and new econ- omy are made possible by this new 0il-O-Matic Diffusor which is now built in this auto- matic oil burner. Important as it is, this latest improve- ment is only one of the many exclusive advantages of Wil- liams oil heating. Come to our showroom today—or tele- phone us to come to your home. See- for yourself why far more home owners have | chosen a Williams 0il-0-Matic than any other burner in the world. And the Price is Low DOME/TIC SERYICE CORP 1706 CONN. AVE,NW. PHONE POTOMAC 2048 WmH.GOT TLIEB... AWGR =That HART SCHAFFNER & MARX test the tensil strength of every fabric that Zoes into their clothes with this device. If the fabric will not stand unwsval strain it is rejected . . . MEXICO GREETS COSTE Governor 0{’ Chihua‘n—un Welcomes ' French Flyers at Juarez. EL PASO, Tex., good will tour of Ca and Maurice Bellontc nas become than ever an international event. When the French {ransatlantic reached El Paso from Phoenix, . | late yesterday they wcre taken to Juarez, | Chihuahus, Mexico. At the customs | house they were given a welcome by Andres Ortiz, Governor of Chihuahua. | ‘The fiyers retired early last night in preparation for an early tak in | their famous Question Mark for San ' Antonio. more | -0ff was taken from the shades of pewter in fine old museuin pieces =That HART ScHAFFNER & MARX vse more fine all wool fabrics than any concern in the world~- yardage enough each year to make 3 carpet extending from NewYork to SanFrancisco . . . ~That the 2 button single breasted coat with peaked or notched lapels Is in Zreatest favor for fall. - RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F Street