Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1931, Page 12

- TZENS PROTES - JMLE TR Forest Hills Group Ask Elim- | ination of Zone on Con- 1 H " necticut Avenue. The elimination of the 30-mile speed limit between Van Ness and Ellicott streets on Connecticut avenue altogethe CREMATION PLANS BEING MADE Funds Are Gathered by Friends in Order to Grant Last Wish of Miss Kathleen Baxley. Thanksgiving day, just two days be- fore she plunged into the canal, de- clared today that in conversation with her friends the Baxley girl had ex- pressed a desire that her body cremated, following her death. Funds for the cremation are being compiled today by Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. J. D. Arrington of 1808 Connecticut avenue and Miss Irene Chute, secretary Miss Kathleen Baxley, 28-year-old actress, whose body was found in the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal early yester- day, will be cremated if arrangements now being made by her friends are completed. Mrs. James Coleman of 4445 Q street at whose home Miss Baxley was a guest FOR GIRL DROWNED IN CANAL| SHINGTON, D, C., TUESDAY. CHARLES G. CONN DIES AT AGE OF & Former Indiana Representa- tive in Congress Once Owned Washington Paper. LOS ANGELES, January 6 (#).— Charles Gerard Conn, 86, former mem- ber of Congress from Indiana, died Washington paper during. the major portion of his Congressional term Mr. Conn was born in Ontario County, N. Y., January 29, 1844, mov- ing with his parents to Indiana when a small boy. After his war service he engaged in the manufacture of musical instruments at Elkhart, Ind., and later was elected to the House of Representa~ tives from that State. Following his one term in Congress Mr, Conn did not stand for re-election. He resumed the manufacture of musi- cal instruments in Indiana, disposing of his holdings there in 1916 to make his home in Los Angeles, Calif. Film Actress’ Grandfather Dies. BEVBRLY HILLS, Calif, January 6 (#)—John Turk, 85, died yesterday at the home of his granddaughter, Laura La Plante, motion picture act- ress, with whom he had lived several ANUARY PLANNING TO EXPEDITE FINAL CENSUS COUNTS = | Director Steuart Considers Changes in Organization of Office Force to Hasten Computation. With a view to expediting the com- pletion of the compilation of the 1930 census, Director William M. Steuart is contemplating some changes in his of- | fice organization. These changes, while | not providing extra positions, will not | call for extra shifts or extra work at nights and on Sundays. This latter was considered, but the | proposal was abandoned. It is thought, it impossible for employes to obtain |about annual leave until this rush period is | mean the quieker completion of the Director Steuart hopes to bring census work. over. SPEND THE WINTER FLORIDA The Land of Sunshine Winter Trains to Florida, Carolina, Georgia Resorts Pine urst . The ich will 1939 to Gibbs L. Beker, an attorney. with of- fices at 815 Fifteenth street, where the dead girl worked as a switchboard oper- ator for a short time. Miss Baxley, whose disappearance November 29 followed her threat to “try the river” as a means of ending her FOR COL. ISAAC C. JENKS suffering, had been a victim of ill Funeral services were held at St. Mar- | J07EH | garet’s Episcopal Church, Connecticut | nealth and mental distress in recent | Svenue and Bancroft place, this morn- | Years. So far as is known she had no |ing for Col. Isaac C. Jenks, United|living relatives. She was reared in his re because of the |States Infantry, chief of staff ‘and Na- , Va., orphanage an been Bper speea e e association | tonal Guard officer, at headquarters, | & toe dancer on a vaudeville circult for N : s eriticized the “unfair discrimination” |3d Corps Area, at Baltimore, who dl(‘d‘sc"("ra" years. yesterday after an illness of two weeks which began with a throat ailment. During_the Civil War Conn was & captain in charge of a company of Michigan _ sharpshooters ~and was awarded the Congressional Medal for gallantry, He served in Congress from 1893 to 1895. Conn_had resided here nearly 20 years. He Is survived by a widow and 12-year-old son. Charles Gerard Conn was elected to Congress as a Democrat from Indiana, 1893 to 1895. He was the owner of a or its extension to all parts of Connect! Turk was a native of Illinois. | however, that the new scheme will make cut avenue, was asked by the Fores Hills Citizens' Association at a meeting held last night in the Ben W. Murch School, Thirty-sixth and Davenport | streets. | The Murch School is located just west ©f Connecticut avenue, within' this 30- mile zone, The citizens charged that & hazard is created for school children who are compelled to cross the thorough- ‘JFUNERAL SERVICES HELD 5 ‘875 THE GREATER HUDSON 8 | rasota Ar. Fort Myers _Ar. 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Which it declared was exercised by |at Pittsburgh last Saturday. Interment | Traffic Director W, H. Harland in select- | was made in the Arlington National | [== e e—— e fng a portion of Connecticut avenue | Cv]:dm'ler()}‘ ultll;"f;lh 1115111;;1:& rg;r;;s‘-“d il t tenths of a mile long in which to | Maj. Gen : and- ; hecd limit from 32 to 30 miles |ing the 3d Corps Area, and most of | M w L t fr e e |the members of his staff were in at-| ontana oman LoOS! Criticism was also voiced by members | tendance. 2 s of the group of the unlighted loading 17 P d w ht 4 k Zones at street car stops on Connecticut A.| oundas elg mn eeKs fvenue. The marked-off areas were far | Reckord, adjutant general of the Maxy- | from being “safety” zones because of | 1and National Guard, and officers of the | e their unlighted and practically invisible | Regular Army served as honorary pall- || Here's a letter written October 21, state at night, members of the associa- | Dearers. 1929, by Mrs. Fred Barringer of tion :e‘;:;ntr}e‘g. gr!:spacuon. however, was Lewistown, Montana, that ought to be The citizens' group went on record as ( read by every overweight woman in 1n objection to the selection of & site on America. Garrison street near Wisconsin avenué When stout for a new elementary school which is to i ut women can lose {at and be built to rel the E. V. Brown | pat unesn time gain in energy and School. This site, the association held, | vigor. :;_mfld "lx‘ ¢ i éh{]vel blgcb of thi | Gain in charm and vivaciousness. ennlly Janney School at Davenport | . street and Wisconsin avenue and would EXCLUSIVE Gaid s Shealito soomplexion yand e 0 located as not to be of any ma- N || have eyes that sparkle with buoyant terial value in taking care of the enroll- SPIN-R SE, SPIN-DRY ||| neaitn. uent of the Brown School. It recom- And at the' insignifi * o mended that Western avenue would be \ S gnificant cost—isn't B o adacuate aite. it time to use common sense? The association heard Thomas Lodge, = I Please read this letter carefully: “Gentlemen: I started taking Kru- ||/ schen every morning as directed, as T ||| was very much overweight and wanted 1‘ to reduce. 1LL president of the American University Park Citizens’ Association and a repre- sentative of the Community Chest, speak on the forthcoming annual drive of the Ghest. . Open Evenings ‘ Beginning a tremendous Sale of 9,000 pairs of lly Knowni $1 Socks Men’s Nationa 50c, 75c and Because of this fine manufacturer’s rigid. standards, these are sold as ‘‘seconds” 29¢ 4 pa}rs for $| GCOODS EVENT Our Nationally Advertised Launderite Sheets Always lower than equal quality else- where. Now at New Low Prices for Our Semi-Annual Sale 81x99 A Sheols: ...oiioipe During Sears, Roebuck’s Semi- Annual Sale you can buy “First Quality” Sheets, Pillowcases, Sheeting, Towels, Linens, 1931 Dress Prints, etc., at astonish- ing savings. Sh.enedt.s Pillowcases =2~y Twelve million customers make it possible for Sears, Roebuck to sell “The Best for Less.” were 92c, now were 95¢, now “Launderite” Pillowcases Our “Guest Chamber” Sheets and Pillowcases —are equivalent in quality to the other finer nationally adver- tised brands—but notice the great difference in our prices. 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