Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1931, Page 45

1 ! ELANO TO SPEAK ON TRAFFIC I5SUE Handling of Cars in Federal . Buildings Area Will Be Discussed Thursday. ! Engagement Announced I Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the | National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will be the guest of honor | and principal speaker at a joint meet- | ing of the Streets and Avenues Com- | mittee and the Traffic Committee of the | ‘Washington Board of Trade Thursday in the oak room of the Raleigh Hotel, | 1t was anncunced yesterday by Theo- dore P. Noyes and G. V. Graham, chair- men of the respective committees. Mr. Delano will discuss the plans of | the Government for handling traffic in the new Federal bulldings area south of Fen: nia avenue. a matter which has been given much attention by these commitiecs plain the situation with respect to the closing of Thirteenth street south of the avenue, contemplated as part of the triangle buildings project. Other important problems of admin- ictration of the District's traffic system are also expected to be taken up. Prin- cipal among them will be that of the Pprovosed increass in the gasoline iax | in the District and the boosting of the regitration fee on .automcbiles and trucks, advocated by the Traffic Ad: visory Council. Action by the commit- tees which have these questions in charge had been deferred until a joint meeting of the Streets and Avenucs and | Traffic Committees could be arranged. MiliDenhen Gives Pariy Honoring Mrs. meton; Mrs. Harry B. Denham_entertained | at a party at her home, 1917 Biltmore | street, Wednesday afternoon in com- | pliment to Mrs. Frederick C. Croxton, who recently arrived in Washington with Mr. Croxton, who is & member of President Hoover's Unemployment Com- mission. Mr. and Mrs. Croxton lived in the Capital about 17 years ago, and since then they have been making their home in Columbus, Ohio, The company was composed of old friends of the honor guest including, Mrs. Herbert L. Davis, Mrs. Bynum Hinton, Mrs. Bar- ton F. Embrey, Mrs, J. B. Harreli, Mrs. William L. Auctin, Mrs. J. J. Reeves, Mrs. W. W. Milan, Mrs. Albert O. Den- ham and members of Circle No. 1 of Francis Asbury Church. Col. L. W. Oliver, Cavalry, has been | rclieved from duty in Hawali and as- signed to duty in the office of the Chief of Cavalry, this city; Col. A. H. Sunder- land, General Staff Carps, has been de- | tailed as chief of staff of the Hawaiian Division; Lieut. Col. Prank P. Stone, Dental Corps, from the Panama Canal Zone to New York City; Lieut. Col. Adna R. Chaffee, Cavalry, from the War Department to the 9th Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kan; Col. Eugene J. Cramer, Veterinary Corps, will be retired Nov- ember 30 on his own application after more than 30 years’ service; Maj. Joseph Tully, Cavalry, from the Philippines Norwich University, Vermont; Maj. | Henry H. Hall, Cavalry, from Fort | Clark, Texas, to Detroit, Micl Ed Jjr., Infantry ming M. to Memphis, Tenn.; Capt. A. W. Spittler, Medical Corps, from the Panama Canal Zone to this city, for duty with the 16th Brigade; Pirst Lieut. M. W. Danlel, Fleld Artillery, from Purdue University, Indiana, to Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Capt. Robert 1. Stack, Infantry, from the Philippines to Fort George G. Meade, Md.; Capt. C. B. Lecedom, Medical Corps, from Boston to Hawaii; Capt. R. .E. Humes, Medical Corps, from Hawaili to_ Boston: Capt. Charles H. Stewart, Coast Artillery, at Denver, Colo., to examination for retir:ment; Capt. J. L. Ostrander, Infantry, from the Philippines to Fort Benning, Ga.; Capts. Henry C. Demi Demuth and | Mark H. Doty, Field Artillery, from the | Philippines to Fort Sill, Okla.; Capt. R. | P. McComb, Veterinary Corps, from this | city to Fort Logan, Colo.; Capt. K=llogg | Sloan. Air Corps, at Newark, N. J. 11 be retired January 31, disability, incident to the service; First Lieut. David A. Morris, Engineers, from | First Lieut. O. E. Walsh. i . es to Kansas City, 5 eant Charles S. Turner, Signal Service, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., will be retired January 31, on his own application, after more than 30 years’ service. Marine Corps Order: First Lieut. Robert G. Hunt, detached Nicaraguan National Guard Detach- ment, to 2d Brigade, Nicaragua. First Lieut. Homer L. Litzenberg, fr., the Marine Detachment, U. S. S. Au- gusta, under command of First Lieut. Litzenberg, transferred from Norfolk, Va. to the U. §. 5. Augusta. Second Lieut. Lionel C. Goudeau, detached 4th Regiment, China, to De partment of the Pacific, via the U. S. 5. Chaumont, _scheduled to sail _from Shanghai, China, on or about Febru- ary 13. Going on & hunger strike for reasons unknown, Dr. Meral, . a naturalized Frenchman of Russian origan, died cently at St. Brieux, France, after stai ing himsel! for 60 days. JUPASTERNA The speaker also will ex- | MISS BAINBRIDGE® BOYLE, Whose engagement to Mr. Russell New. | combe Shaw is announced by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martin | Boyle of Georgetown. The engagement wvas announced to Miss Boyle's friends at a party Friday, but no date was set or the wedding. Community Drama Guild Lists Unique Program Two popu'ar women of the Army cir- | cle in the Capital City will appear in the leading f>minine roles in the forth- coming Midwinter production of the Ccmmunity Drama Guild Priday and Saturday evenings, when in McKinley auditorium Robert Emmet Sherwood's . amusing satire on European royalty, The Queen’s Husband,” will be given under the direction of Prof. Will Hutch- ins of American University. Mrs. Johnson, wife of Col. John Otto Johncon, but known professionally on cur local stage as Grace Peters John- o6, will play the leading role of Queen Martha, which it is generally under- stood s but a thinly veiled satire on a certain Rumanian Queen who but re- cently came journeying to these United States, inteni on a triumphal and pos- sibly a financial tour of the country. ‘The sole of the lovely princess in the fairy tale will be enacted by Mrs. Wag- ner, wife of Maj. Otto Wagner, sta- tioned at the Army War College here, who, as well as Mrs. Johnson, has had considerable experience on the profes- sional stage prior to her marriage a few years ago. It is also whispered that both these players have played the parts they will | essay in the present Guild production on the professional stage and that Mr. Harry Welker, who will appear as King Eric VIII, has appeared successfully in this identical role with the Vaga- bonds of Baltimore in the past two years. He is now a member of the Arts Club of Washington, but still keeps his interest and membership in the Bal- timore player-group and is frequently scen in their more important produc- tions. The United States Navy will also have representative in the cast of “The -William Rogendorf 1215 G St. ™ Nat a litan jonal Invest in’ Fur Coats at 1 2 PRICE AND LESS! You have never spent money té better advantage than you can during our Jan- uary Clearance Sale. | Every desirable Fur—made | up into Coats that are out- standing examples of Fashion —many made in our own shops—and all guaranteed un- il aualifiedly by Rosendorf. | | FOX SCARFS New fashions that will be in vogue for Bpring. Scarfs in grey, brown, red, pointed and beige. 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Edward Roy McKenzie will appear in the role of Lord Birten, minister of foreign af- fairs, a role for which he is well fitted from his past experience in the amateur drama. Mr. Mannix Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Wi prime minister has designed as the con- sort of the lovely princess in the story. And there are a host of other popu- lar players who have been cast for con- genial roles in the diverting comedy, this masterful Queen and her meek husband | was dislodge and how he turned the tables on her in spire. mingham, England, is touring liquor- dispensing places and earrying for ex- bibition a 10- by the weakening of the | will of the late Col. Milton A. McRae, The Semi-Annual Furniture Sale VALID BY DETROIT JURY Son Loses on Claim $500 Monthly | ' —A Circuit | that his two sisters and his father’s und weather cock, which | Court jury yesterday held valid the millionaire publisher, thus ending trial JANUARY 18, 1931—PART THREE. land, and Mrs. Helen Henderson. Montclair, N. 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