Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1931, Page 13

§ ALEXANDRIA GADET HEAD 1S SUPPORTED| School Board Reverses Ac-| tion to Side Against Superintendent. B a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 31— By almost unanimous action, the City Bchool Board here tonight voted to ‘ peverse itself, rescinded its action in for the transfer of Col. Clarence Deems, jr., professor of military science and tactics in_charge of local Ejh school cadets, and asked that the tter llhng for his transfer be ex- m%:d from the record. action was taken in executive session, which immediately followed a public 'meeting attended by approxi- mately 500 citizens, which filled the city council chamber where the meet- ing was held and overflowed into the hallway of the building. In the public meeting, at which mneither Col. Deems, nor Superintendent of Schools R. C. Bowdon, was present, speeches were made by Comdr. Sidney Well of the American Legion, on whose resolution the board acted, and b Prederick L. Flynn, H. F. Kenned: Capt. Mauchlin Niven, Charles smmp Capt. T. M. Hamilton and Dr. J. Ashton of the School Board. Capt. Niven declared in his speech that it was a question of retaining Col. Deems, who he said represented the Spirit of America, or of not supporting those traditions, by retaining Super- intendent of Schools Bowdon. The superintendent of schools has been accused of pacifistic tendencies. All members of the School Board, except Gardner L. Boothe, who is ill, were present at the meeting, which was prutded over by Chairman Urban 8. Held for Grand Jury. PAIRFAX, Va., January 31 (Spe- cial) —Rufus L]oyd 28, arrested Wed- nesday morning in Washington on a warrant charging him with shooting Joe Woodley in 1927, was held for sction of the Fairfax County grand ry at the March term of court by ustice of the Peace A. C. Ritchie. Supper at Mitchellville. MITCHELLVILLE, Md., January 31 (Special) ~A supper will be served by the Epworth League of Mount’ Oak Church, Mmhenv\ne next Saturday evening in the church basement, begin- ning at 6 o'clock. -~ SRR Australia expects a record wheat crop this season. With the aid of medical science and his own determination, Booth Tarking- ton, Indiana movelist, has fought his way from total blindness back to light. His fight for vision started 14 years ago and during the long struggle cata- | racts were removed from both eyes and a detached retina in the right eye cor- rected. after the removal of bandages, follow- ing a long series of surgical treatments. —A. P. Photo. LANE NAMES AIDE Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 31.— Attorney General William P. Lane to- | day announced the appointment of William L. Henderson of Garrison, Md,, | as assistant attorney general. Henderson was & member of a Balti- more law firm. Card l’lrty at Forestville. FORESTVILLE, Md, January 31 (Special).—A card party will be given at Shady Oak Inn Wednesday, Febru- ary 11, by the newly organized Forest- ville Volunteer Fire udnmnenc Pro- ceedswfllmwtheb ding fund. Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 1% cents per day and § cents Sunday. The novelist is shown on a| hospital bed in the Johns Hopkins Hos- | pital, Baltimore, wearing dark glasses THE SUNDAY HUGHES WILL ADDRESS FEDERAL BAR DINNER Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Canada Also Will Speak. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the United States Supreme Cour'.( will be the principal speaker at the eleventh annual dinner of the Federal Bar Association in the Mayflower Ho- tel on Thursday, February 12. Hugh Guthrie, K. C., minister of jus- tice and attorney general of Canada, will also speak. Attorney General Wil- lhm D Mitchell will preside as toast- The “dinner will be precedéd by a reception in the Chinese room of the hotel. This and other features, for which arrangements are being. made, are expected to characterize the event as one of the most brilliant in the his- tory of the association. 2 YA The New Year festival in Japan starts in some localities as early as De- cember 13 and lasts until January 21. Established 33 Years KAHN on 7th St. STAR, WASHINGTON, CHANGES ANNOUNCED Foreign Service Men Are Assigned to New Posts. Recent changes in the United States Foreign Service include the transfer of Harry Campbell, Kansas, from Bombay, India, t8 the State Department; Luclen Meminger, consul, from Bordeaux, France, to Belfast, Ireland; Maurice C. Pierce, Wisconsin, consul at Stuttgart, Germany, to St. John, New Brunswick; Romeyn Wormuth, New York, consul, from St. John, New Brunswick, to San- tiago, Cuba; Maurice Pasquet, New York, vice consul at Paris, France; Laurence W.. Taylor, Califprnia, vice consul at Vaneouver, British' Columbia, and Robert M. Ott, Texas, vice consul at Mexicai, to Chihuahua, Mexico. Ralph A. Thrall, Minnesota, consular RFPnt at Lethbridge, Canada, has re- signed. H G Cnldwe]lrm Race. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 31 (Spe- cial) ~-H. G. Caldwell has announced his -candidacy for Democratic nomina- tion in the August primary for board of supervisors in Campbell ‘County from Seneca district. Established 33 Years Specials Monday and Tuesday Genuine Toric Glasses Far or Near Complete With Shell or Metal Frame $3.50 Complete Outfit, With Case and Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK Invisible Bif First and best cuality. Kryptok Bifocal Lenses (one plu‘ to Best lenses made. Sold regularly $15. Special pnce m near and far). " Monday and Tuesday ocal Lenses = § 7 50 KAHN OPTICAL CO. 617 Seventh St. N.W. Botween F and G Streets . (5 $20—3$30—350 UPRIGHTS A list of fine rebuilt, used and shopworn pianos that EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS $60—975—%95 PLAYERS Players worth many dol- lars more—used, and rebuilt have had careful attention in preparation for this sale. Chickering ..... Emerson 5 Fischer Marshall & Wendell 89.00 Franklin Francis Bacon .... Stieff .... Rehbein . Schuman .. Schaff Bros. .. Whitney ......c000 Kingsbury .. 87.00 110.00 .. 229.00 . 187.00 89.00 L. 119.00 89.00 98.00 in our own factory-equipped repair department. Wonder- ful pianos radically reduced in price. Autopiano Healy .. Stroud .. Meldorf Francis Bacon. Kimmel Francis Bacon Meldorf Arthur Jordan D. C, FEBRUARY 1, 1931—PART ONE. T RS TS 2SS S IS Tz iz, Exquisitely Matched Walnut Veneers and Maple are Used in 10-Pc. Bedroom Ensemble 0 Balance Easy Monthly Payments Amazingly Low Priced for Our February Sale to 5 This charming ensemble, as illustrated below, includes a BEAU- TIFUL VANITY and VANITY BENCH, ARTISTIC CHEST OF DRAWERS, full size WALNUT-VENEERED BED WITH GENUINE COIL SPRING, 45-LB. ART TICKING COVERED COTTON AND FELT MATTRESS, TWO FEATHER PIL- LOWS and TWO LOVELY COLONIAL QVAL RUGS. EXTRA BOUDOIR CHAIR FOR $8.95 L nation-wide 1 yhe DOWN 1h GALSEREN Sodende 1931 “Silvertone 6-Tube Triple Screen Grid Consolette Radios While Quantity Lasts 5 3 Or Complete, Delivered and Installed With Tubes for $64.00 s 5 DOWN Just 29 inches tall, this new triple screen-grid radio stands convemently beside Balance Easy your easy chair. lt has every :mport-nt feature of larger- g Tone Monthly JUST 48 Tone Control Control and full size Dynamic S When you buy a new radio you will find Sears guarantee’of satisfaction or your money back means all it implies. 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JUST 50 REMEMBER THE LAST ONE DAY PIANO SALE Another One Day Sale of Pianos. Qur last sale was a tremendous success. Many pianos were sold in the first four hours. Come early, take advantage of this opportunity. Your Opportunity This is your oppor- tunity to buy a good piano for your home at a big saving. The chil- dren should be "given this chance to learn 1rsiz, These pianos are better than practice pianos. All have been carefully adjusted, tuned and are splendid pianos for the prices offered. A FEW FINE BARGAINS FOR ONE DAY ONLY— Rimmel .o Sivivsiiy $199.00 Arthur Jordan ........ 278.00 Schmidt & Schultz. .. . 389.00 Arthur Jordan Marshall & Wendell Ampico DOWN Balance Easy Monthly Payments e e e ARTHIR J@MM 1259~ Su'ceet ~ Cor 13% + TELEPHONE NAtional 3223-24-25 Plenty of Free gl SEARS, ROEBUCK ano Co. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK Space / Bladensburg Road at 15tts.' il ‘mmu «\' S R S