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I B—6 kx¥ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 193l BILL TO PAY OWNER OF CAR LINE DRAWN Proposed Law Would Allow $200,000 to Alexandria Railway. lived in China I never saw a bandit or|of the Balaban and Katz Picture Cir-| Mr, Balaban, who is now in Chicdgo,| A. J. Balaban had been g‘ufly inters heard of the Communists, except in the| cuit and later an executive of the|resigned his position in the Paramount- | ésted for several years I Uhfll?ul]l T e veeks, when Dr. Wu's two| PATamount-Publix Corporation, has re- | Publix Corporation last Autumn. He|Sclence. Mr. Balaban's wite snd chic have done in the United States. oider daughters rétum to telr grand- O o T ooares OL e N 11 | Soln thien 91y & JortRigt: Learn to Speak Chinese. Y|tlan Science, members of his family|$75,000 & year. On January 1 a trust B RIRT § i (S - pick N e o foooned M| said yestarday. fund established by the family expired| During the past 15 years there has Bitative to il suljest, the M- [ e Nigh Schost He Is credited with having originated | and was divided among seven brothers, | been a 300 per cent increase 1 the em- et e who some o | & SOMNgER Slster, Lal-Yue, now a st | 12 Chicago the “de luxe" progeams, which | of whom he was one The others all | ployment of alumioum in the United o 4 . include “presentations” witl ctures | are associated witl ramount tal due the developmen many my country don't learn to speak our [dent at the Adams School, and a small | ;ACTICR PEIERARERE, iR P is brother John said yesterday that | important uses for 1 language. So many misunderstandings | brother will remain in this country can be avolded when people understand | With Dr. and Mme Wu. G STREET AT ELEVENTH TELEPHONE DISTRICT 4400 faultless English, in present-day China, one is forced to wonder how many American girls could do in China what these girls Chinese Girls Graduate DAUGHTERS OF ENVOY FINISH COURSE AT WESTERN, each other'{behnzune. lWe un"d,ersunz —_—— Americans because we learn to speal their language. very few Americans| MOVIE CIRCUIT FOUNDER, who come to China learn to speak our Janguage. They could understand us A. J. BALABAN, RETIRES better if they did. It is difficult to learn to know people through an in- 7 terpreter.” Members of Family Say Chicagoan Miss ¥im-Chong laughingly told of - o a letter she had recently received from| Will Devote Time to Christian a young American friend, who expressed anxiety over the forthcoming trip to Science. China. "She is afraid I will be in danger be- | BY the Associated Press. cause of Communists and bandits” ex-| NEW YORK, February 12.—A. J. plained Miss Wu. “But all the time I!Balaban of Chicago, 42-year-old founder BY HOWARD M, BAGGETT, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, February 12.—A bill_providing payment of $200,000 to R. L. May, sole owner of the Mount | Vernon, Alexandria & Washington Rail- . way Co., operating street car_service between this city and Washington, was dravn up yes- terday af a meet- ing of the Public| Utilities _Commis- | sion in Washing- ton, and will be presented to Con- gress shortly. | The bi'l provides that the Federal | Government pay $100,000 for the |8 physical equipme or tracks of the line in the e of abandon: nt, and that the Dis- trict of Columbia Tomorrow! Picture This Value! A Genuine Heller “Dreamland” Inner Coil Spring Mattress $ 1 4.75 : TRADE MARK TRADE MARR 500 Oriental Rugs %= At Public Auctiont®= Embracing all of the well-known weaves of the Orient, both semi-antique and modern in all sizes, by order of a well-known New York importer. To Be Sold at YIM-CHONG WU. LAT-KING WU. R. L. ended the use of America’s plebean but ! MONG the 67 graduates of West- | forceful and colerful language by the rnment pay 000 for May's franchise to operac w ern High School recently were | LW0 young lad%;s i G in the Capital. This second feature is gt arved 1 % ss Yim-Chong, who 9 expected t bring forth opposition {rom two shy, dark-eved little Chin- | vears old, and her 17-year-old sister, ‘Washington_civic bodies. May also is ese glrls. " Lai-King. stood high in their studies to receive $50,000 from the Washington | The two_daughters of the Chinese|and were well emong the upper half Rallway & Electric Co. for tracks on | Minister, Yim-Chong Wu. and her|of the senior class, which graduated teenth street d by both lines, | younger sister, Lai-King Wu, were per- | 67 pupils. The young Chinese girls §3€'Z§3§1¢ by the X:&an:l‘r.n road. | haps the first two daughters of a Chi- | were particularly outstanding in the i | nese diplomat to graduate from an|English class, and an unusually good Payment Is Contingent. | American high school, although their | analysis of that difficult piece of po- 5 May stated last night, however, that | father, Dr. Chao-Chu Wu as & boy| litical literature, Burke's Conciliation | the bill would not prevent further nego- | attended Western High School and | with America, was given by Miss Yim- | tiations for the continuance of the line, | later graduated from the high scheol of | Chong before her graduation. Within Our Galleries i provision whereby he | Atlantic City, N. J. it ol bepaid for trackage within | _ Although Miss Yim-Chong and her Will Visit China. 715 13th Street Ctually s the loop, which must be abandoned in | sister ha‘g‘elgng‘;fgx‘i ‘rnrfo"::f%;gk;:‘ “College? I don't know yet. I have v i ceiving i S 3 i e any event, if the line is rerouted and neither was able to attend the gradua- made no plans until after J visit my 323 Value carfi;r:‘u;dioh a letter to Mayor Carroll | tion exercises. The beckoning hand of | grandmother in Chi Pierce of this city today at the latter’s | Official duties inconsiderately tock the | Chong explained. “My sister and T will Tequest, in which the road owner cut- | tWo young girls away from the exer- g, together to ) se> her. I may come back 2 ation for lined the two factors which, he has|clses which _ ohe culmination 107 | here and go to an agricultural college " Miss Yim-| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, The, name speaks for itself. That means a stated, stand in the way of a continu- am very much interested in both poli- = ! work. { ¥ muc s th poli- ; ance of the electric line in the District| WOiG, 101t very badly.” said the older |ties and agriculture, but I think 1 will February 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, 1931 lot!. Bat. this ‘tair'e Y st s of the Minister's daughters, “but my |* 5 by o = e, These two factors are that cars be |l ter and I were obliged o attend a | Miss Yim-Chong was asked if she At 2 P. M, Each Day Palais Royal February allowed to cross Pennsylvania avenue be established M one at|engagement was made some time ago, ‘The | ¥as_sorry | formal function with cur mother. oy i Price means generous i and Eennetusals avenue agdbefore we knew'that commenceent ex- | '¥bled. “Of course, I am sorry to leave Also. savings for you! that the Public Utilities Commission |ercises were to be held that day.” school, but I think I am giad t sy 1| Think of a fine layer= ¢ either agree to pay for track recon- Discusses Future Plans. have finished.” Two Special Night Sessions i ‘ struction in Potomac Park or Dot nsist| yn o wim epone "o oo gy of | The Minisier's two daughters only felt mattress—concealing that the tracks be moved. The cost| - Sta Ve . . 2 o g e o ot | girl reserved and modest, graclously e o Blatse e e end Tuesday, February 10th and Thursday, February 12th in its layers hundreds of 5 at $100,000. lish, precise and correct. has | Coming they had attended an English- at 8 P. M. Ea i S i z Formal Demand Planned. been SdIously periected since her ar. ey St Ry s P o e Eyening sesilient, deEe ey N On the receipt of May's letter the [rival in this country a year and a half | tening to the tempered coil springs! Vi joint committee from this city plans |ago. to make a formal demand on the Public But beneath the formality of the Utilities Commission o nthe basis of | diplomat's daughter one realizes that the factors outlined by May. Miss Yim-Chong's heart is just the It was learned today also that May |8ame as that of any other young girl plans to cut the schedule on the elec- | graduate. tric line from one car each 20 minutes Classmates of the Minister's daugh- to a car each 30 minutes during the |ters delightedly tell of the attempts to non-rush hours. The rush-hour sched- |learn American slang, undertaken by ule will remain unchanged. 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