Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1931, Page 40

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Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, Representative Crosser announced that he will introduce a bill as soon as Congress meets providing for an investigation of the sale of coal in the District. Commends Commissioners. Mr. Roberts informed him that the District Commissioners have ordered an investigation of the situation resulting from the decision of the coal dealers to no longer sell coal here by the ton, but by a 2,000-pound unit. In doing this they are stepping out- side of the law passed by Congress, which specifically provides that coal “shall be sold by the long ton consisting of 2240 pounds avoirdupois,” Repre- sentative Crosser said. However, he commended the Commissioners for tak- ing steps to properly protect the pur- chasing public. Cites Law on Weights." In charging a deliberate attempt to evade the law, Representative Crosser said: “In section 8 of the law covering the sale of coal, there is this language: ‘Coal shall be sold by the long ton, con- sisting of 2,240 pounds avoirdupois.’ In spite of the action of Congress an advertisement was published recently stating that ‘Washington coal mer- chants will discontinue the old gross ton of 2240 pounds and adopt the 2,000-pound unit.” “This is clearly an attempt to dis- | regard the law which Congress passed for the benefit of the people. Having failed to induce Congress to adopt the 2,000-pound ton instead of the 2,240- pound ton, some of the dealers are now attempting to evade the law by adopting the words ‘2,000-pound unit’ instead of saying 2,000-pound ton, which is not permitted by law. The law specifically states that coal ‘shall be sold by the long ton. “In view of this attempt to destroy protection provided for the public by Congress, 1 am planning to introduce, when Congress convenes, a resolution for a thorough investigation of the methods and machinations adopted to effectuate a general disregard of the law to which I have referred. “The District Commissioners deserve the thanks of the public for having ordered an investigation into the present operation of some of the dealers.” Wood From Colonies. Though the forests of the mother country appear to have reached their maximum output, the timber resources of the French colonies are enormous. An estimate of the area of the forests in the French colonies shows a total of 78,249,000 square miles. Among the more important French colonies possessing rich forests are Madagascar, with 22,781,000 square miles; West Africa, with 21,237,000 square miles. and Equatorial Africa, with 19,306,000 square miles. 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It {will be an initial venture in ironical | farce for the screen, | With mystery stories going well in the studios, the town of a million plots is confronted by a Raffles problem which has the sheriff and his sleuths almost distracted. A “Raffles” working in the big hotel | of the village, has managed to sneak out such things as a mink coat with }handfiome diamond brooch sattached, $10,000 diamond ring and & few other nicknacks of the sort right under the‘ house detective's nose. The peculations go right on—ap- | parently the work being done with a pass key—and the management thinks one moment it's & man—another a woman, Hugh Herbert watching the ponies | run at Caliente wore this subdued little | Spring costume. Gray flannel suit with | yellow stripe. Yellow shirt. Yellow, |black and white tie. Green hat and brown buckshin shoes. 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