Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1931, Page 16

A—1I6 SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CASH FARE:URGED Poor Families 'Jnable to Buy Ticket Bonoks, Utility Board Told. Contending that poor children wure|W forced to walk to and from school be« cinct, made the presentation. cepting the gift Miss Bennett said that SCHOOL PATROL HEADS PRESENT GIFT TO AIDE ! Miss Susan Bennett Is Given Desk Set for Safety Co-operation. Thirteen policemen who direct school- boy patrols in their districts yesterday prescnted Miss Susan Bennett of the n Automobile Association with | set in appreclation of her as- e to them. Poiiceman C. H. Stroble, !ourtlh pre- n ac- ithout the “fatherly” guidance of the | policemen the creditable record for child safcty in the vicinity of District schools cause their parents cannot afford to|could not be maintained. purchase in advance tha books of tickets | Other offizers who participated in the - THE EVENING ROOSEVELT BOOMED ' AS ARKANSAS CHOICE Caraway Declares State Will Ask Governor as Candidate if Robinson Loses. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New | York is the “almpst unanimous choice” |of Arkansas as the Democratic presi- | dential candidate if the native son, Senator Joe T. Robinson, cannot be nominated, ~according to Senator | Thaddeus H. Caraway. | . Senator Caraway, who returned to Washington yesterday from his home State, sald he had “never seen quite were bright for good croups this year and the le were cheerful. “The State is pr ing as never be- fore to feed itself,” he said. “‘Gardens, fruit, grain, live stock and poultry are in the possession of nearly every farmer. Prospects are bright for a good crop and the threatened collapse of values is being met by producing everything that one would require to live, except sugar and coffee. The State intends to be self-sustaining.” - BECK ADDRESSES CLASS Northwestern U. Men Hear Him Today, Loyola Tomorrow. * Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania left yesterday for Chicago, where he will deliver commencement addresses at Northwestern University Law School and Loyola University. ‘WIOD, Miami, Will Dedicats Pro- of Washington will be broadcast June 19 from Station WIOD, Miami, Fla., as one of a series being arranged hy the station in honor of important cities. STAR, WASHINGTON,:D. C.. TUESDAY, CAPITAL RADIO THEME gram to Washington. A radio program dedicated to the City In a communication to the Washing- Think of Only Paying ,I 05 For Wiring ELECTRICITY House for JUNE 9, 1931. ton Chamber of Commerce yester day J. B. Rice, manager of the station, asked fhe co-operation of the local body in the preparation of a suitable program for the occasion. . e SRORNS ‘Workers at the Melbourne, Australia, m;&lcivll ‘mbattolr receritly went on strike. 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Wright today petitioned the Public| Poland, No. 5; P. J. Lynch, No. 6 First, the peogle Have contience in Utilities Commission . to_authorize ac-| Reed, No. 7; R. E, Canncn, No. § him as a man,” Caraway said. “More- ceptance of a 3-cent cash fare for chil-| Wheclcr, No. 9; F. H. Hinson, ver, his. policies appeal to the peapte. dren | J. V. Gladman, No. 11: C. T. Gibson. | I think he is available.” As an example of what he terms the | No. 12; C. H. Lutz, No. 13, and H. E.| Coming from the heart of the injustice due to these regulations, | Metcalf, No. 14. drought area, Caraway said prospects Wright cited a family=living in Ana- cogia with six school children, requir- ing carfare and another family in the same neighborhood with seven depen- dent children requiring carfare. 4 these families are unable to % of tickets. and their are compelled to walk, | becausge the street car | ies Tefuse to accept a v he told the commis- | s n this way the law coes not help | the pocr children, most in need of the | 3-cent fare.” When_Corgr school children t gated under the act provided for the sal> of books of 10 tickets for 30 cents, | Rittenhouse at 32nd St. 1341 Conn. 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