Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1931, Page 26

F Strect at 7th Last Three Days of the July Sale Offers 7 Wonderful Bedding Values $20 3-pc. Metal Bed Group: bed link sprin g all-cotten mattress. $20 Cretonne Day- Bed, brown enamel tufted mat- $20 Double - deck Coil Spring with helical tied tops. $20 Damask Inner Spring_Mattress, spe- clal coil spring centers ¥ $20 Jenny Lind Bed, maple. mahog- any’ o walnut i g4 .85 ishes. Now $20 Colonial Poster Bed, mahogany, maple or walnut fin- 520 Damack Box Spring, individual co Soring construction.. 51485 (Fourth Floor, The Hecht Co.) {Body of Elmer Johnson, IFEDERAL ENGINEER DISCOVERED DEAD Agriculture Employe, Is Found by Janitor. Elmer Johnson, ebout 50 years old, & senfor engineer in ‘the Agriculture De- pariment’s Bureau of Agricultural En- gincering, was found dead this morn- ing in his apartment at the Cambridge, 921 Ninoteenth street. When found he | wes lying on the bath room floor, ap- ently after having struggled about in his apartment on arising. The man had been ill for about three months, he told Dr. Russell McNitt of | i the Columbia Medical Building when | the physician was called to treat him last night. He was suffering from nervous disorders at the time, Dr. Mc- | Nitt sald, adding that he had made a second call later in the evening in an effort to relieve the man. James Anderson, colored janitor, found Mr. Johnson and called police and the fire rescue squad. Efforts at resus- | citation were futile, as he apparent] had been dead several hours. As far as police could learn, Johnzor had no relatives in the city. An un- finished letter to a sister in Santa Monica, Calif., was found on the writ- | ing desk. No name could be obtained from the letter, however. Johnson had continued at work at the Bureau of Engineering until re- cently, despite his {ll health, it was said. Before coming here he is said to have | been engaged in experiments with dust- ing trees with insecticides by use of air~ planes in Loulsiana. STREET IS BEING CUT ACROSS D. C. PLAZA! Curbing in District Building Drive Torn Up as First Step in Plan to Relieve Cofigestion. Work was begun yesterday on what will be an important new street down- town, cutt'ng through the parkway in | front of the District Building from Thirteenth-and-one-half street to Four- teenth street. Ths first operations were to tear out | the old stone curbing of the “U” sifiaped | driveway which turns into the Dis- trict Building from Pennsylvania a: nue. The work will be pushed forward at the same time that the street is being widened in the adjacent block between Fourteenth and Fifteenth | streets, just north of the new Commerce | Department Building. | When the new connecting street, 56 feet wide, is cut through, in front of the District Building, it will provide a new and much needed traffic outlet fiom Pennsylvania avenue into the area south of the Treasury and White House. This will allow trafic to go directly, wtihout turning, around the congested | | corners at Fourteenth or Fifteenth | streets and Pennsylvania avenue, Eventually the south part of Sherman Park at Fifteenth and E streets will | be cut away, it is understood, to widen further the street, which is expected to | carry an increasing load of vehicles. NAVY WILL GATHER EARTHQUAKE DATA! Temblor Danger to Proposed Nica- ragua Canal Is Seen Need for Survey. Important data concerning Central American earthquakes and the possi- | bility of temblors affecting the proposed | cenal across Nicaragua may be gathered | by the Navy Hydrographic Office as a result of a survey next Winter of the | great Bartlett Deep in the Caribbean | a. The Bartlett Deep, lying between the Bay of Honduras and Guantanamo, | Cuba, is believed by geologists to be an earthquake center, it was said today at the Navy Department. A huge trough in the bottom of the Caribbean, several hundred miles long, | 50 to 60 miles wide and of uncertain ' depth, is believed to be the missing liok In the calculations of geologists seeking light on such earthquakes as that at Managua last March, | Because of the magnitude of the job, the Hydrographic Office is considering requesting the uss of & pair of de- | stroyers. These are considerably faster | than the hydrographic survey craft and cg:ld do the work in a fraction of the e. With complete data available, geolo- gists may be able to verify or refute the theory that large lakes, which make up an imporiant part of the suggested canal, could be drained through sub- t:rranean channels by earthquakes, WOMEN WILL OUTLINE BUSINESS GIRLS’ NEEDS Committee from National Club 0r~‘ ganization to Tell of Prepa- ration for Careers. A committee of six members of the | Natfonal Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs has been selected by Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, | national research chairman of the! orgenizaticn, to arrange an outline of preparation for the modern girl facing the business world. ' The work of the committee will be directed toward determining the train- ng and qualifications essential to the ovice, outlining the steps necessary to | supply’ the deficiencies caused by lack of preparation. | _ The committee includes Miss Mary E. Dillon of Brooklyn, chairman; Mrs. Ora { H. Snyder of Chicago, Dr. Florence M. | Morse of California, Miss Lillie R. Ernst. | of St. Louis, Miss Mary Lowis of New | York and Mrs. Anna L. Burdick cf this | city, Federal agent for industrial edu | tion of the Federal Bureau for Voc: ! tional Educatton. i | — e Concrete road construction is being introduced into Argentina. An Important Release in Our Library SPEAKEASY GIRL By Bobby Meredith 3c day (Main Floor.) MRE. o HECHT CO. F Strect at Scventh THE , EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Believe It or Not, We've Secured Another Lot of EYELET - ROCKS Mail and ’Phone Orders Filled by Jane Stuart NAtional 9800 The Better Quality Usually Much More $79.95 Monday, July 20)\we sold 720 of these dresses before 10 a.m.—and 169 additional ones were ordered by mail or phone! For tomorrow's selling we have secured 3500 more—4 pretty styvles—of crisp, cool eyelet cotton in pastel shades. Sizes 14 to 42. DAYTIME DRESSES—THIRD FLOOR. And Another Lot! Silhouette or Wrap Around FrenchCrepe -~ SLIPS $195 Beautiful quality French crepe, soft as a kitten's ear, and bountifully trimmed in rich dark or creamy rose patterned laces. Also tai- lored styles; white, flesh and tearose. Mail and ’Phone Orders Filled by Jane Stuart NAtional 9800 UNDERWEAR—THIRD FLOOR. Brassiére-Top Combinations of Triconese, $1.95 You can have that desirable, smooth, unblrokcn line under your sheer Summer frocks if you invest in several of these brassiere-top combinations, of soft triconese. . Pantie leg style: in flesh, peach, white, blue or green. Sizes 32 to 38. UNDERWEAR—THIRD FLOOR. JULY 28, 1931. Give a Thought Now to Colder Days Not Far Ooff CETYOUR | FURCOAT NOW! Why? Because now we have a complete assort- ment of the new 1931 you choose from the 32 fur coats. Because now st” models, those made of the choicegt skins, showing unhurried and expert workmanship. And because now fur coat values are simply amazing, the price of pelts lower than they've been in years. *Originality Knows No Limitations in The New 1931-32 Fur Coats #129% The silhouette is straighter, slightly fitted at the waistline and with a decp, Jux- urious wrap—an illu- sion of height results. Sleeves bid for new laurels ; in many cases they actually key the silhouette ; this is true of the raglan sleeve and the sleeve with the “extra long arm- hole. Cuffs do all sorts of things to add interest to the new fur coats! LLeading designers have used the flare, the melon, the puff and the tapering cuff. 4205 / Collars, both large and small, are con- quered by the soften- ing influence. The chin collar, the jabot, the - draped neckline and the full-length horseshoe are just a few of the many new types. Contrasts in furs are very important— many of the smartest coats show the dark and the light shade of the same fur. Others show trim- mings of contrasting furs, daring, but com- pletely within the bounds of good taste. You Can Purchase a New Fur Coat at Just Y our Price $79.50—$99.50 $129.50—$159.50 $195 to $295 On Easy Payment Terms FUR SHOP—SECOND FLOOR. Men! Why Not Sleep in Comfort? You Can in SOIESETTE PAJAMAS [SOTESETT LANSBURGHS . MEN SHop WASHINGTO N They just seem to have been mad# for comfort sake! Gener- ously cut and tailored of a smooth, silky quality Soiesctte broad- cloth.. In white, blue, green; coat and slip- over styles; sizes A, B, Cand D. MEN'S WEAR SHOP— STREET FLOOR. Foundation Garments $5.00 and $6.95 $12.50 and $15.00 Numbers—Now Numbers—Now $3.95 $8.50 Step-in girdles and Discontinued num- one- picce garments bers of higher priced with soft swami bras- lines including Nemo- sieres. Boned and flex, Franco, Rose slightly boned models, Marie, Gotham and all beautifully made. Gosard garments. All Broken sizes. CORSETS—THIRD FLOOR. Women's 6, 8 and 12 Button White and Eggshell Gloves, 89¢ Freshen your Summer glove supply now! 300 pairs of imported fabric gloves—our regular $1.00 quality in white or eggshell. Size range incom- plete. GLOVES—STREET FLOOR. Yéu Won't Keep Me Cribbed Up Forever . .. ... *Taint so bad, though. This Storkline crib and mattress outfit is (speaking the modern babe’s lan- guage) the last gasp in comfort for “wee” infants, Mother bought this eomplete outfit at LANS- BURGH'S. She said ordinarily it would have cost $21.95, but during the Annuai Sale of Infants’ Furniture it is priced onfy $17.90. Comes in ivory or green finish and is hand decorated. . $10.50 Bathinette Tub and Dressing Table, with hose attachment, $7.95. 30x40-in. Wrapping Blanket, 29¢ or 4 for $1.00. 36x54-in. Fine Muslin Crib Sheets, 29¢ or 4 for $1. Quilted Play Pen Pad, with nursery designs, $1.59. $10 Drop-Side Bassinet, with swivel wheels, $6.95. INFANTS® FURNITURE FOURTH FLOOR