Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1931, Page 7

CAPITAL HISTORY GIVEN ON RADIO inreta’ry Garges of D. C i Board Tells How Land ] Was Acquired. Daniel E. secretary of the Board of District Commissioners, sketched the history of the National from its foundation to the t in a radio address ba?,:dclst dress the Washington Chlmber of Com- | merce. The speaker told how the original Federal-owned lands in the District Were secured free of cost. Of the 6,000 m deed by owners, 3,606 were out- tht gifts for streets and 540 were bou.m for public building sites. The ‘Government took half of the remain- ing 20272 lots and the rest were turned back to the property owners. Out of its share of the lots the Gov: W. WARREN TALTAVULL | Funeral Home || 3619 14th St. N.W. | Cormer Spring Road | \ Dhiosies Col. 0464 Adams 10341 m[ by ected lmhly It also had a dele- gate in Congress. present system dates hwk‘h 1874 corporation, Congress has in man spucts treated the city &s part o Federal Government. City Costs Shared. | The Federal Government shared the | cost of the municipal establishment |evenly with the District from 1878 to | 1920, when it reduced jts own share of the expenses to 40 per cent. In 1925 this was further reduced to a “lump | sum” of $9,000,000, which has recently been raised to $9,500,000. Mr. Garges said in closing: | “The District has & dual status es a municipal corporation and as & branch of the Federal Government. This situ- ation has no parallel in any other city | of the United States, The District also is unique in having no bonded deb All of its expenses are borne from cur- | rent revenues. “On the question of whether the Feop]e of the District should be al- | wed to vote in national elections and |in local elections there is a division of | | franchise an emendment to the Con- | stitution of the United States will have to be adopted. Legislation covering| this matter is pending before Con- gress.” Pearl Fishers' Senlon Bxg Pear]l fishers of Scotland report thU their present season is one of the best in history. This means much because Scotland'’s pear] industry is probably its oldest, di g back to the time of ‘the | t *| products will e dumhuted later by THE SUNDAY : SURPLUS CANNING NATIONAL SUCCE Emergency Committee Re- ports Results in Conserving for Needy in Winter. Results from its campaign to encour~ age conservation of surplus fruits and | vegetables for distribution this Fall and Winter to needy families lacking funds to purchase food are being reported from all sections of the country, the President’s Emergency Committee on Employment announced yesterday. Fred C. Croxton, acting chairman, said various communities are staging canning campaigns, and their methods for conducting such work are being | distributed generally for guidance of | other communities in preserving surplus food. The President's Committee reported a canning campaign was In full swing in Birmingham, Ala. an ¢ its the Red Cross Chapter, which serves as the agency of the Community Chest in handling family relief in that city and county. This project, it was ex- pisiaed, was suggested_and sponsored the Community Chest, through | opinion. In order to grant them the’)‘enln H. Stone, its chairman. Appeal to Housewives. In Birmingham the appeal was pri- marily to housewives to preserve in as large a quantity as possible of the present bountiful supply of fruits and vegetables, and to put up additional quantities to be donated to the Red TOSS. The movement quickly spread, the President’s Committee was informed, to ‘women'’s organizations establishing can- Romans, "Tacitus and Pliny having men- | tioned ning kitchens in churches. Later the superintendent of schools turned over A. KAHN INC. 935 F ST. N.W. mcessscocoanc] ey Diamond Rings Diamond Wrist Watche. 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A central ning kitchen is being es- tablished and will be operated by a trained personnel, Activity at Houston, In Houston, Tex, the Mayor's Com- mittee for Unemployment has em- barked upon & campalgn to store surs plus potatoes and other vegetables that be preserved In that way and to can still other vegetables, all on & no- cost basis. Dr. Nat ‘T, Frame, director of exten- sion work in the University of Wes Virginia, is arranging for the establish ment of canning centers in several countles In that State, the President’s Committee was informed. Organized food preservation cam- paigns in other communities have come to the attention of the commit- {tee, and the movement, was reported 0| be gaining headway as a practical relief | measure. The committee advises cau- |tion to guard against indiscriminate | canning of fruits and vegetables in communitics where the need is not apparent, Blrths Reported The following_births have been reported | to the Health Department in the past 3¢ hours < Charles M. and Mary L. Boyer, girl William L. and Martine B. Toute, wirl. Solomon nd Myrtle G. Zinbers, ®irl Ennis and Nellle Certer. itl d Mary Burl . sirl. john F. and Mary Henry and Norma Cherner, boy A. and Florence Turner; bor. a and Helene L. Rogers, boy. hn_and Ad;llnne Kerrigan, boy. K 03 oolover, boy. Jerry M. an et Courtney, boy. Lation and Bln T,;lel wirl twins a Pricilla Herridon, gt William F. and Ruth A. enmr»on wtrl. Edward and Daisy Coles, girl }dwnrd wfl ind Margarét R Point ames and Ernestine Fergerson, boy, Gwinnette % ¥ord, boy. 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C, AUGUST 2 THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy today, probably rain in morning; tomorrow, generally fair, Not quite so cool today; warmer tomorrow, Maryland—Cloudy, probably rain in | east portion today; tomorrow generally fair, Not quite so0 cool in the interior u:d-y, warmer {OmOITOW. nia—Cloudy with rain in east Porllan and not quite so cool in the terior today, tomorrow generally fair and warmer, West Virginia—Generally fair and somewhat warmer today and tomor- roy. | | Record for 24 Hours. b Tempenwr-kwanwm 6 63, 4 62; 6 am. 51 fl » 10 am,, #7; 13 noon, &8; pm M{ 6'pm, 69; !pm W Ind lo Trmpenlurp same date lost year— Highest, 70; lowest, 59. Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast | d Geodetic Survey.) Today-—Low tide, 10:50 am. and 1:07 pm.; high tide, 4 am. and 4:30 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:47a.m.; hi.h tide, 4:58 am. and 5:27 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Today—8un rose 5:28 am.; |6:56 pm Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:20 am.; sun | sets 6.53 p.m. | Moon rises 4:38 pm ; sets 12:33 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. : Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly | rainfall in the Capital for the first eight months against the average are shown in the following table: Average. 1931, | January ..3,58ins. January ..1.56ins. | Pebruary | March | April sun sets “for the first eight months was: -~ January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches: March, 1891, 8.84 inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May, 1889, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inche: gust, 1928, 14.41 inches. Weather in Various Cities. in. B :da'g:rzsszsrzszsr:s:-!‘ | Atianiie antic oiy, ¥, 3. | Baltimore: Md. 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This Sale on the Third Floor Store Closed Saturdays During August NATIONAL GUARDS END ENCAMPMENT District, Maryland and Vir- |, ginia Troops Conclude Training Period. Special Dispatch to The CAMP RITCHIE, Cascade, Md., August 22—After two weeks of intensive military trllmn: ‘National Guard troops from Washington, Maryland and Virginig broke eamp here tonight, preparatory to returning home tomorrow. Leading officers of lhe encampment, led by Maj. Gen. Anton han, spent the morning discussing m location for next year's camp and working out staff problems. Camp Trinkle, at Vir- ginia Beach, tentatively was selected by the conferees. Maryland and Virginia detachments whose headquarters are farthest re- {moved from Camp Ritchie left here to- day in order to be home on the last day of the training period, tomerrow. Gen. Stephan and Maj. Sidney Mor- gan, & member of his staff, left for Virginia Beach to inspect Camp Trinkle. Stephan was making the trip by air, while Morgan went from Washington to _Norfolk by boat. Division headquarters and military police companies of District National Guard are scheduled to reach the ‘Washington Armory at 2 o'clock to- morrow, while Company A, 372d In- fantry, will arrive about 2:30 o'clock. The 260th Artillery, which has been based at Prederick, also is expected to lr:\)/:e‘o'nhachzd:le ther, the 1931 encampment is regarded by the officers as highly suc- cessful, and one from which many valuable lessons have been learned by both the troops and Atlfl officers. VOLUNTEERS GIVE DATA ON METEORS Scientist Says Reports Indicate 10,000 Were Seen During August. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 22.—Dr. Charles P. Olivier, president of the American Meteor Society, sald today re- ports received from volunteer observers have provided the society with uhuble information concerning the stream of meteors which rnched Ill | height on August 11 and 12. Dr, Olivier, professor of astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, said the number of meteors seen and mapped from AuYun 4 to 15, when the stream | was visible, had not yet been fully tabu- lated, but indiPations were that it would total lhml'. 10,000, most of which were observed August 11 and 12. “Thus far over 170 reports have ar- r(ved from 35 States and two provinces . and the reports would have been even more numerous if cloudy weather had not prevailed in the Mid- ?lhe' AtLl‘l:t.lc -Xnd Nn‘lnuhnd States on n of August 11 12" Ol(\ger n?ld 8% .- “'Of the reports received from volun- t;enrm ?:;rvem the greatest number , Missouri - consin. g ‘Another opportunity for volunteer observers to study a meteor shower will be presented from about November 14 to 18, when we have good hopes of an excellent Leonid display which will be TR, (P e ve observed night to dawn.” TWO FOUND SLAIN IN FIRE Police Believe Man Killed Woman and Then Committed Suicide. 36, believed to Have beenr;m Van- couver. Pendl.l‘g an inquest, Police expressed the belief it was a case of murd‘;r and suicide. Mrs. was said to have had two infant daughters in Van- couver, Marriage Licensés. John )‘m:fl- an, d » k. Crouch, %, %%';:a'.,. ‘n. lighes. 34, and R - fgnzy 'S4 both 'of Ricamond, Va Rev. BoL )umona J. 0“'9! 22. Linthicus ga d pearl Lethewenr, 15, Bttt o nis. Boyle 36 ad_Doro - nelh n. otn ot Richmond, Va: Rev: 1. 29, Baltimore Rev. 108 B MOy William_Pierpoint. Welnraub. 22. and Jeannefte Raffel. Md.; Rev. J. T. Loeb. nd" Dorotny " B. onnelly. Clllr Thlll’llnl.k”. m‘d Anna ©C. Swan- Herbefl J. Vlnun. 24 llld Kath: Jones, l?. Stlver lvrln(, l;d M nwfl = Pl romas . Mequl 24, his it d uire, 34, X Ruby R. Pratt, 29, Chies ke’ dity, M " Seorse B, mmnmn d_Dorothy L. B. 23, Orll 3 3 . bol L, Vi 3 P‘I_t‘yll'na T:h ll: :R.‘Cblfl:hs a.; Rev, C. Hes kinson, 35, both of Richmond, Va. Robert E. “llllnll’ x’ 50, and Ivadine W. Va.i Rev. H. '““ C. Leon: , 40, 0 bon S MR “yidse rown, . Tol- 3150 GASH. 3 checks, mads oof. BalweenC0" s ¥ Reward, 1t found E o cll.l'!'~m1mond, ;alatlnumfl" BUNCH OF KEY! between 14th and leth 1. ullu brown leather case: Black trim- taxkhh Monday night. & on Key ring o Irving st odf Sl trom Twire to "the. matne’ Colmar l.lnnr. 7 hite: short Reward o revurned %o 711 b TERRIER Whi Call_Adams 2 ST TR T No. 134, 3 onm tion tak o ‘Armmy " ide Reward 1f returned . biack head. tan FOUNDATION OPPOSES DUCK SEASON CLOSING | suavyr. “More Game Birds in America” Group Telegraphs Hyde, Pro- posing Rest Days. By the Assoclated Press. m YORK, August 22 —Unemploy- ment and adverse business conditions United !‘l” of Agriculture, was informed in mm tonight by More Game Birds in_America, a foundation. The foundation asserted the loss to retallers in sporting equipment alone would exceed $50, 000 000. A closed sea- son would throw thousands of men out of m, the telegram added. As an s#ernative to a closed season. the foundation = recommended three shooting days a week, with “four rest days.” A closed season on migratory wild fowl is being widely discussed as a re- sult of three years of successive droughts in the Canadian breeding grounds in the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Marshes. Qards of Thanks BRUCE. JOHN T. JR. We with to extend our ajncere thanks and sppreciation . our relatives. their kindness during the lliness ard at the death of our beloved son and brothe OHN T. ICE, THE FAMILY. * :onnsou. ul.s un A We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for the beautiful floral trittes and kind expregsions of eympathy at the.loss of our gesr ‘motner, USAN. A, JOHNSON. HER DAUGHTER, MRS Y WASH- INGTON, AND PAMILY. ZURAS, GEORGE N. We wish to extend our dincere thanks and appreciat & hodox Church for the beautiful Services at the death of our dear husband and father, GEORGE N. ZURAS. ®. Braths. ANNIE. On Saturday. A\l{un‘ 2, n.w. Notice e SO0 Triday. August 21, of the late . funeral home, on ‘Moniaay, "musist 34 Jnence 1o _Holy Trinity Chure sts. D.w., Where mass SUIDe 2018 for e Tevose”of hes oL Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. 23 BIRGFELD, EDWARD ~WILLCOCK. —on Pric 31, 1831 at his residence, WILLCOCK, 4 of 1da Van Horn Birgteld. is llm survived by a sister, four sons & daugh Puneral services Mon- P. E. Chugen, “Baturday, [ his idence ERT L. b(laved huabum of Mlu W. Eradbury and father of Lawrence Bradbury, Puneral from the W. W. Cham. bers Co. fun home, 1 Chapin n. on lldl’yA\lfl’llll) wlc urvtce‘l'_b: 1‘:1“ Ga Interment i K. GK WILLIAM. u\nt 20 at 'y Haspital, th.d . bnfl Illnlll. ‘GEORGI L1A: HMII!III Het:rd University. lie in state in Howard U Vll’ll‘! Chlnl from 8 to 12 Puneral services will Andrew Rankin Memorial ard Unhtull Monday mornins. 24, at p.m. = Interment Lincoln morial Ceme‘err Cofll, PROF. GEORGE WILLIAM. A e S, i HER S ey tend tunn 'al_services fc Y ‘WILLIAM COOK. second at _Andrew Rankin lle'mcrlnl Howard Unl'e"l\y- Mondny August, 1931, at 2 SAMU! WATSON, President. GEORQE L. WALTON, Secreiary, Au&lul -en tants i3 Cnael, sl FAUST, ROSALEE. 1931, ‘at Sibley H A FAUST, beloved wife of James from Mount Zion rel af, Lothian, Md., en At Osland. Cait. lllIl BIRLEY. On Thurs- 130, 1031, at 3 Hos- /TON, _ for- o " ASlem: " hare. H;:tluAl Saelton '"""l"n l-nu;‘ 5 ot Hmum. Ruth H. A 2 ot the Frasies funeral "ng.-." i at 1 ,'.flfl A ddenly, on Thurs- day, August 30, 193] residence, spasa " =F nrm"i‘mm m.x o X his late residence on Monday, ‘\Il\;l:l sttend. Interment 23 asjer cu-t 3¢, trom Mount Zion B Ariington, "Va. lnur;enm 'Sod nlw- MARTH, M. AUGUSTA. Priday, dggl, at her resi ence in’ ‘".n " wife ot the late 21T . Teom the Pressvies o i uvme, o Pinterment in lnn-lmu, KATIE E. n in nnrln Entered into KT ral ser ureh, Tus 5t Pom Nelaiives snd - friends Anmlefi 15 attond: McDONALD, GRACE M. On Saturday, m-- s Fredericksburg, * Va IALD, beloved wite, of 2 p.m. Relatives and friends terment at Cedar Hill Qflek" arlors, bova. ia funeral parlors.” Inte al uneral par i Rosemont. Cemetery. D mgnl.m On_Saturday. ins resting a¢ the. Jobi funeral ehapsl, 3rd and Eve sts. tice of funeral later. WILDER PERCIVAL. 22, 9:25 AL ' MONT MONTGOMERY. Saturday, August Tovel James hereatter. Wildets ) omery, ' Notice of MOTHERSHEAD, JAMES R. On Baturdar, Ausust 22, 1991, at his reside Qak o B, in his foved husha mains resting a 924 New Yo llomlfl‘llln. JAMES R, The ‘members hy 0. of P.. will meet at_Pythian ' Temple, mz o5, nw, at 1 pm Monday, Augus 1931, to attend the funeral of our “iate Biother, D. H C. nn.'r Chancellor, Commandar, L. TROTTER, Keeper of Réc- MOWATT, GE/ Suddenly. on Priday nient. hugos ol nce. 1935, at n. friends and neighbors Anr.“”‘,\m“ JOHN 8. ves u.m of Mus, Alberta Sisaghter. " Funeral vices e “abeve remdence Bundm p.m. Interment Monds: i Cemicryine. Ma- v\mrr LoTTIE, Do 21, 1931 IT: Hiattie Mics. Catherine Luca Brighthaupt, Remuins restin ces st. nw. Mouday aiter 1 eral Tuesday. August 25, at om Holy Redecme- Church. N. N. J. aves. n.w. Interment Mount ouvu Cemetery WOODHOUSE, ROSE. On Priday, &1 Qeorge Wachingion Antun te mother of Virginis. Gloria, Waltes “sister of Knle, st Woothouse ry's Gemetery. In Memoriam DORA. 1o ©of oUr_dear motb fHAL,"who' deparied ago todsy, August 23, In the hearts of her son and dsugh- ters she siill Nves and wil always be ‘remembered. by . CHILBREN. BOLDEN. MAUDE E. In sad but loving re- ice of my beloved wife, MAUDE who deparied this life one August 22, 1930. RA thig, life” one 1930. £ BOLDEN, year ago Loday. Today recalls the memory Of & lovea one laid 10 rest, Ana those Who inink of her today Are those wno loved her 2 “There 1s some one who mm- you_badly, And finds the days long since you went. There is some one who longs Ior Jou dearh And o be brave and cunwnl RALEUNE RUSEAND, B. T BOLDEN. & remembrance HMARRY L. 1In lo aevoted husol uPovm Who_entered imo_eiternal test ars ago toaay. August 23, 1933, om this world to & Peaceful Called by God, who knows best: Dear in memory he will always be. e "meet auai JOTED WIFE, EVA LUCAS COLBERT, ALPHONSO. of our devoted husband and PHONSO COLBERT, who left us " e oars ago today, August 23, 1926 The one I loved has sone to His_firm, true heart is still a’ th Ssve me hels Now lies in death's cold chil How sad todsy 8 my iroubled heart. How dim_m. with tears, Por death ha: rumfl me of b 1 thought was suis V8 e WiFE AND DACGHTER. * rance 'OLBERT, JPHONSO. In T col T donr srother, ALPHONSO ~COL= ERT. passed away five Years &g wd-y. st 23, 1926 nghlllll; lhoul:'“ .!hmfltnhl’.ll“" home, 1L e Would. never g That he 'soon death would aleep And l!l‘to me hzn to mourn. MULKERINS, BRIAN. 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