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| Burchell’s i Bouquet A Superb Blend 25¢Lb. N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth St. the life of the mort- gage. May be in amounts up. B. F. SAUL CO. Natlonal 2100 925 15th St. N.W. ‘based $250 FACE COVERED WITH PIMPLE Resinol clears them away *‘My complexion was poor ecause of pimples and bl wh-xjh covered my face and neck. T had been ad to try Resinol Soap and Ointment, but had tried ®0 many other ;h(n:: :ithmt success [wasdisgusted with every~ thing. However, a friend urged mme to try & -npic anyway. In three days’ time the improvement ‘wvas so great I could hardly believe dt. 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Get the S | uine, in the yellow package, at Price $1.—Adver- | good drug store, ALL FROM NEW YOBK Dec. 2...19 days...from $135 Dec. 22...20 days ». . from $220 Empress of Austrolia femed for her round-the-world crujses 32,800 displacement tons ef luxury, JAN.9 28 days . ... 13 sunshine . Duchess of Bedford , | Wixurious transatlantic liner 30,000 fons displacement. From $280 JAN.13 19 sparkling days . . . 6 ports Empress of Australia. from $215 FEB. 10 Second "'28.dey-13 port” cruise Duchess of Bedford. from $300 orts Cotron \DRY ENFORCEMENT BACKEDBY CAURCH Congregational Organization Expresses Faith in Ultimate Success of Law. ‘The prohibition laws can and will be | enforced “when the law is upheld with- | out fear or favor by all enforcement | officials,” it was stated Tuesday night at the 90th semi-annual sesson of | the Washington Association of Con- | gregational Churches in a resolution placing the organization on record in faver of rigid enforcement of the dry statutes. “There are many who feel that prohi- bition is a fallure,” the resolution set out, “but while that may be true to & | certain extent, it does not mean that it | cannot be enforced.” ‘The meeting was held at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Co- lumbia road and Fourteenth street, and was attended by resentatives of 18 churches of the District, Maryland, nearby Virginia and Southern Delaware. Favors League Co-operation. ‘The association commended the ef- forts of the American Government in co-operating with the Council of the League of Natlons in seeking to secure 8 peaceful settlement between China and Japan. Indorsing President Hoover's plan for | unemployment relief, the church group | expressed the opinion that in the appli- cation of employment funds to public works the steam shovel should give way to the pick and shovel. Another resolution was adopted stat- ing that “the time is here for the churches of this group to work out some new and advanced experiments in the direction of practical interracial good will.” Officers Chosen. ernoon by Rev. Arthur Elmes of the Peoples Congregational Church, Wash- ington; Mrs, Julle M. Way, field worker of the woman's department of the Illinois State Congregational Confer- ence, and Rev. Walter Spooner of Newark, N. J., superintendent of the Middle Atlantic Congregational Con- ference. At the night session Rev, Walter B. Wiley, representative of the Congrega- tional Commission on Missions, spoke on “The Ploughed Fields of Turkey.” Rev. Frederick V. Pisher of the Ingram Memorial Church of this city, spoke on “An American Looks at America in 1931.” The following officers were elected for the % é;‘n ; 'Rev. Allen A, Stockdale, gregational Church of Washington, moderator; Rev. Harvey W. Goddard, Vanderwerk, Va., secre- tary; Mrs. Jessie E. Neill, Plymouth Congregational Church of Washington, treasurer, and B. L. McNulty, Ingram Memorial Church, and Lewis N. Neill, Plymouth Church, trustees. Rev, Ar- thur Elmes; Peoples Congregational Church, and Mrs. W. G. Conn, Ingram Memorial Church, were chosen for the Fellowship Committee. | There were addresses during the aft- | THE EVENING‘ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NO Architectural Prizes Awarded | shown above. FOUR OF TEN COLUMBUS MEMORIAL AWARDS TO AMERICANS. VEMBER 19, 1931 MODEL PLANE MEET Washington Will Hold Contest Along With 17 States—21 Is Age Limit. The Washington division of the In- door Telegraphie Eastern States Model Alrcraft Tournament will be held No- vember 28, under the auspices of the advisory board of the District Model Aircraft League, which is conducted by the Ccmmunity Cefiter and Municipal Playground Departments. Similar com- petition will be held in 17 States at the same time. Any one under 21 is eligible to enter the contest, which is said to be the largest ever held here. Those partici- pating will be divided into two classes, Officers Follow TO BE HELD NOV. 28| Carrier Pigeon to Its Former Roost Bird Released in Answer to Demand of $10,000 Goesto WrongPlace. By the Associsted Press. MONROVIA, Calif.,, November 19.— Officers here are up in the air because a_ carrier pigeon, pursued by an air- El‘ne, flew to the wrong roost Mrs. Isaac R. Colborn, wife of a wealthy retired merchant, had received the p in a box and a letter by mail demanding that $10,000 be dis- patched by the bird, ‘Two afficers detailed by Police Chief John Scott followed the pigeon by plane after it was released with a Mrs, Colborn come to its 50 had returned to its former home. Parents Hire Own Teacher. JEFFERSON, Ohlo (P).—A littls school house here is not going to bes abandoned if the parents of 15 children can prevent it. When the ts were ordered to send their children to a con- solidated school, they rebelled, hired their own teacher and are holding their own school, Paris has a new itors pay to listen radio hall, where vis- to programs. FOOTBALL U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis NAVY VS. was announced today that second prize of $7,500 in the international design competition and three $1,000 prizes had been awarded to architects of this country. HILE J. L. Gleave of Chesire, air base and park, which will be erected on the site of the explorer’s first encampment at Santo Domingo, it : $1,000 awards, Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, New York; Douglas D. Elling- Edgar Lynch of Chicago, Til. ton, Asheville, N. C., and Will Rico Amon, New York City. junior and senior. The junior age mit is 15. 15. In preparation for the meet, the league has been holding preliminary competitions every week, and the last of the series will be held at 9:30 o’cock Saturday morning at the Adams Schaol. son M. Patrick, chairman; Joshua Evans, Col. C. de F. Chandler, E. Clay- ton Fish, Walter Hinton, Willilam R. Enyart, Lawrence E, Williams, Paul E. Garber, E. L. Graham, Miss Esther Scott, Mrs. E. K. Peeples, Community Center director, and Miss Sybil Baker, llunlclpn(l Playground director. Sttty England, has been selected as' architect for the Columbus memorial light house, ‘The winners were: Second prize, Donald Nelson and The winning model, which earned $10,000 for Mr. Gleave, is England Imports Snails. HOOVER LOAN PLAN SUPPORT SOLEHT {National Association of Real Estate Boards Calls on Political Leaders. ‘The National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards is seeking support in Congress for President Hoover's plan | to create 12 home loan discount banks. ‘The Executive Committee of the asso- clation meeting here, is touring political camps seeking to organize support and early legislative action upon the pro- postl for accelerating home building and taking the strain off institutions dealing in mortgage loans. Call on Political Leaders. Harry 8. Kissell of Springfield, Ohio, president of the association, said added power would be sought by having each of the 562 member boards exert pres- sure upon their Congressmen. 'h board could set up committees to sponsor the bank proposal and other suggestions being considered by the as- wdlmon for restoring business pros- perity. : The committee conferred with Robert % Lucas, executive director of the Re- publican National Committee, and Wal- ter H. Newton, secretary to President DEAD LETTER AUCTION BROADCAST AS LESSON TO CARELESS MAILERS Thousand Bargain Hunters Crowd Hall of Boys’ Club as Postal Auctioneers Knock Down Big Miscellany. A thousand bargain-hunters were bidding in everything from bicycles to hairpins today as the Government's semi-annual auction of unclaimed postal matter got under way in_ the audi- torium of the Boys' Club, Third and “8old!” yelled the auctioneer, Charles Kracke, when, for the fifth time another dozen articles wom by all infants. “Sold!” called Kracke, “and to a man! What's the matter with the ‘women?"” Laughter swept s crowd never too intent on sale programs and purchases to enjoy a bit of humor or a couple of ‘wisecracks di the proceedings. Neckties, garters, kitchen ranges, masquerade suits, ofl cans, graphophone records, artificial flowers, automobile tires, hair tonic, hair removers, books on every subject, nut crackers, hair wavers, leaf tobacco, damaged cigars, wrist watches, beads, fraternity pins, coins, stamps and first flight covers— all the miscellaneous flstsam which eddies into the dead letter and parcel department from the moving tide of Unele Sam’s mail—was being sold. ‘The auctioneers set a brisk pace, Christopher Zepp, another postal em- ploye, relie Kracke at the end of each 100 job ‘The disposal of 841 lots of assorted articles listed for sale today will not be completed until late this afternoon. From 12:15 to 12:30 o'clock today the proceedings, including the cries of the auctioneers and the bids of the crowd, were put on the air over the Columbia Broadcasting System as an object lésson to those whose parcels are lost because unclaimed or improperly addressed. ‘The salés are conducted semi-an- nually to prevent perishable goods from spolling in storage, and because there is a seasonal demand for clothing of all sorts at this time of year. Following_ the broadcast of the auction, & Post Office officlal told' the lems of the department in delivering imperfectly addressed mail, particularly Christmas mail. running, & man was high bidder on | radio audience something of the prob- | sold at auction for $68,878 over half a million lots of articles taken from let- ters and parcels which could hot be delivered. The semi-annual sales in Washing- ton usually net about $2,000, or an average price of a little over $2 for each lot of articles sold. “KLUTCH” HOLDS \FALSE TEETH TIGHT Kluteh forms a comfort cushion, holds iate, 80 ot gan ock,” drop, with! Richmond Heatomat Gas Fired Boilers Now on Display 4100 Georgia Ave. AD:0145 ALWAYS DEAD TIRED? How sadl Sallow complexion, coated tongue, poor appetite, bad breath, pimply skin and always tired. What's wrong? Chances are you're poisoned by clogged bowels and in- active liver. Take this famous pre- scription used constantly in place of calomel by men and women for 20 years—Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. They are harmless yet very effective. | A compound of vegetable ingredients. |They act easily upon the bowels, | help free the system of poison caused | by faulty elimination and tone up | liver. | Rosy cheeks, clear eyes and youth- ful energy make a success of life. Take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, nightly. 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Miller of ocratic National Committee. ‘Washington. Members of the group also conferred with Senators Borah of Idaho, Couzens of Michigan, Fess of Ohio and Reed of Pennsylvania, all Republicans. Emphasizing the bi-partisan support they were seeking, Kissell said former Gov. Cox of Ohio, & former Democratic E:I:ldan',hl nominee, had informed that he considered the plan the most _constructive move the President 2 Cut Your = Travel Time ed yet made to tmprove business con- Flight Fares and Time lons. Those Who attended the meeting, in 1 hour 15 minutes to addition to Kissell, were: Stephen W. Sleeper. Boston; L. T. Stevenson, Pitts. PHILADELPHIA burgh; ‘Walter S. Schmidt, Cincinnati; One Way—$8.00 — — S — e 2 hours to NEW YORK Baldness Cured EVERY HOUR Round Trip—$2000 One Way— $13.25 1 hour 20 minutes to ON THE HOUR Allow me to examine your scalp and I'll tell you if cure 10-passenger tri-motored air can be effected. 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