Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1931, Page 47

THI kv isiNG e STAR, WASHILWION, ity o iie nome win sart on cne- POLICE ARE PRAISED | MARYI.ANI] S[;Hflu[ ;@;’:Z g ef:,re);igr::::“:];: o aog‘;n:e?nr'; FOR EFFICIENT WORK the winning home. The Contest Com- mittee consists of Mrs. Eulys Mrs. Paul Johnson, Mrs. John Force of the Georg Smit S| ton Bicentennial Comm the meeting on plans Mpunt Rainier Women’s Civic | geicbration by Mrs. Nelson A. Car Mss. Cawthorne gLeague Urges February |and mrs 22 Designation. Ba Bta Correspondent of The Star. $OUNT RAINIER, Md, December| ouap 1e voted exercises arou com- | t tree at Thirty d Perry | east stgeets on December 23 at 7 pm. Mrs. | the FQW. Cathorne will be in charge be held at numbered the home of CREW MISSIiJG IN WRECK | Herbert c December s, chair- Mrs. Jerry cmann and G, of C. Directs Letter to Ofcials Washing- addressed year's Commending Handling of Marchers. Praise for efficient police work in handling the demonstration of \nem- played marchers here was voiced by ths Washington Chamber of Commerce n letters delivered yesterday to Gen. B. Crosby, police Commis- foner, and Brig. Gen. Pelham G. ssford, superintendent of police. The members of the Washington amber of Commerce have been highly ressed with the efficient manner in which the Metropolitan Police force { the District of Columbia handled recent visitation of hunger rchers in this city,” Harry King president, wrote to Gen. Glassford May I extend to you in their names r warm And cordial congratulations ipon_the fine example of effective law PN RSN IAN Al bR Now That the Social Season Has Begun in Earnest—Let Us All Don Holiday Dance Frocks From The Down Stairs Store— at This Very Moderate Price TYITIETE YT Ty 515 arefree, unsop ated ks of taffeta—alluring ks of ¢ e—Or sleek, The Y-0-U, whatever your type might be frocks of satin. frock that slinky spells —you are sure to find it in this outstanding collection. have the newest of style details, and And these frocks are in the loveliest of colors, blue, green, coral, red, white, k. Sizes for women 14 to 20 and 36 Other Misses’ Evening Dresses $10 | enforcement in the National Capital”| |"'To Commissioner Crosby, the chamber president wrote: | “The City of Washington has every | reason to be proud of the calm and efficient manner in which the public police forces were handled in connec- | tion with the recent demonstation by the visiting hunger marchers. | “Permit me to extend to you as | Commissioner in charge of enforce- | ment of the law the hearty congratu- lations of the officers and members |of the Washington Chamber of Commerce.” AUTO HATER. CONFIRMED | Refused to Ride, but Takes Taxi| | and Gets Hurt. James De Tursl of Union City, N. J., hated automobiles. He wouldn't ride in one, he always said In order to get to Grand Central Station, New York City, on time to | catch a train he got in a taxicab. The |taxicab cast a shoe and crashed into | the curb. De Tursi was badly injured. D. .G, FRIDAY, DK LM BER 11 i 8 FILM STAR TO BE cmzsmi o | Norma Shearer Obtains Naturaliza- | . tion Papers Today. | LOS ANGELES, December 11 (#).— | Norma Shearer, film star, a native of Montreal, Canada, need only appear | briefly today in the United States Dis- | trict Court to become a citizen of the United States. Her final papers await | her at the ~aturalization Bureau. The process was simplified by her marriage to Irving Thalberg, motfon | plcture executive and United States citizen. Cleveland Hotel Sold. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 11 (&) —Sale of Hotel Winton, one of C! land's largest downtown hostelr the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for $1,025,000, was ap sterday by Federal Court. The insurance company is holder of a mortgage for $1,210,00 a loan negotiated in 1928, on which pay- | ments allegedly fell in arrears. Assets!| of the hotel are reported as $2,865,353 and liabilities $1,885,283. 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