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- PROBE CONTINUES AT LEAVENWORTH All but One Cell Block Quiet at Prison Following ‘THE Pupils to Give Christmas Play JUNIOR HIGH GROUP IN PRODUCTION. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, NEW SUIT ATTACKS R-K-0 FINANCE PLAN Baltimorean Claims Illegal Proxies in Voting Approval of Proposal. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, December 15.— Troubles of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Casting of | D. C, ADVENTISTS ‘INDORSE - BICENTENNIAL PLANS General Conference of Church Des- ignates February 20 for Pro- grams by éongregntinn‘., Indorsement of the general plab of the ‘George Washington .Bicentennial Commission for ‘celebration of the two- hundredth birthday anniversary of the first President has been given by the Ceneral Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, with hcadquarters in Ta- TUESDAY,JDECEI\IBER 15, 1931. E. F. Bachelor, L. J. Bittner, J. Walt, Miss A. R. Joyce, Mrs. L. C. Coldren, | T. J. Taggart, Inspector William | | Wright, Miss' Nancy U. Pooler, L. F.| | Prick, Mrs. E. B. Nihcolson, William [ A. E. McShea, Mrs. Ruth Cockrell, V. Kremer, W. 8. Blankenship, N. J. Cun- glxu;.(ham, Archie Dye and Carl T. Pfaef- FEDERAL GROUP PLANS YULE PARTY ON FRIDAY Program Will Be Held for Em- ployes of Office of Public Build- ings and Parks, b SR Lo ot A Christmas verty and dance wit/ HOOVER SITS FOR ARTIST be ‘held for the employes of the Office | of Public Buildings and Public Parks' Wayman Adams Makes Portrait and associated groups in the Interior i Departemnt, auditorium, Eighteenth and for Academy of Design. F streets, Priday evening at 7 o'clock. B.1} THIS COUPON VALUABLE A 1st Class CARWASHS ALL FOR 29 and Qutbreak. koma Fark, it was anncuaced today. : 1 President Hoover prepared today to | This organization, which is the parent | Announcement of the nlans was made 5 R e |todny by Mrs. Clara Beach, chairman |8l for & ncw portrait to be painted by O A i e United" Stateg| Of the Committce of Arrangements. |Wayman Adams, New York artist, at the commission of the National Acad- | 5GALLONS of Straight Gas Corporation were complicated yesterday with entry in Circuit Court here of & suit, asking the corporation be re- By the Associated Press. A program of entertainment will be LEAVENWORTH, Kans, December strained from putting into effect a re-. Commission in this celebration in order L4 O o {hat the' ideals tnd prevents of Wash. | held until 9 o'clock and employes will | emy of Design. —or complete lubrica- tion ang § ats. of lc Vith the last of th2 seven convicts B o1 bring their chi'dren. . A pretentious i e e nancing plan voted Saturday at a spe- 1St CRENES G N CHSOHICT MAY | Christmas tree’ and. Sante ‘Claus will| Adams chose one of the front rooms | Sundays and Holidays, 20c Ext L i st | ctal meeting of stockholders. | thus. Belptto, perpetuats the princinies be on hand, Mre Beach ud, adding In the White House yesterday and ret peasn idays, 20c Extra Gy ACECLY » ’ 5 tha n that admission will be by ticket. Danc- up his apparatus, wi e prospect prizon authorities today continued The action was cntered by J. Cook- of the American republle ing for adults will be held from 9 pam. | that Mr. Hoover would give him nis| jSuper Auto Laundry, Inc. unt'l midnight. The committee in charge of the event first sitting today. The portrait will | OPPOSITE CORBY'S BAKERY be shown at th» National Academy | 2312 Ga. Ave. N.W. North 1010 msn Boyd, Baltimore stockholder, who! It also was decided to designate Sat- s'eps to quell restlessness among some alleged approval of the propcsal was urday, February 20 for the carryi ¢ the inmates illegal through the casting of what he out of a program in all Seventh-Day | 6 e B e e contended were ilgal proxies, The Adventist churches thréughout (he| CCMPFicco: Mrs Bsch as chairmen; cxhibition next Spring. corporation was given until January 4 United States, “in which the ideals held to show cause ll‘why the injunction and advocated by Washington with re- should not be entered. Yesterday's was spect to civil and religious liberty shall the second sult entered by Boyd against be set forth. |the company. On December 2 he i\l"di - . - action seeking to have a receiver ap- | Given 42 Years to Pay. cell one . of two smaller cell used officials to express doubt I priscn industrial activity would med today among prisoners confined in “D” house, the Philipsborn ELEVENTH ST. - BETWEEN F 4G Another fortunate purchase . . . and tomorrow we Repeat our Sensational Gift Sale of 1,600 Pairs of Elegant Mules! D'Orsays! Bridge Slippers! iy involved were given food in pointed, alleging mismanagement and 2 sanGwich to prevent thom f(rcm | waste by offic:als had endangered assets ' A judgment which will require 42 using tableware for missiles. | of the firm. No answer has been filed years for liquidation has been made by a Sussex, Englana, court. Judge | Austin Jones ordered that Cecil H. Tar- | gett of Angmering-on-Sea pay off in | by the corporation which has until De- | cember 22 to show cause why a receiver Shift Boss Segregatcy', or of Federal sanford Bates, di | should not be named. { prisons, who has taken charge of an | The finance plan proposed by the mnn'h’y m:m‘llmrnls of ‘s a‘]ud“mnnl‘ investigation into the sensational break. | corporation’s officials and passed was obtained against him b; ' y | ¥ | opposed by a group of stockholders. It Southworth of Hove for 5 I Called for. issuance of $11.600.000 in 6 defendant, a riding maser, is earning per cent debentures, underwritten by Chly about $10 a weck the Radio Corporation of America, to = 5 meet maturing obligations. The o N [ oas, NORTH 1742 i Corporation now is a large holder of UPHOLSTERING in which three convicts lest their lives and Warden T. B. White was wounded, #aid, however, that outside the dis- turbance in the cell block “D,” the prison was normal. A striking inmate boiler shift of about 20 men returned to work with R-K-O stock. the exception of the shift boss, who h2s . To_allow for the debenture fssue, becn segregated. They complained | Students of Stuart Junior High School who are to appear in “The Greatest | stockholders would be required to sur- GET OUR ESTIMATES. about the luncheon served them Gift.” under direction of Mrs. L. B. Berryman, at the school Friday at 8 p.m. rencer three-fourths of their holdings, y hEarl Tharrr.bfi_a-. a -nld‘mali Tobber, Front row, left to right: Elizabeth Jefferies, Florence Taylor and Eloise Sibick. {g‘;m"‘r'mfhm‘rhe(-‘;m“';\;{g n:";!:“::;d r:; S EGA |. BRO S. Gharacterizcd by Officials as the MOSU pack row: Mary Cole, Ruth Symanoski, Marjorie Fakes and Beth Joyner. | 1740.000 shares of common stock to be | 1232 14th 8T desperate of the seven who fled Friday morning, taking with them Wa White as a hostage, was returned erday after his capture by two civilia when he applied at a home for food His captors were John S. Masterson, 64, and Roy Doughe: 35 The haired convict, who rejoined thre the other fugitives within walls, was not questioned yes y cause of his weakened condition. —Star Staff Photo. ' issued. | “We Live Our Prof L.ERANK CO. | L. FrANK Co. e F STREET AT u'-)J) i LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts. NAticnal 9800 Try to Trace Weapons. Meanwhile the Government's investi- | gation was under way. Director Bates | disclosed that four revolvers, a rifle and ™™ g a shotgun constituting the armament F STREET AT 12 * Crepe and Kid leathers! Blue . . . black . . . green identified. He said that through serial J | ...red . jade.. black witk numbers ‘the Bureau of Investigation | had undertaken to trace the purchase, transfer and delivery of the weapons. | The priton director caid an investiga- tion was being made of 2 theory that the guns had bcen smuggled o the prisoners through e former guard, dis- charged last Summer. contrasting color linings. Christmas Ideas that can’t go wrong! | | | of the convicts, had been returned and l | We were lucky now that to get them...and s is right on cur heels | Wear them for The Boudoir Fridge! | (Continued From Seventh Page) | R | Harmon, “Greetings.” The regent, Mrs. | Frederick W. Ashley, presiding. Guests Mr and Mrs. Roy Gill, Spokane, Wash.; Commissioner and Mrs. Elwood Mead, Chief Justice and Mrs. George artin, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hum- | phrey Danfel. Mr. Arthur Cook, Mr. and Wintemute William_Sloan, bald McLach! and M Hat and -~ Scarf Sets s for ever Styles to p! Elk Padded Soles’ Covered Cuban H Of course they want everyone. els. ! fl::pdmlifl ¥ cn | es cf Georgetown tation ‘Convent gave a pageant for | 1 the children pres: Mrs. Robert Cfl-‘ . H -~ hill was chairr scisted by Mrs, | . angagpaocs Louis® C. Arthur, Mrs. Mildred Biaine What would make a nicer Clark, Mrs. Elmer Bocon, Miss Cecilia | Plowden Talbott, Mrs. John Hagerty, Miss Mari Mclntyre, Miss Norz Mc- | Intyre and Miss Mary Frances Darr. | gift than this engaging little set? Of a soft wool and in bright, cheerful colors that will tone up her winter out- fit. Regularly $2.95 to $10 $1:95 to $4.95 ® Every edvanced Pcuch ard BOY STRUCK BY AUTO | Jorman Sadler, 8, Said to Have|, Run Into Path of Car. The Christmes Shop of Practical Gifts hilipsborn ELEVENTH ST. - BETWEEN F &G L : Wednesday and Thursday Pre-Christmas Event Beverly Hosiery 94¢ 3 Pairs, $2.75 275, Regqularly $1.65 No. 1,000, Regularly $1.35 No. Sh chiffon with picot tops and laven- A medium-weight service chiffon hose der s nre’ ng garter runs. Cradle that is so popular for Winter wear, and for foot insures perfect fit, business. charmirg'y fitted. $1.39 Others at $1.95 | MILLINERY—SECOND FLOOR. ed a: Crsu- Hospital for injuriss to both l-gs day after he was struck by an eu- ile while playing in front of his| path of a machine driven by Joseph ‘Thomas of 120 Leonard street north- east. Thomas took the youngster to the hospital for treatment. Y hilipsborn | ELEVENTH ST. = BETWEEN F4G GOOD NEWS! We have just received 20 dozen more of that wonderful— Finest Sheer Chiffon Hose With Novelty Picot Tops $9.50 For Box of 3 Pairs ® Today's value, $1.35 a pair. An exquisitely sheer weave—. with novelty Picot tops! Available in the rewest Street and Nite-life shades. FRENCH CREPE LINGERIE for Christmas Gifts $ I .59 We sold out in‘one day the last event of this kind! You can be sure that Beverly will always give you the hose of the hour at a price consistent with their fine quality and at a time when hosiery plays an important part in your gift list, o <, Formals | ««« . with a positive GIFT for party-ing! A 715, ¥25 @Sparkling with true holiday spirit—these ut- terly charming Frocks will easily make you the most popular girl on the floor! Deftly molded of Satin or sheer Crepe—they've simply grand lines! New Nite-club jacketed modes . » . jeweled vith Rhinestones . . . or with gay flowers clus- tered at shoulder or back. ® Unusually flattering are the jewel-tones and high shades . . . Black is more sophisticated than ever . . . while White is right in the limelight! ® Teddies Dancettes French Panties —also gowns and pajamas .of Crepe Dijon. Sure of a Welcome! PURE DYE SILK Lingerie Stunningly Bias Cut .;51.95 I Imagine finding luxurinus URE DYE SILK Step-ins, Slips, Dance Sets and Teddies ...at this sensational - price! All lavish with lace—or hem- stitched in trig tailored styles. In French finished Crepe de Chine and Satins.’ Tailored and lace-trimmed types, in bias-cut styles. Off Black Smcketcne New Brown Capucine Taupe Matin Tahiti