Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1932, Page 44

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1932 <GOO0D? meal here make he is ne in thousand ! . AND, \ L\ 14th AND NATIONAL F STREETS PRESS BLDG. IN YOUR IMOVIES 00U, wimt KODATOY projector Ko Come in M. A. LEESE optica Co. 614 9th St. N.W. dable movic astmar A deper made by the Gonn. Ave. & Calvert St Special Thursday! TURKEY Dinner NO TIPPING 733 13th St. Strayer College Bldg. Dinner, 50c 719 13th, Luncheon, 3 c; Wholc prer —Card Party Favors At Special Prices s 9 g o o S Brides Pods 19c Wheels 49C 49c with 100 98c Tes1.98 98¢ 10c 39c See Cover Roulette with Chart Poker Racks, Chips Poker Racks 200 Chips Card Tables. Special ... Tally Cards. Dozen 500 Decks ing Cards. priee, 75c. Fancy-edge Regular Special. . Many Other Specials. Window Display. GARRISON’S Big Toy and Novelty House 1215 E St NW.—\ WHERE TO DINE —Specials— Steamed Shrimp Steamed Oysters Lobsters in All Styles All Fresh Fish in Season Herzog’s Nationally Famous Restaurant 11th and Potomac River Met. 9762-6706 -de Rooy's- SEA FOOD GRII.L 1405 L St. N.W. Metro. 7559 Special Luncheon, 45¢ Special Dinner, 65¢ We specialize in Broiled Live Lobsters, Ovster Crabme LEGAL NOTICES OGILBY & LES! 125 F St N.W “TPRELLE Attorneys, o> %2 03 A LIA B Terin 16,20 54,98.5.31, 043 5.1.8 THIRD OF CLERKS - DRIVE OWN AUTOS Survey of 3,536 in Commerce Department Gives Picture of Future Problem. Nearly one-third of the employes of | the Department of Commerce ride to and from work in private automobiles, {according to a recent transportation | survey by the Department of Vehicles |and Traffic, the results of which were | announced yesterday by Traffic Director liam A. Van Duzer. e survey also showed that nearly another third used public vehicles, and that a surprisingly large number walked to m.d from work ey was made at the direction | ) Duzer in an effort to pre- traffic problems that will igle area south enue upon comple- gigantic building program was disclosed in ques- ted to Commerce De- ti partment employes and returned by Checks Route Followed. Not only did Mr. Van Duzer seek to ascertain the medium of transportation d by the employes, but the routes wed by those in private cars in and from wor ght into the p: ity of th s who are reg taxicabs riding wed ploy the cheap-rate the large number who are on street cars. The statistics that only 20 depended on taxicabs for transportation and that 1150 used street cars. This information has been turned over to the car companies. 1,345 Use Private Autos. Of the 3.536 employes who replied to the questionnaire, 1345 use private automobiles for transportation, 600 ride on cars of the Washington Railway & Electric Co, 88 in busses of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co., 24 in busses of the Alexandria, Barcroft & Wash- ington Co., 7 in cars of the Baltimore & Electric Line, 7 in cars of the ..l.\n((m & Fairfax Railway, 2 in busses in the Washington Marlboro & Annapolis Line and 12 on trains. Two of the employes who answered the ques- tionnaire failed to indicate the type of sportation used Data in connection with the routes followed by the 1,345 emplo; using private cars showed that Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, Connecticut avenue, Fourteenth and Twelfth streets carried the greatest { volume of the north-and-south traffic, and Pennsylvania avenue the heaviest east-and-west movement. It also dis- | closed that 87 of the employes in pri- vate cars cross Key Bridge and 52 the | Highway Bridge. 'NEW RECORD MADE BY FLORIDA SPECIAL New York-to-Miami Trip Now Made in Less Than 26 Hours by Atlantic Coast Line. | Celebrating its forty-fifth anniver- sary, the “Florida Special” is running from New York to Miami in the record | time of 25 hours and 50 minutes, ac- cording to an announcement made yes- {terday by the Atlantic Coast Line | Railroad. | . The special, the first de luxe Florida | Winter train, began service in January, 1887, as the first all-Pullman, vestibuled and electrically lighted train in the world. It has continued its Florida service every Winter since then. The train leaves Washington at 8:20 p.m. daily, reaching Miami at 9:10 p.m the following day. Its fast time, the announcement stated, is made possible by the co-operation of the Atlantic Coast_ Line, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Po- tomac Railroad and the Florida East Coast Railway The Seaboard Airline Railway also has a crack train to Florida, the “Orange Blossom Special,” leaving here at 3:50 p.m. daily and arriving at Miami at 6:55 p.m. the following day. Its time is 26 hours and 5 minutes, on 15 minutes more than that of the| Florida Special.” LIQUOR VkaJ!CT GUILTY J. F. Jett Convicted of Having Still | | in Home. | 3700 block of Seventeenth st. was found guilty of the prohibition laws by a jury trict Supreme Court yesterday dict was returned after police | fied they found a still and | s home last August 1 ly indicted for ill and possession of hqmr nd John J. Smrn prose- case before Justice F. D. > will pass sentence later. Missionary Will Be Speaker. Miss McDade, a missionary T will speak at a tea to be afternoon by the Missionary Soclety Letts Educational Foundry Methodist Myra EDUCATIONAL. CCOUNTANCY Pace Courses; B. C. S. and M. C. S. Degrees; Day and Evening Classes; P. A Preparation; Co-educational. Year Book Benjumm Fraukhn University 3 ouraariation Kide Met. 2515 . MORNING SCHOOL o LAw Second, Semester—January .00 to 8:40 AM Also Fvening Southeastern 736 G St. N.W. (Y.M.C.A.) ‘Shorthand Shorthand, Typewriting, Speed Dictation— 5 5 s each week. Tuition, $5 8 o il Bervice Yool, c.e. cor. T2th & F N-W SPANISH SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON Na. 8250 Preparatory Met. 6337 from Spal Rapid Progress EVENING ACCOUNTANCY Special C. P. A. Review Course Conve 1333 H St. N.W. Nat TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. I—Cosmopolitan Opera Co, tn at 8:15 pm Belasco—Pauline Lord in “Distant Drums,” at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Gayety—"Girls in Blue,” at 2:15 and 8:15 pm. R-K-O Keith's—“Men of Chance.” | at 11:15 am., 2:10, 4:45, 7:35 and 10:15 pm. Stage shows at 1, 3:35, 6:20 and 9 pm Palace—* at 11:15 am, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:55 p.m. Stage shows | at 12:50, 3:40, 6:25 and 9 p.m. Metropolitan—*“Around the World in 80 Minutes,” at 11:05, 12:49, 2:34, 4:19, 7:49 and 9:35 pm. Rialtq—Strictly 11150 akm, 120, 3 9:30 pm Earle—"Safe in Hell” at 11:10 am, | 1:40, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:05 pm. Stage shows at 12:35, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:05 p.m. Columbia—*Possessed,” at 11:40 a.m., 1:40, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40 and 9:40 p.m. Fox—"Delicious,” at 11:10 am., 1 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 pm. Stage shows at 12:52, 3:32, 6:12 and 8:52 p.m [ Tivoli—“Platinum Blonde,” at 2:20 4:0 50, 7:40 and 9:30 pm | Central—"Susan Lennox,” 11 am. to 11 pm Ambassador — “Frankens 6:15, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. BLANTON SUPPORTS | CITIZENS’ TAXI STAND Dishonorable,” at | 20, 5:25, 7:25 and Says Patrick Should Be Told Con- | gress Will Not Stand for Return of Meters. l The protest of a number of citizens’ associations against the Public Utilities Commission edict that taxicabs should be equipped with meters received vigor- is support in the House yesterday from Representative Thomas 1 Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who said, in pari “During this year our people back | home in large numbers are expecting | to come to Washington. You can get in a taxicab now and ride anywhere in this city for 20 cents. Because of the influence of the electric railway system | in Washington and the bus lines in | Washington, the Public Utilities Com- mission, which just now is composed | of one man, has been prevailed upon to order that all of these 20-cent taxicabs be taken off the streets of Washington | and taxicabs be put upon a meter basis “Gen. Patrick is the man who l\a< ordered those taxicabs back to the meter system,” he declared. “I think I speak the sentiments of the members on the | other side of this Capitol. as well as the members of the House, when I say we should give Gen. Patrick to understand Congress is not going to stand for re- | turning to the meter system.” SECOND INDIAN LECTURE DELIVERED BY DR. LOWIE of Utes and Piutes in | Customs Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming Described. 1 Dr. Robert H. Lowie, head of the| division of anthropology and psychology of the National Research Council, Tues- | day night delivered the second of a | series of public lectures on the North American Indians, under the auspices of the Anthropological Society of Wash- ington, at the National Museum Dr. Lowie described the customs of the Shoshonean tribes of the Great Basin area, the best known of which are the Utes and Piutes. The Sho- shonean peoples inhabit the larger part of the mountainous region comprising Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and ‘Wyoming. The Indians, among the most difficult of all American tribes to study. They are| extremely _reticent and among the | northern Uts there is a feeling of | hostility against white men in general, | due to memories of pioneer days. it was pointed out, are the Will Hold "Fathers Night.” Park View Platoon School Parent- Teacher Association will observe “Fa- thers' night” tonight, when Henry Gilligan of the Board of Education will speak at the meeting. Vocal entertain- ment will be furnished by R. Jonscher. | o Increas(‘d orders are causing steel | mills of Scunthorpe, England, to <tan additional furnaces | Committee BISHOP FREEMAN’S JOBLESS PLAN 0.K.'D | Speakers at Meeting of Women's Auxiliary Urge Co-operation in Unemployment Relief. Co-operation with unemployment, re- lief plans recently announced by the | Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, was urged by speakers at the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Washing- ton Tuesday afternoon at St. John's Church Members of the auxillary were asked to volunteer for relief work and social service and were invited to meet Jan- uary 11 with officials of the District on Employment. At that time, Col. E. Goring Bliss, chairman of the Work Creation Committee, and Mrs. Clara W. Smith, executive secretary of the women’s devision, will describe the | unemployment; aid work. Mrs, William Partridge, 4518 Lowell street, was elected president of the aux- lisry for 1932, while Mrs. Walter M. 3405 Ashley terrace, and Mrs. E. Buck, 3212 Thirty-eighth were elected, respettively, as ice president and recording sec: Mrs, Franklin L. Metcalf was elected vice president for the St. Mary's division of the auxiliary BALTIMORE CIVIL WAR BILL GIVEN TO SENATE | Payment of $171, 034 Sought as Interest on Bonds for Forti- fication Construction. 31 prese ted to the Senate of Baltimore. bill, outstanding many years, was incorporated in a joint re olution submitted by Senator Tydings, Democrat, reported favorably by the Judiciary Committee and just put on the Senate calendar Repayment of interest on bonds for | advances made to the Federal Govern- ment for building fortifications between June and August, 1863, is sought in the | measure, which passed the last Senate, but failed of action in the House. EXCHANGE HEAR!NGS SET House Committee to Begin Probe of Short-Selling January 18. The House yesterday fixed January arings _on legislation short sellings on the Agriculture Committee 18 to begin its dealing with commodity ex- | changes Several bills are pending, ranging from gulation to abolishment of the et Calendar: 1932 Diaries Ready to supply you when you say the word. E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. Ave. \sT0 TROURLZ stimate Free r m‘fi‘s"&ééifi'w “Your Car Ready When Promised” Subscribe Today It costs only about 1!, cents per day and 5 cents Sundays to have Washington's best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ing. Telephone National 5000 and the delivery will start immediate- ly. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month. 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AMUSEMENTS. “TOMORROW TODA 50c-$1.50 50 $2 (:l Tlll(ll-‘ McCLINTIC Presents r the First Time Anywhere PAULINE LORD In a Drama of the Oregon Trail “DISTANT DRUMS” By DAN TOTHEROH “TONIGHT—8:15 NATIONAL THEATRE COSMOPOLITAN GRAND OPERA COMPANY FAUST (In F: AN n_umm:\ (In TAN o (Double _bi) & GRETEL (In English) PAdLiACcT (In Italian) SAT. (Eve.) JAN. 9—RIGOLETTO Un n) FRL (Eve.) AT, (Mat) Maestro Jacques Samossoud, Conductor Orchestra of 35, Chorus and Ballet of 40 Prices, $3.00, $2.50. $2.00, §1.50, Seais on_sal Bureau, Drog s Box. Office, National Theafer. NEXT WEEK BEG. MON. SEATS NOW The Theatre Guild, Inc. presents MOURNING BECOMES 2 ’ELECTRA SUPERB TRILOGY sion of with JUDITH ANDERSON, FLORENCE REED and $1.50, $2, $2.50. $3 and 84 or All Three Plays. g * AND YF YOu DO, DONT,BLAME US/” MABELLE JENNINGS Prices, $1, RKO VAUDEVILLE LAST 2 DAYS RAE SAMUELS Blue Streak of Vaudeville" MISS VANESS, Heading Great Stage Program —On the Screen— “Men of Chance” An RKO Radio Picture with RICARDO CORTEZ Starting Sat., BELLE BENNETT-C! 1 \m- COOK JOHNNY PERKIN On Bcreen: “Guilty_Gen: Gasoline Heaters Headauarters for the Coleman-American Makes tion—gimple_ Con- Poertal Heat—Strictly Pochbe” solves the Heat Probiem B the Gas Mains Where & Portapie Meater 1s Desired. Repairs Carried for Above Makes Priced from $16.00 to $30.00 Remember your heating trou- bles last Winter—let us correct them Full Linc of Coal Ranges and Heating Stoves W.S. 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Yet Sought Her Secretly! ROSE HOBART BEN LYON (©) O 1om Howard comesy O PARAMOUNT VITAPHONE NEWS SHORT GAYNOR and FARRELL “DELICIOUS” GEORGE STONE IN PERSON XWDM STARTS FRIDAY 3,500 people laughed them- selves out of their seats at a New Year's Eve preview of this picture at the Fox MINNA GOMBELL LOUISE DRESSER JOBYNA HOWLAND in STEPPING) I PERSON RUTH TTING ZIEGFELD FOLLIES STAR The Sweet Singer of Sweet Songs —STAGE— Fanchon & Marco’s “TOMORROW’S STARS” Idea BERNIE & WALKER WANDA ALLEN MARY MILES BUDDY & GRETEL ANDERSON & ALLEN And Seven Other Great Acts LES STEVENS & THE DIPLOMATS NATL. THEATER, FRL, JAN, 15, 3:00 LA ARGENTINA Spain’s Greatest Dancer Seats Mrs. Greene's Concert Droop’s, 1300 G st.; Dist. 6493. GAYETY—BURLESK Starting This Sunday Matinee Jan. 10th THE MOST TALKED-OF WOMAN IN THE WORLD “PEACHES” BROWNING Bur. DANCING, RS, ActiER, T I S | Peyton Penn Studio, modern bal ling; “Tndamental Steps; ‘aise 1345 F 1. N.W. \ml RTON Room Dancing Fhone Norta R. 'nk'rmm P Styles d sindie; 1138 Conn. "t ~ Miss Ellen Waller Member Dancin sters of VIODI‘R BA Wl)”“ i (The Original in Person) America, 1 S STAGE, nuu\(. N.W. Tel. Adams 2; Room. Tap, PHILADELPHIA it Hoom Tap RCl IESTR A . & Thth St el o MAE DAVISON oPo S B ertin Soloist AlL forms of stage danci 3 £, ball room Constitution class Tuesday ‘eves., besinners Jan. 12, 8:45 i it e e Snd o $3.00, $2.75, $2.00, 1 panish and some of Will Robinson's tap -mkms: b 32 o S Sxs0’ & 86, routines. Hn]lh and acrobatic. Children’s A amith'y 1339 G chises Sat; wm. Private by ippoiniment. Natiomal 834l Acro- Iding,