Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1932, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 99 &0, 1932 RE-UPHOLSTERING 3-Pc. Suite February Special $59.00 Free Estimates Finest Tapestries. Velours, Damask, Guaranteed Workmanship 2509 14th St Wo0ODWARD & LOTHROP 28 New Spring Styles Have Just Arrived Nelly Don Frocks $].95 to 510 Everything is con- ducive to buying a complete supply of these frocks — the styles, the Springlike weather, and their at- tractive prices. Of course, you know the exceptional quality and tailering for which Nelly Don frocks are famous. They surpass even their predecessors in Styleand Value. Mod- els for every hour of the day—printed cot- tons—piques, linens, meshes for sports and street, and soft femi- nine voiles for after- noon. There is that desired military air— the high waistline— braid and buttons— but, you must see them. Sizes 14 to 20; 38 to 42. Homr FROCKS Twmp FLOOR. e TAY POST OFFICES Mount Vernon Is Elevated to Third-Class Siatus Due H:avy Cemand. Although the post office at Mount d perhaps part of r away the flood of d as & result of the all- ing of “first d’l\ ctors fil (nw‘ | quire all tomorrow as the doo | fice ‘and cf the wi Building tempora | mail rocm were clos: 500,000 Picces Canceled. y 40 be !‘"\H'!’d 0 be canceled k‘}'fi ml" n)l"L’ | Meent'me, reports were being ceived here that post offices in eve Washington w of stamp cancellaticns Other post offices with clated with the life |such as Walcfield, V 3 |Va.; Yorktown, Valley Furge and Fred- | erickskurg, vere flooded with an un- | |usual influx of mail. The ° lrre\x in cherge of the pest of |the Capital was rushed, too, taking |care of an unexpected demand for stamps and cancellations. | Mcunt Vernon, as a result of the heavy flow of mail incident to the | special cachet being placed on l“((er\ mailed at that office alone, | the status of a third-class po for perhaps the third me tory. The rating | ber of cancellat! office, effizials over at Mou: | name of | throngs | Februas class office. Boeoked as Third Class, On January 1 nexi Mount Vernon will go down on the books as a thi class post office. but | memorative event terie shrine causes a the post office n ar, it that status for 1933 only Stony Creek is the nearest fice to the birthplace of Geor ington, at Wakefleld Manor land County, Va., according to postal authorities, and for this reason | much mail was handled there yesterday. : There is a post office at Wakefield, V some 40 miles from the scene of Wash. | Ington's birth, and this office also was taxed with unusually heavy mail. | The official cachet placed on mail go- | ing through the Mount Vernon Post | | Office was made available for yesterday | only, under the joint auspices of the | United States George Washington Bi- | centennial Commissicn and the Post Office Department. According to M. L. Eidsn: jr.. in charge of the stamp divisi t the City Post Office hm more than $100,000 was spent by stam collectors and others for post: | “first-day covers” mailed at Mount Ver- non alone. An additional corps of €0 clerks was assigned from the lucal office to handle the advance batches of mail sent in charge of the postmaster Mount Vernon intended for release 5:5- | terday. 'SECOND POLLARD | YOUTH TO MARRY Announcement of Engagement to; Charlotte, N. C., Girl Is Made at Ball. clvin 4 of mail at will retain By the Associated Precs RICHMOND, Va lradit&cnal halo of r | hung abou the | mansion of Virginia, but the marriage | | of thre= children of a Governor during | his term of office is unprecedented in recent times. | This will be one of the contributions | | to Virginia history by Gov. John Gi |land Pollard, whos daughter Suzanne, was given in marriage within | the first year of his administration, and whose two sons, John Garland, jr., and | | Charles Phillips, are to be wed within | the next few months, | The engagement of John Garland, jr was announced February 7 and that of | Charles Phillips was made last night. Both are to marry Charlotte, N. C. | girls—John Garland, jr., choosing Miss Margaret Fullarton Clarkson, the daugh- | ter of Justice and Mrs. Serlot Clarksor and Charles Phillips choosing Elizabeth Alexander, daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. D. Alexander, jr. News of Charles’ engagement “leaked out” during the Washington Bicenten- nial Celebration at Alexandria, where Miss Alexander served the Governo as his official hostess, a position fille "ebruary 23.—A | ance always has | tone executiie Miss Suzanne Herbert Lee ‘Washington. } the mansion last Winter. The brothers are graduates of the College of William and where Gov._ Pollard, before his chief executive of the was dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Government and Citizenship. John Garland, jr.. who took his grad- uate work at Harvard, now is assisting in the direction of Virginia's partici tion in the Washington Bicenter nd Charles Phillips. who later studied on_University o i wedding at Leap Year B “Spoiled. Cupid got busy in a le: while John James Latnz the Barnstaple, England, poc vias waiting for the $5,000 promised him in settlement of a claim in Philadelphia for back wages. A widow at Hi worth wrote, prope reminded Latha: Latham already & | ON HANDKERCHIEFS | ...ON PILLOWS BREATHE AWAY VAPEX Beg. U. 8. Pat. OF. The delightful inhalant discovered in England durz war | street, occupled by “Mints the Trunk | Man." Smoke filled both these adjoin- ing buildings but did no damage. Firemen fought the blaze from F and Tenth streets, while others went on the roof of the building. So dense was the | smoke thgt most of the firemen had to | wear masks. Streams 0f water wer poured on the building long after the flames, which had originated in the | basement. had been placed under con- Itrol, after about 20 minutes. Father of Baby Born Aboard Train Held as Robber By the Associated Press. GALT, Ontarlo, February 23.— The father of a child born on & train as it traveled through Nevada last week was held yes- terday on a bank robbery charge. He is Harry G. Blundeli Mrs. Blundell b as she and her traveling eastward from the Pa- cific Coast. When he stepped from train here last night Blundell was arrested " Ll CADET DIES OF WOUND Suicide Theory Aband for One of Murder. ANTONIO, det Wil elly Fiel Fort Sam oon from a bullet wound the left temple. Military officials and pol first belleved the wound had abandoned the suicide that of robbery The cadet was found wounded car early Sunday morning. 1 (00 PERSONS SEE THREE-ALARM FIRE Brick Building at 940 F Street Suffers $4,000 Damane in Flames. was stored in the bassment brought out the second and third alarms. Investi- gation disclosed later there was no sign cf benzine or other inflammables. The fire was discovered by a mes- senger for Jack Bteel, night clerk at the Ritz Hotel, 920 F street, at about {1:25 o'clock. He notifled Steel, who telephoned the Fire Department George Eddleman, a cab driver, of 1717 Seventeenth street also turned in an alarm. H. R. and S. M. Weinstein, pro- prietors of the La Paree Shop, said at least $1,000 worth of damage was don to their stock. They carried no insur - 566 LIQUID—TABLETS—SALVE pectacular three-alarm fire of un- wn origin that enveloped the P business section in smoke and a crowd of more than 1,000 spec- early this morning was put un- trol at 2 o'clock after it had done about $4,000 damage to the thre story brick building at 940 F street. The fire was confined to the basement and first floor of the structure occu- pied by the Blue Flame Valet Shop and La Paree Shop. 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