Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1932, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1932 Peter Grogan & Sons, Inc. ELLS OUT TO #4¢ NATIONAL Furniture Co. Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Fine Furniture MUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS v COST! The public has responded nobly, even more so than we anticipated. Althcugh we knew that Washington home furnishers can “spot” bargains, we did not realize that we would be besieged so consistently, dly after day, as we have been. However, there are plenty of super-values here, only don’t wait too long—the other fellow isn’t!! SQUATTERS WAR | PRESSED BY WESTI Burning of 30 Shacks to Be Followed by More Déter- mined Effort. Further efforts to keep 150 colored hoboes and rag pickers from squatting on the property of the West Brothers | Brick Co, in South Washington, Va. near the city dump, will be made by L. Perry West, the brick company offi- cial announced today. ‘Thirty shacks erected by the colored men were burned yesterday morning by Arlington County police at West's request. West said today he had been “try- ing for more than a year to get the men off my property, but they would not move. Calls Them Menace. “About six weeks go,” he said, “when_conditions became so serious, I took the matter up with Sheriff How- ard Fields and asked him to pick up several of the men and charge them with trespassing. In this way I thought I might frighten off the rest of them. But the sheriff said I would have to have definite proof that they had damaged or stolen property to make a trespassing charge “The men actually have become a menace. They have been stealing lum- ber for their fires and removing copper connections to high tension wires to sell the metal. No one ever gave them permission to move onto the prop- erty. They simply encroached upon it as the city dump area became too full to permn them to live on the city property.” The squatters are “so hard-bailed,” West said, that his watchman at the brick plant “didn’t dare go near them.” | He said that when police visit them “they always go in threes and fours or squads.” “Tough Bunch,” He Says. “Fourteen officers came down yester- day to burn them out.” he asserted. “The police know they are a tough bunch. $8.50 Stick Reed Chair or Rocker West sald he had often warned the men, many of whom he declared had police records, to move on, but that they paid no attention to his demanc.. Finally, he said, he called upon the police to burn them out. “If they don’t move now,” said West, | “I shall demand that the police re- move them.” CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TOLD ALUMNI Charts, Pictures and Addresses Will Feature Opening of 3- Day Meetings. University men here will learn about the workings of the Naticnal Capital Park and Planning Commission at a meeiing Friday evening m the New National Museum, Tenth street and stitution avenue. t that time, it has been announced by Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., the com- mission's engineer, the commission and its staff. will meet unger auspices of university alumni crgan:zations in the city. Charts, pictures and addresses will explain the development of the Capital, giving a brief history of the commission’s work to cate and future program. At its three-day meeuing, beginning tomorrow, the commission will consider anew the proposed width of Constitu- tion avenue from Virgin:a avenue to the Potomac Ri Frederick Law Olm- sted, prominent landscape architect from BrooklLne, Mass., and a member of the commission, wii ay before his coll=agues his latest studies on the ex- pansion of this thoroughfare. LITTLE CONGRESS ASKS PATENT LOAN PROVISION Purpose Would Be to Advance Money to Create New Industries. The Litt)2 C ng:e.s, comp:sed of 5> memb = of Cony.ccs aad calling for 1 Joan commission with powers o p: upon patents and maks specific Gov- ernment loans to worthy patent-holders in order to develop new inventions and thus stimulate present and create new industries, as an important aid towards relieving unemployment. The question was vigorously debated by a large -attendance in the caucus room of the House Office Building. Those in charge of debate were—affirma- tive, Bob Davis of Tennessee, and nega- tive, Scott Brandenburgh of Indiana. The resolution was drafted by a com- mittee composed of George R. Stewart, Charles H. Drummey and Romney Stewart. Arrangements are being made for the | annual banquet and »all of the Little Congress on April 2. Those in charge | are Hugh G. Grant, speaker, :nd Mrs. | Frances Howard, rl PATENT 0FF|CE TRANSFER\ T0 BRING CELEBRATION; Washingten Group Being Organ- jzed to Attend Ceremony. Others to Be Formed. A group of Washingtonians to ‘attend the celebraiton wrich will mark trans- fer of the Patent Office from its present building to the new Department of Commerce structure is being organized by E. W. McCullough of the United States Chamber of Commerce. | The removal of the Patent Office will | take place April 11. The present home of the office is on F street between h and Ninth streets. It was ly occupied during the Andrew son_administration, 95 years ago ‘The Washington delegation to the | celebration will be recruited largely from members of ths United States Chamber of Commerce. the American Engineering Council, the Washington Chamber of Commerce, the American Patent Law Association and the Patent S=ction of the American Bar Assocla- | tion | Similar delegations are being formed in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and San P‘ranflsto FLYING FIELD UNSAFE Rains and Snow Dam'\ge Stodderts | Point Location ! Due to the recent heavy rains and snow, the intermediate landing field on the Washington-Norfolk airway at Stodderts Point, Md., will be uns:fe for | landings for approximately 10 days, it | hes been learned here The Department of Commerce has had a red flag installed on top of th field be>con light tower and all boundary lights have been changed to red to| warn pilots of the d:ngerous condition. 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