Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1932, Page 29

THE EVENING PLANS GOMPLETE FOR REPAIRS CHECK Committee Ready to Direct Survey of Needed Property Improvements. Plans for a survey to reveal the need | for a wide range of needed property im- provements in the District have been | completed by the local Property Im- | provement and Business Co-Operation Committee. the I organization of business and civic ers who are pro- moting home and other property reno- | vation, for the benefit of the owner, | nd the city generally. men familiar with construc- atters are to be sent out immedi- to irvey of needed Te- : shing and general im- nent of properties. The workers will be equipped with a detailed questionnaire, which the committee hopes every property owner will assist in completing. The ques- tionnaire will reveal the condition of | the structure, equipment and decora- | tions of all forms of property, from exterior and interior walls to the heat- ing vlant, roof and basement. When it is impossible for the can- vassers to complete the survey, & COpYy of the questionnaire will be left with the property owner or occupant, together with a self-addressed postage-paid en- velope. The committee announces that a| number of business in the Dis- | trict already have reported that busi-| in May has shown a marked im- | over the preceding month | ases an improvement over e period 931 | nents are being made by the t promised the school winning the window dressing tition held this week. The East- | ) School team wil make an air | trip to Port Newark shortly after Me- | morial day e to take the teams | { Central and Armstrong High Schools, | second and third place winners, at the | same time. DENTIST-PHYSICIAN C0-OPERATION URGED Dr. Boyd G;rdner Adidresses Capi- | tal Clinic Club at { Banquet. e award Dentists are not ldering the full burden of their r bility in_the field of preventive icine, Dr. Boyd Gardner, director of the dental d of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., told members of the Capital Clinic Club at a banquet at the Arlington Hotel last night Dr. Gardner said there is a notable | lack of cc-operation between dentists and physicians in determining causes of diseased teeth. He estimated that only about 50 per ecent of the dentists use X-rays. Doctors who participated in the dis- last night were Dr. R. L. Kielte, d of Frederick, Md.; Dr. H. W. Krogh, Dr. r. Fenton Bradford, Dr. r. H. R. Delaney, Dr uel Bogdonoft, rman L. Davis gton Nutritional Research Foundation. PRISONER GETS 210 DAYS ON TWO DRY LAW COUNTS Defendant Convicted by Jury Fol- lowing Raid Without Warrant. Found guilty of two prohibition law violations which were placed against him following & warrantless raid on his home two weeks ago, Charles R. War- ren, colored, 29, 1900 block of Eleventh street. today was sentenced to pay fines totaling $800 or serve 210 days in jail. Warren was convicted by a jury sev- eral days ago of possession of liquor and possession of articles designed for the manufacture of liquor. He was sen- tenced by Judge John P. McMahon udingiin Lines 1o row Wilson. But La Follette's attempt Picking the Presidents Excitement of Other Campaigns Lacking in 1928, When Hoover Won Over Smith—Bitter Fights Are Promised This Year. (This is the last of a series of eight articles describing national political conventions and campaigns of the past.) getter of Mark Hanna's, the proeperity pledge. Neither convention in 1928 was ex- citing. Hoover and Smith were nom- v inated with virtually no opposition. The Middle West, chief battleground | But the “Happy Warrior” was unable of the Democratic-Republican wars, is (to win from Hoover despite & valiant expected to be the setting again for | fight. some of the flercest fighting for presi- | dential votes. | certainly will choose Hoover imme- Congressional and gubernatorial vic- | diately. As for the Democrats the tories of 1930 and 1931 in normally | betting odds are pretty wide. Republican strongholds have spurred | — — Democratic hopes of obtaining large ! blocks of electoral votes in an agri- cultural-industrial empire whose cit- izens are struggling against fallen com- modity prices or unemployment. To turn back this “tide,” manifest in by-elections which often have been | a precursor of change in national ad- ministrations. Republican strategists are counted upon to throw powerful | forces into those Western States where | Democratic threat runs strongest. Democrats Make Gains. Democratic triumphs, the most con- spicuous since 1912, when the bull moose movement split the Republican ranks, have been registered in Indiana, | Illinois, Kansas, Ohio and Michigan. Republican insurgency, headed by Sen- ators from Nebraska, Wisconsin, Min- | nesota and Iowa, presages significant | campaign developments in those States. | But all politicians look for a stiff fight everywhere. Leaders of a third party movement probably would look just as they did in 1912, to Middle Western States for their greatest support. Roosevelt’s bolt In 1912 successfully split the party to the benefit of Wood- Stars Likened to Dust. As an fllustration of how stars are scattered through space, Sir James Jeans says that if only three grains of dust were in & room it would be far more crowded than space is with stars. $50,000 of Gum to Argentina. Nearly $50,000 worth of American chewing gum was taken into Argentina in 1931 Store Your Furs with experts Tor twenty-seven years furs have been entrusted to us for safekeeping. We provide mothproof to do the same thng in 1924 failed to chests large enough for stop Coolidge. If there are to be family use. insurgent moves their course is vague ‘These cost even less than at present. the moderate charges per New York. traditionally a pivotal garment. State because of its huge electoral vote, S of course, is seen as a crucial sector in Cleaned and Stored the 1932 battle lines. chusetts, which went for Smith in 1928. FIDELTY 4\ STORAGE New Jersey, Rhode Island and Con- necticut also are rated as close contest 1420 U Street N.W. North 3400 So is Massa- Prosperity Pledge Wins Votes. The liquor, religious and Tammany “issues” brought defection in the | Democratic party in 1928, when its standard_bearer was Alfred E. Smith, a wet. But rated above all these as a factor in the Hoover-led Republican landslide was that old reiiable vote- TRADE MZRK At Sloan’s Art Galleries | 715 Thirteenth Street The Harris Sale (By Catalogue) Embracing in part Valuable European and American Furniture, both antique and modern. Antique Chinese Porceialns, European Chin Glassuare, Sterling Silver, Sheffield Plate, Important Paintings by ar- tists of note, Orlertal Ruzs In all weaves and sizes, Very Fine Dining Room Suite (retail price $3.6¢0). Curlos. Ornaments, Jewelry. Luxurl- ous Easy Chalrs and Sofas, Valuable Modern and Antique Hall Clocks, i To Be Sold at Public Auction Within Our Galleries, 715 13th Street, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 31st and June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1932, At 2 P. M. Each Day, Being effects from the Estate of Sara L. G. Harris, by order of Godfrey L. Munter, Attorney, and from other sources, ON EXHIBITION Saturday and Monday, May 28th and 30th Catalogues on Application to Terms Cash C. G. 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