Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1933, Page 12

A—12 «#% THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933. FIVED. . MEASURES) s A Special February Sale Value at | lel Requiring Notice of Suits " Amended to Provide Six- ; :: o 3 = - Month Period. Tl e e The House District Committee todsy | -3 : T ¢ b 4 tavorably reported five District measures, | 4 e . b v tncluding the bill urged by the Dis-| trict Commissicners requiring notice of , Fo , : . s action where individuals intend to bring | k S - &9 €08 N T i ” r— - £ suit against the City Government. This | : was amended so as to allow six months' period for such notice. The Thatcher kidnaping bill, which ! has been amended in the Senate to eli- " minate the death penalty and to leave | imprisonment to the discretion of the court. is to be reported with the under- standing that a committee amendment will be offered on the floor to the bill as | . It has passed the Senate so as to protect the interests of a mother who might kidnap her own child. Disagree on Beer Bill. When Representative Black, Democrat of New York, asked what was to be done | about the District Beer bill, which he is | sponsoring, Representative Patman, | Democrat of Texas, who has been lead- | ing the opposition to the bill. said the | subcommittee could not agree. Chair- | man Palmisano of the subcommittee | said that as soon as inted copies of | the hearings are available he will call a | meeting of the subcommittee and be | prepared to report the bill to the full | District Committee next Wednesday. | The bill pormitting the merger of the n and Georgetown Gas Light | was reported on recommen- | dation of Representative Black, who emphasized that the companies will be | saved a dual accounting system and a double force and that the District will | profit through the expenditure of §1.500.000 in Capital improvements. Representative Patman reported that he had had a conference with Dr., Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, regarding some public cere- | monial in appreciation of the efforts of | John J. Noonan in having legislation | passed securing a lower rate of carfare | for school children. The Board of Edu- | cation is meeting today to act upon ! several plans for such a testimonial. | School Property Disposal. | The committee reported the bill au- | thorizing disposal of the old Potomac | School property on Twelfth strect in | Southwest Washmgton near the mar- | ket deve'orment. 1 The bill which would confer juris- | diction upon the Court of Claims to | hear the claim of the Wash Al & Mount Vernor y Co., United s Government, ! ciforced abandonment of ter- | facilities to way for the | building program in the trian- | le south of Pennsylvania avenue, was s On motion of Representative Holmes, ' the Norton bill providing for quarterly payment of taxes. with notice to own- | ] ers of dwelling houses was favorably re- | poried. 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