Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1933, Page 7

= BLANTON SCORED FOR BLOCKING BILL !Forest Hills Citizens’ Asso- ciation Declares Action Will Delay Proposed School. INFORMATION Phone NAt. 0836 Reduced F: W. Richmond. N. News V | general Sales and Advertising ager of unusually successful @ fence who can build a sales 0 ization and who is a personal broducer. Well known; of settled fhabits; married man of family. Address Box 167-K, Star Office Representative Thomas Blanton of Texas was criticized by the Forest Hills Citizens’ Association last night for blocking the District bill and with it the appropriaticn for the proposed Woodrow Wilson High School in the Fort Reno seztion of Chevy Chase. hIR PASSENG AIR MATL RS RE! AIR LI reser- airline B. Wright, chairman of the School Committee, contended, will retard com- pleticn of the school until 1936 and result in intense congestion at the ‘Western High School, which even now is operating dangerously near its ca- pacity. destinations. EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM 08 15th STREET, N. W. (National 7161) By ASHINGTON AIRPORT (National 3646) NWASHINGTON - NEW YORK VERY HOUR ON THE HOUR Revaluation Urged. Demands that property be revaluated and taxes thus reduced were voiced by | L. A. Carruthers, delegate of the asso- | ciation to the Federation of Citizens' Associaticns. ‘The tax question and Mr. Carruthers’ demand that property | be brought down “to its real value” will be discussed again at next month’s meeting of the Forest Hills group. The association adopted a resolution expressing regret over the death of Albert L. Harris, municipal architect, and voicing sympathy with his family. The asscciation voted to send coples | of the resolution to Mr. Harris’ family and “to that Representative in Con- gress who made the unwarranted at- tack on Mr. Harris during the hearings in Congress recently.” Capper Praised. Curtis Hodges, executive director of — — Medicated / - Ingredients of Vicks f7apoRub in Convenient Candy Form VICKS COUGH DROP | of his organization in bringing to Wash- | ington various conventions, which in turn increase the business of Capital merchants. Appreciation of the work of Senator Arthur Capper as chairman of the Senate District Committee and regret at his retirement was expressed in a | resolution adepted by the association. The meeting was held in the Ben W. | Murch School. 4 Special—Worth Walking a Mile for . Bituminous-Smokeless COAL 82 This special offer brings you a full 2,240 lbs. of this good VICTIM OF TAXICAB ERMINAL <2 & Co, | !N SERIOUS CONDITION rd & K Sts. NW. NA. 0990 | an Struck While Crossing Street. Policeman Hurt in Motor Cycle- Auto Crash. Henry McFadden, 49, colored. 1200 block of New Jersey avenue, was in a | serious condition in Gallinger Hospital | today from injuries received last night *| when struck by a taxicab while cross- | ing in the 300 block of Massachusetts avenue. The delay in that item, Mrs. Leslle | Manor Park Citizens’ Association 'SEEK NEW WING New Vice President Remains True to House Restaurant By the Assoclated Press. Jack Garner may have to pre- side over the Senate but they can't make him eat there. At lunch time yesterday Garner was eating in the House restau- rant, just as he has off and on for 30 years. Some of his friends Joshed "him about it. “T'll be over here to eat often- er than you think,” was the Vice President’s reply. FOR HIGH SCHOOL Also Urges New Senior High School. The Manor Park Citizens' Association last night adopted a resolution_urging the addition of & wing to the Paul Junior High School, and construction of a senfor high school in that com- munity. Another resolution expressed regret at the retirement from Congress of Senator Oddie and Representative | Arentz of Nevada, Senator Bingham of Connecticut and Representative Sim- | mons of Nebraska, all Republicans. The interest of this four in District matters | as a whole, and the affairs of the Manor | Park neighborhood in particular, was| cited. It was recalled they had been in-' strumental in getting school and street | facilities there. The Recreation Committee was in- structed to study the possibility of ar-| ranging a joint meeting with the Par- ent-Teacher Association of Whittier School, the meeting place of the citi- zens. MONAHAN TRANSFERRED | Fuller to Be Aide to Maj. Gen. Sent to China Soon. First Lieut. James S. Monahan, aide | to Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, com-| mandant of the Marine Corps, is to leave Washington soon for China. Orders made public today detach | Lieut. Monahan from Marine Corps| headquarters at the Navy Department. | He is to sail from Norfolk, Va., about | March 28, aboard the transport Chlu-[ mont, for the West Coast. Lieut. Mon- ahan is an expert in Japanese. PRESIDENT PRAISED FOR BANK ORDER Takoma Citizens’ Association Com- mends Action of Roose- velt. President Roosevelt was commended last night by the Citizens’ Association of Takoms, D. O, for his banking declaration and hope was expressed by members that he may be successful in making the frequently used slogan “Under U. S. Government Supervision” 2 token of well-placed confidence and public assurance for the tuture, A resolution presented by George E. Sullivan, and unanimously adopted, fur- ther stressed that “the new Attorney General will deal promptly and severely with those high bank officials who have betrayed the public confidence and ruthlessly violated the criminal laws.” The association also commended the President for the practical and coura- geous analysis in his inaugural address of present-day conditions and the causes which have produced them and urged in his first message to Congress that he lay emphasis on the eliminating of tax-exempt securities and to put an end to hoarding of immense wealth. .ll 2 mm—— e ey in the drafting of the new Pist: approprigtion bill to carry Yorward needed elementary, junior high and senior high school projects and other needed District projects. Efforts will be made to widen Aspen street by the acquisition of necesary land beneath the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in order to widen the present thoroughfare. The association will also request the District authorities to pave Laurel street from Eastern avenue to Aspen street and the Capital Traction Co. to concrete the roadway between the tracks for this distance. ¢ Officers were nominated for the en- suing year for election at the April : For president, W. C. Magathan (renominated); first vice president, W. H. Carleton; second vice president, John Meiklejohn; secretary, Guy A. Peterson; treasurer, T. K. Bur- roughs; delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, George E. Sul- llv::d )and W. C. Magathan (renomi- nal . SENDS FLOWERS Patlents in several local hospitals yesterday had occasion to know that “Big Jim” Farley had taken over the :dminuttrmon of the Post Office De- en Friends of the new Postmaster Gen- eral had sent flowers to mark his as- xum&r:l’on of office and Mr. Farley for- ‘WAT these to the hospitals with per- sonal notes expressing the hope that An appeal will be made g Congress ' those confined there might enjoy them. Our to been uninterrupted. A Convenience In appreciation of the patronage of our reg- ular customers, we are glad to accept their checks or extend temporary credit to them in the purchase of ice, coal and fuel oil. Thus we continue a service relationship that for years has , American <@ ICE < Company Customers FIVE-POINT PROGRAM FOR RECOVERY GIVEN| =7 | Dupont Circle Citizens Hear Ad- dress by John Ihlder at Meeting. A five-point program for economic recovery'uducrlbodmt.hemmt'm Circle Citizens' Association, meeting yesterday in the Mayflower Hotel, John Ihlder of the National Capital Park and Planning Association. Mr. Ihider outlined his program as follows: individual houses and replace them with new ones. 2. Carry out the renovizing campaign dy started. 3. Extend to families in need of relief the net cost of dwellings. 4. Reconstruct slum areas. 5. Creation of limited dividend cor- porations to provide homes for families with low incomes. The speaker said two-thirds of the necessary money probably could be se- cured from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation b'y ivate corporations, created under act of Congress and sub- by | ject to Government supervision. Mr. Ihider said housing work is the best medium for setting in motion the machinery of economic recovery. He emphasized, however, the importance 1. Demolish undesirable and unsafe | of destroying an old house for each new 7 one bullf to protect the industry against & housing surplus. e Replying to a request from the Amer- ican Automobile Assbciation for ine formation as to its attitude, the or- ganization adopted a resolution of its Executive Committee opposing all-night parking above N street. SLAIN IN ROBBERY Man Dies of Wounds Received in Bank Hold-up Attempt. BAKERSFIELD, Calif, March 7 (P).—Charles L. Smeuse of East Saugus, Mass, who was wounded in an at- tempted robbery of the First National Bank of McFarland, near here, Febru- ary 24, died in a hospital yesterday. To Our CUSTOMERS And The BUSINESS PEOPLE Of Washingtod . ... you are caught without funds FOR FOOD we are prepared to issue credit throughout the duration of the local BANK MORATORIUM. DIKEMAN'S RESTAURANT 609 Fifteenth Street N. W. Opposite U. S. Treasury S ———| alseTeeth Joseph Corbett, 48, of the 1100 block | ™ of Twenty-first street, said by police to have been the driver of the cab, au arrested and booked for investiga- on. McFadden was first treated at Emer- gency Hospital, where it was said he was suffering from a broken leg and may have a fractured skull. Policeman James E. Bennett, 35, re- ceived bruises and an injury to the elbow yesterday when knocked from pen't allow your false teeth to droB | his motor cycle in a collision with an v slip when you eat, talk or laugh. automobile while he was one of the st sprinkle a little Kling on your | escorts for Senator Walsh's funeral lates. This new improved powder | procession. ~Bennett was treated at prms a comfort cushion—holds | lates so snug, they feel and act like our own teeth. No more danger It rocking plates—eating will again a joy. Leading dentists endorse ling. 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TUMS” SPRING S Just pay— $6 IN $6 IN $6 IN That's why you can course. | were placed in the Postmaster Gen- ! portraits of Benjamin Franklin, first | Postmaster General, and John Wana- | maker, who held office under Benjamin | master General. EISEMAN'’S Seventh & F Sts. NOTHING DOWN Credit is King here. We've the utmost faith in our Government and in the people. buy anything you need. down—just $6 monthly—No interest, of Emergency Hospital. BROWN LEAVES PHOTO IN LIEU OF PAINTING Retiring Postmaster General Re- fuses to Sit for Portrait for Department. Declining to follow fairly well estab- lished precedent, Walter F. Brown, re- tiring Postmaster General, declined to sit for an oil portrait, but instead, left a large photograph to take its place with the paintings of his predecessors which hang on the walls of the depart- ment. It will go in the gallery at the Post Office, along with a number of others. Those of his three immediate predecessors in the Harding and Cool- idge administrations—Will H. Hays, Harry S. New and Dr. Hubert Work— | eral's reception room, where are also Harrison. Brown was the forty-first Post- More than 20 of the others left portraits. . ACTION DENIED Nevada Supreme Court Refuses Plea in Divorce Case. CARSON CITY, Nev.,, March 7 (#).— The State Supreme Court refused today to compel the Reno District Court to assume jurisdiction in an action in which Mrs. Mary Crowell sought to vacate the decree of divorce she ob- tained there October- 27, 1930, from Merle Crowell, New York publisher. Mrs. Crowell asked for an order va- cating the decree on the grounds the court had failed to make adequate pro- vision for the support of herself and her two children. The high court held the lower court had lost jurisdiction because more than six months had elapsed between the granting of the decree and the of the motion to vacate. UITS, $18 APRIL MAY JUNE use your credit and Pay nothing | | | ' . gency. URRENCY is not a measure of the nation’s wealth. Currency is only a medium of currency in circulation. exchange. Bank deposits throughout the country are approximately forty three billion dollars. There are only about seven billion dollars of Our total national wealth is estimated at three hundred billion dol- lars. The United States is only good as a going concern. All values would entirely disappear if you tried to liquidate America. This country has suffered currency difficulties before and in no instance has the spirit and ingenuity of business failed to meet the emer- It will not fail now. The time for alarm is over—now let us go ahead with our business. There are two things THE UNITED STATES Into Cash ' that corporations, individual business men and the public generally can do to help: 1. Keep on buying, using credit, paying by checks or temporary clearing house certificates. 2. 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