Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1933, Page 10

A—10 REODELING WORK WILL COVER WEEKS Public to Have Opportunity . of Following Progress on Exhibit House. Work on remodeling the dilapidated house now located at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, which is to.be a central demonstration of the Renovize Washington Campaign, will be carried over a period of several weeks, it was determined by the Board of *Trade’s campaign committee today. This is being done, it was explained, #n ‘order to give the public ample op- portunity to follow each step of the reconstruction work. Cost accounts | of -each operation also will be kept 50 fighres will be available for each stage of the renovizing of the ramshackle dwelling. In making out costs, the committee will figure in costs of material and labor at regular prices, although these actually are being donated for the re- modeling of the house. Miss Genevieve Hendricks, interior decorator, was named by the cam- palgn committee yesterday to have charge of furnishing the house, working ungder direction of the operating com- mittee, of which Francis P. Sullivan, president of the Washington Chapter of "the American Institute of Archi- teots, is chairman, Changes in the front of the house and landscaping of the grounds will be left to the design committee, of which Louis Justement, winner of the competition, is chairman. He will be assisted in the landscape designs by Miss Rose Greely, landscape architect. Members of the building and supply industries will meet at the Board of Trade offices at 3 p.m. today, at which time the part to be played by these various organizations in the campaign will be outlined. E. J. Murphy has beén named temporary chairman of this unit and an organization will be per- fected at today’s meeting. CITIZENS INDORSE “RENOVIZE” DRIVE Petworth Association Urges Active Part in Beautification of Homes and Section. The “Renovize Washington” cam- ign, sponsored by the Washington dard of Trade, was indorsed last night by” the Petworth Citizens’ Association, meeting in the Petworth School. The association advocated that citi- zens of Petworth follow the spirit of the campaign by the proper upkeep of their homes and the general beautifi- cation of the section. A resolution deploring the cut in the appropriation estimate for the Commu- nity Center department and asking that the $12,000 deleted be restored also was adopted The association elected John T. Thomas and Mrs. Estelle B. Schwartz to represent it on the Community Cen- ter Council. The group asked that automobile parking be forbidden on the west side of Sherman avenue between Florida and New Hampshire avenues during the morning rush hours and forbidden on the east side during the late afternoon Tush hours. This, it was said, would re- lieve a congestion said to have resulted while Georgia avenue trafic is im- paired due to street repairs. Announcement was made that the June meeting of the association will be held in the German’s Bakery branch store. near First and Upshur streets. Horace, J. Phelps, president of the essociation, presided. CONFERENCE IS HELD ON COAL INDUSTRY Benator Neely and Huston Thomp- son Discuss Conditions With Roosevelt. Coal industry conditions were dis- cussed by President Roosevelt, Senator Neely, Democrat of West Virginia, and Huston Thompson, former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, at & White House conference yesterday. Neely said he went to the White House to find out if there is any im- mediate prospect of legislation to stabilize the coal industry. He said he thought the present ~tendency is “toward stabilization,” but he would not comment on the President’s atti- tude. He said the proposed “industries control” provision of the public works | measure might help the coal industry, but expressed the opinion that there was doubt as to whether it would go far enough to correct a chaotic con- dition that needs emergency measures. GOOD-WILL DAY SET Tomorrow, May 18, Designated by , Interior Department. Official designation of tomorrow—May 18—as Good Will day, and announce- ment of an international program for the promotion of good feeling among the nations, was made public today by the Federal Office of Education, De- partment of the Interior. An address to the children of the | world over an_international network | of the National Broadcasting Co. will be | delivered by Undersecretary of State Phillips beginning at 1:30 p.m. tomor- Tow. I)Ofl 1 tolerate a sleep- robbing mattress another day. Let us convert the old sleep- thief into a buoyant, new mat- tress, Costs only $4 and up. All work guaranteed. ZABAN'S 903 E 8t. N.W. G B I ] STUDIO COUCHES.. .$19.75 and up METAL BEDS .. WOODEN BEDS BEDS . . . MATTRESSES BOX SPRINGS ZABA! ‘New Civil Service Commissioners Visit All Their Employes Setting a new style in govern- mental social amenities, the new members of the Civil Service Commission Monday paid a per- sonal visit to each of the more than 400 employes of the com- ml‘:nm.m by ccom] a messenger, Harry B. Mitchell, new president of the commission, and Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin visited the desk of each worker for a personal greeting. The messen- ger who accompanied them was James Hamilton Berry, colored. CAPPER BILL INDORSED Inland Daily Press Would Make Advertisements Reliable. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 17.—Members of the Inland Daily Press Association adopted a resolution yesterday in support of a bill recently introduced by Senator Ar- thur Capper of Kansas, himself a pub- lisher. The bill would make misrep- resentations in advertising matter a misdemeanor and would place the re- sponsibility upon the advertiser, not the publisher. Another resolution adopted declared a classified advertising contract with a guaranteed circulation should not be accepted. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace noti- fied officials of the association he would be unable to make his scheduled appear- ance today. " S I~ { THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933. JES OPEN DRVE FOR S0 FU Relief in Europe and Recon- struction in Palestine Ob- jects of Campaign. Washington Jews last night formally launched a local campaign to raise $30,- 000 for the relief of Jews in Europe and for the reconstruction of the Palestine homeland. At a meeting in the Jewish Commun- ity Center Rabbi William Franklin Ros- enblum, formerly of Washington, called upon those present to “hit back at Hit- lerism” by supporting the campaign. Morris Rothenberg, president of the Zionist Organization of America; Ed- mund I Kaufmann, drive chairman, | and Isidore Hershfield, chairman of the | meeting, joined Rabbi Rosenblum in | denouncing Nazi persecution of Jews. | The end of Hitler terrorism is not | yet in sight, they asserted. $3,000 Already Received. | Louise E. Spiegler, drive director, an- | nounced at the session that contribu- | tions totaling nearly $3,000 already have {been received by the campaigners. | Among the donations were $500 from | Mr. Kaufmann, $500 from Paul Him- meifarb, $100 from Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goldnamer, Joseph A. Wilner, $100; I. | Joseph Mazo, $100. In addition, a | number of contributions from non-Jews | were announced headed by a $100 gift from Joseph Tumulty, and including Do you really mean that beautiful bathrooms now cost so little? Standard” MANOR GROUP 124 "This is amazing news” say home-owners everywhere. 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Mr. Rothenl devoted most of his talk to the Jewish Homeland endeavor. Starting today, several hundred drive workers are making a thorough canvass of the Jewish homes of the city in a determin ed effort to raise the $30,000 | fund which is to be divided between European relief and Palestine recon- truction. E : Men workers in the drive under lead- ership of Judge Nathan Cayton, and women workers under Mrs. John M. Safer and Mrs. Harry Lewis, will make their first report on the results of the canvass at a luncheon tomorrow-at the Jewish Center. —_— Greece is to have its first airline operated by Greeks on June 1 when the service between Athens and Alexandria,’ Egypt, is inaugurated. Rheumatism Don’t let the torturing pains pling stiffne: of discourage you. just as serious n aided by a treatment with Valley Mineral Water. Learn how nature can help you. 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Phone: District 4224 business session of the tenth annual convention here terday. Claude A. Strahan of the Atlantic Oil Purchasing Co., Shreveport, Le. was re-elected first vice president. Other officers elected were: H. T. Carpenter of the Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Co., second vice president; C. O. Falk of the Humble Oil and Refining Co., secretary-treasurer, and Jesse L. Bullard of the Shell Petroleum Ca., chairman of the Executive Committee. 0IL SEOUTS ELECT Tom H. Terry of Texas Company Heads National Association. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 17 (#).— Tom H. 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