Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1934, Page 7

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 1934—PART ONE. —7 25, Henry $100 on a charge of aggravated CLUBS WILL VISIT HOMES EXPOSITION Show to Be Formally Opened | Tomorrow Night in New Bus Center. Members of more than 50 Wash- tngton clubs and civic organizations | will be guests of honor at the Better | Homes Exposition, which wiil open formally at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the new bus center on Pennsylvania | avenue between Sixth and Seventh | streets. Simultaneously with the announce- | ment of plans for opening the expo- sition, which will be attended by James A. Moffett, Federal housing eadministrator, it was announced that | already during the “modernization” | drive of the Federal Housing Admini- | stration 1,181 property owners in | ‘Washington have borrowed money un- | der the Government plan to repair or remodel their properties. Will Be Open to Public. Mr. Moffett will head a group of Federal housing officials and officials of the local drive who will attend the opening. Many local merchants will display materials and equipment for home construction and moderniza- tion. The exhibit will be open to the public, without charge, between 2 and | 5 pm. and 7 and 9:30 pm. daily for | Iwo weeks, except Sunday, December 2. | The purpose of the show is to foster | in Washington the “modernization drive being sponsored all over the | country by the Federal Housing Ad- | ministration, under which owners of | all kinds of property can secure liberal, | easy-to-repay loans for repairs and improvements. : The opening tomorrow night will be Prosecutor NAMED TO FIGHT N. R. A. CODE VIOLATORS. G. STANLEIGH ARNOLD Of San Francisco, Calif., will be special assistant to Attorney Gen- eral Cummings to prosecute N. R. A. code violators. He will main- tain offices at both the N. R. A. and the Justice Departments. —A. P. Photos. MALL JOB BIDS ASKED Work Between Third and Sixth Streets Ordered. Moving forward in its program for improving the Mall, the National Park Service of the Interior Depart- ment yesterday called for bids, to be opened at 11 am. December 12, for grading, top-soiling and incidental eignalized by a band concert, begin- | work, between Third and Sixth ning at 7:30 pm. Visitors, besides | gireets. Mr. Moffett, will include Thomas P.|° The major portion of the job Littlepage, general chairman of the |inciydes the excavation of some 4,000 local drive; John Poole, executive di- | cubic yards, the furnishing and plac- rector, and Dorsey W. Hyde, assistant | jno of 4450 cubic yards of top soil director. | and adjusting utility outlets. Alfred L. Stern, director of the €X-| " ¢ yarshall Finnan, superintendent position, has announced that all Possi- | o¢“he National Capital Parks, ex- ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN . HEARTENING REPORT BY YOUNGER FORD (Continued From First Page.) code requirements Our minimum wage is $5 a day,” Ford explained. “The code hourly minimum is 42 cents. Our men worked this year on an average of 36 hours per week per yea Young Ford appeared anxious to quiet rumors that his father had agreed to file a certificate of compli- ance with the automobile code. From Washington came reports a few days ago of an impending capitu- lation on the part of Henry Ford, when the National Park Service an- nounced the purchase of a Ford auto- mobile. The son said he knew noth- ing of the purchase. He pointed out that it was a business transaction be- tween one of the company’s dealers and the Department of the Interior. Ford said he approved of the Presi- dent’s aim for cheaper power. He re- called that his father had offered |the war and said he had always fa- vored hydreelectric development as a great boon to industry. Discusses Future Car. tomobile, automobiles_will be general soon. He $100,000,000 for Muscle Shoals after | Speculating on the future of the au- | Ford predicted streamline | said that the trend will probably be toward teardrop design with engines at the rear of the vehicle. Ford motored to Warm Springs from Atlanta. He drove a two-door sedan and his wife was seated beside him on the driver’s seat when the car reached the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Pierson, old friends of the Fords. The latter plan to remain here until Monday. During the afternoon the Fords visited the swimming pool at the Warm Springs Foundation, while President Roosevelt was having his daily dip. Ford is deeply interested in the Warm Springs Foundation. He do- nated the swimming pool three years | go0. Black, who, in addition to being governor of the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, has been serving as liaison officer between the administration and the bankers of the South, has traveled | Judge Revokes Jail Sentence on widely in the South and Midwest. Stone Quarry Operator. He brought encouraging news to the| READING, Pa., November 24 (#).— President, especially regarding the'Julia Billy, 17-year-old plaintiff, bankers and their co-operation with |dleaded in Berks County Court for rev- | the New Deal ocation of the jail sentence of An- ' . thony Henry, whom she said forced her 1t is thought fhat after listening 10| to work as a laborer in his stone- Black’s report the President dis- |quarry near Boyertown and subjected cussed with him business and credit hfifx‘fo::w“f-m e | orget,” she e expansion as an important factor of | court yesterday after a three-hour industrial recovery. | session which brought tears to the eyes The President also talked briefly to- | of judges, lawyers and spectators. The day with Nelson Cheney, member of | court revoked a previous sentence of State Senate of New York. |30 days to a year in jail and fined GIRL FREES ABUSER assault and placed him on probation for a year, Albania Resents Zog “Slight.” TIRANA, Albania, November 24 (7). —The Chamber of Deputies today re- fused to approve a Yugoslav-Albanian commercial accord because an accom= panying letter from the government at Belgrade called King Zog the King | of Albania instead of King of the Albanians. The chamber demanded an investi- gation and correction, pointed out that many thousands of Albanians live in Yugoslavia, and charged Belgrade's action was an intentional slight. Your Choice of 3 Artistic DINING SUIT ar.... %195 Among the many beautiful Lifetime Dining Room Suites shown at Mayer & Co. now are these three unusually good values that will be of particular interest to all who wish to acquire a new suite in time for Thanksgiving. Of course, there are scores of others through a wide range of reasonable prices and in styles to please every type of personality. May we show you tomorrow? ble information on home repair possi- | ot i plained that this work is made pos biitties and the Tecerl {‘g‘;?,‘““lo:g;ismle by Public Works Administration puinisliasin e odern = | funds for Washington's central park, will be avallable in various booths at | (vads, ToF WASHIARON S TR, PO the show. Among the booths will be‘Washmglon Monument, those maintained by the Federal Hous- ing Administration, the District Bank- ‘ — ers’ Association, the District Building | = and Loan League, the American Insti- WRIST BANDS for MEN and WOMEN drive, stated that a report from Fred- tute of Architects and the local cam- i 7 I Assorted erick P. H. Siddons, president of the | — VW, 591 Loans Made. Mr. Littlepage, who is general chair- man of the Washington Better Hous- ing Committee, which is fostering local participation in the building paign. Styles District Bankers’ Association, shows | c Val.to $3.50 that banks co-operating in the pro- gram so far have granted 591 “mod- ernization” loans, representing a total | outlay of $313,000. Coupled with this statement was a report from Carl J. Bergmann, presi- dent of the District Building and Loan League, that building and loan associations here have granted 590 | loans amounting to $322,100. WOMEN’S CLUB TO SEE TRAVEL TALKING FILM Pictures of Cruise to Various Countries Will Be Shown Wednesday Night. Members of the Women's City Club and guests will be shown a travel talking picture of various countries throughout the world Wednesday | night by Mrs. Laura L. Waters, chair- man of the Travel Committee This will be the first public show- ing of this picture anywhere. It is made with sound track, the narrative being given by a well-known radio announcer and the musical back- ground being of compositions native to the countries traveled. The picture cruise begins with the | sailing of the vessel at New York, the first stop being Cuba. Other places | shown are the Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Yokohama and Kobe, Japan; Peiping, Shanghai and Hong Kong, China; the Philippines, | Singapore, Panang, Calcutta, Cairo, | Naples, Rome, Genoa and Marseille. 1,000 TO BE FED Although it will be necessary to forego the Iluxury of turkey, the Volunteers of America will serve Thanksgiving dinners to more than | 1000 men, women and children at | their headquarters, 471 Pennsylvania | avenue, | In addition to these and to many | baskets which will be taken to per- | sons unable to attend the headquar- | ters dinner, the organization will serve a number of Thanksgiving din- ners to needy colored people at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church, it was stated by Adjutant H. Mills Eroh, SH A OPTICAL CO. commander of the Volunteers. 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