Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1935, Page 8

2L0GALSCAOLS ARE AGEREDTED Some Others Qualified, but| Failed to Apply, Board Official Says. Twenty-nine high schools and acad- emies in the District, judged upon a | basis of their ability to prepare stu- dents adequately for college work, | have been accredited for 1935 by the | commission on secondary schools of | the Middle Atlantic States Association | of College and Secondary Schools. Announcement of the ratings was | made yesterday from the commission’s offices at the University of Pennsyl- vania. { Some Failed to Apply. t Included in the list are all of the | genior high schools of the District public school system. Some excel- lent schools, it was announced by Dr. E. Duncan Grizzell, chairman of the commission, have been omitted sim- ply because of the schools’ failure to | apply for an accredited rating. The approved Washington schools follow: Academy of the Holy Cross, Arm- strong Technical High School, Car- dozo High School, Business High School, Central High School, Chevy Chase School, Devitt School, Dunbar High School, Eastern High School, | Fairmont School and Georgetown Visitation Convent. Gonzaga on List. Gonzaga High School, Holy Trin- | ity High School (Georgetown), Hol- ton-Arms School, Immaculata Sem- inary, McKinley Technical High Bchool, Mount Vernon Seminary, Na- tional Cathedral School for ~Girls, | Notre Dame Academy and Roosevelt ! High School. | Sacred Heart Academy, St. Albans (the National Cathedral School for Boys), St. Cecilia’s Academy, St. John'’s College High School, St. Paul’s Academy, Sidwells’ Friends School, | Takoma Academy, Western High School and Woodward School for Boys. LA GUARDIA REQUESTED T0 FIGHT MOSES SHIFT| Citizens’ Union Head Opposed to Removal of Commissioner by Ickes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 2 —Dr. Wil- | liam Jay Schieffelin, chairman of the | Citizens’ Union, addressed a letter to Mayor La Guardia today urging him to “resist by every legal means the effort of Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes to force Commissioner | Robert Moses from the Triborough Bridge Authority.” Schieffelin sald in his letter that | the Triborough Bridge Authority has a binding contract with the P. W. A. | to purchase authority bonds and sug- | gested that mandamus action might | be brought against Ickes to compel | performance under the contract. l Colorado Senate Passes Tax. ‘ DENVER, February 2 () —A 2| per cent sales tax bill, already passed by the House, was approved by the | Colorado Senate yesterday. Final | passage was sheduled for today. The ! measure is designed to raise $4,000,- 000 to $5,000,000 this year. JORDAN'S—13th & G 2nd Anniversary of Our Washing Machine Department We have always best value for the money that our knowledge and ability would per- mit. . We have succeeded in making this department a worthy companion of our other well-known pianos, radios and refrigerators. A Special Washer Several Washers That Are Used ,and Trade-ins 520 w | Mexicans alone are competent to! | 100,000 members. Appointed DISTRICT BOY NAMED TO WEST POINT. MICHAEL S. DAVISON, Western High School senior, who has been nominated by the Dis- trict Commissioners for appoint- ment to the Military Academy at West Point. He is the son of Maj. P. R. Davison, U. S. A, and lives at 3506 Rodman street. The academy examination will be held in March. MEXICANS DENOUNCE BORAH INVESTIGATION Worker and Peasant Group Flays Proposal to Probe Religious Situation. By the Associated Press MEXICO, D. F., February 2.—Sena- tor Borah's proposal for an investiga- tion of the religious situation in Mexico was called “illegitimate and unlawful”! in a statement last night by thei General Confederation of Workers and | Peasants. “The attitude of Senator Borah is lacking in all consideration for our nation,” the statement asserted, “since without any respect for the right; and dignities of the Mexican people he seeks the intervention of the United States in internal affairs, uhnchl solve.” | The confederation claims nearly SAILOR HELD IN DEATH ! HONGKONG, February 2 (#)— Bruce Lindberg, a 20-year-old seaman aboard the S. S. President Grant, was | fatally stabbed yesterday in a fight near the Howloon wharf. | Alva Chown, 42, a carpenter on the | same vessel, was arrested. Chown, who is not a member of the union, said he was attacked by | four union fellow crewmen. He | claimed he stabbed Lindberg in self- | defense. CHICKEN DINNER | R}:Pgulhim $1£ Barbecued with trimmings ...... 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KARPEN MATTRESS Inner Spring—Finely Tailored 335.50 SALE PRICE TWIN OR DOUBLE SIZES This is the first time we have ever reduced this fine quality Karpen mattress! 580 individually pocketed coil springs, each one encased and sewed in muslin and tied 4 ways to prevent spreading. 331/ pounds of No. 4 felt, and covered in muslin before the beautiful damask ticking is put on. Patent inner-roll edge, bias taped and beautifully tailored. And, of course, luxuriously comfortable! Share In The Storewide Savings Tomorrow! PARKING SERVICE——DRIVE TO OUR REAR ENTRANCE—YOUR CAR WILL BE PARKED MAYER & CO. . Seventh Street Between D and E