Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1935, Page 7

CITIZENS BACK VOTE FOR DISTRICT Southeast Group Adopts 5- Point Program of Re- organization. The tentative report of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations’ Special Committee on Reorganization of the District Governmen was indorsed in substance last night by the South- east Citizens' Association. In adopting a five-point summary of the recommendations of the federa- tion’s committee, the association voiced & strong plea for suffrage for residents of the District, declaring that “we should not be denied the right of representation that citizens in every other part of the country now enjoy.” Five-Point Program. The five-point report, which was submitted by Louis F. Frick, recom- mended national representation for the District in the House, Senate and Electoral College: a city council to be elected by bona fide residents; re- tention of the Board of Commission- ers (two to be appointed by the Presi- dent, the other Wy the city council), with certain changes in the power of the board: a public utilities commis- sion to be composed of full-time mem- bers, at least one of which to be ap- pointed by the city council, and di- vesting the Commissioners of power to abolish any office or to con- solidate two or more offices. The association went on record re- questing the building of a new voca- tional school on a District-owned site near Thirteenth street and Potomac venue southeast, and place the school on a par with junior high schools in administration. The new school. it was said, should ultimately replace the present inadequate Lenox Voca- tional School on Fifth street south- east between G and H streets. Ask Center Parking Removed. Another resolution was adopted ask- ing the removal of the center park- ing area on North Carolina avenue southeast between Third and Eighth | streets. The parking was termed a traffic hazard. Efforts of the Board of Education to have the appropriation for charac- ter education restored to the District bill were indorsed by the group, but with the proviso, however, that none of the money be paid to advocates of Communism or other un-American acrivities. Plans were completed at the meet- ing for a debate to be held April 9 in the Hine Junior High School on the question: “Resolved, That the right of suffrage should be granted resi- dents of the District of Columbia.” Richard B. English, vice president of the Southeast Business Men's Asso- | ciation, and Prick will argue the | affirmative, and they will be opposed | by C. G. Degman and J. C. L. Ritter. Those who attend will act as ;udgcs.; Capt. Ellis R. King of the Kenneth | H. Nash Post, American Legion, and president of the Conduit Road Citi- the | THE RIVER BEARS NUTS. HE water chestnut, favorite Chinese delicacy, is beginning I to clog Potomac tributaries. This queer nut vine grew in America about 50,000,000 years ago, emigrated to Asia, and came back as an aquarium plant at the start of the present century. The shells of its horned nuts are swept up the Potomac and deposited around the Speedway at high tides. The stems, 6 to 10 feet long, are anchored ‘n the mud and interfere with fishing. Oxon Run is one badly affected stream. ‘The water chestnut may eventually. change the map of the country. It also may be a food asset. Although of an entirely different family, it tastes like real chestnut. HUNGER IN THE NAVY. A TALE of mighty hunger has ar- rived at the Navy Department. ‘The story originated in the enlisted men’s barracks of VS Squad- ron 2B and is vouched for by no one follows, as sent to the department: “The squadron is working hard these days and VS-2 appetites are | increasing proportionately. One man says he reached down the table and took a slice of bread off a plate. By the time he got the slice to his mouth, there was gravy on it and some cne had taken three bites out of it.” CAFE PATRONS IN PRINT. ATRONS of a well-known cafe near Du Pont Circle will be the main | characters in a new novel of Washington now being written by Isa | Glenn, famous novelist who has lived here for the past four years. The book, as yet untitled, will be a pano- rama of Washington life as it passes in and out of the doors of the cafe, of which Miss Glenn is a regular patron. The method will be similar to that used by Miss Glenn in her successful “Transport,” wherein she told the stories of passengers on an Army transport across the Pacific. Meanwhile, Miss Glenn gives an- other picture of life in the Capital in a novel just published: “The Little | Candle’s Beam.” . It is a story about Washington's “cave dwellers.” POLITICAL NOTE. ITCHIE is still very much on the map in Maryland Although Gov. Ritchie retired to private life on January 9 and with few exceptions has not figured in the news since, Prince Georges County Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. | the Public Utilities Committee. in authority at the department. It| THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. includes a small public school, a store and an undertaking establishment. 1t is said to be named after a family of Ritchies, distant kin of the Gover- nor, who have lived in the vicinity for generations. One of the county Republican lead- ers has had the temerity to suggest it chang> its name to Niceville in honor of Maryland’s present Governor. STENOGRAPHER WORRY. ILLIAM A. ROBERTS, people’s Wcounul. was introducing wit- nesses at a bus hearing before “State your name, please, for the reporter,” he requested. | “I did,” the witness said, “but he won't believe me.” “What is your name?” “John Paul Jones.” The stenographer’s doubt was no more than that of police officials | | when James E. Dawn, acting desk sergeant at No. 1, was asked for his full name. They thought they were being kidded when Dawn gave it. His middle name is Early. MARCH VIGNETTE. OSETTES of blossoms on the red maples—lilac _bushes leafing— | | almost invisibly tiny white and | blue flowers of the chickweed matted | under-food in old, untended garden plots—skunk cabbage abloom in dank woodlands—forsythia hedges greenish | vellow with buds—red, green and yel- | low kits floating over vacant fields— | the white moon of late afternoon high in the eastern sky. STEAMSHIP! LAMB DISCUSSES CAPITAL TRAFFIC Tells Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens Regulations Are Well Enforced. The large ratio of automobiles to the population in the District gives the impression of & lack of traffic en- forcement, Inspector Benjamin Lamb of the Traffic Bureau told the Logan- Thomas Circle Citizens’ Association at its meeting last night. According to the inspector some 70,000 traffic arrests were made here last year. This, he asserted, compares favorably with the arrests made in other cities. The traffic official told the association that there is approxi- mately one automobile for every two and one-half people, a much higher ratio than any other comparable city. In his talk the inspector blamed many of the accidents on the fact that there is too much speed for exist- ing conditions. The members were ad- vised to drive not only 100 per cent perfect, but even better, so that they | could watch out for the other fellow. A committee consisting of Horace M. Fulton, M. A. Robbins and Walter ‘W. Stout was appointed to investigate the proposal of the Tolumbia Heights Business Men's Association that a group be formed to request additional policemen be added to the force. A report on the proposed reorgani- zation of the District government was made by the committee chairman, M. A. Robbins. The report was accepted. ————e Patients to Be Entertained. Inmates of Gallinger Hospital will be entertained Sunday by the Holy Comforter Boys' Band, the concert be- ginning at 5 pm. The boys will give rt Tuesday at the District jail. STEAMSHIPS. NSHINE™ Cruises To the West Indies or Bermu thru your local agent or Cun: Star Ltd.. 1504 K st nw CARIBBEA! WEST _INDIES G | CRUISES every week with the Great White Fleet. 10 to 18 days. $115 and up Fri e.. Pler 1. N. R. MAR- 30 ssss REx FASTEST Lllll.l AFLOAT to Gibraltar, Naples, French Riviera and Genos. Sails egein WEDNESDAY, U. S. PRAISED FOR POLICY OF HELPING NICARAGUA Charge d'Affaires Describes New Political and Economic Era’ in Republic. Improved ‘nternal conditions that followed the withdrawal of American Marines from Nicaragua after the 1933 presidential elections-have cturted that republic on a wiser political phi- losophy and great strides toward eco- nomic stability, are being made. This new era in Nicaragua was MARCH 27, 1935. described to the Center of Inter- American Studies at George Washing- ton University Monday night by Senor Henri de Bayle, charge d'affaires of the Nicaraguan Legation. Senor Je Bayle particularly praised the policies of the United States toward Nicaragua inaugurated by former Secretary of State Stimson and promoted Lty the “good neighbor” policy of ihe Roosevelt administration. Floods Damage Crops. Heavy floods in Northern Japan have caused heavy damage to crops, | railways and highways. The Most Comtortable Heat m ]%é M/Of/fll-am/af[ow Cost LETS YOU KNIT A FROCK [ ™ HEATER Any size nome or building can be better heated with a Spencer—and more econom- ically. 50,000 Spencer owners will confirm this. Installed byleadingheating contractors. NO DOWN PAYMENT — THREE YEARS TO PAY FEDERAL HOUSING TIME PAYMENT PLAN April 27 and May 25. APR. 13 ... . Conte di SAVOIA 1o Gibraltar, French Riviera, Genoa and Na Sails again May 11, June 8 and June 29. APR- 20 ROMA lTA}.V'l PALACE SHIP ples. Gyro-Stabilized. PHONE NA'I'IO_I!@ILOOSO tor quick information Visit Special Exhibit INC. *% A7 AFTER Easter this would be noteworthy . . . BEFORE Easter it's SENSATIONAL! 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PLEADS NOT GUILTY Lawrence L. Del Re, 36, of the 1300 block of Kenyon street, who was arrested last week in District Supreme Court and charged with carrying concealed weapons, pleaded not guilty when arraigned yesterday before Judge Isaac R. Hitt jn Police Court and demanded a jury trial. Del Re was apprehended by court employes with a gun allegedly in his pocket during the trial of Francis H. Harding, charged with criminally at- tacking Del Re’s 6-year-old daughter. The New Washington TELEPHONE residents (at least the Democratic portion of the population) are proud of the fact his name will be perpet- uated by & town within its borders. The town of Ritchie is a little | cross-roads community on the Chesa- | peake Beach Railroad. not far from Forestville and the Marlboro Pike. It ! 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