Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 9

» SUBWAYS URGED AS TRAFFIC CURE Roberts Says All Other Im- provements Only Delay Project. Declaring the construction of sub- ways in the District is inevitable, Peo- ple’s Counsel Willlam A. Roberts last night told the Mid-City Citizens’ Asso- ciation there will be no solution to Washington's increasing traffic prob- lems as long as authorities and resi- dents continue to adopt and support improvements which are only tempo- Tary. Roberts called upon the citizens to appeal to Congress for an appropria- tion to enable officials to determine if a subway is necessary and whether tuch a project would be worth while in the District. To support his contention that cost of subway construction would not be 9 or 10 million dollars per mile, as estimated by some officials here, Rob- erts pointed to the cost of building one of New York’s largest subways. He said: this particular subway was con- structed in the heart of New York City, where many important traffic conditions which do not exist in Washington had to be taken into con- sideration, at & cost of $7,000,000 per mile. Urged as Relief Project. He asserted the cost of building & subway system here would be ap- proximately $4,000,000 each mile, this figure including the construction of stations. This would be a relief pro- ject of the first order, he said, since Washington has about 20,000 unem- ployed laborers who could be put to work on the project, using materials from the District and nearby Mary- land and Virginia. Roberts declared the Federal Gov- ernment should bear part of the cost “because it has insisted upon center- ing its many thousands of employes in one area. thereby creating the greatest traffic problem in Washing- ton, Roberts explained his anti-smoke bill which he hopes will pass in this session of Congress. He pointed out the shortcomings of the existing law. parts of which, he said, are far too general. The Roberts bill would fix separate standard smoke requirements for residential, industrial and com- mercial establishments. The asso- ciation went on record in favor of the bill, Efforts Commended. Representative Randolph of West Virginia, chairman of the Special Crime Committee of the House, and Senator Thomas of Oklahoma of the subcommittee on appropriations of the Senate District Committee were com- mended by the association for their efforts toward re-establishment of No. 2 police precinct on Fifth street, be- tween M and N streets. A. J. Driscoll, president of the association, pointed out the report of the Senate commit- tee included an item of $12,000 to re- condition the building which is now nccupied by the Woman's Bureau, and another item of $8,000 to provide new headquarters for the Woman's Bureau. Upon recommendation of the Cen- tral Labor Union, the association voted in favor of a bill now pending in Con- gress to raise the status of District vocational schools to that of the Junior high schools. The salaries of the teachers under the bill would be raised to ‘those paid teachers in Junior high schools. Opposes Short Ton Coal. The association voted to oppose any move to change the sale of coal in the District from the long ton to the ahort ton and plans were made for assoclation representatitves to attend a hearing on this bill Friday at the District Building. The group also op- posed the selection of any out-of-town person as executive director of Wash- ington’s recreation facilities under the new set-up. Opposition was expressed to any movement for establishment of daylight saving time in the District. In another resolution the group urged the Commissioners to obtain legislation providing for removal of all railroad crossings in the District. The resolution also urged officials of nearby Maryland and Virginia to eliminate “as soon as possible” all grade crossings. In other resolutions the association favored the construction of a new National Guard armory, the funds to be provided out of the new work re- lief money: deplored the unsanitary and unclean conditions of street cars and asked the transit company offi- eials io carry out the regularly sched- nled runs on time. YOU...a Wall Germs, breeding in decaying food particles lodged between your tecth, throw the bacterial count of your mouth out of bal- ance. Result: bad breath, per- haps sore throat, even catarrh may follow. Gargle with LA LASINE full strength, or 50-50 with water. Relief comes from double-action ! Germs are killed and expelled. And, quickened to action by La Lasine’s membrane-restoratives, ywufinryfindn release natu- ral enzymes and fer- ‘ments. 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He was standing near his office window the other day when he saw & rapturous young woman stepping into a parked automobile. Leaning quickly out the window to get a better view, his head crashed through the glass. Fhe DOUBLE-ACTION Antiseptic | ! Finer---and M "SALADA _TEA THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. n Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. In s it of anger he turned on his orderly as he wiped a cut across his forehead. “Hey,” he bellowed, “why didn’t you tell me that window had been washed?” * & ¥ % LARGEST DOORS. LIGHT touch of the finger will swing the biggest doors in America, those six-ton massive bronze affairs on the Constitution avenue entrance to the new Archives Building, which tower almost 40 feet. The giant doors are mounted on ball bearings and, of course, are elec- trically operated. * kK ok FEATHERED LOOT. ORT customs officers have to be lynx-eyed fellows. ‘The migratory bird treaty act of 1918 plus the Federal law of 1913 forbid the taking, having or selling of plumage of the domestic heron species or the entry into the United States of the plumage of wild birds of any species. But varied attempts are made to violate these. ‘There was & box of Mexican “cos- tume jewelry,” for example, that was i seized and has reached the office of Frank P. Callaghan of the Bureau of Blological Survey. | might perceive minute pieces feathers worked into the mosaic de- sign of the flashy little ornamental brooches. ‘Then, too, there was a large flat package of pictures, half-painted and | half-made, with the feathers of birds ore Delicious | “'With s good reading glass one | of | filling in the wings and colored bodies (‘ of the birds depicted. | ‘There also were egret feathers, ‘bird of Paradise plumes in dazzling reds, greens, yellows, blues'and the prized black. There was an elaborate | feather-trimmed Chinese ceremonial | robe for an Oriental gentleman’s | coming nuptials—which he will not | get to preen in, alas. There was a | swell feather-work headdress. There | were dozens of tiny birds, cured and stuffed, intact to feelers and feet, some entire Goura and Paradise birds, some gaudy humming birds. | contraband will be sent to the Smith- | sonlan Museum, or other museums throughout the country. x k% ¥ ENVOY A WRITER. LEXANDER ANTONOVICH TROYANOVSKY, Russian Am- bassador, was being introduced to the Overseas Writers by Paul Wooten, Washington correspondent for & num- ber of financial and business papers. “And the Ambassador himself is a | writer,” Mr. Wooten sald, “having once written a letter to an editor. The editor was so impressed that he made | | Mr. Troyanovsky correspondent dm-: | ing the Russian-Japanese War. 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In due time the cat became the mother of quintuplets and the family settled down to domestic bliss. But— ‘The mother cat went out for a walk you as a motorist. The AMERICAN OIL COMPANY S\ PRI 23, 1935. one day when the kittens were but 3 days old, and a neighbor claimed it and locked it up in the house. | Hungry kittens must be fed, thought | Judd, s0 he asked for the return of | their meal ticket, and the request was refused. After an appeal to the eleventh po- lice precinct, & radio car arrived and | the policeman decided, because of | | the split ear, that Judd had prior | claims on tabby, and she was re- turned. The next day, however, the cat | again strayed, and was again iaken | into custody by the neighbor. This | A9 time Judd hired Attorney M. J. Lane, the neighbors appeared before Judgs Isaac R. 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