Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1935, Page 4

A—d wn GVIC AUDITORIUM HERE I3 PROPOSED Board of Trade Committee Believes Convention Busi- ness Would Double. Efforts will be made to secure for Washington a civic auditorium which would about double the city’s con- vention business, it was decided late yesterday at an organization meeting of the Washington Board of Trade's Public and Private Buildings Com- mittee. Committee members estimated an suditorium with a seating capacity of 10,000 would make it possible to ob- tain for the Capital more than 30 ad- ditional large conventions and that a minimum of 175,000 more delegates could be attracted. The increased con- vention business would produce ex- penditure in the city of an additional $14,000,000 annually, it was estimated. Melvin C. Sharpe was named chair- man of an auditorium subcommittee with instructions to report to the full committee on how such a building may be obtained. Constitution Hall, now used for the larger convention, seats only about 4000, Arthur B. Heaton, committee ehairman, pointed out. The National Christian Endeavor Bociety and the American Medical Association were mentioned among the large groups which might hold | conventions here if a big municipal | auditorium were constructed. Robert Beresford was appointed | chairman of a subcommittee to work | for alley clearance. John Ihiders, | Alley Authority director, outlined to | the committee the status of alley| improvement projects. - FEDERAL EMPLOYES OPPOSE FAVORITISM Federation to Fight Any Partial-!| ity Shown to College Graduates. “Undue favoritism” to college grad- uates in appointments and promo- tions in the Government service will be fought by the American Federa- tion of Government Employes, E. Claude Babcock, president, announced today. There is “sufficient evidence,” Bab- cock said, that practical experience has “in many cases” been disregarded in favor of academic training. “The American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes,” he said in a state- ment, “does not oppose the entrance of college men into the Government service, nor does it oppose in any way their promotion to the highest posi- tions they are capable of filling. We do, however, oppose the creation of a special class, specially favored, in the Government service. We are opposed to the idea of bringing in inexperienced employes, however extensive their aca- demic training, to positions superior to those held by men of long experi- ence in the Government service.” FIVE CAPITAL MEN PUT ON MILITARY FUND BODY | Appointed to National Committee to Foster Army Training in United States. Five Washingtonians have been ap- pointed to the National Committee of the Civilian Military Education Fund, Charles Burton Robbins, or- ganization chairman, announced to- | day. They are former Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, Col. George E. Ijams of the Veterans' Administra- tion, Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. S. N., retired; Walter Bruce Howe, attorney, and Henry J. Reilly, writer. The Civilian Military Education Fund was organized in 1929 to foster military training in the United States and its territories, especially the work of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and Citizens’ Military Training Camps. | It brings to Washington annually 18 | outstanding C. M. T.C.and R. 0. T. C. students for bestowal of the Pershing Gold Medal for achievement in mili- tary education. —— ESTATE TOTALS $40,000 Petition for Probate Filed for Mrs. Cohen's Will. A petition for probate of the will of Mrs. Sarah Cohen, 4610 Fourteenth street, was filed in District Supreme Court yesterday, disclosing an estate valued at approximately $40,000. Mrs. Cohen died August 15. The estate was left to her four children, Mathilde, Jeannette, Jacob and Arthur Cohen, all of the Four- teenth street -address. The petition, which asks for appointment of Ma- thilde and Jeannette as executrixes, was filed by Attorneys Mark Stear- man and Henry Stearman. U. S. Liner Answers Call. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, October 31 ) —The Dollar liner President Mon- Toe stood by the Greek steamer Ismini today. 45 miles northwest of here, in Tesponse to a distress signal. The British cruiser Devonshire was ordered to proceed at full speed to the rescue. The President Monroe re- ported the Ismini, of 2,399 tons, was listing heavily to starboard, with heavy seas running. FAMOUS PENNA. C ANTHRACITE Buckwheat ... POCAHONTAS Stove. Egg.... 1040 Nut___ These coals are unsurpassed . in quality, ed at the nes, thoroughly rescreened and priced for cash delivery. In less expensive coals we have Coke (2,000) : Falrmont Egg. Full Weight Guaranteed - B. J. WERNER vessel afire from stem to stern. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Italian Liner Aided by British Navy The Italian liner Ausonia burning in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, following an explosion that set the British warships, stationed in the Mediterranean as a result of the Italo- Ethiopian conflict, hurried to the side of the vessel and safely removed the 275 persons aboard the ship. British sailors then joined with the crew of the Ausonia in fighting the blaze. —Wide World Photo. Neutrality (Continued From Pirst Page.) resist potential profits remains to be seen.” Then he quoted Bernard M. Baruch's remark that “we’ll get the test when the price of copper and cot- ton goes up.” The Senator said, however, the fact America’s trade with Ethiopia and Italy was comparatively small “may mean we will be able to stick to the idealistic and make it our policy !or} good.” Some quarters said today the ad- ministration might, if it thought nec- essary, publish the names of any firms deemed to have violated the spirit of the neutrality policy. This brought neither confirmation nor denial among officials. Determined to Stay Neutral. President Roosevelt's statement yes- terday recalled the administration’s severa. neutrality moves, including the warning to citizens aaginst any | transactions with the belligerents ex- | cept at the citizens' own risk. “This Government,” the President | continued, “is determined not to be- | come involoved in the controversy | and is anxious for the restoration and maintenance of peace “However, in the course of war, | tempting trade opportunities may be | offered to our people to supply ma- | | terials which might prolong the war. I do not believe that the American people will wish for abnormally in- creased profits that temporarily might | be secured by greatly expanding our | trade in such materials; nor would | they wish the struggle on the battle- | field to be prolonged because of profits |accruing to & comparatively small number of American citizens.” — Rail Service Motorized. Motor rail services are being - ex- tended in Spain. Make the windows and doors tight so heat can’t get out and icy air get in. Caulking Compound Will Do It This Modern Range for Only ES. gt u 1937 5th St. N.E. NOrth 8813 b 38 450 SOLD ON ‘CONVENIENT TERMS 2900 14th.St. N.W. E SELL U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS ‘Wholesale Retall Chuck ___1b. 17¢ Franks:="16¢{ Liver .: 19¢ Juicy Shoulder Roast Loin Roast __ m. 25¢ 311 7th St. N.W. 3146 M St. N.W. ROAST Lean Boiling 1>-11¢ Tender Roast ___Ib. 14¢ Choice STEAKS PORK ' 33°| Bologna:::18¢ End Cut Chops __ . 24¢ Rib Loin Chops __ 1. 30¢ . 22¢ Bacon - Sliced Roast 1b. 124¢ Bouillon ____1b. 17¢ Shoulder____1b. 17¢ Scrapple, 2 1>~ 25¢| Cheeses:s* - 26¢ Americ: LAMB Butter 31| Roast Stew____ __1b. 10c Shoulder___Ib. 16¢ CHOPS Fancy Shoulder 1b. 18¢ Choice Rib 1b- 25¢ Lean Smoked Rose Brand Whole!®- 28¢ Sliced 1b. 35¢ Oysters - . . _ _ «45¢ OPEN TILL NINE P.M. SATURDAY: FEATURES 'I—ll’lNEB COVER cooking top from dust n —PORCELAIN GRATES AND BURNERS of simple construc- tlon and easily removed for clean- ng 3—CONCENTIATOR BURNERS WITH ONE PIECE BURNER BOWL TRAY, Bowlis around open- ings catch spill-overs em to drip pan underneath. Easily removed for cleaning. |—DIVIDED DRIP PAN light easily removed for _cleaning. Placed to catch all spill-o —UTENSIL DRAWERS easily re- moved for cleaning. @—FORCELAIN inside and eut. —ONE - PIECE TOP seams to collect dirt. § —ONE-PIECE FRONT. -REMOVABLE OVEN BOTTOM snd rack suides permit easy seouring of rownd-cornered. wnob- structed porcelain oven lining. 1 Q—ROUNDED CORNERS with no dirt-catching crevices, l '—HIOMB PLATE. with mo And Your old Range ¥t COL. 0100 D. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1935, SENATORS PRESS COTTON INQUIRY Assure Co-operatives That Private Firms Also Are Under Serutiny. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 31.—A senatorial subcommittee pursued its searching inquiry into the costs of the cotton co-operatives to the Gov- ernment yesterday but assured their officials that private cotton firms have been under investigation for six weeks. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of | Alabama told E. F. Creekmore, gen- eral manager of the American Cot- ton Co-operative Association, that in- vestigators will report to the sena- torial committee, of which Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina is chairman at a public hearing at | Washington next month. | Senator Bankhead, also a member | vestigation concerns market specu- lation charges and last March's col- pse in cotton prices, but that it “has been expanded to include the exchanges and general buying methods.” . Exchange Contract Probed. “The investigation will determine,” he added, “whether the cotton ex- change contract is fair, and whether it operates against the price paid by the producer.” The committee was voted $75,000 for the inquiry. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, chairman of the subcom- mittee here, has $1,500 for his inquiry into the co-operatives. His principal duty is to determine whether the co- operatives are entitled to a $4,000,000 reimbursement for losses incurred in the old Farm Board's cotton stabiliza- tion operations. Senator McKellar drew from Creek- more today a statement that 6 of the 14 A. C. C. A. directors are member association managers and receive half their salaries from the A. C. C. A. Di- rectors of member groups elected them to the parent body, he said. Directors’ Salaries Listed. He named the directors and their total yearly salaries as follows: C. C. Selden, California Cotton Co- | operative Association, $7,500; W. R. ton Growers' Association, $7,500; P. E. | Harold, Oklahoma Cotton Co-opera- tive Association, $5,000; A. D. Stewart, Mississippi Cotton Growers’ Associa- tion, $7,500; J. A. Beatty, Alabama | Cotton Co-operative Association, | $5,000, and J. S. Hathcock, South Carolina Cotton Co-operative Asso- ciation, $4,800. The A. C. C. A. president, N. C. Williamson, Lake Providence, La., farmer, receives $25 a day when en- gaged in association business, he said. | Creekmore’s salary is $35,000 a year. | FLAG HONOR ORDERED Chicago Public Schools to Sing National Anthem Daily. CHICAGO, October 31 (/)—Pupils of the Chicago public schools were | ordered to sing the national anthem | and salute and pledge allegiance to | the flag today and every school day. | Resolutions to that effect were adopted by the school board yesterday “because it is one of the primary ob- jects of the board to instill in the | minds of youth the loftiest ideals of TAKOMA, D. C., SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED Henry I. Quinn Will Address Citizens’ Association Meet- ing Monday. School problems and needs, as ap- plied to the Takoma section, will be ajred Monday at a meeting of the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C, in the Takoma Branch Library, Eighth and Cedar streets. Henry I. Quinn of the Board of Education and Principals Allan Davis, Roosevelt High School; Elizabeth O'Hara, Takoma School, and L. J. Cantrell, Paul Junior High School, will point out ways and means by which the citizenry may assist in meeting school needs of the Takoma section. Discussion of school prob- lems will follow the speakers. President Wallace C. Magathan, in announcing the program, extended an invitation to all interested persons. Rice for Poor. | patriotism.” The resolutions made no mention of action against those who might of the Smith committee, said the in- | Squires, Southwestern Irrigated-Cot- | refuse to comply with the orders. I 13th & F Sts. 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