Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1936, Page 42

GEORGETOWN BODY RELECTS SMAL Association to Seek W. P. A, Funds to Restore Francis Scott Key House. John H. Small, former Representa= tive from North Carolina, was re- elected president of the eeorgemwn Citizens' Association meeting last | night at St. John's Church pnrlsh‘ hall. Other officers elected are Ernest I. Lewis, first vice president; Dr. B. H. Meyer, second vice president; Joseph 1. Cavenaugh, secretary, and Maj. Wallace Streater, treasurer. Owen J. Roberts, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was among new members admitted. A resolution - was adopted asking W. P. A. funds to restore the Francis Scott Key house at Thirty-fifth and M streets. The association opposed a three eight-hour-shift day for District fire- men because of fiscal and parliamen- tary problems involved. The question of approving the construction of an abattoir in the District was referred to the Legislative Committee. The proposed reopening of the M street market at Potomac and M| streets was referred to a committee as was the proposed weight tax on| automobiles. Edward D. Merrill of the Cnpitnl‘ Transit Co. spoke on problems of mass | transportation and President Small praised the company for its efforts to improve service. . MARITIME COMMISSION EXPERT RESIGNS POST Otto Praeger, Former Assistant Postmaster General, to Leave December 1. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Cu'd My. St. Matthew’s Sodality, pm. luefi.n( Dlu:hun of the Nile, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Phi Sigma Tau Sorority, Mayflower Hotei, 8 p.m. Meeting, Washington Restaurant Associaticn, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, Chémical Society of Wash- ington, Cosmos Club, 8:15 p.m., Meeting, Theta Rho Sigma Sorority, Grafton Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Card party, St, James' Catholic | Church auditorium, Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue north- east, 8:30 p.m. Public meeting, District Tubercu- losis Association, 722 Jackson place, 8 pm. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Gyro Club, La Fayette Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Electrical Institute, Carl- ton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Card party, Naomi Lodge No. 1, The resignation of Otto Praeger as special expert on the staff of the United States Maritime Commission, effective December 1, was announced yesterday by the commission. He was formerly special assistant to the president of the - Merchant Fleet Corportaion, which was taken over recently by the Maritime Com- mission. A native of Victoria, Tex., Praeger was postmaster of the District in | 1914 and 1915. He was also an As-| aistant Postmaster General from 1915 to 1921, _TO ADDRESS MOTHERS Johns Hopkins Associate in Ob- stetrics Speaks Tonight. “what Do Children Inherit?” will be the subject of an address by Dr. Alan Guttnacher, associate in obstet= rics at Johns Hopkins University, to the Mothers’ Club of the National Council of Jewish Women at the He- brew Home for the Aged, Spring road and Tenth street, tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The club, headed by Mrs. William | Chase, has arranged for Dr. Gutt- nacher’s talk as one of its educa- tional projects. AL :un r-u to the Ton Va., H Bnnlll Furnace S| ‘ ecial Stove Size Chestnut, $10.50; Pes 0.50 Buckwheat, $7. 25 Pocahontas Stove, $10.40 Smokeless Egg, $9.50 Bitumingus Coal Without, Smoke er t, 80% Lump, $8.50 Blue Eslv $8.50 Structure’ Pa._ Bituminous Only Thin. White Smoke ;'sa/, Lump' Coal, $7.50 50%, Lump Coal, $6.75 in 1 | 32-Piece c—8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 1. 0. O. P, St. Martin's Church hall, 1912 North Capital street, 8:30 p.m. Luncheon, Zonta Club, Y. W. C. Seventeenth and K streets, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Dance, Tau Ph! Sorority, Raleigh Hotel, 9 pm. Ball, Washington Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. Elks, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, Lions Club, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. \ Meeting, Geological Society of ‘Washington, co.s‘r_nns Club, 8 pm. Dance, Utah State Society, Shore- ham Hotel, 10 p.m. Meeting, Philatelic Society, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm. Dinner dance, City Bank Club, La Fayette Hotel, 8 p.m. 01d Trees at Festival Scene. The annual Santa Clara County, Calif.,, rose festival is held between two lines of trees planted by Spaniards in 1777. ABATTOIR PROJECT GIVEN APPROVAL Mid.City Citizens Adopt Resolu- tion-~Appeal Is;Made for Chest Punds. Approval of the rebuilding of an abattoir at Benning road and Kenil- worth avenue was -expressed by the Mid-City Citizens’ Association, meet~ ing last night at Thomson School. The resolution stated that the or- ganization had no objection to the reopening of the slaughter house, provided the plans for rebuilding met the building regulations of the Dis- trict and complied with the Health Department requirements. Robert Dugan of the Capital Tran- sit Co. gave a short talk to the asso- LANK BOOK Y.I get voriety and value here. See owr big stock. E. Morrison Paper Co. 1009 Pa. 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