Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1940, Page 15

Evidence of Plot fo Mexicans Uncover Foment Revolt Nazi <nd Communist Proposed Abbotf School Site Is Profested Opposition to the proposed build- ing of the new Abbott Vocational School at Thirteenth and Upshur strests N.W. was voiced last night by members of the Petworth Citi- zens’ Association, who recommended that a new Wilson Teachers’ College THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940. appeal decisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the Com- missioners and that liquor license applicants be staggered to lessen the confusion in January of each year. A request that certain dry zones be mapped out in accordance with the wishes of property owners and re- sidents also was asked. Ernest F. Henry, attorney and chairman of the Law and Legisla- tion Committee, was indorsed for Library, was presided over by George W. Potter, president. East Silver Spring P.-T. A. to Elect May 20 R. J. Seofield has been nominated for president of the East Siiver Spring Parent-Teacher Association, which will hold its election May 20, Capt. B. C. Snow Named Aide fo Commissioner Capt. Beverly C. Snow, a student at the Army Industrial College, has been assigned to duty as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, ef- fective June 20, replacing Maj. Pat- rick H. Tansey, who will enter the Army War College. ippines, including tours of duty as military science and tactics instruc- tor at the University of Alabama, and as assistant to the district engi- neer in New York. For several years he was assigned to the Coast Artillery in the Panama Canal. He was promoted to captain No- vember 1, 1934, and is an expert tennis player and golfer. Capf. Snow-sald he was pleased with the appointmer.t. ton. They have a 16-year-old son who is a student at Phillips Exeter Academy. Patent Attorney to Speak Albert Latta, patent attorney with the Mall Tool Co. of Chicago, will give an illustrated lecture on “Porta- ble Power Tools” tomorrow at 3 pm. in the Commerce Department audi- torilum. The program is sponsored ® A-15 Cosmopolitan Club Emil Schram, chairman of the board of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., will speak at a meeting the Cosmopolitan Club at 12: p.m. tomorrow in the Carlton Hotel, the Poiice Court bench vacancy. Jesse C. Suter, past vice president of the association and now honorary member, spoke of the late Charlie J. Jones, member of the association for many years. The association indorsed the five- be erected on the site, with the un- occupied land devoted to recrea- tion. A resolution was adopted request- ing the Commissioners to license no liquor stores within 600 feet by direct line of churches, schools, colleges, meeting places and recrea- | year school building program, urg- tion centers. The group also asked |ing better schools for the entire Nazi and Communist agents seeking | that protesting citizens as well as | city. to foment an uprising to divert|applicants be given the right to| The meeting, held in the Petworth American nations, particularly the |= United States, from any move to enter the European conflict. They expressed confidence any such movement would be nipped at the start, however. A spokesman for the German Le- gation said that .Germany certainly would not participate in any plot to overthrow a friendly government. An executive of the secret police Agents Co-operating, Secret Police Say B the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 17—In- formed - government sources said that Mexican secret police had evi- dence of undercover activities of Capt. Snow, who lives at 2415 Twentieth street N.W., was gradu- ated from the United States Mili- tary Academy on November 1, 1918, He was appointed from North Caro- lina after having been graduated from Trinity College, now Duke Uni- versity. He studied at the Army Engineer- ing School and served in various United States posts and in the Phil- Mrs. Bnow was educated here and | bY the Education Committee of the spent much of her life in Washing- | Patent Office. BLOTCHY S, Help relieve externally caused bl Other nominations, made at s meeting Monday night, are Mrs, F. R. Hayes for vice president; Stewart Lashley, treasurer; Miss Grace Copes, recording secretary, and Mrs. ‘T, B. Larimore, corresponding secre-~ tary. A resolution was adopted indors- ing Gov. O'Conor’s traffic safety campaign. 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