Evening star., 1928-01-05


seven miles south of Washington,
AleNandria's municipal and State de
partnentS in the anniversary edition
list these as among the city's needs:
Flour mills, shipping TO the South'
lumber mills. dressing in transit; lum-
her wards. storage. sorting ana recon
s;cning: clay working. unlimited ue-
noSitS of raw materials; crcameries
and butter making nlants, shoe lac'
tories. iron foundrieS, furniture lac'
tories. storage warehouses, feed mills
artificial stone plants, machine shops
and paper mills.
Swanson Sees Bright Future.
Dirping into the future. Senator
swanson, the Old Dominion's senior
senator in signed story says
-hat "the future of the section
IS very bright. indeed" citing as eX-
,,acted Developments the Arlington
Memorial Bridge. the Memorial boule'
ward 10 Mount Vernon, the dredging
of the Potomac River to depth sum
,iert 10 permit seagoing vessels TO
reach Alexandria and Washington. a
greater Camp Humphreys ana the
restoration of the home OF Robert T..
Lee at Arlington.
Representative Moore contributes
10 the anniversary number
signed story graphically describ-
ing the history of the eighth con-
rressional district, which includes
Alexandria. 1t is a glowing tale of
the great, written by the scholar. his
torian and lawmaker. tracing the
growth of the section from the days
when the Indian tribes battled for
possess.on OF northern Virginia ana
elk. deer and herds of buffalo roamed
in the fields.
Gov. Harry Flood Byrd, also con-
frihu:inC a signed article to The Ga
zette's anniversary number, asserts
that never before in her history has
Virginia faced a brighter future" and
for this reason 1.-The Commonwealth
should bend her every energy to take
advantage Of her opportunities and
forge steadily 20 the forefront" he
points out that Alexandria viii be the
gateway to the Shenandoah National
Park, for which the present biennial
budget provides S1.000.0o0.
King George III was still on the
throne Of England when the Gazette
was established in 1884. The paper
was read at first by candlelight and
it's clientele during the interim Of
nearly a century and a half saw an
engaging story Of the upbuilding Of
nation unfolded. II recorded the news
of Robert Fulton's steamboat on the
Hudson River, Morse's invention OF
the telegraph system and all the
countless devices evolved adown the
wears TO 20 into the warp and woof of
the Nation 20 place 1t in the forefront
of the world.
Files Are Historic.
During the early days Of the Gazette
the country was emerging from the
effects Of The Revolution, cropping its
way to the fullness Of nationhood.
The RACES Of +he Gazette hold the
Story Of the meeting al Mount Vernon
Of delegates from Maryland and Nir-
-Inia with Gen. Washington TO adjust
differences over the Potomac River; Of
the convention in 17ST al Philadelphia
10 draw up the Constitution Of the
United States: Of the election Of Wash.
ington as first President and his in
sa5gurati0n and then the tale was told.
ia mourning, Of the death Of the First
American.
The files of the Gazette hold. too.
the story Of the Inauguration Of
March 4. sol. of Thomas jefferson
arad Of the expedition in i s03 Of Lewis
aid Clark 20 open UP great North
west for the Nation The War Of 1872
aud the events leading up 10 il is de
scT.bed IN tEe columns ~ this ven
ezra bic newspaper. as Is the stirring
news that Andrew jackson smote
nightly the British foemen al Aew
Orleans to end the struggle During
he long years that followed while the
Nation s bone and sinew were n8tur.
5Ig info the yigof of manhood the
gazette Asw it's home town gro. from
= village 70 an important community
thriving with trade. With vessels from
may lands tying up AZ its docks
Record Of Giyil War.
Tnen came the clap Of thunder that
history records ar the civil War and
.ile Gaze,te's columns tell Of that cata
"l%Rin and its reporters were able 10
write Ifsi hand u the mighty struR.
&}e. - The tide of war washed up 10
4 Alexandria : front door. power for
fhs fpnfederary. the Gazette confiu-
tl~9 IL publish amid the thr0es If war
14 g.Islri great difficulties. Events of
Jf3pFe recent memory sre reflected in
t}a': page Of the Gazette. AZ the
reader historian turns over yeiIowing
!ap.k, HnfU iDday the paper can glance
proudly tack OYER "a years of con
flDsogA D1Iblicaijon through fair days
= 10 foUj.
Vigorous ana alert. the Gazette's n
cesf 8f5les are now presided over by &.
=. Catiln. 1f.. president snd editor
'the paper, which ls published each
aftef4.ppf3 e2cept sunday, has It's pla M
"a 3i3 King street ~ AieKa n6tia John
~ t3llDfb is mana gInR editor and j
3iSfs JtssefsF Jer43 - advertising ma ma
GeF, while j.. y. IkaBnael IN circuiatioH
tuanager.
<$s George Washington himself wss
Je4def ~ tise GsZeiie. The neWhpa per
~ ass anniversary edition takes special
if}de 81 the George Washington Ma
egnl" National Memorial Temple,
W3lre1 #lI 'apst In the vicinity IF "a >.
og9 99g at1 IN starry snd niloi1gta ph
tbs usa}Hpftai r. well described.
"itb snfh 4 glorious past, the ia
zssff's Ia otti.es pyf confidently into the
fafb,@, justly Dfpp9 If ite la yearz
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D0DO SPEAKS TONIGHT.
Historian WilI Make Address al
Community Center.
William T.. Dpdf, on6 ~ the I,aa.
sng historians ~ the present day and
i.rgfese,Jr ~ American H}siDiy at Gbi
.,aRfy University, VIII speak tDniFhl
Mts sta oabyak al Central EstlG0unlts >
Center. Thirteenth . ~ clifton stIeets
~. "Fbail the American Farmers ~