Evening star., 1938-01-23

Thursday, January 20:
4 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
PARK-Favored income tax or sales
favored re-establishment of the office
Of peoples counsel and opposed diver
sion of highway funds: approved
temporary use of the old Tuberculosis
Hospital as convalescent home for
Gallinger patients.
CONGRESS HEIGHTS-Urged sale
Of three tokens for 25 cents instead
of six for SO cents; unanimously
favored raising speed limit from % to
25 miles per hour and in outlying
sections from 80 to 35 miles per hour.
BRIGHTWOOD-Re fflrmed stand
opposing use of the old tuberculosis
Hospital as Gallinger adjunct; ap-
proved unanimously the Both birthday
anniversary dinner in honor Of Theo-
dore w. Moves, editor of The Star,
to be held Wednesday in the Willard
Hotel
FEDERATION - Recommended"
immunization of District school chill
dren against diphtheria: requested
Congress to adopt legislation requiring
all nonresident students attending
District public schools to pay tuition;
approved proposal of Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer that all new
applicants for drivers permits and
those seeking renewals supply two
photographs Of himself, one to be
affixed to the permit and the other
for the records at the traffic director s
Office; requested Commissioners to
adopt regulation forbidding trucks
from stopping on streets for longer
than one-half hour unless actually
loading or unloading: reiterated rec
on1mendation to Congress that funds
to begin construction of the new
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge be pro-
vided in 1889 budget.
LINCOLN PARK-Passed resolu-
ton asking that trucks be prohibited
from parking on streets unless actual
ly loading or unloading.
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Opposed proposal to replace the Pub
lie Utilities Commission by peoples
counsel as recommended by the re-
Gently organized Citizens Conference
on Transportation.
INTERPRETATION CONFER
ENCE-Elected officers, headed by H.
S. Yohe. chairman, who succeeded
Thomas Ellis Lodge to the position.
BENNING-Passed resolution rec
ommending increased training of
schoolbov patrol members.
SOUTHEAST COUNCIL-Selecte
proposed constitutional amendment
for granting suffrage to the District,
introduced in the House last week by
Representative Randolph, Democrat,
Of West Virginia as the most desir-
able of several plans suggested for
local elf-government. Action was
deferred until the delegates from the
afflllated associations had presented
the proposal to their respective asso-
Citations and the Law and Legislation
Committee of the council, to which it
was referred. has been made; re-
affirmed stand in asking new fire
equipment for No. 10 Engine Com
pany.
CITIZENS FORUM OF COLUM-
BIA HEIGHTS-Favored substitution
OF sales tax for business privilege
tax: favored complete control of Dis
trict schools by Board of Education;
voted against increase in"the gasoline
tax and increase in the real estate
tax rate; favored immunization of
school children against diphtheria.
typhoid and smallpox.
PETWORTH - Opposed liberaliza-
ton OF District liquor laws to permit
on-sale of liquor between midnight
Saturday and am. Sunday.
SOUTHWEST-Adopted nine-point
program of improvements for South
west Washington; voted to extend
congratulations to Theodore w. Noyes,
editor of The Star. on his 8Oth BIRTH
day anniversary, Wednesday.
DAHLGREN TERRACE-Urged re-
turn of the four for 80 cents token
rate in the District.
CHEVY CHASE-Heard remarks bv
Inspector William E. Holmes, head of
the Traffic Division OF the Metropoli-
tan Police Department, in an open
forum discussion on traffic conditions
In the District; elected officers.
Because of the lack of a quorum.
the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi-
zens' Association Cancelled its meet
ing.
CIVIC CALENDAR.
THE following associations are
scheduled to meet this week:
Monday, January "A.
GEORGETOWN-Parish Hall, St.
Johns Church, pm.
MID-CITY-Thomson School, 8
pm.
NORTH cAPIToI-McKinley High
School, 8 pm.
SOCIETY OF NATIvEs-Wash-
angton Club, pm.
Tuesday. January IS.
LOGAN THOMAS CIRCLE-1120
Rhode Island avenue NV, 8 pm.
SOUTHEAST-No. S police pre-
cinct, 8 pm.
BROOKLAND - Masonic Hall,
Twelfth and Monroe streets NE, 8
pm.
Thursday, January ~.
CONDUIT ROAD-Palisades Park
Field House, 7:30 pm.
Friday, January 28.
ANACOSTIA - Anacostia Junior
Senior High School, 8 pm.
BURROUGHS - John Burroughs