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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
and Mrs. William Brabant.

and Mrs. William Brabant.
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Lulow ac-
companied by Stanley Benicki. Jr..
and Miss Irene Benicki left Sunday
morning for two weeks visit at
the home OF Mr. Lulow's parents at
Tilton. Nebr
Mr. and Mrs Gene Camel, De.
troit. spent Sunday and Monday as
guests at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Stanley Binicki
Gusta Edith Burget, who is work.
ing near Mooreyille, spent Satur~
day night and Sunday at the home
Of her parents and Monday morn
ing. she. Orlo Burget and Pearl
Schassberger went to Van Vert.
o., to attend the Van Vert Fair.
They returned home Tuesday fore
noon
James Synoski and sisters, Betty
and Ann. Detroit, and Mary Synos:
XII. Pennsylvania. spent Saturday
night at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Binicki.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Schassber-
ger and Jacob Burget and Miami
Mrs. Edward Soltman, Monroe
were guests at ire home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Burget Sunday after
noon.
Irene Binicki attended the we'd
ding OF Eva Geno and Cletus Price,
on Nc Kinney Rd, near Willis,
Saturday.
Mrs. Ethel Burget was an after
church guest Sunday at the bOms
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Leedy, near
Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smiley and
daughter. Dora Marie. Ann Arbor,
were Sunday evening guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Steinman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Przedwoie-
wski and daughters, Detroit, were
Sunday guests at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Zawacki and fam
lily.
Mrs. Jack Downing spent one
day last week with her mother.
Mrs Pearl Quermback. Detroit.
Mrs. Martha Whitaker and chill
dren and Mrs. Lucille Doherty and
sons, Lynn and Robert, Ann Ar
Dor. spent Monday as guests at the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. William Ma.
son and Mrs. DOnerty and children
stayed for a few days longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles f. Downing
have returned home from thr e
/ weeks visit at the home OF their
daughter and son-in.law. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Yarger. Cleverly. Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Clucas
land sons, Max and Charles. Deer
field. were guests Thursday eve
ming at the home OF Lloyd Smith
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings
Jr- Royal Oak, were Srnday
guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Journey Brabant.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley McBroou
and SON Allen Leroy, and Mr.. anC
Mrs. HUBERT Church. Detroit wer,
guests Monday at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Williams.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Cadd-
have returned to their home II
Flint after spending a week at tn,
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Journey Bra
bant.
Mrs. Gladys Holcomb. Milan
went with her father. Lloyd Smith
to Newberg Tuesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Ceremony Unites Miss
Eva Geno, CletuS Price

Paint Creek, Mich, Sept. 4 -
A simple and quiet wedding took
place Saturday at the Friends
Parsonage when Cletus Price OF
Willis. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chaun-
sey Price. and Miss Eva Geno,
Oakville, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Geno. were united in
marriage. Rev. ChNles j. Carey
officiated at the ceremony in the
presence OF the immediate fami-
lies
Gladys Mason sister CT the
groom was bridesmaid and Ro-
bert Geno brother Of the bride
attended the groom. There were
fourteen relatives present to wit
ness the ceremony including an
aunt and uncle from the northern
part of the state. The couple will
be at home to their friends at the
home of the groom's parents near
Willis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
FeinerS Starting 57th
Year of Welded Life

Ann Arbor. Mich. Sept 4-Mr
and Mrs. John VI. Feiner are start
ing on their fifty-seventh year of
welded life after celebrating their
fifty-sixth anniversary in an Ann
Arbor hotel Monday evening.
The honored couple have lived
here throughout their married life
and Mr.. Feiner still conducts the
paint business which he started 81
years ago
Members OF the family present
for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Feiner. Ann Arbor: Carl
Feiner. Portage Lake, and DR.. and
Mrs. J. J. McDeImott and children,
Russell and Marion. st. Joseph.
and Mrs. B. VI. Feiner and daugh-
ter, Carlyne, also OF Ann Arbor.
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Announcements Made
of NuptiaI Ceremonies

Ann Arbor. Mich, Sept. Am
nouncement is being made here
OF several weddings in which Ann
Arbor girls were brides.
Wiiiiams-sehmiS
Alfred Schmid, Blissfeld, is an
nouncing the marriage OF his
daughter. Doris. Ann ArboC and
f. Raymond Williams, son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. J. Williams, Ann Ar
Dor. The ceremony took place Sat
urday evening in the parish hail Of
the Bethlehem Church with Rev.
Theodore Schmale officiating. At
tendants OF the couple were Miss
Clara Schmid, sister of the bride,
and j. r. Williams, brother OF the
groom.
Rendell-MeNutt
Miss Fanny McNutt Ann Arbor.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
McNutt. Dexter, spoke her vows
TO Michael Rendell Whitmore
Lake, son OF Mr.. and Mrs John
Rendell, Detroit. Saturday noon At
the home OF her sister, Mrs. Walter
Frye.
Franklin-leheldinger
Marriage of Miss Tereas lchel-
dinger and Robert Franklin is be-
ing announced by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David lcheldinger The
couple were married Saturday af-
ternoon in the West Side Metho-
dist Church with Rev. Howard
Busching officiating.
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Ann Arbor Meu,c
In Circuit Court

Ann Arbor Mich, Sept. 4-Judge
George w. Sample Tuesday re-
voked the probationary terms for
Joseph Jaroh, SIG Lowell St, Yps!-
lanti, and sentenced him to one
to FIVE years in state prison for
grand larceny.
Jaroh had been niaced on five
years probation after admitting
theft of a quantity OF lumber in
Ypsilanti Dec. ., 1888. and was re-
arrested Tuesday for violation of
the probationary conditions. Judge
Sample recommended one and
one-half years for Jaroh in the
Southern Michigan State Prison
near Jackson.
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Funeral Services Being
Arranged Fer Carpenter

Ann Arbor. Mich. Sept FLU
neral arrangements are being com
pleted for William Frederick Pings
ton. 60. a carpenter, who passed
away suddenly while working in
Ann Arbor Tuesday
He is survived by his wife.
Margaret, two daughters. Mrs
William Gremmel, Chicago, and
Mrs. w. p Smith. Delhi: three
grandchildren; two sisters. Mrs.
Ora Crysler Dearborn. and Mrs
Jack Ferguson. Detroit. and six
brothers, John and Harry. Dear
born. Fred, Detroit. and George and
Howard, Ann Arbor.
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Paint Creek News

Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Rauser. Ann
Arbor, spent Labor Day with their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Hen
ming. Mr.. and Mrs. Rauser and
Mr. and Mrs. Henning visited Mrs.
Henning's brother. Edward Sc
bolski. Britton.
Malcolm Campbell accompanied
Walter fowler and son Jack to
Barnhart Lake near Millersburg.
to spend the week end and Labor
Day.
Miss Jean Campbell. Detroit.
spent Labor Day with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Jennings Campbell
and attended the Labor Day pro-
gram at Stony Creek.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
ATTACKS CLAIMS

Lansing, Sept. 4 Rep. Elton
r. Eaton, Plymouth, attacked as
untrue Tuesday claims that all
but two Republican. members II
the State Senate had Endorsed
Senator Felix H. H. Flynn. Cadil-
lac. for lieutenant governor.
Eaton, who also is running in
the primary for the Republican
nomination, said that 10 ef the %
Republican senators had denied
they had Endorsed Flynn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Registration of Aliens
Temporarily Halted by
Lack of Equipment Here

Lack of fingerprinting equipment
caused a temporary halt on alien
registration, Tuesday. at the city
Post Office. Postmaster Matt Max
was unable to say when the re.
quired material would be avail
able.
Six persons came to the Post
ONCE, Tuesday. to be fingerprint-
ed and registered but were unable
TO be served. Only "a first applica
tons have been filed at the office
and there are still $50 preliminary
forms not returned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
CCC Applications May
be Filed in Ann ArboT

Ann Nbor, Mich, Sept. 4-Ap-
plicatohs for CCC enrolment are
beng received at the Washtenaw
County Social Welfare Depart.
ment All W Liberty St The
county quota has been set from 10
TO IS youths
Boys who are unemployed, single
and from II TO 23is years old are
eligible. Persons on probation or
parole are not TO apply.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

1860 Whitaker Rd.
Mrs. John Wright accompanied
by her sister. Mrs. George Wright,
started Tuesday morning for lngle-
wood. Cal, near Los Angeles, to
visit Mrs. George Wright's daugh-
ter. Mrs. Donald Hennon. They
plan to be gone two weeks. They
will go by train and return by auto.
Rev. Charles j. Carey entertain
ed over the week end his brother,
Rev. George Carey. Los Angeles,
Cal. a visiting minister of the
First Methodist Church, and he
plans to spend a week with Mrs.
brother and relatives in Ohio. He
will attend a convention in Lake
wood.
Miss Audrey Breining returned
home Saturday from the camp at
Waldron Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Adiska are
spending the week in Petersburg
and taking their nephew, David
Young. hone after spending a few
NcNhS WITH hiS - ahhbdl tHeSs WI e
and Mrs. Der. Youngs.
Mrs. Mary Breining, returned
home after spending a week with
her daughter. Mrs. Flavius Free
man. Dearborn.
Mr.. and Mrs Harlow Laing and
children. Dorothy and Richard,
started on short vacation trip to
Fairfield, la. to spend a few days
with Mrs. Laing's father. They
EXPECT TO be gone a week.
Jeanette Hammond. Detroit,
spent the week end and Labor Day
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hammond.
Clement Hun swas taken i'll Fri
dav and Is improving.
Daniel and Harold Robbins
Nashville, Tenn, accompanied by
Edward Patterson. Nashville
spent the week emo and Labor Day
with friends and relatives in and
around Willis and vicinity.
John Wright is painting his
buildings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
HEADS VETERANS

Green Bay, Wis. Sept 4-AP-
Col William Hayes, Grand Rapids.
is the new president CT the 32nd
Division He was elected at the
World War Veterans biennial
reunion here. The division, known
as the Red Arrow" unit, also
elected Capt. Ruel Challis, De-
troit. second vice president, and
Col. Leroy Pearson, Lansing. sec
rotary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

Universal Picture Company buried
the Ratchet today by amending a
contract on which the company had
sought an injunction to stop the
actress from working for another
company. The superior court dis
missed the Injunction when in
formed that Universal and Miss
SULLIVAN had come to terms under
which she will make one picture
next year. She will then be free to
work for another studio if she
chooses.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

the non-support charges in justice
court. He is a pitcher for the movie
comedians in tseir annual game
with the leading men.
Harry NJ. Warner president of
Warner Brothers, was awarded to-
day the Veterans of Foreign Wars
gold medal for citizenship.
Commander in Chief Otis n.
Brown, OF Greensboro. n. c.. made
the award at today's business ses-
sion of the organization annual
convention. The medal citation
reads: For outstanding services as
a citizen of the United States. "
Joan Warner, daughter of II B.
Warner, English actor, announced
today that she would marry Ed
ward Charles Crawford on Oct. 10.
The wedding will be at $50 p. m.
at All Saints Episcopal Church, she
said.
Organization OF Artists Films
Inc. 70 bring educational motion
pictures to American school chill.
dren, was announced here. Ru-
dolph Polk, vice president OF the
company, said the firm would pre-
duce a series of 81 short subject
photoplays.
Already under contract to ap-
pear in the short features are Jose
lturbi, the pianist; the Coolidge
quartet. instrumentalists, and
others. The7featurettes are sched-
uled to begin in a series Of three
on Oct. l. In a later series. Lily
Pons, Nino Martini, and josef Hof-
man will appear.
Actress Margaret SULLIVAN and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
GROSS DRIVER

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. At has
been determined here that Norman
Gross, Ellsworth Rd.. not Edwin
Haabs Pleasant Lake Rd. was driv-
ing one of the cars involved in the
accident on N. Territorial Rd. ear.
ly Thursday that took the lives OF
two persons. Gross said he was
the dIlHsr and was on his own side
of Ne Noad at the time OF the
Crash.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Shock Sustained as
Result of Accident

Ann Arbor. Mich, Sept. -
Gottlieb Walker. 60. PA Ores.
Ave. was removed to a private
hospital here following a collision
between a car he was driving and
one driven by Miss Viola Balog,
Lansing, at Catherine and n. Divi-
sion SITS Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Walker suffered severe
shock, partially induced by heart
condition. Both vehicles were
damaged by. the impact.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
soFTENS PENALTY

Lansing. Sept. 4 -AP- Liquor
Control Commission disclosed
Tuesday it had softened a penalty
imposed on Joseph Garvin. former
Detroit Police official who now
operates a hotel in the ST. Clair
Flats near Algonac. Commissioner
Murl H. Defoe said a Today sus-
pension of Garvins license TO sell
liquor by the glass was cut in
half Garvin had been found guilty
of selling LIQUOR after hours.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
CHRISTIAN ENOEAvoR MEETS
WITH YOUNGS, ADlSkAS

Christian Endeavor Society met
Friday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Youngs and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Adiska. About 80 were pres
ent. After the businessSHneeting
and social hour with games, re-
freshments were served by the
committee in charge. Mrs. Glenn
ent Hun was in charge OF the pro-
gram
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
CHILD FATALLY INJURED

Royal Oak Sept. Lois NJ.
Tubbs. six. daughter CT Capt. and
Mrs. Harlow o. Tubbs. Hunting
ton Woods. was fatally injured
Tuesday when she. ran into the
side of a truck at Eleven Mile and
Woodward. The driver. Albert
Nichols, 81, Ferndale was releas-
ed after making statement to
police. Witnesses said the child's
head struck the tailgate Ct the
truck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
BeIIeVilIe
OLD NeIcHeoRs MEET

Belleville. Mich. Sept. 4 The
home OF Mrs. Blanche Walters. on
Main St. was the scene Sunday
of party for several neighbors OF
20 years standing. Ii was a CO.
operative affair and had previously
been planned a. a picnic Resi-
dents present were Mrs. Walters,
Mrs Kirk Pitcher. Mrs. Joseph
Spring. Mrs. OfIin Post. Mrs. r.
B. Miller. Miss Margaret Hope.
Mrs. Cora Smith. Mrs. Emile
Shepherd, and Mrs Celia Carpen-
ter
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
News From OakViIle
FARMERS MEETING CHANGED

FARMERS MEETING CHANGED
Oakville. Mich Sept In &C.
count'of primary election the Oak
vile Farmers Club will be post
poned from Tuesday evening. Sept.
10, to Thursday evening. Sept u.
This will be ladies' night, Mrs.
William A. Johnson chairman.
There will be program also re-
freshments consisting OF cake
gelatin and coffee WITT be served
Dale Gardner. Toledo, was a
guest at the home OF Lloyd Smith
and family Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert Darling and
son Elm were Sunday guests at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albin,
Green Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Straub and
children Of near Maybee, were
guests Monday at the home of Mr..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
PLAN NEW THEArER

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 4-Store
managers in the cookbook OF S.
State St, north Side, have received
notice to vacate by Dec. OF this
year. The property from the alley
south to T. Liberty St has been
leased by the w. 5. Butterfeld
Co for erection OF a new motion
picture theater.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

Members OF the Belleville vii
lage Cornell approved a resolution
to purchase 300 feet OF fire hose
for the local fire department at
their regular meeting. The hose
was received Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

The Harold Lemke family. De-
troit, have taken up residence in a
new home on Huron River Drive
Mrs. James Switzerland and
daughter, Miss Virginia Sother-
land, and James Mccullough, re.
turned Monday from a weeks va
cation spent with relatives in In
diana.
Mrs. Fred vorce, Mrs. Florence
Warner and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Schaerer went - Detroit Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur SULTAN and
family enjoyei Sunday at the
State Fair.
Mrs. Merrill Watts and family
enjoyed day in Detroit. visiting
the ZOO. and attending the band
concert at Belle Isle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Schaerer
and parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry
Schaerer visited friends in Ann Ar.
/ Dor.
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GROCER sUCCU,lBs

Port Huron. Sept Joseph
c. Rupert. 81. grocer here for
more than 80 years, died Tuesday
at his home after a three months
illness. Services will be at 3 p. m.
Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
IIIMRER STOLEN

Ann Arhor.- Mich. Sept. 4-Po-
lice are checking complaint from
Herman Graf. 100 Third St. that
some one entered his garage Tues
day and stole a quantity OF cut
lumber he had stored there.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Weddina sentemher s

The wedding OF Miss Phyllis Nc
Mullen and Deisire Hancock. Dear.
born. will take place in Belleville
September IS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

Mr.. and MIS-. Murry Day who
were recently married. are living
in their newly purchased home at
1860 Whitaker Rd.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
~Au "A Fl ~. 4, 49, Killed in Traffic Same
Vny MUST n0y LIE! no. ~ Due Lost Yeor-58
OF Factual Analyses OF Traffic Faahe-

analyses OF traffic deaths Nos.
IS, 43 and 46 haze not been pub
lished pending completion OF
Official investigation.
The place: An alley in the rear
Of the 1000 block of Gales street
NE.
The accident: A 3-year-old col
ored boy was attempting to get on
to the right running board of a
truck parked in the alley when the
vehicle started suddenly, knocking
him down and running over him
with the right rear wheel. The
truck continued on its course for
about 40 feet until another child
cried to the driver that he had run
over some one. The child was pro-
nounced dead. on arrival at Gal
linger Hospital. The truck was
travelling west at the time of the
accident.
The time: About 9:55 am. Au-
gust 27.
The weather: Raining.
The street: Unimproved and
muddy.
The vehicle: A 1888 11a-ton ice
truck. Police found its brakes in
good condition. Driver said he was
travelling In low gear about 5 miles
an hour.
The driver: A 34-year-old man
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Returned Children
Show Good Effects
OF Chest Camps
One Girl Has Guin Of
l3 Pounds in Ia Days;
Nearly 5000 Back

With the closing this week end
of three camps, the Community
Chest reports that nearly all the
5000 boys and girls who have en-
joyed the outdoors at Is Chest
agency camps this summer are back
home again-looking much plumper
than when they left.
Illustrative of the poundage in
crease among underprivlleged
youngsters are statistics released
concerning results at the Salvation
Army's Camp Happyland, in the
Chopawamsic region. Children there
gained an average of 312 pounds
during a two-week stay, according
to Adit. William T. Powell.
13 Pounds in Ia Days.
One little girl astonished her
parents with gain of 13 pounds
in IA days, while a lanky lad put
18 pounds on his adolescent frame
during an eight-week period.
What lies behind such gains can
be seen from facts released by
Harry M. Cutler, quartermaster at
Camp Theodore Roosevelt. He said
food for Boy Scouts there from
June % to September l included
6,4OO quarts Of milk, 5000 pounds
of bread, 1000 pounds of fresh to-
matoes, $500 pounds of potatoes,
600 watermelons, 2,400 pounds of
butter and two tubs day-or 4,800
pounds-of jam.
outings closing today and tomor-
row are the Y. w. C. A. Camp
Kahlert at Sudley, Nd; Christ Child
Settlements Merrick Boys Camp
at Maryland Point and Camp Roose-
welt on Chesapeake Bay at Will
lows, Md.
Two Are Still Open.
Still remaining open are Camp
Woodrow Wilson at Burnt Hills, Md.
closing September 6. and Holiday
House on Mount Vernon boulevard,
closing September 9.
Charles M. Fyfe, executive of the
Boys Club of Washington, said he
believes the experience of 400 camp
ers in Camp Reeder at Mount Vic
toria, Md, was IAN object lesson in
practical democracy"
Boys of many nationalties and
creeds demonstrated that they can
live, learn and play together success
fully at the camp" he said.
Without regimentation, they did
their summer camping in small units
of 8 or 10 to a cabin, chose their
own activities and co-operated to
solve any problems of necessary
discipline
Evening star., 1940-09-01

Efie H. ingalls,, to permit an ac-
cessory building, rear of 1765 N street
NV. to be remodeled and used for
human habitation.
Lydia M Robinson, to erect one
car detached accessory garage on
ESQ Warren street NE.
Charles H. and Margaret E.
Thomas. erection of second-story
rear addition to Tie Nineteenth
street NE.
Samuel H. Keets, erection of a
two-story apartment addition at
1819-1825 Thirteenth street NV.
Himmelfarb Properties, Inc, for a
variance from the lot occupancy and
rear yard requirements of the ID"
area district to permit 100 per cent
coverage of lot on the west side of
Kansas avenue between Taylor and
Upshur streets NV.
Estate of Mary B. S. Thompson,
porch addition and structural con-
version to a dwelling of the two
story garage in the rear of 4842 Six
teenth street NV.
Fannie Bannister, erection of a
two-story rear addition to 1720
Ninth street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Townsend, to
inclose a one-story side porch at
3507 Lowell street NV.
Hugh B. Conner, erection of a
two-story apartment house on 341-
343 Eighteenth place NE.
George M. Norris, to permit 100
per cent coverage with a two-story
building at the southeast corner of
Ninth and I streets NV.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Bids Due About Nov. |
For Underpass al
Scott Circle
PIons Are Making
Rapid Progress, Says
Highway Director

Bids for the new Scott Circle I'M
derpass for Sixteenth street traffic
will be asked about November l.,
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of
highways, announced last night. At
the same time he made public
a list of u streets which may be
improved by the use of combina-
ton of Federal and District money.
Plans for underpass are making
rapid progress, Capt. Whitehurst
said. Work may begin late this year
and the project should be finished
about June of next year.
Now in the District Budget.
The Federal-aid program depends
on whether an item Of s65 600 now
in the District budget Is appropri-
ated for the next fiscal year. The
Federal Government would match
the amount. q - "a
Approved by Government. u.
The proposed improvements under
the Federal aid program have been
approved by the Public Roads Ad-
ministration of the Federal Works
Agency.
The primary road projects are as
follows:
Alabama avenue and Bowen road
Sc. from Pennsylvania avenue to
the District line, Massachusetts,
avenue NV. from Nebraska avenue
to Western avenue. Third street
NV. fro NH street to New York
avenue, South Capitol street between
Atlantic street and the District line,
K street NV. from Connecticut
avenue to Washington Circle, M
street Sc. from Fourth street to
Eleventh street, Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. from Eighth street to Com
modore Barney Circle, West Virginia
avenue NE. from Mt. Olivet road
to New York avenue, U street NV.
from Tenth street to Sixteenth
street.
Safety Island Plan.
On z street the safety island plan
now in use between Connecticut
avenue and Fourteenth street will be
continued.
Streets in the secondary system
for Federal aid were listed as fol-
lows: Forty ninth street NE be-
tween Deane avenue and Sheriff
road, Utah avenue NV. from Ne
braSka avenue to Western avenue,
Reno road NV. from Rodlnan street
to Van Ness street, Reno road from
Yuman street to Chesapeake street
and Reno road from Nebraska ave-
hue to Davenport street.