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GAS STATIONS FOR SALE.

GASOLINE STATION SITE for sale or
iease-Corner lot fronting 145' on River
rd BY depth Of 120' on Butler I'd con-
tanning 758o ne So One I'll of tbe R5eI astess
loc. In nearby Md DOUGLASS e.
BULLOCK & Co. Republic 3037.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-Nicely furnished
house, front and back open porch, garage,
bedrms: long season. 132 No. Iowa ave.
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GARAGES ron SALE.

STEEL, aluminium mill buildings and Ea-i
rages for early delivery. DUPONT RCNl
woRxk 1865 18th Et. NV. MA. $3.50. --&
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Word Come

Find Is or more common English
words in
ID E L z G A T E,
meaning "a deputy, representative"
Average mark is 23 words. Time
limit, 20 minutes.
| RULES of the Game-I Words must be
of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
as." such as "bats," cats" are not used.
2. Only one form Of q word Is used. A.
Proper names are not used. list viii be
published tomorrow.
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IEcAL NoTIcEs.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE = HAVING
qualified as Administrator of the Estate
undersigned requests that all persons in
debted to said estate make prompt pay
ment to the undersigned, and that all
persons to whom said estate is indebted
the undersigned for payment. JAMES
VIM. SOMERvLLE. Administrator. Attor-
ney at Law, 4S24 oath rd., No. Arlington.
LEO A. ROVER, CLARENCE G. PECHA-
eek, Attorneys for Caveators.
JOSEPH ID. MALLOY. Attorney for
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ARMY sURPLus TRUcKs By

INTERNATIONAL dump truck 1941 w.
ton: good condition; $3.50. DE. 1878. -
DODGE 1885 Panel; i "a tons: reasonable
Can be seen at 1908 Delray ave-,
Bethesda, Md. Is
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@. 4As South you hold:
AA985 Us aJ963 @AQ94
The bidding has proceeded.
What do you bid now?

WIldt QO you DlQ IlOWf
A--Your hand is not very. far removed
the value Of an bid snd since Ts
should give some thought to ?. slam. How
ever, Blackwood bid would be highly
improper, drst, because your concern 10
not SO much how many aces partner has
ana secondly, bu. liner mere nI ,mpor,shnt' you
level and thus place the game In jeopardy
should there be no slam. The proper call
is four clubs denoting possession Of the
ace. showing a willingness to consider
@. 5You are South, have 80 part
score and you hold:
AIS 0s2 o7s3 %KQJs76
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
ia Pass a. Pass
20 Pass 81 Pass
3NT Pass !?
What do you bid now?
A.-There must be something, touchy
that despite the 80. part score he did not
bid two no-trump Immediately over your
two clubs, though such a contract would
complete the game. II he has spades,
and hea5 s +. he has seems Rs to ace
clubs which will render your hand useless
at no-trump. We suggest bid of four
clubs as a safer contract. II there, were
no part score and your suit were hearts
on the four hearts as safer contract.
With 80 part score the same reasoning
5tson:H 5copsrisht, is47, by Charles Il. aoreno
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WATERFRONT pRop.-wAhTEp.
sEAsHoRE PROPERTY

WANTED TO RENT-Cottage at
wood Forest. TIE. 2325.-----
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Wills JET ,, as45 M1ssa n a1sl,ssl na drtss 1ass
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DAIRY FARMS, DAIRY FARMS. JOHN
BURDOFT, Colesville. Md. Call Ashton
Md, 3S46. u
FARMS, FARMS, FARMS. JOHN BUR-
DOFT, Colesville, Md. Call Ashton, Nd,
= 22GSr1iISr cpovE FARM. near oIney. in
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SEE Us BEFORE YOU SELL PoHANKA
6EHVICL 1126 goth st. NV. District o141.
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-H.W LII. CcUOe
PLYMOUTH cab,
leaving city. ia.
PLYMOUTH 1913
paint; seat cover
condition: S195.
PLYMOUTH 1941
sedan, r. and h., :
PONTIAC 1910
new motor; S995.
PONTIAC 1899 2
trunk: beautiful
new tires: $685.; 3,
MOTORS. iii
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with the London Lillian de Ia Tore.
Times account of Jack the Rip
per's activities in 1888. The collec-
ton will appeal to the aficionado for
two reasons: Most of the narratives
are contemporary accounts rich
with the flavor of their particular
period and many of them emerge as
the original stories from which later
playwrights and novelists drew their
inspiration. MIR. Barker's short in
Productions to each account draw
the moral with proper waggishness,
as witness his summary OF Jack the
Ripper's one fault-"his incorrigible
long-windedness, his inability to
stop when it was perfectly clear that
his public had had enough"
Miss de la Tore confines her col
lection to the criminals that
blotted the name of Britain in the
years from 1860 to 1900" In ballad
and story, she presents a score of
picturesque villains from pirates to
highwaymen. Nor does she overlook
the resolute females whose exploits
contributed to making that century
and a half a veritable carnival of
crime. Among her contributors are
Daniel De Foe, Jonathan Swift and
Sir Walter Scott for the period
pieces and Edmund Pearson and
William Roughead. for the modern
portraits in the gallery of criminals.
The anthologists contributions in
ciude an introduction describing the
criminal side of 18th century Brit
ain, photography enticing the
reader to further research as we'll
as explanatory prefaces and occa-
sional afterthoughts on the in
dividual accounts.
y n n r
THE WHISPERING MASTER
BY Frank Gruber. (Rtnehdrt &
Co.; ST.
A lovely young singer, Marjorie
Fair. is strangled just across the
air shaft from the hotel room where
Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg
are wondering how they can make
enough money to get Sans trous-
ers out Of hook. Sam would prefer
to concentrate on his own problem
but Johnny figures he can make a
stake by solving the murder. OBJ
viously, the master record OF the
grooming Con Carsons last song
has something to do with the slay-
ing or Marjorie wouldn't have tossed
the record into the Fletcher -Cragg
room as she faced her murderer.
AS his long list of previous ad-
ventures have demonstrated, John
ny is not averse to operating in
several directions at once. To get
Sans pants out of hook, Johnny
indulges in the knd of financial
parlay that would send shivers down
any bank presidents back. At the
same time. he busies himself with
finding suit how Marjorie got the
croonerS Vast recording and why it
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Public Library
LATE VACATIONS,
By Ruth Mccoy

Readers Adviser. Washington Public
Library.
One would probably find a variety
Of opinion about the preferability
of a fall vacation Whether or not
you consider yourself fortunate in
the early summer, at least you are
lucky right now If your tired
thoughts can turn to vacation plans.
But, where to 60 since many re-
sorts close after the Labor Day week
end? There are those of us who
think New York City. in spite of the
rush, offers unique and varied at
fractions even for the city dweller
The Public Library has some guides
like Ruth Loud's New York! New
York;" and the Writers Program
New York City Guide that will
help you enjoy the, time you spend
there.
The reference department Of the
library has acquired a new supply
of travel material from States and
cities all over the country.
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The Pentagon Philatelic Society
announces meeting and banquet in
the generals lounge of the Pentagon
Building, Thursday evening at 6.
Albert F. Kunze will be the guest
speaker. Omcers for the first year
OF the organizations history will
be elected. All military and civilian
members Of the national military
establishment are invited to attend
and participate. Reservations for
the dinner may be telephoned to
Maj. James T. De voss, RE. 67oo
Ext. 73485.
The regular monthly meeting o1
the Department of Agriculture
Stamp Club will be held in Room
l24-E of the Administration Build.
ing, Thursday evening at Sis. DR.
Frederick L. Lewton will speak or
"Perforations and Watermarks" anc
Will conduct round-table discus.
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War transports
OF

ITROOPSHIPS OF
WORLD WAR II
BY Roland w. Charles. (Army
Transportation Association;
$685.
This is the first complete collection
Of the histories and records Of all the
transports which regularly carried
troops from United States ports to
overseas destinations during the re-
cent war.
There is a photograph of each ship
followed by information about her
dimensions. speed and other nautical
data, and brief story of her ad-
ventures.
A foreword is contributed by Maj
Gen. Edmond H. Leavey, present
chief of Army transportation.
The author, naval architect, was
born in Missouri, but has lived in
Washington since childhood. He has
performed an invaluable service In
compiling the stories of these valiant
ships for the future, while the rec
ords were fresh and still accessible.
| g a i
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are more numerous than those
where George Washington slept
but they are more real today tt
the Spanish people than are tn
slumberings of that austere gentle.
man from Mount Vernon. Anc
what of the Incompatible Dulcinea
that treasury of sweet aspect anc
behavior" Why she lived in E.
Toboso. We can show you the very
house!
For every Spaniard, Don Quixott
and Sancho Panza have never
ceased to ride
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Rare Don Quisofe Edition
At Library of Congress

The 4o0th anniversary of the
birth of Miguel de Cervantes
Saavedra, which occurred in
1547, Is being observed in the
Library Of Congress with a dis
play which was placed on view
yesterday Of q rare edition of
Don Quixote," referred to as
"nueva variedad," published in
Madrid in 1905, and of the first
English translation Of this work
by Thomas Shelton. published
in London in 1872; an extremely
rare variant of the true Spanish
first edition. Only one otner
copy of it is known.
(The exact date of Cervantes' birth
in unknown. Since he was baptized
on october o. I547, however. and
since Michaelmas-the feast of San
Miguel--feH on September % in that
year. the latter date can be assumed
to be the date of his BIRTH
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= / COO WALL III nl6 GlilS OUt carly Ill 1871
But how is Spain celebrating this
quadricentennial? In the months
of July, August and September. at
the universities of Santander, Owl
edo, and Santiago de Compostela, at
the Vigo Institute, at the summer
school at Jaca sponsored by the Uni
versity of zaragoza, at the Spanish
American University at Huelva,
monographs on Cervantes were in
cluded in the summer courses which
were arranged to make special ap-
peal to advanced students and
teachers Of Spanish from foreign
countries. The lectures were given
by Spaniards' who are authorities
in their particular spheres, and the
excursions to adjacent towns en-
riched the hours of study. Now, at
the beginning of the American COL
lege year, these courses are some
thing to think about happily next
summer. The Spanish State
Tourist Department. in Spain, and
its recently opened branch in New
York City, are most cooperative,
and living accommodations are as
carefully planned as are the lee
lures and the excursions.
The "One-Handed."
The Edicion Atlas is bringing out
the first part of Don Quixote" with
over one thousand notes published
for the first time; and important
prizes have been offered journalists
for appreciations of Ell Nance de
Lepanto-the One Handed Of Le-
panto. Some of us may not know
why Cervantes is thus affectionately
called. so with benefit of encyclo-
pedia we find that Cervantes fought
with the Armada Rnder Don Juan
of Austria. and during the sea bat
tie of Lepanto in October, 1871,
though i'll of fever, he insisted on
taking part and received three gun
shot wounds, two in the chest and
one which permanently MANNED his
left hand-"for the greater glory of
the right" in his own phrase.
A new film is being created around
the life Of Don Quixote. which we
hope will come to this country.
Cesaro Gonzalez, who Is called the
Metro" Of Spain and who is re-
sponsible for 80 per cent of its
motion pictures, is striving for their
wider international distribution and
for greater exchange of screen
artists, particularly from Mexico.
But most important of all, during
this period there is a meeting of the
Great Assembly of the Castillian
Language, organized by the Royal
Academy of Spain, by all the acad-
emies of the peoples OF Spanish
America, and by famous figures in
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logues leaves number of other
equally hopeful impressions, due to
the presence of several first-rank
novelists. 1t reveals, too, that many
of our American writer's are still in
tensely preoccupied with the race
problem, that the war is virtually
over as far as books are concerned
and that the historical novel Is
evidently here to stay in spite of q
satirical broadside called "Grena-
dine Etching" which Author Robert
Ruark calls "a very historical novel,"
Unhappy Women.
Francois Mauriac, Marcia Daven-
port and Gladys Schmitt, three of
whom excellence is to be expected,
are on hand, all with novels of un-
happy women. Mauriac, the dis
tinguished French writer. whose
wife Is "Therese." Mrs. Davenport,
who pictured three generations in
The Valley of Decision" has limited
herself to one week in the life Of q
beautiful and sophisticated New
Yorker In East Side, West Side." ."
Forsaking the biblical theme OF
David the King" Gladys Schmitt
describes the emotional conflict of
young actress torn between love
and art in Alexandra"
Martha Wolff, that astounding
young American novelist who has
not been heard from since Night
Shift" is back with About Lyddy
Thomas Mary Roberts Rine-
hart, whose IL years silence has been
broken only with mystery or two
has Light in the Window novel
with a publishing background COM
ing soon.
Best-Seller Favorites.
Other favorites of the seller
list who will doubtless make the
climb again are James Hilton, with
Nothing So Strange; Frances
Parkinson Keyes, who spent . yeal
in France researching for Game q
Cavalier" and McKinlay Kantor
whose newest is Midnight Lace
Erskine Caldwell has written Of a
poor widow who, as the saying goes,
is mo better than she should be-
in "The Sure Hand Of Cod" Howard
Fast, another OF our socially critical
novelists, describes q Massachusetts,
industrial town in "Clarkton."
The even more critical Frederic
Wakeman, fresh from his demolition
of the advertising executive, draws
bead on the theatrical producer,
central figure Of a novel called The
Saxon Charm" Hollywood is sub
iect to the close and evidently not
entirely sympathetic scrutiny OF
Edwin Gilbert in THE Squirrel
Cage"
Quieter Charms.
For those who enjoy the quieter
charms of the English novel there
will be J. B. Priestley's Jenny VIII
liers," E. H. Young's "Chatterton
Square" and 1.-THE Judges Story" by
Charles Morgan. Devotees of Eliza
beth Taylor, whose up at Mrs.
Lippincote's" and "Palladian' were
exceptionally sensitive pieces Of fic-
ton, will welcome "A View of the
Harbor.
A. newspaper office is the scene OF
island in the Square" by William
Du Bois, who works in one, namely
the New York Times Book Review
Lionel Trilling is another critic who
takes a hand at creative writing
His story of q group Of liberal in
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Don Quixote Rides Again
AS Spain Honors Ceryontes
BY Groce Heqqer Lewis

Grace Aeg9er Le' ,oho is also Mrs Teesord Casanova de
O1ed last year Dent to Spain
The North American they called
her eyes and her heart NTH
reading and oriting.
rodnng-hare dlDdys
herself and as the former Oite OF Sinclair LeDis
Recent reviewers OF CerDantes Aubrey
scholarly Interpretation
Madman only timely anniversary
Cervanes birth and the 43d the publication
immortal novel However in commemorative
october
the promise OF translation Don which
Putnam has been working intervals IS The Viking
will ing hisolte LIN
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the following interesting account Of
the two buildings-the one removed
and the one still standing:
THE old brick building that stood
upon a triangular lot of ground
bounded by New York avenue and
Sixth and L streets NV. was
originally erected for an engine
house, but was remodeled, and has
been used as schoolhouse since
1858. The building contained only
three school rooms, and one Of
these was very undesirable. The
trustees recommended that this
building be improved and enlarged
by the addition of two wings, so that
in all 1t would contain nine school,
rooms, playrooms, teachers rooms
and rooms for janitor.
"The Commissioners of the District
favorably entertained the recon-
mendation, and directed Mr.. Thomas
M. Plowman, inspector of buildings,
to prepare plans for the proposed
changes. His plans were approved
and a contract for the work was
made. The notifications in the old
building were so extensive that the
contractor preferred to take it down
and to erect, without any additional
charge. an entire new structure.
This he was allowed to do, and the
work is now nearly completed. The
entire cost Of this improvement, in
cluding heating the building by
furnaces, inclosing the grounds, and
furniture, will probably be about
$27 900.
I'm honor of Mr.. George J. Abbot,
who served as a member of the
board from 1845 to 1855, and rem
dered the schools most efficient and
valuable service, the board of
trustees has named it the Abbot
School Building. Two rooms in the
basement of the assembly's church,
at the corner of Fifth and I streets
NV, were rented and used for
schools during the time occupied in
erecting the Abbot Building"
Abbot Graduates.
Though the Abbot Building was
begun in 1875. 1t was first used in
1875, and then apparently by only
five male classes-three primary and
two secondary. In Miss Sallie, A.
Dalton's primary class for that year
diplomas were awarded to Frank w.
Amrein, Francis Watkins, Edward
Columbus, Martin E. Hoyberger,
Charles E. Mahorney, Charles D.
Watkins, William F. Peabody, John
S. Cissel, Frank G. Roach, David F.
Parker, Charles L. Taylor, George
L. Leofaer, Harry w. Andrews, John
N. Oliver, Bernhard U. Behrend
Alfred H. Speake, George H. Nc
Duell, Frederick A. Eckstein, Aloysius
A. King, Henry Poynton, William
Goldin, William Hurley, Thomas
Phillips, William Culverwell, Phillips
Hawley, John Enders, Francis Kress
and Abraham kaufman.
Those attending Miss Ralph's
primary class, and who were re-
warded. were: Clarence E. Davis,
Frank Tharp, Edward w. Dom, Guy
T. Trembly, Henry Peterson, Sey-
mour 3. Wright, LtnneuS La Fetra
Oden S. Scott, Ernest A. Fill, Solo
mon Peyser, Edward w. Wolhaupter,
George M. Copenhaver, Harrison
Stidman, George Terry, Edward
Spindler, Charles Wilson, George
Maloney, Percival Waters, George
Amerien, Thomas Howard, George
McElWee and Charles Bailey.
FROM DENMARK TO THE VIR-
GIN ISLANDS, by Knud Knud-
Hansen Dorrance & Co.; so. The
Danish surgeon who became head
of the health department of the
Virgin Islands writes his memoirs.
RUBIAYAT OF OMAR KHAY-
YAM, Fitzgerald translation, first
and fifth versions. Illustrated by
Edmund j. Sullivan. (Hartsdale
HouseO
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character of the
anthologists that
there is little
duplication and
m uch distinc-
ton.
"T he Fatal
Caress," with q
preface by An
thony Boucher,
begins with Mis-
tress Arden, who
c on spir e d to
murder her hus-
band back in
1851, and ends
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and his squire.
This route cov-
ers a great part
of the plain Of
La M a n C h a
ascending north.
e a st through
CASTLE, Aragon
and ending in
Barcelona. The
inns where these
two characters
of fiction paused
for refreShmenf
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the Spanish world of letters. At
this assembly, discussions are being
held on language themes-philologi-
cal, grammatical, etymological-for
in Spain as in France there is an
academy which rules on the cor
rect usage of speech.
Route of Don Quixote."
There has been mapped route
of Don Quixote," sentimental
journey for those who would follow
the wanderings of the knight -errant
Evening star., 1947-09-28
By John CIoeett Proctor

bert Rheb: second grade, William
Moran; third grade, George NJ
Kent. and fourth grade, Edward
WoltZ
Near the school, in the block be-
tween Ninth, Tenth, S and T streets,
was then the circus grounds, and
here came Barnum's and Fore
paugh's shows. and. OF course, the
elephant Jumbo. On the south side
Of S street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets. stood the Braun
house, one-story- and-a- half dwell
ing. 1t had the appearance of being
very old house. This pioneer of
the Northwest was graced by Mr..
Brauns daughter Lena, who be-
came the wife of Charles Meyer.
After the lease on the Grace
Church School had expired In the
early '80s, the students of this school
attended principally the Brewer
School at Second and N streets, site
Of the Homeopathic Hospital; to
the school at Fourteenth and O
streets, recently removed. This lat
ter building was we'll named for
Prof. Joseph Henry, first secretary
OF the Smithsonian Institution, and
in the naming of new schools his
name should certainly be at the
top of the list.
Not only was Prof. Henry all out
standing physicist and inventor, but
he was also interested in the public
schools of Washington, and fire.
quently gave lectures before the
advanced student bodies. At the
first commencement of the Normal
School in 1875 (now the Wilson
Teachers College, he delivered a
short address, and at the annual
exhibition of drawings, in 1877, he
made one of his felicitous and
philosophical addresses. He was at
the time physically so weak from
his last illness, it is said, as to re-
quire assistance in ascending the
stairs to the hall Of the Franklin
Building, and this effort, 1t is re-
Flated, proved to be his last public
school sddress.
The Abbot School.
The Abbot School Building was
also one of the early public schools
and stood at the northeast corner OF
Sixth street and New York avenue
where is now police precinct No. q
The present building was erected
during the administration of for
mer Chief of Police Maj. Ernest
w. Brown.
| According to Sessford's Annals
the building that originally occu-
pied this site was erected IN 1855
principally as an enginehouse. The
reports Of the public schools give
two dates when 1t was first oocu-
pied for educational purposes
1856 and 1858. However, it is evil
dent that it was taken over quite
early by the school trustees. In
size 1t was SO by 28 feet, and was
three stories high, containing three
schoolrooms. The ground was valued
at 5000 and the building, which
was Of brick, at 5000. It was used
for the primary and secondary
grades. and Mary o. Whitney, Lucy
May johnson and Helen E. Ralph
taught here during the school year
ending August 81, 1876. when it was
known as the Berret Building
named for James G. Berret, Mayor
of washington, 1858 to 1860.
Although the report on this build
ing in 1875 gives its condition as
good, yet, evidently because it was
too small and the ground space could
be used to better advantage, it was
removed and the present building
erected in its place.
The report of the superintendent
Of public schools for 1874-5 gives