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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-11-10

Buy Where Negroes Work.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-11-10

buy Where Negroes Work
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-11-10

Buy Where Negroes Work
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Lingerie

10-S4.9s Flannelette Paja-
mas, Western style; soiled,
$500
4-S2.99 Striped Fiannelette
Gowns. size SO; soiled ---.S1.50
25-$1.99 Printed Cotton
Crepe Gowns. size 3--S S1.00
Trregs. S5.95 Nylon Tricot
Slips, white $500
2-S10.95 Rayon Crepe Gowns,
size 80; soiled $500
so - $2.99 Slips, strapless.
elasticized back, rayon crepe.
pink, white; sizes 1898, $1.00
$3.50 Petticoats, rayon
crepe, deep lace bottom;
brown; small, medium $2.00
$3.50 Nylon Slips. tearose;
size 80 -------$2.00
$3.50 Blouse Slips, white
cotton; sizes "a, 38------$1.00
1S-S1.19 Cotton Slips, built
up shoulders, white; broken
sizes 59c
10-$2.99 Cotton Slips, lace
trim, blue, maize; misses
sizes --$1.0O
5-$3.99 Cotton Petticoats,
small sizes --------.$1.00
10-S3.95 Rayon Crepe Slips,
lace trim, pink; sizes 80 tall.
$500
W-S2.95 Tailored Rayon
Crepe Slips, misses broken
sizes; black, white -$1.59
Kann'S-Second Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
D. {. Doctor Under Bond
In Illegal Operation Case

A 33-year-old Washington doc
tor today was under $4,000 bond
on a charge Of abortion on a 21-
year-old Government clerk and
housewife. The case was con-
tinued in Municipal Court yester.
day until December 13.
The doctor, John w. Sebastian.
colored, Of the $500 block Of Jay
street NE. allegedly performed
an illegal operation on the clerk,
who Is colored. last Thursday.
The mother Of three children.
the woman was taken to Gallinger
Hospital shortly after the alleged
operation. where she has remained
In critical condition.
DR.. Sebastian was arrested in
his Office in the 1000 block Of
Benning road NE. Tuesday night.
The alteration was performed
there, police said.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Girls Wear

1-$16.95 Storm Coat, tan,
mouton collar; size Z; as is,
$1,000
10-$l4.95 Wool Melton Cloth
Goats, novelty fur fabric col
lar trim; sizes 7-12-----$8.97
25-$2.99 = $3.99 In between
Size Cotton Dresses, plaids,
prints ---$1.OO
20-$2.99 Rayon BIouses, blue
or aqua: sizes Tia q for $1.00
$3.50 Cotton Gabardine
Raincoats, tan, grey; size 7,
10-$2.9s Regulation Blue
Gym Suits, size SOC
50-$1.9S Wool Slipon Sweat
ers, short sleeves, pastels;
TIA ------------$1.29
+$22.95 Wool Chinchilla
Coat Sets, navy, red; sizes
7-10 0-------$14.97
$500 In-between Size Cor
duroy Dresses, brown $500
Kann's-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
New Faces in Congress
New Faces in Congress
Bennett, Victor Over Thomas,
Wants 'Conn1on-Sense' Deal

Wallace Foster Bennett. Re-
publican, the new Senator from
Utah, is calm, deep-voiced,
middle of -the-road conservative
who first captured national atten-
ton when he was president of the
National Association Of Manufac-
turerS.
His election was a jolt to the
administration because he de-
Ifeated for reelection Senator
Ebert D. Thomas, scholarly Fair
Deal exponent who heads the
Senate's Labor and Welfare Com
mittee.
Mr.. Bennett, So, is a paint and
glass manufacturer, has a motor
company also at Salt Lake City
and is a director Of a bank and oil
company.
He was the first business execu-
tive west of Chicago to head the
NAM and was the first Of its
presidents to be a small" busi-
nessman-having only about 225
employees.
Mr.. Bennett prides himself on
good labor relations and ssys chat
the man who sweeps out his re-
tail store calls him by his fist
name.
Waged Hot Campaign.
He was called a "mouthpiece of
big business" and waged a hot
campaign against Senator Thomas
touring the State in a campaign
against "the sins of Thomasism. u
He struck back at Senator
Thomas for favoring outright re-
peal of the Taft-Hartley Act and
for supporting "socialized" medi-
cine. The Brannan farm plan
deficit spending and "Karl Marx
taxation also came UP for debate
1 The Senator elect also protested
against "softness" In attitudes
against the Reds and accused the
Truman administration Of incom.
petence. What the Nation need.
ed. Mr.. Bennett said. was not 9
New Deal or a Fair Deal. but 9
''common-sense DEAL"
| The national health insurance
plan. sponsored by Senator
Thomas and opposed by Mr.. Ben
nett, was top issue. The latter
Evening star., 1950-11-23
DR.. Hiskey Is Suspended
By Brooklyn Polyfech
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Dr.
Clarence r. Hiskey. 40, indicted
Monday by a Federal grand jury
in Washington on contempt of
Congress charges. has been sus-
pended from his position on the
faculty Of Polytechnic Institute OF
Brooklyn.
He was one Of IL persons in
dicted on charges Of refusing to
answer questions put to them by
the House Committee on On
American Activities during an in
vestigation Of communism.
DR.. Hiskey. a chemist, worked on
the atomic bomb project at the
University Of Chicago. 5 :
He was arraigned on the in
dictment Tuesday before United
States Commissioner Edward E.
Fay in Brooklyn. He waived ex-
animation, was released In $500
bail and was ordered to appear
In Washington Friday.
Evening star., 1950-11-23

said it would regiment doctors.
dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Served in World War I.
Mr.. Bennett, who comes from
a pioneer Utah family. was born
November 13, 1898 in Salt Lake
City. He is a graduate Of the
University Of Utah and during
World War I served as a lieu-
tenant in the infantry.
In 1922, he married the daugh-
ter Of the late President Heber
Grant Of the Mormon Church and,
himself. has attained a place In
church counsels.
He is the father Of five chill
dren, including a Reserve ofiicer
son, who was called back into the
service after the Korean invasion.
A self-styled "parlor amateur
singer" he forms a family duo
with Mrs. Bennett, pianist and
former university music teacher.
Mr.. Bennett once taught school
In Jack Dempsey's home town,
Manassa. Colo. He was a high
school principal there in 1919
when Dempsey was on the way
to the worlds heavyweight cham
|pionship.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
SpOftSsceUs'

1O0-$5.95 Famous Name
Blouses, nylon crepe, nylon
sheers, white, pastels. broken
9-$12.95 Rayon Gabardine
Unlined Suits, fall shades.
broken sizes, for misses, half
sizes -------$S.8S
$3.50 Plastic Raincoats, as
sorted colors, broken sizes,
$1.O0
SASS Menswear Rayon
Dresses, coat style, side but
toned, 14h-241a, broken sizes,
$9.44
2o-s7.s5-ss.95 Jackets, rayon
faille, corduroy, some wool,
broken sizes ---------$3.8S
2O-S7.95-S10.95 Wool Cardi-
gans, Slipons, broken sizes,
S4.A
25-S1.9s-S2.s9 Cotton Plaid
Blouses, broken sizes ---$1.19
5-S7.95-S10.95 Dresses, woods,
rayons, failles, broken sizes,
1894
10-S19.95 Dresses, rayon
crepes, rayon gabardine, 1886
10-S14.95 Rayon Gabardine
Lined Suits, wine, brown:
broken sizes 1918 S9.44
4S16.95 M nswear Suits,
rayon lined, brown mixture,
broken sizes, 10-14----$11.8S
3-S25.O0 Capeslxin L Q ther
Jackets, natural shade, IL, 16,
20 sizes eS---.-$16.44
3-S14.95 White Fake-Fur
Jackets, sizes 10, IL, 16, S10.8S
Kann's-Second Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Occasional
Furniture

3-s1s.95 Mahogany Tables,
leather tops, as is-------S9.97
1 - $16.95 Telephone Set,
mahog. finished, floor sample,
$10.S8
1-S29.50 Lamp Table, leather
top, as is -------$12.88
2S19.95 Cocktail Tables, ma
hogany veneers. marred, $11.49
1-S42.50 Dinette Table, drop
leaf, mahog. veneers $22.8S
1-$10.95 Utility Chair, mahog.
finish, wine upholstered seat,
$3.50
1-S8.95 Smoker, bronze finish,
as Is -------S4.49 S4.4 40
1-$37.5 so Dinette Table, Drop
leaf, mahog. veneers, as is,
$17.77
1-$19.95 Bookcase, SO inch
wide, 3-shelf, mahog. finish,
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
District Schoolgirl, Is,
Reported Missing

Mrs. Alberta Phillips. 423 Nine
teenth street NE. has appealed
to police to help find her 13-year-
old niece. who disappeared from
home early this month.
The girl, Geraldine Parham,
colored, made her home with Mrs.
Phillips. She did not return from
a trip to a neighborhood grocery
store on the night Of November 8.
Geraldine. a 7-B Browne Jun
ior High School student, could
easily pass for a girl Of 18. ac-
cording to her aunt. She Is 5
feet 8 inches tall and weighs las
pounds. At the time Of her dis
appearance, she was wearing a
beige sweater. black fiowered
skirt. brown oxfords and short
socks.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Housewares

100-25c Androck Vacuum Jar
Cap Lifters - Sc
4S Pcs. 69c to CSC Assorted
Enamel, aluminium Ware. 31k
and 6 qt. pots, sauce pans,
dish pans, broil pans, cake
pans, etc. AS Is ca. 29c
20-49c Metal Radiator Cow
ers. AS is is---.---.---29c
12-79c to $1.29 Aluminium
Bake Pans, Canister Sets,
metal wall shields. AS is, ca. 39c
6-$1.00 Combination Enamel
Cookers, ivory finish, 3 qt.
size 49c
5O-S1.00 Enamel Percolators.
6 and 8 cup --4 49c
12-S1.00 Metal Radiator Cow
ers. AS Is ----------69 $50
50-$2.98 Heavy-gauge Alumi-
mum Dutch Ovens, 4 qt. size,
$1.29
50-S3.9S Edo Over-the-doo
Racks, for hats, packages, etc.,
S1.98
6-$3.49 Metal Underbed
Chests, walnut finish; as is,
S1.99
l0-$3.9S Plastic Pitcher, Tray
and Tumbler Sets S2.49
6-S4.50 Heavy Aluminium
Chicken Fryers with dome
covers $3.50
10-$S.95 Universal Health
Scales. Weigh up to $50 lbs,
$4.95
2S16.95 Metal Base Cabinets.
White enamel. AS is - $9.99
@S19.95 Double-door Metal
Wardrobes. As is------$14.99
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Fabrics

1000 Yds. 49c-$I.19 Cotton
Remnants, plain, printed, So"
wide; desirable lengths,
29c to Soc yd.
1000 Yds. S1.19 Sa mple
Lengths Combed Cotton
Chambray, plain, striped, 36"
wide --------. 49c yd.
60 Yds. $2.98 Imported Dress
Linen, crease-resistant;; pink
only ----------- 99c yd.
80 Yds. 39c Cotton Flannel,
light blue only, 27" wide,
29c yd.
Kann's-Street Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Rabbi Burish to Preach

Rabbi Louis Barish's sermon
topic before the Northeast Hebrew
Congregation at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row Is "The Scholar Who Found q
Buried Treasure" The congrega-
ton, which meets at various
places, will meet tomorrow in the
basement Of the Sherwood Presby-
terian Church at Twenty-second
street and Rhode Island avenue
NE
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Cancer Society to Give
70 $500 FeIIowships

The American Cancer Society
has announced 1t will award 70
one-year fellowships in cancer
diagnosis and treatment to physi-
clans not older than 40.
The fellowships. valued at $3, 800
each. will be awarded through in
stitutionS where clinical facilities
are available. Applications must
be made through institutions be-
fore December 5. The fellowships
will take effect next July /.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Teen AppareI

6-S19.95 Wool Covert Coats,
sizes 10 and IL SI2.97
50-$2.99 Slipon Sweaters,
short sleeves, novelty or plain
colors, pastels, darks, sizes
1915 --$1.59 SO
lO-$S.99 Corduroy Jumpers,
copper or red, sizes 1915, $500
1O-$8.9S Pastel Plaid Jumper
Dresses, sizes 10-16----$6.00
$3.50 Corduroy Dresses,
$500
Kann's-Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
China

1-$39.9S Decorated Dinner
Set, 93-pc.. service for IL,
1898
6 Extra Large China Black
Fanthers ---------------$4.9S
3-$14.98 Imported China
After Dinner Coffee Sets,
S7.98
6$9.9S Pastel Luncheon Sets,
32-pc. service for -S4.8S
51-29c Decorated Earthen-
ware Cups. Ea.- l9c
18 Prs. $1.0O California Salt
and Pepper Shakers. Pr, SOC
Kann's-Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Bedroom
Furniture

1-s2s.s5 Box Springs, twin
size e----------------$17.SS
l-$2s.s5 Box Springs, twin
size --------------$16.99
1-$24.95 Box Springs, double
e$49.50 Serta Box Springs,
double size -------S29.50
1-$44.50 EngIander Box
Springs, double size S26.99
1-$34.S5 Box Springs, double
size -------------$17.88
1-S26.95 Innerspring Mat
tress, twin size -------S17.77
1-S29.95 Felt Mattress, twin
size -$18.88
1-$59.50 Chest on Chest, ma
hogany veneers -----$39.50
1-$49.50 Lounge Chair, Good
year African cushions; as is,
$3.50
1-S6.95 Vanity Bench, maple
finish; floor sample ---$3.S8
1-$9.95 Hollywood Metal
Spring Frame. as is----$5.99
1-$44.50 Englander Inner
spring Mattress, twin size,
$29.95
1-S44.50 Simmons Inner
spring Mattress, twin size,
$29.95
1-$49.50 Innerspring Mat
tress, twin size e---------$29. 80
1-S39.s9 Englander Inner
spring Mattress, double size,
$N.5O
1-S49.50 Serta Innersring
Mattress, double size ---$32.88
1-$49.5O Box Springs, twin
Kann'S-Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Daytime Dresses

15-s2.99 Washable Rayons.
broken sizes -Sl.59
25-S1.99-$2.99 Morning Dress
Is, prints: sizes 14-40----$1.0
10-S5.95-$7.95 Rayon Mater
nifty Dresses, broken sizes 9-15,
$500
isis S1.ss Organdy
Aprons, soiled -----S9c
5-s3.S9 Extra Size Percale
Cotton Dresses, soiled- -$1.W
10-$2.99 Floral Print Cotton
Brunch Coats, sizes 14-18,
S1.SS
25-S1.00-S1.69 Maids Aprons,
accessories; soiled ----59c
10-$2.99 Percale Cotton
Dresses, sizes IA to 18----S1.59
+S7.95 Rayon Uniforms,
black, grey; sizes IA, is, 46,
S2.oo
1O-s12.95 Corduroy Dresses,
2-pc., sizes 10-18--------S5.95
+$5.95 Check Gingham
Brunch Coats, size 18----S2.88
1880 Rayon Dresses, half
sizes es----------$2.79
10-$13.95-S14.95 Nylon Uni
forms, broken sizes; soiled,
S6.8S
25-$3.99 White and Colored
Uniforms, broken sizes 1910,
$500
1O-S6.95 Rayon Print Dresses,
sizes 1918 S3.O
Kann'S-Second Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
$I.69 to $2.25
Slipeover and Dropery
MATERIALS
B9e ,d.

Fomous Riverdole prints
in floroIs and stripes, 36
and 48-inch widths. Also
your choice Of pebble
cloths, soileIoths, novelty
weoves, crepe cloths. All
vot-dyed, washable.
Kann'S-Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23

Farmers and cattlemen in cen
trail Brazil complain Of drought
but In the south excessive rains
have delayed paintings.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
CIeu1'0mce!
Rodios and TV

25-Sle.e5 Television
EnIoreers. 7" to TO-;
most ore brand new,
1o-$l9.e5 Television
TobIes. Mahogany fin
ished, weII-buiIt; vorios
sizes and styles--$9.OO
l-$595.oo Motoroio
N Set. Three-woy conn.,
binotion in solid mohoe-
any; automatic record
changer, 10" tube,
$4,000
l-$42e.e5 Admiral
Three-woy Television
Combination. II inch
picture tube. AN and FIN
rodio, automatic record
changer. Mahogany ve-
aeer. -$25O.OO
3-$2o9.95 Vidcroft
TeIevision Console. Is"
picture tube. mahogany
veneer on hardwood fin
ish. Fully guaranteed,
$I95.OO
20 - S31.95 Emerson
FM TobIe Model Rodios.
with beautiful ivory case;
slide rule dioI, cosy TO
read ----$22.OO
Konn's-Sth and D SITS.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Linens, DOa,sestics

25-S1.99 Kiddie Towel Sets,
appliqued cl1intz, boxed $50
6-S3.49 Boxed Luncheon Sets,
rayon and cotton, 50x50-in.
cloth, 6 napkins -----$1.99
2S-$4.95 Craftspun Colored
Lace Cloths, 5Ox72-in. $3.50
25-S4.95 Rayon and Cotton
White Damask Dinner Sets,
56x76 cloth, 8 napkins, 1929
50-$1.99 Linen Bridge Cloths,
printed colors, 34x34-in., $1.00
40-S3.19 ColOred- Hem Sheets,
72xN8-in. --------------S S2.39
100-Sec. of $500 Mohawk
Sheets, 81x99-in. S2.49
5O-S6.95 to S12.95 Chenille
Spreads, one-of-a-kind, full
40O-s1.0o to s2.95 Lace Dress
er Scarfs, SO and 63-in. lengths,
CSC and 89c
3OO-$1.29 Kiddie Place Mat
Sets, four-piece, packaged, Soc
Kann's-Street Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23

Rags
1s12.95 Loop Pile Cotton
Rugs, non-skid, 4x6. $3.50
5SS.95 Loop Pile Cotton
Rugs, non-skid, 30x54"- S1.99
50-Sl.OO Reversible Rag Rugs.
24x45" -59 $50
6 Sec. Of $2.s5 Loop Pile Cot
ton Rugs, 24x36" $50
80 Yds. $4.95 Wool-face
Broadloom, eft. width,
@ $I.95 So. Yd.
4S31.50 All-wool Rugs, Axe.
S9.99
50 Yds. s10.s5 Green Carved
Wilton Carpet, 27". Yd., S6.95
1-S27.95 Cotton and Fiber
Rug, blue, 9x12-- S12.99
1-S39.95 Cotton Hand hooked
Rug, 6x9 --------$2 $29.95
1-S97.26 Grey Twist Weave
Broadloorn, 15x4.11 $685.
1-$79.O2 Rose Twist Weave
Broadloom, 15x4 ---$29.95
Is Sec. Of $9.95 Felt Base
Western Design Rugs, 9x12,
$6.95
so Yds. $2.50 Brown Marble
Inlaid Lin0leum, 6 #. wide.
So. yQ, ST 90
so Rubber tire Door Mats,
44AzZ
Kann's+Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Home Appliances
Floor. SNalanIeS


2-$l19.95 Fully-Equipped Gas
Ranges --.--.---.-- $500
2S159.95 FulIy-Equipped De-
troit Jewel Gas Ranges,
$119.O0
As11s.s5 Fuel Oil Space
Heaters ---------------$6S.OO
1-S1Ss.s5 easy" Spindrier
Washer, demonstrator $4,000
1-S18S.95 Easy" Cabinet
Ironer, demonstration $4,000
1-S234.95 Coolerator 7 Gu. IT.
De Luxe Refrigerator -S189.00
2 Reconditioned Electric Re-
frigerators, 6 Gu. #. ----$65.O0
3 Reconditioned Electric Re-
frigerators, 5 Gu. # $500
Kann's-Appliance Store
EIectricS
1-$6.S5 Heat Pad, famous
make $1.SS
1-$36.95 Electric Washer, apt.
size --------$10.O0
sass Metal Clothes Baskets
with cellophane lining -S1.95
S Electric Hot Plates, burner,
cord included ----S1.19
3-S17.95 Automatic Waffle
Irons, famous make -----$12.95
9-S8.95 Twin Electric Heaters,
$3.50
S-S6.95 Electric Bowl Heat
13 Glass Coffee Makers, stove,
cord included S4,49
Kann's-Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Budget Shop
Dresses

~ Misses, Women'S $S.95
Rayon Failles s--------A.00
% Misses $5.95 Dresses $500
8 Misses $S.95 Corduroy
Jumpers --------S3.00
IL Women's $10.95 Dresses,
$500
S Misses $8.95 Dresses $500
6 Misses $7.95-$8.95 Dresses,
S1.OO
IL Misses $8.95 Holiday
Dresses --..... $500
IL Misses $5.95 Two-piece
Dresses $500
Evening star., 1950-11-23
$l.e9 Royon Cord
VALANCES
$I.OO

Give your windows that
extra decorator touch.
Wide enough for double
windows; in wine. hunter
green. q I'm on d green,
grey blue chortreuse.
rose.
Kann'S-Third Floor
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Lamps

$50 Six-Way Floor Lamps,
bronze finish base, plastic
shade ---------S6.SS
eS16.98 Torchieres, silver
finish base, IA inch glass
globes -----$9.99
10-S4.98 Hurricane Lamps,
milk glass and brass, ca. S1.00
6-S6.9S China Riddles Lamps,
pleated parchmentized shades.
$1.98
12-S4.9S Fluorescent Bed
Lamps, with bulbs $2.98
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1950-11-23
Art Goods

36-Sk. 33c Rug Wool, 1-oz.
19c
24-Balls, 20c Pearl Cotton,
Sc
$3.50 Stamped Linen Guest
Towels $50
6 Prs. $2.19 Stamped Pillow
12-$1.49 Stamped Linen
Scarfs $1.OO
24-$1.69 Stamped Aprons,
S1.00
15-Sk. $1.33 Knitting Worsted,
soiled -------59c
7-S2.69 Wool Slipper Kits,
CSC
-S1.00 Crochet Boxes, soiled,
59c*
sPlus 20es Tax
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

COS period still fingered:
Overhead power lines. farm
lands in the northern por-
tions Of the District. called
Washington County; railroad
tracks still marked the Mall,
upper Sixteenth street was
not to be paved for two
decades. and the sites Of the
Lincoln and Jefferson Memo
rials and East and West Po-
tomac Parks still were
swamplands.
The District today is a far
more healthful place than it
was so years ago. The general
death rate then was 21.37 per
thousand. For the past year
1t had been cut back to 90
per thousand. In 1900 the
OlStrlcC Stlll was plagued at
times with smallpox, typhoid
fever. malaria, scarlet fever,
diphtheria and tuberculosis.
Today only tuberculosis re-
mains as one of the 10 major
causes Of death. In 1900 there
were $50 deaths from tuber-
culosis. 22l from typhoid, 1877
from diphtheria, 4 from
smallpox.
William Mckinley, to be-
come a martyred President
the next year. was Chief Ex-
ecutive, and Theodore Roose-
velt was his Vice President.
The Senate chamber in 1900
was resounding with the ora
tory Of Henry Cabot Lodge,
the elder: Pennsylvania
Boise Penrose, Rhode Islands
Nelson Aldrich and the wit
Of Chauncey Depew Of New
Evening star., 1950-01-01

TN 1900 Washington cele-
Il brated the Tooth anniver-
sary of the removal of the
seat of, Government to the
District of Columbia. This
year it will observe the 15Oth
anniversary.
The keynote of the Centen-
nial was improvement of the
city to make it worthy of its
role as Capital of a Nation
which, as result of the
Spanish-American War. had
assumed a new Importance in
world affairs. The Mcmillan
Park Commission. with it's
Plan of 1901. gave new life
to the almost forgotten Len
fant Plan, and the Washing
ton of 1950-the year of the
Sesquicentennial-is the re-.
suit.
The Districts population
has more than trebled since
1900. 1t was 278,7l8 then, and
last July was estimated at
$4,000. There were only 20.-
600 Federal workers here
then; now there are 211.lO0
civilian employees in the
Washington area--a figure
approaching the city popula-
ton of that earlier day.
City government costs tell
an even more impressive story
of growth. District appro-
priations for the year ended
June 80, 1900, amounted to
$7,540.0 900. For the current
fiscal year the outlay will be
IA times as great, $107.750,-
600. In those good old
days. Uncle Sam paid so
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lard Hotel were pushing
ahead with their new build
ing. Contract was awarded
for the superstructure of the
Central Library. Proposals
were made for a new home for
the District government, to
be completed in 1908 on the
site of the old cable car
power station at Fourteenth
and E streets NV. But many
characteristics of the Gay
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per cent Of the city costs. To-
day the Federal share is about
IL per cent.
At the dawn of the century
cable cars had been replaced
with electric cars, horse
drawn vehicles were slowly
giving way to automobiles,
some historic sites were being
developed, along with today's
monumental structures. Pro-
prietors of the historic Will
Evening star., 1950-01-01

York. David b. Henderson OF
Iowa was Speaker OF the
House.
Arthur Capper, later to be.
come a tradition as Senator
from Kansas, already had
served six months as q corre-
spondent in the Senate Press
Gallery and had gone back 70
Topeka to begin his climb to
fame. And Melvin G. Hazen,
later to die at his desk as
president OF the Board Of
Commissioners. had begun his
So years In city service-in
fact, had risen to the post Of
assistant highway engineer.
The Free Public Library had
a small beginning just before
the turn Of the century, with
only 10000 volumes for cir
culation. It's service leaped
with the opening In 1908 OF
the white marble Central
Library. the gift Of Andrew
Carnegie. Today the library
system has 100000 volumes.
Is branches and a new ad-
ministration building, near
the new Municipal Center.
In those earlier days the
District had a veterinarian on
its payrolls, and needed one.
for the city had no less than
500 horses and other animals
in service. So many. in fact.
there was q proposal to iden-
tify them by piercing their
ears and affixing a patented,
numbered button "a plan
slapped down by District Com
missioner Henry F. B. Mac
farland.
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~ Post Office Sabsfafios ~; ky Nrw Willard Hotel nearisg
completion; ~ Norfhsrm Of Raleigh Hotel M Star Bald
right Apeane side Of hotel built IN Cok-oweyed
Post Office Department. ~ Original So.her" RaSy headqsariers
W ComeH Bdn whih homsed headquarters Of the Grand Army
Of the Repnbi ~ Eatance Chase Polite Vaadepe fiafer
Pos) Henter The Regent Hae the Oxford Hotel
Pofs oMfhea Fifteenth Not shows tie
corner occupied the old Building
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