Evening star. [volume], June 12, 1930, Page B-8, Image 24

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MANHATTAN LOSES
' 10 PCI. SINCE 1920
Oldest New York Borough
Has 430,164 Fewer
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Residents.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 12.—Manhattan,
the core of Father Knickerbocker’s do
main and oldest of his five boroughs,;
lost 430.164 residents in the last decade,
leaving a 1930 population of 1.853.939,
compared with 2,284,103 ten years ago, |
preliminary census figures completed
yesterday disclose.
The past decade’s loss of 10 per cent,
compared with a decrease of only 2 per
cent in the previous 10 years, indi- j
cates a steadily increasing population j
shift in the island containing some of!
world's most valuable real estate, pur- |
chased for $24 by Peter Minuit a little
more than 300 years ago. . ,
Every one of the four Manhattan!
census districts except the Washington '
Heights section, at the northern end j
of the island, has shown a loss. The
* greatest decrease is indicated in the
district at the southern end. housing
Chinatown, Wall street, the lower East
Side and the Bowery, with a loss of
246,371.
Immigrants' Children Move.
The lower East Side alone has lost '
approximately 200,000. The sons and
daughters of immigrants are going to
night school and they’re influencing the
old folks to move uptown to the Bronx |
or across the river to Brooklyn.
The ”sllk stocking district.” in mid
town. holding Park avenue. Times
Square and Riverside Drive sections,
has decreased 85.782. The Park avenue j
district of that section shows the small- j
est loss, wdth a decrease of only 2 per
cent, for hundreds of its exclusive
homes are giving way to apartment
houses.
Times Square and the garment center,
once thronged with brownstone fronts j
and now devoted to theaters, business
and hotels, lost 33 per cent, while Chel
sea. one of Father Knickerbocker’s old
residential districts, decreased 39 per
cent. The region holding Greenwich
Village, workshop of struggling artists
and writers, lost approximately 17 per
cent.
Upper West Side Loses.
A loss of 150,571 is shown in the dis
trict containing the upper West Side.
Even the regions of Sutton place and
Tudor City, tw'o of Manhattan's great
est residential developments in the last
decade, have lost 33 per cent. Apart
ment houses have taken the place of
the district’s old tenements and apart
ment house dwellers have fewer chil
dren than tenement house dwellers.
The northern section—the only cen
sus district to show a gain—has added
less than any of the others have lost. ;
with an increase of 42.560. Washington
Heights has alone gained 75 per cent, i
offsetting the small losses of Harlem
and the region of Columbia University.
German Shot and Robbed.
LEIPZIG, Germany, June 12 (A 3 ).—A
messenger of Knauth, Nachod <fc
Kuehnes, Leipzig branch, yesterday was
shot down in the street by two men,
who snatched his bag, containing 15,000
marks (about $3,500), and escaped.
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Bandits Get 108 Years.
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June 12
(/Pi. —The Criminal Court at Chachak I
yesterday sentenced 30 bandits to pri- j
son terms aggregating 396 years of j
hard labor. The chiefs each were
condemned to 108 years.
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There can be no returns, I ■ ™ WkJ | >l/ wi* naturally fall to the
no exchanges, no refunds. „ * first comers. But no
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- fail to attend.
Here's "Big" Nfews for Thrifty Women
Our Entire Stock of 487
important! Spring Sport and Dress
These are the kind .
£ SALE BEGIIIS FRIDAY, IS A.M. |
262 Priced at Less Than Actual Cost!
1 225 Specially Purchased for This Event!
j ' AT GENUINE BARGAIN PRICES
98 COATS ’ 136 COATS ’ 263 COATS
Originally $19.75 to $25 Originally $25 to $59.75 Originally $39.75 to $69.75
Later Reduced to sls and $19.75 Later Reduced to $19.75 & $29.75 Later Reduced to $29.75 & $34.75
NOW! NOW! NOW!
In these three groups you will find dressy cloth coats both with and without fur (mostly the wanted
blacks and blues), lined and unlined silk coats ever so smart for Summertime, and plenty of Tweed Coats
for sports, motoring or travel wear. Both furred and unfurred styles.
, Brooks’ — Coats—Second Floor
BOY SCOUTS PROGRESS
AT RIVERDALE HEIGHTS
Thirteen of 23 Members Already
i
Have Advanced to Second
Class.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERDALE HEIGHTS, Md.. June
! 12. —Though organized less than three ;
months ago, Ttoop No. 118, Boy Scouts j
of Riverdale Heights, already has 13
of its 23 members rated as second-class
Scouts and several nearly ready for j
first-class tests.
T. C. Gardner is scoutmaster of the ,
troop, which is sponsored by the River- |
dale Heights Volunteer Fire Depart- j
ment. The troop recently returned 1
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ANNOUNCES FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY
A Specially Planned Millinery Event
Panamas, Stitched Silks,
Big Brim Corn Husk Straws,
White Felts, and Sailors!
t Hundreds of Other * \ /
# Hats, $2.75 to $lO ™ *
Berets, 75c and up 4|^X
. The hats in the headline are the
_ * .leading millinery fashions at all
the very smartest places this f
Summer. Os course you’ll he j
wearing one of the five so why
'fflJdWSnot select it at Brooks this week
a- end * * • You've never seen so f m JB\V
many really grand hats at a v
yW price as modest as $5 . . . ALL A—
HEAD SIZES! V /y\ $5
M. Brooks Co.
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, I). C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1930.
from a camning trip of several days at
Fenwick, Md.. on the Potomac. It
camped on the property of W. R.
Thompson, a member of the troop com
. mitlee, who attended the camp along
with Dr. E. A. Le I.acheur and C. S.
Kernan, other members of the com
mittee. There were 16 altogether in
the party. The troop concentrated on
a study of practical camping problems.
Edward Goodwin is acting assistant
scoutmaster of the troop and the patrol
leaders are Elwood Birch, No. 1; Stan
; ley Kernan. No. 2; David Lawrence,
No. 3. and Theodore Hess, No. 4.
In the recent “camporee” held at
University Park and participated In by
nine Scout troops of this section, the
j Riverdale Heights group placed fourth.
Approximately half a million tourists
j visit Yosemite National Park each sea- j
son. 1
8 DARTMOUTH SENIORS
LIVE IN WASHINGTON AREA
Six From Capital and Two From
Chevy Chase Will Receive
Degrees Tuesday.
Specinl Dispatch to The Btar.
HANOVER. N. H., June 12.— Eight
Dartmouth seniors from Washington
and Chevy Chase will receive the de
■ gree of bachelor of arts in the com
mencement exercises in Webster Hall
Tuesday morning.
A class of more than 400 men will be
| graduated at that time. The com
j mencement week end w r ill open Friday
with the arrival of alumni and guests
of the graduating class and will con
tinue until degrees are awarded Tues
day.
The Washington and Chevy Chase
men to receive degrees are Berchmans
Tanner Fitzpatrick, Broadmoor Apart
ments; Loren Eskew Heron. 3903 Joce
lyn street: John Palmer Hodges, the
Ontario: Decius Wade Safford, 3339
Mount Pleasant street: Charles Edward
Widmayer, 3807 Thirteenth street: An
thony Wayne Van Leer, 1858 Ontario
place; Richard Compton Squire, 4613
Langdrum lane, Chevy Chase, and
George Winchester Stone, jr„ 410 Cum
mings lane, Chevy Chase. Hodges,
Squire. Stone. Van Leer and Widmayer
are former Central High School stu
dents, while Fitzpatrick, Heron and
Safford are graduates of Western High
School.
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ATLANTA HAS FARMS
Census Takers Find 1,237 Agricul
tural Units in City Limits.
ATLANTA, Ga , June 12 UP).—The |
municipality of Atlanta, as defined by !
act of the last Legislature, is quite a j
farming community.
Reports made public by the census
office here Tuesday showed 1,237 'arms
in the area. Many a backyard garden,
however, comes under the classification,
since the census takers counted as a
farm any agricultural, dairying or poul
try enterprise with an annual produc
tion valued at more than $250.
In the borough of Atlanta proper
farms increased from 9 in 1920 to 190
this year. /
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Remember
Father's Day
Sunday , June 15th
It’s the women and
children who pay
and pay . . . their re*
apects to Father. ■T'*V
And how could they y M
do it better than bv ' /
giving him a Dunhill c / M
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Sale of 300
Dunhill Lighters
Less Than
Regular $lO and
$12.50 Dunhills
13*95
$17.50 and S2O
54*95 m^yyAm
They are shown in
standard and sports sjr
styles. Some are in *
plain finish. Others ' jpi^i
leather covered, engine
turned and gold plated
(Men’s Shop—Main Floor.)
Father's Day Cards
5c to 25c
To Husband on Father'%
Day. 15c and 25c jOQp
Father 10c and 25c
Billfolds
*1 to *5
cases fitted with 5 and 6
Other toilet cases from yA' J im*
Toilet eases and bill* f f A
folds initialed without