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EDUCATIONAL.
tln'mes now forming for nr* »rmr>trr
gPBMfU Class limited
rVCEPIWn to 8 students
THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
111S Conn. Avo. X»tl, P-flO
Wood's School
Established 1885
71014th St. N.W.
Positions for Graduate*.
. Met. 5051.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE
OF LAW
Second Semester Begins
February 1
New Classes Both Day and Evenin*
Co-Educational
2000 G Street MEt. 4585
GERMAN
FRENCH SPANISH ITALIAN
Private or Class. Day or Evenint.
Come in today for a free trial lesson.
BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
1115 Connecticut Ave. NA. 0‘i7W.
Complete recognized Drafting
Course
TOPOGRAPHIC
DAY OR EVE.—START NOW!
Columbia “Tech” Institute
1319 F St. N.W. MEt. S6«(t
Send tor catalogue
SPEECH
Learn to speak convincingly—Feb. 1.
Metropolitan Law Institute
Evening Star Bldg. DI. £315. •
Classes now forming for new semester
(DAkllCU Class limitpd
^rANl9Fl to 8 students
THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
1115 Conn. Ave._Natl. 0370
'ACCOUNTANCY*
Three-year course leading to
B. C. S. degree. One-year course
leading to M. C. S. degree. Sec
ond semester begins January 25.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Three-year course leading to L.L.
B. degree. Early morning, dav and
evening divisions. Second Semester
begins Feb. I.
Catalogue on request.
Southeastern University
<co-educational>
*730 G St. N.W. NA. 8750
Drafting—Engineering—
Radio—Aviation—
Comm. Art—
Air Cond. &
Refrigeration
Srnd for Catalopue
1310 F St. N.W._MEt. r»B16 Pay. Eve.
THE TEMPLE
SCHOOL
for
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES AND
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Register Now for Beginners'
and Advanced Classes in
Secretarial Subjects
Including Stenotypy
DAY AND EVENING
SCHOOL
New Classes
Rapid Stenotypy Dictation
beginning 130 to 200 words
a minute; Monday, Wednes
day and Friday evenings, 8
o’clock.
Enrollment Open in Day
School Every Monday, Posi
tions Secured for Graduates.
1420 K Street N.W.
National 3258-3279
YOUR CHILDREN NEED BIG GLASSES
OF ORANGE juice; the nurse told
ME BUT HOW COULD I AFFORD IT ?
I FIND THAT FLOP I DAS GIVE ‘A MORE
'* JUICE THAN OTHER ORANGES AT
THE SAME PRICE
NOW MY CHILDREN GET TWO BIG GLASSES
OF FLORIDA ORANGE JUICE A DAY. AND
THEY HAVEN'T HAD A DAY'S ILLNESS
All Wl NTE R lM1 _
lyTO NEED now to stint your chil
1N dren on orange juice. Just buy
Florida oranges. Their extra amount
of juice practically gives you every
5th glass FREE. And of course this
extra j uice means more vitamins, too.
Florida orange juice is literally
packed with health. It supplies cal
'CAIRO FIVE FEE!
AHEAD OF FLOOD
Worst Is Yet to Come, How
ever, as River Men Expect
62-Foot Crest Sunday.
By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. 111.. January 28.—This his
toric river city, caught as it in a
vice where the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers meet, held a 5-foot lead on
the flood today while water piled
into a safety gap downstream, built
for just such a time.
Thanks to feverish work of a thou
sand men, a 3-foot earthern bulwark
topped the city's 60-foot sea wall,
while the Ohio’s floodwaters, which
rose to a level of 58.67 feet two days
ago, had gone down to a fraction
less than 58. This morning it crept
up to 58.03, a rise of seven-hundredths
of a foot in four and a half hours.
But the worst is yet to be expected,
for river experts have predicted a
new rise will reach a crest of 62 feet
by Sunday.
Two of Cairo's neighbor cities were
completely under water and more than
8.000 persons in this area evacuated,
but those who remained inside the
wall expressed confidence the city
would win its battle.
‘‘Just tell the world we're here and
will be for a long, long time," declared
Mayor August Bode.
The city completed its 2 Vi -mile-long
bulkhead just in time. Backwaters
north of Cairo halted traffic on the
last rail outlet, the Illinois Central,
over which came virtually all of the
sand and dirt used in filling the
wooden framework fastened to the
concrete levee. A single highway still
remained open.
Padueali
(Continued From First Page.)
reports were true. As we came into
the port, a man ran out and began
making wild gesticulations with his
arms. Then he pointed significantly
; across the field to another airship,
turned turtle ias we later learned)
| in an attempt to get off the soggy
| field. We flew low, Tom throttled the
| motor and yelled, “If it is not safe
| to land, throw your hat on the
ground.” The hat hit the earth. We
I flew away, went to Mayfield to look
; over a soggier landing field, came
back and circled over one soaked sec
| tion of terrain after another. Then
I the motor began to cut up. We had
been in the air almost two hours,
r.nd gas was low.
Lands on Highway.
“I think I'll sit down on the high
way,” said the pilot. He swung
around and skimmed over a snow
plow’, slithered past a road sign and
miraculously came to rest squarely in
the middle of the road. We shook
hands, mopped W’et brows and climbed
j out.
The first man to greet us had a
Red Cross insignia on his arm. We
: told him we had supplies. They were
| transferred to his car, we piled in
and headed for the "dry ground”
! concentration center on the edge of
: town.
There I had my first look at, and
word from, my fellow-townsmen in
almost a week. They were without
exception excitedly busy, pre-occupied,
haggard and adorned with enough
beards to put the House of David out
of business. I heard stories of some
who had been brought in after hours
; of duty to have frozen clothing cut
1 away.
An hour later we began a boat ride
j down the main street to meet Gus
G. Meyer, the major director of Bed
! Cross relief in this city. Our boat
j slithered over the tops of submerged
cars, putted along merrily on the level
with second-story windows, passed
many a house where the lights still
burned full blast and the die-hard
owners had refused to budge.
At the Hotel Irvin Cobb, best of
local hostelries, we climbed out on
an improvised wharf, went up a
ladder over the hotel marquee and
went to Mr. Mayer's offices. On the
way we gazed down at the ornate
lobby, sloshing deep in water.
The picture the Red Cross director
painted was not one of panic of
' 11SI / , ’'»• wm
I WAS IN DESPAIR UNTIL MY
OEALER SUGGESTED FLORIDA ORANGES
—and that’s just
like getting
EVERY 5<h GLASS
FREE
/IcertainiyN
( advise every ij
> MOTHER TO 1
[BUY FLORIDA
VORANGES;
more vitamins for your money, too
cium for sturdy bones, iron for the
blood, sugar for quick energy, four
different vitamins. Give each child
two big glasses a day and watch him
gain in strength and energy. Give
the whole family Florida oranges,
too. They’ll love their sweeter, richer,
fresher flavor! Buy some today.
Standards certified by the State of Florida
ASK YOUR DEALER FOB
It ! Florida's Treat—tune in! Hear Harry Bichman. Freddie Bleh and hil orchestra,
famous meat iters over Station tVRC every Monday. Wedneiday and Friday at 18:30 r.M.
unconquerable disaster. He said be
tween 10,000 and 15,000 residents in
a population of 38,000 would be, or had
been, evacuated. The rest probably
would stick out the floods In their
homes If the water became no worse.
There was still light for the thousand
people congregated at the Cobb, heat
from oil stoves, food cooked on Im
provised stoves, mostly electric toasters.
On the river the Coast Guard and
the military were In charge of keeping
all boats in repair and manned. By
"on the river” X mean the very center
of the residential section, where a
Coast Guard cutter pushing a barge
loaded with refugees had passed only
that afternoon. The National Guard
was doing yeoman service in many
capacities acting as military police,
helping at relief stations, but by no
means maintaining martial law. The
civil authorities were still supreme, as
he pictured it, with many emergency
deputies and volunteers who had been
on the job incessantly for five days.
The report of a boat overturned
and 14 persons drowmed was entirely
erroneous, he said. So far as he knew,
there had been few deaths from
drowning, a few from exposure. Oc
casional disorders had been quelled
easily. The town and the villages
nearby receiving its refugees had no
immediate need of medical supplies.
It was a good and plausible picture,
but behind It lay the story that a re
lief administrator Is too busy to think
of—the houses and rugs and furni
ture and books soaked and ruined;
the people huddled on upper floors of
buildings, listening to distress calls
from the local radio station and won
dering what would come next; fear,
helplessness, the agony of the dis
possessed; boats running all night
through the streets and rumors out
running them at every turn. The
pruspect of tomorrow, full of what?
While our amiable conference was
still on an anxious man poked his
head in at the door and said, ‘‘Mr.
Meyer, there Is a serious *ra on the
waterfront."
Even as we clambered down the
ladder to the hotel wharf, out went
the light*. They were the last seen
In the city that night. The open boat
that was taking us to the fire was
sidetracked by pleas of people in the
upper floors of buildings In the same
block. They wanted to get away, and,
although other boats were rushing to
them, we had to turn aside. We
brought down five people, one of them
an elderly woman who clutched my
hand and clung to it desperately until
I left the boat. And another woman
was hurt because we wouldn’t stop
to go back and get her little dog.
The fire looked bad against the sky.
Heavy smoke drifted back over the
city. Flames tinged the murky ceiling
overhead. When we rounded the cor
ner of ’’’lrst street we saw it was not
quite as deadly as we’d expected. A
small supply house building had burst
Into flames, probably from a short
circuit. A Government barge, equipped
with pumps, was spraying two heavy
water lines into the blase. Mr. Meyer
jumped from our open boat to the
barge as we came alongside, and there
by almost got himself a ride straight
into the flames, for the tug behind the
barge shoved too hard and sent it
grinding dead on Into the side of the
building. Only a swift counter current
pulled It back again In time.
By the time we left the lire was un
der control. Mr. Meyer went back to
the hotel. Tom Livermore and I rode
one of the relief boats until we had
picked up a load of twenty-odd men,
women and children, who wanted only
to get away from water, to be com
mitted to helpful and trustworthy
hands. Straight out on the main
street we came again, past the big
houses that had water in their par
lors and the little ones that were afloat
to the attic. Past filling stations lit
erally filled, groceries with their stocks
afloat on the water, an old hotel where
the searchlight showed a solemn pla
toon of three cuspidors floating de
corously out the door, and so to write
by candle light.
There are more than 67 buildings
on the University of Alabama campus.
NEW ASSETS SHOW GAIN.
NEW YORK, January 28.—Net as
.sets of National Bond & Share Corp.
as of December 31, totaled $11,194,
725, equal to $62.19 a share of capltol
stock, compared with $53.51 a share
on December 31, 1935.
*!!<&©
SHORT LINE WASHINGTON TO
CHICAGO IS CLEAR AND IS
OPERATING REGULAR SERVICE
"ON TIME."
I
nvasfte Home of Ratchet
CRACK-SHOT, net
rtiultrlr la caaran
teed te keep the home
free ef tbeaa dlaeaae
earryinr peata. Get
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at drac eteret. I
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is Washington’s only all-Pullman train to
Chicago—Carries sun-room observation
and regular sleeping cars, club car and
diners—also train secretary, maid-mani
cure, barber-valet and other features.
CZWASHINGTON 4.40 P.M.
Lv. SILVER SPRING 4.54 P.M.—Ar. CHICAGO 8.15 A.M.
ALSO OTHER B & O FINE TRAINS TO THE WEST AT CONVE
NIENT HOURS ... - AO EXTRA FARE ON ANY TRAIN.
__ EDUCATIONAL.__
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Added Benefit: This cough syrup
CONTAINS VITAMIN A
THE 1936 DISTRICT
C.P.A. EXAMINATIONS
nJonTODOCToSn^No )T tastes
SWELL,
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Of the ten successful candidates in the November
| examinations five were graduates of this school.
Likewise, in the spring 1936 examinations more
Benjamin Franklin graduates were successful than
The NATIONAL LIMITED is oper
ating DAILY WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS
(TEMPORARILY ROUTED VIA CHICAGO ACCOUNT HIGH WATER)
LV. WASHINGTON 6.00 P.M.
D. L. MOORMAN, General Passenger Agent
15th A H St«., N.W. Telephone District 3300 or National 7370
BALTIMORE & OHIO
graduates ot the prescribed accounting course ot
any other school. Moreover, this is true for the entire past
ten year period. <r <r But the primary purpose of the Pace
Courses—taught in this school—is to train students to be
come leaders in the accounting profession. A list of several
score of these leaders is contained in the thirtieth year
book of this school. To obtain this book, telephone or write
Benjamin Franklin University
Transportation Building 17th and H Streets ME tropolitan 2S1S
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When a cough (due to a cold)
plagues the life out of your child,
trust Smith Bros. Cough Syrup to
give soothing and quick relief.
Smith Brothers Cough Syrup also
contains Vitamin A. This vitamin
rains the resistance of the mucous
membranes of the nose snd throat
to cold and cough infection. There
is no extra charge for Vitamin A
in Smith Brothers Cough Syrup.
35* and 60*.
SMITH
BROS.
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Exceptional Values2
Now is the time to buy and save in face of the rising
costs! If we had to buy on today’s market we could
not possibly offer such values! We have in no way
sacrificed quality, style or workmanship for this sale.
But, we contracted for practically every piece of fur
niture before the recent upward trend of labor and
material costs, so we CAN offer you these items at
definitely LOWER prices!
Store Hours: 9:30 A.lft. to 5:30 P.M.
Fridays and Saturdays: 9:30 to 9:30
H4J4B.HHIIMM—JHHI
3-Pc. Solid Maple Bedroom Suite
Honor-Bilt construction, solid maple
knobs; finished interiors and other
authentic details of early American
furniture. Actual $59.00 value.
Full Innerspring Mattress,
180 coil_8.95
90-Coil Steel Springs, S4 Down—$s Month
all sizes_5.95 plat Corr>,n« Char••
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Occasional Furniture Group
A choice of fine, smart occasional furniture,
with tops of genuine oriental wood veneers.
Well constructed of hardwood, handsomely
finished in walnut.
Other Occasional Pieces, 98c to $13.95
Unf. Chair Belgian Rug Unf. Tables Mirrors
77c 1.39 3.67 1.77
Cabinet wood. C o 11 on Oriental. Select flr. araoothly Meta.lio decorated;
»WTand.i fghVSSS e*ol- “ «SotoeiS.
Modern 6-Tube All-Wave Radio
REDUCED!
Cabinet ot maple. 0)1.95
bone white or f £A
ebony black. ■§ iB
variable tone fj QOWN
control, dynamic $4 MQNTH
speaker, eta. .
rise Carrylnr
Charra
SALE! Family Size 6 Cu. Ft.
Coldspot Electric Refrigerator
2-Pc. Modern Living Room Suite
A modem up-to-the-minute suite—
Honor-Bilt construction. Cail
spring base and back assure genu
ine comfort. Solid hardwood. ,, _
55 Down—
frame. Made to your order. ss Month
_ . _ . .... Plus Carrying
Other Suitea to f198.95 Chargs
4-Pc. Modem Bedroom Suite
Rich walnut finish, new square and
round plate glass mirrors. Full size
bed, chest of drawers, vanity and
dresser. Honor - Bilt throughout.
Sturdily constructed.
Other Suites to $198.50 S5 Down—$S Month
Plus Carrying Charga
$5 Down
$S Month
Plus Carrying
Charge
More r e m a r kable
than you expected!
It’s as good as It
looks. Note these
features:
• Dufux Exterior
• 9-Pt. Cold Control
• Over 12 ft. Shelf
Area
• 96 Ice Cubes
• Touch-o-Bor Door
Opener
• Automatic Interior
Light
• Rotorite Unit
I B All-Wool
SEARABIA
Pl“ rfdl
a2 All-Wool
.WILTON
RUGS
7 Othera
' $115 to
$194.50
S Years FREE Protection i
on All ColdapoU. FREE deliv- i
cry within r&dlui of 33 mile*.
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Radiot and Coldtpott Art Alto Sold at 3140 M Stroot N.W*
29
S3 Down
$5 Month—Plut Carrying Char go
$5 Month—Plug Carrying Charga
Lovely rich Wiltons in handsome Chinese and
Persian designs. High-grade, all-wool yarns.
Rust, tan, taupe and green. Seamless, no seams
to mar beauty.
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Chinese and Persian patterns, copies of century-old
designs. Deep, wiry wear resisting nap. Rich high
lighted grounds in tan, rust, mulberry and rose.
Other Ruga Priced to $79.95
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