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-— • ' ■ ■—1 I ■ I I .1 |l ■ II ——I II HI — whjW- * » * ACTION HIGH-TEST ff(( CONE-CLEANED Nfjl BUCKWHEAT COAL I PRICED CQ OS I I ONLY *jF'tON I I Nature has a lot to say about the heating quality of an- if thracite coal. That is why we sell only the highest quality I I coal from the richest mine veins in Pennsylvania, to assure I it | you of the very best the market affords. Scientific method I I of cone-cleaning guarantees cleanliness. So if you have a I 1 buckwheat blower or anthracite burning equipment, we I ■ urge you to try a ton of our Buckwheat coal. It is famous I ■ ( for consistent maximum heat at real savings. I I Phone ATIantic 0500 Now I I Action s fleet of modern trucks assures prompt delivery to B ■ city or suburbs within the hour. 1 I Open a convenient 30-day charge account. B 1 We sell all sizes of anthracite and bituminous coal. For B ■ prices, call Atlantic 0500. B IkT 1331 HALF ST.S?e7ncv^]J lantic QRQQ/zer V . _ I FOR PLANES URGED —.. .■ 55,000,000 to Be Asked in Next Rivers and Harbors Bill by Array. An international Map lane base at lonolulu, providing** landing place or trans-Paclfle planes of all nations, rill be requested in the next rivers nd harbors appropriation bill, it was earned today. Expenditure of $5,000,000 will. be sked. The measure is being prepared iow with the assistance of Army engi leers, and probably will be introduced >t the regular session of Congress in January. At present the American clippers lying to the Orient via the Territory if Hawil land at the Pearl Harbor laval base. Projected extension of his route to Australia and New Zea snd, with participation of other na ions, will make it necessary to find tew landing facilities, as naval reg ilations prohibit use of Pearl Harbor ty foreign craft. Recent hearings at Honolulu dis posed the Army’s intention to recom nend a site for the new station at Ceehi Lagoon, only a few miles from he heart of the city, and near the iresent $2,000,000 territorial field for and planes and the $20,000,000 Pickam Field now under construction or the Army. Brig. Gen. B. K. Yount, chief of lir forces in the Hawaiian Depart meat, declared his belief that the new bate should be under Federal control in time of peace as well as in time of war. The preliminary plans, to be passed on by the district engineer, call for the dredging of 15,000,000 cubic yards to create two runways, 1,200 feet wide. The principal runway would be over 4 miles long and approximately 14 feet deep. A cross runway would be somewhat shorter. Land needed for the base is prin cipally owned by the Territory of Hawaii, but free grant is expected, according to Louis 6. Cain, territorial superintendent of public works. Judo, a Japanese method of self defense, Is becoming popular In London. TUBERCULIN TESTS GIVEN TO STUDENTS Examination! for Results Will Be Held Tomorrow at Fonr District Schools. Physicians today are awaiting the outcome of free tuberculin tests, financed with Christmas seal funds, given senior students in four high schools yesterday. Voluntarily submitting to the tests, the students of the four schools, Mc Kinley, Eastern, fcardozo and Dunbar, will be examined tomorrow for re sults. Those showing a positive re action, indicating the presence of tuberculous infection, will receive X-rays of their chests. Similar tests will be made Monday st Miner Teachers College and Arm strong. Central, Western and Roose velt High Schools. On Tuesday the tests will be given to students of Wil son Teachers College, Woodrow Wil son and Anacostla High Schools. Physicians conducting the exami nations are Drs. Marvin M. McLean, Mabel H. Orosvenor, Carolyn 8. Pin cock, Wilder P. Montgomery, Thomas A. Willistoh and Ann Kent. The work is under the general supervision of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief med ical inspector of the public schools. -• Notified that she had been nom inated to be the first woman mayor of Islington, England, Mrs. J. L. Blyth continued with her housework. "AIDA” PRESENTED v -- ——— Sixth grade students at the Ross Elementary School today staged a col orful production of “Aida,” In which they designed their own costumes and stage settings. Script for the play was translated from the German by a parent of one of the children, SERVICE I ^C^QUIPMEMT ! AUTOMOTIVE HUnSV _ 1 MiUER DUDLEY^ ■ 1716 W-rSf.N.W. NORTH 1503 ■ I • for I I SILEX COFFEE MAKER 7 ^JRW/y^r A modern gift for housewives! Makes de licious coffee with no fuss or bother. Both u bowls genuine Silex heatproof glass. Bake 4-Pc. 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