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14 K St Office Building Is Sold for $200,000 Th« five-story office building at 1420 K St. N. W. was sold yesterday to a syndicate headed by Joseph J. Crowley for the reported sum of 9100,000. property was held by M. F. Mangan, who bought it about two years ago from Louis T. Roulea, architect and builder. Half-Yearly Sale of Furniture and Homefurnishings Now in Progress TWO ADVANCE COAT SALES If ; • ’ ■ W?t of I I Sale O s FUR COATS JL JSk WINTER COATS ' i t U>* - vSk ■ » M to Vs Savings! /®UW ha ‘^"^“ t t a^ iced $135 to $l5O Fur Coats f \ s ioo Beaverette (dyed coney); Black Caracul. Siberian Lamb. Grav Worn- j\ \\\ - ra a bb“) a • Sc d o a m^ f tt s skin Gray s<iuirrelette (dyed ™bbit); Sealine (dyed. | 1 . Women’s and Miutf Size, ■ .T f $195 to $225 Fur Coats 14 to 46 | I h\ / In One glance at the savings will convince most any woman that I $I O Q ■ /w V | f . warm weather is a good time to buy a coat for cold weather. I I m 11 And the complete selection of advanced winter styles urges the ' fl K JK ll\ I l fashion-wise woman to buy her winter coat now when stocks Northern Muskrat, Blonde Pony with Red Fox, Pony with Baby Seal, i v LM I ' are com P lete and her selection may be unhurried. Gray Kitt Skin with leather. Cocoa Kitt Skin with Fox, Antelope with I fiMLjEfl 'fl Nutria, Susliki, Beaverette (dyed coney) with Natural Muskrat. ' «BK* H, | Pj ne FabriCS Such ! aS—- $230 to $265 Fur Coats i I F-JJ- Broadcloth—Duobloom—Norma Cloth—lmported Tweeds ‘ .Z ' •**" I H I *" I 1/ * / | ' I f' / / / Luxurious Fur Trimmings of— '— ' L .. 1 • It I I / / 1 1 1 / 1 / / * - Skunk Opossum—Baby Seal—Kit Fox—Civet Cat—Susliki—Red ' Snakeskin Pony, Blonde Pony, Sealine (dyed rabbit) with Natural , \ II I v / / Fox and many others i Fitch; Gray Broadtail (sheared lamb) wi&Wolf; Marmink, Pony, 1 > /I / W-/ Cam S,|,„ B.ta Seal. V . . , 'll Nt w Winter Shades of- $275 to S3OO Fur Coats || rlf / c '’ nc s'> e««t / n I I Guava Red —H rveet Brown—Normandy Green—Modern Blue SIQQ [ J I . Coran Tan-Gray-BUck Izz i I U" cu, p In Such OutstandingFashionsas- Sealine (dyed rabbit) with Russian Fitch; Natural Muskrat; Beaver- /.. 'f I -s—>-?' MLI '. f Paquin’s Heart Collar—The Pouch Collar—Deep Fur Cuffs —Side ~ - w/a^nv^h^®" 88 / W ‘■' V Ripples-Fur Borders-Tabs and Bows Wolf and many other fine coats. {Tnird Floor) ! r. \ rr | Clfay/ofr Coat B*op—TWrd Floor J J Sa i ef - j zAn Important Sale of $ $1.65, $1.95 and $2 Sale of 1 I New Silk Dresses | F siLK a HOSE <I I New Autumn Frocks $ I n The Fifth Floor Dress Shop M C-ts-00 - ft' jok S ' XI $1.27 *J' Little Women’s Sizes— Nfj ~ g ft| /W ■ <fcr” X « Uto 521A E Y Square or Pointed Heels A \ -J Ml Chiffon (some with picot tops) and medium service IM Hi M 7 A \ |Uj weight hose of excellent quality and in all smart feV II I Mt \x ! S shades ~ LU I* » M / IreDe dp ChinP ira r F,esh Rose Nude M lX‘ aF Blush Atmosphere Moonlight X‘ m ftf / Printed Silk « And Many Others W Continuing in the more feminine iffi lirW<:®Ss / u ' ,u ■ n ■> trend With new draperies, tiered # \ k« | Silk FTnnnn <8 skirts, touches of lace and velvet f lh \ Wd hX v, f X „, , A trimming. ' ||U 1 £ *1 * Sil at rtf>e * $9-95 p a , l ' Ct. S ft wl I K I Si - M styles - the 2 . CoStUtnC SlipS « VjZ "7Z 1 flf I M £1 KWlt s ° rt of frocks you find dozens M er ” ' Modern Blue, Coran ® Ml I S' Ww occasions for. during the 8 / For Fan, Ritz and liIUIO ' <1 summer. Made in becoming Xr ' Xi Black. Mi Jfi f / styles lor 2-piece effects. In M Fine quality slips of crepe de chine, flat crepe, or M KJ j X / // maize, orchid, tan, green and Jr! fayon sport satin. Both tailored and lace trimmed Going away? Then you’ll want , i l \ lM 9 H //a variety of nrettv nrinf« u styles are Eluded. M one of these smart fall frocks to \ \ " 1 ZD // J L auiWs * fj ■ . travel in and to wear on cool days. \ \ I IM -4B « ' // Street and Pastel Shades And the stay- \\ iXi // Misses and Sizes Mto 44 in-town will \\ I fi* fl // Womens s*•****>* (Mam Finorj welcome such \\ I • |g A / / s -_ a dress for cool \ \ I IT fl JM ' JII CT =sas=s= —,, wV evenings when , \\ I fj hK ■[ \ 16 to 46 rs ■ m at— M M Hgh t clothes SIO JV I IM S j I i~e rrri~T Go.»11 fl ■ —fl-.,,, -Z • *.L Z ▼ K I DRIVER HURT IN CRASH CHESTER, Pa., Aug. I.—Wil liam Kennedy, of 604 Congress Ave nue. Is a patient In the Croaer Hos pital and in a serious condition from head and body injuries, sustained when his car figured in a collision with the machine of Dominick Var elie, of Wilmington. The accident happened near Kerlln Street en trance to Crozer Park. Janies .Gal lagher sustained lacerations of the head and Lillian Hatch, Upland, was cut by flying glass. . -THE-WASHINGTON TIMES \ Th* National Daily 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928 Colored Women Dedicate Frederick Douglas Shrine The. National Association of Colored Women this afternoon will dedicate the recently erected care taker’s house at Cedar Hill. Ana costia, the home of Frederick Doug lAss. .Mrs. Nettie Langston Napier, chairman of the Douglass Memorial Home Association, will make an ad dress. Bremen Flight Chief Hl After Operation BERLIN. Aug. 1. —The condition of Baron von Huenefeld, leader of the crew of the transatlantic plane Bremen, who was operated upon for appendicitis yesterday, caused some anxiety today. While the operation was success ful and the baron appeared to he holding his own some of his friends worried for feay his general physical condition would suffer Man Lying in Bed Shot By “Swarthy Intruder” NEW YORK, Aug. I.—Louis Meyerson, 40, was shot and killed early today as he lay In bed. His wife- Rebecca, told police he was killed by one of two intruders who were young and swarthy. Two straw hats, left by the mur derers in their flight, furnished the only clues. Mrs. Meyerson said, her husband had no enemies. BANDIT HOLDS-UP CAR WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Aug. 1. A masked bandit, flourishing an automatic pistol, held up ths crew and passengers of a Nanticoke trolley car of th® Wilkes-Barre Railway Corporation at a lonely point ih' Hanover township. The conductor. David Daniels. aM the motorman. Harry Coolbaugh. and five passengers were terrorized and the thief fled with |7O, the day’s receipts. Summer Students at G. W. U. to Celebrate The close of the first term In the summer session of the law school, Columbian College; the graduate school of letters and sciences, the school of engineering, the school of education and the division of library science, of George Washington Uni versity, will be, celebrated with an in formal party for the students of the summer schools In Corcoran Hall and the college vard'on Friday night. a as caa saa ’*‘ > **T*w ***** New Freight Terminal The new depot of the Potomac Freight Terminal Company in tha southwest will be designed by Apple tin P. Clark, jr.. in collaboration with William H. Cookman, of PhUadalr phis. The terminal development win be one of the finest in the country, pro viding for the handling tA perishable food products by rail, water and truck transportation.