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The Washington times., 1929-11-07
CIVIL LEGION To
MEET HERE

The Civil Legion, composed of
persons who aided IN the national
cause during the World War in
authorized civil capacities, will
open its fourth annual conven-
ton tomorrow in the Hotel May
flower.
An. advance delegation Of the
organization is due to arrive in
Washington today to prepare for
the opening of the convention,
which will begin when Col. Wade
H. Cooper, local banker and ma
tional president of the Civil
Legion, calls the body to order.
Following the appointment of
committees, delegates will adjourn
to the National Cathedral where
wreath will be placed on the
tomb of Woodrow Wilson.
Tomorrow night the convention
will be addressed by Charles H.
Brough, of Kansas: A. o. Stanley,
of Kentucky; Emerson S.. Har-
rington, of Maryland, and the Rt.
Rev. James H. Darlington, of
Pennsylvania. Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, an address will be
given by DR.. Peter Clemenson, Of
Chicago, on the Present Genera
-tion of Entigrants and the Foreign
Language Press" A banquet at
the Mayflower Saturday night Mt
6 o'clock will close the convention.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
LEGION DANCES
. At LEESBURG

LEEsBURG. Va, Nov. T.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the committee represent
ing the local post. of the American
Legion, which is sponsoring the
Armistice Ball at the Leesburg
Opera House, oMnday, November
II. beginning at 9:30 p. m.
Legionnaires report a heavy ad-
vance sale of tickets indicating
that this social event will be at
tended by an unusually large
number of local people in addi-
ton to many out-of.county resi-
dents.
Popular and pleasing music will
be rendered by a well-known and
talented Washington orchestra.
Appropriate and attractive dec
orations will lend added charm to
the spacious theater in which the
dance will be given.
The Legion Post plans to make
the Armistice Ball an annual af-
fair.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Winchester Preacher
To Speak at Leesburg

LEESBURG. Va, Nov. THE
Rev. Robert Nelson, Of Winches-
ter, will speak at the annual
Armistice Day service in the
Leesburg high school aditorium
Sunday, November 10,
The service will be under the
auspices of Loudoun Post No. "a
of the American Legion. EX-
service men will assemble on the
court house lawn and place
wreaths on the monument erected
in momory of the civil war vet
erans and one for soldiers and
sailors of Loudoun county who
died in the late war. They will
then march to the school audi.
torium where the exercises will
be held. '.'
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

Campfield secured Inc uaIa'
from the State agricultural stat
istician at Richmond. The 1900
car loads are equivalent to
about one-half million barrels.
Most of these shipments will
be in barrel form and include
cider-apples, as well as the Al
grade and those shipped 10 evap-
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Grating plants.
The largest shipment heretofore
totaled 1920 car loads in 1928,
and 2,163 in 1925.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
MEADOWBRQOK
ESTATE IS
RE-SOLD

LEESBURG, Va, Nov. THE
"Meadowbrook" estate. one Of
the show places of the Leesburg
vicinity has bd p sold to John
G.. Hopkins, Loudoun capitalist.
The farm, consisting of 398
acres, entirely surrounded by
country and State roads, Is 10
Gated one, mile south Of here and
has a frontage of several miles
on the State Highway.
The mansion house occupying a
high eminence, affords a view Of
wide expanSe.
Former owners Of this property
are Judge Lewis, E. B. White,
r. L. Preston, T. s. Titus and
Son, r.. c. and J. N. Duff, the
latter making the sale to Hopkins.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
EXEMPTION
INCREASE
SOUGHT
By international News Service

By International News Service
With the Treasury seeking a way
10 tax reduction, agitation was
arising today from many quarters
for various revenue law changes
to tighten the burden of assess.
ment the Government puts on the
country every year.
Among the latest demands was
for a boost in the allowance for
dependents, and an increase in the
age within which children may be
classed as dependent.
Under the present law deduc'
ton of $400 may be made for de-
pendents, including children up to
the age of 18 years. In certain
Congressional circles it was de.
clared that with advancing cost
Of living, especially Of education,
the deduction should be materially
higher. Also the point was made
that with many young people in
college after the age of 18, when
their upkeep is unusually high, an
increase should be made to 81
years. Increase in the exemption
for married persons to $4,000 or
$1,000 also has been advocated.
Revenue Not Threatened
Officials did not think these
changes in the law would reduce
the Governments income to a
great extent. On the other hand
it might be a form of tax relief
that would reduce the financial
burden of education in a consider.
able degree.
The federation of professional
and business women's clubs has
conferred with Secretary Mellon
with the plea that the exemption
allowed single persons be in.
creased from $1,000 to $500,
claiming the present law Is dis.
crininatory and in substance puts
q special tax on the unmarried
state.
There has been strong demands
throughout the country for an
increase in the credit of IS per
cent allowed on earned incomes
and some agitation for increasing
the limits within which the credit
may be taken. Under the 1923
revenue act, the maximum earned
income is $4,000. Some took
the view that the credit should
be larger for the first $4,000 of
earned income, leaving the deduc-
ton for the remainder at the
present figures.
u. S. Chamber Active
United States Chamber of Com
meree officials are out for a re-
duction OF the corporation tax
from IL to 10 per cent, holding
that business stimulated there.
from probably. would produce suf.
ficient additional revenue to off.
set the loss occasioned by the
rate change. Several conferences
have already been held with high
Treasury officials.
The Treasury will soon have
its estimates of income for next
year ready and will then be pre-
pared to say whether revenues
will justify a reduction. The un
certainty in revenue occaSioned
by the stock market crash has
complicated the estimating jon
this year.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
EDERAL TAX CUT FOR BENEFIT OF CHILDREN is URGED
West Virginia Fixes
Lincoln's Mothers
Birthplace

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov.
NANCY Hanks, mother Of
Abraham Lincoln. was born "at
some date not earlier than June
II, 1888, and not later than June
II, 1874, in Hampshire county,
at the foot Of New Greek Noun
tain, on Mixes Run. The site
is now in the bounds of Mineral
county, the New Greek district"
This was the finding of the
West Virginia commission ap-
pointed at the last session of
the legislature. The commits.
sion, in its report to Governor
Conley, suggested a State park
on the site.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
HOTEL IS HOST
. To MANAGERS

WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. T.
Managers of hotels in Virginia
were special guests at a dinner
given by Manager Eugene r.
Branch and members of the board
of directors of the George Wash
ington Hotel; to celebrate the com
pletion of improvements that in
crease the hotels capacity to 155
rooms.
Among those making informal
speeches were Capt. Lewis F.
Cooper, president of the hotel cor
poration; r. Gray Williams, of the
directors board; Manager Branch
and the latter's father, P. H
Branch. manager of the Battery
Park Hotel ASheville, N. C.
Captain Cooper, and Mr.. Will
Jams sketched the (progress made
by the hotel under the manage
ment of Mr.. Branch.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
SUSPECT
CAPTURED

HARRISoNBURG, Va, Nov. z.
Apprehended after an all day
chase, Reece orebaugh is in the
county jail here facing charges Of
robbing the Rockingham Farm
Bureau store, at Timberville. Sun
day night.
Orebaugh and his wife were
taken into custody at Howard
Lick, Hardy county, w. Va, by
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Meyer, Ar
thur Runion and B. o. Cooper,
after a report had been received
here that the suspect was fleeing
in that direction.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Pastor Quits Church
After 4 4Salary Raises

WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. T.
The Rev. William Hugh Carter,
a former pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Winchester, who
has been stationed the past ten
years at Crewe. Va. has resigned
to accept a call extended by the
Baptist Church of Marion, Va.
His pastorate at Crewe has been
the longest in the history of the
church at that place.
DR.. Carter's salary was raised
four times during his term Of
service at Crewe.
From the time he went to
Crewe. he has been an active
leader in the Masonic fraternity.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Teeth And Favorite
Food Gone, Man
Commits Suicide

NEW YORK, Nov. 7-Thomas
Sullivan, SO, depressed because
his teeth had been extracted,
committed suicide, by drinking
acid in his home in Glendale.
Queens.
Police quoted members Of his
family as saying that since the
removal of his teeth Sullivan
had been having difficulty eat
ing foods OF which he was fond.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Four Howard Students
Win Scholarship Honor

The Kappa Cup. an award for
the highest average during the
last collegiate year, was presented
to four students by DR.. Mordecia
w. johnson at Howard University
yesterday.
The students were Mary E.
Burke, 1901 T st. N. W.; George
Jenkins, 1911 Linden st. N. w;
Cecie r.. jenkins, 1914 Eleventh
st. N. W.. and Norma Parks,
2442 Nichols Ave. S. e.
Sterling A. Brown. assistant
professor of English, spoke.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
TWO STORES LEASED

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. 7.--For
a period of 10 years beginning
January, 1882, the new Worthing-
ton Hardware ompany, Inc, has
secured a lease on the two store
rooms now occupied by Worthing-
ton Hardware Company, Inc, has
Holiday shoe store.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Open Forum to Hear
Policeman Allen Talk

Policeman Robert ]. Allen will
express his views on law enforce
ment conditions in Washington
Sunday at o'clock, when he will
speak before the Washington Open
Forum, in the 800 block of I St.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
WoMEN's LEGION MEETS.

The George Baldwin Mccoy
unit, American Women's Legion,
will hold its regular monthly meet
ing Friday morning at 10:30
o'clock in the Church of the Cove
nEnt, Connecticut Avenue and N
st.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
FIRE CAUSED BY FLUE

Fire, caused by an overheated
.lue, caused damage of over $500
early yesterday. The fire, which
broke out, in the 800 block Lin
worth Pl. S. W., had a good start
before it was noticed and an
alarm turned in.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
HOLY NAME MEETING

meeting of the Holy Name So
ciety will be held tonight at 7;30
O'Clock in the rectory Of the Holy
Trinity Church.
The Washington times., 1929-11-07
Augusta County Sets
Record for Apples

next spring it was learned today, from w. g. Campfield
sTAUNToN Va, Nov. Two thousand nine hundred car
loads of apples largest shipment in the history of A
ousta county va will be sold and exported this fall and
The Washington times., 1929-11-07

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The Washington times., 1929-06-27
FLAG Winners
GREETED IN
WEST

SAN FRANCISCO, June IT.
Children Of old Elory-champions Of
the flag!
what reception san Francisco
gave them.
Into city fired with patriotism
bands playing. flags unfurled
over a field OF 250. 1000 contenders in
the national flag contest.
ShOwered With Flowers
Sirens shrieked az they set foot
Tuesday night in San Francisco.
Flowers fell upon them from an al
miring populace.
The arches OF the ferry build
ing rang with the stirring march.
ing Tilt of the Stars and Stripes
Forever"
Khaki.clad ranks of the Sixth
Coast Artillery Band fell into step
and out Market Street like = tri-
umphant procession Of old swept
the escort to these victors Of =
modern day, crusaders for the
banner that waved over Brandywine
and Bunker Hill and Santiago and
Chateau-Thiery.
Two smiling, charming American
girls. Alma Groves, OF Byronlvill0,
Ca: Mary McGonigle. of Troy, N.
by the plaudits that
have been showered upon them in
every city and hamlet In their
trip across the continent.
Boy Winners Shy
Two high school boys-regular
guys--laughing and teasing the
girls a bit, a little bothered about
the hang OF their hair and the set
of their neckties-Merle Clark, Of
Detroit. Mich; and Robert L. Sulii.
van, Of Syracuse. N. Z.
Accompanied by their chaperon,
Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory; Floyd VIII
hanson, representative OF the Hearst
newspapers, and Col. James A.
Moss, president of the United
States Flag Association, the four
flag champions were greeted over
a barrier of baggage before they
alighted from the train.
Motion picture machines and
flashlight cameras marked every
step of their progress aboard the
ferry boat-interviewers and pas.
sengers pressed upon them. Capt.
w. J.. Susan waved aside regula.
tions and allowed Alma and Mary
to climb the ladder to his cabin
perched high on the top deck
and to steer the boat in open
waters after Yerba Bueno Island
lay well astern.
Night to Remember
It was such a night as Is made
to leave a lasting impression upon
the traveller who first crosses San
Francisco Bay and sees the vague,
towering silhouette Of the city
etched against an evening sky.
Mary McGonigfe. her arms filled
with American Beauty roses, stood
at the rail and drank in the scene
as only youthful enthusiast can,
Alma Groves spoke in soft. South.
ern tones of the beauty of it all,
1t was the first trip for all Of
them, Of course. And it In only the
beginning, the Threshold Of their
tour around the world.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
SHOCK INJURIES MAN

sTAUNTON, Va, June 27.-Wil-
liam M. Snyder. manager OF the
Snyder Electrical Company, Stuan-
ton, was seriously injured while
he was engaged In looking for a
defect in the wiring system Of
Grand Caverns. near here. Snyder's
son, Hugh Snyder, said that his
father had apparently received a
shock sufficiently strong to knock
him into q, pit. The man fell about
IL feet, landing on his right side.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
New Navy Chaplain
Famed for Sermons

: Il ANNAPOLIS. Nd. June 27.-Ser-
vices at the Naval Academy Chapel
are now being held under Comdr.
Frank II. Lash, the new chaplain
apnpIhted to succeed Capt. Sydney
R. Evans. Commander Lash comes
to Annapolis from China, having
held post there for over two years.
His career in the Navy has taken
him to many parts OF the world
during his ~ years since enlistment
and his sermons have won no little
distinction for him.
Captain Evans now goes to Wash
ington to take over the post of chief
Of Chaplain Corps of the Navy.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27
MANS HOME ROBBED

William w. Curtis. 1907 Critten-
den st. n. w. reported to police
yesterday that his home had been
entered by removing a screen from
a rear window and $50 stolen.
The Washington times., 1929-06-27

w. H. Evap. Milk 3 Cans Csc
Borden's Eyap. Milk Can 1Oc
s O'clock Coffee Lib. 37c
Bokar Coffee lib, 23c; Lb., 45e
BOscuI Coffee Lib. SEE
Hires Root Beer Extract Bot. ZEE
Hires GingeraIe Extract Bot. 22c
Comet Brown Rice Flakes PKG, Csc
Heinz Rice Flakes 2Pkgs. Use
Shredded Wheat Pkg. 1Oc
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
p Governors to Take Part in Tenta-
tive Program at Washington, d. C.

Promise of variety and color in the
/ Presidential Inauguration ceremonies
has assumed definite proportions with
the announcement by the inaugural
committee that % state governors
have reserved space for themselves
and retinues in the parade. At the
same time, the committee announced
other entertainment features on the
tentative program of events-among
them being concerts, air stunts by
army and navy flyers, and a great dis
play of fireworks on the mall. MANY
of the Executives the committee said.
will come with escorts wearing CAV
uniforms. The governor of Alabama
will be accompanied by two companies
OF foot soldiers from the State Ma
tlonal Guard and band of SO pieces.
From Delaware, New Jersey and Vir-
ginia, detachments of the National
Guard also will come. The governor
Of Virginia will have 45O members of
the Richmond Blues, the Richmond
Howltzers and the Richmond Grays.
and fife and drum corps. In the
second division Of the parade, the
committee announced, sixteen addi-
tlonal military and civic units already
have been assigned positions. Among
them is delegation from the San
Diego Army and Navy academy Of
Pacific Beach, California, and one
from Coe College at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. The tentative program Of pub
lic entertainment is to begin two days
before the Inauguration. On March 2
the Navy Yard will be thrown open to
visitors. The army and navy On this
day will stage an air circus over The
city, and there will be riding circus
At Fort Myer, va. On Sunday, March
Z, special services will be held III Ill
churches. There will be
! pilgrimage to the tomb of the IN
Known Soldier in the afternoon, with
concert in the evening. Monday |
yill be given to the inaugural cere- |
monies, with the parade and the char
ty ball in the evening.
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13
KENT LEVY COURT HEARS OF
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE LAW
MEMBERS FEEL 1T WOULD RE-
DUCE POWER OF THEIR BODY
Dirt Roads of County and the Kent
Almshouse Especially Would Fall to
State Control Almost Entirely

Members of the Kent County Levy
Court discussed at their last meeting
several of the proposed bills which it
is said, will be presented to this ses-
sion of the Delaware Legislature.
Some go so far to say, that if such
laws are passed there will probably
be very little need for the Levy Court
IN the future. None of the measures
have been introduced in the Legisla-
ture thus far but they have been the
subject of considerable discussion
around the State House and there is
strong probability of them being
presented. One of the measures would
provide for one almshouse for the use
of the three counties. This would
mean that the present system of each
county having an almshouse would be
abolished and with them the board of
poor trustees of each county as the
rev institution would be under State
control. The members of the board of
poor trustees are named by the Levy
Court. There is one from each of the
ten Representative Districts and their
term is for two years, five being ap-
pointed each year. Another import
ant matter is the transferring Of the
dirt roads in the counties over the
State Highway Department. This
move was advocated by Governor C.
Douglas Buck in his inaugural mes
sage. The dirt roads at present are
under the control of the Levy Court
the county engineer and the
road supervisors appointed in each
District. If the roads were transfer
red to the State Highway Department
there would be no more need Of the
engineer or supervisors. With the
above two matters taken out Of their
hands, there is very little left for the
attention Of the Levy Court with the |
exception Of paying the county bills |
and levving the tax rate once each |
year. he Levy Court problem has
brought forth manv discussions. There
seems to be very little desire to have
hat body eliminated. One thourh
presented on the matter was that IN
vent the proposed changes are made
hen the Board of Assessment could
'e, abolished and the work Of that
Soard could be transferred to the
4evy Court. The Board of Assess
nent IS an appointed body while the
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13

cause they are spiritually discemed"
q Cor. 2:14). Among the citations
which comprised the Lesson-Sermon
were the following from the Bible:
"Know therefore this day, and con-
slider it in thy heart, that the Lord He
is God in heaven above, and upon the
earth beneath; there is none else"
(Deut. 4:39). The Lesson-Sermon
also included the following passages
from the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "In
Christian Science, Spirit, as a proper
noun is the name Of the Supreme Be
ing. 1t means Quantity and Quality,
and is applied exclusively to God"
(p. 93).
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13
SPECIALIST IN NUTRITION
Recently Appoint Miss Pearl MacDon-
aid of Ann ArbOr, Michigan

Dean C. A. McCue of the University
Agricultural Extension Department,
announces the addition to the staff of
Miss Pearl Macdonald of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, who has recently been ap-
pointed as specialist in Nutrition,
Health and allied subjects. Miss Mac
Donald received her academic training
at the University of Michigan and her
special Home Economics training at
Teachers College, Columbia Univers-
ity. She has had a wide educational
experience, having taught not only in
public schools-both grade and high
school = but also in Agricultural
Schools. While teaching at Michigan
Agricultural College Miss Macdonald
assisted with the Farmers Institute
work in the days before there was an
Extension service in Agriculture and
Home Economics as we now know it.
Later, after the organization of Ex-
tension Service in accordance with the
provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, she
carried on the Home Economics Ex-
tension work in Pennsylvania. Miss
Macdonald hopes to be of assistance
to the home-makers of the State in
solving the everyday problems of the
right food for the various members of
their families and the relation of diet
to health. Any inquiries may be ad-
dressed to her at the University of
Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13

plant They fell asleep. While they
We're still sleeping, the Scott Powell
plant caught fire and was DESTROYED
and the two little adventurers, who
mad experienced adventures in Smyrna
as the guests Of Captain Lewis, per
lshed in the flames. Their charred
bodies were found after the fire had
been extinguished. Chief Lewis feels
badly about the affair. He said: "If
hadn't sent those little fellows back
to Philadelphia to enable them to
reach their homes, the probability is
that they would be alive today"
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13
GROW CRANBERRIEs IN STATE
Sufficient Quantities Can Be Grown in
Lower Delaware to Supply City Needs

Sufficient Quantities Can Be Grown in
Lower Delaware to Supply City Needs
Lower Delaware, according to Coun-
ty Agent c. R. Snyder, head of the
Sussex County Extension Department,
is capable of growing sufficient guam
titles of cranberries to supply many
Of the large eastern cities, provided
the famrers will plant them on an ex-
tensive scale. Tehre are thousands Of
acres of boggy or marsh land in the
northern and extreme southern por-
tions of the county, which could be
converted into cranberry growing
acreas, capable of producing hundreds
Of bushels annually and bringing in to
the farmers hundreds of dollars. For
several years some of the farmers.
through whose lands large drainage
canals or branches pass, have been
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13
OIL COMPANY OF NEu IppoDx

There is no truly "anti-knock" motor
fuel being sold, except at a premium
price. The best known "anti-knock"
fuel is ESQ, the Giant Power Fuel
II is acknowledged by engineers TO be
IN a class by itself "a genuine anti
knock fuel, specially made for use in
high compression motors, and in motors
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13

that that are carbonized from long usage.
ESSO costs more to make, and has TO
be sold at small premium over
Standard" Gasoline, but ESQ gives
an extra engine performance never be-
lore E exPedrenced. On sale only at the
SILVER ESQ Pumps with the ESQ
Smyrna times., 1929-02-13

producing enough from a few plants
to supply the family needs. There is
one small patch in the Coolspring area
which has been in existence for many
years. Twelve plants were set out
along what is known as Bundick's
branch many years ago, and each year
produce several bushels of choice ber-
rieS