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The Washington times., 1931-08-12
State ELks Elect
Officers at Meet

CUMBERLAND, Aug. 12.-The
following officers were elected at
the afternoon session of the Mary
land, Delaware and District of Co,
lumbia State Elks' Association
here yesterday:
Hugh w. Curran, Wilmington
Del. president; Francis x. Walsh
Washington, first vice president;
Laurence E. Ensor, Towson, Mr.,
second vice president; Maurice
Domenici, Hagerstown, third vice
president; John C. Powell, Will
mington, secretary; Charles Klos'
terman, Baltimore, treasurer
John E. Lynch, Washington; John
B. Berger and Charles P. Noyes
Baltimore; John j. Powell. Viii.
mington; w. M. French, Annapolis
and Duncan E. Shaffer, Frostburg
trustees.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
No PAY IN SIGHT
FOR TAKONA
f|RENEN
Prince Georges Fund Lacking
For Nottingham Road, Also;
Dogs, Radios Face Inquiry

Members of the Takoma Park
Volunteer Fire Department, of
Montgomery county, who yester-
day appeared before the Prince
Georges county commissioners
seeking reimbursement for work
done on the Prince Georges side
OF Takoma Park, werey told the
commissioners had no funds for
such work.
Seeking improvement of a road
on the old Harper farm, in the
Nottingham district, DR.. Thomas
Gibbons, chairman of the road
committee for that section, was
also told there were no funds.
The road, county thoroughfare,
has had no work done on it in
IL years.
HOwling dogs in the Berwyn
Heights section were complained
of in an anonymous letter to the
commissioners. The author de-
clared he was afraid owners Of
the dogs would burn his house If
his name was known.
Residents of Mt. Rainier also
wrote the commissioners saying
bowling dogs and radius make
sleep impossible in the neighbor-
hood. Both cases will be investi-
gated,
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
betty" Pack Has Career
AS Diplomats Wife

Pretty blonde Betty Pack, wife
of Arthur Pack. commercial sec
retary of the British Embassy
has found the role of diplo,
mats wife the career for which
she yearned as a bud" in Wash
ington.
Married bit over year ago,
Mrs. Pack, the former Betty
Thorpe, daughter of Col. and
Mrs. George Thorpe, will shortly
leave Washington for Santiago
Chile, where Counselor Pack has
been transferred by his govern
ment.
Thrilled over her first assign.
ment away from the United
States since her marriage, Mrs
Pack, nevertheless, is profoundly
impressed with the responsibilities
of her new 'post.
Really Hard Job
Over the tea table at the
Packs residence on Massachusetts,
Avenue yesterday, Mrs. Pack said:
Its the most wonderful Ca
reer in the world, but you have
to work at 1T every minute of
the day. First and most Inn
pOrtant, you must really and
truly deep down in your heart
like people. If you allow just
one little mean thought to
creep in it will show in your
work"
Across the sofa her husband
seconded the idea that being the
wife of a diplomat was not an
easy job.
One, however, and he smiled at
his violet-eyed young wife, for
which American women were es-
pecially adapted.
At the Chilean embassy in San
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
MORE FLOWERS
FOR FAIR

Additional classes of flowers
have been added to those to be
exhibited at the Rockville Fair.
Included in this list is the
single palm, rubber plant, air
plant, fuschia, asparagus plu-
mosa, asparagus sprengeri, coleus,
Boston fern, fancy fern, ostrich
plume fern, hanging basket, table
design (groWing) collection of six
plants (any kind maiden hair
fern, cactus, begonia rex, begonia
tuberous, heliotrope, oleander,
geranium. gloxinia. abutillon cox
comb and straw flower.
Wrestling fans will see an all
star card arranged by Joe Turner,
Washington matchmaker.
This program will be held
Tuesday, the opening night, fea-
turing Turner and DOC" Wilson.
No admission will be charged to
the grounds. but fee will be
charged to view the matches.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
MEDALS GIVEN
CAPT. RIGGS

Two medals, one for services
in the Spanish-American War
and the other for the Philippine
1nsurrection, were given yester-
day morning to Capt. Samuel
Riggs, of Rockville. by members
of the Ridgely Brown Chapter of
the Daughters of the Confeder-
acy.
The presentation was made by
Mrs. John C. Weldon, of Rock
vile, president of the chapter,
and Miss May Sellman, of Fred
erick, Nd, past president,
whose father served in the same
company with Captain Riggs.
Captain Riggs has been in
poor health lately and the pre-
Sentation was made at his home.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Grouping of County
Offices Is Suggested

With a view to grouping the
county offices in one building,
w. F. Ricketts, and Clagett C.
Hilton, commissioners for Mont
gomery county, yesterday sub
mitted a revised plan of offices
for the old courthouse at Rock
vile which will be vacated next
month.
The commissioners approved
the following suggestions: Trans
ferring the police office from the
basement to the first floor; trans
fer of the Social Service League,
Farm Bureau and Home Demon
stration Agents offices from
scattered buildings to the court
house, and assignment of an
office to Judge Woodward and
the clerk of the police court.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12

tiago, all the wives are Ameri'
cans.
Lady Chiffon, wife of the am
basSador was formerly Miss Cath
crime O'Brien, of M C h j g a n,
daughter of Thomas O'Brien, for
mer United States Ambassador to
Japan, and Mrs. Jeffrey Thomp.
son, wife of the first secretary,
was Miss Louise Sewall, of Wash
ington.
A Business Game
Discussing her impressions
after a year of marriage of the
diplomat profession, Mrs. Pack
said:
'Tt isn't quite SO much
social game as 1 had imagined.
I have found out that to sue
ceed means really hard work
and long hours. You have to
make good just as in any other
business, but wife can help
much more than is generally
supposed"
Agreed her husband:
Eyes, it's a game for two.
Even the most skillful diplomat
| would find it rough if his wife
didn't play ball with him."
Compliment Paid
Twinkling. Mr.. Pack denied
that the thought his young wife's
unusual good looks would be an
asset. Said he:
"JuSt think how I feel when
/ hear people say, Yes, the
Packs have arrived. Isn't Mrs.
Pack pretty 1t leaves me
rather out of the picture"
But that, according to his wife,
is just an Englishman's way of
paying his wife a compliment.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
UNDER CAR,
|NHALESFUMES

Garnet Ford, Fairfax Station,
Va, is at the Alexandria (VaD
Hospital as the result of inhaling
monoxide fumes from his automo-
mile in his garage yesterday.
Workmen nearby heard the
motor. and on approaching the
garage found Ford lying with his
head on a pillow under the ex-
haust of his car. They pulled
Ford to safety and called DR.. F.
M. Brooks, who rendered first aid.
Ford is expected to recover.
Mrs. Ford left Sunday for a
visit with relatives in Boston,
Mass,
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
BARRED NEGRO
VOTERS, IS
CHARGE
Supporters of H. o. Blunt for
County Board Also Backing
independent Against Reid

First indications of trouble as
an aftermath of the close races
staged in the Democratic primary
in Fairfax county last week were
given today when residents of Mt.
Vernon district voiced resentment
at the action of the election judges
and indicated they would attempt
to have them removed from office.
Blunt Supporters
A militant group of voters who
supported III. o. Blunt for mem
hership on the county board of
supervisors indicated today they
would file suit i'm the Circuit Court
to have the following judges re-
moved from office: Ewell Nevitt,
Will BrOder, Malcolm Mclean, N.
B. Denty and A. M. Petit.
The action will be based upon
q claim that negro voters were
barred from the polls at Moore,
Pullman and Accotink precincts,
where Mr.. Blunt was said to have
been especially strong, while they
were permitted to vote at Gum
Springs precinct. where w. F. P.
Reid. the present chairman of the
county board and candidate for
reelection. was strongly backed.
Reid the Winner
Reid was returned the winner in
the primary by a margin of 80
votes out of approximately 900
votes cast. The suit, however, will
have no effect upon the results of
the primary. as Mr.. Blunt has re-
fused to contest the election.
The same group that is planning
to initiate the suit also is planning
to run an Independent candidate
against Reid in the general eIec-
ti0n in November. Ordinarily the
Democratic nominee goes to the
polls in November unOppOSed, and
winning of the primary is equiva-
lent to election.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Breaks Leg Cranking
Car While in Gear

N. L. Bailey. of Clarendon. Va,
was taken to Georgetown Hospital
yesterday with a broken leg, re-
ceived when he attempted to
crank his automobile while it
was in gear. The machine was
parked on a street in Rosslyn
when Mr.. Bailey started it.
AS the machine started across
the street, he attempted to Jump
into it and was caught between
his own and another car which
was parked across the street.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
RED CROSS GETS
FAIR BOOTH

The Montgomery County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross
announced it will provide a booth
at the Rockville Fair next week
under the general supervision of
Mrs. Nina Church Brann, of
Cabin John, president of the
chapter. She will be assisted by
other ladies of the chapter.
Each afternoon a member Of
the Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department, who has taken the
Red Cross course in first aid,
will talk upon that subject.
Nutrition work being done in
the county will be the subject Of
other talks by ladies assisting at
the booth.
The hostesses will be: Monday,
Mrs. James H. Defandorf, of
Chevy Chase, assisted by Mrs.
Earl Johnston; Wednesday, Mrs.
Thomas w. Perry and Mrs. Dan
iel C. Walser, and on Thursday,
Mrs. Frank S. Budd and her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Budd.
Fix the car for your summer yaca-
tion trip manv Automobile Re-
pair Services are listed today in the
A
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Mate Gone Z Years,
Wife GiUen DiUOrce

A degre> granting Mrs. Isabelle
r. Gemacker an absolute divorce
from George Gemacker was
signed by Judge Robert c. Mat
tingly in circuit court at Upper
Marlboro yesterday. Mrs. Gem
acker lives in Mt. Rainier.
The divorce was granted on
grounds of desertion, Mr.. Gem
acker having disappeared seven
and one-half years ago. Under
the terms of the decree. Mrs.
Gemacker will resume her maiden
name of Isabelle r. Stuart. She
was represented by Attorney
Bird H. Dolby.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Baltimore Studying
Need for Bread Lines

BALTIMORE, Aug. IA study
of bread lines in Baltimore is
being conducted by a special COM
mittee.
The committee will make a
complete report on the number
of bread lines operating in the
city, the quantity and quality of
the food served, and the type of
persons being catered to.
Recommendations will also be
made as to whether there is need
for bread lines in Baltimore, and
If so, what. if any, supervision
should be placed over them.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Maryland Fireman
To Be GiUen Trophy

BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-Merito.
rious work on the part of a
Maryland fireman will be re-
warded next year with a trophy
donated yesterday to the Mary
land State Firemen's Association
by DR.. George w. Coul5orf, of
Princess Anne; president.
The committee also approved
the program of the short course
for volunteer firemen to be con-
Quoted September 2, 3 and 4 at
the University of Maryland, Col
lege Park. The 1882 convention
of the association will be held
at FroStburg.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Jumps Out WindOU
To Land On Head

BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-"Don't
jump until you see the whites of
their eyes" today might be the
slogan of Hilton Wardell, colored,
who leaped from under the i'm
preston it was being raided.
Wardell landed on his head
and the leap was seen by Patrol
man Lawrence j. Cooper, who
took him to Mercy Hospital. His
injuries were slight and he was
locked up. There was no raid.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Driving Without
Permit Costs S27

Charged with exceeding 2t
miles an hour and having nc
license or registration card in his
possession. James Doy, colored
of Rockville, was fined $27 and
costs by Police Court Judge Wood.
ward. Doy was arrested IN Beth
esda by Sergt. Leroy Rodgers of
the Montgomery county police.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
SCHOOL BID PROPOSALS

Upon the recommendation of
the supervisor of school prop
erty, the Montgomey County
Board of Education at its regular
meeting yesterday authorized that
proposal bids be received for the
new construction work for the
Glenmont, Germantown, Fair
land, Bethesda, Laytonsville, Ia
koma-Silver Spring and Linden
colored school buildings.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
HE BIT HER ARM

Logan Johnson, colored, was
ordered to pay fine Of $25 and
costs or serve 25 days in the
Montgomery county Jail by
Police Court Judge Woodward in
Rockville. for assault and bat
terry upon Lavinia Bruner, also
colored. She said he bit her arm.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
AGENTS. ABSENT
At TRIAL FOH
ASSAULT
Trial Of Upper Marlboro Man
on Charge of interfering
With Officers Is Postponed

The scheduled trial in Balti
more of Robert Hall, jr., of Upper
Marlboro. who faces charges of
interfering with a Federal of
ficer in performance of duty to
day was Indefinitely postponed by
Prohibition Administrator Robert
Ford, of Baltimore.
Officer Absent
This action followed the failure
of Walter T. Andrews and an un,
identified prohibition agent to ap
pear in Marlboro yesterday on
assault charges filed by Hall.
The absence of the two agents
was blamed ON Mr.. Andrews
illness. Whether or not the Fed
eraI agent is still suffering in,
juries sustained in a fight with
Mr.. Hall in Upper Marlboro last
Friday night is not known.
Parking Argument
The alteration Friday followed
warning given the agents by
Hall, who informed them that
they were breaking a newly in
voked parking ordinance. Ar
drews is said to have crossed the
street to argue with Hall.
Although no definite informa-
ton. is available, it is strongly
rumOred that if the State sees
fit to sustain Mr.. Halls charge
of assault against Andrews and
the unidentified agent. the case
will be taken from State authOri-
ties and placed under Federal
Jurisdiction.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
DRUNKS FINED

Andol Epeward and B. Stiles
were fined SIS and costs for being
diSorderly in Travilah, Md, by
Police Court Judge Woodward in
Rockville.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
Dreaded to Look kmM Calendar
AmOtber Wsek-End spoiled
because she ''Wam't Weir

WHY did it always happen that
wv way! Dates she couldn't keeps!
the wrong time" every month.
Isn't it too bad if she only knew,
she could be free from pain full of
life having a wonderful time.
Every girl should use Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound dur.
ing her "trying time" It's a strength.
ening medicine just for backache,
dull pains, other disorders that make
life so miserable.
Thousands of women swear by it.
Every day we receive hundreds Oflet.
ters from all over the land praising
this famous medicine. Won't you buy
abox of the new tablets and try them3
The Washington times., 1931-08-12

Fix the car for your summer 1aca-
tion trip manv Automobile Re-
pair Services are listed today in the
Hour Service Directory published
in the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05

If you are planning to furnish your home
come to The Hub where exceptional values
await you along with the convenience of
The Washington times., 1931-08-05

We have reached the limit in this offer of sx-piece
living room ensemble-thnk of it. Three pieces over
stuffed and covered with veloursetee and two large
and comfortable arm chairs with loose springfield
lamp with silk shade in colors. An unprecedented oppor
tunity to furnish your living at asensationay low
price,
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Save All Straw Stacks
to Carry Farm Stock

The main element in food for
cattle and horses is the bulky feeds
such as hay, fodder, and, in their
absence straw will do. Grain and
mill feeds will not take the place
of these bulky feeds for live stock
and are of secondary Importance
when it comes to sustaining life
and carrying the stock over to a
new season.
In many communities there are
haystacks which have been carried
along. Some may have reached a
ripe old age, but nevertheless they
will sustain life and will come in
handy.
In many communities there are
also strawstacks which. heretofore,
have been considered of no value.
Ideas as to the value of stock feeds
will change of necessity, and straw
will sustain life. whether it be of
this seasons crop or produced in
prior years.
Therefore, straw should be care
fully conserved in those cOmmuni-
ties especially which are threat
ened with a feed shortage, or in
any community reasonably close to
the dry districts. so that If may
be had as bulky feed the
stock in winter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Coccidiosis Is Disease
of Various Young Fowls

COccidiosis and bacillary white
diarrhea are twin pests, though not
Identical twins. The symptoms are
similar, and the search for causes
and control of bacillary white di.
arrhea led to the discovery of the
coccidium tenellum. The organism
in white diarrhea chicks is cocci-
dium cunculi
1t has been shown at the Storrs
station - Experiment Station Bull
letin "A. pages 155-1S5-that it is
only during the first few days of
its life a chick is liable to infec-
tion with bacillary white diarrhea.
Female chickens that have recov-
cred from bacillary white diarrhea
are bacillus carriers. and the egg is
a host. One infected chick spreads
the disease. Chicks hatched under
hens or in pedigreed trays are said
to be more immune TO bacillary
white diarrhea because they are in
smaller groups, and one diseased
chick cannot infect all the hatch If
the flock is not thrown together IN
til the most dangerous periods
hours-is past.
CoccidiOsis is q disease of young
chicks, turkeys, geese, pigeons and
wild birds caused by an animal or
ganism. 1t infests the intestinal
tract, the liver, kidneys and even
the lungs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
POULTRY NOTES

Turkeys, properly handled, are
still a profitable enterprise.
The hatchability of eggs can be
improved by giving the flock all
the direct sunlight they can get dur
ing the winter.
1t takes 21 days for a hen egg to
hatch, about % days for duck eggs,
from 80 to "a for a goose egg, and
% days for turkey eggs.
The production of good market
eggs is perhaps the final objective
of all poultry operations. Good
market eggs must have a good she'll
When pullets are kept in good
condition there is a greater likeli,
hood of sustained egg production.
There is also less danger from
colds and mOlt.
Manufacturers of mammoth incu-
bators, improved broOders and prop
erly mixed poultry feeds have also
made it easy for the farmer to
keep hens that pay.
CapOns do not usually attain any
greater size than do males of sim
liar breeding. What is important.
however. is the fact of the capoD
making more rapid growth and
reaching maximum size at an ear
ier age.
Although brOiler prices vary ac-
cording to the breed of chickens,
quality also is an important de-
Gliding factor. Poorly feathered or
scabby-backed broilers do not meet
the market demands and a cut in
price results.
Raise the chicks on ground
where no fowls of any age have
been allowed to run for at least two
years, and where no poultry manure
has been spread during that time.
In the absence of such favorable
conditions, grow the chicks in COM
plete confinement.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
FARM
S'5;!.,.E;l|T':!O!1CK s. &
- - g. "a ! -
TURNING CATTLE
ON GRASS RISKY
Better Plan to Sell Animals
Directly From Feed Lot.

1t is better to sell directly from
the feed lot cattle that have been
heavily cOrn-fed during the winter
and spring than to turn them on
pasture. Tests at the Ohio expert
ment station and elsewhere show
that such cattle turned on grass
lost heavily during the first few
weeks and even later fail to make
large gains.
For this reason, G. Bohstedt,
head of the animal industry de-
partment at the Ohio station, holds
that the turning of corn-fed cattle
on grass in the spring is financial
ly a risky practice, especially with
poorly bred cattle. A feeding trial
under his direction last year
showed that cOrn-fed cattle would
much better have been sold direct
ly out of the feed lot than later
after having been turned on pas
ture.
Sometimes cattle feeders are
tempted to change their original
plan of shipping directly from the
feed lot. Perhaps heavier cattle
command premium or. if young
stuff is being fed, ii may not be
finished enough to suit the present
market.
Cattle need roughage even for
finishing, which cannot be done on
corn and cottonseed meal alone.
The supply of hay, silage, or shock
corn may be low. But ii is mis-
take to turn the heavily cOrn-fed
cattle on pasture. although the
grass is abundant and cheap and
palatable to the cattle.
1t may be possible to spread the
hay or silage a little farther The
steers may relish some bright Oat
straw. Grinding or crushing the
ear corn to corn-and-cOb meal will
help provide roughage. A little
bran and oats in the ration is
splendid under such conditions
At the same time a liberal amount
of cOttonseed meal should be fed
especially now that ii is cheap
Yearlings and older cattle will dc
well getting about three pounds
daily per head More has beer
fed at times with profit.
These or other alternatives may
make it necessary to turn corn
fed cattle on new grass, and bOtf
practical experience and expert
mental evidence argue for selling
directly out of the feed lot.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
THE LAXATIVE
WITH HIGHEST
ENDORSEMENT

When you get up headachy, slug
gish, weak, half-sick, here's how to
feel yourself again in a jiffy.
Take a little Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia in glass of water-or lem
onade. Taken in lemonade, Phillips
Milk of Magnesia acts like citrate of
magnesia. AS a mild, safe, 2 asant
laxative, Phillips Milk of Magnesia
has the highest medical endorsement.
AS an anti-acid to correct sour
stomach, gas, indigestion, biliousness,
it has been standard with doctors for
so years. Quick relief in digestive and
eliminative troubles of men, women,
children-and babies.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Early Cooking

The Old-fashioned outside oven had
a domed chamber built of brick and
heated by means of light wood and
sticks were burned inside. When the
bricks were well heated, the ashes
and embers were raked out and the
floor swept and the food to be cooked
introduced by a fiat, wooden shovel
with long handle and the door was
then closed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Legal Precedent

One legal authority says: eli the
AnglO-American legal system a de-
cisiOn by court, made on a question
of law arising in a case and neces-
sary TO its determination, is an aur
thOrity, or binding precedent. in the
same court or in other courts of low
er rank, in subsequent cases where
the same question is again in contro-
versy.' This is called the doctrine
Of precedent, or "stare decisis ct non
quieta mOvere," which means "to
stand by the decision and not disturb
what is settled"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-04-03
Hobbies Benefit Children

Encourage your child to develop a
hobby. No matter that the hobby
does not interest you, if it will de-
velop initiative, artistic or construc-
ton ability, something that the child
will grow along with, encourage him
in it. Wholesome hobbies like car
pentry, photography, billiards. chess,
radio and modelling keep the young
sters off the streets and at home
where they belong.