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The Washington times., 1931-08-29
CAR HITS, KILLS
TRUCK DRIVER

Released on $4,000 bond
Charles c. Burnett, 800 De Astre
ST., Ballston, Va, will be given
a preliminary hearing Monday in
the Arlington county police court
on the charge Of having been re.
sponsible for the death this
morning of William Brent Hutch
inson, Of Washington.
Hutchinson, 43, of 1917 Massa-
chusetts Ave. S. E., driver Of a
bread truck, was instantly killed
when struck by an automobile
driven by Burnett this morning
on the Wilson Boulevard near
Fort Myer Heights, Va. He was
struck as he stepped from the
rear Of his truck with a basket
Of bread for a store on a near.
by corner.
Burnett took Hutchinson to the
Georgetown University Hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
Burnett then gave himself up
at the Seventh precinct and was
turned over to the Arlington
county authorities.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Jury Trial Demanded
In Unlicensed Club

Charged with maintaining a
public club for profit without a
license, L. S. Rorer, alleged pro-
prietor Of the Garden Club, near
Meadows, Md, demanded G. jury
trial before Judge j. Chew Sher.
iff in Police Court at Upper Marl-
boro, yesterday.
Rorer was arrested by SergtD
Arthur Hepburn and Prvt. Arnold
Naylor in a raid on the eStab-
lishment Thursday.
Tom Harris, of Centerville, was
fined $50 and costs on a charge
Of illegal possession Of liquor. He,
too, was taken in a raid led by
Sergeant Hepburn.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
WA|F DESERTED
HERE IS HEIR

TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 20 CU.S0
"The fund will be ordered paid
to Vivien E. Cornelius in trust
for the infant GeOrger, piteOusly
fOrsaken, presumed dead, pos
sibIy drifting, or peFchance he
fell into arms that cherished
him. Who knOwS?"
With these words, Vice Chan.
cellor Backes yesterday set aside
1925, 900 that belongs to a child
abandoned in washington, D. c.,
in 1896 by Florence Emory
Georger, daughter Of William E.
Emery, millionaire Of Pennington,
N. j., and New York.
Jessica'S Husband
Backes directed that the second
half Of the $3.50, 900 trust fund
willed by Emery to his daughters,
May and Florence, be paid to
Vivien E. Cornelius, son Of May.
He is the husband Of Jessica
Brown, former Follies beauty, who
married him after divorcing the
Earl Of NortheSk, in Scotland. At
the time of their marriage, Cor.
neliuS was an attache of the Brit.
iSh diplomatic corps.
Florence Emery and Francis
Frederick Georger were married
in Brooklyn, July Is, 1895. Three
days after the birth Of the child
in Washington in 1896, the mother
gave it into the custody of an old
German nurse, Sophie Landgraf.
Emery died in 1912, leaving an
estate of $4,000, 900. May died
later and her half of the fund
was paid to her son, Cornelius.
Florence Georger divorced Georger
married again and died in 1928,
but two years before her death
she revealed the abandonment to
George B. Case, trustee of her
fathers estate.
The Chancery Court of Trenton
advertised all over the world for
the abandoned infant, and more
than 100 men applied. These
were weeded out, except three.
The outstanding claimant, viewed
sympathetically by the court, is
Edward Nicholson, an ex.Marine,
Of Baltimore.
Similar Phases
He was born in Washington
about the time of the Georger in.
tant'S birth, and was given to a
founding home by a nurse who
said she got the child from a
Mrs. Graye." The Georgers,
while keeping their marriage
secret, had lived under that name.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
ON RAIL
BRIDGE To Be
DROPPED
Suit Filed by Moore, Which
Halted Work at Connecticut
Avenue, Will Be- Dropped

The bill Of complaint filed in
the Equity Court, at Rockville, on
September 80, 1929, by Edgar W.
Moore and others, Of Kensington,
and which held up the construc-
ton Of a bridge across the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Com
pany's tracks at Connecticut Ave
nue. extended for two years, is not
expected to be appealed, it was
learned today.
Temporary Injunction
Upon the bill of complaint,
Judge Robert B. Peter granted a
temporary Injunction on January
%, 1880, restraining the Maryland
State roads commission from
building the bridge. A cross-bill
was filed by Capt. Joseph c. Cis-
sci, counsel to the board Of COM
missioners of Montgomery county,
on March 10, 1881. Judge Peter
dissolved the Injunction on August
13, 1881, by dismissing the bill.
It would cost approximately
$4,000 to take the case to the
Maryland Court Of Appeals, and
it was learned today the petition.
ers do not care to spend that
amount.
FactiOnal Fight
1t was said by attorneys that
the suit was brought in order to
stop the construction Of the bridge
until after the November, 1880,
election, the petitioners being anti
administration Democrats and Re
publicans. Attorneys for the peti.
TONERS seem inclined to let the
matter rest as it is.
The original contract for the
bridge construction was with
Lyon & Ligon, Of Baltimore. This
contract has been reinstated, and
as quickly as two or three parcels
of property may be obtained by
tho State roads commission by
condemnation or purchase, work
will be started on the project.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
MODELS
SEEK PRIZES

Opening here Monday, the 1881
District of Columbia Model Air
craft Annual Tournament, spon-
Sored by the Community Center
and Playground Departments, will
continue until Friday, Septem-
ber 4.
Two series of indoor events and
two of outdoor events, open to
all silver aces. pilots and Junior
pilots Of model aircraft in the
city and from adjacent sections of
Maryland and Virginia, will be
held.
On the opening day, six indoor
events will be held at ConStitu-
ton Hall. which has been loaned
for the day by the Daughters of
the American Revolution. The
contests will start promptly at
a. m.
The six outdoor contests will
take place Tuesday at 9 a. m. at
Boiling Field.
Judges will be Lieut.. r. j.
Hedding, U. S. Naval Air Station;
Lieut.. Robert K. Giovanoli, U. s..
Army Air Corps; w. Fiske Mar
shall. chief of the licensing di-
vision for commercial pilots of
the Department of Commerce; j..
A. Moore. vice president Of the
Aviation School of America; John
A. Shaw. of the Aviation School
of America, and C. B. Heine-
mann. aviation expert Of this
city.
John H. Williams, in charge Of
model aircraft for the Community
Center department, will be in
general charge of the tourna-
r11eY1t
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
4 GiUe Collateral =.
On Traffic Ch0rueS

Four violators Of Prince Georges
county traffic laws, arrested BY
State Policeman ]. e. Taylor, for.
feited collateral in Upper Marl-
boro yesterday.
Thomas L. Christian, Of Green
Haven. and Spencer Hutchins, Of
Solomans, each forfeited $6.45 for
failingto stop at a boulevard sign.
John L. Whipp, jr., Of RandlG
Cliffs, and E. D. Roberts, Of 1905
Jocelyn st. N. W., both forfeited
$6.45 for reckless driving. :
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
CLIMBS MOUNT,
HEARS AGAIN

Mrs. Anton Hohmann Is play,
ing her piano with more pleas
ure today at her home, 1883 Fox.
hall Road, after the almost
miraculous return Of her hear
ing in her right ear, following
near-deafness for Is years.
A quarter century ago. she
suffered a severe cold. which left
her right ear practically deaf
Physicians vainly tried to restore
the hearing. Today she told how,
driving up a high mountain in
Vermont, on vacation motor
trip last week, brought her hear
ing back.
With her husband, employed in
the Pension Bureau, and friends
she was motoring in the New
England mountains when some
one suggested they drive to the
top of the 1000 foot Mount
Mansfield, Vermont's hi g h e S t
peak, for the view. At an alti-
tude of $500 feet, she felt a
click in her ear, and found her
hearing had returned.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
R|TCH|E'S Guns
. RAKE HOOVER

BALTIMORE, Aug. 29.-"Re-
publican prosperity" was attacked
as a myth which has been ex-
ploded by the present depression
by Gov. Albert c.. Ritchie, speak
ing at the opening exercises Of
the Albert C. Ritchie Democratic
Club here last night.
Governor Ritchie quoted from
q speech made by President
Hoover in the 1928 campaign,
when Mr.. Hoover said:
1--WE shall soon, with the help
of God, be i'm sight Of the day
when poverty will be baniShed
from this nation"
The Governor then asked:
"What now has the Repub-
Iican party to say to the home
owner who believed it and who
is working part time or no time
and keeping his small home
through the liberality Of build
ing association"
Other speakers were Represen,
tative William P. Cole, IT,; Willis
r Jones, deputy attorney general;
E. Lester Muller, president of the
city council: John K. Voshell and
Bernard Wells, assistant states
attorney for Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
OYSTER PATROL
WARNED To EYE
POACHERS
Maryland Fleet Inspectors,
Deputies Called Upon to
Enforce Law; Season Near

BALTIMORE, Md. Aug. 90.
Greater vigilance in enforcing
the fish and oyster laws was
urged by Swepson Earle, State
conservation commissioner, speak
ing at a meeting Of deputies and
inspectors of the Maryland oyster
fleet here yesterday.
Season Opens Tuesday
The meeting was held in prepa-
ration for the official opening of
the oyster season next Tuesday.
Only by enforcing these laws,
regardless Of local influence OF
opinion, will it be possible to
prevent the value of the work
being done by the conservation
department from being destroyed
A force of 1000 men, dis
tributed. among 10 patrol boats
and tenders, he said, is now en-
gagged in enforcing the oyster
laws. New boats will be added
he said, every month.
Speed Boats Used
While not as large as the
patrol boats, they will be capable
Of high speed.
The oyster season, he told the
deputies, is the most important
in the history Of the State be,
cause of the large number OF
young oysters approaching the
legal limit of three inches. These
must be protected, he said, other
wise the work of the entire de-
partment will be defeated.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Boy, 2, Fatally Hurt
When Struck bu Car

Fatally injured when he was
run over by a machine near his
home in Brentwood, Md, last
night, Samuel Scheerer, 2, died
today in Freedman's Hospital.
The boy is the son Of a grocer.
Prince Georges County police
are looking for the driver Of the
car that struck the boy. Accord
ing to policeman Claude Reese, in
charge Of the investigation, the
drivers name is "Brose."
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
TWO WGshingtOnia1.s
Wanted in Lnrcenu

Two Washington men, both
suspects in the looting of a Beaver
Heights, Nd, house, under con-
struction, of 5000 worth of tools
and supplies probably will be ar
rested and brought to Maryland
today by Constable Andrew Ctasch
to face larceny charges.
Following the report Of the rob
berry yesterday Constable Gasch
said he had the names Of two
men he believed committed the
crime, and that he would pick
them up sometime today.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Walter NJ. Ricketts,
Pleads for DiUOrce

Yesterday, Walter M. Ricketts,,
Of Rockville. petitioned the Cir
cult Court there to grant him an
absolute. divorce from Mary e.
Ricketts,, Of Washington.
The petition states the couple
were married June 20, 1910, at
Alexandria, Va, and that on May
15, 1928, the wife deserted the
plaintiff. There are no children.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
union RIVALRY
|NST|TUT|NG
LOWERPAY
General Reductions Find City
Is Alone in Generous Com
pensation for Same Work

BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. 90
Abandonment of the city's mini.
mum current wage scale, as fixed
by the Board of Estimates, may
be forced by the recent action Of
several local labor groups in &C
cepting voluntary wage cuts, it
was said at the City Hall yester-
day.
In many instances, it has been
learned by r. Walter Graham,
city comptroller and secretary of
the board, the city scale is higher
than the union scale, on which it
was originally based.
Remedy FOreSeen
The situation will be discussed
next Tuesday at a meeting of the
Estimates Board, and it is ex-
pected that the present municipal
schedule of wages may be reduced
or abandoned altogether and a
new one established.
Cuts in wages by unions, as
announced yesterday at the Bu-
reau of Buildings were: Carpen-
ters, from $1.10 to 81 an hour;
painters from $1.O41a an hour to
80 cents; steamfitters and heat
ing plant workers from $3.50 to
$1.25 an hour.
Other trades are expected to
follow with similar cuts.
NOn.UniOn Invasion
The union cuts, it was said,
were made to meet competition
from non-union workers and to
keep union men employed.
In many instances, it was said,
home-ownerS were paying non
union painters 60 cents an hour
or doing their own work rather
than pay the present union scale
Of $1.041a an hour.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Six COnUicts Escape
During HeGUy Storm

HILLSVILLE, Va, Aug. 20.
Collapse of a barn here during a
heavy storm resulted in good for
tune to six convicts who had
taken refuge there from the rain.
The barn fell, pinning their
guards to the ground, while the
convicts escaped. They have not
been found.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
JEFFERSON DISTRICT

The annual carnival Of the
Jefferson District Volunteer Fire
Department will begin Monday
night at the fire hall, Highlands,
Va, and continue through the
week. Dancing will be a nightly
feature.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
COSTLY PARKING

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 20.
A survey in Brownsville showed
every motor car parked in the
business section costs taxpayers
$7.20 q month.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
SALT WATER WELLS

Wells sunk near Lincoln, Neb.,
have been yielding salt water.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Benefit LAWN PARTY

A lawn party for the benefit
Of the Oakton Methodist Church
will be held on the lawn Of
Mrs. Hugo Loenthals, Oakton,
Va, tonight.
Weekly herald., 1931-06-21

RIG cELE5EITTCN AT COPPER CENTER 0V [ THE 4 th CF JULY. RIG CHICKEN DINNEE4 Dancing will start the fright of the 5 rd.
 Pal1 game 1etween Road cc1mri g sion crews July 4 th. AhGC EEc~rsion trips to ,'abe sna & Local trips aro~nd Copper hy Pilot Gillian in lis rev plane.
 Carl Carlson will arrange to take people to Copper Center in lis
 cars.
 Yon will also see the Miracle Man free. Mrs. F. Barnes.
Weekly herald., 1931-06-21
A .IFARNING CAKE BAKER.

.lkARNlNG CAKE BAKER.
 Mary E.Moor4 is as yet only g yrs. However she is getting to he g very loarEed cake-na ker. Ter eake WAS on exhihi ii oil &c trial at dinnor par ty recently given. All voted it a great and ur77 7s77a1 sreeess. Frnsted whi te wi th cocon77t trim. Whee A lady in town says if Mary will hike e1other as good, she will pay dc o1i~atte7sen price ard treat the HER A1N Staff.
 MORE ATTRACTION PUT TN CHTTINA E0TEh
 Oscar Bree dnan's $ hotel las entir- ly changed it's Lobby. Trey have put Alas kan pi trres in attractive set-- tings, new ty ling on the !f1acf .rad. iat0rs freshly pai nte d. a~l1 mi l771n Corr kalso1r1>lied wRl1u, and fine new show~case. neat 1 cheerfrl Lobby. GILLIAN FLIES TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 Pilot Gillian flew with Mrs. Wa6ch- ter Tecach to VALDEZ to sec Mr. C''d- dy abort her foxes. As a nan was con- ing with lis dogs and soaring Fer paired foxes. So the mo therS World pack their little p-ps arornd So r7ch try ing to nd a safe place to Eide them, & b77ry them and dig rhem 7p again So many times that trey die of exa7 st ion. Te won't be allowed to bring his dogs to stay on her place"
Weekly herald., 1931-06-21

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Weekly herald., 1931-06-21

RIG cELEBRArIoN AT GUYANA oU t. of JULY. MRS. GRIFFITH s FAMCVS CHICKEN PIENEE l2 2 t.N. $7-oo
 SPORTS .0F ALL KIEnS PE5ES
 DANCING AFTERycCN AM EVENING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
HEAT SKATERS ATTENDANCE REC0RDS|
NEW QUARTERS
 FOR BUREAU
State Free Employment Office Opens Saturday
 at 76 East Main
LEAVES HARRISON AVE

Arrangements for the removal of the local office of the state free employment bureau from it's pres- ent location on Harrison avenue to it's new location at 76 East Main street have been completed. The new quarters will open next Satur- day morning. The change in loca- ton has been under consideration
 for a little while past and was defi-
 nitely decided upon during the past week.
 Room 3 in the building at 76 East Main street will be the head quarters of the state free employ ment bureau beginning next Satur- day. There the local staff employed by the state labor department to aid persons in locating work will be on duty.
 The quarters on Harrison ave
 nue were the first adopted when
 the free state bureaus were origin ally inaugurated. And there the To- cal office has been conducted ever since, first under the direction of
 George Wiley, then under the guid- ance Of Martin J. Whalen, next
 under the supervision of Anthony Manion and now under the charge of Arthur Maloney. Mrs. Henry Hayden Is in charge of the wom.
 ems division of the bureau. Incidentally, this is the first time
 that democrats have been in charge
 of the bureau since the system was begun. MT. Maloney and Mrs. Hay. den took charge on July 1st under
 the reign of State Labor Commis-
 sioner Joseph Tone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Early Morning
 Fire Razes Shack
Owner Absent at Time
 Grape Crop Saved

A two-room shack occupied by Domenic Gianchinta of Lamont street was destroyed by fire shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. Neighbors discovered the blaze and notified fire headquarters. Three companies of fire apparatus were sent to that section of the city near Garden Hill road, over looking Lakewood. Two lines of hose were used in preventing the flames from spreading. Gianchinta lived alone in the shack and had large vineyard under cultivation. The heat from the fire almost started a blaze that would have wiped out q promising early fall harvest of grapes.
 MT Gianchinta was not seen about the little dwelling by either the tiremen or policemen. As a search failed to locate him it is believed that he was with friends at the time the fire broke out. The cause Is unknown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
City Fairgrounds
 Attract Crowds
 Of Youngsters
Recreation Areas Play to Capacity as SweItering Humidity Sends Little Ones to Supervised Terri- tory-Reading Popular With Boys and Girls

penny hunt, which was the first contest of it's kind in the city play grounds this year. The supervis- ors hid 150 pennies all over the grounds and each contestant find ing the most pennies were given an additional prize in addition to keeping the pennies they located.
 The girls of the different cen- ters are going in strong for volley ball and an interplayground league is now in full swing under the direction of Miss Mildred Dunn of the Park Department. Each team plays twice a week and every evening there is game scheduled large crowd always collects. The fair maidens are now going in for horseshoe pitch ing and last week Miss Emerson was crowned the best pitcher at Hamilton Park.
 The library books being distrib- uted weekly are also finding favor with both boys and girls. The books are loaned for a period of one week and in addition to pass ing the time for the children it increases their educational knowl- edge as each volume is one worth reading for any child.
 The swimming and wading pools attracted scores of the daily habit ues last week. At Hamilton and Chase, whether boys or ladies day, the supervisors were kept busy with the large throngs seeking re- lief from old man Sol. The Wash ington Park wading pool, and that of Fulton Park, are always crowd- ed when the sun is shining.
 The interplayground volley ball league for boys is attracting plenty of interest and Supervisor Frank McGrath is busy endeavoring to give the boys enough of it.
 The interplayground baseball league is a complete success as the rivalry is great and each game draws a banner crowd. Baseball is still popular with the boys and at Washington, Hamilton. Fulton and Waterville Parks, there are leagues in action every morning and afternoon under the direction of their respective supervisors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

The deaths of Thomas Barrett, 60, and his brother, Edward, 55, at Sandy Point, West Haven, Sat- urday evening, have been official ly reported as due to poisonous alcohol. The deceased were for mer residents of Waterbury and were well known among members of the building trades as excep- tionally good painters. They con ducted a business establishment here several years. Mrs Wilson Barrett a sister-in-l law of the vic times, resides here at present.
 The authorities of West Haven as a result of the deaths of the two brothers within a few hours of each other Saturday evening, have obtained evidence which would indicate that the deceased took some wood alcohol. strained it and proceeded to drink 1t with a little water for dilution pur- poses. The body of Thomas Bar rett was found in shack. A few hours later, Edward, died in the Grace hospital. The police are now interested in tracing the source of supply.
 Medical Examiner Dr victor Kowaleski conducted an autopsy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

gave but eight hits. The former famed ten batters and the latter two, while Frazier turned back six by the strikeout route. Hughes and McMullen, with two safe hits each out of five times at bat, led the batting attack.
 The Crescents remain in second place in the Public Parks League. half game behind the North Squares and Hopeville who are deadlocked for first place. Next weeks contest Is with the Colts
 In the other Waterville game yesterday Cooke's Indies won their first contest of the season in the City Recreational eLague, defeat- ing the Eagles, II to 5.
 Watcrville Camp InstalIs Officers
 Howard M. Grilley was installed as president of Waterville Camp. No. 19, Patriotic Order, Sons of America, at the last meeting, held at Goodwill Hall. The local dis trict president was the installing officer and he was assisted by William Bellemay and Louis Cur tiss of the Waterbury Camp. The other officers installed were Ralph l.. Silvernaile, vice-president; AL bert J. Lane, master of form; Bar rett Brown, conductor; Raymond G. Monroe, recording secretary; Ralph J. Silvernaile, financial sec- retary; William l.. Hamilton, treasurer; Albert H. Lane. buard !; George O. Monroe. inspector; and George Piercey, third trustee.
 MT Grilley is a former state president of the order. Other local men holding state offices are District President Albert J. Lane and Outside Guard Raymond G. Monroe. Visitors at the installa- ton ceremonies included State Master of Forms Claude A. Link. of Waterbury.
 Albert H. Lane and Ralph L.. Silvernaile were named delegates to the state convention to be held at South Norwalk on August 22nd. The alternates are George rto.on,, an1 Rarratt prnWn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
STOLE THE AUTO OF NEW YORK'S
 STAR ON RADIO
We'll Dressed Youth Took the Auto of Mrs COurt= ney Terrett - Refused to Give Address

Meriden, N. H., July 27.-OPD A well dressed youth who told police his name was Kenneth Shocks but refused to reveal his address was held here to-day charged with holding up Mrs Courtney Terrett, New York radio star. and stealing her automobile.
 He entered Mrs Terrett's sum mer home late yesterday and threatened to shoot her if she didn't give him the keys to her car. She refused and he snatched them and drove off.
 Mrs Terrett, the former Jeanie Beggs, actress, and wife of Court ney Trrett, a former New York newspaper writer, telephoned po- lice and search for the young bandit was started. He was caught after an eight-mile chase.