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Evening star., 1931-06-23
PAVEMENT MILEAGE
INCREASE REPORTED
Road Builders Association Finds
Estimates Call for Gain in
1881 Plans.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A distinct gain in mileage Of pave
mentS and surfaces for State highways,
as contrasted with earth and untreated
roads, Is shown in the 1881 estimates
by the American Road Builders Asso-
cjation.
A comparison with 1880 figures for
mileage Of various types of State high
way shows: Graded roads, 1929 in
1881, and 11,148 in 1890; treated and
untreated sand, clay, gravel and ma
cadam, 1926 in 1881, and 17,203 in
1890; asphalt, concrete and brick,
11,735 and 11,133. The total mileage
estimated for 1881 is 4o,410, as COM
pared with 39,484 Contracts awarded
the first three months or 1881 were
$l81 ,637, 1888 for State highway work, as
compared with $114,101, 1893 for the
same period in 1880.
In April State and Federal aid con-
tracts awarded amounted to $96,879,-
1853; May was around $4,000, 900. Re-
ports from the New York State high
way department show $4,000 men en-
ployed on highway construction in that
State, as compared with 1000 at the
same time last year. State highway
Evening star., 1931-06-23
WARNS OF CAR FRAUDS
A. A. A. Probing Auto Service
Racket in Washington.

Following reports that car owners in
Washington and adjacent territory are
being victimized by unscrupulous sales
men who are reaping rich returns from
worthless service contracts, the Ameri-
can Automobile Association is launch
ing an aggressive campaign to stop
these activities. it was announced today
by the District division of the associa-
ton.
The investigation has been prompted
by receipt of number of inquiries
pouring into the local division regard
ing various organizations. Besides car
owners, tourist homes, garages, filling
stations and lunch rooms are falling
cording to the A. A. A. The associa-
tion urges that prospects communicate
with the Better Business Bureau or the
A. A.. A. before investing in these or
ganizations.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
OFFICES TO BE MOVED
Ludington Company to Transfer
Headquarters to Airport.

General Offices of the Ludington Line
operators of hourly air passenger service
between Washington and New York
and philadelphia and Atlantic City. are
to be moved within a month from the
Washington Building, Fifteenth street
and New York avenue, to Washington
Hoover Airport. The office staff will
move into the top floor of large build
ing now being constructed between the
airport and the Potomac River; facing
on Military road.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Rites for Martinsburg Mason.

MARTTNSBURG, w. Va, June %
(SpeciaD Masonic leaders from this
State, Virginia and Maryland were
among those here yesterday for final
rites for Adrian Collins Nadenbousch,
thirty-third degree Mason, past grand
master of West Virginia MaSonS, grand
treasurer and past grand commander
of knights Templar.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
NEW MAGAZINE PLANNED
Church Leader to Edit Publication
for Four Fields.

A new magazine which is being pub
lished locally, entitled Art, Science, Re-
ligion, Philosophy, is to make its
appearance August I on the newsstands
Sponsored by the Science-Art-Religion
Philosophy Association, Inc, and headed
by the Very Rev. Father Viachislav
Gindltn, this magazine will be devoted
to these four branches of learning, and
articles in it will be written by promi-
nent university professors. Father
Gindlin is the rector of Saint Alexan-
der's Orthodox Russian Church in this
city.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

ing the years 1925. 1925, 1927. 1928 and
1929.
The expected examination Of A. Jo-
seph Howar and Harry M. Bralove,
Washington builders, with whom Rheem
had business dealings, failed to ma
terialize. 1t was stated that counsel
for the two men was engaged in Dis
trict Supreme Court and the proposed
questioning was put over until the next
creditors meeting.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Notice to Subscribers
In Apartment Houses

Subscribers wishing the
carrier boy to knock on
the door when delivering
The Star will please tele-
phone circulation depart
ment, National scotland
instructions will be given
for this service to start at
once.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Missing Patient Sought.

A police search was under way today
for Theodore GerZeinsti, 20, reported
missing from st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
where he has been patient. Police
were told he left the hospital late yes
terdaV
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
FRENCH AVOID
|. GERMAN BEER

PARIS, Jan. "a CUP)-Sin%e
Herr stresemann died and Ger.
many has adopted more belh'
cose attitude toward France.
there has been less German beer
consumed in Paris cafes.
Beer statistics Just published
show that France is drinking
only one glass of German beer Tor
every SO glasses Of French beer.
Even after the war France de.
pended on Germany for most OF
her beer. French beer drinkers
hated the sound, but they love-
the taste of German beer. Th%
situation has been completely re-
verSed and German beers go beg
ging.
According to reliable figures just
published. France drank 100000
litres, or approximately the same
number of quarts, of German
beer during the first 10 months
of 1880 and approximately 1,600,-
100000 litres of French brew
were consumed. This represents q
reduction over 1929 and previous
years.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Many Auto Ills Laid
To False Economy

climbing in order to see how the
excessively conscientious car owner
often comes cropper. Since the
power Of an automobile engine
is, to a very large extent, depend
ent upon its speed, it follows that
the engine is being strained when
it Is being made to pull the car
while its shaft is turning slowly.
Maintains Speed
Knowing this, the thoughtful
driver attempts to get up a little
speed when approaching a hill
and aims to maintain that speed
all the way up, rather than to
make the engine pull hard at a
lower engine and car speed.
Through ignorance of the real
facts in each case the excessively
careful car owner often inflicts
the most dire punishment on his
car.
Somewhere the car owner has
learned that 1t is wrong to drive
with retarded spark, but his
schooling failed to warn him
against the equally injurious habit
of driving with the spark too far
advanced.
There is still another brand Of
driver who seems to think that
the spark should be left in one
position for all driving purposes
except in cranking. This is all
taken as a mark of good owner.
ship. but records from the service
stations would seem to indicate
quite the reverse.
The motorist with too much
confidence in his system of
caring for the car is likely to be
the sort to imagine he is saving
the engine a burned bearing by
driving along fast in second gear
when the engine is cold rather
than to run in high and take
his chances on little annoyances
in starting. 1t is the CONCEALED
condition Of the lubricant and its
reluctance to circulate effectively,
not the actual pressure on the
bearings, that causes the trouble
known as a burned bearing. The
wisest course, therefore, is to aim
to run the engine slowly, running
it twice as far in the same dis
tance by running the car very
slowly in second gear. But he
does not know 1t is speed, and
not bearing pressure, that causes
the expense Of careless starting.
False Economies
The car owner with an abun-
dance Of confidence in his
method of being kind to his car
is very likely to employ false
economies in attempting to save
wear and tear on certain units.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
OFFICERS TRAIN
WITH STAFF

A course Of training for officers
Of the Military Intelligence Re
serve has been arranged by the
War Department and officers
from various parts of the country
have been ordered to report for
training, February 9, to the as
sistant chief Of staff Of the Army.
Among washington officers or
dered to take the course are Col.
Jacob Miller Kenyon. 1921 N St.
N. W.; Lieut.. Col. Stanley Kuhl
Hornbeck, Cosmos Club; Lieut..
Col. Lennard Harris Mitchell,
2219 California st. N. W.; Capt.
William John. Quentin, 2120 G
st. N. W.; First Lieutenant Ben
jamin Butler Cain, jr., Union
Trust Building, and Manuel An
thony Cambouri, 1850 Fuller
st. N. w.
Each officer will be relieved
from duty February %, on which
date he will revert to inactive
status.
Capt. Clarence Longacre, Of the
Quartermaster Corps, by an order
of today, is relieved from duty
in the office of the quartermaster
general, effective March 10, and
will proceed to San Antonio, Tex,
for duty at the air depot at Dun
can Field.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
BY J. LEO SUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

While most motor car ills are
the result Of failure on the part.
Of owners to give their possessions
the attention they deserve. not a
few troubles are the direct result
of poorly advised and overly con.
scientious service treatment. 1t Is
asserted by maintenance authori-
ties.
This latter type of car owner
is known to run up repair bills
with greater ease than the man
who deliberately neglectS car.
Automobile dealers fear him be-
cause he is so conscientious about
his car ownership that when any,
thing goes wrong with the ma
chine he cannot conceive of the
trouble as being in any way the
result of his own mistakes. All
in all, he is generally regarded as
a motor liability, not only because
he greatly increases the cost of
motoring but actually discourages
other motorists from taking care
of their cars.
Trouble Inevitable
Nine men at the garage observe
that the tenth one is rewarded
with nothing but trouble even
though he appears to take the
best Of care of his car. The re-
suit is that they decide against
wasting effort in the work Of
preventing what is seemingly in
evitable. There is no simple way
in which they can come to dis
cover that the conscientious owner
really isn't conscientious at all,
for he never admits that he might
be lavishing his car with abuse
under the label of care.
This is the sort of car owner
who will spend his good money
and time to have the crankcaSe
flushed out with kerosine every
time the oil is changed, when
modern practice and wisdom de-
mand that the flushing should be
done with a quart or so Of
fresh Oil which will not dilute the
new oil that is added, nor impair
it's efficiency.
He is the motorist who always
shifts down to second on almost
any grade because he does not
believe in Furnishing the engine,
never realizing that constant and
unnecessary gear shifting pun
ishes the transmission, the clutch
and the universals, or that there
may actually be far less wear on
the engine in high gear, other
things being normal.
It Is interesting to reflect a
moment over the matter of hill
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
G00SEFISH CATCHES GULL

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, Jan.
"a (UPO-Antone and Domingo
Joseph, Cape Cod fishermen,
fishing on the ranges IS miles
off here. were attracted by sea
gull's screams. They headed for
the scene and found a goose
fish with a sea gull in its mouth.
The fishermen attacked the goose
fish with a pitchfork and the
gull, released, flew away.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
FUNERAL TRAINS IDLE

TORONTO. Ontario, Jan. "a
U.P0.-At his desk in Toronto,
an official Of the Mexico Tram
ways Company recently noted
statistics showing that the street
car hearse business in Mexico
City had been dropping off grad
ually. Hence, an order has gone
forth that its funeral trains" no
longer are to be operated.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Wells College Fund
Gets SIOO,OOO Gift

AURORA, N. Y. Jan. 24.-Ed-
ward s. Harkness has given $780,
900 to the Wells College admins
tration fund, according to Mrs.
Cleveland E. Dodge, chairwoman
Of the special gifts committee.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
DOG CENSUS DOWN

RED WING, Mimi, Jan. 10.
Red Wings annual dog census
today showed an alarming drop
in the city's canine population.
Last year $50 dogs were counted.
This year only 800 were found.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
ROTARY HEARS MARSH

Director Ward H. Marsh. Of the
Greater National Capital COM
mittee, spoke on publicity for
Washington in an address yeSter.
day at the weekly luncheon Of the
Washington Rotary Club, in the
Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
z CITED FOR BRAVERY

Capt. w. F. Outten and James
Briggs of the Lighthouse Tender
Mayflower we're commended by
Secretary of Commerce Lamont
yesterday for bravery in saving
the life of 10-year-old Daniel
Burcinski. who fell into Balti-
more harbor May 81.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
PoLICEMAN'S WIFE DIES

Mrs. Maude Washington Will
liams, wife Of Policeman Ellis
worth williams Of Ninth precinct,
died suddenly yesterday at her
home. 764 Columbia Rd. N. w.
Mrs. Williams was member of
the police relief association.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
PUPILS IN RECITAL

Pupils of Eta Schmid Wells
will give a piano recital at the
Cleveland Park Congregational
Church, Thirty-fourth and Low
ell Sts., N. W., Saturday at 8:15
q. m.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

Kann's-Street Floor
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

Attractive, striped nearlin
covers, neatly made to fit the
average size davenport, wing
chair, club chair and the five
separate cushions.
Kann's-Third Floor
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
VETERAN FLIER DIES

LONDON, Feb. 5 G.N.SD Air
Commodore Charles Rumney Sam
son, one of Britain's foremost
air veterans, died today. He
was 48.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
STABBED Phone
MAN GAINS

Charles Corder, 81, an employe
of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, who was
stabbed in the abdomen during a
fight with a negro elevator oper'
ator in an apartment at Georgia
Avenue and Cedar Street North
west, was reported out of danger
at Garfield Hospital.
Samuel Patterson, colored, en-
ployed at the apartment, was ar
rested a few hours after the alter
cation and is being held pending
the outcome of Corder's injuries.
1t was learned that the two
men had been quarreling during
the day and when Corder had
finished his work at the apart
ment, he again started an argu-
ment with Patterson.
The two men fought for several
minutes in the elevator which
Patterson had stopped between
floors. The negro is then alleged
to have drawn large knife from
his pocket and stabbed Corder
in the abdomen and once on the
side of the face.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
PRICE Of BREAD
UNDER INQUIRY

The retail price of bread in
washington has remained sta
tionary for a year, despite de-
clines in most of the other major
cities of the nation, say inveStiga-
tors for the United States Sen
ate.
The Capitals average retail
price for a loaf of bread is now
80 cents, the same price showed
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Il months ago. In the meantime
the bread price in Baltimore has
dropped more than a cent.
These and other facts, will
be presented to the Senate
Agriculture Committee at hear,
ings beginning next Tuesday,
when data will be disclosed show
ing the wide margin between the
bread prices and wholesale prices
of wheat and flour, which have
sustained a heavy downward
movement.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
advances no reason why bread
prices in Washington have not de-
clined. New York. Atlanta, Den
yer and Chicago economists de
clare the present bread prices are
higher than they should be, in
view of the present flour price
levels.
A number of local bakers and
retailers, whose names have not
yet been disclosed, are to be sum-
moned to the hearings.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
DILLINGHAM; RECOVERING

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 G.N.SD
Charles B. Dillingham;, theatrical
producer, was recovering today
from pneumonia. He had been
critically i'll.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
FUNDING
POSTPONED
BY International News Srevice

BY international News SreVlce
Consideration of legislation for
cash payment Of veterans ad-
justed service certificates was
shunted into next week by the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee today, while Republican House
leaders took up proposals for a
compromise measure.
Committee action designed to
relieve needy veterans appeared
sure.
With demands for immediate
full cash payment put aside, the
House leaders were considering
two compromise proposalS-the
Owen D. Young plan of advancing
$200,000,000 to $300,000,000 Of the
value of the certificates, and a
plan to increase the loan value.
The Young plan, while winning
favor among many House mem
berS, presented administrative diff
ficulties which caused House lead
ers to declare for further study.
Representative CroWther (R0
of New York and Representative
Bacharach (R0 of New Jersey,
members of the Ways and Means
Committee, are urging increase of
the loan value, with limit upon
the aid the Treasury shall give.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
DELEGATES NAMED

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Feb. 6.
The local chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution
yesterday named it's delegates to
the national convention of the or
ganization. They are Mrs. C. N.
McGroarty, regent; Mrs. John F.
Bethune, vice regent; Mrs. S. H.
Stiles, Mrs. George B. Fadly, Mrs.
Pearce Thorne, Mrs. E. C. Hope
and Miss Gertrude Orr.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Model Plane League
Plans Spring Meets

Washington youth is becoming
air-minded again.
The District of Columbia Model
Aircraft League will hold the first
Of its spring meets February IA
at the Steuart Junior High
School, Fourth and E Streets
Northeast, it was announced to-
day by the Community Center
department of the Washington
public schools.
The contest is open to all
model plane fliers in Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
MANY DISABLED
At DESKS, He
ASSERTS
Never Saw France, But Draw
Compensation and Fat Pay,
He Charges As Senate Acts

Some officials of the Veterans
Bureau are going to have to give
up their lucrative Government
jobs, or lose their disability al
lowances from the Bureau, if the
Senate has its way.
After Senator Reed (RD, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Senate Military Affairs Commit
tee, had described the practice as
"disgraceful" the Senate amended
the independent offices bill to
provide that hereafter no one
drawing a Federal salary of more
than $4,000 can draw disability.
Officials Are Hit
A number of Veterans Bureau
officials will come within the
provisions of the amendment.
William w. Smith, general coun-
sci, gets a salary of $4,000 a year,
while drawing disability compen-
Sation of $187.50 a month. DR..
B. A. McDermott gets $4,000 sal
dTy ana S1I0 ulOHGIlIy INSTABILITY
allowance.
Senator Reed declared there
was too much cooperation" be-
tween doctors and lawyers in The
bureau. He said:
"Dr. McDermOtt puts Mr..
Smith on the retired list and
Mr.. Smith approves DR.. Nc
DermOtt being retired. This is
shocking and scandalOuS.
Got Sick at Decks
"It is widely prevalent
scandal and it is astounding to
learn how much kidney trouble,
stomach trouble, chronic brOn-
chitiS and other ailments is to
be found among men who new
er saw France during the war;"
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Mrs. William White
NeU Head of Club
Times Staff Photos

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. s. Mrs.
William White was elected presi-
dent of the Barnesville. Home
Demonstration Club at its recent
meeting. Other officers chosen
were Mrs. Matte Johnson, vice
president; Mrs: Lois Maxwell,
secretary, and Mrs. Lonnie Hill
ton, treasurer.
The farm women's marketing
project was discussed and plans
made for a large group meeting
and for the presentation of home
demonstration work in the west
ern end of the county.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Triplet CQlUes Give
St. Mary's County
Farmer Surprise

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Feb.
6.-Some may think twin calves
are a novelty to find in the
barn this time of year, but a
COW belonging to Charles Matt
ingly, of Park Hall, surprised
him with triplets, two females
and male. They are holstiens,
and mother and babies are do
ing nicely.
Some years ago when he
lived at Leonardtown another
Of Mr.. Mattingly's COWS gave
birth to triplets.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Gurus Mccormick Sd
Cruel, Wife Declares

CHICAGO, Feb. 6 GN.SD
Charges of physical cruelty were
contained today in a suit for di.
vorce filed by Mrs. Dorothy Linn
Mccormick against Cyrus Hail
Mccormick III, wealthy farm i'm
plement manufacturer.
Coincident with filing of the
suit came announcement that Nc
Cormick will not contest the suit
and is now on his way to Eu-
rope. The bill relates that the
couple became separated May 26,
1890.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
DesertiOn Charged
In Divorce Action

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 6.
Charging desertion, Leo F..
Brooks, through Attorneys Peter
Simpson and Oxley, has filed
suit in Circuit Court here for an
absolute divorce from Rosie l..
Brooks, of 524 Crittenden st. N.
W., Washington, whom he says
left him without cause November
6, 1927.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
I. T. Faucet to Talk
To Engineering Body

I. T. Faucet, director Of high
voltage engineering of the Gen
eral Gable Corporation, will be
the principal speaker at the regu-
lar melting of the Ameri; ;an 1nsti-
tute of Electrical Engineers, Wash
ington section, to be neld Tues
CAY night at 8 o'clock at the Cos
MOS Club.
Mr.. Faucet will speak on
Gables for the Transmission of
Power" The speech viii be il
lustrated by slides and motion
pictures.
The Washington times., 1931-02-06
Arrested
On LiQUOr ChQrqe

LANHAM, Md, Fep. 6.-Ar
rested for speeding on the De.
fense highway near here last
night, Patrick J. Kjttricks, of
1412 Morse st. N. E., Washing
ton, will face a charge of illegal
possession of liquor in the Hyatts
vile police court Wednesday.
A search of the mans car re
vealed 81 gallons of alleged
whisky. In default of $1,000
bond, he was lodged in the
Bladensburg jail.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
NOTICE

In the Superior Court of the State of
Delaware. in and for Kent County.
February Term, A. d. 1881.
In the matter of Petition of Theodore
Ferguson and Florence T. Ferguson for
Rule to show cause why following judg-
record thereof. viz. Judgment of James H.
Carton vs.. Theodore Ferguson and Flor
ence L. Ferguson, being ID. S. B. No. 5,
July Term. 1925, in and for Kent County.
Judgment Docket 4S, Page 346, Judgment
entered July Sth. 1925.
AND NOW TO-WIT. This 10th day of
February. A. d. 1881, petition and affidavit
filed, and on motion of Charles L. Har-
monson, Esquire, Rule granted upon James
Wright Carton and Nellie Pennington
Byrnes, Executors of James H. Carton, de-
ceased. to show cause why the said judg-
ment should not be marked satisfied on the
record thereof, and it is further ordered
that the said Rule should be returnable
Friday. the goth day of February. A. D.
1881. at ten O'Clock A. M.
AND NOW TO-WIT, this Goth day OF
February. A. ID. 1881, on motion of Charles
L. Harmonson. Esquire. it is ordered by
the Court that the above Rule be continued
to Monday, the Goth day of April A. d.
1881. and that a copy thereof be published
by the Sheriff of Kent County, in news
paper of said County once a week for -four
consecutive weeks.
IN TESTIMONY That the above
is a true copy of the rule
granted in the case there stat
(SEALl ed, the same remains OF
record, | hereLnto set my hand
and affix the seal of the said
Court this 26th day of Febru-
ary. A. ID. 1881.
WILLARD S. SLAUGHTER.
Prothonotary.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04

Mrs. William Dugan of Middle
town, spent last week with her
daughter, Mrs. Leonard Collins
and Mr.. Collins.
Mr.. Norman w. Coleman, man
ager of the A. & P. Store, and Mr..
Edward r. Dawkins, meat man
ager, attended on Wednesday even
ing a banquet given at the Hotel
Centreville, Centreville, Md, by the
Baltimore Branch Manager Benefit
Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Melvin of
Wilmington (nee Miss Irene Hep
burn), were guests on Sunday of
Mrs. Margaret Mcdonald Mrs.
Mcdonald returned with them and
will spend week as their guest a.
their home.
Mrs. w c. Deakyne spent the
weekend at Philadelphia visiting
her mother.
Miss Helen Evans entertained
the Tuesday Bridge Club at her
home last evening.
Miss Ella FARRELL has returned to
her home at Pembroke, NC, after
spending several days with Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Ford and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mannon Jr.,
of Philadelphia, were guests over
the weekend of their grandmother
Mrs Theodore Mannon.
Mrs. Lavinia Wells of Philadel-
phia, and Miss Emma Dean of
North East, Md, were guests over
the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
West.