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AMERICANS CLAIM
 WORLDS NONSTOP,
 BEATING FRENCHM|EN

ISTANBUL. Turkey, July 30. (R) Claiming the worlds nonstop distance record, Russell Boardman and John Polanda landed in their raonoplane at the airport here at 1:2O D. m., (3:20 a. m. Pacific Time), after a flight of 49 hours and 20 minutes from New York.
 They were sighted only over New Foundland. They were wei comed by a great crowd includ- ing the American colony and Am bassador Grew.
 The hardest part of the trip was over the Alps which were wrapped in fog. Over the Atlantic there was no wind and they saw water only once near New Found land. They went in an automobile to a hotel The IStanbul-LebOur- get Field, Paris, flight was more than 5000 miles, deating the Dieu- dome Coste and Maurice Bel lonte record from France to China.
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MEDICAL SERVICE
 MAY bE EXTENDED
 OTHER DEPARTMENTS

A bill had been introduced in the second session of the last Con- greSs to extend the facilities of the Public Health Service to seamen on government vessels not in military or naval establishments. But like many other bills this one failed of passage and inquiry now comes as to whether the present Delegate from Alaska, James Wickersham, intends to introduce the measure after Congress convenes in Decem- Der, which of course he will do. The previous bill had been commended by Secretary Mellon, who wrote:
 By special acts the personnel employed on board vessels of the Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Lighthouses, Bur eau of Fisheries, and those belong ing to the Engineer Corps of the U. s. Army, are entitled to treat n1ent by the Public Health Ser vice, but there are a few vessels such, for instance, as those belong ing to the Bureau of Education, Forest Service, and Department of Justice, whose personnel is not en- titled to treatment and who, as matter of convenience to the gov ernment and also one of equity should be included among the bene- ficiaries The additional cost will probably be insignificant"
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FOUGHT FOG ENTIRE
 FL|GHT OVER ATLANTIC

CARDIGAN, Wales, July 30. (P)- Herndon and Panghorn landed on sloping farm at Moyle Grove, five miles from here, because of heavy fog. They had plenty of gas and the ship was O. R., but fog which they fought all the way across the Atlantic, made adequate observations impossible.
 The fliers went to a hotel for a few hours sleep before taking off again. Nothing has been heard from Boardman and Polando.
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.PANcH0RN, HERNDON
 OUT OF RUNNING FOR
 LOWERING GLOBE HOP

CROYDON Eng, July 30. R- Panghorn and Herndon took off for Moscow via Berlin at 2:13 p. m. (5:13 a. m. Pacific Time).
 They stopped here six hours after their arrival from Wales after they agreed on a forced landing on a hillside field near Cardigan, Wales, at p. m., which killed their chances of circling the globe in less than six days.
 The Atlantic flight took exact ly g hours, flying about 3,15O miles. They slept for II hours at Wales.
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PRINCE OF BECCARs
 DIES HEART ATTACK

LONDON, July 29. (P) Lord Knutsford, 76, known throughout England as the Prince of Beg gars," because of his efforts to raise money for the London Hos pital, of which he was chairman, died of a heart attack.
 Through his campaigns, extend ing over the last 30 years, Lord Knutsford is believed to have raised total of about s30,OOO ,OOO fer the hospital.
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NUKA BAY COLD FIELD AREA LOOKS
 GOOD, PILGRIM
EASY REGION TO PROSPECT IN; APPEARS TO BE WELL
 UNPARALLELED

Two weeks in the Nuka Bay gold camp district, 60 miles southwest of Seward, has convinced Earl Pilgrim, special field engineer of the Bureau of Mines, of the Ter ritory, that that area is very we'll mineralized and undoubtedly there are a great number of gold veins in the region and many more to be found.
 MT. Pilgrim visited every pros pect and mine in the Nuka Bay region and said promising num- Der are being developed at pres ent; one thing struck him forci- bly,, that of an easy field in which to prospect because of the light over burden and in many places, especially along the shore-line, outcroppings are exposed and in many instances visible from the water.
 There are many items in favor of the development of the Nuka Bay field. he d d d; namely, cheap water transportation, ample timber throughout the country and especially the available water for power.
 Touching briefly on the Bab- cock & Downey mine, MT. Pilgrim summed activities there in one sentence: "The property in gen. eral looks very we'll"
 Babcock & Downey, he said, have accomplished a large amount of work, but he could see they were handicapped by lack of finance. The fact that they have now placed the property on it's present footing is not due entirely to good ore but hard work along with it. He added that the Pelton wheel is now supplying power for the mill.
 MT. Pilgrims conservative state ments are heartening to the many who have invested and carried forward developments in that dis trict. Prior to coming to Alaska some years ago, MT. Pilgrim was associated with several mining concerns in the States, two of which were the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Smelling Co.,. of Kellogg, Idaho, and the Yellow Pine Mining Co.,, at Goodsprines Nev. His first four years in AL aska were spent as member of the faculty of the Alaska College in charge of the mining depart- ment.
 He is now operating the News boy Mine, in the Fairbanks dis trict, which, until last season. had been shut down since 1913. His present work for the Territory is special assignments to carry on examinations of mineralized zones
 MT. Pilgrim goes South on the SS Aleutian and while in the citv IS guest at the Van Glider Ho- tel.
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BOULDER MINE IS SHIPPING $6,0OO
 ORE ID SAMPLER

BOULDER, Colo, July 29. P- Immel and Wright recently made a shipment to the sampler from the Last Chance mine at James, town. Their ore was said to have been worth s a pound or some thing over $6,000 a ton, princi- pally in gold.
 The operators are mining on the Last Chance and the shipment of high grade was incidental to their development of an ore body of good shipping character and con- siderable potential tonnage.
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15.0OO FEET OF FILM

SEATTLE, July 30. P-A. l.. Rule, of Mason City, Iowa, arrived on the SS Dorothy Alexander with 15,OOO feet of film taken of the Mt. Mckinley region; the prints are to be preserved for the De- parts of the Interior and Com merce.
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SECOND DEGREE MURDER

NOME, July 30. P1-The jury ln the Charley Frank case brought in a verdict Wednesday of murder in the second degree of Joe w. Sparrow, December 4, 1928. He will be sentenced in about a week with punishment not to be less then IS years imprisonment
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KNOCKS 2OTH HOMER

PHILADELPHIA, July 30. (P)- Jimmy Foxx knocked his 2Oth homerun this season with one in the fourth inning which helped the Athletics score the third straight win over St. Louis. This was the Athletics 18th straight victory on their home grounds.
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SHORT OF PROVISIONS
POINT BARROW. July 30 A

FO1N1 bA1tttOW, July 3U. (HJ- Ice conditions continued to be unchanged, preventing boats land ing with supplies. Barrow is out of coffee, tobacco eggs and po- tatoes. The native are hopeful, however, and are busy cleaning out their igloos for the arrival of Colonel Lindbergh.
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FINAL TEST FLIGHT

NEW YORK, July 29. (P) II The Lindberghs are to make a final test flight with a radio expert be- fore leaving the North Beach air. port here for North Haven, Maine. to say their farewells to the fam lily. They plan to hop from North Haven to Ottawa.
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GLACIER WALL COLLAPSES

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29. R-The collapse of half of the 9.000-foot front wall of Muir Gla- cier, Glacier Bay, Alaska, was an- nounced by the American Nature Society. The glacier was discov- cred in 1879 by John Muir.
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To this must be added: 20,000,0 1000 wounded; 9,000,O00 war orphans; s. 100000 war widws; 1o,ooo,ooo refu- gees. These figures to not include the indirect losses from revolution famine, and pestilence, the increas- ed deathrate and the total losses due to the war. According to the Swedish Society for the Study of Social Consequences of the War the total loss must be put down at 40,- O00, 0,0O0 lives.
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HOP WAS "0AK.r

NEW YORK, July 30. P)-The office of Herndon and Pangborn received a message from Moyle Grove at Wales saying they had crossed the Atlantic safely and to inform their families.
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HONIEWARD BOUND

QUEBEC, July 29. (P) The king and queen of Siam are homeward bound after a three months stay in the United States. A successful operation was performed in New York for the removal of a catar- act on the Kings eye.
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BURNS TO DEATH

VANCOUVER, B. C., July 30. (P) James Hassard, 76, burned to death fighting a forest fire at Aurum Siding on the Kettle Valley Railway.
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BASEBALL SCORES
NATIONAL

Boston 3, St. Louis 0. Philadelphia 4, Chicago 0. New York 5, Pittsburgh 4. Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 2.
 AMERICAN Detroit 4-8, Boston 5-6. St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 4. Chicago 4, New York 10. Cleveland 6, Washington 0.
 PACIFIC COAST Missions 2, Portland 3. Hollywood 6, Seattle 4. Sacramento 2, Los Angeles 13. Oakland 3, San Francisco 1.
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WELCOME HOME

NORTH HAVEN, Me, July 3O. R)-The Lindberghs landed from North Beach, N. Y, for a family welcome
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VOLCANOES ERUPT1NG

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, July 29. F-Volcanoes in the vicinity of Chignik are in violent eruption. Ashes have fallen a distance of 150 miles in every direction.
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ATTEMPT ASSASSINATION

SHANGHAI, July 30. (P)-Chi- neSe gunmen fired several shots at President Chiang Kai Shek in park at Nanchang a few days ago but the shots went wild, ad- vices received here said. Three men arrested said they were sent from Canton to assassinate Chiang.
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ENGLAND TO TOKYO HOP

MOSCOW, July 30. R- Amy Johnson left Kazan where she flew flew from here, for SverdlovSk, bound for Tokyo on a flight from England
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HALIBUT PRICES

SEATTLE, July 30. (P)-Halibut from six vessels totaling 137,5OO pounds sold for 834c and Sc. At Prince Rupert. 30,OOO Canadian fish sold for 8.2c and 4c.
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TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES
PUBLISHER DIES

PHILADELPHIA, July 30. (P- William L. Mclean, publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, died here at the age of Fl.
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SATISFACTORY CONDITION
 LONDON, July 29. (R III David Lloyd George. operated on for a kidney ailment, was reported in a satisfactory condition after the op- eration.
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HEARD ON THE GOLF COURSE
 Don't shoot that birdie, it might be somebody's par."
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FORTY MILLION LOSS DURING WORLD WAR,
 ACCORDING FIGURES

There were 10,873, ,577 men known to be dead as result of the Great War, according to figures given by J. w. Wheeler in his "The Reduction of Armaments," as quot ed by G. A. Innes.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
D R Y INDICTED
|NEXT0RT|ON

Joseph R. Gambaro, A, of
2809 Fifteenth st. N. W., pro
hibition bureau employe, was ac-
cused of extortion in an indict-
ment reported by the Grand
Jury today. Gambaro has been
working out of THE office of
Assistant United States Attorney
Harold w. Orcutt.
The alleged Offense occurred
on August 81. GambarO Is said
to have received S5 from Robert
H. Adams, a bOOtlegger, in re-
turn for aid in obtaining a
lighter sentence for Adams, who
had pleaded guilty in Police
Court to a liquor law violation.
Adams case was referred to
the probation officer and Gam
baro is said to have approached
Adams, saying that for a sum of
money he would assist him in
obtaining a lighter sentence.
Adams reported the occurrence
to police and was given five
marked 81 bills which he is said
to have given Gambaro, who was
arrested when he received the
money,
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
SHAW WARDMAN
SUIT STANDS

The suit of Leslie M. Shaw, for
mer Secretary of the Treasury
linking Wardman Properties, Inc,
Halsey, Stewart & Co., and Cen,
trail Hanover Trust Company. of
New York, in a fraud action in
connection with the $16,OOO,000
bond issue on the Wardman Park
Hotel and other Wardman prop
critics, was sustained in District
Supreme Court today, when JUS
tice F.. D. Let's overruled a mo-
ton of the defendants to dismiss
the bill.
The suit was filed by Attorney
William B. O'Connell, and was
followed later by what Mr.. Shaw
termed a friendly suit which re,
suited in the appointment OF
Thomas D. Carson, president of
the Wardman concern. Julius I.
Peyser and Joseph P. Tumulty as
receivers.
In overruling the motion to dis
miss Mr.. Shaw's suit, the court
directed the defendants to answer
by September IA.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
DRIVING DRUNK,
MAJORFANED

Major John H. Muncaster. U.
S. Army, retired, was convicted OF
driving while under the influence
of liquor and fined $100 by Judge
]. Chew Sheriff in police court at
Upper Marlboro today. He gave
his address as 1924 Seventeenth
st. N. w.
Major Muncaster was arrested
about a mile and a half from Up
per Marlboro September by
State Policeman Carl Dillenger,
who had been attracted by Mum
casters reckless driving on Main
Street in the middle Maryland
town. The major was driving to
Washington after attending the
races at Marlboro.
Major MuncaSter, it was pointed
out in his defense. served in front
line trenches during the World
War, and was decorated by both
the American and French govern
mentS,
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Marriage Licenses
Issued at Rockville

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to Joseph Clinton Trib-
by, As, and Eleanore Cox Grif-
fifth, 43, both Of Washington (;
Raymond w. Howe, "a, of King
Ston, Pa, and Ruby M. Stother,
Of Oakland, w. Va; Raymond A.
Hoskins, 81, of Washington, and
Clara V. Bassford. 18. of Hyatts-
vile, Md; TenniSon C. Wood, 81,
and Alma V. Shaw, 18, both of
Washington, and Stanley L.
Smauwood. 25. of Dayton, Md,
and Emma S. Daley. 18, Of
BrookeVille, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
DAY
FOR j. 5. PLAN
MISS ALLOR

A dream cherished for years
by Sergt. A. j. Bargagni, of the
Washington fire department.. may
be realized in the near future,
If the firemen's parade next Mon
da achieves anything like the
success predicted for it.
1t is Sergeant Bargagni's fond
est wish that the nation set aside
o day on which the heroic sacri-
fices performed by firemen in
line of duty may be suitably
.cOmmemOrated annually, and it
Us his belief that by arOusing in
terest in the work of the fire
men through the exercises here
each Labor Day, a national fire
mems day may be set aside by
Congress.
Sees 3-Day Fete
Sergeant Bargagni, who is
director and marshal of the
parade, assisted by Sergt. H. F.
Harding, visualizes three-day
program, starting with National
iremen's Day, and combined
with Fire Prevention Week. He
intends this fall to seek the
backing of Federal and District
officials to submit the idea to
Congress for it's approval at the
Forthcoming session.
A street parade, beginning at
1890 a. m. Monday, up Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, will open, the cele-
bration. The day will be brought
to a close by the awarding of
prizes to winners in the various
contests on the Ellipse in the
rear of the White House. The
awards will be made beginning at
1880 p. m.
Valuable Prizes
Dozens of trophies, including
beautiful gold and silver loving
cups and hundreds of dollars in
gold coin, will be awarded. In the
band contest alone, first prize will
be $3.50 in gold and loving cup,
and second prize $125 in gold and
q cup.
y In the Drum Corps contest,
first prize will be $125 in gold
and a cup, second prize SIS in
gold and a cup.
The parade will assemble at
First and B SITS. N. w. at 9:15
q. m. and start promptly at 1890
a. m. Local firemen and floats
will march in the first division.
and the second division will COM
prise volunteer fire departments
; from other States.
Miss Mildred Bargagni, daugh-
Z ter of Sergeant Bargagni, will act
Sas hostess to the visiting yolun-
teer firemen.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Higher Water Rate
Decision Expected
Staff Photo

The State Corporation CommiS-
sion is expected to announce its
decision next month regarding
the application of the Alexandria
Water Company for a 40 per cent
increase in rates.
Attorneys for the water COM
pany this week filed the last
briefs in the case, and the COM
mission announced their decision
would be made within a week.
The commission has decided upon
December as the date the rul-
ing on the application will be ef-
fective,
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Miss Deter Joins
Caravan of Peace

Miss Dorothy Deter, executive
secretary of the Women's Inter
national League for Peace and
Freedom, left Washington last
night to join the Disarmament
Caravan, in Buffalo. N. Y. and
will speak at meetings through
out New York State.
This Disarmament Caravan,
carrying its message of inter-
national peace through reduction
Of arms, will end its journey here
on October 10, when a petition
will be presented to President
Hoover, and mass meeting will
be held at the Belasco Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
OUTSIDE LABOR
SEEN MAKING
MORE IDLE
Carpenters Seek New Support
in Move for Preference
to Bids of Capital Firms

Contending that the practice Of
contractors of importing mechan-
les and labor from other places
is working a hardship on Wash
ington residents and business,
representatives of the Carpenters
District Council have asked the
aid of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce and Of the Board
of Trade to obtain a larger per-
centage of Federal and District
contracts for Washingtonians.
IdIeneSs Here Cited
At a conference with officials
of the trade bodies late yesterday
L. r. Hardison, president of the
Carpenters District Council, said:
Thirty per cent of our men,
bership of $500 carpenters In
this area are walking the
streets now. Many of our men
have not drawn a full weeks
pay in nine months"
He said that with unemploy-
ment general in other parts of the
country and with more contracts
being let to outsiders, it is almost
certain conditions will become
progressively worse.
Other Support Sought
Assured by the officials of the
trade organizations that they are
in sympathy with these objectives
and that they have gone on
record number of times in this
respect, the representatives of the
union decided to enlist the active
cooperation of the Buy in WASH
ington Council, the Merchants
and other civic organizations.
The meeting yesterday was pre-
sided over by Harry King, presi-
dent of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
TWO AVENGERS
INDICTED
Times Staff Photo

William H. Gordon and Thomas
King were indicted by the Grand
Jury today on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon in beat
ing two youths in revenge for a
suspected attack on Mrs. Ann
Sparks on the night of July 81.
Mrs. Sparks recently died from
the effects of injuries received in
an attack. She was a friend of
Gordon, Police say, and Gordon
is alleged to have enlisted Kings
aid in furnishing her assailants.
The victims, William P. Der
mott and Harold Boulden, were
kidnapped August l, and beaten
with blackjack and lead pipe.
They we're exonerated of blame
for Mrs. Sparks death by a cor
oner's jury although they admit
ted having been out with her.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Frank M. Hill Will
Probate AUOLUed

The will of the late Frank M.
Hill was admitted to probate in
the corporations court Of AleXan-
dria yesterday. His widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hill, is named eXecutrix,
and there is a provision that no
appraisal of his estate be made
nor bond required.
Bequests of his home at 209
South Lee ST.. to his daughter,
Miss Mary Ella Hill, and his
library to the Alexandria Lodge
of Elks are included in the testa-
ment. The value of the estate is
undetermined.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
CAPT.NORMAN' s
SLAYER HELD
FOR TRIAL
Joseph Digges,H Hotel Doorman,
Named by Grand Jury in
First Degree indictment

Joseph Henry Digges, colored
doorman at the Wardman Park
Hotel, who shot and killed
Capt. William Frank Norman,
local attorney, in front of the
fashionable hostelry last August
IL, was indicted for murder in
the first degree today by the
Grand Jury.
Digges and Captain Norma
had engaged in frequent alter
cations over the latter'S insist
ence on parking his machine
in the taxi stand in front Of the
hotel. On the day Of the killing,
Digges is said to have remon-
strated with Captain Norman
and the latter struck him several
times, after which the shooting
occurred.
The Staying of Mamie Solo
mon. a taxi driver, on July ~
at Union and o Streets North.
west resulted in the indictment
today of three colored men Tor
first.degree murder. William Clln:
ton Robinson, Charles Edward
washington and Leonard A. Lay
ton are those accused.
Police assert the trio held up
Solomon and, when he put his
cab in motion, was killed.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
DisbGrred LdlUyer
Indicted in Theft

Sylvester L. McLaurin, colored,
a lawyer whose disbarment for
unethical conduct was recently
ordered by the District Supreme
Court, was indicted by the Grand
Jury today on a charge of lar
ceny from the District.
The indictment charged that
McLaurin opened a cabinet in a
room at the Franklin School
July Is and took some examina-
ton papers. Howard H. Long,
chief examiner, said McLaurin's
niece had taken the teachers ex-
animation and McLaurin removed
them to correct them so she
would make a higher grade.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Dead Texans War
GnLL1ntru Cited

Announcement was made at the
War Department today of the
posthumouS award of a Silver
Star citation for gallantry in &C
tion ~ John M. Currie, first
lieutenant, Company M, One Hun,
dred and Sixty-eighth Infantry,
Forty-second Division, A. E. F.
His heroiSm occurred at Flirey
France, during the World War,
S e p t e mber u, 1918. Currie's
mother, Mrs. Irene M. Currie,
lives at Lott. Tex.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Witeracy Declines,
Women Now More
Literate Than Men

Only 4.3 per cent Of the
population of the United States
is now illiterate, as compared
with 6 per cent in 1920, accord
ing to figures just released by
the Bureau of Census.
Iowa, with only 0.8 per cent
of it's population unable to
read or write any language, led
in illiteracy, while Washington
and Oregon tied for second
highest with Oh per cent.
The figures sho we'd that
there are now more illiterate
men than women.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
HyattSUiue Men
Ladle Up Booze
From Puddle

Two citizens of Hyattsville,
Nd, yesterday employed a
unique method whereby to
quench their thirst for liquor
and at the same time evade
the dry laws.
It is the habit of the Prince
Georges county police to pour
all confiscated rum down the
sewer in front Of the police
station. Yesterday gallon after
gallon of peach brandy and red
liquor was dumped into the
drain, only to be washed under
meath the street in the sewer
line and deposited across the
highway in a puddle.
Two crafty men procured
milk bottles and scooped up
large quantities Of the liquor,
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Courthouse Ready
Soon for Rockville

Smith and Edwards, architects
in charge of the new Montgomery
county courthouse at Rockville,
appeared before the county COM
miSsionerS yesterday and assured
them that the new building will
be ready for occupancy on or be-
fore November /.
The commissioners authorized
construction of concrete curbs and
cutters on each side of Leland
Street, between Connecticut Ave
nue. and Oak Lane at a cost of
$6,250.