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The Washington times., 1931-03-11
CLAIMS
15Q j. 5. LIVES

MEXICO CITY, March IL G,
N.s.J.-Dr. Jose zepeda, Mexican
representative Of Gen. Augustine
sandino, Nicaraguan rebel chief,
issued q statement today re-
asserting that $50 American
marines were killed in various
recent encounters with Sand
iniStaS.
Challenging the version given
out by the State Department at
Washington declaring that the
men died Of illness instead OF
wounds, DIR. Zepeda said the
United States Government was
endeavoring to conceal the facts
from the American public.
In his statement, DR.. Zepeda
pictured the rout Of a marine
detachment early this month in
which 1000 mounted SandinistaS
killed at least 100 Americans and
captured their equipment.
He claimed that General
SANDING has armed his men
completely with American guns
seized in the several major
encounters.
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Pantages Will Surrender
In "Girl-Mart" Quiz

Pantages said he knew nothing
of the case and promised to ar-
pear as soon as he was wanted.
Love Syndicate Barred
Others named in the COM
plants issued late yesterday by
District Attorney Thomas Whelan
were Jesse Shreve, prominent
business man Of San Diego; John
p. Mills, real estate brOkers Will
liam JObelmann, q publicity man
who once worked for the Pan
tages interests, and Olive Clark
Day, Of Los Angeles, . former
film actress.
Shreve surrendered and was re.
leased on $25, 900 bail.
The others, with the exception
of Mills, have been ordered ar
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FRENCH-|TAE|AN
NAV|ES GIVEN
!. BIC GAIN
5000 Ton Increase Granted
BY Agreement Approved by
Britain; Terms Published

LONDON, March 11.-A 5000
ton increase in the capital ship
allowance for both Italy and
France is provided for in the ma
val agreement recently concluded
between Great Britain and the
two Mediterranean powers, it was
revealed with publication of the
terms of the accord here today.
The agreement was formulated
in an effort to bring France and
Italy into the tri-partite naval
pact signed by Great Britain, the
United States and Japan last year,
but may operate as a separate ac-
cord. -, F
S France Makes Concession
The agreement increases to
s1S1.O tons the icapitaI ship
Strength Of 175,000 tons aIaet.ed
u n e Rzsls.
ifse III 1872.
"A second bread concession was
made To France In submarine
strength, allowing her q total Of
81 ,08g tons Of iindersea craft.
This concession. however, was
accompanied by q rider permit
ting Britain to increase her navy
unless the general disarmament
conference to be held in Febru-
ary, 1882, arrives at a satisfac-
tory equilibrium between French
submarine tonnage and British
destroyer tonnage"
Two New Ships
Before December 81, 1885,
France and Italy may each com
plete two ships not exceeding
23, ,333 tons EACH.
Upon completion of each OF
these ships, France win scrap
one battleship Of the "Diderot'
class, while Italy will junk ap
Ccsnfinusd en Page ?, Col. 81
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EDITOR IS GIVEN
.FOXF|LMP POST

PHILADELPHIA, March IL
Harley L. Clarke, president of Fox
Film Corporation, yesterday an
nounced election of Glenn Girls
void as vice president. Mr.. Girls
void resigned February / from
editorship of the Chicago Journal
Of Commerce.
His daily front page column
The Round Table of Business,
in the Journal of Commerce, had
become one of the best-known
business editorial features in the
country. Mr.. Clarke said:
"Mr. GriswOld, with a back
ground of experience in the
practical, as well as theoretical
aspects of business and econOm-
les, brings to the Fox Film
Corporation a broad experience
which will be. helpful to the
corporation, particularly in its
public relations and its adver-
tising."
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PATROL DRIVER
ABSOLvED

Private M. P. Lewis, patrol
driver at the Sixth precinct, was
exonerated by the Police Trial
Board today of charges of failure
to make a proper search of a pris-
oner in his custody. The charges
grew out of the attempted suicide
on last February 27 of a prisoner
at the precinct.
The Trial Board specifications
charged that Lewis had failed to
discover a razor blade which the
man is said to have had concealed
on his person.
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Hawks DENIES
SEA HOP PLAN

HOUSTON, Tex, March II
uNSD-Capt. Frank Hawks de-
MED today a report that he in
tended to attempt a transatlantic
flight and said that, instead, he
win ship his record-holding mys-
terry ship to Europe for an air
tour this spring.
He was quoted here today as
having told friends that, as soon
as his plane could be conditioned.
he planned to 'hop the Atlantic. f"
He was to leave here this after.
noon for wichita, Kan, where
his plane will be overhauled be-
fore he returns to New York to
sail.
He said he had booked passage
on the Europa on March 80.
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U. S. to Hold Tests
For Bureau Posts

Civil service examinations for
positions paying from $1.440 to
$4,000 a year will be held in the
near future, it was announced to-
day by the Civil Service CommiS.
ion.
Among positions for which ex-
aminations are to be held are
work in the Public Health Service,
the Department of Agriculture
and the Indian Service. Informa-
ton is available at the office Of
the Civil Service Commission,
1874 F. st. N. w.
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Wife Takes Poison
Following Quarrel

With her husband sleeping in a
nearby room, Mrs. Dorothy Bruck-
man, pretty 19-year-old house.
wife, of 1921 Twelfth st. N. W.,
drank the contents of a three
ounce bottle Of poison last night.
Ter sore as aroused her husband,
NO Tor aid from Emer-
gency Hospital.
Mr.. Bruckman said he and his
wife had previously engaged in
an argument, but that he thought
everything had been settled salts
factorily. The Bruckmans have
been married 10 months.
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d. C.. Chamber Picks
DeLeg0tes for Meet

The Washington Chamber of
Commerce win be represented at
the nineteenth annual meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce Of
the United States to be held at
Atlantic City, N. j., April 20 to
May l, by the following delegates
who have been named by Presi-
dent Harry A. King: Col. Robert
N. Harper, national councillor:
President Harry A. King; Vice
Presidents George A. q. Wood
and Thomas P. Littlepage, Charles
w. Darr and Martin A. LeeSe.
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STORMS DELAY
BIC LINERS

LONDON, March II U.N.S0.
The intense cold weather and
heavy snowfall which have swept
Europe the past week and icy
gales on the North Atlantic con-
tInued with unabated int nSity
today.
Transatlantic liners aud coastal
shipping reaching English and
French ports reported the worst
weather in years, with blizzards
whipping up mountainous waves.
The Balkans, Austria, Germany
and Switzerland reported unpre,
cedented Snowfalls. with traffic
in the larger cities impedec and
rail traffic disrupted in moutnain
sections.
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Buckley Death Trial
Gets 2-Day Recess

DETROIT, March II UN.S0.
Trial of three gangster suspects,
Ted Pizzino, Angelo Livecchi and
Joe Bommarito, for the first de-
gree murder of Gerald Buckley,
crime-crusading radio announcer,
today had been adjourned until
Friday morning.
witnesses to the senSa-
tional killing are expected to take
the witness stand when the court
hearing is resumed.
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head with what we are going
to do.
"Used To Be Lobbyist"
"He used to be q lobbyist in
Washington before he became a
Senator. 1 imagine his bosses
are far better satisfied with
the service he has given them
in the Senate than with his
clumsy work for them in the
old days."
This sally brought the confer
ence to it's first demonstration
but it was not prolonged. Th'
delegates, many of whom ar
"heavy-weights'' in economic cir
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A new effort on the part Of
Prohibition Director Amos w. w.
Woodcock to obtain public reac-
ton to enforcement was launched
today.
All administrators and deputies
were asked to clip from news
papers articles relating to enforce
ment operations and those reflect
ing public opinion in all parts OF
the country.
] These clippings will be studied
by Woodcock and his aides.
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Vote for Beer Asked
In Bay State House

BOSTON, March IL QN.SJ.
Declaring that hundreds Of beer
drinkers were being haled into
court for making home brew.
Representative Logan, Of Hyde
Park, yesterday asked the house
to Iegalize AZ per cent beer in
the Bay State. He said it was
Han honest effort to restore tenn
perance."
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Woodcock to Study Dry
Reaction From Clippings

Some time ago a questlonnaire
was sent out to newspapers ask
ing their position on prohibition
enforcement. Such furore was
generated in official circles here
that the questionnaire was with
drawn.
It was the belief of prohibition
officials that public opinion in
various parts Of the country might
be obtained and that they would
be Of value in distributing the
Prohibition forces.
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SAN DIEGO, Calf, March II
O.N.SO. - Alexander PantageS,
millionaire theater magnate, who
with four others was named in
complaints charging statutory Of
fenseS in connection with the
Los Angeles "girl bazaar" expose,
was expected to surrender to
local authorities today.
Located in Aqua Caliente,
Mexico, 10 miles south of here,
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MINSTREL SHOW TUESDAY

A minstrel show and dance will
be given at the Columbia Park
(MdO School next Tuesday night
under the auspices of the Parent
Teachers Association.
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"BLind Pig" RGided
Near Sheriff's office

DETROIT, March IL UN.S0.
Police today raided an alleged
"blind pig" directly across the
street from the Sheriff's office
here and confiScated a quantity
C beer, whisky and gin.
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inquest GETS
W|FE'SLOVE
LETTERS
Wronged Husband Rushed to
Supreme Court to Relate
His Story to Grand Jury

VA bAAG N4 anu SNAAJ ava 49,
der OF william Huff following
sensational inquest today.
Immediately after the inquest
Dulaney was taken to the Dis
trict Supreme Court, where he
related the story Of the killing
to the Grand Jury.
A bundle of fervent love let
terS from Mrs. Mary Dulaney 20
william Huff and q confession
that she had been intimate with
him were introduced today at
the coroner,s. inquest into the
death Of HUFF, who was shot to
death by Hnrtha Ira Dulaney,
husband OF the woman.
Dulaney shot and killed Huft
Monday night, when he returned
unexpectedly to his home at 1917
III st. NJ. E., and found HUFF In
Mrs. Dulaney'S bedroom.
DuIaIey Not to Testify
Dulaney win not take the
witness stand, his attorney, James
O'Shea, declared. Mr.. O'Shea
stated that even If the cOrOner's
Jury should refuse to hold
Dulaney, the District. Attorney
would place the case in the
hands of the Grand Jury and
for that reason he is unwilling
TO place his client on the stand.
Mrs. Dulaney,. when called to
the stand. was advised OF her
constitutional right, that she did
not have to testify unless she
so desired. Coroner A. Ramsay
Nevitt asked her:
"DO yOu desire to testify?"
She answered:
81 don't know. Which will
be the best?" .
Jurors Decide Issue
A legal argument followed, but
was ended when the jurors an
riounced they did not care to
hear her testimony. She then
left the court room in custody
Of a matron.
She has been held at the
House of Detention as q material
witness since the shooting.
Detective Sergeant Carlton Tai
ley produced a bundle Of letters
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. ~
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LIQUOR
NOT IDENTIFIED
BY AGENT
U. S. officer Fails to Recog-
nize Bottle as That Taken
From Guest; Possession De

Basil N. Quinn, one of the pro-
hibition agents who seized a
trunk containing liquor in the
office of former Representative
Edward E. Denison of Illonois,
was unable to identify the evi-
dence presented at Mr.. Denison's
trial, which began today in the
District Supreme Court.
Quinn, with John j. Quinn,
who is not related to him, made
the seizure with Mr.. DeniSOn'S
permission, he told the jury to-
day. The trunk was taken to the
office of John j. Quinn, who at
that time was q deputy admins
tratOr, and the liquor was un:
packed and placed in the office
safe. ....s-.s..,. .-s4--~s-.. ..,.
Argument Starts
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office Of the deputy adninsstl
for surveys In the interior naviga-
and one Of the whisky bottles
removed.
At this juncture, a heated de.
bate arose between William e.
Leahy. defense counsel, and Irv-
ing Goldstein, who is conducting
the prosecution, with the Govern
YneY1t o6Y1nitfinp fha hntt16c in nVi.
dence did not include the bottle
which was remyoed from the safe
on the occasion Of Quinn's visit
to the chief, The witness refusal
to positively identify the bottles
in evidence as the ones which had
been removed from the trunk was
startling.
Everett Sanders, Of defense
counsel, made the opening state.
ment to the jury, in which he
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The Washington times., 1931-03-05
HOYT Ill
IN FRANCE

Morton Hoyt, who, with men,
bers of his socially prominent
family, has figured much in the
news of Washington, today is
critically i'll in a hospital at
Nice, France. The nature of his
illness is unknown here.
Young HOyt, Son of the late
solicitor general of the Taft ad-
miniStratiOn, was twice married
to Eugenia Bankhead, the Oft-mar-
ried daughter of Representative
William Bankhead of Alabama,
and sister of Tallulah Bankhead,
actress. Twice they were wed and
twice divorced amid a whirl of
matrimonial difficulties whic h
left the Capital gasping.
Another time young Hoyt broke
into the limelight with a leap
into the Atlantic Ocean from
the deck of a transatlantic liner.
First reports had it that he made
he. leap on the dare of Elsie
Ekengren, pretty IT year old
daughter of the late Swedish
minister to the United States,
but he later declared that he did
it to settle an argument about the
danger of leaping into the ocean.
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WOMAN, z MEN
HELD FOR RUM

BLADENSBURG, Md, March S.
A woman and two men are at
liberty today on bail following
their arrest by Prince Georges
county officers for the possession
of rum.
Mrs. Anna Booth, of the River
Road near here, is free under
$500 bail on a charge of posses
sion, following a raid on her
premises yesterday. According to
police the woman admitted that
she was running still.
Samuel P. Boyden, of 2209 H
st. N. w., Washington, was ar
rested Tuesday night. Charges of
transporting and illegal posses
sion were placed against him
when arraigned before H. j. Moi
fatt, justice of the peace.
Eight cases of liquor were
seized by police yesterday when
they arrested Frank Steele, of
Capitol Heights, Md, on the
Washington Boulevard near Belts
vile, Md. Steele obtained his
freedom after posting bond of
ST 900,
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FIGHT ON BLUE
LAWS FUTILE

ANNAPOLIS, March Bills
which would grant home rule to
counties of the State with regard
to regulating Sunday sales and
amusements are doomed to fail
when brought to a vote before the
house of delegates, even though a
majority of the house members
are personally favorable to their
passage.
This prediction is made by vet
eran members who have con
Quoted an unofficial poll of county
delegations, The representatives,
willing to vote favorably from per
sonal reasons, will, because of
political expediency, vote mega
lively, the survey discloseS.
County delegations are Suffi
GENTLY united to defeat the meas
ureS.
But despite the admitted dark
outlook for the liberalizing OF Sun
day activities, one Sunday meas
ure which would permit stores sell
ing fresh kosher meats" to re-
main open on certain Sundays in
the year, slipped through the
house to third reading yesterday.
Under its provisions particular
stores could operate on Sundays
Immediately following or preced
ing Jewish holidays.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
END INDIGESTION
FROM ACIDITY
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nois. says, II had suffered from indi-
gestion for several days Then l tried
Acidine. l took three doeses, and
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The Washington times., 1931-03-05
BOY HITS ROAD.
BLAME SPRING

BALLSTON, Va, March s..
Signs of spring were too much
for the pioneer blood Of Arnold
Young, IA, of Ballston. So he
left his home here and frantic
mother to go exploring last
Saturday and has not yet re-
turned.
Mrs. Ida Young, mother of the
boy, who moved to Ballston a
short time ago from a homestead
in Oklahoma, said that he was
about five feet tall and weighed
100 pounds.
When he left home he was
wearing blue overalls with large
red patches on each knee and
large, red elastic belt. \ His
shirt was yellow. His hair is
a dark brown and his eyes are
blue.
Communications should be sent
to Mrs. Mae Jacobs, of the Ar
lington county welfare depart
ment.
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Navy Orders

Vice Admiral Richard H. Leigh,
title will be, commander battle
ships, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, ef-
fective April /.
Rear Admiral George T. Petten-
gill, title will be commander mine
craft, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, ef-
fectiVe April /.
Rear Admiral Joel r. P. Pringle,
title will be commander Battle
ship Division 3, Battle Force, U. S.
Fleet, effective April /.
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,
to duty commander aircraft, Bat
tie Force, U. S. Fleet, and addi-
tional duty as commander air.
craft, u. S. Fleet.
Capt. Turner F.. Caldwell, to
Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C.
Capt. Milton S. Davis, to Naval
War College, Newport, R. I.
Capt. Samuel M. Robinson, to
duty as chief of Blu Eng.
Comdr. Baxter H. Bruce, title
will be aide and engineer officer
on staff, commander battleships,
Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, effective
April /.
Comdr. Harold H. Ritter, title
will be commander destroyer
division S, Battle Force, effective
April l..
Lieut.. Comdr. Clinton E. Braine,
title will be aide and flag secre-
tary on staff, commander mine
craft, Battle Force, April /.
Lieut.. Comdr. Daniel j. Cal
laghan title will be aide and gun
merry officer on staff, commander
battleShips, Battle Force, U. S.
Fleet, effective April /.
Lieut.. Comdr. ROBERT w. Cary,
title will be aide and flag secre-
tary on staff, commander battle
ships, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet,
effective April /.
Lieut.. Comdr. Wilbur w. Feline
man, to Naval Academy.
Lieut.. Comdr. Robert w. Hayler,
to U. S. S. Omaha.
Lieut.. Comdr. James E. Maner,
to U. S. S. Vestal.
Lieut.. Comdr. Horace w. Pills
bury, to U. S. S. Idaho.
Lieut.. Comdr. Leon B. Scott,
title will be aide and operations
officer on staff, commander mine
craft, Battle Force, U. S. Fleet, ef-
fective April l.
Lieut.. Comdr. Arthur D. Struble,
title will be aide and flag secre-
tary on staff. commander Battle
ship Division 3, Battle Force, U. S.
Fleet effective April l.
Lieut.. Grayson B. B. Carter, to
Naval Training Station, Newport,
r. I.
Lieut.. Frederick L. Farrell, to
Naval Training Station, Newport,
RI.
Lieut.. Harold c. Fitz, title will
be aide and flag lieutenant on
staff, commander minecraft, Bat
tie Force, U. S. Fleet, effective
April l.
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Mt. Rainier's Women
Want Their Vote
"LegaIizeP'
MRS. PEARL OLDFIELD

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March S.
Women voters in Mt. Rainier
will go to the polls at the next
general election knowing their
vote cannot be questioned if
a bill introduced in the House
of Delegates yesterday by the
delegation from Prince Georges
county is passed.
Although women in the town
have been voting since the
constitutional amendment was
adopted, the provision never
has been included in the town
laws.
Riverdale will have a new
$500 fire engine if the delega-
ton successfully negotiates it's
petition to allow the town to
borrow the money. The bill
provides for a tax of 10 cents
per 500 for payment of the
debt.
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Motorized Farmers
Move to Ignore
Moons VagarieS

SANDY SPRING, Md, March
5.-Even the moon has been
displaced by the automobile
by farmers in this vicinity.
In the old horse-and-buggy
days the Enterprise Club of
Sandy Spring, comprised of
tillers of the soil. meeting
nights of the club depended
upon the vagaries of the moon,
for moonlight was the most
important factor in enabling
the farmers to get to the
meeting place.
When the Enterprise Club
was entertained at its last
meeting night by Rust Candy
at Field Corner" it was de-
cided to make meeting nights
the first and second Saturdays
of each month, rather than
depend upons the moon.
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WON EN- BATTLE
JURY SERVICE

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March S.
Led by Miss Henrietta Stone
street, a Baltimore attorney, 100
women, opponents of jury service
for women in Maryland, appeared
before the House Judiciary Com
mittee late yesterday seeking an
unfavorable report on a measure
now under consideration granting
the right to women to serve on
jurieS.
Mrs. J. G. Whitley, chairman
of the congressional committee
of the Federation of Women's
Clubs, told the committee that
jury service was mans work. Dis
cussing the matter, Mrs. Whitley
said:
"The majority of women are
hOme-keeperS and have no time
to serve on juries. The work
is too fatiguing, and in many
cases too SOrdid.
I'm the majority of States
where women are allowed to
serve of juries crime is RAM
pant. Would it be right to
take women from their homes
and make them spend days,
sometimes weeks in courts
where a direct contact with
the underworld is formed"
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
Girl Seeks Divorce
Through Her Mother

ROCKVILLE, Md, March S.
Charging desertion, Leila Shenk
johnson, of Takoma Park, a
minor, through her mother, Mrs.
Irene E. Shenk, has filed suit in
circuit court here for an absolute
divorce from Harry L. Johnson,
who is thought to be living at
Catlett, Va.
The bill states that the plain
tiff married Mr.. Johnson at
Rockville, July IL, 1927, and that
he left her February Is. 1928.
There is one child, Shirley Ruth
johnson, born November 10, 1928,
whose custody the wife asks.
Mrs. Johnson is represented ty
Attorney Milton Whitney, jr., of
Takoma Park, Md.
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HdgerStOJUn Mother
To See A. E.. F. Grave

HAGERSTOWN, Md, March S.
The first Gold Star Mother from
Washington county will make a
pilgrimage to France to visit the
grave of her son, the first soldier
from the county to give his life in
the world war. She is Mrs. Minnie
Frock, of Philadelphia, formerly of
Hagerstown, mother of the late
Sergt. Morris Frock, of Company
F, Fifth U. S. Marines.
Frock joined the American Ex-
peditionary Forces when he was
II. He was killed carrying q
message under heavy shell fire
while serving a battalion liaison
group at Chateau Thierry.
The Washington times., 1931-03-05
Tax on BiLLbOGrdS
UrQed in M1rVLdnd

ANNAPOLIS, March 5.-A bill
placing a tax on billboards and
giving the State Roads Commis-
sion power to supervise their
construction was introduced
yesterday by Senator Hilton of
Montgomery County.
Another bill introduced calls
for placing a tax on parking lots
commensurate with the license
fees collected on garages.