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Evening star., 1932-12-13

the contrary be prepared to admit that
some such unusual thing may have hap
pened en- the human line of descent, as
Darwin once guessed it had. But the
proper reply to this argument would be
to insist that the occurrence of no un-
usual event in geological history can be
demonstrated on the basis Ct an alluring
surmlse add few bones about whose
exact nature 1t has bsen impossible for
students to agree
Vital Parts Missing.
Neither the Java man nor the Pilt-
down man, Miller maintains, has def
nitely settled status that can be ac-
cepted by mammalogists In both these
fosr1ls, he says, those very parts are
missing which are mcst essential for
tracing human descent-the feet, the
pelvis and the lower part of the skull.
Individual variation in the skeletons of
the larger primates, both human and
non-human, he says is so excessive that
1t renders all general conclusions ques-
tionable when they do net rest on a
good series of perfect specimens. Frag-
ments OF few individuals are all man.
malogists now have to work with
Most Of the present search fer the
ancestors Of man IS directed toward
finding fossil remains CT some extinct
member of the primate family which
might be claimed as common ancestor
by bcth the human race and eth great
anthropoidS and which, according to
prevalent opinion. would approach them
in size. Under Mr.. Miller's reasoning
1t must have been a much smaller
creature that gave rise to the giants
cot the giants to each ether
Evening star., 1932-12-13
NEW PARTY TICKET
| URGED BY WOMEN
National Committee for Edu.
cation Against Alcohol
Plans Action.

Candidates for public Office inde-
pendent of the two major parties are
proposed by the Woman's National
Committee for Education Against Alco-
hol
At luncheon meeting at the Raleigh
Hotel yesterday, in conference with dry
leaders Of the Anti-Saloon League and
other dry organizations, Mrs. William
Tilton, chairman of the committee, de-
clared the women would not be driven
out of politics. The dry women of the
Nation were characterized as "the for
gotten women Of the 1882 election"
viii Fight for Drys.
Safe homes and safe highways de-
pend on our staying in politics and
electing drys who will genuinely en-
ecrce the laws against liquor" she said.
Therefore, it is our solemn declara-
tion and purpose from now on that
where the major parties give us drys
We will work and vote for them, but
where they do not we will wherever
possible and advisable run independ-
ent candidates, in accordance with the
laws provided for this purpose in the
separate States"
She proposes an Office in every State
"eternally organizing and educating, in
the home. in church, in school, edu-
eating in the heat of the contest"
Mrs. D. Leigh ColSln. president OF
the New York Women'S Christian Tenn
Evening star., 1932-12-13
SUNDAY MOVIE
| PLAN IS LAUNCHED
HyattsviIIe Council Asked to
Support Proposed Referen-
dunn to Legislature.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, December 10
An effort will be made to have the
coming Legislature authorize local
referendum on the question Of OpWat-
ing Sunday movies. the mayor and
Council were advised last night.
Sidney Lust. proprietor of the motion
picture theater, asked the Council to
support the proposed referendum and
was told to appear before a meeting OF
the towns Legislative Committee De-
cember 20.
Members of the committee, an
nounced last night by Mayor L. L.
Gray, are: Councilmen Anderson,
Moon, Hume and Powers, Corporation
Counsel Aiello and DR.. H. T. Willis,
former mayor; Waldo Burnside and
Charles W. Clagett, former corporation
counsels William T. Jennings, presi-
dent of the Chamber Of Commerce, and
T. Howard Duckett, Democratic politi-
cal leader. Mayor Gray will be the
committee chairman. A system OF
licensing out-of-town concerns doing
business here, changes in the road law
and other matters are to be considered
by the committee.
Corporation Counsel Aiello was asked
to inquire whether 1t Is the intention
Of the State commissioner of motor
vehicles to enforce the State parking
light law on State highways in Hyatts-
vile, and If SO whether the town off,
GERS cannot be entrusted to see that
this is done This action was taken
after Chief of Police Anderson reported
he had been informed by State Police
man Cubbage that the State planned to
enforce the law here
Mayor Gray and Town Clerk Cas-
barian were authorized to borrow SIS 900
to cover cost of permanent street i'm
provements made here, the cost of
which were assessed against the abut-
ting property owners. They also were
authorized to borrow $4,000 for work
under the road rebate program, this
loan to be repaid with the receipt Of
the next road rebate money from the
county. 1t was decided, in addition
to loan the road rebate fund $1,000
from the town savings fund.
Action Of Mayor Gray in directing
Daniel Marine to widen Marion street
on the north side from Maryland ave-
nue. to the alley west of the M. E..
Church South was confirmed.
Evening star., 1932-12-13

perance Union. said: The several mil.
lion disfranchised women Of the 1884
election must look upon themselves as
giant chrysalis out Of which will
emerge the independent voter who
might easily coalesce into the need Of
the hour. new majority party, not
built on 'suds and beer foam, but on
moral idealism."
Independent Movement Described.
Mrs. E. C. Prettyman Of Connecticut
described how the independent candi-
date method helped to retire Senator
Hiram Bingham from the Senate.
Mrs Fannie T. Hay of Delaware de-
scribed the independent candidate
movement in Delaware.
Mrs Lon o. Hooker, president OF the
Daughters of the American Constitu-
ton, declared This Nation cannot
exist half sober and half soused. We
need homes and savings more than
We need beer or booze. This is a sober
Nation and her people sober people.
No party, nor press, nor Congress can
make America liquor Nation"
Evening star., 1932-12-13
o. E. S. ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. Margaret Bea1le of Accokeek
Is Chosen Worthy Matron.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
INDIAN HEAD. Md, December 13.-
Mrs. Margaret Underwood Beslle of
Accokeek was chosen worthy matron Of
Grace Chapter. No. 81, Order Of the
Eastern Star, on Friday at the Masonic
Temple here. Other officers elected
were: Worthy patron. Sergt Joseph H.
Lucas of Fort Washington: associate
m3tron, Mrs. Paret Adams. associate
patron. Frank Wood: conductress, Mrs.
Mildred Rice, principal Of Lackey High
School; associate conductress, Mrs.
Lizzie Clagett; secretary, Mrs. Mary
Beecher; treas s-rer. Mrs. Mary Mason;
trustees, Raymond Mason, Harry An
derson and John Rowe.
Officers will be installed at the Janu-
airy meeting of the order At this tims
Mrs. Bealle will name 10 appointiye Of
ficerS
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Salary Cuts Ordered.

CULPEPER. Va, December l3 (Spe-
ciaD The Culpeper County Board of
Supervisors voted to make 10 per cent
cut in the salaries paid two county Off
cials, j. j. Davies, commissioner of
revenue, and G. William Mitchell. coun-
ty treasurer. This cut was in addition
to the 10 per cent cut provided by the
State law and will amount to differ
ence OF 20 per cent between the pres
ent year and 1888 in the salaries of
these two officials
Evening star., 1932-12-13
"MOlST THROAT"
AIDSCOUCH RELIEF

Your throat and bronchial tubes
are lined with millions Of pores like
tiny bottles continually supplying
moisture to the delicate tissues :.
until you "cGtch cold
| Then these bottles" get plugged
up, phlegm accumulates, affording
dangerous germs breeding place.
Your throat feels hot and dry.
Tickling. irritation and coughing
set In.
Your cough will be cured only
when the flow of the natural fluid
is increased. 1oosening the phlegm
50 that it can be expelled. Many
cough remedies contain numbing
drugs which merely deaden the
nerves but don't get at the root
Of the trouble.
PERruss1N, a scientific remedy.
which doctors have prescribed for
many years, is the extract of a
famous herb which opens the tiny
glands, stimulates the flow of the
throat's natural moisture and brings
quick relief. 1t helps nature heal
that awful cough from the inside
out.
When you feel that warning dry.
ness ta' e few spoons of PERTussIN.
Ae absolutely safe. Sold at hll drug
5Uoqes, 60c.-Advertisement+
Evening star., 1932-12-13
'OLNEY DISTRICT FARMER
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
William E. Brown, 73, Was Once
Active in Republican Politics and
Director of Savings Institution.

Director of Savings Institution.
Special Dispatch to The Star
BRIGHTON, Md, December l3.-
William Everett Brown, 73 years old,
cne OF the most prominent residents OF
Olney district. died yesterday afternoon
in Carroll County hospital following
a long illness.
Mr.. Brown until recently was
actively engaged in farming near
Brighton, where he has been a life
long resident, and for a long time was
actively engaged in Montgomery Coun-
ty politics as member of the Repub-
lican party, running several times for
important Offices as his party's nom
lnee. He was a director Of the Sandy
Spring Savings Institution and vestry-
man Of st. Luke,s Church
He also was prominent in State and
county Grange activities for many
years.
Surviving Mr.. Brown are four chill
dren, Miss Sarah NJ. Brown and Will
liam c. Brown of Washington. D. c.;
Miss Elizabeth W. Brown Of Baltimore
and Henry L. Brown of Brighton.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at St.
Lukes Episcopal Church, in Brighton,
and interment will be in the Woodside
Cemetery, at Brinklow
Evening star., 1932-12-13
MT. RAINIER HUSBAND
SUES WIFE FOR DIVORCE
F. M. Richards Charges Desertion
and Misconduct-Fore
Woman Also Asks Freedom.

BY star Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, Decem-
ber 13.-Accusing his wife of both de-
sertion and misconduct, Francis M
Richards Of Mount Rainier filed suit in
Circuit Court yesterday for an absolute
divorce from Maude Marie Richards,
300 block of Kentucky avenue south
east, Washington. The couple were
married at Mount Rainier June 25, 1927
Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Sanford Schwa-
bel OF ForeStville petitioned for an abb
solute divorce from Bernard H. Schwa-
bel 200 block of A street southeast,
Washington. on grounds of desertion
They were married March 10, 1923, and
the wife claims her husband left her
July 4. 1927. She asks custody of their
child. Thelma Ruth Schwabel.
Attorney Oscar c. Thomas appears
for both Richards and Mrs. Schwabel.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
u. S. EMPLOYEES TO MEET
TO PROTEST CUT IN PAY
Several Members Of Congress to
Address D. c. Federation
Friday Night.

With several members Of Congress on
the speakers program, the District Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees will hold
a mass meeting at the Raleigh Hotel
FRIDAY night to protest the wage cut
and other restrictive legislation.
llose listed to talk are Senator Nc
Gill, Democrat, Kansas, and Repre-
sentatives WEIGH. Republican, Cali
fornia: Boylan. Democrat. New York,
and Kvale, Farm-Labor, Minnesota.
Luther c. Steward, president of the
National Federation, and Miss Gertrude
McNally, secretary-treasurer, also will
address the meeting. at which John w.
Ginder, president of the District Fed
Grafton, will preside.
Arrangements for the gathering were
concluded last night at conference OF
labor leaders.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Licensed to Marry.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, December
13 (SpeciaD Marriage licenses have
been issued here to the following:
Martin Eugene Baicar, q, Bladens-
burg. Md, and Marguerite Virginia
Haden, 21 Macon, Ca; Edwin Milton
Roland, Is. Friendly, Md. and Alice
Virginia Day, 10, Camp Spring. Md;
Thomas Smith Baker, 81, Hicksville. N.
Y, and Frieda Emile Bluemer, 81, 21l5
T street. Washington. -
Evening star., 1932-12-13

Mr.. Christmas declares that the
$4,000 man in private industry who
has taken, perhaps, 25 per cent cut
Government clerk, for he still has
enough income left to meet living costs.
ITO further cut Government sal
aries" he states, would drive the al
ready overburdened Government worker
down into the mire to such an extent
that his very job would cease to be a
pleasure to him, as he could not ever
hope to get ahead financially"
Evening star., 1932-12-13
HUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December 49,
Through Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of
Rockville, George w. Schaeffer of
Bethesda. yesterday filed suit in the
Circuit Court here for an absolute
divorce from Mrs. Maude T. Schaeffer,
also Of Bethesda, charging technical
desertion.
The couple, the bill sets forth, were
married in April, 1912, and have l9-
year-old son.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
PAY CUT A BLOW
0FAM|LY BUDGET
Statistician Finds Proposed
Slash Would Put Clerks
in Red on Bills.

A striking statistical analysis Of the
effect Of President Hoover's proposal
for an additional Federal pay cut on
employees Of unpretentious income, in
dicating a monthly deficit in the family
budget under present costs of living
here. has been prepared by W. N
Christmas Of Livingston Heights, Va.
Taking the basic salary of $4,000. a
year as an example, and pointing out
that this salary is "above the aver
age" Mr.. Christmas figured the new
pay slash would leave the recipient of
such salary $3.50 in the red' each
month, after all the bills have been
paid.
The present furlough reduction of
8 1-3 per cent, coupled with a 3ls per
cent assessment for the retirement
fund, leaves the $4,000 man with a
yearly income of $1,763.33. while the
proposed furlough-plus II per cent cut,
with the retirement deduction of 81.
per cent, will bring him down to 81 ,634
a year, Mr. Christmas points out.
Against this income. amounting to
S136l7 a month, is weighed monthly
living expense Of s145, calculated as
Evening star., 1932-12-13
WILL HOLD BANQUET

Future Farmers Will Stage Event
at Poolesville Thursday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
POOLESVILLE, Md, December 13.-
The Poolesville Chapter of Future
Farmers of America, composed Of the
members of the agricultural class of
the Poolesville High School. will hold
its annual banquet at the school Thurs
day evening. Otto w. Anderson and
Albert A. Ady, county agricultural
agent and assistant agent. respectively,
will be among the special guests.
Because of the banquet, meeting Of
the Montgomery County All Jersey
Calf Club. scheduled for that night, has
been Indefinitely postponed.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
HEADS AUXILIARY
Mrs. Sarah Beavers Reelected by
Capitol Heights Fire Group.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, December
13-Mrs. Sarah Beavers was reelected
president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire De-
partment. All of the other officers we're
also reelected
They we're: Mrs. Julia Floyd, vice
president; Mrs. Vernon D. Acree, sec
retary: Mrs. Bessie Thayer, treasurer,
and Mrs. Eleanor Noel, guard. The Of
ficers will be installed January S.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
HUNTERS ARE BLAMED
Forestry Officials Say Stafford Fire
Was Started by Match.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, December
ia lighted match, thoughtlessly
tossed into a patch of broomstraw by
one Of q trio of hunters, was said by
investigating State forestry officials to
have been the cause of a fire which yes
terday destroyed the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Frederick Morgan. near Iceland.
Stafford County. and swept over 100
acres Of virgin pine forest.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
THREE HELD IN HOLD-UP
Brothers Among Those Charged
With Dawsonville Robbery,

0AOthCAo AAoh6 4AOsC SAdl 5 GU
With Dawsonville Robbery.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December l3.-
Sergt. Roy Bonner Of the county po-
lice force yesterday afternoon preferred
charges of assault and robbery against
William G. Campbell, %. Of near
Stewarttown, and George Elmer Wins,
20, and his brothr. Earl E. Wins. 20,
of Middlebrooke, who we're being held
in Jail here in connection with the
hold-up of Oscar Stank in his store at
Jacksonville the night of November %.
All of the accused are colored The
warrants specify s45 as the amount
stolen.
Because of the great number Of jelly
fish in the bay. the annual swimming
match at Bangor. Northern Ireland
had to be postponed.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Kidney Warnings

Night calls, low headaches,
muddy eye balls. shortness OF
breath, tired feeling. These
easily mistaken symptoms may
point to chronic nephritis
creeping up. Don't wait for
pains-for uremia-for a crisis.
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
activates the kidneys and tends
to correct acidity. Famous for
IS years. Phone for case today.
Evening star., 1932-12-13

After playing So hours at Bath, Eng
land, in his attack on the world piano
playing record, James Strickland COL
lapSed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
Higher Parcel Post
Rates Will BECOME
Effective October l
$7,5OO,OOO Increase in
Revenue Expected From
!. Changes in Schedules.

Increased rates on parcel post mail
become effective October /.
The new rates are estimated to raise
$500, 900 annually, and in connection
with the change the Post once De-
partment yesterday called attention to
the basic charges to be applied.
The rates inaugurate an innovation,
in that for some zones they charge q
fraction of a cent. The schedule
follows: ,
First and second zones, cents for
the first pound or fraction Of a pound
and IL cent for each additional pound
or fraction; third zone, 9 cents and 2
cents, respectively; fourth zone, 10
cents and 3.5 cents; fifth zone, II cents
and SO cents; sixth zone. IL cents and
cents; seventh zone, IA cents and 8
cents, and eighth zone, Is cents and II
cents.
Rural Rates Announced.
The postage of parcels mailed on
rural routes for local delivery will be 2
cents less than these rates and cents
less than for other than local delivery.
Parcels weighing up to 10 pounds and
as large as 100 inches in length and
girth combined will be accepted.
The zones are: First, up to so miles
from any given point; second, so to
$50 miles: third, $50 to 800 miles;
fourth 800 to 600 miles; fifth, 600 to
1000 miles; sixth, 1000 to 400 miles;
seventh, 1,400 to 1900 miles, and eighth,
in excess of 1900 miles.
The new rates, over which the Inter-
state Commerce Commission has juris-
diction, were granted last February, and
delay in putting them into effect was
to allow large mailers time to change
their catalogues, price lists and other
literature.
Hope to Cut Loss.
Figures compiled by the Postal De-
partment on the receipts for the fiscal
year 1880 showed parcel post was being
handled at an annual loss of approx
mately 5000 900, and the new rates
are designed to cut this in half.
The figures showed. according to the
department. that while there was a
material loss on parcels carried in the
first three zones. those going further
were handled at profit, and the new
schedule is designed to equaliZe the
rates and make the charges more nearly
commensurate with the cost of hand
ling.
There is no change in the rates on
parcels for local delivery. The increase
amounts to not more than 2 cents for
the first and second zones and / cent
for the third zone on parcels weighing
from l to 10 pounds; on parcels weigh
ing IL to 20 pounds in these zones the
increases in the first and second zones
will not exceed cents and in the third
zone will only be l cent, according to
the department. On parcels going be-
yond the third zone the increase will
not exceed 2 cents, being applicable
only to those weighing less than S
pounds. On parcels weighing more
than this the rates will in most in
stances be reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
BOSTON TRIO INDICTED
IN GIN DEATHS PROBE
Kansas Charges Preferred in Fed
era1 Search for Originators
of Fatal Liquor.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, September 24-United
States Commissioner E. C. Jenney said
yesterday he had received a copy of
Federal indictment returned in Wichita,
Kans., charging three Boston men with
transportation of an inferior Jamaica
ginger in violation Of the National pro-
hibition laws.
The three men whose arrest was
asked in connection with the Govern
ment's search for the originators Of
the Jamaica ginger which caused death
and paralysis of many persons in the
Midwest three years ago are Max REFS
man, Austin E. Bolan and Harry Gross,
all of Boston.
Attorney E. Mark Sullivan. represent
ing the defendants, protested to Federal
officials that Gross and Reisman were
indicted here more than year ago, and
that the indictment returned in Kansas
was almost identical with the previous
indictment.
He said that Gross and Reisman al
ready had been tried in the Federal
court here and that Gross now was
serving a two-year sentence. while REFS
man was on probation.
The latest indictment contains 16
counts. charging the trio with trans
portaticn and sale OF barrels of Sub
standard fluid of ginger commonly
known as jake" The indictment
charges that the Jake" was shipped
from Boston to Wichita Shere it was
sold at prices ranging from $215 to
S235 barrel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
FARMERS T0FL0CK
HEREIN DECEMBER
At Least 500 Will Present
Plea for Debt Holiday
to Congress.

Lem Harris, executive secretary of
the Farmers National Conference, an
outgrowth of the agricultural holiday
movement in the Midwest, said in q
statement issued yesterday that at least
500 farmers will assemble here In De-
cember to demand of Congress mora
forum on their debts.
Harris said caravans bringing dis
gruntled tillers of the soil have been
called to start their march to the Capt.
tai in time to arrive here with the
converting Of Congress.
Harris emphasized, however, that
they will come only as accredited dele
gates for a conference extending from
December to 10 and then will depart.
Differs From B. E. F.
While the conference will be organ
lied on a different plan from the
B. E. F. it promises in some respects
to be. as spectacular as the expedition
of the bonus army to Washington
Efforts are being made to have an
army Of hundreds of farmers from a
number Of States descend on the Capt.
tai by truck Foremost in the list Of
the demands Of the farmers Is the