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Evening star., 1932-03-21
RUM AND TRAFFIC
DRIVES ARE MADE
Prince Georges Police Arrest
Four on Liquor and 20
on Car Charges.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The star.
UPPER MARLBORO Md, MRch
2l.-A drive on liquor law violators In
the rural areas and on trafic offenAers
in the vicinity OF Capitol Heights fea-
tured police activities in Prince Georges
County over the week end.
Among those arrested on liquor
charges was Edgar Gray Of Greater
Capitol Heights. Police say they OBJ
tanned warrant for Gray several weeks
ago bpt delayed serving it because OF
death in his family.
Oficers Find Beer.
A raiding party headed by Sergt
Arthur w. Hepburn and including
Policemen Elon Turner and r. Arnold
Naylor arrested Joshua Wood Of Woody
ward on charges of possession OF beer
and liquor. He was released after post
ing bond before Justice Of Peace Horace
Taylor.
The same squad rsided a roadside
establishment at Silver Hill and took
@. w. Schafer In custody on charges of
possession. He posted bond before
Magistrate Thomas D. Griffith. The
fourth man arrested was James r.
Butler, eo'ored. who was accused of
possession Of small quantity Of rquor
found on farm near Ritchie, Md
20 Held IN Traffic Drive.
Tha drive on traffic violators in the
vicinity Of Capitol Heights landed 20
persons in justice of Peace Oscar
Poore's court on charges ranging from
using obscured markers to driving while
drunk
The arrests were made by State
Policeman J. c. Gates and Constable
Earle Blackwell All were released ON
bond or collateral for trial in Police
Court.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
HOSPITAL REFUSES
MAN, POLICE REPORT
Doctors Orders" Required for Ad-
mittance-Patient Is Finally
Accepted.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 2l.-Al-
though apparently sick, admittance was
refused Charles Peterson, colored, oil
3ll North Payne street, at the Alexan-
dria hospital, Saturday night. by a
nurse in charge, because the man did
not have "a doctors orders" for admit
tance, Alexandria police say.
According to Sergt. George Everly,
Mrs. Susie Peterson called police head
quarters Saturday night requesting the
ambulance be sent for her husband. who
she feared had pneumonia. The ambu-
lance was dispatched, but the sick man
got no farther than the door of the
hospital, Sergt. Everly said.
Fourteen hours later, arrangements
were made by Sergt. Everly with the
day supervisor of the hospital to admit
the sick man without doctors orders"
Evening star., 1932-03-21
ALLEGED BEATER
OF WIFE FLOGGED
IL Robed Persons Take Man
From Shenandoah Juno
ti0n Restaurant.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W. Va,
March 2l-A dozen white -robed and
hooded figures. presumably men. pub
liciy whipped Lloyd Barron. IS. of this
village, Saturday night while fiery
cross was noted burning OH a hill In
the distance. The incident. which
created general excitement in the VII
lsge, was stated TO have been the out
growth of several beatings he is alleged
to have administered to his wife.
According to information available
after the whipping. the white-robed
visitors called for Barron at his home
and were told he was not there but
were given permission to search the
house The group then extended It's
search to the village and located Bar
ron at a restaurant.
Tied to Power Pole.
With guns and ropes in their hands
they are alleged to have taken him from
the place. tied him to power pole In
the station yard where four or rVe
whipped him until he asked for mercy.
Barron was then released, 1t Is re-
ported, while the men fired some shots
and he was taken to his home by the
band. He denied having beaten his
wife. but when confronted by her at
the home Is said TO have confessed 1t,
Whereupon he was given another
whipping until he promised to do better.
The band then disappeared.
Has Three Children.
Barron does not have regular employ
ment here. He is the father Of three
children. His wife was from this sec
ton.
No arrests have been made and, so
far as known, no complaints LOGGED
with authorities.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
BALTIMORE HIGHWAY
CONDITIONS SCORED
Howard County Judge Asks Grand
Jury to Probe
Situation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ELLICOT'T CITY, Nd March al
Decrying conditions along the Wash
ington Boulevard between Baltimore
and the National Capital Associate
Judge William H. Forsythe, jr,, presid-
ing at the March term OF Circuit Court
here, today asked the grand jury, which
convened this morning, to investigate
carefully the situation In Howard
County.
The judge said many persons have
been attracted to the highway by the
large amount OF traffic between Balti-
more and Washington. and that all
types OF business, have been set up,
many Of which violate the law. He
asked the grand jury to look especially
into the selling Of liquor along the
boulevard and kindred otfenses.
Among the cases facing the jury Is
that of Berkeley Morsberger. alleged
proprietor of road house near Savage,
Md. in which Mrs Pauline Spencer, 80,
of Baltimore, was found dead March 5.
An autopsy disclosed death was due to
strangulation supeTirduced by alcohol
ism. Morsberger is now free on 81 900
bail
Evening star., 1932-03-21
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL
CAMPAIGN IS EXTENDED
Association VIII Close Member
ship Drive April 3-Alexander
Koplan Speaks.

The membership campaign being
conducted by the Jewish Educational
Association has been extended 10 days,
closing April 3. it was announced fol-
lowing a meeting last night at the
Jewish Community Center.
At the session captains Of the various
teams submitted reports Of their activ-
tiles during the last week. Morris Gar
finckle's team has obtained the most
members thus far, the reports disclosed.
Other encouraging reports were read by
Bernard Danzansky, chairman OF the
Special Gifts Committee; Louis Kalich-
stein, commander of the mems division
and Mrs. J. Weak, head Of the women's
division.
The meeting was addressed by Alex
ander Koplan, attorney, Paul Him.
n,elfarb presided.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
ROBERT GRAIN WEDS
FRONT ROYAL GIRL
Son of Man for Whom Grain High.
way Was Named Is Married
at Forestville.
BY STAN Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March 21
Robert Grain, son OF the man for
whom the Grain highway Is named,
was married at the Methodist parson-
age, Forestville, Md. Saturday after
moon to Elinor Gladys Woodward. %,
of Front Royal, Va, 1t was learned to-
day
The couple obtained their license at
Marlboro, where young Grain gave his
age as 20, his address as Mount Vic
toria, Md. and his occupation Is q
lawyer and advertising agent
The couple were married by Rev.
Wilson 7. Jarboe who said the cere-
monv was witnessed by Mr. Grains two
sisters and two others whose identity
was not learned.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
MARK BICENTENNIAL
Women to Hold Constitutional

Women to Hold Constitutional
Convention in April.
The George Washington Bicentennial
will be celebrated at a Constitutional
Convention of women of every State,
to be held here April 17-l9 under the
auspices Of the Woman's National Com
mittee for Law Enforcement. it was an
nounced by Mrs. Henry w. Peabody
chairman.
The program provides for speeches
by prominent leaders in conjunction
with the Prohibition Fair" to be held
at the Washington Auditorium the week
of April 1928. The fair" under the
direction Of William Rufus Scott. IS
sponsored by the Woman's National
Committee for Law Enforcement.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
PAROLE HEARINGS SET

Hearings will be held at both ends Of
the Capitol tomorrow on the bill to
establish a Board of Indeterminate
Sentence and Parole for the District.
The subcommittee on judiciary Of the
House of which Representative Palmi-
sano of Maryland. is chairman, will
take up the bill at 10 am. The Senate
District Committee. with Chairman
Capper presiding, will consider 1t at
2:3O o'clock In the afternoon. The bill
was introduced by Representative Black
OF New York in the House and by
Capper in the Senate.
The proposed board would pass on
parole OF prisoners for the District.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
WOMAN DOCTOR HURT

DR.. Grace q. Purse, -, Of 2llo o
street, was seriously injured today when
she lost her balance and fell from the
back porch OF her home into a concrete
areaway Is feet be'ow. E
DR.. Purse suffered fractures of the
hip, both arms and the right leg. She
was removed to the George Washington
University Hospital by members Of the
Are rescue squad. stan physicians re-
ported her condition serious.
Evening star., 1932-03-21
CAPT. M. n. P. HAGANS
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
ohioan Appointed to Army Com
mission in 1918 Had Been
Retired in 1928.

Capt. Marcellus H. p Hagans, U. S.
A., retired, who died Friday at Walter
Reed Hospital, was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery this afternoon fol-
lowing military services in the Fort
Myer, Va. Chapel.
Capt Hagans who was born in Ohio
in 1861, was appointed captain In the
National Army in 1918, serving in that
capacity through the war. He was
honorably discharged as an emergency
officer in 1928, when he was placed on
the Army's emergency officers retired
list. He had served in the Quarter
master generals office. War Depart
Hnent for some time. He is survived BY
his widow, Mrs. Alexina Blanche Hagans
Evening star., 1932-03-21
RAID NETS STILL.
Plant Is Said to Have Been In Opera
tion Four Years.

Special Dispatch to The Star
SILVER SPRING, Md. March 21.-A
3H-gallon still. said to have been
operated in the cellar Of a home at
Forest Glen four years without detec-
tion, was captured bv Montgomery
County police In a raid Saturday night.
Walter J. Klawonn, 50, of Holman
avenue. Forest Glen, was arrested on
charges Of possession of whisky with
intent 10 sell and possession Of articles
for the manufacture Of whisky. In
addition to the still. police reported
finding two barrels of rye mash and
about 20 gallons of finished whisky put
up In kegs. jars and bottles. The still
was IT. small cupboard.
The officers in the raid were Sergts
Guv l.. Jones and D. L. Snyder and
Policemen Charles Barnes and j. E.
Shoemaker
Evening star., 1932-03-21
Bigger Dog Pound Needed.

DETROIT Pl.-More men and more
dogs at the city pound, that's the
economy measure urged by Councilman
Castator. When we had "a men work.
ing there" he said, the place was self
sustaining; now We have IL and we're
operating at a loss"
Evening star., 1932-03-21
Umbrellas Protect Beds.

Tenants of three municipal houses at
Grimsby England, testified at a rent
herring that when 1t rained they took
umbrellas TO bed because the roofs
leaked.
Evening star., 1932-03-21

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MCLEAN, Va, March 21-Wade
Hansboro. a senior, won the Mclean
oratorical contest and the IS gold piece
offered by the school with an Grafton
on John Marshall, the Interpreter Of
the Constitution Katherine Cunning
ham. q senior, placed second. speaking
on James Madison" She was given
,t $3.50 gold piece by the school. The
other two participants were Mary Cline
a Junior. who chose as her topic THE
Virginia Plan" and Robert Kadel, q
sophomore, speaking on The Origin Of
the Constitution"
The judges were F. Shields McCand-
lish and Thomas P. Chapman, jr., Of
Fairfax. and Rev. r. A Bergdoll Of
Mclean
Hansboro, who is president Of the
High School Self-Government Associa-
ton, will represent the Franklin Sher-
man High School in the county finals
at Falls Church April l3.
Evening star., 1932-03-21

The two continents forming America
are 5000 miles In length and exceed
any other land area on the giobe III
aorth-and stouth length.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12

receive Saturdays papers until
Monday, They may have until
Monday night.
3. The official correct answers
will be printed in THE TIMES on
Monday, Dec. 10. Announcement
o. prize winners will be made as
room as the contest judges can
make their awards.
4. Judging will be based primar-
lily on accuracy. Neatness and
originality of presentation VIII be
considered next. In case of tie,
the full amount of the prize will
be awarded to each of the tying
contestants.
5. This contest it's open to every
one except employees of this news
paper and members of their
families.
In the third weeks contest, as
in the first and second, prizes to-
falling SIS will be awarded.
Decision of judges will be final.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12
WHOLE NATION
IS IN WINTERS
FRICID HANDS
Country Is MantIed by
Snow: Many Records
Are Shattered.
Continued From Page One)

berger of Putin Bay few through
the blizzard and observed the cut
tiers huddled safely in the lee Of
the island. Late Sunday night the
guardsmen, caked with ice and stiff
with exposure, returned soothing at
the hardships they had endured.
The storm brought perilS to the
nations aviators.
Two national guard f1iers were
killed in a crash in New Jersey, but
the accident was not attributed di-
rectly to the storm.
A second plane, with two men
aboard, was missing on a flight from
Burlington, VT, to Covington, Va
The planes route was through an
area filed with swirling snow.
San Francisco children delighted
in the first real snow for coasting
and snowballing they ever had seen
Many Records Broken
Weather bureau record collectors
were in their glory. The fall at
San Francisco was the heaviest in
forty-five years. For the first time
in history the weather bureau pre-
dicted a snowfall-due Monady. The
temperature was the lowest in
sixty-two years. Snow fell for three
consecutive days-an all-time rec
ord.
Suffering was severe~in California
cities where houses are ill-equipped
for such low temperatures. A gas
stove placed in hotel lobby ex-
ploded, injuring three persons, and
Miss Socorro Villanovos, % threw
the first SNOWFALL in her life and
broke an arm.
Los. Angeles suburbs were covered
with snow Many fire alarms kept
the fire department busy. Crop
damage was reported the length of
the state. Citrus districts were
darkened by the heavy pail of smoke
cast by smudge pots fired to pro-
tect orange and lemon groves.
Near Zero in Chicago
In the midwest where billiards.
are more normal occurrence,
farmers welcomed the snow which
piled into high drifts in many
places. The fall insured abundance
of moisture for spring crops.
Many cities gave work to unem-
ployed clearing the streets.
Chicago, hampered by a depleted
municipal treasury, added no extra
helpers, letting regular crews clear
heavy drifts from streets as best
they could.
A sudden shift of winds sent the
temperature diving toward the zero
mark ii Chicago The thermometer
stood at 6 above zero at Z a. M
the coolest mark registered this
wear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12

HI-HO PUZZLE NO. 13.-Well,
soldier boy has marched right
into today's HI-HO puzzle-chal-
longing you to find him Can YOU
do so by cutting out the seven
mystic pieces and arranging them
so to form his silhouetted figure?
Il n
TINE rules of the HI-HO Con-
Il test for the third week fol-
low:
l. Form your ans 1rs with pieces
cut from the HI 20 puzzles that
will appear in II newspaper each
day during the contest, and keep
them until you have all six.
1t is not necessary to buy copies
of this paper to enter the contest.
The puzzle and the various de-
signs are on file at The Times Of
flee, and paper tracings may be
made from them.
2. Answers addressed to THE
HI-HO CONTEST EDITOR of
this newspaper must be SUBMITTED
by mail and must be postmarked
not later than midnight. Sunday,
Dec. 18, except in the case of
Times mail subscribers who do not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12
Mercury Sinks Here

After dropping fifteen degrees
since midnight, the mercury at 9 this
morning touched twelve above zero,
lowest temperature this winter.
The increasing cold was accom-
panied by frigid west wind which
will cause still lower thermometer
readings tonight, it was forecast by
the weather bureau. Unsettled con-
ditions with possible light snow will
accompany the drop.
The low temperature increased
driving hazards as sleet and snow
which fell Sunday in small guam
titles froze, forming a dangerous
glaze on streets and sidewalks. Sew
eral traffic accidents resulted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12
ChiIdren's Coughs
Need CreomulsiOn

Always get the best, fastest and surest
treatment for your child's cough or
cold. Prudent mothers more and moro
are turning to Creomulsion for any
cough or cold that starts.
Creomulsion emulsi6es creosotc with
six other important medicinal elements
which soothe and heal the inhamed
membranes and check germ growth. It
is not a cheap remedy. but contains no
narcotics and is certain relief. Get a
bottle from your druggist right now
and have it ready for instant use. ladx,l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-12
EX-PUBLISHER
DEAD

Will F. Baum Taken at Alexandria
After Long Illness.
BIZ United Press
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Dec. 12.-
Will F. Baum, former publisher of
the Alexandria Times Tribune, died
Sunday night after an illness of
two years. He also was former pub
Usher of the Chicago Livestock
World. At the time of his death
he owned the English hotel here.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

Front Line Post will hold smoker
and entertainment February 26 in the
Coast Artillery Armory, Seventh ana
Water streets southwest Boxing bouts
and an entertainment program Will be
provided The guests will be some 4OO
eligible candidates for the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars of the United States, who
will be invited to become members OF
Front Line Post. The boxing bouts Will
be under the supervision of Maj. Harvey
l.. Miller and Goldie Ahern, both mem
bers of the post. Joseph B. Gardella,
chairman of the post Recruiting Com
mittee, and John L. King. chairman OF
the post Entertainment Committee. are
arranging the program.
Post Comdr H. F. Volkman, jr.. with
several members of the Hospital Vista
ton Committee, has made several visits
during the past two weeks to comrades
who are i'll In the local hospitals or in
their homes. A. Victor Cercell chair
man of the Relief Committee, and Vic
tor Guillermain, post service officer.
have assisted in caring for the needs OF
some of the post comrades and their
immediate families during the last
week
The social meeting of the post. sched-
uled for tomorrow evening, has been
postponed until February %, when the
post will meet with the auxiliary in the
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club.
Evening star., 1932-02-21

Frank R. Heise, T. D. NOVEL; and John
l.. Fowler. John c. Robbins is chair
man of the Flag Committee. His fellow
members are j. Koester c. L. Mat
tingly, P. D. johnson, ]. F. Gates and
j. Bright.
The following have recently been OBJ.
ligated to membership: Robert J.
CleEtfne, J. T. Clement. Jawes ?. pau
pin. j. E. Bateman, Charles W. IyiI,-
man, John T. Hannah, John Bright,
Raymond A. johnson, Jesse F. Gates
and Adam A. Bishop. Darrall F. KuIl
and William Breitbaek have transi&rec
their membership athliation from Front
Line Post and from National Capital
Post.
National Capital Auxiliary partici-
pated in the Lincoln memorial exer-
cises. A wreath was placed by Presi-
dent La Scola.
Mrs. Jennie Hooks, chairman of st.
Elizabeths Hospital Committee, will
make the monthly visit to st. Eliza
beth's today at pm. Cookies, fruits
and cigarettes will be distributed among
the patients.
The auxiliary will also be represented
at the Bicentennial prade in Alexandria
tomorrow. Members are asked to wear
uniforms and be at the torpedo station
at Lee and Kramer streets, Alexandria,
by poon
Evening star., 1932-02-21

by the posts color guard, will march in
the Bicentennial parade, in Alexandria,
Va, tomorrow In order to fill the va
Gated station OF senior vice commander,
Occasioned by the transfer Of Comrade
Bernard S. Bladen to another juriSdic-
ton. an election will be made OF either
Junior Vice Comdr. Irving Ambrose
or Charles p. Galpin. The following
were obligated: Richard A. Gilmore,
Air Service, q. s. M. c., Nicaraguan
campaign; Bernard S. Shannahan, 9th
William E. Coffey, Company d. 17th
Sanitary Detachment, 116th Infantry,
France; Merrill ]. Iseminger, Medical
Corps, France; Grady C. Hedgecock,
Company M, 9Th Infantry, Philippine
InSIrrection; M. Kendrick Holohan,
Quartermaster Corps, France: Hampton
H. TenSell, Battery F, SID Artillery,
France; Charles M. Cole, U. S. NJ; Ed
ward E. Smith, U. S. M. c., Philippine
1nsurrection and China Relief Expedi-
ton: Elmer Howard Wilson, 128th Field
Artillery, France; Gilbert NJ Wilson,
| I'd Brigade, U. S. M. c., Nicaraguan
! campaign; Clarence A. Lowman, llth
Company, Depot Brigade, France. The
following recruits were elected to mem
%
Haden and Russell F. Reed.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Equity-Wal-
| ter Reed Post met at Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, with Mrs. Manley
c. Lawton presiding. A card party will
| be given at the auditorium of the
! Southern Diaries Co. April 26 Ciga-
rettes. cakes and candy were distributed
among the boys of Walter Reed Hos
pital.
At the posts meeting February 18
the women were hostesses to the COM
rades in attendance at their "get-to-
gether" party. The next meeting Of
the auxiliary will be held at Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club March e.
Potomac Ladies Auxiliary met at
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club,
with President Mrs A. M Stone offici-
ating. The following were initiated:
Mrs. Lois V. Wood and Mrs. Carrie B
Lockhead, and several applications were
favorably balloted upon. Mrs. Edith
Den Breeder. chief of staff, urged the
units inaugurate program of vista
tions to the other auxiliaries. The first
visit will be made March 7 to Redmond
Auxiliary at Takoma Park and at a
later date visit will be made to the
Annapolis Auxiliary.
A dance was given at Walter Reed
Hospital February -. Plans have been
completed for the annual ST Patrick
dance March IT at 920 Bladensburg
road northeast. Mrs. Dorothy Lodge IS
the general chairman and is being as
sisted by Mrs Lola H. Heise as hostess
and by Mrs Ruth B. Keene, in charge
of arrangements.
At a recent meeting of Defense Post
plans were made for participation in
the Northeast sections Bicentennial
celebration and welfare activities. The
following have been appointed to serve
on the General Committee: Comdr
John W. Winner William E McGhee