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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
Editor Who Was Sent
To Jail, Sells PdDer

HOPEWELL, Va, Sept. 81.
Editor ]. w. Mapoles, who was
jailed because of his refusal to
disclose the identity of the author
of a communication relative to a
ruling in a prohibition case
here, has sold the Hopewell
News, published here, to C. A.
Lawrence, formerly of Alpena,
Michigan.
Mapoles was jailed several
months ago for alleged contempt
of court. Judge Thomas B. Rob
ertson, who ordered that the
editor be placed in prison, was
tried before a legislative investi-
eating committee on the charge
of incompetence, but was exon
Grated after a lengthy hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
CLERKS To HEAR
CREDIT PLAN
Times staff Photo

Officers and leading members
of the 13 Washington locals OF
the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees will meet tomor-
row night at headquarters, 700
block Fourteenth Street North
west, to hear the principles of
credit unions outlined.
Roy F.. Bergengren, secretary
of the Credit Union National Elk
tension Bureau, will speak. Pre-
siding will be Edgar Graham,
chairman of the legislative COM
mittee of the District locals.
The last session of Congress
passed a law permitting forma-
ton and incorporation of credit
unions in the District. and the
Treasury Department Local, No.
1852, already has one. Several
other locals have taken steps to
organize them. The general &C.
counting office branch is plan
ming one similar to the one of
the city postoffice credit union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
II6 From Maryland
Re0iSter at st. Johns

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 22.-Of the
261 students registered thus far
at st. Johns College, 81 are
freshmen. Maryland leads with
116 students, New Jersey send
ing "a, and the District of Co.
iumbia 16.
It was announced that Mary
land students won the greatest
share OF high honors last year,
honor students including John
B. Smith, of Annapolis; Edward
N. Kenly, of Cambridge; Dalton
M. Welte. of Funkstown; Law
renee O'Connor, Jerome Good
man, and Gilbert Hill, of
Annapolis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
WIVES V|CT| MS
Of SW|NDLER

A salesman, who in a houSe-to-
house canvass through Takoma
Park, Silver Spring, and portions
of Washington, has been collecting
down payments on orders for fur
niture from a Washington furni-
ture company, is being sought by
Takoma Park police today.
A file of receipts given the fur
niture company by irate house
wives, swindled out of small
amounts. is now in the hands of
police and officers of the company.
Displaying receipts and order
blanks from the furniture COM
pany, the supposed agent preyed
particularly upon colored people.
He is described as short, heavy
set man with black hair and is
we'll dressed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
Mills to Campaign
For Hoover on Coast

Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden L. Mills today announced
the itinerary of his Western
speaking tour.
He will leave September %.
The first stop will be at Detroit
September 20. On September 80
he will speak in st. Louis, then
go to the Pacific Coast to speak
IN Los Angeles October 3 and 4,
and in San Francisco october
6 or 7.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
Church to Present
PLuu at Falkland

"Patty Makes Things Hum" is
the play to be presented next
Thursday evening by cast from
st. Marks Parish at Falkland. The
play, to be given in the parish
house, is ander the supervision of
Mrs. Writ Ellen, chairman; Mrs.
Nellie A. Marlowe and Mrs. George
Sullivan,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
CHURCH NAMES a. ELDERS

F. M. Wilcox, Prof. H. A. Nor
rison, President H. H. Hamilton,
OF Washington Missionary Col
lege, and Chaplain w. E. Barr
were made elders of the Sligo
Seventh Day Adventist Church
at the annual election of officers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
Bingham Sees Fight
Ahead in Connecticut

Connecticut could be counted
in the Republican column IF the
elections were held today" Sena-
tor Hiram Bingham (RD OF that
State reported to President HOO
yer today. Bingham conceded
however, that a hard fight was
in prospect,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-09-22
BENEFIT CARD PARTY

The Ballston, Va, precinct
group of the Arlington County
Democratic Women's Club will
hold a card party tonight in
Democratic headquarters in Clar-
endon, Va. Funds derived will
be devoted to the campaign fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
POLITICAL POLICIES
WILL Be PRESENTED
Republican, Democratic and
Socialist Speakers to Be
Heard at Virginia U.

opeCldl DlSpdlCll W 4LC otdi.
UNIVERSITY, Va. June 18.-Demo-
cratic. Republican and Socialist politi-
cal policies and platforms will all be-
authoritatively presented during the
sixth Institute of Public Affairs at the
University of Virginia from July 3 to 16.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and
Senator Cordil Hull of Tennessee will
represent the Democrats. Senator
Robert Wagner of New York will be
one of the Spokesman for the Republi-
cans. Other leaders in both parties
have been invited and will probably
have places on the program.
Norman Thomas. for the second time
presidential nominee Of the Socialist
party, will speak at a public meeting
on the night of July 9.
Credit and finance will be the subject
OF the address by Senator Glass on the
night of July ~. The former Secre-
tary of the Treasury, who is generally
recognized as the greatest authority on
money and banking now in Washington,
will present the Democratic point of
view relating to financial affairs.
Senator Hull. who is to serve the
Democrats as chairman of their Plat
form Committee in Chicago. is to speak
on the effect of the tariff on the pres
ent depression. His date is Friday,
July Is.
Unemployment will be Senator Wag-
ner's subject The New York Senator
has labored long to secure the passage
of employment relief measures, and is
an outstanding authority on the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
COST CUT PLANNED
BY TALBOT COUNTY
Aim Is Lowering of Tax Rate
to $1.35-CommisSi0nerS
Meet With Citizens.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
EASTON, Md, June 18.-Expenses
will be slashed in Talbot County II
recommendations of a joint committee
are carried out, and the tax rate Will
be lowered IL cents from last years
rate. bringing it down to Sl35 on the
800
Announcement to this effect has been
made by President Henry T. Slaughter
of the Board of County Commissioners,
which recently met with an advisory
comm ittee CT taxpayers from various
county districts.
The consensus of opinion of the joint
committee was that all county officials
should be asked to take 10 per cent
reduction in salary, but this can be
done only with their consent, since the
salary list is fixed by law and only
action of the General Assembly can
change it.
Other recommendations include re-
duction of the road levy from $4,000
to $4,000: 20 per cent cut in the
cost of maintenance of the Board of
Health; reduction by $1,000 of the
amount appropriated for agricultural
extension work; cut in the amount paid
the sheriff for prisoners board from
60 cents to As cents day. the COM
miSSioners to fix the amount paid the
sheriff for mileage in travelling; local
police boats to be placed under the
State Conservation Commission entirely.
if possible, and if not the commissioners
to fix the amount to be levied; salaries
OF school teachers to be cut to the min
imum required by law; salary of the
clerk to the commissioners to be msde
equal with that of clerks in the treas
urerS Office, and cut in the appropria-
ton to the Talbot County Free Library
from 81 700 to $780, The estimate of
the Board of Education on its budget
is Sal 900, or $4,000 less than last year
The County Commissioners must Dor
row $4,000 at once, it is said. in order
to carry through until the end of June
when the fiscal year closes Of this
amount $4,000 goes to the schools and
the remainder will pay county bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
3 EARLY MARYLAND
OFFICIALS HONORED
Tablet and Two lockwood Bushes
Dedicated at Trinity Church,
St. Marys City.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, June ia
memorial tablet and two lockwood
bushes were dedicated in Trinity
Church yard. st. Marys City, in honor
of three early Maryland officials at
the conclusion of the commencement
exercises Of st. Marys Female Seminary.
The marker honors John Llewellyn,
first registrar of the Colonial land office,
chief clerk to the Colonial secretary
and member of the Colonial Assembly
in 1882
The bushes we're planted in memory
of Nicholas Young, member of the
Maryland House of Burgesses in 1866,
and Thomas Harris. who settled in
Charles County in 1850.
The tablet was presented by Miss
Lola Carpenter Young. descendant
of Mr.. Llewellyn's, and unveiled under
the auspices of Maj. William Thomas
Chapter, D. A. R. The lockwood was
given by Miss Della Harris Maddox of
Washington through the same chapter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
CLOSING EXERCISES HELD
BY SCHOOL IN LA PLATA
Playlets, Musical Comedy and
Pageant Are Presented by Sacred
Heart Pupils.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, June 18-The clos
ing exercises of Sacred Heart School
were held in the school Friday night.
The program consisted of playlets. a
musical comedy, pageant and musical
numbers The following pupils had
parts in the program:
Kitty Posey. James Oliver, Cecil Hin
del, Charles Lorenz, Woodrow Hayden,
Amelia Stonestreet Elizabeth Gardiner,
Ethel Martin, Russell Scott. William
Nalley. Richard Clark, William Gardi-
ner, Rita Hayden, Mary Berry Brown,
Mary Louise McDonagh. Betty Farrall.
Prizes were awarded as follows: Five
dollars in gold-Agnes Rice, Emma Muir
ray, Mamma Hanson, Eleanor Posey, Eva
Hanson and Teresa Willett
Two and cne-half dollars in gold
Mary Bradburn and Alma Louise Elder.
Silver dcllar-Mary Louise Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
D. OF A. COUNCIL ELECTS
OFFICERS AT HERNDON
Mrs. Cora E. Hurst Is Chosen
Councillor and Mrs. Tracy Hawley
Is Named Vice Councillor.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HERNDON, Va, June 18.-Herndon
Council, No. 25, Daughters of America,
elected the following to serve for the
next term: Mrs. Cora E. Hurst, coun-
cilor; Mrs. Tracy Hawley, vice councillor !;
Mrs. Maude Doores, junior past coun-
cilor; Mrs Clara Duke, associate junior
past councillor; Mrs. Lulu Cooper, vice
councillor; Mrs. Glenna Sibold, asso-
ciate vice councillor; Mrs. Stella Daley,
conductor; Mrs. May Maddox. warden;
Miss Mary E. Hurst, recording secretary;
ing secretary Mrs. Ada Kirkpatrick,
treasurer; Mrs Lulu Kirkpatrick, fnan-
cial secretary; Mrs. Iva Harrison, inside
sentinel; Mrs. Bessie Coleman, outside
sentinel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
TWO KILLED IN ACCIDENT
NEAR CULPEPER BURIED
Thirty Youths Are Pallbearers at
Funeral of One-Reccvery
of Girl Doubtful.
Special Dispatch to The G.ar.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CULPEPER, Va, June 18-Thirty
young men acted as pallbearers at the
funeral Of Gregg A. Thompson, jr., killed
in an automobile accident on the War
renton-Culpeper road Tuesday night.
The service was held in st. Stephens
Episcopal Church by the pastor, Rev.
DR.. Kensey j. Hammond. assisted by
Rev. Francis Alison of Christ Church,
Brandy Station.
Mr.. Thompson is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gregg A. Thompson;
one brother. Sayre Thompson.
Funeral services for the other victim,
Edward Amiss, were held at his former
home in Front Royal the same day at
3 o'clock. He is survived by his mother
Mrs Ethel Amiss HEREFORD, and one
brother, Taylor Amiss, of Culpeper.
Miss Cornelia Major. one of the other
occupants of the car in which the two
men we're killed. continues in a critical
condition in a Charlottesville hospital
with little hope of recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM
PLANNED BY PAGE GROUP
Massanutten Society to Dispense
With Annual Meeting-Of-
flcers Are Elected.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
LURAY, Va, June 18-The Mas
sanutten Society. an organization of
descendants Of the first settlers of Page
County will hold Washington Bicen-
tennial program instead of their regu-
lar annual meeting. A committee was
appointed for this purpose today.
Officers were elected as follows: P. S.
Rhodes of Woodstock, president Miss
Mary Brubaker of Luray, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. B. c. Stricken of Luray,
corresponding secretary, and Philip
Kaufman of Strasburg. treasurer.
Informal addresses were made by P.
s. Rhodes and Philip Kaufman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
LOUDOUN BOARD SETS
SCHOOL OPENING DATES
White Pupils Will Begin Fall
Term September and Colored
Students Start September 20.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PURCELLVILLE, Va, June 10
White schools in Loudoun will opul for
the Fall term on September 8, with the
colored schools opening September %,
the County School Board determined at
a meeting here. An institute for white
teachers will be held September 7, with
colored teachers meeting September %.
The superintendent was authorized to
borrow after July l $4,000 in anticipa-
ton of the collection of taxes for the
fiscal year 1928.
Teachers were appointed as follows:
Aide, grades 5. 6, 7, Miss Laura Cross;
LovettSville, Miss leila Num-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
FIREMAN IS INJURED
BY STREAM OF WATER
Alexandrian's Eye Hurt When
Hose Becomes Unmanageable
During Blaze.

By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 18.-Hit in
the face by a stream of water when
hose he was holding became unman-
ageable while fighting North Wash
ington street dump fire this afternoon,
Fireman Lester Myers, 80, of Engine
Company No. 4. had one of his eyes
almost torn from its socket
Following an operation by DR.. Will
liam T. Burch at the Alexandria Hos
pital. authorities there said Myers would
not lose his eyesight. He lives at 309
South Washington street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
Discuss Nations Wealth.

SANDY SPRING, Md, June 18 (Spe-
ciaD What has become of the Ma
TONS wealth." was the subject for dis
cussion at the June meeting of the
Neighbors held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Roland Moore in Sandy Spring
The discussion was opened by William
followed by remarks by
Francis Miller R. Bentley Thomas pre-
sided and Francis A. Thomas was elect
ed secretary for the coming year.
Evening star., 1932-10-14


Music Box Revues," and thence
having planted herself firmly under
the nose of the Metropolitan
famous Horseshoe Circle-and vocal
izing sweetly as one of the fairest
ever he'd. Thence she trod the
thorny path of Hollywood, emerging
as luscious Jenny Lind in film
that was frankly only $3.50.
Miss Moore, known locally in the
Townsend and Mrs. Wilson, Greene.
and singer who in the past two
years has grown by leaps and
bounds, has not, however, forsaken
opera, the radio and the films for
good This ''Du Barry" operetta is
merely Winters sideStepping-and
If all goes well, she will return to
her native heath. All Is 'amicable''
between impresario Gatti-CasaZza
and herself. with the result that if
her vocal equipment is not dulled
by the smoke of Broadway-and if
jazz melodies don't permanently
weaken her faith in Gounod-she
will return to the Metropolitan and
continue in the manner to which
she has been accustomed.
This "Du Barry" is a salubrious
opus. which has set fire both to
London and Berlin. While it does
not seem as if Mss Moores pale
loveliness" is the exact type for a
lady who ever since Pola Negri un-.
dertook her In Passion has been
visualized as dark and giddy crea-
ture with greedy eye for wealth
and wickedness. she will at least be
strong in her vocal cords and able
to warble with sanity and convic-
ton whatever ditties the Du Barry
was fondest of warbling.
Washington is always interested
in whatever Miss Moore does-since
she was Graded here in song in the
Wilson-Greene school and first pub
licly discovered" by Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend Although her one and
only venture into the cinema was
not thoroughly satisfactory, one may
predict that when she emotes next
before the camera she will have
Evening star., 1932-10-14
.L|TTLEF|ELD DEATH
IN NCRASH IS PROBED
Capt. C. c. Calhoun Booked
Pending Inquest in Acct
dent on Avenue.

An inquest will be held at II am to-
morrow into the death of Henry c.
LittIefeld, 49, chief of the educational
division. Bureau OF Research. United
States Shipping Bosrd. who was fatally
injured yesterday when his automobile
was in collision at Tenth street and
Pennsylvania with another operated bv
Capt Clarence c. Calhoun. prominent
attorney of Chevy Chase, Md.
Capt Calhoun. who was released in
custody of his attorney to appear at
the inquest. was en- route east on Penn
sylvania avenue to the corner stone lay
ing at the United States Supreme Court
Building at the time of the accident.
Near White House Car.
His automobile witnesses said was
only about 100 feet ahead of White
House car bearing President Hoover to
the same exercises.
Mr.. Littlefield. Police were informed,
was making left turn south into Tenth
street.
The impact shattered the glass in
both right windows of Littlefelds ma
chine and he was thrown to the pave
ment, suffering a fractured skull and
severe lacera tions. An ambulance from
Emergency Hospital which was passing
at the time. took the injured man to
the hospital, where he died shortly
thereafter.
Booked Pending Inquest.
Capt. Calhoun was booked at the
Traffic Bureau pending the inquest He
is widely known in law circles and Is
the owner of Rossdhu Castle on Brooke
vile road in Maryland, which recently
was leased as a restaurant.
IL yxrit
fan,ilv in Clarendon Va, had teen with
the Shipping Board many years. He is
survived by his wife and son, Jerome
H. Littlefield.
Funeral services will be held at pm.
Sunday at the National City Chris
tan Church and the body probably will
be cremated.
Evening star., 1932-10-14

recently Anglicised Gary Cooper.
will be previewed in Washington in
the next few days by Italian officials.
who will look at 1t for the purpose
of determining whether the war
film presents the Italians in an un-
favorable light" When Miss Hayes
was last IN Washington she ad-
mitted that they were having a
fairly tough" time with the script
in their anxiety no. to step on any
ones toes
Evening star., 1932-10-14

When 1.-THE Late Christopher
Bean. opens in Baltimore on the
twenty fourth Of this month, promi-
nently featured in the cast will be
Kathryn Givney, that tall, hand
some representative Of the National
Players who killed" a few people
by some of her excellences last sea
sen Pauline Lord. incidentally, is
being starred in this play-without
playing, /. Is said, the title role.
f. de S. NJ
Evening star., 1932-10-14
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
AFTER KILLING PARENT
75.Year-Old Mother and Self Shot
With Gun Brother Used
in Suicide.

b. the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf. October IA
Mrs. Laura L. Thomas. 46. shot and
killed her mother. Mrs. Catherine Tim
MINIS, U.s. yesterday. police said, and
then committed suicide.
The bodies were found by John Perry
Thomas, husband of Mrs. Thomas, when
he returned from work. note she
left for her husband read:
MY head whirls all day. took
mother first No one TO take care of
her. Can't leave her with you. Bye
bye"
A pistol was found in the room.
Thomas said his wife had threatened to
kill herself several months ago. At that
time he said. he hid the pistol in the
attic. The gun, he said, was brought
from North Dakota. where Mrs. Thomas
obtained it when she went there to at
tend the funeral of her brother, DR..
Duffron Timnins, seven years ago. The
brother he said, had used the gun to
commit suicide.
Neighbors said they had talked with
Mrs Thomas shortly after noon and
she seemed in good spirits.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington 5 Theaters.

more suitable material at her elbow
and less Jenny Lindian sentiment.
"Du Barry" will open in Boston
the first week of next month and
subsequently will be displayed at the
George NJ Cohan Theater in New
York. None of the other members
of the cast have as yet been an
nounced.
Incidentally, we will wager that
the transplanting Of this operetta
to the screen will take but a mo-
ment and that Washington before
long will have the pleasure Of see
ing Miss Moore again in celiuloid-
as a blond Du B1rry-or other
wise-that Is the question.
E. de S. MHLCHER.
Claude Rains Debut
In THE Good Earth"
UTHE GOOD EARTH woke up
last night at the National to
the tune of new Wang Lung-a
hearty and picturesque toiler of the
soil, less juvenile than Earl Lari-
more had been-more mature in
mind and in manner. Mr.. Claude
Rains performance. although weak
in the opening sequences, took on
added color as the play progressed,
and in the finale of that scene IN
which Wang Lung gets his suffering
family to forsake the land tenn
porarily, the expression of strength
Evening star., 1932-10-14
Grace Moore
To Appear on Broadway.

THE ease with which real
"arteeste" can bounce back
and forth between opera. the
i stage and the cinema is eX-
hibited currently by the state
ment from the blond and exceed
ingly handsome Metropolitan Opera
House torch singer, Miss Grace
Moore, to the effect that she
Evening star., 1932-10-14

w / III e S C n e "
MI. G a t t l.
CasaZza S boards
this season in
favcr of appear
ing in a Broad
way m u S | C a !
opus called "Du
Barry"
Miss Moore
thereby almost
Immediately be-
comes one Of
he theater's
leading person.
alities, having
risen in her
ia me from
leads" in the
a n C | e n t and
Evening star., 1932-10-14

Farewell to Arms"
To Be Previewed Here.
A INVOLVEMENT has been made
"A that Fa-amount's Farewell to
Arms" in which eur own" Helen
Hayes is starred, together with the
Evening star., 1932-10-14
"The Cat and The Fiddle"
At the National October 30.

The Cat ana tne FIUuIt,
At the National October 80.
WORD comes now that The Cat
w and the Fiddle" the tuneful
operetta which is paying about the
country IN various gu.se; and
Gahsgen IS playing i, on the coast
will come to the National Theater
the week Of October 80. This is the
"o-igina." New York company
with, of course. the usual changes.
The play, however, is having such
successful engagement in Boston
that it will be omeching of a task
to tear 1t away for this engagement
at the proper time.
Evening star., 1932-10-14

and determination on Mr.. Rains
face was a real inspiration in the
theater.
MIR. Rains lifts up this play where
before it had seemed weak and wilt
ing. Nine. NaZimova no longer
dominates the stage at all times.
She Is forced to play up-and to
play better. Last night. because she
was perhaps helping along the still
vacillating Mr. Rains the has only
been rehearsing his role week.,
she did neither. But one can i'm
agine the vast improvement there
will be by the time the play settles
down comfortably in New York.
Then, too. there was that change in
the second act-a change for the
better, although the curtain is not
yet as strong" as it should be.
Evening star., 1932-10-14

Continued increases in Fraw-cotton
prices have brought cheer to textile
manufacturers in Belgium.