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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-05-25
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-05-25


10 Be Announced On June l
winners of the letter writing contest on
fne subject WHY YOU SHOULD BUY IN
f'oChVlLLE" will be announced by THE
PNNllNEL next Thursday, June 1.
1here were number of letters turned in
iiu II Will be difficult for the judges to select
ne three winners. The judges are Morris
Vein Bernard T. Brosius and DR.. Thomas
"'erS' all prominent business men of Rock
lie and Gaithersburg.
-en (SlO) dollars will be presented the
'lOf OF the best letter. Two other awards
20 and 81 will be given. The best letters
also be published in THE SENTINEL.
'OnVest closed last Friday.
Evening star., 1933-06-09

this will become necessary. Lieut.. Col.
U. S. Grant. Sd. the director. reached
this decision after Albert Clyde Burton.
assistant chief of the park division.
had been detailed on an inspection
tour to determine how New York au-
thorities are handling the problem. He
found that in the Westchester Park
way and other New York park areas
the lights have been darkened without
impairment of pubic enjoyment Of the
recreational sections.
Although the Mount Vernon Highway
will be darkened with the start of the
new fiscal year, officials emphasized
there will be no dininution Of police
work Just how long the lights will
be off will depend on how long the
treasury Of the Office of Public Build
ings and Public Parks remains de-
Dleted
Evening star., 1933-06-09
HOLLAND IS HELD
IN HOTEL Staying
viii Face Grand Jury on
Murder Charge-TeIIs
Story of Shooting.

After listening to one of the strang-
est stories ever told in the District
Morgue, a coroner's jury today ordered
Elmer William Holland. jr., rs. spe-
cial policeman, held for grand jury ac-
ton on murder charge IN the STAY
ing of Mrs. Leila Morrison, 28.
The iury. presided over by Acting
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald, re,
turned the verdict after Holland nao
waived his constitutional right ana
taken the stand to tell how he ac-
cidentaIly' shot Mrs. Morrison carry
Yesterday as she lay in bed IN room
at the Franklin Park Hotel.
Hollands wife and mother VINO at-
tended the inquest with his father,
representative of large ma lufactur-
ING concern, received the verdict tear
fully.
Said He Was Drunk.
Holland. who lives at 7707 Thirteenth
street. told the jury he was aW1u,
drink" at the time of the shooting, ano
therefore could remember little about IL
II was feeling pretty good-kind o.
hanpy-so took out my pistol, Hoi,
land said. in explaining how he nrec
a bullet through the wall OF the note.
room as he stood outside the locXeo
door. " ..x
Hollands statement conceded with
virtually all the testimony OF the otneI
witnesses. His wife, called to the stanc
by Acting Coroner Macdonald, refused
to testify.
Mrs. Morrison, a divorce, was shot
to death early yesterday in a room on
the sixth floor of the hotel. She was
wing on a led, conversing with her
fiance. Fred Williamson, when the
b..'let. fired from outside the locked
de-. ripped through the thin wall;
clipped off the lobe of her right ear ano
buried itself in her chest, killing her
almost instantly.
The bullet had grazed the elbow OF
the hotel employe, William Matthew
Logan, "a, colored elevator operator, be-
fore plowing through the wall.
Assured that Logan's wound was
slight, Holland left the hotel, he told
Detective Sergts. John c. Dalglish and
Walter S. Beck, and did not learn until
some time later that the bullet also had
struck Mrs. Morrison. He was informed
of the fatality, he said, when he went to
the home of his estranged wife, who
told him detectives had been there look
ing for him.
Holland, who had spent the night
drinking, hid in woods In nearby
Maryland until he became sober, then
Evening star., 1933-06-09

went to the sixth precinct and surren-
dered. After making a signed state
ment to Dalglish and Beck, he was
charged with murder.
Companion Summoned.
Among the witnesses summoned to
the inquest we're Melvin Rock, %, OF
the HOO block of Fourteenth street,
who accompanied Holland to the ho-
tel; Logan, Williamson and Hollands
wife.
Holland, in his signed statement, said
he had purchased several pints of liquor
from Williamson during the night and
returned about am. to buy more. In
a drunken spirit of playfulness, he said,
he drew his gun and jamned it against
Logan's body. telling him to rap on the
door. The elevator operator drew back.
Holland said, and just then the gun
went of.
Hollands statement was corroborated
by both Logan and Rock, who also
made signed statements. Rock said he
was some distance down the hall when
ne heard a shot. He returned imme-
diately, he said. ard saw Holland put
his revolver into his pocket and, with
Logan beside him, step on the elevator
As the elevator descended, he said, Will
hanson opened the door and an
nounced "a woman has been shot"
Rock Tells Police.
tRock drove to a filling station, where
he is employed, and telephoned the po-
lice, telling them he understood Hol-
land had shot a woman. It was as q
result of information supplied by Rock
that detectives went to the home Of
Hollands wife.
Mrs. Morrison, who is said to be the
mother of a 10-year-old child, occu.
pied a room next the one in which she
was killed. The latter was shared by
Williamson and another man. She anc
Williamson, saxophone player on ar
excursion boat, were to have been mar
ried soon. She came to Washington
from Frederick, Md, about three years
ago and had since been employed in 9
downtown department store.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
ARMSTRONG WINS
| IN ANNUAL DRILL
Three Companies From Same
School Sweep Competition
in 9th Brigade.

Armstrong High School made clean
queen YESTERDAY of the annual company
conpetitive drill of the Ninth Brigade,
washington High School Cadet Corps
capturing the honors for the hrst TIME
Company D. under Cadet Capt Fred
erick Young, won first place: Company
e. under Cadet Capt. Oscar Piper, won
second place, and Company G, unoer
Cadet Capt. Lawrence Tyson, won thlro
place. .u.,
the field that an Armstrong company
had at last won first place, cheers burst
from the Armstrong sections OF the
stands. But when it was made known
that Armstrong also had won the sec
ond and third places, pandemonlum
broke. A hundred cheering Armstrong
students seized their banner and leaped
with it out on the field, where tney
paraded before the yelling, applauding
Armstrong rooters.
Captain Wins Medal
In salute to his prowess, Capt. Young
was decorated with the diamond-stud-
ded Teachers Medal. which he may
wear until the close Of school TINS
month. He also was presented with a
gold medal which he will keep as his
own, The second-place winning Com
pany received the Stephen E. Kramer
Good Will Cup which was offered by
the first assistant superintendent OF
schools for the first time this year. Inc
company will hold it until next year,
when it will again be presented to the
second-p place company.
Prizes were presented by Col. Ben
1amin o. Davis. Representative oscar
De Priest and DR.. Kramer.
The company competition, which oc-
cupied all of yesterday. was con-
cluded with brigade review by Maj.
Gen. Paul B. Malone commanding gen
eral of the Third Corps Area, U. S. A.
In the reviewing line with Maj. Gen.
Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent.
and George Whitwell, DR.. j. Hayden
johnson and Rev. F. I. A. Bennett,
members of the Board of Education.
Winning Company's Roster.
The roster of the winning Company
D follows: First Lieut. William Rogers,
Second Lieut.. Russell Fauntroy, First
Sergt. Percy Taylor, Sergts. Alonzo
Rivers, Kenneth Ballard, David Crow,
Robert Garlic, Herman Washington,
Luke Harris and Richard chatham;
Corpls. Shellie Mitchell, John Hunter,
LOUIS WluldIlS, marry 1dIICdStc1 dllo
Theodore Shorter, and Pvts. John
Burns, Charles Butler, Alvin Bridges,
James Brown, Raymond Brawner, John
Buchanan, William Carpenter, Henry
Chambers, Horace Crawford, Freddie
Fauntleroy. Milton Frazier, Frank For
ester, Willie Cant, Irving Green. Leon
ard Griffin, Odell Gibson, Dawson
Gardner Thomas Gaines, Laurence
Holland, Homer Jackson, Harvey Moore,
Sylvester Moore, Mitchell Magpoe, Car
roll Macdow, Chester Pearson, Leon
Fuller, Ulysses Kicks, Clyde Ross, Eu-
gene Swami, Robert Stratton, Melvin
Stone, John Tolliver, Forrold Thomas,
James Tibbs, Harry Thomas. Rudolph
Thornton, Opheus Tolson, Leroy
Winston, Milton Wright, Raymond
Washington and Melvin Marlborough.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
CANADA HAS DROP
OF 138,769 NEEDY
Only 1,362,214 on Direct Relief.
With Decline Reported
for April.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Canada, June 9.-Persons
on direct relief in Canada In May
totaled 1,362,214, or 13s,76s less than
in April, according to an estimate pre-
pared by the department of labor.
This shrinkage, while not as great
as anticipated, was more apparent in
Quebec and the Maritime Provinces
than in Western Canada.
Direct relief costs also dropped last
month, owing to lower prices for prod
uce in the Summer.
1t is learned that the labor depart
ment is making a new arrangement re-
garding Ontario relief. 1t looks with
disfavor upon unemployment relief prof.
ects unless they give the maximum
financial assistance in the form OF
wages. Accordingly, road work VIII De
favored instead of construction OF
buildings and bridges, which require
large expenditures for materials.
Single homeless men on direct releI
last month from Ontario West num-
bered 1888, as compared with 5l,33s
in April.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
GANGsTER, SHOT, DIES

NEW YORK, June 9 P).-George
Schaefer died today Of bullet wound
received when he and Leon kraemer,
escaped convict, were attacked by gun
men in an extensively furnished apart
ment yesteI day.
Kraemer, reputed brains" Of the
whittemore gang, was in serious con-
dition. Police are seeking red-headeo
woman who occupied the apartment
with the men.
NEWARK, N. j., June P).-Gus
Berger, reputed strong-arm henchman
of Waxey Gordon, escaped assassina-
ton yesterday at the hands OF three
gunmen who forced their way into his
apartment. engaged In gun fight, and
fled, leaving him wounded IN the right
shoulder
Evening star., 1933-06-09
MRS. ROOSEVELT GIVEN
TW0-DAY-OLD LION CUB

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June "a 2-day old
lion cub at Los Angeles "lion farm
has streaked up the social ladder to
become member of the First Family
OF the Land
Presented to Mrs. Frank d. Roosevelt
Wednesday as a yellowish, woolly me-
nlento of her visit to Southern Cali
fornia. the cub purred contentedly when
she petted him.
The cub will stay home, however-at
least for the present. Mrs. Roosevelt
couldn't envision herself playing nurse
maid to a lion on an airplane en- route
from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast
Anyway, she said, the proper place foi
youngster Is with its mother.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
MRS. ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
FLAG ASSOCIATION BID
Consents to Serve as Honorary
Chairman of Women's Ma
tional Council.

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has ac-
cepted the invitation of the United
States Flag Association to serve as hon.
orary chairman Of its Woman's Ma
tional Council.
Other honorary members of the ccun-
Gil, which is actively headed by Mrs.
Edward F. Hutton of New York, in
clude Mrs. John Nance Garner and the
wives of all members of the Presidents
cabinet.
The council is the advisory body
under the guidance of which the Flag
Association carries out its program
for the patriotic education Of young
Americans.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
ROVER PICNIC TOMORROW
staff of United States Attorney t
Have Outing,

United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
and his family will be guests OF honor
at picnic to be given by his staff to-
morrow at Morgantown- on the Bay,
Md. The program win include bathing,
boating, base ball and horseshoe
pitching contests.
Miss Margaret Carr, Mrs. Lyle t.
Newton and Mrs. j. Maynard Magruder,
assisted by Misses Gertrude Van Ripper
and Alice QUAD, are in charge OF ar
ranpementS
Evening star., 1933-06-09
LIGHTS ON HIGHWAY
WILL BE TURNED OFF
Economy Forces Cutting Out Me-
mortal Roads Illumination,
Beginning July l.

The lighting system along the Po-
tomac River. skirting the Mount Yer
non Memorial Highway. will be turned
of beginning July l as an economy
measure.
At the Ofiice of Public Buildings and
Public Parks 1t was said today that
because Of shortened appropriations
Evening star., 1933-06-09
GRANT TO QUIT POST
DURING NEXT WEEK

OlIGCLOI Va = oSA~S
Public Parks to Be Succeeded
by Col. J. A. Woodruff.
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, director
of Public Buildings and Public Parks,
expects to turn over his post to his sue
cessor, Col. James A. Woodruff, next
week. probably Thursday.
Col. Woodruff is now familiarlzing
himself with the affairs of his new
office, having come here few days ago
from duty as director of the Command
and General Staff School, Fort Leaven-
worth. He has already attended meet
ing of the board of trustees OF the Wei.
fare and Recreational Association OF
Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc, as
well as the Zoning Commission, OF
which he is slated to be a member. He
also has made a number OF inspection
trips of projects in which his Office has
vital interest.
Col. Grant is planning a vacation
about the end of the month with trip
to Europe. Late in the Summer he is
to begin studying at the Army War
College.
Evening star., 1933-06-09
DR.. PORTER STRICKEN
Baptist Pastor Seriously Ill at Sib-
ley Hospital.

DR.. Samuel Judson Porter, pastor OF
the First Baptist Church, Sixteenth
and o streets, was taken suddenly Ill
last night and removed to Sibley Hos
pital. His condition today was re-
ported as serious. Several blood trans
fusionS have been made.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
BALTIMORE BANKS
REOPEN|NG NEARS
Six Millions of Union Trust
Deposits Expected to
Be Released.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. November 11.-Prob-
ability that $6,ooo.o0 would be released
to trade channels within the next two
or three weeks is seen as officers of
the Union Trust Co. prepared to issue
100000 in capital notes for its re-
opening under a Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn membership.
The $6.000,00O represents 20 per cent
of the deposits which have been frozen
In the institution since the beginning
Of the bank holiday In Maryland on
February "a. The remaining 80 per
cent of deposits will be in the form of
40 per cent certificates of deposits and
40 per cent certificates of beneficial in
terest.
Issuance of the notes, to provide ad-
dttional capitol demanded by Federal
banking officials, was agreed to by au-
thorities OF the bank at conference
In Washington, after which it will be
admitted 20 membership in the Federal
Reserve System
Benjamin H. Brewster, jr., president
Of the bank. said he hoped the details
would be completed so that it could be
reopened within two weeks, and would
be ready to operate under the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation benefits
Ther 1t begins to function January /.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
DROP IN DOLLAR
IS WEEKS FEATURE
Stocks and Commodities
Forge Ahead, but u. S.
Bonds Weaken.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
dollar scooted down Government
creased toboggan this week while stocks
and commodities compensated for its
fall by making brisk advances.
Depreciation of American currency,
sought by the administration as q means
Of raising prices of staples at home,
attained such momentum that the for
eign exchange market reached a state
Of confusion before the descent was
checked. Washington for the first time
saw the exchange market give the dol
lar lower gold value than had been
assigned by the daily gold-buying pro-
gram Of the r. F. c.
U. s. Bonds Sell of.
AS shares and commodities endeay-
ored to match the decline United States
Government securities and the rest Of
the investment market slumped, so that
results of dollar weakness were not
all on the side of rising quotations
Some investors presumably concluded
that currency depreciation might pro-
coed too rapidly; there was heavy sell
ing of Federals and other gilt-edgers.
Until this week Washington's program
for pairing the dollars gold value had
met with rather half-hearted response
from foreign exchanges, and the day
to-day markups by the Government
agency had represented an indicated
gold level a cent or two under that of
the French franc. However, this dis
parity was swiftly obliterated in Thurs
days wild exchange market, when the
American unit fell under So cents, its
lowest since the post-Civil War sus-
pension OF specie payments.
Thus 1t appeared that If Europe pre-
viously thought washington's new mon
etary policy might not be pursued ag-
gressively, such an opinion had been
revised. Emphatic strength of sterling,
which reached its highest point since
1914, was taken as measure of the
now OF funds to London.
Business News Mixed.
Response of speculative markets to
dollar weakness was broad and active
advance which lasted until currency
fluctuations steadied. Stocks succeeded
In penetrating their highs of a late
October rally, taking their cue almost
entirely from exchange movements,
Commodities made liberal gains. There
was boom in silver which reached new
high ground since April, 1880. Stocks
OF silver companies were In favor.
Business developments were mixed.
Recessions Of steel output slackened
and arrival Of more seasonable weather
stimulated retail buying, which ap-
proaches the holidays hopefully.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Bugle Sounds Taps
And Traders Pause
To Honor War Dead
Special Dispatch to The star. /.

NEW YORK, November i1.-While q
bugle waited the sweet sad strains Of
Taps" over the Wall Street district to-
day, the exchanges and most flrms IN
that region stopped work for two min
utes in Observance of Armistice day
Traders recalled that tomorrow will
be the fifteenth anniversary Of the re-
sumption of trading following the one
day closing of the exchanges when the
Arnistice was signed. The market was
much mixed affair on November IL,
1918-so traders told this writer, who
on that day happened to be many thou
sands of miles from the street-with
some Of the war brides" suffering sharp
declines. Steel common dropped 3as
points on a volume of 155, 800 shares.
General Electric, General Motors, Mex
ican Steel and Bethlehem Steel common
and preferred were soft. The market
finished irregularly.
Some of the boys who were seen
around the financial district today were
serving In the armed forces on that
memorable day Is years ago. Among
them were Lieut.. Andre de Coppet,
awarded the French Croix de Guerre;
Maj H. ". Van Auken Of Gray g. VIII
merding; Maj. r. H. Swartwout of
Swartwout & Appenzellar, and Clement
r. Ford and F. Meredith Blogden, then
members of Tucker, Anthony & Co.
The number Of firms with placques
containing gold stars runs very high in
the financial district, where 1t Is safe to
say more graduates of West Point and
Annapolis work, outside of the uni
formed service, than in any other city
of the United States.
Not a few Of the more prominent gen.
erals and colonels of the. allied forces
now occupy important positions in Wall
Street. Among them are officers who
ranked high In the former imperial
Russian Army and Navy.
Copyright. 1887
Evening star., 1933-11-11
CONVERSION
PROGRAM is PREDICTED

NEW YORK, November 10.-Inter-
ests here are inclined to anticipate an
early move on the part Of Australia to
work out conversion of its dollar bonds
In this market into sterling securities.
They do not see that such a move
would encounter any especial dif1culty,
but rather visualize existing conditions
as assuring success for such an opera
tion. Australian dollar IS in this mar
ket are selling around 86, it is pointed
out. whereas the sterling bonds of the
same issue are ruling at fair premium
in London. Conversion would probably
be along the lines followed in the oper-
alton involving the United Kingdom
SIS, that is, lower coupon sterling
issue with an attractive premium ar
rangement.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

counter market:
touotations as of 1890 o'clock.l
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Spot steady; middlins. 1905.
Hester's Cotton Statement

SpSS SscaoyI ulluounSs 1U.O0.
Hester's Cetton Statement.
y, Comparisons are to actual dates, not to
close OF corresponding weeks.
TN thousand bales):
two In ys.ls signt .ss for yssk s1s year sgc. sss
sea ssssoa : ada ads7; year ago. S,Sfs; two yssPs
. Port receipts for season, 3926: year agc.
3,7S3: two years ago, 1917.
a6s yssT asS, lbs tEo a ssars aFo. nof isssassen'
ss 1 @ tssn5nss saa ssafs feF
Interior stocks in excess OF August l.
ll'22Sl; ! '22SSll year aso' l'lo6; two years agO'
Foreign exports for week, 241: year ago.
Year sEo. sEo Zs7Es Esa aF1; o 21s for % 7ss;
rss fee week e2i year ago. At: for season. SIG;
Statement Of spinners' takings of Amer
'cer bfs SfossSa Wsek kthf3SshSIs the wS5s Sss
Total since August l. 4.45e: year sEo.
4'0I4; two years ago. $500,
Total visible this week. 10. .906; week ago,
IO,806: year ago. 11.3l2: two years aEo,
OF this total American this week. s.s25:
All other kinds this week. 1881: week
ago, 1855; year ago, 1,63S: two years ago.
Visible in United States this week. s,s4S;
, Visible in other countries this week.
4,261: year ago. 4.O3S.