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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-25
FISHERS DISTRICT
Near Greenwood

The Daughters Of America Lodge
OF Pennington gave a free bingO and
Christmas party on Monday evening
There was a good attendance to en-
joy It all. II looked like Santa Claus
was somewhere around, with SO
many gifts piled up and good eats.
Mrs. Lizzie Raughley, the new depu-
ty and Mrs. BERTHE Jones and Mrs.
Cubbage Of Canterbury were visitors
at the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Butler were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rust
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva O'Bier we're
guests OF Mrs. Josephine Galloway
Of Harrington on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Bessie Jones entertained Mr..
John Outten Of Philadelphia on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Young and
son, were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Morris Of CenterVille, Nd,
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Raymond Nichols
ana family, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wroten, Mr.. and Mrs. GOotee Brown.
the Misses Dorothy Rust, Anna Tat
man, Margaret Mcdowell and Flor
ence Burris, Messrs. Isaac Mcdowell.
George Collision and C. w. Dearman
were Wilmington visitors the past
week.
The Misses Eleanor and Hilda
Wroten Of Wilmington are spending
The Christmas holidays with their
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wroten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Lofiand and
Mrs. Arthur Collision were Dover
1isitors on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. p. Morris enter
aimed Mrs. John Maris and Mrs.
Windsor Morris of Philadelphia on
dOnday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cannon and
liss Addie Collision were guests of
lr. and Mrs. Orville Wilson of MIL /
ord on Saturday evening.
Don't forget the date for the {
hristmas entertainment at Todd's {
napel, Sunday evening, December
fth. Come, and bring your friends
nd see how well the children will
ltertain you. c
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Merle 4
Bier are much improved after be- '
g victims Of chicken pOx for sew Il
al days. L
Wishing all a Merry Christmas a
Ia Happy and Prosperous New n
ear. Il
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-25
FREDERICK

The young men of the town have
organized a basketball team. EeIton
ana Dover have engaged in the
games thus far to an interested an
u1ehce. Ihey would like to schedule
games for January 6 and 8, and any
GATE thereafter. All correspondence
can be addressed to Harry Cats.
secretary.
Ihomas Langrell, retired farmer
VINO made his home with his son.
theodore Langrell, passed away
suddenly from a stroke of appO-
plexy on Saturday night. Mr.. Lang
reil was well liked by everyone. FII-
neral services were held at his late
residence on Tuesday afternoon.
conducted by Rev. H. B. Kelso. In
terment was made in BaFratt's GEM
etery. The deceased was 20 years of
age and is survived by his sons, The
odore and Roland Langrell of this |
town, two daughters, Miss Alice /
Langrell and Mrs. Rosie Klagman of |
Wilmington.
DR.. and Mrs. J. B. Grier were
hosts to the Barratt's Chapel Ladies
Aid Society last Friday evening. As
usual fine program was given and
the evening was profitably and
pleasantly spent.
Our town looks quite festive in
for the holidays. Bril-
liantly lighted evergreens are on the
porches while the lovely wreaths
with scarlet berries are hanging in
the windows. They bespeak a CHEEKY
to the home coming rela-
tives.
At this writing the final prepara-
tons are being made for the Christ
mas program to be given in Trim
ty NJ. E. Church on Christmas night.
The annual treat to the Sunday /:
school will be given as usual.
Miss Mildred Adler and Edward
Schmidt of Bloomfield, N. j., were !,
guests over the weekend of Mr..
md Mrs. Asa Rogers.
Mrs. Selden Raughley, James
Mrs. S. E. Bostic, Mrs.
Alice G. Melvin were Wilmington
hoppers on Monday evening. D
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Carlisle of c
'ambridge, Mass, are spending the Il
olidays with DR.. and Mrs. L. L. il
arlisle. n
Miss Mary B. Derrickson of Duke Al
N. c., is home with her Il
lOtheT, Mrs. J. B. Derrickson for d;
er Christmas vacation. Il
James Anderson Of laurel, John re
ndersOn of Wilmington, Mrs.
lanche, Amalie and Rose Anderson e
re visiting their aunt. Mrs. William th
each. d,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Lank enter
lined at their annual Christmas he
nner, Mr.. and Mrs. William BOyce so
Id son Billy of Wilmington, Mr.. nh
Id Mrs. Arthur Stotesbury of Smyr-
/, Miss Margaret v. Robbins, Miss lis
NINA Kenney, John c. George Of
and Edward Wilson of a
llford.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fountain and Mrs. rh,
Klein of Ardmore, Pa, were the :
tests Of Miss Sarah E. Lank on VIII
1nday. wo
Mrs. Carrie Sharp of Wilmington
II spend Christmas with Mr.. and far
s. William Leach. Mo
Mrs. Della Wilson spent Monday /
th her sister, Mrs. Clara Driscoll cei
Wilmington who is still very i'll. rec
dr. and Mrs. John Stevens of Will sou
ngton were guests Of Mr.. and Y
s. James Spurry on Monday. des
,harles Boone Of Wilmington was Ra-
Iunday guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Har- ed
yJester. De,
,. L. Woodall Of Wilmington spent sun
weekend with Oscar p. Har- vic,
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iev. and Mrs. n. g. Benson Of job
'ssa visited Mrs. Della Mitten s
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.alph Jester Of North Carolina is 3.
nding the holidays here with his try
lily. this
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Evening star., 1936-07-24
100 CITIZENS IN SPAIN
UNDER HEPBRON'S CARE

James M. Hepbron, director Of the
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commits
sion, has been appointed housing and
food administrator for 100 Americans
in the United States Embassy in Spain,
according to dispatches from Madrid.
Hepbron is well known in WASH
ington by his work in Baltimore and
by an important address he delivered
last Winter at a dinner considering
the formation of a crime commission
fof the District.
Going to Europe on a combined
business and rest" trip, Hepbron re-
Gently wrote friends he had found
conditions in France quite unsettled.
but looked forward to some real rest
in Spain before coming home" Little
did he know when he wrote that he
would land in Spain In the middle Of
o revolution. The letter was addressed
to wallace Reidt, his assistant at Bal
timore, -
Evening star., 1936-07-24

rarely consents to be tanned.
This female was received at the age
of 18 months in 1880. Keepers have
had to answer many questions about
her, such as her pedigree, habitat and
hunting habits.
The jaguars are the biggest cats in
the Americas and now are mostly con-
fined to Central and South American
jungles. They are excellent tree climb
ers for sucn heavy creatures, and
usually haunt river jungles, although
they often are found in the uplands.
Hoarse, Deep Roar.
in his native country the jaguar Is
more frequently heard than seen. His
hoarse, deep roar carries far over forest
and river, especially during the mating
season.
The jaguar young develop swiftly.
They are capable of following their
mother IS days after birth, biologists
say.
Tomorrow, Cody, the bearded
buffalo, whose family has staged
comeback after years OF destruc-
ton.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
WOMAN IS KILLED,
) HURT IN TRAFFIC
Maryland Resident Fatally
Injured and Boy, II,
Is Near Death.

An 80-year-old man, young woman
and two children were injured In traffic
here yesterday as crashes on Maryland
highways took one life and threatened
another.
The dead person-Mrs. Guy L. Han
son, so, of Manchester, Md.-was al
most instantly killed when her hus-
bands automobile overturned after
blowout near Warfleldsburg, Md. Her
husband, who was driving. and two
young daughters, riding in the rumble
seat, escaped with minor hurts.
Jack Shuey, IL, Prospect avenue,
Hyattsville, was still unconscious and
in critical condition at Casualty Hos
pital with head injuries received early
yesterday when knocked from his BIZ
cycle by an automobile on the Queens
Chapel road near Hyattsville.
Merton Roberts, 80, Of 413 Fourth
street northeast was injured about the
head when struck by q street car at
Fourteenth and G streets. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
The children hurt were Richard
Taylor, 8, of $3.50 T street, who was
treated at Georgetown Hospital for an
injured foot after being struck by q
machine near his home, and Frances
Green. S. colored, 1903 Foote street
northeast, cut and bruised when
knocked down by an automobile near
her home.
Miss Irene Starandt, 20, Of 2l50
Pennsylvania avenue was cut about
the face when an automobile in which
she was riding was in collision with
taxicab at Louisiana avenue and First
street. She was treated at Emergency
and later transferred to Episcopal
Hospital.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
Mother, Dased by Death of 2,
Still Sets Table for 6 Children
Father, Whose Truck Crushed Sons as
They Ran to Meet Him, Waits to
Hear Their CHEEKY Voices.

himself had been saddened by tragic
accident. He was backing his car in
his yard when it struck and fatally
injured his mother.
Walter and James Burch, In addi-
ton to their parents, are survived by
four brothers and sisters-Helen, II;
Allen, jr., 8; Dorothy, 10, and Francis,
years old.
1t was Dorothy who saw the acci-
dent and was able to tell her father
how the two little boys tried to gain
q footing on the running board of the
truck before they lost their hold and
fell under the wheels. Then Dorothy
ran screaming to her mother, who was
working in the field out of earshot
from the house.
Two of them!" Mrs. Burch cried.
And then she Rugged little Francis,
the baby" to her side.
Il suppose I should be thankful he
wasn't taken, too" she said. He
started to run toward the truck with
the others, but Helen held him back" "
The Burch home is located mile
and a half of the Washington-Leon-
ardtown pike, but neighbors for miles
around soon learned of the tragedy
and sought to console the family.
What makes it so bad is that they
didn't realize they were doing any,
thing dangerous-they were depending
on me-" Burch said.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
ST. ELRABETH'S
NEW WELLPR0vES
ADEQUATE IN TEST.
Much ShaIIoWer Than One
at Glenn Dale Reported
as Failure.
CONNECTION SOON
WITH WATER MAINS
Few More Days Required for
Shift From District Water
to New System.

Final tests of the new well dug
to supply all water needed by ST.
Elizabeth's Hospital have proven it
satisfactory and adequate, 1t was
learned today.
This is in contrast to the much
deeper we'll dug at the tuberculosis
Sanitarium at Glenn Dale, Md, which
has been characterized by D. C..
Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan
as a failure"
The new we'll at St. Elizabeth's
has been officially delivered to the
Government by the Layne-Atlantic
Co., contractors, which dug it, and
soon will be hooked up to the hospital
water mains, so that the hospital
can be cut of from the District of
Columbia water mains.
Few Days Required.
The final hook-up will take few
days, it was explained, and the shift
from District water to the new well
water probably will be completed some
time late next week, it was said
The well was deemed necessary
because the hospital was making too
great drain on the city water. supply.
Several old wells. from which the
hospital used to get water have been
abandoned for years.
Final tests, according to the Layne
Co., show that the we'll can produce
practically 100000 gallons of water
in "a hours. The official figures
showed 100000 gallons on one test
of "a hours, on what is known as a
"drawdown" of 200 feet. This means
that the bottom of the pump pipe is
only 200 feet down in a we'll which
itself is 480 feet deep.
Provision for Increase.
Should there ever be necessity to
increase the capacity Of the well, it
was explained by the company, the
pump equipment could be sunk 200
feet deeper into the well to depth
of 400 feet, and this would produce, it
is estimated. total of about 100000
gallons of water in "a hours.
Formerly the nine old wells on the
reservation used to produce only 75o.-
900 gallons a day, according to the
records.
Under the contract for the new well
1t was provided that it produce a mini
mum of 1,250,000 gallons a day. The
test went far over this minimum.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
ACTION is STARTED
FOR BOYS RELEASE
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Are
Begun to Free Charles
Johnson.

Habeas corpus proceedings to effect
the release of 15-year-old Charles I.
johnson, whom Juvenile Court Judge
Fay Bentley committed to the Ma
tional Training School for Boys until
he is 81, were begun in District Court
today by the boys mother, Mrs. Eva
H. johnson, 483 E street southwest.
Through Attorneys Fred ]. Icen-
hover and william K. Teepe, the
mother contended the boy was de-
prived of his constitutional rights
when he was arraigned before Judge
Bentley January 30, 1885, on an un-
lawful entry charge. She said he was
allowed to plead guilty without the ad-
vice Of counsel and over her objec-
tion and her demand for q jury trial.
The case was re-opened about q
week ago when Mrs. johnson moved
to set aside the guilty plea and for
q trial by jury. After hearing argu-
ments, Judge Bentley overruled the
motion. Filing Of the petition for q
habeas corpus writ was a protest
against her action.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
D. c. MEDICAL COST
FIGURES DISPUTED
Data Showing Other Cities
Expenses Much Lower
Called Unfair.

Census Bureau reports showing the
per capita cost for charities, hospitals
and corrections in the District was ex-
ceeded in only four of the large cities
of the country in 1884 were denounced
today as misleading" and unfair 20
the District" because. it is held, the
statistics are not comparable.
The development served to place
Washington in a position of having
a much greater per capita cost than
many cities equally as large.
Maj. Daniel ]. Donovan, District
auditor, was amazed at the Census
studies indicating that the per capita
cost for these services here was $17.79,
whereas in Chichago it was $194.
Something wrong there" was Don
ovan's first remark. When the study
was released Wednesday he promptly
sent agents to the bureau and found
that many of the costs charged here
are paid by county, State or even Fed
eral agencies in other States.
The same sort of mistake has been
made time and again, Donovan's reve-
lation recalled, by experts who sought
to compare the Districts tax rate with
that in other cities, most Of which
have been used to discredit the Dis
trict in the annual fiscal relations
battles. Statistics that were not COM
parable have been employed to class
the washington resident as q tax
dodger."
In this case the figures tended to
show that the city administration was
either extravagant or that services
we're much more extensive than in
other large cities. Mai. Donovan did
not get the impression, however. that
the mistakes were deliberate.
I'm any study of the City OF Wash
ington on expenditures for activities
Of these particular kinds" said Maj.
Donovan, "due consideration should be
given to the fact that the city OF
Washington operates as single gov
ernmental unit, while for other cities
there are many units of overlapping
government, State, county and munic-
ipal"
Mai. Donovan calculated that on the
basis of the census study the per capita
costs for charities, hospitals and cor
rections in the District for the fiscai
year 1896, just ended, would have been
1888, as against $17.79 for 1884.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
HAzEN SHELVES
NEW JAIL IDEA
Says New Building Not I'm
perative-Repairs Will
Suffice.

Proposals for construction of new
District Jail were shelved today by
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, who
announced he would seek instead to
obtain funds for reconditioning and
re-equipping the old building at Nine
teeth and c. streets southeast.
Building of a new Jail had been ad-
vocated by the Corrections Committee
Of the Council of Social Agencies on
the ground that the present structure
was overcrowded, inefficiently ar
ranged and impossible to heat, light
and ventilate properly.
After receiving the councils state
ment, Hazen and Engineer Commis-
sioner Dan I. Sultan made a personal
inspection of the Jail to determine il
estimates for a new building should be
included in the 1888 budget. now being
developed.
There are many things wrong with
the old building" said Hazen today,
but fundamentally it still is sturdy
building. It is one of the finest old
buildings have ever inspected in my
life.
Particularly, because of the flnan-
cial stress now facing the District, !
favor development of estimates for
remodeling and. possibly, for construc-
ton of an addition to reduce crowd
ing. Construction Of a new building,
however. is not an economic neces-
sity"
Hazen said he would call promptly
for development Of recondition plans.
Among other things, the cell locking
system must be replaced, according to
Capt. Thomas M. Rives, Jail superin-
tendent. Hazen also sees the need Of
development of a new death house" p"
Executions still are performed in the
jail mesS hall
Evening star., 1936-07-24
DANGER OF PARALYSIS
IN D. C.. HELD REMOTE

The District this year apparently
will escape any considerable trouble
with infantile paralysis, while other
sections which last year were free of
the disease will suffer, experts says.
During 1885 Washington had IS
cases and 10 deaths. Eight cases had
been reported up to June IL, last year.
This year, up to June IL, the District
Health Department had report of but
one case.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, acting
1885, there was an infantile paralysis
epidemic in Virginia, where there were
688 cases and 46 deaths. In North
Carolina last year there were 675 cases
and 81 deaths.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
p, a STAFF Correspondent OF rne Star.

RS stan correspondent OF Inc Star.
CLINTON, Md, July 24-Two chill
dren Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Burch we're buried today, but their
mother can scarcely break herself of
the habit of setting six places for
her children at table.
Last night" she said, "I set six
places for the children before real
lied there were only four. 1 guess
miss them most at mealtime."
The father, too, can scarcely COM
prehend the tragedy of their death
Wednesday afternoon beneath the
wheels of a truck he was turning into
the drive at his home.
They ran out to meet me. just as
they always do" he said in choked
voice. Usually stop and take them
in, but I was close to the house. One
moment 1 saw them, and the next
felt the rear wheel pass over their
bodies.
Still Expects to See Them.
IT keep expecting to see them
around here now"
The services for Walter Burch, s
and James, two years younger, were
conducted at st. Johns Catholic
Church in Clinton by Rev. John E
Horstkamp.
Neighbors recalled that the minister
Evening star., 1936-07-24
FIVE NOW IN JAIL
ON VICE CHARGES
Hearing to Be Given West
Virginia Prisoner Before
U. S. Commissioner.

Five people, including three women
and two men, were under arrest today
as District police and Federal agents
continued their combined efforts to
clean up an alleged white slave ring
operating between Washington and
cities in West Virginia and the South.
Other arrests are in prospect, police
indicated.
Joseph Marback, arrested in
Smithers, w. Va, yesterday by Fed
eral men, was to be returned here,
probably tomorrow, and then on Mon
day to be given hearing before United
States Commissioner Needham c.
Turnage.
Prisoner Under Bond.
Joseph Sherman, 80, was taken into
custody yesterday in a downtown
apartment by Detectives Roy E. Blick
and William G. Fawcett of the vice
squad and was held for the grand
jury under $4,000 bond after pleading
not guilty to white slave charges be-
fore Commissioner Turnage.
Sherman is the husband Of Mary
Nipple Sherman, 81, alleged operator
of the ring, who was arrested along
with her maid, Ida jackson, colored,
tn the first raid police made in the
case. The raid was made Wednesday
on an apartment In the 1400 block of
Belmont street.
Mrs. Sherman's bond stands at
$4,000, that for the jackson woman at
$1,000. The latter first was charged
with pandering and yesterday white
slave charge was filed against her. A
hearing will be held on July 20.
Bond Set at $4,000.
A white slave charge also was
placed by officers against Jean Cor
don, %, who also was taken into
custody in the Wednesday raid, but
had been held for investigation all
day yesterday. Her bond was set
at $4,000.
All but Sherman, of those arrested
here failed to make bond and were
sent to jail pending trial.
First evidence of the alleged ring
and its operations came to light when
Blick and Fawcett arrested a girl in
a downtown hotel Monday.
She told them she was "one Of
Mary Nipples girls" and that her
fare had been paid to Washington
from Southern 3city.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.


" vOWD you like to have this
black cat cross your path on
a dark night?
L Il 1t might be unlucky, at
that, especially if you didn't see the
prowler. The jaguar moves softly as
a shadow, although his eyes Sone-
times betray his presence.
Travellers in South American back
country say the orbs of the big cats
can glow like lamps in the jungle.
This female black jaguar is rare in
captivity.
Black cubs, however, crop up from
time to time in the most conven-
tional jaguar families. No one seems
to know why the tawny, spotted cats
produce an occasional offspring of a
midnight hue.
The small white spot in this jag
uar's forehead is not natural. 1t is
a scar from much restless rubbing
against the bars of her cage.
Resents Captivity.
The jaguar seems to resent cap
tivity more than any other cat, and
Evening star., 1936-07-24
REsERvISTs TO SAIL

Three divisions of the 1st Battalion
District OF Columbia Naval Reservists,
will sail from the washington Navy
Yard tomorrow morning at about 9:lo
for two-week training cruise IN West
Indian waters. Lieut.. j. e. Sullivan
will command the detachment, wnlcn
comprises 18 officers and 1913 men.
The Reservists will cruise on the de-
stroyers Tarbell, Upshur and Ellis.
They will take part In the fleet ma
r1euvers and target practice. returning
to Washington August Z.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
REGISTRATION AIDED

A rate of $6.85 for the round trip.
good for 10 days, has been arranged
for the special excursion to New York,
July s1. to permit registration for the
November election, it was announced
today from the Democratic Absentee
Voters Bureau. Those registering then
can mail In their ballots from Wash
ington.
Details on voting procedure may be
obtained at the bureau, .14o6 q street.
Evening star., 1936-07-24
INJURED IN FALL

Howard Clarke, 81, Tumbles From
Truck, Hurts Back.
Howard Clarke, 50, of AZ street.
suffered a severe back injury today
when he fell from a truck preparing
to unload groceries in the 600 block
Of Alabama avenue southeast. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Clarke said he had attempted to
jump from the truck on which he
was making deliveries after opening
the tail gate. His trousers leg snagged,
throwing him to the pavement on his
back.