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The Washington times., 1937-01-01
STAND TO COST
$4,000 AT
CAPITOL
Members Of Congress,
Diplomats and Guests
Will Sit There

Although it will be used for only
about an hour on January 20, the
stand fast nearing completion in
front of the Capitol will cost
100000.
On the columned platform,
President Roosevelt will take the
oath of office administered by
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes, of the United States
Supreme Court, and will deliver
his inaugural address. Members
of Congress, cabinet officers, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and
distinguished guests from all parts
of the nation will be seated among
the $4,000 persons the stand will
accommodate.
The Capitol stand is being
constructed from 250,00O board
feet of lumber, will be 400 feet
long and the main sections will
extend across the center section
of the Capitol building, high
above the steps.
1000 Rooms Listed
Assuring accommodations for
the thousands expected for the
ceremony, Edgar Morris, chair
man of the inaugural housing
and hospitality committee, has
announced that 1000 rooms al
ready have been listed and thou
sands more are expected to- be
recorded with the committee.
Morris warned that the COM
mittee reserves the right "to re-
fuse the listing in its files of any
accommodations if it considers
the prices asked unfair and ex-
horbitant." He added:
zone of the purposes of the
housing and hospitality COM
mittee is to see visitors are
fairly treated and the commit
tee intends to do So"
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
general chairman of the inaugural
committee, announced today he
had received acceptance from Ii
of the 4S State governors to in
vitations to attend the inaugural
ceremonies on January 20.
Thus far, he said, only three
governors-Harry H. Blood, OF
Utah; Carl E. Bailey, Arkansas
and Frank F. Merriam, California
have declined. The acceptances
came from:
Governors Philip La Toilette,
Wisconsin; Richard C. McMullin,
Delaware; George o. Perry, Vir-
ginia; Wilbur L. Cross, Connecti-
cut; Herbert Lehman, New York;
Olin D. Johnston, South Carolina;
Richard w. Leche, Louisiana;
Hugh White, Mississippi.
Governors Henry Horner, Illi-
nois; Louis o. Barrows, Maine;
Harry w. Nice, Maryland; Frank
Murphy, Michigan; Elmer Benson,
Minnesota; Clyde r. Hoey, North
Carolina; w. L. LANCER. North Da-
kOGd, MAI IGAu II. OdNCy, OA4AO'
George H. Earle, Pennsylvania,
and Robert E. Quinn, Rhode Is
land.
Executive officers of the Elec-
toral College, who will have a
dinner on the night of January
10 at which James A. Farley,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, will be the
principal speaker, will have all
governors who come here from the
ceremonies as their guests.
Admiral Grayson announced
that in addition TO the West Point
cadets, Annapolis midshipmen,
ana the regular units of Army,
Navy and Marines, who will
march in the parade, the Districts
National Guard, the Marine Corps
Reserve and the Naval Reserve
will be assigned places in the line
of march.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

the homicide squad. Other than TO
say it was PERSONAL and directed the
disposal Of Higgins effects, police
would not reveal its contents.
Higgins was head Of the assessment
and processing section of the Internal
Revenue Bureaus Tax Division. He
formerly was a member Of the In.
telligence Division stan at the bureau.
Born In Chaney, Md, he was It
tending Princeton University when
the United States entered the World
War. He enlisted in the Army Avia-
ton Corps and served as a flying In
structor.
Higgins was elected to the House Of
Delegates from Calvert County after
the war. He was a member of the
Prince Frederick MD American
Legion Post.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Marie
Riordon Higgins; son, James A.
Higgins. I'd; his father, James w.
Higgins, ST., Of CLANCY, Md, and two
sisters. Mrs. Louise H. Williams, Of
Bristol, Md, and Mrs. Robert w. Cook,
of Annapolis.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence tomorrow at 1880 pm.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery with military honors.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
MRS. R. P. WILLIAMS
DIES IN ILLINOIS
Wife of Meteorologist at Langley
Field Stricken While
on Visit.

Mrs. Elizabeth Conroy Williams,
wife Of Capt. Randolph P. Williams,
meteorologist of the General Head
quarters Air Force at Langley Field.
Va, died Saturday at Belleville, H.,
the War Department announced today.
Mrs Williams had been called to
Illinois by the death of her father.
DR. j. X. Conroy, and while there was
stricken with a sudden illness. She
had been at Langley Field for about
two years. She was educated at Ward
Belmont College. Nashville, Tenn, and
at Washington University. st. Louis.
Prior to her marriage she was prac-
ticing dentist in the ofiice Of her
father at Belleville.
Surviving are her husband and .
2-year-old son. Thomas Williams
Capt. williams Is widely known as the
meteorologist of the famous strato-
sphere flight of Maj Stephens and Maj.
Anderson near Rapid City, s. Oak.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery at . time to be announced
later. .. .....
Evening star., 1937-01-04

T. Davis Of No. a. Engine Company.
He believed the explosion was caused
by . spark from an Air compression
motor that igpited gasoline fumes in
the basement. The FIRE was extin-
guished quickly. Two 150-gallon
storage tanks under the basement floor
were not damaged.
Green was standing near the large
front window when the explosion oc-
Cured. I felt the floor raise up." he
said. 1T pitched me right out through
the plate glass window"
when I got up and looked inside
I saw the place was on fire," Green
continued. ''Mr. williams came out
the front door, his body blazing. and
rolled him over in the mud to put
his clothes out. Then rushed him to
the hospital in my car. After an X-ray
had been made Of my injured arm
returned to the station"
Green WAS back at work today, help
ing Rode appraise and repair the
damage.
Flying glass from one Of the windows
struck Raleigh Black. ~, attendant al
q filling station across the street. or
the leg while he was changing a tire
Evening star., 1937-01-04

University . police officers train
ing school, headed by Lieut. kreml.
where cities send officers to learn
latest enforcement methods and
methods that work. 1t also Is send
ing Kreml and his assistants into
other cities, like Syracuse, Cincinnati
and Louisville, to install these methods.
The industry is backing the Inter-
national Association Of Chiefs of Police
and the National Association OF MOTOR
Vehicle Administrators in promoting
proper enforcement and uniform laws.
1t has reused great interest among
the National Congress OF Parents anu
Teachers with 100000 members and
26.O0O local clubs; the general Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, with 1000 .OCO
| members and 10000 clubs, and the
American Legion, with membership
of l ,OOO, 900 former soldiers.
Nav Become New Crusade.
The driving force now under way,
II it catches the public imagination,
; will sweep the country like new cru
sade.
worst from the standpoint Of trafhc
fatalities. But the estimated tota!
of 37.5O0 deaths for 1896 exceeds
the 1885 figure by only 500, or about
| l per cent.
Gasoline consumption. according to
R. L. Forney, National Safety Council
expert, rose 10 per cent. In other
words. if the rate of auto deaths had
kept pace with the increased use OF
cars-and in previous years they did
3.70O citizens now alive would have
been killed.
On that basis it would seem that
the new safety program. with flow
of gold being poured into its veins.
is beginning to have its effect. The
trend is being reversed.
(Copyright. 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance tncJ
Evening star., 1937-01-04
4 4ESCAPE DEATH
IN STATION BLAST
One Badly Burned-EmpIoye
= Blown IS Feet Through
Window in Explosion.

Four men, one Of whom was blown
IS feet through . large window. mar
rowly escaped possible death or serious
injury yesterday when an explosion
rocked 4 filling station and tire and
battery shop at 1901 Fourteenth street.
Velmer Green, 81, Of 1856 M street.
an attendant, was catapulted through
the window, but picked himself up on
the concrete outside In time to extin-
euish flames on the clothing Of John
T. Williams. 40. Of 1912 Gallatin street.
and rush him to GARFIELD Hospital.
williams. another attendant. was in
the basement. where the explosion oc-
CURED. With his clothing In flames he
ran up the basement steps and out the
front door. Green seized him and
rolled him in the mud along the filling
station driveway until the fire in his
clothing was put out.
Broke All Windows.
The blast broke almost every win
dow In the filling station and several
In nearby homes and temporarily dis
rupted telephone communication in
the vicinity. The first floor. Of con-
crete construction, was broken up.
The fire that followed was put out by
No. ~ Engine Company.
Williams received severe burns and
cuts about the body. His condition
was described today ut Garfield as
fairly good after quiet night.
Green suffered . wrenched shoulder.
Two other men escaped injury.
They were Milton Rode. 81, CT 302
Emerson street, son Of Joseph Rode.
40. owner of the filling station, and
Floyd w. Harrison, 2S, of liz Twenty
fourth street, attendant in . gasoline
station across the street.
Rode was unable to determine the
cause of the explosion or to estimate
Evening star., 1937-01-04
|OEATHOF HIGGINS
TERMED SUICIDE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Section Chief Victim of
Mon0xide Gas.

A certificate Of suicide has been is
sued in the case Of James w. Higgins,
jr., 43. Internal Revenue Bureau sec
ton chief, and former member of the
Maryland House of Delegates. who
was found dead from carbon monoxide
poisoning in the garage behind his
home at 537 Quintana place late Sat-
urday night.
Higgins body was found on the
front seat OF his car by a maid. The
engine was running and the doors of
the garage were closed, police said.
An unfinished note, written by Hig-
gins in the garage. was turned over to
Evening star., 1937-01-04
LECTURE CANCELLED

The lecture by Rockwell Kent ut
Trinity College this afternoon has been
Cancelled. it was announced by the
school today. The artist was to have
spoken at 4:30 O'Clock.
Miss Mary Ellen Chase, author, Of
the Smith College English department
will be speaker on the program Janu-
Ary IL.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

flett fling station attendant, is pic
shoued his employer Joseph Rode 40 hOO he
escaped death yesterday en explosion rocked the station
street. Green pointing to the 1DndoD.
through bopn by the blast The 0ndo is
boarded At their feet the concrete flooring Ohere Green
standing en the explosion occurred The floor torn
up SeUera places.
John T. Williams 40 (nse) severely burned. Green
nut the his clothing and rushed him to the hospital
Evening star., 1937-01-04

9-year-old pupil of the "A
grade at the Thomson School,
1UhO 1Uas robbed OF 20 cents
yesterday by a band OF fve
colored boys near Ninth and
F streets. Robert said the ages
of the "bdndits" ranged be-
tiDeen 2 and II. Robert has
decided there is nothing to do
out Just cut dO,Dn on the
candy and sodds until he can
raise his financial status
again. Star staff Photo.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

the damage. The building was not
covered by insurance.
The structure was in flames when
f1remen arrived: according to Lieut.. H.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
TRAFFIC THIS YEAR
DOOMS THOUSA SANDS.
81, 900 Deaths Yearly Higher
: Than Fatality Raj te in
World War.

what prooress has been made In
the last year in combating the au-
tonobile trafc menace through
oyt The country, What still needs
Ia be donep Ho,p are some cities
nnd States. through engineering.
Inn enforcement and education.
rsduc;nn the SLAUGHTER bn their
streets and highUays The
ANSWERS to these and otf[ [er Ques-
fions nre contained in a series OF
crt;cles Of uhich this is the first,
= ,,-;tten IN nm erperiencfd netpS-
paper man who pisited Q nnmoer
~ cities to make a comp rehensiue
surrey.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Notice

Application having been made to
The Liquor Control Board for Mont
gomery County for approval of the
Issuance Of a license to sell alcoholic
beverages pursuant to the provisions
Of Chapter Q Of the Acts Of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, Spe-
cial Session of 1888, entitled, Sal
coholic Beverages, notice is hereby
given that the said application is
made by
EARL PLUMMER
for Class "D", On Sale Generally
Beer license.
The place Of business proposed to
be licensed is located at 621 Sligo
Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Pursuant to law the Board has
Axed the.
End day of August, 1887
ct 1880 o'clock, r. M, at the Liquor
OispehsAry Building, Silver Spring,
Maryland, for hearing on said appli-
cation which is on file in the office
Of the Secretary of the Board.
Any persons desiring to be heard
In favor of or in opposition to the
approval of said application should
appear at the time and place fixed
for said hearing.
THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
BIZ IRA c. WHITAcRE, Secretary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Farm Property
For Sale


For the purpose Of closing tn,
estate of the late Alice v. Burns
the undersigned is DESTROYS of sell
ing the farm Of which she died
seized and possessed, situate in tn.
Laytonsville District, Montgomer,
County, Maryland, on the Etchison.
Howard County road, about / mile
East of Etchison and containing
about 64A acres, more or less
Tn. farm has frontage of about
200 yards o. the above named road
and is not over Y of q mile from
improved highway. TIE land Il
practically all cleared and under cul-
tivation, with a flowing stream
through the farm accessible to every
field. 4
Improvements consist of q six
room dwelling house, with concrete
cellar under part of the house and
pump and well of good water at the
door; also barrack barn, combination
corn house, granary and wagon
shed, hen house and other outbuild-
ings.
WILBUR BURNS,
Executor and Agent.
Gaithersburg, Nd.
r. +. y. No. g
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Notice

Application having been made to
The Liquor Control Board for Mont
geometry County for approval OF the
transfer Of 4 license herett66sx2re
Issued Minnie r. zisks to sell alco.
holic beverages pursuant to the pro-
Visions Of Chapter Of the Acts
Of the General Assembly Of Mary
land, Special Session Of 1893, en-
titled, alcoholic BEVERAGE, notice
e hereby given that the said appli-
cation Is made by
RUDOLPH MARTIN
for q Glass "D", On Sale Cen
orally, Beer license.
The place of business proposed to
be licensed is known as 124 Com
merce Lane, Rockville, Maryland.
Pursuant to law the Board has
6xed the
e End day Of August, 1887
at 1880 o'clock, P. NJ, at the Liquor
Dispensary Building at Sligo, near
Silver Spring, Maryland, for hear
ing ON said application which is on
ale in the Office Of the Secretary Of
the Board.
Any persons desiring to be heard
in favor Of or in opposition to the
approval Of said application should
appear at the tine and place fixed
for said hearing.
THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
By IRA G. WHITAcRE, Secretary.
1900
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Order of Publication

Doris Gowan Morris, Complainant
VS..
Gerald II. Morris, Defendant.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Equity No. 1898.
The object of this Bill is to pro-
cure q divorce a vinculo nnatrimonii
by the Complainant from the De-
PENDANT, and to have restored her
maiden name Of Doris Gowan.
The Bill states as follows:
d. That she is resident of Ia
koma Park, Montgomery County,
Maryland, and has been for more
than two years Immediately preced-
ing the fling of this suit. That
the Defendant is nonresident of
said County and State, his last
known address being Atlanta, Gecr-
gia.
2. That she and the Defendant
were lawfully married in Atlanta,
Georgia, on or about May 3, 1898.
by Minister of the Gospel.
3. That there were no children
born as result of said marriage.
d.. That she and the Defendant
lived together as husband and wife
until on or about June 1, 1884, when
the Defendant without any Just cause
or reason deserted and abandoned
her. That said desertion and aban-
donment has been continuous and
uninterrupted, and was deliberate
and final, and the said separation OF
the parties is beyond any reasonable
expectation Of reconciliation.
| 3. That the Complainant was al.
ways a kind, loving and dutiful wife
toward her husband.
To the end, therefore, upon this
18th day Of July in the year 1887
it is ordered by the Circuit Cour,
Tor Montgomery County, Maryland
as q Court of Equity, that the Com
plainant by causing a COPY of th;,
Order to be inserted in soma news .
paper printed and published il
montgomery County, Maryland, ono,
Ia week for four successive weeks
before the 14th day of August, A. D
1887, giving notice to the Defendan
OF the object and substance of thi,
Bill and warning him to be AND
appear in this Court in person O,
by solicitor on or before the Is
day OF September, A. d. 1887. :,
show cause, if he may have any
why a decree should not be passes
as prayed.
| CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of Circuit Court for
Il montgomery County, Marylans
True Copy of Test:
III CLAYTON X. WATKINS c1.,,i,
1885,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Assignee's Sale
MORTGAGED
FARM PROPERTY

By virtue of the power and
authority contained in a certain
mortgage from Robert w. Shumate
and Mary A. lShumate, his wife, and
Titus ]. Day and Ethel w. Day
his wife, to Austin T. Powell dated
February 7th, 1921 and recorded in
Liber No. 305 at folio 2 of the Land
Records of Montgomery County
which said mortgage was thereafter
assigned to Annette B. Martin, who
has assigned the same to f. Barnard
Welsh for the purpose of fore
closure; and whereas said mortgage
provides for sale Of the mortgaged
property in event Of default occur
ring in the terms of said mortgage,
and such default having occurred,
the undersigned, F. Barnard Welsh,
assignee as aforesaid. on
Saturday, July 31st, 1887
at 11:OO o'clock A. M, at the Court
House door in Rockville, will offer
for sale at public auction all of
the property in said mortgage de-
scribed, being farm situate partly
In Montgomery County and partly
in Howard County in the State ot
Maryland, comprising 275 acres OF
land, more or less, about 81 acres
Of which lies in Howard County and
the balance in Montgomery County.
The property Is unimproved and
consists of cut-over timber land. It
Is situate on the road leading from
Etchison to Hipsley's MIL, about two
miles from the town OF Etchison.
TERMS OF SALE as prescribed
by said mortgage: All cash upon
ratification of the sale by the Court.
The property win be sold clear OF
liens, except the taxes for 1887 :
1888. A deposit Of $4,000 win
be required when the property h
knocked down. b
Revenue stamps, both State and
Federal, and convegsncing ct The
cost Of the purchases.
n. BARNARD WELSH,
AsIignee for The PuEpoaU az
NoCoesosuro. I1s1
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15

erect barn.
Darian P. and Cora A. Darne, Dick
erson, Nd, 18th District. To erect
addition to warehouse.
Robert ]. and Dorothy G. Allen
Route 1, Rockville, Md. To erect ad.
dition to dwelling.
Michael and Anna Zetts, Rockville
To erect addition to dwelling.
Bertha J. Parsley, Olney, Nd, 9th
District. To erect dwelling.
J. Carlton and Verna w. Briggs
End district. To erect filing station.
Addie Hood, Sandy Spring, 9Th
District. To erect dwelling.
Hattie F. Darr, 919 Eye ST., N. w.
Washington, D. c., 9Th District. One
room dwelling.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Notice

Application having been made 10
The Liquor Control Board for Mont
gomery County for approval of the
issuance OF a license to sell alcoholic
beverages pursuant to the provisions
Of Chapter 2 of the Acts of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, Spe-
cial Session of 1888, entitled, Alec
holic Beverages, notice is hereby
given that the said application Is
made by
ROY A. GALLOWAY
for Class "D", On Sale Generally,
Beer License.
The place of business proposed to
be licensed is a store in Gathers
burg located at the intersection al
Brooke Avenue and the Frederick
Pike, Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Maryland.
Pursuant to law the Board has
fixed the
End day of August, 1887
at 1880 o'clock P. NJ, at the Liquor
Dispensary Building at Silver Spring,
Maryland, for hearing on said appli-
cation which is on file in the Office
OF the Secretary of the Board.
Any person desiring 10 be heard
IN favor OF or in opposition 30 the
approval of said application should
appear At theetiue and placa fixed
THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
~ IRA G. WHTrAcRE. SeWOtnT.
1ooo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscribers of Montgomery
County, have obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Tesla
mentary on the Personal Estate Of
MARY VIOLA WEBSTER,
late of Montgomery County, deceased.
All persons having Claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated to the
subscriber on or before the 18th
day of January next; they may
otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit Of said Estate. All per-
sons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under our hands this 18th
day of July, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-sevef. ~
GRACE M. BAKER,
Rockville, Md.
MAUDE F. TAYLOR, .
Gaithersbury, Nd.
Executives.
WILLIAM v. BouIc, Attorney. 1903
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-15
Rockville News And
Social Items !

DR.. Gilbert v. Hartley is spending
this week in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Seybold and
children, Bernice and John left Sun
day for New York. They expect to be
gone week or ten days.
! Miss Mary Bouic returned on Fri.
day from Lake Ontario where she was
guest of friends<at house party.
Miss Emily Blandford expects to
motor to New York on Friday for q
visit with relatives over the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Garrabrant
land Mr.. Albert Ady motored to Sky.
line Drive for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Scott have re.
turned from Hancock, Nd.
Mrs. Paul Brunett was hostess to
the Minerva Club this week, the mem
hers including: Mrs. Camillus Stokes,
Mrs. Brownell Riggs, Mrs. Thomas
Kelley, Miss Catherine Smith, Mrs
Charles Rudd, Mrs. John B. Brewer.
Miss Elsie Broy of Hyattsville, Md.
is visiting her uncle and aunt Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Violette.
Mrs. Earl Cobey Of Frostburg, Md
visited relatives here over the week
end.
Mr.. Charles Rudd motorei to Mt.
Kisco, N. Y, for the week end, he was
accompanied home on Monday by Mrs,
Rudd, who has been visiting relatives
in Mt. Kisco for ten days.
Mrs. John Burnett was hostess to
one of the Tuesday Bridge Clubs this
week.
Mrs. L. A. Sunderwirth of Wash
ington spent the week end with hel
sister, Mrs. John B. Brewer.
Mrs. Joseph Broadhurst was given
a surprise birthday party on Sunday
July 18th in celebration of her 57th
birthday anniversary. Besides hel
husband and son, the guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Violette, and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Fowler Stephens
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke
Mullineaux and family, Of Rockville
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Wetzel and sons,
of Gaithersburg, Mrs. Joseph Wetzel
and grandson of Olney, Mr.. and Mrs,