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Evening star., 1938-09-05
COL. c. J. MILLER,
GRID HERO, DIES
Discoverer of Gene Tunney
Was AII-America Player
at Wisconsin U.

Col Charles John Miller, 81, U. s.
M. c., former all-America football
player, who reputedly discovered the
natural ability OF Gene Tunney as
boxer, died in Naval Hospital yester-
day after an illness of several months.
Col. Miller, veteran Of nearly 80
years service in the Marine Corps,
was selected as an all-America foot
ball star while lineman at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin more than 80
years ago. He was given credit for
developing Tunney as a boxer and
champion of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces before becoming worlds
champion
Col. Miller likewise was known
throughout the military service as an
expert with the bayonet, in the use
Of which he had given instructions
at number Of Marine posts.
He had been instructor and assistant
commandant of the Marine Corps
School at Quantico and commanded
the infantry regiment Of the Fleet
Marine Force there. Just prior to his
illness he had completed years serv-
ice as executive officer of the lst
Brigade at Quantico He had been
selected by the Marine Corps COM
mandant to take charge of Marine
forces at Shanghai, China, when ILL
ness prevented. it was explained today.
Col. Miller was graduate of the
Army School at Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., and of the French War Col
lege, Ecole de Guerre in Paris.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Orma
G. Miller of the Riverside Apartments,
BIAS c street NV, and a sister, Miss
Florence Miller, La Crosse, Wis. Col.
and Mrs Miller had made the River
side Apartments their home since he
had become ILL.,
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Wednesday in the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
MRS. HENRY BANKHEAD
is DEAD IN OTTAWA
Wife of Legation Attache to Be
Buried in WASHINGTON
Wednesday Afternoon.

OTTAWA, Sept. 5 canadian Press)
Mrs. Henry M. Bankhead, wife of
the commercial attache of the United
States Legation, died here YESTERDAY
after long period of ill health. She
was born in st. Augustine, and was 81
years old. She came to Ottawa about
flve years ago when Col Bankhead
was appointed to the legation here.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Bankhead is survived by two children,
John L. Bankhead, in the Department
OF Commerce, and Mrs. F.. B. Adae,
Miami Beach. Percy Stickney of Jack
sonville. Fla, is a brother.
Daughter of John Burlington Stick
i1ey and Caroline Russ of Lynn, Mass.
both OF whom died when she was a
child, Mrs. Bankhead and her four
brothers and sisters were adopted by
her fathers law partner, Judge John
G. Long
Funeral services will be at Christ
Church Cathedral, Ottawa, tomorrow
afternoon, and at $50 pm. the BODY
will be taken by train to WASHINGTON.
where tnterment will be in the Stick
ney family plot in Rock Creek Gene
tery Wednesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

A grief stricken father stood by a
we'll in the backyard of his home on
Sargent road NE. today and told how
he lowered himself into the 60-foot
shaft yesterday in futile attempt to
save the life of his 4-year-old son.
Francis E. Brady, painter and plas-
terer, was still wearing the clothes
he wore when he descended to the bot
tom Of the we'll by an iron pipe. hand
overland, to find his son, Francis, jr.,
dead under IL feet Of water.
Mrs. Brady called me while was
gathering some potatoes in the garden
and said something had happened to
little Francis" he related, his face
drawn with grief and lack of sleep
Rescue Squad Called.
L ran to the house and Immediately
saw plank had been laid aside on the
well box" he continued. The bucket
had been lowered through the hole I
knew he was down there, 1 pulled
another board up and grabbed that
pipe The pointed to pinch iron pipe
which extended to the we'll bottom
from an unused pump. and let myself
down as fast as I could"
Mrs. Brady, meanwhile, had called
the Fire Rescue Squad The truck,
loaded with graphing hooks and resus-
citation equipment, arrived at the
scene about the time Mr. Brady
reached the bottom of the we'll.
Inhalator Is Used.
Il had felt my sons body at the
bottom of the water by prodding with
a long stick" the father said, "and
was about to dive under when the
rescue squad men called from above
and told me to use the hooks they
Evening star., 1938-09-05
maryland G. 0.P.
ASP|RANTSACTNE
Judge Lesser AssaiIs TAFT.
Phoebus and Jackson
Make Charges.
By the Associated Press,

BALTIMORE, Sept. 5.-President
Roosevelt's visit to Maryland put no
damper on Republican politics, nor
did 1t keep the Democratic guberna-
torial campaign quiet.
Active on the campaign front yes
terday were Judge Oscar Lesser. can
didate for the Republican senatorial
nomination; State Senator Harry T..
Phoebus, candidate for the Republic
an nomination for Governor, and
Mayor Howard w. Jackson of Balti-
more, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor.
Judge Lesser said in q statement
his senatorial primary opponent, Galen
L. TAFT, was "a rejected has-been"
and asserted Mr.. TAFT was 'incompe-
tent" as chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee.
His assertions were in reply to a
statement Saturday in which Mr.. TAFT
attacked Judge Leser's party loyalty
by saying he had drawn salaries under
Democratic Governors and mayors.
If he had been awake he would
know that all the honors which came
to me from Democratic mayors and
governors were under laws requiring
minority appointments, Judge Lesser
asserted.
"He would also know that I re-
ceived recognition from every Re-
publican mayor and from every Re-
publican IN ofnce during my tenure. I"
Mr. Phoebus. who is the only pri-
mary opponent Of Republican Gov.
Nice, attacked him in a radio ad-
dress at Salisbury. He asked, why,
Gov. Nice, are you being dictated
to by the utility companies instead
OF giving the people Of Maryland a
peoples counsel of the Public Services
Commission who would fight for the
peoples rights against the utility
companies as did the late Albert C.
Ritchie when he was representing
the people Of Maryland as people
counsel?"
Mayor Jackson, meanwhile, In q
reply to an opponent, Attorney Gen.
Herbert r. O'Conor. asserted he op-
posed a gross receipts tax, a sales
tax or an increased tax on real estate,
adding, THE so-called program ad-
vanced by Mr.. O'Conor is no defi-
mite program Of any kind"
Evening star., 1938-09-05
RIVER PARLEY CALLED

COLMAR MANOR, Md, Sept. S
tspeclaD.-The Colmar Manor Town
Council tomorrow night will consider
q resolution calling for the establish
ment OF sewage treatment plant to
eliminate pollution of the Anacostia
River.
Mayor John N. Torvestad said he
believed members of the council will
Join him in the fight to end pollution
OF the streams in suburban Maryland,
The resolution urges the Washing
con Suburban Sanitary Commission to
seek grant from the Public Works
Administration for construction of the
plant.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
SHORT COURSE SET

The third annual short course for
operators of water and sewage treat
ment plants will be held at the Uni
versity OF Maryland September 13.15
The three-day program will cover
the various phases of water purifica-
tion and sewage treatment, with lee
lures and demonstrations.
The course is sponsored by the Uni
versity, State Department Of Health.
the Maryland-Delaware Water and
Sewerage Association and the -four
States section" Of the American Water
Works Association,
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Suitor, II. Shoots Self.

GLENDALE, Calf, Sept. 5 R.-
Police today pondered the case Of 4
17-year-old high school student who,
they said, admitted he shot himself
with rife Friday ito get in right"
with girl.
Still suffering pain from = bullet
wound in his left side, Warren j.
Murphy told his story in a hospital to
Capt Walter E. Hegi.
The ofhcer said Walter disclosed his
oourtship struck q snag two weeks ago
and hs had been daspondsnt.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

The northern disturbance has moved
eastward over Quebec and Hudson Strait.
Clarke City. Quebec. and Resolution Island
Hudson Strait. 1928 inches and q broad
trough extends from the Canadian mari
time provinces southwestward to Virginia.
Pressure is low also from Yukon and
Southeastward Alaska. southe astWard to
Montana and North Dakota and thence
10utnward over the Rocky Mountain and
Plateau regions and the Plains States,
Wendover Utah. 29.64 inches: Fairview,
Aiosrta. 20 .6S inches and Chadron Nebr.
@9.T6 inches. An extensive area Of high
pressure Is moving eastsoutheastward over
ontario: southern Manitoba and the Lake
region. White River. Ontario. 30.3S inches.
PRESSURE Is high also from the South
Atlantic Coast eastward to the vicinity
Of Bermuda. thence nOrtheastwsrd over
the ocean and over the Lower Mackenzie
VALLEY. Vale, and alonr the Northern California
n.a, East Of Nexfonndland. 1886 inches: 81.
District Of MacKensie. so.i4 inches. and
Eureka. Calf. 3O.OS inches. Showers
have occurred in Maine. the Plains States.
the ROCKY Mountain region. the North
Pacinc States and in portions of the Gulf
and South Atlantic States. The weather
has become cooler from Ontario and Quebec
southward over the Lake reRion and the
North Atlantic States and in portions of
the Plateau and Rocky Mountain region
and the interior Of the Pacific States.
River Report.
Potomac River very cloudy and Shen.
andoah slightly cloudy at Harpers Ferry:
Potomac slishtly muddy At Great Fails
Evening star., 1938-09-05

were lowering. caught his body
with the first grab. They pulled him
out and he was on the way to the
hospital by the time they got me up
to the surface"
Members of the rescue squad used
an inhalator on the boy all the way
to Sibley Hospital, but he was dead
on arrival. Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald issued certificate Of acci-
dental death. Francis, jr, was an
only child.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Fisherman's Body Recovered.

The body Of Joseph Harris. 46, col
ored, Of $3.50 N street NV, was re-
covered by harbor police yesterday
in the Chesapeake dz Ohio Canal near
Key Bridge. Witnesses said the man
was fishing when he lost his balance
and fell into the canal. Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald said he would
issus q certificate of accidental doath.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

candidate receiving the largest vote in
their county or legislative district.
A preferential system OF voting, under
which the voter may indicate . second
choice, Is used when there are
several candidates for 4 nomination,
but that does not enter into the sena-
torial contest In the approaching pri-
mary.
Resentment High.
President Roosevelt comes into
Maryland with his dual personality
confounded. In = "nreside chat" from
the White House on June "a explain-
ing his position in attempting to
purge" in primaries those whose 10y
atty to the New Deal legislation he
questioned. He said Nor am I, as
President, taking part in Democratic
primaries. As head OF the Democratic
party, however, charged with the re-
sponsibility Of carrying out the def
nitely liberal declaration Of principles
set forth in the 1896 Democratic plat
form, feel that have every right
to speak in those few instances where
there may be q clear issue between
candidates for Democratic nomina-
ton involving these principles or in
volving a clear misuse of my name"
All along the Eastern Shore there is
tense feeling against the Presidents
invasion and against Representative
Goldsborough and President Byrd Of
Maryland University for inviting him
in There have been bitter mutterings
and threats Of heckling and jeering
when he arrives. Senator Tydings
has passed the word all along the line
that his wish is that his friends will
as the head of the Democratic party"
but In his truer character as the Presi-
dent of the United States, and out of
respect for that highest ONCE in the
world shall show the utmost courtesy,
refrain from any demonstrations of
displeasure, and give the President the
respectful attention the Chief Execu-
tive Of the United States should
command.
GambrilI Sees Him Otherwise.
The other side of the dual per-
sonality" problem is emphasized by
the attitude of Representative Stephen
w. Gambrlll of Laurel, in whose
widely scattered district the proposed
bridge from Morgantown to Dahlgren
would be built. Mr. Gambrill made
it plain that he is accompanying the
President, without taking any part in
the senatorial fight. and not as
standard-bearer of the Democratic
party. but as President
William E. Ward. Republican Mayor
Of Crisfeld. far down on the south
ern rim Of the Eastern Shore, said:
If Mr.. Roosevelt was coming to the
Eastern Shore as President Of the
United States I would be glad to
extend the hospitality of the city due
to the occupant of that great ONCE.
But Mr.. Roosevelt Is coming as "a
politician-and I am not going to
pay any attention to him.
The reason suggested by some OBJ
servers as to why President Roosevelt
is supported by James A. Farley in his
purge" of Senator Tydings Is said to
date back to the national convention
at which Mr.. Roosevelt was nomi-
mated. Mr.. Tydings hesitated when
Mr.. Farley urged him to make q speech
seconding the Roosevelt nomination
and neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor Mr..
Farley, it Is said, have forgotten or
forgiven that hesitation.
The general sentiment along the
Eastern Shore is that Mr.. Roosevelt's
visit today win make more votes for
Mr.. Tydings."
Evening star., 1938-09-05
c. 0.P.|SbATTL|NG
OVER PATRONAGE
New Montgomery Faction
Seeks to Elect County
Central Committee.
BY JACK ALLEN.

Beneath the placid surface Of the
Republican primary campaign In
Montgomery County a flght Ii being
waged for control Of any State patron
age that may fall to Republicans in
that community II the G. o. P. re-
peats its 1884 gubernatorial triumph.
The new faction. headed by Paul
Sleman and Walter w. Dawson, is
vigorously endeavoring to elect from
its ranks the five members Of the
countys Central Committee, thereby
gaining for It's supporters any jobs
available after the November general
election.
Standing between the group and
its objective are three independent Re-
publicans-enough to form q con-
trolling bloc-and the Shenandoah
son organization Is carrying on 4 de-
termined, though quiet, drive against
the trio.
Personal Solicitation Used.
The fanfare Of rallies and stump
ing" Is missing, but the faction Is 60
ing In for the more d-fashioned
method Of personal solicitation on q
rather large scale.
Voters are being urged to get be-
hind the movement in talks in their
homes, on street corners, at their
places Of business and out In the
fields.
Committee candidates to whom the
faction has given its Endorsement are
Mr.. Dawson, Nathan c. Duvall. Rob-
ert L. McKeever, Earl w. Shinn,
James Cunningham Rogers and Louis
A. Proctor.
Their independent opponents are
Preston L. Snyder, who at present
Is supervisor Of school property for
Montgomery; Lawrence v. LAmpson
and Simon o. Smith, q member Of
the current committee.
Political PIums ut Stake.
Hundreds Of rich political "plums"
in the form Of positions IN various
State departments and on many
boards and commissions 20 to the
party winning the gubernatorial
contest and of those jobs Montgomery
County adherents Of the party in
power get their share.
1t is those positions that the fac
ton seeks to control. the control. Of
course, depending upon the election
OF Republican Governor In No
vember.
The faction was formed q short
time ago after Mr.. Sleman, who lives
in Chevy Chase, and Mr.. Dawson,
a Rockville attorney, resigned from
the Republican State Central Com
mittee during row over the proposal
to continue in the Fusion party.
Both Of the leaders opposed re-
naming in the coalition of Repub-
licans and Organization Demo-
Gratis that elected a majority of the
county commissioners to ONCE four
years ago.
Back Z for Commissioner.
The new organization they head
also is backing candidates in the two
commissioner contests in the Repub-
lican primary, but is not interesting
itself with the only other g. o. P.
primary race, which finds Ira c.
Whitacre Of Silver Spring and 6. W.
Miles Of Forest Glen seeking the nomi-
nation for county treasurer.
The commissioner candidates II Is
supporting are Walter w. johnson
OF Germantown, former Washington
baseball star, who is opposed by James
w. Mount of Washington Grove, in
the second commissioner district, and
Paul M. Coughlan Of Silver Spring,
whose nomination for reelection from
the NTH district is being contested
by Herman c. Heffner OF Takoma
Park.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
FISHERMAN STRICKEN

Dies of Heart Attack After
Quickly Getting Limit.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. R-
Charles G. Knowles, As, and William
1uber were angling for striped bass.
Quickly Mr.. Knowles pulled in four
hsh. Out went his line again, and he
pulled in the fifth fish-the legal
limit.
He dropped dead Of q heart attack
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Breed Improvement Plans.

Poultry men supplying Matching
eggs to hatchery men who participate
IN the Maryland poultry Improvement
plan must make application for flock
selecting and pullorum testing work
not later than October /, it is an
nounced by DR.. Morley A. JUL. chair
man Of the Maryland Poultry I'm
provement Board.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
WEATHER REPORT

District Of CoumbaFair
moderate emperaue gentle to moderate northeast
Maryand-Fair and cooler tonight fair moderate
' " N-N'
vnnaFa tomorrow tonight and in south norton
~ ~ " ~ f
West VgnaFa and cooler tonight fair moderate
temperature Wednesday " ~
Evening star., 1938-09-05

A talking book" left in Japan last
summer by Miss Helen Keller as a
gift from the American Society for
the Blind to the blind Of Japan, has
inspired the making of such books
for the 10000 japanese blind.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
OBSERVER SEES
TYD|NCS VICTORY
Lewis Held Due to Get but rs
Of Mary|and's 149 Votes
in Convention.

This is the fourth OF series
OF articles surveying the Maryland
senatorial race between Senator
M'llard Tydings and Representa-
the David J. LeUis.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

Three-story temples, built about 500
AID, have been found in Huarez,
Peru.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

Drought has destroyed thousands of
tons of sugar in Jamaica this year.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Report fer Last - Hsurs,

Record fer Last "a Hours.
rrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest. 90. 4 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. ~.
Lowest. 90. . Am. today. Year ago. 63.
Record TsnDsratures This Year.
HiGhest. e6. on AuGust Is.
Lowest. Is. on January 20.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Automobile lishts must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches IN tn,
Capital (current month to date)
Month. 1898. AyeraRe. Reeor6.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Tide Tables.

Qurnished BY United States Coast q
0eodetic 6urvey.)
Evening star., 1938-09-05

The Sun ana Neon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17
BURLEIGH LEWIS. JR.
STRUCK BY TRUCK

Burleigh Lewis, Jr., of Painter, g.
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh
Lewis, was painfully injured in an ac-
cident which occurred in Painter.
The boy was struck while riding a
bicycle and suffered painful bruises
about the legs and lower part of the
body. He was run down by small
truck owned by Mr.. Gordon Savage,
of Belle Haven, and operated by Mr..
Rocker Stevens, an employe of Mr..
Savage. Mr.. Stevens was en- route to
his home having received notice of the
sudden death of his mother.
The accident was Investigated by
State Officer Harry Parker of Acco-
mac, and Stevens was taken to Acco-
mac where he was placed under $3.50
bond for appearance at a hearing,
date of which will be set later by the
Trial Justice.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17

youth of Maryland, 52.9 of those in
terviewed drank intoxicating cocktail
and others all they could consume.
Girls and boys between the ages of
16 and 25 were questioned. Only a.
bout one-fifth or twenty per cent said
they were opposed to drinking. The
27 per cent said did not drink but
had no objections to anyone else drink
ink. A few, however, did object to
"over-indulgence."
City people were found to be less
opposed to drinking than their rural
cousins. The 1902 farm girls inter
viewed were the most abstinent. Only
one-third said they drank, while near
ly another third said they were op-
posed to drinking.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
SALISBURY DEADLOCKED
OVER APPOINTMENTS

Following a long executive session,
which started after midnight, it was
reported that the Mayor and Council
of Salisbury were apparently no near
er to breaking their deadlock over
appointments, submitted by Mayor
Boyce on May 16, than before.
The Mayor, it was reported, stood
on his original appointments and re-
fused to offer names suggested by
the Council.
Unsettled, with over three weeks
having elapsed, were appointments OF
the Clerk -Treasurer-Tax Collector
building inspector, harbor master,
and certain police personnel and po-
icies.
In answer to sharp criticism on
MAY % of the police force, by some
of the Councilmen, Chief N. Fl. Hol-
land on May 80 presented a type
written statement said to have con-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17
THREE MAIL POUCHES
STOLEN FROM PLATFORM

Police are working on lower Della
wares second postal robbery in six
days of last week.
Star route drivers reported that
three pouches of first class mail had
been stolen from a truck on the Penn
sylvania Railroad platform between
$3.50 and 4 o'clock Monday morning of
last week.
The mail, consigned for Easton,
fredericksburg, and Dagsboro, Del, had
been tossed off the early morning
train for delivery to two star route
drivers on the Federalsburg-Easton
and Dagsboro-Berlin, Md, runs.
Ray Farlow, Laurel, OH duty at the
station, was notified by the drivers
that the pouches were missing. He
had noticed no one about the station
and authorities were left without a
clue.
Railroad police and postal inspec-
tors launched Investigations but de-
clined comment upon the case.
It was authoritatively reported that
valuable mail is seldom carried in the
early morning consignment and the
robbery is credited to amateurs.
The star route consignments do not
pass through the Seaford postoffice
Fresh foot and hand prints in the
dirt under the freight station are the
only clues to the identity of the rob
ber.
Pennsylvania railroad police, head
ed by, Captain Thomas of Delmar, and
assisted by Chief of Police G. w. Bow
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17

tanned detailed answers. The Coun-
Gil accepted the statement and Coun-
Gil President, John E. Morris, stated
at the time that his own statements
were based on information which had
come to him and were not stated as of
his own knowledge. He said that an
Investigation" of the police depart
ment would be conducted.
Chief Hollands statement has not
to date been released in the press.
Mayor Boyce said that he would
ask for the Investigation" of the
police department to be conducted
publicly and that Chief Holland was
in accord with his views.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17

den of Seaford, believe that the rob-
Der secreted himself under the station
platform while mail was transferred
from an early morning train to a plat
form truck. After the departure of
the train he is believed to have DASH
ed from his hiding place, taken the
bags and made his escape.
Postal authorities also kept silence
upon progress in their investigation of
the armed robbery of the Bridgeville
postoffice last Wednesday. Postmas-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17
BURNS AT DOCK
AT CHINCOTEAGUE. VA.

The firemen were summoned at 1:30
A. NJ, Sunday morning, June 9Th to
extinguish a fire on the yacht "San-
dy", owned by Leonard F. Allen, of
Philadelphia, Pa. The yacht was an
chored near the dock where the Tex
AGO oil tanks are located. The fire
resulted from an explosion of varnish
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17

remover which Captain Payne was
suing. The boat was practically des-
troyed with a loss of several thous-
and dollars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-17
Camels are sixteen years old before
they reach maturity.

The English cuckoo and the Ameri-
can cowbird lay their eggs in the nests
of other birds.