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Evening star., 1938-03-05

29OO CONN AVE. NV.
rooms, Kitchen and hath. elec
refs elevator and switchboard
service S3- :,
Evening star., 1938-03-05

1924 PORTER ST NV
rms. oinette. XII. and bath: elec-
trlc refrtseEatlon $40 5o
Evening star., 1938-03-05
ROOMS WANTED.

GENTLEMAN, 81. desires room, private
home. no other roomers: downtown; walk.
ine distance U. S. Treasury; exchange ref.
erences. Give full details, including price
Box 35T-L. Star 6s
Evening star., 1938-03-05

TERRACE HALL
l445 MASSACHUSETTS AYE. NV.
0esirable double room; running water.
Delicious Meals: rates. S35 Up. D
Evening star., 1938-03-05

Lovely Studio Rm. with Kit,
1924 lTth st. NV. The Whyland, Apt. 81.
Dupont STA
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Kirk Holmes Retires,
IS Yrs. in Navy DEBT.

The Navy Department yester-
day announced the retirement on
November 1, of Kirk Holmes, ci,
william assistant to the Paymaster
General, Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, after As years service in
the Navy Department.
Holmes was born October 7
1858, in Detroit, Mich, and was
appointed to the Navy Depart.
ment in 1893.
Rear Admiral Charles Conard,
paymaSter general OF the Navy
lauded Holmes in a letter and ex.
pressed regret on his retirement.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
|Sc1'i11aFed for
Old Age, Dies
E1e HIS Prime

LEWIS TON, Me-, Sept. 16
Q.N.S). - Because he feared a
penniless old age, Manford Mer-
ritt from earliest youth saved his
money.
From week to week and year to
year, the dollars bills from Mer.
ritt's wages accumulated.
But never will Merritt know
whether the weary toll, the frugal
meals, the third-floor attic room,
the scrimping and the saving were
worth while.
Because Manford Merritt is
dead-and not of old age. Husky
and vigorous at 81, he was crushed
to death today when Golfer dam
on which has was working col
lapsed.
His savings of 100000 await the
claims of heirs.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
MOTHER JAILED
IN GIRL TORTURE

PORTLAND. Me, Sept. 16
Q.N.SD SD-Convicted of torturing
her eight-year-old daughter by a
previous marriage, Mrs. Pearl
Wheeler today started serving a
five months jail sentence.
A jury of eight men and four
women, all married, found Mrs.
Wheeler guilty of branding Betty
Seavey on the back with a hot
flatiron, forcing her hands into
scalding water. and lashing her
with a stick. The girl was in the
hospital for weeks.
Betty had been a State ward
and had been returned to her
mother five months before the al
legged torture occurred nearly a
year ago
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
FATE IN THE BALANCE:
FATE IN THE BALANCE:
.JObLeSs Mother. 10. Asks
Good Home For BOba1
Parting Is Forced
By Necessity of
Hunting Work

A young mother, jobleSS and
worried, frightened her arms
around her 7-months-old baby to-
day, as she said in a bleak voice:
II want someone to adopt her
into a good home. I can't go
out and keep hunting for work,
because there's no one else to
take care of the baby. Besides, I
want her to have the things
that I can't ever give her
pretty clothes and such things"
BABY CHUCKLES
Evelyn Williams voice commu-
nicated none Of its bleakness to
the baby in her arms. Barbara
May, chubby in her little checked
gingham dress, chuckled merrily
even at the strangers before her,
The young mother, who is only
10, was forced to smile at the
baby'S merry upturned face. Then
the smile vanished as she said
slowly:
1T will be hard to give her
up. But I think it will be for
the best"
She admitted she finally de-
cided to make the offer through
the paper after she saw the
stories about the Alexandria
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
GOING BLIN D,
SICK, PAIN Ter
HANGS HIMSELF
Kisses Mother Good-by,
Then Ends Life

After kissing his 70,year-old
mother goodby and saying he was
going for a walk, Lewis E. Sulli,
van, As, an unemployed painter, of
81 Seaton Pl. N. E., went into the
garage in the rear of his mothers
home at 1856 Eleventh st. N. W.,
and hanged himself.
His body, suspended from a
rafter with a length of electric
light cord, was found by his
nephew, John Sullivan, 16, who
said his uncle was losing his sight
from lead poisoning and had been
in poor health for several months.
LEAVES 6 CHILDREN
Sullivan notified police when he
discovered the body and No. 2
Rescue Squad and an Emergency
Hospital ambulance was sum-
moned. Effort to revive him were
futile.
Although Sullivan and his wife
Minnie, and six children lived at
the Seaton Place address, the job
less painter had been staying of
and on at his mothers home, his
nephew said. The search for him
was started by his nephew, after
Sullivan failed to return to the
house within a reasonable time.
RESCUE SQUAD CALLED
The Fire Rescue Squad worked
over him for more than a hall
hour. He was pronounced dead by
DR.. r. G. Taylor of Emergency
Hospital.
The youthful nephew said doc.
tors had said there was little
chance of his uncle ever regaining
| his sight.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
COLON TU M 0 R
EXPLAINED IN
CLINIC AT C. U.
Doctor Demonstrates
Fight on MaIignancy

DR.. Garnet Ault, at the final
clinic of a series at Georgetown
University, today selected for his
demonstration an extremely rare
humorous condition of the colon
polypoSis of the colon.
In the amphitheatre at George
town Hospital he performed the
first stage of an operation which
will involve the removal of toe
entire colon. In four to six weeks
the second stage will be under
taken, and it will be finished in
three stages.
MALIGNANCY PERIL
Polyposis of the colon, it was
pointed out, is a condition in
which throughout the colon small
grape like clusters grow. These
in all cases turn malignant and
become cance-ous unless removed.
At Georgetown University Med.
ical School, DR.. Ault is professor
of proctology, comparatively new
speciality. AS a result of such spe-
cialization in the last decade, many
conditions of the colon, hitherto
considered hopeless, have been
conquered by technical develop
ments.
Today brought the final clinic
in the third annual alumni extern
sion course of the Georgetown
University School of Medicine.
For the past four days sessions
have been held in Georgetown
Hospital, Providence Hospital, Gal
linger Hospital, Children's Hos
pital, and at the School Of Medi-
cine at Georgetown.
TWO TYPES DEFIANT
In another of the sessions to.
day DR.. John H. Mcleod, Of Chill
dren's Hospital staff, said physi-
clans now have three weapons
against spinal meningitis. While
there are four types Of this dis
ease, in two of them certain
serums, antitoxins and Sulphanih.
myde are practically guarantees
of sharp reduction in mortality,
it was pointed out. But in the
other two types, medical science
is still searching for controlling
agencies and methods.
The condition Of 17-year-old
Helen Beck, whose spleen was re-
moved this week because Of .
blood condition, was said to be
showing marked improvement to-
day by her physician, DR.. John
R. Cavanaugh.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Tean1sters' Officials
Fiqht OutLUuU Strike

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 U.N.S0
Officials of the international
Brotherhood of Teamsters local
an A. F. of L. affiliate, sought to.
day to end an outlaw strike which
tied up most interstate trucking
in and out of New York.
Union officers instructed drivers
to continue their duties and
sought to sidetrack any interfer'
ence by insurgents with truck
movements. Most local trucks
moved with little interference de
spite efforts of rowing strikers tc
prevent them leaving garages.
Transportation Of general mer
chandise from Boston, Philadel
phia, Baltimore and other centers
virtually was blocked, according
to the Highway Transportation
Association. Shipments of perish
able foodstuffs also was affected
The intra-union revolt followed
disagreement over provisions of q
contract to replace one which ex
pired September 2. The union de
manded that hours be cut without
any wage reduction.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Film Producer Sued
For False Arrest

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 d.N.S0
John w. Considine, Jr., screen pro
ducer, today was the defendant II
a $15O,O00 damage suit alleging
false arrest. The suit was filec
by Vera L. Donellan, IS, whc
claims she is his cousin.
The woman alleged that she wa!
taken from her home and ques
toned by police for several hour'
after Considine assertedly sent hel
a telegram which read:
Don't bother me any more
with your insane kilograms and
requests for assistance.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
SPREAD OF AUTO
SHUTDOWN seen
AS PARLEY FAILS
3 Plants Now Tied Up
By Briggs Strike

DETROIT, Sept. 16 0.N.S.).
Spread of the shutdown Of auto.
mobile manufacturing plants sup.
piled by the strike-bound Briggs
Manufacturing Company threat
ened today after United Automo-
bile Workers Union representa-
tives and company officials failed
to settle the strike which has
thrown an estimated $1,000 per-
sons out of work.
CAUSE OF STRIKE
The Briggs body plant closed
Wednesday when the day shift
struck in protest over an alleged
production speedup and firing OF
o union shop steward and two en-
ployes. The night shift was turned
back at the plant gates by the
workers who had left their jobs
but remained on the company
grounds.
Failure to negotiate the dispute
satisfactorily overnight and the re-
sultant lack of bodies forced halt
ing of the Plymouth Motors Cor
poraion plant yesterday. Dodge
Motors and Chrysler Corporation
also halted their assembly lines.
PARLEYS FUTILE
Again yesterday negotiations
were fruitless, neither side COM
menting on results of the confer
ences held for only short time.
Union officials charged Briggs
executives had ordered prompt
dismissal of any worker who pro-
tested against the alleged speedup.
Police squads have been posted
at the Briggs plant daily.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

mother who found a home for
her twins.
THINKS 1T BEST
Evelyn. Williams and Barbara
May are staying for a while with
relatives at % Ninth st. s. E.
There the young mother came to
the door with the baby in her
arms and told of the decision
which will part them.
"But I think it's for the
BEST" she repeated, as if to re-
assure herself.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
TRACED y Web Holds Boy. 10

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 16 GIN.
S0.-Ten-year-old Eugene de An
gelo, center of a custody battle
between two women, was child Of
tragedy today.
Prevented by the court from tes.
tifying. the boy must await an
investigation by Vice Chancellor
John o. Bigelow before his true
identity and his guardian of the
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Junior Board Elects

Ben M. Morgan, chairman of
the Awards Committee Of the
Junior Board of Commerce, has
been elected by the board Of di
rectors to fill a vacancy on the
board created by the departure Of
William H. Courtney. Morgan's
election was unanimous, it was
announced.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

IT want as many babies as my
mother had" said one entrant,
whose mother had six children.
And another contestant wanted
"Marriage-and twins"
In all, five prizes were awarded.
Among the judges was Eddie Can
tor, father of five daughters.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
0netime Alaskan
ProspeCtor Hunted

MAMARONECK, N. Y, Sep
tember 16 Q.N.S0.-MiSSing since
Wednesday morning, Paul F. Trav-
ers, rs, former gold prospector
in Alaska, was sought by police
of eight eastern States today.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

future is determined.
Coutending that Eugene is her
son, Mrs. Gilda Cataldo asked the
court for his custody. Injuries
received in an automobile acci.
dent caused her to go blind when
Eugene was an infant and now
leave her with only a few months
of life, she claimed.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

And the winner
is pretty Mary
Ora b h orn, of
Short Hills, N. j.,
who wins 5000 in
cash toward her
tuition at Blue
R i d ge College,
New Win dsor,
Md.
Miss Grabhorn,
a 17-year-old bru-
nette with dark.
DAue eyes, DeglnS
her college edu-
cation on the
contest money.
She denied he.
ing engaged, but
admitted having
her "eye on" q
tall, handsome,
athletic youn z
man with a sense
Of humor nd
that prerequisite
for m rTiag ge,
home and babies
"a job.
The contest
ruled out busi-
n e S s a n d t n g
professional life
as an ambition
to be reckoned
with. Only the
home-loving were
admitted, an d
when the Is fl
naliSts paraded
b e I o r e t h e
judges, the girls
announced their
post-college am
bition to get mar.
ried, to have a
home, a nd to
have babies.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
E1Uce'S WidOUU
WedS OOG9HCe1'
OF Night CIeUb

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 16 G.N.s0
Frank Kerwin, Hollywood night
club owner, and his bride, the
former Mrs. Ralph Ince, widow Of
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
She Wants Home, Babies:
Ideal College Girl
FAMILY-RAISINC AMBITION
WINS BRUNETTE TUITION

NEW YORK Sept 16The idea find the ideal" col
ege g-one whose postcolege ambition revooved about
rage, home and babes rather than professional
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
International News Photos
MRS. FRANK KERWIN
Widow of Ralph Ince
on Honeymoon

the late film producer, were
honeymooning today.
They were married in Beverly
Hills yesterday, and prepared to
leave Immediately for Hawaii.
The two met nine months ago
after Mrs. nce'S return from Eng.
land, where Ince was killed in an
automobile accident a year ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Leaman : Dorsey

Miss Mildred N. Dorsey, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Dorsey, OF
Germantown, was married last Thurs
day, November "a, to Mr.. Jacob c
Leaman, son of Mr.. j. Upton Leaman
of Germantown. The ceremony was
performed at 4:45 p. m. by Rev. N. 0.
Schriebner, pastor of the M. E.
Church, at the home Of the bride.
Music was played before the cere-
mony by Miss Rebecca Leaman, sister
of the groom.
The bride, who was given in marri-
age by her uncle, Bernard Jones, OF
Washington, D. C. wore dress OF
powder blue chiffon, with shoulder
length veil and she carried a bouquet
of pink columbia roses and white
chrysanthemums
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception was held. Those attending
were relatives Of both families.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Sherwood p. T. A. viii
Meet On December 6

The Sherwood Parent Teacher As
ISOLATION will meet at Sherwood High
School, Sandy Spring, Tuesday, De-
cember 6 at 1880 p. m. The business
meeting will be followed by a short
programme on, "The Value OF Music
And Art In The School,. Miss Ander-
son, representing the elementary
CRANES, viii give a brief talk. Miss
Jacobs win discuss music and have
her High School Glee Club give a
programme.
Sherwood library sale during "Book
Week" was great success as was the
turkey supper. s
At the meeting of the Mothers
Group on November %, Miss Alder,
the primary supervisor, gave an in
teresting talk on the development of
the present method of education.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Three County Youths
Honored At Md. Univ.

Three Montgomery county boys
were honored recently at the Univers-
ity of Maryland by being pledged to
various fraternities.
Richard Duvall, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. E. Duyall, Rockville, was pledged
to Alpha Tau Omega social fratern-
ity. i II ss
Duvall is freshman in the College
of Commerce and is majoring in
Business Administration.
William Miles, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
William G. Miles, Jamestown street,
Gaithersburg, was pledged to Alpha
Gamma Rho social fraternity.
Miles is freshman in the College
of Agriculture and is majoring in
Education.
Leroy Harris, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Delma S. Harris, Damascus, was
pledged to Lamba Chi Alpha social
fraternity.
Harris is freshman in the College
of Arts and Science and is majoring
in Social Science.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Joseph Tolson Winner
OF ElectrificatiOn Award

Joseph Tolson, of Colesville, a
member of the Sherwood All Club,
has just been awarded a gold medal
for doing the outstanding All rural
identification project work in Mont
gomery County in 1888. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Tolson.
Sidney Lawler is his local leader.
The medal was awarded by the
Westinghouse Company Of Pittsburgh
which sponsors the National Al
Rural Electrifcation program. Rufus
B. King, assistant county agent in
charge of boys All Club work in
Montgomery County has forwarded
the medal to young Tolson.
In addition to mis- rural electrifica-
ton project Tolson carried a swine
enterprise and was vice-president Of
his local All Club at Sherwood last
year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Detailed Survey
Of Government To
Be Started Soon
Bookings Instit u tiOn
Authorized To Expend
$4,000 On Project

The Bookings Institution of Wash
ington was retained yesterday by the
Montgomery County Commissioners
to make a detailed survey of the
County government at a cost not to
exceed $1,000.
An offer to make the survey for
that amount was extended to the
Board by the institution several
weeks ago, although DR.. Lewis Meri-
am, Of the institution, declared the
cost to his agency might run as high
as $4,000.
In accepting the Brookings offer
Tuesday the motion was introduced
by Democratic Commissioner Richard
Fl. Lansdale and was unanimously
adopted after being seconded by Re-
publican Commissioner Paul M.
Coughlan.
After the motion was adopted
Lansdale issued a statement in behalf
of the Democratic board members ex-
pressing the hope that the survey will
be as complete and advantageous to
the county as possible.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Trio Sentenced To
House of Correction
For House, Breaking

Thomas Nelson Collier was SEN
fenced to six months in jail and his
brothers, William H. Collier and Geo.
Edwin Collier were given two years
and six months in the House Of Cor
rection. The trio pleaded guilty of
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny in connec-
ton with entry Of the McCeney
Nurseries on Colesville road and theft
of an empty safe. The trio was ar
rested at Waldorf by Maryland State
Police and returned to Montgomery
County after they were surprised in
a church hall near by.
Charles v. Wolford was sentenced
to two years on each of two charges
of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny. Charles
H. Turner was sentenced to serve one
year for larceny.
Marvin Bassinger was sentenced to
serve 30 days in the county jail for
attempted HOUSEKEEPING and Ezekiel
Robinson was given six months for
the same ofense.
A jury found George Wetzel and
Roland Crabb not guilty of burglary
but guilty Of larceny in connection
with breaking into a storehouse and
theft of hams and chickens. James
Frank Beach pleaded guilty to larc-
eny of an automobile. Sentences were
not imposed on the later three de-
PENDANTS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Robert Johnson Honored
By All Club Leader

Assistant County Agent Rufus B.
King has received a handsome gold
medal from State Club Leader E. G.
jenkins, to be presented to Robert
johnson, county champion in the al
meat animal contest. It was presented
through the interest of the Wilson
Packing Company of Chicago which
is cooperating to further All Club
work among more than a million
members in the nation.
It is estimated that fifty boys in
Montgomery County took some part
in this enterprise, and to that extent
benefited themselves, and their par
ents and the community. There are
three hundred and fifty boys enrolled
in the county this year whose prof.
ects, activities, and prize winnings are
valued roundly at ten thousand dol
lars.
Johnson is the SON Of Walter
johnson and lives near Germantown.
During the past year he exhibited
swine and steers at the Maryland
State Fair and the Baltimore Fat
Stock Show. At the State Fair he
was the high scorer in the All live
stock julging contest and later was ON
the count yteam in the state contest
in Baltimore. Last year he was an
officer in the Rockville All Club. His
other projects have been conservation,
dairy, and colt club work. He is
senior in Richard Montgomery High
School and has been in All Club work
for three years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Commissioners To
Purchase Bonds For
The Sinking Fund
VIII Buy Los Angeles Ger
tificates, Sell Knoxville
City Paper

Permission was given by the Board
of County Commissioners to the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission to purchase $4,000 electric
plant bonds of the City of Los Angel
es for sinking fund purposes, and to
sell out of its sinking fund $45,O00
City of Knoxville, Tenn, bonds.
Petition of the Maryland Real Es-
tate Co. for rezoning from residential
"a" to residential &c" of lots Is, 16,
and II, block C, Blair Takoma, was
granted by the Board sitting as a dis
trict coming council.
A request for permission to operate
a dog kennel and establish an animal
graveyard, near Potomac was filed by
M, G. Denlinger, of Olney. The re-
quest was taken under advisement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Mrs. Ralph Wells
New President OF
Women Democrats
Silver Spring Leader Named
Over incumbent, Mrs. Mar.
guerite Fischer

In stormy business session, mem-
bers Of the Woman's Democratic Club
of Montgomery County at the annual
meeting Tuesday at the Congress
sional Country Club, elected Mrs.
Ralph A. Wells of Silver Spring,
president, defeating the present in
cumbent, Mrs. Marguerite Fischer. Il
Chevy Chase, by a vote Of 112 to 81.
Mrs. Fischer was the choice Of the
nominating committee.
Mrs. Fischer in the recent primary
was candidate on the Independents
Democratic ticket and was co-chair-
man of the Independent group. Oh
lection was voiced to Mrs. Fischeris
activities in this.
Other officers proposed by the NOM
mating committee were elected a
follows: First vice president, Miss
Laura Gilliland; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. John B. Diamond; third
vice president, Mrs. G. Y. Latimsr:
recording secretary, Mrs. Homer
Guerry; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Edith Allnutt; treasurer, Mrs. Joseph
Betterly; auditors, Mrs. Donald
Hunter and Mrs. Lauman T. FauI-
coner, and parliamentarian, Mrs.
Eugene Casey,
A resolution that in the future the
nominating committee be composed
Of one member from each branch club
was referred to the committee On
constitutional revision.
The "good neighbor" policy Of
President Roosevelt was discussed by
Thomas Burke, chief of the Division
of International Communications,
State Department, who stressed the
Importance of the coming Pan-Ameri-
can conference.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-01
Milo Theatre To
Aid Children In
Gift Distribution
Sidney Lust Will Play
Santa Claus To The Under
privileged

The five Maryland Theatres di-
rected by Sidney Lust will play Santa
Claus to needy children of Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Counties by
presenting toy matinees on Monday
afternoon, December 10, at p. M,
at which thousands of playthings will
be collected to brighten the lives Of
underprivileged youngsters during
Christmas, The Hobbies Of the theatres
will be appropriately decorated for
the occasion. There viii be large,
deliberately decorated Christmas
trees. A Santa Claus will greet the
children at each theatre.
Special film programs are being
arranged for the occasion, and the
only admission will be toy, article
Of clothing or foodstuff, which will be
distributed by various charitable or
CARNATIONS.
The Mile Theatre, in Rockville, is
cooperating with the Holiday Ex-
change and the Montgomery County
Sentinel. In Bethesda, the Boro Thea
tire is presenting its matinee with the
cooperation of the Bethesda Volunteer
Fire Department and the Bethesda :
Chevy Chase Tribune.
= The Cameo Theatre, in Mt. Rain
Ter, is working with Charles F. Hunte-
mann Post, American Legion, and the
Prince Georgian.
In Hyattsville, the Arcade Theatre
has the cooperation of the Kiwanis
Club, Social Service League and the
Hyattsville Independent.
The Marlboro Theatre, in Upper
Marlboro, is cooperating with the
Lions Club and the Enquirer :
Gazette.