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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Summers Resolution
For Representation
Is Commended
Friendship Citizens
Association Sees Plan
Most Effective YET

The Summers resolution for ma
tional representation for the District
received unanimous support of the
Friendship Citizens Association,
which met last night in Janney
School. The resolution, submitted
this week to the House Judiciary
Committee for consideration, was
described in the associations action
as the most effective and satisfac-
tory of suffrage proposals to be Of
Tered in Congress so far
Especial approval was voiced for
the provision in the Summers pro-
posal which makes possible cancella-
ton or alteration of the terms by
Congress without ratification of
three-fourths of the States should
the plan prove unavoidable.
This is vital clause in suffrage
proposal for the District declared
Samuel J. Flickinger, president. in
asmuch as it represents valuable
time and labor saver. 1t must be
kept in mind that these suffrage
proposals are in the nature of eX-
periments until the most satiSfac-
tory and harmonious combination
has been tried and proven" Notice
of the action will be sent to Repre-
sentative Summers and to the House
Judiciary Committee.
Backed as Commissioner.
In a special resolution drafted by
George E. Cannon, Mr.. FlickinGer
Voc ipJorcoJ mo ,,i,,o,,c1,, To fll tho
vacancy on the Board Of Commits
sioners of the District Mr. Flick
niger. who is assistant chief counsel
of the Bureau of Indian affairs in
the Department Of the Interior. was
recommended for his long and &C
tive leadership in local civic affairs
and for his executive experience in
government"
Friendship supported appropriate
decoration Of business and civic in
situations for the forthcoming visits
of foreign royalty in Washington.
The association reiterated for
mer request for operation of cross
town bus service between Soldiers
Home and the vicinity of Albemarle
street and Wisconsin avenue NV.
Commend Lodges Appointment.
The appointment of Thomas E
Lodge, jr.. to the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board was commended.
The group voted to join the City
wide Playground Association. John
T. Dawson and John R. Faulcner
were appointed as delegates A re-
quest from the District of Columbia
Liquor Dispensary Association urging
Friendship to join the group was
tabled for future action.
Protest was registered at the meet
ing on the existence of stagnant
water in sink-hole to the rear of the
3700 block of Albemarle street NV.
and committee comprising A. M.
Parker. L. B. Morris. Benjamin l..
Topper and L. P. Schroeder was ap-
pointed to investigate the matter.
The group will request the office
OF the traffic director to decree no.
parking area on the east side of
Wisconsin avenue south of Brandy
wine street NV.
A committee to plan a celebra-
ton banquet for the group sometime
in June was formed by Mr.. Flick
niger. Serving are Mr.. Topper,
Abraham Stern, George Cannon, Mr.
Morris and Mr.. Dawson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
City News in Brief
TODAY.

1oDA1.
Order of World War, Mayfower
Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner. Thirteen Club, Willard
Hotel, $50 pm.
Buffet meeting, Amity Club, Ham,
flton Hotel, 7 pm.
Meeting, Edmonds Post, Hamilton
Hotel. 8 pm.
Meeting, Associated Stenotypists
of America, Wardman Park Hotel,
8 pm.
Meeting, Young Friends Club, Ra-
leigh Hotel, $50 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon. Loyal knights of the
Round Table, National Press Club,
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Deaths Cited in Plea
For Pedestrian Law

More than 10000 persons were in
Jured in traffic accidents in the Dis
trlct last year. and 86 persons were
Killed, Capt. Joseph Morgan of No.
5 police precinct told members of
the Lincoln Park Citizens Associa-
ton last night in urging them to
observe the pedestrian control regu-
lations effective March 10.
Figures show that pedestrian con-
troll is needed here, and we all ought
to obey the regulations" he de-
clared. Go to the corner and cross
with the light so that you can be
protected. If you cross in the mid
die OF the street or against the light
you can't expect to collect any dam
ages if you are hit by a motorist."
The association voiced opposi-
ton to any reduction in taXicabs in
the District. ANY restriction in the
number of cabs here would enable
monopoly to take hold of the re-
naming cabs and would put us at
the mercy of clique or combine"
said Alfred D. Calvert, president.
After discussion by advocates
and opponents of parking meters
the question was referred to the Ex-
ecutive Committee for further study.
The group adopted the recon-
mendation of the Law and Legis-
latlon Committee, headed by Harry
G. Splelman. opposing enactment
OF the Patman chain store tax bill.
The Overton plan, which calls
| tHy ho
ernment to expenses of the District
based on the percentage of land
In the District used by the Gov
ernment, was Endorsed in principle
by the association.
Decision on bill proposing that
no form of incubation or vaccina-
ton should be made a condition of
admittance to any school in the
District was postponed pending
further study, although DR.. w. F..
Lady, chairman of the Health Com
mittee, noted that experiments of
the past many years have proven
the wisdom of the vaccination pro-
cedure."
The association offered to CO.
operate with Superintendent of
Schools F. w. Ballou in curbing
vandalism around schools and
churches after Mrs. S. E. Updike,
chairman of the. Educational Com
mittee, estimated the cost of new
windows in schools in 1888 as more
than $4,000.
The association reiterated its op-
position to any bill proposing to es-
tablish legalized horse racing in the
District.
Reaffrning its belief that District
residents and members of the Dis
trict bar should be given preference
in vacancies occurring in District
courts, the group commended Sena-
tor King, Democrat, of Utah in his
constant fight to have local residents
appointed to vacant judgeships
here.
The association Endorsed bill au-
thorizing the District Commissioners
to regulate hours during which
streets, alleys, etc., be lighted.
Evening star., 1939-02-21

Arrest Of Judgment
Fails as Acquitta|,
Appellate Court Rules
Sentence on Robbery
Indictment Upheld in
U.S.Court Of Appeals

Allowance of a motion in arrest
OF judgment does not operate as an
acquittal, the United States Court
OF Appeals held yesterday in the
case of Philip John Pratt, sentenced
to from two to four years on a rob-
berry charge, and there is no merit
to the contention that mere delay
in imposing sentence during term
OF District Court in which he was
convicted operates to defeat juris-
diction to sentence at later term.
On May 26 last, Pratt was SEN
fenced to from two to four years
after being indicted for robbery. He
pleaded guilty on March II, 1887.
but was not then sentenced. On
April l last he filed a motion in
arrest of judgment, claiming that
the trial court had lost jurisdiction
to impose sentence, and this was
granted. The day following, how
ever, the Government made a mo-
ton for a rehearing and the court
overruled its motion in arrest of
Judgment and sentenced the man.
Pratt then carried his case to the
United States Court of Appeals,
claiming error.
Until sentence is imposed, there is
no flnality of judgment" said the
court yesterday in its opinion, writ
ten by Associate Justice Fred M.
Vinson.
The appellate tribunal denied that
Pratt was twice placed in jeopardy,
declaring:
If the defendant, by his own act,
causes verdict to be set aside, by
that action he valves his con-
stitutional protection against being
twice put in jeopardy Having
waived jeopardy, he may be tried
again for the same offense."
Arguing the case for the Govern
ment in the appellate court were
United States Attorney David A.
Pine and Assistant United States
Attorney Charles B. Murray.
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Tome Alumni Make Plans

Alumni of Tome School at Port
Deposit, Md. met last night at the
University Club to discuss reorgani-
zation proposals in connection with
the school, Speakers included DR..
H. c. Byrd, president of the Uni
versity of Maryland; Representa-
tives Sasscer of Maryland and
Gamble of New York. Also present
were DR.. Charles J. Keppel, head
master of the school, and F'reder-
lex S. Henry, president, ex-officio,
of the Tome School Corp.
Evening star., 1939-02-21
ADVERTISEMENT,
DR.. E.m.EDWARD
DISC0VE cry FOR
CONSTIPATION
Benefits Nation of Sufferers!

Benefits Nation of Sufferers!
| COLUMBUS, OHIO: For over 20
years DR.. F. M. Edwards (widely known
lphysician) successfully treated scores Of
patients for constipation and the head
aches, lack Of energy and mental dull
ness which often result.
This wise Doctor knew liver bile must
how freely every day into your intestines
or fatty foods can't be properly digested
and you may become constipated. So he
kept this in mind when he perfected his
famous DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets,
Olive Tablets. being purely segetaNs,
are harmless, yet they assure gentle,
Thorough bowel movements and ALSO
help stimulate bile flow. Test their
goodness TONIGHT 16t, a0t, Co.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
British War Controls Change
Londoners' Diet, Hours, Habits
Prices Of Everything Mount and Air Rod
Protection Adds to Cost

been able to buy any" says the
waiter. The order Is changed to an
omelet.
When this Londoner gets home his
wife is putting curtains over the
windows for the blackout. It's an
expensive job. Ten yards OF the
black cloth costs the equivalent of
about SO.
While his wife prepares supper
our man works in the garden. His
evening newspaper tells him, dig
for Victory!" He dutifully, plants
vegetables in his handkerchief-s sized
plot.
All Costs More.
He comes in to dinner. No beef
His wife found she had to order it
before o'clock in the morning and
didn't make it. She goes down the
list. Tongue is up. Ham is up. Eggs
are up. The grocer says it isn't his
fault. He has to pay more, too.
Our man sits up after his wife
has gone to bed and figures things
out: Food costs more, gas mask
containers for four cost a bit, new
winter clothes for the wife and
children, more materials to black
out his little house so the AFRAID
Evening star., 1939-09-14
Southern Governors
Confer on Freight Rates
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. 14.-After
a two-hour conference with Gov.
Clyde r. Hoey and other North
Carolina officials on the campaign
by Southern States for freight rate
parity" with the North, Gov. E. D.
Rivers of Georgia left yesterday for
Nashville, Tenn.
Gov. Rivers, as chairman of the
Southern Governors Conference. is
holding parleys with State execu-
tives on the presentation of the
South's case before the Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing. He
planned to confer with Gov. Prentice
Cooper of Tennessee at Nashville
today, and with Cows. Carl E. Bailey
of Arkansas, Leon C. Phillips of
Oklahoma and w. Lee ODonnell of
Texas tomorrow at Memphis, Tenn.
Cows. Frank Dixon of Alabama
Evening star., 1939-09-14

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept 14.-Day by day
the number of government CON
trolls" grows and the long arm of
Whitehall reaches into the simplest
homes as Britain mobilezes food,
gasoline and a score of other neces-
sites for war.
Here is an average day in the life
of an average Londoner:
He gets up early, mainly because
the nightly blackout sends him to
bed early. He sees his children off
to school before he leaves for work,
their gas masks slung over their
shoulders.
He lives in the suburbs and so his
wife used to drive him to the train
in their tiny car each morning.
Gasoline rationing hasn't started
yet, but even so they aren't using
their cars. Gas, about 40 cents a
gallon in peace time, will be even
higher in wartime.
Train Service Uncertain.
So the average Londoner walks to
the train, his gas mask humping
against his hip. The train service,
once the pride of loyal suburbanites,
is uncertain. He waits 13 minutes
for his 8:25.
In town, he walks from the station
to the office. He used to take bus
or subway. But now the service is
restricted.
His business day isn't the same
either. He's an air raid warden for
his building and he has to attend a
conference with other wardens in
the vicinity.
Even the building has changed.
Sandbags are piled up to the second
story and the windows are covered
with cellophane or crisscrossed with
tape to prevent shattering.
This average man used to get a
big lunch each day at a Strand
restaurant. The retail price is the
same, but restaurateurs, buying
wholesale, now have to pay 10 per
cent more. The lunch is light.
Many Foods Restricted.
Most of the beef is going to the
army and so our man compromises
on salmon.
Salmon is up, too. We haven't
Evening star., 1939-09-14

be without any railroad service 10
days hence.
On August 8, 1929, the "Stour-
bridge Lion" imported British 10
comotive, chuffed a mile and a
half to Seelys Mills while skeptical
spectators goggled with amazement.
On September "a, 1899, an Erie
Railroad branch line between here
and Lackawaxen, Paths Wayne
County seats only rail passenger
service-will be discontinued be-
cause of lack of patronage. Trav-
elers will have to motor 16 miles
to Narrowsburg, N. Y, to connect
with the Erie main line.
Evening star., 1939-09-14

Hugh White Of Mississippi, Fred
Cone Of Florida and Earl Long OF
Louisiana are to meet with Rivers
on Monday at Birmingham, Ala,
where the Southern Traffic League
will consider the same question of
freight rates on September 20.
AS spokesman for the conference
yesterday Gov. Hoey reported that
the group studied "the proper pres
entation by the Southeastern States
of the freight rate situation to the
Interstate Commerce Commission" !"
Evening star., 1939-09-14

warden won't find cause for COM
plaint-or a stiff fine.
Moreover, our Londoner may be
called soon to the colors. He looks
out at the searchlights stabbing the
sky and then goes to bed-in the
dark.
Evening star., 1939-09-14
First RoiIrood Town
Will Lose Service

BY the Associated Press.
HONESDALE, Pa, Sept. IA
This town of 5,500-the scene 10
years ago of the first steam rail-
road run in the United States-will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY
ON THE AIR

On Tuesday evening, April rs,
the West Nottingham Academy of
Colora, Maryland, was made the
feature presentation of Station w H
A T at Philadelphia between 9:45
to 1000 P. M. The program was
composed of the Academy Sexette
and the reading by the announcer of
paper prepared by Mr.. j. Paul
Slaybaugh, Headmaster of the
Academy.
The Sexette, composed of Mr..
Jackson Warner, Bombay, India,
first tenor; Walter Wright, Holli-
daysburg, Penna., second tenor;
Clayton Windsor, Wilmington, Del
aware and Albert Newcomb, Lans-
downe, Penna., first basses: Aaron
Ruth, Vineland, NJ, and Reginald
Vincent, Red Bank, N. j., second
basses, rendered three numbers:
GLORIA Excelsus", the negro spirit
ual, "Steal Away, and "a Little
Close Harmony.
Organized early last fall, under
the direction of Mr.. Richard w.
Holstein of the Academy faculty,
who accompanied the sextette at
the piano, this group has been one
of the most active school organiza-
tions this year. 1t has travelled ex-
tensively, singing at various places.
On May 5, the sextette will fulfill
an engagement at 1880 at the New
ark District Epworth League Rally,
and again on May 20, at 500, at the
Nottingham Presbyterian Church,
near Oxford, Pa.
Mr.. Slaybaugh's paper was read
between the numbers of the Sextet-
te. 1t dealt with the present work
of the Academy in the education Of
youth and of the Academy's place in
Colonial History, having been found
ed in 1741. At that period IL num-
bered Benjamin Rush and Richard
Stockton, signers of the Declaration
of Independence among it's gradu-
ates. Its first Headmaster DIR. Sam
uel Finley later became President of
Princeton University.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
BENCHES FOR $4,000 TO INSURE
REST FOR N. Y. FAIR
PATRONS

New York-To insure rest for pa
irons of the New York Worlds
Fair 1889, benches seating total Of
more than $4,000 persons at time
will be distributed over the 1915 VI
acre site of the forthcoming EXPOSE
ton. According to recent statement
by Grover A. Whalen, president OF
the Fair Exposition, these benches
will be shaded by many OF the TO-
600 fully mature trees which. in one
of the most arduous of all the Ex-
positions projects, were transplant
ed by a veritable army of workmen.
These benches will be easilJ Access
sible, to the 100000 visitors expect
ed to pass through Fair turnstiles
every average" day. AS sanctuar-
les for tired, if enthusiastic, Latrons,
most will provide vistas OF foun-
tains, cascades, floral patterns and
other soothing elements of an elab-
crate landscaping program.
To obviate WEAKNESS still further,
three different forms Of moderate
priced transportation over the site
will be provided-tourist buses,
trackless trains, and electric chairs.
Parents, too, will be able to leave
their little-ones in the safety Of
"Children's World" before proceed
ing, unworried and free, to adult
attractions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
THE RISING SUN METHODIST
CHURCH

The services at the Rising Sun
Methodist Church will be: Church
School at 9:45 a. M, Mr.. Claude c.
Buck, Supt Morning Worship Ser
vice at II a. m. The Sermon Theme,
"A Glad Family"
The Junior League meets at 600
p. m, and the Evening Worship
Service Is held at 1880 O'Clock. The
Evening Worship Service is con-
Quoted by Young People and the
Message is given by the pastor.
Next Sunday Will Be Family Day
The services of the day will be
Family Day Services. All families
are invited to sit together during
the services. Gifts will be presented
to the oldest Father, Mother, the
youngest Father, Mother and the
largest family present.
A Friendly Church with acordial
Rev. ]. b. Dickerson, Pastor.
welcome.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
MRS. BASIL H. BROWN

Mrs. Annie Frances Haines Brown
passed away at her home On West
Main st., at 1915 o. m, on May 2.
Mrs. Brown was one of the Oldest
residents of Rising Sun, having been
born on the Joseph Haines farm,
just north of town, on August 26,
1849. Her husband, Basil H. Brown,
was also born in Rising Sun and
died here in 1928, at a ripe old age.
Mrs. Brown was a daughter OF
Joseph H. and Rebecca l.. Haines.
She leaves three sisters: Margaret
H. Haines, Mrs. William Mast, of
Rising Sun, and Mrs. George Nc
Kinsey, of near Oxford, Pa. and a
brother, John L. Haines, of Cali
fornia; also surviving are her
daughter, Mrs. Edward G. Dixon, of
Philadelphia; SON Edgar W. Brown,
at home, and Mrs. Gordan B. Hat
tersley, of Chicago, daughter Of
her son, DR.. H. MacVeagh Brown,
late of Philadelphia.
Interment was held ON Thursday.
May A, from the funeral home Of
J. Earl Tyson. with burial in Brook
view cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
ROUTE 1 PAVING PUSHING
ALONG

The work of improving Route
from Media to Wawa, is being push
ed rapidly ahead and it is expected
that it will be complete by August
7th Of this year. Work on the ex-
cavating section from Lima to Wa
wa was begun last week, and the
laying of the concrete from Media
to Lima will be begun within few
days.
The road, which will be of the
familiar three lane type, includes
several innovations in Pennsylvania
road building. One of them is the
clover leaf, where the roadway
crosses the Middletown road, or, as
Oxfordians know it, the Black Horse
Pike. Here the highway goes under
the latter pike by an underpass and
the clover leaf arrangement such as
has been found so advantageous in
crossings in New Jersey, will enable
travellers to get ON either road
from the other without crossing the
line Of traffic. It is said that this will
require ten acres, and the famous
old. landmark, the Black Horse Inn,
is being torn down to make room
for it. All the curves on the Elwyn
Hill section have been eliminated
the new road is relocated in the
woods to the north of the present
route.
While trucks, foreign cars and a
cnnsidnra hln nortiOn of the traffic is
being detoured south of Concordville
1t is still possible for local cars to
get through to Markham, Vollmer's
Filling Station, or the foot Of Dead
Mans Hill, and there make turn
to the north. The first detours which
are official, lead to the Glen Mills
School and on the Black Horse Pike
south to Elwyn, then east back to
Media. The third detour gees to
Darlington Station and back by way
of Sleighton School.-Oxford News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
COLORA

Miss Susan Henderson, OF Balto-
more, was the week end guest OF
Mrs. w. N. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sherzer, who
had been in Florida since last
October, called on the S. e. Riley's
ST., enroute to their home in
Schenectady, New York, last week.
Miss Belle Nesbitt, of Baltimore,
visited her cousin Miss Eva Nesbitt
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mckay, of
Kenneth Square. were callers here
Sunday evening.
William Fulton and family, of Ok
ford, spent Sunday with Mis-. Full
tons father, Walter o. McVey.
Mrs. Hannah Bride has returned
to her summer hcme here, after
spending the winter in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Way were
in Wilmington last Friday.
The many friends of DR.. W. G.
Jack were very sorry to learn of his
accident, which occurred in Port
Deposit, where he was struck by a
car and badly injured. He was taken
to the Maryland General Hospital,
Baltimore.
The covered dish supper served
in West Nottingham Chapel last
Thursday evening netted the flower
committee of the church $3.50
Chester Love, Philadelphia, Wis
tied here at the home of his father,
Lawson S. Love. during tie week
end
Mrs. r. r. Pierce spent a night
the past week with her cousins,
Miss Grace Nickel and Mrs. Mary
Watson. Perryville.
Mrs. Sue McMullen, wife of Jos.
McMullen. sustained a stroke at
her home last week.
Mrs. Joseph Miller and laby ar
rived home Tuesday from Union
Hospital, Elkton.
Mrs. Luna Reynolds. wife Of the
late Albert Reynolds, died at her
home in Philadelphia last Sunday,
Mr.. Reynolds and family resided on
their farm near Rock Springs for
several years. After the death of her
husband Mrs. Reynolds and children
remained on the farm for sometime,
later going to Philadelphia to re-
side. She leaves three sons, Earl
Reynolds. of Ardmore, Pa; Curtis
Reynolds of Philadelphia; Harry
Reynolds of New Jersey. The de-
ceased was a sister-in-law of Mrs.
Clinton Way, Colora. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday at the
funeral home of Mrs. Jennie Taylor,
Rising Sun. Interment in West Not
tingham cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
REV. WILLIAM r. MoWBRAY


The funeral of the Rev. William
R. Mowbray, Is years, who died at
Wilmington, April rs, was held
Friday afternoon at Lewes, Del.
Mr.. Mowbray was born in Caroline
county, March 1, 1861, a SON of the
late William H. and Annie S. Now
bray. He was admitted to Whining
ton Conference in 1885. Among the
charges he served were Zion Circuit,
in Cecil County, and also at Sassa-
fras. He also served as District Sup
erintendent of Dover District.
Surviving him are: Two sons,
Thomas ]. Mowbray, and William r..
Mowbray, Jr., with whom he had
lived since the death Of his wife last
May; two brothers, the Rev. Alpheus
S. Mowbray, Washington, D. c., for
mer superintendent Of the Whining
ton M. e. Conferece, and the Rev.
Edwin T. Mowbray, of Baltimore, a
retired member of the Baltimore M.
E. Conference; two sisters, Miss M.
Maud Mowbray, Bristol, New Hamp-
shire, and Mrs. Bernice Smith, Col
umbia, s. c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-05
MRS. LUNA REYNOLDS

Mrs. Luna Reynolds, widow of
Albert j. Reynolds, and native OF
this section, died Sunday at her
home in Ardmore, Pa, aged 76
years. The deceased was daughter
of the late Samuel B. and Caroline
Jenkins Mccullough, of near Rock
Springs.
Three sons survive: Earl and
Curtis Reynolds, of Ardmo,e, Pa,
and Harry Reynolds, of Camden,
New Jersey.
Services in charge of Rev. j. B,
Dickerson, were held Wednesday af-
ternoon, two o'clock, at the tuner
al home of Mrs. Jennie w. Taylor,
in this town, and interment made in
West Nottingham Presbyterian GEN.
etery.