Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1928, Page 4

3 = PROMOTIONS ASKED FORFIVE CAPTAINS Navy Board Would Advance Them to Rank of Rear Admiral. in the United States recommended by the | Navy Selection Board for promotion to rear admirals, sccording to the board's annual report made today. ‘They are Capts. Thomas Tingey Craven, director of naval communications. Navy Depart- ment; Wat Tyler Cluverius. command- ing the battleship West Virginia, flag- ship of the battle fleet: Albert Ware | Marshall. commanding the airplane car- rier Lexington: Harry Ervin Yarnell commanding the airplane carrier Sara- | toga. and Arthur Japy Hepburn. chief | of staff, commander of the battleship division of th> battle fiset aboard the t Virgania The Navy Selection Board. which rually picks officers of command rank for promotion. in its report today shows that 31 officers were recommended for promotion to the mext higher grade which recommendations have baen ap- proved by the President. according (o the Navy Decpartment. In addition to those recommended for rear admiral the following 12 commanders have been sciected for promotion to captain: Albert Norris, inspector of naval ma- terial, Schnectady. N. Y.. Wilhelm Lec | Friedell, commanding submarine division 11 of the battle flect: Burton Hepburn Green, commanding division 40, destroy- er squadron of the scouting fleet: Isaac Foote Dortch, an the staff of the Naval | War College at Newport, R. I.. Law-! rence North McNair, fourth naval dis- trict. Philadelphia: Gordon Wayne | Haines, in charge of the Navy reciuit- | ing station at Philadelphia: John Wal- ter Wileox. ir. on the staff of the Naval War College at Newport. R. L;{ William Baggaley. assistant chief of ! staff of the Asiatic fleet; Benjamin | Dutton. ir. commanding the survey! ship Nokomis: Halford Robert Green- lee of the Bureau of Engineering. Navy Department: Vaughn Kimball Coman of the fieet training division of the Navy Department, and Reed Marquette Fawell. naval communication of the Navy Dej t The 14 lieutenant commanders who gre o step up to commander are Richard Walter Wuest, naval training station. Great Lakes, Ill.. Archibald McGlasson, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department: Joseph Augustine Mu:- phy. University of California, Berkeley. Calif.: James Richard Barry. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md.; William Nicholson Richardson, jr.. my. Annapolis. Md.. Elder, commanding the U. Henry Thomas Settle. naval station. . Thomas. Virgin Islands; Rush Southgate Pay, Naval War Colleg>. | Newpert, R. 1.; Charles Maynard Cook. §r. Bureau of Navigation. Navy Dec- partment; Mervyn Sharp Bennyon, navigator of the battleship Maryland: Augustin Heard Gray. Bureau of Navi- tion, Navy Department: Walter Elliot own. gunnery officer on the battle. . ship Morida: Holloway Halstead Prost. eomnianding the destrover Toucey, and Howard Kirk Lewis, navigator of the battleship West Virginia. TAKOMA PARK'S ! | TAX SURVEY BEGUN BY BOARD OF TRADE Study This Year to Include Bank Clearings and Sales Turnover. Undaunted by the refusal of Congress at the past sescion to abandon the nb-‘ jectionable lump sum plan of contrib. | uting to the budget for the National | Capital, the Board of Trade today | ted compilation of data for 1927 in | its annual tax survey to show the true | tax burden borne by local citizens in comparison with figures for other locali- sul is a continuation of the ational tax study started last year. which was used effectively in conjune- tion with earlier tax data. compiled by | the board and the citizens’ joint com- mittee ‘Im fiscal nl::’mlfin the tlln; paign for fiscal equity. e survey of showed that Washington | ranked second among 80 of the largest cities of the Nation in per capita as- | estate and_ nth capita ta: year is to be enlarg>d include data as to the economic sit- | - BUDGET APPROVED Tax Bate of $1.10 to Provide Rev-! enue of $87.000 for Next Yea! board. Chureh Linked With Budget Study. The new budget, as prepared and, The tax survey is to be conducted in fecommended by the town finance com- | conjunction with a study of the local mittee. of which Councilman H. E. pudget matters. The Board of Trade Rogers is chairman. is based on the | tomorrow will receive from the District fown tax rate of u.l? on u‘cdh u‘oo of | Government figures mdfiu;u l'::e prrrol- assessed property. It provides for a posed budget items soug! )y the vari- ftevenue during the year of $57.000 and | ous department heads for the fiscal tures of an equal amount. The | year, 1929, These budget figures will be is ly the same as the divided up among the 31 committees one last vear except that $2,000 more 15 | of the Board of Trade for detailed liotted for street improvements | study, after which the directors and The largest individual item in the|committee chairmen will formulate mew budget is for the town's share of recommendations to the ecity heads. completed work According to the| The trade body today began sendin budget, $19.850 will be spent for this oyt to about 100 of the largest cities o improvement work during the year. The | the country a questionnaire asking data | next largest item is $12,000 for street|from official sources concerning city | ting. The mayor and council also and county financing matters. The n 10 expend $6.450 for street work.| questionnaire includes the following An appropriation of $3,000 is made in the budget for garbage collectiol while $1,000 is appropriated for the fire department and $1,000 for playgrounds. Of the $57.000 in revenue for the !axable real estate, the tax rate per $100 | not be reached for a statement points: Points in Questionnaire. Population: The total true value of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. tains who have been chosen Navy Selection Board for ad- ancement, in the annual report made public toda Upper: Thomas Tingey Craven (Un- derwood), Wat Tyler Cluverius (Harris- Ewing). Center: Albert Ware Marshall (Un- derwood), Harry Ervin Yarnell (Under- wood). Lower: Arthur Japy Hepburn (Harris- Ewing). THREE BANKS'FAIL TO OPEN IN FLORIDA First Kmeriun Institution at West Palm Beach Gives No Statement. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, June 19.—Two banks in West Palm Beach and one nearby, with aggregate re- to open vesterday and the stetement { was made on behalf of one of them that it was closed to avoid a possible run growing out of the suspension of one of the others. The banks closed are the First Ameri- can Bank, the Citizens Bank, two of the oldest financial Institutions in West Palm Beach, and the Kelsey City State Bank at Kelsey City near here, which is affiliated with the First American. Officials of the Pirst American “.‘l‘.,’}"" 3 coming fiscal year, $43.000 will be raised assessed value of realty, the amount of | bank is in the hands of the State bank- through genera! taxes. $2700 from county 'refunds, $1.250 from permits |on Teal esiate, the total assessed value | Citizens Bank, it was said, was caused | fines 2nd miscellaneous sources, and | $5.000 from the surplus of 1927-1923. ‘The mayor and council last night also | reappointed L. C. Cutshaw as police | afficer and reappointed the town | bafliffs, making one additional appoint- ment. Martin P. Iverson, Approval was also given to the Fourth of July celebration committee to use the municipal plavgrounds in staging the celebration and permission was granted to the staging of the parade that day ‘The meeting last night was tipe first regular meeting of the new Town Council. three of the members having been elected for the first time at the election in May. NOMINATOR OF SMITH T0 BE PICKED MONDAY P. D. Roorewelt or Mayor Walker 5¢hool bonded indebtedness: bank clear- | Brenna: Mentioned as Probable Choice. B the Amwseiated Press ALBANY. N. Y. June 19 —Hugh Reilly, secretary of the New York State Democratic committee, announced to- | day that the person who will place Gov Alfred £ Smith in nomination for the presidency at the Democratic natonal convention will be selected at & meeting of the delegates in Rice Hotel. Mouston, Monday night. It is! expected that Franklin D. Roosevelt or Mavor James J Walker of New York Wil be selected 10 make the nominating speech HUSBAND IS MISSING. Mrs. Helen Nead Asks Hunt for Spouse Mrs. Helen Nead, 1446 Fairmont Bireet. has appealed W the police 1o fn- siitute search for her husband, Wade | F. Nead. 22 years old, reported missing | from his home since June 7 Nead was attired in the uniform of a Beout. smaster when he left home Mrs. Nead tnld the police her hus- hand 1old her he was going L Norfolk. | ¥a. to nurse an Army officer. Failing 0 hear from him, she stated, she com- municated with military authorities in | Norfolk and learned he had not been Seen there, —e Weather Delays Mexico Hop, DETROIT, June 1% (#)--Continued unfavorable weather today caused in Pacheco and FPritz Bleler. av- planning 2 non-stop flight to xion City, 1o delay thelr take-off at ‘:-u another Gy, Police to revenue produced annually by thé tax of real property within the corporate city limits; has the realty assessment | and realty tax been increased within the past year and if s0, how much: re- gardless of regulation, at what percen- tage of true value does your assessment actually work out: what is the State tax rate. the city and the county rate; state what support you receive from State or county toward schools, roads. pul welfare or any other items, in either money or services; what is the iotal amount of general property tax ralsed in your city; how much of the tax rate is due to bonded indebtedness: what are the tangible, intangible, fran- chise, corporation and bank stock tax rates in your city? What Is the total assessed value of your tangible property and of your in- tangible property. what is your public utility tax and how much do you raise from that source: if your school system is run by a separate tax levy, give tax rate and amount raised, ‘ncluding | | ances in your city for the first three | months of this year; department store tales for 1927 GOLD STRIKE REPORT STARTS RUSH IN NORTH Two Indians Baid to Be erers of Pay Claim Near British | Columbia Border. | | By the Associated Press ! WHITE HORSE, Yukon, June 19 Reports of a gold strike on Squaw Creek | in the new field just within British Co- lumbia‘’s boundery has started a rush | of prospectors. Big Jim and Paddy Duncan, Indians, | sre reported as the discoverers. The Indlan, who made the find last Fall | just before the freeze-up, ecame White Horse a week ago and hired every avajlable man All the gold taken out, secording to Chambers, has come from the Indians claim, ACCUSED.OF LIBEL. | | Diseov- | iy an hour ing department. The closing of the by the First American's closing. The First American had been re- opened and has been operating for sev- eral months following a temporary clos- ing two years ago. The suspensions today did not affect | the Central Farmers' Trust Co., the only other bank in West Paim Beach, or the First National, Palm Beach's oniy financial institution. BRENNAN TO START FOR HOUSTON EARLY Nomination of Smith Is Only Ob- ject of Illinois Delegation, Bays Leader. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 19--George E. , national committeeman, will precede the Illinois delegation to the | Democratic convention to Houston by | several days, Brennan, with several Democratic leaders, will leave Thursday The majorjty of the Illinols and alternates will leave on a special train Sunday morning The nomination of Gov. Smith is the only objective of the Illinois delegation sald Brennan, who s slated for the irmanship of the official party. he delegates are bound by the unit rule. All but one or two are pledged to Smith. ARMY PILOTé TURN BACK. Flight From Cuba to Panama. HAVANA, June 19 (#) . Parker and R. W. Douglas, jr American Army fiyers en route Lo P ama, returned here shortly before noon { today after hopping off at 7:55 o'clock | this morning. 1 the aviators Low gasoline pressure was re- They had been approximate- and & half out at sea when L was ‘the second (im returned sponsible. i forced back Willism H. Bimpson, colored, alleged | | writer of a libelous letter William A school concerning Baltimore, local colored teacher, to Supt. of Schools { Frank W. Ballou, was beld under $500 | bond for the grand jury when arraigned | before Police Court Judge John P, Mce Mahon on & charge of eriminal libel Dr. Ballou told of having recelved the letter, which Baltimore with taking advi filness of other P-rum- in ord@l (o influence them to e thelr estates to him when they 228 Attacked by Highwaym Peul 8, Hawkins, colored, 28 years old, of 2306 G street, was struck on the head by an unidentified highway- man shortly before midnight last night a5 he was walking on N atreet between ‘Teath and Eleventh, He was treated Al Emergency Hospital for a scal wound and reporied (o police that his assallant bad attacked him sg suddenly lh&l hhl‘ wm‘uumb ident{fy him. He “al i poc) Were searched, but he bad no money with him, Lieuts. James | NS TORME | | | - S {Crowd of 75,000 May See [ Regatta at Poughkeepsie } on Hudson River. By the Associated Press POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. June 19.— ! Drab, dismal and rainy weather, accom- | panied by & brisk breeze from the south- {east that roughened up the Hudson FOR ROWING TITLES | River, furnished anything but favorable | | racing conditions for the intercollegiate championship regatta today or comfort- able conditions for spectators After a hard all-night rain there was some let-up in the morning. but the ckies, gray and lowering, loosed & steady drizzle again at noon. 1t looked like a stormy afternoon for ! {he osrsmen competing in the fresh- man, junior varsity and varsity races Enthusiasm Is Sustained. The usual gayety and color was miss- ing. but the enthusiasm of supporiers of seven competing colleges dampened. .Equipped with slickers, sou'westers and umbrellas, wasn't | instead of | the more colorful Summer attire, the | | crowds the casion, came prepared for oc- Yachts by the score flocked to | anchorages along the race course while | trains and automobiles unioaded thou- | sands all morning The arrival of the main throng. which | | may not exceed 50,000 or 75.000 be- | cause of the weather, develoned no change in the prevailing sentim but there was brisk betting am.n3 rival clan: O weger of $1.000 even was nlae Columbia’s varsity WOI'd Loau Cn.tornia. 1 th> New Yorkers do so they are likely to win the big race, for two remain the twin favorites, Washington an alternative choice. Washington. in the junior varsity, was rated at even money against the field. May Take Practice Pulls, Because of the rough water all the crews kept to their quarters in the morning. but several boats, including those of Columbia and Washington, were prepared to venture out for easy 1 pulls if the weather improved. Slim cedar shells were given a last {fond polishing as the greatest college fleet Poughkeepsie had ever seen—20 | crews—stripped for the decisive test Late this afternoon as the shadows lengthen off the rugged west banks of |the Hudson, and after the freshman i and junior varsities have had their tests, | seven trim varsity craft will settle the | question of four-mile supremacy for {another year while perhaps 75,000 | spectators look on. from the shores, boats, observation train, airplanes and { possibly the dirigible Los Angeles. | Discuss Weather Factor. The prospect of rain for the regatta was much discussed. Stormy weather, it was asserted. would react I [to the chances of both California and | [Crest of St. the | | Washington. Both are rugged boat- | | loads. averaging slightly 178 outfit in the race is the Syracuse cre averaging 179', pounds to the man. If psychology means anything Penn- sylvania may. boast the winning crew this evening after finishing & bad last A year ago. Under the teaching skill {of Rusty Callow, erstwhile Washington | mentor. the Quakers have adopted i something like the Coue system—im- | proving day by day. | | Washington Shows Up Wel | A few days ago Washington appeared to have had its chances blasted by ill- ess. After their workout last night skies appeared i= as good trim ever, pulling together with spirited \|%or. he program for today's races follows: Freshman 5 pm. , Eastern Syracu: Naval {Acldtmy. Cornell, Pennsylvania, Co- lumbia. Washington and Californi Junior varsity race, 3 miles, !pm.. Pennsylvania Naval Academ; Washington, Columbia, Syracuse and Cornell. Varsity race, 4 ‘miles, 7 pm. Naval Academy, Cornell. Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Washington, California and Columbia. n the Hu: a 6 | sourees of more than $7.500,000, tailed | PUBL'é AécoijNTANi’S | VIEWED AS COURT AIDS Herbert L. Davis, Former Auditor, | in Address, Bases His Judgment on Own Experience. ‘The service of certified public ac- countants as an aid to the court was cited last night in an address by Her- { bert L. Davis. former auditor for the Supreme Court of the District of Co- | lumbia, who was the principal speaker | at the sixth annual meeting and ban- quet of the District of Columbia In- stitute of Certified Public Accountants t the Madrillon Restaurant. Edward M. Tyler, president, presided. Plans were made during the meet- ing for the institute to act as host when sessions of the International Ac- countants’ Congress are held in Wash- ington next year. J. B. Grice and Oscar J. Bernstein were elected mem- bers of the board of governors to suc- ceed the terms expiring. |BOY OF 14 CARRYING | MESSAGE TO COOLIDGE By (he Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., June 19— Carrying an invitation to President Coolidge to attend the intertribal In- | dian ceremony at Gallup, N. Mex., Boyd | Jones, 14, astride his favorite pony. sence of his mother, who is in Amarillo, | Tex.. the boy has arrived at Santa Rosa. N. Mex d reported his pony | was “holding out all right.” He fears he may' meet with a serious | obstacle at Amarillo, howev “1 will | be in Amarillo next Sunday “and if my mother doesn't stop | with a barrel stave I'll be lucky. | did not me 8he now that I was going to make | Low Gas Twice Balks lmumpud{ Polar Cul 1 El . § “MUDDIMANS i 709 13th St. N.W. Main 140.64236 * | strengthened by additional Cadet H. W. Morgan, ir.. of Washington. and Miss Theodora Prle of Balti- | more and Georgetown. &% (hey lefl the altar after their marriage at Virginia | & Institute last' week. The ceremony, which took place immediately after dio Telearaph these | the graduation exercises.at the institute, was the first of its kind ever performed | AS WAR PANIC PASSES pissa Milita with | there. Morgan, who wae first captain and commander of the cadet corps in his senior year, is a direct descendant of Gov. Calvert, the first Governor of Vir- | ginia, while his bride is a descendant of Gov. Polk. the first Governor of Dela- | ware, and ‘President James K. Polk. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Henry William Morgan. ENGINEERS BELIEVE LEVEES WL HOLD Francis River Flood Expected to Pass Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 19-—Hun- orably | dreds of men toiled on the levees of Arkansas today as the crests of the White and St. Prancis Rivers swept downstream. The embankments, weak from last year’s floods, were being sand bags and * engineers believed the principal ones would hold. The White's crest was between New- | port and Georgetown, with a 29-foot JUNE 19, 10%8. | ASKS CONTRACT VOIDED. Woman Wants Court to Rescind Sale Agreement. | Declaring that she was “deranged" | as the result of her husband's death and thought she did not want to re- main longer in the home they had | { cccupied, Mrs. Mollie C. Cole, 1102 | Eighth street norfheast. today asked i permission of trict Supreme | Court to rescind an agreement to sell | her home to R. H. Kearney, ir.. Eighth {street and Florida avenue northeast, | May 19, for $2,500. | _She has been iold by friends, she | | says, that the property is worth twice |the ‘amount of the contract. She is | represented by Attorney Soterios Nichol- on. |WBRIDE FORECASTS SUPPORT OF HOOVER RADIO FIRWS DENY MONOPOLY BYTS Federal Trade Commission Asked to Dismiss Suit Filed 4 Years Ago. By the Associnted Press Arguments urging .msmlsll charges of monopoly in the manufac- ture, purchase and sale of radio devices and apparatus, filed against the Radin Corporation, General Electric Co. and six other organizations four years agn Wwere made today before the FPederal Trade Commission. J. P. Cotton of New York. chief counsel for the Radio Corporation of America, deciared that the charge of monopoly and restraint of trade should be dismissed because the allegations on which the charges were based had not besn sustained, By the Associated Press. Sl Cotton declared LINCOLN, Nebr. June 19.—Should States Government rged the forma- Al Smith be nominated for President by | tion of the Radio co:-lnonuon and h:fl the Democrats, the Anti-Saloon League | appointed an admiral of the Navy to will support Hoover. F. Scott McBride, | assist In its organization and develop- general superintendent of the league, ment. He said the Radio Corporation declared here yesterday in his first pub-. had also acted with the approval of |lic statement since the Republican con- | the Department of State and the Navy {vention. He was atiending a State | Department in international affairs. - | meeting of the league here. | John W. Davis, one time Demoeratic | Regardless of any dry planks that|nominee for the presidency, headed a may be inserted in the Democratic piat- formidable array of legal talent for the {form and any decision of Smith to up- | respondents. Edward L. Smith of the {hold dry enforcement, his past record | commission staff represented the |as Governor of New York and his pub- | Government. |lic utterances against prohibtion would | ~The respondents. besides the Radio General Electric Holds Smith Record Would Bar Dry Aid Despite Possible En- i i i f { forcement Plank. | that the United be too unfavorable to enfrcement to| Corporation and the | warrant his support by the league, Mr.|Co.. are: Western Electric Co. West. McBride said. 'lnmouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., Wireless Specialty. Apparatus Co. United Pruit Co.. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.. and International TIENTSIN SHOPS OPEN Foreign Forces Relax Precautions COMMISSION TO MEET. Bus and Street €ar Transfers Wil Be Discussed. By the Associated Press, | The Public Utilitic sion w TIENTSIN, June 19.—Conditions in | hold a hearing in .h:&ofl'&lfi;‘"fig e | Tientsin were outwardly normal yester- | District Building tomorrow morning at | day for the first time since long before 10 o'clock to conuder whether the Al the city | existing transfer arra and Refugees Return to —Associated Press Photo. | Native Section. | | the Nationdlist armies took ingement between over. aho‘n had reopened, and refu- | the busses and street - gees had in the main returned from ey & Bt cone Waals ington Railway & Eiectric Co. at Fif- the concessions where they had taken |teenth and H streets 8 shelter when fighting threatened. e L honig WORK'S SUMMARY OFLAND SURVEYS 5t & e e 5 | thorities had relaxed the extraordinary | tween the busses 5 Ulowing sutomobiles 1o pass hrough | I Bt enn Tt o LT | ul ‘ween the company and the . Statement by Secretary| tne iines to the native city at will. The | mission when busser mere cuniisoa Hmmt;;ba:! guards R n{‘ encu-m ‘%ru. rail service on Bla rg road e . 1 af y power s n and water- | s ment expired April . bl Shows Classifications of Pub: | 5. "smich Seppiea some of the mne [0 aetfon: was taken ‘st that tare e view of the transit merger negotiations. . “ - cessions. lic Domain Made in May. | Secretary Work today authorized the | following statement summarizing the classification of public lands made by | the Geological Survey during May: “A little more than 3,000 acres of | land in Wyoming were included in a ' formal order designating the land as | non-irrigable under the enlarged home- stead acts and to that extent subject to | entry as homesteads of 320 acres or less. | More than 170,000 acres in California, | GROSNER'S STREET —there are several differences in these Leaving Gallup last week, in the ab- | flooded. started for Wisconsin | | he said, | [i | stage expected at the lower point to- 1 morrow. The levee has been raised to {30 and its foundations have been | braced. ! Flood water released by the Kennett, | Mo., crevasse was nearing Greene and | Craighead Counties, where 30,000 acres probably will be inundated. | ., Refugees were bel red for by the | Red" Cross and were not in want, al- | thought .there was no dmmediate pros- |pect of a return to their farms. In i Jackson County alone, approximately 200 families were homeless. | RED CROSS PLANS AID, Headguarters Orders Relief for Flood Victims. Emergency relief through Red Cross | chapters in communities in Arkansa {and Missouri affected by flood condi: | tions was ordered today by the Ameri- can Red Cross through its Midwestern branch at St. Louis. H !‘ Advices received here said thai | several thousand families in the flood | area have left their homes and that more than 200,000 acres will be in- | undated with consequent ruin to crops. Willlam M. Baxter, branch office manager at St. . reported to the national headquarters yesterday that the Kennett, Mo.. levee broke, involving 100.000 acres, Butler County. Mo.. requested aid for 100 families. - White County, Ark., re- quested assistance for 50 families. Jackson County, Ark. requested help for 500 families and reports 25,000 acres National SETS RECORD OARTMOU;I’H ’Chll of 383 Is Largest in History. Moses Is Honored. HANOVER, N. H, June 19 (&) The largest graduating class in the history of Dartmouth Coliege, come prising 383 senfors, was awarded de- grees today. The 13 honorary degrees included : Doctor of divinity—Robbins Wolcott Barstow, minister of First Congre- gational Chureh, Madison, Wis.; doc- tor of letters—Mark Sullivan, author and journalist. Washington. D. C. George Higgins Moses, United States Senator from New Hampshire, and Newton Diehl Baker, Cleveland. $1 0.00 Allowance for your old stove, applying on the purchase of a Mg GAS RANGE During Special Sale Cooking Demonstration Each Useful Souvenir Free to Each Visitor EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. Factory Distributors 1305 G &Y. N.W. Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming were classified under the stock-raising | homestead law and designated for znu'yl in .tracts of 640 acres or less. Much of the acreage involved in these designa- tions is included in original entries or in applications under the enlarged and | stock-raising homestead -cts, which | confer a preference right. { “As'a result of information obtained disclosing the definite location of certain ! watering places withdrawn by execuuvvl order, more than 300 acres of land in California were added to the known area included in public water withdrawal. Eighty acres in Utah previously included in such withdrawal was restored to | entry. In connection with a i development of Santa Ana River as a! | source of water for municipal and lrri- | gation purposes. more than 7.000 acres were added to the area of land in Cali- | fornia withdrawn for public watering | purpose: The area of lands withdrawn as val- uable for power in Colorado and Wyo- ming was decreased more than 2,000 acres by reason of the interpretation of | the withdrawal in terms of new survey, | while nearly 6000 acres of land were | added to the area classified as power {site lands in California, Colorado and Oregon by reason of such interpreta- {tion. More than 3,000 acres of land in Utah which had been previously classi- {fied as coal land were reclassified a non-coal.” new Kuppenheimer " AIR-O-WEAVE " SUITS - we're featuring at —first KUPPENHEIMER chose the new weaves created by the Godall Worsted Co., who make the famous Palm Beach, Nurotex and other Summer fabrics—they 1500 families affected. | r Lawrence County, Ark., re-| | ports 100,000 acres fiooded. \fternoon | put in the Kuppenheimer tai- i loring features—and consign- ed them exclusively to us in Washington. - Consider these differences—all in a suit to [ keep you cool and well dressed at $20. GCROSNERS 1%23. 7 STREET MARINE FLYER IS SAFE ON NICARAGUAN COAST| | Lieut. W. W. Conway Reaches Cape Gracias After Floating 24 Hours on River. | By the Associated Press | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 19.— | Lieut. William W. 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