Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1928, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JULY 30, 1928. TWO DIE IN BLAZE; 71 BADLY BURNED Pestructive Fire in Texas Prison Follows Explosion ¥ During Convict Show. v the Associated Press { HOUSTON, Tex., July 30 con- victs of the Blue Ridge State Prison Farm were at the point of de: urned a he prisoners stormed Convicts in Fighting Mass. ty-three ting between the exploded film a! o doorway were to prevent a the burning t and grass. Near-Mutiny Quelled. The flames, which thi ed & dormitory which 180 Mexican d, caused near-| N bucket brigade brought | the er control withmn the dining convicts m. The dead were Floyd Pinson and Wil- Uam Key, and t near death, Jesse Daily, Henry Rivieres, E. Mercer and B. Hale. H fire started, it is said, when the by a prisoner to light a cigarette, broke and fell into the film container WORK TO BE STARTED RBoad From District Line to Suit- land, Md., and That Toward Bladensburg to Be Improved. @pecial Dispatch 1o The Star UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. July 30— Under contracts awarded during the week by the State Roads Commission econcrete highway improvement on two thoroughfares connecting Prince Georges County and the District of Co- | lumbia soon will be undertaken. Approximately three-quarters of mile of road will be built on the tho: oughfare from the District line to Suit- land completing that concrete high- | way. A half mile will be built on River | road toward Bladensburg, bringing the | improved part to within a short dis- | tance of the rallroad. This road. when completed, will provide an improved | highway between Kenilworth, D. C., | and Bladensburg. | Just what route the road will take from its terminus near the railroad toward Bladensburg is uncertain. The Btate Roads Commission does not wish | to have the road cross the railroad at grade. Whether the highway will be continued to the left of the present road or just what will be done will decided some time before next yea road building season. whem it iz expect ed more work will be undertaken on the highway. DOG PRIZES SCHEDULED FOR ROCKVILLE FAIR | ROCKVILLE, Md.. July 30—Rev. John T. Coolahan. chairman: Edward P. Abbe, Z. McCubbin Waters and | Charles P. Haight, composing the com- | mittee in charge, have announced that special prizes will be awarded at the dog show to be held there next month in connection with the seventy-fifth an- nual exhibition of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, better known as the “Rockville Fair,” as fol- | lows: Twenty-five dollars for best dog in show. $10 for best police dog. $5 for best chow dog. $5 for best wire-haired terrier, 85 for best Boston terrier. The show will be held August 25, and will start at 10 o'clock a.m. Ribbons and ! cash prizes will be awarded in all classes. 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