Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1931, Page 11

Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star every day. The great ma- jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at-a cost of 134 cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- tage ‘of this regular service at this low cost, telephone National 5000 now and service will start tomorrow. —_— The easiest way to cut expenses and save money this winter is o prevent sickness expens Thousands of women are adopting the health habit of giving a mild laxative toevery member of the family cing safe, m ideal for this family xpense. Only 35c. R Tonight—Tomorrow Alright, ” 111&;‘4_‘:1;, 27 NR- TABLETS - NR my!_Quick relief digestion an - 2 antacid. Only 10 MRS. L. A. BICKFORD DIES AT BERWYN Deceased Was Active in Po- litical, Civic and Church Affairs. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BERWYN, Md, January 9.—Mrs. Lula A. Bickford, prominent in political, club, civic and church cirles in Prine Georges County, died shortly after noon vesterday at her home here. Though she had been onfined to her bed since Thanksgiving her condition was not regarded as serious until a few weeks ago. Death was due to pneumonia, which set in last Sunday. Mrs. Bickford was vice chairman of the Republican State Central Commit- tee for Prince Georges County, a post she had held for several years. She as one of the organizers and most ac- tive members of the Republican League of Women Voters of the county, and formerly was_a member of the same group in the District of Columbia. In the election last November Mrs. Bick- ford lost in the contest for the Orphans’ Court by only 14 votes. Citizenship Chairman. Mrs. Bickford was chairman of the citizenship department of the Maryland Federation of Women's Club. She was THE EVENING '/ one of the president of 3 ciation and an active member of ‘Woman’s Community Club of Berwyn. She took a lively interest in the work of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church at Beltsville, of which she was a member. A gifted speaker, Mrs. Bickford was in demand for addresses before various gatherings. Mrs. Bickford, who before her mar- riage was & Miss Buck, was born in West Paris, Me. She was a graduate both of Westbrook Seminary at Port- land, Me.,, and Tufts College, Medford, Mass. As a child she moved to Gorham, N. H., where she later married Mr. Bickford. Lived in New England. After her marriage she lived in New England until 17 years ago, when the family came to Berwyn. Besides Mr. Bickford, who is a ‘“oal and feed merchant here, Mrs. Bick- ford leaves two sons and u daughter. They are George P. Bickford, an at- torney of Cleveland, Ohio, and John H. Bickford, who is in the brokerage business in New York City, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sigler of Leesburg, Va. An- other daughter died several months ago. ‘There will be a short funeral service for Mrs. Bickford tomorrow morning at 10:30_o'clock from the family home. Rev. Reginald Hall, rector of St. John’s P. E. Church, Beltsville, will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. organizers and the Berwyn Citizens' Asso- o = Earth, that is the world we live on, gains weight at the rate of about 70 pounds per minute. To be axact the extra weight is 4,250 pounds hourly, or 59 tons per day. cumulation is 11,435 tons. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1931. % LINGLE CASE TRIAL S SOUGHT AT ONCE Illinois to Push Prosecution of Leo Brothers, Suspect in Reporter’s Death. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 9.—Plans to put Leo V. Brothers, St. Louis gangster, in the electric chair as the slayer of Alfred Lingle, Tribune reporter, were pushed today while reports were circulated that Brothers had confessed the crime. State’s Attorney John A. Swanson said he was not prepared either to confirm or deny them. A definite_announcement was made, however, by Charles F. Rathbun, special assistant State's attorney in charge of the Lingle investigation, and Patrick Roche, chief investigator for Swanson, that an immediate trial ‘for Brothers will be asked by the State, adding that For. 30 years President and General Manager Storage—Packing Moving 904 10th St. N.W. In a year the ac- | Call District 9115 “we are prepared now.” Authorities sald nine witnesses had identified Brothers as Lingle's slayer. “higher-ups” in the case—the ‘The men who had the motive for causing Lingle as he to be shot to death last June 9 walked through a tunnel toward a suburban railroad station—were being Rumors prevailed that_their arrests were expected momentarily. Brothers was held in custody in a secret hiding place while the investi- gators worked for additional details which, Special Assistant State's At- torney Bathbun said, would have to be withheld from the public to prevent sought. complications in the investigation. He indicated, however, that the authorities know the motive back of the assassina- tion. Meanyhile the old report that Lingle met death because he harassed a North $ide gambling syndicate re- curred. Information that a St. Louis woman was a close associate of Brothers led to her arrest in St. Louis yesterday. Her name was given as Margaret Farmer, also known by the names of Welsh and Clark. She said she had not seen Brothers for about two years., o The “A and P” stores were started in 1859 by o “downegst Yankee” from Augusta, Me., named John Huntington Hartford. He opened a small tea and coffee store in that year at Vesey and Church streets, New York. | \ver $8,000, will arrive at the engine TO GET NEW FIRE ENGINE Pumper for Silver Spring Is Ex-| pected to Arrive About Jan. 15. The population of :Shangha!, China, Special Dispatch to Thg Star. is said to be inc) g at the rate of SILVER SPRING, Md,, January 9.—- | Dearly 100,000 a year, The local Fire Department has received = b " it et v IS word that the new apparatus recently 6 6 6 purchased, which consists of a triple- is a doctor’s Prescription for combination, 600-gallon pumper, hose wagon and booster tank, valued at Colds ana Headaches It is_the Most Speedy Remedy Known 666 also in Tablets house about January 15. Arrangements are being made by a committee headed by Willlam J. 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