Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1931, Page 3

; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931. LEGGE RESIEATON STLL ONOFFAL Chairman of Farm Board Re- | fuses to Confirm or s Deny Reports. T = T By the Associated Press. Moth Pl'()()fil]g Everything in connection wWith the and Fumigating reported resignation of Chairman Legge from the Farm Board on March 4 ap- pears about correct, but the information Your furniture and effects |f| {still is entirely unofficial. can be rid of moths and made mothproof for a pe- riod of years. Beruritp Srorage 1140 FIFTEENTH ST notice of Mr. Legge's intention to re- ( tire on that date and the chairman was A SAFE DEPOSITORY FOR 40 YEARS C.AASPINWALL . PRESIDENT represented at the board as “not hav- ing the slightest idea when he will quit.” Personally, Legge neither affirms nor | denies the report—an attitude he has taken every time the subject has been presented to him during the last two months. f May Ask Further Service. Two months ago a trade news letter | | suggested that the chairman might re- tire after Congress adjourned on March 4. Knowledge that Legge has been | wanting to retuin to his personal busi- | ness and had accepted the reappoint- | ment only with the understanding tha he could retire at the first opportunity, | gave credence to the suggestion. | Some do not expect the President to | make further demands upon Legge, | feeling he already has given liberally of | his time. Others seem to believe Mr. | Hoover may seek his services further. | Legge al s has “run his own show.” He has issued only two or three state- | ments at the suggestion of the Presi- dent, and never, say Farm Board at- | taches, has been asked to submit his plans before acting upon them. His | friends say he has had the President's | OLD AND WORN FUR COATS Also Mink and Jap Mink Capes support at every turn. Highest Cash Prices Paid i You Have an OLD FUR COAT By those who expect early retirement | it is held significant that Vice Chair- man Stone recently has presided at all board meetings even with the chairman | present and that Stone has been shoul- | dering wide responsibilities. Others to Retire. An associate hoard member said today if Legge did not retire on March 4 hic withdrawal might expected soon e s o e o oo after. He will have served a complete RSREETI SN e S second year if he remains until June 15. Other scheduled departures from the board, also hardly can be called resig- nations. The term of Willam F. Shilling, representing dairy industries, expires June 15, as does that of Samuel | McKelvie, representing wheat. C. C Teague, representing fruits and vege- tablcs, is serving under reappointment which he, like the chairman, agreed to | providing he might retire at'an oppor- tune time. That leaves C. B. Denman, represent- ing livestock. to retire in 1932; Charles Wilson, fruits and vegetables, in 1933; | James C. Stone, vice chairman and to- bacco representative, in 1934, and Carl | Williams, representing cotton, in 1935. Should promotions be made within the | board and vacancies be filled from the | outside, Stone is expected to become | chairman agd Denman vice chairman. WINS MOTHER'S ESTATE | Novelist's Wife Victor in Suit Against Her Stepfather. LOS ANGELES, February 17 (&) Mrs. Anzonette Lloyd Collison, wife of Wilson Collison, novelist. _triumphed yesterday in her three-year legal contest with Jack C. Randolph, her stepfather, over ‘the $150.000 estate of her late mother, Mrs. May Wheeler Randolph of Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Randolph died under mysterious circumstances February 3, 1928. Ran- dolph was charged with slaying her tried and acquitted. Later he was con- victed of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to two years in a FPederal prison. | When Mrs. Collison attempted to pro- bate the bill Randolph contested. The judge ruled Randolph’s marrizge was invalid because of a previous divorce of | Mrs. Randolph which he held was illegal. The court appointed Mrs. Col- lison executrix. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.—Now hers is something you mustn't gel wrong. the Government Saturday pasted a bill to appropriate 20 million as a loan to farmers in the drought area, but it wak to be loaned on se- curity, now the man 'and his family that are hungry down there have no security. if he had any security he wouldn't ‘be aungry, he would | have already put it up. So this loan has not. relieved the people that the Red Cross has been feeding at all. %0 you towns that have been 5o slow in raising your quota. because you have been waiting on the Gov- crnment to sec what they would do. 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