Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1931, Page 6

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Newspapers said a break between the Governor and Tammany Hall threat- ened over a legislative bill requiring public officials to waive immunity. The bill is an ocutgrowth of several Tam- many officials’ refusal to sign waivers before a grand jury last year. Crain.—Charlcs C. Burlingham, pres- ident of the Bar Association, was dis- closed as having a hand in drawing up charges of inefficiency filled with the | Governor against District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain. Attorney Emory P. Buckner made public Burlingham’s role in contradicting a statement by Assistant Mayor Charles F. Kerrigan that the charges, on which Crain is awalting investigation, were a plot to block investigation into the closed Bank of the United States. Buckner is at- torney for two men indicted for misuse of the bank’s funds. McLaughlin Dismissed. Magistrates.—Patrolman Andrew G. McLaughlin, who arrested Vivian Gor- don on a vice charge eight years ago, was dismissed from the force. The woman had charged she was “framed” but McLaughlin’s dismissal was based on his refusal to answer questions be- fore Referee Seabury, inquisitor into Magistrates’ Courts. agistrate Leo Healy of Brooklyn re- , saying he was ill. He was re- cently under fire for allegedly suspend- ing sentence on an intoxicated hit-and- run driver. Magistrate Edward Weil was ques- tioned privately betore Referee Seabury for more than an hour and a half on undisclosed matters. Emerging from the conference he denied he had any States.—Isidor J. 7 for the closed Bank of United States, may give at home as a preliminary to the trial of four indicted bankers, scheduled to start March 30. Kresel has been indicted, but his attorney said there was no pos- sibility he would be able to undergo trial before May. MERCHANTS’ OUTING SET FOR JUNE 12-15 River and Bay Trip Planned for This Year by Board of Governors. Decision to.hold the annual “booster outing” of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association’ 'fl June 12, 13, 14 and 15 this year made by the board of governors of the & special meeting f Av"rl?e ] hm“r m lor formu- late plans for the trip. President Mark Lansburgh the following committee to for and conduct the trip: Dr. M. G. Gibbs, chairman; Bert L. Olmsted, C. H. Dike- man, Willlam E. Russell, Charles H. Frame, James E. Collifiower, A. J. Sund- lun,*Lewis A. Payne, R. P. Andrews, A. A. Auth, P. Dorsch, irkin. vigorousl: inst unlicensed vendore of el klndlyol“:wa lo"::gu along the curbs of downtown of The board went on record in favor of the District Commissioners providing e i, B B underpass benea e approac o Washington Terminal. P.-T. A. VISITS HOME Inmates Entertained by Group From Brookland School. Inmates of the District Receiving Home Friday were entertained by the Brookland Parent-Teacher Associa- tion in the home, 816 Potomac avenue . . There were about 25 pres- en! Entertainers were Charles I. Merillat planist; Ralph Thrasher, who offered several trombone solos; Virginia Lee Petty and Charlotte and Gladys Sauter, fancy dancers. At the conclusion of the program all joined in singing familiar ballads. Mrs. Annie Robey, matron of the home, con- ducted the Parent-Teacher Association on a tour of the home following the singing. GRS LS Two Given Commissions. | Commissions in the Reserve Corps of the Army have besn issued by the War artment to Frederick A. Burr Takoma Park, Md, as a captain of Coast Artillery and to Foster O. | Bpeicher, Oakland, Md., as & first lieu- tenant of Infantry. Six Pairs Pants $1.89 Cost, but $7 From Pocket Lost By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, Ind., March 21— Albert “Scott” Burgess knows a bargain when he sees cne. He bought six pairs of ts for $1.89 from a pe‘rd]er lnd‘t-hnm hurried over to the police station to tell his police friends. “T'was & great bargain,” he sald. “Imagine. they only cost 31 _cents apiece.” Then his Scottish chuckle turned into a n as he tried to dig his hands deeply into the pockets of a pair of his new p.n#lu ! s t?” asked & liceman, “is the matter.” 5 “Nothing,” he said, ‘“except the{ forgot to stitch up the pockets and T lost 87 I put in one of them.” “MARCH 22, 1931—PART ONE. MIDSHIPMEN TO G0 INTO MARINE CORPS 24 at Naval Academy Will Be Commissioned at June Graduation. ford "H. Sh Wayne H. R. Jones, Georgetown, Del. Forney, jr., New York, N. White, ' Fort Wayne, Ind.; Dillon, Little Britain, N. Isidore Larson, Murdock, Minn.; The Marine Corps will commission 24 midshipmen of the class to graduate in June at the Naval Academy, and 13 of their classmates will enter the Navy's au.zly Corps. ‘This announcement, made yesterday at the Navy Depart- ment, said that the new Marine offi- cers will receive commissions as second lleutenants, while the new members of me‘ Supply Corps will be commissioned | J¢ ensigns john _ Crum) . Ind.; Sidney A. Freebe: ‘The department announced the names Charles L. Keithley, Wieseman, Palmyra, C. Cooper, Stilesville, Ind. will be assigne: Peyton Marshall H. Oox, 3 George 8. J. Forde, Philadelphia, Pa.: Samuel G. Taxis, Gloucester, Mass.; Clifton R. Evansville, Ind.; Banksori T. Hol- comb, jr., Peiping, China; Frederick L. ‘Wis, and Harlan ‘These midshi wtn ml;vgn 'udl luation upply culT-: P. Callaway, Clinton, lena, Calif.. er, Michigan _City, , Selota, Minn.; ibbock, Tex.; all Bananas shipj year totaled 10,741,000 bunches. 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