Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 10

A Business Man with deney Trouble -J treat alu' (’IW fi l'- ‘.h -w -v' Sold in Washington for 15 Years Mountain Valley Water From Hot Springs, Arkansas 306 Dists National Bank Bldg. Not a Worry in the Weorld —the Eleetrie Refrigerator That Runs Kself Monthly Payments Easily Arranged No wonder women in 250 cities know it as the carefree electric refrigerator. .. find its operating cost is half the usual ice bill . rejoice in the extra food space it provides for thirty dollars less than the price of many other makes claimed to be the same s Coldspot is the elec- tric refrigerator that had to prove its super ority throughout five years of field tests be- fore Sears was satis- fied to ““bring it out.” You may try it in your home for thirty days. WeGuarantee Satisfaction or Your Money Back Sea rs ANTI-ROADSIGN BILL SUPPORT GROWING to Get Measure Reported Today. | By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS. Md, March 24— Spurred by the prospect of having their bill cagught in the legislative jam that always marks the final day of the sors of the measure to regulate and restrict billboards again planned to get the measure out of the House Ways | and Means Committee today. The bill was scheduled to come be- fore the committee yesterday, but was shunted into the background when consideration of the Governor's budget required more time than was antici- pated. Sentiment for Bill. Sentiment in favor of the measure is reported to have appreciably in- creased during the past week as word of the modifying amendments spread among the members of the Legislature. These amendments are.scheduled to be explained before the Ways and Means Committee today b{ Delegates Lavinia Engle, Kent R. Mullikin, Law- rence P. Williams and Oliver Metzerott, who introduced the measure jointly. Although they reduce the annual tax on the individual signs from 3 to one- Lalf cent per square foot per year, and make several other changes suggested by the members of the Assembly, all jof whom have been invited to criticize the bill, the amendments do not, in the opinion of those backing the measure, sacrifice any of the princi- ples of the bill. ‘These principles include xupv‘r\ ision [ of all signs by the State Roads Com- { mission, payment of an lnnunhlk‘enw fee by the companis Maryland, and taxation of the v-rlaup signs on an area basis. Esemptions Are Provided. of nm advertising his- torie ryland shrines, church and county fairs and businesses operated on the premises is provided in some of the amendments. In anticipation of consideration of the bill by the Ways and Means Com- mittee, representatives of the billboard companies appeared in force in the corridors of the State House again last night. They are now reported in accord with most of the provisions of the measure, their chief line of attack, that inst the 3-cent per square foot an- nual tax, having been removed when nm feature was changed to one-half | Hlvxn‘ exhausted their arguments against the bill, which in amended | form, without doubt, will prove benefl- cial to the industry as well as the public, representatives of t,he ht turned to criticizing the alleged ypocrisy” of newspapers md individuals sponsoring Lh;mul\l f the bill plainl; jponsors of the were plainly ap- prehensive last night over the short time remaining in which to get the measure adopted and issued a to all to assist in every way asked to report it promptly. ‘The Finance Commmee is headed by Benator Lansdale BSasscer of Prince !nnmueh as the tion in the House ntly supporting the bill, two of its members, Mullikin and | Metzerott, helped JAPAN PRAISES SAILORS | Crew of California Landed for At- + tempted Rescue. Baron Kijuro Shidehara, United States Ambassador Forbes, at Toklo, has expressed “the sincere thanks of the Japanese government to the cap- tain and crew of the U. 8. §. Califor- nia for their most praiseworthy conduct in making heroic efforts to rescue the crew of the Japanese steamer, Seiyo Maru, Islan: l.ow—Fare Outmgs Fares_ shown are Round Trip $1.25 BALTIMORE Every Saturday a Tickets good o regular e_retare Sundsy might. . $3.50 PHILADELPHIA $3.25 CHESTER $3.00 WILMINGTON SUNDAYS, March 20, April 12 iy 315 usm i NG T is H-rnln‘ Afternoon. l| 50 $16.00 CHICAGO ILL. 0 4 Lv. Washington TOtRbaten e S1U0 A $4.00 ATLANTIC CITY Ly. Washinglon o Aot 1225 AM. $5.00 NEW YORK SUNDAYS, Avril 5, 19 &r, Jashington . Coaches ready f: MOTOR umn-!t ™ Uptown. 35 owntown. 78 $6.00 PITTSBURGH SATURDAY. April 12 Ly, Washington 00 DETROIT, mva $12. TOLEDO, Obio SATURDAY, Washington All Steel E I Pennsylvania Railroad 35 P.M. Ly. ment e There s one sure way that has never lailed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, érdinary liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need), ap- ply it at night when retiring: use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more aprlications will com- pletely dissolve and entirely du'mx every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, all itching and digging of the scalp will in- | stantly, and your hair will be flufty, | lustrous, glossy, silky ang soft, and | ‘laok and feel & hundred times bet- | dvertisement. | Sponsors at Annapolis Plan session, now only two weeks off, spon- | { .| early Japanese | minister of foreign affairs, through | which sank ofl the Aleutian | THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931. i Defeats 660 JAMES T. LUCKETT, JR. ALEXANDRIA BOY WINS AS ORATOR James T. Luckett, Jr., Tri- umphs Over 660 Students in Evening Star Zone. Chosen from among 660 students who participated in the primary stage of the National Oratorical Contest in his school, | James Thornton Luckett, jr., will repre- sent the Alexandria High School in the City of Alexandria finals of The Eve- ning Star sone, it was announced today at local contest headquarters. In Intraschool Competition. Luckett was adjudged winner in the | intraschool competition between the | students who had composed the best | orations among the 660 submitted. “The Constitution as a Guarantee of Liberty to the Individual” was the subject of his speech. He is 18 years old and a member of the senior class. During his ball; has served as president of the Quill and Palm organization and par- ticipated in the undergraduate dra- | matic performances. He is the son of |Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Luckett of 1012 { Prince street, Alexandria, Va. City Finals Next. ‘The victor in the City of Alexandria finals, in which Luckett will next com- pete, will receive the gold medal pre- sented to every county winner in The Star area. He or she is then eligible to compete in the Virginia district finals, to be held late in April, where victors from five other counties will vie for the honor of representing the State division | in The Star area finals. The victorious contestant in the Virginia unit is awarded the $100 cash prize donated by ?’Ae Star to each of the winners in the districts under its sponsorship. ‘The high school orator who tak ‘flrlt place in the competition between ' | the representatives from these 11 wdivi The | S10NS Teceives a $200 cash prize, a two- lgd-one-hlll month trip to Europe with a ses qualifies for the national finals, Snowden Rectvering. LONDON, March 24 (#).—Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, | who had been confined to his bed since in March with influenza and up and about toda: P Central— Southwest— WASH -| Arrive Five Hours Late. high school course Luckett has been | active in foot ball, base ball and basket | paid and luf.f.)l’l'll.fit:lllyi NAVY DELAYS QU N SHP TARDIESS Commander of Destroyer Du- pont to Report on Failure to Meet Hoover. ‘The tardiness of the destroyer U. 8. 8. Dupont in reaching the battleship U.| 8. 8. Arizona, to participate in a pro- posed review before President Hoover |has failed to cause a Navy Depart- ment inquiry. Rear Admiral John Halligan, acting | chief of naval operations, sald Sunday | | night that no report concerning the! | Dupont’s faflure to reach the Arizona | had come to the department, but a re- | | port from the destroyer’s skipper is ex- | pected. The Dupont was to have arrived | alongside the Arizona, Porto Rico | bound, while the Chief Executive re- | viewed and inspected the crew of the warship. The ceremonies were delayed about an hour awaiting its arrival, then conducted without the Dupont. She | Jjoined the Arizona five hours after her scheduled rendezvous. Admiral Halligan said no report ex- plaining the Dupont’s tardiness had | reached him. Naturally, he said, the | incident would have to be explained, but' the initiative in seeking an ex- planation would not be taken by the department. Dupont, in ghe ordinary course of his duties, would report to the commanding | officer of the destroyer squadrons of the scouting fleet, to which the Dupont be- | longs, Up to Commander. If that officer considered the explana- tion satisfactory, Halligan said, no higher authority ‘need ac. The Navy Department would not move unless the | incident was brought to its cognizance by, the destroyer squadrons’ commander. "The explanation might_ simply be poor vmblmy or some other natural cause,” he added. iPARTIN NOT TO FACE DEATH CRASH COUNT State’s Attorne'y Says No Inquest [ Will Be Held—Better Today. The commander of the | ‘The condition of Ambrose E. Partin. 40, of Rockville was slightly improved Georgetown University Hospital taches reported, following the accident yesterday afterngon on the Rockville | pike near Grosfenor’s lane, in which | his 42-year-old wife, Mrs. Ruth Partin, was fatally injured. Mr. Partin was seriously injured, suf- fering " possible fractures of the skull and spine. His wife was badly crushed. State's Attorney Stedman Prescott of Montgomery County said today no in- | quest will be held into the d!lth and |that no charges will be lodged against ‘Mr Partin growing out of his wife’s death. # _ The accident occurred early yesterday afternoon when Partin lost control of the car as he applied his brakes. It | overturned. Mrs. Partin and her husband were the subjects, eight years ago, of a Na- tion-wide search following their elope- ment from Rockville. She was the daughter of Joseph F. Kelchner, pio- neer Rockville automobile dealer, and Partin was a mechanic in her father's . They were married secretly while she was a sophomare in the Rock- ville High School. A widespread search for the couple | was conducted by Mr. Kelchner, and n;le’y finally “were located in Philadel- phia. Mrs. Partin is survived by a daugh- bfl' Marjorie, 5 years old. and a brother, h {ation pilof | might foul the control house. lWRONG FIGURES ON IDLE ARE CHARGED TO CABINET Connally Says Hoover and Aides Misled Country Prior to 1930 Elections. Charges that the administratidn issued misleading unemployment fig- ures pust before the 1930 congressional’ elections were made today by Senator Tom Connally, Democrat, of Texas. Secretary Lamont's estimate of 6,000,000 unemployed in January was wrong, he argued, “or else the Pres- ident and his various secretaries en- tirely misled the country as to the trend of events.” Before the 1930 election, he said, President Hoover and his cabinet officers “issued statement after statement that 2,500,000 represented the maximum of | those out of work.” ‘This statement was issued through the Democratic National Committee. |SARATOGA CLEARS CANAL Airplane Carrier Barely Passes Through Panama Gates. BALBOA, Canal Zone, March 24 (#). —With the superstructure a bare 18 inches from the walls, the airplane car- rier Saratoga yesterday passed through the west side of the Gatun locks trav- eling north through the Panama Canal. It was the first time she had gone through on the side because it was feared her starboard superstructure ‘The car- | rier Lexington will go through today. When You SCHOOL UNITS ISIT ARYLLES SHOW B gt 4,294 Attend 18th Annual Exhibit of Agriculture De- partment in Day. There were 4,204 visitors at the eighteenth annual amaryllis show of the United States Department of Agriculture yesterday in the green- houses at Fourteenth and B streets northwest. There is a big influx of garden club 'members from Virginia and Maryland today, and several out- of-town excursions arriving tomorrow from Delaware, New Jersey and West Virginia. Students from Holton Arms, Arl ton Hall, Va.; Lenox and other school crowded the exhibition conservatory yesterday afternoon, and today 19 other colleges and schools have notified Supt. J. Wise Byrnes that they are coming in busloads. Nearly 300 guests from Central and South American countries were escort- ed by members of the Latin American diplomatic corps through the green- house yesterday®and this forenoon. 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