Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1931, Page 7

" B8O WL REDUGE AGENY STATION {Two in Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties Listed to Close. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, May 26.—Two more freight stations in Montgomery | Fis] TWO MEN ARE INDICTED ON PROHIBITION CHARGES One Gets Continuance, Other Pleads Guilty and Is Fined $50, With Suspended Term. Special Dispatgh to The Star. FAIRPAX, Va, May 26.—A special grand jury was summoned yes erday " | morning. E. C. Gibbs of Mount Vernon was made foreman, with C. L. Smith, C. J. Costaloe, C. V. Shreve, W. S. Keys, Eugene Gunnell, Herbert Seamons, G. F._ Harrison, jr.. and H. W. Brumback as additional members. ‘True bills were returned against Lee | Hicks for a felony, a third offense under the prohibition act, and against John her, a second offense under the same act. Preliminary hearings for both men - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, had been held Sunday night before Mayor T. P. Chapman, sr. Hicks was charged with “unlawfully transporting and possessing 1 gallon of ardent spirits and attempting to take said ardent spirits into the county jail.” His case was continued to the iber term. Fisher pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs and three months suspended. Isaac Martin, Ernest Beach and Frank Steele all pleaded guilty to informations filed by the Commonwealth charging violation of the prohibition law. Martin was fined $100 and costs and three months in_jail, suspended during good behavior; Beach and Steele were each fined $50 and costs and two months sus- pended. Bt g U0 When taxi drivers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, struck recently, gasoline com- panies reduced prices with the result that private owners used their cars more than they had for many months. DIVISION 1 IS FIRST IN FAIRFAX DAIRY TESTS 651 Cows Average 807 Pounds of Milk and 30.6 of Butter Fat in April. Special Dispatch to The Star. NOKESVILLE, Va., May 26.—Fairfax, No. 1, division of the Fairfax County Dairy Herd Improvement Association was the high member in average pro- duction in April, with 651 cows, averag- ing 807 pounds of milk and 30.6 pounds Y of butter fat, according to a report of W. P. Sadler, secretary of the Virginia State Dairymen's Assoclation. The Pulaski-Montgomery Association placed second in production average with 415 cows recording 776 pounds of milk and 32.3 pounds of butter fat, while the Prince Willlam Dairy Herd Association th 691 cows averaging 757 pounds of milk and 28.1 pounds of butter fat was ranked in third place. summary of the 23 associations for April reveals that 10,611 cows were on test in 353 herds, average production of milk was 649 pounds, average butter fat was 26.7 pounds, 2,302 cows attained the honor roll with a production of 40 pounds of butter fat or more, 213 un- profitable cows were sold and 5 pure- bred bulls were bought. —e ‘The Bank of China in Shanghai has equipped two large trucks as busses for its employes. D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1931 WORMS DAMAGE CROPS Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., May 26.—Presence of the destructive tent caterpillar in El"lylvlntl County has been reported ere. The pest has appeared in the north- emn of the county, but as yet has not. n noted in this immediate sec- tion. Damage to crops and other vege- tation in Franklin County is reported. Although nature has been evening up the score in that the army of cater- || p is being followed by its greatest foe, the Calosoma beetle, which preys on the pest, farmers are concerned over I crops. The “Souvette” o $10-50 R ST Reupholstering and Repairing St B bt it oM s T T e B OR wear with Summery clothes and teo duced to non- pass depots % < e:rly nex!.n:t‘rn‘t‘he.nftywu dzl'slc‘l'u:e;::l- F S t t t Ask About Qur Easy Monthly Payment Plan F be au fait we suggest this very popular —at 12th clally yesterday when the Baltimore & Tapaiteices: Makaliss Blocades model fashioned of all white, or natural Suva ©Ohio Raflroad filed notice of the nine Cloth, with trimming of brown kid. All proposed changes of this nature with | SLIP COVERS priced at $10.50. Also Chair Caneing and Porch . f . 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