Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1931, Page 27

WEST PUSHES RAIL RATE BOOST FIGHT [14 States Add Evidence in Resisting Proposed 15 Per Cent Raise. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, August 27.—Agricul- tural interests of the Middle West today assembled additional evidence for pres- entition at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing into a propcsed 15 per cemt incroase in railroad freight rates. | The hecring opened yesterday, with | most of the testimony coming from farmers, stockmen and transpcrtation rate experts of Kansas, Missouri, Ar- kansas and Nebraska. Fourteen States are represented in | the 28 farm organizations opposing the rate increase at the four-day meeting. ‘Witnesses before Commissioners Jcseph B. Eastman and Claude E. Por- ter at last night's session pictured the farmers’ plight as the worst they had seen and contended that the increase would only add to the burdens under which agriculture and allied industries | are suffering. Stockman Cites Burdens. One of these was Arnold Berns, Pea- body, Kans., live stock feeder, who said | & 15 per cent increse in his annual freight bill of $14,000 would amount to _$2,000 annually. “In many cases” he added, “that amount is the difference be- 1 success and failure.” The hay interests were championed | 8y J. C. Schulte, Omaha, Neb, who stated that commodity was one which did not lend ltself to extensive move- ment by truck and that the new rate would affect the business severely. V. E. Smart, chief of the transporta- tion department of the Missouri Public Bervice Commission, introduced & mass of ires to show how the rate hixe' would apply to Missouri farmers. “There was originated in Missouri in 1929," he said, “2,994,642 tons of wheat and wheat flour, 2,116,003 tons of coarse grains and products and 960,813 tons of cattle and hogs aggregating about 26 | per cent of the total carload tonnage originated—23,282,836 tons. Increases Computed. | “The 15 per cent proposed advance, | blud on this total tonnage ated | and computed on the 1930 average per | ton freight revenue in Missourl of $1.20143, develops an increase in revenue of $4,500,000. Using Lhe average | increase on wheat, corn and livestock | of 1.3, 2.4 and 6.6 cents per 100 pounds, vely, the increases on wheat on coarse grains and W!m 81, 0!5600 and on livestock 3, aggregating over $3,000,000 or 66 per cent of $4,500,000. n other words these farm products, | luwunt!nl to 26 per cent of the tmmue originated would be subjected to total | advances in revenue aggregating 6623 | per gent of the 15 per cent advance | applied to the total carload freight | traffic originated.” ——— } 8-YEAR ILLNESS FATAL Mortinsburg Woman Operated on | Four Times in Fight for Life. Specidl Dispatch to The Star. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 27.' —After an illness of nearly eight years, which a'so covered four major opera- | vions, Mrs. Mary Emma Lockhart, 43, wite of J. W. lockhln this city, dled veststday at D e. _Surviving the husband, tw z-:nu ), & bratber mdl l | Burial will be made here G. 0. P. Meeting Called. PAm!'Ax, Va., August 27 (M),‘ =Dr, P. Brooks, chairman of FPairfax camy Republican commlflee has fssued a call for a mass convention Republicans to be held in the Church to Hold Pu:me COLLINGTON, Md.. August 27 (Spe- efal).—~The annual picnic of White Margh Church, one of the oldest in Prince Georges County, will be held Saturdey. Thomas W. Baxter, county supervisor of assessm , s in charge of the Committee of A ‘angementa, Wide Legged Pa jamas q The famous one- piece model with the adjustable surplice closing and wide trou- sers, cach 46 inches around . the bottom. Pretty prints; sizes 15 to 17. PAJAMAS— THIRD FLOOR. LANSBURGH'S | SANITATION 1S DISCUSSED BY LOUDOUN DAIRYMEN Official of Maryland-Virginia Body Is Speaker at Session in Leesburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. vnu Va., m l’h- John h anx:mmm %mm of m m- erl.l ru!al o{ the associaf ‘The meeting was informal and much interest was manifested by the number of questions relati to the sanitary cong of dairy barns which were asked by moce present. A number of points hazy to dairymen were cleared, many complaints being heard of grades given by the inspectors. C. F. Bletch, field manager of the as- sociation, followed with & talk stressing | the sanitary conditions necessary today | and those which the dairymen will have to meet in the future. Regulations and proposed regulations brought out by Mr. Bletch were the monthly clipping of | cows, washing basin, sanitary struiner cloth, covered drains, metal milking stools, metal sterilizer, metal stanch- ions, sealed barns, cement floors and ' seamless pails. J. V. Nichols, local dairyman, pre- sided at the meeting. WIFE ACCUSES HUSBAND By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 27 —Accusing her husband of infidelity Mrs. Ethel L. Phelps yesterday filed suit in Circuit Court for a divorce from her husband, Willlam A. Phelps of Hyattsville. The couple was married in 1916 and has no children, accord- ing to the wife's bill. Mrs. Phelps is | represented by Attorney Ogle Marbury. E—— Shop Features Imported French Hair Pieces $24.50 to $34.95 Transformations $39.95 Grey Trans- formation szo Real Parisian creations with natural skin parts. A variety of plain shades. Ex- perts to help you make vour selection. An oppor- tunity for rare savings! BEAUTY SALON— FOURTH FLOOR. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts. NAtional 9800 \ THE EVENING Herndon Teachers Named. FAIRFAX, Va., August 27 (Special). —Supt, W. T. Woodson yesterday filled the two vacancies on the faculty of the Herndon School. Miss Hortense Poyner of Norfolk was appointed to teach the grade in place of Miss Katle Gmh, . The vacancy in the was filled by J. H. Rice of Rymflle Md., who will teach science and history. Estate Worth $20,058. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va., August 27 (Special). —The estate of the late W. T. McQuilkin, farmer, orchardist and banker, residing near here, has appraised at $20,058.63. included a farm of 140 acres near Kearneysville. Mr. McQuilkin died gome months ago. Women to Aid U. S. Body. RICHMOND, Va. August 27 (Spe- | cial) —President Hoover’s Emergency Committee for Unemployment will re- ceive the assistance of the Richmond League of Women Voters, the organi- zation voting to aid in the work at a called meeting. 5 S SR DN Burma’s population has just been es- | timated at 13,000,000. LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts. No Connection With Any Other Washington Store STAR, WASHINGTON, D. SASKATCHEWAN PAY CUT Civil Bervice Reductions Expected to Bave $400,000 a Year. By the Associated Press. REGINA, Saskatchewan, August 27 () —Reductions in all civil service sal- aries, including ministers and officers of the University of Saskatchewan, effec- tive September 1, were announced yes- terday. ‘The scale of the reductions, by which | it is expected to effect » saving of | C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 1931‘ LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtionsl 9800 e O G it N iy No Connection With Any Qther Washingion Store e et ——— been | $400,000 annually, will be § per cent on | Real estate | salaries up to and including $1,000 and | 10 per cent on all salaries in excess of this sum. | | _Indication that reductions in services | will be made known at a later date was | given\in a statement issued by Howard | McConnell, provlnclll treasurer. Teacher Il Appointed‘ { FALLS CHURCH, Va. August 27 (Special) —Miss Ellen Ticer of Alex- andria, ughter of Mayor Ticer and a graduate of William and Mary Col- lege. has been appointed to teach the sixth grade in Madison Elementary School to fill the vacancy crested hy the rulgnltlon of Mrs. B. O. Simulated Wood F im'sh Radiator Shields Of Heavy Steel—and Really Wonderful Values NAtional 9800 9%, In. Deep Extension 11 to Extension 18 to 20 Inch 34 Inches 48 Inches 9, In. Deep 9% In. Deep Extension 25 to Profit by T Sale! Undies Chemises Step-ins Panties $I and Vests Each UNDERWEAR—THIRD FLOOR. 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LANSBURGH'S 7th, 8th and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 The Newest FEATHER FANCIES and the Newest Ways of Wearing Them Feathers have become as important as the hats . and for this we should be thankful, for there’s nflhmguhnemguacmhn;mhplmul perky quill casually poised somewhere on the brim or crown of the Eugenie “tilt” or derby. *3 The Ostrich —lends en- chanting femi- ninity to this 1931 tricorne. $3 —refuses to let this derby be ntterly mannish. $3 The Pigeon Breast —d e t er mines the becoming- ness of this model, #3 MILLINERY— SECOND FLOOR. LANSBURCH'S h and E Sts.—NAtional 9800 » 3 comection W iy e e s