Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 7

“ LANDIS’ PANTS STOLEN |Judge Recovers Clothes Taken | From Boston Tailor Shop. | BOSTON, September 1 (#).—Kene-| | saw Mountain Landis. dispenser of jus- | i in the realm of base ball, casts his | vote for two-pants suits. A thief broke into a downtown tailor shop last night d, among cther garm-nts, walked ofl h a pair of the juge's trousers. | The commission>r was not confined | | to his hotel room while police sought the culprit, but he did wclcome their re.urn early today, while the thief ap- Dr. Joseph D. Rogers Acts After Injured Man Is Turned Away. interne colored man, today by Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, head of Casualty Hos- ) p was sia i . -— G | An investigation into the reported Q refusal last n'ght of a Casu: Heepital § A | to treat a ser (%) y! | ! THE SESSION ON SHOALS PROPOSALS OPENED Lease Offers to Be Received and Recommendations Made to President. EVENING S By the Associated Prese, The joint State-Fede'al Commission to consider and re-ommend to Prosi- dent Hoover disposition of the Gov- nment's power and nitrate plants ab Muscle Shoals went into s morning to censider proposals TAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1931. All nine members of the commission | He said that tn addition to going | “They are simply suggestions from Congress, A conference has been arranged for regarded by the commission es an in- |bidding transfer of money or property were_ present. | Asked about the meeting of the com- | TU BE REAFFIRMEU | over the bids, the commission would —_— continu> with its consideration of en- | | difficrent ones as.to wh:t they would be interested in,” he said. “The prime consideration Js, if pos- |this afternoon between members of the sible, to guarantee the benefit of agri- | Public Utilities Commission and officers tegral part of the Muscle Shoals devel- |of the gas company t> the Central opment. | Public Service Corporation of Illinois or refused admittance to Casualty he was found to be sufering from a serious head injury at Gall nger Hospital where he was finally taken. His condition mely serious t phe! wil determi ais skull is fractured, which is thought probable. Hurt in Fall From Truck. The man, David Brown, 45. of Upper Marlboro, Md., is reported to have fallen from a truck near his heme. He was brought to Casualty Hospital, uncos scious, by William Walker, also of Up- per Mariboro. Dr. A. € today he exavin d he was not in w oxicatad. He diagnosis on the tact Brown's eycs were norma not have be been fracti condition’ of t him to believi though he did not Taken to Police Station. admittance to alty had been refused, Walker took Brown to the ninth police precinct. ~An_officer was sent to the hospital, but Dr. Rossberg Tefused his request that Brown be treat- ed_there. Finally a ninth precinct patrol wagon took the man to Gallinger Hospital, about an hour after he first was taken 10 Casualty. There it was said he prob- ably was suffering from a fractured skull. Gallinger physicians said thers was no evidence that he had been drink- in| Br. Rossberg sald Walker told him Brown had been sent to Casualty Hos- pital by Dr. John E. Bowers of Brandy. wine, Md. COMMISSION HALTS FOR DENNIS RITES Tariff Board Suspends in Memory of Former Member's Funeral. pupils of would had After from the commis. funcral, held at 3 o'clock th m the old Dennis home , Md. Dr. Dennis, his life Saturday. o-ember there will be two va- in the commission. Henry P. T, commission chairman, having voounzed his resignaticn, effective Dennis was a Democrat, while lican. The term former v ve expired on 1033, while Mr. Fletcher was to held cffice until June 16, 1936. s the result of the death and resig- n-ron, the incoming Senate will be cled ‘upon to pass upon the nomina- for four out of six places on the ission Dixon, Democrat, of Indiana, serving under a recess appoint- made by President Hoover on June 16, last. to run < years, while the term of Edgar B. Brossard, Repub- lican, cf Utah, will expire on June 16 of next year. Entrance, WEIGHING DEVICES Inspectors Crder 2,492 Ad-| justed and Condemn 2,468 | of 3.430.265 Checked. A total of 3.430,265 examinations of | weighing and measuring devices and | containers was made during last fiscal vear, according to the annual report of | = M. Roberts, superintendent of ts and measures. These inspec- | ted in 2.492 orders for ad- condemnations 3 se s'agger- reports his regrets that ished with move in- uld have becn able to | more inspections and condemn ! unsatisfactory apparatus. His ren were compelled to woik overtime | p up this pace, he reports. and to | take far less than their right share of | annual leave. Among the weighing and measuring | instruments and containers examined | were spring, computing, counter, plat- form, dormant. butcherbeam, abbatoir, tion and jewelry scales; kerosene measuring es and fuel oil meters. A »ught 121 prosecutions and all re<ulted in convictions, with fin ranging from $5 to $25, which ted the District a total of | $1.000. [hus h~ takes rank next under Chatham M. Towers, collector of taxes, | who in cne year actually collected more | than 100 per cent of the tax levy. were attacked and bit- ten on the ankles by a monkey which escaped from a zoo in the Tottenh 1 di t of London and which was | rested™ just as it was about to bite an other woman. Three womel ' NEW YORK in the | palm of your hand | Its sights, lights, thrills and events, within quick reach, greet you from Times Square's largest hotel—the Taft. Modern service. Many unique, extra features, including free Secretarial igr,sw‘ Service to guests. Rooms WA from $2.50, with bath. HOTEL i 185 5% 4% TAFT NEW YORK — 7th Avenue at 50th St., sdjningresys | —————— A BING AND BING HOTEL ——— RIS 909 F St from firms desirous of leasing them. Charles J. Brand. ¢ of the appeared to inquire whether reor | tives of the industries concerned w e given the cpportunity of hearings. S. F. Hobb- of Selmn. 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