Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 26

* IRE FIEND BEAT " MNTERS WrE leighbfi Rescue Mrs. Koert * ‘After Attempt to Burn Her to Death. Wy the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. Y., September 18.— Residents of the hamlet of East Pal- myra today told District Attorney Charles B. Brasser of an apparent at- ,by "an unknown assailant to to death Mrs. Henry Koert, 32,|$ wife of the pastor of the East Pal- myra Reformed Church. " State police also were notified and bégan an investigation. S Thrown Down Steps. Mrs. Koert was attacked last Tues- , police were informed, by & man called at her door. She was down, dragged to an outer cel- Jarway and thrown down the steps. Burning 1 pers, according to the report of lice investigators, were tossed after her. Neighbors found her a short time assessed at annual valuation of about 185. The assessment this year was about $4,500 and the prospect was that the smithy would have to increase the prices for its easy and. quick marriages or go out of business. An appeal was argued in court at Dumfries yesterday. The protest was on the ground that such places of his- toric_interest should not be forced to p.*hmh assessments. e court finally fixed w . valuation of $2,500 on the smithy and its ancient anvil It was testified that 66,824 persons visited the shop and muscum last year and that the revenue amounted to more than $8,000. TN FARM BOARD SIS COTTON AD PLAN Ready to Confine Efforts to Finance Problems as Best Remedy. Gretna Green Feels Effect of British Economy Program Assessed Value Increased From $185 to $4,500; Cut to $2,500. By the Assoclated Press. GRETNA GREEN, England, Septem- per 18—The economy program of the new National government of Great Bri has struck the famous “Wed- ding Blacksmith Shop of Gretna Green,” it was discovered through court proceedings at Dumfries. The romantic smithy and its at- tached museum heretofore have been By the Associated Press. ‘The Farm Board has failed thus far to find & cotton surplus relief plan to which it is willing to attach its name. of proposals have been re- Hundreds ceived since the August 1 cotton fore- cast disclosed a bumper crop which will piee.® Yieny “mave " hoen analyzed and have been deemed unsat- isfactory. All Proposals Rejected. cing holding a part of the 1931 crop | the through co-operatives. It also may authorize the stabilization corporation to retain 1,300,000 bales previously ac- quired from the market for another | A year. ‘The board has consistently urged acreage reduction. As a d ‘meas- ure it proposed that one-third of the tia current crop be destroyed. In the wake | tiated of its rejection came hundreds of new ideas which the board now considers | bushels have been removed unworkable. 3 surplus stocks controlled by it. m]:;l;nn;vh?é 5outhem numh.tre de- oy g legislative proposals t] acre- Sevent; cen age be reduced sharply next year, and |ates fl’l)flyl pé‘:ml:l::e‘ L] bankers are talking of means of ex-!land, have planned to enter tending credit to foreign buyers with and industry, WoobpwaRD & LoTHROP DOWN STAIRS STORE & result 40,000,000 the 1,000 gradu- University, Eng- commerce ‘Woopwarp & Lo 10™ W™ F AND G STREETS Satin Blouses Are Smart Of satin—Fashion’s prime fabric favorite ~—and the colors are white, eggshell, or Lyonnaise, a delicate new flesh-pink. They show such smart de- tails — as sloping shoulders, un usual cuff details, soft fem- inine frills, or tailor- THROP TW: Candy Special 95c —two pounds of our delicious dark choc- olates and bon - bons. Fresh Rossted and Salted Cashew Nuts. Special, 58¢ pound. Cawpy, A 14 Fmst PLOOR. Miss Rudd ed diagonal lines— you know they are superlatively chic— Personal Rep- resentative of Kathleen “~ MaryQuinlan + . is in our Toilet Goods Section to ad- vise you, without charge, in the care of your complexion. Stop +~in when ping, or phone District: 5300 for an appointment. ‘TOTLETRIES, . Arsve 18, . Her The Rev. Koett, e m | HEAD CAUGHT IN BED, New Jersey at the time of the attack, BABY FOUND STRANGLED could not shed any light on the case. ‘He thought it might be connected with 7 Mother Returns to Room to Dis- cover Child Wedged Against to burn the church fained at the Koert residence. ‘Wall and Fatally Choked. Mr. Koert 5 frustrated two of the sev-| PLINTSTONE, Md., September 18.— \ A\ \ eral attempts to burn the church, but | The 7-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. \ \ eould not identify the firebug. At Orie Vance, two miles north of Flint- u s time a guard of 20 stone, was found dead in its bed. H ‘watched the church for several weeks, The baby had been placed on the bed es in delivery of |to sleep by the mother, who then went pt |to perform work outside the house. ‘When_the mother returned she found | child had rolled to the side and %&d betweéen the bed and Dr. . P -rw?; ounced the child 5 3 pron ead from ental strangulation. Washable Capeskin Gloves Two Smart Styles and Lengths 95 We consider these really “finds” at these prices $5.75 and $875 The blouse sketched is $5.75 Brouses, TamD FLoOR, A State police guard is being main- Popular 4-button slip-ons and a smart tailored glove, which is cut up the side —these are the smart woman’s Fall favorites for every daytime occasion. In brown, black, eggshell, white and black-and-white. Sizes 534 to 7%4. THE DOWN STAIRS STORE A Remarkable Selling - PEARL (Simulated) NECKLACES . $| $].95 $3.45 Seven hundred necklaces—truly a te- markable collection—and Fashion says “pearls with everything”—so the sell- ing is doubly interesting. 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