Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1931, Page 20

B—4 DAY HABEAS WAIT | HEARING DELAYED Bean Manslaughter Trial at Rockville Causes Traffic Case Postponement. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 15— The habeas corpus action seeking the release of Reuben D. Day, committed to jail after being found guilty on a] motor vehicle charge by Police Judge A. L. Wilson, which strikes at the legal- ity of the acts of the Takoma Park court, was indefinitely postponed by Judge Robert B. Poter in Circuit Court here today and the witnesses ordered discharged until summoned again. e was postponed to allow the charges of manslaughter of E 26, of Rockville, who is with being the driver of an which collided with a car driven by Corpl. Mack Marosy of Wash- ington on the Rockville pike Augus 3 ing in Marosy's death. The man member of the Washing- | Guard unit and was re from camp with paraphernalia e accident occurred. ' Attorncy Stedman Prescott also asked that the habeas corpus ac- tion be postponed because he_expects | v commissioners to designate | assistance in the case which wa ought by attorneys White: ford & Cissel on behalf of Day, who was committed to jail December 2 Saturday, Mayor Ben G. Davis of Takoma Park called on the county com- m 1ers to name their counsel or special cou 1 to defend the action and contended that t county’s liability in r would greatly exceed that of Park if the act of the 1931 ¢ Legislature authorizing the ap- of a “police justice” for | which is being attacked by at- | neys for Day, is declared unconsii- | G. L. SHOREY CHOSEN | CITIZENS’ GROUP HEAD| Is Named Vice President, but Will Lead Piney Branch Association During Absence of President. G. L. Shorey, an assistant chief clerk of the Commerc> Department, last night ; was chosen to head the Pin>y Branch | Citizons' Association at a meeting § tie Hamline Methodist Episcopal | ch, Sixteenth and Allison streets. helm of the orginization for an in- definite period, however, as E. B. Hen- derson recently relinquished the presi- dency after serving 12 terms and the office was not filled. Mr. Henderson quit because of ill health. W. E. Hoftheins was re-elected secre- tary. T. A. Whittington was elected treasurer at the November meeting. G. L. Shorey and Homer J. Brown were d last night as delegates to the ration of Citizens' Associatiors. Committee chairmen_appointed in- Inded S. T. Cameron, Law and Legis- Thomas E. Jarrell, Firz and Frederick _ Sllers, William H. Belt, Mem- is Jackson, Patks and Gar- t Stevens, Public Health and ashears, Public ation; W. W. Mathewson, Streets, Sidewalks and Lights, and John Dolph, Public Welfare. Mr. Brown protested against what he characterized ‘as . highly inefcient mail delivery service in the community.” The complaint was referred to the Commit- tee on Mail Facilities. The organization adopted resolutions citing the manner in which police handled the recent hunger march and commending the Commissioners for choosing Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass- ford as supcrintendent of police. CIVIL SERVICE IS READY T0 RECEIVE APPLICATIONS | Posts Open for Advanced Engi- neer, Medical Officers and Teach- ers in Indian Service. Vacancies in the Federal services for which examinations will be held this month or next month were announced today by the Civil Service Commission. Applications will be received up to January 12 for associate ordnance en- gineer at a salary of $3,200 a year and for assistant ordnance engineer at a galery of $2,600 a yesr. The closing date for applications for teacher cf intermediate grades, and eas { prim-ry grades, in the In- vice, ot rcalaries of $1,680 a ye < set at Jenuarv 26. Applications for senicr medical offi- cer at $4.600 a year, medical officer at $2.800 and associate medical officer at "(:;70 will be received through Decem- he same date has been set as the limit for applications for assistant su- pervisor of nurses, chief nurse and head nurse, all in the Indian Service; grad- uate nurse and graduate nurse for Heads Society SOROPTIMIST CLUB SELECTS NEW elected at Wednesday at the La Fay’clte Hotel. Sunday THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1931 ENFORCED INSURANCE FOR CABS PREDICTED People's Counsel Keech Makes As- sertion Before Meeting of Brook- land Civic Group. PRESIDENT. People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District highway engineer, addressed the Brook- land Citizens’ Association meeting last | night in the Masonic Temple, Twelfth | and Monroe streets northeast Keech explained mapy of the prob- lems of the public utilities office to the group, placing particular emphasis on clectricity rates and predicting that legislation will be enacted shortly to do away with the submetering system em- ployed extensively in apartment houses. He told of the plan to apply excess profits of the power company to the benefit of the public purse and told of other ideas upon which his office is working at the present time. The people’s counsel also predicted legislation compelling cab operators to | carry liability insurance within a short period. Capt. Whitehurst told the association an appropriation is included in the MRS. NELLIE HYSONG, | New president of the Soroptimist Club, of his seven! ‘The party, given by the students sary of the Lowell House, was attended by | about 300 friends. | the annual meeting last Dr. Lowell Marks Birthday. | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., December 15.— Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, president of | Harvard University, was guest of honor at a dinner in observance | fth birthday anniver- Eight cents a gallon has been added to the gasoline tax in the Irish Free State. Please Leave Your Par- cel Post Orders Ear’y. Cornwell’s, Inc. CORNWELL'S Checolates, $1 Ib. Salted ALMONDS and PECANS, $IIE Carefully Packed and Beautifuny Boxed for Regularly $50.00 Decatur 0920 to 0925 CHRISTMAS his inventory, and we jumped gest perfume bargain of the year's budget for the preparation of plans for the contemplated Michigan avenue viaduct. 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