Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1932, Page 7

NEW EVERNAENTS ST P DURNG 15 Changes in Spain, England| and Many Other Nations | Cited in Survey. One of the world's leading monarchies became a republic; the greatest empire was well under way toward official con- version to a “commonwealth.” and one | of the few remaining absolute mon- nies was given a constitution—those | t ng changes in status es of the world dur- cording to a bulletin from Geographic Soclety clamation of a republic the most spectaculag } says the bulletin.’| onal convention was December 9 the new re- 1stitution adopted. | Empire Grants Rights. | term ‘British Com- | 1s' has been used | in regard to the as- t Britain and the Do- | mer has continued by paramount, the laws of superior 1 empire. Commons passed the r. giving all the status to stand dignity and rerponsi- e British Commonwealth pia (Abyssinia) Emperor Haile Selassie I surprised his people on July 16 by the gift of a constitution. A Parliament of two houses has been set |E to those of the |ley In December | Barton, 21, of Ballston, Va., and Blanche THE EVENING ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 1 (Spe- cial).—Pending the selection of a health officer for Montgomery County in place of the late Dr. William T. Pratt, the main office in Baltimore of the State Department of Health will, it has been announced by the director, Dr. R. H. Riley, take care of all emergency cases in the county The office of the county health officer is now located in the new court house in Rockville. Miss Ethelyn Pratt, daughter of the late Dr. Pratt, is the secretary and in charge and is pre- pared to furnish the biological products furnished by the health departme report cards and birt and death cer- tificates. Clayton K. Watkins, clerk of the Cir- Court for the county, and Mrs Watkins entertained at dinner and cards in their home in Gaithersburg Wednesday evening, their guests includ- ing the members of the clerical force in the clerk’s office and a few other friends of the host and hostess as follows: Mr and Mrs. J. William Wiley, Mrs. John E. Ward, Mrs. Warner E. Pumphrey Mrs. Lester Bogley, Mrs. Elgie Hawk Ralph Walker, Miss Margar rer, Miss Elizabsth Vi Miss garet Tyler, Miss Pauline Counscl- man, Miss Linda Warfield, Robert Hughes, James Cummings and F. Ed- ward Hawkins Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Ben W. Abramson and Gladys M. Baker, 18, both of Wash- ington; Eppa V. Groves, 30, of Alex andria, Va. and Nellie C. Armell of Front Royal, Va. Juiian T. Scott, 25, of Linden, Md., and Annie E. Berk- 18, of Wheaton, Md.; Thomas A V. Marcey, 18, of Cherrydale, Va James L. Houseknecht, 22, and Evelyn s, Rossegral, 18, both of Washington; Leon W. Powell, 23, and Eula 1. Dean, 23, both of Standardsville, Va.: Samuel J. Bowers, 40, of Bel Air, Md, and Pearl V. Mongold, 24, of Mathias, W Prank D. Christian, 25, and Mary F. Poole, 21 up Pauline Butler, 19, both of Mount Airy “No officia taken place the year. H area’ between forces anchuria at the end of Japanese and Chinese | 1 change in sovereignty had | Md n M Rubya P. Williams, 31, both of Wash- | ilities continued in that | ington Rust Canby and Juniper E. Andrew, 34, and Calvin Bready, G Windsor Barnes, Chester Clagett Herbert W. Hodges and Thomas C. Kelley are Soverelgnty Debated. [ the "delegates sefected by “Radical changes for India were dJs»J cussed at the second Round Table Con- nce hi London, but the year | the Mont- y County Farm Bureau to attend > annual meeting of the Maryland rm Bureau Federation, to be held in |the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore,] Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- | day and Friday of next week. : Josiah W. Jones, president of the| County Farm Bureau and a member of the board of directors of the State or- ganization, and Otto W. Anderson and Albert A. Ady, county agricultural agent and assistant agent, respectively, also will attend, as will Miss Antoinette Darby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Darby of Buck Lodge. Miss Darby was recently selected at! a dance sponsored by the County Farm | Bureau as Miss Montgomery and will participate in a State-wide beauty con- | test to be staged in connection with next week's meeting of the State Feder- | © ation Announcement has been made by the pastor, Rev. Peter C. Helmintoller, jr. that because of his absence the vices in the Methodist Episcopal 1 South, at Potomac, tomorrow momning will be conducted by Rev. William T. Gover of Gaithersburg Conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mel- vin E. Lederer, and largely attended, were held in Lib- Methodist Church, Bur- last night, and similar serv- conducted in the Rockville st Church by the pastor, Rev. A. Tyler, D. D. Bethesda Fire Board is, it has been announced, arranging to entertain the members of the Bethesda Volunteer Department at a “Get-together y" at the clubhouse of the Be- thesda Woman's Club Tuesday evening. John A. Dickinson heads the committee i B Sheriff Richard H. Lansdale has ap- | pointed Henry R. Benson a special dep- | uty sheriff for duty at the Montgomery | County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, has been ap- e warden for the h of office before the Clerk of the | Court he { New Auto Door Glass INSTALLED ANY SIZE Not Over $2.50 Open Sundays GLASSER’S, Inc. Second and Fla. Ave. N.E. ended witk greement among ~th many Indian minorities. il and Norway were drawn te in July when a party of ters raised the Norse ion of East Greenland nitted the matter to the t of International Jus- gue, and later Iceland m' for the territory. No n taken by the court By a decision of the King of Italy, scting as arbiter, Clipperton Rock, & land 670 miles off the of Mexico, was awarded inst the elaim of Mexico. A garrison Mexican soldiers had | been kept o island since 1897 Changes in Caribbean. | “A rebellion waxed and waned in ma tk the year. In Au- leadérs was captured | ces, and by the end of | es had died down | the United States | nges in its Caribbean sphere of influence. The Virgin Islands were given a civil governor and ad- ministration, replacing the naval ad- nistration that has been in charge of the islands since their purchase from Denmark in 1917. In Haiti the United States transferred authority to the Hai- tian government, except in matters of public finance and the gendarmerie. “In South America several clashes occurred during the year between the forces of Paraguay and Bolivia in the disputed area of the Gran Chaco. A number of commissions have considered the problem of marking out a boundary, but no decision has been reached. “Division of French Guiana into 2 constal strip’ t8-retain the old name. end a large interior colony to be know as Inini, was announced by France. Chilean Rule Changed. “Chile’s government by dictator was overthrown in July and an acting President placed in charge. A naval | mutiny on September 1 was suppressed and the new regime remained in power. In Central America the year began and ended with revolutions. The gov- ernment of Panama was forcibly over- hrown on January 2. In December here was a revolution in Salvador, which resulted in a complete change of regime. “New lands were discovered near the two ‘ends’ of the earth. In the North, four islands were found by the Soviet icebreaker Maligin, and were claimed Josef Land. In the Douglas Mawson dis- areas of land between b and Queen Mary Land ice-covered island near south and lomgitude 103 COL. DELANEY GETS RANK OF BRIGADIER | Will Become Assistant Surgwnj General, Succeeding Gen. Dar- nell, Who Retires. Pacific coast to France, Adelie_Land s well as de 65 Medical has been Matthew A. Delaney, s, Who for several months attached to headquarters of the 5th Corps Area, at Fort Hayes, Ohio, has been ordered to this city for duty as assistant surgeon general of the Army with the rank of brigadier general He succeeds Brig. Gen. Carl R. Dar- | nall, sssistant surgeon general, com- manding the Army Medical Center at | Walter Reed Hospital, who retires to- morrow Col. Delaney, a native of Pennsyl- | vania, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and y He entered the | 1 Corps in June, 1901, and | d the grade of nel ir ed d TAXPAYERS TO MEET Eession of New Mitchellville Or- zation Tomorrow. dent of The Star. 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Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., January 1, —A second fire within four months razed two barns and destroyed thou- sands of bushels of grain and feed on the Sherwood Forest farm three miles ast of here in Stafford County. The large estate, which is owned by John ;L Pratt, a vice president of the GEnErfl[CHEVY CHASE RESIDENT :nuw 1s. A certified copy of the re- | straining order will, it was stated, at RESTRAINED IN mvgncgigcn.o be forwarded to the sheriff at Through Attorneys Harold C. Smith Motors Corporation, suffered & destruc- | tive blaze last September when a barn | was lost together with a number of animals and pieces of farm machinery. | The losses in each fire were estimated | 7,300 Peter Halts John J. Essex | of Rockville and H. Winship Wh | of Washington, Mrs. L | 1ast week filed suit in the Circuit Court | here for a limited divorce from Essex. | charging desertion and inadequate sup- port for herself and children and a ing alimony and counsel fees represented in the petition that the de- fendant had gone to Reno with a view to obtaining a divorce and it was claim- ed that he is a resident of this county. It was on the theory that the hus- band is a resident of Maryland and not at $6.000 | A farm hand discovered flames in the | loft and the theory was advanced that a tramp, who had sought shelter in the barn, dropped a lighted match or cigal H The September fire was accidently started by two men who were stealing gasoline From Prosecuting Suit in Reno. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 1—In the Circuit Court here yesterday after- noon Judge Robert B. Peter signed an order restraining John J. 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