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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, P, ¢, BUBSDNY, JANUARY &5 A-S Y ENZ CUTS DOWN CULBERTSON PLUS Gains 3,385 Points, but Ex- | perts Hold He Has No Chance to Win. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January Ely Cul- bertson's side was 16,835 points ahead in the great contract bri day, with onl rubber the 150-rubber series Sidney S. Lenz, Culbertson’s chief opponent in a test of bidding systems which began December 7 and which will end next Friday night, said he still had a bare chance 1o v Neutral ex- perts regarded it as virtually impossible Lenz and Comdr. Winfield Liggett Jr. gained 3.385 points in the seven- teenth session ending early today. They ‘won of e rubbers making the series stand Culbertson and: 58 for Lenz became 112,050 and 95215 for The points Doubling Aids Lenz. Mrs. Culbertson completed her stipu- lated quota of the m r last night, but int place opposite her session Friday n Gottlieb will be and Howard Schenker There will be no night Lenz and Lig held the tickets the seventeentl 1 and their was increased by Culbertsons In one rubber there was a every one of the Liggett each made tract and each was the Culbertsons was In_ another rubber nerable, was doubled at and fuifilled his con bertson failed once Lenz once took all e fingl Michael partne ay nigh session tomorro; doubl! double on Each of when doubled Lenz, when vul: five diamonds ct. Mrs. Cul at a little slam. the ks on his system's opening bid of three no trump, | which was unopposed. A grand slam needed two finesses, but Culbertson said that under his system, bidding a suit first instead of no trump, a successful lithe slam at no trump would have been contracted. Brilliant Defensive Play. On hand 747 there was one of the many doubles of the session by Cul- bertson. Liggett was set one vulner- able when trying to make two spades Culbertson said that his was a weak penalty double, but it was retrieved by brilliant defensive play. Mrs. Culbert- son on the ninth trick led the queen of clubs, which took the trick. Cul bertson discarded his ace of diamcnds which prevented him being put in to lead up to Liggett ‘The hand NORTH 8—A9 H—AJ643 D.—10 9 5 4 C. 4 WEST (CULBERT- SON, DEALER) 5—Q 10 6 4 (LENZ EAST (MRS LBERTSON) SOUTH (LIGGETT) S—KJ753 | | one heart; | diamonds: double; all West two West ‘The North, South, pas:. RACINGIS ACCREDITED FOR SUCCESS OF FAIR Hagerstown Association Reports Profit for 1931—O0fficers and Directors Named. bidding ¥ East two spades Bpecial Dispatch to The Star HAGERSTOWN, January 5—Harry E. Bester was re-elected president of the Hagerstown Fair Association, and all of the other officers and directors were re- elected at the annual election. the profits of the Spring and Fali racing meets and fair for 1931 ware reperted as $15,359. The to cipts were $08.- 87430, the year being one of the most successul i er enjoyed by the associat Improveme) during the year c to the amount' Jeaving onl $27,000, the I President Be ing meets h the fair av vation of the other count been losing heatily to some have been farced to discontinue The other ¢ and directors re- elected were: Vice president, A. K. Coff- man: _correspo: secretary W. Wolfe: rec L. Hartle; tre Brown; _direct Charles E. Cushwa, the only, new direc Kieffer Funk, re eph D. Bal Walter D. /. P ney Youn James Wolfe, Thoma s Downey and C ARCHBISHOP DECRIES LAXITY IN MARRIAGE English Exercise Care in Authorizing racing plant 2052, wh notes 502" were paid, ndebted: of t the rac- nnection with financial sal- Most of the valley ha al years and Robert mpson A, who replaced Prelate Ceremonies LONDON bishop_of what he laxity izing marr marry tized civil any He also *persons ship prayer to the per through their familie by preted tion i book am marriages between GERMAN CREW CHARGED WITH MUTINY IN NEWARK By the Associated ¥ NEWARK, N. J charges were locged bers of the cre freighter Bocke after they wen against a 10 per At the direction Robert German consul, the men Ellis Island for denort many Meanwhile, crews of Nerma sh'ps Schuerbek and Jer o g ported threatening tc alsc ‘The Bockenhets 4.000 tons of pi to sail for Rotter Mut 20 me German shortly 1 protest age cut Wenzel, ere to Ger- the 1 at midnig ¢ | H—J taken to cargo of ! Dr cduled She of Pennsylvania, died yesterday. arived from Philadelphia December 25. was 73. & i i How the Lenz Wins Six Rubbers to Reduce Minus Score to 16,835. BY SIDNEY S. LENZ. ) W YORK. January 5—At the be- ginning of the last week of the match we were able to reduce our minus score | considerably, winning six rubbers out of nine for a plus score of 3.385 points for the session Our minus score of 20,220 points was brought down to 16,835 points. The bidding start- ed off in livel fashion last night on the first hand which follows LENZ (NORTH). 5—Q 5 H—A 1098732 D—J €1 c—3 MRS. CULBERTSON (EAST). Sidney S. Lenr. CULBERTSON (WEST) AJ 10983 S5—4 H—6 5 D—AK1085432 C—4 (SOUTH) S. iD—Q6 C—AKJ2 | LIGGETT | S—K 16 H—K Q 4 D.—None C—A1098765 dealer and passed. Mrs | Culbertson made a shutout bid of five { diamonds. and when Comdr. Liggett passed, Culbertson carried it to six dia- | mons ainly e correct in view of his very strong holdings. I was the Micleads Opponents. | My partner opened the king of hearts and then switched to the 10 of clubs which was taken by the ace in_the dummy. This was rather a clever lead, as he endeavored to mislead our opponents as to his holding the queen { of ®lubs, and he succeeded Tre hand apparently looks like a {lay-down for a small slam | Mrs. Culbertson played the queen of | diamonds for the third trick and then the king of clubs in order to throw loff a losing card from her hand. To | her surprise che was obliged to over- | trump this trick as I trumped the king of clubs; then she tricd a semi-soueeze play, but failed in that, because I threw 1 off the ace of hearts, my partner having | skown the queen of hearts in this lead and my partner w off the king of spades, keeping the queen of hearts and the queen of clubs for the last two | tricks | This was the only wav fo save the | slam, for had I ungvarded the spades Mrs. Culbertson would have had a per- fect squeeze on mv partner, who could not. keep both spades and clubs pro- tected After having repelled the enemy on the first hand we made a game on eack. of the two net hands. scoring the first rubber of the session. We lost the second rubber after a number of skir- mishes and won the third. Culbertson Experiments. On the following hand Ely tried an interesting experiment LENZ (NORTH) S—J62 H—A 4 D—K 9 C—AQ CULBERTSON MR (WEST), S—A 1 H—1076 D—-AQJ62 C—K 10 5 C—J86 4 LIGGETT (SOUTH). S—K Q103 H—KQJ33 D—10 7 c—12 | East was the dealer and passed and when Liggett bid 1 hearts, Ely made an informatory double. I bid a no-trumo and after a pass by East, my partner | bid 2 spades. Ely passed and I went 1o 3 no-trump, followed by passes from | East and South and then a double from West course, this double s doubtfu!, but as Ely explained afterward, he wanted to indicate to his partner that he had a suit on which he was relying to st the contract, and he hoped this would in- duce Mrs. Culbertson to lead a short suit instead of the 4 of clubs which she did lead. i “As it happened, even a diamond lead by Mrs, Culbertson would not have help- ed, as the 10 in the dummy gave me two stoppers in that suit. Had I held | only three diamonds, a dizmond lead would have set the contract one trick instead of our scoring one over trick Six Hands Doubled | our luck kept up during the and fifth rubbers, both of wr we won. The fifth was quite out of the ordinary, as all six hands played dur- ing this rubber were doubled. We were set twice and so were our opponents and on the other two hands we made our two doubled contracts, thereby w ning the rubber. The most interest hand of the series was this one LENZ (NORTH) S—9 653 H—K 53 D.—None C—AKQ652 LBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON (WEST). (EAST) S—A 108742 53 93 S. CULBERTSON (EAST). S5—9 85 4 H—9 82 D—8 4 urth H D. c LIGGETT (SOUTH) ~-None H—J 10 D—A Q c—10 8 fter a pass by East and South. E one no trump. 1 passed, of cour I had the lead and expected to x club tricks in any case, but i two spades and my partner bid t hearts, West went to three no trumj I still continued to pass, as tl sited me perfectly, but when Eat bid spades, which was passed b South and West, T raised my partner five hearts, which Mr. Culbertson dou bled Liggett's bidding was, of course, en- cly defensive. He did not expect to © the contract, but he had hoped to e game at a small cost. However card was in the right place for :im. and he made six hearts, as the ac of hearts was the only trick he lost 98176 954 East (Copyrignt, 1932} PLUNGES TO DEATH Miss Frieda M. Burkel, Art Direc- H tor, Dies in Philadelphia | PHILADELPHIA, January 5 (#) Miss Frieda M. Burkel, modern Germar t exhibit director of the Carl Schurz Foundation, leap=d or fell to her death last night from the nineteenth story |t en office building where she had | offices. Her body crashed through the cylight of an zdjoining restaurant he only occupant of the restaurant which bad clos‘d for the night, was Bessie Bundnis, & scrubwoman, Prof. B. A. Randall Dies at 73. PHILADELPHIA, January 5 (#)- Burton Alexander Randall, profes- sor emeritus cf otology at the University He Contestants See It Freakish Distribution Aids Foes to Make Gain, Says Culbertson. BY ELY CULBERTSON. NEW YORK, January 5.—Our op- ponents, Sidney S. Lenz and Comdr winfield Liggett, jr. reduced cur lead by 3.385 points in the nine rubbers played last night in our 150-rubber match of contract bridge They the nine and thus made their first, import- ant gain in points since the early stages the match Freakish _distri- butions, which re- sulted in the mak- ing of a number of doubled contracts. were responsible for a considerable part of the gain There yet remain 21 rubbers to play. A session will be held this evening. another Thursday and the final session on Friday eve- ning T have been asked a number of times both personally and through letters {rom all parts of the country, as to the reasons for the retirement Jacoby as a partner of Lenz. Jacoby is one of the world's ranking bridge players, and had he not been chosen by Lenz as his partner I would certainly have named him one of the substitutes on my team. Jacoby is bril- liant and accurate in_ his bidding, as well as in his play. He loves to make psychic or bluff bids, but in the course of the match these bids did no harm. His bidding was so brilllant play so effective that I believe it cost us at least 10,000 points Comar. Winfield Liggett, jr., is a fine player, but Jacoby is one of the world's ranking players, and no one could have better demonstrated the value of the official system of contract bidding than he if the system actually had the merits claimed for it. Good End Plays Rare. won six of rubbers of Ely Culbertson. Good end plays in bridge are so rare that even though I made one m: self, I feel that it is worthy of discu sion The opportunity for an end play came to me last night hand of the second rubber, which was: (South, dealer). MR. LENZ (NORTH) J1098 MR. CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERT- (WEST) SON (EAST). 7 S—K H—KJ82 D—KJ4 D.—6 5 C—A 10854 C—163 COMDR. LIGGETT (SOUTH). 563 H—10 6 4 D—A10873 C—K Q32 The bidding—South, pass; west, one spade; North, pass; East, three clubs; South, pass; West, three no trump; North, pass; East, pass; South, pass. Mr. Lenz opened the queen of spades, and after taking two rounds of spades and four rounds of hearts I played the ace of clubs from the dummy and placed Liggett in the lead with another round of clubs. Liggett had left in his hand nothing but two high clubs and the rest diamonds, headed by the ace. Through means of the end play I made the contract, which must otherwise have been defeated. Vulnerable Overbid. In the fourth rubber of the night I had an opportunity to save the rubber temporarily by a very good vulnerable overbid me when the op- ponents were vulnerable and had a part- score of 90. It was: West, dealer CULBERTSON (WEST) S—K987643 MRS. CULBERT- SON (EAST). LIGGETT (SOUTH) s—J2 H—AK T D—4 C—AJ963 The bidding WEST. NORTH. EAST. 3 spades Pass Pass Although my hand is below the re- quirement for an opening bid of one, the length of the spade suit made im- probable a serious set and did obstruct the possibility of the easy exchange cf information _between my vulnerable opponents. While 1 went down two tricks on the hand, the sacrifice was well worth while, as it is obvious that opponents can make a game either in hearts, no trump or clubs. Chance for Accurate Bid. On hand No. 741 there was an cppor- tunity for accurate bidding. The hand was East—Dealer. North-South vulner- able. Part score—North-South, 90. LENZ (NORTH). SOUTH Pass MRS. CULBERT- SON (EAST) S—AKQUJ63 H—1073 CULBERTSON (WEST). 852 H—A Q4 D—K D—A 1T C—-A97632 c—Q5 COMDR. LIGGETT (SOUTH) 8974 H—985 D—Q9 6 C.—J 10 8 4 The bidding E South Spade. Pass. 1 Spades. Pass P: Pass. West North 2 No trump. 5 Spades. My d p hand was a rather difficult one It did no tcontain adequate support for my partner’s one- bid. It was too weak for a ing takeout of three clubs end too s for a mere overcall of two clubs Therefore, the cnly way that I could how my ' honor trick holding was by ¢ bid of two no trump, which denied the possession of three honor tricks adequate support, but disclosed that ie hand was of more than mere over- call strength. When “Jo” jumped to four spades 1 then could disregard my lick of adequate trump support and 1 bid five spades, which, while it ex- tends a pseudo invitation to bid the slam if the opening hand has values not yet disclosed, also warns against the bidding of a slam unless there are additional " values. Five spades were ade, Doubling Rubber. Rubber No. 125 of the bridge battle of the century will go down in history s the doubling rubber. All six hands of that rubber were played in doubled contracts and our opponents made two of their contracts and thus scored a rubber of 1,310 points. The fifth hand of that rubber was of Oswald | and his | on the first| Pass. | Pass. | CITIZENS PROTEST ' INCOME TAX BILL | :Study of Legislation Is Asked | by Meeting in Attacking | “Inequitable”” Measure. | | = a tax on District of Columbia incomes | respects” in a resolution adopted last | night by the Cathedral Heights-Cleve- {land Park Citizens' Association The resolution requested the Fedra- tion of Citizens' Associations to appoint a Special Committec on Income Tax Legislation for the District of Columbia to make a thorough study of a1l income tax legislation proposed this year. The committ-. would be instructed to report what, any, chang ade n the Ma | for “a fair and equitadle tax which may |be easily and economically admin- {istered,” and also that the | therein of what shall constitute taxabz {income shall conform as nearly as may be practicable with the definition of | taxabie incom: already established un- der Federal Income Tax Acts.” Townsend Cites Differences. | John W. Townsend, 3507 Lowell street, president of the association and a tax specialist, who drafted the reso- lution, pointed out that under Federal |income tax laws, bad debts are classi- fied in one manner, but are given an entirely different slant in the Mapes bill This is only cne of numerous aifferent as compared with Federal acts, he said. “The bill to provide for a tax by weight on automobiles, another outgrowth of the Mapes report on District taxation, was condemned by the association. The other two bills growing out of the Mapes report. providing for an es- tat> transfer tax and a gasoline tax were approved on condition that “in- creased revenues through taxation are required by the District of Columbia. Aid for Unemployed Asked. Maj. Sidney Morgan, secretary of the United States Tariff Commission and a trustee of the Community Chest, ad- | dressed the association with respect to the Chest's forthcoming drive Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, a_member of the association and eXecutive secre- [tary of the District of Columbia Com- mittee on Employment, women's di- vision, urged her fellow members to find jobs for the city's unemployed. She said the committee yesterday was stormed by 1.000 men and 400 women looking for jobs, at its offices at 1000 | Pennsylvania. She told of one District | hotel ~ refusing to hire unemployed | waitresses who did not measure ex- actly 5 feet 3 inches in height, despite the fact the hostelry needed help. Mrs. Jesse McDride spoke on the need for ro-operation with the National | Symphony Orchestra, FALL PRISON RECORD IS HELD EXEMPLARY | Warden Sends It Here at Request of Federal Parole Board, Where His Case Pends. [ B By the Associated Press | SANTA FE, N. Mex,, January 5.—The prison record of Albert B. Fall, whose case is before the Federal Parole Board is described by Warden E. B. Swope of the New Mexico penitentiaty as ex- emplary. = Warden Swope has sent the record to Washington ¢t the request of the |board. He declined to say whether specific recommendations with regard 1o a parole were appended During his five months at the peni- ! tentiary, the former Secretary of the Interior Department, sentenced to a year'’s imprisonment and a fine of $100.000 on conviction of accepting a bribs, has becn confined to the prison hospital under the care of a male nu Physicians szid he hed been incapaci- tated by the complications of various | illnesses. | . |ADOPTED DAUGHTER WILL GET $1,000,000 | Woman Learns She Is Foster Child “Mother's” Will Is Read, Baring 19-Year Secret. as By the Associated Press CHICAGO, January 5.—Catherin | Molloy discovered yesterday that she | had been zdopted s a baby 19 years ago. The knowledge made her about $1,000.000 richer. | * She listened to the will of Mrs. Lu- | ella Pearson Molloy, whom she believed to have been her mother. It recorded that Mrs, Molloy'’s own daughter died in infancy and Catherine was adopted { to take her place. The document tes- tified to Mrs. Molloy's affection for the girl, and divided the bulk of her $2- 000,000 estate between her and her fos ather, David J. Molloy The money will be held in trust until | she is 30. "She also was giver Mrs Molloy’s Winter home ‘in Miami Beach Mrs. Molloy, who died December 18 \at the age of 52, inherited most of her wealthy lumberman. H. Pearson to charity were of $115,000 gene Bequests recorded. as follows, West, dealer; North-South, vulnerable MR. LENZ (NORTH) S—A 9 H—AJ643 D—10 9 5 4 c.—1 4 MR. CULBERT- MRS. CULBERT- SON (WEST). SON (EAST). 5—Q 10 6 4 8 2 H—K Q971 D—A 3 J8 c.—J 10 08 COMDR. LIGGETT (50U S—KJT53 ! H—10 8 | D—Q 2 ! C—AKG63 The Bidding. North. East. 1 Heart. Pass. 2 Diamonds Double. ~ Pass, Pass My double was extremely light and we were only prevented from presenting a game to our opponents in consequence of it through the brilliant defensive | play of Mrs. Culbertson d T opened the heart king, which was won with the ace in dummy. Liggett then took three rounds of clubs, ruf- fing the third round with the nine of spades in dummy. He then threw me in the lead with the heart queen and T returned a spade. He led the estab- lished knave of hearts, which Jo trumped and Liggett overtrumped with the knave. A small diamond was then led by Liggett, which Jo won with the knave and then led the queen or clubs, which gave me an opportunity to dis- card my ace of diamonds—a danger- ous card in my hand, as it would per- mit the making of the contract be- cause of the opportunity given the de- clarer for an end play. Through this brilliant defensive we defeated the con- tract ove trick (Copyright, 1932, by Ely Cilbertsen.) S— H— D C 2 [H). South 2 Spades Pass. | West A $20,000,000 merger Of' companies fishing in Kamtchatka waters s pro- posed. The Mapes bill for the imposition of | | was described as “inequitable in many | s bill in order that it provide | “definition | definitions contained in the Mapes bill, | | fortune from her father. the late Eu-| | “A Hunting Scene” by Gen. Glassforc CHIEF OF POLICE COMPLETES A NEW CANVAS. of police. WAIT ASKED TO A CRIBES AT TRIAL Arguments Over Reporter Barred in Hightower Case Are Due Today. | B the Associated Press FRANKFORT, K | Counsel for the Knoxville, 1 | Sentinel today asked the Kentucky | Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibi- tion restraining Circuit Judge Henry R | Prewitt from barring its reporter, Jack Bryan, from the trial of William H | Hightower at Mount Sterling | Two petitions were filed in the court Kentucky's highest tribunal by W. H Townsend, Lexington, and Paul terson of Newton D. Baker's Cleve !law firm, counsel for the News-Sentine! Bryan was the plaintiff in one c asking for a writ preventing the court from barring him. The News-Sentinel was the plaintiff in another asking a writ preventing the court from barring any of its representatives, * Prompt Hearing Asked. The News-Sentinel petition did not menticn specifically John T. Moutoux its reporter, who barred frem the trial before Bryan was assigned to the story. ‘The petitions asked for an immediate | hearing for temporary writs and r { quested that upon final hearing they be made permanent. | The News-Sentine a | the ruling of the Circuit Court | lated the freedom of the press pro- | visions of the State Constiiution and | also the provisions of the Federal Con stitution preventing confiscation cf property without due process of law The petitions reviewed Judge Prewitt's statement frem the bench Saturday | refusing the News-Sentinel permission to be represented at the trial. It also reviewed the court’s order Monday denying Bryan permission to repcrt the trial. and Bryan charged vio- Due. Richard P. Dietzman, after an informal con ce with coun- sel for the spaper and Judge Pre- witt said he would confer with other members of the court on how the mo- tions for temporary writs would be heard. Judge Dietzman said he would | let them know at 2:30 o'clock this aft- ernoon what the procedure would be. Judge Dietzman said counsel for the newspaper, including Newton D. Baker former Secretary of War, wanted to be heard orally on’the motions aid Judge Prewitt also wanted to be d in person, but was doubtful whether he could leave Montgomer County during the present murder t ithout a mistrial resulting. In event he court decides not to hear oral argu- | ments, the case will be submitted on | briefs | . BALDWIN’S SON ARRIVES i FOR U.S.LECTURE TOUR Too Poor to Pay for Better Accom- | | | | | | modations, He Says, Travel- ing Second Class. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 5.— Oliver Baldwin, a blond. and radical son of a famous 'conservative father, came to America yesterday to tell a lecture audi- ence about Europe. Puffing a 25-cent pipe on a deck of the Europa, the Socialist scion of Stan- ley Baldwin, Conservative leader, told reporters he traveled second class be- catise he hadn't money enough to travel irst : Baldwin, who is 32 and failed of elec- o tributed Labor's defeat to “panic and old women of both sexes.” Baldwin will make his American debut as a lecturer tomorrow night, at 110:15 pm the N. B. C.-WJZ network. In the early days of his Army career, Gen he took up painting as a source of extra income. stock of domestic in the recent Labor overthrow, at- | (Eastern standard time), on | Glassford declared, Early Hours Irk Poker Buddies, but Please His Wife Husband Blocks Divorce Suit, but May Be Bar- red From Game. By the Assoclated Press, CHICAGO, Jar 5.—Peter Dowid's happiness has gone up, but his social standing among his “buddies” seems to have suffered e'er since a judge told him he might take one night out a week, provided he took an alarm clock with him and started for home at 11:45. regardless of whether he was winning or losing at poker Judge Joseph Sabath suggested that Peter try out the alarm clock idea a month ago, when he delayed action on Mrs. Dowid's petition for a divorce Yesterday her attorney, W. W. O'Brien, appeared before the court and told the judge tht the plan had been so successful that she wanted to drop her suit. “In fact,” said Attorney O'Brien, “it looks as though Dowid's poker playing| might end altogether, because on each of his nights out during the last month he has left a winner and his buddies are so worked up about it that they have threatened to bar him from the game.” MAPES PROPOSALS HELD INACCURATE a Conclusions Not Warranted by Facts, Georgetown Citi- zens’ Association Says. The Georgetown Citizens' Association last night unanimously adopted a reso- lution asserting that the Mapes Com- mittee tax proposals are riddled with inaccuracies, contain *‘conclusions not warranted by the facts” and impose on District residents tax burdens “unnec- essary and without justification.” The resolution, was offered by Frank Leetch, as chairman of the Execu- P Committee, and included the tive ! charge that the Mapes bills passed the House of Representatives without proper study or attention from the legislators The head of the Executive Committee also urged the group assembled at St. John’s Parish Hall, Potomac and O Streets, last night, to petition for open | hearings on the tax plan in Congress | in order that local citizens may express their opposition. The association also | approved this action. The Parks and Reservations Commit- tee reported in favor of the current plans for the new P Street Bridge. | Other members raised the question of | removal of the old Aqueduct Bridge. This structure, while apparently not in | danger of collapse, is esthetically unde- | sirable, marring the view of the Key | Bridge, it was brought out. The matter was ordered referred to the Fine Arts and Bicentennial Com- missions, as it was believed both would wish the useless bridge destroyed as soon as possible. The Georgetown body has requested this action before. Announcement was made by the Public Schools Committee of the appro- priation of $18,000 on the 1933 budget to effect remodeling at Western High School. Two class rooms will be con- verted into scientific laboratories with the money. The association also learned that a four-room $100,000 school build- ing will be erected in Foxall Village, relieving tne present overcrowding in certain Georgetown schools. . . President B. Agee Bowles presided at the session. Secretary John P. Jones read the minutes of the last meeting and reported other routine business. A. KAHN INC. 39 Years at Same Address MEMBERS OF DIAMOND EXCHANGE THE AMSTERDAM Diamonds % ] JEWELERS 1 & i ® and other precious stones A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, ;‘: 39 Years at 935 F St. PLATINUMSMITHS President 1 He taught drawing at West Point. HOUSE RACE ENDS INNEW HAMPSHIRE Special Election Will Fill First District Vacancy—Light * Vote Forecast. By the Associated Pri MANCHESTER, N. H., January 5.— The increase or decrease by one of the slim margin of Democratic control in the National House rested today with the voters of New Hampshire's first congressional district. John H. Bartlett, a former Governor and the choice of the first district Re- publicans in the special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of the late Fletcher Hale, opposed William N. Rogers, Democratic nominee and last member of his party to hold a congres- sional seat from New Hampshire. | municipal elections. HUNTING scene water color, the latest product of the art training of Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent he found his pay needed bolstering, so —Star Staff Photo. CITIENS OPPOSE. MAPES TAX BILS Plan to Elect Board of Edu- cation Again Approved by Manor Park Group. Members of the Manor Park Citizens Assbciation last night reaffirmed their approval of Senator Capper's bill to elect the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, approved last vear, and unanimously opposed, by reso- lution, the Mapes Committee tax- increase bills now before the Senate Ap- propriations Committee. John Claget Proctor, District of Co- lumbia historian and writer, spoke on the development of the Brightwood section, of which the Manor Park divi- sion is ‘a part He traced the history of the section from before the Civil War, when a draftsman in the Coast and Geodetic Survey — Broschke by name — first mapped the entire District of Columbia, identifying all pieces of property by their owners. At that time, he said, there were hardly more than a score of residents in the Brightwood section. The battle of Fort Stevens, which still | stands just off Georgia avenue between Quackenbos and _Rittenhouse streets, was described by the writer, who told of the movements of the troops through the Brightwood section and the visit of President Lincoln to the fort. J. P. Moulton, 2 representative of the Community Chest, explained that or- ganization’s plans and campaign. Seven new members were taken into the group. RETAIN CITIZENSHIP Canadian Women Affected by Nat- uralization Act Reform. OTTAWA, Ontario, January 5 (#).— Canadian women will be able, effective January 15, to retain their British citi- zenship after marrying foreigners. An amendment to the naturalization act to that effect will be formally pro- claimed, remedying a situation where- by thousinds of Canadian wemen mar- | rying United States citizens have been | unable to obtain passports from either | government. A light vote was forecast on election eve, despite the intense interest dis- played during the campaign. The Bartlett forces based their hopes on the party loyalty of the voters af the nominally Republican district, while Rogers’ followers rested their hopes in a series of Democratic gains in recent Democrats looked to the cities for their majorities, wrile Republicans looked to the smaller com- munities in the district. Manchester, largest of the cities in the first district today, turned out en masse to celebrate the inauguration of a Democratic administration for the first time in 10 years, and last night both congressional candidates concen- trated their election eve efforts on Manchester's 29,000 voters. The cities of Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester, Som- ersworth and Laconla are also included in the first district and in several of tha municipalities recent elections have been close. Both candidates have placed them- selves on record on national issues and prohibition. Bartlett is willing to vote for a referendum on prohibition, while Rogers favors repeal of the eighteenth amendment. UNUSUAL INTEREST IN RACE. Both Parties Hopeful of Victory in New Hampshire Election. By the Assoclated Press. Unusual national political interest attached today to an obscure special election in toe first New Hampshire congressional district Leaders in bsth major parties are hoping for victory, but expect the out- come to be close. The Democrats want the seat to swell their House membership to 220 and for the polit- ical effect in the presidential election. The Republicans are anxious to stem the invasion into their normal terri- tory. J-hn H. Bartlett, Republican nomi- nec, formerly was an Assistant Post- master General. Willlam N. Rogers, Democrat, served previously in "the House from New Hampshire, retiring in 1924 Maryland Park Group to Meet. MARYLAND PARK, Md., January 4 (Special) —The Maryland Park Citi- zens' Association will hold an open meeting tonight with a view to in- creasing the membership. Seniors to Entertain Juniors. HYATTSVILLE, Md. 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