Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1932, Page 5

MANY LAME DUCKS FAING LEAN YEAR President Is Expected to Re- duce Federal Appointments to Minimum. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. There is a lot of disappointment in store for the lame ducks if President Hoover carries out one idea he now has about governmental economy and efficiency{ The President is represented as hav- ing decided to go as far as he can in reducing Federal appointments, and by 80 doing he will reduce to the minimum the filling of vacant posts in the Gov- ernment. He is sald to have made up his mind to make no appointments be- fore election, and as few as is possible afterward. This policy regarding patronage can- not help but serve as bad news to the Senators and Representatives who already have gone down to defeat and those others who will fall in battle in November, May End Old Custom. It has been more or less an old-tithe custom to take care of the more deserv- ing lame ducks by appointment to some place in the Government, but from all accounts President Hoover's eagerness to effect real economy is going to bring this custom to a gloomy ending. . It is pointed out by some of the President’s friends that by this plan he has a strong _argument for- economy on his side. " is added that there will be no | cause for complaint except from the lame ducks, while on the other hand there will be occasion for praise from the country at large. Mr. Hoover is said to feel that many of the Federal boards and commissions and bureaus are over-manned, and that they would be far more efficient in most instances with a reduced personnel. Certainly there would be a saving in real money to the Government. He is understood to have concluded that at least until the Nation-wide depression, which is now facing the country, has definitely lifted, and the economic skies look brighter, those $9,000 and $10,000 Eh, which do not absolutely necessi- te filling, can be left vacant. In some instences, such as the Federal Radio Oommission where a vacancy has been existing ever since Gen. Saltzman re- signed early in the Summer, which has Wmnel representatives by zones, Mr. ver’s discretion is held to be limited. However, in other cases he is under no sompulsion to make appointments where vacancies exist. Attractive Jobs Vacant. Besides the empty seat on the Radio Commission there are several, really attractive berths waiting to be filled, and for which more than one lame duck’s mouth is already watering. One exists on the U. S. Tariff Commission, | caused by the recent death of Lincoln Dixon of Indiana. Since then J. W. Pole resigned as controller of the cur- rency. Several weeks ago President Hoover named Ernest B. Thomas of In- diana, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Farm Board, but to the great surprise of every one this was declined, prob- ably the only instance on record where a $9,000 Government job was turned down. Then there is a vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board. Very shortly another vacancy will occur on the Fed- eral Trade Confmission, as Chairman C. W. Hunt's term will expire. ‘The President’s plan will be all the more disheartening to the lame ducks because® there are so many of these right now, and their ranks will be greatly increased in all probability after November 8. At the present time more than 40 members of the House have been defeated. Fifteen more have vol- untarily retired, most likely to forestall defeat. Five members of the Senate have been defeated. Two Senators are retiring. Of course, this bevy includes Democrats as well as Republicans. Democrat Would End Hopes. In the event of the election of a Democratic President it is natural to expect the Repul n lame ducks to face difficulty in getting confirmation should they succeed in prevailing upon President Hoover to appoint them to something worth while before March 4. The Democrats will want to keep these plums for members of their own party. In the case of lame duck Senators, this handicap may not apply. The Senate follows a certain custom of courtesy which makes it possible for Senate lame ducks to receive confirma- tion regardless of their political faith. It is expected that Washington will be the scene of quite a congregation of these defeated statesmen after Novem- ber 8, casting eyes over the list of vacant Federal places. But if Presi- dent Hoover stands firm by his present lan that Government commissions and oards and so forth are already over- manned and that a sizable sum could be saved by not filling these places, plenty of disappointment is in store for this group. TEXAS CURB DELAYED BY OIL FIELD SUIT Restrictions Not Applied in Con- roe Area Because of Injunction on Two Wells. the Associated Press. CONROE. Tex., September 24.—The Texas Railroad Commission, enjoined from placing into effect its proration regulations in the Conroe oil field as applied to two wells of the Alpha Pe- troleum Co., left the entire field tem- porarily free of restrictions today. Today was the original effective date for the proration program, but advices from Austin said the commission had concluded not to apply the rules to any well in the field, pending final determination of the Alpha compeny's litigation. ‘The company obtained the injunction last night from District Judge S. A. McCall here, claiming the proration or- der would have reduced production of its wells to 45 barrels daily each and would have been discriminatory to the Conrce area, as compared to the re- mainder of the Gulf Coast field. STRADDLING CHARGED TO HOOVER BY UPSHAW President and Party Would Put Liquor Back in Constitution, Says Dry Candidate. By By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, September 24.—W. D, Up- shaw, former Atlanta Representative, presidential nominee of the Prohibition party, today said in an address that President Hoover had “straddled on the issue of prohibition,” and that liquor had “no more business in the Constitu- tion than a rattlesnake in a baby car- riage. ‘The condidate spoke at a testimonial Tuncheon here. “I decline a previous nomination by the party,” Upthaw said, “because I did not wish to divide the prohibition vote for President Hoover, then a can- didate for the presidency. But Presi- dent Hoover recently began to listen to the headlines, and he and his party ads -a double platform which in ef- fect would put liquor back into the THE SU ROOSEVELT-JOHNSON TIE-UP IN CALIFORNIA HELD LIKELY overnor Makes Bid for Pro- gressive Republican Sup- port in State. G Exchange of Flattering Mes- sages With Senator Re- garded as Significant. Special Dispatch ta The Star. ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT SPE- CIAL, SAN FRANCISCO, September 24 (N.AN.A).—A sustained drive for Progressive support in California, Re- blican s well as Democratic, Wwas made here by Goyy Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York. Grounds for believing he might win a substantial part of the liberal Re- publican following of Senator Hiram Johnson in this State was given the Democratic Presidential nominee when the Senator responded to the invita- tion of the Governor- in Sacramento to join the new Progressive movement. “Gov. Roosevelt,” said Senator John- son, “was very gracious and generous in his address at Sacramento. I, per- sonally, immensely appreciate what he said, and I am sure it is equally appre- ciated by the Progressive Republicans of this State. “The attitude of Mr. Roosevelt is in sharp contrast with that Mr. Hoover has maintained toward Progressivism and Progressives of California. For 22 years I have been making the Pro- gressive fight here. For the remainder of my years I'll continue making the fight.” The open bidding of Gov. Roosevelt for progressive Republican support in California, his praise of Senator John- son on the stump, the Governor's plan to address a meeting in McCook, Nebr., which will be presided over by another insurgent Republican Senator, George M. Norris, who has openly committed himself to the support of the Demo- cratic presidential nominee, all serve to put Senator Johnson in a difficult po- sition if he is to give any support to Herbert Hoover in their home State. It is known that Senator Johnson is very anxious to bring about the election of Tallant Tubbs, who won the Repub- SENAT lican senatorial nomination in this State by defeating Senator Samuel Shortridge for renomination, but Tubbs has a hard fight ahead of him, a three- cornered battle with William Gibbs McAdoo, Democratic nominee, and Rev. “Bob” Shuler, who ran on three tickets in the primary, and rolled up a sur- prising total vote. He now stands as the prohibition nominee, Until the developments of the last 24 hours it was believed Johnson's inter- est in Tubbs would bring him on to the | stump to fight for him, and so aid Hoover, but the exchange of flattering messages between the Democratic presi- dential nominee and the Republican gmglor has created a strong element of I iz true, of course, that Johnson has not yet said he will support Roosevelt, but if he should continue his policy of saying nothing in behalf of Hoover the Democrats believe a large part of the Johnson following will scratch the head of the ticket. - iCalifornia today presents one of the most confused and muddled political situations in the country. Although normally Republican by more than 400,000 votes, it is conceded to be in the ““doubtful” class. (Copyright, 1932, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) DOAK ASKS LABOR | T0 BACK HOOVER G. 0. P. Is Party of Working| Man, He Declares at Bristol, Conn. By the Associated Press. BRISTOL, Conn. September 24.—In | an address here today Secretary of! Labor Doak termed the Republican party “the party of the American work- ing man” and urged labor to work for the re-election of President Hoover. He lauded his party’s tariff and im- migration policies, and said they were designed for the benefit of labor. Criticizes Democrats. “Our candidates for office do not have to change their tariff policies every time they cross a State or county line in order to catch sentiment or to se- cure votes in campaigns,” he said at a Republican outing at Lake Compounce. “Neither do we have to seek a catch- DEMOCRATS CLAM MICHIGAN' VOTE Party Leaders Tell Trend and See 125,000 Majority in North Carolina. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24—A Dem- ocratic victory in Michigan and a ma- Jjority of 125,000 for the Roosevelt-Gar- ner ticket in North Carolina were pre- dicted today by party leaders from those States who conferred at Democratic national headquarters. “It is generally estimated by those fa- miliar with the situation that North Carolina will give a majority of around 125,000 to the Democratic nominees,” said O. M. Mull, retiring chdirman of the State Committee in North Carolina. Confident of Michigan, “To_those not familiar with econdi- tions in Michigan,” sald Mrs. Agnes M. Little, secretary of the Michigan State Central Committee, “it mag sound ab- surd for me to claim that State for Gov. all word every time a convention meets to describe what our position will be, on the tariff question. * * * “No one can deny the history and unbroken record of the Republican party has inured to the well-being of | our workers, It is still, I claim, the party of the American working man.” Doak, the first Republican national | leader to be brought to Connecticut for | the campaign, criticized Democrats for their stand on war debts. “In one breath they declare against | cancellation of debts as we do, but in the next breath they say they- will per- | mit the debtors to pay their debts in | 8oods shipped to us,” he said. Fears Loss of Jobs. “Every dollar’s worth of those goods will displace goods produced in the United States. American goods dis- placed means American workmen thrown out of jobs. Be not deceived. American workmen will pay the debt | under the Democratic plan by going without jobs, without pay, without the necessities for their women and chil- | dren.” Turning to immigration, he said: “The action of President Hoover in September, 1930, in issuing instructions against admitting alien workers during | the depression has done more toward | proper restriction of immigration than all that Congress did at any time pre- viously * + * Doak credited Federal, State and mu- | nicipal employment services ®ith plac- ing 2,900,000 persons to work between | April 1, 1931, and September 1, 1932. IN OIL WELL EXPLOSION Two Ar® Probably Fatally Hurt | as Spark Ignites Gases Near Derrick. By the Associated Press. MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich., Septem- ber 24—Five men were burned, two of them probably fatally, today in the ex- | plosion of gases about an oil well on | which they were working. The explosion, which was followed by fire, occurred on the Reed Well No, 4 in Greendale 'm{ns)uy. Midland County, east of Mount Pleasant. Four of the injured oil workers were taken to a Mount Pleasant hospital. Walter Miller, 28, and Mark Lemon, 45, are expected to die. George Sauches and Ed Stone, 30, were severely burned. Bland Parker, the fifth victim, was only slightly | burned. The explosion occurred while the five men_were pulling tubing from the well. As they were working the oil started to flow, and a spark from a nearby gaso- line' engine ignited gases about the derrick. The derrick was burned to the ground before the fire was under con- trol. There are three other wells in the vicinity of the Reed No. 4. The five victims of the explosion came here from West Virginia recently to work in the Michigan oil fields. FILM CONTRACT FOR BABY | complete Democratic tickets. Roosevelt, but I honestly believe it will go for him. “There are multiplying evidences of the trend toward the Democratic ticket. Republican leaders in Michigan are quite visibly alarmed over the situation. Sensing the political revolt among the voters, numerous Republican candidates for county offices have filed their can- didacies on the Democratic ticket. “This year for the first time the Dem- orats have active organizations in every county and in most counties there are In_every County there are Democratic Candi- dates. Complete Organization. “In one county where there has been no Democratic organization for more than 25 years, there is now a complete working and militant organization and a complete Democratic ticket. “Those who have counted Michigan lost to the Democratic ticket would do well to revise their estimates.” The following speaking tour was an- nounced for Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Governor of Wyoming and vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee: September 29, Topeka and Manhat- tan, Kans.; September 30, Iola and Etl.sburgh, Kans.; October 1, Carthage, 0. She is also covering Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis, Sedalia and Marshall, Mo., on her present tour. LEGISLATORS END PARLEY Delegates From Five Southern States Hold Conference. ASHEVILLE, N. C., September 24 (), —Legislators of five Southern States ended a three-day meeting here today after discussing problems facing them in their respective States, Just before adjourning they heard addresses on taxation and State finances by William B. Belknap of Goshen, Ky., president of the American Legislators’ Association; Paul Doyle of Atlanta, chairman of the Georgia Tax Commis- sion; Orville A. Park of Macon, mem- ber of the Georgia lower House, and R. D. Holt of Weston, member of the ‘West Virginia House, About 40 delegates represented North and South Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee at the confer- ence, WITHDRAWS FROM RACE Runner-Up in Louisiana Primary Makes New Vote Unnecessary. ALEXANDRIA, La, September 24 (P)—John R. Hunter, second in the recent Democratic congressional pri- mary in the eighth district, withdrew from the race today, eliminating the necessity for a second primary and leaving District Attorney Cleveland Dear of Alexandria the Democratic nominee. Dear i unopposed in the general election and will succeed to the seat of Representative John H. Overton, who won the senatorial nomination over Senator Edwin 8. Broussard. New-Born Infant Signed in Pub- licity Stunt. LOS ANGELES, September 24 UP).— A year’s screen contract with a motion picture producing company was awarded today to Richard Corbett Sielaff of De- troit, who was declared the winner in a studio’s unique publicity stunt. The company, Warner Brothers, an- | nounced the first infant born in the | United States after midnight, Saturday, September 10, would o given the con- | infant | tract. One second after the Sielaff made his first personal appear- ance in a Detroit hospital. The run- ner-up, Jenny Wlassewski, arrived in a | ¢ Constitution by showing the States how to handle the sale of it.” : Upshaw charged that “both major 3 m:“q,w surrendered to the liquor is Milwaukee hospital. Studio officials said Master Sielaff will remain in Detroi ;1“2"3'%'“:*‘.‘0"?‘3%.":* Specializing in § Perfect DIAMONDS £ Also complete line of stand- ard and all-American made watches, |'$ “'Shop at the friendly store— ’:’you're always greeted with a' .z.imfle—wm: no obligation toe% uy. %® Charge Accounts Invited M. Wurtzburger Co. 901 G St. N.W. o it until the right part found for him in & picture now in NEW MEACOG.0.. COMENTIN SLTS Progressives' Plan to Enter Third Ticket in Field in Fall Election. By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., September 24.—Progressive Republicans of New Mexico, following a bolt of the State convention, announced today a third ticket would be placed in the fleld for the Fall election. 1 At the meeting of the dissenters, Seix‘x’mr Bronson Cutting, said: “If the Democrats nominate a ticket which represents the rank and file of the people we might decide to support the Democratic ticket wholeheartedly.” Senator Cutting Resigns. ‘The split in the convention last night was climaxed by the resignation of Sen- ator Cutting as Republican national committeeman. Cuiting’s resignation directly fol- lowed a contest between progressives and “the old guard,” for seats in the convention. The progressives lost sev- eral contested county delegations. Albert Simms, former Representative and husband of Ruth Hannah McCor- mick, former Representative-at-Large of Iilinois, is among the Republicans discussed as a successor to Senator Cut- ting as national committeeman. H. O. Bursum, former United States Senator, also was mentioned. Mrs, A, B, Fall of Three Rivers, N. Mex., wife of the former Senator and cabinet officer, also addressed today's meeting of Progressive delegates. It was agreed that any person placed on the third party ticket will agree that his name be withdrawn in the event the candidate on the regular Demo- cratic and Republican tickets for the same office is agreeable to the Pro- gressives. Decision Is Reversed. After leaving the State convention last night the Progressives announced they probably would not file a third State ticket in the .coming election as the deadline for candidacies is Septem- ber 28. This cecision was reversed t0- day and it was decided the Executive Committee of a permanent organization which was completed last night will name the candidates immediately, Mrs. Fall praised Senator Cutting and referred to similar battles of her hus- band years ago. Prager Miller of Roswell, who had been a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, also spoke to the Progressives. The Republican convention proceeded slowly following the bolt last night of the Progressives. Former Gov. R. C. Dillon had been nominated by acclama- tion for Governor. —_— ‘DISOBEDIENT’ CHILD’S DEATH SUITS MOTHER Woman Goes to Defense of Hus- band Charged With Slaying Stepson. a leader, By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Ark.. September 24. —A mother_who, officers said, would rather see her child dead than dis- obedient today prepared to go to the defense of her husband who is charged with beating his 2-year-old stepson to death. C. T. Sullivan, chief deputy sheriff, announced what he sald was Mrs. Herman Ledbetter's attitude. Ledbetter said the child had been killed in a fall from a wagon, but officers asserted he had been beaten to deatn and they charged the stepfather with murder. Mrs. Ledbetter said the chiid “was not obedient and she would rather see him dead than disobedient,” Sullivan said. STOVE MANUFACTURER AND AGENT ARRESTED| Finding of Gun in Auto Causes Suspicion Charge Against Ohioan in Pittsburgh. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 24—B. F. Berkhimer, 59, a stove manufacturer, of Greenville, Ohio, and his Pittsburgh representative, N. G. Weisbrod, were arraigned as suspicious persons today after a gun had been found in Berk- himer’s car. Berkhimer explained he had neglected to remove a shotgun from his machine after hunting crows on his Ohio farm. Police found the gun last night when they arrested Weisbrod as he drove the car to a hotel for Berkhimer and was unable to show an owner's license. At the hotel, detectives arrested Berk- himer when they found he had a re- volver. He told a magistrate an Ohio police chief gave him the gun as pro- tection against hold-up men. The case was continued until Berkhimer can re- turn to Ohio for his owner's card. His car was impounded. SHRIMP PACKERS LOSE Court Refuses Injunction Against Btriking Fishermen. YAZOO CITY, Miss., September 24 () —Striking shrimp fishermen of Bi- loxi, Miss, won the first skirmish of their court fight with factory operators yesterday as Federal Judge E. R. Holmes disimssed a petition of the packers for an injunction against strikers interfer- ing with plant operations. o pcters oharged viclence had been threatened and that police had failed to restrain demonstrations by the | strikers which included the seizure of shrimp shipments from other points. Judge Holmes upheld the strikers’ contentions that the packers failed to show efforts had been made toward an amicable settlement of the differences. Citizens to Give Dance. COLVIN RUN, Va., September 24 (Special) —The Colvin Run Citizens® Association will give a Tound dance Saturday in the Community Hall. Time is Here ‘We are ready to handle your Fal 1 ting, seeding or sodding. Our D ertatire at your service with ideas :nd prices that will more than please. Buy evergreens and plants direct fromyour nursery. We plant them and guarantee growth. FLORIST 5 Atlantic 0162 Hyatts. WURERYMEN *° Opposite Ft. Lincoln Cemetery Pyrotherapy VDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 25, 1932—PART ONTE. for Horses BOWED TENDONS NOW SfCIENTIFICALLY HEALED. H. B. Cochran (left). a technician from the office of Dr. E. A. Merritt, X-ray specialist, and Dr. Robert L. Humphrey (kneeling), Virginia veterinarian, are teen above testing the diathermia BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, JR. HE horse has had its sun lamp, and massages that would make a Swedish masseur groan with envy. There was even an owner | who fitted eye glasses on his | race horses. But now for the first time the Man 'O Wars and steeplechasers, the hunters and the show horses are | offered pyrotherapy . . . in scientific * has not been unknown to veterinar Formerly it was at-| tempted by “firing,” a barbaric treat- ment for decades applied to “bowed | tendons” and other muscular disorders. The practice appears to be docmed. | | tissues to lose soreness. 0ld Method Supplanted. Supplanting the medieval firing iron will be the modern methods of dia- thermia, if the treatment devised by Dr. E. A. Merritt, Washington X-ray specialist, and Dr. Robert L. Humphrey. well known Virginia veterinary, proves all that is hoped for it. “Firing” means a_ hot iron plunged into sore horse flesh, theoretically to cure it. Diathermia means the per- meation ‘of soothing heat throughout the aflected area, by electrically con- trolled methods. It is impossible to say which of the two will be the accepted mode of treat- ing “bows” and lame soreness five years | lence. Firing is the general practice ncw. Diathermia is virtually untried on horses, although it has been highly | successiul as a treatment for human muscular strains and bruises. The ex- periment here will give the first in- timation of its possibilities for equine use. Theory of Interest. ‘Whether diathermia will or will not be a vital factor in future veterinary | medicine, the theory is interesting in | contrast to the logic that lay behind the old methods. Because the first case history knows here concerns a bowed tendon, and be- cause that is one of the most destruc- tive lamenesses a horse can suffer, it is perhaps best to compare the old and | new theories on that ailment. | ‘The bowed tendon is a common in- | jury to speed horses. In 99 per cent of cases it results from a horse striking | his front leg with the “ack hoof while | running. On the flat track this acci- dent most often occurs when a horse steps in a rough place on a cuppy track and is thrown off baliace, or loses its | stride, or is bumped heavily in a jam. Steeplechasers may incur the injury by | making a mistake going at the barrier just as a hunter or show-ring jumper | may do. | Term Not Exact. Although the injury is called “bowed | tendon,” the term is not exact. A ten- don cannct be bowed by a blow any| more than could a bone. “What actually happens is that striking breaks the ten- | don sheath, in which it moves piston- like, oiled by synovial fluid. ‘When the sheath erupts its fluid is spilled. Immediately a swollen fusion appears on the back of the leg just above the fetlock. The swelling “bows” out, but the tendon, while it may be bruised, does not pull out of position unless it is snapped clear through, | which would necessitate destruction of the horse. | In the past and today firing is al- most invariably the treatment adminis- | tered in these cases. It is a simple operation. A slender iron rod is made red-hot and plunged into the flash about the tendon sheath break. Sup-| posedly, this helps to heal the broken tissue and forms an outer casing of hard, burned tissue to strengthen the weak point. | The diathermia experimenters believe the effect of firing is almost entirely | detrimental. First, they say, the operation s 50 method of treating “bowed tendons.” —Star Staff Photo. crude it requires months for the seared And, of even greater ultimate importance, a running horse that is fired almost always goes back 2 notch in class. If the horse was a big-stake runner, it usually drops back with the platers; if a plater, it be- comes a selling plater or a bush-league runner on the half-mile tracks. Hunt- ers, incidentally, are unsound for the show ring after firing, as their scars are plainly visible, The process of & diathermia is not complicated. An electrode is placed on each side of the bowed joint in the leg. Current is passed between the elec- | trodes. permeating the tissues. bone and | tendon of the leg. The current has | high voltage and low milliamperage. When it encounters the substance of the leg. which is a poor conductor of elec- tricity, heat is created. Heat Does Not Burn. ‘This heat does not burn the tissues. It is not painful. The effect is to draw blood to the electrified area and thereby stimulate healing activity. The wall of the ruptured tendon sheath builds up, the fusion which made an ugly swell- ing on the leg dissolves. Outwardly there are no visible marks left by dia- thermia. And the inwayd impediments, the impediments which will send the best horse down the road to limba, will not result if the treatment is as successful in horses as in men. As contrasted to the 10, 12 or 16 months required to return a horse to form after firing. the diathermia treat- ment should enable the animal to work again after four to six months. Part |of that time is for active treatment, the remainder for rest and recondition- g:g. as is the case when the horse is red. ‘The horse under treatment here at the Riding and Hunt Club is a steeple- chaser, CAR LOADINGS HIGHEST SINCE DECEMBER, 1931 Railroads Report 587,302 for Week Ending September 17—Mer- chandise Shipments Increase. By the Associated Press. The American Railway Association announced yesterday that loadings of revenue freight for the week ended Sep- tember 17 totaled 587,302, the highest of any week since December 12, 1931. The total for the week of September 17 was 85,478 cars above the preceding week, when loadings were reduced be- cause of Labor day, but was 155312 cars under the same week in 1931 and 365,259 cars under the same week two years ago. This was the fifth week out of the Jast six that car loadings have in- creased. The week ended September 10 showed a decrease because of Labor y. The greatest increase was shown in merchandise and miscellaneous freight shipments. . ACCUSED IN SHOOTING | York, Pa., Man Held as Police Probe Wounding of Woman. YORK, Pa. September 24 (#).—Earl Crimins, 25, todayw as accused by police of shooting Florence Knisely, 23. Police said Crimins admitted the shooting, but claimed it was accidental. Miss Knisely’s condition was not seri- ous. The bullet passed through her left arm. Oysters by brent.hlng produce water currents which bring their food HOT WATER PLANT AN ity 3 YEARS Thi dollars on fuel costs. hot-water heating engineers. 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Thursday night Representative Ragon | of Arkansas, member of the House | Ways and Means Committee, will talk | on “The Tariff Situation and What It Means to the Voter.” Friday night will be Georgetown | University night, the principal speaker being Dr. Lewis C. Cassidy, pm(essor‘ of law at Georgetown. The Democratic Central Committee | is completing plans for the carnival | and political rally it is sponsoring in | conjunction with the Democrats of Montgomery County. It will open Sat- | urday, October 8, on Georgia avenue, Jjust beyond the District line. The carnival is being planned as one jof the principal events in the Mont- gomery County campaign. There will be a midway and other entertainment novelties, as well as band concerts and night fireworks. e . DIVIDENDS PAID Depositors Receive Checks From| Closed North Carolina Banks. RALEIGH, N. C., September 24 (#)— Gurney P. Hood. State bank commis- | sioner. announced today that about $75,000 in dividends to depositors in closed banks in Beaufort and Elizabeth City were mailed today. Depositors of the defunct Savings Bank & Trust Co. of Elizabeth City will receive $56,804.50and those of the Beau- This $14.95 hat's real news! Famous BULOVAS—right from our regular stock—and only half what you’d generally pay! Come in—get your’s—before they’re all gone! SURTS EULOGIES HOOVER DN RELEE President Worked From Bee ginning of Slump to End It, Kentuckians Hear. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ky, Beptember 24— Bringing the Republican campaign to the blue grass, Vice President Charles Curtis today told an audience that packed the county court house and overflowed into the street that Hoover is the only President who ever took action during a business depression. Concluding his 45-minute address with a eulogy of Hoover, the Vice President sald, “with the President, from the very moment the time came, he has been working on some plan to Telieve the situation.” Maurice H. Thatcher, Republican nominee for United States Senator, was cheered when he reiterated that he opposed repeal of the eighteenth amendment, but would vote for a "guarded proposal” to submit the matter to the people, Both Curtis and Thatcher defended the Republican tariff, immigration and farm relief policies and Curtis lauded the work of Thatcher in Congress. During & pause in his discussion of farm relief some one shouted “hooray” from outside the court house. Curtis aroused laughter with the remark, “give that fellow some paregoric.” A man standing in the back of the room held up part of the time Curtis was speaking a circular sign inscribed in big letters with “Hoover or saloon. What would Jesus do?” A question mark was in the center sign. No formal notice was taken of it. 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