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appeals from the new assessment. Ap- peals may be made up to June 1. What effect these appeals may have on the AN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933. final figure for the new year cannot; t ed. Last BOMAY LOSE J0BS 5 3evc'on URGES RELIEFPLAN i TN | DISTRIT TAK CUT s AT ANACOSTAPARK T0 PRODUCE WORK "1Y'STERY | WILL BE DELAYED 5 22 s WITHOUT HEARINGS Mr. Richards explains that back in ,(cgqfinue;no_m;ijn 20N 1913 the appeals numbered about 5,000. | : , Can You, Stoppage of Work Also Would |Representative Reid Asks| Solueyjfl )o, | Uncertainties: Make It Im- Mean ‘Lass of . Money, President to Sponsor Rivers ‘ HCN FUMIGATION residence or depository for at REFORESTRATION PLAN WOULD GIVE 20,000 JOBS Maryland Forester Says Men Could Be Employed on State Lands and Flood-Control Projects. moth and beetle infested fur- niture. m m Compang 1140 15th St., a | Here, again, the further reduction in | |the salaries of Government employes | have served to lower the present values | of properties, because the expectation is | | that some home owners may be forced | to give up home buying due to reduced | incomes. Federal Treasury. A 20-cent cut, he explained, would reduce the surplus by $2,600,000 and leave $3,500,000 in. the general fund,.or $500,000. more than necessary to make up the cash operat- fund, which is now exhausted. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 31.—About 20.- 000 jobless men could be given work in Maryland under the provisions of the | reforestration bill, according to State | Pay Cuts Reflected. possible for Commission- Says Engineer. Halting of work on development of Anacostia Park, as contemplated in the District supply bill estimates, would mean the discharge of some 60 em- Dployes, u:eordin’nto E. A. Schmitt, en- gineer in the office of Maj. Joseph D. ., War Department engineer ‘Washington area. Schmitt, who is supervising improve- ment of Anacostia Park, upstream of g road, said the stoppage of work would mean also that the Gov- ernment would have an unproductive capital investment on its hands. He foresaw extensive losses through elimi- nating this appropriation and said “the @reatest economy and benefit would re- sult from continued progress and early completion of Anacostia Park.” The park, for which the engineers estimate a total cost of $4,275,000, is now 80 per cent complete and at the Tecent rate of appropriations would have been completed by 1938. i Effects of Dropping Work Answering questions as to the effect of eliminating the Anacostia Park fig- ures, Schmitt said: “Elimination of the item for Anacos- tia Park by the Budget Bureau is fraught with serious consequences for the project, its related features and the employes engaged thereon. { “Substantial loss in the work so far ! accomplished will result from a cessa- tion of operations, by reason of the weathering down of levees and em- bankments, - washing out of dredging basins and the lack of drainage may cause an increase in mosquito breed- ing. The benefits for flood protection for Maryland communities, provided through the wider channel downstream of the District line, will be nullified by the accumulation of shoals in the mian Anacostia River. With the discontin- uance of reclamation, the final settle- ment of fills and road foundations will ml.llo be extended longer into the fu- Ire. “Elimination of the $40,000 for the widening of the Lake Kingman cul- vert in Benning road will prolong the ce of the dangerous bottle neck in Benning road, and will nullify to a large extent the benefit to traffic gained through the improvement now under Wway on this important arterial highway. Actual Loss Threatened “The part of the culvert comprising the eastbound roadway and the car tracks was constructed several years ago, but the north roadway remains to be built. The Highway Department (of the District) has now under con- tract the new full-width bridge over the Anacostia River and the fill for the north roadway has been placed. With part of the funds contained in the 1934 Senate District bill for Anacostia Park, which falled last session, viz, $40,000, the U. 8. Engineer Office was to have built the extension. This cul- vert extension would have been com- pleted simultaneously with the High- way Department work on Benning bridge, permitting immediate use of both lanes of this main highway. “Construction plant, especially de- signed and built upstream of the Ben- ning bridge at a cost of $106,000, to op- erate in the upper part of Anacostia Park, will have to be placed out of commission, and instead of being en- gaged on produstive work will entail an actual loss, through its care and watch- ing, in addition to its functional de- preciation while idle. “It will mean the lay-off of some 50 to 60 employes who will, I expect, have to seek employment at the $1 per day rate, under the President’s refor- estation project. “Retarding the orderly pi to- in| !dr. Buchanan said he had no sug- gestions to offer for the disposition of the big surplus of gas and water revenues, in view of the apparent de- termination of the Budget Bureau to curtall highway and water activities in these two special funds should be made | more flexible so they could be used for other purposes in the event of an emergency. The Commissioners, he be- lieves, should be given authority to draw on any surplus in these funds in emergencies, subject to the approval of the President. The appropriation bill, however, will not _carry any legislative provisions as to the tax rate or emergency use of the surplus in the gas and water revenues, Mr. Buchanan said, since he dees not believe legislation should be tacked to supply bills. These matters, he de- clared, properly are ones for the Dis- tréct Legislative Committee to con- sider. Representative Ross Collins, Demo- crat, of Mississippi, a former member of the Subcommittee on District Ap- propriations, who was a member of the special Mapes committee, now a mem- ber of the Deficiency Subcommittee, said today it would be ridiculous to pile up a huge surplus in District revenues at this time of depression. Representa- tive Collins has for years advocated a reduction in real estate taxes and said his theory is particularly pertinent in the present situation. EASING OF SCHOOL SLASH IS SOUGHT Officials of City’s P.-T. A. and Home Associations to Meet Tonight. ‘Ways and means of saving District public schools, libraries and playgrounds from serious curtailment of operations through the budget slash will be sought tonight at an executive meeting of the Legislative Committee chairmen of the city’s parent-teacher and home and school associations at the National Edu- cation Association Building. The meet- ing has been called by Harry N. Stull, chairman of the Legislative Committee of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Miss Sibyl Baker, director of playgrounds; Dr. George F. Bower- man, librarian, District of Columbia Public Library, and a° representative of the District Health Department, are expected to attend the meeting. Each of these departmental heads will be invited to discuss with the Legislative Committee chairman the way in which he will propose to administer his de- me‘nt under the deep budget slash Meanwhile, it became known today that a group of parent-teacher and home and school association officers will be interviewed by Budget Director Douglas Tuesday in an effort to stay the administration’s hand in what those officers are convinced are ‘“ruthless and paralyzing reductions.” ‘Today the Roosevelt High School Parent-Teacher Association dispatched a statement to the Senate and House committees handling the District sup- Togress ward the completion of Anacostia Park results in both direct and indirect loss- es and increases its ultimate cost. The capital investment so far made remains unproductive. In other words, the gen- eral public draws no interest in recrea- tion and pleasure from its expenditu res, until some time further in the future. The Anacostia Park project, with a to- tal estimated cost of $4,275,000, is now 80 per cent complete, and with con- tinued appropriations would have been completed in the ensuing four and ‘one-half years. “While reduction in expenses’ must now be made under the budget cur- taflment, disbanding the organization and facilities mobilized for the park project in past years, will cause exten- sive losses. The greatest economy and benefit will result from continued prog- ress and early completion of Anacostia Park.” REZONING RECOMMENDED By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 31.— Approval of an application from Mrs. Annie E. Lohman for. commercial re- zoning of her property at South street and Defense Highway, Bladensburg, was recommended by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The recommendation will be for- ‘warded by the park and planning group to the Prince Georges County Com- missioners. Mrs. Lohman plans to open & gasoline lling station on the land. SPECIAL NOTICES. FOR ELECTRICAL REPAIR SERVICE. CALL “The Electric Shop on Wheels. Inc.. and a complete electric shop will be brought to r_door. Wis. 48 G-DISTANC! Eastern points. vidson's “Transter st.n.w. _Nat. 0060. ‘WINDOW DRESSER_SHOW CARD WRITER | —specializing ladies' and men's wea"; rea- sonable prices. Phone Lincoln 5905. Her- man Applestein. = . NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE American Security and Trust Company has | declared a dividend of two per cent on its capital_stock of $3,400.000, payable April 10th, 1933, to the stockhoiders at the close of business on CORCORAN THO! President. FREDERICK P. H. SIDDONS. 1 SV T Secretary. BPECIAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL and ‘part loads (o all points within 1,000 miles; padded vans: guaranteed service: Io- | cal moving also. Phone Nat_ 1460. NAT. DEL._ASSOC.. INC.._: N. Y. ave. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN OF THE DIS- I of the partnership existing between rdson A Baker and Louis Busse, ng as Crown Heating Service. ~All per- having claims submit same to James McQuade, Attorney at Law, 515 Trans- tation Building RICHARDSON A. BAKER, e LCUIS BUSSE $7 SURE TO SEE THE NEW 00 KEL- Yinator Refrigerator A model to suit_every Durse. Sold 3 DMoil & Co E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE- cial meeting of the stockholders of the Nor- folk and Washington, D. C.. Steamboat Com- pany will be held at the general offices of zhe company, 1120 Seventh street southwest, Washington. 'D. T.. on Thursday, May 4th, 1933. at 2 o'clock pm., on the reiirement of not exceeding one-half of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the company, by purchase from the stockholders at par. one hundred dollars per share. in proportion to their holdings. de- «lared advisable by the Board of Direciors. ¥ ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ODELL S. SMITH. Secretary. Gas Range Repairing Complete Service | Lowert Prices. Lo R of reco March 31st. 193 M, i sons D. por all_our work must iy B2 years of wood reputation? We Hate A _specialty of repairs. R%fl for us. N W NS ROOFING 03 COMPANY __ North 4. Easter Cleaning Special. 12 RUG SHAMPOOED IN Y/ ANY 0x12 RUG SHAMPS OUR grease, animal stains removed; work , es Dirt, guaraniteed. A-1 references. A UNDQUIST & SCHLECHT, 2 Phone Met. 8352 FRATERNAL NOTICES. to consider and act { ply bill, pleading for “the restoration of all estimates recommended by the school _department officers” The Roosevelt association addressed itself particularly to the item for repairs and improvements to gs, pointing out that in the last bill a total of $437,500 was carried for his purpose. Reducing this figure at this time, the association contends, would pro- duce disastrous results in the efficiency and welfare of the District's properties, particularly in view of the fact that the number of school buildings to be cared for next year will be greater than during the past year. — OYSTER DREDGING BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE Action Marks Second Defeat for Senator Coad in Major Bat- tles in Assembly. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 31.—Sen- ator J. Allan Coad of St. Marys Coun- ty lost his second major battle of the present General Assembly session when the Senate passed the Potomac River oyster dredging bill—a proposal in op- ition to which he filibustered seven ours last Friday night. ‘The bill proposes to open the Potomac River to oyster dredgers for the months of November and December of each year, Senator Coad endeavored to se- cure the adoption of an amendment which would delay the reopening for at least one year. This amendment, pro- ponents of the bill said, Would have stripped it of its effect. i| WORLD COURT MEASURE PASSED BY ASSEMBLY | Maryland Senate Aets on Bill | Passed by House With Only One Dissenting Vote. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | ANNAPOLIS, March 31.—With only | one member voting against it, the| Senate yesterday passed a joint reso- | lution, approved by the House last week, | calling on the United States Senate | to ratify the protocol for the entrance | of this country into the World Court. | Senator Dudley G. Roe of Queen Anne County asked to be recorded as voting against the measure. Delegate James J. Lindsay, jr, of | Baltimore County, majority floor leader | of the House, was the sponsor of the resolution. Lake Causes Apprehension. A lake in New Zealand is causing apprehension by raising and falling several feet every half hour. 0ld Velocipede Brings $110. An original velocipede made about 1840, one of the earliest known, was cold for $110 at an auction in London. NIGHT and MORNING ' FHERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CONCLAVE of lflsmvgo‘!é Commandery. No. 6, K. T. it 7:30 p.m. - H .m., Friday, March 31, in’ Bright. conf s New 2 Way Mistol the coming fiscal year, but he did think | and Harbors Measure. Representative Frank R. Reid of Tili- nois, presicent of the Naticnal Rivers and Harbors Congress, proposed to| President Roosevelt yesterday a plan to put a half million men back to work on rivers and harbors prcjects. | Points Out Necessity. As spokesman for & committee which called at the White House, Reid pointed | to the necessity* of including such| projects in the Roosevelt public works | program for unemployment relief. He cited statements of Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army engineers, that | it would be advisable to hasten com- pletion of authorized projects while construction costs are down. Reid said the Army engineers’ pro- | gram called for a total expenditure of | $431,000,000. He suggested that the | program, now scheduled for completion in_eight years, be cut to five and that 2 bond issue be floated, if necessary, to finance construction. He called atten- don to Brown's testimony before a Senate subcommittee that up to 50 per cent of the total expended on every project would go to labor alone. He submitted to the President a list of prejects whose completion now, accord- ing to the Army engineers, is “fully justified at the present time in the interests of commerce and navigation.” Value for Defense Cited. Representative Reid also declared complétion of the projects would be | Justified on the ground of its value in the scheme of naticnal defense alone. Among those who attended were former Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana, president emeritus of the Rivers and Harbors Congress; Roy Mil- ler of Texas, representing the Missicsippl Valley Associaticn; Chairman Mansfield of the House Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee; Chairman Wilson of the House Flood Control Committee, and delega- tions of Senatcrs ,and Representatives from more than a’score of States. FEW CANDIDATES SEEN IN MT. RAINIER ELECTION Aspirants in Vote May 1 Have Until April 20 to File Their Petitions for Office. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., March 31.— While aspirants to offices at stake in the annual municipal election here, May 1, have until April 20 to file their petitions of candidacy, indications are few will seek office and the balloting will be quiet. Successors are to be chosen to Mayor John H. Beall, who is completing his fifth year in office, and Councilmen Norman A. Pruitt, first ward, and Rexford Worley, fourth ward. Mayor Beall has not announced whether he will seek re-election, but his friends will urge him to do so. Both Councilmen Pruitt and Worley have announced they will seek to suc- ce>d themselves. No opposition has ap- peared to either of them. The mayor and councilmen will be chosen for two- year terms. Councilmen Roger W. Moser, second ward, and Floyd B. Mathias, third ward, will hold over, each having another year to serve. New voters will be given opportunity to register tomorrow and again on April 8, when registration officers will sit in the Municipal Building from 8 am. 8 p.m. Candidates for mayor must present a petition to the registration officers bear- ing the signatures of at least 20 voters from any ward, while the petitions of councilmanic aspirants also must bear the signatures of at least 20 voters, a majority of whom must live in the can- didate’s ward. EDITOR WILL SPEAK Dr. Robert L. Shipley Will Preach in Mount Airy District. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT AIRY, Md., March 31.— Local Methodist Protestants on Sunday will have the first opportunity to hear a sermon by the editor of the official magazine of their denomination, the Methodist Protestant Recorder, when Robert L. Shipley, D. D., will speak at two churches of Kemptown M. Charge, the Rev. E. E. Coleman, pastor. Dr. Shipley will preach Sunday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock at Montgomery Chapel, Clagettsville, and a “Mother Goose Sermon” for which he is quite well known, will be delivered by him at 7:30 o'clock at Pleasant Grove. Owning Your Own Home Creates a Feeling of Security TERMS LIKE RENT EXHIBIT HOME 5416 Kansas Ave. N.W. High elevation on a boulevard— Built-in garages—6 rooms with 2 colored-tile baths and showers— paved strect and alley—recreation room and Dunigan dinette and screened-in sleeping porches. In- cluded are G-E Electric Hot-Point Range—G-E _ Electric _Refrigerator with Monitor Top—G-E _Electric Water Heater—G-E Electric Venti- lators—G-E Electric Clocks. On a Beautiful Boulevard— | Open Every Day Till 9 P.M. D. J. Dunigan, Inc. Tower Building NAtional 1265 AT THE FIRST SNEEZE Treatment for Colds P, | while on the streets here. Dr. Fordney Is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many citles when ronted with particularly baffling cases. This problem has been taken from his case- book covering hundreds of criminal investi- sations. Try your wits on it. It takes but one minute to read. Every fact and every clue necessary to ifs solution are in the story itself—and there is only one answer. How detective are you? A Cry in the Night. BY H. A. RIPLEY. HERE you are!” exclaimed Prof. Fordney to Inspector Kelley pointing to two shal- low impressions in the earth about three inches long and an inch wide.~ “That's exactly where the ladder stood. lwe‘rebi:xctkyt.hwtueh-u these le prowling about, that they R weren't | trampled under! If that con- stable hadn't been so stupid as to re- move it from the ter off!” The 2 - year - old daughter of Gustav von Elder had been kidnaped. After putting her to bed to her room. About 4 o'clock she said she was awakened by what she thought was a faint cry. Rushing to the opened window of the nursery she saw a man just leaving the bottom of the ladder and run into the woods. Her screams aroused the house. ‘The child’s bonnet, coat and calico dog, her favorite toy, were missing. One little mitten lay on the floor near the window. Would & man, making & hurried escape, stop for these things? ‘Wouldn’t he have wrapped the child in just a blanket? These and other questions Fordney reasoned with the inspector who finally agreed that it was an inside job and the ladder merely a plant. Then Fordney began interrogating the maid, who sud- denly burst into tears. Reaching in her pocket for a handkerchief the mate to the child’s mitten fell to the floor! The professor picked it up without a word | and Jfor the time being let her remain in ignorance of his knowledge that she was involved in the kidnaping! What piece of evidence proved the professor correct? If you have a story for Prof. Fordney send it to him in care of this paper. He will be delighted to receive it. (For solution see Page A-16) GOV. RITCHIE TO SPEAK AT ‘CITIZENSHIP DINNER Address May 9 Will Be High Spot in Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. March 31— Gov. Albert C. Ritchie will speak at a “citizenship” dinner, May 9, at 7 p.m., that will be one of the high spots of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Maryland Federation of Womeén'’s Clubs at the Emerson Hotel, Baltimore. The sessions will continue May 10 and 11. In announcing the features of the meeting program today, Mrs. Rudolph S. Allen of College Park, president of the State Federation, said Dr, Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union, would be the luncheon speaker May 9; Sir Willmott Lewis, ‘Washington correspondent of The Lon- don Times, the luncheon speaker May 10, gnd Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation of Women'’s Clubs, the speaker the after- noon of May 10. Member clubs of the State Federation a,re asked to send the names of the elegates and alternates that will rep- resent them at the meeting to Mrs. Earl Fenning, 5863 Chevy Chase park- way, Chevy Chase, D. C, Credentials chairman, not later than May 3. e Fatally Stricken on Street. HAMILTON, Va., March 31 (Special). —Joseph E Beales, retired miller and former station agent for the Washing- ton & Old Dominion Railway, died sud- denly from a heart attack yesterday Mr. Beales window we'd be bet- | the nurse had gone | adjoining | ers to Act at Present. | The Districc Commissioners and | other interested District officers will District tax rate which might wisely be made under budget, revenue and surplus funds conditions as of July 1, it was ingicated today. today that the matter can not be de- |termined at this time because of the several elements which will remain un- certain_during the next three montbs. Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the Board of Commissioners, said today he would be in favor of re- flecting in a tax reduction as much as | possible of any surplus in District reve- | nues which might result from as hea: slashing of the District budget as may be determined upon by Congress. | said, would be inclined to grant what | sible under revenue and budget condi- tions. Uncertainties Delay Action. He emphasized, however, that such a | decision can not be reached now or in the near future, because of the uncer- | tain elements in the ca-2. The District budget as it was pre- Budget did not carry the prohibition | against reduction of the tax rate that was a part of appropriation measures for former years. Before there can be any decision defi- nitely as to a tax reduction, it was em- phasized, there must be definite deter- mination on the size of the District ex- penditures during next fiscal year, there must be a more definite conclusion as to the expected tax receipts during the next year and a final determination of property assesments for next year. Tax receipts during the past several months have fallen below figures for the corresponding months of last year. The tax receipts for the first eight months of the current fiscal year—that is, from last July 1 around to March 1— amounted to nearly $1,000,000 less than the total for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. Further Decrease Expected. The expectation is that receipts for next year will be adversely affected by the additional 62-3 per cent reduc- tion in the salaries of Government em- ployes here, which becomes effective April 1. Also, it is pointed out, definite de- termination has not been reached as yet on the amount of the tax base for the new fiscal year. The assessment books will be closed on June 30. Wil- liam P. Richards, tax assessor, now has arrived at an assessment for real es- tate in the District amounting to about $1,230,000,000. The assessment for the current fiscal year amounts to approxi- mately $1,228,000,000. Mr. Richards estimates that reductions in assess- ments made to date from last year's figures, due to the stagnation of real estate activity and falling values, amounts to about $12,000,000. The total figure, however, now is about $2,000,000 higher than for the present year, because of an increase in the assessment total of about $10,000,000 on account of new buildings erected since the last assessment. The assessor has received about 1,000 chill off the house. Marlow’s Super-clean thracite. calling NA. 0311. 811 E St. NW. had apparently been in good health. 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Address . ..... .0 .0 éheltnut Farms Dairy Chestnut Farms Creamed Cottage Apt.. .. ivacos PHON®. covssevin sample of favor any possible reduction in the| ‘The city heads, however, made clear | | Any Board of Commissioners with the | |interest of the taxpayers at heart, he | | reduction in taxes that would be pos- | | sented to Congress by the Bureau of the | Marlow Coal Co. Dependable Coal Service Since 1858 Phone POtomac 4000 for 26th & Penna. Avenue N.W. Ches‘rnu’r Farms Recommended by Woshington Physicians for its PURITY, SAFETY ang SUPERIOR QUALITY Phone Potomac 4000 for Service Should the District budget for next year be limited to the total reported by the Budget Bureau, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, has esti- mated, on the basis of present condi- | tions, the anticipated surplus of $9,300.- 000. Of this total it was estimated $6,100,000 would result from general tax revenues. $1.800,000 from gasoline tax and $1,400,000 from unspent water | revenues. These estimates of surplus, however, are based on a calculation of 100 per cent collections of taxes. “Existing con- | ditions” during the next fiscal year, however, may affect these figures. \EASE SEEN IN DRAFTING LISTS OF ASSESSMENTS Montgomery Commissioners Half- way Through Hearing Valu- ation Protests. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, | ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31.—Mem- bers of the Board of Montgomery County Commissjoners expect little dif- ficulty this year in drafting propert; | fiscal period beginning July 1. The board has reached the half- way mark in its annual task of re- viewing property valuations and hearing | appeals for reductions in old assess- | ments, which must be carried out be- | fore the new lists can be drawn, and only nine requests for assessment cuts have been lodged with the commis- sioners. ‘Three of the appeals were made at yesterday’s meeting, the second of a series of four which the board set aside to hear appeals and review old assessment lists, while six were made at the first session. 4 Under Maryland laws the commis- sloners are required to go over the old assessment lists and hear reduction ap- peals before they can ratify county assessments and work out a budget for the new fiscal period. Board mem- bers will complete this task, with hear- | ings on April 6 and 13. APPLE PRINCESS NAMED AT ST. MARY’S SEMINARY Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., March 31— Miss Dorothy Moore of Hollis, Long Island, N. Y. a senior in the junior college at_the St. Mary's Female Semi- nary, St. Marys City, has been selected by the students and the faculty to ac- cept the invitation to be one of the apple blossom princesses in the Win- chester, Va., festival. Her alternate will be Miss Frances Evans of College Park, Md., a senior of the high school department. Miss Moore is president of the college girls’ club, Desertion Is Charged. cial) —On the ground of desertion, Judge Charles W. Woodward, in the Circuit Court here, has granted to Charles A. Kilpatrick of this vicinity an absolute divorce from Mrs. D. C. Kilpatrick, who is said to be living in ‘Washington. GOODBYE MARCH but not the need for a slow fire to keep the There’s no better fuel for long-burning, slow-burning fires than Famous Reading An- Order what you need today by NAtional 0311 chorus of pleased com- To Service MILK ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31 (Spe- ! Forester P. W. Besley. 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