Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1935, Page 32

RACE FALL BREAKS BACK IN 3 PLACES F. M. Tompkins Is Critically Hurt in Middleburg Steeplechase. His back broken in three places when a horse fell with him in a steeplechase at Middleburg yesterday afternoon, Francis Meade Tompkins, 27, son of a prominent Washington building contractor and real estate nman, was in a critical condition at Emergency Hospital today. While he Back Broken THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, LAAFATERESTS INWHEAT BALLOT Vote Referendum on Entire Program, : Official Declares. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, April 18—John Dexter, A. A. A, official, said yesterday that the coming wheat referendum in which American farmers will decide whether to continue the administra- tion's adjustment program the next‘ ‘which must be completed by May 25. He is one of a traveling group from Washington, which includes Brigham and George E. Farrell, chief of the A. A A grain division. They are hold- ing regional imeetings to familiarize local A. A. A, officials with procedure to be followed In the voting. “The A. A. A. has many enemies, who weuld like to see it knocked out,” said Dexter, who lives in Bozeman, Ment “This referendum s an op- portunity to do two things: To obtain an honest expression of opinion on the wheat program and to let the farmers speak in unmistakable terms of the A. A. A. program as a whole. It must be impressed upon the wheat producers that this is something more than just a vote on wheat—it is & referendum on the entire program.” Will Heed Farmers’ Wish. “The Secretary (Wallace) told me,” Farrell said, “that he was going to look at the total number of those who voted rather than at any small mar- gins either way. And he told me that D. C, MRS. STEPHEN FORD DIES AT RESIDENCE Native of Fairfax County Was Resident of Capital 46 Years, THURSDAY, Mrs. Jane Huntington Ford, wife of Stephen Harrison Ford, died today at her home, 1411 Newton street. Born 83 years ago in Fairfax County, Va., Mrs. Ford had lived in Wash ington for the last 46 years. A mem ber of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daaghters of the Confederacy, she attended the First Baptist Church here. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. B. Timber- lake and Mrs. Edith L. Richter, and a APRIL 18, 1935. son, Stephen O. Ford, all of Wash- ington. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Lilly R. Boyle; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services will be held at the Almus R. Speare funeral chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be private in the Union M. P. Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. Theatrical Manager Dies. MIAMI, Fla, April 18.—Charles Otis Richardson, 78, old-time theat- rical manager of New York and Bos- ton, credited with exhibiting the first motion pictures in Florida, died here yesterday while cutting a stump in his avocado grove PER DAY SINGLE ROOM AND PRIVATE BATH THERE iIs No PREMIUM IMPROVED for SAKS STORAGE Phone 100%, Protection for Nearly 50 Years! 'HOTEL TUDOR NEW YORK CITY | A new hotel on 42nd Street 2 blocks east | of Grand Central Station. s expected to recover, physicians said Tompkins probably would remain in the hospital for at least two months. He was riding his first race when Steel Trap, owned by his mother, Mrs. Lida R. Tompkins, fell at the gecond jump of the Little River, a 2- mile brush test. Pushed Horse Forward. Steel Trap had been left at the| post and Tompkins had rushed him forward into contention by the time they reached the first jump. He cleared that obstacle on the outside, and going to the second fence was still on the outer edge until just be- fore he reached the take-off, when he swing his mount in behind another horse. Steel Trap jumped off the hocks of the horse in front, struck the fence and went down heavily. Neither | horse nor rider was able to rise.| Spectators helped Tompkins to an ambulance and after examination at a nearby house, he was rushed to the hospital here, where X-rays revealed he had fractured three vertebrae in the upper part of his back. Steel Trap, temporarily stunned by the fall, rose and cantered off, ap- parently uninjured, after lying on the ground for a few minutes. Involved in Car Fatality. Tompkins recently was involved in | an automobile accident which resulted in the death of Mrs. Ruth Storey, an | employe of the District Building. Driv- ing a car belonging to Mrs. Olga Bayne Sturtevant, he ran over a street | car platform at Fourteenth and Penn- | sylvania avenue. Mrs. Storey died | later the same day from injuries re- | ceived when the car hit her. After a coroner’s hearing, Tompkins | was held responsible for the death | and held under bond for the action of | the grand jury. FORMER ROCKVILLE RESIDENT DIES AT 87 Mrs. Lucy Jane Rabbitt Survived by 9 Children—Funeral Held Today. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 18.—Mrs. Lucy Jane Rabbitt, 87, former long- time resident of Rockville and vicinity, died at her home in Washington of | infirmities of age. She was the widow of William H. Rabbitt and is survived | by the following children: W. Frank Rabbitt of Boston, Mass.; Harvey L., | Irvin and Ella P. Rabbitt, Mrs. Paul- ine Hazel and Mrs. Nora Shallcross, all of Washington; Mrs. Doris Weikert and Murray Rabbitt, both of Los An- geles, Calif., and Mrs. Avis Sherman of Nayopack, N. Y. Mrs. Rabitt was a native of Rock- ville. The funeral took place this morning, burial being in the ceme- tery adjoining St. Mary's Catholic Church here. DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND MAIMONIDES SERVICE | Jewish Philosopher’s Memory to Be Honored Sunday at Com- o “A"’A Al‘ bl “‘"",’,d“m on the | ye're not going ahead with any pro- cnitie A A A Brogram. grom that the farmers themselves Dexter, regional contact man, un-| gon't want.” der Reuben Brigham, chief of the‘ A. A. A officials and extension work- regional contact section, addressed A. | gl-:lz;merednh;re t:d-:’(d ‘fsr:om f{néxslu, A. A and State agriculture officials| OX|ahoma, Nevraska, =ty ‘exas, New Mexico, Iowa, Ar- from 11 States at a conference called | ;fi:’,fi' A,'é‘om and ;,wmm‘ o the in preparation for the re(erendum.\mceung. Today NAtional 1647 CARBONA s SHOE WHITENER couial forit toca2se | FRANCIS M. TOMPKINS. U. S. College Debaters Win. o OTTAWA, April 18 (#)—A debat- ing team composed of Donald S. Frey and Angelo N. 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