Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1935, Page 3

N GROERS FAR BALT MK SHLES Caustic in Criticism of Pracitce by State Penal Institution. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 13.—Imnediate concellation of the contract for the sale of surplus milk by the State Penal Farm at Roxbury was demanded today by Gov. Harry W. Nice of Charles J. Butler, director of welfare. In a statement made public after the executive departed for California, he asserted he will not countenance a State institution entering into compe- tition with the people of Maryland. If the State Penal Farm has an ex- cess supply of milk, it should be dis- tributed to other State institutions and | thus help reduce maintenance of costs in them, Gov. Nicg said. Statement Is Sharp. He was caustic in criticizing the *useless, wasteful and extravagant use of the people’s money” by this and other State institutions to purchase herds of blooded, high-grade stock. The statement, in part, follows “A situation has arisen in connec- tion with the State Penal Farm, lo- | cated in Washington County, which, to my mind, is altogether intolerable. I am advised the management has en- tered into a contract through Mr. Kerns (Hal T. Kerns), the former warden, with a milk distributing | agency in Washington to purchase from the penal farm its excess milk, which excess is in quantities sufficient- 1y great to seriously compete with the sale of milk by the farmers of Mary- Jand. Iam also in receipt of telegrams from Maryland milk producers | throughout Western Maryland pur- porting to represent at least 2,500 farmers of our State engaged in this industry. Practice Termed Vicious. “I have written to Mr. Butler, the director of welfare, to examine into the situation and, if found to be true, to take immediate steps looking to the | NEW STRATO TRIP | cessation of this vicious practice of the State of Maryland entering into competition with its tax-paying cit- jzens. To me it is a situation which calls for the loudest denunciation. “When we realize that products of the penal farm are the result of con- vict labor and, therefore, place the institution in a position to underbid and compete with the farmers of the State. I think it is high time to call a halt. So long as I shall be Gov- ernor of Maryland, I shall not counte- nance an institution of the State entering into unfair competition, be- cause of free labor, with the people of Maryland.” Butler Assures Aid. After deploring the waste of money for the purchase of pedigreed stock, the executive said: “Just as fine and nourishing milk as can be got any- | where in the world is obtainable from | the farmers of this State, and very | few of them indulge in the extrava- gance of imported, blooded cattle. I do not propose to continue this vicious practice in the State's institutions. “I am told by Mr. Butler that he will take steps to see that this is im- mediately stopped in so far as the institutions under his control are concerned.” DROWNING OF 3,000 | IN FLOOD REVEALED| | Y i Survivors of Han River Reach| Hankow—Yangtze Toll Threatened. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, China, July 13.—The harrowing story of how the flooded upper Han River broke through dikes surrounding the city of Tienmen and | drowned at least 3.000 persons was told today by survivors. Refugees poured into Hankow by the hundreds from the north, where the Han, like the mighty Yangtze, is | on a merciless rampage. Hankow itself was menaced as the Yangtze approached the 52-foot mark, which engineers said was the maxi- mum level the great Changkung Dike could withstand. Col. G. C. Strobe, American chief engineer of the River Conservancy Commission here, warned that the Changkung Dike could hardly stand for more than another day against the waters. Many foreigners live in the low- | lying Japanese concession and learedi the Yangtze's headquarters would keep | the river at the flood level for several more weeks. OIL MAN TO HIDE Death Threats Followed Hallibur- ton’s Criticism of Dole. LOS ANGELES, July 13 (#).—A special police detail guarding the home of Erle P. Halliburton, wealthy Los Angeles and Oklahoma oil man who reported receiving death threats, was withdrawn yesterday at his request. Halliburton said he and his family wepe leaving the city for an unan- nounced destination. The threats, he said, grew out of his Tecent criticism of relief recipients and “the dole system.” He has since ex- plained he really meant that he would not hire “any man who had been on relief for all five years of the depres- sion.” He said he was not barring occasional recipients of the dole. —— SPECIAL NOTICES. T SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR any debts contracted by any -one other than myself. ANDRE E. GERARD. 1830 Ontario pl. n.w. 14° STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Northeast Masonic Temple Associa- tion, Inc. will be held Monday. July 15th, 1935, at’ Eight pm. in the Northeast Masonic Temple. Eighth and F sts. n.e.. for the transaction of such business as may Jegally come before it._and for the election of five directors whose terms expire. ere will be a meeting of the directors immediately following_ JOHN_A. MOYER. President. WANTED—RETURN LOADS ville, Tenn.: Pittsburgh, Pa.: N. 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Dak, July 13.—| Officials of the National Geographic Society differed today on whether an-' other attempt to climb into the strato- | sphere would be made again this year. | Geographic Society officials in Wash- | intimaied another attempt might be made later this year. | “We're not licked yet,” declared Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, chairman of the Stratosphere Flight Advisory Com- mittee. If a hew balloon can be made | or the one which burst early yester- | day repaired within a few months an- | other effort is likely in 1935, he said. Thomas W. McKnew, assistant sec- retary of the Geographic Soclety and executive in charge of the flight, said here another flight this year was not | ikely. Abandonment of the Geographic| Society-Army Air Corps stratosphere camp near here got under way today as flight officials concluded an inves- tigation to determine why the balloon burst spectacularly after its inflation was completed. The ripped bag will be shipped to| Akron, Ohio, where it was constructed by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. | The cause of the disaster, officials | said, probably will not be definitely | known—if ever—until a body of scien- ! tists has examined the torn canvas| 1i WAGNER ACT HIT AS JOB DESTROYER| Babson Scores Legislation at Wellesley Institute, With Defense by Labor. By the Associated Press. WELLESLEY, Mass., July 13.—The at the Wellesley Institute for Social | Progress here. Roger W. Babson, statistician, last night declared that “such labor legis- lation increases unemployment,” but William J. Connolly, presigent of the Rhode Island Federation of Labor, said: “If it is anybody's fault that the Wagner act is now in the books it is the employers’ fault.” “Company dominated unions are un-American,” Babson said. “The Wagner act is unfair in permitting coercion by labor leaders and forbid- ding it by employers but this will some day be corrected. I do, however, want to say that such labor union legisla- tion increases unemployment. Sta- tistics show that directly after the enactment of such legislation there is an increase in the sale of all kinds of labor-saving machinery. Employers afraid of labor leader domination are determined to get on with fewer work- ers so that the total pay roll under the new set-up will, if possible, be no more than before.” Declaring that capital believes the right way to solve laboring problems is to ignore them, Connolly said: “We only ask that employers solve them with us. When they say no, we have no choice but industrial warfare.” Taxes (Continued From First Page.) stitution and hatred of the Supreme Court.” Graduated Taxes Hit. Lund objected particularly to the proposed graduated taxes on corpora- tion incomes to replace the present 13% per cent flat rate and the sug- gested tax on dividends received by corporations. He described both as “unsound” and added: “The present burdens imposed upon corporations unduly restrain business activities. “Business recovery is of paramount importance and will produce more re- lief than the present Government ex- penditures and will produce more rev- enue than the proposed increased rates. “The confidence of business enter- prises in future Government policies and activities must be restored, and the barriers to legitimate enterprise imposed or proposed must be removed if we are to witness a substantial busi- ness recovery.” ‘ E3 | our respective countries: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. “T'hese exclusive pictures, made from the rim of the bowl near Rapid City, S. Dak., by a Paramount News cameraman, show the stratosphere balloon as it collapsed. The first picture was made a fraction of a second D. C., SATURDAY, Wirephotos Show Collapse of Stratospflliefe Balloon before the bag burst. In the second, made at the moment of bursting, the top has shot upward as the helium escaped. In the third, a few seconds later, the last tatter of the bag is seen falling to the ground. Russia (Continued From First Page.) | ports of American goods to the Soviet Union. “I hope that, as a result of the ex- tension of the Soviet Union of tariff | concessions made in trade agreements | with other countries, there will be also | an appreciable increase in Soviet ex- | ports to the United States, which have | averaged somewhat less than $12,000,- | 000 during the past three years. | “Increased imports of Soviet prod- | ucts into the United States will pro- vide the Soviet government with greater purchasing power for Ameri- | can products. | “The present agreement, in making | provision for an increase in the ex- | change of goods, lays down a sound | basis for the development of trade be- | tween the United States and the Soviet Union, and I am personally very pleased at the considerable increase in American-Soviet trade which is in prospect as a result of the notes ex- changed today.” Joint Note Announced. The note exchanged between Russia | and the United States in Moscow was | signed by Bullitt and Litvinoff. As | made public by the State Department, | it read: | “I have the honor to refer to re-| cent conversations in regard to com- | merce between the Union of Soviet | Socialist Republics and the United States of America and to the trade | agreements program of the United | States of America, and to confirm | and to make of record by this note the | following agreement, which has been | reached between the governments cf | “1—The duties proclaimed by the | President of the United States of America pursuant to trade agreements | entered into with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof under the authority of the act entitled, ‘an act to amend the tariff act of 1930, ap- | proved - June 12, 1934, shall be ap- | plied to articles the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Union of So- | viet Socialist Republics as long as | this agreement remains in force. “It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall be construed to require the application to articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics, of duties or exemptions from duties proclaimed pursuant to any trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba which has been or may here- after be concluded. Pact Lasts for Year. “2. On its part, the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics will take steps to increase substan- tially the amount of purchases in the United States of America for export to the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics of articles the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States of America. “3. This agreement shall come into force on the date of signature thereof. It shall continue in effect for 12 months, Both parties agree that not less than 30 days prior to the expira- tion of the aforesaid period of 12 months they shall start negotiations regarding the extension of the period during which the present agreement shall continue in force.” The United States and Brazil have concluded a trade agreement which, among other things, reduces the tariff on manganese ore to half the existing duty. Soviet Russia, one of the world’s largest producers and export- ers of manganese, is extremely in- terested in recetving that low duty on the product. The Brazilian pact is now before the Brazilian Congress for approval, and if approved and made effective during the life of the Russo-American pact, the Soviet Union will automat- ically receive the benefit of that Te- cuced duty. Sound Basis Hailed. The State Department’s official an- nouncement said: ‘ “An agreement to facilitate and in- crease trade between the United States and the Union of Soviet So- cialist Republics was concluded at Moscow today in an exchange of notes between Ambassador William C. Bullitt and the commissar for foreign affairs, Mr. Maxim Litvinoff. “These notes provide a sound basis for a mutually beneficial expansion of trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. “This agreement with the Soviet Union, although intimately related to the trades agreement program of the United States, was not concluded pur- suant to the suthority of the trades agreement act of June 12, 1934. It does not involve any reciprocal con- cessions in respect to tariff rates. for the undertaking on trade of the Soviet Union, to increase substantially its purchases of Amer- ican products during the next 12 months, the Government of the United __ | States has agreed to extend to the Soviet Union, as long as the agree- ment remains in force, the benefits of tariff concessions granted under re- ciprocal trade agreements with other countries. Purchases Pledged. “The Soviet government has given assurances that it intends to purchase in the United States during the next 12 months American goods to the | value of $30.000,000. This figure rep- resents an increase of more than 100 per cent over the value of American exports to the Soviet Union in 1934 and an increase of about 150 per cent over the average exports during the three-year period 1932 to 1934, in- clusive. “Our exports to the Soviet Union were valued at $12.466.000 in 1932 $8,743,000 in 1933 and $14.867,000 in 1934. “On its part. the Government of the United States has extended to | the Soviet Union the tariff conces- sions which have been granted under i the trade agreements with Belgium, Haiti and Sweden, and has agreed to extend to the Soviet Union the bene- fits of trade concessions made under trade agreements with other countries which may be proclaimed during the life of the present agreement. “The trade agreement with Cuba is specifically excepted from this commitment. States Policy. “This agreement with the Soviet Union illustrates the adaptability of the policy under which this Govern- ment is carrying out its trade agree- ments program. That policy is to | extend the tariff concessions made under a trade egreement Wwith a given country to all other countries which do not discriminate against American commerce or pursue policies or take actions which tend to defeat the purposes of the trade agreements act. “The notes exchanged and the as- surances given indicate that it is the policy of the Soviet government to pur- sue policies and to take actions in harmony with the purpose of that act. “The fact of the existence of a state monopoly of foreign trade in the Soviet Union makes it necessary to| depart somewhat from the ordinary form of trade agreements, being en- tered into by the United States. “In order to be assured of the bene- fits of this Government’s policy of gen- eralizing trade agreement concessions in accordance with the most favored nation principle, the Soviet govern- ment has agreed to increase substan- tially its purchases of American goods. Cites Decline in Trade. “This agreement is expected to re- sult in a gratifying increase in the two-way trade between the United States and the Soviet Union. Our ex- ports to the Soviet Union during the .years 1926 to 1930 averaged $75,600,000 and our imports from that country averaged $15,615,000 over the same pe- riod. Our exports fell to the low point of $8,743,000 in 1933 and our imports to the low point of $9,129,000 in 1932, “Although there has been some im- provement in the trade since those years, it is still far below the value at- tained in former years. “By facilitating a further expan- sion of this trade, the present com- mercial agreement should contribute in an important measure to the suc- cess of the administration’s efforts to restore our foreign trade as a whole through the trade agreements pro- gram. “The objectives of this program of foreign trade recovery are the stimu- lation of agriculture and industry, the relief of unemployment, the raising of living standards, the improvement of the international debt situation and the facilitation of international price and currency stability.” DAIRY BARN BURNS Cigarette Believed Cause of Clif- ton Station Blaze. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLIFTON STATION, Va, July 13— Fire, believed to have been caused by a cigarette, resulted in the destruction of a large dairy barn belonging to J. W. Makely yesterday. The loss, cov- ered partly by insurance, was esti- mated at $6,000 by Robert Williams, chief of the Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department. 5 Men were threshing wheat near the barn when the fire was discovered, and with difficulty they were able to save the equipment. Many Addresses Incorrect. Postmasters of Scotland have re- ported that half the letters mailed are insufficiently o incos ACTION FORECAST NBICROADFUND [Roosevelt Speeds Spending | of 400 Millions by 0. K. [ of Regulations. | By the Associated Press. | Public roads officials today pre- | dicted quick action in getting the | administration's $400.000.000 road- | building and crossing-elimination pro- | gram under way President Roosevelt sought to clear the way for going into action late vesterday when he stamped his ap- | proval on regulations governing ex- penditures. Applicable to all States the regula- tions are of particular importance in the Georgia situation since they au- | thorize the Secretary of Agriculture to deal directly with county and city instead of State authorities “if any State does not have a Highway De- partment satisfactory in his judg- ment for the purpose.” ! | Georgia pending settlement of a con- troversy between State and Federal authorities. Senator George, Demo- crat of Georgia, said, however, he believed a “fair and reasonable” set- | tlement would be reached. Half of the Nation-wide fund of $400,000,000 is earmarked for elimina- tion of railroad crossings. The re- maining $200.000.000 will be spent for highway construction, 25 per cent being set aside especially for outlying county roads and 25 per cent for | metropolitan areas. The regulations provide that one year-long job be created for each $1,400 spent—including cost of ma- | terials. States, however, would be | permitted to supplement Federal funds provided the job ratio for the latter was maintained. . |COLORADO STORM :I'OLL MADE 10 BY LIGHTNING FaYmer Struck by Bolt While Riding Along Highway on Load of Hay. By the Associated Press. DENVER, July 13.—Colorado’s storm death list mounted to 10 today, with a lightning victim added to the nine persons killed when & raging tor- rent swept down two creek canyons. ‘The lightning victim was William Gorrell, 35, farmer near Morrison, west of Denver. Gorrell was struck down as he drove a hayrack along a road during an electrical storm. Search continued in the Granada vicinity in Southeast Colorado for more possible victims of the cloudburst, which is known to have claimed nine lives. Mayor C. D. Baldwin of Gra- nada, who escaped death only by climbing a tree, said no additional persons were reported missing. The nine dead, all of whose bodies had been recovered, were Mr. and Mrs. Anton Eder, two daughters, Pauline, 24, and Ruth, 8, and three sons, Rob- ert, 12; Glen, 17, and Junior, 7, and Mrs. Alvada Karn and her son Leo, 22. i | i Has Eye for Antiques. GOLDSBORO, N. C. (#).—Deputy Sheriff Brand McLamb has an eye for unregistered stills. He also has an eye for antiques. legal still, his eye caught an inscrip- tion that indicated it was made in Bristol, Va., 151 years ago. The State museum profited by his dis- cernment. Disorderly Drunks Pay Less Fine Than Just Plain Drunks By the Associated Press. CALGARY, Alberta, July 13.— It's cheaper in Calgary to be “drunk and disorderly” than just plain drunk. “I was drunk, but not dis- orderly.” James Robertson told Magistrate Scott. “For being drunk the fine is $20 and for being drunk and disorderly it is much less” the magistrate sald to the accused. “Now were you drunk and dis- orderly?” “Yes,” replied Robertson, He At present, $19,000,000 of Federal road money is being withheld from JULY 13, 1935. 3 SHAKE-UP LIKELY INVIRGIN ISLANDS Administration May Be Shifted From Interior Department. By the Associated Press. A shake-up by President Roosevelt of the administration of the Virgin Islands was hinted today. Reports were current that admin- istration might be transferred from the Interior to the Navy or some other department and that a new Gover- nor would be named. The President and other officials were silent. They declined to discuss any phase of the dispute over the rule of the present Governor—Paul M. Pearson—which raged to a climax in \n angry clash between Secretary Ickes and Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland. Californian Mentioned. Rumors named C. Willlam Freeman of California as a possible successor to Pearson. Information about Free- man’s background was not available among officials here. Pearson was & central figure in the Senate’s investigation of the adminis- tration of the islands. The inquiry was abruptly postponed after Ickes, & supoorter of Pearson, and Tydings, head of the investigating committee, exchanged blistering letters. Involved was T. Webber Wilson, judge of the Virgin Islands Federal Court, who accused Pearson of inter- fering with his court. Ickes told Tydings the Senate Committee was “whitewashing” Wilson, Tydings, in effect, suggested that the Interior Secretary mind his own business. With the President stepping in to restore peace, reports also had it that Wilson probably would leave the islands. Mr. Roosevelt and the judge conferred at the White House yester- day. Wilson is a former member of Congress from Mississippi and is backed by Senator Harrison of that State. Some Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill predicted privately that the dis- pute ultimately might result in Ickes’ resignation. His department has su- pervision of the Virgin Islands. SECOND SHOT HELD FATAL TO DICKINSON County Medical Examiner Gives Testimony at Examination of Ferris. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 13.—Dr. Robert Kallam, Wayne County medical exam- | iner, testified yesterday at the exami- | nation of William lec Ferris that Howard Carter Dickinson, New York | attorney, was alive when a second bullet was fired into his bodv “to make sure he was dead and couldn’t tell.” Ferris, who nss confessed he and three women lured Dickinson to Rogue Park and killed him there for his money, attempicd to waive exami- | Judge Thomas M Cotter in Recorder’s Court, but was ni permitted to do so. Ferris, also known as William Schweitzer, appearcd in court <hortly after the three women with hum at the time of the siaying took their seats. The three, Lcretta and Flor- ence Jackson, rist>rs, and Jean Miller, separate trials, tieir attorneys said. All three women arc charged with murder. nation when he was brought before | will demand examinat.ons and ask for | About to apply the ax to an il- {RAIN BLOCKS FLIGHT OF INSPECTION PARTY | House Military Affairs Group Separated in Storm—One Plane Returns. Rain today broke up an inspection flight by members of the House Mili- the party back to Washington after fighting heavy rain. In two Army Air Corps transport airplanes, 15 members of the House, from Bolling Field at 7:30 a.m. bound for Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, and Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. About an hour out of Washington, both transports entered heavy rain and thick weather and became sepa- rated. One of them continued through to Pittsburgh and Dayton, while the other was forced back to Washington, An attempt will be made to reunite the party later in the day. Policeman Robbed at. Practice. MIAMI, Fla. (#).—There were more than 150 policemen at the Southeast- ern regional pistol tournament. Even so, some crook got away with tary Affairs Committee, forcing half | landing at Bolling Field at 9:55 o'clock. | | headed by Chairman McSwain of the ; Military Affairs Committee, took off | | | Polish Star ARRIVES TO PLAY IN FIRST U. 8. MOVIE, ** A3 SALES TAX VALID, HEH COURT SAYS Maryland Law Constitu- tional, but Collection on - March Items Is Hit. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 13—Iseu- ance of a decree declaring levies should not be collected for goods sold on credit in March was awaited today in the wake of the Court of Appezls decision that the 1 per cent gross re- celpts tax is constitutional. In upholding yesterday the con- stitutionality of the act to raise emergency revenue for relief and old- age pensions, the court disagreed with Controller William 8. Gordy’s ruling that the tax was collectabie on pay- ments made after April 1 for yoods sold on credit in March. GRETA NATZLER, Blond, talented Polish film acfress, is seen as she arrived in New York yesterday on the liner Manhattan. She is on her way to Hollywood, where she will act in her first American movie. She has just completed “I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg” for British Interna- tional Pictures. —A. P. Photo. BURNS ARE FATAL This regulation should have been restrained, the court held. The act became effective April 1. Remanded to Lower Court. Insofar as this was concerned, the case was remanded to Circuit Court, No. 2, of Baltimore City, for a decree in conformance with the opinion and offsetting Controller Gordy’s ruling. The effect will be to sanction re- funds to those merchants who have paid the tax for March crecit sales. ‘The high court’s disagreement with another credit sale argument was in- terpreted as meaning additional rev- enue for the State through levying on credit collections of any one month, regardless of when the sale was made. The court disagreed with the con- tention that credit sales were taxable only when payment was made either in whole or in part during the month of the sale and that the tax was not collectable when payment was made in succeeding months. More Revenue Seen. Clarification of this point by the court was seen by Daniel L. Clayland, 34, director of the gross receipts tax division of the controller's office, as opening the way for additional reve- nue, as a number of firms had been awaiting the court's decision on the question. The issuance of a decree regarding the March credit sales was left by the court with Judge Frank Supplee of Baltimore, where the constitutionality of the act was originally argued. The high court, in Judge Carroll T. Bond's opinion, upheld Judge Supplee's de- cision. The appellants from Judge Supplee’s decision were W. Groscup Jones, John R. Fisher and the Remington Put- | nam Book Co., and James Lechert. They filed the original action question- BOY, 4, IS INJURED Youth Dies of Crash Hurts as Lad Is Victim of Flam- ing Gasoline. Burns suffered in gasoline fires caused the death of a 19-year-old Maryland youth last night and sent a 4-year-old Riverdale boy to Prov- idence Hospital in a serious condition. Walter Milton Phelps of Browns Corner, who was burned when the in an accident on Queen’s Chapel road June 27, died in the Mont- gomery County General Hospital. Was Watching Repairs. Harry James, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. James of La Fayelte avenue, Riverdale, suffered second de- gree burns on the body while watch- ing a neighbor work on his car and was taken to Providence in an “un- determined condition.” Police said that while the neighbor, Guy Baker, was cleaning the motor \Girl Bit by Snake | Says She’s Well; Spinach Credited Baths in Leafy Vegélable Made Her Immune, Customers Hear. | By the Associated Press. | gasoline tank of his truck esp‘.cdedi NEW YORK, July 13.—The spinach tossers gravely announced this morn- ing that Miss Beebe de la Fontaine had vindicated every faith they had lodged in the efficacy of the foliage as a protection against the venom of 2 rattlesnake. | The spinach branch of the coun- | try’s health enthusiasts, regarded as | veering slightly to the left in the de- | mands for bigger and better spinach courses, described Miss de la Fon- | taine’s condition in precisely these words: “She is in fine shape.” | of his machine a wire fell on a pool | of gasoline and a jet of fire ignited | the child's clothing. He was given first-aid treatment by Dr. Martin J. Keane and then removed to the local The customers who crowded into Dr. Lloyd Shanklin's spinach empo- rium in Forty-eighth street Thursday night were given ample opportunity to pass on that particular aspect of institution. Services Monday. Phelps is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bertha V. Phelps; two brothers, Jesse M. Phelps and Joseph W, Phelps, and four sisters. Miss Elsie Phelps, Miss Bernadette Phelps. Miss Pauline Phelps, all of Browns Corner, and Mrs. Thomas Whalen of Coles- ville. Services are to be held at 2 o'clock | Mrs. Whalen, and interment is to be | in Mount Carmel Cemeter —_— ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md. July 13 (Spe- cial).—At the Sunday evening union services in the Presbyterian Church the sermon will be by Rev. Edwin H. Sheppe, jr.. of the Methodist Church and Rev. Herbert O. Cooper of the Baptist Church will preside. Mrs. Frank G. Marshall, chairman of the loan chest of the Rockville Red Cross branch, has received from resi- dents of the Chevy Chase area a first- aid kit, $10 for extra supplies for the kit, gowns, sheets, pillowslips, sleeping garments for children and other ar- Sergt. Dan Reynold’s pistol. Established 1879 ticles for the sick room. Monday at the home of his sister, | the rattlesnake experiment, and were unanimously agreed with today’s an- rouncement. Other than a brace or two of off- stage squeals in the wake of the bite, the subject of the experiment ap- | peared not to have suffered from her Daniel-in-the-lion's-den combat with a Florida snake. Further, sald today's announce- ment, Miss De la Fontaine ate a hearty breakfast, though unconfirmed reports had it that she had fumbled the check because of & persistent swelling of the fingers. Miss De la Fontaine's press agent, & gentleman of serious mien who ap- parently went over to the left-wing spinachers hook, line and sinker, re- iterated formally that she had re- ceived no medical attention and ascribed her post-bite health solely to immersion in spinach baths. | | | | Red Spider Attacks Crops. AUGUSTA, Ga. (#)—The black widow spider may have a bad repu- tation, but look out for “red.” The red spider is attacking crops hereabouts, particularly cotton. It | eats on the stock and brings about premature opening of the bolls. CLEAN Clothes Are C OOLER OLMAN’S Summer Service keeps your clothes and linens looking their best, fitting the best and lasting their longest. Rely on Tolman for work that ‘“‘Suits toaT”! Use the perfect “Clothes Line.” Tolman’s MODERN FINIS Family Service FIN- ISHED Laundry Service that pleases the most crit- ical—only 10c per Ib. for ALL Flat Work—wearing apparel. 30c lb.—minimum TRY A COMPLETELY charge $1.00. TOLMA F.W. 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