Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1935, Page 20

B4 WORKSUNITO.K’S 190D. . PROJECTS Details of $1,400,000 Local Program Are Held Up for Fund Grant. President Roosevelt's Works Aliot- ment Board has recommended exec- utive approval for 19 projects in the | District of Columbia at a cost of | $1,400,000. | ‘While details of the local program are being withheld until the President authorizes the grant of funds, it was estimated under the regulations that the relief funds would provide em- ployment for 1,000 or more persons at the usual “security” wages. $209,274,693 Use Urged. The Allotment Board at its meeting yesterday recommended the distribu- tion of $209,274,693 of work - relief funds. The projects included a survey of the big trees in Sequoia National Park, improvements at Army posts, caring for national cemeteries, public works grants, studies of industrial and ofl waste treatments, determination of water purity standards, studies of sewage treatment economies and proj- ects submitted by States to the Works Progress Administration. The board asked $70,000,000 for the | Works Progress Administration for a | variety of “white collar jobs” and undertakings in the Northwest and $27,315.217 for the employment of | teachers, artists, musicians, actors and Tecreational workers. Flood-Control Projects. Sums for flood-control projects on the lower Mississippi also were rec- ommended. The Works Progress Administration would gef $48,286,403 for 1,240 proj- ects in the Northern and Western States, but details were not disclosed pending presidential action. BRIDE’S KIN HELD | IN SLAYING OF TWO Father and Brother of Girl Are| Accused in Elopement Deaths. B the Associated Press. LINDEN, Tex., August 7.—The father and brother of a 17-year-old bride of last week end faced probable murder charges for °‘the slaying of two who helped her elope. Those killed were Jack Parton, 40, and his daughter Kaydell, 15. Accused as their slayers were R. P. Gillespie, 50, and his son Wallace, 22. | The Partons fell under shotgun fire | after the Gillespies had sought m-‘ formation yesterday as to the where- | abouts of Carrie Gillespie, 17, who ! married Parton's hired hand, Clyde Hammonds, in Texarkana Saturday. | County Attorney Forest Whitworth | said Parton and Eugene Hammonds, brother of the bridegroom, were ac- | costed near the Parton home by the | Gillespie menfolk, armed with shot- guns and demanding to know where Clyde and his bride were. Parton re- fused to tell. ‘Whitworth quoted young Hammonds as saying the Parton girl ran to her father’s aid, holding a pistol in her | hand, and that as she approached the elder Gillespie told his son to “kill her.” She fell, a charge of shot in her head, and Parton was killed a moment later when struck by three | charges of shot as he ran to his daughter’s side. SLAYS IN-LAWS, SHOOTS WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELF Ex-Convict Opens Fire in Res- taurant Operated by Family of Estranged Mate. By the Associated Press BELOIT, Kans., August 7.—Ralph | James, 35-year-old ex-convict, yester- | day shot and killed his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gould, probably fatally wounded his estranged wife, Helen Gould James, and then killed himself. James entered a restaurant operated by the Gould family and when his SOCIETY, NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, Virginia-Maryland Notes Environs of Capital Show Oldtime Soc_ial Activity. Miss Randolph Richardson, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Daw- son Richardson of Fairfax, Va. en- tertained last evening at her home, White House, in compliment to Miss Virginia Evans of Saluda, Va. Con- tract was played and additional guests included Miss Mary Walton McCand- lish, Miss Warwick Rust, Miss Mary Frances Cooper, Miss Nancy McCand- lish, Mr. Tyler Swetnam, Mr. John Rust, jr.. Mr. James Keith and Mr. Robert McCandlish, all of Fairfax; Mr. Ralph Hurley of Washington and Mr. Tanner Kinnier of Clarendon. Miss Evans, who has passed a fort- night with her aunt, Mrs. Fairfax Sheild McCandlish, in Fairfax, left this morning for her home, Mrs. W. H. Sadler of Newbern, Ala,, is the house guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Darnall, 204 Jackson avenue, Uni- versity Park, Md. Later Mrs. Sadler will visit her son, Capt. Howard Sad- ler, U. 8. N, and Mrs. Sadler. Capt. Sadler, who is stationed at Newport, | R. I, only recently returned from the West Coast, where he was in com- | mand of the flagship Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Hyatt Wells have been entertaining in their home in University Park, Md., Mrs. Rexford Smith of Washington and Mr. Edward | Netre of Baltimore. Mrs. Ernest Gasch of Hyattsville, Md.; Mrs. Ruth Duley of Brentwood, Md., and Miss Nettie Duley of Wash- ington, D. C., will return today from a visit in Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. William Gasch of Hyattsville and Mr. and Mrs. Durward Wiseman of Wash- | ington will go to Atlantic Oity Friday to spend the week end. Mrs. Walter L. Burgan and her daughter, Miss Esther Alice Burgan, who have been visiting Mrs. Burgan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 8. James, in Indianapolis, are returning tomorrow after an absence of four months. Mr. Burgan, who spent eight weeks in Indiana and in St. Louis, Mo., returned during June. Mrs. Sarah E. Shull of Los Angeles, who has been visiting her daughter, Miss Helen Shull, at the Washington Sanitarium for a few weeks, is now spending a month in Burlington, N. J., her old home. She will return to | Washington for a time before going back to California. Mrs. Townley - Gamble of Silver Spring, Md., entertained at a linen and lingerie shower Monday evening for Mrs. Edward Pickford of Wash- ington, who until her marriage July 20 to Dr. Pickford was Miss Marian Ostermayer. Vari-colored Summer flowers were used attractively in the various rooms. The guests included Mrs. Edward Pickford, sr., of Wash- ington, mother-in-law of the guest of honor; Miss Eileen and Miss Martha Harris, Mrs. Willilam Schofield, Mrs. Donald Deane, Mrs. Robert Dulin, Mrs. Woodson Birthwright, Mrs. James Cummings, jr.; Mrs. Donald Rice, Mrs. William Park, Miss Sally and Miss Kitty Trott, Miss Ruth Alexander, Miss Theodora Emerson, Miss Marjorie Prevost, Miss Virginia Hamilton, Miss Margaret Boon, Miss Clara Smith, Miss Jean Wolfe, Miss Adell Stoutenburg, Miss Amy Selby, Miss Jean Kirkwood, Miss Vola Drury, Miss Dorothy Dono- van, Miss Louise Turner and Miss Antoinette and Miss Jane Edwards, all of Washington; Mrs. John C. Livingston and Mrs. Morrison Clark of Woodside, Md, and Mrs. B. C. Hearn, Mrs. Jerry Klutiz and Mrs. Robert Moore of Alexandria, Va. Mr. Roy C. Potts of Takoma Park, Md,, is in Durham, N. H., attending the Dairy Science Association con- ference, after which he will visit vari- ous cities in New England and return here about August 21. Mrs. J. Milton Derrick of Takoma Park, Md, who has been at South River, Md., has returned to her home, owing to the illness of Mr. Derrick. A surprise miscellanecus shower was given in honor of Miss Dicie Fish- back by a group of her friends, at the home of Mrs. Raymond C. Firor, Takoma Park. Among those present were Mrs. Roxie Utz, Mrs. Doris Benner, Mrs, Peg Crawford, Mrs. Margaret Semple, Mrs. Gertrude Bennett, Mrs. Mary Frances Embrey, Mrs. Mildred Stoll an Mrs. Louise Wingard. Rev. William C. Marshall of Bed- ford, ., 18 visiting in Fairfax, Va. Rev. Marshall was formerly rector of the Episcopal Church in Fairfax. Mr. Charles Pickett, jr., who has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. R. W. Hatcher, in Milledgeville, Ga., has re- turned to his home in Fairfax, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wiley left yesterday for their home in Rich- mond from Fairfax, Va., where they have been visiting Mr. Wiley’s sister, Mrs. E. R. Holbrook. Mrs. Francis M. Hallowell enter- talned yesterday morning with a porch party at West Cedars in honor of Miss May Dean and Miss Mildred Dean of Washington, who have been guests of Mrs. Charles F. Kirk and Miss S8arah Kirk at Roseneath in Sandy Spring village, having about 20 guests. Mrs. Francis Kirk gave the second of her afternoon teas in honor of her mother, Mrs. Orlando Troxel of Wash- ington, who is spending some time with her daughter and Mr. Kirk at their home near Ashton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bond en- tertained with a luncheon party today; when they had as guests, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 8. Bond, Miss Mata G. Boynton and Miss Ruth Burton, all of the Kennedy-Warren in Washington, and Mrs. Jerome Gundersheimer of ‘Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Bond, acompanied by Miss Alice T. Stabler, Miss Emma T. Stabler and Miss Helen Boyd, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Car- penter at their cottage at Sherwood Forest on Monday for the day. Mrs. Conant Webb, with her four children, of Montclair, N. J., have ar- rived at the Highlands for the month of August, visiting with Mrs. Webb's mother, Mrs. Robert H. Miller, Mr. ‘Webb joining his family for some of the week ends. Miss Mary Moore Miller of Washington is also spending this month with her family at the Highlands. Miss Martha Fausett of Media, Pa., has been a guest of Miss Virginia Stabler for a week. Mrs. W. 8. Sheets, who has been spending the Summer | with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Stabler, | left for this week end to visit friends in_Upperville, Va., while Mr. Spencer Coxe of Philadelphia returned to his home after spending the Summer with the Stablers. Mr. and Mrs. John Anker were hosts Sunday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock at a cocktall party at their home, in McLean, Va., entertairing a company of 35 in honor of Miss Cornelia Busick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian F. Busick of McLean and Washington, whose marriage to Mr. Gilman Baker Allen of Cleveland, Ohio, will take place Tuesday, Septeber 3, in St. John's Episcopal Church at McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sharpe of Country Club Hills, Va., accompanied by Miss Teresa Willlams of East Falls Church, Va.. motored today to Re- hoboth Beach for a week’s stay at the Hotel Henlopen. Mr, and Mrs. H. M. Start and daughter, Barbare Lee, of Oak Crest, Va., are also vacationing at Rehoboth Beach, while Miss Loulse Howser of Bon Alr, Va.,, was & mem- ber of & house party over the past week end at that popular resort. Miss Norine Kloss of Clarendon, Va., left today for New York City, from Save $20.55 Magic Chef The List Price Is 99.50 . « . You Pay 69.95 s small carrying charee, l’ pl'chlud on Budget Plan, For a Limited Time Only! Buy now and you save more than one- fourth its list price. Magic Chef, equipped with © Red Wheel Lorain Oven Heat Control @ Fully insulated oven and broiler @ Patented aluminum, : non=-clog burners Pull-out drawer broiler coma in and see it demonstrated! (Msin Floor, The Hecht Co.) A genuine de luxe FAMOUS MAKE P STREET AT SEVENTH © e o NATIONAL 3100 D. C, WEDNESDAY, whers-she will sail tomorrow aboard the Borenquin for an 11-day cruise in Southern waters, which will include stops in Puerto Rico and Santo Do- mingo. Rev. and Mrs. Thomas G. Betachler | of Aurora Hills, Va., left yesterday by motor for a 10-day vacation, which will Mrs. G. A. Morris at their home, The Oasis, at Salisbury, Md., later con- tinuing their journey te Kent Island, Md,, for a visit with fomer parishion- ers. They were accompanied as far as Elkton, Md,, by Mrs. Clyde Noel of Seattle, Wash,, who has been their guest for the past three weeks. After a few days spent at Elkton, Mrs. Noel ! will return to her hnme, in the West. INSANE FUGITIVES TAKEN Only One of Six Fleeing Missouri Hospital Still at Large. FULTON, Mo., August 7 (#).—Five of six criminally insane convicts who overpowered two guards and fled from the State hospital here Saturday, were back in the prison ward last night while officers carried on a relentless search for the sixth, believed hiding a few miles from here. include a few days’ visit with Rev, and | AUGUST 7, 1935. HONGKONG VICE CONSUL SAVED FROM DROWNING Merritt Newton Cootes of Nor- fol¥, Va., and 2 Friends Swept Into Sea by Bquall. By the Associaied Press. Advices have been received here of the near drowning of Merritt Newton Cootes of Norfolk, Va., American vice consul at Hongkong. Cootes and two British companions | were plunged into the sea off the China coast Monday during a squall that sank their yacht Ninepins. They Normandy Farm NEW ROUTE Follow Massachusetts Ave. Exts {bru besutiful forest to, River Road: et Potomac, Md.; turn right 1 mile. 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