Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1935, Page 8

SUIT THREATENS QUODDY PROJECT Power Deveiopment Idea Claimed by Two—Re- search Under Way. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 27.—The Her- ald says legal action may halt the $300,000,000 Passamaquoddy Federal power project in Maine. According to the paper, two Bos- ton attorneys are investigating claims of clients who insist the idea of the development originated with them. One of the attorneys, the paper says, is Robert J. Bottomley, ‘who claims he has an agent in Washing- ton investigating claims of the heirs of John A. Knowlton, Saugus, an in- ventor. Bottomley's agent, the paper says, | has found records of two patents of the Quoddy scheme applied for by Knowlton The other claimant, the Herald says, is Jerome A. Petitti, honorary consul for Paraguay. Petitti is quoted &s saying the plan now being used by the Government in the Quoddy proj- ect was his idea originally. Dexter P. Cooper, called the origi- nator of the Quoddy tide-harnessing project, could not be reached in East- port, Me., for comment. — FAIR PLAY IS PROM[SED BY POWER COMMISSION | Chairman McNinch, Back Frum“ Europe, Says Punitive Spirit Will Not Be Tolerated. By the Associated Press. Frank McNinch, chairman of the | Federal Power Commission, said yes- | terday: “Nothing of the punitive spirit will be tolerated or invoked” in the administration of the public util- fties holding company act. McNinch, just returned from a European trip, said, after reporting to the President, that the commission will “invite and expect the co-opera- tion of the power industry in the im- | partial administration of the act.” | “I am satisfied the act will be found | by the industry to be infinitely helpful | and in no sense destructive,” McNinch | &dded. “The industry and consumers can both depend on common sense and fair administration of the new law, looking toward elimination of admitted evil practices and better protection of consumers as well as legitimate investment and economic management.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF TODAY. dance, Greyhound Bus Willard Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dinner Lines, Inc. Tnaugural ball. District division, | Young Democrats, Willard Hotel, 10 pm. | Meeting and supper, 5th Battalion, ; Fleet Marine Reserve Corps, Raleigh | Hotel, 8 pm. Dinner, Bureau of Mines, La Fay- erte Hotel, 6 p.m. Meeting, Federation of Archn.ecu,l Engineers. Chemists and Technicians, | Robert M. Buck, speaker, Central | High School, 8 pm. | Bingo party, Miles Auxiliary, U. S. W. V., Pythian Temple, 8:30 pm. | Bingo party, Nativity Chapel, Four- | teeth and A streets southeast, 8:30 | pm. TOMORROW. Dinner, Police Training School, | ‘Willard Hotel, 6 pm. | Dinner, Zonta Club, Olney, Md,, 6:30 p.m. Olney Inn, | Admiral Snyder Transferred. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., September 27 (#).—Rear Admiral Charles Philip | Snyder, commandant of the Navy ‘Yard here for the past 15 months, has | been ordersd transferred to Long | Beach, Calif., to command the 6th Cruiser Division. The transfer will be eflective October 10. OrdinancePaying Cat Bounty of 25c | Will Be Amended | Tallahassee Pet Lovers | Force Change Even if Birds Do Suffer. By the Associated Press. ‘TALLAHASSEE, Fla, September 27.—The City of Tallahassee will amend its cat-killing ordinance, il that mental restfulness may return | to those who worried nbau?. the fate of the felines. A considerable furor devcloped‘ when the City Commission adopted an ordinance providing a bounty of 25 cents for each dead cat delivered at the city incinerator. It was ex- plained by the city officials that they desired to kill off the cats to keep | the cats from killing off the birds. The city paid out $1.75 for. seven dead cats in the first week the ordi- nance was in operation, and then suspended it with the announcement no more awards would be paid before October 1. Now the City Commission an- nounces it will change the ordinance | to provide that policemen—and only policemen—may kill stray cats within the city limits, but others may caj ture the cats alive and receive a bounty of 25 cents when the felines are delivered at the city incinerator, where & pound will be established. Cats which are not claimed by owners will be destroyed. “Sweet Music” to those desiring 4 modest:new home. at & Ressonable Price. GLENBROOK VILLAGE BETHESDA, MARYLAND OPENS SATURDAY INTRODUCING A TOTALLY NEW IDEA IN SMALL HOUSE CONSTRUCTION “ANEWBOLD DEVELOPMENT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting . Events and Things. ! building. Well, it may not have been the place for it, but a parking spaze WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. SOUTHERN Maryland farmer, testifying for the Slate in a criminal case belore one of the higher courts, was called down by the judge several times for using profanity. After a final severe rebuke from the bench, the witness raised his handl solemnly and sald: “Honest, judge, T won't do any more | cussing—TI'll be damned if 1 do!” is a parking space, ing. After writing numerous stories re- garding the misfortunes of his fellow men the reporter went out to his car | to go home. Somehow it did not look | natural as he approached it from the | side. Yes, there was something de- cidedly wrong. He walked around front and found he was right—his headlights had been gns notwithstand- CAPITAL BOOM. A person who has not visited the Capital since 193¢ would find many changes in the residential sections brought about by the current home- stolen., * o o X FAME. Numerals or combinations of numerals which may seem to have building “boom.” There are approx= imately 4,000 new homes, flats, small apartments in the metropoli= tan area, all built within the last nine months. The District alone has mearly 2,000 new buildings, most of which are homes. Arling- ton County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md., contribute most of the other mew structures. ok xR MAKING OF A CYNIC. NE reporter assigned to cover police | headquarters, who has had & pro- found respect for the police and an equally sincere contempt for their critics, has suddenly become somewhat skeptical of their infallibility. Recently he placed his automobile | attack from the rear. even a remote connection with Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, are get- ting quite a play these days from colored jollowers of the *numbers” game, * ¥ % x HIP BOOTS FOR DRINKS. "HE customer who walked out on & Fourteenth street tap room during the last rainy spell without paying his check couldn't have been aware he was about to trade his hip boots for $2.80 worth of cocktails he had just | consumed. A foreign-born waiter followed the defaulting toper into the rain-swent street and destroyed the fellow's ‘Then the waiter in front of the police headquarters | wrenched off the man's hip boots and LAST WEEK OF THE NATIONAL'S GREAT "GIFT-GROUP" SALE oce This valuable 7-piece Living Room Group given FREE with the purchase of any Living Room or Bed Davenport Suite during this sale! 2-Piece London Club Style Suite, covered in dur- able tapestry. Loose, reversible cushions. Guar- anteed inner-construction. GIFT GROUP IN- CLUDED FREE! 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Those who were able to make the arrangements are now taking their profit of approximately 70 per cent, less shipping and storage charges. | Police Traffic Bureau, who was sitting | Andrick | D. C, RUSS-RUMANIAN PACT NEARING COMPLETION By the Associated Press. - GENEVA, September 27.—Negotia- tions were advanced yesterday be- tween Russia and Rumania for a pact of mutual assistance along the lines of the agreements the Soviet Union | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935. has formed with Prance and Czecho- slovakia. Nicolas Titulesco, Rumanian for- eign minister, will go to Moscow shortly to sign it. Little Entente circles denied re- ports that the pact will provide for the passage of Ruasian troops through Rumania to Czechoslovakia to aid the latter nation in the event of German aggression. It was ex The flashing blue radiance of the Zircon reminds one of the clear beauty of an Autumn sky. Pre- sented by us in a :mkmg array of smart new designs in natural gold. 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