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EARLY DECISION Hear Arguments in Case December 16. A—18 % MERII_I_A‘I‘ R"ES MRS. GORDON BENNETT — 4 Calvert Group Holds Annual : Meeting—Medical Adviser Speaks. iokpi i teh to The Star. ill Be Repre-= | vecta Dispa District Bar Wil ' :; | o e, . Or At~ | vember 15.—Mrs. Gordon Bennett senled at Sel'VlcdeSd Lf St. Leonards was elected president of : ife the Calvert County Council of Home- torney Who Ende 5 | makers' Clubs at the third snnual ip Wheatley, president of | achievement day rally at Owings yes- m?bmf? gu ‘Association, today ap- | terday. She will succeed Mrs. Leroy | the Government asked the Supreme pointed & committee of 12 to represent | Williams. the organization at funeral ServiceS ' other officers chosen were Mrs, | Cember 16 on constitutionality of the for Charles H. Merillat, prominent| jonn w. Willlams of Prince Fred- | Tennessee Valley Authority act. Washington attorney, whose body Was | erjck, vice president, and Miss Vir- found late yesterday on a mud flat| ginis’ Norfolk of Owings, secretary- | asked permission to delay until next about half a mile below Chain Bridge. | tregsurer, - Friday the Federal npll}l, to .‘ :,“‘; ‘:y The services will be private and held| pp Kate Karpeles, medical adviser eight Southern rice millers attacking at the grave in Rock Creek Cemetery| ¢, the Women of the University of the A. A. A. The millers sought a this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The| \aryland, addressed the meeting. | L2MPOrary injunction against paying bar association committee will be| gpacial reports on various phases of processing taxes. composed of Walter M. Bastian, Alex-| cjuh" work were submitted by Mrs.| , The court probably will make its de- ander H. Bell, Paul . Black, Thomas | garry R, Hughes, Mrs. Samuel Wii- | cision on the motions next Monday. F Burke, Robert H. Driskill, Christo- | jjams, Miss Mary Wilson Gibson and | , X the T- V. A. request is granted, pher B. Garnett, Thomas M. Gittings, | Miss Ruth Lyons. three New Deal cases will be argued Hayden Johnson, Charles J. Kappler, in December. Percival H. Marshall, Henry Schwein- The court will hear arguments on haut and George H. Zeutzius. validity of the A. A. A. on December Policemen Find Body. Royal Christening Announced. LONDON, November 15 (#).—The STEAMSHIPS, Two licemen attached to the|son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, — T — harbor ppocmcv,, Pute. Walter E. Davis | born October 9, will be christened at Eu'x‘l'ghse:?‘ N mane express liners via , and Willlam Link, found Merillat's| Buckingham Palace November 20, it | ih therty Boute body A search of the Potomac River | Was announced officially yesterday. | g A VIA FURNESS, 850 ui hac been made ever since Merillat's | It was understood he would be named sr\lb. '-&hdg&v:tte )?.'.fi'flw? u:‘r}:“:fllnl! disappearance November 4, and the | Edward George Nicholas Patrick. et Line 54" Whitehall St. New York. finding of his coat and hat on the Virginia side, near Chain Bridge. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald dssued a certificate of suicide. Merillat was 70 years old, and be- gan the practice of law in the Dis- trict in 1905 after serving as city editor of the Washington Post and | as day mahager of the Washington § Bureau of the Associated Press. He lived at 1789 Lanier place. | ' Before his disappearance, it was gs | HORNING DIAMONDS Always Cost YOU Less Because They Cost US Less known he had been depressed since | the death of G. Percy McGlue, his |} law associate for 10 years McGlue | & died about a week before Merillat was | & Iast seen alive in a restaurant in the ] 1400 block of H street. X Educated in Capital. § Merillat was born in Washington § Lady’s Popular Elgin Wrist Watch__$22.50 Dependable 14-Kt. 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A, asked Iuarie s the Supreme Court today to give them %o hear arguments De- | until December 2 instead of Novem- Ooure o . ber 25 to file their brief. Reed told the court he hoped the request would ley Reed, solicitor general, also iot be granted. Loed . H Council for the rice millers also op- posed Reed’s motion for delay in reversible spring seat cushions. pieces. You can choose covers and colors if you care to. that * Living Room Suite THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1935. their cases on the ground that the taxes have been due for 15 days and assessments” be made at any time. In asking that T. V. 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