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WARNING MUDDLES PUBLICITY ON TAX Revenue Bureau Acts on -Theory That Crime Lies = In Misrepresentation. Attorney General Cummings’ re- cent warning to Midwestern store- keepers against violation of a Federal law restricting tax publicity in con- nection with stles is puzzling internal revenue officials, who thought the law applied only to gasoline, malt products, matches and tain other directly taxed comms Cummings’ warning was the out- growth of display by butchers, grocers and other shop keepers, who. have posted signs in Illinois, Indiana and Jowa stores advising customers how much of their money is going for taxes—the data having been supplied by the Republican National Commit- tee, Moreover, the Internal Revenue Buréau has interpreted the somewhat ambiguous language of the liw as applying & penalty only to misrepre- sentations regarding the tax—although the first clause of the act seems to make no such restriction. ) Interpretation Declined. Cummings declined to attempt an interpretation of the act to newspaper men, who sought clarification of the wording of the statute, known as gection 1123 wof the revenue act of 1836. He explained that the act *speaks for itself.” TS Under the ruling of the Internal Revenue Bureau, gasoline dealers who display signs stating the amount of tax that must be paid by the con- sumer are acting within the law. Officials said there is no requirement that the amount of tax be posted, but there is a ban on misrepresentation of the amount. Article 88 of the bureau’s regula- tions 44, relating to taxes on gasoline, lubricating oil, brewer's wort, malt products, grape products and matches, faterprets the law as follows: ~ “If & manufacturer or other vendor misrepresents the tax, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for a year. This provision is de- signed, among other things, to pre- vent vendor adeling more than the amount of the tax to the price Washington] {HUNDREDS ATTEND G. A.R. DAUGHTERS Wayside . Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. HAT language is only 8 minor means of communication, in spite of all the talk about it, was shown the other day by & young German visiting here. He understands English pretty well and the universal language of gesture even better, he proved the other evening in & Washington living room. Mae West was mentioned. “What said you?" inquired the Teuton, not being up on American movies, His hostess made curving motions with her hands, saying, “You know— Mae West.” Her guest caught on and beamed with pleasure. “But of course! Medicine balll” * % %% FEATHERS. We hadn’'t intended speaking our minds about women’s hats this season, dut a local hat cleaning establishment has come right out with an opinion and we regard the owner not only as & man of cour- age, but of sound millinery judg- ment as well. ‘For sale, all kinds of uncalled for hats,” is the sign he has in his window. “Uncalled for” is the phrase we have been groping for mentally ever since local ladies returned from the seashore and started ap- pearing in new Fall headgear. * x % ¥ NAKED. T COST two college men 35 to learn a pair of lessons in the school of experience the other day. No. 1 lesson is, Don't try to outsmart women, and No. 2, Seeing is not al- ways believing. The students had been discussing with two feminine friends the com- fortable way in which ladies’ con- sciences permit them to dress in the Summer, when one of the young men announced that he could stand all of & commodity and representing that the increase is due to the tax.” _ Part of Act Involved. ‘ The bureau's ruling is based on the wording of the second section of the act. which states that “whoever fn connection with the sale or lease, or offer for sale or lease, of any article, for the purpose of making such sale or lease, makes any statement, writ- ten or oral * * * ascribing a particu- lar part of such price to & tax im- posed under the authority of the United States, knowing that such statement is false or that the tax i not so great as the portion of puch price aseribed to such tax, shall _be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon -conviction thereof shall be punished 2y a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.” ‘The first section bahs making “any statement, written or oral, intended or calculated to lead any person to believe that any part of the price at which such article is sold or leased, or offered for sale or lease, / consists of & tax imposed under the + authority of the United States.” * Misrepresentation Definitely Banned. Careful reading of the two clauses, in relation to each other, had con- vinced the Internal Revenue Bureau the act outlaws false statements only, and that it is no crime to post the correct amount of tax. Bureau officials point out that “regulations 47,” relating to excise taxes on sales by the manufacturer, state that the manufacturer may ad- vise the purchaser of the amount of | tax in one of three ways, 1, by| separating the basic cost price from | the tax and stating the amount of | both; 2, by quoting the total price after tax has been added and stating ~that a certain amount of the price .constitutes tax, and, 3, by quoting & selling price which includes tax and explaining that a certain percentage ©f the total price is a tax. These rulings, the bureau contends, are intended to apply only to the ~commodities specified in the tax law— ot to bread and chops and other articles on which there is no direct Federal tax. - " All of which leaves the storekeepers put West in a quandary about those -4igns telling about New Deal taxes. e ‘SHOOTING OF BOY, 12, -~ CALLED ACCIDENT Ballistics Test Fails to Throw Light on Death of Anne Arunde] Lad. By the Assoctated Press. . ANNAPOLIS, September 25.—State’s Attorney Roscoe C. Rowe of Anne ‘Arundel County today said the fatal shooting of Charles Hutchens, 13, on Jabor day had been classed as acci- ‘dental. Hutchen's body, with a bullet wound “in the head, was found on the farm ‘of Joseph Gomoljak, the boy's grand- “father, on the Defense Highway by men and & boy who had been gm a shotgun and two rifies in the ‘A cordner’s jury, which was con- 7§ened by Magistrate Luther Nichols, poned the inquest on September when the State’s attorney suggested rifies used by Jack Hudnall, 11, John Camblitt of Ferndale be sent a ballistic expert. E nave-ldll::nns informed that the mination failed to throw it et i = . The coroner’s jury, he said, after wlearning of the ballistic test, decided Ahe boy died from a bullet fired by unknown person. BUMMINGS’ SECRETARY general chairman of sorts of women, except those who go without hose, The girls bet $5 that the young man couldn’t tell stockinged ankles from unclad ones at 2 yards and selected | F street as a good thoroughfare for settling the bet, naming the corner and hour of meeting. In the mean- time, being women and therefore light-hearted about the rules of all games, the girls instructed two other lady friends to walk past their betting intersection at the stated hour stock- ingless and painted imitation seams on the backs of their legs with an eyelash brush. The four contestants met, the boys overconfident. , “There’s Betty and Jahe® one of the females cried. “Stockings or no ?nto-fkjna?" The answer was “Stock- The girls collected a five-spot and went off to buy chiffon hose with it. k%% ‘WEEDS. JWN!, aged 6, will never turn out to be one of those matrons with gardening tools, big hats and bigger gloves, who take pride in their roses. She’s pretty much fed up with growing things of all sorts. Last sea- son she pulled up all the tulips in her back yard and presented them to her mother. The gift was a complete failure. Lamenting went on around the house for hours. A few days ago she decided to help the gardener who does their weeding, under the impression that every one knows and hates a weed. She pulled up every sprig in her father's mint bed. To date Jeanne is unable to ap- preciate his viewpoint and despair, being a little girl who doesn't hang around living rooms much, *xx CRUSTS. UNLESS pigeons around town got together about the predicament of one of their number last night, he probably slept without his head under his wing, cursing instead of cooing. Unless, of course, he was too to close an eye, whcih is more likely. One of our operators was attracted by the happiness of the pigeons who hang out &% the triangle at Arkansas avenue, near Ninth street. Some one :zl.‘m mmwnl sliced bread to them and ey were looking frightfully pleased s they nibbled. All except one? He had eaten through s alice of bread and had mansged to get the crust over his head. The look in his eye was desperate. He pecked at his unwelcome collar listlessly, as if all hope were gone. He attacked it . He fixed & nasty eye on his pigeon friends, who went on eating everything h:fltmtflummhfl nec Hoping to be helpful, our operator approached the in who | | pigeon dmr-.m R completely and off toward his cote with the bread still * % % HEADLINES. . Ships Crash in Fog. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario;Sep- tember '35 (Canadian Press) steamships Joseph Sellwood and Pam Schneider collided in & dense fog be- low Big Point early today. Both were able to navigate under their own pow= after the crash, headed for BRADLEY FUNERAL Archbishop Curley Presides . at Rites for St. Mary’s Colleg President. By the Assoctated Press. EMMITSBURG, Md., - September 35.—Hundreds of the clergy and laity from all sections of the United States attended the funeral services yesterday for Msgr. Bernard J. Bradley, for 26 years president of Mount St. Mary’s College, who died in & Washington hospital this week of pneumonia. Archbishop Michsel J. Curley, head of the Baltimore Catholic Diocese, presided at a solemn high mass of requiem celebrated in the college church at 10 am. The Rev. John L. Sheridan, acting president of the col- lege, was the celebrant. him were the Rev. Philip Gallagher, rector of the college semi- nary, as deacon and the Rev. Peter President Bradley's when the latter came & student more than Before reading the prayers f¢ dead over the body at mass, Archbishop briefly to express his sympathy. said: “The little man of the mount has done his work in a simple but most effective manner. He left us now to join with Mother Seaton and his pre- decessors in eternity.” Just before the body was removed from the church Archbishop Curley officially designated the Rev. John L. Sheridan to act as president of the college until & permanent head is named by the College Council. Many Colleges Represented. The commital services were read by the Right Rev. John M. McNa- mara, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore. The seminary choir, under the direc- tion of the Rev. J. Leo Barley, sang the mass and made the responses to the prayers at the graveside, In the throng filling the church for the services were representatives of most of the colleges in Mary'and and many throughout the United States, as well as hundreds of former students of the college. Msgr. Peter J. Guilday, Dr. Edward B. Jordan and Dr. Leo F. Stock rep- resented Catholic University; H. C. Byrd, president, the University of Maryland, and Dr. Joseph H. Apple, Ppresident emeritus, Hood Coliege, Frederick. Georgetown University, Villanova, St. Mary's Seminary, Bal- timore, Gettysburg, Loyola, St. Jos- eph's, 8t. Francis, Latrove, Pa., and Niag were also repre- sented. {FIGHT IS PUSHED Conduit Road Citizens Seek to Enlist Others in Movement. A movement to secure the co-opera- tion of all civic groups in petitioning for an appeal from the Public Utility Commission’s decision allowing the Capitol Transit Co. to purchase and recondition 20 Providence-type used cars and to adapt 20 President’s con- ference cars to one-man operation was begun last night by the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association. People’s Counsel William A. Roberts, in a statement issued shortly after the decision was announced Wednesday, Pprotested the commission’s action, and said that he would consider a court appeal, but that his action would be governed by the attitude of civic or- ganizations. At last night's meeting, the first one held by a citizens’ as- sociation since the decision was made public, & formal resolution was passed u:m for a rehearing of the case and promising co-operation with Roberts. This action followed & lengthy con- sideration of transit problems, during which several protests were made sgainst putting any more one-man cars on the streets, and especially against the conversion of the stream- lined cars into one-man cars. Plans were discussed for contacting other citizens’ associations in an effort to put forth & united front in opposition to the commission’s action. Protests also were made against in- frequent service on the two transporta- tion lines serving the Conduit rosd section, & bus line on Conduit road and the Cabin John street car line. Claim- ing that a consolidation of the two lines would lead to better and more frequent service, a resolution was in- troduced asking for the abolition of the Cabin John route and the sub- atitution of more busses along Conduit road. This met with some oppo- sition, however, and was given to & committee for study and action at the next meeting. . Fish Resouroes Studied. The Soviet expedition which wil spend two years in the Arctic regions near Igarks, on the Kara Sea, will in- vldmtyhmflem i ed and also hunt fur-bearing animals. . ON ONE-MAN CAR! DISBAND SESSIONS Mrs. Stella Bell of Milwau- kee Is Named Commander at Final Meeting. ‘With Mrs. Stella Bell of Milwaukee elected to succeed Mrs. Estelle Cheyne LaDow of Detroit as commander-in- chief, the National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic today ended its twenty-ninth annual ses- sion here at the Willard Hotel. Other officers elected were Mrs. Gertie Gerred, Libertyville, Ill,, senior vice commander; Viva Link, Council Blufts, Iowa, junior vice commander; Agnes Kruesinga, Newburyport, Mass., quartermaster general; Ida Buck, Detroit, chaplain general; Julia Lavin, Racine, Wis.,, national patriotic in- structor; Grace Mitchell, Ferndale, Mich,, officer of the day; Margaret Keleher, Detroit, officer of the guard; Martha O’Connor, Jackson, Mich, national sentinel; Evelens Lawson, Janesville, Wis., registrar; Clara Con- don, Battle Oreek, Mich, historian; Alice Gonstead, Stoughton, Wis., auditor; Estelle Cheyne LaDow, De- troit, counselor general; Carrie Parkee Boggs, Highland Park, Mich., chair- man of the Children of the G. A. R.; Laura Perrin, Chicago, quartermaster sergeant. National trustees are Flossie Allen of Wisconsin, Mae Gable of Chicago, Grace Smith of Detroit, Smith of Detroit and Mary Barrett of Chicago. As the Daughters prepared to leave today, & edelegation presented the ‘commander in chief's jewel to the trophy room at Arlington National Cemetery. Earlier the organization placéd a wreath at the Lincoln Me- morial, with national officers escorted by a guard of honor from the War Department. Regatta (Continued From Pirst Page.) owned by Adolf N. Grant, also of Perth Amboy. In the 20-foot open class five got away but only two finished, Ernest Hartge of Galesville, Md., piloted his Challenger in first, while the Cricket II, skippered by H. C. Bush of Alex- andria, finished second. The moth class was a sweep for boats from Elizabeth City, N. C. Ern- est Janders was first in the Black- beard, Bd Channing second in Blue Heron and Jack Willey third jn The Dawn. Other results were: Albatross class—R. M. Cox, Falcon, Washington, first; Irwin Hartge, Hawk, Oalesville, second; W. W. Heintz, Madic, Arlington, third. B class handicap—Ted C. De Beor, Sandpiper, Washington, first; Daniel Rabenhorst, Bobcat, Washington, second. A class handicap—Won by J. W. Hurst, Lucille, Norfolk. Dinghy class—W. W. Swan, Sore Knees, Port Washington, N. J., first; Victor Roagna, Jenny, Providence, R. I, second; D. P. Galllard, Lucky Duck, Washington, third. Wind Causes Spills. As the morning’s events got under way shortly before 10 am.. & stiff blow from the north caused numerous upsets and held down the entry list for the card of sailing races. Nine classes answered the starting gun, and the same schedule was listed for this afternoon. The tiny moths and dingheys made only one lap of the 2';-mile course, while the others traveled the route twice. ‘The feminine influence was strongly in evidence among the contenders, with several of the boats carrying mixed crews. 4 Barbara Myers, 102 East Melrose street, Chevy Chase, handled her own comet, Minx, with Florence Wright, 209 Raymond street, Chevy Chase, as ald. ‘The races attracted a fair gallery. Hains Point was lined along its length with cars, and the spectators were kept abreast of proceedings by the public -address system manned from the Coast Guard cutter Apache, whicn, No more “collegiate,” garterless socks for freshmen at American U. The Rules Committee, headed by a sophomore joot ball player, Kimber S hoop, inspects these lads to enforce edict for both czlnu.fiafu on freshmen, wearin ang eft to right, th}){d Schneider, Phillip Bentley, William Thomp- ‘'umphreys get smiles out of the fun. “black socks and garters.” “dinks” (ca Coyle, Gordon Hittenmark and Herluf Provensen. The fireworks will fol- low. Along with the Navy Band, the Elks Boys' Band also will play from & barge. At the wind-up, three prizes will be awarded for the most attractive boats in the pageant, the presentation being made at Corinthian Yacht Club by Miss Peeples and Commiasioner Melvin C. Hazen, Special Busses Provided. Special bus service is being ar- ranged from the south side of the Treasury to handle the crowd tonight and for the rest of the regatta. The first of three 15-mile heats for the President's Cup will start at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the second at 4:40. The last is Sunday at 2:40. Ten entries have been received thus far, including the Notre Dame, owned by Herbert Mendelson of De- troit, which won last year. Among the challengers are George Reis’ old standby, El Legarto, from Bolton Landing, N. Y., winner in 1931-33-34; Ma Ja II, owned by Jack Rutherford of Long Island; Hotsy Totsy III, rac- ing for Vincent Bendix and Victor W. Kliesrath of South Bend; Sam Dunsford’s Scotty Too, Concord, N. H.; Impshi and Delphine II, entered by Hubert Lucker and Horace E. Dodge of Detroit; Miss Canada II, the Inger- soll, Canada, speedster, owned by Harold Wilson; Miss Cincinnati, jr., entered by J. C. Fisher of Cincinnati, and Jack Dunn’s Jay Dee of Miami. Seven Outboard Events. On tomorrow’s card, too, outboard events—the 91 inch hydroplane race, the 225-cubic- inch hydroplane—{free-for-all Ameri- can Power Boat Association champion- shi; the All-Washington Sweepstakes, unlimited, for local owners and drivers, and the battle royal—the eruiser- .| chance race, which brings out all sises and descriptions of engined craft for a S-mile struggle that is decided by picking the lucky number out of & hat. At 10 o’clock tomorrow morning and again Sundsy morning there will be mile trials for all qualifying boats and those having the approval of the American Power Bost Association Racing Commission. Arrangements for the emergency care of regatta participants and spec- tators alike were completed yesterday . by the Committee on First Aid and FE 4] H » b The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. INCINNATI, September 35—The presidential candidate of the Communist party, Mr. Browder, hastens to acquit Mr. Roose- velt of the charge that he is & Communist. At the same = meeting Mr. Thomas, the Socialist candidate, points out that, at the direction of Mr. Browder, many members of the Communist party “are working in s labor party which is explicitly pledged to Roosevelt.” Of course, they are, it is natural ang Jogical that they should be. Bver aince his inauguration Mr. Roosevelt has talked, made speeches and pursued policies that could be caleulated only to arouse class con- sciousness and hatred. He has inveighed againsi “money changers,” “ecomomic royalists” and “princes of privilege,” and has never ceased hectoring and oy ? of labor. basying business and employers The contusion and fil will which Mr. Roosevelt continually promotes are right up the alley of those whose purpose is to change our form of Glovernment. His recent deploring of “exag- geration and inveciive” does not bother them. They know he is their best et Coprrisht, 1986 Safety, headed by Dr. Oscar B. Hunter. Red Cross, ments, park police, Coast Guard, Navy, private physicians and boating en- maintained ashore as well as afioat, the course is being patrolled by Coast i [FASTEST NEW YORK TRAIN SCHEDULED Congressional Limited to Make 226-Mile Run in 215 N ). and green bow t?c;,l son and William Persons. Helen Cowles and Ruth Police and Pire Depart-] Confessed Killer NORMAN W. ROBINSON. Confession (Continued From First PIIC)— rear door with the key, Robinson said, he went to the basement and took the furnace shaker, a heavy iron bar two feet long. Then, according to the confession, he went to the second-floor bed room of Mrs. Goodwin and pushed open the door, which was unlocked. ‘This was about daylight, and the ‘woman lay asleep on a studio couch. “As I went into the room,” Robin- son was quoted as saying, “she turned her head toward me. I dont know whether she saw me, but I hit her onee.” ‘This blow, detectives said, laid open the top of the woman's scalp. Robin- son said he then went to a dresser to look for his victim’'s pocketbook. He apparertly knew where she kept her purse. He searched the top drawer, then the second drawer and found the purse. Searching the pocketbook in haste, Robinson said, he found only some keys. He overlooked a quarter, the only money in the pocketbook. also tiny orange and blue —Star Staff Photo. the twelfth precinct station. Mean-! while, police expected to release Carl | Chase, colored heuseboy at the rooming | house, who also has been held for | Qquestioning. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin-! tendent of police, declared the prompt solution of the crime was an excellent | example of co-operation among various | agencies of the District governmen* He said the Detective Bureau, the | coroner’s office and the Health De- partment worked together and pro- cured results. The crime and its apparent solution bear a close parallel to the Titterton | murder in New York recently, police | say. Much the same scientific detec- tive methods were followed in an effort to trace the criminal. When Mrs. Goodwin's body was found. detectives were unable to locate | any fingerprints. They took samples | of the blood, however, and made a| thorough search of the premises, which | disclosed the death weapon. After Robinson’s arrest, police care- fully scraped beneath his finger nails, and the deposits found there were turned over to Dr. Hunter for chemical and microscopic examination. The blood tests also were made by the pathologist in co-operation with the coroner’s office. Police officers given credit in the apparent solution of the murder in- clude Sergt. George Darnall, chief of the homicide squad; Lieut. John Fow- ler and Detectives Aubrey Tolson, Jerry Flaherty, Willlam J. Ellery and William Christian of the third pre- cinct, MILKMEN TO HEAR APLIN ON CONTROL ELECTIONS CLOSE b.A. RS SESSION Ruhe Named Commander of Veterans—Allied Groups Also Choose Heads. Veterans' of the Grand Army of the Republic and their five allied ore ganizations were en route home today after final business sessions yesterday. During the past three days most of the organizations have completed the election of officers, several electing their slates yesterday. C. H. William Ruhe of Pittsburgh, who at 15 was in action with the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Petersburg and Appomattox, yesterday afternoon organized his new staff following his election as commander in chief of the G. A. R. to succeed Oley Nelson of Slater, Iowa. Yesterday evening the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War come pleted the election of a slate of nae tional officers, headed by Mrs. Adelle Murphy of Mexico, N. Y., who was elevated from the post of national senior vice president. Other officers elected to serve with Mrs. Murphy are: Mary Manning of Seattle, national senior vice president; Anne Raeyling of Philadelphia, na- tional junior vice president; Ida Mae Gadberry of Pueblo, Colo., national chaplain, and Bertha M. Droz of Mansfield, Ohio, national patriot{ instructor. New Officers Installed. The new officers were installed at the closing business session at the ‘Washington Hotel yesterday evening. Their convention was described as the largest in the 46 years' history of the organization, all departments being represented. ‘The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic elected as their national president Prances Martin Kuhns of Swissdale, Pa. Their final business session was followed by a joint coun- cil meeting yesterday evening, and the convention closed with a dinner in honor of past national presidents of the organization at the Washington Hotel. The new officers comprising Mre Kuhns' staff are Orpha Whitaker «. Camden. N. J., senior vice presiden:. Catherine Schroeder of Los Angele junior vice president; E'aelyn Smi: of Omaha, Nebr. tressarer; Mami- Giroux of Chicago, chaplain: M2 - garet Hopkins Worrell of this cit . patriotic instructor; Theo Redfer: Auburn, R. I, registrar; Wynnye (¢ ‘Williamson, Parkersburg, W. V. counselor; Gladys Wethy Newto Charleston. W. Va., Frances Haske Tacoma, Wash., and Sadie Mae W.'- liams, Cleveland, members of t! Council of Administration; Cassea 1 Orsborn, Weiser, Idaho, editor of tI Bugle Call, and May B. Siattery « Pittsburgh, secretary. Report Largest Convention. The Sons of Union Veterans al: reported the largest convention in their history. The final business ses- sion closed yesterday afternoon with the election of Willlam Allan Dyer, Syracuse, N. Y., commander-in-chief; Perle Fouch, Allegan, Mich., senior vice commander in chief; Howard Michael, Baltimore, junior e¢om- mander in chief; Charles H. C. Mo- ran, Holyoke, Mass.; John L. Reeger, Trenton, N. J., and A. W. McDanlel, Valparaiso, Ind, members of the council in chief. ‘The Sons adopted several resolu- tions calling for adequate national defense measures for the United States. Mrs. Ida B. Lewis of Milwaukee was elected national president of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Vet- | erans at the closing session in the Willard Hotel. Elected to serve with her were Mrs. Florence Cowdrewy, Tarryville, Conn., vice president; Mrs. Margaret C. Brady, Albany, N. Y, secretary; Mrs. Lilllan Ball, Indian- apolis, treasurer; Mrs. Mahala Buck- ley, Los Angeles, patriotic instructor; Mrs. Mary E. Simonds, Toledo, Ohio, chaplain; Mrs. Nellie D. Haven, S8an- ford, Me., inspector; Mrs. Hannah Beck, New York, instituting and in- stalling officer; Miss Jean M. Thole, Dwight, Tll, press correspondent; Mary Stapleton, New York, chief of Marketing Agreement Director Will Speak Tonight in Fred- erick County, Md. Richard Aplin, administrator of the ‘Washington milk marketing agree- ment, will discuss the reason for Fed- eral milk control at a meeting tonight of producers in Prederick County, Md., seat of the most unrelenting opposi- tion to the marketing agreement. Aplin called the meeting himself in & “friendly” spirit, his office said. It is one of a series of sessions planned by him in the various counties of Virginia and Maryland in which live farmers producing milk for Washing- ton consumption. ‘Tonight's meeting opens at 7:30 o'clock in Winchester Hall, East Church street, Frederick. RS AL SMITH TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 25— Harry V. Dougherty, register of wills of Philadelphia, announced today that former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York will deliver an address in :hrflldelphh on the night of Octo- 8. The announcement stated that % will be Smith's only speech in Penn- sylvania during the present presi- dential campaign. “Co-operating with Mr. Dougherty -|in this matter,” the announcement extensive search. He was grilled for four hours last night and confessed after being confronted with the scien- tific evidence gathered against him, police said. further said, “is a committee of life- staff; Nettie Hayes, Milwaukee, per- sonal aide; Emma Bolt, Missouri, spe- cial aide; Parke Yengling, Ohio, na- tional counselor, and Mrs. Stella B. Owens, Montclair, N. J.; Mrs. Daisy Herdman, Johnstown, Pa., and Miss Anna L. Garfock, Hagerstown, Md., members of the national council The auxiliary passed a resolution protesting . the issuance by the Post Office Department of a postage stamp in memory of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. WIDOW OF STRAUB DENIES SHOOTING Questioned on Unsolved Slaying in Chancery Court During Insurance Fight. Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 25.—Mrs. Melba Straub, widow of Louis K. Straub, slain mysteriously in the base- ment of the exclusive Saddle and Cycle Club February 3, 1935, denied from the witness stand in a Federal Master in Chancery's chambers yesterday that she fired the fatal shots. The master, Jacob I. Grossman, is heering & civil action to determine whether Mrs. Straub or her late hus- band’s brother, Ernest, manager of the club, and his two nephews, should re- ceive $20,410 insurance on the vic- tim’s life. The slaying has never been long Democrats throughout the State, | solved. and Mr. Smith has accepted the in- vitation to outline his views on the crisis now confronting the Nation.” ‘The former New York Governor, in- Attorney Theodore Hardeen, Ir., counsel for Ernest Straub, sought to have the widow's claim set aside on the ground she was not entitled to the troduced by Dougherty, will be the | money under only speaker at the meeting, which will be held in the Metropolitan Opera House. 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