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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTO D. C, SEPTEMBER 27, 1936—PART O e e e e e o T . MARYLAND $PLIT ON REVALUATION Sectional Fight Looms Be- tween Eastern and West- ern Shore Groups. BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 26.— A bitter sectional fight over real and personal property reassessment is ex- pected to develop when Maryland's two County Commissioner Associa- tions meet at Cambridge on October 19 to discuss proprosed legislation for consideration by the State Assembly in 1937. A firm stand against revaluation has Draft Halloween Plans been taken by the Eastern Shore group, while the Western Shore body | has voted to wage an active cam- paign for a State-wide reassessment of all properties next year. The question is one of five major problems to be taken up at the con- ference of the two organizations. Other proposals deal with lateral road maintenance, division of gasoline tax proceeds, extension of additional aid to State hospitals and relief taxa- tion. | Reassessment Held Necessary. Officials of the more powerful | Western Shore Association feel reas- sessment opposition on the Eastern Shore is due chiefly to the fact low | assessments prevail in that area and revaluation will impose a larger por- tion of the State tax burden upon the nine counties lying between the Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay. It is believed on the Western Shore, where the association embraces 14 counties, a reassessment is necessary not only to correct widespread dif- ferentiation said to exist in assess- ments on holdings of comparative value, but to correct inequalities due to constantly shifting property values. A representative of the University of Maryland, now making a study of Montgomery County in conjunction with the State-wide tax study being carried out by that institution, has estimated a reassessment locally will add $20,000,000 to Montgomery's as- sessible basis, Many Acres “Lost.” He has informed members of the Board of County Commissioners in- formally assessments in the upper, or rural section of Montgomery show little need of change, but those in the suburban area have widespread differ- entiation and should be corrected. The Western Shore gsoup has powerful support from an important source for Michael J. Lindsay, super- visor of assessments for the State Tax | Commission, has held such a step necessary next year. Lindsay recently told the Western Shore association present assessments were made 10 years ago. He said many acres on which records have been lost because of changes, transfers and re- visions would be “‘discovered.” It is thought the two associations will be more in accord on other legis- lative questions to be discussed in an effort to work out a program for con- sideration by the lawmakers when they convene at Annapolis in January. One of the chief items is the suggested return of lateral road main- tenance from the State Roads Com- mission to the counties, who feel the work can be done more economically ‘ by the local governments than by the highway department. Another is the enactment of a new scale for distribution of proceeds from | the State gasoline tax, which are used for secondary road upkeep and road debt financing. The Western Shore body is engaged in a study to determine whether a smaller portion of the receipts can be utilized for debt service. thus increasing the maintenance fund. Hospitals Congested. ‘Taxation for financing State relief requisements offers still another ques- tion for the two associations with the ‘Western Shore body prepared to fight ; any move to shift the burden from | the schedule of special levies now in effect to real and personal property. Congestion in the State hospitals | will be brought up and the Eastern Shore is to be asked to follow the Western Shore’s lead and request | funds to provide additional hospital facilities. The congestion has become so great the institutions have been closed to new patients for the present. Murder (Continued From Page B-1.) heavy bludgeon. An autopsy later disclosed that the blows shattered the woman’s skull. Robinson allegedly said he wadded | a corner of the bed clothing nnd; stuffed it into the woman's mouth | with his right hand while grasping | her by the throat with his left. The | coroner's office gave testimony to show that Mrs. Goodwin's throat was | bruised on one side as by a thumb | and scratched on the other as if by fingernails. Left by Front Steps. Robinson, it was said, then left, going down the front steps and "into the basement, where he hid the fur- nace shaker, washed his hands and let himself out through a rear door. It was testified that scrapings taken from beneath Robinson’s fingernails contained microscopic silk fibers, which matched those contained in Mrs. Goodwin's clothing. Stains on the bed covers were revealed to have been made by the same type of blood as that found on Robinson's clothing following his arrest. Another witness today was Mrs. Sallye Billups, a nurse, and roomer at the boarding house. She went into Mrs. Goodwin’s room about 11:30 o'clock on the morning of the mur- der and found the body. Mrs. Billups said she investigated after Chase, the houseboy, remarked that Mrs. Good- win was remaining late in her room that morning and might be ill. Police called by Chase and the roomers at the boarding house de- scribed finding the body lying on a studio couch with a blood-stained pillow over the face. When Robinson ‘was returned to the death room, police said he was able to point out to them where several objects had been moved since he last was there. NEW CHURCH PLANNED WOODSIDE, Md., September 26.— A campaign to raise funds to build a new church next Summer will be launched immediately by the Board of Trustees and Official Board of the ‘Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church, it was announced today by Dr. Ralph D. Smith, pastor. The church, which is expected to ©ost between $40,000 and $50,000, will be erected on the grounds of the pres- ent church on Georgla avenue, Plans for the coming Halloween celebration were worked out at a meeting of the committee on arrangement in the | Harrington Hotel. Seated, left Webster is standing. HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR D. . PLANNED {Nearby Communities Will Be Asked to Join in | Celebration. ! Nearby communittes will be invited to join with Washington in the sixth an- nual civic celebration of Halloween | on Saturday, October 31. Many color- | ful new features are being planned for | the occasion, it was announced last | night by a Program Committee headed by Col. Edward Goring Bliss. The chief civic “fun” event of the | year is being planned by a committee | }cumposed of prominent business and | | professional men, under sponsorship of the Greater Capital Committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade. | Col. Bliss has called meetings of the | committee for each Friday from now | until the celebration. Outstanding | | features will be a night parade and contest for a Halloween queen. Vice chairmen of the committees are | Albert E. Conradis, Thomas E. Lodge | and Arthur Sudlum. Advisory Committee. | Col. Bliss announced that his Ad- | visory Committee, headed by Fred- | erick P. H. Siddons, will include Ar- | thur G. Newmyer, Mrs. Eleanor Pat- | terson, B. B. Burgunder, Harold H. |Levi, Dr. M. G. Gibbs, Edward W. | Martin, Frank R. Jellefl, Edgar Morris, | { John J. Hasley, Dr. William McClellan, ' Robert J. Cottrell, W. W. Everett, John H. Hanna, Mark Lansburgh, A. C. Case, John Saul, James E. Colliflower, Robert V. Fleming, Ben T. Webster, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Ed- | ward F. Colladay, Theodore W. Noyes, Eugene Meyer, Granville Gude, Ed- | ward J. Murphy, Carter Barron, John A. Remon, Fred A. Smith, Joseph D. Kaufman, C. Melvin Sharpe, Willlam | | A. Roberts, George Plitt, George W. | Offutt, Otis T. Wingo, jr.; William A. | Van Duzer, Robert W. Wilson, C. Mar- | IShBll Finnan and Lowell Mellett. In charge of the parade this year will | be Col. John W. Oehmann. chairman, | |and Col. P. G. Nevitt, vice chair- " Other Committee Heads. Heads of other committees are: Francis G. Addison, jr.: finance: Jere- | | miah W. McCarty, commercial: Mrs. Harvey Wiley and Paul W. Murphy.‘ civic; Harold Snyder, costumes and | floats; Charles H. Gardiner, prizes; E. D. Merrill, transportation; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, safety; Mrs. E. K. | Peeples and Mrs. M. W. Davis, schools; | George O'Connor and Herbert Glll.i music and bands; E. M. Graham, | lights; Joseph G. McGarraghy, law; | Marcy L. Sperry and R. E. Graham, | distinguished guests; Raymond Flor- ance, auditor; Herman F. Carl and | William Coombs, loudspeakers and am- | plifiers; A. Clyde Burton, reviewing stands; Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, se- lection of queen; Milton Schwab and Wallace Robinson, judges; Charles Cook, printing: Miss Sibyl Baker, Maude N. Parker, Ruth Britt, Abbie Flynn, Evelyn Sheridan, Jacqueline Whiting and James Caffrey, play- grounds; Harold Allen Long, corona- tion of the queen. CRATER’S DEATH HINTED| LEAVENWORTH, Kans., September 26 ().—The Leavenworth Times says in a copyrighted article that an at- tempt is being made to link the body of a “human torch” who died here March 20 with the long-missing Jus- tice Joseph Force Crater of New York City. The Times says J. A. Bush, Leaven- worth undertaker, today wired the Bureau of Missing Persons in New York after a comparison of a descrip- tion of Judge Crater with the body, “I believe I have the body of Justice Crater.” By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 26.—Queen Mary, after more than 25 years as mistress of Buckingham Palace, will move next week to the old home she first entered as a bride on the arm of the late King George, then Duke of York. The Queen will take up residence in Marlborough House, yielding her place in Buckingham to King Edward. Preparing for the change, the Queen today named the French chief, Amelo, to preside over her kitchens. He for- merly was first assistant at Bucking- ham Palace. Details of decoration of her new home were supervised by the Queen herself. Although Mayfair fashion at the moment decrees patterned wall- papers with floral and abstract designs, Queen Mary followed her individual taste and chose simple papers, remark- able for their texture rather than orig- inality of design. Her favorite hydrangea shades of pink, mauve and blue have been chosen for the private apartments— L | officers culpable. to right, are Col. E. G. Bliss, general chairman, and A. E. Conradis, vice chairman. Ben T. —Star Staff Photo. JURY RECONVENES T0 PROBE DEATH Attorney General of Penn- sylvania Named Special Prosecutor. By tre Associated Press. UNIONTOWN, Pa., September 26. —The Fayette County Court ordered the September grand jury to recon- vene next Tuesday to investigate the death of Frank C. Monaghan, 64, a hotel owner. The court acted on petition of At- torney General Charles J. Margiotti, who was named special prosecutor last night by Gov. George H. Earle. Earle charged that Monaghan died | during a “third degree” to force him to confess the stabbing of County De- tective John C. Wall. Margiotti’s petition said he wanted | the grand jury to inquire “into the conduct of certain officers, certain members of the Pennsylvania State police and others.” The three officers are now free un- der $5,000 bail each on murder charges. They are State Policemen Anthony Sanute and Stacy Gunderman and Assistant County Detective Wilbert Minerd. Margiotti ordered 66 subpoenas is- sued for appearance before the grand jury. The persons summoned included public officials, newspaper men and others inside and outside of the county detective headquarters where Monaghan died in the bertillon room. The attorney general said there were more than three persons in- volved and that “all the cuipable per- sons will be prosecuted.” Gov. Earle said after hearing Mar- giotti's report on the case: “This is one of the most horrible and brutal cases in the history of Pennsylvania. “It is hard to believe officers of the law could perpetrate such an out- TRgE &8 “Even if they had gotten a con- fession it would not have been legal | because of Monaghan's condition.” ‘Wall and District Attorney James A. Reilly stopped the hotel man’s au- tomobile on a country road near Uniontown the night of September 11 after, they said, the saw it weaving from side to side. They said Monag- han was drunk and that he slashed Wall with a Boy Scout knife after Wall got into his car to drive it. Earle added: “There’s a great deal more involved | in this. The State will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law all those The details are far worse than you can imagine.” {NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY HUNTEMANN POST Mount Rainier Legionnaires Name George W. V. Giddens Commander. By & Staff Correspondent ot The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., September 26.—George W. V. Giddens of 3980 Rainier avenue has been elected com- mander of the Charles F. Hunteman Post, American Legion. He succeeded Harry J. Miller of this town. Other newly-chosen officers include C. S. Smart of 3320 Thirty-seventh street, first vice commander; Guy S. Micallizzi of 3635 Thirty-fourth street, second vice commander; John H. Dof- fort of Brentwood, adjutant; Herbert Negus of 3212 Cedar street, re-elected finance officer; James R. Nash of 3928 Thirty-first street, sergeant at arms; W. O. Harris of 3515 Harris street, his- torian, and John R. Olsen of 3753 Thirty-fifth street, re-electer chaplain. Queen Mary to Leave Palace, Yielding Place to Edward paint work in these colors having long been a feature of her majesty’s suites at Buckingham Palace and Sandring- ham House, Norfolk. Marlborough House was built by Sir Christopher Wren, architect of St. Paul's Cathedral and many famous London buildings, in 1708, on a site granted by Queen Anne to Sarah Jen- nings, first Duchess of Marlborough and wife of the victor of Blenheim. The house was at one time resi- dence of Prince Leopold, Queen Vic- toria’s uncle, and first King of the Belgians. When he left England it became for the first time the home of a widowed Queen, King William IV having acquired the mansion by act of Parliament for the use of Queen Adelaide after his death. King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, lived there from 1862 until he ascended the throne, and King George V-was born there and made the man- sion his home until he succeeded to the throne in 1910. Since King George’s mother, Alex- andrs, died 10 years ago, Marlborough House has been unoccupled. | band. HORSES COMPETE FROM 3 NATIONS Chile, Mexico and U. S. Armies in Second Show Here October 22-25. ‘The pick of the military horses and riders of three nations—Chile, Mex- ico and the United States—will com- pete for honors at the second Inter- American Horse Show and Exhibi- tion in Washington October 22 to 25, inclusive. Under the direction of Commis- sioner Melvin C. Hazen, president, and Maj. Frank L. Whittaker, the show is to be staged at the Meadow- brook Saddle Club on the East-West Highway in Rock Creek Park. This year the show will have an interstate as well as international character, with a ecrack civillan team jumping event for the four best jumpers of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Aside from stimulating competition between military teams of North and South America, the show also will be a means of exhibiting to the public civilian horses that have demon- strated their ability in recognized shows. Chileans in Training. The Chilean military team, headed by Capt. Eduardo Yanez, is now in training at Governors Island, N. Y., and the Mexican team, with Capt. Armando Villarreal in charge, is at Fort Myer. Members of the American team, who do their training at Fort Riley, Kans., are now exhibiting at the International Live Stock Exhi- bition in Portland, Oreg. Including three members of the United States 1936 Olympic team, they are under the command of Maj. J. T. Cole of the 9th Cavalry. ‘The Chilean team will arrive in ‘Washington October 18. Its other members are Lieuts. Pelayo Izurrieta, Rafael Montti and Luis Perez. The other members of the Mexican team are Capts. Florenzio Lazo, Taurino Barriga, Francisco de la Rosa and Amaury Quirez and Lieut. Joaquin S. Chagoya. Maj. Cole, captain of the American team, with Lieut. Raymond W. Curtis and Capts. Harold §. Isaacson and Edward L. Andrews, are exhibiting at Portland. They will return to Fort Riley and pick up the other team members, Capt. Milo H. Matteson, Lieut. Franklin F. Wing, jr.; Lieut. James O. Curtis, jr., and Maj. Hiram E. Tuttle. Matteson, Tuttle and Cur- tis were members of the Olympic team. Other Attractions. ‘There will be other attractions be- sides the three-day inter-American military competitions. In addition to the interstate jumping event, which will also continue for three days, the crack troops of the 3d Cavalry from Fort Myer will participate in the open- ing and closing ceremonies with their Other events for hunters and jump- ers, including two $250 added jumper and hunter stakes, are expected to at- tract outstanding entries in the East. All entries are limited, it was an- nounced, to horses that have won a ribbon at a show recognized by the American Horse Show Association. Members of the Executive Commit- | tee for the show, in addition to Hazen | and Whittaker, include W. T. Allen, Joseph J. Cotter, Rebert Cottrell, C. Marshall Finnan, John O. Gheen, Maj. Gen. L. B. Kromer, chief of Cavalry; Maj. Henry Leonard, Thomas T. Mott, Claude Owen, Irving H. Root, Lacy Shaw and Col. J. M. Wainwright, Fort Myer. Chest (Continued From Page B-1.) announcement. “Councilor & Bu- chanan, certified public accountants, | who handle the Chest audit, will also | audit the suburban funds, but will employ a separate group of auditors for this purpose. The suburban offi- cials will determine the method of distribution of funds received by | them.” Officers Are Listed. Officers of the conference, in addi- tion to Chairman McGrath, are Frederic P. Lee of Montgomery County, vice chairman; John P. Strauss of Alexandria city, secretary- treasurer. Carleton K. Lewis of Ar- lington County is chairman of the Executive Campaign Committee of the conference and its representative on the Campaign Committee of the Chest. Miss Nelle L. Williams is ex- ecutive secretary and liaison officer to the Chest in working out mutual plans. J. Aubrey Matter of Alexandria city | 898! has been named campaign chairman for that area with John P. Strauss as vice chairman. Carleton K. Lewis of Arlington County, Va., is campaign chairman for that ‘area with E. B. Field as vice chairman. Francis Pickens Miller of Fairfax County, Va., is campaign chairman for that county with John Brookfield as vice chairman. George W. Davis of Silver Spring, Md.,, is campaign chairman for Mont- gomery County, Md. A vice chairman is to be appointed. Bird H. Dolby of Mount Rainier, Md., is campaign chairman for Prince Georges County, Md., with Charles C. Marbury of Upper Marlboro as vice chairman, - HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE HOLDS TRIO FOR JURY Youths, All 18, Accused of Steal- ing Property and Cash in Arlington. BY a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Vs, September 26.—Three youths, all 18, were ordered held for action of the grand jury on charges of housebreak- ing by Judge B. M. Hedrick in County Court yesterday. The trio is charged with stealing property valued at $150 from a build- ing owned by Walter O'Hara and $15 in cash from the home of Thomas G. Colley. Two of the three, Donald Brashears, 900 block of North Ivy street, Clar- endon, and Harold Kaelin, 100 block of North Irving street, Clarendon, were ordered released on $2,000 bond each. The third, Robert Martz, 1200 block of Water street southwest, Wash- inlt':: is being held for further in- In their Detectives Harry the rice pond at the Government ex- perimental farm. The machines were stolen from O'Hara’s office. Destitute EX-FILM STAR SAVED FROM EVICTION. ELINOR FAIR, Former star of the silent screen, who is reported to have earned $2,500 a week at one time, shown in her apart- ment in Hollywood from which she was about to be evicted when her former hus- band, Thomas Daniels, made arrangements for her to stay. Miss Fair, who lives in the two-room apartment with her mother, had been unable to pay her rent. —Wide World Photo. WOMAN, 4, HOPES TOREGAINWEALTH Owner of Ranch Pancho Villa Seized Has Claim Against Mexico. By the Associated Press. WINKLEMAN, Ariz,, September 26. —“Aunt Kate” O'Brien, 94, busied herself about her doorless tin hut to- day, nurturing a dim hope that one day she may know again the wealth that was her's before her Mexican ranch foreman, Francisco (Pancho) | Vdlla, turned revolutionist and seized | her property. Mrs. Catherine Isabelle O'Brien acquired the big ranch early in the century while vacationing near San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It was one of several valuable land holdings. Villa was her foreman. In 1915, she said, he had con- fiscated her $300,000 property to feed his rebel troops and ridden away to lead a revolution. Shares Shack With Dogs. It was the opening episode in mis- fortune that dogged Mrs. O'Brien from wealth to the shack on the Gila River near here, which she shares with a few chickens and a couple of dogs. Her hope comes from a claim against the Mexican government to reimburse her for Villa's asserted confiscations. It was bolstered recently by an Ari- zona visit from Raymond Sawyer, ! ‘Washington, attorney for the Mexican Claims Committee. When Villa began his drive for power and mobilized his army, he | turned to the nearest source to feed his soldiers. Mrs. O'Brien’s cattle were butchered and her entire hold- ings disappeared in a like manner, as far as she has been able to deter- mine, Adversities followed in quick suc- cession. Her Oklahoma holdings, em- bracing 2,000 acres of farming land, were struck by drought. Home in City Burns. To pay mortgages she sold her land, taking the remaining money to buy a home in Oklahoma City. Before she could occupy it the home burned. ‘With the little money she had sal- vaged, the aging woman came to Arizona, bought a few goats and a little house here. For a few years she prospered, but citizens of the town objected to the goats and she was forced to move across the river, taking her flock along. A short time later she fell while herding the animals and fractured her leg. While she recovered her ts wandered away. There is little left now, she said, but hope that part of her losses will be returned. e BARTENDER FINED $150 FOR SALE ON SUNDAY Policeman Tells of “Buy” in Cap- itol Heights—Three Jailed for Traffic Offenses. By a Staff Correspondent ot The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 26.—Convicted of selling liquor on Sunday, John W. Watson, bartender in a Capitol Heights restaurant, was fined $150 by Police Court Judge George B. Merrick here yesterday. County Policeman Maurice J. Hamp- ton testified he arrested the defendant after purchasing a drink from him in the restaurant. Three Washingtonians went to the Prince Georges County Jail yesterday in default of fines for traffic offenses. James Hill, 900 block Eighth street southeast, was unable to pay $120 on charges of driving under the influence of liquor, reckless driving and carry- ing no license. He will serve 70 days. Charges of reckless and drunken driving brought Lonnie Love, 1900 block M street, 61 days when he failed to pay $101 in fines. Richard L. Leapley, 400 block New Jersey avenue southeast, must serve 15 days in de- fault of $15 imposed for reckless driving. STUDY TUBERCULOSIS Educational Campaign Planned in Fairfax County. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. September 26.—An educational campaign regarding tuber- culosis will be launched by the Fairfax County Tuberculosig Association Mon- day and continue for the next two weeks under the direction of its chair- man, Mrs. James E. Nickell. NEW DEAL HALE ATCOUNTY RALLY Senator Connally Leads At- tack-on G. 0. P. at Prince Georges Meeting. BY GORDON EAMES BROWN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 26.—The enthusiasm of more than 3,000 Democrats was quickened by the fervent pleas of prominent New Deal speakers here today as Prince Georges County’s pro-Roosevelt forces mobi- lized on the local fair grounds. ‘Theme of the speeches was “return- ing recovery under the present ad- ministration.” National and State party leaders led the attack on the Republican party, an onslaught cli- maxed by Senator Tom Connally of Texas, principal speaker at the gathering, sponsored by the United Democratic Clubs of the county. ‘The rally marked the concentration of efforts by Prince Georges campaign- ers to re-elect President Roosevelt and Representative Stephen W. Gambrill and send Ralph W. Powers to the State House of Delegates. Sasscer Presides. Presiding over the affair, most colorful of party meetings held in the county since the campaign opened, was Lansdale G. Sasscer, local at- torney and president of the Maryland Senate. His opening remarks fol- lowed a demonstration parade of Capitol Heights Democratic Club members, who flled before the speak- ers’ stand to the vocal rendition of “Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here.” A Democratic donkey from Oxon Hill symbolized the purpose of the gathering. Connally, veteran national legisla- tor, devoted much of his address to an attack on the Landon farm policies. Punctuating his remarks with sar- castic references to “the Hoover crowd,” he also pointed out that “the financial interests, so bitterly opposed to the administration, are really in- debted to President Roosevelt.” “Why, the value of stocks on the exchange has risen from 19 billion | to 31 billon dollars since March, 1933,” the Senator declared, “and you farmers know how prices of your products have mounted since Roose- velt entered the White House.” Connally’s speech elaborated state- ments previously made by Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, who scored lending to foreign countries by the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover ad- ministrations. Defending New Deal expenditures, Tydings pointed out that “much of the $14,500,000,000 lent during the previous 12 years of Re- publican administrations were actually unsound and served virtually to stop foreign trade.” Senator Radcliffe Speaks. George L. Radcliffe, junior Senator from Maryland, chairman of the State Democratic Campaign Com- mittee and friend of President Roose- velt, reiterated Tydings' appeal for New Deal support. Representative Gambrill likened the Republican party to “that peculiar bird which flies backward so it can see where it's coming from but doesn't know where it's going.” Powers, youthful Hyattsville attor- ney, seeking the Assembly seat vac: CLEANING Rally Speaker GROUP TO HEAR PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. MISS EVELYN S. ADAMS Of the General Land Office, who will discuss “What the Administration Has Done for Women” at a Democratic rally Wednesday night at campaign headquarters, 1500 Rhode Island avenue. Melvin Hildreth will preside. Cor- poration Counsel Elwood Seal and Assistant United States Attorney George E. McNeil will be present. An amplifying system will carry the address of President Roosevelt from Syracuse, N. Y. by Egbert F. Tingley, who resigned to become Hyattsville postmaster, gave a short talk. Occupying the speakers’ platform were many prominent party leaders, including Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State; Smith W. Purdum, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General; Herbert R. O'Conor, attorney general of Maryland; M. Hampton Magruder, collector of internal revenue for the State, and Stedman Prescott, State Senator from Montgomery County. ILLINOIS ELECTION UNIT RULES OUT COMMUNISTS Petitions of Party Candidates Are Held Insufficient to Give Them Ballot Places. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, September 26. —The State Electoral Board of three | Supreme Court justices tonight ruled | that the petitions of candidates of the | Communist party were insufficient to | entitle them to places on the Novem- ber general election ballot. Objection to the Communist candi- dacies was filed by the American Le- gion and sustained by the board in the claim that the party blanket pet!- | tion did not contain the required 200 | signatures from at least 50 counties. The Communist candidates, de- feated in their two-day fight for a | place on the ballot, said they were | uncertain of their next step, but indi- | cated they would take the case to court. 5 PRESSING SPECIAL Men's and women's coats, suits and dresses faultlessly cleaned and pressed as only Howard's can do them. (Heavy coats, fure trimmed, two-plece and fancy gar- ments slightly more.) All gar- ments GUARANTEED SATIS- FACTORY. 1351 Columbis 3500 Georsia Ave. N.w. 5229 ive, N.W. Mont Avenve snd 1122 Verment Ave. N. W. 125 15¢th Street N.E. | was decided, will be open to all BRIDGE APPROACH- JOB T0 BE PUSHED Planning Commission to Ap- prove Right- of - way Deed Legislation. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 26 —With preliminary excavation work under way for con« struction of one section of the Lee Boulevard approach to Memorial Bridge, county officials hope to begin negotiations next week to clear the way for an early start of work on the final part of the roadway. The State Highway Department started excavation and grading this week of a three-quarter-mile stretch of the boulevard from its present dead-end in Lyon Park to the Fort Myer military reservation. Although plans call for the con- struction of two 20-foot lanes divided by a parkway, the State will construct only one of the lanes at this time. The final link of the boulevard, s little more than a mile, will go through the military reservation. This work has been delayed by the State Highway Department’s demands for the ceding to Virginia of a right of way through the military post. H. G. Shirley, chairman of the commission, has advised officials here that he will not proceed with work through Fort Myer until the War De~ partment gives approval to a bill he is having drafted to cede Virginia the right of way. The bill is to be sub- mitted to Congress at its next session, The draft of the bill is expected here momentarily. Its approval will be sought at the War Department by County Manager Frank C. Hanrahan, FLOWER SHOW PLANNED BY GROUP IN ROCKVILLE Community Garden Club to Spone sor Exhibition on Oo- tober 8. ©pecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 26.— Plans for the sixth annual flower show of the Rockville Community Garden Club, to be held in the Rock« ville Fire Engine Building October 9, were furthered at a meeting of the club yesterday. The schedule, prepared by a come mittee headed by Mrs. George F. Hane, was adopted after being exe plained by Mrs. Benjamin T. El- more. It includes nine classes— dahlias, roses, annuals, perennials, artistic arrangements, unusual flow= ers, artistic arrangements by neighe borhood clubs, a junior section and fruits and vegetables. The show, it amae teur gardeners, and the public will be admitted from 2 until 9 p.m. Mrs. Eugene W. Scott and Mrs. | Edward L. Morrison are co-chair- men of the General Committee, and the other committee heads are: Are rangements, Mrs. Chauncey M. Grubb; entries, Mrs. Walter Youngs: classifications, Mrs. Emmett Dove; staging, Mrs. Eugene W. Scott; pube licity, Mrs. L. Fletcher Schott; judges, Miss Beulah A. Dove; junior section, Mrs. Emmett Dove. BACHELOR SPECIAL AVERAGE 5 LBS. OF LAUNDRY. BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED 6 Men’'s Shirts 50 3 Pairs Shorts . 3 Undershirts 6 Handkerchief 7 Pairs Socks Howard’s ° Price $ :- FELT HATS cai 39c and Blocked