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G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1936. Fflflfl [:[]SI R'SE ' M".KAGREEMENI | Track Removal Asked in Suit IABUBS REPURIS COUNTESS LIKELY| | High on the Social Seale T0 BE PAROLED IN "HUSHMONEY CASE Nearly Three Years Served for Part in Tricking School Teacher. APPLICATION HEARD ~ BY BOARD ON FRIDAY Appeal to Be Granted If and When Suitable Plan Is Worked Out, La Roe Hints. ‘The Countess Grace de Benque, who has served nearly three years in ja# for her part in tricking an elderly school teacher into paying more than $5,000 “hush money,” probably will be paroled in the near future, it was learned today. The Countess and George A. Gormley were found. guilty of the larceny of $5,000 from Miss Louise Maret, 63-year-old co-proprietor of the fashionable Maret School for Girls, by a District Court jury in 1933. Testimouy at the trial showed that Gormley, with the assistance of the countess, won the confidence of Miss Maret and then frightened her into paying the money by leading her to believe she was in danger of arrest for improper conduct. After her conviction, the countess was given an indeterminate sentence of from two to four years. After serv- ing 27 months of this sentence, she attacked its validity on the ground her offense was committed before the indeterminate sentence law was passed, rendering the two or four- year sentence void. Received New Sentence. A Federal judge in Norfolk, Va., be- fore whom she had filed a habeas corpus proceeding, agreed with this view and ordered her release. Instead of securing her freedom, however, the countess was brought back into the local court and given a straight 15- month sentence last December 21. 8he became eligible for parole after serving a third of this term. Her application for parole was heard Friday and Wilbur La Roe, head of the parole board, indicated today the board was disposed to grant her petition if when a suitable parole plan can be worked out. During the trial of the case, the Government introduced evidence that Gormley took Miss Maret for a drive into Maryland on the night of Octo- ber 6, 1931, parking the car on a side road, turning off the lights. “Arrested” for Parking. A few moments later a pseudo po- liceman walked up and “arrested” them for parking in a car with the lights off. When they returned to Washington, according to the evi- dence, Gormley told Miss Maret he could “fix” the case by paying the supposed officer $15,000. Fearing for the reputation of her school, Miss Maret raised $5,044 and turned it over to Gormley. The Government contended that part of the transaction was carried out in | tHe home of the countess with her knowledge. Gormley was sentenced to serve from four to eight years and also se- | cured his release by attacking the | validity of the sentence. The court, however, immediately re-sentenced him to a straight term of eight years. | FRAZIER ADVOCATES ELECTION OF LEMKE Co-Author of Farm Moratorium Bill Says Major Parties Forgot Promises. By the Assoctated Press, GRAND FORKS, N. Dak., Octo- | ber 3.—United States Senator Lynn | J. Frazier, North Dakota Republican, lined up today with supporters of the Union party presidential candidacy of Representative William Lemke, the State Colleague who co-authored the invalidated PFrazier-Lemke farm | mortgage moratorium bill. Speaking last night from the same platform as the Union party leader, Frazier asserted the Republican and Democratic parties “forget their promises to the common people, but they do not forget those made to large corporations that make large campaign contributions.” The platform of Union party leaders, he declared, was “far ahead” of those offered by the Republicans and Democrats. “They mean what they say in their platform,” he added, “and the other two parties do not.” In his address Lemke reiterated a eonviction that he would receive enough votes in November to force the presidential election into the House of Representatives. Referring to his second candidacy— for re-election to Congress on the Re- publican ticket—Lemke asked voters to support him so that “I will be there to look after my own interests.” Communists Take Churchk’s “Election” To Pastor’s Dismay Richmond A. M. E. Min- ister in Quandary Over Speaking Monday. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., October 3.—What with all the politics going around these days, Rev. E. B. Watson of Hood Temple African Methodist Church here, figured the matter could be turned to advantage. . He planned a “mock political cam- paign” in which “candidates” repre- senting each of the political parties would sell “votes” at 5 cents each for the benefit of the church. The “pres- ing the most over $100 would be de- elared “elected” and réceive $5 in cash. flower cocktail lounge. She has RETRENENTGHIL 1APS LERSLATON Federal Employes in Indus- trial Occupations in Ses- sion Today. The Retirement Federation, com- posed of Government employes in in- dustrial occupations—such’ as navy yards, naval stations and arsenals— today was in session at the Hamilton Hotel mapping plans for retirement legislation to be sought at the next session of Congress. Several speakers were listed, among ocrat of Georgia, chairman of the | House Civil Service Committee. There | will be a dinner tonight at-7:30. One of the plans to be studied is that advanced by the Civil Service | Commission under which an employe could retire—or be retired by the Gov- | ernment—on reaching the age of 60, | after 30 years’ service. First reaction of the industrial workers to this is rather unfavorable, according to Rob- {ert H. Alcorn, chairman of the Joint | Conference on Retirement, repre- | senting all branches. Opponents would rather have early | retirement entirely optional with the workers, even to the extent of paying rr it themselves if necessary. . There a feeling, however, that discussion could earily lead to compromise. At present, industrial workers go out | at 62 and 65, and the great mass of | employes at 70, TREASURY REPORTS U.S. SPENDING DROP First Quarter Expenditures Are $169,686,467 Under Figure for Year Ago. By the Associated Press. A drop in emergency expenditures during the first quarter of this fiscal year was shown in a Treasury state- ment yesterday to have more than offset a rise in spending for general governmental functions, making the total spent $169,686,467 under the figure for the corresponding period last year. In its month-end condition state- ment for September the Treasury listed emergency expenditures for the three months at’ $601,742,951, a drop of $278,939,494 under the correspond- ing period a year ago.. General Govern- ment expenditures, however, climbed $109,253,027 ‘over last year to $1,059,- 056,813. Receipts were up $137,451,212 over last year, being listed at $1,135,915,677 for the first quarter of this fiscal period. This left a deficit for the quarter of $524,884,087. Among individual revenues a sub- stantial upturn was shown from in- come taxes, which increased from $277,849,826 in' the quarter last year to $359,641,731 this year. The statement showed the Treasury had a working balance of $1,718,599,076 on September 30. Secretary Morgen- thau announced recently he planned to keep available cash on hand above the billion-dollar level because of “times and conditioni” abroad. R. E. A. AWARDS $300,000 Alexandria Company Enabled to Extend Service. The Virginia Public Service Co. of Alexandris, Va, yesterday was awarded $300,000 of a total of $1,704,~ 000 allocated for loans by Rural Elec- trification Administrator Morris L. Cooke for work in eight States. The money will be used to add some 300 miles of extensions to the com- pany’s present rural system. The new lines will serve more than 1,000 cus- tomers, most of whom live in the vi- cinity of Fairfax, Va. Other States receiving funds under Three Members of D. C , bers of a Southeast hour yesterday. family in less Ed B Eggga 1 { ; i : b ] | E L it .-TE —U | them Representative Ramspeck, Dem- | “Sunny” Forbes (Mrs. Alezander Cochrane Forbes) hits some high notes on the mausical scale as well as on the social scale. Daughter of the late Warren Delano Robbins, Minister to Canada, she is a cousin of President Roosevell. She is shown rehearsing before torch singin, at the May- other professio engagements. nderwood & Underwood Photo. SANATORIUM FUND NEEDS PRESENTED Larger Personnel and Play- ground Urged at Glenn Dale by Head. An increase in personnel sufficient to care for 80 patients and construc- tion of a playgrond for children in the Children’s Tuberculosis Sana= torium at Glenn Dale, Md., was rec- ommended yesterday in a report to the Board of Public Welfare. Dr. Daniel Leo Finucane, superin- tendent, pointed out that because the 1937 budget does not contain funds for sufficient personnel it will be impossible to open new wards on the first floor of recently completed additional wings. Extra Beds Necessary. “We will open the new wards on the second and third floors,” his re- port stated, “and we will be able to take approximately 220 patients, but the institution was built for 300 pa- tients, and there must of necessity | be 80 vacant beds ready to receive patients, and no one provided to take care of these 80 patients.” The playground, the report said, had been planned several months ago, and detailed specifications for its construction were submitted in the hope it could be constructed as a W. P. A. project. Playground Need Urgent. “This, however, was ruled out,” the report continued, “and we feel that the need for a proper playground has become more urgent daily.” Dr. Finucane also reported that the sanatorium had a total of 227 patients during the last fiscal year, with 117 in the hospital at the end of the year. SEVEN ARE INJURED IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Man Suffers Severe Head Cuts When Machine Careens Off Road Near Waldorf. Seven persons were injured, one seriously, in traffic mishaps in and near Washington in the last 24 hours. Robert A. Ross, 35 of Magazine road southeast was treated at Casualty Hospital today for severe head cuts after his automobile careened off the road and overturned near Waldorf, Md. He left the hospital after being treated. Others injured were: William Wig- gins, 14, 1650 Florida avenue, struck while riding a. bicycle on Q Street Bridge, minor lacerations; Arthur W. Clancy, 1340 Eleventh street south- east, struck at Eleventh and M streets southeast, lacerations; Herbert Wil- son, 8, of ‘113 C 'street northeast, struck near Second and C streets 36, and Alfred 40, both of 316 Twelfth street southeast, in col- lision at Twelfth and D streets south- east, both cut and bruised; Albert B. Norrod, sr., 707 Twentieth street, struck’ at Fifth street and Florida avenue, elbow and chest abrasions. HONOR COURT TONIGHT BY & Staff Correspondent of The Star BETHESDA, Md., October 3.—The first Boy Scout. court of homor, re- view and awards held in Montgomery County since Spring will be conduct- ed in the Leland Junior High School at.7 p.m. tonight. Lieut. M. V. Davis, U. 5. N, & flight test officer of the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, will speak. Judge R. Granville Currey will pre- side. - " D.’A. R. Officers .to. Meet. An executive meeting of officérs, committee chairmen'and chapter re- gents of Daughters” of the American Hurt in Accidents Same .qu idential candidate” of the ticket rais-| Freak mishaps incapacitated three|The nissile’ stiuck the young woman on the temple, inflicting & slight gash. Mother and daughter were treated northeast, lacerations; Mae Ferguson,” N 7 FORESEN DROUEHT BLANED Full Effects of Scarcity to Be Felt Early in Year, U. S. Says. CHEAP FIGURES OF ’32 AND ’33 CITED Contrast With This Year Made by Consumers’ Guide—Quota- tions Highest Since 1930. By the Associated Press. Smart shopping by the purchaser of the family’s food supplies was advised by Federal experts today, with a warning that food costs will go higher, After & Nation-wide study, the Con- sumers’ Guide, published at the Agri- culture Department, sald “careful buy- ing will be necessary during the first half of 1937, when the full price- rising effects of the drought will be felt.” Retail food prices in recent weeks were said to have reached the “highest level since 1930,” but the price study added that they were “still 29 per cent below” 1929, peak in recent years. The Bureaw of Labor Statistics an- nounced today that its retail food cost index had increased 4 per cent between August 18 and September 15. The composite index for Septem- ber 15 was 843 per cent of the 1923-25 average, the report said. The corresponding period a year ago of the index was 80.1. Food costs, how- ever, the bureau said, are still 219 per cent below the level of Septem- ber 15, 1929. One reason housewives and others are acutely conscious of mounting grocery bills, the Federal experts said, was that the increases follow the cheap food costs of 1932-33. They said it has required $1.40 in recent months to buy the same amount of food that a dollar bill purchased in March, 1933, At the same time, the food experts said that 81 cents recently would buy as much food at $1.04 did in 1929 or $1 purchased during what they term an average period, 1925-29. The Irish potato or spud, a main item in the average family food bill, has been hard hit by the drought. The survey estimated potato supplies were 20 to 25 per cent below last year's, while retail prices “are double a year Buiter at 42 cents s pound retail was said to be 36 per cent higher than a year ago, while cheese was up 12 per cent and milk 5 per cent above 1935. Compensating these advances some- what, it was said, were declines in the prices of beef, pork, lamb and poultry. Expensive beef cuts were above 1935 levels, the survey said, but other meat cuts were reported lower. The survey said there was “no need for alarm on the part of consumers as to shortage of supplies” of foodstufls, RATES ARE CHANGED ON MONEY ORDERS Revaluation of Currency by For- eign Nations Affects U. S. Conversion. | By the Assoctated Press. Postal authorities have notified post- masters that revaluation of currency by France, Switzerland and the Neth- erlands had altered conversion rates for a number of countries with which money order business is transacted. Instructions issued by Acting Post- master General W. W. Howes said, in part: “It is ordered that after October 4, in the issue of international money orders the money of the United States shall be converted into that of China at the rate of 30 cents to the Shanghai dollar; into that of New Zealand at the rate of $4 to the pound; into that of Great Britain, Northern Ire- land, Irish Free State and the Union of South Africa at the rate of $5 to the pound; into that of Denmark at the rate of 22, cents to the krone; into that of France, the French Levant and the regency of Tunis at the rate of 5 cents to the franc; into that of the Netherland Indies and Surimam at the rate of 65 cents to the florin; into that of Norway at the rate of 25 cents to the krone, and-into that of Sweden at the rate of 26 cents to the krona.” Officials ‘said the rates were based on the prevailing market, plus a “mar- gin of safety.” Howes advised the postmasters that money order business had been sus- pended temporarily with Grenadas, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland and that until further notice money orders should not be issued for pay- ment dn any of those countries. PATROL WAGON LOAD OF DRUG CAPTURED Baltimore Police Question Two Mexicans After Finding 345 Pounds of Marihuana. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 3.—Baltl- more police today held two Mexicans for questioning in connection with the finding of 345 pounds-of marihuana. In the cellar of one house they found enough of the raw weed to fill s patrol wagon. Three bushels of 10 FIX PRICES 1S DEFIED BY DAIRY Firm Announces It Will Not Willingly Comply With Regulations. CASH LOSS TO FARMERS UNDER PACT PREDICTED Producers Prefer Existing Con- tracts to New Plan, Head of Company Says. BULLETIN. RICHMOND, Va., October 3 (®).—A three-judge Federal court today upheld the constitutionality of the Virginia milk and cream act in denying the Highland Farms Diary, Inc., and Luther W. High an injunction restraining the Milk Commission from enforc- ing its regulations in the Alexan~ dria-Arlington market. The ‘Highland Farms Dairy today defied the Federal Government to en- force the milk marketing agreement and announced it would not willingly comply with its terms, C. Y. Stephens, president of the dairy, which retails milk at 10 cents & quart through its own stores, declared the scale of producer prices estdblished by the agreement would bring High- land farmers less than they receive under existing contraets. “We have no intention of taking any legal action except to defend our position in case suit should be brought against us by the milk marketing agreement administrator to force our compliance,” Stephens said. Already, 11 of his producers in Frederick County and Montgomery County, Md., have filed suit in Dis- trict Court to enjoin Secretary Wal- lace from enforcement. Producers Get Flat Rate. ‘They paid a flat rate from 22 to 24 cents & gallon, or $2.75 to $3.00 & hundred pounds, according to the tes- timony of & Highland marketing agent before the July milk hearings at the Department of Agriculture. The agreement sets minimums of $282 and $3.02 per 100 pounds, with premiums for high District Health Department rating and butter- fat content above 4.0. Highland also offers a butterfat differential. “The milk prodycers supplying Highland Farms Dairy are violently opposed to any form of milk market- ing agreement,” Stephens said in his statement. “They are entirely satis- fled with their present contracts and price. They know what they will receive for their milk before it leaves the farm. They are confident that they will receive less than they are now receiving if they sell under the terms of the milk marketing agree- ment.” 5 Equitable Distribution Sought. “We have been led to believe by the Marketing Agreement Administration that the milk marketing agreement does not propose to increase the total amount of money paid to milk pro- ducers in the Washington milk shed, but to make a more equitable distri- bution of this money to all milk pro- ducers. “Since our supply comes from & small number of high-type large pro- ducers we are led to believe that they will be penalized by this redistribu- tion through the Washington milk pool for the benefit of other pro- ducers.” The pool is the method of dividing payments for milk used in the manu- facture of ice cream, called- Class II milk. The money received by the milk distributors for this class is pooled by the agreement adminis- trator. Highland, however, insists that it has no Class II price. “It’s a flat rate all the way through,” according to C. V. Dye, PFrederick, Md., mar- keting agent for Highland. He has said repeatedly that Highland buys all its farmers’ produce. U. S. WORKERS URGED TO AID IN CAMPAIGN Letters to Government Employes Ask Contributions to Dem- ocratic Fund. Government employes again are being urged to contribute to the Demo- cratic war chest. Letters have been sent out asking & “mimimum” of $100 in some cases, and “any” gift in others. Reputedly, the communications are going to the homes of the workers to evade the law against solicitation in buildings. The Commissioners have asked District Court to compel the Capital Transit Co. to remove these abandoned street car tracks Jrom E sireet, between Eleventh and Fourteenth, Replacement of the street surface damaged in tearing up the old tracks also L is requested. RED CROSS SIGNS 12337 MEMBERS One Day’s Returns Bring in Nearly 8,000 Members in District. ‘With enrollment at 12,337 after five days’ campaigning, Red Cross mem- bership solicitors expected today to close the first week of the three- week drive well over the 15000~ mark. Nearly 8,000 members were enrolled yesterday, a total almost twice that of | the aggregate for the four preceding days. The increasingly rapid pace of the drive is shown by these reports of total enrollment—6 p.m. Thursday, 4,860; noon yesterday, 7,167; 6 p.m. yesterday, 9,325; 8 p.m. yesterday, 12,337. The goal is 65,000 members by October 15. The Government solicitation unit, under Maj. Gen. Fred W. Boschen, chief of Army finance, continued to lead all others with 9,154 members. Other division chiefs reported as follows: Robert V. Fleming, financial, 775 members; David A. Skinner, utilities, 852; Dr. A. C. Christie, pro- fessional, 412; John Saul, general business, 565; residential, 136, and miscellacteous, 443. Selicit 65 Apartment Houses. Miss Elizabeth Wightman, leader of the apartment house unit, said her campaign had been extended to include 65 apartment houses. House- to-house and apartment solicitors were hampered by bad weather dur- ing the first part of the week. In a broadcast over Station WMAL between 10:45 and 11:15 am. yes- terday, Miss Mabel Boardman, di- rector of campaign volunteers, was interviewed on Red Cross activities by Ted Kimball of the National Broad- casting Co. in the District chapter house, 1730 E street. Miss Boardman outlined the first aid, life saving, health, safety and other activities of the Washington chapter and gave a brief history of the chapter house. Enroliment Booth Personnel. The following were named last night to supervise enrollment booths 10 'be established in downtown loca- tions after October 8: Miss Nancy Leiter, Pierre's Res- taurant; Mrs. Edward W. Smith, Union Trust Co.; Mrs. Edward C. Lord, McLachlen Banking Corp.; Mrs. R. W. Howard, National Savings & Trust Co.; Mrs. Joseph Salomon, Hamilton National Bank; Mrs. Royal Duncan Gardner, American Security & Trust Co.; Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, Metropolitan National Bank; Mrs. | Pierce Van Vleck, Second National Bank; Mrs. Grifith Evans, Munsey Trust Co.; Miss Grace S. Wright, Security Savings & Commercial Bank; Mrs. John Kretz, Washington Loan & Trust Co.; Mrs. L. F. Schmeckebier, Park Road Branch, Riggs Bank; Miss Della Dennison, . Dupont Branch, Riggs Bank; Mrs. George W. Calver, West Erd Branch, Washington Loan & Trust Co.; Mrs. R. L. Ettinger, Woodward & Lothrop; Mrs. Irving Brotman, Garfinckel's; Mrs. Walter L. Reed, Jellefl's; Mrs. Louis Rosichan, Lansburgh & Bros.; Mrs. P, J. Altizer, Kann'’s; Mrs. W. H. Israelson, Palais Royal; Mrs. John De Sibour, the Mayflower; Mrs. Albert Niblack, the Willard, and Mrs. W. Wallace Chis- well, the Shoreham and Wardman Park Hotels. RENO DIVORCE GRANTED Paul Edward Garber, assistant cu- rater of ‘the Smithsonian Institution, .| was granted a divorce in ‘Reno, Nev., FATHER PATRICK KEHOE IS RECEIVED BY POPE Professor at Catholic University and Two Other Priests yesterday from May McClure Garber, 3968 Thirtieth street, Mount Rainier, Md., it was learned here today. He charged cruelty. Under the terms of the divorce Gar- Big In Downtown More than 15 giant, helium-filled balloon figures, like the ones you see " | Her first husband was the late Charles Animal Balloons to Parade —Star Staff Photo. D.C..SUESTO FORGE REMOVAL OF TRACK Capital Transit Ordered Into Court on Abandoned E Street Line. Asserting that the Capital Transit Co. has refused to remove its aban- | | doned street car tracks on E street | between Eleventh and Fourteenth | streets, the District Commissioners filed suit in District Court yesterday to force the company to do so. | They also asked the court to com- pel the Capital Transit Co. to replace street surface damaged by taking up | the tracks. By order of the Public Utilities | Commission the tracks were aban- | doned May 1, but the company al- | lowed the rails and an electric con- | duit to remain. Early last month Commissioners, by resolution, ordered the trolley equipment removed, but | the company replied that the “merget act” relieved them of such responsi- bility. As a result the Commissioners, | acting through Corporation Counsel | Elwood Seal. appealed to the court. | They said the presence of the tracks | constitutes a public nuisance and is hazardous and, because of the ac-| cumulation of filth in the conduits, unhealthful. Chief Justice Alfred Wheat ordered the company to show cause by Oc- tober 19 why a writ of mandamus | should not be issued compelling the track removal. THREE NEW LODGES TAKENIN BY A.F. 6. E.| Receive Temporary Certificates of Affiliation From Execu- tive Council. ‘Three new lodges, including one in the Justice Department, where a unit recently was expelled, received tem- porary certificates of affilation yester- day from the Executive Council of the | Amedican Federation of Government Employes. The others are at Nation- al Labor Relations Board and the Aqueduct. ‘The new Justice lodge has 12 mem- bers. The old lodge was ousted be- cause of an attack on J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of In- vestigation, who discharged eight of its members in the bureau. Labor Relations reports 26 mem- bers, and Aqueduct 63. MRS. MARY E. JOHNSON, NATIVE OF D. C., DIES One Daughter Is Teacher Here. Funeral Tomorrow in South Pasadena. Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, 80, native ‘Washingtonian, died Thursday after a short iliness at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Pauline E. Glavis, in South Pasadena, Calif, according to word received here, Mrs. Johnson was the mother of Miss Maidee Ewer, 1141 New Hampshire avenue, a teacher at the Powell Junior High School. Besides the two daugh- ters, she leaves a sister, Mrs. Clara Murphy of the Cortland Apartments here; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Johnson, the vidow of Frank E. Johnson, had lived in California the past 25 years. Cary Ewer. She married Mr. Johnson some time after Mr. Ewer died and went to California with him. Funeral services will be held in South Pasadena today. Burial will be at Forest Lawn, Glendale, Calif. Halloween Fete mittees, held yesterday noon at the the District " . | Carter, PROGRESSINSTUDY 0FD.C FIVANCES Mass of Data Analyzed at Conference With Ad- visory Committec. LAUDS CO-OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT AIDES Date for Meeting of Expert and Civic Organizations May Be Set Today. A mass of statistical information bearing on fiscal relations between the Federal and District Govern- ments was analyzed today at a con- ference between J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engineer and tax expert, and his advisory committee appointed by President Roosevelt to determine the equitable share of \expenses of the United States toward the mainte- nance and operation of the munici- pality. The conference was the third Jacobs has held with the Advisory Committee since the President an- nounced the appointments August 22. Jacobs is directing the fiscal rela- tions study. His Advisory Committee consists of George McAneny, president of the Title Guaranty Trust Co. of New York City; James W. Martin, chairman of the Kentucky State Tax Commission, and Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati. Jacobs announced that he and the Advisory Committee had made “good progress” in the study and were “pleased with developments.” Co-op- eration from Federal and District de- partments, which are furnishing data, he declared, has been “fine.” A date for a meeting between Jacobs and representatives of civic organizations, who will be given an opportunity to submit reports on th= fiscal relations question, is expected to be fixed before adjournment of today’s conference. VIRGINIA ENGINEER’ GET BRIDGE PLA! . Height of Point of Rocks & Brings Disagreement Wit. Maryland. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 3 —Plar the new bridge at Point of Rock in the hands of Virginia roads off. today for study and approval. Nathan L. Smith, chief enginee the State Roads Commission, said expected no reply from the Virgit authorities until early next we Maryland and Virginia roads eng neers, he said, have disagreed as i the height of the structure. With the approval of the Feder: Bureau of Public Roads, Smith ex- plained, Maryland plans call for erec- tion of the span 5 feet above th: high-water mark set during the flood of last March. Engineers felt that water level did not indicate the high- est point flood waters can rise at Point of Rocks. If and when Virginia roads engineers consent to the additional height and approve the plans, they will be sent immediately to the Pederal Bureau of Public Roads for final approval, Smith said. PITTSEURGH' ACCIDENT FATAL TO JOHN G. MAY Former Washington Cigar Mer- chant Dies of Injuries at Age of 72. John G. May, 72, former Washington cigar merchant, died Thursday in Pittsburgh as a result of injuries re- ceived in a traffic accident, according to word received here. A native of this city, Mr. May fou some years was in the cigar manu- facturing business and afterward was proprietor of a cigar store in George- town. He retired several years ago. | In recent years. he had lived with his son, Gustave W. May, at Forest Hill Boro, near Pittsburgh. Besides his son, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia May, and sister, Mrs. George Reckert, the latter living here, at 3130 Dumbarton avenue. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in Holy Trinity Catn- olic Church, following brief services a, the home of his sister. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Services at Woodside. ‘WOODSIDE, Md., October 3.—Dr. Ralph D. Smith will preach on the subject “Fascism, Communism and Socialism and Their Relation to the Christian Church” at the Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. There will be special music. At 11 a.m. a service of consecration for teachers and officers of the church school will be held. Rally day will be observed in the church school at 9:45 am. Son Needs Rest After Heand Dad Go Thief Hunting Noises in Turkey Pen Bring Both Out and Shots Pepper Boy. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Vs, Octuber 3.—Ben 24, and his father, W. .A. f ! i £l £ H : i Eg? Es 3 £ I L