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Al > SUSPECT K0OWN N HANCOCK CASE Slain Man’s Wife Asked to Identify Watch Seized in Baltimore. Krown to District and Maryland police, a single suspect was sought to- day for questioning in the murder of Eugene Hancock, 66, local steam- fitter, whose body was found in nearby ®rince Georges County on Monday. Although refusing to admit he ex- pected a “break” in the case shortly, Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, chief of Washington detectives, said his officers, working with Maryland police, were attempting to apprehend = @ man who, if not implicated, might at least supply valuable information in the case. Meanwhile investigators continued their efforts to obtain a minute de- scription of a gold watch, believed to have been carried by Hancock when he disappeared from his home, 506 ‘Third street northeast, 15 days before & group of hunters discovered the vic- tim on a heavily wooded hill at Pis- » cataway, Md. Detectives’ attempts to obtain the description were prompted by the seizure of a similar timepiece in Bal- timore yesterday. The watch, an old- fashioned, elaborately engraved ty] was found by Baltimore police with some property recovered from a saloon operated by a woman acquaintance of & burglary suspect. Detectives quoted the woman as saying the timepiece ‘Wwas given her by the suspect. The murdered man’s wife, Mrs. Cora + Hancock, was scheduled to go to Baiti- more today to view the watch, Inspec- tor Thompson said. Washington police had been requested by Baltimore au- thorities to send a relative or friend of the victim to that city for identifcation of the timepiece. Neutrality lconnnucmn}n First Page. )A gency resolution amending the neu- trality law to apply to Spain would limit the President’s discretion with-, out attempting to define a civil war. It would authorize application of the neutrality act to an internal con- flict, he said, when the President found one existing “of such magni- tude and conducted in such a manner . that it threatens the peace of the ! United States.” Vandenberg Fears Bad Feeling. In discussing the matter, Vanden- berg said: “Neutrality decisions made only when the crisis is upon us will always be judged by their immediate effect. “The Spanish case is typical. The granting of the Cuse license was hailed in Madrid as favoring the Spanish Loyalists. It was probably condemned by Franco (the Spanish insurgent commander) as hostile to the rebellion. “Now when Madrid hears that the Cuse license is stopped, it will be un- doubtedly interpreted as a switch in American sympathies. “Yet it is none of these things in fact, but the misunderstandings are inevitable when the neutrality deci- sion has to be made to fit a specific crisis.” In a broadcast address last night, the Spanish Ambassador asserted the Spanish loyalists were fighting “for the same ideal that Lincoln engraved in the heart of humanity; to estab- lish a government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people’.” He said militarism and, “unfortu- nately, the larger parts of the clergy,” Joined hands in his country against this ideal. ‘The church in Spain, he added, has been characterized by such intoler- ance as it has not possessed either in the rest of Europe or in the United Btates. b '\, BULL TERRIER PUPPY. male. ha: } tag. brown. white; strayed from 5 st Sat. _Reward. 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C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936. MOTORS FOR SPAIN| [ Line-Up in World Naval Race Strikers Remain in Plant NAVY MYSTIFIED BY LACK OF BIDS Copper, 0il, Steel and Tools Needed in Program of Construction. The inability of the Navy to pur- —— | chase sufficient quantities of copper, oil, steel, machine tools and alcohol at this time, has the department puz- zled, officials conceded today. No responsible official could be found who would venture a guess on the exact reason for this difficulty in procurement. | the Navy has not been “crippled” by | the lack of legal bids. Officials of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, said that the sit- uation regarding oil and alcohol is being clarified and will be straightened out. The picture, they said_is a com- plicated one and it is ‘“anybody's guess” as to the real reason for the problem, Some observers believe that there |is a concerted attempt on the part of | industry to batter down the Walsh- Healey act, under which firms with Government contracts cannot work their employes more than 40 hours a week without paying overtime rates set by the Secretary of Labor. Bids in Conflict Refused. In many instances bids have been received, but owing to the conflict | with the Walsh-Healey act, or for other reasons, the Navy has had to reject these offers. Right now the Navy wants to pur- chase 25,000,000 pounds of steel for use in submarine and destroyer con- struction and for ship repairs, but thus far it has been able to close con- tracts for only 7,000,000 pounds. part of this, but actually the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts could, under the law, accept delivery only for 7, 000,000 pounds. Authorities are at a loss to know exactly what they will do about it. Officials said the Navy's require- ments for oil will be taken care of. The delay has hinged to some extent on the Walsh-Healey act. The alco- hol situation, which has met s legal barrier, is likewise being cleared due 2 to a favorable legal interpretation, and the Navy hopes to obtain supplies when it opens bids shortly. There has been a slowing up of oil delivery, but not beyond current needs. Some Machine Tools Bids. ‘The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts has under consideration some bids on machine tools, but here again the ‘Walsh-Healey act interferes and bids cannot be accepted in their present form. In one case the contractor has agreed to work his employes on 40 hours 2 week, compensating them for any overtime, and a contract has been made. The bureau will readvertise in some case for machine tools. ‘The Navy tried unsuccesfully in bid openings December 9 and yesterday ‘o get copper, but no bids were received. One complication is that the domestic price of copper is lower than the price abroad. Firms tell the Navy that they can- not obtain stocks of copper for de- livery to the service. Some observers see in this situation a deliberate attempt to strike at President Roosevelt’s labor policy through the Navy. Naval officials, however, do not sympathize with this view, explaining that with the present prosperity here and war scares abroad it is a seller's market and not s buyer’s. Hitler (Continued From First Page.) even a hint was dropped as to what orders Hitler left behind. It was assumed, however, the com- mander of the cruiser Koenigsberg, off Bilbao, Spain, had been handed his orders for the next step in freeing the cargo interned by the Socialists from the freighter Palos as war contraband, Action was expected today on the Basque government’s curt refusal of the Nazi demand to release the cargo h | 85 it had freed the steamer. ‘The Palos incident was believed to have been one of the reasons for Hitler's trip to Berlin after it was re- ported Premier Mussolini of Italy had advised him to ease out of the Spanish situation gracefully. ‘There were signs in some official quarters the Spanish question was get- ting embarrassing and the foreign office mouthpiece, Deutsche Diploma- tisch Politische Korrespondens, dis- played a semi-conciliatory tone, BILBAO IGNORES THREATS. Negotiations for Release of Captured Nazi Cargo Closed, - ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France, Decem- ber 31 (A)—The Basque government of Bilbao ignored threats of German warships today and curtly closed ne- gotiations for release of the captured cargo of the Nazi freighter Palos. The Spanish authorities tersely uknowleued s German ultimatum cruiser Koenigsherg to free the w.o outright and planned to further developments to the They said that as yet | Bids have been secured for a large | Non-intervention Committee in Lon- don. CONFIDENCE REVIVING. Several Cabinet Members May Return to Madrid. MADRID, December 31 (P).—Sev- eral .members of the Spanish Socialist cabinet were reported today planning to return to Madrid to maintain closer cantact with the besieged capital's defenders. The possibility government offices might reopen in the center of the civil war zone was viewed optimisti- cally in some sources as a sign of re- viving confidence the 54-day Fascist siege ultimately would be resisted. Defense of the capital has been in the virtually dictatorial hands of Gen. Jose Miaja, head of the defense junta, since the cabinet of Francisco Largo Caballero, Socialist premier and war minister, moved to Valencia Novem- ber 11. (President Manuel Azana previouslv had set up his offices in Barceiona.) Government armies were massed in the Tagus River sector and around | Pozuelo de Alarcon, making every ef- fort to join at a point east of Talavera and cut the Fascist road to Estrema- dura. FRANCE ON ALERT. May Seek Protection in Mediterranean to Block Nazi. PARIS, December 31 (#).—France may seek a new protective arrange- ment in the Mediterranean unless | Germany withdraws from the Spanish civil war, & foreign office official said today. Slri.kes (Continued Fro! strikes for several weeks, with the re- sultant shutdown of the Chevrolet plants in those cities. About 1300 workers were idle at Atlanta, 2,400 at | Kansas City. ‘The more recent strike in the Cleve- land Fisher body plant has not caused the closing of any other units of the vast General Motors concern. The Cleveland unit supplies stampings for other Fisher branches. Seven thou- sand were idle there. N The Walker-Michigan Co. an- nounced that its automobile accessory plant in Jackson, Mich.,, would re- open today. Forty employes who be- gan a “sit-down” strike there Tues- day left last night at the request of Police Chief Edward C. Harris, who went to the factory with 20 police- men, Labor disputes kept two other parts factories closed in Michigan. Sixty employes of the Standard Cotton Products Co. at Flint, which supplies the Fisher body plants there with filling for automobile seats, contin- ued the “sit-down” strike they start= ed yesterday. In Detroit another “sit- down” strike left 500 idle at one branch of the Bohn Aluminum & Brass Co. In general, the chief union objec- tives in the strikes are increased wages, adjustment of overtime rates and recognition of the union as the collective bargaining agency. In some instances the U. A. W. A. also is re- questitng the reinstatement of em- ployes it -#lleges were dismissed for union activity. William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors, acknowl- edged receipt of a request from Homer Martin, president of the U. A. W. A, for a general conference on “the labor situation in General Motors” on behalf of its 211,000 employes. Knud- sen said he had forwarded the.com- munication to Alfred P.-Sloan, jr., presideint of the corporation, in New York. Strikes in the plate glass industry were beginning to have a more seri- ous effect on the automotive manu- facturers. General Motors announced yesterday that it was sending orders to companies supplying it with parts to stop shipments. It said these “temporary stop orders” ‘were due primarily to production cur= tailment because of a glass shortage. Another factor was the possibility- of additional General Motors Strikes, Corporation executives said a settle- ment of the glass strike would relieve the motor car production situation, For several weeks the glass indus- try has been paralyzed by labor dis- putes in its largest unite. These strikes were called by the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, which, like the Automobile Workers’ Union, is a member of the Committee for Indus- trial Organization. The glass and auto unions have a joint council to act on problems concerning their re- lations with the automotive industry. Lewis. head of the C. I. O,, reiterated last night that his group was behind the U. A. W. A. in trying to gain a collective bargaining agreement with General Motors. STEEL FIRMS AFFECTED. Workmen Are Laid Off—“Hold” Orders Received. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 31 (#).—Strikes in the automobile in- dustry began today to affect the steel industry, with workmen already laid off in a fabricating plant and with “hold” orders on steel shipments re- ceived by larger producers. The closing of the Fisher body plant in Cleveland resulted in the lay-off of some of the night shifi employes at the Youngstown Metal Products Co., 2 These employes remained in the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich., after the United Auto- mobile Workers of America called a “sit-down” strike at the Genéral Motors subsidiary. Photo shows strikers leaning from windows of plant. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. POLICE QUESTION REED'S RELATIVES Turn to Kin in Effort to Find Youth Sought in Two Murders. Pl By & Staff Correspondent ot The Star, ROCKVILLE, Md., December 31.— Investigators tracking the elusive Wil- liam B. Reed have turned to his rela- tives in an effort to uncover some lead that might result in capture of the suspect wanted in Maryland and West Virginia slayings. Richard P. Stockton, 22, of Wash- ington, D. C., arrested in a Boston hotel by detectives seeking Reed, also is to be questioned concerning the latter's whereabouts when he arrives here today to face two holdup charges. Stockton, who waived extradition and is being brought to Rockville by two Montgomery County police ser- geants, is claimed to have told police that Reed, who is a close friend of the Washington youth, tried to communi- cate with him recently. Relatives Quizzed. Several relatives of Reed, linked by alleged accomplices with the murders of 68-year-old Edwood Matthews, Montgomery County farmer, robbed and killed near his home on Novem- ber 13, and W. Earle Dollman, Phila- delphia salesman, shot and robbed near Sutton, W. Va., on Thanksgiv- ing day, were questioned here yes- terday. Among them were Blair Reed, father of the elusive fugitive, and “Pee Wee" Reed, a brother. They were closeted for some time with State's Attorney James H. Pugh, Justice Department sleuths and West Virginia State offi- cers, who are investigating the Doll- man killing. Both were questioned at length re- garding the haunts and habits of the murder suspect in an attempt to dis- cover some lead to Reed’s whereabouts. Officers refused to divulge whether or not they learned anything of value. Father Wealthy. Reed’s father turned to detectives as he left the State’s attorney's office and declared: “I hope you find ‘Willie’ Reed and I want to see him dead—if he i guilty.” The father resides at Four Corners, near the scene of the Matthews mur- der. He is said by police to have made a fortune in real estate. Stockton, according to Pugh, is wanted here for the robbery of a grocery store at Burnt Mills and for the hold-up of a taxi driver in Takoma Park. He was seized as police entered a Boston hotel in search of Reed. They had been “tipped off” the latter was in hiding there, but he could not be found. Press Search for Reed. Federal agents, who entered the hunt when two of Reed's alleged accom- | plices, under arrest here and in West Virginia, implicated the young man in the two murders, two kidnaping-rob- beries, several automobile thefts and a hold-up at Oakland, Md. The West Virginia officers arrived here several days ago to question Law- rence Gingell, alleged aide of Reed in both the Matthews and Dollman mur- ders, but have not yet talked with the prisoner. ‘They said they were primarily inter- ested at this time in éapturing Reed and are devoting their efforts at pres- ent to aiding in the search for him. They will grill Gingell within the next few days, however. shops. The firm is a fabricating subsidiary of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Sheet & Tube officials said they had received “hold” orders affecting some shipments, and published reports said that similar orders had been received by other automobile material makers in this district, including the Mc- Donald strip plant of the C: ie- Tllinois Steel Corp. e GLASS UNIT CLOSES, Three More Furnaces Discontinue in Kanawha City. CHARLESTON, W. Va., December 31 (#).—OfMcials of the Libbey-Owens- Ford glass plant in Kanawha City dis- ciosed today that three more fur- naces had been shut down, leaving only five of the 12 furnaces still banked. The men have been out since De- cember 15. Experts said if all furnaces go down it would take from two to six months after settlement of the strike to get them all relined and heated again. SHOE STRIKE ENDS. Wage Agreement Is Signed for 600 Out for Two Days. IRONTON, Ohio, December 31 (). —Six hundred employes of the Selby Shoe Co. plant ratified a wage agree- ment made by their representatives and returned to work today following & two-day strike. employes had contended only 50 per cent of the employes re- ceived a 10 per cent wage increase provided in the contract. An agreement reached between em- NOT SHIPPED Y Cuse’s Purchase Unpaid For, Says Brig. Gen. Robins, at Wright Field. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, December 31.— Brig. Gen. A. W. Robins, chief of the Materiel Division at Wright Fleld, said today that 150 obsolete Army airplane motors, reportedly consigned to the Spanish government, “have not even been assembled” (for shipment) and have “not been paid for.” Commenting on published reports from Baltimore that the engines, pur- chased recently from the Army by a New York broker, were being shipped abroad by Robert Cuse, a Jersey City, N. J., exporter, Gen. Robins declared: “The equipment is distributed at |8" United States Army Air Corps depots all over the country * * * I doubt whether it is the equipment referred to in the dispatch from Baltimore.” “It will not be shipped until money for the purchase has arrived.” No other sales of obsolete Air Corps material are planned for the near future, Gen. Robins said. Gen. Robins, commandant at Wright Field, said yesterday that the engines were sold “sight unseen” to Martin Liling, a New York broker, who later sold them to Cuse, one of a half dozen unsuccessful bidders for purchase of the discarded equipment. The motors, he added, would “not be suitable for operation against mod- ern aircraft.” RICHMAN’S SHIP REPORTED SOLD Lady Peace Declared Purchased By Spanish Loyalists. NEW YORK, December 31 (#).—The Daily News says five American planes, including Harry Richman’s trans- Atlantic ship, Lady Peace, have been purchased here for shipment to Spanish Loyalists. The ships are being crated at North Beach Airport, Queens, Long Island, under supervision of Ray Voyse, a plane broker, who, the News said, bought them for Robert Cuse of Jersey City, N. J,, a naturalized Russian. Vimalert Co., Ltd., Cuse's Jersey City firm, has a license to ship $2,777,000 worth of planes and engines to Spain. Officials of the firm could not be reached for comment. CUSE LONG PLANE DEALER. Reported Active Bidder at Govern- ment Auctions, JERSEY CITY, N. J, December 31 (#).—Robert Cuse, whose plan to ship $2,777,000 worth of airplanes and motors to Spain stirred moves to tighten America’s neutrality law, was described today by a person familiar with his operations as an active pur- chaser of obsolete equipment at Gov- ernment auctions. This informant, who would not be quoted by name, said Cuse spent much of his time flying about the country to auctions and other places where airplanes or other equipment of vir- tually any kind could be bought. He was uxd to have gained his start in s way by purchasing 400 | airplane molors cheaply at a Gov- ernment auction soon after the World War. He gradually became a broker of second-hand motors and other equipment on a large scale, Much of it he rebuilt before selling. Persons with whom he has had dealings understood his largest market was abroad. Naval (Continued From First Page.) shipyards to work, not only to in- crease the strength of their sea de- fenses, but also vastly to enlarge them. Italy concentrated on heavy con- struction to match the formidable weight of Great Britain's first line ships. Germany strained its resources to build to the limits of its 1935 agree- ment with Great Britain, which re- stricted the Reich to 35 per cent of British naval power. Jane's Fighting Ships’ forecast put Britain in the lead of contemplated building, 99 warships under construc- tion or planned. It ranked the others in this orger: The United States, 83; Italy, 66 France, 43; Germany, 39; Japan, 38. Nothing will remain in force from the dying treaties, denounced by Japan December 27, 1934, except part IV of the London pact stating rules of international law accepted by the five Washington powers—the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan—which govern the conduct of submarines during times of war. That section remains in force with- out time limit. It was reaffirmed last November by the Washington powers and other maritime nations were invited to adhere to it—an invi- tation accepted thus far only by Ger- many. Fortifications Offer Danger. Article 19 of the Washington treaty also is about to lapse, presenting new dangers of a fortifications race in the Pacific Ocean, in which the poten- tial competitors would be the United States, Japan and Great Britain. Great Britain will start the naval race New Year day by laying the keels for two 35,000-ton battleships to sup- plement its world largest tonnage of 1,222,164. Both ships—the Prince of ‘Wales and the George V—will mount 14-inch guns, “regardless of what other mnations do,” an admiralty spokesman said. He referred to a Jane's prediction two new United States battleships would carry 16-inch guns, despite the London agreement giving Japan until April 1 to decide whether to agree to 8 l4-inch limitation for battleship armaments. Great Britain aims at 70 cruisers as & nucleus for its sea defense, set- ting the figure as & minimum requi- site. Bids already have been asked for two other battleships and 10 cruis- ers are under consideration now. Pive other vessels—to be converted into anti-aircraft ships—have been retained by invoking the escalator clause of the London treaty, as well as 40,000 tons of over-age destroyers. A personnel increase of 2,500 officers and men hn been ordered to bring the navy to a total of 97,892 men. Japan and the United States simi- larly have invoked the escalator clause to retain over-age ships. Submarine Clause, ‘The “submarine humanizing” cla of the London naval treaty binds n;- natories: 1. To observe rules of internationzl law under which surface vessels op- ploye - representatives and company | erate. officials set up s minimum daily wage du;uhmnl“nn sink or -8 a.mfi-uummm Tender incapable of navigation N Great Britain Starts With 1,222,164 Tons and United States With 1,070,475 Tons—American , Plans Within Limits of Treaties. ‘The great sea powers competing in the 1937 naval race will line up for tomorrow’s start as follows: British Empire. wm with 307 warships, 1,222,164 ns. 1s building or has funds for 78 ves- sels, 332,735 tons. Has announced will lay down two 35,000-ton superdreadnaughts, the Prince of Wales and King George V, New Year day, thus inaugurating the race; has asked for bids on two more 35,000-ton battleships to be started in fiscal year beginning April 1. Will begin construction early in 1937, 0f seven cruisers, two aircraft carriers, 25 destroyers, 8 submarines. ‘Will spend $935,000,000 on this pro- am. Will raise naval personnel to 97,892 by adding 3,500 officers and men. United States. ‘Will start with 307 warships, 1,070,- 475 tons, Is building or has funds for 95 war- ships, 288,215 tons (all within limits of Washington and London naval treaties. Probably will follow Britain's lead by laying down shortly two 35,000-ton battleships, carrying 16-inch guns, to cost $50,000,000 President Roosevelt authorized by last Congress to order such construction if any other power ended the “holiday” in capital ships. Ships building or appropriated for a merchant vessel without having first placed passengers, crews and ship’s papers in a place of safety,” except in the case of persistent refusal to stop on being duly summoned or of active resistance to visit or search. FRANCE SEEKS FOURTH PLACE. Expects to Spend More Than Half Billion Dollars. PARIS, December 31 (#).—France found herself today in a race against | Germany and Italy for the world’s | fourth largest navy, at a cost of more than a half billion dolars. With the naval limitation treaties on the verge of expiration, political sources said the pressure of domestic affairs would delay for some time the possibility of France ratifying the new 1936 London agreement. The French program includes a six- year plan calling for five 35,000-to; battleships of which two already hav been authorized, and ten 10,000-ton cruisers, above a normal schedule for | 51 warships totaling 47.000 tons—one 7,600-ton cruiser, six destroyers, seven submarines and auxiliary craft. Addition of 4.000 officers and men would raise the Prench Navy to 64,000 men. Vice Admiral Jean Darlin became chief of the general staff under transfers in the high navy command effective today, succeeding Vice Ad- mira Georges Durand-Viel, recently retired. ITALY FOR HEAVIER SHIPS. N T ey Mussolini Takes Up Naval Plans With Experts. ROME. December 31 (#).—Premier Benito Mussolini’s naval experts, with the check of naval limitation treaties about to be lifted, stimulated plans today to construct heavier battleships. It was understood the ministry of marine, of which Il Duce himself is the head, was drawing up plans for one or two 35,000-ton warships, be- sides two which have been under con- struction since 1934. Until now the Italian navy has been built on light, fast cruisers, but 11 Duce has recognized the necessity of heavyweight ships to compete with Great Britain, Italy's chief rival in the Mediterranean. GERMAN PROGRAM UNDER WAY. Expiration of Treaties Has No Direct Bearing. BERLIN, December 31 (P).—Expira- tion of naval limitations treaties to- night will have no direct bearing on German naval construction, already proceeding at peak pace. Naval shipyards are working over- time to build the Reich’s sea forces to the approximate 420,000-ton limit imposed by the Anglo-German treaty of 1935, Tonnage under construction in- cludes two 35,000-ton battleships, two airplane carriers, three 2,000-ton cruisers, four 1,625-ton destroyers, twelve 600-ton torpedo boats and fourteen submarines. include three aircraft carriers, 11 eruhen 63 destroyers, 18 submarines. Japan. ';'Ml with 200 warships, 756,978 Is building or has appropriations for 31 ships, 90,194 tons (all expected to be completed before 1938; will bring Japan's fleet up to limits of Washington and London treaties). Government’s 1937-38 budget calls for $194,480,000 for the navy, of which approximately half is expected to go for new construction. Is expected by naval experts to fol- low lead of Britain and America and lay down at least two superdread- naughts within a year; these may be larger than the 35,000-ton limit adopted by America, Britain and France in their London pact of 1936, to which Japan refused to adhere, France. Starts with 173 warships, 546,178 Is building or has appropriated for 46 ships, 246,908 tons. Announces new $572,000,000 naval program—in addition to “normal” construction schedule—to include five 35,000-ton superdreadnaughts and 10 10,000-ton cruisers. ‘Will add 4,000 officers and men to bring navy's personnel to 64,000. Naval expansion plans influenced more by German rearmament than expiration of treaties. Ttaly. Starts with 203 warships, 411,175 ns. Is building or has appropriated for 34 warships, 109,870 tons. Is expected to build one or two 35,000-ton superdreadnaughts in addi- tion to two under construction. Germany, Starts with 59 warships, 128,382 tons. 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Dis. 3760 SHORT LINE TO CABOLINAS NOR UlK-WASHINGTUN LINE THE DERWOOD MILL DERWOOD, MD. oy $2.55 MASH 20%.___ 32.45 Derwood Dog Food____. (In 12-1b. sacks) Located Between For Qulck Cougll i T A S MR A Fou'll swear by it. Itz Do trouble at Al Make 4 syrup dissol . N Achud"conid ao L T T e gives you il pint Pertectty, o "’3:.' and fasts nnmf;k - lan: Time. e instant loosens _t soothes the mfl.fllfl iembran cle-r mo alr No eo:ih nmm. ective. Norway nm hlmu lor m prompt_ac- ton on thros 1 mem- Nmn‘.‘ “ the lowin quality feeds. Large Scratch__ $3.50 Md. Family Rochville and Gaithersburg llemedy, at Home other “used, sl ‘the ‘best thing ever knovn for eouflu by stirring 2 cups s few moments Tt cough - rolnnd aid here is positively I'lfl"ll any_price, .l more fonSh S = doesn’t please you in every ' Terms, Cash at the Mill (With milling wheat) Flowr________. 45(: Phone—Gaithersburg 19-F-13 ooking. No Work. RealSavin that start from colds. 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