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Washington News BRIDGES IS NAMED 10 FILL SENATE GROUP VACANCY District Committee G. 0. P. Line-up Complete With Capper and Austin. TWO IN HOUSE REQUEST DUTY IN CAPITAL UNIT Mrs. Norton Recommends Ap- pointment of McGraney and R. L. Mouton. Senator H. Styles Bridges, former Governor of New Hampshire, today was appointed to the Republican vacancy on the Senate District Com- mittee, with the three Democratic vacancies due to be filled later in the day. - ‘This makes the Republican line-up on the District group consist of Sen- ators Capper, Kansas; Austin, Ver- mont, and Bridges. Shortly after he arrived in Wash- ington, Senator Bridges expressed a willingness to serve on the District Committee because of his past interest in the administrative side of Govern- ment. He is 38 years old and a grad- uate of the University of Maine, with degrees also from Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire. Meanwhile, with a dozen members of the House District Committee seeking new assignments, Chairman Norton was elated when two new members of the House voluntarily offered to serve on that group. One is Representative Robert L. Mouton, Democrat, of Louisiana, for- ner mayor of Lafayette in that State. ‘The other is Representative James P. SENATOR BRIDGES. McGranery, vania. Particularly anxious to get these two members on her committee, Mrs. Norton recommended their appoint- ment to the Ways and Means Com- mittee, which in the next few days is expected to announce committee assignments for the new Congress. She feels that both Mouton and McGranery would be of valuable serv- ice, since they understand the prob- lems of a large city like Washington. Mouton especially is familiar with municipal administration. Representative Kent Keller, Demo- erat, of Illinois also is seeking an ap- pointment on the District Committee. He is a foe of the so-called “red rider” to the 1936 District appropriation bill and has already introduced a bill providing for its outright repeal. A similar measure also has been intro- duced by Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland. Members of the District Committee known to be anxious for other as- signments include Representatives Patman, Democrat, of Texas; Ellen- bogen, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Quinn, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Hull, Progressive, of Wisconsin: Reed, Republican, of Illinois. and Cole, Re- publican, of New York. In addition there are three vacancies on the committee. Two were caused by the defeat in the November elec- tion of former Representatives Wer- ner, Democrat, of South Dakota and Fenerty, Republican, of Pennsylvania. The third resulted from the failure of former Representative Carpenter, Democrat, of Kansas to run for re- election, INSTITUTION URGED FOR MENTAL CASES Parole Board Head Cites Need for Care of Some Prisoners After Discharge. Stressing the need for an institution in Washington for the care of men- tally defective prisoners after their discharge, Wilbur La Roe, jr., chair- man of the District Parole Board, to- day appealed to Elwood Street, direc- tor of Public Welfare, for aid in solv- ing this problem. La Roe called aitention to a recent €ease in which a discharged prisoner, ineligible for admission to St. beth’s Hospital because he was not a resident of the District, ran amuck with a butcher knife and threatened to kill his mother shortly after he had been discharged from jail. The man was sent back to jall, .La Roe said, but will n have completed sentence and be at large again. a letter to Street, the Parole Board chairman said: “To deny parole in such cases does fot sojve the problem, as this case sbundantly attests. Not only is con- finement in a penitentiary of doubtful vhlue in cases of this type, but the release of such men to the com- munity is cl':nly contrary to the pub- lic_interest. You have always shown Democrat, of Pennsyl- Q out into the community. Can- & plan be worked out, with the aid “men of this type can be trans- from prison to a suitable insti- tution?” a he Foening Shap WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937. Star Elevator Employe Saves ) N ASSISTANT Baby Overcome by Smoke Baby Amos Butler, jr., 6 months old, resting happily this momingyin the arms of his uncle, Enoch J(':uph Zell, 18, elevator —Star Staff Photo. operator for The Star. NOCH JOESPH ZELL, 18, ele- vator operator for The Star, dashed to the second floor of a darkened, smoke-filled house at 1002 Florida avenue northeast last night to rescue his nephew, 6-month« old Amos Butler, jr., who already had been overcome by smoke while sleep- ing in his bed. Zell revived the in- fant outside. ) Five other children already had been taken from the residence, where a fire had been started in the base- ment by a defective oil burner. Zell was on the sidewalk, watching the fire, when his mother, Mrs. Frank Zell, screamed that the baby was still in the house. Running through the smoke to the second floor, Zell searched first the crib and then two beds before he found his infant nephew. “I finally felt his head on the sec- ond bed,” Zell said. “I wrapped the baby in a blanket and held him close to my chest and started down the stairway. Going down the steps, I tripped on the blanket and fell. How- ever, I landed on my back and the baby was not hurt. The electric lights were out and it was as dark as pitch. I got up and went on down. “The baby was unconscious when we reached the street,” Zell recounted. “The rescue squad already had left. I beat him on the back to help clear his lungs and finally he opened his eyes.” Today the baby suffered little ill effects from fire and smoke. Zell was partially overcome by the smoke him- self, but did not require medical attention. The residence is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zell, two sons and the families of two daughters, Mrs. Madge Butler and Mrs. Madelin Henson. Enoch happened to be at home when the fire broke out at 7:30 p.m. only because he was late for scheduled classes at night school. His brother had left for school 15 minutes earlier. Mrs. Zell first discovered smoke pouring up from the basement. All the children but Amos were rushed outside and then it was discovered that he was still in the house. Firemen worked three an s half hours to extinguish the blaze. FEDERAL STADIUM PROPOSED FORD. G, Measure Being Drafted by Seal for Crosby’s Introduction. Representative Crosby, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, announced today he would make a determined effort to push through Congress at this session legislation providing for the erection in Washington of a huge Federal sta- dium that could attract such classics as the Olympic games, the Army-Navy foot ball game and other national and international events. A bill for this purpose, Crosby re- vealed, is now being drafted by Cor- poration Counsel Elwood Seal and will be introduced as soon as it is com- pleted. United States Financing Planned. The stadium, under Crosby’s plan, would be financed entirely with Ped- eral funds and operated by a commit- tee of Government officials and mem- bers of Congress. He estimates the project would cost about $1,000,000, but pointed out it could be amortized over & period of 30 or 40 years with the receipts from events staged in the sta- dium. The bill will authorize an appropri- ation of $1,000,000, which, Crosby said, should be sufficient to erect a stadium which would seat at least 300,000 per- sons. “There is no reason why a stadium should not be built by the Federal Government in the Nation’s Capital,” said Crosby. “This is the natural place to hold the Army-Navy game and other big events. The stadium also could be used for the political conventions.” No Particular Site in Mind. Crosby does not propose to recom- mend any particular site for the sta- dium, but he recalled that some years ago a movement was initiated to build a large stadium as a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in Anacostia Park at the foot of East Capitol street. ‘The committee in charge of the sta- dium, according to Crosby, would serve without compensation. It would be composed of officers of the Army and Navy and members of the House and Senate. Bank to Aid Mining. Bolivia has financed & new bank to promote mining. Maryland Priest Flying to Manila; Uses War Bonus Will Be First to Say Mass . on Midway and W ake Islands. Using his World War bonus for travel, Rev. Ignatius Fealy, for 14 | years pastor of St. Agnes' Church, | Woodland, Md., took off from Wash- | ington, Airport last night on the first lap of an 11,000-mile flight to Manila. From there he will go to the Orient and will not return to Washington until about April 1. He expects to be the first priest to say mass on Midway and Wake Is- lands, the newly established mid- Pacific bases of Pan-American Air- ways, and will act as the only clerical representative from the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Eucharistic Con- gress in Manila, Father Fealy served as an Army chaplain from 1914 to 1923, when he ‘was mustered out and assigned to his present post at Woodland. He expects to visit Army friends in San Francisco and to spend & week with others at Honolulu. Father Fealy, 58 years old, was born in Washington. He was or- dained in 1904 and assigned to St. Joseph's Church in 1908. - DENTIST POSTS BOND ON LIQUOR CHARGES ‘Winchester Man to Be Arraigned in U. 8. Court in March. Others Accused. WINCHESTER, Va, January 6— Dr. Walter D. Myers, Winchester dentist, will be arraigned at the March term of Federal court in Harrisonburg on charges of violating the Internal Revenue laws. Dr. Myers provided $1,000 bond yes- terday., Commissioner Glen Ruebush at Harrisonburg said, for his appear- ance March 15. Three other men, Andrew Hawkins, Otis L. Bennett and Rufus Hawkins, indicted with Myers, are charged spe- cifically with aperating unregistered distilleries on the Myers' farm in Frederick County from January, 1934, to June, 1936. ° Myers is accused in the indictment of removing distilled spirits from the farm, hauling them here and giving instructions for removal of the spirits. Lanham Still Confident Ouwls Can Frighten Starlings Away " Clifford Lanham still has faith in the two owls which he ties on ledges of the District Building at dusk to frighten starlings from their favorite Published reports say the starlings don't give a hoot for the owls, that the owls are flops and that starlings roost all around them in swarms. But such is not the case, in Lanham’s opinion. midtown Pennsylvania avenue of the starling ‘pests whilé inaugural visitors are in the city. Last night he turned out a tree- trimming crew to patrol Pennsylvania avenue, clapping hands and besting sticks against the sycamores where the starlings roosted. “By 7 o'clock last night,” Lanham ] E fEEaR 3] PRINPALSAWED BY SCHDOL BOARD Mrs. Daisie Huff Appointed for Roosevel rs. Opal Corkery at Anacostia. C. F. WEST ADVANCED IN CUSTODIAN SERVICE Prof. §. M. Ely to Retire Jan. 31 After 45 Years—Student Fig- ures Surprise Ballou. Two new assistant principals of senior high schools and a new as- sistant superintendent of custodians were named by the Board of Educa- tion yesterday at the same time that the retirement of the veteran supervis- ing principal, Selden M. Ely, was approved, effective January 31. Mrs. Daisie I. Huff, who entered the Washington public schools in 1910 and who has been on the faculty at Roosevelt High School since 1918, was made assistant principal at that school, succeeding Miss May P. Brad- shaw, recently made principal of the school. Mrs. Opal H. Corkery, who joined the faculty of the Anacostia Junior- Senlor High School when it was opened in the Fall of 1935, was made assistant principal there to fill & new position. She has taught in Washing- ton for a number of years. Charles F. West, who has been in the service since 1831 and at present is custodian at Central High School, was made assistant superintendent of custodians and chief aide of William A. McQueeny, head: of the custodial service. 45 Years of Service. Prof. Ely will end 45 years’ service at the close of this month, having served as a supervising principal since 1903. His impending retirement was announced sometime ago, but because of his age—70 years—a two-thirds vote of the board was necessary to permit him to serve until the end of the present school term. Approval of the extension was voted unani- mously. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent, submitted a report showing that 4,908 pupils who entered the ‘Washington schools for the first time this year came from all of the 48 States, 20 foreign countries and 6 or 7 United States territories and insular possessions. Compiled for Fiscal Study. The report was drafted for the use of the special commission making a study of fiscal relations between the District fnd Federal governments, but Dr. Ballou found the results so surprising that he asked for permis- sion to continue the tabulation through the remsinder of the present term. Dr. Ballou defended the policy of the board in reinstating teachers, clerks and other employes who vol- untarily left the service under section 213 (the marriage clause) of the economy act. His statement was giv- en in reply to a complaint from the Civil Service Commission that the board had “evaded” the law. Dr. Ballou pointed out that in May, 1934, the commission held that the provision “does not apply to the ap- pointment or reinstatement of per- sons in the Government of the Dis- trict of Columbia.” Since that time, employes of the school system have been reinstated. They have been re- quired, however, to qualify anew and have not been accepted on their former ratings. ‘ Will Continue Policy. ‘The superintendent explained that he had not replied to the Civil Serv- ice Commission, but pointed out to the board that he had acted wholly on the commission’s own interpreta- tion of the law. He indicated he would continue to reinstate employes who quit because of the act unless directed otherwise by the board. The board set February 10 as the date for its annual conference with representatives of civic organizations to consider modifications of the school budget for 1938, which soon will be before Congress. At the same meet- ing. to be held at the Franklin Ad- ministration Building, the proposed specidl bill to provide for a five-year building program also will be dis- cussed. Invitations will be sent to citizens’ associations, parent-teacher groups and other organized groups interested in the school system. Because the next meeting of the board would - fall on inauguration day, the board decided to postpone it for one day, convening on Jan- uary 21. “Scholastic” Is Defended. Some hope for the restoration of the publication Scholastic to the ap- proved list of magazines for use in the schools was given when Henry Gilligan, vice president of the board, and Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith de- fended it against the charge of propa- gandizing the schools in behalf of paci- fism. They pointed out that.the objections raised to the magasine were based on a single editorial, published three years ago, and asserted that the policy had not been expressed again. Henry 1. Quinn criticized the Budget Bureau for suggesting that branch libraries hereafter be erected as parts of new school buildings rather than as separate structures. One such ex- the Board of Examiners, succeeding glieved by police to have been At the right Foster is shown two decades ago. Of Nationals Eddie Foster, probably the ablest exponent of the “hit-and-run” strategy in the history of major league base ball, was seriously injured today, ap- parently in the sort of automobile the type of base ball he made famous. Foster was the crack third baseman for the Nationals back in the days when Clark Griffith was still active as bench manager and Walter John- son was the terror of all batsmen. Now 49, he lives in Cherrydale, Va., and has operated a welding shop in Georgetown since he left the major leagues, The former ball player was found unconscious on the rain-soaked high- way near Beltsville, Md., shortly be- fore 2 o'clock this morning. Discov-. ery of his car in a field off the road, half a mile from where he was found, led police to believe he was struck while walking in search of a garage. A damaged billboard indicated Fos- ter had either failed to make a curve or skidded off the road. His car, police said, was not badly damaged, 'Former Star Base Ball‘ Player mishap which derives its name from | The car of Edward C. Foster, former Washington base ball player, who was found unconscious on the highway near Belts- ville, Md., early today, is shown above wit glowcd through. Foster, found half a mile down the road, is the billboard it struck by a hit-and-run driver. in a Washington uniform nearly —Star Staff Photo. Seriously Hurt Eddie Foster Believed Victim of Hit-and- Run Driver After Own Car Crashed Into Billboard. highway, about 200 yards north of Lightbown's Tourist Camp, and is believed to have been walking toward ‘Washington. He was last seen by his wife yes- terday afternoon when he left his home at 1920 North Nelson street in Cherrydale. According to emplcyes at Foster's Hawk Welding Shop, 1044 Wisconsin avenue, the ball player yesterday had expressed the intention of driving to Branchville on business. After leaving the shop, he went home to ge* his car. Foster, the father of three children, joined the Washington base ball club in 1912, coming up from the minor leagues and developing into a regular the first year, when he played the full schedule of 15¢ games. Griffith, who became manager of the Nationals in 1912, credits Foster with being one of the principal reasons why the Washington team that year reversed its 1911 form, when it finished next to last in the American League, and ended up in second place. while driving. At Casualty Hospital it was said Foster may have a fractured skull to multiple cuts and bruises. Judging from the condition of his clothing, Foster had been iying on the side of the road for at least an hour before two truck drivers saw him. They stopped farther down the road and told another man, whose name was not learned, of their dis- covery, and he, in turn, informed Police. It was at first believed Foster had been beaten and robbed of his money and new automobile. Police decided it was a ‘hit-and-run accident, how- ever, when they found the car some time later. Foster was on the west side of the STATUTE REVIVED TO CONVICT FOUR Law Charging Unlawful Assem- bly, Thought Unconstitutional, Is Used. ‘The law charging unlawful assembly, thought unconstitutional since the Court of Appeals reversed the lower courts in 1918 in a case involving several woman suffragettes, was re- vived in Police Court todsy to con- vict four colored youths who are al- leged, among other things, to have broken six crates of milk bottles on C street between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets southeast on New Year eve. Those convicted, each of whom was sentenced to pay a.fine of $25 or serve 25 days in jail by Judge Wal- ter J. Casey, were Paul Yates, his brother; Walter .Yates; Leroy Butler and Robert Mitchell, all of the South- east section. Assistant Corporation Counsel Wil- liam F. McGrath charged the youths under the old law after an examina- tion revealed the Court of Appeals had ruled the information in the suffrage case was improperly drawn, but had not committed itself on the constitu- tionality of the law. The conviction was hailed by police as opening the way for handling un- ruly crowds. Heretofore authorities have been confilned to disorderly charges, carrying light penalties. Japan Honors Admiral. Admiral Saburo Hyakutake, retired, . | has been made grand chambetlain to Senior High Schools to succeed Dr. Harvey A. Smith, now an assistant superintendent. ‘BENEFIT BALL JAN. 13 Plans for the retired firemen’s benefit ball, the Emperor of Japan. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band in the Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John bandmaster 8. M. Zimmermann, An- ton Pointner, assistant. and they do not think he was hurt heavy hitter, Foster fitted in well in |8 line-up that included Johnson, | George McBride, “Germany” Schaefer, +Clyde Milan, Bob Groom, Howard and fractures to both legs, in addition ' Shanks, John Henry and other stars. | | The hit-and-run was little -used then, but through Foster, who was | exceedingly proficient. in hitting the ball behind a runner, it soon developed | into one of base ball's best offensive | | plays. Foster stayed with the Nationals until 1919, when he was traded to Boston. After playing with the Red Sox several seasons he was sent to the St. Louis Browns, where he finished his big league career. After retiring from base ball, about 1922, he entered the welding business and devoted much of his spare time to teaching Sunday School Bible classes near Cherrydale. CORONER INVESTIGATES SCAFFOLD FALL DEATH Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald today was investigating the ‘death of Leonard Carlson, 41, of 1002 M street, | who was fatally injured yesterday when the scaffold on.which he was working at 4613 Chesapeake street collapsed. Carison, an employe of & water- proofing concern, died of a fractured skull at Georgetown Hospital a short while after the accident. He was a native of Chicago and had been living in Washington for the last six years. A widower, he is survived by three children, who live in Chicago. He also leaves two sis- ters, Mrs. Charles Jackson of Chicago and s Mrs. Williams of Richmond. < A steady flelder, although not a | un Victim | | ! | DRKSEN MODFES 0. . LQUOR B Strips Measure of Provision to Permit Sales on - - Sunday. Stripped of a provision that would have permitted liquor to be sold by the drink in Washington after 1 p.m. on Sunday, s bill sponsored in the last Congress by Representative Dirk- sen, Republican, of Illinois was rein- troduced today and referred to the | House. District Committee. ‘exlend the deadline on the sale-b; | the-drink in hotels, restaurants, night | clubs and other places having an on- sale license from midnight Saturday until 2 am. Sunday. ‘The bill in its original form was removed from the tentative legisla- tive program of the Commissioners about 10 days ago after members of temperance, reform and church or- ganizations condemned it at a public hearing at the District Building. Dirksen said he had always been op- posed to the sale of liquor in Wash- ington on Sunday, but wrote the pro- vision to permit it in his original bill by request. He does, however, believe extension of the dead line for sale of liquor by the drink will be con- ducive to more temperate drinking at Saturday night parties. Dirksen also disclosed he is plan- ning to introduce another bill to re- move the barrier on the sale of liquor | by the drink at sandwich counters in | restaurants. Under existing law hard | liquor must be served at a table, al- though the sale of wine and beer by the drink is permitted at sandwich counters. War Foe to Speak. * Frederick J. Libby, executive secre- tary of the National Council for Pre- vention of War, will speak at a public dinner at the First Congregational Church tonight on the subject of “Can We Stay Out of War?” Barber shop—or rather beauty par- lor—gossip was credited and dis- credited today for the authership of a report that debutante daughters of families with New Deal sonnections or sympathies had received the social cold shoulder from four “buds” whose parents are supposed to look with dis- approval on President Roosevelt and all his works. o The tale—and it is a tall one—was said reliably to have originated with & casual remark by one of the four New Deal daughter to any party of hers. This was magnified to the ex- tent that “26 New Dealer debutantes” had been blacklisted by the indiscreet lady-in-beauty-shop and her three closest friends. Debutante “Snub” Story Laid To Gossip in Beauty Parlor “is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hoyt at their country place at Wap- pingers Falls, N. Y.” Mr. Hoyt for- merly was chairman of the Federal Alcohol - Control Administration, & New Deal agency. The other members of the “snub” foursome are said to be: Miss Ruth Dove, daughter of Robert Carter Dove, manager of the Carlton Hotel, and granddaughter of the late J. Maury Dove, coal merchant; Miss Ethel ‘Worthington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Worthington, and Miss Alice Tuckerman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman. To say that there has been no boy- cott against New Deal daughters is not to say there has been no snubbing. None of the 26 “victims” received invitations to the coming-out dances given by the four accused of being high hat. It has been traditional in Washing- | ton for half a century for each deb- utante to invite all others to her com- ing-out reception Therein lies the basis for the “snubbing” gossip. However, the “snubbing,” it was The modified bill would, however, | PAGE B—1 PUBLIC WELFARE HEAD HITS BACK AT RELIEF CRITI McReynolds Denies Request for $830,000 Is Based on Fear of Jobs Loss. LUSK WOULD ABOLISH ASSISTANCE DIVISION View That Prosperity of D. C. Justifies Step Is Held Un- justified in Letter. An accusation by the Washington Taxpayers' Association that District welfare officials are seeking an addi- tional relief appropriation because of fear that relief workers would lose their jobs was denounced today by Frederick W. McReynolds, chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, as absurd and untrue. In a statement to the Commission- ers, McReynolds renewed the request for support of a proposed supplemental relief appropriation of $830,000 for use between now and June 30 for care of some 3,000 persons now bar- red from direct relief, but who can't find work. Rufus S. Lusk, head of the Taxpay- ers’ Association, had insisted Washing- ton had attained such a state of pros- perity that all direct relief should be ended and the Public Assistance Divi- sion abolished. McReynolds wrote the Commission- ers: “I am sure you realize the absurd- ity and untruthfulness of Mr. Lusk's statement that this proposal of the Board of Public Welfare is based on the fear that relief workers will lose Jobs. Lusk’s Position Assailed. “It ill behoves Mr. Lusk, the sal- aried officer of an organization the funds of which mostly go into paying his salary, to charge insincerity on the part of competent public servants who are closely in touch with the situation and who know, from the acute anguish of daily contact with the poor of the city, of needs which are not being met. “This recommendation was made unanimously in regular meeting by the Board of Public Welfare, an un- salaried body, all of whom are tax- payers. They are obliged by the law which set up the Board of Public Welfare, and by your request for a report on the relief situation, to bear testimony to the acute need which they know exists. “The Board of Public Welfare is anxious to do its work with the smallest personnel possible for effective results and is not trying to save anybody's job. As a matter of fact, the staff of the Public Assistance Division f1s already too small to handle properly | the heavy burden of investigation and | advice already placed upon it.” D. C. Not Industrial City. McReynolds made no denial that ‘Washington was prosperous today, but | 2dded: “The only trouble is that this { prosperity is one which depends i]argely upon the continuity and ex- pansion of Government employment. | As every one knows, most of the new positions in Government have been given, as a result of the apportion= ment act, to persons who are not resi- dents of the District.” He added that Washington is not an industrial city and that most of the unemployed are unskilled workers who face no prospect of employment either in Government or private in- dustry as it is now set up and operated. “About 4,000 of the families on re- lief have no employable person in them. Mr. Lusk’s proposal to abolish direct relief and the work of the | public assistance division, except the | staff necessary to administer old-age assistance, aid for the needy blind, etc, would eliminate aid for these resourceless people who could get neither employment nor relief. “Our request for funds for relief of the employables was based on the knowledge that there is a group of approximately 3,000 destitute cases for which there is no employment, although they are employable, and for which there is no relief either. Their situation is one of acute distress, which can be represented by innumer- able specific cases if you wish them. “The issue raised by Mr. Lusk is one of humanity as against ex- penditure of tax funds.” - . MRS. NORTON GREETS BLANTON’S SUCCESSOR Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee today met for the first time the man who defeated former Répresentative Blanton of Texas—Representative Clyde Garrett. After the introduction Mrs. Norton said: “Mr. Garrett, I do not know of any man who I admire meeting more than you.” Mrs. Norton and Blanton clashed a number of times at the last session of Congress. On one occasion Blan- ton threatened to go to New Jersey to campaign sgainst her re-election. Maryland Farmer Asks Mayor Find Girl He Once Met Percy A. Ward, who “works the land and raises chickens” outside Fort Washington in Prince Georges County, Md., has asked Mayor Harry Woodring of Dan- ville, Va., to help him find the name of a girl he met at the races said by those best qualified to know, has not been done in a mean spirit or because of a feeling of social differ- ences, but because of resentment by & few debutantes and their families at what they consider “mass invita- tions,” such. as are issued from lists by the Capital's social “bu~ reaus,” . directed by professional *“bringer-outers. " _‘(Copyrisht, 1937, by the North Americaa last Summer, the Associated Press reported. During an afternoon at the Charles Town, W. Va., track, Ward said, he met the girl. Their conversation had proceeded far enough for her to tell him she came from Danville, but before he could learn her name, the {wo were separated by the crowd.

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