Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1937, Page 6

JNNING S. PRALL - DIES IN MANE ;Chairman of U. S. Commu- : nications Commission Was in Congress 12 Years. Anning S. Prall, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and former member of Congress from New York, died early today of a heart attack at his Summer home, Boothbay - Harbor, Me. He was 66 years old. Prall was stricken more than a week "ago with an illness whos€ nature was not disclosed, according to the Asso- ciated Press, but on Tuesday his son, “W. Mortimer Prall, announced his ' \ ANNING S. PRALL. - father was “greatly improved.” The © son and Mrs. Prall were with him at 7 the time of his death. There is an- " other son, Bryan William. F. C. C. Deplores His Death. The F. C. C. today adopted the fol- lowing resolution: “Whereas the Federal Communica- tions Commission has in the death of it chairman, Anning S. Prall, lost a wise and valuable public servant, de- voted to the interest of the people of the United States; an indefatigible worker and a courteous comrade; be it therefore “Resolved, That the Federal Com- munications Commission hereby places on its permanent records this me- morial: “‘In memory of Anning 8. Prall, chairman of the Communications Commission from March 11, 1935, to the time of his death, July 23, 1937. He made valuable contributions to the work of this commission and to the'art of communication in all its phase. *" Member of an old Dutch family, Mr. Prall resided at West New Brighton, on Staten Island, his birthplace. His progenitors had settled there in 1653. He was educated in the public schools, and on entering public life he became s member of the Board of Taxes and Assessments of New York City and thrice was elected president of the Board of Education. Elected to House. Mr. Prall was elected to Congress from the eleventh district of New York in 1923, taking his seat in the Sixty- eighth Congress and serving 12 years through the Seventy-third. He was first appointed to the Fed- ' eral Radio Commission by President Roosevelt on February 22, 1934, but because of his duties in the House did not qualify. Leaving the House the following January, Prall was nom- inated to the Communications Com- mission by the President when Hamp- son Gary resigned, and on January 15 was confirmed by the Senate with- out opposition. On taking the oe.th of office his colleagues named him chair- man of the broadcast division and later he came into the chairmanship of the commission. Mr. Prall made his home here at the 3 Shorenam and numbered the Colum- bia Country Club among his many affiliations, & $700,000 IS VOTED D. THE EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937. C. Bank Official Fatally Shot On Lawn of Rockville Home Samuel B. Riggs Is Found by 12-Year- Old Daughter. 8hot through the right temple with s slug from a .45-caliber Army auto- matic, Samuel Brownell Riggs, 39, assistant treasurer of the Wuanmn Loan & Trust Co. and member of one of Montgomery County’s oldest fam- ilies, died in Georgetown Hospital early today. Police at Rockville, Md.,, where the banker resided, declared they are “satisfied” the wound was self-in- flicted and said no investigation would be made. A vital statistics officer in the county health department prob- sbly will issue the death certificate, they added. Riggs, clad only in pajamas, was found seated in a canvas chair on the rear lawn of his home, at Monroe and Argyle streets, in Rockville, at 12:40 am. by his |2-year-old daughter, Ernestine Patterson Riggs. after a pistol shot had aroused his family. The weapon was on the ground at the side of the chair, No Reason Amigned. His wife, Mrs. Etnestine Patterson Riggs, ran to the home of her father- in-law, Capt. Samuel Riggs, for help, and her brother-in-law, Lowry Riggs, telephoned the Rockville Fire Rescue 8quad. The banker died at 1:50 a.m., after being taken to the hospital by firemen. Montgomery County Policemen Wil- liam Crawford and Leslie Thompson were told by the family that Riggs had retired with his family earlier in the evening and no one heard him arise and go outside. Relatives could assign no reason for the shooting, the officers reported. They told police he was in good health and had been in the best of spirits and they knew of no financial or other worries that might have troubled him. He had returned to work only yes- terday after recovering from injuries received in a fall two weeks before that had kept him at home. Served Overseas. Riggs served with distinction in the World War, during which he saw combat service with the A. E. . He was 8 major in the Maryland National Guard. He entered the employ of the Wash- SAMUEL B. RIGGS. ington Loan & Trust Co. in 1920 and was promoted to assistant treas- urer in July, 1934. Riggs’' father was & hero in the Spanish-Americany War and the Phil- ipping Insurrection. He had been presented with several medals by the Daughters of the Confederacy for valorous service. The elder Riggs is a retired employe of the District of Columbia. Survivors Listed. Surviving Riggs, a life-long resident of Rockville, are his widow, his two daughters, Ernestine and Caroline Frances, 4; his father, his mother, Mrs. Ida Riggs, daughter of the late Maj. Horatio Lowry of the United States Marine Corps; two brothers, Reuben Riggs, assistant cashier of the Montgomery County National Bank, “Sweeten it with Domino and Lowry B. Riggs, & clerk in the Rockville Post Office. He was & first cousin of Robert B, Peter, former State’s attorney for Montgomery County. TPuneral arrangements have not been completed. H. 0. PLUGGE FUNERAL HELD THIS AFTERNOON Head.of Leather Goods Store Was Native of Washington—Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Herman O. Plugge, 79, native of Washington and for the last 29 years president of Lutz & Co., Inc., leather goods store, were to be held this afternoon at his home, 2653 Connecticut avenue. He died ‘Wednesday in Emergency Hospital after & month’s illness. Rev. John C. Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, of which Mr, Plugge was & trustee, was to officiate at the services. ¢ Order a bedside extension telephone and avoid the 'PIGGLY WIGGLY | Low Prices Right Near Your Home 4 No matter where you live, there’s a Sanitary or Piggly Wiggly near you with these worthwhile savings. Nearly all stores have modern meat markets, making it possible to do all your food shopping at one time under one roof. GRANULATED SUGAR___10 = 49 Post TOASTIES KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES e CIGARETTES Libby’s Sliced Pineapple____ ™3* 19¢ N. B. C. 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