Evening star. [volume], June 28, 1932, Page A-7, Image 7

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ENGINEER IS FED
OF TRAFFIC CHARGE
Presents Four Toy Automo
biles, Used to Depict Crash,
to Laurel Judge.
By a StafT Correspondent of The Star.
LAUREL. Md., June 28.—Victo:
Loughead. builder of airplane engine?
von his acquittal on a reckless drivini
charge and presented the local brand
of Police Court with four toy automo
biles yesterday.
Mr. I/OUghead. who gave his addres
as the Conn Apartments. Washington
was arrested by State Policeman Η. M
6. Pearsaul tollowtng a collision witl
* car operated by Kelton Re»d Mersor
cf Laurel, on Main street, here.
During his trial Mr. Loughead. wh<
ergued his own case, described thi
speed of his automobile as so man'
feet per second. When Judge J. Chev
Sheriff noted his unusual terminology
he explained he was accustomed t(
thinking in such phrases, being ai
airplane engineer.
Mr. Loughead also pulled four to;
automobiles from his pockets, placini
them on the table to better explain tin
accident. Although the court alread;
had some toy machines for this pur
pose, the ones produced by Mr. Loug
head were rubber tired and more life
like than the court's property. He lef'
them for the court, after Judge Sherifl
had dismissed the charge against him
and a charge of driving while drunV
against Merson, imposing a $5 fine or
the latter for reckless driving.
A R. Maish. 900 block of I street
Washington who drove past two Stat,<
police corporals at a traffic light ir
Hyattsville, was fined S102 on charge?
of driving while drunk, reckless driv
ing and having no license.
CHILD IS STRANGLED
TO DEATH IN BEDDING
Mother Finds Lifeless Body of One
Year-Old Daughter Entangled
in Bed Clothing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md.. June ?8 — Her
tiny head caught between the bed cloth
ing and the wall, the lifeless body ol
Mildred Pauline Beal. 1-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benl of Sand
Patch, 34 miles north of here, was
found by her mother Sunday afternoon.
The child had been put to bed several
hours earlier for the usual afternoon
nap*and in some manner became en
tangled between the bed clothing and
the wall and strangled.
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BAMFORD FUNERAL PLANS
AWAIT RETURN OF WIDOW
3irs. Bamford Expected to Reach
Washington Tomorrow From
Motor Trip in Canada.
Bptc îal Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN. W. Va.. June 28.—
Funeral arrangements for the late
Brig. Gen. Franklin Ε Bamford, 69,
who died suddenly at his home near
Summit Point yesterday, were still in
abeyance pending return of the widow
from a motoring trip in Canada. Mrs.
Bamford was expected to reach Wash
ington tomorrow, it was said at the
Bamford home today. It was indicated
burial would probably be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Gen. Bamford. retired shortly after
the World War, had been residing here
for about 10 years. He returned from
exercising some of his prize dogs on
his estate early Monday morning ex
hausted, and died within a short time.
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
X C. Colliflower of Montgomery
County Dies in D. C. Hospital.
Bpfcial Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md , June 28.—Follow
ing an illness of but a few days, Lloyd
C. Colliflower, 85. one of Montgomery
County's best known citizens, died yes
terday in a Washington hospital. He
was undergoing treatment for an infec
tion of the eyes when pneumonia, which
was the cause of death, developed. He
Is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Arte
mus Griffith of Seneca, and a half sis
ter. Mrs. Sarah Mcintosh of Washing
ton. The funeral will take place at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning from the
funeral home of W. Reuben Pumphrey,
Rockville, burial to be in the cemetery
adjoining Mount Carmel Methodist
Church. Sunshine.
Mr. Colliflower was a life-long resi
dent of the county. For many years
and until a few years ago lie was a
Democratic election official for Lay
tonsville district.
Dog Guards Injured Man.
As Samuel Master, seriously injured
by an omnibus, lay beside the road near
Liverpool. England, his faithfjl Aber
deen terrier dog lay on his chest, and
afterward by his side, until help came.
The pet did what he could to comfort
the man and keep him warrr. When
Master sued the omnibus company for
damages the dog attended the trial with
him.
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Fort Springs $7.
Alderson $7
Pence Springs ?7
Hinton
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Montgomery ?9
Charleston $10.
Get full particulars from
J. B. EDMUNDS
Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent
714 14th Street N.W.
Phone—National 0748
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Ex-Slave Granted
Desire to Reopen
New Corner Stone
By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. June 28—Be
cause an enfeebled colored mother
wishes it, part of the structure
around the corner stone of a
nearly completed new high school
here will be torn away. A book
of poems and her photograph
will be placed in the corner stone.
The mother, born in slavery, is
Matilda J. Dunbar, mother cf
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, noted
colored poet, for whom the school
is named.
Assured that her wish would
be fulfilled. Mrs. Dunbar was
! taken in an automobile around a
ι block nearly covered by the
school, which partial blindness
kept her from seeing plainly.
FILES DIVORCE PETITION
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. June 28
• —Accusing his wife of deserting him in
August. 1923, Elijah Dixi Morey of Ber
w.vn yesterday filed suit for an abso
lute divorce from Martha J. Harmon
Snow Morey. whose address is given as
ι J East Rochester, Ν. H.
, J The couple were married at Clinton,
Mass., February 3, 1920, and have no
children, according to the husband's
; bill, filed through Attorney Bird H.
: I Dolby.
TOWN'S EXPENSES "
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Estimate for Official Budget
Is Submitted to Hyatts
ville Council.
: Special Dispatch to The Star.
ι HYATT'S VILLE. Md . June 28 —It
ι will cost $24.945 to run the town of
Hyattsville during the year beginning
Friday, it is estimated in the official
budget submitted by Councilman C. D.
Anderson, chairman rf the Finance
Committee. Estimated receipts are
$27.345, leaving an estimated balance
of $2.400,
Expenditure"; will include $7.000 for
street lighting, including traffic lights;
$2,775. Police Department; $3.000, Fire
Department; $2,750. garbage and trash
; removal: $2.250. payment to bond fund;
$2,000. treasurer's commissions: $1.500,
j library; $1.000, parks and playgrounds;
$865, salaries ι clerk. $300; attorney,
i $240; assessors. $150; auditor, $100;
! health officer. $75): tax records and
: assessment rolls. $200: election ex
penses. $275: office expenses, postage,
etc., $250; Municipal Building. $515
(fuel, $150; light and pewer, $215; re
pairs and furniture. #150): legal work
and legal printing, $315; miscellaneous,
$250.
Receipts will include taxes at 55
cents per $100. $23.900: fines. $300;
building permits. $150; miscellaneous,
$10: bank tax. $.200: franchise tax, $110:
unobligated balance on hand June 1,
1932, $2,675.
Dope Fiendi Dread Woman.
Did you know that the person the
drug traffickers of the world fear most
Is a woman? She is Dame Rachel
Crowdy, who. for 11 years, waged a re
lentless war on these pests as an of
ficial of the League of Nations. Gov
ernments have consulted her, policemen
and special investigators in all parts
; of the world have sent their reports to
ι her, and more than once her life has
j been threatened by the criminals she
I was fighting,
MASSANETTA SPRINGS
SESSIONS UNDER WAY
First of Eight Conferences Opened
Last Night—80th Division to At
tend Program on August 4.
Special Dispatch to Th« Star.
STAUNTON, Va.. June 28. — The
Massanetta Springs conferences for the
season of 1932 opened last night, and
according to the manager of the con
ferences, Dr. William E. Hudson, there
is prospect of good attendance at the
eight conferences.
The annual assembly of the Baltimore
Conference Epworth League, which
started yesterday, will be in session for
one week
A sacred music festival will be held
August S and 4 The veterans of the
80th Division of the Α. Ε F . holding
their annual convention in Harrison
burg August 4-7 will attend the after
noon and night program on August 4,
making this program their own. In the
afternoon a Bicentennial pageant will
be given, and in the evening a choir
of 2.000 voices, under the leadership of
Dr. John Finley Williamson, will sing.
In addition, a number of Army digni
taries will make brief speeches of wel
come to the veterans.
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GEM FOUND IN DUMP
A gold anl amethyst seal, valued at
$500, found by a teamster on a Ports
mouth. England, refuse dump, has
been restored to its owner. Mrs. Mar
garet Carey of London, who recog
nized it as having been stolen 30
years ago.
ASKS WOMEN TO WIRE
DEMOCRATS FOR REPEAL
Chairman of Richmond end Henri
co Organizations Urges Mem
bers to Telegraph Stand.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va.f June 28.—Rich
mond and Henrico members of the
Woman's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform have been urged by
Miss Julia Sully, chairman of the Jocal
branch, to wire their repeal stand to
the members of the Resolutions Com
mittee at the Democratic National
Convention now in session in Chicago
• We would be greatly disappointed."
said Miss Sully, "if any attempt to
evade this important issue should be
made. And to the end that the com
mit tee mav know our attitude. I tin
greatly In hopes that all of our mem
bers and friends wlU not. lose this op
portunity to join in this telegram cam
paign."
"It is well," she said, "for the con
vention to realize in time that the
members of this organisation thorough
ly appreciate the gravity of the situa
tion. and that more than a million
voters, pledged for the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, constitute a
factor of great Importance in the de
mand for a repeal plank."
YES, WE HAVE NO SHEEP
When organizers of the Leicester,
England, pageant planned to show
some of the brerd of Leicester sheep.
created 200 years ago by Robert Bake
well, they discovered that not a speci
men remained in the district. All were
being bred in a rival county.
Clothes That Are
Cool
At Prices That A re
Comfortable
Τ ropîcal
satisfaction is
light - weight
weave — plus
expert tailor
ing—and it is
that expert
tailoring
which we
control for
Washing ton
—F a s h i ο η
Park and
Mode — that
makes our
Feather
weights i η -
comparable*
Plan for the
holiday — there
are things you'll
need — and
you'll find them
better right
here.
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Imported Linen Suits
$H75
The weave is of a quality that responds to the
technique of master craftsmanship—making for
superiority. Single and double breasted models.
Imported Calcutta Seersucker Suits
no
You'll like the comfort of this genuine Calcutta
Seersucker—and the class that has been tailored
into these single and double breasted suits.
Fashion Park Tropical
Worsted Suits
$35 and $40 Grades
$24·75
They are three-piece suits—of this famous
fashioning—and of the exclusive F.-P. weaves.
Mode Tropical Worsted Suits
Reduced to
$17-75
Coat and Trouser Suits in the fashionable light
colors.
Flannel or Ser£e Trousers
$7.50
Plain white flannel a; 1 smartly striped
serge. Don't buy price when choosing Flannel
Trousers. These have that bod\ and that shapeli
ness to give you the service you expect.
Flan-L-Tex—that's the new long trousers for
sports wear; in striped patterns—and they $0.25
wash
New Summer Robes
$1
.95
Lightweight cheviot, smart black and white
checks—just the thing for beach, locker room and
home wear.
Mode Union Suits
Regular $1 Value
69c
3 for $2.00
Modeled in patterns that give room for free
action—real comfort.
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The Mode—F at Eleventh
<£/i
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fURHITURe
, . at Mayer &. Co. now
A GREAT CLEARANCE
of Odd Ρ ieces and Qroups
and ONE-OF-A-KIND DINING and BED ROOM SUITES
%
at wonderfully
LOW
PRICES
Most of these pieces and suites are specially arranged
on one floor. These are mostly odd pieces and suites,
which are 'way underpriced for immediate clear
ance. This is your chance to pick up that furniture
you have been needing at a greatly lowered price.
Only 1 of a kind in most instances. So come early
and not be disappointed. Savings are unusual.
$58*50 ♦ ·. α Bed Room Suite
Just one of these Tudor Oak Suites, consisting of 5 pieces
with Dresser, Toilet Table, Full Size Bed, Chair and Bench
... an attractive suite way underpriced.
$89'75 for 4 Pieces
These pieces would be wonderful to furnish an attractive
Bed Room. Grand Rapids made Dresser, Full Size Bed
and Chair with harmonizing Chest of Drawers; walnut
and gumwood.
$H9
*'5... a Bed Room Suite
A remarkable value with 5 lovely pieces, including Full
Size Bed, Chest of Drawers, Large Vanity Dresser, Bench
and Night Table, in walnut and gumwood; a splendid
design; one only.
$
124 '^ ... a Bed Room Suite
This is an Early English design, consisting of 5 pieces, with «
Dresser, Full Size Bed, Large Vanity, Bench and Chair,
Tudor Oak. This suite will make an attractive Bed Room
inexpensively. Grand Rapids made.
A Partial List of the Many
Fine Bed Room Pieces and
Groups Specially Priced
If you need only an Odd Dresser, Chest of Drawers, Bed,
Vanity, Chair, Bench or some other piece, you will likely
find it here at a wonderfully low price. Only a sugges
tive few of the many items are listed here.
Vanity Dresser, in walnut chiefly
with four drawers and swinging
mirror; regularly $45.
Reduced to
$29-75
Chest of Drawers, in walnut and
gumwood. quaint Early American
style; formerly $42. $£)Q 75
Now ^
One Twin Size Poster Bed, left
from a good suite; pineapple tips
walnut and gumwood; $1Q.75
formerly $46. Now A*'
One Beautiful Chest of Drawers,
in walnut principally, with six
roomy drawers; for- $'2Q.75
merly $55. Now
One Queen Anne type highboy
with seven drawers in walnut
and gumwood. Reduced $"5Q.73
now to
One Attractive Night Table, with
drawer, in walnut and gumwood.
Formerly marked $16.00. λ
Now AU
Dressing Table and Bench to
match, in walnut and gumwood;
formerly 2 pieces, $00 95
$57.50, Now
4 Bed Room Chairs, in walnut
and gumwood, with.tap
estry seat; formerly 5Q
$11.50. Now *7'
$9.25
Several Odd Bed Room Chaire,
with upholstered seats;
formerly sold at much $Λ 95
more
Maple Dressing Table, with 3
small drawers on table top and 3
drawers below; formerly J-ji
$90. Clearance price
Maple Finish Dressing
Table Base only; for
merly $18.50
Hanging Mirror, suitable for
dressing table or lowboy;
maple finish; formerl. $Q,75
$17. Now
Genuine Walnut Dressing Table
and Bench to match; fine con
struction; good taste; $^0.75
formerly $81. Now
Chest of Drawers, beautified with
crotch,walnut ; a taste
ful design; formerly 50
$49. No*
Large Vanity Dresser and Bench
to match, in walnut chiefly;
formerly $111.75, 2 $(££
pieces ****
Grand Rapids Made Dressing
Table, in walnut and
gumwood, with 3 draw- *39·™
One Berkey & Gay Dressing
Table, with jewel boxes, in wal
nut and hand-painted floral
decoration; sold formerly Jîa
at $150. Clearance price..
Many Wonderful Values in Dining and Living Room Suites
Come Early as Possible—Mostiy Only One of a Kind
MAYER & CO.
Seventh Street
Between D and Ε
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