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DECISON DUESOON
,ON MILK HEARING
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Vingmia Board to Meet on
tluestion of Price-Fixing
V Session.
, A probability that the Virginia
State Milk Commission will hold a
meeting within the next few days to
decide upon a public hearing in the
Arlfng ton-Alexandria areR on the
price-fixing regulations of the com
mfsMon. was announced today by
SHe Senator John W. Rust of Fair
' Ftillowring a protest voiced by Sena
te Rust early in the week against
• ny delay in holding a public hear
ting for Arlington County and Alex
andria residents regarding the retail
rtiilk price set by the State Milk
Commission sometime ago, the com
mission has advised that it expects
to ‘meet within a few days to "decide
definitely on the advisability of hav
ing a hearing in the area without
waiting for a decision from the court.
Fought Delay.
£e Northern Virginia Senator
i his protest against a delay in
ng the local hearing when he
was advised in a letter from the Milk
Commission that a local hearing
would probability be held if and when
the commission lost its injunction
fi(jht against the Highland Farms
Dairy.
Strong sentiment has been aroused
l#»lly over the price set by the State
nitlk body for the Arlington-Alex
andria area, which has resulted in
increases from 2 to 3 cents a quart
In the price of milk.
Hazel's Dairy in Falls Church,
operated by Richard E. and Thomas
Li Hazel, one of the dairies to wage a
bftter fight against the increase forced
by the Milk Commission, formerly
sold milk for 12 cents a quart, but
following an injunction served on
the concern late in July, was com
pelled to raise its price to 14 cents.
Dairy Plans New Service.
Meanwhile Highland Farms Dairy
is planning to inaugurate a personal
shopping service for its customers.
Milk would be bought in Washington
and delivered to Virginia users for a
small delivery charge, thus keeping
the cost of the milk, including de
livery charges, at a figure below that
6et by the commission.
Senator Rust said he was advised
by the Milk Commission that if it
lost its court fight against Highland
Farms Dairy, no further effort would
be made to regulate the local mar
ket, thus permitting distributors to
go back to their old prices.
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DELAY DECISION
ON POSTMASTER
Mitchell Tells Senate Case Was
Held Up "by Direction
of President.-’
By the Associated Press.
Harry B. Mitchell, chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, reported
to the Senate yesterday in response
to a Senate resolution that the com
mission, “by direction of the Presi
dent," is holding the case of the
Portsmouth. Va., postmastership "to
consider new information relating to
the applicants.”
Senator Glass of Virginia yesterday
obtained approval of a resoltuion call
ing for a report from the commis
*ion why the commission “has de
clined to furnish to the Senators
from the State of Virginia informa
tion with respect tp the results of
the examination given for the office
of postmaster at Portsmouth, Va., in
May. 1937.”
Glass told the Senate yesterday,
after reading the commission chair
man's letter, the response "is neither
frank nor accurate.”
Mitchell's letter to the Senate said
in part:
“Pursuant to Senate Resolution 187
(the Glass resolution) the commis
sion advises that presidential post
master examinations are held for the
President of the United States under
the provisions of the executive order
of July 20, 1936. The order provides
that so far as applicable the civil
service rules and regulations shall be
applied. In connection with civil
service examinations information is
not furnished to members of Congress
or any one else until the respective
candidates themselves are notified of
the results of their examination.
Consequently, the same rules have
been applied to presidential pcst
naster examinations, and members of
Jongress are not furnished informa
}on as to the results of the exam
nations until after the papers have
een rated, the candidates themselves
otified and certification made to the
epartment.”
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| AVOIDS JAIL BY CASH
ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 21
S3!.—Howard J. Agness, whose es
ranged wife staged a sit-down in his
,'indow shade plant last March to
crce payment of alimony, forestalled
30-day term in jail today by deliv
ring two checks totaling $134.16 to
ler attorney.
Today was the deadline set for the
ayment of the temporary alimony
nd counsel fees in an order signed
tugust 4 by Supreme Court Justice
ohn Van Voorhis. Separation pro
eedings are pending and will be be
ried this Fall. (
JVeit? Gadget Shows
pvery Move Pilot
makes During Trip
Wlight Analyser Will Give
p Complete Picture of
Every Hop.
tHjr the Associated Press.
~ CHICAGO, August 21.—A gadget de
signed to record everything a pilot
Hoes with his airplane from the time
fee takes ofT until he lands has been
{Installed in United Airlines transports
§he company announced today.
J’ The device, weighing only 3 pound!
ds known as a "flight analyzer.”
g "The purpose is to provide both the
ground and supervisory officials and
Qhe pilots an accurate and complete
Jfcicture of each trip,” said the an
nouncement.
§ Important, too. is a part of the de
vice which shows how much of the
Itlme the automatic or robot pilot
fjwhlch handles the controls more ac
jfcujately than the human hand, wu
in operation.
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Guards Buried Will
Policeman Hugh Gallagher guarding the grave of Henrietta
E. Garrett in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, where vandals
have threatened to use dynamite to get at the will which is
buried with her. She died in November, 1930. leaving a fortune
estimated at $20,000,000 and something like 500 heirs.
—Wide World Photo.
AT FT. FREDERICK
Exhibit of Historic Relics
Will Be Ready Before End
of Travel Season.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. August 21—The
State office of the National Emergency
Council announced today installation
of a permanent museum of historical
relics at Fort Frederick, near Hagers
town, will be completed before the
end of the Summer travel season.
The National Park Service regional
office at Richmond. Va„ informed
the N. E. C. here that a series of
color sketches, based on historical
researches, has been completed by
Park Service museum artists and in
stalled in dust-proof cases at the
fort.
Sketches Described.
Grouped m accordance with a
chronological plan, the sketches de
pict five stages in the life of the an
cient fort.
Separate exhibits show "Indians of
the Fort Frederick Area," "The Build
ing of the Fort,” the "Flench and
Indian War," "Life at the Fort, 1756
1783” and “The Fort During the
War Between the States.” •
Recreating an atmosphere of the
past, an authentic reproduction of a
six-pounder cannon of the pre-Revo
lutionary period has been reconstruct
ed and mounted on a massive field
carriage in the fort's northwest
bastion. The work was done by ord
nance specialists at Colonial National
Historical Park, Yorktown, Va.
C. C. C. Aided Project.
Grouped selections from a total of
628 military and domestic articles,
uncovered during excavations in con
nection with restorative work on the
old stronghold, will be placed on
display with the sketches.
Civilian Conservation Corps en
rollees, working under the National
Park Service and the Maryland De
partment of Forestry have repaired
the wall facings of the quadrangular
structure, reinforced the ancient par
apets and reconstructed a wooden cat
walk or firing platform.
MILITARY JUDGES
REWARDED BY SOVIET
Get Lenin Order Awards for Part
in Purge of Trotskyist
Foes.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 21.—Military
judges who have been prominent in the
Soviet Union's purge of Trotskyist ene
mies were awarded the order of Lenin
today.
Lesser decorations were also con
ferred on eight other court officials
from the Moscow, Kharkov and Ural
regions for similar services.
After the awards, V. I. Mezhlauk.
commissar of heavy industry, told a
conference of labor unions:
"You must not think all of our ene
mies have been exposed. Trotskyist
Bukharinite wreckers and other spies
are still sucking the blood of Industry
like leeches.
"We must catch all wreckers and
pull up all the roots, which sometimes
are very deep.”
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MID-TERM PARLEY
HELD “IMPERATIVE”
G. 0. P. Research Head Says Party
Is Confused as to What
It Stands For.
B» the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCI8CO, August 21.—
Prof. O. O. Saxon, director of research
for the Republican party, declared
today a special national party con
vention before the next election is
"inevitable.”
Saxon is en route to his Fall classes
at Yale University Law School after
a trout fishing trip in the Northwest
with former Pr sident Herbert Hoover.
“The party j confused as to what
it stands for," said Saxon in an inter
view. “A convention must be called.
It would create unity in the ranks.
"The party’s only function is the
conservative position. The New Deal
has absorbed the left. This does not
mean, however, that the party would
not be progressive.”
Hoover said yesterday a convention
in the Spring .of 1938 had been dis
cussed with both Alf M. Landon, 1938
presidential nominee, and John D. M.
Hamilton, national chairman.
A State Theater of Opera and Ballel
will be established in Simferopol, in
the Crimea.
\
JSew Drug Cuts
Death Rate in
Childbirth Cases
English Scientist Says
Discovery Is One of
Century’s Greatest.
By the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, August 21.—Reduc
tion in maternal mortality from puer
peral fever from 22 to 8 per cent
through the use of a new blood
poisoning remedy has been announced
at the British Pharmaceutical Confer
ence.
The remedy is a modified form of
sulfanilamide, recently introduced into
the United States. The modified
form, to show chemists what has been
added, is called ‘para-aminobenzen
sulphonamide."
Results were checked in the London
Queen Charlotte Hospital and the
remedy described by Dr. W. J. C. Dyke
of the Evans Biological Institute as
one of the greatest discoveries of the
century.
The drug comes from a red German
dye, invented in 1908. Medical bene
fits were traced to a substance added
to make the color fast. The remedy
gained prominence last Winter, when
it was reported used in the treatment
of one of President Roosevelt’s sons.
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Partly cloudy
and cooler, preceded by showers today;
tomorrow partly cloudy ; gentle north
east winds.
Maryland—Partly cloudy and cooler,
preceded by showers today; tomorrow
partly cloudy.
Virginia—Local showers and thun
dershowers today and tomorrow;
slightly cooler in north portion today.
West Virginia—Local showers and
thundershowers today and possibly to
morrow; not much change in temp
erature.
River Report.
Potomac River little muddy and
Shenandoah very muddy at Harpers
Ferry late yesterday.
Report Until 10 P.M. Satarday.
Midnight - 81 12 noon_ 90
2 a m. - 79 2 p.m. 92
4 a m. - 77 4 p.m. 94
« a.m. - 76 6 p.m. _88
8 a m. - 80 8 p.m. 86
10 a m. -88 10 p.m. 82
Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday
Highest, 95. 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 95.
Lowest, 76. 6 a m. yesterday. Year
ago. 68.
Record Tempera tore* This Year.'
Highest. 97, on August 20.
Lowest. 19, on February 28.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
. Today. Tomorrow.
High- 7:57 a m. 8:37 a.m.
L°w_ - 2:33 a.m. 3:15 a.m.
High - 8:22 p.m. 9:03 p.m.
Low - 2:56 p.m. 3:33 p.m.
The San and Meon.
„ , . Rises. Seta.
Sun. today _ 5:27 6 54
Sun. tomorrow_ 5:28 8 52
Moon, today _ . 8:57 p.m.- 6:05 a.m.
Automobile lights must bo turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital (current montn to date):
Month. 1937. Average. Record.
January - 7.83 3.55 7.83 ’37
February - 3.33 3.27 6.84 '84
March- 1.50 .3.75 8.84 '91
April - 6.85 3.27 9.13 ’8#
May - 4.02 3.70 10.89 '89
June - 6.21 4.1.3 10.94 '00
July - 3.67 4.71 10.68 ’86
August - 1.07 4.01 14.41 ’28
September - 3.24 17.45 '34
October - 2.84 8.57 '86
November__ 2.37 8.69 '89
December _ ,_ 3.32 7.66 '01
Weather in Various Cities.
Preclp.
^Temperature-^ 7:30
Max. Min. Sat. p.m. to
Sat- Frl. 7:30 7:30
urday.night. p m. p.m.
Ashevile. N. C_ 88 66 72
Atlanta. Oa. 94 72 76 0.04
Atlantic City, N. J. 76 66 70 _
Baltimore Md. 94 76 84 _
Birmingham. Ala.. 90 72 84 _
Bismarck, N. Dak.. 88 56 84
Boston, Mass_ 94 76 78 0.32
Buffalo. N. Y_ 70 74 70 0.05
Chicago. M. 72 68 68 0.34
Cincinnati, Ohio.. 88 76 70 0.28
Cheyenne. Wyo_ 88 60 86
Cleveland. Ohio... 80 74 72 0.48
Dallas. Tex. _ 94 76 80 „_
Davenport. Iowa.. 76 70 74 _
Denver. Colo. . 92 64 88 _
Des Moines. Iowa. 82 60 80 ...
Detroit. Mich. ... 72 72 64 0.54
Duluth. Minn..’... 62 64 48
El Paso. Tex_ 86 68 84 0.07
Galveston. Tex_ 88 82 84 _
Helena. Mont._ 88 58 88 _
Huron. S. Dak. . 82 54 80
Indianapolis. Ind.. 80 74 76 0.40
Jacksonville. Fla.._ 90 76 78 _
Kansas City, Mo. . 86 75 82
Little Rock. Ark. 84 72 76 0.66
Los Angeles. Calif. 82 62 78
Louisville. Kr. 88 74 78 0.09
Marquette. Mich... 60 60 62 _
Memphis. Tenn. 84 74 82 _
Miami Fin. . 86 80 82 _
Minn -St. P„ Minn. 78 54 76 _
Mobile. Ala. _ 92 76 84 _
New Orleans. La... 9(1 76 82 _
New York. N. Y. 92 74 80 _
North Platte. Nebr. 90 60 88 _
Oraaha, Nebr . 84 58 84
Philadelphia. Pa.__ 92 76 86 _
Phoenix. Arls_102 78 94
Pittsburgh. Pa._ 90 68 70 0.05
Portland. Me. _ 96 72 76 _
Portland. Oreg. . 80 58 80
Rapid. City, 8 D.. 98 46 96
Salt Lake City... 98 68 96
St. Louis. Mo . 88 74 80 O.ll
San Antonio. Tex._ 96 76 92 _
San Diego. Calif.. 74 64 72 _
San Francisco_ 64 54 64
Savannah. Oa. . 92 78 78 0.07
Santa Fe. N. Mex. 82 64 76
Seattle Wash. ... 76 68 14
Springfield. HI. __ 82 72 78 OSS
Tampa. Fla. _ 90 74 74 0.52
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SHOOTING RULED
IN “SELF DEFENSE'’
No Inquest to Be Held in
Death of Officer at
South Boston.
Bj the Associated Press.
SOUTH BOSTON, Va., August 21.—
Commonwealth's Attorney M. B.
Booker said today no inquest would
be held in the fatal shooting of State
Traffic Officer N. G. Terry, 62, by
his son, Stover Terry, 26.
Officer Terry was shot to death at
his home 6 miles south of here last
night in what Booker said was a
“clear” case of "self-defense.”
Deputy Sheriff H. E. Boelte, who
said the elder Terry had been drink
ing, said young Terry told police his
father had threatened him and his
mother and that the argument con
tinued after the elder Terry went out
into the yard.
Merle Brooks said when undertakers
arrived to get the body they found
a pistol clutched in one hand. It had
not been fired, she declared. She
said the body showed four bullet
wounds, one through the shoulder,
one through the forearm and two
through the heart.
Stover Terry, who is married, runs
the farm on which he and his father
lived. The elder Terry was chief
of police here from 1908 to 1920 and
another son, Shepherd Terry, is a
lieutenant on the South Boston police
force. The elder Terry had been on
the State police force since January,
1929.
Booker said a routine hearing would
be held next Saturday on a warrant
charging Stover Terry with murder.
PLAYGROUND EXHIBITION
‘SLATED IN TAKOMA PARK
Brecial Dispatrn to The 81 ar.
TAKOMA PARK, Md., August 21 —
Arrangements have been made to hold
the annual playground exhibition of
the Takoma Park, Md., playgrounds
on August 31 at 8 p m. at the Phila
delphia Avenue Elementary School.
The program will be in charge of
the children from the North Takoma,
Spring Park and Philadelphia avenue
grounds. Included in the exhibit
will be all handicraft, needlework and
other activities carried on by the
youngsters during the Summer.
Features will be a puppet show by
children attending the Philadelphia
avenue playground and a harmonica
contest.
The final event of the playground
season will be held on September 10,
when the annual play day will take
place at North Takoma playground.
MAUD HUNT
PUNS TO BE LAID
Meeting Will Be Held Wed
nesday—Horse Show to
Be Arranged.
Special Drspaten to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., August 21—To
formulate plans for the annual field
trials of the Maryland Fox Hunters’
Association, to be staged the week of
October 18, probably in Montgomery
County, a meeting of the association
will be held here Wednesday night,
according to announcement by the
secretary, Mrs. Bernard T. Brosius
of Rockville.
The new officers are; A. G. Rolfe,
Washington, president: George A.
Willson, Lay Hill, vice president; Jo
siah J. Hutton, Brookeville, treas
urer, and Mrs. Brosius, secretary.
Whitney J. Aitcheson, Laurel, and Z.
McCubbin Waters, Goshen, serve with
the president as the Advisory Board.
The meeting also will make final
arrangements for the annual horse
show to be staged by the associa
tion on Rock Spring Farm, on the
Rockville-Norbeck pike. Labor day.
The program indicates that 14 classes
will be shown and that there will be a
flat race at a mile and a 2-mile
steeplechase race.
The Horse Show Committee is
composed of Bernard T. Brosius, chair
man; Whitney J. Aitcheson. Ralph
P. Counselman. Harry T. Whitlock
and T. Ormonde Nichols. The chair
men of the various committees are:
Grounds, George A. Willson; gate,
Everett Beall; lunch. Mrs. Frank,
Willson; publicity, Mr. and Mrs. A.
O. Rolfe; ring, Josiah J. Hutton;
ringside, Harry Bennett; entries, Mr.
and Mrs. Adolphus Pohlman; ice
cream, Frank Willson; beverages,
Richard Fulton; ribbons, Otto W. An
derson. George A. Willson is marshal
and O. W. Anderson treaaurer.
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CLERICAL WORKER
PAY AVERAGES $30
New York Survey Show* Salariei
Range From '9.50 to
$575.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 21.—The aver
age clerical worker in New York re
ceives $30.89 a week, the Merchants’
Association reported tonight.
The association, announcing the re
sults of a survey covering 297 concerns
and 43,592 employes, said salaries
ranged from $9 50 to $575 a week.
Some of the higher salaried employe*
were classed as department heads.
The specific occupations studied
were accountants, auditors, bookkeep
ers, stenographers, secretaries, typists,
dictograph, telephone and office ma
chine workers, chief and supervisory
clerks, and file clerks.
The highest salaries were reported
in the financial firms, where they
ranged from $13 to $675 a week, an
average of $34 64 for 6.777 employes.
For 9.928 employes in the manufac
turing field the average was $31.40,
ranging between $9 50 and $230 77.
Other classifications, with their aver
ages, included insurance, $28.90; public
utilities. $30.56; trade, $26.93, hotels
and restaurants, $24.39; warehousing,
$34.44; engineering and professional,
$30.29; real estate, $27.13.
Setting a Parking Record
Because her husband left her, Mrs. Josephine McCoy, 17-year
old bride, of Detroit, Mich., staged a sit-down in his car after
smashing the glass door to open it. Meanwhile, Joe McCoy has
not returned from his walk-out and Josephine is nearing her
seventieth hour of auto residence. —Wide World Photo.
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