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Plunge Off New York Bridge Kills Millard, Once House Member By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—Former Westchester County Surrogate Charles D. Millard, 71, plunged 150 feet to his death yesterday from the Henry Hudson Bridge over the Har lem River. Mr. Millard, a Republican, served three terms in the House of Rep resentatives. A maid in the Millard home noti fied Tarrytown police earlier yester day that she found an initialed pen ciled note in Mr. Millard's room stating: "Believe I am losing my mind and I do not care to live longer under these conditions." Police listed the death as "ap parent suicide.” Funeral services for Mr. Millard were scheduled tentatively for Thursday. Friends of the family said Mr. Millard's daughter, Mrs. William Snow, wife of a consulate attache in Lima, Peru, had been notified and that definite plans for funeral serv ices and burial would be withheld until word had been received from South America. Veteran in Politics. Mr, Millard spent virtually all of his adult life in politics, most of it in connection with the affairs of his home town and county. The former Representative was bom in Tarrytown. N. Y., on De cember 1, 1873, the son of James S. and Elizabeth Purdy Millard. He was educated at Phillips-Andover Academy and Brown University, where he was an all-American football player. He later took his law degree from New York Uni versity. He entered politics soon after be ing admitted to the bar in 1898 and. in 1907. was elected supervisor of the village of Greenburgh. He served in this position for 25 years, while he practiced law in New York City and Westchester County. He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1930 from the old 25th New York district, comprising West chester and Rockland Counties, and he was re-elected in 1932 and 1934. While serving in the House, Mr. Millard was a member of the Com mittees on Naval Affairs, Immigra tion and Naturalization, Invalid Pensions, Elections and Wild Life Conservation. Retired January 1. After leaving Congress, Mr. Mil lard became a surrogate of West chester County and remained in that post for tw'o three-year terms. He retired last January 1. During his period on the bench, he presided over the will contest in White Plains in which relatives of Mrs. Anna H. Paton contested part of the will which left 40 per cent of her $1, 300,000 fortune to the Rev. Henry Darlington, pastor of the Protestant1 Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest on Fifth avenue. Mr. Millard was a member of the American, New York City and West chester County Bar Associations. He served two terms as president of the Westchester County body. He was also a member of the Repub lican State Committee, the Masons. Elks, Eagles, Red Men, Psi Efpsilon Fraternity, Brown University Club, Sleepy Hollow and Knollwood Coun try Clubs. Nantucket Yacht Club; and the Mohican Club. His wife died 12 years ago. In addition to his daughter, he is sur vived by a sister, Miss Flora Millard of Tarrytown, and four grandchil dren. Nominations • Continued From First Page > corded an opportunity to cross-ex amine the witnesses. Mr. Stettinius outlined to the committee the major objectives of our foreign policy and asserted that the Sate Department must move speedily to put into effect a re organization program. A short time later, Mr. Grew, former Ambassador to Japan, told the committee he considered the shipping of oil and scrap iron to Japan in prewar years a policy “of common sense.” He said this policy had been called appeasement, but that he preferred his own defini tion. t Mr. Grew was called to the stand after the committee questioned Gen. Holmes, who is scheduled to leave by plane this afternoon to return to Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters, where he is deputy chief of staff for civil affairs in the European theater. Five principal objectives of Amer ican foreign policy were given by Mr. Stettinius: “1. The fullest possible support in the conduct of our foreign relations for our armed forces, so that the war may be won at the earliest pos sible moment. “2. Effective steps to prevent Ger many and Japan, after victory by the United Nations, from again acquiring the power to wage ag gressive war. "3. Establishment at the earliest possible moment of a United Na tions organization capable of build ing and maintaining the peace—by force if necessary—for generations to come. ‘'4. Agreement on measures to promote a great expansion of our foreign trade and of productiveness and trade throughout the world, so that we can maintain full employ ment in our owm country and—to gether with other United Nations— enter an era of constantly expand ing production and consumption and rising standards of living. "5. Encouragement of all those conditions of international life fa vorable to the development by men and women everywhere of the in stitutions of a free and democratic way of life, in accordance with their own customs and desires.” The Senate committee last week recommended confirmation of Messrs. Grew, MacLeish, Rockefeller and Clayton, but the Senate re committed the nominations for hearings. Later the nominations of Mr. Dunn and Gen. Holmes were sent to the Senate. Today, as much of official Wash ington as could crowd its way into the big caucus room in the Senate Office Building was on hand to hear Mr. Stettinius and his "team” quizzed by members of the Senate committee. At the opening of his statement to the committee, Mr. Stettinius expressed his appreciation of his own confirmation. “I am strengthened for the task,” he said, “by the example of my predecessor, Cordell Hull—who is one of the truly great statesmen of our times and whose principles and •bjectives will continue to be guid ing posts for our foreign policy In the days ahead.” The Secretary said one of the first requirements was to build up the strength of the department "so that It will be able to meet the much heavier responsibilities which it must from now on assume.” First Steps Taken Earlier. He said that during the last year first steps have been taken to strengthen the department and to improve the organization. "Our plan,” he said, “calls for six Assistant Secretaries of State in ad dition to the Secretary and the Un dersecretary. At your invitation, the team which the President and 1 have chosen to assist me in directing the department is with me here today. The nominations of six of them are now before you for con firmation. I welcome this oppor tunity to present them to you and to discuss with you their qualifica tions.” Mr. Stettinius said he considered each of them "wholly qualified by character, experience and abilities.'' He said, too, that he believed that each of them whole-heartedly sup ports the principles and objectives of the foreign policy of the United States, as expressed by the Presi dent, Mr. Hull and Congress. Commends Grew First. He gave his first commendation to Mr. Grew, who has been appointed Undersecretary. "He has devoted 40 years to serv ing our country with great distinc tion and honor in the conduct of our foreign relations in all parts of the world,” he said. He pointed out that Mr. Grew had previously served three years as Un dersecretary of State and more re cently nine years as Ambassador to Japan. Mr. Stettinius also gave his com mendation to Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the holdover Assistant Secretary. Pointing out the geographical divi sions of the department will be re grouped under two Assistant Secre taries, one for all countries except the Americas, and the other for American republics. Mr. Stettinius said the first position would be oc cupied by Mr. Dunn and the second by Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. Dunn, he said, was one of Mr. Hulls most valuable lieutenants in the depart ment. Mr. Rockefeller, he pointed out, has served as co-ordinator of inter-American Affairs since 1940. Praises Clayton's Record. He said Mr. Clayton has been chosen to take charge of foreign economic affairs. For 25 years Mr. Clayton was engaged in the cotton business in many parts of the world. Since 1940, Mr. stettinius said, he has served with distinction as dep uty Federal loan administrator, then as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and finally as Surplus War Property administrator. "I believe he would bring to the department great executive ability, practical experience and whole hearted support for the liberal eco nomic objectives of our foreign pol icy.” Mr. Stettinius said. The post of Assistant Secretary in charge of public and cultural rela tions is a new one, Mr. Stettinius said, predicting that it would prove of great importance to our foreign relations. Mr. MacLeish would hold this post. MacLeish 'Proven Executive.’ In support of the appointment, the Secretary said, "Mr. MacLeish has been a soldier, lawyer, editor, writer, and—as Librarian of Con gress—a proven executive whose ex perience and abilities ideally qualify him, in my opinion, to take up these responsibilities under my direction.” Gen. Holmes, who has been ap pointed the Sixth Assistant Secre tary, also was commended by Mr. Stettinius. “We have a tremendous job ahead,” he said in conclusion. “I am naturally anxious to put into effect as rapidly as possible the program for reorganizing and strengthening the Department of State.” Prewar U. S.-Jap Relations. In describing United States-Japa nese relations before the war, Mr. Grew said: "At that time, our country was not prepared for war. The American people did not want war. An em bargo on oil and scrap iron would have been a sanction, an interna tional threat. I warned our Govern ment that if and when we placed embargoes on these materials our relations with Japan would go downward, and we should be ready for war. "There is nothing worse than to shake a fist in the face of a possible opponent and then be compelled merely to shake a finger. I did not want to see us put in that position.” Mr. Grew was asked by Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania whether he had ever said, as re ported in the Philadelphia Record, that he would have Hirohito kept in I power after this country had de jfeated Japan. [ “I am glad to answer that ques tion,” Mr. Grew replied. "I have I never made such a statement. My | position is that when we get to 1 Tokyo—and we certainly will get [there—we will have to meet a num ber of problems. First, we will have I the problem of maintaining order and. second, we will have to thor oughly demilitarize Japan. The American people will demand that these things be done. Uncertain on Jap Reactions. “Japan has never lost a war in modern times. I do not know how the coming defeat will affect the Japanese people.” Mr. Grew said he thought it would be unwise to say in advance, what kind of a government Japan shall have in the future, or whether the institution of emperor should be 1 continued. Japanese reactions, he | said, differ from those of other nations. , “I have never held or stated that the Japanese Emperor should either be retained or eliminated after the war,” he continued. “That is some thing that must be settled after we get to Tokyo.” Mr. Grew said he believed in Mr. Stettinius and was happy to follow I his leadership. “The newspaper sketch of me.” Mr. Grew added, “presumably based on the thought that, like the late i George Apley, I hail from conserva tive elements in New England—said | that I am ‘inhospitable to change.’ Well, if I were inhospitable to change I would certainly not have SPECIALIST’S CHOICE! Em formal* **nt u* by Thornton A Minor Clinic. Relieves pile pain, itching, eorene.* QUICK! Then tendi to shrink .welling; eoftene. Get $1.00 tube Thornton A Minor’s Rectsl Ointment. Or get Thornton A Minor Rectel Suppositories, only * few cents more. Try DOCTORS’ wsy TODAX At all good drug storM everywhere been asked or willing to Join this team.” Rockefeller Explains Views. The next witness was Mr. Rocke feller who gave his views on what may be done to improve inter American relations, which will be his particular task in the State Depart ment setup. He was questioned briefly by Senator Guffey, who said that he had read, or heard, that Mr. Rockefeller had promised to send eight South Americans to Harvard and pay their expenses. Mr. Rocke feller flatly denied that he had ever said he planned such a thing. Chairman Connally then called Mr. Dunn. Mr. Dunn also read a prepared statement to the commit tee, giving his experience in the State Department during the last 25 years. He was with Secretary Hull at the Moscow conference. Senator Johnson, Republican, of California, wanted to know where the Atlantic Charter is now. “It is still there,” said Mr. Dunn. “We are carrying on under the prin ciple of the Atlantic Charter to day.” After Secretary Stettinius finished his prepared statement, he said in response to a question by Senator Guffey that he would favor a policy of preventing use of American lease lend supplies by one of the Allies against another ally. “Not Proper Question.” “Are the British now using lease lend material against our Ethiopian Allies?" Senator Guffey asked. Chairman Connally interrupted to say he did not believe that was a proper question in view of the war situation, and Senator Guffey with drew it. Senator Shipstead, Republican, of Minnesota, asked Secretary Stitti nius what he believes the practical foreign policy of the United States to be. The Secretary said he would welcome the opportunity to go into that detail, but it would take some time. Chairman Connally suggested that another occasion be found for i this discussion. Senator Guffey remarked that for some years It had appeared to be State Department policy to follow the British lead in Europe com- \ pletely, and asked if that was the! policy now. Mr. Stettinius said, “I assure you ! that I will follow the President and i Mr. Hull in that regard,” adding I that he would welcome an oppor- I tunity to discuss this matter also in more detail later. Satisfactory Relationship. Senator Guffey also mentioned re- j ports that it was planned to transfer j much of the powers of the Foreign i Economic Administration to the! State Department, and asked Mr. Stettinius if he concurred in such j a move. The Secretary replied that he was confident that the satisfac tory relationship between himself and FEA Administrator Leo Crow ley would continue. Gen. Holmes said Gen. Eisenhower and the War Department had agreed to release him in the event his! nomination is confirmed and that he welcomed the opportunity for service! in the State Department ,,in the belief that we must make our plans and have our tools in hand” for coping with postwar problems. In response to a question by Senator Guffey, Gen. Holmes said he and Robert D. Murphy, political adviser to Gen. Eisenhower, drafted the controversial agreement with Admiral Darlan in North Africa. Sena or Guffey did not pursue this point and Gen. Holmes said later he was disappointed that there w'as no opportunity for a full discussion of the so-called Darlan deal. Greece i Continued Prom First Page.' Athens by ELAS shellfire yesterday. ELAS mortar shells damaged a bar racks used by enlisted men of the American Air Transport Command, but there were no casualties. Casualties Appear Small, Eden Tells Commons LONDON, Dec. 12 (/P).—Foreign ■ Secretary Anthony Eden told Com-; mons today he understood British casualties in the present fighting against the ELAS in Athens were "happily, very small.'’ He had no detailed figures. In fighting to free Greece and Crete since the beginning of the j war British imperial forces suffered 40,000 casualties and lost nearly 500 aircraft, he said. Most of the casualties were in- j curred in 1941, when the British! launched an unsuccessful expedition into Greece. The Royal Navy, Mr. Eden said, had suffered heavily — losing 5 cruisers. 13 destroyers, 3 sub I marines, 1 sloop and 47 minor ! vessels. Three battleships were among vessels badly damaged. “It must be remembered that in | those days we were all alone against | a victorious Germany and Italy and in dire peril,” Mr. Eden explained. A member suggested the British Commonwealth of Nations had taken by far the greater part in the lib eration of Greece. “I don’t think there has ever been any question of that anywhere,’’ Mr. | Eden replied. AAA Advisory Board Urges School Safety Education Program The District Advisory Board of the American Automobile Associa tion was on record today as approv ing “the earliest possible establish ment” of a comprehensive safety education program in the District public schools. In offering the safety resolution, which was adopted yesterday by the j board, Mrs. Mackall B. Fetzer, pres- i ident of the District Congress of Parents and Teachers, called atten tion to the "serious accident situa tion” in the District. She said that in 1943 there were 486 accidental deaths of all kinds and approxi mately 40,000 injuries requiring treatment of some kind. Mrs. Fetzer asserted that a safety program should include a full-time professional co-ordinator with spe cial training in safety education who would be responsible for safety activities; an office staff sufficient to meet the needs of organizing and operating the program, and a budget allowance sufficient to provide a staff and the necessary materials for instructional purposes. She added that “almost every city ■ of 100,000 population or over offers; a program of safety training in its! public schools.” Fred W. Tuemmler. planning di- i rector for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com mission, in a discussion of the pro- j posed master highway plan for the Maryland-Washington regional dis-j trict, told board members that the j proposed plan would affect the | District mostly in improvements to! K street and Fort drive. Under the plan, Mr. Tuemmler said, K street would be improved | to afford a connecting link between! the Washington-Baltimore parkway j and the Annapolis freeway on thej northeast and Key and Memorial I Bridges on the Potomac River. Fort drive, he said, would be im proved to form a lateral connecting link with important express high ways leading out of Washington to the north and northwest and would be extended to connect with Fort Lincoln parkway to the south. Mr. Tuemmler emphasized that! the master highway plan still is in! 'its formative stage, subject to final! ; changes. He said that many of the roads will not be constructed until | long in the future. The plan, he said, is an attempt to visualize the Washington area as it may be ex pected to develop over the next | several decades. Philippines • Continued From First Page > ) —— | tainous northwest shoulder of Leyte Island. (Japanese troops in the Ormoc sector "are carrying on a fierce cbunterattack against enemy forces which since the morning of December 9 advanced north westward from Ipil along the coast of Ormoc Bay,” the Jap anese Domei news agency assert ed today. The dispatch was without Allied confirmation.! Terrain still was virtually im passable, but Gen. MacArthur re ported his 32d Division was "slowly surging forward" against enemy positions in the rugged corridor, which runs from Ormoc to Carigara i Bay on the north. • NBC Correspondent George ! Thomas Folster said the 77th j and 7th Divisions found the Jap- j anese well intrenched when they entered Ormoc. He broadcast: ("The enemy had automatic weapons at street intersections, snipers on rooftops and nests of sharpshooters hidden under houses. Taking Ormoc was not i the easy matter that ' taking Tacloban on the east coast was. If they could have done so, the I Japs would have held the town | at all costs."! A1 Dopking. Associated Press cor respondent, who was with the 7th Division in its strenuous advance over 90 miles of swamps and moun tains to reach the west coast of Leyte, wrote that the Japanese abandoned ammunition dumps and supplies as they retreated under the knockout attack launched Saturday. I “Some of them, caught behind the! American lines, jumped into the | Camotes Sea trying to swim north- : ward to rejoin their forces,” he said.j "They were killed or drowned.” Sir. Dopking said the Japanese in the trap between his division and the 77th were "some of the Japanese i Imperial Army's best—not garrison troops encountered in Central Pa cific atolls.” American bombers scored effective sw-eeps of the Central Philippines and beyond, cratering airdrome run ways and blasting harassed shipping. The most spectacular single strike was the 79-ton bombing of petroleum installations at Tarakan and Balik papan on Borneo, where direct hits burst pipelines and storage tanks, flooding the areg with flaming oil. A freighter was sunk offshore. Patrol planes made a night har assing raid on Japanese shipping in Manila Harbor. I ^OP iro« Si «"** J Paying rent is a thankless job. All you ever have to show for your money is a batch of rent receipts. I Interstate can make it easy for you to stop renting, j start owning a home of your own. With a low cost, long term mortgage loan, we work out a payment plan to fit your budget. You pay a fixed, monthly sum, exactly like rent. I BUILDING ASSOCIATION Washington Building • 15th & New York Ave. District 8300 j European Conflict Now Is Year Older Than World War By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec.-12.—The Eu ropean war has passed another milestone, having lasted exactly one year longer than the World War. The World War ended in 4 years, 14 weeks and 2 days—the last shot being fired just 6 hours after armistice terms were signed at 5 a.m. on November 11, 1918. The current war was 5 years, 14 weeks and 2 days old yes terday. War Bonds < Continued From First Page.1 your Navy,” he said. "As President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill said, we have won a tem porary success in the battle of the Atlantic, but it will continue to be a hard fight, costing us men, ships and planes. "Ahead is a longer and tougher fight in the Pacific. Before our combined operations on sea, in the air, and on land can bring the war lords of Japan to their knees, much additional money and material will be needed.” The Secretary said he felt con fident “the American people will not fail in their support of our fighting men.” One reason for cheerfulness among local leaders is the compari- ■ son of figurues in this drive with those of the Fifth War Loan. At the beginning of the final week in that drive, total sales had not yet reached the top, and neither "E” bonds nor all bonds sold to individ uals had reached 50 per cent of their quotas. Even at the end of the drive, corporations had not gone over their quota to the extent which they al ready have oversubscribed this one. However, though they have hopes of meeting quotas on schedule, it will be a hard task, leaders pointed out. More than $2,000,000 in “E” bonds alone must be sold daily this week to reach the goal. Leaders believe it can be done—or that at least the quota can be reached by the end of the month—if every working resident of the District buys his share. What they consider his share is the absolute maximum that he can squeeze from his pock etbook, they said. Today, Rear Admiral Willard A Kitts, assistant chief of the Navy Ordnance Department, will address Western High School pupils at chapel. The school has raised j $14,000 in bonds so far. At 8 o'clock tonight the International Workers Order 528. Women's Auxiliary, will hold a rally at 931 Longfellow street N.W.. at which Emmet Leo Sheehan will speak. Employes of the Eastern area headquarters of the American Red Cross have made War Bond sub scriptions of $57,353 during the cur rent drive, an all-time high. Tire quota given the area headquarters was $35,000. At the same time. William T. Coe, chairman of the drive in Alexandria, said latest reports from State head quarters. as of Friday, show total sales of $935,602.25 or 43 per cent of the $2,158,000 quota, and E bond sales of $307,196.25, or 36 per cent of the $833,000 E bond quota. Seats for the special performance of "Doughgirls" at the Reed Theater Thursday night are being distrib uted to bond purchasers and other events are planned before the close of the drive. Arlington Rites Set For Mrs. Hendren Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow In Arlington Cemetery for Mrs. Elizabeth Pettit Hendren, 41, wife of Rear Admiral Paul Hendren, U. S. N. Mrs. Hen dren, a former resident of the Dis trict, died Friday after a brief ill ness in Chapel Hill, N. C., where she had lived since April, 1942. Admiral Hendren, who was sum moned from his station in the South Pacific, was unable to reach her bedside before she died. The daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. James Sumner Pettit, Mrs. Hendren was a native of Washing ton and a grandniece of President Grant. She married Admiral Hen dren February 4, 1922, and lived in this city except for short periods abroad when her husband was on sea duty. They formerly made their home at 1926 Belmont road N.W. Admiral Hendren is well known in Washington, having served at the Navy Department on important as signments. He formerly commanded a cruiser whose brilliant and dam aging forays against the Axis in the Mediterranean earned for her the name of the “galloping ghost of the Sicilian Coast.” He was awarded the Legion of Merit for exploits in the battle of Sicily. Besides her husband, Mrs. Hen dren is survived by a daughter. Miss Constance Hendren, a junior at the University of North Carolina; a son, Paul Hendren, jr„ a high school students at Chapel Hill; a sister, Mrs. C. R. Kear, wife of Lt. Comar. Kear, U. S. N. R., New Orleans, La., and a brother, James Sumner Pettit. Weather Report District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy and windy, with temperature near 38 this afternoon, failing to i middle or upper 20s tonight, Some sunshine and slowly rising tempera ture tomorrow, with diminishing winds. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac muddy at Great Falls. Report for Last 34 Hours. Temperature Yesterday—■ Degrees. 4 p.m 36 8 pm 48 Midnight . 39 Today— 4 a m. _ _ _ . 33 8 a m. 39 Noon _ 37 Record for Last 31 Hours. 'From noon yesterday to noon today ) Highest, 49. 8:30 p.m. Year ago. 51. Lowest, 39. 7:45 a m. Year ago. 34. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 98. on June 18. Lowest. 17, on January, 9. Humidity Report. (From noon yesterday to noon today0 3 3u pm. 93 per cent 8 30 p m. 93 per cent 3 36 a m. _ 90 per cen' 8:30 a m 91 per cent Tide Tables. •Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey » Today. Tomorrow ; High 6:38 a m. 7 11am ! Low I :6K a.m. 1 :56 a m i High 6:55 p.m 7*36 p.m Low 1:14 pm. 1 58 pm The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. (Sun. today 8 18 5.46 i Sun tomorrow 8:19 5 46 Moon, today 5:07 a.m. 4.06 pm Automobile lights must be turned on one-haif hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date 1944. Average Record January 3.36 3.55 7.83 '37 February 3.31 3.37 6.85 '84 March 4.83 3.75 8.84 91 April 3.98 3.37 9.13 '89 May 111 3 7n 10.69 '89 June _ 3.37 4 13 10.94 *00 July 5.63 4.71 10.63 ’86 August . . 6.91 4.01 14.41 '38 September 4.87 3.34 17.45 '34 October 3.38 3 84 8.81 '37 November 3 14 3.37 7 18 7 7 December 1.79 3.33 7 56 ’Oi Mrs. Henrietta Sommers Dies After Brief illness Mrs. Henrietta Sommers. 80. of 1613 Harvard street N.W., a resident j of the District for the last 64 years,: died in Emergency Hospital early: today after a brief illness. She was the widow of Joseph Sommers, former Georgetown mer chant. Born and educated in Bal timore, Mrs. Sommers came here when 16 years old. She was a mem ber of the Washington Hebrew Con gregation and the Sisterhood of that congregation. Survivors include one son, Her bert Sommers; two daughters. Mrs. Irene Guggenheim and Miss Lil lian Sommers, all of Washington; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Danzansky funeral home. Burial will be in Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. Senate District Unit Offices Open Jan. f For the first time in nearly a year, according to present plans, the office of the Senate District Committee will be opened daily for business, beginning January i, when James; ■ Ozra Day of Mississippi takes over ?his duties as committee counsel. Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mis-' sissippi announced late yesterday, that Mr Day had resigned as United States attorney for the northern district of Mississippi to accept the committee post. His appointment had been announced months ago, but there was delay until Mississippi affairs were arranged. | Apparently this has been done, i for Senator Bilbo’s announcement : commented that Chester L. Sumners, ; assistant United States attorney in | the northern district, had been rec iommended for Mr. Day's old place; ! Marshall T. Adams of Tupelo, Miss., had been recommended for first as sistant United State attorney of the same district, and Robert L. Small wood, Oxford, Miss., for second as sistant prosecutor. While wholesale lots of legislation | have been handled by the District 1 Committee under the aegis of Sena tor Bilbo, the District Committee : offices mostly have been kept dark land locked in the past year, and I many inquiries shunted to the House District Committee. Five Deny Charges In Narcotics Case Five men who were arrested last night by Federal narcotics agents and city police were arraigned to day before United States Commis sioner Needham C. Turnage on charges of sale and possession of narcotics. Three of them were picked up in the Lamplighters Club, Fourteenth and Q streets N.W., and the others on the steed not far away. John Harry Calomaris, drummer in the club’s orchestra, according to the arresting officers, asked for a continuance of his case until to morrow, which was granted by Com missioner Turnage. His bond w'as set at $3,000. In his automobile, parked not far from the club, the agents and police say they found several bags of marihuana, The arresting party was led by Le Roy Morrison, agent in charge of the District office of the Federal Narcotics Bureau, and Lt. Robert Bryan of the Metropolitan police. Julian Adolph Chesham, 28, of 1333 Fourteenth street N.W., and Joseph Warren Blount, 28, of 1327 Spring road N.W., were the men ar rested on the street. Their bonds were set at $1,000 after pleading not guilty. The bond for Harold Morey Collins, 29, of 1216 Tenth street N.W., was set at $2,000, and for Waiter Wells, 26. of 1422 N street N.W., at $1,000 after they pleaded not guilty. The cases of the four men whose not guilty pleas were accepted will be taken up by the grand jury. 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