Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 5

SUBURBAN NEWSg BYRD WILL STUDY | " ARLNGTON PLAN Meeting First Definite Step in Development of Virginia End of Bridge. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. . CLARENDON, Va,, February 11.—Ac- 'ceptance of an invitation to meet with Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and members of the Lee . 'Highway Association was received today by Dr. W. J. Showalter, acting president of the latter association, from Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. This is the | first definite step announced by the 'State for arrangements to connect the new Arlington Memorial Bridge with the existing Virginia State highways. Negotiations have been under way . since the Virginia State Highway Com- Y mission failed to make allocations for ighway to connect with the Virginia end of the bridge to arrange for a meet- ing between Col. H. J. Shirley, chair- man of the Virginia State Highway Commission, and Federal officals to in- sure a connection with the Virginia end of the bridge. Movement Boosted. While it was expected that such a meeting should be arranged, the at- tendance of Gov. Byrd lends a much more favorable tone to the affair than has been heretofore contemplated. In addition to Col. Grant, Gov. Byrd, Col. Shirley and Dr. Showalter, it is expected that the Secretary of War, Representative R. Walton Moore of Vir- 8. Johnson, director of the ay Association: W. L. Bragg, of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission, and Frank G. Campbell, a member of the latter com- mission, will be in attendance. ‘While definite arrangements have not Jbeen completed for the exact time and place of the meeting, the date has been agreed upon by all of the principals. It is possible that the meeting may be held in Alexandria, it was said, ) Problem Faced. ‘The State of Virginia is faced with the problem of either providing an ap- ?mnch to the bridge before it is ready for opening next year, or having the project reach the Virginia side without #any exit for traffic. 4 . At the recent State road allocation hearing in Charlottesville, Col. Shirley Btated that he had never been consulted by the National Capital Park and Plan- hing Commission as to what they want- ~ pd on the Virginia side of the river, blaming the situation in part on the failure of the Virginia Park and Plan- ®ng Commission to act. ' The meeting scheduled for Thursday s a result of the joint efforts of the Lee Highway Association, advocates of the Lee Boulevard connection, and the :jn-gmla Park and Planning Commis~ ion. . A meeting is scheduled for tonight at the City Club by the Lee Highway HAssociation, where Dan Weigle, veteran ‘brganizer, will attempt to explain to the business men of Washington th2 necessity for their financial co-opera- jon"in putting over an educational rogram Aecarding the Virginia high- ys and {he city that is in the course | f devezopment on this side of the river. DAVIS MAKES SPEECH | AT PLANT CEREMONY RO TR fabor Secretary at Dedication of Manufactory Designed to Abol- ish Manual Iron Puddling. By the Associated Press. AMBRIDGE, Pa., February 11.—Sec- etary Davis of the Labor Department, Who began his career by learning and ,porking at the trade of iron puddling, vas called upon today to deliver the peech of dedication over a new t3 Pieel plant which is intended to abolish gempletely the manual trade of iron puddling. bThe plant, built for the A. M. Byer’s 0., will displace the old processes of ruddling iron by a new method of com- osing the material chemically without he hand working and Rneading. “Think of a poor Secretary of Labor, Wwith his term expiring on March 4, who ust now learn a new trade,” the Sec- etary said. “I always liked my work bf puddling because it was the most ndependent work a man could do. The an who was a good puddler or in (thcr words a good refiner of iron, de- beloped an independence so that, he L:m‘ed no one. He was the unshackled vorkman of his day. -, “With this lightening of the work in he making of iron there is an oppor- unity to continue in employment older en.” In the long run every new process ethod or machine that improves r speeds production and cuts down l’s cost in money and labor is a boon o humanity. “We must welcome every new way of | 7 But we must strive | 7 urning out wealth. to open new industries as | peed up the old ones. face calls for whole new with the jobs they hold out those displaced from the old ones.” ANACOSTIA RIVER HEARINGS UNDER WI\Yl High Water Line to Be Determined Suit of John W. Ross Heirs to Prevent Dredging. in Hearing to determine the high water line of the Anacostia River are in prog- fess before Lucian H. Vandoren, a spe- fial master in chancery appointed by of the District Supreme arose cut of a_suit irs of John W. Ross, mmissioner, to pre- from dredging pursuance of the kway project. Tefused to pur- acres embraced | g that the Assistant_United Burkinshaw is vernment, Wwhile presented by At- cph D. Sullivan. cial master has beefl® ordered e testimony to the phy 1 nd in controve finding to the cof {¥ILD TURKEYS RELEASED. United States v Neil Pheasant Eggs Also to Be Incu- ed in Allegany County. RLAND, Md., February 11 hree wild turkeys been released in Allegany County the pest few days and at least 15 10 hens and 5 toms will be on their arrival from Biabon. J. 8. Hershiser of the Allegany and Game Protective As- nnounced today. turkey eges also will be available hatching, while 120 pheasant | ve already been assured for the and will be distributed in lots 5 to persons who will incubate 24 cave for the fledglings. Yb® | tract my fill was taken into consider- The |7 —_— _ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1929.. Members of Prince Georges Col felt to right: James C. Blackwell, Sitting: Brice Bowie and George V Board of Commissioners. anding, A. Duvall and Dr. H. M. Bowen. Waters, jr. MAGRUDER DENIES WISEROAD CHARGE Counters With Accusation| That Contractor Told “Willful Falsehood.” Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARLBORO, Md,, February 11.—Ve- hement denial of the charges that the State Roads Commission built a road to his residence property was made to- day by M. Hampton Magruder, local political leader, who has been sum- moned to appear before the Nelligan commission investigating the office of State Roads Commission. Magruder was summoned after Alfred J. Wise, local contractor, told the com- mission.he had hauled gravel to a pri- vate road on Magruder’s farm and was paid for the work by a check of the State Roads Commission. In his statement of what he claims to be the facts, covering seven typewrit- ten pages, Magruder counters by charg- %Wme with uttering a “willful false- Claims He Gave Righis-of-Way. Magruder claims he gave two rights- of-way for the Crain Highway without compensation and in return, received the promise of the local district engineer that he would build a sill to conect his property with the main road. D. D. Vaughn, superintendent of the L. H. Colbert Construction Co., con- tractors for the Crain Highway, asked for and received permission to widen the sill and build a2 permanent road, Magruder said, during a time when the contractor claimed he wanted to keep his men employed after the Crain High- way was completed. e Magruder says he learned later that Vaughn' had Wise haul the gravel, and that one day Wise, being anxious for money, asked for payment. Vaughn, according to Magruder, not having the money with him, obtained a check for $33.60 from E. C. Duncan, district en- gineer for State Roads Commission, with the understanding that the check, “was against Vaughn's contract price for the Crain Highway as there had been no final estimate at that time.” The next day Vaughn is said to have reimbursed Duncan. Says Other Fills Made. “I am advised by Vaughn that in the unit price for the Crain Highway con- ation as is the custom of the Colbert Construction Co.,” Magruder declared. “It is a further fact,” he said, “that exclusive of my own fill there are six other approaches where the contractor made necessary fills without cost to individuals in any instance.” Wise was aware of these facts when he testified before the commission, according to Magruder, who concluded by saying. “I am infinitely more con- cerned about the publication of my denial than the mere ability to prove the Wise statement totally untrue.” AT G Potomac Citizens’ Meeting. _POTOMAC, Va., February (Spe- cial).—The executive committee of the Potomac Citizens’ Association will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. ‘Craver, on Mount Vernon avenue. See Inaugura “Unequaled Overlooking the vagaries of the weather. ceed the supply. Make sure Prices of seats, 4.4 Representative always at tl and 6 P.M. MONTGOMERY CiVIC BODY TO MEET THIS EVENING Unified Ash, Trash and Garbage Collection System May Be Acted Upon. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md, February 11.— | Definite action on the establishment of a unified ash, trash and garbage collec- tion system in suburban Montgomery County is expected to be taken by the Montgomery County Civic Federation at its regular monthly meeting in the Be- thesda School. Because of the wide differences of opinion among citizens of the suburban sections over the establishment of such a service it was voted at the last meet- ing of the federation to make the asi, trash and garbage collection system the special order of business at the Febru- ary meeting. . A joint report with recommendations is to be made tonight by the committees on legislation and legal action, headed by J. Bond Smith of Takoma Park, and sanitation and public health, headed by Aubrey Carter of Chevy Chase Terrace. LEHLBACH ASKSgACTION ON PAY RELIEF MEASURE Consults With House Leaders on Plan to Expedite Legislation of U, 8. Employes. Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee is consulting with House leaders and official repre- sentatives of Government employes to- day to determine whether House action on the Lehlbach-Brookhart-Celler pay relief bill can be expedited better through a special rule or through rec- ognition of the suspension of the rules. With the House rules committee al- ready bombarded by practically every House committee with a large number of bills for which privileged status is requested, Chairman Lehlbach sfeels that he can get more direct and pfompt action through recognition of the sus- pension rule. He said today he believes he can get action on the pay relief bill to correct inequalities and injustices under the Welch pay bill by either one of these methods, and that he expects }-klle bill to be promptly passed by the ouse, Del Ray Meeting Tonight. POTOMAC, Va., February 11 (Spe- cial).—The regular monthly business meeting of the Del Ray Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Society will be held in the Sunday school room of the church_tonight at 8 o’clock. SEE US FOR LUMBER MILLWORK PAINT HARDWARE" BUILDING SUPPLIES COAL Whatever Your Needs Talk With Us First! Small Orders Given Careful Attention No Delivery Charge J. Frank Kelly, Inc. 2101 Georgia Ave. N. 1343 Lumber—Millwork—Du Pont Coal — Hard the | 1 Parade and Aerial Review from the Viewpoint of inside the heated Washington Bldg. Directly Opposite Treasury Court of Honor Sheltered by this building you will be free from all The demand for seats will ex- of your reservation at once. 0, 0, $6.60, including tax. e building between 9 AM, For inspection or reservation— Apply Room No. 531 Washington Bldg. * 15th and New York Ave. N.W. You are assured of good management by the PRINCE GEORGES BONDING UPHELD $500,000 Proposition Sup- ported—Commissioners to Study It Tomorrow. | Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., February 11.—While no definite action is antic- |ipated, the proposition to have the | rent session of the Legislature author- ize the bonding of Prince Georges County in the sum of $500,000 for the | construction of concrete and gravel per- manent_highways is certain to be gen- erally discussed and the county com- { missioners, in session tomorrow, may assume an attitude toward the idea that will at least bring it forcibly to the notice of the people of the county. According_to those who are well posted on the needs of the county as to permanent highways, and the finan- {cial ability of the county to construct |the necessary roads with the money |available, the bonding proposition ap- peals most strongly to them as the only {one ‘that is likely to solve the perplex- ing situation. There are at least five | highways in the county, the consifuc- | tion of ‘which out of the $134,000 avail- |able from Federal aid and the gasoline tax allotment will be vigorously agitated and urged by prominent citizens and U P27 i ST | R I8 “~ 3 large taxpayers, and the county com- missioners will have no easy task in deciding which of these roads they will recommend for building to the State roads commission. Landover Route Favored. An unbiased statement would appear to be that the road leading from Lan- dover southeast to the county seat, a distance of 10 or 12 miles, is the one from which the best results would be obtained to the largest number of peo- ple. This road would afford a direct route to Marlboro from the thickly set- tled portions of Prince Georges County contiguous to the District of Columbia, including the area from Mount Rainier to Laurel, and embracing the towns of Mount Rainier, Cottage City, Colmar Manor, Brentwood, Bladensburg, Hy- attsville, Riverdale, College Park, Ber- wyn, Branchville, Ammendale, Muirkirk, Contee and Laurel. In order to reach th> county seat now, these people are compelled to go through the District of Columbia. Other roads the early construction of which will be asked for are the com- pletion of the River road, running in the rear of Bladensburg, from its pres- ent terminus, near the Alexandria branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road, to the Washington-Annapolis De- fense highway in Bladensburg, a dis- tance of a little over a mile. This ex- tension would be of concrete. Delegations to Attend Meeting. A large delegation will visit Marlboro Prince Georges County Federation of Citizens’ Associations, headed by the president of that organization, Alfred D. Bailey; the Greater Bladensburg Citi zens'” Association, headed by President William C. Frerie; the Cheverly Citi- zens' Association and the Decatur Heights Citizens' Association. Concrete surfacing so far has been Gold Medal Pillsbury Ceresota FLOUR 5-1b. Bag 12-1b.Bag§ 24-Ib.Bag 24c 52e sl.01 I e Lge. Phgs. | I A e O R Cigarettes Cheaierfield Lucky Strike Old Gold—Camel Piedmont 23¢c Carton of 10 $1.15 A&P sunnyticld Flour 12-1b. Bag } 24-1b. Bag 5-1b. Bag tomorrow, comprising members of the | completed from the county line at Ken- ilworth to the Alexandria branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The former State Roads Commission is understood to have favored the extension of this road in a northwesterly direction, par- alleling the right of way of the rail- road, but the route most favored, it is understood, is that which will carry the new road over the present roadbed of the River road, adjacent to which are many rich truck farms managed by large taxpayers. The delegation will suggest to the commissioners that the crossing of the railroad tracks might be accomplished by building the road un- der or over the tracks and that a large fill would be necessary if the thorough- fare were to parallel the railroad tracks into Bladensburg. g Road Completion to Be Urged. ‘The completion of about 2 miles of concrete road from Central avenue at Hall's Station, Queen Anne district, to connect with the Defense highway will be urged by citizens of Capitol Heights, Seat Pleasant and Maryland Park, this having been decided on at a recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the eighteenth election district, men- tion of which was made in The Star. The completion of the Laurel-Bowie road (gravel), about 7 miles of which has already been constructed, will be urged by a delegation from Laurel and the Bowie neighborhoods. The exten- sion of this road to connect with the Defense highway near the Bowie race course will also be petitioned. Citizens and taxpayers of the Spauld- ing and Oxon Hill districts will ask for about 3 miles of gravel road from the Surrattsville turnpike at Silver Hill across to Oxon Hill and passing St. Barnabas Church. The construction of this stretch of road is being especially urged by County Commissioner Theo- dore B. Middleton. It is pointed out that to construct all ESTABLISHED 1859 Modern women prefer to buy at A& P Stores, be- causeA&Pkeepsahead of the trend--..ahead in quality-.--ahead with the new foods and what is still more important to most every woman - - - - ahead in VALUE GIVING! rstsTRE R - NEWs L, of these roads, and they are conceded to be highly desirable and neen.urx. ould require considerably more funds than are at present available. And this is the situation that will confront the commissioners and is expected to give impetus to the proposition to float the $500,000 bond issue. Tax Allotment on Increase. 1t is pointed out that the amount re- ceived now from Federal aid and the gasoline tax allotment will naturally in- crease each year and will probably reach $150,000 two or three years hence. This sum, it is reasoned, will easily take care of the annual interest, which will not, it is argued, be over 5 per cent, or $25,000, and may not be more than 4 per cent, or $30,000. With the Federal and State imeome for roads in the county a cer.ifnty, it is believed that the bonds can be floated at a substantial premium. From the above figures, it is pointed out that at least $125,000 will be avail- able each year for the redemption of the bonds, and the construction of per- manent highways throughout the county will mean much increase in the value of property and therefore increased reve- nue to the State and county. _— Body Recovered From Mine. Special Dispatch to The Star. LONACONING, Md., February 11.— ‘The body of Julius Creighton, 30, who was buried under a fall in the Detmold mine of the Maryland Coal Co. about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, was recov- ered yesterday morning about 4 o’clock. Doctors are of the opinion he died with- in an hour or two after he was caught under the avalanche. After. workmen had built up a temporary pocket of timber to shield him from suffocation, ;hle’y were driven away by succeeding alls. )..— A 5% CORONER’S VERDICT ABSOLVES SOLDIER Emmett Tipton, Held in Auto Deathi of Fort Myer Private, Re- leased After Inquest. - Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va. February 11, —Emmett Tipton, a soldier of Fort Humphreys, was absolved of all blame in the death of Pvt. Norman Domald Slater of Fort Myer, who was fatally injured in an auto_ accident Saturday night, at an inquest held here last night by Dr. C. A. Ransom, Fairfax County coroner. Slater died in Alexandria Hos- pital from injuries received when the car Tipton was driving overturned while trying to pass a large van. Robert J. Smith of Baltimore, driver of the truck, testified that he was attempting to pass another car in front at the time and was released. The inquest was held in the office of the justice of the peace and was ate tended by five line officers and a med- ical officer of Fort Humphreys who will Hemr their report to a military court ater. Mount Ida Fire Loss $2,500. POTOMAC, Va., February 11 (Spe- clal) —Fire starting in the cellar of the residence of Raymond P. Lloyd, in Mount Ida, this morning caused ap- proximately $2,500 damage before mem= bers of the Potomac Fire Department extinguished the blaze. It is thought :.gntndefectlve electric wiring started e fire. il PEAS Sweet and Tender cans _and Spaghetti 3 P 16€ MEAT MARKETS TENDER STEAKS Cut From U. S. 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