Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1929, Page 7

STUBURBAN NEWS D FORABATIOR | REECTEDBYAUTH Packers Turn Down Prince; Georges Invitation to ' i | | | | | Build Plant There. The invitation for the N. Auth Pro- ision Co. to establish its packing house | n Prince Georges County, extended to | the firm yesterday in a letter from ‘Thomas J. Luckett, president of the ! Chamber of Commerce of the eighteenth | district of Prince Georges County, will | ot be accepted, John Auth, treasurer | of the packing concern, declarcd this | morning. ! Tnsufficient railroad and other facili- ties was given as the chief reason by the firm's treasurer for the decline of the offer. | Auth explained that since much of | the live stock received by his company | comes from Virginia and other Southern | States as well as from Kapsas City and the Middle “7est, it was ‘hecessary to have an ttoir located near the Bal- timore ¢ Ohio and Southern Railroads. | Luckett Cites Facilities. 1 uckett was of the opinion that the | Chesapeake Teach Railroad and the | highways ‘:ading into Washington would | provz sufficient i In stating the location in Prince | Georges County would be unsuitable, Anth today further declared that his firm intended to continue its efforts | to locate on one of several sites in Vir- ginia. 1If these efforts were unsuccess- | ful. he said, the matter would be| dropped. B In inviting the provision company on ! behalf of the Chamber of Commerce | 1o consider Prince Georges County as a possible location, Luckett suggested | R several locations, none of which were | contingent to residential When it was revealed in The Star ! day that th> letter of invitation | d been sent, sentiment against the sented in the Drama Gu Members of the cast of “The Duchess Says Her Prayer: THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON., D. (. SATURDAY, MARCH 2. 1929. FSUBURBAN NEWS. w7 WIN DRAMATICS AWARD which was pre- Left to right: the directors of the Chamber of Com- | John Knox. Katherine Tennent Marshall and Jane Plummer Rice. EXPERTS AVOIDING er | " Citing “hundreds™ of other letters re- eived by the N. Auth Provision Co. borotesting the proposed Virginia site, | uth today declared most persons had rcome indignant over the proposition | cithout being familiar with the facts | nvolved. Jurors, Who Convict Man But Ask Mercy, ent Back, Free Him States Company's Attitude. Fxplaining his company’s attitude, he | aid “Our company has considered an in- fitation to erect a packing house on its broperties situated near Relee, on | olumbia pike, in Arlington County. va. Due to a misunderstanding of the | acts surrounding the establishment of | wmch a plant, it appears that some op bosition to the project has developed. nterested parties opposing the erec- | ion of the proposed plant at the loca jon referred to have offered to make vailable to us a suitable site other than he one mentioned and we desire 10| ponsider such offers in so far as they | mre fair and reasonable and to co-| perate with our patrons and the pub- pic generally to the fullest extent in this | respect. - “The company is intensely interested | in maintaining our city and its environs | jin keeping with the dignity of the Na- tion’s Capital and their long experi- lence in the packing industry qualifies | them to state that the modern plant | 'which they intend to erect would in no ['way prove objectionable to the res dents of that city or Arlington County ALEXANDRIA. - | ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 2 (Spe- cial).—Alexandria Post, No. 24, Amer- jean Legion, last night at its meeting | in Geadsby's Tavern adopted a resolu- tion extending the congratulations of {the post to Gen. Charles P. Summerall | n his promotion to the rank of full | general in the United States Army and | nviting him to become a member of he local post. Gen. Summerall has! established headquarters at Fort Myer, a., and is eligible to join here. A ommittce, composed of Col. Ephraim | yton, U. S. A.. Capt. Charles J.| [Deahl and Capt. Thurlow White, was ppointed to design the resolution. The reports of tne welfare and mem- pership drive committees were sub- itted. Several of the members of the | rast in the minstrel show presented by | jthe Legionnaires at Elks' Hall this week | ntertained at the meeting. A membership drive has been opened by the Alexandria Light Infantry to re- | ruit as many new members as possible WAR DEBT FRICTION By (he Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La.. March 2. ~—A jury in Criminal Court here Thursday night is thought to have set a record for a speedy change of verdict. When the case of Irwin .J. Kern, former police clerk on trial for manslaughter in connection with an automobile accident, was compieted the jury filed out, an came back with a verdict “guilty with mercy of the court.” Judge A. D. Henriquez ex- plained that a jury could recom- mend mercy, but not direct it. The jury filed out again. Five minutes later it returned, and the foreman handed a “not guilty” verdict to the judge. George J. Gulotta, assistant district attorney, described the Jjury action as “unprecedented in the criminal law history of Louisi- ana.” EUROPE STILL SWEPT BY BITTER WEATHER No Immediate Mitigation Is in Sight, General Reports Indicate. Agreement Seen More Likelyi by Adhering to Informal Conversations. By the Ascociated Press. PARIS, March 2.—The reparations | experts meeting here to determine how | much Germany will pay for allied World | ‘War losses are in no hurry to leave the | realm of the general for the specific.» | There is a general impression among | them that the longer the committee keeps together without unpleasant fric- tion, or flat demands and equally flat | refusals, the better are chances for ultimate agreement. 1t is partiy because of this that when the committee meets in plenary ses- sion Monday for the first time in week it. probably will adjourn so that | the experts can go back to the valu-! able subcommittee work and informal conversations. “Just Mulling Around.” In these the aim is for the present to avoid rather than to tackle any funda- | mental question. As ore of the ex-| perts remarked. they are “just mulling | around.” All collateral subjects are he- | ing gone into,- and even their conjec. tural and {ldvpoebhellcll possibilities | By the Associated Press. | earnestly considered. | LONDON, March 2.--Europe's curse | Thus the way is being paved for con- of bitter Wintry weather conl‘l’.remed un- sideration of the great specific prob- abated today. Reports from most, of lems—namely, how much Germany 1is | the countries affected indicated that no to pay and over how many vears the immediate mitigation was in prospect. payments may be spread. But discus- | Heavy snowfalls in Austria, Hun- sion of payments and lengths of time | gary and the Balkans further disiupted is being avoided now. | rallway service as the week came to . | its ¢l . while in Greece a spell of Determination Strengthened. | severe weather. with new floods, caused Pride in their reputations 3 great hardships. strengthened determination of the A violent gale, with low temperature, perts to find 3 way out of the problem. swept over France. while the bitter cold The men gathered here are among the | continued in Poland and Eastern Ga- most impressive financial figures in | licia. Warsaw had a water shortage. Europe and America; should they fail, | The entire Northern Baltic Sea con- who, it is asked, would succeed? tinued with thick ice. There seems to be increasing recogni- | Official ~statistics has in _Amsterdam before the company goes into camp at | tion that the entire European financial | irginia Beach, Va., July 7-21, with the | fabric is involved in the deliberations. | other units of the Virginia National| The British particularly hold that showed it was the coldest February on record there. Temperature was below freezing 526 out of the month's 672 Guard. { failure to find a working arrangement | hours. On the other hand, the city haa Capt. Henry P. Thomas of the local| for the Germany of the future would a record of 115 hours: of sunshine ompany has again offered a silver lov- fing cup to be presented to the most pro- ficient soldier in the company. The resentation will be made July 1. Ernest Sult, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sult, narrowly escaped | [serious injury yesterday afternoon when Jhe was struck by an automobile driven | y Police Sergt. George Everly and was | hrown onto the pavement. The child | was plaving with several cther boys and ‘ Tan in the path of Everly’s machine. He | 'was knocked down by the end of 'ynai ear bumper projecting beyond the side of the machine. i Potomac Lodge, No. 38, 1. O. O. F., Past night elected Norman Evans dele- | 22te to represent that. lodge at the con- Jvention of the Grand Lodge of Odd PFellows in Virginia, to be held at Dan- | ville in May. Harry A. Butcher was| amed alternate Richard B. English has been appoint- d 3 member of the city electoral board for a term of three vears and has becn( 'worn in by Judge William P. Woolls of he Corporation Court Alexandria Kiwanis Club led the apital district of Rotary International age attendance during February in a mark of 93 per cent to top | 50 other clubs making up the| strict ! meeting of the Federation of PMen's Bible Classes of Alexandria will be held in Richmond Theater tomorrow | pnorning at 9:30 o'clock, W. E. Boylen will preside, while the principal speaker be Rev. P. L. Vernon, pastor of the Pirst Baptist Church. James L. Foster will direct the music and the [Paraca Quartet and Clarence W, Wells will sing. Henry K. Field Bible Class | ganizations securing the greatest per be unsettling to general confidence in | against a normal 63 hours. her financial stability; any hs]uch ‘llack — g - of confidence would inevitably reflect o S Bropean oountries. panicume| 6-CENT GAS TAX VOTED. smaller ones which have recently | - = achieved stabilization. Bill for Increase Passes South Carolina House of.Representatives. SANITATION CAMPAIGN. . | COLUMBIA, S. C., March 2 (#).— OPENED IN FAIRFAX The staie House of Representatives = last night passed on a second reading a ¢ epresenta- | House bill- to increase the State gaso- e e e D S e S tive Addresses Meeting | vote was 42 13» za.d o S Opponents joined supporters of the of Citizens. $75,000,000 road bond bill passed to urge the gas tax increase, which would | give the extra cent to county and local road maintenance. County roads at | present get 2 cents of the 5-cent, tax, | but. the bond bill would take the entire 5 cents to pay the State highway bonds. Special Dispalch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 2—Dr. Mary Evelyn Brydon of the State Board of Health, in Richmond, yesterday ad- dressed a group of men and women from Fairfax Countv, meeting in the courthouse, in the interests of the State- | wide three-year sanitation campaign for | Virginia, | ‘Three State prizes are offered at the | end of the three-year period to the or- T;o Banks Insolv;nt. BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 2 (#). —The Mercury Bank and the Credit Bank of Temesvar yesterday declared cent of sanitation in its territory themselves insolve Mrs. Hosea Curtice of Navy was elected county chairman and organizer. Her essistants include Mrs. J. B. Davis of Burke, Mrs. Pierce Reid of Groveton, Mrs. John DeBell of Centerville, Mrs. Mason Hirst of Annandale and Mrs. E. M. Armficld of Herndon. Others will be announced later, and each district | chairman will be assisted by a local | stafl. | Y TOOTHACHE DROPS Orchestra will play. Robert D. Ford, secretary of the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies of Rich- mond and potentate of Acca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will ad- dress Washington Memorial Lodge here ext Priday night. J. ENOS RAY RECEIVES OVATION AT ANNAPOLIS Democratic Party Leader Given Special Greeting When He Ap- pears at Legislative Session. aff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. ch 2—J. Enos Ray of Chillum, Prince Georges County, [ chairman of the Democratic State cen- ral committee of Maryland, former chairman of the State Tax Commi sion and speaker of the House of Dele- Rates in 1908, was given a standing [§ovation when he appeared on the floor of the lower house yesterday. [ _When Mr. Ray was discovered by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, !\e halted the House proceedings to nnounce the presence of the commit- tee chairman, and delegated George C. Peverly of St. Marys County and James o1 Lindsay of Baltimore County, Demo eratie foor leader, as a special commit- fee to escort him to a seat on 'he speak- $r's rostrum, | REALTY COMPANY HOST. | Dinner and Dance Given in Honor || ENTERPRISE SERIAL || BUILDING ASSOCIATION 7th St. & La. Ave. N.W. 61st Issue of Stock Now Open for Subscription of Home Buyers. | | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | | CLARENDON, Va., March 2—Eighty | | guests were present last night at the | third annual dinner party and dance | given at the Washington Golf and | Country Club by the Brumback Realty Co. of Clarendon, Va., to persons who | have bought homes from the company | in Lyon Village. When the idea of an annual dinner | party was put into effect three years | ago there were but 15 persons present, while the party last night filled every available foot of space in the club dining room | Keith A. Brumback, president of the | organization, acted as host and master of ceremonies. SEEKS HOUSING STUDY. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 2.—Ap- pointment of a commission of 10 citizens 1o determine and report upon the feasi- bility of constructing an office building in Baltimore for the hausing of all State departments is provided for in a resolu- tion introduced in the House of Dele- gates yesterday. The State departments now are scat- tered all over the city, Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments James E. Connelly James F. Sh President She Secretary WATCH AND C| REPAIRING Clockis Called For - Delivered - Guranteed] 615-15' Shreel MAIN 7108 Next bo Kaithis Ishall have complete authority to ac- s contest by the Montgomery County Federation of | proposition developed among some of | Women's Clubs and which won second prize Wednesday night. |ROCKVILLE COURTHOUSE | Democratic Organization to Discuss Program were Miss Edith Mack, Miss | MARYLAND PLANS BYRD MAKES OFFER 10 AID AVIATION Bill to Authorize Public-Own- Wishes Australian Success in ed Airports Presented Exploration of Ant- in Legislature. arctic. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star RY COMDR. R. E. BYRD. i By Wireless to T!\PTf:'A' and the New York | imes. ANNAPOLIS, Md. March 2.—Com- p | g mercial aviation would be given gener-. | LTTTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Feb- | ous support in Maryland. under he | ruary 26.—I have just heard that the | terms of a bill introdiiced in the House | Australian government, is going to back of Delegates yesterday by Delegate X| N Whealton of Wicomico County, The | 2" Antarctic expedition for Sir Doug measure proposes to give blanket au. | 1as Mawson. This is good news. thority to the legislative bodies pl’ all | My friend, Sir Douglas, is a great sei- cities, tow villages and counties in | entist as well as explorer, anc there is the State to establish and operate air- | 5 ports. It is provided that these bodies 1 no one who has a greater knowledge of Antarctica than he. quire land either by purchase or con-| We therefore predict for him a bril- demnation, either' within or without | liant success. and if it may be possible their respective political limits, for the | for our expedition to co-operate with cstablishment. of such airports. him or to lend him any assistance, we | The expense of operation or of pur- | will be delighted to do so. chase, the bill specifies, are to come | = Al members of this expedition hold from public funds and the commis-|the admiration for him that 1 heve. sioners or other town legislative officials | and we wish him all success. Antarsea are given authority to levy taxes 10 |is n tremendous area, and it will fhae | pay for such projects ¥ many_expeditions to bring it entircly Under the terms of the bill, the com- | oui of the columns of the unknown. | missioner of motor vehicles of Maiy- | land is required to make plans i for | Announcement was made in the Alls-‘ such airports. to rate them, and to | tralian Parhament by Premier Bruce on promulgate the information as soon | February 21 of plans for an expedition after June 1, next, as possible. He is | or series of expeditions to Antarctica also empowered and directed to issue | to be headed by Sir Douglas Mawson. TOASSSTHAWSIN SCENES OF OHIO’S FLOOD AREA PAY RELEF SOUGHT ATSPECALSESSIN Steward Announces U. .S. Employes Will Ask Reme- dial Legislation. Voieing critical disappointment in the action of the conferees on the second deficiency bill, Luther C. Steward, presie dent of the National Federation of Fed- eral Employes, announced today the de- termination of the federation to seek remedial legislation in the Government employment salary difficulties at the coming special sesslon of Congress. Mr. Steward blames the failure of the present. session of Congress “to rectify the shortcomings in the administration of the Welch act” in part on the “fact that some of the leaders in Congress have been more preoccupied in reduc- the salaries of the employes in the ranges than in securing for the paid employes the portion of the modest. increase which Congress intend- cd for them, but has so far denied them."” The president of the Employes’' Fed- eration points out that both houses of Congress admit corrective salary legis- lation is imperative, and he character- s the action of the conferees as irprising in that it offers no solution for the existing state of demoraliza- tion." Mr bulletins giving short descriptions of | all approved airports and landing places | in the State. - There is a special bill now pending | in the Legisiature to grant the city of Baltimore authority to create a city | debt for $2.500,000 for the purchase of additional land for the construction of | a large airport in that city. The last Legislature authorized a bond Issue of $1.500,000 for the Monumental | City, to construct an airport. but this | has 'been declared to be insufficient, | The proposed Baltimore measure would | have to be submitted to a referendum. | However, the Whealton bill does nof provide for a referendum, but the legis- lative bodies of all the political divi- sions would be permitted, under its terms, to lay out such fieids and tax for their support if, in Lheir discretion, The party will go next season on the ship Discovery, used on Antarctic voy- ages by Capt. Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackelton, and will carry two small planes: Sir Douglas, in an interview at Lon- don on Feb™uary 22, said that his ex- pedition would be devoted largely to mineralogical and geographical study along the coast of Wilkes Land, to the west_of the Ross Sea area, on which the Byrd expedition is based. He would not attempt to push inland on the polar continent. Sir Douglas said, and would return to Australia each year instead of wintering in Antarctica. Sir Douglas praised _highly the achievements of Comdr. Byrd and his party. The flights made by Byrd. he declared, would go far toward solving the mystery of the mountainous region | Steward condemns also the Per- onnel Classification Board as a con- tributor to the difficulties which have t efforts to bring about the remedi- gislation. At the same time he declared that a central control of per~ | sonnel classification is a “fundamental principal which must be maintained.” “Unfortunately, the malodorous rec- oid of the Personnel Classification Board has developed such a wide- soread feeling of distrust, both in and t of Congress,” Mr. Steward saidi) that it has been extremely difficult for the National Federation of Federal Pmploves to maintain a clear distinc- tion between the prime necessity for re-establishing the administration of classification as contemplated in the act of 1923 and the abolition of the board and transferring its functions to a qualified agency.” they desired them. BILL PLANS ELECTION OF EDUCATION BOARDS Measure Before State Legislature Authorizes Choice by People in ‘ All Maryland Counties. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | S ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 2.—Elec- | :i};m of t?‘e boa{rds of education of all | NEW CHURCH Soc'“'- e counties of Maryland is provided | for in'a bill ntroduced in the House of BUILDINC NFNICATED Delegates yesterday by Irvin C. Hamil- | e ton of Allegany County. The measure states that the members must be elected from among the qualified voters of the county for a period of four years, the ne;{; 1cllecuve term to begin on January | munity Service. | 1, 1931, | from Ross Sea eastward to Graham Land. which was explored from the air the past season by Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins. The Australian Antarctic Expedition | | of 1911-12, which explored a large ter- | ritory. was commanded by Sir Douglas Mawson, who had been a member of previous Shackelton parties, (Copyrizht. 1929. bv the New York Times Co. and the Si. Louis Post-Dispatch. All | rights for publication reserved throughout the world.) | Presbyterian Structure at Lewins- | | | ville Presented for Com- | Upper: A flooded street in Springfield. Ohio. and (lower) a rescue b ow- hoat in the same city. Heavy rains and rising temperature hive put steaarm The county commissioners also are | SPCia! Dispatch to The Star. it}i‘vexi;o al:imomybcw gx: the salaries of | 'nw’;f-*gh":r-- :grr:hga';m.'}:w e | e board members, but in no case s 4 ests the i they exceed $300 & ‘yoar. In the oot | byterian Church 8¢ Leainsiie. 1ot death or separation of any board mem- | Night dedicated to the service of the ber between general elections, the bill | community the mnew social building. provides that, the education boards shall | Dunham Hall, named in honor of the | elect a successor to fill the unexpired | Rev. J. Harvey Dunham. pastor of the | ur{: ':nd' ‘i)f "‘fi', fail to aurle- on an ap- ch;rch :or ;lheslfi" se'venryu;‘r&M L pointee then the nomination and ap- ev. A. H. Shumate of the Metho- ! pointment is to be made by the goy- dist Church opened the program, and ernor. ‘Humpr Mack, president of the board of trustees. made the presentation of the new building, which was accepted in behalf of the congreation by Rev. | Mr. Dunham. Rev. Freely Rohrer of | Washington, moderator of the Washing- | ton_Presbytery. brought_the greetings | from the presbytery. Others on the 4 Isabel Beattie and Mrs. Ethel Libbe: Matter in Controversy at Meet- |Supper wax{ served kg/ the ladies, under . . direction of Mrs. J. C. Storm. ing Scheduled Tonight. ; The new building, which is prac- tically completed, contains an _audi- torium and social hall which will seat > : 1200 people. There is a stage with B Titestiod out a1 s Somtroversy Wil dressing rooms for thearicals, & mo- of the Rock Creek Valley Democratic | LOR Picture projection room, kitchen. Club of Montgomery County at its an- | CloAkrooms and_storage space. The nual meeting, to be held at the home of | Pasement. can later be developed for Samuel elch, on the Horner’s My |indoor athletics. road, near herrrb according to an an- | e ey nouncement, of Dr. George L. Edmund: Rockville, delegate o the ower houss | ALEXANDRIA POLICE of the Maryland Legislature. Dr. Ed- munds said that the Democrats of that By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. REDLAND, Md., March 2.—The! section will be asked to support the plan to purchase the square west of the courthouse, and to support the House | CHIEF ON DUTY IN D. C. Campbell to Remain in Capital as| delegation in. its -efforts to have put | through a bill granting authority for an additional bond 1ssue for this pur- | Detective Until After Inau- gural Ceremonies. | se. | Plans for the development of the | Special Dispatch to The Star. | county in other respects will be dis-| ALEXANDRIA, Va,, March 2.—Police cussed, it was said, and officers for the | Capt. W. W. Campbell, chief of the ensuing year will be elected. Francis E.| Alexandria Police Department, today | Fraley is president of the organization. |began temporary duty at detective | headquarters in Washington having been granted leave of absence from his command here by City Manager Paul Morton at the request of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse of the District of Columbia Police Department. Capt. Campbell will return here after the inauguration ceremonies are com- who wag Margaret Plant of Cumber- | pleted Monday. Police Sergt. Heber land, he is survived by one dnughwr"l‘hompsfln will serve as captain during in Philadelphia. Campbell's absence. —_—— Doctor Dies in Cumberland. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 2 (Spe- cial).—Dr. Earl A. Urwiler, 43, Gatun, Cgnal Zone, died yesterday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ralph C. Morgart, this city. Besides his wife, @he Foening Htar ADVERTISENENTS B ot RECEIVED HERE_ Collins’ Pharmacy—20th & R. I. Ave. N.E. 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