Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 11

SUBUR BAN THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. FRIDAY. MARCH & 1929. "SUBURBAN EWS. il COUNTY VALUATION SE AT ST New Budget Raises Taxes in| Three Districts and Cuts in Three Others. Boegial Dispaich to The Star FAIRFAX, Va gt of Fairfax Coun'y's expenses, as decided by the supervisors on Wednes- @y, will increase the tax rates of Cen- March 8.—The bud- | 1 | { terville aud Lee districts by 35 cents ' and Mount Vernon district by 20 cents Dranesville and Fails Church districts will show a cut of 10 cents and Provi- derice of 15 conts on the $100 valuation according to figurcs compiled by the | Mrs. county E. H. Chilcott luation of real including the 0421 for ¢ treasurer. total and personal towns, is 1228, towne, it is §i2,382 districts of the cor 2 35-cent coun cents over last r; 40-cent county Toad levy, &n increase of 15 cents over lasg year; a 5-cent levy veterans and A 10-cent levy for public bufldings. making a uniform €7t tax of 90 cents. School Rate 1s 95 Cents. In addition, all of the districis and ail the incorporated towns except Falis Church are assessed with & uniform county school tax of 95 cents on the $100. 5 The $2.40 levy in Centerville district is baged on an assessed valuation of real and personal property amounting to $13817619. It includes. in addition- to the $1 85 assessed in all districts, a 15- cedt levy for district road construction and a 40-cent ievy for road mainte- nance. In Dranesviile district uation of $1,544.383. the § cludes the 8185 listed abo school Jevy of 25 cents for school build- ing indebtedness. "60 cenis for int 35 eents for sinking fund and 45 o for maintenance of bond issue and other roads. and 15 cents for distri 084G construction Levy for Roads. with a val- 5 rate in- & special Talls Church’ district’s .valuation of $2.259.376 gives a rgte of $3.45, with $1B5 as lisied above, 25 cents for spe- cial school indebtedness, 40 cents 1 terest, 25 cents sinking fund and 50 cenits maintenan¢e of bond issue and other roads, and 20 cents for district road coistruction. In Lee district the valuation is § 341,608. The lévy of $2.40 inciudes 10 cents for distriet road construction and 45; cents for @istrict road maintenance in-excess of the ubiform county levy of $1%5. Lee district has no bond issue Toads. In Mount Vernon district the $2,391,- 392 valuation gives a rate of $2.60 with lodal items of 10 cents for district road copstruction, 15 cents for interest. 5 cents for sinking fund and 45 cents for maintenance of district and bond issue roads. Providence district’s valuation amounts to $3,386,743 for real and per- | sonal property, its rate to $2.60. It in- cludes a special school tax of 25 cents | 19 cover indebtedness, 15 cents for dis- trict road : construction, 5 cents for sinking fund and 30 cents for main- tenance. GROUP WILL STUDY FAIRFAX BOND ISSUE ££50.000 for Installation of Water and Sewer Utilities Is Proposed. Svecia) Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. March 8.—The Fair- fax Town Council last night appointed a *special committee of citizens and councilmen to study the proposition of banding the town to install water an sewer utilities. This commitiee—Dr. F. W. Huddleson, Edgar Littleton, Thomas R? Keith, Lewis Oliver and A. R. Sher- —is instructed to make a detai‘e dy of the effect on the town taxe: & bond issue of $150,000: the amoun ich it will be necessary to raise each to aneet the interest and sinking d; the amount by which this charge the town will be decreased through tal revenues to individual property tion and robd tax at 40 cents and levy for special school indebtedness 25 cents. rs. Walter Tansill Oliver and Mis: laide Lewis. a delegation from th irfax Garden Club, asked the co ‘ration of the council in cleaning uj town. The council agreed to pay expenses of a man to serve under direction of the Garden Club when- | TATE T0 TAKE OVER ROADS ON APRIL 1 irfax Notified' Maintenance Will Start Three Months Earlier. ecial Dispatch 1o The Star PAIRFAX. Va., March J. C. All- wight, district engineer. has noufied Resident Engineer R. 1. Mount that the State will take over for maintenance on April 1 instead of July 1 as originaily contemplated the remaining mileage added 10 the State road system by the aet of the Legislature in 1928. Under this ruling the State will take over in Fairfax County approximately seven miles of the Ox road in Lee District, from Fairfax Station to within about miles of the District of Columbia house at Occoquan. A portion of ad from Fairfax Courthouce o Station taken over for maintenance I stretch of several m pike One additicnal mile in Fairfax County will be aflected by inis last arder, namely, ihe route of the proposed Lee Boulevard from the Arlington Couniy line 0 the Lee way al Talle Ch. On> mile ¢ County was 2ll e Boulevard at terminus near Fort Highway at the n Falls Church. MISSIONARY WOMEN T e on Hi 0 Fair- Courch TO BE HERE FROM VIRGINIA v the Associated T RICHMOND, Va. Marcii § Lee Britt of Suffolk end Ms Barrow of Keller, president and responding _secretary. respects the Women's Missionary Society of virginia Methodist Gonference, fepresent the 20,000 members of society in Virginia ai the nis H. E. cor- sionary Council week. Approximately visitors, _including at Washington next 250 dclegates missionaries 11 C. E. But} Mrs. o the will | this teenth ‘annual meeting of the Women's Mis- | pensions for | | VIRGINA BULDING RUNS IN MILLIONS |Eleven Major Projects Total | of bridges over the York Pupils of the second grade of James Monroe School. who, as wooden | soldiers, will furnish one of the features of the circus and minstcel show to be | given in the schoolhouse at Aurora Heights, Va.. tonight for benefit of the | playground fund. In addition to the circus and minstrel shows, musical features | are to be offered. | sehool. e jr.; dames Birchell and Lillian Andr CAPITOL HEIGHTS UNDERPASS URGED arles Smith and Charlotte Smith. Back row, left to right The players participating will represent each class of the Those in the picture are, front row, left to right: Betty Mortimer, Neil Rex Collier, ~-Star Staff Photo. | ‘PAVING IS PLANNED -~ BY BOYDS GROUP Program for Coming Seasen B. & 0. Agrees {0 Pay Part to Be Presented to Coun- cil Monday. BY GEO'IGE PORTER. Stafl Correspondent of The Star, | CAPITOL HEIGHTS, March 8.--Co- | incident with the announcement of the State Roads Commission that the work | of surfacing and grading a portien of | Chapel evenue in Seat Pleasant is iJcthu!ed to be started this monih, it ! was learned today that a comprehensive | program of road construction for the | Capitol Heights neighborhood has been mapped out | The proposal will be presented at the | meeting of the mayor and Town Council next Monday night. Would Borrow Funds. ‘The borrowing of a few thousand dol- : lars for immediate use on the thorough- | fares of the town, the buflding of macadam roads and the assessing of ! abutting property owners are the three ! outstanding features of the progral ; which is known to cerry the approv 1 of Mayor Thomas J. Luckett. Proponenis of the scheme belleve a nine-month loan of about $2,500 would be sufficient. With this sum work | would be begun as soon as the weather 1 permits on Sixty-first. street and on ! seven or eight other principal thorough- { fares to be selected. Abutting property | owners on each side of the streets im- | proved would be assessed one-ihird of | the cost. { { Civic Conferences Held. | Those behind this plan also poini out that ordinarily the road rebate received by the town and amounting to about $1,800 a year.does not become available | juntil late Summer or early Fall. when there is very little time left before bad weather sets in during which road | operations can be conducted. he plan is the outgrowth of nu- merous informal conferences between usiness and clvic leaders of the com- munity for the purpose of devising | means to accelerate the advancement | of the area. | The conferences have developed two conflicting theoriés ag to the best course i to follow. ‘A large number feel that | industrial concerns and commercial en- terprises should be encouraged to locate in the community, while others con- {tend it would be best to make ihe ' neighborhood more inviting for resi- | dential purposes througn concentrated efforts to obtain adequate streets, lights, as and other improvements, ALEXANDRIA. _ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 (Spe- cial) —The casting of ballots to slect 11 directors of the Chamber of Com- merce for terms of two years each will begin Monday morning at 9 o'clock. when the ballot box will be placed in the chamber’s headquariers at the | George Mason Hotel. Voting will cease Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, but the result of the election will not be made known ufiiil the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on | March 22, President Fred C. Goodnow has ap- pointed an electoral board composed of {John H. Trimyer, J. Frank Myers, J. Kent White, R. G. Whitton and Mark | L. Price to take charge of the balloting. Dr. H. A Latane and Dr. Llewellyn , Powell have been selected by the Alex- andria Medical Society to conduct the ymonthly chest clinics to be held at the | Alexandria Health Department as the result of a4 movement started by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. | { and Profes- sional Women's Club will attend serv- ices at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, opening its ob- sery e of the National Business and | Professional Woman's week. The monthly supper snd meeting will be {held at the George Mason Hotel Tues- day night, while & public reiations din- ner will take piace in the hotci Thurs- day night. Miss Arelyn Apperson has ;b2en named chairman of the commit- tee making plans for the latter event. J. P. Buller has been elected by Sarepta Lodge. No. 46, Independent . Order of Odd F-llows, to serve as its delegate st the annual convention, to be eld by the Grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Virginia. at Danville, in May. er was elecied aliernate. A banquet commemorating the 162d anniversary of the birthday of Andrew Jackson will be held March 15 at Elks Home by the Andrew Jackson Lodge of | Masons. Senior class students of Alexandria High School were to make a pilgrimage | to Mount Vernon today. They were to be accompanied by senior students of George Mason High School of Potomac and Washingion and Lee High School of Baliston, Va. The three-act comedy. “Deacon Dubbs,” will be presented by the Alex- endria Fire Department ‘Auxiliary to- night in Elks Hall. ! D. C. Driver Fined in Frederick. ! FREDERICK. Md. March 8 (Spe- and | cial) —Clyde Gass, 40 years old, Wash- and | ington. found guilty of reckless driving | spent some time in that \deaconesses, are expected to be present | And failure 10 keep to right of road in at the meeting in Washington gates are expecied to represent ever section of the Southern Methodist te [ritory in the United States and all for- ! mira, N. Y., were slightly injured, was retreshments will be served. The usual Jelgn mission fields where the council fined $15 by Jusiice Alton Y. Benn operaes. Dele- | connection with an automobiie acci- dent, near Te Mr. and Mrs. A. Townsend Carroll, El- in Municipal Court, ~# |ern part of the State. always in news here yesterday of reckless driving ana stown Sunday, in which | Glenmont School auditorium tonight. ekl business session will be conducled by of Cost if County Pro- vides for Rest. By 8 Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 8.—Seek- ing provision of an underpass for pedes- trians to get from one side of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks to the other at Boyds, a number of citi- zens of that town appeared before a joint meeting of the Montgomery Coun- | ty delegetions of the House and Sen- | ate here yesterday, held in the office of Senator Eugene Jones of Kensing- ton, who presided. After a discussion of more than an hour and a half. it was decided that a proposition would be submitted to the Baltimore & Ohio | Railrcad, whereby that organization would agree to. shoulder the cost of support of its tracks while the county | paid for the actual construction of the underpass. The situation was brought about by the elfmiation of two grade crossings in the town and the substitution of one undertnu-. This necessitated the people walking approximately 860 feet to get & distance of 66 feet, and accord- 1 the proponents resulted in & virtual division of the town. { Headley of Boyds said that the people are required to walk an | unnecessary distance to get to churches, stores and the post office. J. E. Pollock | said that the people of the town wanted | relief, as it had served to place one sec- ! tion of the town in a sort of bottle.® Robert "G. Hilton of Rockville, Mrs. ¢ Cora L. Pollock of Boyds and Mrs. | Charles Watkins of Boyds also spoke ' in favor of the improvement. County Commissioner Lacey Shaw of Silver Spring sald that an underpass for pedestrians ought to be provided. | Senator Jones said that he would take | the matter up with the Baltimore & | Ohlo officials, with a view to laying down a concrete proposition, and & approved & bond issue would be ukfd‘ of the Legislature. JOHN EDGAR FRYE DEAD. Veteran Ne;v:;aal;;r M‘an of West Virginia Succumbs Suddenly. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. March 8 «Special).—John Edgar Frye, 62, vet- eran newspaper man. at different times associated with papers in Petersburg Keyser, Martinsburg and Clarksburg, W. Va., and Chicago, T1l., died suddenly" Wednesday evening in Clarksburg as he was leaving his home to go to his desk | as circulation manager on a daily paper | there. He was born in Grant County, ' W. Va.: spent his early iife in the east- paper work, and for the past 11 years had been with the Clarksburg pepers. D. C. WOMAN IS HURT. Mrs. Tholm:AF;\;n-ce'l- Car Turns Over. on River Road. Specia) Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 8--Mrs. Thelma Faunce, 33 yvears oid. of 1547 L streec northwest, Washington, sus- tained cuts and ‘bruises and possibly other injuries last night when a car in which she was driving overturned on the River road between Alexandria ana Washington. | Miss Fsnnie Carler, superintendent | of the Alexandria Hospital, where Mrs. | Faunce was brought for treatment, said the woman's condition is not considered | serious. i - . | ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 8 (Special). --The various kinds of insurance in which automobile dealers are interested was the principal matter considered at | the monthly meeting of the Montgomery | County Automobile Dealers' Association, held at the Monigomery Country Club here. Representatives of two of the lead- ing insurance companies gave talks. The business session was conducted by the president, Edgar Reed Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Cireuit Court here for the | marriage of H. Fred Bond, 21. and Miss Alma M. Tyler. 18, both of Ammen- dale, Md. and Charles H. Adkins. 21 and Miss Carrie Gaither, 21, both of | Montgomery County | Rev. Clarence P. Patker. rector of St.| Jobn's Episcopal Church, Bethesda, officiated at the marriage at Bethesda | of Wilbur S. Carl of Resslyn, Va., and | Miss Albene M. Darnes of Tdyiwood, Va, | Charging desertion and nonsupport, | Mrs. Helen G. Fugate has filed sult in | the Circuit Court here for an absolute | divorce from Orval G. Fugate of Emst Chicago, Ind. She is represented by Attorneys Clssel & Woodward of Rock- | ville and Earl Jennings Brown of | Washington | Morris Selden, colored. of Washington | was found guilty in the Police Court | was fined $30 and costs by Judge Samuel | Riggs. | A talk on “Mexico” by Mrs. James | Luney of Cabin John, who recently | country, will feature the monthly meeting of the Glenmont' P. T. A. (o be held in the The program will include music and the president, E. B. Mcintyze, 3 e 3k e ok Tk e Tk N NN I NN NN N XN N O YO OO R $16.000,000, Official Survey Shows. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, March 8--More than $16,000,000 is now being expended, | or will be in the near future, in Vir- ginia on 11 major construction projects, {1t is shown in the semi-monthly indus- trial survey for the two weeks from | Pebruary 1 to 15, prepared by William | Boncer, field representative of the Statc Department of Labor. Among these projects are the power plant on New River, near Radford, at a | cost. of $11,000.000; the first unit of the Norfolk Arts Museum, to cost $250.000: new office bullding and equipment for the paper pulp plant of the Chesa- peake Corporaifon at West Point, to; cost $340,000; new docks at Richmond, to cost $500,000, and several new build- ings in other parts of tne State. In addition, the report points out. there is in prospect the expenditure of millions of dollars in_the construction James and Potomac Rivers, and other millions to be spent by the Federal Government in improvements at the Norfolk Naval Base, Langley Field. Quantico and the navy vard at Portsmouth. The survey includes the construction of an auditorium and gymnasium as an addition to the Fredericksburg High School, to cost $100.000, and the appro- priation of $400,000 for the continuation of construction work on the George Washington Natfonal Memorial, at Alex- andria. Shipping service (o the west coast of Svuth America from Hampton Road was_inaugurated during the first p: of February with the sailing of se vesseis to different points. The Secretary of War hias authorized $300.000 for continuing the work of im- proving the channel of the James River. The graduation of more than 1.000 juvenile airmen from the Los Angeles Times National School took place the other ds: AN’ NOw, LADEES A GEN'MEN, | WANTCHA MEET MM PAL, SAND WHO WILL SPEAK YO NMOU 1N HS OWnN Annie Stenog —who speaks her many subjects. wooer. Little Orphan "—nnd her pal Sandy. Somebody’s. Will Address Women RUTH BRYAN OWEN, Member of Congress from Florida, who is announced as the speaker at the tea and business meeting celebrating the sixth birthday anniversary of the Organ- ized Women Voters of Arlington County, to be held in Guild Hall of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Rixey, March 22. The birthday committee, of which Mrs. Arthur F. Williams, jr.. is chairman, will meet Saturday at the home of the president, Mrs. Ruby Simpson, to com- plete arrangements for the affair. Marine General in Shanghai. SHANGHAL, CHina 8 ) Maj. Gen. Eli K. Cole States Marine Corps. commanding th T ment of the Pacific aboard the transp San Francisco on an inspection of the Ma detachments the Orient He neisco on Marcl March m trip throaghoit, retarn to San 2.2.0.0.0.0.8.9000.08.008.8.8 ¢ o al ~ The Color Section With The Sunday Star, Will Be Enlarged to 8 Pages Beginning Next Sunday—March 10 To Mutt and Jeff, Regular Fellers and Mr. and Mrs. will be added four other outstanding comics in colors— mind on Litt INSULL INTERESTS - PLAN UNICATION Al Units in Southeast to Have Headquarters in Alex- andria, 0’Conne!l Says. BY JACK ALLEN, Staft Correspondent of The Sta ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8.—It was | disclosed here today that the Insull | power interest. the Southeastern sec- tion of the United States will be con- solidated and will establish their main headquarters in this city upon the com- | pletion of a new $200,000 office building here. M. J. O'Connell, manager of the Vir- ginia Public Service Co, an Insull con- cern, today declined to make the de- tails of the consolidation project pub- lic. but revealed the basic plan yes- terday at a meeting of the Alexandria city couneil. Appearing at the council meeting in hopes of adjusting the com: cial rate for electric light and power in this city to meet the approval of local merchants, O'Connell stated that “consolidation of the Insull interests in the Southeast was the secret behind the constructios of the new office building in this 2ity.” Will Form Large Unit. He stated that the second and third floors of the new building will be oc- cupled by the exccutive offices of the Southeastern project, while the first floor would be utilized for offices of the local branch as well as for the display of electrical equipment. He requested secrecy on those present until today, would issue a statement. The consolidation project the Insull companies in the Southeast into one of he largest. If not the | turgest, concerns n the country ‘Ihe new office building to be used by the consolidated concerns probably will be ready for occupancy in September, according 0 a previous announcement The site has been cleared and construe- tion work will begin next month A nominal veduction in the rate for commereial electric lighting ar | was agreed upon ay by \ the part of when he will link le Annie the Orphan Somebody’s Stenog situation. i Lester De Peyster Julie’s ardent but neglected Moon Mullins —who's always in “hot water” —and always comes out on top. 208-2.0.8.8.8.8.8.8.0.8.8.0.8.8.0.8.0.8.2.2.2.0.9.0.0.2 2.8 ¢ Orde- the Star—Right Now \ from your newsdealer, newsboy, or phone Main 5000, Circulation Dept., and have delivery made by Star council and C. Page Waller, representing the Retail Merchants’ Association, when proposed by O'Connell. The reduction will affect only the larger consumers. In explaining the impossibility of a larger reduction. as | sought by the city council on behalf of | the Retail Merchants’ Association, O’Connell stated that Alexandria has the fourth cheapest rate in the State. He added that since the investment ' of the company in this territory is so large it would be impracticable at this time to grant a greater reduction. He stated the company’s new force to be brought here upon completion of the new office building will bring 35 addi- Lional employes from Charlottesville, and will add approximately $100,000 a year to Alexandria’s pay roll. ACACIA EASTVERNV SfAR ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Mrs. Phillip Talbott Is Named Worthy Matron and Mrs. S. S. Cline Chosen Marshal. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH. Va., March 8 apter, Eastern Star. has Phillip Talbott as worthy Dr. Macon Ware' as worthy patron for the coming year. Mrs. Mer- | ritt, Pope is the new associate matron and W. F. Collander associate patron. | Other officers include Mrs. Lola_ Patty as conductress, Mrs. Wlliam Rucker associate conductress, Mrs. Sheldon S. Cline marshal, Mrs. Edward Red- | field chaplain, Mrs. ry Ryer or-| ganist, Mrs. George Hauxhu urer, Mrs. A. H. Barb Mrs B. Snoddy James Brown Adah, Miss Frances Taylor Ruth, Mrs. G. L. Robertshaw Esther. Mrs. Prank Thompson Martha and Miss Effie Birch Electa ! The new officers will be instalied on March 16 in I. O. O. F. Hall by Mrs, T. M. Talbott, past matron. FIX JUSTICE’S POWER. r secretary, sentinel, respondent of The St ANNAPOLIS, Md. March 8.—The police justice of the town of Takoma Park would be given concurreni juris- diction with the police justices of Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties under provisions of a bill introduced 1n the House yesterday by the Montgomery delegation. The town is partly counties. His salary is fxed at vear. one-half of this salary by the town and the er haif by Monigomery County 1. 2.2.8.0.0.6.8.9.6.0 ¢ Betty and De Peyster Moon Mullins Wit that is clean and original—funniest of the funny— that every member of the family—young and old—can enjoy. A hearty laugh in every episode; a real hit in each Carrier so you'll not miss the first of the New 8-Page Comics KEMP 1S RENAMED | o SCHOOL OFFICIAL Arlington Superintendent to Seek More Buildings and i Higher Teachers’ Pay. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COUR™ HOUSE, Va.. March 8.--Superintender.s of schools in Arlington County sincs 1917, Fletcher Kemp was yesterday re- ., appointed by ths school board to* setve another fo year term. The term starts on July 1. the beginning of the fiscal year. Kemp is given credit by the bo for his work providing for ased scno . Fletcher Kemp. the erection of new buildings and for’ the fact that Arlington County is now leading all other counties in the St in educational standing. Kemp expects to direct his ener: for the next four years toward the con- struction of additiongl educational facil- ities and for increases in salaries for principals and teachers Kemp is wholly in accord with the resolutions passed by the Civic Fed- eration and other organizations favor- ing increases in salaries for the prin cipals and teachers. Records from the , entire country show ' that they are among the lowest paid in the country. Lights 168 Miles Away Seen. Engineers on the Mediterrane: France are reported to have ahits on top of the mountains nf C ra 68 miles a ¥ Th to be the farth seen in Europe, all tances b * K hokok ok o) dokodoh K Ak [ ] 1.8 8. 8.9.0.0.8.9 . %k ok ok ke ke ok *Fck ok