Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1929, Page 10

“THE “EVENING - STAR.” WASHINGTON." D.” C. - SUBURBAN NEWS YOUTH FATALLY INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH | Machine Rolls Over Embankment. | Cousin Is Slightly * - STATEBODY SEEKS THURSDAY. MARCH I 1 1929. ~ ect for Rockville, as recommended by | which will leave the courthouse grounds the Board ‘of County Commissioners, | flt_glock;;lle wed(m;%y fl: noon. i K e House o egates ~ yester the courthouse building committee, the | ynanimously voted the use of the hous: Montgomery County Civic Federation | chamber to the several hundred citizens | and numerous other ‘organizations, will ©of Mzntanmery County who expect to 9 to Annapolis Wednesday to urge 2't°nd: BOND PROPONENTS LAST SAY ON PARKS Maryland Planning Commis- sion Would Get Final Word Under Bill. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star, ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14 —Vest- ing of absolute control in the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission over the area which would generally be in- cluded in any park or power develop- ment of the Pali- sades of the Po- tomac and Great Falls is provided for in a bill intro- duced in the House Montgomery County delegation. The purpese of the bill, it was ex- plained by Speaker E. Brook: Lee of Silver Spring, is to give the metropoli- tan district plan- ning body the right to say just what can be done in the area, and finally to say whether or not any power project can be placed there, The bill says that before any park or power development shall be commended or additional roads or highways may be constructed in a defined area, the con- sent and approval of the Park and Planning Commission of Maryland shall be first secured by any public or private agency proposing such _development. ‘The area defined lies wholly within the State of Maryland. The act defines | the territory as rupning from the west ern line of the present metropolitan dis- trict of Washington, along the Virginia shore of the Potomac to the intersec- tion of the Falls and Scotland roads, through the Oak Spring Lock triangu- lation station, and thence south along the western houndary of the metropoli~ tan district. While the bill does not include in the metropolitan district at this time the proposed area, it does state that it is the “legislative intent” to add this lhél to the metropolitan district in 1931, Brooke Lee, Purchase Is Propesed. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Federal agency, has proposed that Congress purchase this area and develop it for park purposes, as the Federal Govern- ment's sole contribution to the park system of the metropolitan . districts Marlboro yesterday with State education Principals of high schools in Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Calvert and St. Marys counties, who conferred in Upper officials. Star Staff Photo. 33,600 1S RAISED FOR ZONING FUND Arlington Civic Groups Ex- pect to Get Other $1,200 Within Two Weeks. ! LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. . CLARENDON, Va., March 14.—Raisg ing $1,000 on the spot. the board of di- rectors of the Arlington County Cham- | ber of Commerce last night selected the membership of a committee of 50 to | of the two counties in Maryland and | solicit the funds for the chamber’s half | Hit-Run Charge Filed Against Fire Department Crew Epecial Dispatch to The Star. MCLEAN, Va., March 14.—A “hat-and- run” charge has been sworn out against the: Ballston Fire Department by Ray Kane of McLean, driver of a truck be- longing to H. A. Storm. Kane charges that on Monday the fire engine passed him on the Chain Bridge road near Langley, the rear step of the engine striking the front wheels of the truck, which was turned | over in the ditch and Kane was im- prisoned in the closed cab. It is al- leged the fire engine continued without stopping, going to Tysons Corners, and returning to ‘Ballston through Falls Church. When Traffic Officers Heywood | Durrer and Carl McIntosh went to EDUCATORS STUDY PUPLS PROBLENS School Failures Is Sub- ject of Conference. By a Staff Correspondent of The Slar. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 14. ‘Ways and. means of getting a larger | percentage of pupils into high school, of |decreasing the percentage of failures among high school puplls and of more inearly equalizing the persistence to Senator Eugene Jones to support the |two bond issues for $325000 providing for the construction of the new court- \house and the purchase of the square | west of the courthouse site as part of the courthouse grounds. Members of the Montgomery House of Delegates already have given their approval to the bond issues. Senatov Jones, however, has repeatedly an- nounced his opposition and the delega- tion of citizens are hopeful they will be able to persuade the Senator. The citizens who will appear at the hearing are going in a motor caravan i | TO VISIT SENATOR Backers of Montgomery Courthouse Plan Caravan to Persuade Jones. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 14.—Sup- porters of the enlarged courthous proj- | Hurt, Special Dispatch o The Star. FREDERICK, Md.,, March 14 (Spe-| HAGERSTOWN, Md., March 14 cial).—Hiram Jacobs, 32, was badly Crashing over an embankment on fhe burned when his grease-soaked cloth- | Mount Aetna road near here last night when hte steering gear of their automo- ing caught fire when he lighted a match | bile broke, Ivan Martz, 18, was instantly in a local garage. | killed and his cousin, Who was driv- Jacobs was sitting In the office of the | In, slightly injured. : A boy's body was extricated from garage when his clothing ignited. He|(ne wreckage by passing motorists and | rushed from the room ablaze. Irving removed to the home of his father, Engle, another employe, smothered the | Russell Martz, of this city. Abram flames with a blanket. received only slight cuts and bruises. The Weekly Opportunity for Wise Homemakers--- portance. Virginia. It has opposed its develop- ment for any kind of power project, although there is pending before the Federal Power Commission a request for a preliminary permit from a pri- vate corporation. The effect of the legislation just introduced, which has been declared in the proposed law an emergency measure, and which is said to have ex- cellent chance of passage at this ses- sion of the Legislature, is to give the Maryland commission the final say as to whether such a project can be de- veloped, regardless of what the Fed- cral agencies might do in the matter. Although the annual report of the Park and Planning Commission was only presented yesterday, it was fol- lowed by bills seeking to amend the law in ‘accordance with its recom- mendations. | members of the body announced after of the $10,000 fund for the payment of | the expenses of the zoning commission. | Elated at the result of their efforts, | the meeting that they now have indi- vidual pledges for $1,100, checks for | the $1,000 raised last night at the meet- | ing and pledges of voluntary solicitors | of civic associations amounting to| $1,700. making a total of $3,800 that is | already assured. The raising of the re- | maining $1.200 is expected to be com- pleted within the next two weeks. hile it was the Chamber of Com- merce that made the offer to raise $5,000 to meet half of the expense, ;the civic associations in the county have volunteered their assistance. At last night’s meeting there were representatives of civic bodies of Lyon Village, Lyon Park, Glebewood, Aurora Ballston to question the members of the |graduation of boys and girls were the company the latter are understood to |three objectives of a regional principals’ have said at first that they did not |conference of the Marlboro High School know the truck had been upset, and | yesterday. that they were responding to a fire | About 30 principals from high schools call from El Nido, but did not go there |in Prince Georges, St. Marys, Calvert, | after the accident, | Charles and Anne Arundel Counties at- | State Senator Frank Ball is repre- tended the conference, which had been | senting the Fire Department. |called by State Supervisor of High | STUDIED BY CISSEL nation and failures of high school pupils were discussed by 12 different princi- pals, after which the members of the conference rated the factors presented. Among the factors outlined were in- ability to offer elective courses, due to ize of teaching corps combined with fajlure to take full advantage of possi- bilities of alternating subjects and com- bining classes; failure to provide a type of school organization and classroom “Acting on the plea for a use of a|Hills and Ashton Heights. Each of the portion of the 7-cent tax for the ac-|representatives signed pledges to raise quisition of park lands to be applied | amounts ranging from $50 to $200. to the improvement and maintenance Under the leadership of Keith A. of park areas, the Prince Georges and | Brumback, president, and P. P. Wood- Montgomery County delegations joint- | bridge, executive secretary, each of the Iv introduced a bill which would al-|members of the board of directors last Jow two-sevenths of this tax.to be|night took with them another member u for this purpose. It was ex-|of the chamber who was willing to plained by the commission that the |serve on the committee. provision of such a fund would permit | In order to create interest and in- of the extension of the Rock Creek jdividual responsibility among the resi- and Sligo Valley Parks in Maryland. dem.ls of :h?s cfl}“,myhm the zoning com- mission, it is the plan to accept dona- Fee Provided For. tions ranging in amount from $1 up Another amendment provides that|in raising the rest of the money. no condemnation of land for park pur- | The regular zoning committee of the poses may be effected without the | Chamber of Commerce, under the lead- written approval of the Prince Georges | ership of the chairman, Ashton Jones, County Commissioners, while another | will confer with the supervisors and ides that a fee may be collected | zoning commission on a general p’,\licy,i v the planning commission for serv- ices rendered in considering subdivision plats. Authority would be given the planning commission to approve all building permits in the metropolitan district, under the terms of another amendment, while one provides that the Prince Georges County Commis- sioners shall be paid $200 a year each for services in connection with the etropolitan district act. l’“’l'!'le power of the Montgomery County Commissioners in the matter of con- demnations of land is enlarged by a bill introduced by the county delega- tion. The present law restricts their power to condemnations for the open- jng. widening, or improving roads, streets and alleys, while the new law would give them power to condemn for public buildings, or ln:'hnn_v nerfissx:\; ublic purpose. For the purposes t’he nct,v (?- county Js declared to be VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WILL HOLD BANQUET Prince Georges Association In-| dorses Simmel for Head of State Body, Bpecial Dizpatch to The Btar. COTTAGE CITY, Md., March 14.—A meeting of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Association at the Cottage City firehouse last night was attended by delegations from 17 com- panies. Plans were made for a booster banquet to be held at Masonic Hall, Hyattsville, in A with the following committee in charge: George Finger Capitol Heights, chairman: President Robert E. Mahoney, Branchville; Se retary T. W. Venemann, Riverdale: Chief Noble F. Rushe, Hyattsville: Chief V. A. Simmel and T. Weston Scott, Cot- tage City. The asociation indorsed the candi- dacy of Chief V. A. Simmel for pre: éent of the Marviand State Piremen's COUNTY REQUESTS CHARITY TAX LEVY Fund of $10,000 Annually Would | Be Provided in Bill Urged in Maryland House, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14.—A fund for the use of the county com- missioners in Montgomery County for | charitable and social work is provided for in a bill introduced yesterday in the lower house by the Montgomery County delegation. It authorizes the levy of an annual tax sufficlent to raise $10,000 per annum, and gives the com- missioners power to select an agency to expend, the fund in the performance of charitable and relief work in the county. It specifies that the fund shall be used for the relief of the poor, indigent or ill persons, caring for or assisting in the care of neglected and improp- erlv nourished children, and for gen- eral charitable and social relief work. MONT(;&MERY COUNTY ASKS TRAFFIC POWER| Authority to Er;{;::fiegulntions‘ Sought in Bill Given to 1 Maryland House. { By a Stafft Correspondent of The Star. i ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14.—Au-| thority for the Montgomery County commissioners to prescribe and enforce reasonable traffic regulations, and to provide by ordinance for fine and im-; prisonment for their violation, is sought ! in a bill introduced in the House yes-! terday by the Montgomery County dele- gation. The bill would provide an amendment to the State motor vehicle ! law which would give the same privilege Montgomery Attorney - Pre- | paring to Write New Ordi- nance for County. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS. Md. March 14— Studies are being made by Joseph C. Cissel, attorney for the county com- missioners of Montgomery County, ' of anti - signboard laws, ordinances and decisions ef the courts, with a view to preparing an ordinance having for its purpose the elimination of bill- boards from the county. Cissel terday in of Appeals of Mary- land studying de- cisions, in cluding those of the United States Supreme Court. He said that he found a gen- eral change on the part of the courts in approving such ordinances, and in one case he said the courts of New Jersey held that a town had the ab- solute power to bar signboards, gven on private property. The ordinance has been sought- for some time by citizens of Montgomery, and was a subject of considerable debate at the meeting of the Civic Federa- tion at Bethesda Monday night. The county commissioners have authority to pass ordinances for this purpose, and (;L%Ml 1s planning to draft one in a short time. FREDERICKSBURG COUNCIL NAMES WILLIS AS MAYOR Succeels Dr: J:VGNVI"n’e'; King, Who Died Recently—Believed Youngest Executive. pent _yes- Court Joseph €. Cissel. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., March 14 —Jere M. H. Willis. 30, is chief execu- tive of Fredericksburg today, having qualified for the office yesterday after his clection by the City Council at the March meeting. Mayor Willis will fill_the vacancy caused bysthe death of Dr. J. Garnell King. who died three weeks ago in Norfolk. The term will expire on Au-, gust 31. 1932, it having been Mayor King's third consecutive four-year term as the city's chief magistrate, Mr. Willis' was the only name pre- ented to the Council for election, and he was chosen unanimously. The new mayor is believed to be the youngest mayor the city has had. procedure that would make possible ef- ective study in school under the teach- er's direction, and the practice of as- suming that first-year pupils do not need special help and council in making an adjustment to the new conditions presented in high school. ‘The principals taking part in the dis- cussion were W. D. Himes, S. M. Somers, T. C. Martin, L. B. Howland, K. S. Mor- ris, . H."Rice, R. F. Cromwell, 8. 8. Dufly, H. R..Hughes, T. S. Klein, J. 8. Miller and I. C. Greenwell. e B $1,661,000 COUNTY ROAD BONDS SOUGHT { Montgomery . Improvements Pro- vided For in Three New Measures. { By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14—Road bond issue for Montgomery County totaling $1,661,000 are provided for in three bills introduced in the House of Delegates yesterday by the Montgomery | County delegation. The projecis fol- low the recommendatious carried in the resolutions passed Tuesday by the Mont- gomery County Commissioners, at their meeting in Rockville, and which have already been detailed in The Star, with the following additions, in the bill: Con- crete road from Martinsburg to Whites Ferry, $35.000, and a macadam road from the Rockville-Gaithersburg High- way to the Gaithersburg-Laytonsville Highway, $20,000. One of the bond issues is for $200,- 000, to pay for the uncompleted part of the 1927 program: the second is for $782,000, . covering the 1929 program, and the other is for $697,000, the road | refunding bill, 'VIRGINIA MAN WOUNDED IN ALLEGED RUM WAR Victim in Hospital With Hands and Arms Sprinkled * With Shot. Special Dispatch to The star. DANVILLE, Va, March 14.-C. A Frazier is in a hospital today, his arms and hands sprinkled with shot as result of an alleged bootlegger’ war at Dowdy- town at 2 o'clock this morning. Frazier told offic that he was order- ed to enter a’closed car by men he could not identify and when he resisted he was, shot, 18 Months to Pay arming 3-Piece Last week we inaugurated this regular economy occasion, and the response more than justified our expectations and our thorough planning. 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