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SUBUR COUNGEL CLEARS ROAD OFFICIALS Grand Inquest Attorneys Ab- solve Higher-Ups in Mary- land Scandal. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Stafl Correspo; nt of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 27—High- er-ups of the State of Maryland, whom it was alleged were involved in the State Road Commission peculations, were absolved from all blame in the report of counsel for the grand in- ich was presented to the body and. is being considered by them today preparatory to making a report to the House. The attorneys found that the thefts, ageregating $376.000, rested solely on the combinas tion of dishonest employes and a brea. down of the State au ing system. as well as in the office supervision of the commission. While absolving John N. Mackall, former chief engineer and chairman_of the commission. of any responsibility for the thefis, it never- theless severely criticizes him for ac- ceptance of top soil, thermometers and the services of employes of the com- mission for the buiming of a lily pond on his private esfate. Alihough called trivial, counsel asserted that the re- buke was necessary to stress the im- portance of rigid compliance with the law. Taking up the charges made publ against Senator Walter J. Mitchell of Ta Plata. Charles County. and Demo- cratic floor leader in the legislative upper house. the counsel said that evi- dence presented with a design to show that he had used his position fo in-| fluence the commission in awarding contracts to H. not only failed to establish any such action on Senator Mitchell's part, but disproved it. Report Signed by Candidates. The report was signed by Joseph C. France and Charles McHenry Howard, both of whom are registered as Demo- | crats, and Alexander Armstrong, who was the Republican candidate against Gov. Ritchie in 1923 in the guberna- torial race Taking up the matter of contracts, the attorneys said they found the com- mission had always acted in the best interests of the State, but also said that there were instances where competitive bids should have been requested. They recommended, however, that all sizeable expenditures should be approved in ad- vance by a majority of the members of | the commission. 1 “The amount of stealings which have been uncovered in the office of thej commission,” the report said, “and the period of time over which théy extend- ed seem to have created in some quar- ters an impression of doubt as to the integrity and economy of our State highways system as a whole. Our sys- tem of State highways is the most valu- able asset that our State possesses, and | any doubt upon this subject is entirely unjustified. Comment is then made on the fact that during the past eight years im- provements were made in the roads system aggregating $70,000,000, and that the total amount of money stolen was} not more than one half of 1 per cent of this. They point out that the amount of the peculations had no appreciable effect on the cost of the system as a whole, adding that the cost would hav been increased to a greater figure by in capacity or negligence in the pel‘fm”m-1 ance of the important work of the chiel engineer. The counsel did not criticize the ex- penditures on the Crain highway open: 1 ing celebration at Upper Mariboro, but they did say that such disbursements of State money were illegal unless a special appropriation or authorization was obtained from the Legislature. They did say that the combining of the posittons of chairman of the commis-| sion and chief engineer by Gov. Ritchie | in 1920 was a mistake. They pointed out also that the situation which de- veloped in the commission illustrated the advisability of separating the two offices, and this has been done. Auditor Approved Vouchers. The counsel found that George H. Pawson, commission auditor, approvs vouchers without properly examining them, and the representative of the | State auditor’s office was alleged to be guilty of similar neglect. They also said that charges that Mackall or mem- bers of the commission were in any way cognizant of or parties to any of the extensive dishonest transactions of the | employes is preposterous, and reported that charges that the peculations could | not have taken place without the con- | nivance of the chairman of the (-om~: mission are radically unjust, because he | relied and was entitled to rely on the auditing of the accounts by the officials charged with that duty. They also said that the evidence failed to support { farmer of the vicinty of Travilah, this county, was given judgment for $100 { ahead of time unless the Henry County BAN NEWS, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 27 (Spe- | cial) —Mrs, Edith Iona Mullinix, wife of Ira W. Mullinix of Cedar Grove, this | county, died Monday afternoon in the Frederick Hospital, aged 49 years. Sur- viving her are her husband and the fol- lowing children, all of the Cedar Grove neighborhvod: Mrs. Arnold Main and Alby, Charles and Lawrence Mullinix. The funeral took place early this after- roon from Salem Methodist Church, | Cedar Grove, burial being in the church cemetery. Mrs. Mullinix was a daugh- ter of the late Joseph Williams. A license has been issued here for the marriage of Richard Lee Abernathy. | 129, of Maiden, N. C.. and Miss Nellie | “:"rdanca‘b Brown, 20, of Takoma Park.| | For the benefit of the Rockville play- | grounds fund a program of wrestling | events will ba staged in the Rockville | High School gymnasium the evening | | of Friday, April 5. The chief event will | {be between Joe Turner, Washington | | celebrity, and Tom_Clayton, known as | | the champion of Maryland, and the | preliminaries will be provided by the | | wrestling team of the University of | | Maryland, ~F. Barnard Welsh of the | Rockville bar is in charge of the ar- | rangements and has announced that women will be admitted. During the observance Health week in this count gins Sunday and continues through | | April 7, child health conferences will, |if has been announced, be held for the cxamination of infants and children nder 7 years of age at the following places: T . April 2—At Norbeck Church, from 10 o'clock am. until noon: Spencerville Church, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3—Martinsville School, | {10 am.; Poolesville School, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4—Rockville School, 10 a.m.: Emory Grove, 1:30 p.m. The conferences will be attended by | a_physician from the State bureau of ichild hygiene, Dr. William T. Pratt, | | county health officer, and other county physicians and the county health nurses, | | Miss Hermine Badenhoop, Miss- Mary | | Potter and Miss Annie Miller. Vaccina- | [ tions will be given, The county comunissioners yesterday |held their final general hearing of the | | year to consider protests against assess- ments of new buildings recently made in various parts of the county by the | county tax assessor, A. Hempstone Grif- fith. Only about half a dozen persons appeared and satisfactory explanations or adjustments were quickly made. As new assessments are from time to time made the commissioners will, it is stated, give affected property Owners oppor- tunity to be heard. Aside from considering the tax ap- peals, the commissioners did mnothing more at their weekly session yesterday than to approve bills for payment and transact other 1outine business. Ali five members of the board were pres- ent, with Dr. Benjamin C. Perry pre- siding. The pastor, Rev. S. J. Goode, has announced that pre-Easter services will be held in the Rockville Christian Church tomorrow and Friday evenings. Thursday evening there will be an anniversary communion service and Fri- day evening appropriate exercises will be held, including an address by the pastor. The Easter Sunday program calls for & sunrise prayer meeting and at 10:30 o'clock exercises by the Sunday school, music by the church choir and a sermon by the pastor. Mrs. Louise Krey Clabaugh of Som- erset, Md., and Victor Mindeleff of Sil- ver Spring, Md., were married in Rock- ville Monday by Rev. S. J. Goode of the Christian Church at the home of the minister. In a suit against his neighbor, Michael Wallace Connelly, 36, for $3,000 dam- ages, Isaac H. Rabbitt, 65, a well known of Negro | which be- by a jury in the Circuit Court here yesterday afternoon. The action was based on an alleged assault at Hunting Hill August 8, 1928, which, the evidence showed, resulted in both the plaintiff and defendant being somewhat disfigured. The mix-up was both admitted on the stand had between them for some time, The plaintiff was represented by At- torneys Thomas L. Dawson and John E. Oxley of Rockville and the defendant by Attorneys Cissel & Woodward of | Rockville. SCHOOLS NEED $17,000. | Henry County Institutions to Close | Unless Appropriation Is Made. MARTINSVILLE, Va., March 27 (8] cial).—The public schools in Henry County will have to close a month existed supervisors are able to provide the school board with $17,000. The supervisors have given no assur- ances on this point, although they have approved the next year's budget and arranged the necessary school levy. Heidelberg ;lIYI Scheduled. HEIDELBERG (#).—The 1929 Hei- delberg Festival Plays are scheduled to take place July 20 to August 14 in the charming courtyard of Heidelberg charges of favoritism in the awarding of contracts to certain contractors, but, | on the other hand, said just the re-| verse was shown. ‘They recommended that the State; roads department should be organized | with sufficient subordinate officials, who, if honest and efficient service is t be maintained, should be paid salaries commensurate with the responsibilities | imposed on them. It also was recom- | mended by counsel that two associate | members of the commission as well as | the chairman should be paid appro- priate salaries and should be fulltime officials. | ‘The attorneys say that, regardless of past practice, the utmost care should be exercised by the commission in the future to make minutes of the body's actions, inclusive of every action taken officially, and that reference should be made to all important discussions par- ticipated in by the commission, even though not leading at the time to final conclusions. Report Discusses War Materials. As to the disposal of war surplus ma- terials received by the Federal Govern- ment, the report says that any of it illegally disposed of or given away was done without the authority of the com- | mission, if it was done all Failure of the commission,.the report continues, to collect or to make the proper credits on accounts receivable, resulting in $254,354 standing open in this account, is an illustration of the demoralization of the heads of the office force and of the need of having the office management supervised more closely by a higher officer whose entire time is not fully taken up with other work of the co The report % testimony of ] now serving a term for some of the pecu- lations It says further that falsification of bills for the rn Maryland So- ciety, but paid by the commission, on the part of Butler constituted a clear case of an effort Butler and his confederates to create evidence that would apparently involve Mackall in a dishonest trans Discussing the sug; tion th ups were involved, the attorr that no specific charge was m any part of this stolen m ceived, directly or_indirectly, by those higher up. The only cvidence to sustain the general charge was the testimony of Butler that Mr. Mackall knowingly had indorsed many salary him in_excess of his regular compen tion. They said that it was inherently improbable, if not inconceivable, that Mackall would have authorized the advances to a man whom he certainly had no reason to favor in that way. even if it were have no_scruj in participating such & dishonest transaction. vas asealled in the report as perjurer. advances for 8| pposed that he would in Butler Castle. _ Shakespeare's “Midsummer Night's Dream” and Schiller’s “Joan of Arc” have been selected. FIVE ° DAYS EUROPE Lloyd offers two super speed ships... the sensation of 1929 'BREMEN AND EUROPA Tuink of speed and you think of Lloyd. Travel Lioyd and save time for sightseeing abroad. To cross on these two fliers is an eveat in itself. Decarations by masters of modern art. Night life on a spacious dancing deck withrestaurantservicetilldawn. Innovations in all classes ..... 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In passing on 15 of the 17 requests | for zoning changes given hearing last | Tuesday, the commissioners accepted the | recommendations of the Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- the commissioners were not in agree- men with the Park Commission. were referred back to that body for further consideration. Petition for Cemeteries. Both of those cascs involve proposed cemeteries. They are: Petition of the Harr Zion Congregation Cemetery. Ine.. for reclassification of one block in Greater Capitol Heights, from residen- tial to commercial, and petition of Tewis S. Magruder for similar reclassification of an acreage farm in Huntsville, Kent district, The commissioners refused to erant the petitions of W. Anderson and Henry Meyer for reclassification from resi- dential to commercial of o wyn Heights, and of Clayton ¥, Moore for reclassiiication from _commercial to residential of a lot in Riverdale Pork. Both of these petitions had been dis- approved by the park body. Petitions Approved. sioners were: For reclassification from residential to commercial: Katie Dyson, four lots in Cedar Heights; L. C. Gingell, acreage on west side of Washington-Baltimore boulevard, 118 feet south of the inter- section of Central avenue; A. H. Gray, lot 17. block 74, Riverdale Park: John W. C. Brown, acreage on west side of Washington-Baltimore boule- vard, one and one-half miles south of Beltsville, and Samuel Bass, 10 lots in blt;;:k "A.‘l' Bi%‘“’r Heights. or reclassification from residential to industrial: The Capitol Heights Ice & Fuel Corporation, four lots in Seat Pleasant; George M. McLeod, part of the Lee property, Bladensburg, and five petitions from the Baitimore & Ohio Railroad Co., involving its rights of way, two of which are in Hyattsvile, and the others in Branchville, Bladens- burg and Beaver Heights. The District road committces were appointed to serve ‘a year, starting April 1. The committees will chose their own supervisors and chairmen, Road Committees Named. ";Ijhose appointed by the county heads Vansville district, James §S. Heal, Percy Cassard, H. T. Pullman and B.J. Gallant. Bladensburg district, J. Frank Fitz- hul% Wl:'l(nthbGa\%scn. Robert F. ce, Jose orridon e, p! and Frank Marlboro district, Dr. Reverdy Sasscer, Edgar 8. McCeney, John H. Traband, Courtland Wicks and Charles Binger. Nottingham district, Dr. William H. Gibbons. Eli Oliver, Walter Cross, Claude McKee and Narvin Naylor. Piscataway district, Bruce Gordan, A. M. Edelin, Alton Galahan, Adolph the culmination of bad feeling, which {Adler-and William F. Taylor. Spaulding district, George S. Dove, Victor Baldwin, Willlam Suit, William E. Clifton and Ethan Allen. Queen Anne district, W. Seton Belt, Jefferson Beall, Carl Heathcote, John M. Bowie and Harry Townshend. A(]uuco district, W. R. C. Connick, William C. Watson, J. Burns Wilson, Willlam B. Fenwick and H. B. Contee. Surratisville district, G. S. Oursler, Joseph Caswell, Bernard Mudd, Roger Oursler and Charles Schultz. Laurel District. Laurel district, W. S. Allen, Georgr T. Sellers, G. B. Timanus, Louis Woot~ ten and Whitney J. Aitcherson. Brandywine district, Charles Willett, F. A. Robinson, John Bond, William P. Baden and John L. Holliday. Oxon Hill district, Walter Grimes. Walter Brooke, Hartwell Tucker, Rich- ard S. Moore and John T. Fisher. Kent district, W. Beall Bowie, J. J. Crowley, Clarence M. Roberts, O. C. Strawn and Stephen Brady. Bowle district, Millard N. Shaffer, R. fine quality aits e r<\ ra's ““,\u\ D NS gt ‘Other* ‘S‘A.!S 1007 Siz Ra mission. The other two cases, on which | lot in Ber- | Petitions approved by the Commis- | Easter Specials for YOUNG MEN & BOYS Regular $21.50 and $25 YOUNG MEN'’S SUITS Pure wool serges and cashmeres. Newest Easter styles and patterns. Sizes from 34 to 40. §9.95 SWEATERS $2.65 pure slzes 26 to 3. BOYS’ BELL BRAND SHIRTS Addresses Visitors | | J. GORDON BOHANNAN, President of Virginia State Chamber of | Commerce, who addressed New York | school superintendents, visiting Virginia as guests of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, at a dinner given by the State Conservation and Development Commission, at Old Point, Va. Lee Mullikin, E. E. Perkins, E. Merkel | and O. T. Banner. | Mellwood district, Charles A. Duvail. ‘W. S. Hill, Alexander Moore, Willlam Marr and Guy H. Clagett. Hyattsville district, W. T. Page, John | "Sa\llman, W. W. Lewis and S. J. Hob-| | son. | Chillum distriet, Thomas R. Gude,| Henry J. Tooney, Howard Crandall, | | Samuel W. Brown and J. C. Clay. i | Seat Pleasant_district, George N.| Palmer, James Berry, H. E. Heffner, | | Henry Ashby and John E. Baden. i Riverdale district, H. A. Friday, Wil- | liam Maske, A. D. Rust, H. M. Presiey | {end J. Fred Rushe. | Lanham district, A, H. Coles, Jacob | J. Eberle, J. Marsden, Charles ! Houser and Thomas H. Jameson. Berwyn district, Prof. S. S. Stein- berg, College Park; R. E. Baker, C. P. Bickford, Charles Teske and George P. Bewley. Requpsts for Roads. Delegations from Riverdale, Berwyn, | Branchville, Suitland and Seat Pleas- | ant submitted requests for roads be-| fore the commissioners. The Berwyn-Branchville delegation, representing the business men of the community, asked that Central avenue from the Baltimore boulevard to the | raillroad tracks and Branchville road | between the same doundaries be made into lateral roads. G. P. Bickford, acted as spokesman | for the group which included Drs. W. A. Griffith, A. O. Etienne, George Gay- lor, H. W. McNamee, J. H. Wilson, J. F. Keefauver and A. V. Gahan. A committee of the Suitland Citizens’ | Assoclation, headed by George F. von Ostermann, president, asked that the! road from Silver Hill to District Heights | be improved. Joining the president in urging this project were H. J. Jenkins, Elmer Pumphrey, James B. Bland, George Havenner and Mrs, Walter Latimer, Mrs. Eva_P. Chase led the delega- tion from Riverdale, which requested that Jefferson avenue from the Bal- timore boulevard to the Edmonston road be made into a hard-surfaced boulevard. A petition bearing several hundred signatures was filed with the commissioners by Mrs. Chase. | Completion of Chapel road from its | present terminus at the -electric rail- road tracks to the District Line was urged by a delegation of business men from Seat Pleasant. James C. Black- well and Fred L. Watkins were spokes- men for the merchants. FOX TRAP BILL PASSES. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | ~ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 27.—The | bill of Dr. George L. Edmonds of Rock- | ville, making it unlawful to set any trap for foxes within 30 feet of any den, has been pased by both houses and sent to the governor for his sig- nature, ‘The proposed law also prohibits the | trapping, hunting or chase with dog | or gun of foxes between May 1 and July 15. However, owners of land are | allowed to kill foxes on their property, | except when being chased by hounds under charge of fox hunters. Violations ;nm made punishable by a fine of be- | tween $5 and $25, or imprisonment n | | the county jail unt}l the fine is paid. 2 ‘ Wants Belgium a Flower Garden. BRUSSELS (#).—Queen Elizabeth is | sponsoring & movement to make all of | Belgium a flower garden next year as | a welcome to visitors to the World's Fair at Antwerp and Liege. $16.75 Boys’” Wool GOLF KNICKERS $1.65 Full lined; sizes to 16, wool, 7 12Y; to 14..0.nnnns ANTHEOURTHOLSE GROLPTOBEHEAR Senator Jones Will Receive Montgomery Delegation Today. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 27.—Oppo- nents of the two bills propesing bond issues totaling $325,000 for the building of a large courthouse and jail in Rock- ville, and the acquisition of land for the enlarged project, are being heard this | afternoon. Senator Eugene Jones of | Kensington, Montgomery County's rep- resentative in the upper house, and an avowed opponent of the two measures, announced that he would listen to the opponents this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Senate chamber. The Senator said that a number of people have ask- ed to be heard on the two bills, and in | view of the fact that he last week granted a hearing to the proponents, the opponents should be given an op- | portunity for presenting reasons for their opposition to the two measures. One of the bills provides a bond issue of $150,000 to be added to a similar | sum authorized by the 1927 Legislature | for a new courthouse, but which later was decided to be insufficient to_con- struct a building adequate for future needs and becoming the dignity and importance of this fast-developing county. The other would authorize an | issue of $175,000 for the acquisition of the square of land west of the court- house. Senator’s Position Uncertain. The Senator would not indicate yes- terday what his stand would be on’ the two measures, which were sent to him Monday after they were passed by the House of Delegates, He is having & stenographic report made of all the hearings, and announced that he would study it thoroughly before making known his decision. There are only a few days left of the present Legislature. It will expire by operation of law at | midnight Monday night unless sooner adjourned upon completion of the busi- ness which it is going to do at the pres- ent session. Senator Jones killed two bills in the Senate yesterday, when he reported them unfavorably and the Senate ap- proved such reports. The two measu were both introduced by the Montgom ery County delegation in the House, and were reported by that body, and both relate to land condemnations. One of them would have increased the authority of the Montgomery County Commissioners in land condem- nations, to give them power to condemn land for all public purposes, including public buildings and parks, whereas the House & Herrmann- Dream Days Become Real Da AL MARCH 27, 1929, present law limits them to the power of condemning for opening new or im- proving all roads and bridges. The measure was sought, it was explained, 5o that the county commissioners could proceed to carry out any projects for | public purposes, without undue delay. The other bill would repeal, as to Montgomery County, a State law which says that no public ' road shall be opened or altered so as to pass through the buildings, gardens, yards or burial grounds of any person without the | written consent of the owner. ‘When he heard that the Senator had killed the two measures, which he con- siders important to the development of the county during the next few years, Speaker Lee, together with other mem- bers of the deiegation, sought an inter- view with the Senator for the purpose of asking him for his reasons for killing the measure. The speaker said that he i day, but would continue his efforts to- day. Slaughter House Bill Passed. Montgomery County, by giving the Montgomery County commissioners au- | thority to regulate and control their | location, was passed by the House yes- | terday and sent to_the Senate. Reports | have come to the delegation that efforts would be made to locate such a project in the county, following unsuccessful | efforts to date to locate one in Arling- ton County. It will be stubbornly re- sisted. The bill also would provide for the regulation and location of dog ken- nels, hogpens and cow yards within the metropolitan district. ‘The proposed new road development over the present route of the old Viers Mill road, an old and unused highway, making a direct and short cut from the Georgia avenue road at Wheaton to Rockville, was approved by the House yesterday. ‘The House also passed the bill_prohibiting the sale of fireworks in the Silver Spring district at any tym;e.‘nnd their discharge except on | July 4. { would eliminnte Alta Vista from a spe- cial taxing area and include it in the metropolitan district. {MARYLAND LEGISLATORS By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 27.--The amendment to the constitution of Maryland raising the pay of members | of the Legislature from $5 to $15 a day, and which came back from the Senate | yesterday with an amendment making the raise to $10, was made a special order of business for this afternoon. ‘The fact that the House did not im- mediately concur in the Senate amend- | ment indicates that there will be some : debate on the matter. It has been | generally talked around the halls of the | State capitol that legislators cannot | come to the State Capital and live de- of them have to go into their own pock- ets to meet the bills incident to their attendance at the biennial sessions. Every one pictures his ideal home, and with “Furniture of Merit” to select irom at Fouse & Herrmann prices, together with the accommiodation of con- venient credit, this anticipation can be fully realized. The question of cost need not deter you, for yout will be mak- ing an investment which will come, nut and substantial gumwood. Console Table, $9.95 Of attractive design and ex- cellent workmanship; fin- ished in that very pleasing brown mahogany tone. return satisfaction for years to | was unable to get the interview yester- | The bill which would preclude the| establishment of a slaughter house in| TO DEBATE PAY HIKE BILL | | D'Alessandro bill, which proposes an | cently on $5 a day, and practically all | ‘The House passed also the bill which |- Seventh & Eye Sts. | years. | Tuesday morning. SUBURBAN ! ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, March 27 (Spe- | clal) —The Rotary Club at its Juncheon and meeting in the George Mason Ho- | tel here yesterday elected Secretary | Herbert E. Cross delegate to the annual convention of Rotary Clubs of the fifty- sixth district, to be held at Lynchburg, Va., May 2, 3 and 4. An invitation te attend the “Ladies’ night” celebration | of the Fredericksburg Rotary Club at| Fredericksburg, Va., April 18 was re-| ceived and a large delegation will atAi tend. George F. Downham read a paper on | “The Value of Trusteeship.” Duncan | Thompson sang several songs, with Miss | Edna McCauley accompanying. Dr. W. E. Martin, principal of the Arlington | Hall School for Girls, was a guest at the meeting. Dr. Hugh A. Latane was | in charge. Claiming that the s present | slogan, “The Key to Dixie,” is not suffi- | ciently distinctive, the civic bureau of | the Chamber of Commerce will ask the board of directors of the chamber to select a better slogan, one that will compel attention in the campaign to obtain new enterprises for this city. If the board of directors approves the | change of slogans it is expected that a | campaign will be held among the public school students to select a new one. Funeral services for Michael Gens- berger, 62, a former resident, who died | in a hospital at Predericksburg Sunday, were held vesterday in the home of Peace Cemetery here. Mr, Gensberger has lived in Fredericksburg the past 20 He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Carrie Wilson of Washington, and a brother, Lee Gensberger. Funeral services for Charles D. Ca- | hill, who died Sunday, were held today at Wheatley’s chapel by Rev. Edgar Carpenter, Tector of Grace Episcopal | Church, and burial was in Ivy Hill| Cemetery. Members of Andrew Jack- son Lodge of Masons, No. 120, of which he was a member. attended. Robert South Barrett will speak to- morrow night at the Maundy Thursday | mystical banquet at the Masonic Temple. | ‘The public schools will begin Easter holidays Good Friday and will reopen for the resumption of classwork on ‘The St. Agnes’ Epis- | copal School for Girls will close tomor- | row afternoon and will not reopen until April 8. | A meeting of the executive board of | the Alexandria American Legion Aux- | illary was to be. held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the George Mason Hotel. An Easter program was to be given by Lee School students this afternoon | at 3 o'clock at the meeting of the Par- | ent-Teacher Association in the Lee School Building. A meeting of the Samarian Rebekah Lodge, No. 27, Independent Order of 0dd Fellows, will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at Sarepta Hall, 510 Wolf street. ‘The Baraca Bible class of the First Baptist Church held a business meet- ing, smoker and entertainment last| night. James A. 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Md.,, March 27 —Persistent that their desire for thi passage of bills divorcing the county police force from the sheriff’s office and placing this function of county gov- ernment under the control of the coun- commissioners, and making himself eligible to succeed the treasurer of Prince Georges County, be favorably considered, a delegation will visit An- napolis in' the interest of proposed county ‘legislation in Prince Georges County tomorrow, where arrangement: for a hearing before the county delega- tion on these bills have been completed. The hearing will be held in the office of State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, chairman of the judiciary committee of the Senate, at 3 o'clock. It is cer- tain the delegation will number at least one hundred citizens and voters from Bladensburg, Hyattsville, Riverdale, Chillum, Vansville and Berwyn districts. ‘The members of the delegation are requested to assemble fn the neighbor- hood of Johnson and Maryland avenues Hyattsville, between 1 and 1:30 tomor. row afternoon. and the start for An- napolis will be made. COMMISSION CONTROL OF FALLS AREA PASSED Maryland-National Capital Park Body Power Extended Under Annapolis House Bill. By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 27—An- other step toward placing control of an: | power project in the Great Falls area under the control of (he Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com mission was taken when the House of Delegates passed and sent to the Sen- ate the bill which would give this com- mission power to reject or approve anv park, power or highway project in this area. While the bill does not include the area in the Metropolitan district, it provides that it is the legislative intent to put it in the district in the future, and specifically providing that the 3- cent administrative tax of the Metro- politan district shall be levied in the area beginning in 1931 and the 7-cent tax for the acquisition of park land in 1937. The area proposed extends from the present western line of the Metro- politan district, along the south shore of the Potomac to a point above the falls, and then inland for about 2 miles. e R ‘The Athabascans, who live at the | headwaters of the Yukon, Porcupine and Koyukuk Rivers, are the most iso- ]Txg(\dtol all human beings on this con- tinent. House & Herrmann The spring are covered Your Credit