Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1929, Page 10

SUBUR BAN NEWS. THE YHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, MARCH 29 FIREMEN BANQUE AT CHERRYDALE Annual Dinner Addressed by | Congressional and State p Leaders. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va, March 20.— Manifesting a spirit of comradeship that has resulted from working side by [13,000 CHILDREN Navy Band to Lead Opening! Event of Winchester Fete. Firemen From Three States to Feature Program of First Evening. IN APPLE BLOSSOM PARADE TO MARCH COUNTY BODY ASKS PASSAGEOF BLS Prince Georges Measures| Have Little Chance of Suc- | cess, Delegation Finds. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, March 29.—Seek- ing reasons for the failure of the Prince | | SUBURBAN NEWS.™ TWO ROAD BILLS KILLED BY JONES Connecticut Avenue Exten- sion and Viers Mill Route Measures Blocked. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 29.—Two new improved highways for Montgomery By the Associated Press. | County, designed to augment the net- side to render a great public service, | j Georges delegation in the House and | fire-fighters of the Cherrydale Volunteer | Fire Department gathered in Firemen's Hall last night for their thirteenth an- nual banquet. The guest list number- ing about 300 included many prominent county, State and national figures. Luther W, Strobel, president of the) department, was toastmaster. The speakers were headed by Senator T. H. Caraway of Arkansas and Repre- sentative John E. Rankin of Mississippi and Included Hugh Reid, county dele- gate to the General Assembly; E. Wade Ball, county treasurer; E. C. Turnburke and Robert E. Jansen, former presidents of the department; Walter U. Varney, president of the Arlington-Fairfax Fire- men’s Association; B. M. Hedrick, member of the board of supervisors of Arlington District, and Sergt. A. J.| Bargani, instructor at the school for firemen of the District of Columbia. Comedy Predominates. Except for a brief reference as to his hopes for some program by the United States that would aid in bringing about a better understanding between nations that would ultimately lead to perma- nent international peace and for legis- Jation that “would make it profitable Tor people to live on the farms.” Senator | Caraway kept clear of the serious things | of life. Keeping in tune with the spirit of the party, Representative Rankin offered a number of yarns. During a brief serious | moment, he congratulated the depart-| ment on its achievements. After expressing the regrets of Gov. Byrd at not being able to attend the banquet, Hugh Reid, at the request of the State’s chief executive, imparted some important facts regarding eco- nomic conditions in the State. He pointed to the increased _prosperity which the State has enjoyed in recent years. Activities of the Arlington-Fairfax | Volunteer Firemen's Association, of which he is president, were explained by Varney. Expresses Capital's Thanks. Sergt. Bargani declared that he and other officials of the Washington de- partment were happy over the fact that 50 efficient & fire-fighting outfit as that in Cherrydale and other sections of the county were within call and ready 1o come to the aid of the Capital City. He extended an invitation to the county firemen to pay a visit to the Firemen’s School of Instruction in Washington. Former President Jansen, Who now holds the position of secretary to the department, drew a picture of the growth of the department. For “meritorious service” while sec- retary of the organization, Elwyn (Mickey) Johnson was presented & gift by the department. Members of the Woman’s Auxiliary, of which Mrs. Luther Strobel is presi- dent, also came in for much praise from the speakers. FRESH-WATER CLAMS TO BE GROWN BY U. S. Nutritive Eluid Produced by Mis- sourian Will Be Used in Mis- linippl_ Tributaries. COLUMBIA, Mo. (#)—A steady, se- lected supply of fresh water clams, the raw material of the $1,000,000 pearl button and novelty industries, will be made possible by a propagation and re- stocking program to be undertaken by the Federal Government in Mississippi Valley streams. A process developed by Dr. M. M. Ellis, professor of physiology at the University of Missouri, removes much of the uncertainty from the early life of the mussel. Millions of tiny specks which grow up to become the best Eeul button stock available will be yrought through the first two weeks of life in a nutritive fluid discovered by Ellis, and safely deposited in river beds. ‘When left long du his first two weeks' life the young cl or mussel leads an uncertain life. Only a few of the millions left by each mother clam to shift for themselves in the depths can find fish, and fewer the right kind of fish, on which to live the 12 to 20 days of their early parasitic existence. Their fish-ride over, the minute clams find growing beds by hit- or-miss method. Experimental plantings have been successful at the Bureau of Fisheries fresh water biological station at Fair- port, Towa. In five to eight years the clams develop shells that bring, for the best quality, $125 to $150 a ton. The propagation is not a costly process, Ellis says. Riverdale Scouts Paint Post Office Roof to Direct Flyers. RIVERDALE, Md, March 29 (Spe- cial).—At the request of the Guggen- heim Foundation for the Advancement of Aviation, the local Scout troop is placing an aerial marker on the roof of the Riverdale Post Office Building to identify the locality and direct flyers to nearby landing fields. The work began today under super- vision of Patrol Leaders Vincent Fit- simmons, Thomas Wansleben, Chester Venemann and Al Bolz and when com- pleted will be plainly visible at a dis- tance of 2,000 feet. G. 0. P. CLUB PROPOSED. | Fairfax County Committee Ap- points Five to Draft Plans. FAIRFAX, Va., March 29 (Special).— The Fairfax County Republican com- mittee met Tuesday at the home of H. G. Sauls in Fairfax, with Dr. F. M. Brooks presiding and R. R. Farr acting £5 secretary. It was decided to organize a perma- nent Fairfax County Republican Club. The committee appointed to draw up plans for this club—L. L. Freeman of Vienna, chairman; H. G. Sauls, S. H Detwiler of Clifton, George Bready of Herndon and Mrs. Cuba Curtice of Navy ——will meet tonight. Curfew Is Ordered By Court for Boys Held as Loiterers By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, March 29.—A -court cur- few was ordered today by Judge Harry R. Thomas in Police Court for the benefit of three boys who were accused of loitering on a corner in Ballston at which some property was recently destroyed. Despite the vigorous protest of the mother of one of the boys, Judge ‘Thomas ordered that each was to be in his home at 9 o'clock every night unless accompanied by his paren:s. [ WINCHESTER, Va., March 29.—Re- ports received here indicate that 13,000 | school children from Northern Virginia | and nearby sections of West Virginia and Maryland will participate in the “parade of blossoms” on the opening day of the Shenandoah apple blossom | festival. The parade will be headed by the Navy Band. Schools represented will compete for prizes. The first prize will be $100 for the school making the best appearance. The entire Winchester Fire Depart- ment and firemen's organizations of nearby towns will march in a parade the first night of the fete. Appointment of additional princesses BETSY PAYNE Of Front Royal, who has been named as Warren County's prince: to be members of the queen's court were announced today. They include Miss Marjorie Thomas, South Hill, Va.; Miss Matylda Ann Reese, Richmond; Miss Lucille Ware, Amherst; Miss Ann Harrison, Martinsburg, W. Va.: Miss Charlotte McKown, Berkeley County, ‘W. Va,, and Miss Dorothy Belle Cooley, Berryville, Va. Former Sheriff Dies William E. Viett, former sheriff of Montgomery County and for many years a leading business man in Rockville, died yesterday at his home there. Mr. Viett is survived by his widow and two daughters, Miss Dorothy Viett and Mrs. Lamar Kelly of Rockville. He was judge of the county Police Court for a time and for years was chief of the po- lice staff at Union Station here. Mr. Viett was prominent in Masonic circles, being & member of Montgomery Lodge, No. 195, of Rockville, the Royal Arch Chapter, King Solomon's Council, Mont- gomery Commandery and Boumi Tem- | ple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of | Baltimore. “JOINING” IS DECRIED BY OFFICIAL OF CLUB| Women Belong to Too Many Or- ganizations Having Same Pur- pose Is Criticism. DETROIT (#).—Women join ' too many clubs in the opison of Mrs. Carl B. Chamberlain, hersalf a prominent club woman and president of the De- troit Federation of Women's Clubs. “Many women pride themselves on the number of clubs to which they be- long.” says Mrs. Chamberlain. “One ‘woman of my acquaintance joined three different clubs withih a year. Two of the organizations meet at the same hour on the same day and all of the three have similar purposes and interests. ‘This woman cannot hope to be of real value to any one of the three without neglecting the other two. “If several clubs have different pur- poses & woman is justified in joining them, but to become a member of a club with no definite object in view ex- cept that of being away from one’s home every day of the week is to my mind one of the most destructive forces that women’s clubs will have to combat at the years go on. The promiscuous joining of clubs is slowly but surely be- coming & habit that will eventually have to be dealt with.” ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md, March 20— Mrs. Catherine Bohrer Davis, by her next friend, Simon V. Bohrer, has in- stituted suit in the Circuit Court here for an eabsolute divorce from Melvin W. Davis. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of John A. Greenhalgh, 21 years old, and Miss Helen R. Daingerfield, 20, both of Washihgton; Roy E. Thurs- ton, 22, and Miss Louise Smith, 22, both of Alexandria, Va., and Richard T. Brown, 22, and Miss Manley Duble, 19, both of Montgomery County, Md. ‘The committee, of which Clarence L. Gilpin of Sandy Spring is chairman, recently appointed by the Maryland Foxhunters’ Association to select the place and dates for the annual meet- ing and field trials of the association, has announced that Montgomery County has been selected, with Rockville as headquarters, and that the dates, which will be in either October or November, will be announced in the near future. An Easter concert will be held in the R&ckvule Baptist Church Sunday eve- ning. Theodore Thomas Meyers, 25, of Baltimore yesterday obtained a license to marry Miss Anna May Silverman, 20, of Philadelphia. Heads Chamber Fred C. Goodnow was re-elected pres- ident of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce for his second term yester- day afternoon. was re-clected vice president. J. T. Preston, sr., who has served as secretary and treasurer of the chamber |County and District Citizens’ George F. Downham | HEGE AGAIN HEADS INTERFEDERATION Conference Elects Officers at Tuesday Meeting. Edward S. Hege was re-elected chair- man of the Interfederation Confer- ence, composed of representatives of the District, Montgomery and Arlington Counties Federations of Citizens’ Asso- clations at a meeting held at the Ham- ilton Hotel Tuesday night. Other officers elected by the confer- ence were: R. E. Plymale, vice chair- man, and W. B. Armstrong, secretary- treasurer. Plans for a three-year advertising campaign for the Greater Washington area, embodied in a resolution received from the Montgomery County Civic Federation, to bring Washingtonfi be- fore the rest of the country as the ideal “garden city” of the Nation, were re- ferred to the delegates from the District and Arlington County federations for action. Solicitation of membership of repre- sentatives from the civic organizations of Prince Georges County, Md., and Fairfax County, Va., was authorized. Reports of Maj. Clayton E. Emig, to the conference on the establishment of an alrport in_the District, serving the Greater Washington area from the Gravelly Point site, and the reports were referred to the Montgomery and Ar- lington federations for further action. In a resolution adopted by the confer- enee, at this meeting, opposition of the conference was voted to the establish- ment of an abattoir in Arlington County. U. S. FLAG CHEERED BY TURKISH CROWDS Admiral Dayton of Raleigh Places Wreath on Kemal's Monument in Constantinople. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 20.— Large Turkish crowds today cheered the first American flag to wave before the monument to the Turkish repub- lic in Constantinople when Vice Ad- miral John H. Dayton and the officers and sailors of the flagship U. S. S. Raleigh lald a wreath upon it. The monument depicts President Mustapha Kemal and the Anatolian soldiers and women who gave their lives in Turkey's war for independence. The American wreath bore the fol- lowing inscription: “In commemora- tion of the Turkish republic and in honor of the Turkish people and their illustrious leader and President, this token of respect~and admiration of the American Navy and the people of the United States is presented.” ‘The Raleigh's band played the Turk- ish national anthem "at the close of the ceremony. Vice Admiral Dayton is in command of American naval forces in Buropean waters. AUTO TAG OFFICES 0. K.'D. Maryland House Passes Bill for Clerk in Each County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 29.—The House Jast night passed the bill which directs the Governor of Maryland to appoint a motor vehicle license clerk for each county seat in the State for the purpose of handling the automobile licensing business. The measure now must go to the Senate. It was originally introduced by Speaker E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, who proposed four stations. CABLES TO HOLD ARCH. SYDNEY, Australia (#).—The dif- ficult task of bullding ‘an arch nearly one-third of a mile long, without any ground support between its bases is under way here on the new bridge across Sydney harbor. The arch is 1,650 feet long. It passes above a deep-water ocean shipping lane into the harbor. The two ends of the arch now are creeping out over the water toward each other. They are held in position by a tangle of cables which keep their unsl:rporbed ends pointed slightly upward and rigid, much on the same principle of a gun barrel is held rigid against a rifleman’s shoulder when he is about to shoot. Tablt;s of Bronze To List Graduates Of Army College Names of all graduates of the Army War College at Wa aington Barracks since its estabh:l.i-nt in 1904 as the finishing sc’. of the Army are to be perpc uated on bronze tablets, placed on ihe walls of the southwest corridor leading from the reception hall to the office of the commandant in that building. These tablets are of plain design, 32 inches in length and 22 inches in width. Each class will have a sep- arate tablet, inscribed with the names of its graduates, with the ex- ception of the first few class which, being of small membership, will be represented by a single tablet similarly inscribed. All the tablets are of similar design. A specimen tablet was recently submitted to and approved by the National Fine Arts Commission. All the expenses in- volved in the undertaking will be since its organization, was named for ‘his twenty-fourth term. met by contributions from the grad- uates themselves, . Senate for not pushing two bills spon- sored and pressed by citizens of the county and by the Chamber of Com- | merce of the county, a delegation from | the latter body appeared at the State house here yesterday and were given a hearing by the county legislators. One of the bills which the delegation wanted passed was to divorce the county police force from the sheriff and place it di- rectly under the county commissioners, and the other was a bill which would authorize the county treasurer to suc- ceed himself. The county police bill has never been introduced, but the bill relating to the treasurer was introduced in the House by Henry L. Morris of Upper Marlboro, chairman of the dele- gation, and referred to the delegation | committee, where it has stayed. It is probable that neither of the bills will pass at this session. The police bill could only be introduced by unani- mous consent, as the rules prohibit the introduction of bills within 10 days of the close of the session. In the case of the treasurer's bill, even if that were reported today, it would not have time to go through both houses, except by the railroading method. | Charles W. Clagett of Hyattsville said | that the business men of the county | were interested in the police bill, and they could see no valid reason why it should not be passed. He wanted to know the reasons why the delegation was keeping quiet on the matter, Senator Sasscer said that the delega- tion reached its decision on the police bill some days ago and that he had prepared a letter to S. Marvin Peach of Upper Marlboro. Senator Sasscer pointed out that many people who favored the change did not know of the provision giving the county commissioners authority to hire and fire police officers. All of the members of the Hyattsville delegation spoke. The only drug store giving United Certificates with each purchase ch perfum, and toflet ons. ported and domestic. Toilet atomizers,etc., 'fl"«;:’lmple variety. CLIO et CLAIR Olseaux Noir Famous French "Blackbirds” fame in dainty,studded gift bo%l‘: 1 TRE-JUR $ Double Compacts | work in the territory adjacent to the | metropolitan district will not be built |as a result of the action of State | Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, Front row, left to right: rett, B. Edward McCann. Back row, left to right: B. 0. Lowndes Wells, Noble F. Rushe, Edward A. Fuller, J. Ei , William D. Porter, Dr. Alfred H. Wells, Robert G. Porter. R o —Star Staff Photo. | 2,157 FOR SCHOOLS GIVEN TO FAIRFAX State Contribution to High School Fund Equals $5.25 Per Pupil. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 29.—The State Board of Education has forwarded a | check for $2,757.50 to the treasurer of Fairfax County as this division's share of the State appropriation for high school expenses. The maximum ale lowed by law to any school division i@ $4,800, to any school $500 and per indi- vidual pupil, $10. Owing to the con- struction of several new high schools in the State during the past year and the failure of the Legislature to increase the total appropriation, the amount avail- able for distribution has been decreased to $5.25 per pupil. Oakton High School, with a registra- tion of 103 pupils, is the only high school in Fairfax County to receive the maximum $500 appropriation. The other schools will receive as follows: Lee Jackson, $462: McLean, $441; Jef- ferson, at Falls Church, $425; Clifton, $350.75; Herndon, $330.75; Floris Vo- cational, $267.75. A letter from Thomas D. Eason, sec- retary of the State Board of Education, gives the comparative rank of all the counties in the Virginia school system. Among the 100 counties, Fairfax ranks twenty-third in average annual salary of teachers, tenth in adequacy of local | support.” seventeenth in total cost per | room, seventh in total per capita cost | of instruction and ecucation, eightisth in attendance, based on pepulation, fifty-seventh in percentage of teachers holding above first grade certificates, twenty-third in length of term, fiftieth in per cent of high school pupils on to- tal enrollment, and forty-seventh in ad- equacy of educational facilities. A report prepared by High School Su- pervisor W. T. Woodson indicates that the proposed consolidation of the high schools of Dranesville district in Fair- fax County will result next year in a saving of $4.804.19. | . New York retirement law. gives the public school superintendents the right to dismiss physically or mentally in- capacitated teachers who refuse to sub- rrgc to medical examination by the phy Boar icians of the Teachers’ Reth’r’,x‘l’lfnt‘1 SWEEP OF BRUSH FIRE THREATENS WIDE AREA Tarmers Near Winchester Fight Fierce Blaze in Relays During an Entire Night, Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., March 29.—Fire that got beyond control of brush burn- ers late yesterday swept through several sections of Indian Hollow, six miles northwest of here, and burned fiercely until early today, when it was brought under control by more than 100 farmers and others, who gathered from miles around. The fire was driven by a gale, but it was finally conquered by back- firing and trench digging. Men worked in relays throughout the night. The homes of a dozen or more resi- dents were in the path of the flames a mile distant, and most of the inhab- itants made preparations to move out | on short notice. Hold Food Sale Tomorrow. FAIRFAX, Va., March 29 (Special).— Mrs. E. S. Whiting and Miss Helene Mitchell are giving a food sale tomorrow afternoon to raise money to paint the parsonage of the Southern Methodist Church. | In reporting unfavorably on the meas- Milton Jones, Harry Rogers, Charles Leubner, Robert Roeske, G. Hodges Carr, Johnson Gar- | ures to the Senate last night. One of the bills would have authorized the Montgomery County commissioners to cut a new 120-foot roadway, extend- ing Connecticut avenue from its present terminus in Kensington to Georgia ave- nue, at Aspen, thus providing a direct route from the area west of Rock Creek to Baltimore. The other measure would | have authorized the commissioners to widen and improve by a 20-foot con- crefe roadway the old Viers Mill road, which would have made a direct and short cut from Georgia avenue at Wheaton to Rockville. Both measures originated in the House, were unanimously reported by the delegation there and unanimously adopted. At the hearing given by Sen- ator Jones on Wednesday, one voice was raised specifically agail the bills. One bond issue has been allowed to pass the Senate by the State Senator. It was introduced by him and authorizes the Montgomery county commissioners to issue bonds to the extent of $25.000 for the purpose of building a pedestrian underpass below the Baltimore & Ohio | railroad tracks at Boyds. The measure has yet to pass the House. The House vesterday passed the bill providing for the taking of a police cen- sus of Montgomery County cne year be- fore each election. i Fire Causes $1,000 Damage. By a Staft Corsespondent of The Star. 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