Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1929, Page 11

" CRAMTON MEASURE 1S GIVEN BAKNG Arlington Federation Adopts Committee Report on Park- way Project. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, April 3.—The Cramton bill, which would authorize 2 Federal appropriation of $7,000,000 for acquisition and development of land in Maryland and Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia in connection with the plan for a comprehensive parkway system within the Metropolitan district of Washington, the Government to be reimbursed one-half by the territories benefited, was unanimously approved by the Arlington County Civic Federa- tion last night. This action resulted when the meet- ing adopted a report of the federation's internal improvement and zon! com- mittee which embraced a resolution of- fered at the March meeting by Robert E. Plymale, one of the organization's delegates to the interfederation confer- ence. The report was made by Harry A. Fellows, chairman of the committee. The bill, which d the last ses- sion of the House, but which will have to be reintroduced because it failed to get through the Senate before adjourn- ment, provided for the development of the George Washington Memorial Park- way along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to Great Falls. It was pointed out by Mr. Fel- Jows that in view of the fact that the cost of constructing the Mount Vernon boulevard will be taken care of solely by the Federal Government, Virginia’s ex- pense in the development of the park- way system has been materially de- creased. The Better Government Commission, & bureau of the federation which has been striving for several years to get from the General Assembly of Virginia an_enabling act that would give the voters opportunity to determine at a special election if they desired a new form of local government, was dissolved by the adoption of & resolution offered by L. C. McNemar for the executive committee. Under the resolution all functions and records of the commission will be turned over to the legislative committee of the federation, and the latter is in- structed to tender its services to the Arlington County Code Commission “for the purpose of co-operating with said commission in drafting a code for Ar- lington County snd for recommending such changes in the present form of government as may be contemplated by the act of the Gieneral Assembly creat- ing the Code Commission.” Mr. McNemar expressed the opinion that inasmuch as the Code Commission is a legally constituted body, it will have greater weight with the General Assem- bly than an unofficial group, such as the Better Government Commission, and that more can be accomplished in effecting an improvement in the local government through its functions. He said the commission has been author- ized to make a report to the next meet- ing of the General Assembly. The income of the county from taxa- tion during the next fiscal year is esti- mated at $873,200 by a report submit- ted to the meeting by R. E. Mann for the committee on resources and expendi- tures of county government. Expendi- tures are estimated at $760,000 and a contingency fund is placed at $113,200. The report cites that the federation has requested the Board of Supervisors to consider the following items for the budget: For acquiring and maintaining parks, $2,000; for the Zoning Commis- sion, $5,000, for repair of jail; $1,000; for new building to house the Arlington district health clinic, $7,000; for in- crease of teachers’ salaries, $17,000. That all these proposed expenditures could be included in the budget without an increase in the tax levy is the opin- ion of the committee. It points out that the new law which provides for a more efficient system of collecting delinquent taxes should provide additionsl funds sufficient to meet all of the extra needs. The delinquent taxes represent & total of $383,000, the report states. The executive committee, instructed at the last meeling to decide on the best means of showing the citizens’ dis- approval of the proposed establishment of an abattoir in the county by the N. Auth Provision €., recommended that each organization affiliating with the federation have oné member present at the meeumf1 of the Board of Super- visors when the spplication comes up for hearing to protest its granting, and to be sure that resolutions adopted by the various bodies in opposiion to -the | 80ing project are presented to the board. For the committee, Mr. McNemar announc- ed. that Mrs. Claude S. Semones, R. E. Plymale, Willlam C. Hull, Harry A. Pel- lows and R. E. Mann had been ap- pointed to register the federation's op- position. Frank G. Campbell, a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Commis- sion, one of the leaders of a citizens’ committee fighiing the abattoir, de- clared that the _ Arlington-Fairfax County Real Estate Board would short- ly circulate literature against the proj- ect to show that it would be prejudi- cial to the best interests of the county and that petitions which he distributed for use in various communities. would !e;‘tlurecthe citizens’ attack. r. Campbell explained the activities of the Park and Planning Commission, to show that the commission has been far from idle despite the fact that lit- tle has been accompli=hed and lack of oductive results has not been the ault of the commission. Speaking on signboard advertising, which he, as chairman of the federation’s signboard committee for several years has been trying to rid the county of, Mr. Camp- bell declared that he had reached the conclusion that the only way to accom- plish anything in this connection is to make a State-wide campaign. “Put the candidates for the Legislature on record for or against signboards before election and we will get what we are after,” he said. ‘He urged the federa- tion to take the initiative in the cam- ln;gnx-! Ruth Lowell, chai . Ruf well, irman committee a the !ew:‘uotfi card party to be held in Odd-Fellows’ Hall April 12, mede a request on each association affiliating with the organiza- tion to donate three prizes for the af- fair. She also called attention to the need of card tables and asked that citi- zens willing to loan tables for the affair communicate with her. ‘The application of the Radnor Helghts Citizens’ Association for mem- bership in the federation was favor- ably acted on. 3 GLEBE ROAD WORK One-Legged Youth Reappears After s . . Hitch-Hike Thrill Speclal Dispatch to The Star, RIA, Va., April 3— Thomas H. Wililams, 16, who yes- e hom "ais. home”ay - 1is mother, Mr’:? Ids “Willams, 223 Southd.fllr{:: lfleflm e,:g rnoon. 3 mu: % .ln @ street en’rw accident when & d, and now walks with a crutck, explained that he had “hitch-hiked” to and back for a'“thrill” END STATE SESSION P, WEDNESDAY, APRIT 3. 1929, ENFORCEMENT LAW PRINCE GEORGES. APRIL GEAND JURY BUSY FAVORED BY HOUSE Tokacll v s Maryland Delegates Approve Car- roll County Measure Passed by Senate By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. NBTERDEAT Maryland - Delegates Argue Over Voting Machines and River:Duok Bill. - By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 3.—Even to Evg‘m-kwmlanmo(t&tmdw: session, House of Delegal was the scene of bitter and scrimon- fous debate on two hotly contested bills, one providing for voting machines for the city of Baltimore, and the other known as the Bohemia River duck bill, about the latter of which it was charged would prevent the riparian owners along the river from shooting ducks from blinds. Delegate Robert R. Lawder of Har- ford County. charged that the ptmmed legislation was one of the most vicious nd most spiteful biils ever introduced rn the House. He said it would jeopar dize shooting conditions on the stream, and pointed out that the department of Maryland strongly op- posed the measure, because there was & State-wide law now on the books cover- ing duck shooting. Present Law Sufficient. Pointing out that the State had passed a general law r¢ all the game laws, Delegate Frederick L. Co- bourn of Harford County, said that law represented the best opinion of the State and the Federal Government on the conservation of wild game. Delegate Cobourn pointed out that if the bill was passed, it would be followed by action of the Federal Biological Survey Bureau wiping out sink boxes, and that he per- sonally had gone to Washington to pre- vent any such legislation. He said that the Pederal Government had the power to do this, because of its control over the migratory game birds. He said that he had a petition signed by the owners of the riparian rights on the river op- posing it, and in the papers was a letter from United States Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware, who owns an estate on the river, saying that after the bill was introduced he went to his place in Cecil County, and found that certain peoplé who favored the bill had broken into and stolen or damaged property of non-resident riparian owners, and that in one case a fire was s in grass near & house so that it would lead up to and burn the dwelling. The innuendo was passed and sharply chalienged that those opposing the bill were employed by certain non-resident owners. It was charged that the effect of the bill was to let power boats go down the channel of the narrow river and shoot, which would have the effect, n‘ V:'h&s ;‘llzxid of destroying the rights of the riparian owners. It was charged that the passage of the bill would amount. to virtual confiscation of their property. “" Debate Long and Heated. The bill which permits the purchase of voting machines and place them in less numbers at m precincts in Balti- more than requ by an opinion of the attorney general w.:n?romed and hegted. It was stubbornly fought for by ‘the Republicans, on behalf of the Republican _administration in Balti- more, and while it was pointed out that the Democrats at the last session, when the Democrats were in control in Baltimore, had rejected the voting ma« chine bill, & pointed Guestion was asked as to why they were so stubbornly fought for now when the price had gone up from $600 to $900. Speaker Lee charged that they could be tampered with, and that ‘the ballot was the safest system. He said they were & cross between an adding ma- chine and a typewriter, and that when | . a voter went in front of one of them and pressed certain buttons “only God Solng 1o “come_oat. . Delégate’ Sharp “come out.” said that to install the mac] in his precinct alone would - cost ,000, and the machines were ‘only used once in every -four years. ‘When Delegate Paul Berman, b~ lican, of Baltimore, in the course of the debate, made the remark that he “could understand the fear about cheating in elections, because the Democrats had been doing it for so long & period,” Speaker Lee rapped the gavel sharply, ruled the delegate had exceeded time limit, and made him sit down. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 3 (Special). —Rev. John T. Coolahan of St. Mary Catholic Church officiated at the mar- riage here yesterday of Henry Anthony Galotta and Miss Mary Rose Gervasio, both of Washington. Not being in court when their cases were called for trial, the zonm charged with violations of motor regulations, : forfeited collaterals in the Police Court here yesterday:: Aubrey . Lamb, jr., Mellinger, Embrey, 21, both of Rémington, Va. Hubert Cooper, colored, of Be was found not guilty in the Circuit Court here yesterday of the murder of hen McCray, also of the Bef neighborhood. The jury was T S T S per 4 it at home of a mutual friefid near Be Deen acensed of Baving Ooopers pookels s book containing a few and ing a renewal of the fight from the house GETS UNDER WAY |:zpe: sented Removal of Hedges and Shrubs Along: Additional Highway Pre- liminary to Widening. Special Dispatch to The Star. The Prince Georges County grind jury, just impaneled for the April term of Circuit Court. Willlam T. McPherson, JURY.DISAGREES INACCIDENT SUIT Upper Marlboro Case Among Several Before Judges Matti_ngly and Loker. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ho | foreman, ninth from left. The jurymen, a few of whom are absent, are Walter W, Dustin, J. Frank Rushe, Charles E. | guiting from Moore, Gus E. Elgin, Carl W, Dwyer, Augustus C. P. Wolfe; Otto B: Myer, Otis B. Dudrow, William G. Colbert, Albert Bos- §ge g2 Ségégg i i Former Cumberland Man Suicide. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. PRICE-CLASS ? If you have been in the habit of paying ten or twelve hundred dollars or more for your motor cars, then you are prob- ably in the Packard “price-class” with- out knowing it. You are very likely pay- ing for @ Packard withosus owning one! FORTUNATELY people have grouped cars into “price-classes.” There is the “$1000 price-class,” the *“$1500 price class,” the “'$2000 price-. class,” and so on. This informal classification is a mislead- ing and harmful one. It lays eatirely too - much empha.m on the relatively unim- portant first cost ofanymandnbne on the very important cost of ownership ‘It can be demonstratéd to jou that you may own and drive a Packard Eight a# o greater cost, over a period of four or five years, than the expense of owning The important thing to consider in buy-‘ P e ing a car is the cost of owning—not the i Most of the items of cost in operating acar are the same as between a Packard Eight 'and any car down to balf the cost of @ Packard. Garage cost is the same. A wash and polish cost the same. Gas- oline "and tires substantially the same. Paying for a Packard . . ° Without Owning One! There are literally tens of thousands of o people who delude themselves about what they can and cannot affordinmotor ~ Repairs cost no more because of the quality of the. car and its lubrication protection. And if you will use even balf the mileage we build into your Pa;knttf your depreciation chasge will be so low that the saving will com- pletely offset the original cost difference. cars, They are sure they cannot buy a car costing over a certain sum. Their / habits of thought have become pigeon- holed in a “price-class.” ‘We know that these’good people delude themselves because we have already con- vinced thousands just like them that they ‘were wrong. That is where Packard’s enormously expanding business is com-. ‘ing from—from those who have always wanted Packards but have iusi learned that they can own them at 10 extra cost. Most of our owners keep their Packards twice' as.long as they ever kept other "makes of cars. We know because we g&nwlyafl of the Packards back— when they are turned in on new Pack- The Packard Eight Has No Price-Class You cen own a Packard. ards. These owners drive their Packards at no extra charge! The Packard Eight is not in a *“price- class” We build it as well as 2 motor cat can be built. No finer car js built in the world today. We build it to last. And we price it faitly for the value we give. For example, the Packard Stand- ard Eight 5-passenger Sedan costs $2275 at the factory. Then we protect the investment of our owners. No radical changes have de- preciated Packard cars from year to year. Our owners keep their Packards—and enjoy keeping them—twice as long as they have kept cars built to sell in any certain price bracket. If you want a Packard Eight—buy one! You may buy it on time—and there is 0o better investment. Then keep it and enjoy its beauty, comfort and luxury for three or four times the payment period. Remember you ue very probably pay- ing for a Packard no matter what car costing over $1000 you may be driving. Our Packard salesmen everywhere have the facts and will gladly give them to you.