Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1929, Page 6

- BILLIS §7.787.000 Prince Georges and Mont- gomery Make Good Show- ing for Year. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 22.—While lhel‘ average cost per pupil in the public} schools of Monigomery County is among | the highest of the counties of the State, being $57, and compares with $67 in| Garrett County, the highest in the| State, the percentage of the school budget contributed by the Stale was| among the lowest, ing only 26 per cent, compared with 62 per cent in Somerset County. This is shown in a report of the State Department of Education, just is- sued, which shows that it cost $7,787,- 000 to support the public schools in the 23 counties of the State last year, and which is an increase of $270,000 over the preceding year. Of this increase the State contributed $149,000 and the counties $121,000. Prince Georges Figures. Prince Georges County also made a | good showing, the average cost per pupil being $51, of which the State con- tributed 36 per cent, but Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles Counties were at the bottom of the list with an average cost per pupil of $43, 842, $41, respec- tively, while the percentage of State aid was 60 for Calvert, 54 for St. Marys and 58 for Charles County. State aid is given each county under the equalization fund, which provides that “any county which cannot carry the minimum State program for train- ed teachers and the minimum State salary schedule on a local county tax rate of 67 cents on the accessible basis taxable at the full rate is given suf- ficient aid from the equalization fund to make it possible to carry the mini- mum program.” 147,000 Enrolled. The average number of pupils en- rolled in the county schools last year, for whom the money was expended, to- taled 147,000, being an increase of 3,100 pupils over 1927. The report shows that high school pupils cost twice as much as elementary’ school pupils. The education of the av- erage county school pupil in the white elementary schools costs $48 and the average cost for instruction of the white high school pupil is $96. - ————ee ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md,, April 22 (Special). —Rockville’s annual clean-up campaign began this morning to continue six day It is in charge of the sanitation committee of the Chamber of Com- merce, of which Rev. Bertram W. Os- good is chairman, and the mayor and council and the citizens of the com- munity are co-operating in an effort to 1id the town and its environs of rub- bish of all kinds. The business people of the town have been asked to carefully and regularly sweep the walks in front of their premises not only during the drive, but thereafter, and the citizens generally have been urged to daily pick up all pieces of paper and other litter, to see that their back yards are thoroughly cleaned and made more sanitary, and to deposit all such rubbish in boxes or barrels to be hauled away by employes of the town. Owners of vacant lots have been requested to have them well cleaned, some of which, the appeal states, are a “disgrace to our com- munity. The boys and girls are being relied upon to take a prominent part in mak- ing the county seat more attractive. Notice has been given by the State Roads Commission bids for the con- struction of 7.34 miles of improved highway, from the Frederick County line to Hendersons Corner, this county, will be opened at the offices of the com- mission, in Baltimore, at noon on Tues- day, April 30. The section will have concrete shoulders. The contract is ex- pected to be promptly awarded and the gonstructlcn work started at an early ate. Music in the home and school will be discussed at the monthly meeting this evening of the Glen Echo-Cabin John Parent-Teacher Association. Dr. H. Roland Roberts and Fanny Arm- strong Roberts of the Washington Col- lege of Music will speak and the pro- | I gram will include other interesting fea- tures. The usual business session will be held. The meeting will be held in the school auditorium. Under auspices of the music section of the Women's Improvement Club of Silver Spring, the three-act play, “Three Pegs,” will be presented Thursday eve- ning in’Seco Theater, Silver Spring. It will be directed by Mrs. Harvey John- son, and the cast will include Mrs. Lloyd Beers, Mrs. Joseph C. Cissel, Mrs. Mae Cissel, Mrs. C. V. Fleishell, Mrs. Ains- worth Glover, Mrs. R. Langley, Mrs. Megee and Mrs. William E. Perry. The expense budget of section 2, Chevy Chase, this county, just announced by John W. Smith, treasurer of the citi- zens’ committee, shows that it will cost approximately $24,600 to run the spe- cial taxing area during the current fiscal year. The various expense items are: Public service, $5800; roads and parkings (maintenance and improvements), $7,000; library and post office mainte- nance, $1,250; police protection, $1,920; street lighting, $3,100; interest on mort- gage, $690; manager's salary, $2,700; pavment on mortgage, $1,000; contin- gent expenses, $1,140. The receipts for the year will include: Special tax (35 cents on $100) on esti- mated assessment of $4,500,000—$15,750; tax on securities (15 cents on $100), $3,000; section's share of county road tax, $1,600; Chevy Chase Club, $2,000; reg;al post office, $2,000; hall rentals, Notice has been given that all per- sons required to take out State licenses, such as merchants, restaurant keepers, garage owners and others, should renew their licenses during the month of May, and that all delinquents will be charged 10 per cent additional. obtainable from the clerk of the Circuit Court at Rockville. ‘The Northern Archdeaconry, which includes all of Montgomery and part of Prince Georges Counties, will hold its Spring meeting in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Fairland, this county, Tuesday, April 30. Morning and afternoon ses- sions will be conducted by the president, filel“ Dr. Millard F. Minnick of Rock- e. —_— "HEALTH GROUP TO MEET. Plans for Child’s Day Celebration May 1 Are Discussed. ‘The child health committee, of which The licenses are | tal which is lmn‘fl:: for its annual banquet, ville, Friday night. Left to right: T. W. Scott; T. W. V. A. Simmel, George Finger, chairman president of the association. g THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Committee of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen’s Association to be held in the Masonic Hall, Hyatts- ‘Venemann, secretary of the association; of the committee, and R. E. Mahoney, 3KILLED, 3INIURED INAUTO ACCIDENTS Two Lose Lives When Ma- chine Crashes Into Virginia Bridge. NORFOLK, Va., April 22—Two per- sons were killed and three injured late yesterday afternoon on the Norfolk- Suffolk Highway when a sedan crashed into a concrete bridge at Driver, Va. The dead: George B. Walton, 82, of Suffolk, retired manufacturer. Mrs. M. W. Joyner, aged about 60, also of Suffolk. Mrs. Walton and Mr. Joyner, together with Jordan Caplon, colored chauffeur, who was driving the Walton car, were critically injured. According to wit- nesses, the right front wheel of the heavy sedan apparently locked, throw- ing the car to the side of the road and into the railing. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., (Special).— George Pine, 75, blacksmith, died at a Jocal hospital last night of injuries sustained a few hours earlier at Darkes- ville, this county, when hit by an auto- mobile driven by Edgar Bollinger, Lancaster, Pa., while the aged man was crossing the road to his home from church. Bollinger gave bond of $1,500 for ab- pearance at a hearing. A coroner's in- quest is scheduled for Tuesday. Wit- nesses said Pine, somewhat deaf, be- came confused while crossing the road and stepped in front of the car. In the car with Bollinger were his wife and child and Mrs. E. May Beales, Gettys- burg, Pa., widow of former Representa- tive Beales, and her daughter. _— RIVER INSPECTION TRIP IS BEGUN AT NORFOLK FourDay Cruiss Down Island Waterway Route Is Started by Officials. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 22.—The United States inspection boat Paquippe left yesterday for a four-day trip down the Norfolk-Beaufort inland waterway route, carrying & party of prominent officials and others identified with the develop- ment of waterways. Col. Henry C. Jewett, division and district Army en- gineer, is sponsoring the trip. Those in the party are J. Hampton Moore, president of the Atlantic Deeper ‘Waterways Association and former mayor of Philadelphia; John H. Small, former North Carolina Representative and for many years president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress; Capt. William S. Bernard of Phila- delphia, president of the Vessel Own- ers and Captains’ Association; Repre- sentative Abernathy of North Carolina and Representative Lankford of Nor- folk. The trip, according to Col. Jewett, is being made for the purpose of inspect- ing the waterway, the final unit of which, the 11-mile Goose Creek-Bay River land cut, will be completed in September, and to stage a preliminary celebration of the realization of the project. FIVE THEFTS REPORTED HERE OVER WEEK END Doctor Loses Jewelry Valued at $300 When Apartment Is Ransacked. A burglar entered the apartment of Dr. S. Wren Howard, first floor, of 1945 Calvert street, last night during the absence of the family. and ran- sacked it of jewelry valued at $300. Articles taken included four watches, a silver cigarette case, a bracelet, a stickpin and some gold studs. Mrs. Catherine O'Rourke, 2108 R street, told police of the disappearance from her home of wearing apparel and jewelry valued at $250. The theft occurred Friday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock, she reported, the burglar carrying away the key to the front door of the home. Harry Yaffe reported the loss of $52 from a cash register at his place of business, 1129 Fourteenth street, yes- terday. Burglars gained entrance to the gro- cery store of William M. Robertson, 222 G street southwest, early yesterday morning by breaking a window. They sb%ll; a quantity of meats and vege- s, Theft of a white-gold wrist watch set with two diamonds and four sapphires, valued at $45, and a small savings bank filled with dimes, was reported by Mrs, Otto Wolf, Apart- ment 2, 1811 Wyoming avenue. Thes timeplece and bank disappeared from "f_'m‘p‘m“" the past week, she stated. CHICAGO LOSES PLEA. - City Denied Right to Join State in ‘Water Fight. ':nhe;ltau‘:ecletomum Join hd of to with 0is and the sanitary district as a defendant in the Lake Michigan water- diversion cases. Chicago asserted that the diversion before 8 at 3 p.m. Thursday. At this time reports will be received from the appointed sub- committees and the various agencies co- :?eraunu with the committee in plan- ng ceremonies and exercises for cele- brating May 1, child health day in the ‘District. A S Suspends Publication. PARSONS, W. Va., April clal) —The Lot Iy " Zihlman Talks in Frederick. FREDERICK, Md., April 22 (Spe- cial) —The features of the proposed farm relief legislation now before Con- gress were explained to Frederick Coun- ty farmers Saturday afternoon at a meeting of the Frederick County Farm Bureau by Representative Frederick N. Zihlman. NUISANCE CLAUSE WILL BE EVOKED Plan in Baltimore Expected to Aid in Dry Law Campaign. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 22.—Under a plan evolved by Amos W. W. Wood- cock, United States district attorney, which has been approved by the attor- ney general and may be used in other jurisdictions, greater use of the nuisance clause of the Volstead act will be made in the case of first offenders. It was initiated here last week in the case of the proprietor of a confectionery store. who by persistent violations of the Volstead Jaw had allowed his place to become a nuisance within the mean- ing of the dry act and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. ‘These jail sentences, Mr. Woodcock explained, will be in addition to the padlock proceedings against the prem- ises themselves. " “It has seemed wise to prosecute or- dinary first-offense sale cases under the nuisance section of the national prohi- bition act,” Mr. Woodcock sald, ‘“This section provides, in substance, that any place where intoxicating liquor is kept, sold or manufactured is a nuisance. The maximum penalty for maintaining a nuisance is one year imprisonment. This section was not changed by the Jones act and the typical first-offense, home-brew manufacturing case will be prosecuted in the same way. . “This plan leaves a wide discretion to 1t allows the rather e more under FLAG IS PRESENTED, TO CHERRYDALE SCHOOL Exercises by Junior Order United American Mechanics Council Interrupted by Rain, Special Dispatch to The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va, April 22—A large crowd assembled at the Robert E. Lee School here yesterday for the pres- entation of a flag to the school by Cherrydale Counctl, Junior Order United American Mechanics, was forced to flee for shelter when storm clouds began to spread a wet blanket over the scene of zl}:: c:r‘:lrcx}on{.‘bwt not, however, until had been Gisposed of. O ‘0 ProTm The flag was presented to the school on behalf of the council by Harry Clark and accepted by Prof. Fletcher Kemp, county superintendent of lcl;o:és. resses were made State Senator Frank L, Ball and Mhz:. E W. Cushing, member of the county school board. The program also included singing of patriotic songs by the en- tire assemblage under the leadership of Harold M. Brown; invocation by &ev. Warren W. Hodges, pastor of Mount Olivet Methodist Church of Ballston; recitation, “The American Creed,” by Marion Craver, and recitation, “The Flag,” by John Higgins. Mrs. Herbert Marcey, president of the Parent- Teacher Association, presided. The program was arranged by a joint com- mittee of the Leeway Citizens’ Associa- aon and the Parent-Teacher Associa- on. ROTARY MEETING PLANS COMPLETE SUBURBAN NEWS. at n!g:t. The Cumberland Century Club t_will be held Tuesday, mmwc.m"u%«m, flon WAll be David_ Clask, Chariotte g‘.“ ‘? TumeJHchl Matsumoto, Rotary % Tmb'-mn and Normal Somer- The Altoona Club will be host at luncheon at Central Y. M. C. A. on ‘Tuesda; district . banquet will y. Thirty-fourth District Confer- | evens ence of international to Be Held in Cumberland. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHINA IS DEVELOPING ROUTES FOR AVIATION Three Air Lines to Be Established by Government, With Shanghai as Base. The Chinese government today an- nounced a great forward step in the development of comme: the the For reial aviation in , Md., April 22.—Ar- | Colle rangements have been completed for the thirty-fourth district conference of the Rotary International which con- venes in this city next Monday for three days. On the previous Sunday evening, delegates and visitors will at- tend religious services at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, of which the Rev. Dr. Hixon T. Bowersox, a Rotarian, is pastor. A reception will follow at the House of Friendship in th The business sessions start Monday morning at the Strand Theater. The Reyv. Dr. Henri L. G, Kieffer, president of the Frederick Rotary Club, will give the invocation. Fulcher P. Smith, presi- dent of the Cumberland Club, and Mayor Thomas W. Koon. will extend welcome _and the mse will be George W. Whitwell, Washington Rof Club. John W. Stay- man, president of Potomac State Col- lege, Keyser, W. Va., will deliver the governor’s address, to be followed by Almon E. Roth, vice president of Rotary International and controller of Leland Stanford University, Following adjourn- ment will luncheon at Central Y. M. C. A. with the Baltimore club as ‘sponsor. Special assemblies will be %ield Mon- day afternoon, with a theater party Keyser Club. Tuesday luncheon will be served at the Masonic ‘Temple, under the auspices of the la- dies’ entertainment committee. The Ia. dies will also attend the banquet at %m’ State Armory and the governor's Man m&) For Fight Over Refusal of Kiss by resident of the | SPeci2l Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 22— Andrew Tanner was fined $50 in the Municipal Court Saturday on charge of assaulting Robert Hodgers, be- cause, the evidence showed, Hodgers declined to allow Tanner to kiss his little daughter. Hodgers testified that Tanner struck him across the head twice with a pistol. country. A cabled dispatch was received from the home government by the Chinese Legation here today stating that Sun Fo, president of the National Aviation Corporation of China and minister of Chinese railways, hus signed contracts with the Aviation Exploration, Inc., a Curtiss subsidiary, of New York, for the establishment of three air lines out of SpeTREIDN’ of the” s Wl comnat e lines will coy I&Cmm’l\“h& from date. AR It was understood at the legation that an air mail as well as passenger ser- vice is to be established. The Aviation Exploration will under- take to equip and operate for the (f;::xsl‘ese government the following three (1) Shanghai via Nanking to Hankow, approximately 600 mil (2) Nanking via Hsuchow, Tsinan and Tientsin to Peking, approximately 700 miles, and (3) Hankow via Changsha to Canton, approximately 700 miles. 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