Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1929, Page 11

MONTGOMERY SETS §1,091,811 BUDGET $1.30 County Tax Rate Not Increased Despite Addi- tional Expenses. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, June 5.—The an- nual levy signed by the county eom- missioners here yesterday afternoon shows that $1,001,811.57 will be needed to run Montgomery County during the fiscal year beginning July 1. The amount is somewhat in excess of that provided for the year now draw- ing to & close and is & T for the county. The steady development of the coun- ty, especially the sections adjacent to the District of Columbia; made it nec- essary to substantially increase a num- ber of the expense items. School Appropriation Boosted. “The biggest boost was in_the appro- priation for public schools. The amount | allowed is $444,687. or about $22,000 more than Available for the eurrent year. The budget as origihally submit- ted by the County Board of Education called for approximately $15,000 more than was finally decided on. The re- duction was suggested by the edaca- tional board, which took the position that & number of progress items could be deferred without impairing: the effi- clency - of the schools or preventing them from keeping step with the growth of the county. The increase in the appropriation m'} necessity of employing a large number of additional teachers the next school year and because of heavier other ex- Ppenditures incident to new and enlarged schools. The other items of the levy are Bonds and interest, $264,626.80; gen- ! eral T $47,500; election district | roads, $72.716; police department and police " court, '$45.600; road machinery, eguipment, supplies, etc., $34.078.02; pensions and relief, $18,732; incorpo- tated towns and special taxing areas. $17,500; county _commissioners and clerks, $14,800; indigent insane, $14,200; véluhteer fire departments. $12,000; eir- cult court expenses, $10.360; county treasurer and clerks, $10,100; bridges, £10.000; opening: roads, $10,000; sheriff | and- - deputies, $9,400; - insolvencies, | $7,000; building inspector, $4,800: at- | torneys, - $4,335; - county home, $4,800; jail, $3.500; supervisor of assessments, $3,300; local and State boards of health, $3.100; cattle testing. $3,000; Orphans’ Court. $2.500: assessing, $2,400: clerk Circuit Court, $2.243.30: fuel, $2.100; | Maryland Training School, $1,600; Farm | Bureau, $1.500; home demonstration work, $1,495: pauper coffins, $1.500; janitor courthouse, $],380; auditors, $1,300; Juvenile Court, $1,000: jail warden, $900; taxes in error, $320.02: 1aw library, $300. | Fix Special Rates. In addition to continuing the general county tax rate of $1.30 on each $100 of real and personal property the com- missioners fixed special rates against the various election districts and spe- cial taxing areas for roads and other local improvements as follows: Laytonsville district, .13; Clarksburg, .02; Poolesville, .11; Rockville, .10; Colesville, .07; Darnestown, .14; Be- thesda, .02; Olney, .06; Gaithersburg, .10; Potomac, .07; Barnesville, .06; Damascus, .14; Wheaton, .05; Wood- mont, .32; first and third precincts of | Wheaton district, .04; second precinct of | Wheaton district, .04; section 2, Chevy Chase, .35; section 3. Chevy Chase, .35; section 4, Chevy Chase, .50;: section. 5, Chevy Chase, Martin's addition to Chevy Chase, .30; Friendship Heights, .20, Drummond, Northwest, Park, Oakmont, '.05; Alta Vista, .55; North Chevy Chase, .25; Chevy Chase View, .10 sanjtary, .07; Battery Park, .13; 'Silver Spring Fire Department area, .04; Chevy Chase Fire Department area, Bethesda Fire Department area, .10; Montgomery County suburban district area, .30; Maryland-Washington metropolitan _district, .10. Of the $1.30 county rate, .71 7-10 is for public schools and .58 3-10 for gen- eral county purposes, and of the .71 7-10 school rate, .15 6-10 is for the payment of interest and retirement of principal | on_outstanding school bgnds. Of the .58 3-10 rate for general county purposes, .32 8-10 is for road construc- tion, repairs, road relocation and bridges; approximately .121; is for courts, sheriffs, police and other sim- flar purposes, approximately .08 is for eleemosynary purposes, .02 for assessors and assessing and approximately .03 | for salaries and administration, The new taxable basis on real and zer:ona‘l property is $79,228,860, which n increase since the I vy $2,641.765. B On securities, which bear a rate of .45, of which .30 goes to the county and .15 to the States, the new basis is $12,~ 221535, or $2921,145 more than that of the current’ year. Taxable Basis by Districts. ‘The taxable basis by districts is as | follows: Lalylans\'llle——Rfll. $1,280,200; per- sonal, $145,985; total, $1,526,185. - ties, $79,370. Senpeour] Clarksburg—Real, $1,352,845; sonal, $154.465; total, $1,507,310. curities, $19,870. Poolesville—Real, $1,561,630; personal, $193,020; total, $1,754,650. Mp:ul’"m, $213,105. Rockville—Real, $5,877,820; 'rsonal, $319.560; total, $6,197,380. szurluu, $1.516,075. Colesville—Real, $120.295; $148.330. Darnestown—Real, sonal. $125265; curities, $93,405. Bethesda—Real, $31,143,855; personal, | $887,950; total, $32,031,805. Securities, | $7.405,675. Olney—Real estate, $2,481,025; per- sonal, $206,625;° total, $2,687,650. Be-| curities, $722,615. Gaithersburg—Real 475, personal, $206,555: total, 030. Securities, $254,330. | Potomac—Real estate, $2,865.315; per- | sonal, $82.455; total, $2,947,770. Securi- | ties, $319,390. Barnesvil Real estate, $1,506,345; total, $1,656,275, | schools - was made imperative by the | | per- Se-~ persanal, Securities, | $1,365,545; . per- total, $1,490,810, = Se- | $1.964,050; total, $2,093,f estate, school in Clarendon. Donaldson, music supervisor of county Ann Colby, Gladys Yeatman, Virginia Children who furnished one of the features of the annual Spring pageant | of the Matthew Fontaine Maury School, held yesterday on the grounds of the The songs and dances were directed by Mrs. J. Forney | Shirley Rowland and Virginia Skillman, schools. Those in the above group ar { Jones, Susan Hensley, Gertrude Mayer, | —Star Staff Photo. SENTIMENT FOR OF ARLINGTON Views Are Bein Note—This is the second of & series of artieles on' the renewed agitation for the restoration of Arlington County. Va. to the District of Columbia. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. A canvass of sentiment in Arlington County reveals the fact that public opinion in favor of a restoration of the county to its former status as a part of the District of Columbia is not solldified nor generally aroused. That it exists in some degree has been dis- closed by recent events, but its actual extent is conceded to be a matter of guesswork, Believe Change Widespread. Some active advocates of the change, who are citizens of the county, believe that it is widespread and only needs to be organized to make itself felt by Virginia and the Federal Government. Others say the exponents of the plan have got hold of & dead issue, which will come to naught, as in the case of all similar movements during the last 83 years. Agitation at this time for a return of the county to the District has had one definite result: It has caused many persons; both in Arlington County and the District, to delve into history to discover the reasons for the retro- cession by Congress of the Virginia por- tion “of the District in 1846 and to learn something of former movements for its restaration, in the expectation that they will shed important light on the present movement. | List Congressional Powers. Among the powers of Congress enumerated in the Constitution is the following: *To exercise exclusive legis- lation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress be- come the seat of Government of the United States,” etc. An_sict of Congress approved July 16, 1790, provided for the location of ern Branch and of Connococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac enter- | ing from the Maryland side about 65| miles away in an air line. The exact| location within these limits was left to | President Washington. Virginia and | Maryland, by acts of their Legisla- tures, offered to cede whatever territory | the Federal Government might need for | this purpose. 5 State Rivalry Cited. ‘There had been -a smt rivalry be- tween the Northern and Southern States over the location of the Capital of the new Nation, both sides earnestly desir- ing that it be given to their section and offering all sorts of inducements. The location near or within the borders of the South was the result of a compromise between the two rival lead- ers, Hamilton and Jefferson, by which | a sufficient number of Northern votes | were changed in favor of the Potomac | to cause its selection. Although the act of Congress did not | say whether the District should be lo- cated on one or both sides of the.river, its terms as well as those of the con- stitutional provision provided.for & dis- trict in the form of a square. II the new city should be located on the river or near it and in the center of the square, ‘it was necessary that the square embrace territory on both sides of the river. The Canstitution author- ized the acceptance of territory from “particular States"—in the plural. Washington Disregards Letfer. When President Washington came to make his selection of the site he dis- gress in order to include Alexandria within the ' new District. Congress, however, amended the act subsequently to agree with the wishes of Washing- ton, who had ordered that the first | corner stone of the District be_ located just south of Alexandria on Hunting Creek, which is some distance below the mouth of the Eastern Branch. Curlously enough, the District had | hardly been located, after bitter sec- tional rivalry, than residents in_the chosen territory began to petition Con- personal, $149,930; " estate. $1,211 Securiti $173.425, Damascus 65; | personal, $123.675; total, $1,335,140. | Securities, $1,500. | Wheaton—Real estate, $18,176,360; | personal. $291.550: total, $18,470,910. [ Becurities, $1,274,425 | The above figures do not include au- | tomobile_assessments, the total for the county being approximately $2,150,000. Mrs. Place on Arlington Committee. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. Florence -E. Cannon Seeks | retrocession of gress for a retrocession of their part to Virginia and Maryland. The first of such efforts was made by George- town citizens in 1803. First Retrocession Attempt. The first serious attempts for the the were made in 1824, when meetings were held for and against it in the town of Alexandria. The project was first de- feated by a vote of 404 to 286. Later the citizens of Alexandria City peti- | tioned Congress to permit them to with- draw from the District, and Congress | passed the retrocession act, approved {July 9, 1846, by President Polk. The act provided that it should become Movement Not Solidifled“:nd Differing| in County. the Federal District on the Potomac | River_between the mouth of the East- | regarded the letter of the:act of Con-| Virginia_portion | RETROCESSION UNDETERMINED! APPROVAL IS ASKED OF RETROCESSION Opinion-Sounding Motion Is Presented to Arlington Civic Federation. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON PARK, Va., June 5—Impetus was given the fight for the return of Arlington County to the District of Columbia last night when J. Cloyd Byars of the Arlington Citizens' Asso- « ciation presented a resolution to the Arlington County Civic Federation fa- voring re-establishment of the original District lines. At request of Mr. Byars the resolution was ordered referred to the constituent bodies of the federation for their in- dividual action, final action by the fed- eration being reserved until all -have been given ample time to study the project and reach a decision. Return Called Desiral A return to the District is desirable for divers reasons, the resolution sets forth. First, “because the General As- sembly of Virginia has repeatedly re- fused the people of ‘the county the right to determine for themselves what form of government is best suited for its_citizens.” Second, for the reason ‘“that the courts of Virginia have on two occa- sions upheld the demands of Alexan- dria City for such territory as it de- sired to annex, thereby greatly reducs ing the county's revenue and taxable values.” 2 Third, because “many able jurists be- lieve that the retrocession act of 1846, whereby a short-sighted Congress at- tempted to lop off about one-third of the Nation's Capital, was in violation of the constiutional provisions for the establishment of a district not exceed- ing 10 miles square.” Fourth, because “the Federal Gov- ernment is now handicapped in the beautification and development of the south side of the Potomac as s part of the District of Columbia, by reason g Brought Forth that is, “for the purposes | that purpose’ for the “general Gov- | of such ‘a se: | ernment.” | | “The attitude of the Alexandrians | | and their friends in 1846," wrote Amos B. Casselman in a paper read 62 years later before the Columbia Historical | Soclety, “was in striking contrast with | tnat of their ancestors in 1790, when | Virginia and the South (quite like the North in that respect) seemed willing | to make any sacrifice to obtain the| Capital for their section. Virginia and Maryland each tendered to the United States 10 miles square of their territory, | tobe located anywhere within the State, | at_the pleasure of Congress. |~ “Richmond, or Baltimore, would have | been ceded unhesitatingly, and no object- tion was suggested that the inhabitants would lose the right of voters in a State. But in 1846 it was urged as pathetic ! grievance by the people of Alexandria | shat, through the action of their ancestors and of Washington, they ‘in an evil hour' had been included within the District of Columbia.” No sooner had Alexandria County been returned to Virginia than the people of | | the county, outside of the town of | Alexandria, ' who had voted against re- | trocession, protested against the con- | stitutionality of the act in a petition | sent to Congress in December of the | same year. | " This petition was signed by a com- mittee of nine. acting “by order and | in behalf of the citizens of the country | part of Alexandria County.” It recites “that the country portion | of the inhabitants of said county were | not consulted upon the matter of retro- cession, or advised of the intention to seek a change of our allegiance, the | whole ~ proceeding having been con- | cocted and determined upon in secret | meeting of the corporation of Alex- andria, an irresponsible body, having no 1;1:;{:;1:: of right to act upon the sub- | Ject.” | . The petitioners further state their be- | lief that “the Legislature of the com- | monwealth have been misinformed with respect to the wishes of the citizens of the country portion of the county as well as of many of the town of Alex- andria itself.” The act of retrocession was declared to be “in clear and obvious hostility to the spirit and provisions of the Con- stitution of the United States, and be- yond the possibility of honest doubt null and vold.” seems apparent that if the act had been limited to the town of Alex- andria and its immediate environs, there would have been little objection to it. But Congress made no distinction be- tween & town some distance from the Federal Capital and the entire 36 square miles of Alexandria County, including the threshold of the City of Wash- ington. The question of the constitutionslity of the act which was thus raised 83 years ago has been debated ever since. Repeated attempts have been made to have the Supreme Court pass upon it expressly, but without success up to the presenttime. William H. Taft, now Chief Justice of the United States, sig- | nified an intention toward the close of his term as President to have the act tested, but this was not done. 'ROAD CONTRACT LET | BY ARLINGTON BOARD By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- i ty, HOUSE, Va. June 5.-—Awarded the contract for the reconstruction of Mount | Vernon avenue by the hoard of super- | | visors this morning, the firm of Corsgn | "& Gruman will start work tomorrow | morning on the project, they announced | today. | | Corson & Gruman were the low bid- | ders, having quoted a price of $79.137.59. | The work must be completed within 60 | days. | "The firm was instructed by the board | to keep the road open as much as pos- sible, due to the fact that busses run regular schedules over it. | The new road will be 28 feet in width, | except along Arlington Ridge and through “Queen City,” where the addi tion of curb and gutier will carry it to 31 feet in width. It will be of bituminous surface with concrete | shoulders. | The board also awarded & contract | 1o the American-La France Co. for two new 600-gallon_capacity pumping en- | i gines for the Ballston and Clarendon | Fire Departments. Their bid was $16.350 ROOM HOUSE of the act of retrocession.” Continuing, the resolution - states: “Now, therefore, Be it .resolved by the Civic Federation of Arlington Coun- first, that the re-establishmen: of the original District lines would enable. the Federal Government to .work out its plans for such parks and boulevards as it deems essential to the proper beautification and improvement of the Nation’s Capital, and will assure the people of Arlington County many, public improvements now enjoyed by the peo- ple of Washington, which, for years to come, will be impossible under exist- ing conditions in Arlington County; | second, that Congress be and is hereby reguested to take such action as may be deemed necessary looking to the return of sald territory by Virginia to the Federal Government, or to test the constitutionality of the retrocession act of 1846." Tssue in Campaign. Mr. Byars, in speaking on the resolu- tion, declared that if the project is favored by the citizens and it is worked out through the General Assembly of Virginia it should be made an issue in the coming campaign for Arlington's seat in that body. Suggesting that it might be tackled on grounds of the retrocession act of 1846 being uncon- stitutional, Mr. Byars expressed the view that the wis! Arlington citizen would have no effect as the court will consider it & ni tional and not a local matter. He stressed the need of careful study of the project by all citizens’ assoclations before action is taken and urged that selfishness be east aside in the con- sideration. Retrocession has at least one friend in the District of Columbia. Maj. Clayton Emig of the Dupont Citizens’ Assocfation. a guest speaker, declared that he was wholeheartedly in sym- pathy with the resolution. He, too, expressed the opinion that the retro- cession act of 1846 was unconstitutional in that Congress lacked the authority to take such action without taking into consideration the wishes of other States of the Union, particularly Mary- land. and on the ground that Congress could not turn back Virginia's land without doing the same for Maryland. At that time, he sald, the people of Arlington were glad to return to the Virginia jurisdiction and he did not blame them as they were not receiving the proper attention from the District of Columbia. Now, however, he said, this side of the river is viewed through different eyes. He requested that a copy of the resolution be sent to the Federation of Citizens' Associations of the District of Columbia. Municipal Airport. Maj. Emig explained himself and other civic leaders for a municipal airport in the District of Columbia, pointing out the dire need of such & project. Faster transporta- tion facilities were pointed to by Maj. Emig as one of the outstanding needs of metropolitan Washington. He de- clared the best way to realize this was to abolish parking along public trans- hes of the individual | tivities of | portation lanes, He visualized & day when gas and electrically driven con- veyances, equipped with coaches, would run into Arlington and about Wash- ington at a speed. of 30 miles an hour, cutting in half the time it takes to Capital, curtailing the use of privately operated cars and reducing the cost of transportation. A resolution offered by the eXecutive committee thtough its chairman, Hugh J. McGrath, and adopted, directs the road committee to obtain from the county engineer full and complete in- formation as to the county road pro- gram for the next fiscal year. The re- port is requested at the July meeting, Robert E. Plymale, chairman of the sanitation committee, reported on the status of the county water situation, declaring that there were 1,400 resi- dent connections and 25 commercial. The committee, he said, investigated the possibility of -a Teduction of the water te. . He expressed the opinion tha | until the number of consumers had been greatly increased. Fund About Depleted. R..E. Mann, after calling attention to the fact that the revolving fund es- tablished for making extensions to the system was about depleted through fail- ure. of citizens to take advantage of the ‘service, sald that something should | be done to force all residents to whom | the service is avallable to cornect. A resident not connected with the service is getting the same fire protection as his neighbor, who is helping to share the burden of paying for the system, he | said. The meeting indorsed the proposed five-year program of development of the Arlington County Chamber of Com- merce 38 explained in a letter received from P. P. Woodbridge, secretary of the chamber. Richard L. Eacho, one of the leaders | of the retrocession movement, tendered an invitation to those present to attend a meeting in Community Hall here June 24, when the matter will be discussed. William C. Hull, president, who pre- giied shnounced the personnel of the committee which in the near future will stage a county ‘clean-up campaign as follows: _George Yeatman, chairman; Thomas E. Gilbert, Charles L. Ladson, Mrs; Mary Van Doren, Mrs. C. 8. Se- mones, Mrs. Edith Walton, Herbert C. | Coward, H. L. Dawkins and J. T. Lips- comb. | “Julian Simpson was named chair- {man of the committee on constitu- | tion and by-laws and Mrs. J. B. Lowell | chairman of the committee om mem- }u-rsplp. % S LYON IS INDORSED FOR COVERNORSHP | Northern Virginia Realty Man E -Selected for Post by Anti- | | Smith Democrats. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 5—Frank | Lyon of McLean, Va., prominent Wash- | ington attorney and Northern Virginia real estate operator, was endorsed as at a meeting of the eighth congression- yesterday. Lyon of the anti-Smith Democrats in the late presidential campaign. To Ge 1o Convention. Lyon's riame will be presented to_the | by delegates of the eighth congressional | district with the request that the con- vention adopt him as its candidate for | governor in the general election of State Lyon, who was to have presided at the meeting. but arrived after the district leaders had unanimously endorsed him as their candidate., thanked the con- vention for its action. He declined to make public any statement. however, matter deeper consideration. Forsees Prosperity. C. H. Brown, president of the Inde- president of the Hoover-Curtis Demo- cratic Club, which played an important | part in swinging Alexandria to the Re- publican candidate in the presidential election, predicted -the greatest period of progress and prosperity the State has ever known if Lyon is elected governor. “Lyon is a scholar, yet human and | democratic,” Brown sald. “He is a man | on the farm question, tions and a_student of labor. WHITE DUCK TROUSERS $2.50 EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Buckminster Is the Prince of Sport Shoes UCKMINSTER is an all round Sport get from Arlington to the Nation's| a rate reduction was out of the quesvwnl a candidate for Governor of Vh‘glnial al district anti-Smith leaders, held here | was_State’ chairman | State convention at Roanoke June 181 officers which will be held in November. | stating that he- preferred-to--give -the-} CLARENDON CHILDREN IN SPRING PLAY NEVER MISSED Falls Church Student Alsof Has Perfect Punctuality | Record. i In Addition She Wins Out- standing Scholarship and Deportment Praise. | | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | FALLS CHURCH, Vi June B5.—| Katharine Annie Jones, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones | of West Falls Church, last night grad- uated from Villa Maria Academy at West Falls Church with the highest honors within the power of the school to bestow. Not y did she win the 85 gold plece presented by the Holy Name Soclety of St. James Catholic | Church to the senior with the most | outstanding record for scholarship and general deportment, but she was pre- sented in addition with a special gold medal, mnever before awarded, for 12 {ulr‘nt of perfect attendance and punc- uality. ‘These honors are the culmination of a really remarkable scholastic record. During the 12 years of her school life she has never missed a day, has never been tardy, and has never received a mark of less than 90 in any subject. Her first seven grades were spent in Washington at the Maury School on B street northeast and at Holy Comforter Parochial School in Washington. When she moved to Falls Church she entered the eighth ¥nde at 8t. James, going on to the four-year academic course at Villa Maria. According to the prin- GIRL GRADUATE GIVEN HONORS, the graduating exercises of Villa Maria Academy included the freshman $5 goid piece, donated by John M. Cassidy of Silver Springs, Md., .to Emma Etter; the sophomore from Daniel Noone of Baliston, to Gabriel.Dauphine: the junior prize from Joseph McDonald of Clarendon, to Georgina Pauly. A special prize of & fountain pen, offered was _given to Anne DAY AT SCHOOL! | test from 5 | medal, “Lady of the Flag,” awarded by |the United States Flag Commission, | went to Elizabeth Donovan, with certifi- cates of honor to Georgina Pauly and | Gladys Ballard. | ~ The graduating address was delivered by Rev. Father France Hyland, secre- |tary of the apostolic delegation. Rev. | Pather A. J. Van Inj , who de- livered the diplomas to the six grad- {uates, gave a talk on the class motto, | “Nisi' Dominus Prustra,” and on the class patroness, St. Theresa, the Little | Flower. The stage was decorated in |ferns and red roses, the class flower, with each of the girls wearing corsages of red roses. Priests present, in addi- tion to Fathers Van Ingelgem and Hy- |land. were Fathers Joseph Govaert of | Leesburg, John Govaert of Seattle, }vuh.. and Father Scanlon of St. ames. | CARNIVAL EXTENDED. | Clarendon Fi » cipal, Sister M. Cyrenia, “her punc- . JjCu e tuailiy, deportment and _scholarship fair Saturday Night. ve n_ of a character worthy ol very special commendation. Her rating | SPcial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, June 8. nouncement {s made that the carniva has increased from 91 per cent in 1926 to 97 per cent in 1929." She has won the $5 gold plece offered for outstand- | of the Volunteer Fire Départment here, ing merit in each of her four years| planned for the first three nights of at_high school. this week, will be continued through In addition to her excellent school | Saturday night. work she has played on the school | Another large crowd was present to basket ball team. She is a musician | enjoy the many interesting features pre- and plays the cello as one of the two | sented last night. Tomorrow night has women members of the town orchestra. | been designated as Lyon Village and She is also a cellist in the orchestra of | Aurora Heights nights, while Priday the Washington Conservatory of Music. | has been set aside as Lyon Park and She is already a good typist and is con- | Ashton Helghts nights. sidering taking a business course. Prizes for dancing will be _the feature Other prizes awarded last night at| for the concluding t, Saturday. KATHARINE ANNIE JONES. pendent Voters’ League of this city, and | ° %3%%&%%%%&%%&%%? The Summer-tex Suit Lets the air in and the heat out $40 (coat, vest and trousers) AS fine as any Winter suit in your ward-* robe. But it is extremely light in weight and made of a wide-open, porous weave. You can hold it to the light and look right through it. It is delightfully comfortable on the hottest Summer days, but you will also wear it with comfort all through the late Spring and early Fall. OO0 S0 0T 0T 0 0G0 Direct. Elevators to the Men's Clothing Department. N tive if a majority of the voters in 1 effective ajority of {he Men's Ol s 4 | the Virginia portion of the District Shoe. It’s cut from soft, quick- ARLINGTON, Va, June 5—Mrs. Florence E. Cannon, prominent in civic completely and political circles of the county yes- terday filed her candidacy for the Ar- lington County Democratic committee from this precinct. Mrs. Cannon is president of the Ar- lington Citizens’ Association and chair- man of the Arlington County Civic Pederation’s signboard committee, which is concerning itself with ridding the county of advertising signboards. She was particularly active in behalf of legislation which made it possible for the county to connect with the Gov- ernment’s water supply and in the fight before the State Legislature .for the Arlington City enabling act. A s Nearly $10.000000 worth of Amer- {éan medicinals were sold in Latin by the State of Virginia has not been, ' ica and the West Indies last year. { should vote for retrocession. The voters | in the Maryland portion were given no voice in the decision. ‘The voting took place September 1 of retrocession and 222 against it. The citizens of the rural part of Alexandria County generally voted in the negative and those of the town in the affirma- tive. By proclamation of September 7. 1846, that portion of the District de- rsl\'ed from Virginia was receded to that tate. Retrocession Preamble. ‘The preamble to the act of retroces sion declares that ‘“experience hath shown that the portion of the District of Columbia ceded to the United States nor is ever likely to be, necessary for and 2, 1846, and resulted in 763 in favor | N WIRED [ Including_ Bulbs and all Fixtures || o8 | Call or Telephone this office for details < MUDDIMAN g 709 13th St. N. W. Main 140-6436 drying elkskin and has attractive trim- mings of Nut-brown. for greater foot comfort. The price of this fine shoe is very reasonable consi- dering its in-built quality. ICHS ¥ Street at Tenth The toe is soft $14 TaRE HECHT Co. DOBBS HATS——MANHATTAN SHIRTS——HANAN SHOES 3 - e e, o