Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1929, Page 10

g LHLAUBURBXN NEWS. AIRPORT FIRM BUYS LAND AT POTOMAC Washington Flying Service Gets Charter—Acquires ' Property Near Bridge. ' By a Stalt Correspondent of The Star, ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., June 27.—One of five corporations whose charters were re- ceived yesterday by County Clerk Wil- liam H. Duncan, the Washington Flying Service, Inc., formerly the Washington | Alrport, vesterday filed a deed for the purchase of approximately 104 acres of | ground adjacent to the Potomac River and west of the Highway Bridge. The property, a part of which is at ! present occupied by the Arlington | Beach Amusement Co. and the other by | the alrport, was purchased from H.: Rozier Dulaney and Representative R.| Walton Moore. The consideration is said to have been $675.000. { Capital Ts $10,000. According to the papers of incorpora- tion the maximum capital of the corpo- | ration is $10,000. 'The officers are | James O. Watson of Washington, presi- | dent: Robert E. Funkhouser of South | Washington, Va. vice president, and Albert G. Ober, jr.. of Washington, sec- | retary and treasurer. The officers con- | stitute the board of directors. i Another charter is for the incorpora- | tion of the Helen Ray Hagner Social | Bureau, Inc., 4 Virginia avenue, Jeffe; son Park. The purpose of the firm, ac- cording to the. charter, is to conduct & soclal and business secretarial agency; 1o deal in real estate, advertising con- tracts, insurance, printing and publish- ing. The maximum capital stock i $25,000. ‘The officers are Helen Ray Hagner of Washington, president; Leo P. Harlow of Jefferson Park, vice presi- dent; Clarice Anderson of Washington, secretary; Thelma Anderson of Wash- ington, assistant secretary; Randall T. Elliott' of Washington, treasurer, and Marshall H. Lynn of Mount Ida, V: assistant treasurer. A title was also issued to Bergman's Dry Cleaners and Dyers, Inc., of Ross- yn. The company has been conducting a business for a number of years on the Lee highway. The officers are W. FA Bergman, president; C. Chester Cay- wnod, secretary, and L. M. Bregman, treasurer. All are of Washington. Other Titles Received. Two other titles were received, one for the Big Vein Coal Co., with a maxi- mum capital stock of $5,000, and_ the other for the Columbia Service, Inc., with a maximum capital stock of $14,- 000. Officers of the former are Ray- mond L. Shriner, president; Stanley Powers, vice president and treasurer, and William F. Sheehan, secretary. Officers of the latter are Willlam Shi- outakos, president; Vernon S. Auld, sec- retary, and Marguerite Byroad, treas- urer. M’DAVID IS NAMED KIWANIS LEADER ‘W. C. Green of St. Paul and Dr. C. C. Tatham of Edmonton Are Elected Vice Presidents. By the Associated Press. + . MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 27.—Horace McDavid, Decatur, Il., was elected president of Kiwanis International at “the closing session of the thirteenth an- and Raymond C. Crossman, Omaha, Nebr., ‘was re-elected treasurer. * Fol the adage, “all work and no play makes- Jack a dull boy,” 5,000 Kiwanians,, delegates, were, to transact some of the gathering’s most important business and, at almost the same time, enjoy its biggest recreational feature— the annual championship golf tourns- ment. Under the head of business came, first of all, the discussion of various resolu- ‘tions ‘that were to be offered from the | PSR _floor. Chief among these was one seek- ing to make Kiwanis truly international by extending its field beyond the bor- ders of the United States and the Ca- mnadian Dominion. Another resolution was to seek to| place Kiwanis on record as favoring the ‘ohservation of a “Canada week” in 1930. S S g Sl i ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 27 (Spe- cial) —Tyson Janney, a leading figure in the rnewly organized Independent Voters' League of this city, has an- nounced his candidacy for the House ‘of Delegates from Alexandria, subject to the general election to be held on November 5. Pire Chief James M. Duncan, jr. made an inspection of aerial ladder trucks at Frederick, Md., and Martins- burg, W. Va, yesterday to select the type he wishes for the local fire depart- ment. Duncan will submit his report to the City Council, which is contem- plating appropriating $16.000 for the purchase of a 75-foot truck, at its next formal session. Ervin 1. Young has been elected prophet of Seminole Tribe, No. 35, Im- proved Order of Red Men, for the new six-months term, with C. P. Smith, =achem; Frank Travers, John Posey, junior sagamore; Roberts, chief of records; B. H. Cook, collector of wampum; L. D. Sullivan, Xkeeper of wampum; B. H. Cook, trustee; E. A. Huntington, keeper of wigwam, and R. C. Sullivan, degree team captain. Henry R. Padgett, district deputy great sachem, will install the mew officials July 18, Albert Cowans entered & plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve one year in jail, when arraigned before Judge William P. Woolls in Corporation !Court yesterday on a charge of petit Jarceny. Joseph Daniels was sentenced to one year in jail for housebreazking. Miss Virginia Parker has been elected president of the Christian Endeavor Soclety. of the Methodist Protestant, Church. Other officefs named are: Miss Elsie Lindsey, vice presiden Miss Manila Wells, recording secretary: Miss ‘Margaret, Scrivener, corresponding s retary; Norman Roberts, treasurer, and TThomas Simpson, representative to the ‘quarterly conference. Lawrence E. Williams, chairman of the Washington Board-of Trade’s avia< tion committee, spoke before the Ki-/| wanis Club on “Washington's Airport” |yesterday at the Kiwanians weekly juncheon meeting at the George Mason IHotel, Bob Carter, vice president of the club, presided. National Pruit Products Co. of this icity has been granted an amendment to its charter by the State Corpora- |tion Commission, changing its capital stock from one to three million dollars. " Grand officers of the Patriotic Or- der Sons of America will make an offi- |cial visit to Washington Camp, No. 120, there tonight at Sarepta Home, 510 Wolfe street. James Foster, president {pf the local camp, will preside. Miss Katherine H. Stuart, daughter of /ghe late Charles E. Stuart, died at the JAlexandria Hospital last night after an ‘fliness of two months. Her sister, Miss i{Roberta L. Stuart, survives. An informal meeting of the City Touneil is to be held at City Hall this afternoon. Police Sergt. George Everly and Mo~ n Lawrence E. Pad- | PLAYGROUND PROVIDED THE EVENING -STAR, WASEHINGTON, D.- C, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 SUBURBAN NEWS. . At _least, aboard the U. crew. S. S. Richmond when it landed in Hampton Roads recently and was boarded by Miss Elinor Fry and a group of lovely Richmond, Va., debutantes, who staged a number of interesting dances for the members of the —Associated Press Photo. HYATTSVILLE PUMPER TO BE RECONDITIONED Fire Apparatus Recently Burned to | Be Put in Order—Trash Collec- tions Announced. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 27.—At a special meeting of the mayor and town council it was decided to recondition the pumper of the Hyattsville Fire Depart- ment, which was badly damaged when it caught fire in responding to an alarm several months ago. The work will entail an_expenditure of approximately $5,000. Of this amount $3,000 will be Blld by the town and the remainder y the American La France Co. in in- surance and by the fire department. When the work is completed, in about two months, the apparatus is expected | to be virtually as as new, and the | company will give it the same guarantee as & new machine. The pumper al- ready has been shipped to Elmira, N. Y., where it will be reconditioned by the American La France Co. With this apparatus again in good shape, the Hyattsville department will have two efficient up-to-date pumpers. It was announced that a trash col- lection system will soon be instituted here. The idea is to have a general collection, followed by gollections once each month thereafter. The service, which will be provided by the town's truck and employes, will necessitate no increase in taxes, has n an- nounced. It is expected that the date for the first collection will be announced at the next regular council meeting, July 8. It was reported that the town so far has not worked out a system of garbage collection and will have to give this problem further study. Council- man J. Moses Edlavitch is chairman of the committee in charge of the trash and garbage disposal problems. FOR CULPEPER TOTS American Legion Post Extends Ac- tivities in Behalf of Children of Town. Special Dispatch to The Star CULPEPER, Va., June 27.—The Cul- r Post of the American Legion, which has played Santa Claus to the | children of this and the adjoining | counties each Christmas for the past three years, is now engaged on plans to make the Summer time as happy a one_also for the children of Culpeper, with the inauguration of something hitherto unknown here—a public play- und. ‘n"l‘his will be located on what is known as ‘the 6ld Coons property, on Main street, having been the home of the late clerk of the courts, Warren E. Coons, for more than 30 years. It is now owned by the Culpeper Methodist Church. This is a large, spacious lot with an abundance of shade trees, but no buildings. The congregation has given the use of the property and the town authorities have donated help to have it cleaned up and put in perfect condition. ‘The Legion is purchasing a sanitary drinking _fountain and installing a sprinkler for refreshment on sultry days, having large sand piles arranged, swings, sliding boards, see-saws and all the paraphernalia of the well appointed playground. A story hour will be a feature of each day, this being under the supervision of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Amer- ican Legion, members of which have volunteered their services as superin- tendent in charge for each day of the Summer season. s J. 0. U. A. M. ELECTS. Order Holds Its Annual Meeting at Ballston, Special Dispatch to The Star BALLSTON, Va., June 27.—Ballston Council, No. 221, Jumor Order United American Mechanics, last night at the firemen's hall elected Boyd Baker tary, Howard A. Smoot treasurer, Her- bert Bowbeer chaplain, Edward Estes conductor, Henry Terrell warden, Frank Vitale inside sentinel, T. W. Goode out- side sentinel and Elmer Collins, Edward Bouten and Talbott L. Marcey trustees. tor le Pol T | tomobile in stolen. is haing held at z until identified by its owner. THIRD OF STATE AUTOS | HAVE BEEN INSPECTED Jompulsory Examination of Cars| in Maryland Proceeding | - Under New Law. BALTIMORE, June 27 (Special).— Approximately 33 per cent of the 300,000 automobiles in the State have been in- | spected since the 30-day “Save-a-Life” | campaign opened on June 15, according | te E. Austin Baughman, motor vehicles commissioner. Under a law passed at the last session all autos must be in- spected and officially passed on as to brakes, lights, horns and steering gears before July 15, as they cannot be used after that date unless officially passed. State police are aiding in speeding up the campaign by reminding the drivers of all cars that do not have an inspec- tion certificate that the law demanc that the cars be inspected. The warn- ing is the form of a little printed slip, which calls attention to the provisions of the law, and that “it is requested that you have your vehicle inspected at once to avoid the penalty of the law.” Lindy in Social Book Twice. NEW YORK, June 27 (#).—Charles A. Lindbergh appears in a Summer compendium of the socially elect twice —under his own name and under his ~ Still Greater Reductions on all remaining 3-piece Spring-Weight Suits |at 2 o'clock. INSURANCE AGENTS MEET AT ALEXANDRIA Virginia Association Begins Ses- sion at Geotge Mason Hotel. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 27.—The| Virginai Association of Insurance Agents | convened here this morning at the | George Mason Hotel for its thirty-first annual convention, with more than 100 delegates attending the opening session, presided over by Calvert R. Day of Norfolk, president of the association. Charles F. Holden delivered the ad- dress of welcome 'to the visiting agents on behalf of the city and the local members of the State body. Matthew S. Reeves is to speak on “Understanding and Friendship” before the convention today, while Austin J. Lilly Is scheduled to speak on “Compulsory Automobile Insurance and - Safety Responsibility | The delegates are to visit Mount Ver- | non this afternoon, leaving the hotel | A banquet will be held | at 7:30 tonight, with Harry B. Caton | of this city as the principal speaker. The convention will adjourn late to- NEARBY ROADNORK 1S TO BE PUSHED Highway Improvements to Follow Survey Just Made in Metropolitan Area. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., June 27.— Certain road improvements in both th northern and western metropolitan dis- | tricts are to be pushed forward im. mediately as a result of a personai survey made by Commissioner Lacy |y, Shaw of the northern and Dr. Benja- min C. Perry of the western. suburban districts, and Austin F. Sure, engineer of surveys of the Maryland State Road Commission. The particular projects were the Co- lumbia Boulevard, in North Woodside, which eventually is to proceed to Six: teenth street; the western side of Wis- consin avenue between Watkins avenue and Bradley lane, in Bethesda, and a | new street to connect the new Silver | Spring-Bethesda direct highway with Leland street in the Bethesda district. highway by way of Second avenue and provides for its improvement at this time from Georgia avenue as far as Sec- | ond avenue, which will provide a high- way to connect with the new direct highway by Second avenue and thus thus carry traffic under the underpass to rovided to carry the dirett highway under the railroad tracks just west of Sligo to Sixteenth street. ‘The Wisconsin avenue improvement provides for raising the roadway west of the street railway tracks to the pres- ent level of the east roadway, and the third improvement is for an entirely new street just west of Connecticut avenue and surfacing it with concrete. Commissioner Shaw said that Mr. Sure said that survey parties would be sent into the districts immediately and the work pushed to a quick and final conclusion. MILITIA GOES TO CAMP; POLICE COURT CLOSES Laurel Company's Departure Shuts Up Armory Where Justice Is Dispensed. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md, June 27.—Because the local National Guard is going to Summer camp soon the Laurel branch of Prince Georges County Police Court, which held sessions in the armory, will be discontinued, at least temporarily, after next Monday, J. Chew Sheriff, judge of the court, announced today. For the past several months the court has used the State armory here, but will not be able to do so after the Guardsmen leave, the judge explained. An effort to have the court meet in a vacant room in the local power house failed when Judge Sheriff, after inves- tbllglflnl, declared the building unsuita- e As there is not sufficient volume of business in the local court to justify renting quarters the court will hear ‘ts Laurel cases at Hyattsville. There also is some uncertainty about re-establishing the Laure] court after the Guardsmen return, ording to Judge Sheriff. Our superior rn-akes—Fuhion Park—Char-. ter House—and Mode. Models and patterns are exclusive; and there are lots of light shades among them. Beginning Friday Morning Suits that were $38 and $40. Suits that were $45 and $50. Suits that were $55 and $60. . Suits that were $65and $70. Suits that were $75and $80. : The assortment of Unusual Opportunity to A group of Top Coats of Fashion Park and Buy a Top Coat Mode makes—popular models— Were $35, $40 and $45. Choise o1 0o o ho ey sizes is very good—so that selecticn will be easy—and satisfactory— while the saving in each group is big. 2525 The Mode—F at Eleventh $26:3 $36:3 463 $5:1 963 FOUND DEAD IN BED. Charles W. Elgin Expires in Sleep - at Leesburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., June 27.—Charles Walter , 54 years old, was found dead in bed by his wife, who was uegmn‘ in an adjoining room. His death ‘was due to apoplexy. He was the son of the late Charles H. and 8. Alice Eigin and a native of Loudoun County. He was prominent in civic and fraternal circles. He was & member of Olive Branch Masonic Lodge, Loudoun Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and a Shriner, member of Acca Temple, Richmond. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Margaret Dulin of Loudoun County; two children, Polly and Jack Elgin, at home. - He also is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hugh Rodeffer, Ifinlzfifuv:ll&u:ng‘ two brothers, Arthur of sburg and Frank Elgin, ‘ashington. g Edward Y. Henning Dead. WINCHESTER, Va. June 25 (Spe- cial).—Edward Young Henning, 75, un- married, member of an old Frederick an Joseph County; Vi L. 4 —— e PLANS FOR CONVENTION. Hyattsville Fire Department Names Committees for Big Event. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, June 27— Starting preparations for the annual convention of the Prince Georges Coun- ty Volunteer Firemen's Association to be held here Saturday, August 10, the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, which is to be host, has appointed a badge ~committce, comprising Judge John J. Painter and Lloyd Anderson, | and & committee to plan the route of | the parade, a big feature of the con- | vention, consisting of Harry Degges, | chairman; Harry Wilcoxen, Alfred | Degges, Ernest Davis and George Wil- | coxen. ted in More than 500 visitors are ex| connection with the convention, and | merchants and business houses along | County family, died in a hospital here ! the route of the parade will be asked to | following several weeks illnes: A de luxe expression of the “woven” idea, A dainty white style, The interlaced smartly applied. kid pump He was decorate their premises. ‘ Fashion twill W h PROMINENT JUDGE DIES. ) Nelson R. Roberts Passes Away at West Virginia Home.' Special Dispatch to The Star | CHARLES TOWN. W. Va..' June 27— Judge Nelson R. Roberts, 69, died at his home, at Middleway, Jefferson County, after a period of ill health and a stroke of paralysis. He had been president of the Jefferson County Court for 24 consecutive years, retiring from that office last Spring. He is survived by two daughters, Misses Ethel and Clara, at home; one son, J. Clyde, Charleston, and two brothers. Benjamin of Ranson and Wil- liam of Baltimore, Md. Puneral services will be held tomor- row at the home, with interment in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town. Dumped Liquor to Be Diluted NEW YORK, June 27 (A).—Any folks so bitten by the rumhound that the: might feel inclined to tap sewers leac- ing out of local prohibition head- | quarters are to be foiled. Liquor is to be diluted when poured into the sew- ers, so that the alcoholic content will not exceed 1 per cent. Yes, 1 per cen is the announcement, not 13 of 1. ays be. tle Fourth There’s a white Hahn Carlton style for every S markable in val Beach Clogs, %195 strap, Yet another of many one- strap versions. The Wales Tie. White with black calf trim. Rubber soles and heels. Also in camel elk, with lizard ealf trim. Sizes 3 to 7, $5.00. White calf sports oxfords, with alligator _calf saddles. Plain toe. Crepe rubber soles. Sizes 3 to 7, $5.00. Two - tone sports oxfords. Smoked elk with tan calf sad- les. Side cut-outs. Crepe rubber bottoms. Also in white elk \with black ecalf trim. Sizes 21 to 7, $3.95. 11% to 2, $3.45. Camel elk moccasin ox- fqord-.z%CrQ; ,rsuztshar“‘;lu. Sizes to 7, $3.65. to 2, 9295, 3 Misses’ and children’s white calf, one-strap, -sole style. Rounded-toe last. Sizes ;!% to 2, §295. 8l4 to 11, for the ummer costume. So cleverly varied, and so re- ue at $10.50! The beach Colorful exotic. newest idea! and Fun ailn Shoes With school and co turn their serious a times for young folks. newest Summertime llege over, Hahn’s ttention to good These are the values for young people, at Hahn’s. Lots of white styles! One of the new “Hahn values. Junmior and misses’ patent leather, one-eyelet tie. Good- year welt soles and rubber heels. Sizes 1115 to 2, $2.95. 214 to 7, $3.65. Imported play oxfords. Tan and patent. Oak leather soles, Sizes 6 to 2, §1.65. “Women’s 5’!0;”—1207 Misses’ patent leather Good- year welt strap slippers, Sizes 1114 to 2, $2.45. Boys' “Keds” Laced to toe. Brown or white. $1.00. 7th & K 3212 14th F