Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1929, Page 7

SUBURBAN ARMY S ERECTING BROADCAST PLANT Fort Myer Station to Have Seven High-Powered Transmitters. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, B 3 Staft Correspondent of The Star. PORT MYER, Va. Julv 25.—A new War Department net control broad- rasting station, with a radius of well aver 8000 miles, i under eonstruction | on the military reservation just south | nf the Cavalry fort here. It will be| rompisted and in operation within the | next few months | With completion and equipment of this building the War Department will have accomplished twn things—one the centralization of all broadcasting of | the department. and the other, it will: ~wn the most modern broadcasting sta- tion in the world. The building itzelf iz not large, be- ing 70 by 40 feet and costing $28.000 without the equipment. The plans eall for one finor and a basement. the latter heing so constructed on a hill that it will take the place of the first floor. In the basement will be installed the generators and on the floor above the: are tn be seven high-powered trans- mitters that will be capable of reach- | ing everr Government radio station in the United States, Phillipines, Hawall and Panama | The broadcasting will be made from and controlled from the Munitin Riflding in Washington through a aerfes of lines that will eonnect per- | manentiy with the broadeasting station. | Naval Station Contract, | The new War Department station | will be In sharp contrast to the naval | radlo station, which is located within | a few hundred vards of it. The tall antenna towers will not. be n evidence. since it 18 now known that they are not necessary. The War Department &tation will not have an antenna more than 80 feet in height. but will have a much longer range than the naval sta- tion, Signal Corps officers say. The ztation will be equipped with beam radio transmitters, the very newest thing in radio broadcasting. | The station was planned by and fs | being erected under the direct super- vision of Gen. George 8. Gibbs, chief Rignal Corps officer of the Army. | CARL MARSHALL OUT | FOR DELEGATESHIP, One Floor and Basement. 1 Bnecial Dispairh to The Btar ARENDON. Va. .July 24. Carl Marshall of Aurora Heights. Jong prom- | inent in political ecircles of Arlington | Countr ‘and the State. vesterday an- nounced himself as a candidate for the publican nomination for the county’s t in the House of Delegates, | Mr. Marshall had the distinction at the last election of being the choice nf the State Repuhlicans for the office of lieutenant governor. He will be op- nozed by Louis A. MacMahon. who an- nounced his ecandidacy several days ago. The zelection will be made at the sounty Republican convention to be held Wednesday night. August 7, in| community hall of Lyon Park. | B ELECTRIC SHOCK FATAL. | - - | Bvecial Dispateh ta The Star. | MARTINEBURG. W. Va. Jily 24, - | harles Gutshall, 568 vears nld. of Hunt- ingdon, Pa. who has been sunervxsmz‘ erection of a huilding for the Pennsyl- | vania Glass Sand Co. at Berkley | Springs. W. Va.. died on route to a local hospital last night. from the effects of 8 zhock of electricity received an hour earlier while he was placing an elec- | tric light bulb in a socket, earrving 110 vaite nf electricity. The accident. oc- rurred in the new buflding. = Pellow wnrkers expressed the belief thers was m short cireuit in the socket and that Gutshall had his hand on the metal Dart of the ancket. at the time. He was | nneonseions by the shock. mains were zent to Huntingdon. | this morning. He was married and father af & large family NEWS Fonndation for the 8,000-mile radio under way at Fort Myer, Va. Seven high. from the Munitions Building in Washington, D. COURTHOUSE BOARD. PLACEGIVENMAYOR Rockville, Center of Develop- | o ment, Found Not to Be Rep- ‘ resented on Committee. | BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, | &1aff Correspondent of The Star. | ROCKVILLE, Md, July 24-—While almost every section of Montgomery County was represented on the court- house building committee, it was sud- denly discovered vesterday that this town, which is to be the center of the proposed development, had no official Tepresentative on_the body., who could | be consulted at the meetings as to the | official view when such a matter in- | volving it came up for discussion. Hasty steps were taken to correct this apparent oversight, and acting on authority of the board of county com- missioners, Preston B. Ray. clerk of the Cireuit Court, and Berry E. Clark were named a committee to ask Mayor J. Roger Spates of Rockville, if he would serve on the committee. The committee promptly reported back that he would be glad to serve, and he was appointed. Mr. Spates. & member of the Rock- ville bar, will represent the governing body of the town on the rommittee, which already has issued orders for a study of the town with a view to plan- ning for future development. partic- ulariv in the business section imme- diatelv adjacent to the proposed new structure. which will be located on an enlarged site, consisting of the present ecourthouse square and the block west of it. which is to be acquired by econ- demnation This appointment will give the com- mittee direct contact with the town body without dealing with it through committees. as was necessary when the council was asked to take up the ques- tion of elosing Court. street, which di- vides the two squares i Commissinner Lacy Shaw, vice presi- | Alabama ING STAR., WASHINGION, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JuLY 24, 1929. | | | | | | | i i | lof Prince Georges and Montgomery | plant of the War Department, which is -powered transmitters will he controlled C. dent of the board of county commis- sloners, yesterday obtained from Berry F. Clark, clerk, an official copy of the act of the last Legislature authorizing a zoning and planning plan for Rock- ville. This will be turned over to Iry- ing C. Root. chief engineer of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. who has been selected by the bullding committee to develop the planning in the vicinity of : the county bullding. While studying this project immediately in the vicinity of the new public bullding. it was said. & lot of data will be obtained which will be valuable in zoning the entire town under the provisions of the enabling act of the last. Legislature. Jozeph C. Cissel of Cissel & Wood- ward. counsel for the Board of County Commissioners, said yesterdav that the | details incident to the preparation of the condemnation suits were rapidly; being perfected, and that they would very likely be filed before the close of the present week. Mr. Cissel has for several weeks been collecting the mess of data. including the searching of the titles to the jand in the square involved, which is necessary in the preparation of | the petitions. He said also that all of | the petitions would be filed at the same time, it being pointed out that under the Maryland law a separate suit must be filed as to each plece of land in the square. Each must be handled separate- ly. rather than as one project. It is es- timated that it will require 90 days to complete the condemnations, if there iz no unforseen delay through opposition By that time it is expected that the architects may be ready to report with # plan of a building in accordance with the general order given by the building committee last week. The stone selected for the strncture is limestone, polished, which shows a slight grain. It makes a pleasing appearance. and those who have studied it in connection with other samples. say that it can be very easily rleaned. The present ecourt building. i was sald. would be allowed to atand unti the section of the new building on the west, end is completed. Aside from the fact that this will involve only litile transferring of the valuable county pa- pers. it was pointed out that theré are no structures available in the town which could be satisfactorily used dur- ing the building operations. Transfer of the papers to rented structures dur- ing the building perinds would involve a distribution of the county activitiss which would not be conducive to effi- cient government. Two Voting I;recincts Made of One = AS C] aren don By » Staf Correspondent nf The Btar f ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT | HOUSE, .Mmlr 24.—Acting on a petition | presented by Edgar W. Pumphrey Judge Howard W. Smith in Circuit Court today sanctioned the splitting of | the Clarendon voting preeinet into two zeparate precinets. The order is bemng prepared and will be signed by Judge Smith today. The petition set. forth that there was such congestion in the last. general election because of the size of the pre- | cinet, that some of the voters were un- | Population Grows comprises one of the most thickly set- tied communities in the county. The new precincts will be known as Clerendon precinet No. 1 and Clarendon precinet, No. 2 The old boundaries of the precincts were Fort avenue on the south, the |, Washington Diztrict line on the north, Cherry Valley road on the west and | Strong street in Aurora Heights and Vandewater atreet in Fort, Myer Heights on the east. ‘The order splitting the precincts is not to become affective until after the 'able tn cast their ballots. The precinct | Democratic primarv August 6. “Isn’t That Quick Service? Manhattan called for the clothes today, and will deliver them all laundered day after tomorrow.” T'S an idea new to Washington. | Zoning Appeals, | to advise them what could be done to | | cent, levy for the Park snd Planning ACT TO ELIMINATE EXTRA ZONING COST Prince Georges Commission- ers Had Thought Appeals Board Pay Covered. BY GEORGE PORTER. Staf Correspondent of The Btar. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July 24.— | Informed that the law requires a spe- } cial Jevy in the metropolitan district Counties for expenses of the Board of the Prince Georges County commissioners yesterday asked their attorney, M. Hampton Magruder, eliminate that board and authorize the commissioners themselves to function as a Board of Zoning Appeals. | The latter body handles cases of “ir- | regular” zoning. passing on applica- tions, not for zoning changes. but for permission to construct buildings which | conform to the zoning requirements on “frregular” piots of Jand which do not. When tgn county commissioners | agreed, after a conference with the Maryland-National Capital Park and | Planning Commission last February. to administer the zoning ordinance, the understood_that all expenses involved. inelnding those of the Board of Zoning Appeals, would be met out of the 3-| Commiasion. { Attention Called to Law. When Irvin Owinge. chairman of the Park Commission, yesterday called their attention to the provisions of the law | which requires a levy in the metro- | politan district “to pay the salaries of the members of the Board of Zoning Appeals and the executive and clerical | assistants,” some of the commissioners demurred. Although Mr. Owings pointed out that the necessary levy to mest those expenses would probably be very small, perhaps a« little as & hundredth of a cent, Commissioner Brice Bowie, representing part of the district in- volved. announced he was oppored tn | inereasing taxes even that much | Bowie suggested that perhape all the money derivad from the 3.cent Park | Now Manhattan calls for vour clothes, launders them to your order, and delivers them— Clothes collected Tuesday come back to you Thursday; collected Wednesday they're back Friday. etc. And a promise made by Manhattan is a promise kept , . . Manhattan’s famous Net Bag way of washing saves you money by saving all in three days! wvour clothes. No wear-and-tear, because no rubbing and scrub- bing. Swirling hot suds and floods of filtered water swish the dirt away « » . There's 2 Manhattan service exactly suited to vour needs. Pho MANHATTAN. Whicre the Nets Get the Woar ne for details today. - LAUNDRY ." = BHONE,_ " DECATURY1120 NE ESa okKol Commission levy was not expended and might be used to pay the Zoning Ap- peal Board. The Park Commission chairman, however, pointed out that it would be impossible, under the law, to do this, even if there wére a surplus. Several other matters were discussed with Mr. Owings, including a proposal to have the Park Commission send a representative who would explain that body’s reasons for approving or disap- proving applications for rezoning to public zoning hearings. Mr. Owings stated that in Montgomery County ap- plications which have been dmgpmved are not advertised for public hearing unless the applicant, insists. Complain of Distance. Commissioner Bowie reported com- plaints from residents of Prince Georges County over having to journey to Silver Spring_to transact business with the Park Commission, and expressed the opinion that the commission should have another office more conveniently Incated for residents of Prince Georges. Mr. Owings viewed this as impractical, calling attention to the necessity of Montgomery County residents traveling to Hyattsville when required to work with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The county commissioners instructed their clerk, James C. Blackwell, to have the $425.000 lateral road bonds, which were sold at the rate of 898 to the Baltimore Trust Co. last Friday. printed and sent out as soon as possible. Ac- crued interest was not waived when the bonds were zold, it was ofcially re- ported to the board. The commissioners also directed that the State Roads Commission be notified ot the sale of the honds and requested | to begin work af ance on the Landover road, the McCormick-Goodhart road, the Old Powder Faciory road, Jefferson avenue in Riverdale. the Croome road and the road from Huntts Corner to- ward Gordons Corner. Roads Commission will be asked to involves River road and several others. Stolen Property Recovered. Special Dispateh to The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 24.—Photo- graphic equipment stolen from _the machine of Fdward Eamnes of Buffalo, ! N. Y. in front of the George Mason | Hotel Sunday night was racovered fhis morning in the rear vard of an apart- ment house at 805 Prince street. Dr J. H. Bitzer, a dentist. found a suit case rontaining the property when he went intn the yard. The police were | notified and took charge of the stolen articles, valued by Earnes st $150. ® | 'Special Dispateh to The Btar. . In addition, the | BRENTWOOD TAX RATE FIXED AT 20 CENTS Additional 10-Cent Levy Made for| Firemen—Council Vacancy Is Filled. BRENTWOOD, Md., July 24.—Ap- pointment of a councilman to fill the | vacancy in the second ward and the fixing of the town tax levy for the coming year constituted the chief busi- | ness transacted at the meeting of the | Brentwood ' mayor and council last night. | | Mayor Jamee E. Sempson sppointed | | Roscpe Brinson of Charles street to fill | the vacancy in the ward, this appoint- | | ment completing the membership of | the council. The new ecouncilman {m- | mediately took oath and entered on | his _duties. Upon the report of the budget com- mittee that the necessary expenditures | of the town during the ecoming year would be $7.120, the council passed a resolution fixing the tax levy at 20 cents per $100 valuation. This will provide an income of $7.000. it jx estimated, | but as the budget estimatee include s | | sinking fund s safe margin is pro- | vided. Last yesr's receipts were $6,885, | according to E. W. Baker, town clerk. | | In addition to fixing the general town | levy, the council set a 10-cent fire tax | levy in accordance with an ordinance recently adopted. The money is for the | Volunteer Fire Department. but will be disbursed by the Town Counecil. Members of the Brentwood M. E. Men's Club, headed by W. E. Foss. their | hasten its lateral road program, which | president, presented Mayor Sampson | with a gavel as a symbol of his office | and a souvenir from the elub, of which the town head is A member. | The road committes reported drain- | age conditions in the town had been improved end curbing installed on Charles street to protect the residents from the flow of storm waters, | King George Is Improving. | LONDON, July 34 () —The King's condition rcontinues to .improve, it. was officially_stated at Buckingham Palace todav. The physicians paid their usual visit. and the Duke of York called at the palace after the doctors left e SUBUKBLAN NEWS, ceased was a member of Girace pal Church, Jessica Callahan MRS. THORPE IS BURIED. ‘ No. 91, Orde o Services for Alexandria Woman mac Social Independent Order of Held at Grace Episcopal Church. nd Patriotic Order of ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 324—Fu- | Americans, Camp No. 8 neral services for Mrs. Rhoda M.Thorpe, —_— 56, who died Bunday at her home in Braddock, were held here yesterday at Grace Episcopal Church, with Rev. Edgar Carpenter conducting the | f‘l_t:;. Interment was in Bethel Ceme- mz r:’flc,hh have announced that they = ea] 37 Mrs. Thorpe war the widow of Wil- | Three bflr fi’.‘v otwurr"ml Q"u:‘:":’: Ham H. Thorpe. She ix survived by cently. the last one being started by an aunt, Mrs. Emms Websier of Brad- | three men in a dispute over an all dock: ‘a sister, Mrs. Mary Ryan of | non-pavment of back ws 1?:?, Bethesda, Md., and two brothers. Arthur | brothers were followed by 305 people -n%hl’u;kt | anfl were kicked and beaten befors they . de- Rowdyism has so marr - turesque hiring fair at mvar;. 'fim‘n C. Ward of The Plains, Va M. Ward of Brooklyn, N. 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