Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 11

- CHERRYDALE ASKS PLAN CO-OPERATION Better Understanding Be- tween Planning Board and State Authorities Urged. CHERRYDALE, Va., October 22— Enactment by the coming session of | the General Assembly of legislation that | would provide for better understanding und closer co-opcration between the Virginia authorities and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission | in plans for the «development of the | Metropolitan area of Washington s | .THE EVENING STAR, ‘WASHINGTON. D. -C DAMASCUS ROAD OPENING FETE TO BE HELD SATURDAY FORKNIGHTS TEMPLAR {Another Link in Montgomery County's- New System of Highways to Be Opened Formally. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. DAMASCUS, Md; October 22.—An- other link in Montgomery County's new system of through highways will be formally opened Saturday, when cere- monies will be held here. at Etchison and at Laytonsville. The program is being prepared under the general di- rection of Montgomery County Commis- sioner Downey Williams. The details are said not vet to have been perfected, but it was announced that Robert G. Hil- ton, president of the Farmer's Banking & Trust Co., of Rockville, and chairman | mascus, with a short stop at Etchison for formal road opening ceremonies. When hard surfaced for its entire | length the new road will provide a di- rect_highway between the eastern end of the County of Damascus, by way of Olney. The particular link, which is to be opened Saturday is beiween Laytons- ville and Damascus. The strétch be- tween Laytonsville and Etchison, a dis- | tance of two miles, was compicted mn} sears ago, and that between the latter place and Damascus, a distance of six | miles, was completed this Fall ‘There still remains to bz done & favored by a resolution adoptcd at the | or the Democratic State central com- | strip of three miles between a point one monthly meeting of the Cherrydale Citizens’ Association last night. The secretary was instructed by an- other resolution to write the board of supervisors requesting appropriation of funds to provide adequate protection cf school ehildren against traffic hazards. ‘This i in line with resolutions of many of the parent-teacher assoclations of the county, which give support to Sheriff Howard B. Fields' efforts to retain three traffic officers whose sala- ries have been ordered discontinued after November 15. Recall Is Favored. . Legislation providing for elections | for recall of elective officers as propcsed by the resolution offered to the Arling- ton County Civic Federation was favored | by the meeting. The resolution was| referred to the legislative committee of | the federation for study and report. The “back to the District” resolution of J. Cloyd Byars introduced before the Civic Federation several months ago and referred to its constituent bodies for individual action was discussed at length, resulting in adoption of a motion to strike out part one and so much of part two to read: “the congress is hereby requested to test the constitutionality of the retrocession act of 1846." Following favorable comment as to improvements to Lee Highway through Ches le, the secretary announced that the State Highway Commission can and will do no more on the high- way at the present time. Any improve- ment of conditions on the north side of the tracks of the Old Dominion Railway. it was said, must be taken care of by the county. Up to Property Owners. It was pointed out that property owners in co-operation with the Zoning | and Planning Commission of the county should establish a building line and provide sufficient setback for a street and sidewalk, which, if done, would create a thoroughfare similar in design " to Pennsylvania avenue southeast, | ‘Washington. An appeal was made to all members to support the Volunteer Fire Depart- ment in its drive fore$5,000 to free the engine house of all incumbrances. This should be done, it was said, in recogni- tion of 25 years of unselfish community service by the volunteer firemen, ENDS LIFE Té ESCAPE SERVING PRISON TERM Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, CHATHAM, Va., October 22 —Rather than begin serving an 18 months’ term 1n prison imposed on him for a misde- meanor of which he was convicted eight months ago, Otho Dodson, dairy- man, committed sucide at his home at Bachelor's Hall this morning. His brother, Judge Ben W. Dodson of | the County Juvenile Court, found the body. No message was left. He was due | also to appear today in court in connec- tion with his pending divorce. ITHE WEATHER | Distriet of Columbia—Rain this aft- ernoon and possibly early tonight; slightly colder tonight: tomorrow part- ly cloudy and colder; strong south shifting to west and northwest winds. Maryland—Cloudy with fain this aft- ernoon and tonight and possibly in extreme west portion tomorrow morning; colder tonight and tomorrow; strong + south and southwest shifting to west and northwest winds. Virginia—Cloudy with rain in ex- treme north portion tonight and in treme west portion tonight and prol ably tomorrow morning: colder tonight and tomorrow; strong south and south- v west shifting to northwest winds. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 72; 8 p.m., 68; midnight, 66; 4 am, 67; 8 am, 67; noon, 68. Barometer—4 pm. 2991: 8 pni., 20.86; midnight, 29.78; 4 a.m., 29.66; 8 am. 20.60; noon, 29.46. Highest temperature, 74, occurred at 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 65, occurred at 1 am. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 70; lowest, 47. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Burvey.) Today—Low tide. 5:08 am. and 5 pm.; high tide, 10:36 a.m. and 11 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 6 a.m. and 5:55 pm.; high tide, 11:29 am. and 11:56 | pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:24 am.; sun sets 8:20 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—sSun rises 6:25 a.m. sets 5:19 pm. Moon rises 8:20 p.m.; sets 11:11 am. Condition of the Water. Harpers Ferry—Great Falls, Potomac, Mitle muddy; SBhenandoah, very muddy. Weather in Various Citles. sun Cloudy Cloudy 8 Clouds . Clondy Pt_cloudy Rain Cloudy Pain Cincinn: Rain Cleveland, Ohlo. 29.42 Columbis, 8. C.29.5¢ Galvesto Helen Huron,' 8. Dak.. 3040 5 Indianapolis.Ind 2952 £2 Jacksonville Fla. 29.78 Kansas City. Mo 3006 5 Los ~Angeles. .. 29.91 Loutsville. K: ean: 9.96 New York, N.Y. 2992 Oklshoma' City. 30.12 r... 3016 Portlan: Portland, Raleigh > San 8t. Louts, St. Paul, Minn. tle, ‘Wash. . 3030 Wash. 30 'Me... 3024 Orex 30.22 it C. 2944 ke City. 3 0 Clear 634 Rain FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today) Temp, mittee, will be toastmaster 8o far the plans provide for the par- ticipants to assemble at Laytonsville, and then proceed to Etchison to Da. mile west of Olney to Claysville, which, it was sald by County Commissioner Lacy Shaw, wili be completed next year, CONSTITUTION HALL TO BE DEDICATED Services to Be Held by D. A. R. Tombrrow at New Audi- torium. Constitution H; 1, the new auditorium of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will be consecrated in a service at 5 o'clock tomorrow evening, in which members of the society and a group from official Washington will participate. Formal invitations have not been is- sued, but all members of the soclety are expected to attend. The services will be broadcast over WRC from 5:15 to 6 o'clock. Bishop Freeman will delivef the eon- secration address. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president general of the society, will preside. Members of the board of the soclety and State regents will form a procession into the hall at 5 o'clock, and all States will be represented by their flags. The new organ will be heard for the first thme. The hall seats 4,000 persons and is In the form of a Roman amphi- theater. Decorations are not completed, but this first public view of it will dis- close an attractive auditorium. Improve Beirut Harbor. BEIRUT, Syria (#).—Plans to give this port & great modern harbor have been approved. The improvements | include extension of the existing break- water so that the whole vast Bay of Medawar ci be made available for shipping. oles will be bullt to enable ocean liners to moor. alongside. tainment. only has been NEW VICTOR RADIO, 10 tubes 178 Des 1300 “Gee” St. 5 ature. Weather. 36 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear FPart cloudy 2 Clear . today.) 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Nicolson, general manager of the canal wmpfis}n which main- tains offices at 1339 Wisconsin avenuw, explained that his firm had some trees cut down because it was feared that the wind might blow them over ana damage the canal banks, | Tentative plans of the National Cap- | ital Park and Planning Commission ;uxl for the acquisition of land, from | Potomac averue down to the river, as | a parkway. This is part of the Po- tomac Palisades project. Potomac ave- nue is to be designed as a high leve: highway, while Canal road would be utilized as a lower driveway, under the park scheme. - First Fine in Vatican State. VATICAN CITY (®).—The first fine imposed in the new state is about 50 cents. A bicycle messenger drew it for riding without a bell. 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HYATTSVILLE, Md, October 22— ‘With the main streets bedecked with flags and other decorations, Hyattsville 18 ready for the fourth annual field day of the 3d Divislon of the Knights Templar of Maryland to be held here tomorrow. Several hundred members of the order and their families from Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick and | Rockviile, which along with Hyattsville | | make up the 3d Division, will attend. Harry O. Perry, grand commander of | the Knights Templar of Maryland, also will attend with his staff, along_with | other members of the order from Balti- | more and Washington. Opening the program there will be a parade, which will start at the Ma- sonic Hall at 3:30 p.m. The column will traverse the principal greets of the town, winding up either $h Magruder Park, the town’s new community play- und, or on the Hmmvule High 1 {mundl for . Magruder Park will be used only if weather and und conditions permit. .n; pl:e held in’the Ma~ moruon will sonic Hall auditorium from 5 to 6 p.m,, after which a supper will be served by women of Ruth apter, No. 7, Order | of the Eastern Star of Hyattsville. | There will be a band concert in the | National Guard Armory here from 7:30 to 8:30, which will be followed by a ball. the concluding feature of the program. -+ Arrangements for the day are in gen- eral charge of Dr. 8. M. McMillan of | Riverdale, commander of the 3d Di\l—; sion; George E. Pierson, commander of St. Elmo Commandery, No. 12, of | Hyattsville, the host organization, and | members of that organization are uk-‘ ing care of the various details. Indian Flint Quarry For Visitors to Ca Lieut. Col. U, S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buiidings and Pub- lic Parks, is interested in having the fiint quarry in Piney Branch Valley, where the Indians secured their arrow- heads, appropriately marked, so that visitors may know about it, when that area is developed for park purposes. Col. Grant pointed out today that there are many places of Indian inter- est around Washington, the proper Should Be Marked pital, Col: Grant Says preservation of which is being studied. “It i8 mnot generally known that Washington was quite an industrial center for Indians, with soapstone quar- ries, where they manufactured great aulnfi'-lu of household utensils, and int_quarries, from which spearheads, hatchets and other sharp tools were turned out to supply a la: number of the neighboring South Atlantic Coast tribes,” Col. Grant sald. PASS OPIUM AMENDMENT. Senators Act to Protect 8hip Firms| in Opium Cases. By the Associated Press. 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A police investigation is being made of the disappearance of a bilifold, con- taining & cluster diamond ring valued at $150, automobile driver’s permit and a pawn ticket for two violins, from the body of Robert Emmet Van Pelt of Cheverly, Md., who was killed in a fall from a scaffold at a new school build- ing at Davenport and Thirty-sixth streets the afternoon of October 9. Mrs. Etta Van Pelt, widow of the victim of the accident, told police the CONVENIENT TERMS B | - e e billfold disappeared from the pockets of her husband's clothing the day of the accident. Van_Pelt’s body was ‘aken t o Emergency Hospital in a police car by a relative, and a search of his clothing at the hospital is reported to | have disclosed the absence of. the bill- fold. The jewelry Van Pelt was wearing was found intact. and police were told that a search of his pockets in the morgue at the hospital disciosea onis some loose paper. Chilean Savings Increase. Special Cable to The Star. BANTIAGO, Chile, October 22.—In 15 days deposits in the main office of the Savings Bank of Santiago showed an increase of 17,757,786 pesos, total g!}:v:lu on October 1 being 130,647,000 GUARANTEED SERVICE : hear the new micro-synchronous : i ESs HARRIS INC. 2900 14th St. N.W.—at Harvard Col. 0101-0100 OPEN EVENINGS | 'Mzm)/ unusual features in this complete dz'q)lczy of FORD \ THE WASHI SEVERAL weeks ago, thousands of Washington people attended the Special Showing of Ford cars. The display created so much favorable comment and was of so much general interest thata W & SRR i second exhibit is being held this week. Those who missed the first showing have thus another oppor- tunity to review the entire line of Ford passenger cars::: and those who did visit the former salon will find it worth while to come again, to see the special creations and unusual features in the present display. The standard Ford body styles shown are eleven in number, including the Roadster, Phaeton, Business Coupe, Standard Coupe, Sport Coupe, Tudor Sedan, Two-window Fordor Sedan, Three-window Fordor Sedan, Cabriolet, Town Sedan and Town Car. All in their newest colors, and each type built Wiy e s 25 i /i 7 % 7 il ity ) telh i Y, i ‘THE FORD CONVERTIBLE CABRIOLET All this week, October 21-26 BUILDING 15th and New York Avenue, N. W. - 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. NGTON (Opposite T: cars But there are still other features in this latest showing. For in- dividualists, and those who look for the personal note in motor cars, we are showing several special jobs of unusual interest. A jet-black Sport Roadster, especially stripped and equipped, with the radiator shell, headlamps and hardware in bright brass plating. A Convertible Cabriolet, finished in Bronson Yellow, with belt moulding and upper in Thorn Brown, and orange wheels. A Sport Fordor Sedan with Mulberry Maroon body and Berry Red fenders and wheels. Another Roadster in a striking combination of Balsam Green and Drab. A Town Sedan in a _ new blending of Black and Cream, with mohair upholstery, and side and center arm rests in the rear seat. Come any time this week—but come! Just telephone your nearest Ford dealer, and he will gladly send a car to your bome or office to fit a particular need—in accordance with the Ford policy of * o take you to the Washington Building. There is mo charge supplying “‘economical transportation for all the people.” for this service.