Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1930, Page 23

" By a Stalf Correspondent of The Star. * any support that may be extended by BALL WDDATE FORMODRESEAT Arlington State Senator As- pires to Congress From Eighth District. CLARENDON, Va., January 18.--A possible three-cornered fight for the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives from the eighth con- gressional_district of Virginia loomed tonight with the announcement of the | candidacy of State Senator Frank L. Ball of Arlington County. Senator Ball's announcement follows that of Judge Howard W. Smith of Alexandria. 1t is believed probable that there will | be at least ome more candidate, the name of Wilbur C. Hall of Loudoun County having been mentioned. Hall is at the present time a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He BAE not as yet issued any statement, hows ever In announecing his candidacy, Sen- ator Ball issued the following states ment: “It is with deep regret that I have learned of the retirement of the Hon. R. Walton Moore from Congress. Until his definite announcement to the contrary 1 had hoped that he would continue to serve this district with the high honor and efficiency which have marked his entire public career. .As long as he could be persuaded to run 1 was for him and I am conscious of a great loss to the district and Nation in his_passing back into private life. “In announcing my candidacy to succeed him I wish to assure the public that if elected it will be my sole pur- pose and desire to serve with an eve single to the public good. I am under obligation to no political boss or fac- tion. I have no threat or whip to hold sver any one, nor will I suffer any to be held over me, but will give my all without fear or favor, in an endeavor to do what is best for ‘my country, State and district. For the last 16 vears I have been in the public service and am now concluding my second term Bs State Senator, where I have had lagis- lative experience, during a very cruttal period of our State, which I believe will be invaluable to an aspirant for a congressional seat. am a lifelong Democrat and have been active in be- half of my party. ever since I arrived at a voting age. I will deeply appreciate any one, however humble or great. ““As soon as we have finiched the leg- {slative session in Richmond I expect to make an active convass of the entire district.” Senator Ball was born in Arlington | County October 4. 1885. and has lived here all of his life. He is a graduate of the graded schools of Arlington County and of Western High School and of National University Law School, Washington. He was admitted to the bar in 1908 and has practised here ever since He served two terms as common- wealth's attorney, being elected first an 1915 and again in 1919 without &p- position. He was fuel administrator in the county during the World War, was elected to the State Senate in a four- cornered race in 1923, and again in 1927 over two opponents. In the Senate he is chairman of the commit- tee on nominations and a-member of the committees on roads, - courts of justice and rural, social and child wel- fare. He is a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission and was patron of the zoning and water bills for the county, He is married and has four children. FOUR-CENT ROW HAS 360-DAY JAIL ENDING Conflict in Pool Room With Inei- dental Cutting Puts One Man Behind Bar. “The closing chapter of a pool room fght. that, started over 4 cents, Tesulted in serious injury to two persons, brought about two arrests and was responsible | for the wrecking of the o woman not even concerned in the af- fair, was_written in Police Court yes- terday. While those who Are familiar WOMAN AND SON HURT BY HIT-AND-RUN CAR iawo.non o |, JUNEW PUPILS ment; Driver Sought. | A woman and a 2-year-old child were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when the automobile in which t | were riding was struck by a hit-an run_machine. They are Mrs. Theresa Wagner, 24 years old, of 1622 E street southeast and | her son, Robert Wagner. Mrs. Wagner | was driving the machine around Peace Mounment when the accident occurred. | The injured woman and baby were | Elementary Units Will Also Send 1,278 Graduates to Junior Institutions. educational progress. The new Paul Junior High School, The figures made public by Mr.| which is scheduled to open for the first | Kramer were based upon the probable | time with the beginning of the new promotions in the various schools here. | semester, will receive 344 of its charter | While these may slightly, they de | students. These will go from the ele- UNVERSAL DRAFT et o e St HELDBESTDEFENSE ‘{;’om e are to receive through o g | junior the elementary school promotions, | American Legion Commander | | Langles. Hine, 150; Stuart, 140, - | Gordon, 1# | even greater. | McKinley High School, with : | | Q"" Sist or ‘o38 mew seudents, neads: iand, 94 LT ’coo?lhmhluflrc Urges Law to Attach Money | mentary school pupils who will have|mentary and 72 from junior high| completed the first six years of their | schools. | | [ senjor high scheol field. Of these 180 | | will go from elementary schools and 146 | will go from jusdor high schools. East- | ern is second om the list with a total of 294, of which 1%0 will be elementary | Of .the six divisions of elementary schools promoting pupils to senior schools. the fifth heads the Jist | 146. The third is next with 139, while | the others follow: Sixth, 124; first, 76, By the Aseoeiated Press. in Wartime. Legion post. and civic clubs, the commander declared that universal service is a greater prineiple for ade- quate national defense than naval strength or the forces of land and air. “Lat us insist,” he sald, “that our national defense. program# be so pre- pared that all citizens and all property shall bear the equal punishment of war, if war shall ever come again. Let us pay in' materials, as well as in men. “It is my firm conviction,” the com- mander said, “that a law should be written, and written now, which would draft every man, every industry, every natural - resourcé, and every manufac- turning enterprise into the service of a common cause. in case of another war.” Judge to Seek Congress Seat. taken to Casualty Hospital where it | The five senior high schools for white | school {was reported theyymn_v Dave fractured | Pupils are scheduled to receive 1204 high school skulls. Police said they obtained the | NeWw pupils February 3, when the Dis- | Other senior number of the hit-and-run car. ::l}%;“ flemen'-a'l‘,v ,'\:;1 ’""Mfi *:::K‘ 2 of D18 Vir- | 8¢ promote ir © graduaf Ethel Leavel, 30 vears old, of 918 Vit~ | Gl 0l 14 "was announced last night by tral. High, 45 vears of 2120 Pennsylvania [ Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant | menta from junior | aventie received bruises Iast night when | Superintendent, in charge of - high | schools. | they were knocked down by a street car | schools. Business, 212, with 90 from | at Eleventh street and Penns: vania | In the same upward move of Wash- mentary and 122 from junior avenue. They were taken to Emergency | ington school children the junior high | schools. Hospital. schools probably will receive 1,278 ele- | Western, 124, with 82 s, follow: Ce, 248, with 121 from and 189 from Buy Just the Pieces You Can Use in Your Bed Room 1 Ao 3-Pe, Reed Fiber Sui i See this big value we hre offering you in a Aber swite. . Loose cush- ions, cretonne covered, braced frame that will give years 329'75 of real service : L February Sale price - U Breakfast Room Suites February sale ic-the time save money Five-piece suite, finished in gray enamel. See this big bar- buying furniture $16.95- vou with history and know that smal adi- mosities have bred great wars may ook | with scorn on the story, they'll have to admit that, with the material at hand, the principals here did very wel. The trouble started in the pool room of George Ford. colored, on H' street northeast, late Priday night when the conscientious operator informed Gearge Smith, colored, that he owed 4 cents. Without hesitation, as the testimony | developed, the customer whipped out small, two-inch pocket knife and said, “Say that again, George, and I will cut | your ‘gizzard’ out.” Ford, either unbelieving or very yeck- Tess. repeated -the sentenee, Whereupon | N £mith, true to his threat, lunged in th' direction of the pool magnpte's “giz- | vard.” Smith turned his back spd ‘he s#mall weapon cut a five-inch siit i his | #ide. Smith, wielding the knife like a turkey earver, proceeded to cut Ford's clothes | off, picce by piece. Ford finally escaped | by leaping 15 feet from a window. | Smith, still indignant, rushed ,from the pool parlor to the home of America Smith. across the street. He snatched | up the family ax and began to mutilate | the furniture. First the buffet fell be- | fore his blows, then atable and & chair followed. “Smash, smash, clank, clank. the china went the way of the furn! ture. 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January 18 (#).— Judge John S.-Wood of the Superior. Court, Blue Ridge Circuit, today an- nounced-his: candidacy for the Demo- cratic nominatfon for Congress from the ninth Georgia district. Judge Wood, a Democrat, graduated from Mercer ‘College in 1900 and has-been active in public life for many years. and ninth, 21 By virtue of the opening.of the new JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. January 18. L. Bodenhamer, national com- Paul, the third division is sending the | —O. largest number of puplls to junior mx mander of the American Legion, in an A, O address prepared for delivery here to- el i night said, “In time of war no man e | has tne to Toll in the lap of luxury while another of his comrades rolls in the mud and in the mire of modern | the battiofelds.” ! Speaking before the local American Seventh, 231 ele- 189; first, 145, and high ele- P ETI 2 high| _ Vienna. Austria, will erect & statue fo Otto Wagner, . founder of ele- | Viennese architecture. 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