Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1930, Page 11

Young Macdonald And Hoover’s Son Discuss Aviation By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 11. ——As_Alastair Macdonald, son of the British prime minister, was preparing to leave here by air- plane for Washington today, de- tails of a meeting with Herbert Hoover, jr., were disclosed. Unlike the conference of their fathers, over fishing rods on the banks of the Rapidan River in Virginia, the pair talked about aviation, & subject of mutual in- terest, at the dinner table in the Pasadena home of H. M. Robin- son, banker. * DUCK-HUNTING BILL BEFORE ASSEMBLY Delegate Birrell Introduces| Measure to Aid Sportsmen Without Much Money. By « S1aff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 1|.-:rne; plight. of the individual duck hunter | Whn has in the past been unable to| construet a blind unless he is an owner | or lessee of waterfront property suit- able for the purpose would be over-i U], M. I\, I 1| LINCOLN BRTHDAY g come in case of the passage of a bil introduced in the House of Delegates vesterday by J. Pred Birrell of Alex- andria. Under the provisions of the Birrell bill citizens of Virginia who do not own waterfront property or who can- not._afford to belong to the numerous duck-shooting clubs along the rivers, especially the Potomac, would be able to obtain licenses from the clerk of the connty or city in which they reside to_erect blinds. The bill provides that floating blinds | must be anchored when in yse and that they must be towed to shdre one- half hour after sunset. While owners or lessees would under the provisions of the measure have prior rights, those of the sportsman was not so fertunate would be protected. In case of the passage of the bill, Birrell has been informed by Judge W. S. Snow of Alexandria, & member of the commission of game and inland | the Potomac, Grand Army of the Re- fisheries of Virginia; Maj. Somervell of the Washington engineer district, who. aceording to the Federal naviga— tion laws, can refuse any one permission to obstruct navigation by the placing of duck blinds in the waters of the State, has agreed to prepare a map and designate a zone not more than 350 yards from shore wherein may be vlaced duck blinds by an individual withont a permit from his department, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA. Va. February 11 (Special).—Rev. P. L.” Vernon, former pastor of the Pirst Baptist Church, this city. and now located in Lewiston, Me., | will be the guest of honor and principai speaker at the annual banquet of the | Baptist Young Peoples’ Union, to be held ehis evening. The local B.Y.P.U. was reorganized by the Rev. Vernon five vears ago when he was pastor at the local church. and since that time has prospered and greatly increased its membership. The will of John W. May, who died ! here recently, was admitted to probate in the Corporation Court yesterday. Carroll H. May and J. Willlam May qualified as executors without bond as provided by the terms of the will. The testament, which is dated July 10, 1929, is wholly’ in the handwriting of Mr.!| May. and was proved by William A. Moore and V. T. Bain. It conveys 125 shares of stock of W. H. May & Sons, Inc., to Carroll H. May and g similar bequest is made to J. William May and 145 shares of stock are left to Miss | Emily R. May. The will also carries other bequests of certain bonds, person- al effects and cemetery stock. A preliminary meeting was held at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the George Mason Hotel to arrange for the local observance of the international day of prayer. which occurs March 7. Christ Church will sponsor the day of prayer this year.: Last year the Presbyterian Church arranged for its observance. Mrs. | George T. Kilpstein is chairman. | Alexandria Lodge, No. 758, B. P. O. | Flks. celebrated “past exalted rulers’ night” at the Elks' Hall on Prince street last night. Nomination of officers was followed by degree work. E. P. Hoff-| man. exalted ruler, presiaed. A Tt of the local group attending | the district meeting of Rotary Clubs held at Winchester last Thursday eve- ning featured the regular weekly meet- ing of the local Rotary Club held in the | George Mason Hotel today. Today's entertainment program was in charge of Marshall Shuman. A paper on “The | Growth of the Public Utility Industry in_Virginia” was presented. The Holy Cross Alumnae of St. Mary’s Academy is sponsoring a concert for the benefit of St. Mary's Catholie Church to | be held tomorrow evening. Proceeds derived from the affair will be used to | help finance the loss incurred by the ! chureh due to the disastrous fire last | | Exercises Will Be Held To- | morrow Night in First Con- gregational Church. | Exercises commemorativé of the | 129th anniversary of the birth of Presi- dent Lincoln will be held tomorrow | night at 8 o'clock in the Pirst Congre- | gational Church, Tenth and G streets, | lund'r auspices of the Department of | { public. Judge Hosea B. Moulton, past department commander, will preside. The program includes patriotic music by the United States Marine Band, a ceremony incident to the salute and | pledge to the flag and addresses by Representatives Addison T. Smith of | Idaho and C. Ellis Moore of Ohio. The invocation will be delivered by Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, and the benediction by Rev. Jason | Noble Pierce. Other features ¢! the program are: | Call to order by Comdr. Samuel G. Mawson, Department of the Potomac: presentation of colors by Hazard | Wheeler; a solo, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahi; reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, by Col. John M. Kline, G. A. R., and another solo, “Tenting Tonight on the ©Old Camp Ground,” by Mrs. Stahl. OLDEST STATE WOMAN’S i —e | Association Meets in 868th Gathering, Special Dispatch to The Star. —The Mutual Improvement Associa- tion of Sandy Spring held its Pebrulry| meeting at Wendover, the home of Mrs. Joseph T. Moore. This was the 868th meeting of the oldest woman's club in Maryland and ! one of the oldest in the country. It was | organized in 1857 and has held its meetings continuously -ever since. It has never had a president, the presid-4 ing officer always being the hostess of the preceding meeting. Josiah Waters Jones, presidents of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs, and the acting president, Miss Estelle T. Moore, daughter of the hostess. Mrs. Jones is now secretary of the aasociation. A leter was read by Mrs. Francis M. Hallowell that had been writen to a| friend in 1864, during the Civil War, by her father, the late Alban G. Thom- as, which described a raid on the store at Sandy Spring by a detachment of Confederate troops, who were driven off by & group of 17 citizens and followed as far as Rockville. ‘The meeting adjourned to meet at CLUB HOLDS SESSION | the home of Mrs. Henry Nichols in||¢ h. ROCKVILLE. Summer. Miss Ella Hill is general chair- | EPAT T man of the affair, and is being assisted | dmfix&fi-flm--{:f!"mfia ‘:n‘IS‘D:’; P e i o enable the City Councll of | the case of Dr.. James T. Johnson h h - inent physician and surgeon, of Alexand: ia to ask the Corporation c°""’-5l‘?mb¢ el e i Pet for an order for a referendum on ""iz‘mm i) Péo R e - "',: sale of the Alexandria gas works, when "’0‘"', dtflf e R t‘ o pmnm" and if a suitable offer is received for | A8 b e b A L R the purchase, was introduced in the | Circult Court here several 'weeks ago. House of Delegates of the State General | 125 been overruled, Judge Hobert A Detagate o naas. The bili | The motion was argued last e Tell, locel Delegate, vesterday. il | b provides that 1f'a vote were taken and | fore Judges Peter and John S. New- EVENING STAR, THE GLIDER TELLS THRILLS ay glider pilot, bulle his brothers were making their first demon- OF MOTORLESS FLIGHT | strations ‘to the War Department, snd £ Syl 114 made fiights up to 300 feet in length at that time. He had not flown for | many years prior to his experiences at lifled N glider D. C. Air Legion Told Pilots Who Learn “Feel of Air” by Soaring Are Best. Gliding and soaring in motorless ai planes is the most exhilirating exper | hor He quilified there on primary and secondary gliders and | on soarers, describing his experiences | at_the achool | 8. Barnaby, Navy Bureau of Aeronau- | tics, who recently made the first glider | flight from an airship, descending 3,000 feet from the Navy dir! told members of the Iast night. Lieut. Barnaby, up power flying learn to "lfireiy by Feel” ...K’ mstinct, he sald becoming the best types of pilots. who is the only|lot, AT T e — ALY iy ULV / B i) Sandy Spring Mutual Improvement | [ SANDY . SPRING, Md., February 11.! & Save $50 on This 10-Piece §179 Genuine Walnut Dining Suite A sturdy Tudor style of genuine $ E?g walnut veneer on gumwood—ten pieces—buffet, server, china cabinet, extension table and six leather seat chairs to match. A striking value at LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS Rl ! ¢ ol ) B Ny WASHINGTON, D. GIRL ASKS ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE TO ACTON‘) Ruth Kanode Acton Brings Suit| Alesand |the Cape Cod School last Summer,| Against Hus :nd, Now Serving 2 Prankin H, Acton, who eloped with ence In the realm of fiving, Lieut. Raiph | t.;k!it:dm“ who learn gliding before a 15-year-old blind girl, |in_connection with the application for | ble Los Angeles, T —— b | ® license to marry Ruth Kanode Acton. | . C. Alr Legion !ng ind’s House of Commons num- | was named defendant in an annulment bers 615 members elected by direct bal- | suit flled yesterday the propdsal for sale were rejected no ! similar action might be taken within a Year. Consideration of some changes in the | econstitution of the organization were | considered at _the meeting of the active | Eroup of the Potomac Truck and Engine | Company. No. 2, held at the Community | Buflding at Potomac last night. A. V. Brown. captain and president, presided Prank W. Noxon will be the principal | apeaker at the celebration of George | Washington's birthday to be held to- | night at_the Young People’s Building by the Washington Society of Alexan- éria. The meeting will be open to the public and will be followed by a busi- ness meeting of the organization and election of officers. The Washington Society annually celebrates Washing- 1on’s birthday on the 11th, which is the calendar dafe on which he was born and which was not changed unti] after his death, in 1799. A meeting of the merchants and | manufacturers' bureau of the Chamber | of Commerce will be heid at the George Mason Hotel this evening The Travelers' Protective Association | will hold_iis regular monthly meeting | in the George Mason Hotel tonight Onlv routine business is scheduled for | trensaction. The Kate Waller Barrett Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, ~will hold a postponed meeting tomorrow night. Plans for a card party to be given Pebruary 24 at Gadsby's Tavern 10 aid the tavern restoration fund will be discussed SANDY SPRING ANNALS FOR 20 YEARS ISSUED Volume 4 of History of Rural Com- munity Just Off the Press, ®pecia] Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING. Md.. February 11 —Volime IV of the Annals of Sandy Spring has just heen issued and covers 20 years of the history of & rural com- munity in Maryland rly part cf this volume of the rom April, 1909, to April, 1914, WA written by the late Miss Mary Moore Thomas and the latter part, from April. 1914, to April, 1929, was written by Mrs. Charles F. Kirk. These annais record the happenings | ting 1o Sandy Spring and its peo- and were begun In April, the late Wil first. historian, eontinued by the Iate Moore and Miss Rebecea T. @down to the end of volume II1, in 1909, The history of the year was alwavs tead at the annual meeting of the Lyceum Company, the property of which has been transferred 1o the Mrs. man, & new trial being asked on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, that the court erred In some of its rulings, that the amount allowed was excessive and that counsel for the plaintiff was guilty of improper argument to the jury. | Dr. Johnson sued the company for | $100,000 damages, claiming that he was | seriously and permanently injured when a freight car on the electric Toad which | the company operates between Freder- ! ick and Hagerstown left the track in Frederick some months ago and crashed | {into the plaintiff’s automobile. | Oliver H. Perry of Rockville was elect- { ed president of the Montgomery County | Automobile Dealers’ Association at the annual meeting of the organization at the | | Montgomery Country Club here, and the | other officers chosen were vice president. | Wade Tmirie of Bethesda: secretary. | Donald A. DeLashmutt of Rockville, and treasurer, Bradley M. Woodfield of Da- ! mascus. The meeting was conducted by the ! Save $30.00 on This $109 Three-Piece Living Room Suite The three pieces illustrated, settee, armehair and wing chair are comfortably designed and upholstered in velour. The seat cnshions are spring filled and re- versible. February Sale price... tetiring president, Edgar Reed, of Rock- { E5 ville, and was attended by virtually all of the 20 members. The usual dinner | was enjoyed. | Licenses have been issued here for! the marriage of Walter F. Kaylor, 23, of Clarendon, Va.. and Miss Emma L. Suthpin, 21, of Fairfax, Va.; Thomas E. Dickerson. 32, and Miss Essie W.! Foster. 21, both of Richmond, Va.; Allan M. Currie, 24. and Miss Alma R. Funk, 25, both of Washington; Nicholas Sat- | ritz, 24, of Washington, and Miss Helen | H. Young. 22, of Charleston, W. Va., and Richard R. Peal, 26, and Miss Gladys B. Frostick, 24, both of Richmond, Va. Miss Anna Lee Coleman, who will return to her home in Atlanta, Ga., Iate in the week, after an extended | visit at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bogley, in Rock- | ville, was the guest of honor at a fare- | well party at the Montgomery Country Club, Rockville, the guests numbering 32. Bridge was played and refreshments were served. The decorations were sug- gestive of St. Valentine's day. On charges of stealing from the | homes of Edward Myers and Mrs. | Charles M. Arthur, in the lower section of the county about two weeks ago, Rayvmond Wysong was held for the ac- jtion of the March grand pury at pre- {liminary hoarings before Judge Charles W. Woodw~d in the Police Court here. 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