Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1930, Page 11

JLEXANDRIA READY FOR BIG PARADE President to Witness Proces- sion Starting at 2:30 P.M. Saturday. Bpecial Distpatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 20— This city has begun to take on a holi- day garb in preparation for the spec- tacular military and civic parade which Will be held here Saturday afternoon in elebration of George Washington's | irthday. ! The parade, which will be almost 2| miles in length a uire more than two hours to pass, will begin promptly &t 2:30 pm. from King and Fairfax streets. The line will move up King Street to Washington, on South Wash- ington to Prince, thence to Payne and back to King street, down King street t Washix out North Wash- ington, pass the reviewing stand, to Wythe street, where it will disband. Plans for President’s Arrival. President Hoover and his personal \party of 15 will arrive by automobile at 2:30 pm. and be received at the glass- inclosed, electrically heated reviewing stand at Washington and Queen streets by Gov. Pollard and his staff. Secre- tary of War Hurley and his personal party of 30 will also be received at the | stand. Gov. Pollard, accompanied by his cautiful daughter, Miss i a party of about 40, | ficials and the govern staff, | come to Alexandri; il about noon. | They will & Mayor Smoot and, escorted by the Richmond Blues, who | come with them, will go to the| r's house for luncheon. Members of Congress and of the.Vir- v, of which bodies large | expected to attend, will for the most part be seated on a sepa- Tate reviewing stand opposite the Pres- ident. ~Reception for these men and other dignitaries will take place at the Ge-rge Mason Hotel. Prepared for Crowds. Every arrangement is being made by City Manager Lawrence, chairman of the committee on public safety, and Capt. of Police W. W. Campbell for expected. Details of police from Wash- ington, special officers "anid more than 400 Boy Scouts from this city, nearby Virginia and Washington, will aid in his work. The Fire Department rescue squad of the Prince Georges Fire De- B tment will send two units here and ready to handle any emergencies. King street has been attractively decorated by draped flags suspended from the center of the street, and the line of march will be flanked by Amer- ican flags on staffs along the curb. All city buildings also have been decorated, as has the presidential reviewing stand. The parade will be broadcast over a coast-to-coast hook-up by the Columb! Broadeasting System, and Ted Husing, natipnally known announcer, will give & word picture of the event from a special booth located in one end of the Teviewing stand. . Kirk, president of the George Washington Birthday Associa- tion, which is sponsoring the parade, will speak over a national hook-up of the Columbia system today at 5 o'clock and extend an invitation to the Nation to see the parade. His talk will be 9 minutes long and will be preceded and followed by 3 minutes of music, making & total of 15 minutes on the air. Gen. Sladen in Command. Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, command- ing officer of the 3d Corps Area of the Army, will serve.as grand marshal of the parade and will be accompanied by L. Liewellyn Powell, the handling of the immense crowds |Stafl. more apparatus, James B. Gowen, F. A, U. 8. A) and staff, Military and Naval Band, 13th Engineers, ‘Thirteenth lingine;;!. Band, 12th Infantry. Third Battalion, 12th Infantry. First Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, Mounted band, 3d Cavalry. Third Cavalry. Tanks from Fort George W. Meade. Post Band, Quantico, Va, U, 8. Marines. First Battalion, 10th Regiment, U. 8. erine;i and ‘The Nai an Deuchl’xznc of _bluejackets, Navy Yard and Station, Washington, D. C. Headquarters special troop, 29th Di- vision, D. C. National Guard. Headquarters detachment, 20th Divi sion, D. C. National Guard. Twenty-ninth Military Police Com- pany, D. C. National Guard, Band, 121st Engineers, D. C. National Guard. One Hundred and Twenty-first En- gineers, D. C. National Guard. Company A, 372d Infantry, D. C. Na- tional Guard. ‘Two Hundred and Sixtieth Coast Ar- tillery Anti-Aircraft, D. C. National Guard. The Marine Band Units of Maryland National Guard. Units of Virginia National Guard. Battalion Naval Reserves, District of Columbia. John Marshall High School Band, Richmond, Va. R. O. T. C. units. Units of the Government aided schools, under section 55C, N. D. A. (high school cadets). Marshal of second division (Maj. L. E. Atkins, Company E, U. S. A, depart- ment commander, D. C. American Le- gion) and staff (ex-service). Oversea Band, D. C. Department, V. P. W, ‘Spanish-American War Veterans. George Washington Post, D. C. Amer- ican Legion. Costello Post Drum Corps, D. C. American Legion. Costello Post, D. C. American Legion. Victory Post Drum Corps, D. C American Legion. 3 Victory Post, D. C. American Legion. Clarendon Post Drum Corps, Virginia, American Legion. Clarendon Post, Legion. Culpeper Post Band, Virginia, Ameri- can Legion. Culpeper Post, Virginia, American Le n. - Po;:ml?m Corps, Vir- Inia, American ‘lA;xmdrh Post, Virginia, American Siarchal of third division (Lisut, Col. M. C. Reserve) and Virginia, American Fraternal. Band, Alexandria Lodge, 758, B.P.O.E. Alexandria Lodge, 758, B. P. O. E. Fitzgerald Council, Knights of Co- lumbus. Seminole Tribe, Red Men. Osceola Tribe, Red Men. Marshal of fourth division (Hugh T. Clarkson) and staff. Civie. Cu!{nper Boy Scout Drum Corps. Girl Scouts of America. The Shrine Club, Alexandria, Va. Fairfax Hunt Club (mounted). The Rotary Club (decorated car). The Business and Professional Wom- en’s Club (decorated car). ‘The Alexandria Kiwanis Club (dec- orated car). Old Dominion Boat Club (float). Groveton Community Center (float). Alexandria, Arlington & Fairfax Real Estate Board (float). Marshall of fifth division (Chief J. M. Duncan, jr.) and staff (fire depart- ment). Additional companies are ex- pected to be added to this division. Officials of the District of Columbia Fire Department, D. C. Fire Depart- ment Drum and Bugle Corps, D. C. Fire Department marching delegation, D. C. Fire Department apparatus, Bal- timore Fire Department officials, Balti- Silver Spring, Md, Volunteer Fire Department; Hyattsville, Md., Pire Department; Seat Pleasant, Md., Fire Department; Gaithersburg- his staff. The first division of the pa- rade, consisting of military and naval units, will have as its marsnal Brig. Gen.’ James B. Gowen, Field Artillery, Unifad States Army, and staft. Maj, L. E. Atkins, Company E, United States” Army, department commander, District. of Columbia American Legion, and his staff will be marshal of the second_ division, consisting of ex-service units. Lieut. Col. L. Liewellyn Powell, M. G, Reserves, and staff will be mar- &hal of the third division, consisting of Iraternal organizations. Hugh T. Clark- son and staff will be marshal of the fourth division, consisting of civic or- | NO; 5 wagon, No 1 aerlal truck. ganizations. Fire Chief James M. Dun- | Flatoon of motor cycle police. can, jr, chief of the Alexandria Fire . Department, and staff will be marshal | MAN, 64, HIT BY AUTO. of the fifth division, consisting of fire By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. departments. Order of Parade. The official list of troops and organi-| SILVER SPRING, Md., February 20. zations in order of march, as released | —J. C. Thompson, 64 years of age, was today by Lieut. Col. Louis M. Evans, |seriously injured yesterday while cross- chief of staff, by command of Maj. Gen. | ing Georgia avenue here, when he was Sladen, is as follows: struck by an automobile driven, ac- Platoon of Alexandria police, cording to the report of Officer Joseph Grand marshal (Maj. Gen. Fred W.|Nolte of the northern district station Sladen, U. $. A.) and stafl, of the' Montgomery County police, by The Army Band. : ° Edgar Speiden of Silver Spring. Mr. The Richmond Light Infantry Blues | Thompson, of the 8100 block of Georgia Battalion. avenue, was taken to the office of Dr. Governor of Virginia, distinguished [ C. W. Mitchell and later to his home. The police reported that he sustained a. lacerated scalp, contusions on the right ‘Washington Grove, Md., Fire Depart- ment; Cherrydale Fire Department, Fairfax Fire Department, Jefferson Dis- trict PFire Department, Falls Church Fire Department, McLean Fire Depart- ment, Vienna Fire Department, Friend- ship Fire Engine Company of Alexan- dria, horse-drawn steamer of No. 4 Company of Alexandria, Citizens' Band of Alexandria, Alexandria Fire Depart- ment _marching delegation, Alexandria Fire Depaftment apparatus as follows: No. 2 engine, No. 1 engine, No. 4 engine, No. 4 wagon, No, 2 truck, No. 5 engine, guests and officers of the George Wash- ington Birthda. Assoclation. Marshal of first division (Brig. Gen. | permit law, Unless . : 3 leg and three broken ribs. your Radio can reproduce every sound, every tone the ear can detect, it is not giving you what you are entitled to hear, EAR ATWATER KENT SCREEN-GRID RADIO H. W. 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McCall Frazier, newly appointed motor vehicle direc- tor, the same commiteee reported favor- ably a bill that would raise the speed limit on State highways from 35 to 45 miles an hour. Killing of the Senate bills, Nos. 21 and 22, followed a motion by Ashton C. Dovell, delegate from Willlamsburg, on Tuesday that the measures, which had previously been favorably reported, be recommitted. The vote by which the Senate bills were killed and the substitute reported out was 14 to 5. Suspension Provided For. The Senate bills provided for the suance of permits to every motor venicle operator in the State, the original issuance to be free and subsequent permits to cost $1 each. They also “iprovided for the mandatory suspension of permits for certain offenses, such a: reckless driving, driving while intoxi- cated and leaving the scene of an ac- cident, and for failure to satisfy judg- ments resulting from traffic accidents. The substitute measure, which was sponsored by Dovell and Delegate John Q. Rhodes of Louisa, provides that no permits shall be issued, other than the registration card now in use, by which any member of & family may operate the car for which it was issued, but empowers the director of the division of motor vehicles to deprive persons of the right to drive where reports of con- victions for certain offenses warrant such action. Presumed to Be Capable. Under the substitute, every driver in Virginia is presumed to be capable and therefore does not need to be licensed. In the case of the conviction of any operator of reckless driving and similar offenses justices of the peace or judges hearing the case are required to make a full report to the motor vehicle di- rector, the report to include a descrip- tion of the person convicted. Using this report as a basis, the motor vehicle director may deny the right of the convicted person to operate a car, either temporarily or permanently. Un- der the provisions of the original law permits would have been revoked by the official trying the case in the case of reckless driving, it being mandatory to revoke a permit for the third offense. ‘The provision of the Lesner-Ball act providing for compulsory insurance for continued violations or unsatisfied judg- ments of more than $100 are retained. Both of the Senate measures were standard bjll of l}\z American Automo- bile Association and had the backing of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, United States Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce, National Safety Council and other organizations, Opinion of Officials. In an effort to force favorable reports on his bills, Senator Lesner had present at the hearing a number of officials of Norfolk, that city having a permit law. Their arguments were that it would be impossible to cancel permits when there were none to-cancel and that the per- mit system had been entirely successful in Norfolk. “There is no way in the world for police officers to check up on records of violators except by permits,” declared C. R. Borland, director of public safety of that city. He said that there are now 22 States in the Union requiring individual permits. Dovell stated that the Lesner permit bill was so weak as to be useless and “ridiculous,” in that only the signatures of two other citizens was required for an applicant to obtain a permit. “I am here,” Dovell sald, “to see that| there are no further restrictions put on the citizens of this State at the present time. What we need in this State is enforcement of the present traffic laws. ‘There is nothing in the Lesner bill ex- cept to make 25,000 more Republican voters in this State.” Advocated by Shirley. H. G. Shirley, chairman of the State Highway Commission, advocated the but T, McCall Prazier, director of motor vehicles, declared that he was opposed to both the Lesner- Ball measures and the substitute. “There are no teeth in the former,” he stated, “and under the latter it would be impossible for my office to keep the descriptive records that would be re- quired. You are going to make & mil- D. lion people mad by the enactment of the weak bill and will have to make them mad all over again when the time comes to pass a bill that has teeth.” In view of the present situation, it is believed by many of those interested, it will be impossible to pass any legisla- tion at the present session, for the House has killed the Senate bill and it is believed almost certain that the Senate will refuse to pass the House substitute even if it is given favorable consideration by the latter body as a whole, which is not at all certain. ‘The bill advocated by Fraszier to increase the speed limit to 45 miles an hour will, in the event of its passage, | have but one effect, the language of the original speed limit act having been retained. The courts of the State have held that the speed limit law in Vir- ginia can only be used for prima facie evidence in the case of an accident that occurs while a motorist is exceeding that speed, but that the motorist cannot be arrested merely for exceeding the |limit. The Frazier bill would give the driver an additional 10 miles per hour leeway in case he had an accident while exceeding it, but he still would not be subject to arrest merely for speeding, BILL TO INGREASE SCHOOL BOARD PAY Reid and Ball Behind Move for Raise From $100 to $300. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 20.—By “hooking on” to a bill that was origi nally intended to affect only Cheste: field County, which adjoins the City of |Richmond. Delegate Hugh Reid of Ar- |lington County yesterday provided for | inereasing the salaries of members of the school board in the Northern Vir- ginia county from $100 to $300 yearly. Senator Frank L. 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