Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1930, Page 6

ASSEMBLY RUSHES NEARBY MEASURES Senate Passes Planning Bill. House Advances Matters Af- fecting Arlington and Fairfax. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Corretpondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 1.—Taking( the lead among the many Northern Virginia measures before the General Assembly, the bill of Senator Frank L. Ball of Arlington County to create the Northern Virginia Park and Planning Commission and the territory over which it will have jurisdiction was passed by the Senate yesterday without & dissenting vote. ‘While this action was taking place in the Senate the House advanced to engrossment, for final action today, the Reid bill for the establishment of a county court in Arlington County, the Freeman bill for the relief of volunteer firemen in Fairfax County, the Free- man bill for a referendum on a charter change of the town of Fairfax and the Reid fire-escape bill. ‘The Senate passed the signboard bill and defeated the Chalkley real estate board bill. Passed Under Special Order. ‘The park and planning bill was made @ special order and passed at the re- quest of Senator Ball. Before its adop- tion he added an amendment whereby it will not become effective until rati- fied by the governing bodies of the three political divisions affected—Alex- andria, Arlington and Fairfax Counties. Delegate Hugh Reid, who is a member of the House committee on counties, cities and towns, stated that he ex- pected to have the bill out of com- mittee today While this bill does not clothe the commission with the sweeping powers that were originally planned it does accomplish the principal purpose for which it was drawn, the formation of an authoritative body to negotiate with the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission in all matters per- taining to the section of Northern Vir- ginia adjacent to the National Capital, Senator Ball explained. In answer to a letter from the city council of Alexandria, in which he was asked to withdraw the bill, Senator Ball has written that body that he has so amended the bill as to require fa- yorable action by the council before it becomes effective and that “the ques- tion of the orderly development of the Northern Virginia section now lies in your hands.” The county court bill, a purely local measure, was advanced without discus- slon and it is expected that it will be passed in the same way, the Arlington County Bar Association having indorsed it in its amended form. The bill does away with justices of the peace and the trial justice, domestic relations - and Juvenile courts, Relief for Firemen. The first bill of Delegate L. L. Free- man provides the machinery whereby the County of Fairfax may provide financial relief for the families of vol- unteer firemen who are injured while fighting or going to or from a fire and for families of firemen who are killed in the same manner. The second per- mits the citizens of the town of Fair- mvou on n.‘dxxluml;er o{wchlrwub. , one providing for the est lishment of wards and election of coun- cilmen from wards instead of at large, as is done at present. ‘The Reid fire escape bill provides that all frame school buildings having auditoriums on the second fl:&r mul.:: be equipped with fire escapes, ess tl buildings already are equipped with fireproof corridors and stairways. There are more than 300 schools in Virginia affected by this measure, many of them in Northern Virginia. passed, the signboard bill places such M‘l\'el’fi.slinl under the State High- “REELS” VIR Legislators, Dizzy Under Spell of Gener- osity, Inclined to Boost Pay of Every State Employe. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 1.—The Sen- ate opened up the treasury yesterday in a turbulent session of spending, and from elevator man to taxation commis- sloner salaries were boosted from $35 10 $4,000 & year. It started at noon, when the Senate put back the pay of C. H. Morrissett, State tax commissioner, at $12,000 a year, in the budget bill, disregarding | the House action in cutting the amount | s to §8,000. Recessing and returning at 3:15, the members went through the whole list of State department heads, and when the body adjourned at 6:30 all had been increased. i Only one proposed salary increase | was voted down, that of the director of the Capitol grounds. Senator Mon- tague, Richmond, proposed a raise of $120 a year, but the Senate refused. Budget Bill Passed. { With only orfe dissenting vote, that of Senator Stubbs. Saluda, the budget bill was passed last night, having been | raised approximately $112,000 over the | total approved in the House. About $13,000 of this amount is represented by salary increases. Members of the finance committee, plainly vexed at the constant stream of amendments proposing salary increases | that poured upon the clerk’s desk, at | first fought against them and then be- | gan to consider the whole matter as | a joke. It was so regarded by Senator Garrett, the committee chairman, and Senator Noell of Radford, who stren- uously objected to additional outlays. “The cry seems to be here,” Noell remarked, “‘Let joy be unconfined; we've got plenty of money and no r kin’ It's a sort of Belshazzar feast.” ‘When every department head had been granted an increase ranging from $400 to $4,000 a year and various sub- sidiary employes had been given raises, Senator Chalkley of Wise, “ to be sure that nobody is forgotten,” offered an amendment increasing the salary of every employe receiving less than $150 a month by 10 per cent, His amend- ment was beaten. Senator Stubbs, the only member to vote against the bill, offered the sug- gestion that the bill be amended so that all money remaining in the treasury be | equally distributed among the officers of the State. A conference with the House on the bill was certain since the measure, | which appropriates all revenues for the | next biennium, was passed in the House with few amendments. The Senate agreed to House amendments with the exception of the Morrissett salary and then proceeded to insert a long list of salary increases which must be con- ferred on with House members. Increases Approved. Department heads and their increases as approved are as follews: E. R. Combs, controller, $1,000 a year; | John R. Purcell, treasurer, $1,000; T. McCall Prazier, director of the division of motor vehicles, $1,000; W. H. Nickels, | Park P. Deans and Charles G. Kizer, industrial commissioners, combined in- creases of $1,700 a year; Harris Hart, superintendent of public instruction, $900; G. W. Koiner, commissioner | of agriculture and immigration, $900; Prank T. Bane, director of the| department of public welfare, $900; Dr. | Ennion G. Williams, commissioner of | health, $1,000; Charles G. Osborne, di- rector of the division of purchase and printing, $1,000; John Hopkins Hall, commissioner of labor, $500; Dr. H. R. McIlwaine, State librarian, $400. | In addition the assistant commis- sioner ‘of labor received an increase of $300 a year; Peter Saunders, whom Gov, llard has’ announced will of the commonwealth, | TH GINIA ASSEMBLY placing the equalization fund entirely in the hands of the State Board of Education for distribution, was adopted. A similar amendment offered in the House was killed. Move Led by Barron. Senator Barron,. Norfolk, was the leader of the movement for raises in salaries, which he contended he re- garded as meritorious. At the morning ssion of the Senate he made a vig- orous speech in favor of a general in- crease for department heads, declaring that recent advances in State govern- ment could in no little part be laid to the efficiency of State officials. Seven of the increases proposed were voted down when first offered, but the sponsors, after other raises had been al- lowed, secured adoption of amendments virtually the same as those first pro- posed and defeated. Senator Barron, having lost early in the afternoon on his amendment to increase the salaries of the commissioner of public instruc- tion and the commissioner of agricul- ture and immigration, argued success- fully that these two officials must not be overlooked When others were given more money. Having approved the Morrissett in- crease, the Senate's first action was to vote an appropriation of $10,000 to re- imburse Vernon R. Leigh of Southamp- | ton for property destroyed by fire | through negligence of State convicts. Eleven amendments were then offered by Senator Barron carrying increases in salaries for State officials, and for the succeeding two hours a stream of others followed. Formalities had been dispensed with, and the time-honored custom of re- fraining from smoking was dropped for | the afternoon. A crowd of visitors was in the galleries and remained there dur- ing the most enlivened ‘session the Sen- ate has held this legislative term. Senator Staples of Roanoke was one of the last to offer an amendment, pro- posing an increase of $200 a year in the salary of the third bookekeeper in the controller’s office. “This is the only request for a raise in salary I've made,” he argued. Senator Garrett, the finance commit- tee chairman, plainly exasperated, re- plied: “Well, it’s a good time to offer it. If there’s anybody else who has any friends, now is a good time to help them.” The amendment was adopted. “Anybody Overlooked?” As the evening waned, Senator Holt, who had been voting against most of the increases, remarked: “May I in- quire if there’s anybody who has been overlooked?"” “I've just been informed,” replied Senator Barron, “that my good friend Dr. Mcllwaine, State librarian, hasn't received an increase. I'd like to pre- pare an amendment to that effect.” “This is the biggest joke that's been played on the State treasury since I've been here,” declared Senator Garrett. “It’s a good thing we have a governor to look after things.” Senator Montague, Richmond, offered the amendment to increase the salary of the elevator conductor in the library building. “He's a married man,” the Senator explained briefly, and the amendment was adopted. “I'll be glad to get a crumb or two from this ban- quet table,” he commented in offering | the amendment. Senator Barron, discovering that the salary of the commissioner of agricul- ture and immigration had not been in- creased, made a plea for this action. “What's his age?” inguired Senator Smith, Louisa. “What difference does it make?” countered Barron. “I just wanted to know whether it's a salary or a pension,” Smith replied. About 6 o'clock Senator Layman, Newcastle, tried to adjourn the Senate, E EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., |[BELSHAZZAR “SALARY" FEAST POLLARD DISPOSES OF MANY MATTERS Virginia Executive Signs Bills| and Appoints Board for Two Institutions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va, March 1.— Not since the beginning of the present ses- sion of the General Assembly have so many matters of importance come out of the governor's office as appeared ‘Thursday, the chief executive signing 2 number of important bills, announc- ing appointments to the board of visi- tors of the University of Virginia and Virginia Military Institutes and issuing a statement as to his views on the sub- ject of free text books. Boards Named. He sent to the Senate for confirma- tion a full list of the boards of visi- tors of both_institutions as follows: Virginius R. Shackelford of Orange was named to the Virginia board to succeed D. D. Hull of Roanoke. Members of the Virginia board re- appointed were: Mrs. B. B. Munford, Richmond; Frederick W. Scott, Rich- mond; C. Harding Walker, Heathsville; Lewis C. Williams, Richmond; Paul Goodloe McIntire, Charlottesville: Hollis Rinehart, Charlottesville, and B. F. Bu- chanan of Marion. Gen. W. H. Cocke of Claremont, for- mer superintendent of V. I, was named to the V. M. I. board to fill the unexpired term of Edwin S. Reid, re- signed, the term ending July 1, 1932.| Lawrence W. H. Peyton of Staunton was selected to succeed Roy W. Sexton of Wytheville on the V. M. I. board. Mr. Peyton has served on former V. M. I. boards. Members of the V. M. 1. board re- | appointed include: ~Harry H. Holt, Hampton; Alexander F. Ryland, Rich mond; Joseph Button, Appomattox, and Montgomery B. Corse of Lexing- tor n. ‘The appointments date from July 1, 1930, and are for four-year terms. ‘The Gary bill, increasing workmen's compensation, was signed by Gov. Pol- lard and became the first major ad- ministration measure to be enacted into law. Raises in rate from 50 to 55 per cent of te=al compensation and an increase in the maximum weekly benefit from $12 to $14 are effected under the new statute. Road Bill Signed. ‘The Porter-Rhodes bill, adding 1,587 | miles to the State highway system, the bill providing for purchase by the State of the old Planters National Bank in Richmond and the Davis prop- erty in the rear of Capitol square and a measure continuing the terms of oys- ter inspectors. until September 1, 1930, ‘were among other bills signed by the governor. Announcement was made by Gov. Pollard that he had signed the bill transferring the duties of the secretary of the commonwealth to the State Cor- poration Commission and the Division of Purchase and Printing and making | the governor’s secretary ex-officio sec- retary of the commonwealth. A commission as secretary of the commonwealth for Col. Peter Saunders, the governor's secretary, was sent to the General Assembly, Gov. Pollard said. M. A. Hutchinson has submitted his resignation as secretary of the commonwealth. effective March 1. Gov. Pollard favors the principle of free text books for Virginia, but not until terms of adequate length for the public schools have been assured. Announcement of the governor's po- sition followed adoption by the House of a separate resolution requesting the SATURDAY, Jailed Man Finds | Missing Watch on Fellow Prisoner By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 1.—One o& the guests in Arlington County jail, recovering from a spell of in- toxication and curious as to the time of day, reached for his watch. 1t was missing from its accustomed place in his vest. A search of the jail by Deputy Sheriff Harry L. Woodyard disclosed the missing timepiece in the pos- session of Henry Griffith, who Thursday was sentenced by Judge Howard W. Smith to two years in the penitentiary after confessing to the theft of a diamond ring. SCRAPPING ROAD TRANSFERS PUPILS | Abandonment of Alexandria-Mount Vernon Line Causes Change in Schools, | [ | | Special Dispatch to The Star. WOODLAWN, Va, March 1.—With Mount Vernon Railway line, the 18 | school children living near Mount Ver- non, who have been attending school at Snowden and traveling on this rail- way are left without means of trans. portation. Division Supt. W. T. Woodson, after conference with E. C. Gibbs and other residents of this territory, has arranged to have the children transported to and from Groveton School on the bus line which 5 to be inaugurated. A morning | and afternoon bus will be run at howrs | convenient for the school children. When this arrangement was reported to the parents some objection was regis- tered at transferring the children from | their present class rooms at Snowden, Other parents wanted transportation | furnished by bus to Woodlawn School | instead of Groveton. Supt. . Woodson | stated that he would leave final de- | cision on the question to the parents of | the children; that the school board | would either’ transport the children to | Groveton or would allow to the patrons & sum equivalent to the cost of such transportation, the difference in cost of transporting to any other school to be met by the parents. To date no compromise agreement has | been effected. Unless some action is agreed upon immediately the children | will be expected to report Monday morning at Groveton. | executive to include an appropriation for books in_the next biennial budget, |a step in which the Senate yesterday | refused to join. Against Hall Bill. Gov. Pollard said he did not favor | the Hall bill which would have appro- | priated $300,000 a year during the coming biennium for free books for the | reason that $150,000 of the amount was | to be taken.from the rural elementary school fund, “When a full term of nine months for | all the schools is assured, it will be time enough to talk about free books,” said the governor, “free text books would be | useless when the doors of the schools | are_closed.” Gov. Pollard said he regarded the equalization school fund as the greatest forward movement in Virginia educ: tion in the'last decade, and that he would favor no bill which interfered with its proper use. Passage of the Hall bill at the present session of the General Assembly, he said, would have necessitated abandonment of the chief term for the public schools. | | the scrapping today of the Alexandria- | MARCH 1, 1930: TEACHER PENSION BILL IS ADVANCED | Delegate Hall Gets Measure Up for Final Passage. Senate May Kill It. USSP | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 1.—His sec- |ond victory within as many days, Dele- | gate Wilbur C. Hall of Loudoun County | yesterday succeeded in having en- | grossed and advanced to third reading |in the House his teachers' retirement | bill. The House voted to advance the measure after a verbal battle between | Hall and Ashton C. Dovell, chairman of the appropriations committee. The vote was 62 to 28, with 10 members not vot- in 2. Immediately after voting to advance | the Hall bill, however, the House also voted to advance the Dovell bill setting up a commission to make a study of the retirement situation and report at the next session. Opponents of the latter measure said that its passage would be taken as an indication by the Senate that that body was expected to defeat | the Hall bill when both measures reach- | ed_the calendar of the upper body. | . In explaining the retirement bill, Hall declared that the old law, by which |teachers contribute 1 per cent of their salaries and the State contributes $10,- 000 yearly had broken down, was un- ‘Snund and that under it the annuities | for retired teachers could not be paid. | The new bill provides that teachers shall contribute 5 per cent of their sal- | aries, this amount to be matched by | the State. ‘The bill, he said, would set up a {board consisting of the State treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, two | members to be appointed by the Gov- ernor and three members named by the Governor from a list to be furnished by | the Virginia Educational Association. | The fund would then be operated on an annuity insurance plan and is so sound, (he said, that three large companies have offered to take it over ‘Teachers withdrawing under the Hall | bill would be paid, after a certain num- ber of years, the amourit paid into the fund by them, plus the interest on the | money. Dovell assalled the measure as estab- |lishing a policy of pensioning’ State |employes. He called attention to the list of persons classed as teachers un- | der the bill, “including any member of the professional staff of the State De- partment of Education or the profes- sional staff of the Virginia Educational | Association.” Dovell, as chairman of the House appropriations committee, said that the teachers’ annuities under the old law would not be stopped in the next two | years, as the appropriations committee of the House and the finance commit- tee of the Senate had w‘fltbmkn L;-A':o fiu‘ | general appropriations an item of | $63,000 to care for the shortage in the | fund. Hall then arose and declared | that the necessity for a special appro- | priation fo care for the shortage was but | another evidence that the old law was | no longer effective, When the Dovell commission bill was | Allman of Franklin moved that it be | stricken from the calendar. He was |supported by Hall and Delegate J. Vaughan Gary of Richmond. | " "Maj. R. A. McIntyre of Fauquier told | the House that the only aid that could | be provided for the teachers at the present session was in the Hall bill; that “as long as you do not pay your ! rural teachers as much as you do your farm hands you should at least make | ‘adequate provisions for their comfort | when they retire.” ‘When it came to a vote, however, the plank of his platform—a full length Dovell bill supporters defeated the mo- |ance, | tion to dismiss by a vote of 64 to 22. insurance | called for advancement Delegate J. B. | RUM DRIVER IN CHASE QUITS HOSPITAL FOR JAIL Harry Sweet Sufficiently Recovered From Wound to Be Lodged in Arlington Prison. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | CLARENDON, Va., March 1.—Harry| | Sweet, confessed driver of the rum car which on February 12 tore across the county, with one of its occupants en- gaging in a gun battle with Officers Raymond Crack and C. Wayne Carr, resulting in the wounding of Crack and | Sweet, was brought from Baltimore yes- | terday afternoon by Commonwealth At- | torney William C. Gloth, Deputy Sheriff Harry L. Woodyard and Carr and lodged |in Arlington County Jail. Until yes- | terday he had been confined in a Bal- |timore Hospital for treatment for a | gunshot wound in the neck. | | Sweet holds to a story that he neither | | knows the other man in the car nor his | | whereabouts. He not only admits hav-| |ing been the driver of the car, but is| |frank to say that the 17 cases of al- | leged liquor aboard was his and that he | was running it to Richmond. He will be |held pending further efforts to appre- hend the other man, who is believed to have held the gun that felled Crack with a bullet in his face. | ARREST FOLLOWS CHASE. Liquor and Speeding Charges Made Against D. C. Man. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 1— | Rolice Corpl. D. L. Snyder arrested an autoist giving his name as Robert R. Johnston of M street northwest, Wash- | ington, after a chase in which one shot was fired by the officer. Seventy-two gallons of aileged rye whisky was taken to the police station as evidence of a liquor violation and the prisoner was charged also with speeding. His bond | was fixed at $500 by Justice of the | Peace Ward W. Caddington. kBCKVILLE: ROCKVILLE, Md.,, March 1 (Spe- cial) —John Phillip Hutton, 39 years old, who served overseas in the Regular Army during the World War and was discharged from the Army in 1923 be- cause of disabilities incurred in the | conflict, died in Rockville Thursday, where he made his home for about two years. The United States Veterans' Bu- reau has charge of the funeral, and it is understood the burial will be in Arlington Cemetery Monday. The former soldier was unmarried. He is survived by his father and a sis- | ter. Peoria, 1., was his former home. | _ Announcement has been made that Rev. J.-W. Lowden will preach from the topic “Going Forward” at regular serv- ices in the Darnestown Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning, and that the Christian Endeavor exercises at 7:30 in the evening will be conducted by Miss Naomi Butt. | Rev. Bertram M. Osgood of the Bap- tist Church officiated at the marriage here of Harry R. Dunmoyer and Miss Dorothy A. Taylor, both of Washington, | at the parsonage. At the annual election of officers of the Gaithersburg-Waghington Grove | Volunteer Fire Depattment, in the Gaithersburg High School Ernest C. Gartner was chosen president. Other | officers selected follow: Vice president, R. E. Palmer; secretary, Francis Beall; treasurer, George Reber; fire chief, Merle T. Jacobs; assistant chief, Edwin Kinsey; ' engineer, Moffitt Grimm; di- rectors, Herbert Diamond, James M., | Mount, Frank B. Severance, Dr. William | D. Barnett and R. R. Wayland; finance | committee, Harry Kanode, Ernest C. | Gartner, R. R. Wayland, Frank B. ‘Severance. J. B. Diamond, Joseph | Brake, Lewis Reed and James M. Mount; purchasing committee, Norman Jacobs, Edwin Kinsey, Frank B. Sever- Merle T. Jacobs and James M. Mount. UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS KILLED BY AUTO Hitch-Hiker Near Alexandria Believed Hit-and-Run Vietim. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,-March 1.—Picked up unconscious along the River road, one mile north of here, an unidentified white man, believed - to have been struck by a hit-and-run Griver, was carried to the Alexandria Hospital last night and died an hour later without regaining consciousness. He was shabbily dressed and was apparently a hitch-hiker. Witnesses reported to police that they believed the man was hit by a bus, but could give no discription of it. The injured man was taken to the hospital by S. L. Nifong, 507 Seventh street northeast, Washington, D. C., who said he came along soon after the accident happened. L. Wiley of 429 F street southwest, Washington, also is listed as an was apparently about 50 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. He had brown hair, hazel eyes and there were four lower front teeth missing. He was dressed in a brown suit, blue shirt and brown overcoat. His body was taken to Wheatley's undertaking chapel here, where it will be held for identification. The accident happened in Arlington County, but as the man died here Coroner T, Marshall Jones will conduct the inquest. The River road, now under repair, has only a limited surface in use at the point where the man was struck, and the theory was advanced 'ast right that he might have been strick Ly a bus and the passengers and driver have been totally unaware of it. TO DISTRIBUTE QUAIL. Virginia Game Department to Loose Birds in Fairfax. Special Dispatch to The Star, FAIRFAX, Va., March 1.—A. B. Car= ter, game warden of Firfax County, has been informed that the Virginia department of game and inland fish- eries is planning to distribute 500 pair | of quail in Fairfax County during the | month of March. They will be distributed generally throughout the county. The commis- sion, according to Mr. Carter, is aban- doning the idea of game sanctuaries as a State policy. They originally took over 200-acre tracts as game sanctu- aries, later increasing the size of these protected domains to 500 acres. There are now four such areas in Fairfax County. According to Mr. Carter these sanctuaries have resulted in inbreeding, | Which has been more detrimental to the survival of wild life than the dam- age done during the hunting season, — e Two Rooms, Kitch- en, Bath and Recep- tion Room. Electric Refrigeration Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. joh and boards of super- but withdrew his motion on the urging ing, $120; the third bookkeeper of the | ¢ other members who wished to securs controller's office, $200; the assistant sign, of size, within 25 feet of the right- of-way of a public highway. There is pending a separate bill prohibiting the erection of billboards within 300 feet of & crossroads, railroad intersection or curve. Provided favorable action is iven the measure in the House, it will the first really regulatory measure in charge of printing in the division of purchase and prin , $500, and the chief clerk in the division of purchase and printing, $120, Concluding the list of salary in- creases, the Senate refused to adopt an amendment by Senator Jefferies, Chase City, adding $200,000 to the school of the kind on Virginja’s statute ‘The real estate dealers of Alexan Arlington and Fairfax Counties have been greatly interested in the Chalkley bill, which would have, in case of its passage, done away with the present statute which makes it an offense for any unlicensed dealer to make even a single sale upon which a commission is collected. Opponents of the measure claimed that the present law was enacted for the purpose of protecting the State from unscrupulous outsiders and that not a single honest resident of Virginia had ever been prosecuted SRR COUNTY RED CROSS SELECTS OFFICERS Montgomery Chapter Picks Mrs. Millard F. West as Chairman for Year. Bpecial Dispatch to The Sta: ROCKVILLE, Md., March 1.-—The Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting in the high school here yes- terday afternoon and elected Mrs. Millard . West of Chevy Chase chair- man, Mrs. Charles W. Nicol of Darnes- town vice chairman, Mrs. Robert D. Hagner of Bethesda secretary and Mrs. Frank Marshall of Rockville treasurer. Committee chairmen also were named as follows: Disaster and relief, Frank B. Severance of Gaithersburg; Junior Red Cross, Mrs. Robert E. Bondy of Bethesda; first aid and life saving, Ira L. Laws of Takoma Park; home serv- dce, Miss Irma Mohr of Rockville; nu- trition, Mrs. J. Somervell Dawson of Rockville; production, Mrs. Katherine Alvord of Sandy Spring. The meeting was well attended, Rockville, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Ken- | sington, Silver Spring and Sandy | Spsing being represented. Mrs. J. Somervell Dawson, the re- tiring secretary, reported that the re- cent annual roll call, of which she was in charge, netted the chapter $3,456.90, and 880 of those who enrolled did so through the District of Columbla and | that the county chapter received the benefit of their membeiship fees. The retiring treas.rer, Miss Lorene Garrett, reported a balance in the treasury of $3,018, and repofts also ‘were submitted by Miss Ruth Braden, Red Cross nutritionist, who is conduct- ing nutrition cleses in various sections ©of the cow.ivy, under auspices of the chapter, and Ira L. Law, who conducted ciasses in first ald among volunteer firemen and others of the county. Mrs. Margaret Whitcomb of the National Red Cross told what was done by the Red Cross for relief of Laytonsville tornado sufferers. Edwin W. Broome, county superin- tendent of schools, gave a short talk, in ‘which he warmly indorsed the nutrition work that is being done in the schools and county by Miss Braden. Schools Honor Veteran Teacher. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 1 (Spe- clal).—Public schools of Lynchburg closed Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in honor of Miss Maria Evelyn Walker, ‘| explained was to eliminate tuition in fund, the purpose of which the author high schools. Another school amend- ment, by Senator Ball, Clarendon, passage of the budget bill. “We ought to stop while there’s some money left in the treasury,” Senator Layman pro- tested. i st Senator Smith offered the motion for the previous question a few moments later, but there were so many amend- ments still on the clerk’s desk that it took 35 minutes to consider them all. From then until the Senate adjourned Senator Smith became the timekeeper, since it was necessary to obtain his con- sent for any discussion. R. I. AVE. TO GET UNIFORM LIGHTS| Committees Meet at Hyattsville and | Decide Matter—Type to Be Determined Later. Speclal Dispatch to The Sta: HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 1.— Plans for the uniform:lighting of Rhode | Island avenue from Mount Rainier to | Hyattsville, opened to traffic early in| December, were considered at a meeting of the mayor and lighting committees of the town councils of Hyattsville, Brent- wood and North Brentwood and a spe- | clal committee of the Chamber of Com- merce of Hyattsville, of which William T. Jennings is chairman, hld last night in the Municipal Building here. Mount Rainier already has taken care of the lighting of the thoroughfare within the corporate limits of that town. It was agreed that there should be uniform lighting of Rhode Island ave- nue, and it was intimated that a 100- watt light would be decided upon later. | It was decided that another meeting | would be held in the Municipal Buliding here March 21 at 8 pm, to which a representative of thé Potomac Electric | Power "Co. would be invited to discuss :h?t Power and type of light would be est Attending the meeting last night were | Dr. Hilleary T. Willis, mayor, and Coun- cilman Willlam T. Connors, chairman of the lighting"committee of the com- mon council, representing Hyattsville; Mayor James E. Sampson #nd Coun- | cilmen W. N. Mahaffey and Roscoe Brinson, representing Brentwood; May- or John H. Gilmore of North Brent- | wood and Chairman Jennings and Daniel Cox Fahey, jr., city planner of | Hyattsville, of the special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Hy- | attsville which was appointed to' co- | operate with the town. officials to work | out a uniform system of lighting - for the thoroughfare. Mr. Jennings called | last night's meeting. FOUN_D DEAD IN CAR. | Frank E. Baldwin Expires Sudden- 1y at Bladensburg. ' By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 1— Frank E. Baldwin, 44 years old, former | pool room proprietor of Hyattsville, died in the rear seat of a touring car parked in the rear of a barbecue stand at_Bladensburg last night. His body, half out of the car, was| found about midnight by the owner of | the machine, who told police he had left Baldwin in it about two hours pre- viously, The man was dead when members of the Prince Georges County Rescue Squad reached the scene. Sergt. Machen and Constable Gasch investigated the case. An inquest will be held in the Bladensburg firehouse ‘l)((:ldu.lly night by Justice of Peace "Nell. who taught school 48 years until her retirement in 1921. The rites were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of which Miss Walker was a member. Miss Wal- m for 30 years principal of Bigger's Baldwin is survived by. two sisters, one of whom, Mrs. Eugene J. Sutton, resides in Hyattsville. Funeral arrangements had not been completed this morning. [CAPT. J. W. GEROW DEAD. ARLINGTON WOMEN ARGUE FOR NEW JAIL Organized Voters Appear Before Supervisors With Plea—Plumb- ing Contract Let. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va, March 1.—Fol- lowing a resolution advocating a new jail, presented to the board of supervis- ors at its meeting February 15, a com- mittee of the Organized Women Voters of Arlington County yesterday appeared before the supervisors to further press their point. Mrs, Crandal Mackey headed the committeg, which also included Mrs. Florence E. Cannon, Mrs. Claude S. Semones and Mrs. Julian Simpson, president of the Women Voters. After pointing to the ‘“disgraceful conditions” existing in and out of the present structure, the women told the board that their organization was not insisting on a $100,000 plant, as has been reported, if one with all of the conveniences of a modern jail could be constructed cheaper. Members of the committee told the board . that they merely wanted a building that would allow for the segre- gation of prisoners and with modern sanitation, all of which is lacking in the present structure,, they said. They contended that there should be se) te places for confinement of juveniles, sick, mental defectives and a detention room. ‘While all of the members of the board agreed with the committee that a new jail is needed, they expressed them- selves as being at a loss as to where the necessary funds are to come from. Members of the committee advised the board that they would continue their fllght until something definite comes of it. Contact for installation of plumbing fixtures in_the new health center for Jefferson district was awarded by the board to Joseph D. McDonnell of Clar- endon. Sheriff Howard B. Fields was au- thorized by the board to purchase new ‘spring uniforms for members of his orce. .. The board adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when it will take under consideration the proposed zoning ordinance for Arlington County. e Coal Mine Manager Succumbs at Nora, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 1.—Capt. James W. Gerow, formerly president of the United Loan & Trust Co., and the United Cigarette Machine Co., here, Who had for some years been managing a coal development in Dickinson County, died at his home at Nora, Thursday night. His body is to be taken to Nor- folk for burial Sunday afternoon. Capt. Gerow is survived by his widow, Mrs. Meredith Gerow of Norfolk; a son, Meredith Gerow of Norfolk, and two daughters, Miss Ethel Gerow of Nora and Mrs. Willlam Christian of Powhat- tan County. 1 “Sanitary” Stores and - Piggly Wiggly Stores NUT MARGARINE I Nucoa Is Now On Sale In All Tk — Y TR / [ ——