Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1930, Page 10

A—-10 L SUBURBAN NEWS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BONDS FOR JAL FAVORED BY BOARD rlington Supervisors Say They Cannot Spare Funds | From Budget. I IRt @vecial Dispatch to The Star. | = CLARENDON, Va, April 16.—The eounty board of supervisors, at its reg- wlar session, at the court house yester- day, adopted a motion placing itself dn record as in favor of a bond issue 20 built a new county jail and discarded | fhe suggestion that the project be u‘~£ €orporated in the budget for the year. | ~ The advocates of the mew jafl are | fold by the motion, which was offercd fiy Supervisor B. M. Hedrick, seconded by Supervisor E. C. Turnburke and op- Posed by Chairman Edward Duncan, that “the board is in need of its funds for better purposes than to build a new | motion suggests to the ad- they file a petition with + for a special election to de- s the people whether or not | 1all be issued and in what sh bonds amount - Suggestions Rejected. | *‘Chairman Duncan called attention o the $11.000 raised several years ago By a special jail levy, which is still in | hand, and suggested that the poll, dog | and bus taxes and the refund from |} fees be added to this amount for the roject. His estion was rejected y other mem! of the board, who ointed out that the funds derived om those sources were set aside for | the county schools N . Members of the Organized WOmMEN | henefit of firemen hurt in the line of | ¥oters of Arlington County, the lead- ng proponent of the new jail, advised | he board that they were not particu- far as te how the money was raised. All that they are interested in, they Baid, is to have the present building, ®hich, they claim, is a disgrace to the ‘county, replaced by a structure with Bmple space to care for all types of prisoners and dentention cases and | with modern sanitation. ‘Water Extensions Assured. - ‘Water extensions, which have been petitioned for by citizens of Fort yer Heights, Livingston Heights and Mackey's Hill, were virtually assured th the announcement by Chairman g}ncm that the board would borrow ds sufficient to handle the various mjecu. = No action was taken by the board on | # request of Mrs. Mae Jacobs, superin- | tendent of public welfare, for an auto- | $robile for use in her work. To em- | asize the need of this type of trans- rtation, Mrs. Jacobs submitted a rt showing that she had made $otal of 7,719 calls since taking over the effice in 1925. Dealing with finances, %he report showed that donations weceived for the same period mounted to $5,943.37, and the balance @ hand is $2,179.82. The board ad- ‘yised the welfare worker that they | Would consider the appointment of an | assistant and suggested to her that she Bubmit names of persons qualified for khe work. < Consideration of an application of %. C. Boss for a permit to erect an | rtment house in Lyon Park was de- | rred until tomorrow morning, when | e board will hold a special meeting. | ¢ that time the board also will con- | Slder bids received for new trucks meeded for the road and scavenger de- ‘partments. ST 14 INJURED IN ELEVATOR FALL SHOW IMPROVEMENT s .- Fhattanooga Mayor and Tennessee Judge Are Among Victims in Hotel Accident. . @By the Associated Press. =:CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. April 16.— “Mayor E. D. Bass and 13 others, in- Jtred when an elevator fell six floors in w hotel here Monday night, were re- orted improved yesterday. ~+Mayor Bass, the most seriously hurt, d his arm broken and hip and pelvis nes fractured. ~.-Judge Nathan Bachman, former fl:!mb“ of the State Supreme Court, ered a fractured leg. =+ The elevator fell as the men were on %their way to attend the fifteenth annual ':i’:,nnner of the Dixie Highway Associa- —_——— i BODY FOUND IN RIVER. MWilliam Mort of Pearre, Md., One 26f Two Victims of Boat Accident. «+GREAT CACAPON, W. Va., April 16 ABpecial) —The body of Willam Mort, 25, of Pearre, Md,, just across the Po- 4emac from here, was found Tuesday yorning by John Rankin while crossing he river. by boat. It was taken in ‘harge by Maryland authorities. +Mort was drowned March 22 when a | t capsized while crossing the river Hith Clarence Unger, 20, of this place. Wwho was also drowned. Unger's body | nuz been recovered. . Mort was un- | rried. ALEXANDRIA. Z.ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 16 (Spe- | $ial) —Willle Gains, 23, colored, of Har- nburg, Va., was sentenced to 30 days | jail_and fined $100 and costs by dge William S, Snow in Police Court %oday on charges of driving while drunk hd transporting one-half gallon of al- | d whisky. = Mary Knight, colored, 412 South Co- Tumbus street, was fined $100 and costs | and sentenced to six months in jail on $:charge of felonious assault with a gun on Earl Ruth, also colored. The gun e Brea in a crowded street and this aused the judge to make the sentence wnusually severe, Ruth was shot in the and. If the fine is paid the jail sen- Sence will be suspended. | Z.Mayor Robert S. Jones, in a letter | Festerday to John Barton Phillips, pres- 4dent of the Chamber of Commerce, di- Xected attention to the movement about | @0 be launched by the chamber for a | yembership campaign. | = Local citizens received 10,000 tax bills | the mail this morning. These were | inailed out_yesterday by Purvis Taylor, | flv.}' tax collector, and are for the first | alf of the year, due May 15. ~ The three plans of the Chamber of Tommerce as outlined in the recent re- organization was the topic and an ad- iress before the local Rotary Club by ohn Barton Phillips, president, yester- «ay. These plans were, first, to sell Alexandria to the people of Alexandria; | Second, to develop along well defined mes as far as the Chamber of Com- Jmerce can go; and third, to advertise ®nd sell Alexandria to outsiders. =°A mass meeting of the commuters on the bus and electric railway lines will be 1d tomorrow night at the Elks' Audi- | rium. This will be the third meeting of the commuters, but is the first since 3be fare hearings were started in Rich- amond. The commuters will present their Jide of the case to the State Corporation mmission April 22, and plans for this searing will be made tomorrow night. % Funeral services for John William Mehrling, 62, who died Monday at the Juexandria Hospltal following an_at- ck while working at George Mason #High School, where he was caretaker, il be held at 6:30 o'clock this evening mt his late residence, Montrose and ume avenues, Potomac. Rev. H. L. ut, pestor of the Del Ray Methodist FEpiscopal Church South, will conduct Lhe services and !:\;rhl will be at 1 ro'clock tomorrow afternoon at Fred- exick, Md. | APARTMENT IS OPPOSED Body Against Lyon Park Citizens’ Proposed Structure, Says Orr. CLARENDON, Va., April 16 erect an apartment house in Lyon Park, application for permit of which is now in hands of the county board of super- visors, will be bitterly fought by resi- dents of Lyon Park, according to an- nouncement today of Arthur Orr, presi- dent of the Lyon Park Citizens' Asso- ciation. A special meeting of the board will be held tomorrow morning to consider the application. Lyon Park, Mr. Orr asserted, is strictly an A residential section and has been designated as such by the tentative zoning ordinance, which the board of supervisors plans to adopt in the near future. Apariment houses under the proposed ordinance, it was pointed out, are permitted only in residential B. FIREMEN TO MAKE SCHOOL SURVEY Conditions in Arlington County Involving Safety of Children to Be Reported. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., April 16.—Walter | U. Varney, president of the Arlington- Fairfax Counties' Firemen's Association, (Spe- cial).—The proposal of J. C. Boss to 10 N VIEINA ARE TAX EXEPY |New State Law Reducing Levy on Incomes Explained by Commissioner. 1 Special Dispatch to The | RICHMOND, Va., April Star. ures that 14,000 persons will be made completely exempt from State income | tax payments by the tax-reduction bill of 1930 and that the reduction, total- ing about $300,000, will amount to about 15 per cent of the 1931 total taxes. tion to single persons from $1,000 to $1,250 and to married persons from $2,000 to $2,800, but not less than 31 per cent of the total number of people | iable for income tax payments will be | affected, since their incomes fall within the range of the slightly increased ex- emptions, Mr. Morrissett said. In 1928 the total number of persons paying $1,933,069.18 in individual State | income taxes was 45,092. During sesstons of the 1930 Assembly | it was figured that the reductions ef- fective in the tax year 1931 would affect | figures that not less than 14,000 will come within the new exemption range. | The State's total population was es- | timated at 2,550,000, so that about 1 | person in 60 is paying State income es. at its meeting last night held in the | tax new fire house of the Arlington depart- ment instructed the chiefs of the va- rious departments to make a survey of the schools in the two counties and re- port on fire conditions. The treasurer of the relief reported that $192 had been expended for the duty during the month. Cherrydale was selected as the next meeting place. gt A A drive for_scientific Spring house- cleaning has been started in England on the ground that dust raised by busy housewlves carry disease germs 1o others. One reason for the small percentage is that Virginia farmers, while living comfortably to a large extent, have relatively small cash incomes and so are not subject to the income tax. Berlin Still Raided. BERLIN, April 16 (#).—Revenue agents raided an illicit_distillery con: cealed in a Iuxurious villa on the ou skirts of Berlin today and arrested s persons, one of them a woman. They also confiscated a powerful truck used to Tun the liquor into the metropolis. The profits of the distillery were based on evasion of the high liquor tax. | 16—C. H.| Morrissett, State tax commissioner, fig- The new tax bill raised the exemp- | 12,000 people, but Mr. Morrissett now | B TREE PLANTING PROGRAM STARTED ;Maryland Forestry Service and Towns Co-operating in Work. | Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. April 16—A large tree-planting program is being carried out under direction of District Forester H. C. Buckingham of this city. He recently conferred with the civic clubs of Kitzmiller and Oakland com- posed of women who are co-operating in the projects. The Kitzmiller Civie Club will hold a celebration tomorrow when a number of trees will be planted along the streets of the town, while the Kitzmiller Gram- mar School children will plant trees in the school yard. The Oakland Civic Club has decided on a tree-planting project to be carried out in the Herrington State Forest. This month Mr. Buckingham is setting out 10,000 red pine trees on the forest re serve and F. F. Nicola of Pittsburgh, owner of Rock Ledge, is to plant 22,000 of the same variety on approximately 20 acres of land. May Plant Japanese Chestnuts. ‘That a number of Japanese chestnuts might be planted in this territory by the government as an expermiment was also stated by Mr. Buckingham. The Japanese chestnut is said to be able to withstand the blight that is killing the Amgrican chestnut trees and wood is said to be of a better grade. The plant- ing would be on the States forest re- serves, Mr. Buckingham will be assisted in tree planting of Herrington Manor by | members of Oakland Troop, No. 1, Boy | Scouts of America. State Road Selected. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 16 (Spe- cial) —The State road between Lay- tonsville and Etchison, this county, distance of about 3 miles, has been selected for beautification by the planting of Oriental trees to be pro- vided by the State forestry department, FRANC’S 7th DAYS ONLY! THIS IS OUR 6th CANARY BIRD SALE! As | we were com- pletely sold out during our last 5 sales. Come early. Select your bird and cage, and take then home with you for only 45¢ down and 50c weekly! $55.95 45¢ Down 50c a Week Dozens of Styles Sizes and Finishes All Colors all accessories. Bird Graceful Stand $2.75 diamond Bird Cages and Stands Assorted Cages in Generous size and patented drawer bottom, complete with Pay 45c Down—50c Weekly Rirds GUARANTEED Genuine Male Imported Hartz Mountain and St. Andreasburg Rollers Never Again Such a Value! B Guarmzfcc SINGER or Money ¥ Refunded ! ’e 3 Days Only , and is il one ay, April 29th. wat [ S SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOWS! Thursday - - - April 17th Friday - - - - April 18th_ Saturday - - - April 19th Experienced Bird Authorities Will Be Here Personally in Charge of This Great Sale —the store ¢hats forging ahead ! FRANC'S All One Price $5.95 Each ALL ONE PRICE $5.95 Wooden Cage Free returned dead or or refund your mone; @ h es [Y ¢ . WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930. [LEVY FOR LIBRARY REFUSED BY COUNTY Conditions of Unemployment Cited by Commissioners in Mary- land for Action. D _C, SUBURBAN NEWS. it was announced today by Otto W. Anderson, county agricultural agent. The work of planting the trees will, it is stated, be started late this week, under the supervision of a representa- tive of the extension service of the University of Maryland. The trees will be placed 100 feet apart and will line both sides of the thoroughfare. The right of way is 40 feet wide and, ac- | cording to County Agent Anderson, the | trees will be located about 2 feet from the side lines. Decision to beautify the three-mile stretch was the result of interest un quest ths* $30760 be included in this | $844,346.36 and the roads and bridges year's levy toward a free public ibrary. account $144,397.10. The largest in- The resolution sets forth as reason | cremse is $37,000 over the usual $2,000 that bustlncsslmndntlm‘s in this cD‘"]"’Y | allowed for elections. This sum s ne- are textremely precarious.” Unemploy- | cosgitated by the State and county elee- ment widespread and that the average | i ;c"heiq this year. The school board's wages are low—all contributing to a | A g ry | increase is $8.544.86 and the board of condition, where the addition to the levy | ;EERERSS 6, ou would be a burden to the taxpayers at | this time. The Federation of Women's | }cluhs, among other organizations, had | | been prominent in pushing the request. | The commissioners passcd the annual levy, which totals $1,361,342.88, or $15.- Special Dispatch to The Star. 191 in excess of last year's budget. Sev- the part of County Agent Anderson, CUMBERLAND, Md., April 16.—The | enty-three per cent of the budget is who obtained the written consent of | Allegany County commissioners yester- | confined to two items. The Allegany the owners of abutting property. | day passed a resolution refusing a re-| County Board of Education will receive Kellogg Quits Grain Firms. CHICAGO, April 16 (#).—Kellogg quits as general manager of Farmers' National Grain Corporation. and as vice president . f Grain Stabilization Corpora- tion. 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