Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1930, Page 26

B—12 SPEARERS T URGE | COUNTY HAMAGER Arlington Mass Meetings to Get Views of Federation Committee. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., October 29.—Con- tinuing its campaign of education on the proposal to change the form of county Government. members of the Legislation and Legal Action Commit- tee of the Arlington County Civic Fed- eration, which is sponsoring the county manager plan with election of mem- bers of the county board at large, will address a mass meeting to be held in ©Odd Fellows' Hall tonight under suspices of the Clarendon Citizens’ As- sociation and another public gathering arranged by the Cherrydale Citizens’ Association in the schodl auditorium tomorrow night. At the Clarendon meeting Robert N. Anderson, chairman of the campaign committee, and Walter U. Varney, a member, will speak. In addition the meeting’ will be addressed by T. B. Manny of Lyon Village, an authority on governmental systems and author of several books on the subject. The Cherrydale group will have as; its speakers Mr. Anderson and Hugh McGrath. The advantages of the county manager form of government over the modified commission form, both of which are to be left to the cholice of the county voters at the elec- tion Tuesday, were stressed by Wallace | Lawrence, city manager of Alexandria, before a mass meeting of Fort Myer Heights, Aurora Heights and Rosslyn citizens in the James Monroe School Monday night. Declaring that he was speaking from practical experience, Mr. Lawrence said the voters could not go, wrong in adopting the county manager plan. He also took a stand in favor of election at large of members of the county board, declaring that it has been proven in other sections of the country that this method of election is of greater service to the county as a whole. Other speakers were Robert N. Anderson and Wliliam D. Medley, mem- bers of the Civic Federation Campaign Committee. The meeting was arranged by Robert E. Plymale and held under suspices of the Fort Myer Heights Cit- dzens’ Association. SHOWER QUENCHES FIRE MENACING FRUIT: Forest Blaze Near Keedysville, Md., Beyond Control When Rain Comes Suddenly. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, October 29.—A sud- den shower last night accomplished what & group of fire fighters could not, ex- un‘uugtnx a big forest fire on Red Hill, near Keedysville, Md. The rain came when the fire, which had been burning in timber for several ‘hours, had gotten beyond control of the fighters and was threatening several large apple orchards and buildings. GRAND JURY’S ERROR SAVES THIEF LIFE TERM Fallure to Mention Previous Two Convictions in Indictment Holds Bentence to Eleven Years. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 29. ~—Harry Miller, confessed chicken and gas and oil thief, esc: the State penitentiary because the grand jury did not note on its indictments of him that he had been previously con- victed twice. 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