Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1930, Page 17

AIRCRAFT EXHIBIT BUILDING CLOSED AS SAFETY MOVE Fear of Damage or Destruc- tion by Fire Causes Smithsonian Order. FAMOUS PLANES KEPT IN TEMPORARY STRUCTURE Officials Will Provide Safeguards Before Reopening Display to Public. Concerned over the possibility of seri- | ous damage by fire to the valuable col- | lection of aircraft relics housed in the Smithsonian Institution, officials of the institution have closed the aircraft building to the public until suitable measures can be taken to protect the exhibits. Several plans are understood to be under consideration for installation of fire-preventive equipment and possible remodeling of the building in parts. | Punds are available for the work, and as soon as engineering questions | are decided it is planned to ask for | the fire-protection apparatus. Building Is Temporary. ‘The atrcraft building is a temporary structure constructed during the war| as a laboiatory for the National Ad-! visory Committee for Aeronautics. It was turned over to the Smithsonian Institution, which has been using it as an exhibit hall for aircraft. The ex- hibits have been moved into one end of the hall, to facilitate the engineering study. One of the most interesting exhibits | in the aircraft building is the hull and one engine of the NC-4, giant Navy seaplane which was the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The wings of the NC-4, too large for display in the building, are stored away until room s available to set up the entire plane. Much of the history of aircraft en= s is traced by exhibits in the hall, cluding representative types of en- gl:)el since pre-war days, some of which ve figured in important aviation events. War Aviation Shown. World War aviation is well repre- sented in th: building. There is a Spad which was flown in battle by three American aces and in which seven vic- tories over enemy planes were achieved. It bears numc<rous battle scars. There is a larger §| flown by Gen. William Mitchell while in command of Ameri- can air forces in France. In this plane he flew the Prince of Wales on a his- toric tour of the lines. The flying suits used by the General and the Prince on that trip are shown. There is a cap- tured "%vmm Fokker which is shown in battle eondition, bearing many marks of air combats. One of the planes which participated i the first Army flight from the United | BT States to Alaska-and return is shown. There also is the glant T-2 Army cargo plane, in which the first non-stop | fscontinéntal fight was made, in 1923. | the next fiscal year for 30 per cent of | when the session is resumed. & Chicago Civic Opera Star, Europe SALARY INCREASES START EXPECTEDIN PRESENT SESSION Breokhart Believes Congress to Act on Underaverage Grades Raises. fTREASURY-POST OFFICE ! BILL MAY BE PRECEDENT | | Senate Rejects Conference Report Striking Out Additional Funds for Proposed Boosts. Senator Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, was optimistic yesterday in ex- pressing his belief that Congress will| The Sunty St WASHING TON, D. C, decide to make a start at this session toward increasing salaries in the under- average grades throughoyt the Govern- menpt service. e next development in the salary situation will come when Congress re- convenes January 5 and appoints conferees again on the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill. This is the first of the annual supply bills to reach the stage of conference, and it will be a test, therefore, of what Congress is disposed to dc on the budget recom- mendation that provision be made in the total amount required to adjust all of the underaverage salaries. Precedent Expected. The idea in recommending a 30 per cent allotment was to spread the pro- gram of salary adjustments over a three-year period. Whatever decision is finally redched on the Treasury-Post Office bill is expected to be followed on all the other departmental bills. x In ng the Treasury-Post Office bill, the Senate struck out the Wood amendment, which would have pre- vented any salary increases within added to the bill the additional money recommended by the budget to take care of 30 per cent of the salary increases in underaverage cases. The conferees left out the Wood amendment, and thereby paved the way to permit de- partment heads to use certain unex- pended balances of appropriations for salary increases. The conferees, how- ever, also knocked out the additional funds the Senate had put in to meet 30 per cent of the proposed increases, fol- lowing which the Senate rejected the conference, report. Jones Suggests House Vote. During the debate on the conference report a week ago, Senator Jones, Re- publican, of Washington, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, sug- gested that the House membership should be given an opportunity to vote on the ry increase allowances which the Senate had placed in the bill. ‘Whil salary increases were not in this hntl on wl:::: port met opposit in the Senate, the rejection of the re- has opened the way for further consideration of the salary question MARY McCORMICK EVADES ENGAGEMENT QUESTION Bound, “Goes Into Huddle,” Re- Good Will Plane There. | ‘The famous South American * { will” flight made by the Army in 1926 and 1927 is represented by the San | FPrancisco, one of the amphibian planes used on the trip. Accessory exhibits include flying equipment, ordnance, aircraft wing sec- | tions, propellers, more than 300 framed | photographs and relics of many his- | toric flights, models and various types of airplanes, including a Schneider hem‘ '::lfl! and the first successful licopter. Other famous planes in the possession !flu&:e Smithsonlan Institution are in the Arts and Industries Build- ing. These include the Spirit of St. Louis, Col. Charles A. Lindberg’s trans- stlantic plane; the original Langley Aerodrome, the first man-carrying air- plane; several famous gliders and early airplanes, models of interesting “flying machines” and the [Eaglet, glider in, which Capt. Prank M. Hawks crosszd the Nation. BANQUET WILL MARK WILSON ANNIVERSARY Memorial Dinner to Be Held on| ‘War President’s Natal Day at Staunton Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. STAUNTON, Va, December 27— Staunton will obsefve the seventy- fourth birthday anniversary of Woodrow Wilson with a memorial banquet Citizens of the birthplace of the war President have decided to ooserve the anniversary on Monday, although to- morrow will the birthday actually. Arrangements for the occasion are being made by the Staunton Inter-Club | Council, representing the Chamber of Commeice, the Rotary Club, the Ki- ‘wanis Club, the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club, the Clemmer- McGuffin Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary. R O, TRAFFIC VICTIM BURIED Edwin R. Yates Rites Held' by | Masons at Cambridge, Md. Special Dispatch to The Star CAMBRIDGE, Md., December 27— Puneral services for Edwin R. Yates, 32, garding Prince Serge M’'Dvani. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—Mary McCormick, Chicago Civic Opera star, playfully evaded questions about her reported engagement to Prince Serge | M'Dvani, recently divorced husband | of Pola Negri, as she sailed for Europe | today on the Olympic. “I'll have to go into a huddle,” she | said. Wrapping her seal skin coat tight around her, she pretended she was a fullback, bent forward as if to pass the ball, and exclaimed, “Eleven—X— twenty—three—December, 1930.” " Then she changed the subject and confided that she expects to be rich some day through her stock market operations. “I bought them when they were so low that if they got any lower yowd have to find them under the bed. they are all good stocks, some day they will go up and I'll be a rich woman.” Miss McCormick will make a concert tour of England, France and Germany. In Paris she is to sing in the Opera Comique. PLAN COMMUTERS’ AID | Canadian Legation Acts to End Border Difficulties. WINDSOR, Ontario, December 27 | (#).—Action by the Canadian legation at Washington to alleviate difficulties of Canadian commuters in crossing the United States boundary here was prom- ised today by Thomas Stone, a mem- ber of the legation staff, after discuss- ing the question with local organiza- itons. Residents of Windsor charge hundreds of commuters have been turned back at the border on technicalities. De- tails are being prepared for presenta- tion by the Canadian legation to the United States Bureau of Immigration. Stone expressed hope the bureau would reverse decisions cf the Detroit board in'many instances. | PAYS OFF 1896 THEFT Oklahoman Sends Arkansas Man Check for 7 Chickens. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, December 27 (#)—Because, he sald, his conscience hurt him every time he “sunk a tooth” in a chicken drumstick during the past 34 years, a Heavener, Okla., man today who was killed on the Eldorado-Sharp- , were conducted this morn- at the home of his mother, Mrs. lam Yates, by Rev. Dr. Willlam L. Muraphy, pastor of Grace Methodist m&co 1 Church South. Th:' Masons ol Lawn Cemetery. of the services at Green Besides his mother, Mr. Yates, who is survived by a son, two sisters, Mrs. Linwsod Harris of Farmington, and Miss Mary Yates of Philadel r. at the time of the tidal 3 which caused a tremendous loss of life and property. — Railway Employe Dies. ,YNCHBURG, Va., December Glasscock, 5! , 52 years 'TGOMER' 27| ber 27 (#).—I Dufty, Daniel s:nt a check to T. A. Freeze, a local manufacturer, as yment for “the seven frying-size chickens I stole from you in 1896.” The writer said he drove to Fort Smith' Christmas day. Freeze formerly lived, to pay Preeze had moved to Little Rock, the man sent the check, $3.50, for the As | document No. pipe lines and depositing it on Columbia Island. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1930. A NEW VIEW OF WASHINGTON FROM THE ARLINGTON PLANNERS VOULD SPEEDBEAUTIYING Commission’s Annual Report| Reviews Building Program for Bicentennial. Speeding up beautification of the Na- tional Capital so that countless visitors | coming here for the George Washington | Bicentennial celebration in 1932 may find a fitting city is advocated by tne| National Capital Park and Planning mmission. | grades next year, and at the same time | Go, In its annual report, now being studied by President Hoover, the com- mission surveys the important public building program now geing forward. anticipates the parts that will he com- pleted little more than a year hence and points out that local organizations have suggested the development of the Avenue of the States along East Capitol :t’raezet. as part of the celebration of “The celebration of the bicentennial of the birthday of George Washington February 22, 1932, will concentrate the attention of all American citizens on the National Capital and its environs,” says the report. “Many of the projects now under way will be compiet«d bcfore that time. For other projects, already begun or now recommended, completion by that date appears a reasonable goal. The central area of Washington, the | great composition originally proposed | by L'Enfant and revived by the Mc- Millan Commission, will be weli ad- vanced toward completion by 132. Four principal features are of course, complete—the Capitol, White House, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. Completed by 1932, “Around the Capitol the new home | for the Supreme Court and ‘he new House Office Building, and perhaps the | extension of the Congressional Library, | will all be completed by 1932. This | commission called the attention of the appropriate authorities to the extension of the new House Office Building be- yond the building lines on adjoining streets to the east and west, and re- ceived the co-operation of the building commission and the allied architects in providing for the future widening of south B street in accordance with the plans of the commission. The pari | between Union Station, the Capitol an Union Square should be finished b; 1932, together with the new Botanic Garden south of Garfield Circle. “Authority has been given for the opening of the Mall avenue, ineluding the compl:tion of Union Square and the plantings to Fifteenth street, and with adequate appropriations during the next fiscal year this work can still be complete by 1932. In co-operation with the office of the SBupervising Architect and the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks further and more de- tailed studies for the development of the Mall, in accordance with public 1036, Seventieth Con- gress, have been made by the staff of the commission. These plans contem- | plate the gradual development of the | proposed avenue and greensward by stages with minimum disturbance of existing conditions. Eventually, a sepa- of grades is contemplated be- | tween the Mall drives and Twelfth, | Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets with these highways carried under the Mall roads. A new Mall road from Twelfth to Fourteenth- street is to be con- structed immediately in accordance with these plans to provide access to the new Agricultural Building. The plans of the commission call for exten- sion of Ninth and Fifteenth streets across the Mall and th: widening of Twelfth and Fourteenth streets to make them conform with the lines and widths already established in the triangle north of B street. The commission recom- mends appropriations at an early date for construction of the Mall roads so | that substantial progress may be made | before 1932. Studies Being Made. “With the completion of the Mall to Fiftcenth street the immediate sur- roundings of the Washington Monument | will be the only part of the whole dis- | tance from the Capitol to the Virginia shore of the Potomac which is incom- plete. Appropriations by Congress have made possible an intensive study of the desirable treatment of the Monument grounds, which has already been started by a special committee composed of F. L. Olmsted, William A. D:lano, Lazarus White and J. Vipond Davies, acting with the staff of the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks and of this commission. “The Arlington Memorial Bridge is expected to be open for traffic before 1932, as well as the Mount Vernon Me- morial Highway. The opening of the western route from the bridge via the Lee Boulevard depends upon the action ot Congress conc:rning a location across the Lincoln Memorial, the land for the Rock Creek chickens, current market prices, and $6.50 as interest. All of which gave Freeze a laugh—he had nevér missed the chick:ns. — e MAGGIE DUFFY DIES Was Daughter of River Pilot, Mazk Twain’s Teacher. ! MON Y CITY, Mo., Decem daughtcr o Capt. , & _river !pilot wl of | was Mark Twain's teacher on the day at Monroe of heal -:fyvlvd oy River before the Civil War, by & brother, who lives at The taken Priday to and Potomac Parkway has been se- cured and construction started. Com- | of the Hacker Vents Anger ByKicking OutDoor Of Bus After Chase Becoming angry when a large bus headed him off in traffic downtown, Herbert Wyatt. Sin- clair, 29 years old, of Clarendon, Va., a hacker, followed the bus several miles yesterday afternoon, finally overhauling it at Thirty- fifth and M streets, where he kicked the glass out of the door to “get even” with the bus, ac- cording to a report of the police of the seventh precinct. . Sinclair was arrested a few mo- ments later and booked on charges of disorderly conduct, destroying private property and intoxication. The bus, police said, was en route to Arlington County, Va. TWO ARE ARRESTED INTURKEY THEFTS Fourteen “Gobblers” to Be Christmas Dinner for Orphans Were Stolen. Suspected of having stolen 14 Christ- mas turkeys from a barn at the German Orphans’ Asylum last Monday night, two colored men were taken into cus- today by police of the eleventh precinct station. The men, who gave the names of Ulysses Jackson, 25, and Herman Rich- ardson, 22, both of the 2600 block Sheri- dan road southeast, were arrested on information obtain:d by Policemen Harry L Jacobs and Porter F. Patrick. The turkeys, valued at $42, had been purchased by the orphanage and were being fattened for the Christmas dinner 50 tiny inmates of the institu-. tion when the theft was committed. For a time it appeared that the chil- dren would go without turkey on Christ- mas day but three citizens replaced the “gobblers” on Christmas eve and the holiday menu was prepared as had been planned. Richardson and Jackson are said to have admitted to the robbery and told officers they picked the turkeys and sold them at a downtown market. MAN WITH BROKEN NECK FOUND DEAD BY RAILS Employe of Fruit Growers’ Express Plant Near Alexandria Be- lieved Train Victim. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 27.— Casper Zehring, 45 years old, Fairfax County, was pronounced dead at Alex- andria Hospital this afternoon, his neck having been broken while he was at | work in the PFruit Growers’ Express car plant. Fellow workmen told police they found Dehring lying beside a track a short time after the plant’s yara engine had passed by with a string of cars. It is belif\;fd e either was g‘l" by the train or fell. City Coroner Dr. T. Marshall Jones viewed the body, but decided no in- quest would be held as ke was unable to find any witnesses. He expressed the opinion the accident was unavoidable. Zehring is survived by his wife and brother, Funeral arrangements have not been completed. —— Kills 33d Bear. PETERSBURG, W. Va., December 27 (Special) —M. Mullenax of the ‘Thornwood section of this county killed his thirty-third bear in a hunt organ- ized hastily last week when five bear were spotted in that section. The bear was cornered and killed in a tree. The record is accepted as belonging to James Gibson of Elk, who claims to have killed 100 during his lifetime. puibuiitiestaatins fu Berkeley Springs Paper Sold. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va, De- cember 27 (Special).—The Berkeley Springs News, a Democratic weekly published here, has been sold to a group of local men, headed by J. C. Scott, by Irvin E. Dick. The latter was forced k because of ill Mr. Scott will edit the paper. of the Mall and plans for the new House Office Building and extension of the Agricultural Building have been made or revised to conform to recom- mendations of the commission. ‘Would Change Avenue. “The situation as to the northwest triangle is complicated by existing build- decision to place the annex pletion of the parkway by 1932 will re- | to quire & more rapid improvement pro- has been one on the OVERTURNING AUTO G. H. Gardner Believed to Have Skull Fracture in Acciflent Near Laurel. Four prohibition agents were injured, | one possibly sustaining a fractured skull, | near Laurel, yesterday afternoon, when, |in an attempt to stop suddenly to avoid | a collision, the brakes on their car \}ucked, causing it to skid and over- | turn, G. H. Gardner, who was driving, ap- parently was hurt worst. His skull is thought toshave been fractured, and his collarbone also was broken. C. T. Montero suffered cuts and ‘bmhes: H. E. Melton, a broken collar- | bone, and Archie Hatfield, a broken shoulder, A dry agent summoned from Balti- more where the four are stationed, brought the first three named to the Naval Hospital there for treatment, ; while Hatfield received medical atten- tion here at Casualty Hospital, then was dismissed. Pvt. M. J. Baggett of the Maryland State Police, who investigated the ac- cident, said the four agents were part of the squad that has been working in southern Maryland recently. ‘They were en route to Baltimore, he learned, when, about 3 miles south of Laurel, another car suddenly pulled jout from a gas station in front of | them, causing Gardner to apply his | brakes with the resultant skid. Their machine was virtually de- | molished. The other car did not stop. Hospital Patient Injured. |at Walter Reed Hospital, went for a | taxicab ride last night and was carried back to the hospital with a broken leg |and lacerations about the head and | body added to his original ailments. ‘The driver of the taxicab, Edward R. Rice, 40 years old, 705 Fourth street, was arrested charged with reckless driv- ing. He is said to have lost control of his cab on the Bethesda-Silver Spring highway, a tree stopping his cab. Hit-and-Run Charge Made. | _Julian Johnson, 38 years old, of La | Plata, Md., was arrested by fifth pre- cinct - police late yesterday on a hit- and-run charge after his automobile was reported to have collided with one operated by John Alton Rector, 524 | street and Massachusetts avenue south- | east. | Eeh g MAN HELD ON 6 COUNTS, GRANTED CONTINUANCE Evanston Resident Pays $8 on Two Charges and Then Appeals to Judge. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—Compar- ing warrants, Evanston police discov- ered six charges against Albert L. Sea- man, a broker, and set about to arrest him for parking without lights, having no dog license, being without a vehicle license, parking his car in a forbidden zone, etc. Seaman appeared in court today. “Now about the dog license,” he be- gan. “That charge was placed against me last July. I called my pet Angel Face—and poor little Angel Face died the following week. Besides—" “Four dollars and costs,” sald the judge. “Now for the vehicle tax—" “Oh, all right,” said Mr. Seaman. “Four dollars and costs on that charge.” “May 1 have a continuance on the four other charges?” Hastily inquired Seaman. “Four dollars and——" The judge started to say. But he ended: “You may.” 2,000 EMPLOYES CALLED Open Hearth Furnaces to Resume and Two Blast Furnaces Will Be Blown In. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 27. —Steel mills of the Youngstown district will call 2,000 men back to work next week, it was revealed in operating sched- ules announced today. The largest increase will be in the sheet mills, which show a sharp rise in operations as they go into production of material for the automobile industry. Plants in Warren, Niles and Youngs- town are affected. More open hearth furnaces will re- sume to produce the steel required for sheets, and general operations aside from the sheet mills provement. Two blast furnaces will be blown in, one by Republic Steel Corporation, the other by Y town Sheet and Tube Co. tional stacks are ex- TWo On | pected to be put in service soon. PLAY WELL RECEIVED NEW YORK, December 27 (#).—A play by Gretchen Damrosch INURES FOURDRYS James Butler, 46 years old, a paflrnt) Twelfth street northeast, at Fifteenth | BACK TO STEEL MILLS| Police Court Witness Claims Purse Stolen While Awaiting Case Jessie Palmer, colored, 303 R street, had her pocketbook stolen in Police Court yesterday. The woman was seated in the Jury branch of court awaiting the arraignment of her sister when the purse, containing $30, was reported stolen. Prisoners were suspected but a search failed to find the missing article. LARCENY FROMU.S. CHARGED TO THREE Men Accused of Taking Sup- plies From Hospital Dining Hall. ‘Three men, arrested in connection with the theft of supplies from the dining hall at Walter Reed Hospital on | Friday night. were being held at the Thirteenth precinct police station last | night on charges of larceny from the Federal Government. The men were booked under the names of Theodore G. Langley, 37 years; Edward E. Asher, 25 years old, both of Beltsville, Md., and Edward Reed, 25 years old, of Silver Spring, 11d. Information supplied detectives by a sentry who fired five shots at the three men as they drove from the hospital grounds with their loot, resulted in the arrest of the trio last night. ‘The sentry told police he saw the | men sneak from the rear of the dining | hall, run to a waiting automobile and drive off. They refused to obey his command to halt and he cpered fire. The stolen supplies included assorted meats, groceries, teas and othe: articles. —_— PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN BY HYATTSVILLE CHURCH Cast for “Great Joy,” Memorial Methodist Presentation Tomor- row Night, Announced. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 27.— | A pageant, “Great Joy,” will be pre- sented tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in hMeemorlnl Methodist Episcopal Church Te. ‘Those taking part will be: Grace Co- gar, Louise Charlton, Eleanor Dove, Kathryn Dove, Carroll Gooden, Virginia Gooden, Ruth Quick, Stella Price, Lo- retta Price, Mae Thomas, Lillian Mitch- ell, Alma Shumaker, Robert Bowers, John Emschiviler, Edward Hutchinson, Herndon Kilby, Richard Quantrille, Charles Spicknall, Melvin Shumaker and Albert Turner. Mrs. Andrew Bowie will be the pianist. Several members have been received into the church, including Mr. and Mrs. Brewinton, Mrs. Jefferson V. Davis, Mrs. Edna Besman, Rev. and Mrs. Orson N. Eaton, Andrew K. Bowie, Mr. and Mrs. James Pitaway and son Arthur and Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Shinn. —— WILL PRESENT OPERETTA. ‘The music de] ent of the - ey operetta “China Silk” early next month. ‘The first dress rehearsal for the elab- orate presentation is to be held tomo row afternoon in the school auditorium under the direction of Miss M. Emma Bowen of the faculty. Winifred Bowman will present the prologue, while Loraine Gerardi will sing the solos. Leading roles in the cast will be portrayed by Irene Philips and Grace Lovell. st County’s Oldest Resident Dead. PETERSBURG, W. Va., December 27 (Special).—Mrs. Betsy Bond, 99, this county’s oldest resident, died at her Washington’s skyline shows up attractively in the bright December sun from the top of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. In the foreground, the dredge of the United States Engineer Office is shown scooping out the last of the segment of land riverward of the water gate, the series of steps leading down to the Potomac, at which nu merous small craft will tie up in the future. The Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway approach looms up like a great white wall, lying northwestward. The dredge is engaged in disposing of the piling and sheeting from three different areas that formed part of the cofferdams for the work. This is the first picture of the wide sweep of water between the B street terminal and the main bridge, made possible by removing the l‘llld across the Potomac River in great —Star Staff Photo. PLANS GO FORWARD FOR JUSTICE SIGHT Government Hopes to Raze Buildings in Market Area Ear!y as Possible. Despite rumors to ihe contrary, the Government is pushing forward to acquire the entire area bounded by Ninth ‘and Tenth street, B street. and Pennsylvania avenue as a site for the new Department of Justice Building, and plans to tear down all the old structures there as soon as title can be_acquired. ‘This area is largely occupied by com- mission men on B street and retail mar- ket men along Louisiana avenue, who will be forced out, following the other dealers in Center Market, who will have their last day's business there next ‘Wednesda, y. Reports had gained circulation that the commission men would be given another entire year to occupy their property. Condemnation proceedings for this property have made good prog- ress. Hearings have been closed by the jury, and an award is expected a$ the next step. How long it will be be- fore actual title is passed depends on several conditions and on how long it will take to make payments through the General Accounting Office, the De- partment of Justice and the Treasury 4 land e being dra; are wn for the new Department of Justice by Zantzinger, Bori & Medary of Philadelphia, and it 1s expected that plans for the founda- tions will be ready to let a contract g“tha time title is acquired early in FAIRFAX MASONS ELECT HAIGHT TO HIGH PLACE Worshipful Master and Other Of- ficers Chosen by Lodge, and Also That of McLean. lp;elnl Dispatch to The Star. 'AIRFAX, Va., December 27.—He) Masonic Lodge of Fairfax has elzctng Aleck Haight as worshipful master, F. P. Curtis, senior warden; Thomas P. Chapman, jr.,, junior warden; Rob- ert D. Graham, treasurer; Irving L. Kenyon, secretary; H. L. Collier, senior deacon; Harvey Cross, junior deacon; Walter Fox, chaplain. "The tiler and stewards will be appointed at the next meeting. The new officers were in- stalled Tuesday night by the junior warden. | home in the Deep Spring section. Burial was made near the home. Special Dispatch to The Star. will show some im- | Hon PUPILS ADVANCED, CASH SAVED IN ELIMINATING SMALL SCHOOLS Eastern Shore Yields to March of Progress by Sending Children to Larger Institutions. ools | &0 Shore high schools shows an in- MCcLEAN, Va., December 27 clal) —G. Wallace Carper of HIll has been elected worshij ter of Sharon Lodge, F. E. Dutton Stoy was el S(Spe- ipful mas- A. A M thur C. Speight, treasurer; Earl D. Sanders, secretary. The chaplain, tiler and two stewards will be appointed at the January meeting, when the new officials will be installed. THREE MEN INJURED ON WINTRY HIGHWAYS Slippery Conditions and Poor Visi- bility Blamed for Accidents Near Alexandria. By a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. RIA, Va., December 27— Slippery conditions of the highway and poor visibility was given as the cause PAGE B-—1 191 AUTO LIGENSE. PLATES ON SALE 10 PUBLIC JAN. 2 20,000 Tags Already Issuedy District Is Ready for Usual 100,000 Demand. SPECIAL GROUP SERVICE WILL CUT FINAL RUSH Warning Issued That New Nu- merals Shall Not Be Used Before Jan. 2, or 01d Ones After Jan. 17. Although the public distribution of automobile tags has not yet begun, al- ready 20,000 pairs of license plates have been distributed to car owners, in ex= change for the $1 price of the tags and a payment of the personal property tax for 1931. None of the tags, however, will be put on the cars until January 2, on the penalty of a prosecution for driving with “dead” tags. This has been accomplished by Dem uty Assessor Charles A. Russell, w has operated a system of giving out tags by groups to Government depart= ments and other ncies, such as the American Automobile Association. Since the annual rush sale of tags usually amounts to 100,000, the number already sold is expected to cut materially into the jam that usually attends the first few days of the tag sale. Tag Sale Opens January 2. The tags will go on sale to the public at 8:30 o'clock Friday, January 2, at the District Building and also at & branch office to be operated at the A. A, A. headquarters, Seventeenth and G streets. The branch office is to be operated for the benefit of those to whom the journey to the District Build= ing would be too much inconvenience, but the public is requested to call at the Disf Building 1f possible. Applicants lgplygm at the District Building should enter from the Thir- teen-and-a-half street entrance or the Fourteenth street door. If they bring with them blanks already filled out, they are to r¢ direct to room 15. If the blank is not filled out, they are to aj at one of the information desks for ctions. 1930 Tags Goed to January 17. ‘This applies to passenger cars. Those wishing tags for trucks, busses, taxicabs, and all other classes of vehicles except private passenger cars, will go to room 103. There the tax will be and they will then go to room 120 for their tags. ct y driving with a 1930 will be subject to prosecution for with dead ‘ Kull Year Rate Levied. Those who paid taxes on their cars last year must be prepared to pay more this year, in most cases. The tax last year was calculated for the last six months of 1930, but this year and all succeeding years the tax will be calculated for an entire year in advance. z‘hl:a tax is $1.70 per $100 valuation of minimum tax is $l. To the tax must be added $1 for the price of the tag. ‘The tags for 1931 have chrome yele low lettering on a black the opposite of the color scheme for the 1930 tags. WAVES POUND VESSEL ‘ON ROCKS OFF SPAIN Crew of French Ship Stay on Board to Try to Save It and Cargo. By the Associated Press. SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Decembey 27.—Tons of corn from the Argentiney packed in the holds of the Frencly steamer Bougainville threatened toe night to spread over Port Pasajes harw bor as heavy waves hammered the freighter. ‘The Bougainville, which is a steel vessel of 7,110 tons, ran on the rocks in the channel just outside the harbor last night in a violent storm. As the ship picked its way toward the quiet waters of the port it crashed heavily into the rocks, which could not be seen because of the darkness, and small holes appeared Tithe hull. While water seeped in other vessels came to take off the crew should the v break up. The seamen stayed on board, however, to protect their ship as long as possible. ANTI-CHAIN STORE LAW ATTACKED IN SUIT, of accidents on the Richmond highway near this city early today, in which men were injured. All were treated at the Alexandria Hospital. Harry Snyder of Richmond, Va., re- ceived injuries to his head which re- quired several- stitches, while his com- lon,, ywood Martin, also of ichmond, received head and ear in- Juries. Martin is still confined to the accident Carl Chase of Accotink, Va., received cuts to his head and forehead, which re- quired several stitches. ‘Though the total enrollment of East- crease of 164 pér cent over a 10-year period from 1820 to 1930, according to larke Fontaine, State supervisor of h schools for - the Eastern tes of the Washington Col- «0f Education here last Kentucky Company in Action Against State Holds 14th Amend- ment Violated. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Ky. December 27.—A suit was filed in Federal District Court today by the Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. against the Kentucky State Tax Commission and Clell Coleman, State auditor, seeking to have the State’s anti-chain store law declared unconsti- tutional. Albert H. Morrill, president of the company, charged the law is in viola- tion of the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution, in that it was “in effect the taking of property without due process of law and a denial of protection of the law to all.” The sult asked Judge A. M. J. Coch- ran to issue an order which would en- oin the State Tax Commission from a tax provided chain store law on the fiscatory, oppressive an ASK BAN ON SCIENTISTS Peiping Association Wants Arch- eologist Expelled From Country. burdensome.