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January 20, 1931, for the election of officers | for the ensuing year and the transaction of | such other business as may come before the | meeliE. ; u CRANFORD, Presid ) ___H. L. CRANFORD. Secret: THE ANNUAL iG OF STOCK- holders of the National Bavings & Trust Company for the election of directors and for such other bus may properly ness as come before it will be held at the office of kY . THE SHARE- mpany will be OF Cos st. n.w. Washing- ent. I3 .on 19th day of January, 1931 at 4 o'clock p.m. "WILLIAM D. HOOVER, President. E. PERCIVAL WILSON, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of W. T. Galliher & Bro., Inc, for the election of trustees for the ensuing ‘year and for the transaction of such other busi- e 5. now., C.. 8t 3:30 p.m.. January 23, 1931 C. ‘EMERY GALLIHER. EE RO T, ST, FORMALLY OF CEN- ow located at Greenhouse. 512 6th st. e with a full line of cut flowers, potted’ plants and floral designs.” Lin. 2 L MEETING_OF vear ness as may before the meeting. i GUDE. 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NATIONAL SHADE SHOP 1213 Eye Street N.W. dri hads | annually. 7%t | dorsed the principles which it will seek ; | ciety will be asked to urge the passage SIGN LAWS URGED | ~ BY MARYLANDERS | Republican Leader and Dem- I ocratic Group in House Seek to Regulate Billboards. | | | | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ! ANNAPOLIS, Md,, January 14—The | legislative campaign against billboards | opened unexpectedly in the Maryland House of Delegates yvesterday when Oliver Metzerott of Prince Georges County, Republican floor leader, pre- sented a bill to regulate roadside signs. As & result of Mr. Metzerott's action | the Legislature will have at least two | | anti-billboard measures to choose from, for a group of influential Democratic | leaders are at work on a bill which is expected to be presented in about two | weeks. H Sign Companies Fight. Coincident with the introduction of | Mr. Metzerott’s bill it was revealed the | sign companies have already starled their fight egainst any attempt to reg- ulate them, a number of delegates, in- cluding Mr. Metzeroff himself, having received a circular letter from one of the large concerns characterizing thuse who are working for roadside beautifi- cation as “a bunch of reformers who are trying to make business conditions | worse. | Miss Lavinia Engle, a Democratic | gelegate from Montgomery County, who | has been active in the anti-billboard | campaign, said the introduction of the Metzerott bill will not alter the plans of the Democrats to present the bill now | being drafted. The action of the minority floor lead- in presenting his bill at the second | fon of the Legislature, and even be- | fore committes appointments were com- plete, is taken by many to indicate that such a unanimity of sentiment in favor | of billboard regulation exis publican party was anxious the band wagon” first. Levies $200 License Fee. Mr. Metzerott's bill calls for the pay- ment of an annual $200 license fee by persons engaged in roadside advertising | business, the fee to be paid to the clerk | of the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the con- cern is located, or to the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Baltimore. | Under the terms of the bill all appli- | cations for the .erection of roadside signs would have to be filed with the | commissioner of motor vehicles, who | would pass upon the question of | whether or not the proposed sign, by | reason cf its location or character, | would in ahy way adversely affect the | public safety by obscuring the view or | unduly attracting the attention of autoists. The approval or disapproval | of the commissioner would be final. | The bill also provides that an an- nual fee of 25 cents per square yard be | paid on all signs up to 50 square yards. | Each square yard in excess of that sum would be taxed at the rate of 50 cents Fund to Aid Beautification. A special department of the motor vehicle commissioner’s office would han- dle this work, and all funds collected in excess of expenses would be turned over to the State Department of Forestry for roadside beautification, the bill provides. A metal tag, describing the sign and | showing taxes paid, would be issued and attached to each sign authorized. Any sign not bearing this tag could be re- moved upon 10 days’ notice. The bill exempts rent and sale signs and signs advertising business conducted on the | premises. Speaker Francis A. Michel referred Mr. Metzerott's bill to the Ways and Means Committee when appointed, Based on New Jersey Law. ‘The bill being drafted by the Demo- cratic leaders is similar in principal to the Metzerott bill, but different in many detefls. Both are modeled after the New Jersey law. | ‘The Democratic bill will place the| handling of application in the office of | the State Roads Commission, which has | a larger road force than the office of | commissioner of motor vehicles, ! which controls the State police. i Those sponsoring the Democratic bill | declared yesterday the influential | Southern Maryland Society has in- embody. All members of that so- of a reasonable billboard regulatory measure, it was said yesterday. D. C. FIRM AGREES TO REMOVE SIGNS; PLEDGES CO-OPERATION (Continued Prom First Page,) tive Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the bicentennial commission, from F. Roger Miller, its vice president. “Our president, Mr. J. Resd Lane, authorizes me to say that we are greatly interested in your plans for th. George | Washington ~Bicentennial celebration | and that our organization will welcome every opportunity to co-operate,” this letter stated Will Discontinue Signs. e will discontinue all of our bill- board advertising within two miles of | the District line in Maryland and Vir- inia as soon as the present contracts expire. “The properties affected by this order are as follows: Hotels—Wardman Park Hotel, Washington; _ Carlton Hotel, | Washington: Hotel Roosevelt, Wash. ington: Hotel Annapolis, Washington; | Chastleton Hotel, Washington; Man- ! | hattan Towers, New York, N. Y.; Grovi Park Inn, Asheville, N. C.; the New Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, | Va. | “Apartments—The Highlands, Dav-| enport Terrace, Stoneleigh Court, Ca-, thedral Mansions, Boulevard Apart- ments, Twenty-seven Hundred Connec- ticut Avenue, all of Washington. “Our officers and directors are en- tirely in accord with your efforts to beautify the highways entering Wash- ington, and we offer our services in presenting this important matter at th | next meeting of the Washington Hotel | Association. (Signed) F. Roger Miller, vice president.” Mr. Lane is intercsted all the way in plans for the beautification of Wash- | ington's highway approaches. The campaign of the American Civic Asso- ciation which has a 20-mile radius of the District line within its scope aims at the elimination not only of billboards and other forms of outdoor advertising, but riddance also of the trash dumps, automobile “cemeteries,” unkept garages and filling stations and scores of “hot- dog” stands and other nuisances that| clutter the highways. Advertising in 2-Mile Zone. Most of the advertising of the Hotels | Management & Securities' Corporation | is within the 2-mile zone which the| Bicentennial Commission and the Com- | mittee of the National Capital of the| Garden Club of America is interested | in cleaning up. But Mr. Lane's corpo- | ration is preparing to co-operate as| much as possible in connection with the | plans of the American Civic Associa- tion outside the 2-mfle limit. ““We heartily approve plans for mak- 4dng the highways of Washington as at- tractive as possible,” said Mr. Lane, “and are particularly interested in the el:mination of other structures besides billboards which spcil the landscape. Occasionally it is found that billboards ‘hide offensive sights along the roads, like trach heaps or some other form of nuis-nces. Taking down tli billboards THE EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. Gigli Recital has echoed around Beniami- no Gigli for years, namely, Caruso's, was more in its ascendancy yesterday at Constitution Hall tkan included Mrs. Herbert Hoover Gigli_sang possi- bly as he has there was such gusto and, at the the quieter pas- sages es made membzred. This grand tenor of I niamine Gigli. a more or less “popular” program, and one to just about sung himself out. There were no lyrical hitches or and poliched as one has come to expect of Mr. Gigli. Only once— At Constitution Hall. THE inevitable comparison that that his voice is, in many respects, reminiscent of Mr., ever. Before a mammoth audience, that and many other notables, Mr. never sung be- fore. Crcrtainly same time, such a sure touch in the occasion one to be long re- the Metropolitan Opera Cc. chose which had to be appended many encores, at the end of which he had temperamental vagaries during all this. The recital was as smooth when the tenor almost began sing- ing without his accompanist—was there the slightest deviation from the straight and narrow, and in this Mr. Gigli laughed wholeheartedly with his audience, while he beckoned to Mr. Sandoval to come forth from the wings. Incidentally, Mr. Sandoval proved himsel{—except in_ this lapse of eti- quette —a particularly sympathetic assistant. Bolstering up the tenor with rare good taste, he also played skillfully for the other young artist, Kathryn Newman. This lady, whose voice indicates that she has a fu- ture well worth noting, sang the difficult “Qui la Voce” from Bellini's “I Puritani” with remarkable clarity and brilliancy, especially in_the up- per range. Disregarding a tendency to slip and slide in some of her crucial moments, Miss Newman gave evidence that she is a colora- tura who may very soon be climbing to the heights, being part way there already. Mr. Gigli's most popular number was a Neapolitan song in which he brought a particularly Carusian touch. Other selections which the audience made the most noise ov:r were Glordani's “Caro Mio Ben,” an aria from Verdi’s “Il Ballo in Mas- chera,” and each and every encore which he might still have ben sing- ing if the dinner hour hadn't called and Mr. Gigli's voice hadn't begun to feel the wear and tear. A most enjoyable recital this. But it does se:m as though “The Beau- tiful Blue Danube” should be played and not sung—even in spite of Miss Newman's faultless rendition, E. de 8. M. J. REED LANE. in such cases would not do much toward improving appearances unless the clean- ing up process is made thorough.” ‘The corporation has indicated its own | attitude toward the defacement of high- ways by large billboards, however, well constructed they may be, by taking im- mediate steps to stop the erection of additional ones and its assurances that | other boards will be abandoned when contracts expire. It is the usual thing for billhoard contracts to run for a | period of three years, but there are many instances involving boards in the | Washington area, it was learned, where | the contracts run for five years, Foes of Billboards Elated. Mr. Bloom and officers of the Ameri- can Civic Association were elated to hear of the policy adopted by the man- agement of this large chain of hotels and apartments. Not only ths spirit of co-operation displayed so willingly, but the example set, they believed, would be an important factor in bring- ing about the elimination of biilboard advertising by other hotels in Wash- ington. Oihcr users of billboards are co- operating in the plans for improvement of the highway entrances. SAYS CUBAN EDITORS | HIDE FROM WARRANTS Press clares Special Edition Offer Was Refused. Association President De-| By the Associated Press. | HAVANA, January 14—Dr. Rafael | Maria Angulo, president of the Cuban { Press Association and representative of nine publications suppressed by the government last week, said yesterday that several editors and publishers are in hiding because warrants have been issued against them. | Among_these, Dr. Angulo said, are Miguel Quevedo, editor of Bohemia, a | weekly; Emilio Rolg, chief editor of the magazine Carteles, and Julio Gaunard and Ramon Arroyo, editors of Karikato. Sergio Carbo, editor of La Semana, al- ready has been arrested and is in the political prison at Cabanas fortress. It is said, however, that reports of | the indictment of Count de Rivero, president of Diario de la Marina, and | two of his brothers have no founda- | tion, Dr. Angulo remarked that negotia- | tions for the reopening of the nine pub- lications, which were closed on charges of encouraging sedition, were at a stand- | still. | He said that the publishers’ commis- | sion visited Secretary of the Interior Vivanco and volunteered to devote sev- ral editions to furtherance of the | Cuban plan,” a name given to a pro- | jected agreement between the opposi- tion, represented by former President Mario G. Menocal, and the administra- | tion. The proposal was rejected, Dr. An- gulo added. Staffs of the closed periodicals have | been dismissed temporarily and a light | police guard has been posted at each plant. UNITED X STATES | aftel' you’ve made the momentous deci- sion to move, another weighty matter must be decided—who is to do the moving? Let us de- cide that for you—satis- fyingly, economicall Call Metropolitan 1843 for an estimate. | tion of billboards to hide the view.” K. OF C. CRU.ISE PLANNED ROUTE NO. T HELD MOST UNSIGHTLY Billboard Disfigurement on| Main Highway Near Capital Decried by Miss James. Appearing at a meeting sponsored by the Neighborhcod Garden Club, at the Washington-Lee High School, in Arling- ton County, last night, Miss Harlean James, executive secretary of the Amer- ican Civic Association, “declared that United Stetes route No. 1, running through Virginia, the District of Colum- | bia and Maryland, is the most unsightly | road in the vicinity of Washington, in so far as billboards are concerned. Referring to this road, Miss James | said: “It would be hard to say whether | Virginia or Maryland would take the | prize for the most obstacles to the | view.” Cites District Contrast. Miss James declared that Washington | is one of the leading cities in the coun- l try in freedom from billboards, and that | s a result of this the contrast offered | by the lines of signs elong the nearby | Virginia and Maryland roads offers a more marked contrast than would or- dinarily be the case. “In this part of Virginia,” she said, “you are fortunate in having an un- usually lovely landscape, a heritage that should not be desecrated by the erec- Referring to the anti-billboard cam- paign that has been in progress throughout Washington and environs, Miss James declarcd that she had not heard a single person defend the sign- boards nor has she attended a single meeting where the vote against them ‘was not unanimous. Urges Co-Operative System. Miss James recommended that each garden club select a stretch of road for beautification in the county, claim- mgn::l;lmfihb !een::ld the most logical a general county-wide sign- board elimination. el The Neighborhood Garden Club has already gone on record as opposing all manner of roadside signs, but sponsored last ‘night’s mass mee! for the pur- pose of creating general interest in the campaign. On the p with Miss James was J. P. Neal, recently ap- pointed landscape engineer for the Vir- ginia State Highway Commission, who m;;:'; his Cfomtt pq1bllc bleflpfilannce in Ar- n unty ‘in ailf of eral roadside beautification. o Both speakers pleaded for the clean- ! ing up of all approaches to the Na- tional Capital in time for the opening ;efarlhe bicentennial celebration next Trip to West Indies in March Is Announced. A Spring cruise through the West | Indies has been announced by Grand | Knight P. Michael Cook of Washingtcn | Council, Knights of Columbus. Mem- | bers of the order throughout the East | and Midwest have been invited to par- | ticipate in the cruise, which has been | styled “In the Wake of Columbus.” The | jaunt will be made cn_the Aurania, leaving New York March 13 and re- turning March 26, after visiting Ber- muda, Kingston, Santiago and Havana. Entertainments on shipboard have been planned, and the historical back- ground of the cruise will be stressed. Pennsylvania Ave. at 11th Street Delicious ners, $1.25 & $1.50 A Winter on Horseback On a real ranch in the upiands of New Mexico or Arizona or Texas —perpetpual sun- shine—cool, crisp air, a hearty appe- tite and refreshing sleep. It will do wonders for nerves. Try it. Ask Mr. Foster REG. U PAT. OFF. Woodward & Lothrop Seventh Floor The Mayflower Hotel 70 Ask Mr. Foster Trav- el offices in large cities and resorts. % 418 10th Strcet * 't LAND ONERS AD N WAR ON IS Bethesda Women Join Campaign to Clear Rock- ville Pike by 1932. in A movement to eliminate billboards |from the Rockville Pike and nearby | areas by enlisting the co-operation of property owners was launched yester- day afternoon by the Bethesda Woman's Club. Indorsement of the civic cam- paign to remove unsightly objects from along the highways leading into the National Capital before the George Washington ~ Bicentennial Celebration also was voted as the club promised its active support of efforts for roadside beautification. To push the cleaning up of the Rock- ville Pike with the greatest expediency, a special committee on roadside im- provement was appointed by the presi- dent, Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, at the request of Mrs. Edward M. Willis, who initiated the movement under the de- partment of conversation. The com- mittee is headed by Mrs. William M. Gamble. Plans for making the Rockville Pike a “demonstration field” will be com- pleted when the committee meets at the home of Mrs. Edwin C. Branden- burg, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Miss James Speaks, This action by the club followed an illustrated address by Miss Harlean James, executive secretary of the Amer- ican_Civic Association, which 1s lead- ing the fight on billboards. “You are indezd fortunate to have a zoning ordinance in your county, which allows advertising ~signs (excepting those on places of business) only in in- dustrial zones,” Miss James declared. “Under these restrictions few new boards will get in; but unfortunately the law is not retroactive, and I see the possi- bility of your club doing a great pioneer work in undertaking to establish a ‘demonstration field’ to attempt to get rid of the signs already existing when zoning took effect law such as is now being proposed in the Maryland Legislature to restrict billboards by means of taxation, while valuable to counties without zoning reg- ulations, would have very little effect here in ‘Montgomery County. It might eliminat> a few of the ‘tack and ham- mer’ type; but that will not help you in your ‘clsan up by 1932’ goal. Public Backing Move. “It is perfectly amazing the way pub- lic opinion has crystalized on this mat- | ter in the last two or three years,” Miss James declarcd. “The American Civic Association has been working on this billboard proposition for a quarter of a centry, starting at a time when the American people were not ready to rec- | ognize bcauty as a saleable commodity. | Now, however, with every business ac- knowledging the value of beauty in its products or undertaking, with the way public opinion is registering itself on this subject all over the country, we feel that the outdoor advertisers’ inter- ests and our interests are now the same, good business. “It must be pointed out that, in ad- dition to the flood of animosity which makes the biliboard the least effective means of advertising ever devised, the billboard is rapidly getting itself recog- nized as a danger to the traveling pub- | lic through its attempt to divert atten- tion from traffic and traffic signs. One cannot read an appeal of the bill- boards that he buy somethirg and also operate his auto with due regard for road dangers. If the answer is made that he need not read the billboards, then their advertising value certainly ceases. Indeed, it is rather glaringly evident that, as now generally practiced in the United States, billboards are rapidly becoming effective advertising of what not to buy, where not to stop and | what not to do!” - | ‘The newly appointed Roadside Beau- tification Committee includes the fol- lowing: Mrs, Brandenburg, Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn, Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Walter | E. Perry, Mrs. Herbert Evison, Mrs. §.| Frederick Imirie, Mrs. Franklin C. Getzendanner, Mrs. Edwin H. Etz, Mrs. John A. Holmes, Mrs. Mina C. Brann, Mrs. Frank E. McMillin, Mrs. Edward L. Stock, Mrs. George G. Bradley, Mrs. George E. Hamilton and Mrs. R. K. Benner. JANUARY Will Rogers Says: CLAREMORE, Okla.—Well, T flew into Oklahoma today, just one day after our new Governor was chris- tened. He has been in 24 hours now, with no talk of impeachment, so it looks like we got a novelty in there at last. He is going to help out Okla- homa's unem- ployment prob- lem by not re- leasing any more prisoners.” If we had everybody back in jail that was in and that ought to be in, why we would have to borrow outside | hands. He says: “We are paying too much for our government, it | ain't worth it.” | . ORF | PRTCHARD STENTIST,EXPRES Physiologist Was Known| Over World for Agricul- tural Research. Dr. Frederick J. Pritchard, senior) physiologist of the United States De- | partment of Agriculture and interna- | tionally known scientist, died at his | office, 908 B street southwest, yesterday | | after a sudden fliness. His associates | believe his death was due to heart disease. | " Dr. Pritchard, who was 56 years old, | was known in agricultural” sections throughout the world for his work in developing disease-resisting varieties of tomatoes. He had spent much of his time in Florida for the past four or five years in conmection with the study and ‘development of the disease-resist- ing varieties, During that time the varieties he developed practically sup- planted those formerly used in Florida, it is stated, due to their resistance from the so-called “wilt” disease and their superior commercial qualities. They also are widely used elsewhere where disease-resisting qualities are desirable. Prominent in many scientific organ- izatlons, Dr. Pritchard was a member | of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of Washington, the American Genetics Associaticn, the Washington Academy of Science, the American Phytopathological Society and the Alpha Zeta and Sigma X1 Fraternities. Graduate of Nebraska U. A native of Towa, Dr. Pritchard was graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1904. Subsequently he served as in- structor in botany and bnctefiuloi’{ at the North Dakota Agricultural College and later was assistant professor there in botany and pathologist at the col- | lege experimental station. | . In 1907 he was made assistant in plant | breeding at Cornell University and later was botanist at the Wisconsin Experi- mental Station while an agent of the Department of Agriculture. H: was transferred to the office of the depart- ment here about 17 years ago. Funeral Tomorrow. Dr. Pritchard is survived by his wife, Mrs. Selma Irene Kautz Pritchard, and a daughter, Dorothy, 12 years old. ineral Zurhorst funeral parlors tomorraw afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Cedar Hill Cemetcry. PLEp Lo The proportion of street accidents to the number of motor vehicle licenses in England has been almcst exactly the same every. year for the last nine years. Just Think of It— ‘The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1l2c per day and 5c Sunday. 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S.W., op- posite Bureau Engraving and Printing. FOR BETTER | HEATED HOME s the time to begin. services are to be held in! | ADVOGATES RELIE | FUND FOR CAPTAL Walsh Tells Catholic Char-! ities Government Should | Help Meet Emergency. | Govsrnment appropriations should be | available for relief of distress in Wash- ington, Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts last night told the an- nual meeting of the Catholic Charities of the District of Columbia in the, Willard Hotel. [ The Senator said he proposed to| amend the District of Columbia appro- | priation bill to provide an emergency | relief fund which would supplement the work of private charity, in_taking care of emergencies in the National Capital. Referring to the system in_effect in | Maseachusetts, Where public funds are dispensed to take care of the ncedly, the speaker said the system had come into use very largely during the present depression. Charging that “prosperity” statements issued by the administration had done | much to bring about present “tragic” | conditions, he said, “I suspect also that the Government is guilty of certain sins of omission which do not quite give it a clear bill of immunity to present conditions.” Admiral Benson Installed. Admiral W. S. Benson was_installed as president, succeeding Allen Pope. The retiring president praised achievements of the past year, and said_that Catholic | agencies in this city had been budgeted | to receive $242,325 from the Community Chest this year. Other officers elected for the year included Dr. Henry J. Crosson, vice president; Adam Weschler, treasurer, Allen Pope, secretary; thz Dr. John | O'Grady, director, and the Rev. Dr. Lawrence J. Shehan, assistant director. Among the speakers of the evening, in addition to Senator Walsh and Mr. Pope, were Admiral Benson, Dr. Charles P. Neill and Rev. Dr. Lawrence J, She- han, assistant director of the Catholic Charities. Prayer was by Mgr. P, C. Gavan. New Directors Elected. New directors were elected at the meeting of the board as follows: Joseph P. Tumulty, Henry J. Auth, Admiral Benson, Michael Calnan, George Cleary, James E. Colliflower, the Right Rev. Eu- gene J. Connelly, Dr. Henry J. Crosson, | Marlow has selecte: Rk Charles W. Darr, J. Hadley Doyle, Dr. John Ryan Devereaux, Mgr. Ga James H. Johnson, jr.; George H. O'Connor, Mr. Neill, Dr. O'Grady, Dr. ehan, Saul, Joseph D. Sullivan, Mr. Weschle Raymond Wise and Admiral Lownds, The annual report of the charities presented by Dr. Shehan showed in 1930 the total material relief amount- ed to $28.314, which exceeded the 1929 budget by $8,500, taking care' of 185 more families than in 1929. Estimates for December showed. the yeport maid, that about half of the relief was due to_the unemployment situation. In the children's department 472 cases were cared for, including 836 children. There were 305 instances where the charities were requested to place chii- dren in an instittuion, and these chii- dren were taken care of in one way or another, either by placement or b financial support. There were 257 cases of delinquent and pre-delinquent children. OFFICERS INSTALLED Three local chapters of the Ahepa installed new officers at a meeting last night in the Odd Fellows' Hall. Officers of Washington Chapter, No. 31, are: Soterios Nicholson, presiden! Efthimios Efaniis, vice = president: Thomas Skeadas, secretary, and Eustace Nicolopoulos, treasurer. Those of Capi- tal Chapter, No. 236, are: Assim: Sioris, president; Gus Charuhas, vice president; Spinelis Speliotin, secretary, and Peter Kokinos, treasurer. The Sons of Pericles, the junior Ahepa, also in- stalled new officers. “See Etz and See Better” LD We do not sell glasses. 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