Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1931, Page 18

“ON LEE BOULEVARD XCOnvict Labor to Be Used. © Not to Interfere With . Unemployed. By a 8taft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT ‘HOUSE, Va., February 14.—The Vir- ginia State Highway Commission will start work on the Lee Boulevard on or about March 2 and will employ convict Aabor on the project, it was learned to- 'fiay from H. G. Shirley, chairman of the eommisison. = The Hlkhw‘ly Commisison had for- {derly essed its intention of calling 1for bids for the grading of the boulevard, But, has decided that the work can be done more satisfactorily by snle en; ipeers and with the use of the con labor. This will be the first time that a rison camp has been located so close ‘Washington, it is said. « While the exact location for the prison gmp has not yet been announced, R. I. unt, resldem State engineer, stated t he had been informed that 0\0 cArnp wauld be moved to this section within a short time. - In announcing that convict labor ‘Would be used, Shirley stated that this action would in no way conflict with the desires of the Arlington County Board of Supervisors that the project | be immediately started in order to re- Jeve the unemployment situation here. » Only between 10 and 12 cents on each flel.hr that is spent in the construction ©f roads where the convicts are \Ibtdl s to the cost of this type of labor, he d, and a large amount of this is Eent. locally for 1ood and supplies for em. lpenz for the con- clothing and feed- L4 $ There will be a call for many types of labor from the section in which the construction is“to take place, he de- clared, since convicts are not permitted to drive trucks or h:nd]e machinery nd it will be necessary to recruit such bor locally. Outotr.he $4,000,000 that the’ State has spent in construction work in which convict labor was usee, he said, the cost of this type of labor Das been but 850,000, he revealed. The work on the boulevard will start at the western boundary of the Fort Myer Military Reservation and will pro« oceed westward to Fort Buffalo on_the Falls Church - Alexandria pike. Pro- Vlflonllwhmldelortdmlmr ent, although it is not known at this e whether it will be ible to con- struct an road of this width. . There is available at the present time spproximately $150,000 for the grading #nd construction of culverts. There has appropriated $200,000, but the Highway Commission has already spent | pbout $50,000 in the acquisition of | rights of way -nd other expenses inci- glental to the p ‘provided by the National Boulevard As- lation, which has spent the last four rs on this work. The right of way 200 feet in widtn along the entire youte, allowing for future widening of he pavement and for parking and lmunnf‘ol trees and shrubbery. tion is now pending in the filflonll Congress for the construction of the link of the boulevard through the rt Myer Reservation and Arlington ational Cemetery, it being impossible “?r k““ State of Virginia to do this fvork. » —_— LOANS SOON READY % FOR DROUGHT AREA .:20,000,000 Likely to Be Dis- tributed Through Existing Relief Agencies. be | Special Dispatch to The Star. ’t‘l’l&bn of the $20,000,000 drought re- llef loan fund could be announced. The probabilities were, however, that lhehl.l\l'ollldhemulmh the already set up to handle those the $45,000,000 seed, feed and fer- Silizer num “o'rhz text of the relief amendment llows : . “Joint resolution No. 211 for the re- tle of farmers in the drought-stricken dreas approved December 20, 1930. is hereby amended by adding at the end th of the following: money appropriated pursuant o th authorization contained in this gection may be used in the purchase of ferms and oonditions as money may be used for the purchase of feed for_work stock. “In lddmnn to the sums herein au- thorized and appropriations made there- \;.nur there 11-’ hereby soprom o'ffl ‘f“l’ immediately available out t otherwise nted & mne«‘zo.ooomw heuudbyfluw Agriculture for the following purposes: “(1) To make advances or loans to individuals in the drought and (or) storm or hail United suuu for the purpose of assist- ing-in forming local agricultural-credit tions, live stock loan companies nizations, or of increasing stock of such tions, Mcmuuldflummun. credit banks, or to which such privi- leges may be extended, and (or) of raking loans to individuals upon the security of the up\ul stock of such oorporations, companies or organiza- tions, and (2) to make advances or loans to farmers for crop productions for the crop of 1931 and for further mgricultural rehabilitation in the drought and (or) storm stricken or hail stricken areas of the United 3 ‘vances and loans made pursuant to this act and amendment thereto shall be se- cured by liens on crops or by other se- cumy, under mch rules and retuhuom the of Agriculture may COLUMBIA IS LANDED BY BOYD AT DANVILLE Party of Four En Route in Plane #0 Florida and Mexico City * at Official Request, Dispatch to The Star. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 15 1931—PART ONE. WORK STARTS SUUN' Bridge Work Starts Soon TRAFFIC WILL CONTINUE DURING JOB N CONNECTICUT HE replacing of the 40-year-old Klingle Valley Eridge on busily traveled Connecticut avenue by & new steel: wit out interruption to traffie, will be one of the District government's engineering projects during the course of the coming year. Bids already have been advertised for this project. They will be opened March 2. If a satisfactory bid is received, ac- tual construction work will begin with- in 14 days. The structure must be completed within nine calendar months from the date the successful bidder is notified of the nwapunu of his bid, which means that the bri completed early in 1932. The structure will cost lbo:!b $500,000, hd.“ 'ahlch has already been ‘wmprm hnlnl:cebgenfln' in the District'’s 1932 supply e first step in the project, after the abutments and the outside steel arch ribs traffic across the bridge, cutting off of the west lldevlll which is now supported on steel brackets reaching out from the bridge structure. On the west roadway and the west car track will then be bullt & false deck of | timber. While this is being done, traf- fic will be confined to the east roadway and the east car track. Temporary Roadway.! A temporary car track will be built on the timber deck, and also a road- way for automobile traffic. Then traffic will be confined to these wooden road- ways and the ume&moa- will follow on the east side of the bridge—cutting off the sidewalk, building the false tim- ber deck, and the car !l‘ll!k and tem- porary roadway on the timber deck. Then traffic will be confined entirely to these two outside timber car tracks and roadways while the center of the e | McCarth | THE PLANS FOR mgnovosm NEW BHXDG! OV!R KLINGLE VALLEY old bridge is cut away and the center of the new bridge rep! it. When the new bridge is in place this important traffic artery will have a steel bri with roadways 60 feet wide instead of the present 38 feet and the bridge 'fll be extensible to provide an 80-foot roadway: by the addition of two extra steel arch ribs, one on either side of the new structure. The bridge which is now _the th’l‘le Bridge was built for the Rock Creel Rallway in 1891 and turned over by nhe company to the District in that year. The railway (now t)lc Capital Traction Co.) will not be r¢ to pay any part of the cost of the new structure, except for the actual track laying and for its proportion of the trolley poles, which also serve as electric light stand- ards. Single Steel Arch. will be a single steel | tion of underground ever be decided to extend this system out Connecticut avenue. ‘While it will always Be possible for traffic to pass along the old bridge dur- ing the construction of the new, Dis- trict Highway Department officials ad- vise those regularly route to take some other, if ible, to avoid the dellisul;hlt "In.ll nemnmm{, be en- countereq passing over the flfi! ‘The new structure was designed by Modjeski, Masters & Chase, and Paul Cret, architect. The plum have been approved the Fine Commission, the National Capital P.rk and Planning n and the Dis- trict Commissioners. FINED FOR SUNDAY WORK IN GLEN ECHO Plumber Appeals Decision of Rockville Judge in Blue Law Case. ROCKVILLE, M« Druary vocation of the anclent blue law pro- hibiting working on a Sunday resulted in a fine of $5 and costs by Judge Charles W. Wood Police Court here today. appeal and furnished his appearance ai the March term of the Clwuit Court for the county. Ballenger, business ‘establishments in and this county, was arrested by Joseph Oldfield of the county pouee force, who told Judge Woodward that| the defendant performed labor on & house he was constructing at Glen Echo on Sunday, February 1, and it was shown that he had cautioned by another officer several weeks before that 1! was unlawful to do work of the kind in Maryland on the Sabbath. Ballenger admitted all that was testi- fled Yau& the witnesses for the State, but justified his action by declaring that in compliance with the dhuou ol hll conscience he observes “““&2 a5, many monun he did no more other persons in the State, vhn disturbed. ye: Judge Woodward, however, held that as there is a law on the statute books pro- such activities on Sunday and the evidence showed the delendnm }ud violated that law, he considered if his duty to im, the fine. It WBS shown that lenger’s arrest was due to a complaint from one of his Glen ! Echo neighbors. WALTE; REED IS NAMED IN BEQUEST OF $65,000 Hospital Would Get Part of In- come When Woman Dies. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 14.—Mrs. Eleanor Acheson McKill Mayor, who died in 1929, left a niece, Azundrh Gamble Duke of Richmond, ., half|ing the income from a $65,000 tund (or life, which will revert to the Walter Hospital, Washington, D. C., and tha Salvation Arm y_in New York. Mayor left her husband eo?.hzrhl.lf of the fund income and most residue of $435,662. Walter Reed Hospital has received no notice of this roponfl , nor is any- thi known the donor, it ‘was said this uwm!ni‘o. arT rom such a fl it could be turned over to the Red Cre to'be used in the course of its activities at the hospital. U. 8. TO GET SPILLWAY { Lytle Brown to Accept Louisiana Flood Aid Project. Betrothed COUNTESS ALICE SZECHENYI COUNTESS ALICE SZECHENYL By the Assoclated Press. ‘The engagement of Countess Alice Szechenyl to Count Bela Hadik of Budapest was announced last night by her father, Count Szechenyl, Hungarian Zlchy He is 26 years old and arrived ‘Washington from Hungary several dnyl ago. Countess Alice is 19 and made her debut last year. She has four sisters. | Her mother was formerly Gladys Van- derbilt, daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and sister of the resent Gen. Cornellus Vanderbllt and. Mrs Hn;lry P‘fmeth “elddl.n. ha ot ans for the wi ve not yet been arranged. RELIGION STUDIES URGED NEW YORK (N.AN.A.).—Miss l(lr- garet Knox, who has just warned church federation committee, nut Protestants are losing by neglecting religious education, leaving to Catholics and Jews the movement for such teach- in the public school, 456,000 of 1.360,000 pupils Reed | instruction of this kind, is 2 publi¢ school on the Easf York. (Copyright, 1931, by Morth Americsn - ! News. RESINflI. WAY T0 GET RID OF PIMPLES coarse, bl Y, seemingl % iTn tnto ons that it clesr, :{ncn};. and nfi:"“i Io?.l:. i WHEAT AND WIFE DINE WITH PRESS Chief Justice at District Jail Fete Presided Over by Col. Peak. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Mrs. Wheat attended a complimentary dinner to the newspaper men assigned to the’ court house -last evening. The dinner was held at the Dm.m:z Jail and presided over by Col. William A. Peak, me feature being Iull-n spaghetti pre- pared by Deputy United States lllnhll Gus Ceremile. Under the guidance of Col. Peak the guests were shown about the insti- tution and the chief justice was pre- sented with a key to the with the injunction that it might let him out but to get in it would be necessary to mw{ by the usual method of commit- ment. Deputy United States Marshal James formed the idea of having the chief justice show his appreciation of the work of the scribes by attending the dinner. Miss M. Pearl McCall, assistant United States attorney, was master of ceremonies and introduced ‘| the speakers. Chief Justice Wheat complimented Col. Peak on the. cleanliness of the in- stitution and remarked that he would not have the same compunction as heretofore of sending persoms there. 8| hes were made by Attorney wil J. Lambert, Assistant United Bum Attorney John W, Fihelly and John J. Sirica and the press repre- sentatives. ‘Thomas M. Harvey, reporter for The Star, reviewed some of the incidents, dramatic and otherwise, which have oc- curred during the 40 years which he has been working at the court, and thanked the Chief Justice and Mrs. Wheat for honoring occasion by their presence. Richard R. Baker, jr. of the Times, also told of the court work in a humor- ous vein. Among the guests were secretaries to the various justices of the court and wives of some of the newspaper men. —_— TWO VIRGINIANS HELD IN SLAYING OF WOMAN Frederick County Constable and Another Charged—Count Against One Dropped. Special Dispatch to The Sta; ‘WINCHESTER, Va., February 14.— George W. Pingley and Constable George Bageant were held for grand jury action today charged with killing Mrs. Rebecca Orndorff and of malici- ously assaultis her husband, H. Blanton Orne , last November 28, during a desperate encounter at the Orndorff’ home over possession of a dog. Assault charges lodged against Chester Hockman were dismissed on grounds of insufficient evidence. Pingley and Bageant were arranging | tonight to give bond for April circuit court. Three county magistrates pre- sided over the hearing in house packed with hundreds of County residents. Local police were sent to reinforce county authori- tles in przvmtln( any demonstration immediately = after Bageant, Pingley and Hockman went to Orndorfl's home with a court order to get a dog claimed by Hockman. Orn- dorff and three of his sons testified %lvyhm:.hnmwhenm Orn- shot. A day or two following the killing. Orndorl! and three sons were arr on charges of murder but the January grand jury failed to indict them, AIRMEN FEED BIRDS Starving Pheasants and Quails Are Succored by Sportsmen. WOONSOCKET, R. I, February 14 (#)—A great man-bird has 1 . outlying sections rigorous Winter laces ien the wild pheasants and quail to their doors seeking food. SORTS. RE! ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. May Wed QUEEN HELEN OF RUMANIA FIGURES IN RUMORS. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 14.—Bucharest soclety reports that Queen Helen, un- lfl; to hold xtlhe love o{prll‘er h':,ndnome prince, now Kin, ns to marry & Rumanian omoer. Col. Skeletti, were published here yesterday. Helen is said to have written Carol, | whose friend in Paris, the red-headed to be e arters, that she will resist all his efforts to numry the divorce she obtained from him in absentia in 1928. While the Holy Synod of the Ru- manian Orthodox Church declared that divorce null and void shortly after Carol became King last June, it has been explained that this made it only moral non-existent, since legal annul- ment would have to come through the courts. Such & marriage as is reported to be contemplated by Helen would be almost unheard of in European royal circles. A princess of the dethroned Grecian house she and Carol suffered more than their lot of matrimonial vicissi- tudes from the very beginning of their life together. His complaints against her are of un- responsiveness, incompatibllity, and that instead of sharing exile with him when he was “framed” by politicians at home in 1925 she remained in Rumania and associated with his enemies. After his return to Bucharest in June last year in a coup d'etat which de- throned his son, Michael, and puc t.hl crown on his own head, he is sal have attempted a reconciliation md meeting with rebuffs to have sought to make her feel the brunt of his scorn. This took the form of speaking to her only over his shoulder, of minimiz- ing her association and control over Michael and other annoying and pro- vocative actions. Helen’s principal eomghlm against Carol has been that of infidelity. Helen is now 1ill with influenza. QUEEN SERIOUSLY ILL. Helen Faces Possibility of Pneumonia After Influenza. VIENNA, February 14 (#).—A mes- sage tonight from Bucharest said Queen Helen, who has been il with influenza several days, was in danger of develop- *|ing_pneumonia. At'3 p.m. physicians found the royal rtlmtl tem) ture was abnormally high and efforts o lower the fever manda of the Queen, who is divorced it have veakenied her conatitution, popular with bjects lu{ec‘ were Quees Rumanians nnd It wll la her ga *|CONDITION OF COTTON HELD TO BE CRITICAL | Another Operation on State De- partment Official May Result irLoss of Eye. ‘The condition of Joseph P. Cotton, Undersecretary of State, has taken a change for the worse, officials of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baitimore, where he is a patient, announced last night. Mr. Cotton underwent a spinal opera- tion on January 21 and afterward he showed general llnl of improverent. Dr. Willlam 4! explained Illt night the operation was made neces sary by an infection of Mr. Oomnl l‘nll:ll! oolw However, d\l'l'm'l.t t‘):: past few days blood poisoning m"nlulnx the patient in a critical eondi- meufly mmed ghl some at RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Secretary to Bunmore -nd the bedside of Mr. How’s Your Health! If Good, don’t neglect it!. .. if Poor, don’t put up with it!... Atlantic City is the sovereign solution in both cases! .+« keeps the fit at par and the unfit on the mend!... take yourhealth’ssake! a few days off for break away before you break down!. .. just a short trip \ I il 1 ‘ occasionally will keep you bodily sousd and mentally serene! Come Qften—Come Now—Come Fflday P N AL O N N ATLANTIC CITY P L o o, S TRV, S 4 Selected Group of the Finest and Most Representative Hotels 'COLTON MANOR-A-E DENNIS-A I wmw | KN LAF) 'MARLBOROUGH— BLENHEIM-A-E MORTON-A' PRESIDENT-A-E ST. CHARLES-A-E 4 SHELBURNE-E TRAYMORE-A-E BRIGHT! CHALFONTE HADDON HALL~ A-E [E—~European Plan __A-E—Both Plans) Kindly Write for Rates and Reservatiofs - © corvaionras, 7. 3. ¥. 1981 D. A. R. CHAPTERS ELECT DELEGATES TO CONGRESS Lynchburg Organizations Also Se- lect Alternates for National Meetings. LYNCHBURG, Va.; February 14—D. A. R. chapters here have elected the following delegates and alternates to the national congress: Blue Ridge Chapter—Mrs. J. R. Kyle, regent; Mrs. D. C. Frost, dehn'e‘ and . C. W. Gooch, Mrs. George Flem- ll'llv Mrs. John M. Otey, Mrs. A. R. s. William C. Flourne; and Miss lu- Miller, alternates. v Lm ter—Mrs. R. C. Scott, . Hoskins, dzlmk Mill Mrs. Mollie Papur Forest Chlzw:\-—)flu lhude delenu. ind Mrs Frances Gordon, Mrs. luley Edmund, Miss Claudine Hut- ter, Mrs. e Dan Sale and Mrs. R, T. Yates, NEVER— P ——— Simmons Graceline METAL BEDS Formerly $10.50 $6.90 Wood finish—all sizes. Large Size FEATHER PILLOWS $1 Art or linen ticking. MARKETING - BODY GAINS 215 MEMBERS Maryland - Virginia Association Preparing for Opening Tomorrow. BY & Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. February 14. —Two hundred and fifteen new mem- bers have joined the Maryland-Vir- ginia Farmers’ Marketing Association within the past week in anticipation of the opening of the Farmers’ Market at Sixth street and Florida avenue Monday, it was announced The market, containing seven acres, with concrete sidewalks and cinder roadways, has recently been com) rlewd by the Union Market Terminal which has also erected one shed and will soon build several others. ‘The Marketing Assoclation will allot in the mrket, and members of association be given preferred positions, the secretary sald. A charge of 25 cents a day will be made. Newly elected omcm of the Associa- tion are H A. Fri Lanham, Md. president; G. R. Canby, Silver Spring WRIGHT CO.S FEBRUARY SALE MARYLAND OYSTERS EATEN IN CALIFORNIA State Society of Los Angeles Has Feast on Bivalves Sent From Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., Pebruary 14.— Information just received from Los Angeles tells of an old-time l‘ll‘!-fl Angeles, a few days ago. The oysters were shipped from Balti- more and were fine condition. Seventy-six persons ited in the feast, the great majority ing Mary- landers including Mrs. Minnie Turner Dunot, Mrs. Dalsy Biggs and John Bittington, fvrmefly of Mount Savage, and Mrs. junm H. Baird, formerly of Prostburg. cp.fuident of the New Jersey eocmy in also attended. The menu l.ncluded oysters on the half shell, oyster stew and fried oysters, besides a number of other dishes. " have prices been lower for standard == makes of BEDS, SPRINGS, MAT- TRESSES, DAY BEDS, etc., as they are in this February Event. All Layer Felt MATTRESS Formerly $11 February Special $S.50 Rolled edge—diamond tufting— covered with art gicking. COIL SPRINGS Formerly $9.50 $6.90 Tempered coil springs, helically tied. AN sizes. DOUBLE DAY BED Formerly $24.50 $17.75 Cane panel ends—boxed pad cretenne covered. Regular $19.50 Simmons Bed Outfit 2-inch post Bed—link springs—all cotton mattress, $12.95 Regular $29.50 Spring Filled Mattress Famous nationally known make. $16-95 10-year guarantee. Regular $29.50 Studio Couch Coil-spring construction—denim upholstery. $24.50 Regular $21.50 Jenny Lind Spool Bed In maple, mahogany or walnut. $14.50 Regular $18 All Layer Felt Mattress Deeply tufted, 50-1b. quality felt, heavy ticking. $10-50 Regular $15 Double Deck Coil Springs 10-year guarantee. $9.90 Regular $35 Double Day Bed Coil spring base. Heavy felt mattress. $92.50 Regular $39.50 Poster Bed Outfit Complete with Coil RUGS 6x9 Yonkers Axminsters.$17,50 $26: Cprings and all-layer felt mattress. ...at REDUCED PRICES! S boughtA at Smith’s Auction Sale 6x9 Meadowbrook Wiltons - 7.6x9 Meadowbrook Wiltons. . 19.7. 9x12 Yonkers Axminsters.$25.00 9x12 Meadowbrook Wiltons. .