Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1931, Page 11

- BILLBOARD GROUP'S AIDE RESIGNS POST Eccleston Woman Quits Of- fice With Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, February 18.— Mrs. Edward H. McKeon, of Eccleston, Md., | has resigned as chairman of the Bill- board Restriction Committec of ~the Federated Gerden Clubs of Maryland, due to the press of other matters. Her resignation has been tendered to Mrs. Duncan K. Brent, president, but has not been accepted by members of the board. They are trying to pre- vail upon Mrs. McKeon to Tetain the chairmanship of the committee. This she has consented to do, it is under- stood, but only until a new chairman is appointed. Mrs. McKeon said that she felt she | had “laid the foundations for the and had made the people of Mar: billboard-ccnscious,” and that it was * now time for someone else to carry on. She began her campaign of opposi- tion to_billboards and signposts along | the highways of Maryland a year ago, when she accepted the chairmanship of the Billboard Restriction Committee. The green sticker devised by her, ad- vocating the preservation of roadside beauty and urging that preference be given to products not advertised on the landscape, was the first of its kind used in the State. Maryland, she said, was the first State to have such a method of getting its slogans against billboard advertising across. The movement has since received the backing of a number of organizations throughout Maryland and the bill. to be presented to the Legislature this cur- rent session, is being sponsored by the Southern Maryland Society, the Garden Clubs of Maryland, the Civic Leagu: the Maryland League of Women Voters, | the Eastern High School Alumnae As- eociation and the Council of Jewish | ‘Women. It provides that all outdoor adver- tising companies operating in Maryland shall pay an annual license of $200 and 8 separate annual permit must be ob- tained for each billboard erected within 500 feet of a public highway, at the rate of 3 cents per square foot of bill- board area. Supervision of the licens- ing of outdoor advertising companies is placed with the State Roads Commis= sion and permits may be withheld by the Commission if the projected bill- board constitutes a menace to public | safety. VALUED AS ASSETS Tobacco and Salt Products Pay Italy’s Military. ROME (#).—Ttalians spend on salt and tobzcco almost exactly what the nation fends on her land, air and naval {(¥zes, or roughly $213,000,000 a ear. 4 ‘The big difference is that the sale of tobacco and salt is a government monopoly, which makes better than three-fourths profit. The treasury gets 77 _cents of every dollar. Profits from tobacco, salt and guinine, also a monopoly, cover almost a sixth of THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931 | Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and the new Dollar liner, President Coolidge, which is to be launched February 21. A. P. Photo. HAWAIIAN NOBILITY MAY BE CHINESE KIN Racial Similarity of Polynesians and River People of Kwan- tung Studied by Scientists. HONOLULU (Special) —Possible re- lationship between the high-class prim- itive Hawaiians and the river folk of Kwantung, China, | scientists of the Bishop Museum of Honolulu. This is part of & search being made by the museum to determine the origin of the Polynesians, and already has oc- cupied years. It is pretty well accepted that the Polynesians came into the Pa- cific from Asia, but from just what part of Asia is still an open question. The sclentists working on the dim |traces of ancient culture find some likeness between the river Chinese and the sea-faring Polynesians, particularly those Polynesians of the chiefly or lordly classes. Certain kinship between Polynesians and the peoples of the Philippines, For- mosa, Sumatra and Java has also been discerned by some of the scientific is being traced by |S HINDENBURG POPULAR Wishes Germans Thought of Him as Americans Do. BERLIN % .—President von Hinden- | burg has indorsed the biblical opinion that & prophet is without honor in his own country. When Gen. Werner van Blomberg | | returned from the United States he said | to the octogenarian soldier-statesman: | "“You have no idea, Herr Feldmar- | schall, how popular you are with the | American people.” “Well,” replied the President, with a chuckle, “I wish I were as popular in Germany.” | Coal production in Spain last year | established a record for recent years. Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 11, cents per days and 5 cents Sunday. LAUNCHES RITCHIE PRESIDENTIAL BOOM Delegate Introduces Resolu-| tion Calling on Governor to Become Candidate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 18.— | Declaring that the present system of national prohibition constitutes a clear departure from the fundamental prin- ciples _of government, enunciated by him, Delegate Alexander Goodman of Baltimore last night introduced a joint resolution -calling on Gov. Ritchie to become a candidate for President of the United States. The resolution dropped into the House hopper was of the joint variety and needs Senate affirmation. Cites Federal Invasion. The language of the resolution cited | the “fundamental principle” of _the | people of Maryland that overcentrali- | zation of power in the Federal Govern ment, along with invasion of States' | rights by Federal statutes, was destruc- tive to “our form of government and of the liberties of our people.” | “The present system of national pro- hibition ~constitutes a clear departure from th d Back to Pre-War Prices '$1.50 Baltimore and Return—7-day Limit SATURDAY, SUNDAY & MONDAY Washington’s Birthday $1.25 Tickets good returning until Monday Night. W. B. & A. 12th and N. ¥. Avenue we believe the whole subject should be turned back to the States so that each State might have the opportunity of settling it in accordance with the wishes of its own people.” b “In the person of Gov. Ritchie Mary- land has the outstanding champion of these principles and the champion of the rights of free people and free States in a free country—a man who, regard- less of political consequences, has force- fully, courageously and intelligently advocated throughout the country a return to them. Increased l’l’ldé of Citizens. “Gov. Ritchie's administration of the affairs of the State of Maryland has increased the pride of our citizenry in | being Marylanders because, by virtue of the government he has given to our Commonwealth, Maryland_has become one of the outstanding States of the Nation and one of the best Common- wealths in the country and has made of our Governor a national figure. “Therefore be it resolved, That the Hon. Albert C. Ritehie, Governor of Maryland, be, and he is hereby, peti- tioned and requested 1o become a can- didate for the presidency of the United States.” Poland has established an unemploy- ment relief tax of about one-fifth of & cent per horsepower on passenger au- tomobiles. DELEGATES T GT BLBOARD CLRB ‘Laurel Men’s Club Favors Measure Being Shaped for Maryland House Action. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 18.— | With the bill to regulate billooards be- | ing whipped into shape in the legisla- tive reference office for presentation this | afternoon in the House of Delegates, | announcement was made this morning that the Men's Club of Laurel had joined the large group of other-organi- zations backing the measure. The bill scheduled to be introduced today by Miss Lavinia Engle of Mont- gomery County, Kent R. Mullikin of Prince Georges County, and possibly | some other Democratic and one or two | Republican delegates, will seek to curb ‘ S SEPARATE ROOMS FOR PIANOS / OPEN STORAGE PRIVATE MOTH-PROOF STORAGE FOR RUGS 920-922 E TORAGE| MODERN W. MOVING—PACKING—SHIPPING—MODERN STORAGE AREHOUSES DEAD STORAG FOR AUTO REASONABLE RATES ESTIMATES torage Co. Street N.W. Responding to Washington’s Cry for bread at lower prices, uttered by the U. S. Senate Committee on Food Prices signboards on land highways by license and taxation system. It will require all outdoor advertising companies to obtain an annual license, and will impose an annual tax of 3 cents a square foot on each individual bill- board. * The State Roads Commission would be given the power to prohibit the erec- tion of signs at dangerous intersections or at other points where they would constitute a menace to public safety. Club Favors Bill. The Men’s Club of Laurel indorsed the measure on motion of O. B. Hopkins, it was announced by August Millard, secretary. The action was taken after some debate as to whether the organ- ization should place itself on record in regard to legislative proposals, but the matter was considered of such impor- tance as to merit a definite expression of sentiment by the club. The club also urged the authorization of an appropriation for an addition to the Laurel High School. Bu rt’s CLEAN SPEECH PAYS Endowment Set Up for Swedes Enown Not to Be Profane. STOCKHOLM (#).—An eéndowment for people who do not sweaf has just been established by Mrs. Margaret Hel- mann of Fresta, near Stockholm. The bequest specifies that the interest on 50,000 kroner ($18,500) shall be dis- tributed among those parishioners of Fresta who are known not to be profsne Mrs. Helmann uséd to be a profes- sional rider, appearing in Swedish horse shows. She now lives on a small farm with 17 dogs as companions. Pt S Workmen repairing St. Albans Ab- bey, in England, have had many nare row escapes from death by falling through beams and planks eaten by the death-watch beetle to mere shells. Half-Yearly Sale Of Men’s Shoes At clearance time there's a radical re- vision of prices, justified as it could be at no other time—giving you choice of favorite models, in the famous Burt qualitics. "Right- now’ sizes are “right good"—and you have three groups from which to choose—black and tan calf and grain leathers. « $7.85, $8.85, $9.85 And “Banisters” Now at the new lowered price ..... $11%0 Caring for Feet is Better Than Curing Them Burt’s 1343 F Street Park your car in the Capital Garage at our expense. From the “U.S.Daily” Report on the Senate Committee’s Investigation of Food Prices ed ng eir “to rs Frank W. Wheeler, assistant to theof president of the Great Atlantic and Pa- cific Tea Company, testified that his com- pany is making a pound loaf of bread, Ey T and selling it at.a profit for an average ns or "of 5.52 cents. :The company’s bread is of the highest quality, he said. me Asked by Senator Capper (Rep.), of | 7* Kansas, chairman of the subcommittee, if he did not think prices in Washington, s| D+ C., were too high, Mr. Wheeler said there may be cost factors in Washing- ton which necessitate higher prices. His cn[:plny has no Washington bakery; he said. Senator Capper suggested that his eomvany might make bread more cheaply in Washington than present bakeries. Mr. Wheeler said his company is ex- jr|panding its bakery system and he will the cost of government. delvers into the far-gone past. I8 b, mi} e $t a, s he THANK YOU for your generous response to GRANDMOTHER'S BREAD THE FULL POUND WRAPPED LOAF THAT SELLS FOR The reception given to Grandmother’s Bread, which was introduced yesterday to Washington -and immediate vicinity, is beyond all words that would describe our appreciation. We sincerely regret that the liberal quantity of Grandmother’s Bread placed in our stores yesterday (Tuesday) was not sufficient to supply the demand, which exceeded our great- est expectation. We assure you that we are doing everything humanly possible to have enough to supply everybody with this new nutritious and eco- nomical loaf of bread. The ATLANTIC Great @ PACIFIC Tea Co. o hi <} submit the s a-| plant to his office. estion for a Washington cent Bread for ghest qua Washingt qual ity on The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. began yesterday the sale of its own freshly baked, carefully wrapped Grandinoth’er’s 16-ounce To meet the situation described by Senator Capper, A&P is sending its own bread to Washington from its own bakeries in nearby cities—delivered a few hours after it comes from the ovens. ‘ The Great ATLANTIC @ PACIFIC -‘Z‘sz Co.