Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1931, Page 22

HEALTH BILL REAOY FOR OV GROLP Measure to Be Presented to Montgomery Federation Week from Tomorrow. 7 a Btaft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., February 28. ~A proposed legislative act authorizing the creation of 'a county board of health and defining its composition, dul and powers is ready for presen- tation to the Montgomery County Civic Federation for consideration at its mmrc‘.h meeting a week from Monday The measure, prepared by the feder- ation’s Committee on Sanitation and Public Health, is substantially the same as the proposed bill recently submitted by the committee to county officials and tors. Several minor changes have been made with a view to avoid- ing anticipated opposition, but the ‘main features are unaltered. Shaw Approves Plan. President Lacy Shaw of the Board of County Commissioners already has his approval of the general plan as a desirable solution of the county’s problem of providing adequate health - protection without increasing materially the cost of administration. The board of health, as outlined in the bill, would draw the majority of its members from persons already in the employ of the county, who would receive no additional compensation for their services. The members not em- ployed by the county would be paid $10 for each meeting they attended, provided* the compensation of no in- dividual amounted to more than $50 for any calendar year. Personnel of Board. ‘The board would be composed of the president of the Board of County Com= missioners, the superintendent of schools, the president of the County Medical Society, the president of the county farm bureau, the State's attor- ney, one san r representing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, two practicing physicians and one veterinarian. The principal change made in the original draft of the bill related to the supervision of the board of health over organizations doing social welfare, clin- ieal or charitable work in the county. As originally provided, the boerd would have had supervision over all activities of these organizations. In the revised draft, however, the board would have supervision only “in so far as such activities affect the health of any in- dividual or group of individuals. A provision in the original bill auth the county commissioners to receive private donations for health work has been stricken from the final copy. This was done, accord to Ralph Lee, chairman of the committee, because such authcrization: probably would have to be embodied in a sep- arate act. ‘Working en General Code. Has finished the health board bill, and Public Health Com- mittee now is working on a_ general heaith code for the county, but this will. not be completed until April meeting of the federation, Mr. Lee said today. He explained that there is no hurry in the ration of the health code since it does mot require legislative .Besides the proposed board of health bill, the federation is e: d to dis- cuss at its March meeting the appli- eations of the Kensington Chamber of Commerce and the Kensington Board for membership. ition of the two applications federation session threw the lwo organizations were overlapping, and his committee was trylng to work out & remedy for the situation. y t{nm commotion ‘was caused Maj. E. Brooke Lee of Silver proposed itted since they were political in character and the vote of cne would that both organizations [ Wi neutralize the vote of the other. Vig- orous injection of any political element into discussion on the floor of the federa- GERMANY WATCHES BRUNSWICK VOTING Nation Awaits Results Today to Learn if Fascism Gains or Loses. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Pebruary 28.—The interest of all Germany centered tonight on to- morrow’s municipal and communal elec- tions in the little State of Brunswick, which ordinarily would attract only pa- rochial notice. ‘Tomorrow's results, however, are ex- pected to show whether Fascism is gain- ing in Germany or whether, in the re- cent words of the Prussian minister of the interior, Karl Severing, “the Na- tional-Socialist (Fascist) danger Is Germans recall that similar elections in Baden, Mecklenberg d elsewhere last November went - heavily for the Nesis, as the National Socialists are called, and wonder if such will be the case tomorrow. Since the last Reichs- tag elections Brunswick has become, with Thuringia, one of the greatest Pascist strongholds, although the So- cial-Democratic party still is numeri- eally the strongest in the Landtag. Brunswick is a little larger than Rhode Island. with about 100,000 less lation. The last municipal elec- ns were held in 1928. ‘The importance that party leaders sttach to the outcome of tomorrow's balloting s shown by the fact that most of them, including Adolf Hitler, the Paseist leader; Alfred Hugenberg, chief of the Nationalists; the Communist Ernst Thaelmann, and two members of the cabinet, Minister of the Interior Kar] Severing and Hermann Dietrich, minister of finance, have been stump- ing Brunswick during the last few days. TWO SLAIN; ONE HELD IN THWARTED HOLD-UP Memphis Police Ordered to Shoot to Kill if Necessary to Pre- ven Robberies. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 28.—Two would-be bandits were dead and a ‘wounded com] fled man. John k&?wn, 22, Albion, Me., was held in il He was slightly Y The detective squad which shot, th ve squa I em eaid hton had just lifted was made against the; A quantity of alleged liquor was seized from lockers shown here when dry agents raided the exclusive Manufacturers’ Club at Philadelphia. L. B. Schofie] former member of the club (lower inset), led the raid, and August Bolli, man- ager of the club (above), was arrested. ~—A. P. Photo. ALEXANDRIA ZONE REPORT FINISHED Adequate Provisions Made for Parks and Industrial Development. BY HOWARD M. BAGGETT, Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, February 28.— Adequate provisions of lands for the development of parks and for the use of new industries which may come to this city are provided in the city zoning and planning report which will be made the city Zoning Commission and Irving the city zoning commission and Irving C. Root, zoning and planning engineer. Along with the tentative zoning and planing maps which are to be presented will be & zoning drdinance to replace the present interim ordinance, which was placed into effect pending the completion of the work of zoning the city. Public meetings will be held on both the tentative zoning plans and the zon- ing ordinance before city council final- ly adopts them. The date for these zeeflnn are expected to be set Tues- Y. Four-Mile Run Park. ‘The basin of Four-Mile Run, along the northern border of the city, is one of the places which will be suggested for future park development. This area is sald to be a natural park basin, corresponding with Roc:h Crre": Park in n. Among the other park lm will be proposed will be an rea back of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Temple and arcund Hunting Creek along the ter front from the Highway Bridge to the Poto- mae River. Other park areas which are proposed here include an area around the circle at the head of Washington street on | agers. the Mount Vernon Boulevard in the vicinity of Second street, a strip of land near the Mount Vernon Boulevard crossing at Hunting Creek and a park on_Jones Point. Industrial development will be well provided for in the zoning and plan- ning act as . Al of the river front and the lands fronting on Hunt- ing Creek will be reserved for this pur- pose, as well as considerable land in other sections of the city not now de- voted to this purpose. 2 Opposition to Fess Bill. Some opposition has been raised here to the Fess bill, now before Congress and which has been approved by the Senate, providing as a part of the $2,700,000 additional for the memorial boulevard the sum of $400,000 for the purchase of additional lands along the boulevard, for fear that some of the lands the Government may want would prevent proper future development of industries here. A review of this bill will show but two pleces of land within the limits of this city which the Government pro- poses to acquire. One strip would be & narrow plece of land along Hunting Creek to the Potomac River, to be set aside for parking, This land, however, will only extend a short distance from the shore and will be flanked on the land side by trees, so that an industry might use the land formerly occupied by the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- tion and be entirely hidden from this strip of parkway. ‘The other parcel of land the Gov- ernment is interested in is located along the river front near Four-Mile Run basin, & part of which is marshy. No land on the Potomac Yard side of the boulevard is involved, it is understood, and the park and phnmn' act even provides for an extension of the yards toward the boulevard to take care of developments. Final Meeting Held. A final meeting of the Zoning and Planning Commission was held last night, which was attended by members of the city body and by Mr. Root. At this meeting the ordinance to be pre- sented to ccuncil was gone over in detall. ‘The most strenuous objection to the Fess bill in so far as lands which it proposes to acquire is concerned has not come from this city, but from residents of the Wellington Villa section, below who fear that their fite homes in that section will be taken by the Government. When the zonis nd planning ordi- nance is finally it will pre sists of a number of widely scattered business areas since the acquisition of the new territory, is considered to be & very difficult city to zone and plan. Baby Born to Empress, ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, Februs L it | singer As as | (). — Willard Needlework Prize Awarded Man, 81, In Georgia Contest By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., February 28. —Oeotfll‘l needlework champion is a man. ‘The selection was made by seven Atlanta women, all prom- inent in civic and club work and all needlework experts. They were judges in the Atlanta Jcurnal's bird life quilt contest. ‘The vote for the prize winner was unanimous, as was the judges’ astonishment when they learned the winner was J. J. Hardy, 81-year-old resident of Americus, Ga. Friends of the winner said he had been crippled since he was 12 years old and had made em- broidery a life work as well as.a ALTHOR ACCLSES VOCE TEACHERS Exact Thousands, but Give Opera Aspirants Little Aid, Bercovici Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 28 —Konrad Bercovicl, Rumanian born author, was in a pointing-out mood today and pointed out the music racket as a crying | evil, He is publishing & novel about this same racket. One of the characters sings and eats like Caruso. This character is blackmailed by Clacques, as Bercovicl says Caruso was. Young aspirants to opera and the concert platform are mulcted, he as- serted, by predatory teachers and man- Estimating the vocal teachers of New York alone at 2,000, he expressed & be- lief that not 10 of them were competent. He sald that 50,000 V:ffll pay tribute to them in thousands of dollars as long &s the money lasts without getting very far toward a concert career. Daughter’s Experience Cited, His daughter Rada, studied six years in a Paris conservatory under competent teachers, he said, and then was unable to get & New York hearing unless she pllslemrbfl.lnt managerial fe>s. “Her experience has been such,” he said, “that although she is an exceilent she never sings.” it is, she has turned to short-story writing. The teachers, Bercovici said, “extort advance fees, r of their promise being the use of influence with concert managers and impresarios.” The minimum tutoring fee is $5 for = 20-minute lesson. The maximum is 25. s ‘He exonerated the recognized gchools and conservatories of his charges, which were directed at the private teacners. “When there is still money left in any of the relatives’ pockets,” he sald, “the students generally go abroad. Usu- ally the last teacher recommends & | foreign maestro.” In Europe the process of drilling out dollars is repeated. Then he took up what he called the manager racket. “Only two or three new singers a year appear on the, legitimate concert stage,” he said. “But hundreds give colnceru for which they pay them- selve; High Cost of Debuts. “It costs about $30,000 to get to the point of a New York debut. The debut costs another $5,000 ‘or so. “The purpose of a New York debut, of course, is to get a reputation, so the singer may obtain concert appearances elsewhere, But the New York debut is not the end. The critics usually say the singer needs more training, so the teachers continue their work. “Some of the managers hire the halls of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chi- cago and other centers for the best dates two and three years ahead. If the siny ‘wants a hall for one of those dates he has to put himself in the hands of the manager controlling it.” Even after a singer attains the oper- atic stage, Bercovicl said, he still must pay_tribute, but to the clacques. In his book, the tenor says, “one good chef de clacque is worth three conductors.” “One chef de clacque, named Sam- EAST ST. LOUIS, I, J. Stailey, secretary- Southern Illinois Trust treasurer of the Co. here, today on a warrant embezzlement, has admitted a of $27,700 in his accounts, ac- to of the bank. Statley, hac been in the of the bank more than 30 MARYLAN ZONING BIL IS PREPARED 2 State-Wide Measure to Be Offered at Annapolis This Week. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 28.—A state-wide act, giving all municipali- ties, counties and larger regions outside the Washington metropolitan. area, son- ing and planning authority is in the hands of the Mon! ery County dele- gation and scheduled for introduction when the Legislature convenes next Is General Zoning Law, ‘The bill was drawn by Alfred Bett- man, legal advisor of the National Capital rk and Planning Commis- sion, in co-operation with Irving C. Root, chief engineer of the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and is de: ed to give Maryland a “blanket” planning and zoning act similar to those already in effect in 24 States. One of the most important features of the bill, according to Mr. Root, is a real estate subdivision control regulation, giv- ing city planning commissions control over future streets. This would elimi- nate, ‘he says, the frequently encoun- tered condition of a bullding being erect- ed in a position which blocks the proper extension of & street. Another effect of the bill, if enacted, would be to remove the population re- striction on towns that want to enact zoning ordinances, according to Mr. Limited by Present Law. Under the present Maryland law only cities with a population of 10,000 or more can zone their territory. A survey of the entire United States shows that If the state-wide act is nol adopted, it will be necessary for each individual town' under 10,000 inhabitants, to have & special act to it 3 Buch an ace was passed Tor Rockvis in = 1029 and has been drafted for Gaitl for introduction at the cuflmn Evidence of Maryland's backwardness in zoning and planning, Mr. Root says, is re in a recent ‘survey which showed more than 900 zoned cities and over 700 cities with planning commis- sions in the United States, while in Maryland only the to Th bill contains no finan- clal provisions, merely delegating son- ing and authority to town offi- clals. I counties could also adopt development plans, or several counties could join in regional plan- ning, under the hill. - Although drawn by the same author- ity that framed the laws a to the Washington metropolitan area the proposed bill is slightly different from that legislation as the Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com-~ mission has the power to provide parks. The new bill is indorsed by the Mary- land Association of Engineers. India Budget Has Deficit. NEW DELHI, India, February 28 (#). —A deficit of nearly $55,000,000 is shown in the Indian budget which was mmm to the Legisiative Assembly ay. It may be covered by increased tax- ation and higher customs duties, Sir George Schuster told the Assembly. T0 ROAD SYSTEM Supervisors Lgt Contract for New Four-Mile Run Highway. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va, February 28.—By the awarding of a contract for the con- struction of a new road along Four Mile Run to connect the Washington-Alex- andria pike and Glebe road, the Board of County Fupervisors today came one step nearer realization of their plans for & system of highways entirely circling the county. Another action at today’s meeting of the board vnmmcnrumhuhrl flfl'fium the gmmu The Four Mile Ru proj in the county. Important Features, ‘The new road has several important features, One of these is that wishing to reach the Wi - Alexandria pike from the Northern end of the county may do so without hav- ing to navigate a. route that is almost impossible for a stranger to deciper and that adds several miles to an other- wise relatively short distance. Another is that it will open up a territory that has heretofore been inaccessible to traf- fic and hence has failed to develop in pension 10 years. 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