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NEW “OIL PLANT" ROAD AUTHORIZED Arlington Supervisors Act on New Highway From Rosslyn. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, 8taft Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., March 14.—The Board of County Supervisors today authorized the construction of a new “oil plant” road, the purchase of a rescus squad truck for the Jefferson District Volun- teer District Volunteer Fire Department, passed a resolution providing for a two- hour parking limit on the main thor- oughfares in Rosslyn and Clarendon and set the tentative levies for the coming year for the three districts Authorization of the construction of the “oil plant” road is considered one of the most important steps in road ; building that the county has undertaken during the past year, relieving a_con- dition that has been' a source af A noyance to Rosslyn business interests | and to motorists desiring a short wi south from the Key Bridge that has e: isted for many years. Bridge Link. Also it will furnish ene of the few certain connections that the county will have with the new Arlington Memorial Bridge. The road runs from Rosslyn south to the northeast corner of the Arlington National Cemetery, where it connects with the militery road skirting the eastern boundary of that reserva- tion, From :there it will be but a few hundred feet to the new road running directly from the bridge to the ceme- ery. l?’I‘Oday's action was taken at the re- quest of Joseph L. Crupper, appearing for the Rosslyn Business Men's Associ- ation. Approval of the project was given when it was learned from County Di- recting Engineer that he had been ad- vised by Federal authorities that the military rcad would not be abandoned for at least 10 years. The cost of construction is to be shared by Jef- ferson district, although the entire road lies within Arlington district, because of its benefit to the residents of the former section. The county engineer's office is now engaged in the preparation of specifi- cations for the widening of Frazier ave- nue frem Mount Vernon avenue to the ‘Washington-Alexandria pike from 18 to 30 feet but it is expected that it will be possible to complete the specifications for the ‘oil plant” road in time for their presentation to the board on April 15, at which time it is planned to call for bids. The new road will be 20 feet in width and of concrete. Rescue Truck Plans. Purchase of a rescue squad wagon will bring to the county the first ap- paratus of this kind that has ever been available here. It will be equipped with a pulmotor and other first-aid equip- ment, a generator for the operation of two large searchlights to be used in the fighting of fire or in other emergencies, and can be used as an ambulance. Ac- cording to W. Glenn Bixler, chief of th> Jefferson district depar.ment, 20 of the members of his department will on March 23 start a first-aid course at the headquarters o fthe American Red Cross in order that they may efficiently use the apparatus. The machine will cost} something over $8.000. The county's first limited parking law was brought about as a result of the congestion on the business streets of Rossiyn and Clarendon. Much- of this is caused, it was said by Sheriff Howard B. Fields, by residents of Ar- llington and Fairfax Counties, who are employed in Washington, parking their machines on this side of the river and| taking the street cars into the city| rather than attempt to find an unlim- ited parking space downtown. In Rosslyn the ban will be effective along the Military road and in Clar-| endon on Wilson boulevard between| Virginia and Clarendon avenues. Fire Levy Increase. At an informal meeting held before the regular board meeting the super- SUNDAY Maury P.-T. A. New Glee Club STAR, HE Edmonds-Maury School P.-T. i A. is proud of its songsters. Seated, left to right: Mrs. C. C. Clark, Mrs, V. H. Esch, Mrs. R. L. Bray, Mrs. G. R. Hoffman, Mrs. F. Crenshaw: back row, Mrs. J. P. Holloway, Miss E. M. Herron, Mrs. E. H. Meuser, Mrs. C. C. Mullady, Mrs. C. C. Wells and Mrs. R. F. Young. SCHOOL SPONSORS PERFECT THEIR HARMONY. —Star Staff Photo. WALKER CHEERED New York Mayor Taken From Train and Bundled Into Stage. By the Associated Press. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 14— Mayor James J. Walker of New York got a real wild West welcome to this desert vacation land this afternoon, and for a time he didn't know whether he was going to like it or not. Asked what _he Walker sald, “I expect to lose my shirt.” Pa! tan the Mexican_border, asked to explain. “I mean,” he sald. “I expect to leave my shirt in my room and take sun baths.” _The temperature today, mild in early Spring, was 93. Springs being a goodly dis- rom the gambling casinos across the mayor was 10-gallon hats and bandannas over their faces, stopped the train witha red flag and unceremoniously invaded the mayor’s private car. Laughing and milling, with cries of “Hurrah for Jimmy,” the “desperados” carried Walker from the train and loaded him into an ancient ta'ly-ho stage and serenaded him through the streets with Fritzi Ridgewar, Hollywood actress, garbed in cowboy attire, lead- ing the parade. Walker's only comment about New York was in reply to a questioner. denied New York is a “wicked city He said he would not talk on the politi- cal situation of the Eastern metropolis unless something official came through visors decided tentatively to increase the county fire levy 5 cents on each $100 valuation and to reduce the road| levies 5 cents in Washington and Ar-| lington districts and 10 cents in Jef- ferson district. This will make the levies the same as last year except in Jefferson district, where there will be a §-cent reduction’ The increase in the fire fund now brings that levy to 15 cenws. For the year beginning July 1 the levies will be s follows: Jetferson district, $2.45; A:- lington district, $2.50, and Washington district, where there is a road bond | 1ssue to be cared for, $2.65. | According to William H. Duncan, clerk, there will be a public meeting | the latter part of April for the purpose of hearing the citizens on the budget. | It is expected that the appropriations will be about the same as last year ex- | cept for the purposes affected by the| changes. 1t is estimated, Duncan said, | that the county will lose approximately | $10,000 in gas taxes returned by the State as a result of the change by the last General Assembly of the method of_distribution v. D. Medley of Lyon Village ap- peared before the board with a peti- tion signed by most of the residents of that subdivision asking the county to take over the streets there and the board decided to take over nearly all of these on June 1, emphasizing the| fact that residents could not expect immediats improvements Inquiry About Water. Mayor L. P. Danels and a commit- tee from Falls Church appeared to in- form the board omcials of the former place plan the employment within the next few days of an engi- neer to intend the installation of & water system in t town and desir- ing to know upon what conditions the county would furnish water to m.-\ town's mains. The board expressed a desire for a resolution by ihe town council asking for the preparation of | a contract and instructed the commit-' tee to have the new engineer confer with the Arlington County directing engineer on tne de.ails At the request of Mrs. Mar, Lockwood, cnairman of tne directors ol e Arungton District Library Association, the Supervisors voted to continue the payment of the rent on the building used at present by the library until such time as perma- nent county-owned quarters can be provided. PROGRESSIVES’ FARM AID PROGRAM IS ATTACKED Fails to Find Way to Add Single Cent to Prices, Senator Dick- inson Says. Progressive solutions of the farm re- lief problem are no solutions at all, in the opinion of Senator Dickinson of Jowa, chairman of the Republican Ay ricultural Advisory Council ‘The recent Progressive Conference at the Cariton Hotel, Senator Dickinson said, falled to disclose a proposal which would “create a single job for workman in the United States” or “add a single cent to farm prices.” Dickinson described the farm relief proposals of the Progressives as “rather amusing.” “A study of the problems of farm aid has been going on for 10 years, he added, “end yet the Progressives find that they still must continue the study.” way be reduced. lnx;nhm:xuhnd that would force him to do it. BY CALIFORNIANS intended doing, | He | | Ham Thief Given Ride by Officer | And Lands in Jail ; e Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., March 14 —When County Officer Lee Shelton offered McKinley Lanier, colored, a lift on | the highway the Negro did not sus- pect that the kind motorist was an officer and clamored into the ma- | chine with two heavy sacks which he was carrying. Suspicious of the sacks, the officer learned they were hams which | Lanier was bringing here to sell. Upon arrival he stopped beside the police station and told Lanier that a short cut to the warehouse was through the City Hall corridor. On the inside he ushered the Negro into police headquarters, where a con- fession of robbery was secured. He had taken the hams from the smoke- house of B. F. Blankenship, he said. He was jailed pending trial. ROOSEVELT‘IS OPPOSED Georgia Head of W. C. T. U. Ob- jects to Him as Wet. MACON, Ga, March 14 Marvin William¢, State president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, | yesterday said the W. C. T. U. “will fight Franklin Roosevelt, the outstand- ing prospective candidate of the Demo- cratic party,” for the presidency. |~ “Rooseveit can be thought of onlv in |terms of wetness,” Mrs. Williams said. Gov. Foosevelt is a frequent visitor at Warm Springs, Ga. where he has cbtained benefit in the waters from the after-effects of infantile paralysis, Card Party for Suitland. SUITLAND, Md., March 14 (Special) —The Suitland Citizens' Association {will give a St. Patrick’s card party Tuesday in Suitland Community Hail at 8 pm., the proceeds going for the benefit of charity. Historic Paper Found 14 COPY OF NATIONAL ANTHEM SIGNED BY KEY. L5 ) o o s By 9. eag Lihtn s Mail’D of B2 Cghy Lok Glammning, L s55re 1...,4717.4\_/&}{r4/ (eI e s e BT a0 gutlon sl : . &d e i oS B Llannd f@fififfia 7z K:. e Bnie 2. Feket= 40 . Ho Ao lowid s = L2l @I rekak ] D glane i O‘CJD S A2 St G @ (T, In the archives of Georgetown University was revealed this copy of “The Star Spangled Banner,” written and signed by Francis Scott Key on August 29, 1842, just & year before his death. Willlam - town Glee Club, is shown examining the historic m.numwl in a fine state preservation. Congresfijrecently proclaimed it the 2 of 4G ¢ L., burnd et cm athe < & A. Sullivan, president of the P).—Mrs. | 10,000 GAS TAX. ~ GOES TO COUNTIES Montgomery and Prince Georges Due to Receive Sum Each Year. By a StalT Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14.—With the question of whether the Federal | highway aid fund shall be matched by a bond issue or from gasoline tax re- ceipts one of the lively issues now before the General Assembly, it was revealed today thet Montgomery and Prince | Georges Counties will receive more than $£100,000 a year from this fund. The use of a portion of the gasoline tax receipts to match the Federal funds advocated by Gov. Ritchie, who points out that such a step will enable aryland to maintain the present State tax rate of 25 cents per $100, | Bond Issue Urged. Howard Bruce, member of the State | Roads Commissicn, has urged instead that the Assemb'y approve a bond issue in the amount of $2,630,000 to meet the Government aid during the next two years., Provision for such a bond issue is made in a bill introduced by Delegate Marshall T. Heaps of Harford County, now before the Ways and Means Com- mittee of the House, Maryland's share of the Federa! highway aid fund wili amount to $1,- 052,000 a year for each of the rext two years. If this is matched by a bond | issue the money that would ctherwise be taken from the gasoline tax fund could be used for other road construc- tion, Mr. Bruce pointed out. A’ list of the amounts the various counties would raceive annuslly as their share of the Federal funds after they | have been matched by the State was announced yesterday by' Delegate Heaps. ! $58,506 for Montgomery. It was shown that Montgomer: County would receive $58,596 a year, and Prince Georges, $51,337 for each of the next two years. The yearly share of other nearby | counties as anacunced by Mr. Heaps is as follows: Charles County, $38,713; Prederick $87,736; St. Marys County, | Washington County, $57,649; | | and Howard County, $30,20 | ‘ MEETING WILL BOOST ' SHENANDOAH VALLEY | Annual Session of Corporation will | Be Held in Harrisonburg March 20. By the Associated Press. | HARRISONBURG, Va. March 14— | The annual meeting of the Shenandoah | Valley, Inc., will be held here Friday, | March 20. | | " Arrangements have been made for a program that will last thr-ughout the | | day. Among the speakers will be former Gov. E. Lee Trinkle, Chester Leasure of the United States' Chamber of Commerce and Joe Mitchell Chapple, editor of the National Magazine. H. J. Benchoff, president of the or- ganization, said today that the meeting | is to be held for the purpose of develop- | ing_co-operative and effective business | methods in advertising the valley sec- tion of Virginia along Federal route 11. TWO POLICEMEN GIVEN | RAISES FOR GOOD WORK T. V. How: Caught Fur Burglar, | George R. Wallrodt's Search Led to Capture of Suspect. ‘The District Commissioners yesterday issued an order raising the pav of Patrolmen George R. Wallrodt and T. V. Howes of the first precinct by $5 per month for meritorious services. In the small hours of the morning of February 23 Howes responded to the sounding of the burglar slarm at the Model Fur Shop, 923 G street. He saw two colored men leave the front of the | building carrying bundles. The men {ran and the officer pursued, dropping one with a shot from his pistol. The second man escaped. It was found that the bundles contained furs taken from the shop. His work in this case got Hawes the $5 a_month award. Wallrodt on Sunday, March 1, con- ducted a systematic search of several vacant stores on B street near Center Market and in one of them arrested Joshua Callender, who was held for the action of the grand jury on $3,000 bond on charges of entering six stores in the vicinity in the preceding two weeks and taking candies, cigars and other mer- chandise. He got the $5 for hir! | “initiative and ability in this case.” | sz;dium Contract Let. The Commissioners yesterday award- ed to the C. A. Hofferberth Consirn-tion Co. a contract for the construstic athletic field at Dunbar High S ol e whoto. | e Welies Stavatusn, W1 oot $80501, WASHINGTON, { ] D. C., MARCH 15, POLICE MEASURE IS BEING WRITTEN Bill for Prince Georges Ex- pected to Be Offered This Week. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 14.—Prince Georges County's long-awaited new po- lice bill, which would divorce the county force from the sheriff’s office, is now being drafted and will probably be ready for introduction in the legis- lature next week. Salient features of the bill, as agreed upon by the county political leaders and members of the Legislature, inciude the appointment of the policemen by the county commissioners and the establish- ment of “precincts” or headquarters in both Hyattsville and Marlboro. ‘The bill provides for a chief of police and a lleutenant, ir addition to a num- ber of patrolmen which has not yet been definitely agreed upon. The chief and other members of the force would be appointed by, and be responsible to, | hole camera,” by John Harris, 17-year-old member of Y. M. the county commissioners. At present | the law authorizes six policemen, but ! the full rumber has never Leen ap-| pointed. The appointment procedure under the | act now in effect requires the com- missioners to make their selections from | a list of men recommended by the sher- iff, who is also chief of police. accountable to the commissioners. | As it was found unconstitutional to | make the bill now being drafted an| emergency measure, it could not go into effect until June 1. The bill will be introduced in ac- cordance with the pre-election pledges of the Democratic party. The sepa-| ration of the sheriff’s office from the | county police force was also promised by the Republican party in the last campaign. ARMY ORDERS Lieut. Col. Paul C. Potter 6th Infan- try, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and Maj. Richard E. Anderson, Fleld Artillery, at | West Point, N. Y., have been ordered home to await retirement; Lieut. Col. D. | H. Hay, Infantry, at Plattsburg Bar- | has been transferred to| se, N. Y.; Lieut. Col. C. C. Mc-| Cornack, Medical Corps, from Carlisle, | Pa. to the War Department general | staff; Maj. James A. Dorst, Engineers, | from Hawaii to the Army Industrial | Maj. R. M. Carswell and Capt. R. J. Van Buskirk, Coast Ar- tillery, from Panama, to Fort Totten, | N. Y.; Capt. G. R. Owens, Coast Artil- | lery, from Fort Stevens, Oreg, to Pan- ama, and Capt. Leander Larson, Quar- termaster Corps, from Fort Lewis, Wash., | to Alameda, Calif. | Specials grow from a tiny place to a real FURNITURE in 8. Years ... Store Here are three thrilling values in Room Cutfits 14-piece group for the Living Room $79.50 Consisting of overstuffed set- tee and club chair, covered in jacquard velour, a hand- some pullup chair, a floor Jamp and shade, end table, table Jamp, smoking stand and pair of book ends and room size rug. 10-piece group for the Bed Room $779.50 Walnut-finish dresser, vanity dresser, bed, spring, felt mat- tress, 2 allfeather pillows, pair electric bed room of lamps and bed room chair. 16-piece group for jthe Dining Room $08.50 Handsome walnut-veneer buf- fet, china closet, extension table, six ch: buffet mirror, table scarf, 2 table torch lights, 6x9 rug. 1931—PART O Pinhole Photo of Portico LENSELESS CAMERA USED BY Y. M. C. A. BOY. Picture of Post Office Department Club. ONORS have been awarded thres “pinhole camera” enthu- | siasts of the Y. M. C. A. Boys' Camera Club for pictures, | made without lens's, entered | in the club’s first annual contest and | Once | public exhibition. The winners are Ran- | in the contest is a tiny pinhole in the appointed, however the officers are not | dolph Burruss of 1344 Randolph street, | front of the box, through which light | ‘William Gillion, 12, of 2400 Wisconsin avenue, and Charles Marshall, 12, of 2000 H street. Buruss won first place with a sunset silhouette scene. Gillion's picture showed a rustic bridge in Rock Creek Park. Marshall submitted a view of the rear courtyard of the Pan-American | | | | 4 I portico taken with & homemade “pin- C. A. Boys' Camera Building. Many other excellent photo- graphs taken with the cardboard box cameras of the pinhole fans received | honorable mention, according to Emmett | Bonde, professional adviser to the club. | The “lens” of the crude camera, us:d is admitted to the plate with a hand- | operated shutter of cardboard. Rep-| resentativis of George Eastman, | Rochester camera magnate, assisted Y. M. C. A. officials in staging the contest and gave a group of the best pictures window space in thelr 14::.11 store. BUS DRIVER CONVICTED | OF TRAFFIC VIOLATION ' Judge Given Overrules: Plea That New Regulations Here Are | Unreasonable. Decision of Judge Ralph Given in Po- lice Court, overruling a defense conten- | tion that a regulation of the Public Utilities . Commission _ with respect to| loading and unloading of passengers of interstate bus lines in the downtown area is unraesonable, yesterday con- victed A. Joseph McMahon, driver for the Great Eastern Stage Bus Lines, of violation of the traffic regulations. The case, in which McMahon is| ;:‘hm’ged with parking his bus more than | velopment of a 1,000-acre tract recently a foot from the curb near Fourteenth | purchased for the institution which nd E streets to unload passengers, was heard in Traffic Court several weeks! like thes Colonial Windsor A Chairs $2.59 Sturdy construction, nicely finished in Engli mahogany; sold for $4.75 No Phone Orders Finest Easy Chairs Solid mahogany frames, covered with imported damask, Italian velours and tapestry; sold for $65 to §95. See the Down Cush- ioned Damask one for $§24.50. Reduced No Phone Orders | tion by the Police Court judge. ago, when Judge Given took the matter | under advisemént. | McMahon is alleged to have stopped nis vehicle outside of a line of parked automobiles to unload passengers. = A | c'2im of the bus company that the Pub- | lic Utilitles Commission regulation was | unreasonable had been under consldm-: Sen- tence will be passed in a few days. NAMED FARM MANAGER HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 14— Arthur L. Towson, jr., 24-year-old grad- | uate of New York State College of | Agriculture, has been appointed farm| manager of the new Roxbury State Cor- rectional Institute, it was announced today by Harold Donnell, state superin- tendlent of prisons. Towson will have charge of the de- endeavors to rehabilitate prisoners through agricultural activities. ...made us For years we have been able to furnishings at a great saving . . . that’s the reason we have grown so rapidly. Here are listed more of these same values . . READ THEM CAREFULLY! cial!” Mahogany or Walnut End Tables $2 95 With book racks and magazine racks combined, your choice No Phone Orders Pull-up or Occasional Chairs of 12; mohair A lot frames; carved jacquard Id for Your No Phone Orders Conveniently Arranged Weekly or Monthly . . . Main Store, 827- g STORES 829 7th St. N.W. - Store No. 2, 1213 Good Hope Road S.E. L] {to bed before her friends left GIRL BLAMES ‘KIDSY FORPLIGHT N JAl, Birmingham College Student’ Says Liquor and Desire b#g Thrill Caused Robbery. =~ By the Associated Press. g NEW ORLEANS, arch 14.—Corn liquor and a case of “kids of todmy" seeking thrills and adventure landed Helen Crane and six others in jail on robbery charges, the 21-.year-old Birmingham college girl said here today. Helen was waiting for officers to take her back to Alabarha to Inlz charges of joining her “party friends’ in a drug store robbery. 2 She told of a swift corn whisky party in her Birmingham apartment when mz&d& decided to pull a robbery for the i She said she “passed out” and:wemt and knew nothing until the next m when she found her living room | with powder, perfume and other store supplies, including about cigarette except the kind she smoked v Typical Case of Kids. “It's just a typical case of the kide- . of today wanting thrills and adventure,”* she said. “We were a crowd that just:’ ran around together. I'd known: the boys all my life. They didn't n money. They didn't need They just thought it would be llde; wtauee a ;obbery. I said . on’t care what you do, but B begin it here. y £ d“:" “They had been drinking the ububd~ corn—we don't have gin in Bira~ mingham.” The next morning the police they had her car and it had been . in the robbery. - The police asked hérit any of the stuff was in her apartment.y “The place is full of it,” she said she." told them. “Then I helped thetd™ gather it all up and cart it dot e I wasn't worried at all until I wemp+ to see the boys and they told me 4 better keep quiet. They frightened ine t00, with threats of killing me. uz" decided the time had come for me leave and I got in my car and droyé." to New Orleans.” Would Make It “Snappy.” She said she had been a student journalism, but added: e g B3 “I wouldn't want you to write ' th | story as I would. I'd make it s because it just is. All five of the are under 23 years, one of them is 19 I am just 21 and Gertrude Ol v the other girl in the case, is just 1% i ‘‘The boys are having a fine time in’ jail in Birmingham,” she said. “Thay say they are culturizing the jall, teashs ing all the people in there to play bridge.” s B2 —— § adbe Bolivia is trying to develop its R culture to reduce the wuntr;n wgt‘.: dependence on tin. Bt have been offering speci Is such as these and thousands of Washingtonians ' purchase suites or household everyone a real “Spe- Little Stories about Big Savings Close- Outs $2450 Enameled Breakfast Suite, slightly soiled, floor sample .. $29.50 Wardrobes and Chif- forobes, nicely finished in Ameri val- . fi.snul':. TM;');og-ng-venenr- E eleg Table, goo . it e $995 §1.98 to $4.00 Special Items. Upholstered foot stools, smok- ing stands, bed lights, boudoir !amp<.b Pns‘c)illa sew- ing cabinet, book ends. eyl ' $57.50 48-inch French Vane ity Dresser, of walnut, left over from $350.00 Bed Room Suite. .-\'ew am:l» 319.98 g i perfect $19.50 Walnut-veneer Serv~ ing Tables, left over from S0 o 200 @4 G5 " 8D | dining room suites $47.50 Walnut China Closets, leit over from b fine dining room $13.75 Lowboy Chest of. . Drawers in golden 87.95 . 10-year Guaranteed Coil Bed Springs, 9 resilient. coils. In all bed Haee . %79 $12.75 451b. Pure Cotton Roll-edge Mattress, good cov- ering. In all bed 33.97 $19.75 Double Day-Bed, complete wWith all-cotton pad. Opens to ful size @Y () OF S-piece i full 50-1b. capacity & 3 $25.00 Finest Floor and . Bridge Lamps, marble deco« ;:}ed dbasel: t;m] beautifal.« ringe. shades. 5 Complete for ,.. $9'98 $15.75 Graceline Metal Bedlp':‘ square lubin& with heavy fills ‘er rods. Valnut best - quality plate glass. Polychrome $2 . frame