Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1931, Page 4

A—4 exx BOARD WITHDRAWS | BANON VETS'PLAY Legion Post Explains Pro- ceeds Will Be Used in Re- habilitating Veterans. Permission to use the McKinley High School Auditorium was granted the Vincent B. Costello Post of the Ameri- can Legion by the Board of Education late yesterday, when the veterans' or- ganization explained its proposed show, “Songland's Romance,” was a benefit for educational purpos ‘The school board had refused the auditorium to the Legion post two weeks | ago when it was given to understand the proceeds from the show were to be used merely to buy new uniforms for the drum and bugle corps. Will Provide Instruction. The school board's new action yes- terday was taken after Lieut. Charles Reimer, spokesman for the Costello Post, explained the receipts from the show wiil enable the organization to provide musical instruction on band instruments for World War veterans who otherwise could not receive such training. Thus, he explained, the post was aiding in the rehabilitation of ex- soldiers. Without additional funds, he said, the post would be unable to pro- vide a sufficient number of musical in- struments for the veterans and, there- fore, some of the money “Songland's Romance” is expected to produce will go for the purchase of additional in- struments. The purchase of uniforms, he added, was only one phase of the Post’s work. Dr. H. Barrett Learned, president of the board, admitted Lieut. Reimer’s ex- planation provided the board with evi- dence it did not have when it took its first adverse action. At that time, Dr. Learned said, no claim was made that the post was engaged in rehabilitation or educational work of any sort, but inti- mated that it was seeking only funds with which to buy its drum and bugle corps new uniforms. He explained if the board had had a complete explana- tion of the purposes of the show two weeks ago, it probably would have taken different action. Show to Open Monday. ‘The Costello Post will open its per- formance in the Washington Audito- rium next Monday night. Lieut. Reimer explained that following the board’s refusal of the McKinley Audi- torflum two weeks ago, the post had contracted with the Washington Audi- torium for a ome-night performance. On Wednesday and Thursday, and 9, however, the show will be pre- gented in the McKinley High Auditorfum. 001 Walter Reed Hospital on April 10. Later it will present the same enter- tainment at the Soldiers’ Home and at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The public will not be admitted at any of the hos- pital performances, however, as these are for the sole entertainme: f the soldier patients, Seek Attendance Statistics. ‘The Board of Education yesterday instructed the superintendent of schools to ascertain number of District of ,Colum.hh children who in was en on the D-mnlechM , new board member, wl be in possession that the board should 2 - of this information if plans to presen Congress in the event it pro] puplls tmldequueou'tz road in Shepherd Park was named the Alexander Shepherd School in honor of the last mayor of Wash- ington. Phoebe Hearst was the name chosen for the new school in the vicin- ity of Conneecticut avenue and Upton street. The name honors the mother of William Randolph Hearst, the editor and newspaper publisher. Public pay-station telephones will be installed in all public schools by the telephone company following authority given it by the School Board day. An increasing demand for this service has been voiced by parents who declare they want some means of com- muincating with their children st school. The demand was aggravated by the refusal of principals to permit pupils to use the school telephones to call their homes on the ground that excuses given by the children did not | gim constitute “emergencies.” Under the g:an by which the pay telephones wiil placed in the schools, the Board of Education and the District are exempt from financial responsibility in connec- tion with their operation. Delays Insurance Approval. ‘The board yvesterday refused to ap- prove the recommendation of Dr. Bal- lou, superintendent, that he be author- ized to distribute appropriate informa- tion on the proposed group insurance plan to District school teachers. The plan is being evolved for municipal em- ployes and it was presented to the schocl bodrd at its meeting two weeks Despite Dr. Ballou's approval fol- lowing bis own study of the plan, Mrs. Phillp Sidney Smith yesterday sought | to have the plan “tabled” because she | said she objected to the “manner in which it was presented to us.” Other | members peinted out, however, that | that method probably would be unfair | to the teacters, who have a right to any | benefits which may be derived from | group nsurance. It then was proposed 1o postpone action on the plan and this delay was approved. The school board will request the Commissioners to instruct the Police | Department to provide better protection | for school buildings in view of the sev- eral recent rchberles Controller General McCarl® notified the school authorities that he would ex- d the “period of grace” on salaries | 0 be paid to em s appointed by the | school superin prior to formal action of the til 1932. Mr, M- | Carl has ruled that there was no legis- | lation under which teachers cr other | school employes could be paid for the | time they work between their appoint- | ment by the superintendent and the | school board’s approval of the appoint- ment. He said, however, thahe would continue to pay these salaries for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The board requested him to continue this period until next year in order to give it time to secure the necessary legislation. FAIRFAX TAX LEVY | REDUCED 10 CENTS Incorporated Towns to Pay Same as in 1930, but District | Rates Drop. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. April 2.—The Fairfax | Clubs, which met in Memorial Metho- | dist Episcopal Church here yesterday. | County Board of Supervisors yesterday | laid tax levies for the coming year. With the exception of the Centreville district, which remains the same, the| levies in all of the districts are 10 cents lower on the §100 valuation than last year. The county tax in incorporated towns remains the same. These rates are $2.35 for Centreville distriot, - $3.40 for Dranesville district, $3.10 for Falls Church district, $2.45 for Mount Vernon district, $2.35 for Lee district, $240 for Providence dis- trict, $1.35 for the town of Clifton, $2.15 of Fall Church, $1.35 for e ‘r}: 8250 for Herndon and $1.80 2 COMMITTEE 0.KS Greet Germany by Radio From Capitol SPEAKERS CLIMB TO CAPITOL DOME FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST. Left to right: Hellmut H. Hellmut, German “roving radis reporter”; German Ambassador von Prittwitz und Gaffron, J. Theodore Marriner of the State Department and Senator Wagner of New York. N international audience was ad- Ambassador and representatives A ment ‘The program, which began at 11:30 throughout the United States and then of the United States Govern- |in German to the European stations through a microphone | The latter part was sent by land wire perched high under the Capitol dome, to Schenectady, N. ¥., and thence by in the first direct broadcast between short wave to Germany for rebroad- Washington and Germany. | As the speakers braved a bleak wind | on a ledge 150 feet in the air, faint echoes drifted up from the Capital's streets—a police siren, street cars, rivet- ing hammers on the new Government | bulildinge. Reception Satisfactory. ‘The reception was satisfactory, both | in this country over the National Broad- | casting network and in Germany snd} Austria through 40 assoclated stations casting. Aid to Friendly Relations. The German Ambassador said the | ,“from a mutual interest in each other dressed today by the German |o'clock, was broadcast first in English land a policy of helpfulness and co- operation.” | New Medium Opened. “The symbols of the traditions we ate,” the Serator said, “are all about | T speak from the National Capi- |tal, where the statue of Gen. von | Steuben stirs our memory to recall that the valor, the skill and patriotism of {task of those who work for friendly |this intrepid German soldier contrib- relations between the two peoples “can- not be better promoted than through frequent radio broadcasts between here and there across the Atlantic.” “In this way,” he added. there, according to domestic and foreign |ory of George Washington. The United reports of the affair. On one previous occasion & program wes broadcast from the Capitol dome, | honor during Lindbergh's reception here. States will be able to take part in the ceremonles held at the same time in of our greatest poet, Goethe. I pray that the aim of ideal humanity Ambassador Prederich W. von. Pritt- las it is represented in both these men witz und Gaffron of Germany, Senator |may lead our two peoples together to Robert F. Wagner of New York and J. Theodore Marriner, in charge of West- tern European affairs for the State De- | partment, were principal speakers. ever closer ties.” Senator Wagner, a native German, who came to America when a small boy, said both countries could benefit BILLBOARD REPORT Maryland Senate to Get Ap- proval on Roadsign able report on the House bill to regu- late and restrict billboards in Mary- land will be submitted by the Pinance Committee to the Senate today. The {favorable report was approved m! afternoon following a public . ‘The vote in the committee to report the bill favorably was said to have been 8 to 3. Alded by the favorable report, which | is always advantageous in securing the | wge of a bill, advocates of the sign- | ird measure expect to get their bill | through the Senate before the session ends Monday night. Effort to Defeat. It was learned last night that despite the favorable report an effort to defeat the bill will be made on the floor of the Senate when the report is submitted to- g‘l!. Benlmtar l.l’i Allan Y?“d of Bt. arys Coun leading the opposition. ‘The_bill l’fil be championed by Sen- ator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County, Democratic floor lead- er, and Senator Robert G. Hilton of Montgomery County and several others. A poll last night indicated that the fa- vorable report will be adopted without culty. ‘The gfll places billboards under the jurisdiction of the State Roads Com- mission, taxes them at the rate of 15 cent per square foot per year and re- quires outdoor advertising companies to pay an annual fee of $200. At the h spokesmen for the billboard companies told the committee the"gfll 'flulg :lhot work any hardship | on them, an ey were 100 behind it. i i e “nl: Southern Maryland for Bill. Spence Howard, president of the Southern Maryland Soclety, said their organization, extending over several Southern Maryland counties and with a8 membership in all sections of the State, heartily indorsed the bill, The permanent need of a method of controlling the indiscriminate posting of roadside signs and the special need of improving the appearance of Mary- land's highways in time for the State's Tercentennial in 193¢ was stressed by Mr. Howard. Miss Lavina Engle, Montgomery County and one of the joint authors of the bill, said the sign- board situation today was utterly be- yond control. Mrs. Edward H. Mc- Keon, State chairman for billboard re- striction of the Garden Clubs of Mary- land, informed the committee that those clubs, as well as the State Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, were anxious to see the bill pass. Legislation Need Cited. Delegate Oliver Metzerott of Prince Georges County, another co-author of the bill. told of recently geeing a truck from ancther State lllegally posting small signs on’ the Defense Highway near Annapolis and cited other exam- rles to show the need of regulatory legislation to preserve the safety and beauty of the State's roads. In response to questions from mem- bers of the committee, Charles H Knapp and other representatives of the billboard companies attending the hear- Delegate from | ing assured the Senators the bill would | not affect farmers’ revenues Mr. Knapp said the companies had long sought some form of regulation and 1r;en-va the pending bill would sup- ply it. WOMEN SUPPORT BILL. Indorsement Given Billboard Act by Prince Georges Club. Special Dispatch to The Star HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 2. —In- dorsement was given the p d bill to regulate and tax Maryland's bill- | boards, now before the Legislature, by the Executive Board of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women's There was a good attendance. It was reported that the total mem- "~ CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. EPISCOPAL. St. Margaret’s Church C Ave. Banecroft Place N.W. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, D. D. ecor MAUNDY THURSDAY. Holy Communion .... { GOOD PRIDAY. borship of the various clubs in the county federation now has reach:d 595 It was announced that federated club women are speaking over the radio each Priday from Station WCAO, Bal- timore, at 2:15 pm., and that Mrs. Rudolph 8. Allen of College Park, presi- dent of the county federation, will speak April 10. She will discuss the work of the county federation of the State federation. Mrs. Paul Smith of the Mount Rai- nier Civic League was named chair- man of the Auditing Committee, with 'M’:s. Rohm and Mrs. Leonard as asso- clates. Mrs. Charles O. Appleman of College | Park, chalrman of public welfare for the county federation, reported that the federation was co-operating effec- | tively with the Cent: Committee of the County Red Cross Chapter and the Associated Charitics of Hyattsville and vicinity in relief work. Mrs. Appleman also is a member of the Central Com- mittee. Mrs. Guy Meloy was named creden- tials chairman in jplace .of Mrs. Ruth Crawford, who recently removed fromt the county. ‘Mrs. Allen reminded the assemblage | of the Child Health Conference to be held Saturday at the Kappa Alpha Fraternity House at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mrs. Allen also announced that she soon would choose the delegates and | alternates of the County Federation to the thirty-second annual meeting of the State Federation to be held April 14, 15 and 16 in Baltimore. The board indorsed several proposed | revisions in the constitution and by- 1aws of the State Federation along with two proposed amendments and the dele- gates of the County Federation will vote | in_accordance with this action Reports by officers and department chairmen were submitted. Mrs. Ruth Cheney sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Baker. Luncheon was served by members of the Ladies' Aid Soclety of Memorial Church. Germany | will witness, as' & listener-in, how this | country next year celcbrates the mem- | Prince | Georges County is the sixth district | {uted to American victory in the Revo- | lution, of which our republic was born.” | " In ‘introducing the German ambas- sador, Marriner sald broadcasting | across the Atlantic has “opened s new medium for the nations of the old and new world to get acquainted; we have learned to talk to each other often, and to lose the diffidence which a few decades ago made intercourse so rare and difficult.” The master of ceremonies was Hell- mut H. Hellmut, Germany's ‘roving radjo reporter,” who recently broad- cast a word-picture of New York from Statue of Liberty. Mr. Hellmut gave impressions of the National Capital and of America ss gleaned during the course of his stay here. 'BUILDING LOAN BILL PASSED BY SENATE Maryland Statutes Governing As- sociations Will Be Revised. By the Associated Press. NNAPOLIS, April 2.—Passage of & bill revising building association laws and receipt of committee reports on twoscore measures marked & lenflhg routine session of the Senate whic! failed to be ruffied by reports on the controversial blue law modification measure and the death of a proposal providing machinery for a constitutional convention The building assoclation bill, intro- duced by Senator McKindless, Demo- crat, Baltimore City, provided for codi- fication and modernization of statutes governing the associations, it was ex- plained at the time of introduction. At the same time, customs and practices of the associations, long continu¢d but not recognized by law, were incorporated |in the recodification and validated thereby. A bill to exempt from the oystering licenses requirements, men over 60 years of age was killed with the adoption of an unfavorable report of the Commit- tee on Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries. Bills fixing the State tax rate at 25 cents and revising laws governing the use of seines and fixing fishing licenses | fees were recommitted to the Finance and Fish and Game Committees, re- spectively. The tax rate bill was sent back. ac- cording to Senator Sasscer, Democrat, Prince Georges, chairman of the finance | body, for alteration of one or two minor | points The fish and game bill also re- | quired revision to meke it conform with | similar legislation passed or pending 'at this session. Special Night Phones For Delivery Tomorrow Nal 3068 | Met. 4500 | Phone Us Tonight to 11 PM. REDUCED The largest Spring re- ductions ever made are now in effect. April prices are the lowest; monthly ad- vances until Fall. Never before has SU- PERIOR Anthracite been sold at these low prices. Fill your coal bin at the lowest price. JOHN P. AGNEW & COMPANY, Inc. 728 14™ STrREET, N.W. Fhone: NATIONAL 3068 Look for the Agnew Markers scattered throughout every ton of AGNEW SUPERIOR HARD COAL | —then you i will know you are getting the genuine. LINGLE SLAYING CASE NEARS JURY Arguments of Counsel and Court’s Charge Remain to Be Heard. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 2.—The Lingle murder trial approached the verdict stage today as court opened for a final out- burst of forensic fireworks before the jury begins consideration of the ques- tion whether “Jake” Lingle, the Tri- bune crime reporter, was killed by Leo V. Brothers of St. Louls. Only the final arguments of Attorney Louis Piquett for the defense, and of Assistant State’s Attorney C. Wayland Brooks for the prosecution, and the instructions of Judge Joseph Sabath remained. Each side, in its arguments, has at- tempted to pick flaws in the testimony of the witnesses, Attorney Piquett de- claring the State's attorney had failed to show & motive for the slaying and describing the case as a “gigantic frame-up.” Assistant State’s Attorney Brooks a tacked the credibility of defense wi nesses and told the jurymen it was time for them “to say if men come here to hide and murder, whether they forfeit the right to live.” Brothers, accused of being the man who fired a bullet into the back of the reporter’s heaq while he was en route to a race track last June 9, remained calm throughout the argu- ments. YEGGMEN BURN SAFE, BUT FLEE PENNILESS Would-Be Robbers Leave Torch Behind in Bank at Shepherdtown. Gas Special Dispateh to The 8t SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va., April 2. —Yeggmen who burned a hole in the door of the vault in the Farmers’ Bank here early today are belleved to have been frightened away before they could get the door open. Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, who resides next door, was aroused about o'clock by a noise in the bank and, suspecting & robbery, phoned Officer Robert Shipley. When the officer reached the bank, the yeggmen had fled, presumably in an automobile, leaving behind an acetylene torch and tank which they had used to cut a Hole the size of a man’s fist in the vault door, a crowbar and a number of other tools which were found lying on the floor in front of the vault. ‘The cashier, Joseph Trout, Kearneys- ville, has been summoned and nothin; will be disturbed at the vault until fingerprints can be taken. This is the second ntemtgt made by yeggmen at the bank within a y 3:30 | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, ‘APRIL 2, 1931 EXPERTS WILL SEEK NAVAL AGREEMENT London Sees Success for Conference to Be Held After Easter. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 2—The British for- eign office spokesman said today that British, French and Italian naval ex- perts would reassemble in London after Easter to continue efforts to complete the draft of a tripartite naval agree- ment. Despite problems which have arisen, it was stated at No. 10 Downing street | | that ultimate success is expected. Paris Not Saurprised. PARIS, April 2 (#).—London reports of a serious hitch threatening Franco- Itallan naval negotiations occasioned no surprise today in diplomatic and parliamentary circles. The hitch is understood to have arisen in elaboration of the text of the accord reached March 1, in that part which concerns dates of replacements of old warships. There was wide ex- pectation, however, that a solution would be found for the difficulty. Italy Is Hopeful. ROME, April 2 (#)—Italian govern- | ment officials, commenting upon Lon- don reports of a threatened breakdown in Franco-Italian naval negotiations, were hopeful today that the difficulty would be ironed out and further com- plications averted. The difficulty is said to concern Prance’s allotment of superannuated | was not disclosed. DISAGREE ON BATTLESHIP SIZE. BY CARROLL BINDER. By Cable to The Btar. LONDON, England, April 2.—The British admiralty still believes in the | battleship and will not seek its abolition | at the 1935 Naval Conference, as some Americans have inferred, the Daily Telegraph naval expert announces. The | British disagree with the Americans re- garding the size of battleships, rather than on the principle of battleships. “We can count upon French and | Italian support, and Japan is not e: pected to raise difficulties, for the ad- miralty proposal to limit future capital ships to 20,000-ton ships and guns to | 12 inches at the forthcoming confer- ence,” says the Telegraph. “Only from the United States is op- position feared. Washington big Navy | men favor large and cosily ships as a deterrent to competitive building, but this argument ignores the fact that all the principal fleets are now restricted by treaty to maximum tonnage quotas. It is highly probable that an exchange of views on battleships will take place between Washington, London and Tokio tonnage until 1935, and & number of | lesser points the exact nature of which | State Orators John Albert Field (upper), Florida champion in the National Oratorical Contest, and John Stradley, winner in the Maine finals. cepted by France and Italy in their re- cent naval agreement. The British de- mand & 20,000-ton maximum battleship for economy, as well as strategical rea- sons, claiming that this size is $15,000,- 000 cheaper to build than the Nelson type, as well as more economically op- | erated As Great Britain has 15 units in her battle fleet, the saving would be enor- mous if the United States could be in. duced to accept the new maximum in- stead of the 35,000 tons and 16-inch-gun caliber provided by the Washington treaty. The Telegraph says that as a conse- quence the Franco-Italian agreement, the projected French battle cruiser will be redesigned for 20,000 tons and 12- inch guns instead of the contemplated 23,330 tons and 13.4-inch guns. Great Britain is also discontinuing the build- in the near future.” The 12-inch gun limitation was ing of 10,000 Washington cruisers, (Copyril 1931.) - We Are Pleased to Announce A Price Reduction to { PINTS 8c PER QUART TWO STATES NAME ORATORY WINNERS Florida and Maine Are First to Announce Entrants in Zone Contests. Pirst States to designate their spokes- men in the National Oratorical Cone test are Florida and Maine. From these two extremes of the country come speakers who combine athletic prowess with oratorical ability. John Albert Pleld, the Florida cham- plon, is a 16-year-old senior in Cocoa High School, Cocoa, Fla. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 174 pounds and is 2 member of the foot ball team. He speaks on the subject: “John Marshall and Federal Supremacy. John D. Stradley, the Maine cham- Elmn' an 18-year-old senior in the Kents il Seminary, Kents Hill, Me., has dis= tinguished himself in the 100-yard dash, in addition to making a remarkable record in his class work. He has chosen for his subject: “The Constitution; Will We See It Desecrated?” He is president of his class and captain of the debate team. North to Go South. Stradley, whose home is in Brookline, Mass., will attend the University of Alabama after graduating from preparatory school, and Fleld, who was born and raised in Florida, plans to attend Harvard. The Florida champion will partici- pate in the zone finals to be held at Birmingham, Ala,, May 15. The speaker from Maine will partiei- pate in the New England finals to be eld at Springfleld, Mass., May 15. May Come to Capital. ‘The winners in the zone meetings at Springfield and Birmingham will com- pete with the winners in five om:fr -;E: the international finals, to be held In Washington October 24, will be desig- nated. 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