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SIGN BILL PASSES BY VOTE OF 18109 Maryland Senate Action Pre- pares Measure for Gov- ernor’s Signature. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 4.—The Senate cof the Maryland General Assembly, in session here, this after- noon passed the bill regulating and taxing billboards in the State. The vote was 18 to 9. The measure now goes back to the House of Delegates for concurrence in a minor amend- ment. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie is ex- pected to sign the bill immediately. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 4 —Reversing the sentiment which was displayed by the House of Delegates and which it showed in adopting a favorable report ‘Thursday, the Maryland Senate early today gave indication that it would op- pose the passage of the bill to regulate and tax signboards in Maryland Remaining in session until nearly 1 o'clock this morning, the upper branch | failed to reach the signboard bill, which | s first on its calendar today. Would Restrict Farmer. During the protracted debate on & bill to require a minimum of 14 per cent vegetable matter in commercial fer- tilizer, which took so long, the remai der of the third reading calendar was postponed. Senator S. Scott Beck called attention to the signboard measure as one which would place a further restric- | tion on the farmer by requiring the issuance of a permit before a billboard could be erected on his property Senator Beck opposed the fertilizer bill on the same ground of overrestric- tion, and was joined in his opposition by President Walter J. Mitchell and | | 1 | [New Highway Route From Rail Motor Car In Mad Runaway Thrown Off Track Bpecial Dispatch to The Btar. DANVILLE, Va., April 4—A run- away rail motor car which dashed at a mad speed for 10 miles along the Danville & Western ‘Railway caused lmmlden;ble excitement along the e, The car had discharged four men at Fieldale and was unoccupled when a shifting engine struck it lightly but sufficiently to start it rolling. The ignition switch was on. and in a few seconds it was on its wild jaunt, gathering speed as it went. Fearing possible trouble, _the Fleldale agent wired the agent at Criiz, 10 miles away, to place a cross-tie acrcss the track to bring the runaway to grief. This was done, but just as the machine rounded a sharp curve in sight of Critz its mo- mentum caused it to leave the rails. No one was hurt. VOTE DUE TODAY ON LANHAM ROAD District to Baltimore Is Reported. -THE EVENIN STAR, WASHINGTON, GUT IN MARYLAND Senate Reduces Imposts, but House Votes Inspec- tion Fee. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 4—The Sen- ate last night moved to slash the horse- | power taxation on motor vehicles as the House finally passed its own bill to provide for a payment of 50 cents for the annual safety week inspection provided for by the 1929 Legislature. The Senate passed its own bill cut- ting the horscpower tax from 32 to 25 cents on pleasure vehicles, but increased the impost on trucks from 32 to 40 cents per horsepower. The 8-cent raise in the truck tax was a-compromise be- tween the present figure and the 60- cent rate provided for in the measure when it was introduced. No Decrease Expected. The commissioner of motor vehicles said, when the bill was offered in the Senate, that the decrease in the pleas- ure car taxation would be met by the increase in the truck and commereial vehicle impost, and in that manner the State would suffer no_decrease in the amount of revenue collected from mo- tor_vehicles. What difference the cut from 60 to 40 cents in this commercial rate would have had not yet been computed. The slash was made through an amendment, sponsored by two Senators, in behalf of By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. { ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 4.—The bill | proposing a bond issue to construct & new road from Lanham ‘o Severn, | affording another route between Wash- | ington ‘and Baltimore, which has lain | dormant in the files of the House Ways | Senator J. ‘Allan Coad of St. Marys County, but the measure carried over their negative votes. Indications that the Senators would attempt to kil the-bill and leave Mary- land’s roads open to all mariner of un- sightly and dangerous signs developed late yesterday when it became apparent that President Mitchell and some other influential members of the upper branch were opposing the measure on the gen- eral ground of “too much regulation.” In view of this opposition, which eropped out on the floor during the fer- tilizer te, and because of the ab- sence last night of two Senators who are supporting the measure, Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, one of its advocates and Democratic floor leader, moved they adjourn when the bill was reached on the calendar this morning. Backers Are Confident. In spite of the last-minute opposi- tion, backers of the bill were confident of winning, although the margin of vic- tory would be small, they said. The measure, which places all sign- boards under the jurisdiction of the State Roads Commission, requires out- door advertising companies to pay an annual $200 license fee and a tax of one-half cent per square foot annually on each billboard, has the support of the billboard companies themselves, as well as many large and influential organi- zations throughout the State Metzerott Bill Passed Senate. The Metzerott bill, making adver- tisers responsible for illegal placing road-side signs, advanced a step nearer | final passage during the Senate's after- noon session, when a favorable report by the Judiciary Committee was unani- mously adopted. Under this measure the presence of a sign on the property of a person whose ‘written permission has not bzen secured is made prima facia evidence of the guilt of the firm whose products or ! business is advertised thereon. ‘The bill was Introduced by Delegate Oliver Metzerott of Prince George's | County and passed the House without opposition. —_— VIVISECTION DOG THIEF FINED $25 Man Is Found Guilty at Flirfu: of Stealing District Animal. Bpecial Dispatch to the Star. FAIRFAX, Va., Aprl 4.—Stnley Robinson, colored, was found guilty of petit larceny, in the Fairfax County Circuit Court, and fined $25 and costs. Robinson was indicted for grand lar- ceny. being accused jointly with Hubert Sutton, jr., of stealing a Collie dog, longing to Miss Mary Slade of Wash- ington and selling it to Georgetown University Hospital for $2 to be used | for vivisection purposes. i Robinson was defended by Harry Shockey of Falls Church, assisted by Harold' F. Hanes of Hernicn. The owner was represented by the attorney | for the Commonwealth, W. M. Farr. The case against Sutton has been posi- | poned until May. | Miss Slade testified at the trial that | Georgetown University Hospital author- | ities have already paid her $50 for the dog. The case has aroused considerable interest because of the large number of pet dogs which have been disappear- ing under mysterious circumstances re cently. The boys testified they had sold 2 number of dogs to the Hospital for $2 each. The Anti-Vivisection Society of Washington has been following the case with interest, both at the preliminary hearing January 24, before Justice Moi- ing in Falls Church, the suit brouzht by Miss Slade in Washington agair Georgetown University and the local | trial. This is the first case to come up since the league offered $100 reward for evidence that would convict persons selling stolen dogs for vivisection pur- raseny e SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Williams | of St. Marys County declared he had been informed “there would be no bond | issues of this nature at the present | session of tife Legislature.” | Recalling he himself had introduced a bill for a State bond issue of $85,000 for the ccnstruction of a gravel road in St. Marys County, but had withdrawn it because he understood “the powers that be” did not approve it, Delegate Williams said he would revise his bill and offer it as an amendment to the Prince Georges measure. For that reason he requested the bill be set a special order today. The Prince Georges bill was introduc- ed in keeping with campaign promises of the Democratic party. It is backed by the Lanham-Severn Rcad Associa- tion. ‘ The favorable committee report was attributed largely to the efforts of Delegate J. Guy Bell of Bowie, a mem- ber of the ccmmittee. Despite the favorable report, passage of the measure could only be accom- plished under a suspension of the rules, and its enactment remains highly im- probable. _— ROBINSON WARNS FOES Senator Says Democrats Would Aid G. 0. P. by Wet Issue. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April 4 (#)— A warning that the Democrats would be | “playing directly into the hands of the | Republicans” by making the prohibition question an issue in the 1932 campaign was sounded here yesterday by Senator Joe T. Robinson upon his return from | Washington. Such a move, Senator Robinson said, would “tend to tubmerge” other issues and would afford a measure of relief to the Republican party. | Come With Adm Antarctic Expedition! Wilson Line Pier, THE . You is Should on c On Sale at All News Stands 20c Per -Gopy- This magazine. should be in every home and office of every Patri- otic American Cifizen. Fill Out the Blank Below and Mail National Press Building WASHINGTON, D. C. 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Marking of all towns in the State over 2,000 in population as an aid to air- plane pilots would be required under another measure passed by the Huuse' and sent to Senate for approval. REGISTRY AT HOSPITAL IS SOUGHT BY NURSES; Protest Filed With Manager of Alexandria Institution by 17 Women. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 4—Ob- jecting to the manner in which grad- uate nurses are said to be chosen for duty, a“petition bearing the signatures of 17 graduate nurses of the Alexandria Hospital has been sent to Mrs. S. Cooper Dawson, president of the Board of Lady Managers of the hospital Mrs. Dawson, in discussing the matter yesterday, stated that the main thing the nurses asked for is a nurses’ register to be kept ‘at the hospital so that they may be called for duty in rotation. ‘The nurses have been advised to send & committee to the meeting of the Board of Lady Managers to be held Thursday morning and to file their complaint with the board. 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THE NATION’S CAPITAL HAGAZXN‘E tion's Capital Magazine *[PLEASURE CAR TAX [ILLIONS 0 JON INEASTER SERVIGES Day Will Be Celebrated All Over World in Varied Ceremonies. (Continued From First' Page (Qalif.) Bowl in “Christ, the Lord, Is (Risen Today” after trumpets have ! sounded the dawn and 30,000 spectators [have joined in the singing of hymns. In Red Rock Canyon, southcast of Bakersfield, Calif.—in the heart of the desert flower area—Easter will come with ceremonies; and the .traditional services, conducted annually since 1909, will be held at Mount Roudiboux, at the edge of Los Angeles, Forty thousand people—if the day is fair—will crowd “God's Acre” at Wins- ton-Salem, N. C., where Easter Sunday has been the occasion of special cere- monies since 1773. There will be chorals at 2 am. At dawn the Rev. J. Ken- neth Pfohl, D. D, will appear in the hooded doorway of the little Moravian Home Church.” Dr. Pfohl, who is 84 years old, was baptiz:d, confirmed, or- dained and installed as pastor in the one church And in Jerusalem, In the shadow of Calvary, where Christ hung cruci- fieg against a black sky, Easter will be celtbrated under the muzzles of ma- chine guns, with Easter music provided by the rumble of armored cars. There is fear by authorities that trouble may arise between the pro-Mufti and anti- Mufti forces from Hebron during the | Moslem feast of, Nabi Moussa, which is belng observed even as the Christian as New York wiil observe the day with | nigh hat, flashing fashions, elaborate church services—and thousands gaping at fish in the Aquarium, st snorting ferries in the rivers and at animals in the Zoo. Those who wish to be ostentatious will pay as much as $5 each for orchids —while others, broken by a Winter of fruitless quest for work, will dine in the bread lines. In Czechoslovakia Easter will pivot a three-day period of “divine peace’s for the entire nation. In Russia—where Communists do not believe in God—it will be just another | day. for many. Although thousands of | devout members of the Eastern rite still will observe the day. ENACT EASTER STORY Table Rock, Nebr., Cast to Portray Resurrection Tomorrow. TABLE ROCK, Nebr., April 4 (#).— The resurrection will be enacted here tomorrow morning at an Easter service scheduled to begin at 6 o'clock. Scene of the service will be a park a mile east of this town. A natural |cave. on the side of one of the park | hills will represent the Savior's tomb. |1t will be rock-sealed and will be | guarded by soldiers attired in the cos- tumes of the age. After a short song service, the rock will be rolled from the mouth of the cave and the balance of the Easter story enacted by & cast of Table Rock i residents. THE INFORM D. C., SATURDAY. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Just when the country was doing all it could to economize in Government why along comes a law and says: “Every time your State gets so many thousand new population, they must 1 throw in and hire another R e p resentative in ‘their State Congress.” Well California fool- ishly grew. And . now they got to pay for it a dozen unemployed must be sent to Congress by the taxpayers. Well California is split wide in two, the north of the State claim these new ones shall come from the south, and the south claim they should come from the north, and the taxpayers are so sore about having to hire extra ones that they don't care | where they come from, but are tell- | ing 'em where to go. 'BRIDGE HIGHWAY | ROUTE IS ASSURED | 3Axlingum Mass Meeting Told Rights of Way 0b- tained. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staff Correspondent of The Star FORT MYER HEIGHTS, Va., April 4.—Foresight on the part of the special | committeé assigned to the task of ob- taining the rights of way has fore- | stalled what appeared for a time to | threaten the proposed Washington | street approach to the Arlington Me- | morfal Bridge, it was made known last night at a meeting of the Tepresenta- tives of the various county organiza- tions interested in the project. Commonwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth, chairman of the committee, in- formed the gathering that, despite the {fact that the maps and other informa- | tive data were not available until last Saturday, the committee has already | received the assurances of all but one | property owner that the necessary land { would either be donated or sold at a reasonable price Opposition_developed, however, from Miss Bessie Christian, who, in a letter read at last night's meeting, stated that she had taken the matter up with her associates, who did not feel that | the rcad would be an asset to the prop- | erty and were not disposed to sell for this purpose. Thereupon, it was announced by R. E. Plymale. president of the Fort Myer Heights Citizens' Association, which is sponsoring the movement, that the com- | mittee had foreseen this situation and had yesterday received the assurance of H. ‘Rozler Dulany, owner of nearby | property, that he would permit the road | to pass through his land. 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