Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1931, Page 17

NEW POWER PLANT | COSTING $5,000000 BEING CONSIDERED Auxiliary Unit Construction Plans Tentative—Sites Are Studied. STUDY C(_)NSTRUCTION‘ FOR BEAUTY OF CITY May Try Pyramid Chimney if Certain Points Are Selected for Erection. Tentative plans for construction of & large auxiliary power plant, with land and equipment to cost possibly $5,000,000, are under consideration by officials of the Potomac Electric Power Co., it was learned last night. The plant would be extensible and, begin- ning with one or two power units—a unit including generator, boiler, auxil- lary botler, stoker, ash remover, etc.— ‘would be enlarged as demands for the service grew, eventually operating on as large a scale as the present Benning plant. Several locations for the new plant have been discussed, but none decided upon, it was said. Officials of the pow- er company have been unwilling to dis- cuss the plans. Three Points Mentioned. Geisboro Point, some location on the other side of the river near Alexandria and Buzzards Point have all been men- tioned. The site at Buzzards Point has been favorably considered because of the probable extension there of Penn- sylvania freight tracks, facilitating the delivery of coal, and because it is also accessible to Barges, which would op- erate from Norfolk. The differential in freight rates on New River coal from Norfolk by water might make the barge delivery of coal attractive. One of the factors considered in con- nection with the new plant, it is learned, is to overcome any objections against appearance or location which might be voiced by the Fine Arts Commission or the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Officials of the power company, it is neared. are anxious to make plans conform to the ideas of the planning experts. As power plants are equipped with high stacks, neces- sary for the operation of tne large boil- ers, the design of the building is one of the difficult problems, and informal objection to some locations has been based on the fact that the stacks might deleteriously affect the skyline. dom- inated by the Capitol dome. Some in- dustrial plants in Germaay, attractively designed to conceal smokestacks by a pyramid effect, have been studied with the possibility of applying the idea here. Consider Buszards Point. At Buzzards Point the plant would be near the municipal trash disposal plant which was to have been contract- ed for during the present fiscal vear, but which, because of complications | nver the bids, may be postboned indef- | initely. An oil tank farm is also in the | vicinity. Despite these industrial devel- opments the extension of the Anacostia Park system includes riverside drives, 'which might result in the power plant’s facing on Government property, in which case the design and appearance would have to conform to the pro- visions of the Shipstead law. One of the problems to be overcome by the E)'er plant, it this site were chosen, ould be to construct valves under the driveway for the intake and discharge of water for cooling, which is used in large amounts. While it is understood that no time has been fixed for beginning work on the plant, it is believed that officials of the electric company have always considered the possible result of tornado or other catastrophe which, putting the Benning plant out of commission, would leave the city without light or power. The only available source of current, under such conditions, would be over the wires of the Washington, Baltimore 4 Annapolis line, which could be util- fzed for bringing in some current from Baltimore. In addition, the demands for elec- | tricity may soon reach the point where ‘more generators will be demanded. The company, it is understood, plans to sup- Ply these by beginning an auxiliary plant. The subject has not been dis- cussed yet with the Public Utilities Commission, which would have to ap- prove of the plans. MT. AIRY 0DD FELLOWS PLANNING NEW TEMPLE #$17,000 Structure Proposed to Re- place Building Destroyed by Fire in 1925. Bpecial Dispateh to The Sta; MOUNT AIRY, Md., June 20.—Ten- tative plans are being laid for the erec- tion of a temple by the Mount Airy Odd Fellows' Temple Association, Inc., at this place on the site of the old structure, which was destroyed: by fire on June 4, 1925. Solicitation of the membership of the local Odd Fellows’ Jodge has been started and actual building operations will begin as soon as the desired amount of money has been raised. The proposed temple will be financed with insurance money obtained when the old structure was razed, in addi- tion to money derived from the sale of bonds, which will constitute a first mortgage lien on all property owned by the Odd Fellows' Temple Associatio; Acgording to present plans the pro- posed temple will cost approximately £17,000. $5,000 of which is on hand from the insurance fund. The re- maining $12,000 will be raised. it is hoped, through selling bonds to the 240" members of the association. Bonds in (the denomination of $50 will be 1ss to bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. ALEXANDRIA POLICE DOFF UNIFORM COATS ‘White Shirts Will Be Rule While Hot Weather Prevails—Sam ; Brown Belts Discarded. By # Staff Correspondent of The . ALEXANDRIA, Va.. June 20.—White shirts will be the rule among local po- lice beginning tomorrow, Capt. W. W. Campbell announced this morning. The officers will be allowed io dispense with their “Sam Brown” belts, he said. The ruling was mace by Capt. Camp- be'l and City Manager Lawrence on ount of the hot weather of the past g days. Last year the police were llowed to doff thelr coats, but had to ez hive sbirte, - JACK ROSS. CAPITAL SCIENTIST 5 ASA TRP AIDE Dr. Maynard Owen Williams Goes Through Khyber he Sunday Stae WASHINGTO! REPORT OF EXPERT | ONGUNISAWAITED | M Secking Shade) [JRRFS MUNICIPAL IN SLAYING PROB Efforts to Link Suspects With Jaynes Killing Are Delayed. ENTIRE CASE DEPENDS ON BALLISTICS STUDY Three Jailed—Bandits Admit Hold- Ups in Capital and Other Places, Police Declare. Efforts to link the “hatless trio” of bandits with the slaying of Mrs. Eliza- beth Jaynes were virtually at a stand- still last night, pending the result of a comparison of a .25-caliber pistol found |in the possession of one of the suspects vear-old cashier of the Garden T Shoppe. | The pistol. discovered ong the | effects of Jack Ross, 22 years old, after his arrest in Deep Bottom, Va. was | turned over to Lieut. John H. Fowler, | Police Department ballistics expert, yes- | terday. Expert Given Weapon, Pass to India. Maynard Owen Williams of 3214 | Newark street, chief of the Natioi | Geographic Society's foreign editorial staff, K forging across Asia in the Trans-Asia Expedition, which has been characterized as one of the most com- pletely equl?ped and most extensive overland explorations ever made. Coincident with Associated Press dis- patches from India that the party had passed over the roof of the world at Khyber Pass, the National Geographic Society made public from its head- quarters here a statement disclosing further the scientific and sdventuresome aspirations of the expedition. Haardt Is Leader. nized in Prance, the expedition is under the leadership of Georges. Marie Haardt, who was first to make a successful crossing of the Sahara desert by “trackless trains.” The expedition plans to cross Asia from Syria to China, then to turn south to French Indo-: China and to return westward across Burma, India and Baluchistan in a round trip of more than 13,500 miles. Leaving Beyrouth, Syria, at the east- ern end cf the Mediterranean, in April, the expedition has crossed Syria, Iraq, Persia and Afghanistan. It entered India, near Peshawar, on June 19 and will strike northward to Kashmir and into the Himalayas. An suxiliary section of the expedi- tion, known as the China unit, with similar equipment, left Peiping, China, and is journeying westward to effect a junction with the main expedition, or Pamir unit, at Kashgar, Chinese- Turkestan. The ccmbined units then plan to cross China eastward by a dif- ferent route. Seven Cars. Each unit consists of seven special cars with trailers. The Chinese unit already has reached Suchow, more than half way to its objective. It effected the first crossing of the Gobi Desert by means of automobiles propelled by band drives in place of rear wheels. ‘The main expedition, traveling east- ward, has a personnel of 35 men, in- cluding specialists in geography, arche- alogy, ornithology, botany, geology, nches of Dr. anthoropology and other bra: sefence. Two cars are devoted to the taking of one of the most comprehen- sive geographic vocal motion picture records ever made. This phase of the expedition. requiring special scientific and technical experimentation, is being conducted by Pathe-Nathan, Paris. The scenic wonders of innermost As customs and the costumes of its peo- ples are being photographed. both by the black-and-white and the color camera; and native dialects, songs. on sound fiims. Meteorological observations are being made of areas which have been blank spaces on world weather maps. Mag- netic studies are in progress and an artist is making sketches for ethno- graphic and archeological purposes. The special band-drive cars used by the expedition are the result of more than 10 years' experimental work on a type of vehicle which will negotiate rough and roadless areas. Each car, with its trailer, is a separate unit and can proceed for a number of days if cut off from the rest of the expedi- tion. The trailers carry tents, cots, camp chairs and a camp table, as well as food supplies. Parts are inter- changeable, and each car carries equip- ment for minor repairs, through a land where there are no service sta- tions en route. PO A GAMBRILL TO MARRY B & Staft Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md., June 20.—Stephen W. Gambrill, jr., son of Representative Gambrill of the fifth Maryland district, yesterday obtained a license at U Marlboro to marry Miss Bernice 18, of Laurel. Young Gambrill gave his age as 31, his address as Laurel, and his occupa- tion as a race horse owner and trainer. It is understood the ceremony will be performed here today. Fairfax Firemen Meet. FAIRFAX, Va., June 20 (Special).— The Fairfax County Firemen's Associa- tion held a short business meeting last night in the Vienna engine house. President J. H. Beattie was absent, due to illness, and Secretary R. E. Ken- drick was unable to attend. The only new business taken up was the de- cision that the assoclation will attend each of the department carnivals at Fairfax, Vienna, McLean and s Church in a body on the last day. chants and rituals are being recorded | Detective Sergt. Dennis J. Murphy 0 gave the gun to Fowler for exam! | nation, admitted the dutcome of the effort to link the “hatless trio” wita the Jaynes killing, which was perpe- |trated several months ago, hinges on | the ballistics expert’s inspection. Ross, according to Murphy, has ad- mitted participation in four recent hold-ups here, as well as in several |similar crimes in Newark, N. and | Richmond, Va. The other members of the “hatless | trio"—Nicholas Vasilion, 22, and Peter | Sala, 23, both of Newark—have con- | fessed five such robberies here, Murphy | declared. The hold-ups said to have been ad- mitted by Ross, who was captured Fri- day by Murphy and Detective Sergt. Robert Barrett, aided by several Henrico County, Va., policemen, are Identification to Be Attempted. Mount Pleasant Pharmacy, 3146 | Mount ~ Pleasant street; Potomac | Pharmacy, 1564 Wisconsin avenue; | grocery at Fifteenth and D streets | northeast. and a drug store at 3936 | Georgia avenue. The largest amount | of money obtained in any of the hold- ups, Murphy said Ross told him, | was $120. | Vasilion and Sala were arrested by | Alexandria police Thursday, after the | stolen automobile in which' they were | returning to Washington after a hasty |trip to Richmond, overturned on | Hunting Creek road. They gave police the information which resulted in the capture of Ross. Employes of the tea room are expect- | ed to attempt to identify the “hatless | trio” tomorrow. 'RUBBER CHECKS BUMP ~ TWO INTO TROUBLE ;Anto Buyer and ‘“Counsel” Ar- | rested When Policeman Gets Bad Drafts. ‘The rebound of two allegedly *‘rub- ber” checks last night caused a traffic policeman to arrest his client in an automobile deal, and the bondsman for the detained man was arrested on a parking charge when he appeared to post bail, in a series of coincidences growing out of Policeman Homer O. Tutt’s sale of his machine to Laurence D. Miller of 1650 Fuller street. years old, gave him two checks for $70 and $25 in payment for the automo- bile. The officer cashed them in local stores, and they were later returned to him marked “no funds.” Last night Tutt arrested Miller and charged him on two counts of passing bad checks. Later Norman Bowles, 47 years old. of 1800 Seventeenth street southeast, said by police to be a disbarred at- torney, appeared at No. 1 precinct to post $300 bond for . the Trelease of Miller. He was recognized by Police- man William Sanford as the man for whom he had a warrant charging vio- lation of a traffic ordinance and was promptly arrested. Bowles put up a total of $305 for his own and Miller's release. NEARBY MOTOR CRASHES INJURE TWO WOMEN Mrs. F. A. Doremus Seriously Hurt as Three Cars Collide on Richmond Road. By a 8taft Correspondent of The Star. this city this afternoon. Mrs, A. Doremus of 618 Morris street north- east, Washington, D. C., was the most seriously hurt. She suffered a fractured right arm, bruises to both knees and a wrenched neck. Mrs, Doremus was a passenger in an automobile driven by her hus- band, C. W. Doremus, which was struck by another car and plunged into a parked auto. She was treated at the Alexandria Hospital. The accident oc- curred at Engleside, on the Richmond highway about eight miles south of this city. Mrs. J. A. Elverson of R. F. D. No. 3 was bruised when her automobile was in collision with a car driven by C. H. Parrish, jr., of Baltimore, Md. at Henry and Oronoco streets this after- noon. She refused hospital treatment. PRICE LIST REVEALS PRODUCTS MADE IN DISTRICT WORK HOUSEl Articles Range From Coffins, Brooms, Rubber Heels to Cocoa Mats and Anybody who wants a coffin, & man- hole cover, a corn broom, a cocoa mat, & Tubber heel or any of a long and arled list of useful articles will be in- terested in a price list promuigated to- day by the District Commissioners as the “fair” prices at which products of services of the District Work House and Reformatory are to be sold to the various District miuwum and the Federal Governmen! A good_coffin, aize 7% bi*e by 18 nches, selly for $L There are- Manhole Covers. other sizes. The largest, 20 by 12 by 6! inches, sells for $6.50. The manhole covers bring $4.25 each, whiskbrooms, 8175 a dozen, and the rubber heels, 60 cents a dozen, s A schedule also is arranged for the cost of launi service done at the in- stitutions, which ranges from handker- chiefs and slings at 1 cent each, up to the more complicated” garments, such as teddies and nurses' uniforms, which |and tne bullet which killed the 57- | ‘Tutt clalms that Miller, who is 31! D. Limb of Historic Tree Crashes On Y. W. Lawson Victim of Sycamore Washington Is Thought to Have Planted. ’ A limb of a tree believed to have been planted by George Washington in the rear of his surveying office at 3051 M street almost killed a man late yes- terday. Its heaviest limb, the last strong branch of what used to be a splendid specimen of a shade tree and estimated to have weighed 200 pounds, proved too heavy for its fast decaying trunk to support. It fell with a thud on Law- rence W. Lawson, 26 years old, of 3044 Cambridge place, while Lawson was seeking rellef from the heat. Police were told Lawson was seen entering the rear of the Washington surveying offige shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. While at play five hours later, two 8-year-old boys, Joseph Green of 2917 Olive street, and Clifton Arends of 2919 Olive street, found Law- son pinned underneath’the limb, its leaves almost covering him. ‘They started their own rescue work and, directed by the groaning man, they succeeded in rolling the heavy limb off him. They then yelled for help and the rescue squad was called. Squad | members said they had nothing to do fon arriving at the historic old house, {but to take Lawson to the hospital. | They praised the boys' rescue efforts. | Lawson is believed to have sustained iinternal injuries and he was admitted ILD the hospital. ! 7 0ld Georgetown residents said last ! night the sycamore in its prime was a | beauty. LAWMAY PREVENT Police, Asked to Find Run- away Son of Attache, Doubt Authority. .Legal complications developed late yesterday in_the search police have in- stituted for Ivan Perez, 18-year-old son of the commercial attache of the Cuban embassy. and his two Washington boy companions, who set out yesterday in a battered automobile for the West Coast. ‘The question is whether the police have any right to hold as a juvenile runaway the young Cuban, who ran way rather than enter school in Eu- rope while his father is in London on business. Under the law of the United States the boy is 100 old for apprehen- sion on such a charge. Under Cuban law, however, he remains a juvenile until he attains his twenty-first birth- day. and embessy officlals declare that since he is a Cuban national he is sub- Ject to the laws of the island republic. Police and Cuban officials declined to comment upon the possibilities of a tangle which might arise if the youth declines to be held by American police until his famly can reach him. Meanwhile, young Perez and his com- panions, Kenneth Smith, 17, son of Mrs. Horace W. Smith, Census Bureau clerk, and Charles Hughes, 17, son of Mrs. Eva E. Hughes, 2001 Sixteenth street, are somewhere on the road to the West, where they hcpe to gain employment. Senor Luis Marino Perez from Lon- don urged Senora de Perez to appeal to the American police to locate their son. Senora de Perez has explained, how- ever, that Ivan is extremely fond of American customs and life and that he had told his family he would run away if efforts were made to get him to jour- ney abroad or go back to Cuba. ‘The boys had approximately $120 be- tween them, their elders have estimated. OFFICER WALKS HOME, HAS DRIVER ARRESTED Falls Church Sergeant Takes Num- ber of Car After Alleged Attack. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va.. June 20.— Warren Dempsey, 29, of Vienna, yester- day was arrested on a charge of driving while “intoxicated and assault with at- tempt to kill on a warrant sworn out by Town Sergeant Walter Mitchell of Falls Church. Dempsey was held for trial in the mayor's court, June 29. According to Mitchell's story, the al- leged offense occurred about 3:30 a. May 31. He received a call that two men were annoying two girls on Great Falls street. e call was sent in by Henry Sparrow, in front of whose home the girls had sto] ‘when their car ran out of gas. le they were ing to get it started two men drove ndnopged. ’A_'he{n-huked them to help push their cat and told Mitchell that the men became offensive and Fleda | frightened them so they went to Spar- row’s home to call for assistance. Mitchell turned his car over to the girls after he had caught up with the two men, and got into Dempsey's car to take him to jail. He states tha A man was zigzagging all over the d in an intoxicated condition, 50 he took the wheel. Dempsey thereupon fell on him and started to choke him. Mitchell stopped the car, broke the man’s hold and drew his gun on him as he climbed out. He took his car license number and let him go, walking the 3 miles back to town. ' The man was traced and yesterday’s arrest followed. No charges have been placed against Dempsey’s companion. ONLY ONE DEMOCRATIC CONTEST IN PAGE COUNTY Two Are Seeking Nomination for Commonwealth’s Attorney—Re- publican Slate Incomplete. Special Dispatch to The Star. before the Dem- Page “cmu,d-u- incum- Robert Keyser, complete as yet, a stiff ht is seen between the present sheriff, E. Lucas, Republican, and the Democratic | Phyllis nominee, John Will Ruffner of Luray, who just filed his candidacy. Ruffner is a ént farmer. however, has been sheriff Lucas, Al12 , and during 1t time years, & 2401 ghiage of Dié 0 DRI HALTING CUBAN, 18 .,. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, |SENATOR BINGHAM BUILDING BE KEPT Favors Acquisition in Federal Program, But Believes Razing Mistake. BOND ISSUE MENTIONED FOR CENTER STRUCTURE Construction from Curent Funds Seen “Unnecessarily Heavy” Burden of Taxes. While he is willing that the Federal Government should acquire the District Bullding as part of the public building program south of Pennsylvania avenue, Senator Bf Republican, of Con- necticut, believes it would be a mistake to tear it down to put up a different structure s the prcgram nears com- pletion. Urges Addition fo Layout. ‘The Connecticut Senator takes the view that the District Building, as it now stands, could become a part of the layout of new Federal buildings | after the United States takes it over trom the municipality. In discussing the future of the Dis- trict Building, Senator Bingham, who is chairman of the Senate subcommittee on District appropriations, also indic: ed he still believes that the cost of t! Municipal Center, which will be de- | veloped to house local activities, should be spread over a period of years in- | stead of being met from current funds. He expressed this view early in 1930, when there was a proposal under dis- cussion to have the District obtain ad- vances from the Federal Treasury to be irepaid in annual installments. No ac- {tion was ever taken, however, on that | proposal. Unnecessary Burden. The Senator said yesterday he has a feeling that it puts “an unnecessary burden” on the taxpayer at this time to make expenditures for the Municipal Center out of current funds. “If 1t is felt best to go ahead with the Municipal Center,” he added, think it would be wise to issue bonds {and spread the cost over 25 years.” | __Senator Bingham sald that “if the { United States wants to buy the District 1 Building and pay & fair price for it {am in favor of using that on the M nicipal Center, but I am opposed to aring it down if the Pederal Govern- ment does buy it.’ TWO MEN INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT | Colored Man, 60, in Hospital and Driver Held on Charge of Drunk Driving. Philip Tolson. 60 yzars old, colored. 100 block of Virginia avenue southwest, received severe cuts and possible inter- nal injuries when struck by an auto- moblle driven by Thomas Washin, 3 27, colored, 1200 block of Union street southwest, at Four-and-a-half and H streets southwest yesterday after Wash- ington's car had hit another automobile. ‘Washington, who received minor in- juries, and Tolson were taken to Emergency Hospital. Washington later was booked at fourth precinct station on a charge of driving while drunk and having bad brakes. James Lucas, 34, colored, 1325 V street, was cut on the neck and face when knocked down by an automobile operated by Ivory Clinton Harris, 821 New Jersey avenue, in the 1900 block of Ninth street yesterday afternoon. Lucas was-taken to Preedmen'’s Hospital Miss Sue E. Gantt, 35 years old, of the Chastleton Hotel, sustained a dis- located shoulder and an injury to the aw late yesterday when an autom ile which she was driving and a street car operated by Motorman Thomas E. Bryan ~ollided at Division avenue and Hillyer Blu:e Miss Gantt was treated by Dr. D. P. Penhallow, 1755 N street, and later went home. Harry Thomas, 30, & patient at Naval Hospital, sustained bruises and lacera- tions yesterday afternoon when thrown from an automobile operated by Max W. Ve 211 Cromwell terrace north- east, when it collided with an automo- bile o’perlud by Lawrence Cro- well, 35, at Twenty-third and I streets. 5 ARRESTED IN RAIDS BY FAIRFAX POLICE 2,000 Bottles of Home Brew Are Seized Along the River. i | | { | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RIA, ., .- than 2,000 bottles of home brew beer and about 10 gallons of whisky were captured by Fairfax County police today in a series of raids in the eastern part of the county and along the Potomac River. Those arrested Davis, alias “Dinks’ liam Haden, Mrs. Mae Jones and George Blackburn, the latter colored. All were taken to Fairfax court house after some of the prisoners had been temporarily lodged in the local jail. The raids were made at Dyke, River- side and on Telegraph road. Some of the beer, according to officers in the party, was f lying on ice in gal- vanized tubs. Warrants charging sale and possession of whisky were used in mm, according to Capt. Haywood T, In addition to Capt. Durrer, who had charge of the raiding DANCE RECITAL SET ‘By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. June 20.—A urel be held here pupils of who will participate include Mary uu‘o-n Johnson, June Ellen ONBALTORE P | | Proceeds | fund of the department. 1931. BICENTENNIAL TALKIE CONTEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY C. OF C. Ed\yard L. Bennett Wins First Prize and Will Receive $250. Miss Laura Thornburgh Is _ Selected Winner of $100 Second Money. Edward L. Bennett, of 1724 P street, was named winner of the first prize of $250 in the Washington Chamber of Commerce Bicentennial Talkie Sugges- today by Harry King, president of the chamber. Miss Laura Thornl of 1519 -first street, was sel ‘winner of the $100 second prize, while Miss Mabel Obenchain of 1610 Sixteenth street won third prize suggestions for the $60,000 George Washington Bicentennial talk- m;nrwmre which _will be produced shortly by Warner Bros. as their con- tribution to the 1932 celebration. , were Bureau of Medis De ent; Eva Cunningham, street southeast; Lee Keefer, 49 I street; Mrs, Elizabeth Kemp, 1523 Twenty-sec- ond street; Latane Letour, 2121 New York avenue; John T. Lokerson, 1609 Nineteenth street; Revere Rodgers, 2033 Park road; A. Ueland, 3900 Connecti- cut avenue; H. M. Van Tine, 1300 Har- vard street and Lillle Yelveston, 2802 P street. According to Thomas P. Littlepage. | entries in_the contesi were received | from 12 States outside the District. | “This indicates the undertaking has aroused widespread interest not only in Washington but elsewhere,” Mr. Lit- tlepage said. “The contest has thrown some in- | teresting side hts on Washington's | points of attraction. As was expected, the Capitol, White House and Wash- | ington Monument received most votes. Next came Arlington with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the Lee | Mansion followed closely by the Lin- coln Memorial.” & The winning papers were selected by the special committee of newspaper rep- resentatives consisting of Andrew R. Kelly, chairman; Oliver Owen Kuhn, Willlam H. Landvoight, C. E. Nelson, E. deS. Melcher, Nomanlnnw;h:ln Ji Dan O'Connell, Nelson B. Bell, Lee Somers, Miss Mabelle Jennings, Michael W. Flynn, Sandford Js e MISS LAURA THORNBURGH. EDWARD L. BENNETT. Eddie Bratbird, Lowell Mellett, Ralph D. Palmer, h Ellis. ‘The official presentaticn of the prizes will take place in the board room of the Washington Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday morning, June 24, at 11 to the announcement of who will make the 5 e meeting will be attended by chamber directors and the members of its Bicentennial Committee. PARK LAND BOUGHT Bladensburg Tract Will Be: Beautified by Prince Georges County. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ‘ HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 20.—Pur- Kchue of 30 acres of land along the | Northwest Branch, near Bladensburg, ' replaced. The jobs are asphalt pave- cut of funds provided by a State ap-! propriation, is announced by T. How- ard Duckett of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. ‘The land just purchased practically completes the area sought for a park- way between the Baltimore Pike, Blad- ensburg Bridge and Rhode Island ave- nue, lying on both sides of the North- west Branch. It adjoins the 20 acres previously purchased out of the Moyer tract and a smaller tract bought from W. P. Ma- gruder. The 30 acres formerly be-| longed to the Washington Sand & | Gravel Co. The land was bought with part of | the $50,000 appropriated by the State | some years ago for the purchase of | park lands in Prince Georges County. This fund has now been exhausted, Mr. Duckett says. The park commission now owns prac- tically all of the land it needs for the de opment of the Northwest Branch parkway in the territory northwest of Bladensburg. The land it holds ex- tends for an average width of 300 feet on the west side of the Northwest Branch and for an average width of 650 feet on the east side, according to Mr. Duckett. [ No plans have as yet been formulated | for the development of the land and will not be considered for some time. In addition to the land in the Blad- ensburg area, which extends nearly to the Peace Cross, the on_also has secured a number of tracts along the branch north of Rhode Island avenue. | MINSTREL IS PLANNED Forestville Firemen Sponsor Show at Clinton Wednesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. Li FORESTVILLE, Md., June 20—A minstrel show will be given Wednesday night in Miller's Hall, Clinton, at 8 o'clock under suspices of the Forest- ville Volunteer Fire ent. The talent is from Broadway, New York City. The program includes Arthur Carter and his Three Cotton Pickers, a danc- ing team, Sox's Red Hot Five, novelty jazz; two comedians and five dancing damsels. will go to the building TWO D. C. PAVING JOBS CONDEMNED Asphalt on Euclid and Irving Streets Ordered Re- placed. ‘The District Highway Department yesterday condemned two paving jobs and ordered the pavements torn up and ments, supported by néw curb and gut- ter work, on Euclid street between Georgia avenue and Eleventh street and on Irving street between Georgia and Sherman avenues. The contracts are held b; y Brady Bros. ma- g, Md., and the ‘The material, a slag used as a base for the asphaltic surfacing, proved unsat- isfactory, it was said. After the inspector on the job had condemned the work, Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, District highway engineer, allowed it to stand for five days to see if it would harden. The surface, how- ever, remained soft and useless, Capt. Whitehurst said, adding that in some Pplaces it could be picked up by hand. It will cost about $12,000 to remove the pavements and replace them with new surfaces, Capt. Whitehurst esti- mated. The new work probably will be done with crushed stone, which is the usual base for aspaltic jobe. The same contractors have several other streets to_complete this working season. This is the second recent condemna- tion of highway work. About 1,000 feet of curbing on Sixteenth street was re- cently condemned when it ‘“honey- combed” or proved to have been set un- evenly. PRINCE GEORGES BRIDGE CONTRACT LET BY STATE Span Will Be Erected Over Paint Branch on Jefferson Avenue, Near Riverdale. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 20.—Two con- tracts, one for building a concrete bridge over Paint Branch on Jefferson avenue, Riverdale, ice Georges County, and the other one for improv- ing with gravel the road from Bertha to Cove Point, in Calvert County, were awarded by the State Roads Col - sion yesterday. Contract for bullding the bridge was awarded to G. A. and F. M. Wagga man of Dallas Town, Pa. on its bid of $16,838.57, while the gravel road in robic of Park Hall, Md. on a bid of $16,737.20. Work on both projects will start -within the next 10 days. PREVIOUS SERVICE DISREGARDED IN NAMING FIREMEN AND POLICE McCarl Rules Reinstatement Salaries Shall Be Same as on Entrance Into Service in Flynn Case. James A. Flynn of the Disjrict Fire Department must suffer a reduction of $300 & year in his salary because of & sign and are later reinstated, contending that their status is that of a new appointee, from the at the time of his separaf service. . McCarl advised the Commissioners that he has oonsistently that rein- Tt i i ., Frostbur, terial was supplied by the Interaco Co. | ftht 'NATIONAL GROUPS | FLOCK T0 CAPITAL SURVEY REVEALS Board of Trade Supplement Shows More Than 500 Established Here. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION VALUED AT $95,635,890 Totals Outline Extent of Whole- sale and Retail Business in Washington. More than 500 national associations have offices in this city and of these, more than 100 have their national headquarters here, the Board of Trade revealed yesterday in a supplement to the survey of Washington and its metropolitan area, published last year. The additional information, for the most part based on census reports issued after the main edition of the trade body survey was printed, also gives {data concerning retail and wholesale | trade, pay rolls and the production volume of industrial plants here. The survey of the busines, education- al, religious, recreational and social features of Was] and its suburbs Wwas made last year to provide a con- cisz guide for proper future wth of the National Cgpl&, ik i Capital's Advantages Seen. Listing a number of the leading na- tional organizations maintaining :leld' quarters here, in the supplement of the survey, the Board of Trade states: “More and more, Washington is con- sidered to be the logical place to locate national organizations, particularly those which either do business with the Federal Government or those which are in need of the information compiled ln_(‘i‘h‘ supplied b'yhl'.." survey statement, compiled for the trade body by Rufus 8. Lusk, quotes from the census of manufactures of 1927, showing that the light and heavy industries of this area together had an annual production valued at $95,63: 890. In industries there were 9,519 em ployes in 503 plants, the total pay roll amounting to $18,307,833. The census of 1927 showed that for heavy industries here there were 701 *mployes, a pay roll of $1,017,631, a total of 38 plants and an output of products valued at $3,607,067. ‘Wholesale Totals Given. For the longer list of “light” indus- tries the figures were 8,318 employes. a [ pay roll of $17,200,202, a total of 465 plants and an output valued at $92,- n's wholesale business. the supplemental survey shows, on the basis of figures from the 1930 census of dis- tribution, is represented by 313 firms, employing 4,460 persons at a total pay roll of S'I',WZ,.H. Annual net sales of various groups in wholesale business were listed up!!o‘- lows: ~Automotive group. $9,904.211; chemical. drugf and allied products, $3,145,787; farm products, except dairy and poultry, $843.438; food and tobacco products, - $63,681,095; furniture and house $792,103; hardware, electrical, pl and lumbing $16,561,452: lumber and building ma- terials, of t.‘lex:L $2,212,762; machinery, equipmen supplies, ex- t electrical, $2,408,412; metals and erals, except junk and scrap, $4,403,711. Large Stores Listed. Retall trade in Washington, accord- ing to reports of 1929 business, was represented by 10 firms employing 6.225 perscns, on an annual payroll of 025,549, and with the annual volume of business totaling $45.937,655. Extent of chain store operations here, as of 1929, was illustrated in the fol- lowing figures taken from the 1930 census of distribution: Grocery and combination stores snd meat markets, $32,088,605, for annual net sales; drug stores, $10,140,063; filling stationt, $6.- 216,305; variet: five-and-ten, dollar and general stores, $4.766.160; women's | ready-to-wear specialty shops. $5,947,- 1732, and shoe stores, $4,859,366. The net sales figure for specialty | stores, other than chain stores, were given as follows for the year 1929: Food group execlusive of chain grocery and meat markets, $49,768,911; general | merchandise group exclusive of de- partment stores and the chains, $: 063,947; automotive group, $43,998,77: apparel group, $31,468,278; lumber and building group, $15,414,134; other retail stores, $46,850.316, and second-hand stores, $1,228,710. CAMP GOOD WILL BEING PREPARED FOR OUTINGS Rock Creek Park Staff to Receive Mothers and Children July ‘1. tions are being made by the staff of Camp Good Will, in Rock Creek Park, under the direction of Miss Rachel Haviland, superintendent, for the reception of the first party of mothers and children. . This party is being . recruited from the Georgetown and Southwest districts of the Asso- ciated Charities and will leave for the camp on July 1. The Summer Outings Committee which also conducts Camp Pleasant a Blue Plains for colored mothers and children, yesterday announced through its chairman, John Joy Edson, the ap- pointment of E. P. Lovett as the super- intendent of this camp, with Mrs. Lovett as his assistant. The first party of rs is to be received on June 30. Applications for admission to Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant indi- cate there will be a waiting list due to the popularity of the camps. Ap- plications are coming from other social on behalf of their clients well as from the visitors of the Ass Charities. FAILS TO STAY DEATH o |Mexican Embassy Tries to Save Chief George S. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po- lice. n'nj‘ Pratt declared the decision would have no effect on his depart- ment, because men who resign are not the result of a Civil vice - Tes [y uhhn examination. In such cases Th men -IETVIAD-CDLTADSS SRDEHY Convicted Slayer. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 20 (#).— Gove Harry G. Leslie today refused to grant a commutation of sentence to Ignacio Za: & Mexican who is under sentence to be executed at the State Prison early next Wednesday morning. An appeal to the Governor to com- mute the sentence to life imprisonment was presented recently by the Mexican em) The Governor held Zaragoss had muv?-uumd-;m% oftcer; :