Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1931, Page 14

" B-2 = MARLBORO'S FAIR 10 OPEN TUESDAY Judges Are Announced for| Exhibits—Many Displays Being Planned. BY GEORGE PORTER, Btaft Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 20.—With every indication that this year's fair of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Fair Association will con- tain many high-grade displays when its booths open: Tuesday, the judges of the various exhibits were announced today. K. A. Clark, extension animal hus- bandman of the University of Mary- Jand, will judge live stock; L. W. Ingham of the university's experiment station will judge dairy cattle and Wade Rice, another extension service specialist, will judge poultry. Flower Judge Named. Flowers and plants will be judged by ‘W. R. Ballard, landscape #pecialist of the extension service, while Geary Eppley, agsistant agronomist of the uni- versity, will judge wheat and corn. The tobacco exhibits will be judged by L. P. Ranft of the Maryland Tobacco Grow- ers’ Association, C. E. Nelson, Sunday editor of The Star, will be one of the judges of the project exhibits displayed by 11 organ- izations in the County Federation of ‘Women's Clubs. The other judges of the projects will be Mrs. Ellis Logan, an artist of Wash- ington and past national chairman of the Pine Arts Department of the Gen- eral Pederation of Women's Clubs, and S. H. Tyson of the office of exhibits, United States Department of Agricul- ture. General Exhibit Judges. Judges of the general exhibits of food, clothing, etc., entered by home- makers and 4-H Club girls, wil! be Miss Dorothy Emerson, State girls' club agent: Miss Mary Graham, home demonstration agent of Charles County, and Mrs. Mary B. Riley, instructor in | home economics, Hyattsville High School. In addition to the 11-project exhibi- tion by various clubs of the county, there will be an exhibit by the Ways | and Means Committee of the county federation, Mrs. Rudolph A. Allen president, said. These club exhibits al- Gets Scholarship G. U. GRADUATE WILL GO TO HOLY CROSS. ' | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( RECEIVERS TOHOLD WINCHESTER FAIR Event Scheduled as Part of Plan to Liquidate Shenan- doah Agricultural Society. Special Dispatch to The Star, WINCHESTER, Va. August 29— Receivers were appointed today for the Shenandogh Valley Agricultural So- clety, one of the oldest county fair or- ganizations in Virginia, on the petition of Julian W. Baker and other stock- holders. Judge Philip Willlams in Cor- poration Court appointed James P. Reardon and Burr P. Harrison as re- ceivers. They posted $5,000 bond. Restralning Order Denied. The court directed them to conduct the Winchester Fair September 8 to HARTLEY W. HOWARD, ‘ Georgetown University graduate of the | class of 1931, who awarded the fellowship in chemistry at Holy Cross Oollege, will leave for his new post in Worcester, Mass., on September 8. While at Georgetown, in the College of Arts and Sciences, Mr. Howard was president of the Chemistry Club and was also a member of the R. O. T. C. Band. He resides at 3215 Thirteenth street. | FATHER SAVES SIX | CHILDREN FROM FIRE Joseph Crabbe Dashes Through Flames Five Times,as Home Burns at Martinsburg. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 20 —The simple heroism of Joseph Crabbe saved the lives of six of his children from death in a fire that prac- tically destroyed their home here to- day. Crabbe dashed five times into | the burning building to save the chil- dren, ranging in age from 2 to 18 years, | who were trapped with Mrs. Crabbe on | an upper: floor. Mrs. Crabbe climbed | ways attract much interest, and the |io safety through a windoW sash her clubwomen have made unusually ex- | husband knocked out, and both were Sensive preparstions for their bo?!hs | cut by the glass. Two children, awak- 'tlbl:!ere)“;iu Acsgrdl:\gc wmoMnm). ;n‘::s \c:ed b{ the father, managed to escape y | themselves. awarded the winning booths, ranging | All the children were affected by the from $70 to $20 | smoke but none seriously. They were S un‘:ir;c;o!ht(s}w!diss?‘éthi?mfdmm 10 | sleeping_over the kitchen. where the home demonstration agent, will GIve & | Hrcr o e o esrs. COrabhes hals peach exhibit, showing, among other | was gsigned by the flames. He was ;l:lng:, ho'w many cans of peaches can | taken to a hospital for emergency preserved from a bushel. treatment. A neigb::oll'n d!scu;ered mme 4-H Displays Arranged fire and roused the father and mother. “There will be at least two 4-H Club | Ihe fire was of mysterious origin, exhibits, Miss Regan said, the Behsville | Ficmen think 1 mey bave storted | and Suitland Clubs having arranged | Irom & kitchen fire Gisplays. The 4.H girls also intend to | W8S the Work of an incendiary. The | blaze was one of a series of misfor- ;;gf,‘e& p'é‘;;'m,“]‘:;’:L";’fh"‘“- Which | tunes befalliig the Crabbe family in 11, receive the entire income, pay need- ed _expenses and report to the court Direction of the fair was taken out of the hands of Boyd R. Richards, presi- dent, and other officers by the court order. The stockholders also asked for a restraining order, claiming that hold- ing a fair this year would tend to in- crease the already heavy indebtedness of the society. | year's premiums had not been paid, along with numerous other expenses The court, however, declined to issue the restraining order and -directed the receivers to hold the fair. One of their first acts was to can- cel a tentative contract for exhibitions by Troop E, 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer. Affairs of the society have been in the hands of the court for some months, with the ultimate object of disposing of the assets in order to pay off debts and go into liquidation. The assets include 33 acres of land regarded as highly valuable, all within city limits. Tt was at first planned to hold no fair this year, due to general depression and complicated litigation, but a truce was effected between conflicting _interests whereby a receivership was agreed upon. CHARGES SELLING OF TEACHERS’ POSTS | Head of Kentucky College Blames Conditions on District Trustees. By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky, August 29.— Charges that selling of teachers’ ap- pointmients and giving them to rela- tives exists on a large scale in Ken- tucky were made in a statement issued here today by Dr. H. L. Donovan, pres- ident of the Eastern Kentucky State Teachers' Coliege. Conditions described by Dr. Donovan were blamed by him on the sub-district trustees, by which the trustees instead of the county superintendents appoint teachers. The statement was lssued under sponsorship of the Kentucky Academy of Social Scierices and was the result of a questionnaire sent to the 120 county school superintendents in the State. They said most of last | For the first time silver cups will be | the past year, and the second time the given the winning teams in the 4-H Boys' Club tobacco judging contest, which is open to the five Southern | Maryland counties, W. B. Posey, county agent, announced. There will also be | individual cash prizes for tobaccp | Jjudging. | William G. Brooke, secretary of the | Fair Association, has been busy for | weeks receiving entries and arranging displays. He established his office on the fair grounds Monday to complete final arrangements. . Judging in practically all instances will be performed Wednesday morning. :‘he fair will continue through Satur- ay. CRAIN TO KEEP POST, BUT FACES CRITICIS Seabury Not to Requet Ouster of Attorney in Graft | Probe. { By the Associated Press NEW_YORK, August 20.—The New York Times says it has learned from usually well informed sources that Samuel r who investigated charges of r - it York County prosecutor Mr. Seabury's report on the cha brought against Crain by the City Club is expected to be delivered to Gov Roosevelt Monday Commissioner Seabury’s findings were | described as virtually certain to include | some severe criticism of Crain’s admin- istration. But evidence concerning Crain's alleged incompetence, adduced at a long series of hearings, was not sufficient to warrant & recommendation that he be replaced, particularly, the | paper says, since there was no hint of | personal corruption Coincidentally, the Times says, while there was 1 of politics in- fluencing s report, the re I do much to allay a ment against Gov is a sachem of Tamma: and was known as the personal of Tammany Leader John F. Curry for district attorney JUMP IN COTTON MILL PRODUCTION REPORTED Atlanta Bank Makes Summary of Condi- for July Federal Reserve Rains during district brought conditions. th Productic loth and yarn mills in the sixth district increased ir July and was greater than a year ago Consumption of cotton in Georgia, Ala- bama and Tennessee was 13.8 per cent greater than in July last year. of the in crop o y most impros HARLAN SHO(.]TING DENlEDi gl | Two-Hour Search Fails to Reveal Man Two Describe in Leap, as Pedestrians and Autos Line Creek. ’ Sheriff Challenges Reporter Proof Against Deputy. HARLAN, Ky, August 29 (#).—De- nlal that a deputy sheriff shot Boris Isracl, reporter for the _Jederated Press. a labor news organization, and an offer of $100 (o Israel for identi- fication sufficlent to convict one of the deputies was made here today by Sheriff J. H. Blair TIsrael, who was shot in the leg ana run out of town August 18, told Gov. Sampson today a deputy shot him, and said he would him if he saw him Dr. Donovan said the replics indi- | |JAMAICA GINGER By the Associated Press. o BUFFALO, August 20.—The poison of adulterated Jamaica ginger that caused paralysis has become a beauti- fier for the paint industry. Tricresyl phosphate, the stuff that struck down hundreds of Jamaica gin- ger drinkers a little more than o year ago, 15 revealed in an announcement of the American Chemical Society as a preventive for the whitish spots tha: mar shellac when water is allowed to stand on this “varnish.” The announcement is a preliminary 8 the eighty-second meeting. of the so- detailed in the paint and varrish sec- TO MAKE PAINT BEAUTIFUL Jekyll.-Hyde Nature of Tricresyl Phosphate Tha>t Para- lyzed So Many Drinkers, Announced by Science. ciety which begins here Monday. The | | tricresyl phosphate development will be | creases the water resistance of bleacheq | 8uthority to take title to t AUGUST 30, POISON USED | tion, one of 19 divisions which about 12,000 chemists are expected to attend. ‘This Jamaica ginger stuff appears to have a Jekyll-Hyde nature in its ef- fect upon human beings. United States Governmen*, chemists spent months searching for the unknown adulterant that had turned lethal an ordinarily safe shipment of Jamaica ginger. When | they finally pinned down the poison, i | | was the well known and tairly widely |used trade preperation, tricresyl paos | phate. | Although not used for mixing drinks, |it was not regarded as anything spe- clally dangerous. Its use in shellac in- | | 'films of this coating. HUNTING, FISHING FEE CHARGE URGED {Separate Licenses Will Be Asked in Virginia When Assembly Convenes. | Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 20.—At the next session of the General Assembly a bill to provide for separate licenses for fishing, hunting and trapping will bs sponsored by the State Commission of Game and Inland Pisheries. Under the license issued under the present law the holder may engage in all three, at a cost of $3 if it covers the entire State or $1 if it applies to only one county. Many sportsmen are opposed to the present blanket license, and it is thought |that if the law is changed the license for fishing in inland waters will be { placed at 50 cents and the revenue de- rived from it applied entirely to fish hatcheries and the stocking of waters of inland streams with fish. 430 CHURCHES WILL SEND DELEGATES TO SESSION | Presbyterian Synod Will Convene at Richmond—Speakers Are Announced. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | RICHMOND, Va. August 20.—Repre- | sentatives of 430 churches in Maryland, | Virginia, West Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbla will atierd the 114th annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia to be held at the | Union Theological Seminary in Rich- | mond September 8. ‘e opening ser- {mon will be delivered in Schauffer Hall |at the seminary by the Rev. Charles R. | Stribling, D. D, of Orange, Va. the moderator Among those to address the sessions home had been damaged by fire. 626 PRISONERS TAKEN IN CUBAN REVOLT Four Women Among Captives, Most of Number From Oriente Province. By the Associated Press HAVANA, August 20.—The depart- ment of tha interior announced ‘gight that a total of 626 prisoners were ..%en during the revolt two weeks ago. These represent all the prisoners captured or surrendered during the chort-lived uprising. Most of them ars residents of Oriente Province and were seized following upont the action at Gibara. Four of the total are women. VIRGINIA WILL USE ALL OF ROAD FUND State Completes Emergency Proj- ects and Will Not Forfeit Share of Federal Appropriation. Special Dispatch to The Sta RICHMOND, Va. August 20.—No part of the emergency road fund of $1,500,000 appropriated to Virginia by Congress will be forfeited to the Pederal Government. Under the terms of the emergency approvriation act it was pro- vided that the money so appropriated could not be used on road construction projects which were not completed by September 1 of this year. Failure to complete a project by September 1 meant that the State would have to re- turn the emergency money allocated to G commiseione Shirley. said today State highway that reports reaching him from the eight construc-{ on districts into which the State is divided by the highway commission. howed that all of the emergency proj- eets ually had been completed. There are 'a few odds and ends to de done here and there on these jobs, but MAAS CHARGES LACK OATH, SAYS BROWN Repre- Postmaster General Says Not Taken ously in Official Circles. sentative Is Seri- By the Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. August 29 Replying to charges attributed to Representative Michael J. Mass of Min- nesota thai a monopoly in post-office building rentals exists, Postinaster Gen- eral Walter F. Brown said today Wash ington’s official circles have fused to take Maas seriously He has not backed up his charges sworn statements,” Postmaster long Postmaster General will leave tomorrow for San Francisco to attend a supervisors' convention Wednesday POLICE BAFFLED BY VANISHING OF TAFT BRIDGE “SUICIDE” A motley representation from North- | Washington turned out last night to aid the Fire Rescue Squad and po- lice in search for the body of a man reported to have jumped from the Taft Bridge at about § o' While scores of automobiles lined both sides of the briige and hundreds of per- attired in e |Samuel Boswell, cated that the prices for teachcrs' ap- pointments range from $25 to $150 “though reports indicate that the price for a school is certainly going up.” 'MOUNT CALVERT MAN VICTIM OF ACCIDENT 60, Struck by Auto at Upper Marlboro—Con- dition Undetermined. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., August 29. —One man was injured and three ar- rested as a result of automobile acci- dents in Prince Georges County today. Samuel Boswell, 60 yea old, of Mount Calvert, Md., was in an unde- termined condition in Casualty Hospital after having been struck near the Ches- apeake Raflroad station here by a car driven, police say, by Leander J. Brooke, colored, of Rosaryville, Md. i Brooke was arrested on charges of having no registration card, no driver's permit and reckless driving Samuel Amsterdam of New York City and Aldon W. Devier of Branchville, Md.. obtained reckless driving warrants for each other following an accident on the Baltimere Boulevard at Berwyn. VIRGINIA TRUCKMEN T0 TEST GEORGIA LAW State Compels Foreign Cars to Take Out Licenses—Court Ruling to Be Asked. Special Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND, Va.. August 29 —Test of the Georgia law regquiring foreign trucks to take out licenses in that State will be made by the Virginia Motor Truck Owners’ Association, it has been an- nounced. The organization will enlist the ald of truck associations in other States in bringing a test case before the United States Supreme Court. The Virginia association holds that the Georgia law is an improper privilege tax and that it exempts vehicles engaged solely in haul- ing agricultural products. EASTERN STAR OFFICERS TO VISIT FREDERICK Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., August 20 —Two hundred members of the Eastern Star from Prederick and surrounding towns are expected to attend a program here piember 4 which will feature the grand visitation of the grand officers of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., of Mary- land The _visitation will be the first ap- pearari®e here of Mrs. Lulu Boucher, Barton, Md., the worthy grand matron, and Charles Yeager, Baltimore, worthy grand patron. About 18 other State of- ficers are expected in the party Members of eight chapters in towns near here have been invited. ‘The report that a man was about to | jump from the railing of the bridge was | made in an_anonymous telephone call | to police. Scout cars were rushed to the bridge, where & man and woman | both reported the man had leaped into the treetops beneath the . A::r searching m‘?m an S called Pire Rescue Squad ety wo. squad_ cars answered the is invalid becauss it | will be Rev. R. A. Bird of Washington. chairman for forelgn missions; Rev. J. E._ Hemphill of Petersburg, chairman of the Home Missions Committee: Rev. Fred L. Temple of Roanoke and the Rev. R. B. Grinnan, D. D., of Norfolk. BOYS' CARNIVAL PLANNED Club Will Hold Fete at Riverdale Two Days This Week. Special Dispatch to Wae Star. RIVERDALE, Md., August 29.—Final arrapgements are being completed for the carnival to be held August 31 and September 1 by the Boys' Athletic Club of East Riverdale. The use of the | grounds belonging to the Stephen Citi- | zens' Association, on Edmonston road, has been granted. . . Kernan is director of the club ich is composed of boys ranging m 13 to 17 years of age. All-over mohair, a most delightful sulte in the restful rust shade, mogquette. $85 Overstuffed Davenport Bed Davenport, up- $59 holstered in jacquard velour; » most $99 sightly davenport by day. Overstuffed, upholstered in figured denim; one of the most popular of sefas for the small apartment. Suite Maple Living Room Suite, ideal for small apartments: scttee and two chairs; shadow print cretonne. Suite Another unusual value—Maple finish Bed Room Sulte, con- sisting of full size dresser, bed, lotlet table and chest. Room Suité A magnificent suite of walnyt veneer, 66-inch buffet table, china cabi- Oh, such an attrac- tive suite for the smell room; walnut finish with overlays. ble, chairs. The “Best Sellers” $180 10-Pc. Dining $109 net with drawer, server and chairs. $120 7-Pc. Dinette Suite $77- Extension ta- china cabinet, buffet and 4 TAX SUIT APPEALS - PUTUPTO GLOTH [ Arlington Heads Leave Deci- | sion in Further Contests to Attorney. | By & Staft Correspondent of The star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, August 29.—Decision as to whether the 1,077 suits filed by Com- monwealth's Attorney Willlam C. Gloth for the collection of delinquent taxes, recently thrown out of the Circuit Court by Judge Walter T. MecCarthy, shall be appealed now rests squarely upon the shoulders of the Common- | wealth's attorney. ‘The power to appeal or drop the suits was granted Gloth yesterday by the County Board of Supervisors following receipt_of a letter from the firm of Jesse, Phillips & Klinge, attorneys for the taxpayers, asking them whether or | not the cases would be appealed. 1 1,000 Suits Filed. | | More than 1,000 suits were entered by | Gloth early this Spring, while two year: ago an equally large number was filed. On both occasions the judges in the Circuit Court sustained demur- rers to the suits, most of which were for nominal amounts of back taxes. | |BITTER FIGHT LOOMS IN CHILEAN ELECTION Entry of Alessandri Against Mon- tero to Arouse Interest in Presidential Campaign. | of unhappy life. By the Associated Press. | SANTIAGO, Chile, August 20.—A bitter presidential campaign was pre- dicted as a result of the announcement today of the candidacy of Arturo Ales. sandri against Juan Esteban Montero, candidate of the major parties. Alessandri is expected to make a per- | sonal campaign instead of following any | party lines, although the Democrats and | some elements of the Socialists are ex- pected to nominate him September 6. | He had twice served as President and | each time was forced to leave the coun- try. On returning from exile recently | he said he would not re-enter politics, | but he changed his mind. | Two Communist candidates also are in the race. Despite this apparent split | in the Left, Alessandri will have power- | ful support from laboring groups. Polish Sejm Member Killed. TRUSKAWIEC, Poland, August 29 (#).—Thadeus Holowko, member of the government bloc in the Sejm, was shot | and killed at his hotel here today by | three young men who entered his room. Holowko was killed instantly, and the llllallnfl! believed to be political oppo- $159 3-Pc. Mohair Suite 75 with reverse of cushion in .50 comfortable bed by night and a $65 Lawson-Type Sofa $44 $65 3-Pc. Living Room $49. upholstered in S0 $95 4-Pc. Bed Room $59. poster 75 A most unusual and a suite that woman would e than proud to call Beautiful dark an walnut that harmopizes with any sur- rounding. Workmans hip that reflects real quality. value any more her 50 $8.50 Walnut-Finish Rockers For bed or living room fortabl Cool and sanitary; good assortment of pat- terns and colorings. $3. $9 9x12 Felt-Base Rugs '$4.99 75 “Wright” | by the other directors of the highway | the stock and bond holders of the | street northeast, has filed suit for an 905 1931—PART OXNE. - GONTROL OF ROAD BYU. .ISBLOCKED Park Commission Declares Authority Lacking on Fairfax Highway. Two Descendants Must Be Renamed To Inherit $200,000 Chinese Native, Adopted Son of U. S. General, Makes Bequest. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., August 29.—Two chil- TeOSTS OF GASTAY” S FORYEAR | Virginia Took In $11,566,001 Last Year—.12 Per Cent Is Paid Out. —_— Special Dispatch to The Star. N MCcLEAN, Va., August "‘—Direcfoni of the Washington, Great Falls and | Dranesville Highway Co. have been in- | $200,000. | | formed by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission that the | commission 1is at present without | he Chain Bridge highway in Virginia, from Chain Bridge to Great Falls, in the name | of the Pederal Government, under terms of the proposition submitted | jolntly to the Pederal Commission and | | to the ‘State Highway Commission sev- | their eral months ago by Douglas 8. Mackall of Langley. | Mackall’s proposition, which at that time had not been officially approved | company, of which he is an officer and | charter member, provided for the pur- | chase of the road by the State from | Washington, Great Falls and Dranes- ville Co, at a valuation of approxi- mately 50 cents on the dollar. It further provided that the State should borrow from the Federal Gov- ernment the money necessary to make this payment to the owners of the road, taking eight years in which to repay the loan to the Federal Government, | without interest, that the State should then turn over to the Federal Govern- | | | ment title_to this road from Langley |, to Great Falls, together with title to the Chain Bridge Highway from Li ley to Chain Bridge, to represent a total contribution by Virgini f $300,000 to meet the terms of the per-Cramton act for establishing a 1 parkway from Mount Vernon to Great Falls. According to Secretary Ralph Powell of McLean, plans are now being made by the directors of the Washi 3 Great Falls and Dranesville Highway Co. for a conference with Representa- tive Howard Smith to draft legislation for presentation to the incoming Con- gress either specifically directing the commission to purchase this road in behalf of the Federal Government as part of the preparation for the 1932 Bicentennial, or to so interpret the language of the Capper-Cramton act as to permit the acquisition of the road \inder its terms. PIGMY HIPPO DIES Stepped on by Mother, New-Born Survives Few Hours. | Neglected and finally tramped upo: by its own mother, the nine-poun: n | a | | pigmy hippopotamus which was born | |at the National Zoological Park here Wednesday, died Friday after 26 hours | The little fellow ‘was almost com- | pletely ignored by its mother, who not | only refused to nurse him but strode | about their home with utter disregard | of where she stepped. It was this carelessness, Willlam Blackburn, head | keeper, explained last night, which | finally resulted in death. ! ‘The baby hippo’s body was turned | over to the Smithsonian Institution, where it will be mounted or preserved | in alcohol. The little animal was the | first of his breed to be born in Wash- ington. WIFE ASKS DIVORCE Mt T i ko Husband Was Unfaithful. Mrs. Frances L. Bayer, 3112 Newton Mrs. absolute divorce from Harry J. Bayer. She named a corespondent and cha: her husband frequently teok the other woman to a resort on Chesapeake Bay. They were married in November, 1929, and separated a week ago, the court was informed. Attorney Raymond Neudecker apj for the wife. This Magnificent $200 4-Pc. Bed Room Suite for only *10 ¢ th St. N.V dren of Usa H. Porester, a native of China and retited merchant of Lans- | BY the Assoc ing. Mich. must change thelr names | RICHMOND, V. August 29—The when they are 21 to inhert & | cost involved in collecting $11,566,- on g tate valued at approximately | o9 47 jn motor vehicle fuel taxes for Forester died here May 12. His will | Virginia during the fiscal year ending has just been filed for probate. June 30, 1931, was approximately .12 Wood, daughter and son of William E. can be figured by the assistants of of | T. McCall Frazier, director of the ing. The will provides that when they | bocome 21 the entidren muse. changy | State Department of Motor Vehicles. their names to Monte Macklyn Forester | M. Frazier pointed out that the fact apd ) Rober: Usa Pofester fo inherlt | $664,785.88 was refunded under the lav, , annually from te ant divide the principal on the death of [ TeSPonse to 49,504 applications for ndmother. The lstter was | Tefunds, made it impossible to deter- bequea residences in Miami, in | mine exactly what the actual collection Lansing and in Oden, Mich., $2,000 in | of the tax was. However, as nearly as cash and $200 monthiy income from a | the figure could be estimated in dol- trust fund. | lars and cents, it was $14,096.30. Forester came to the.United States 72 years ago as the adopted son of s | Tax Costs Less. general rmy and discarded his | Pigures of the United States Depart- Chinese name for the initials of his | ment of Agriculture Bureau of Public adopted country and the name of his | Roads “for the calendar year ending benefactor. December 31, 1930, and compiled by | State tax economists, showed that dur- | Ing that year the cost of collecting the | tax in Virginia was less than that in | 29 States and more than nine of the 39 States reporting. | During the calendar year the Bureau | of Public Roads figures showed the cost, | to Virginia was .14 per cent of the total, AT FAIRFAX TUESDAY ERPR e greatest cost was reported by New 4 | The Chamber of Commerce Will Be Told | Mexico, with 2.03 per cent. The lowest | costs of the States - of Ways to Co-operate on l o ates ot Nt iy Special Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va., August 20.—Repre- | d Press. BLOOM WILL SPEAK firfled dr% u}xfi States of North Caro- 2 2 a and Washington, each with .07 per- Bicentennial. centages. The percentage for MEQ'-. land was .13; Tennessee, .50; Kentucky, 34, West Virginia was not reported. Well Below Average. sentative Sol Bloom, director of the Virginia’s .14 percentage was well be- George Washington Bicentennial Com- | low the .42 percentage average, figured mission, will be the principal speaker | for all reporting States with a 5-cent Tuesday night in the Fairfax Court| tax. It was pointed out that figures House at & meeting sponsored by the | for the other States, as well as that Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. | showing Virginia at .14, were figured He will be introduced by R. Walton | for the ceflendar year, while those com- Moore of Fairfax, and will point out| piled by the office of the director of the way in which Fairfax Cqunty can | motor vehicles were for the fiscal year co-operate with the National Committee. | just ended in Virginia h:n mefl.:nl will be preceded by 8| Mr Prazier made public, also, fig- so?:l '-‘“m:""c";l“"“] ws"z‘““;"'l“‘urel showing that automobile license — e ! !_'i' - 81~ | collections in the State for the fiseal from umphreys. | year amounted to $6,056.465.20., The Fort 3 dent John W. Brookfleld Who is|registering of titles to motor vehicies Presi al . Allen, chairman irginia Co-ordinating Committee's pnhli’e‘:ty ump:‘l,m, will be ‘Washington's WITH MANSLAUGHTER Ballston Man Released Under $5,000 Bond in Death of was reported to have yielded $185,- | 790.87. ~ Bus line license ecollections | amounted to $215,436.34. | Theee res with the gasoline tax, |80 apprapeiation. uheled $13.0%5 391 38 o ation, $18,025,357.88 | in collections from motor vehicles oper- |ating in the State during the fiscal | year. | Mr. Prazier emphasized the fact that many agents ennged in the collection work involved by the motor vehicle fuel tax also engaged in other work, and for the reason, he said, it was almost impossible to separate entirely the cost of collecting the tax. < |FOUR GENERATIONS FETE | with drawer d Bakery Employe. DANVILLE MAN AT 96 |Col. E. M. Williamson Spends His Birthday on Job—Family Holds Reunion. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va. August 29.—Col. E. M. Williamson, Danville’s oldest active business man, yesterday celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday. He spent the }day at the office of the T. 8. Willlam~ son tobacco factory, operated by his son of that name, but last night was guest descend- By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Vi August 29.—A formal charge of manslaughter was filled here this afterncon against Charles C. Bur- nett, 38 years old, of Ballston, driver of a car which struck and killed Wil- llam B. Hutchinson, 42, of Washington, on Wilson boulevard at Fort Myer Heights early today. Burnett was released under $5,000 bond for a preliminary hearing before Judge Harry Thomas in Police Court of honor at a reunion of his Mcnday morning, Beking Co. wes Bt by the. machins | Jaking ., was ants representing four generations, in- while ~ delivering bread to Pollock’s | cluding about 25 children, grandchil- store. He had just Jeft his truck and | dren and great-grandchildren, was starting across the roadway 'heni Mr. Williamson was born in Cha the mishap occurred, the police said. | lotte County in 1835, but has lived in ‘The injured man was pronounced dead | Danville for more than 50 years. He by physicians at Georgetown University served throughout the Civil War and Hospjtal in Washington. was present at the surrender. Still Greater Values for the Final Week of Our August Sale of this Great Sale have been Sensationally Repriced for the Last Few Days $6.50 Porcelain-Top Tables $4.95 Sizes 18x36 and 24x40; easy to keep clean and add to appearance of your kitchen. $5.95 Unpainted Dressing Table 4 Beautiful Pieces Idclude Hellywood h Distinctive roof this suite tomorrow! 36-inch size, one draw- $3 ;0 o partfeular color you had in mind. 11x17, walnut finish. 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