Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1931, Page 17

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C..- AUGUST 30, 1931—PART ONE. B—5 % GROUPTO SELEET CANDIDATE 5 H1T | Clarendon Man Says Person-i nel Not Apportioned by ' Voting Strength. l 7 i BY JACK ALLEN, Staft Correspondent of Toe Star, ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., Augus tion- ment of the numer committee named by t County Better Government League to select the four candidates it will sun- port in the election of the new coun board and the elimination of the mem- bers who were delegates at the Re- publican convention was suggestcd to- day by Albert H. Cohen of Clarend independent candidate for that offic Cohen challenged, in his reply » questionnaire mailed rece committee to thcse seeking p the board, the rights and gualifica of the group to choose, under its pre form of organization, & slate “icr purpose of requesting the voters borstamp the selections on day. 1 strength of the lington the on [ ele The Clarend:n man bzsed his lenge, he said, on the ground tha committee, which is composed of s persons from each of the 11 voting precincts in th: county, ¥ with no apparent regard to s¢ the membership in prcportion voting strength of the various p He further questioned the propriety | of the lsague's action in appointing to the committee seven delegates to the | recent Republican convention, at which a full ticket of five candidates for the | board was nominated, a fact brought | out yasterday when Willlam E. Wolf, | another independent candidate, wrote the league esking that his name be jgnored when the league's slate is picked. “By the code to of political ethics | recognized and ndopted all hcnor- able men,” Cohen declared, “those seven delegates to the Republican conv are duty bound to support the cai dates of thet convention and they cal nct, with honor, participete in any movement to select a slate which, by any possibility, may be different in its 3 1 make-up from that of the Republican ! e which they owe their Anderson Issues Statement. Simultaneously with Cohen’s an nouncement of his reply to the ques- ticnnaire, Robert N. Anderson, presi- dent of the Better Government League, issued a statement regarding the que: tion of neming Republican conventio deiegates to the committee. mad: as to the political connect various members at the time of the association with the league 2nd n has been made since. Such is unimportent in the fac standards the league hss adopt-d.” Cohen requested in his commun ticn that the league supply candidetes for the board with a statement setting | forth the eharzcter of the organization its rights and qualifications to name & slate of candidates for wk 1 seek the support of of county. Cohen, in his latter, made. three sug- gestions which, he claims overcome the thingsghe o They are: 1. Reconstitution of the Committee so that represenia m the varfous precincts thereo be reasonably in proportion to the respec- tive voting strength of each. ~. In_reconstituting the comm! omit all persons who have p participated in the relec for the board by Central any po! Public Deliberaiions Asked. 3. Let all of the league's deliberatio: be of a public character, and let final selection of candidates be by separate and secret ballot on the pa of each member of the commitiee, at meeting to which the general public dmitted, preference in ad such meeting being extended to zll a nounced candidates for th Anderson’s statement rega presence of delegates to th convention on the Better League’s Central Com tained in a public rep quest yesterday that the consider him for its ing “The Better Governm Anderson said, “has arise of the recent change in our county governmer universal desire throughot that the new governme: start possible Believes Object Misunders.ood “We feel that Mr. Wolff n stood the object, purpose and eff the operations of the league. and purpose is not to dicta candidates or to place a under objigation to it, but merel insure unity of action among the pe of the county in 1 f th qualified candidates, ir party lines or personal fri “We have in mind the of something c county, and the ext succeed will depend the people of the cou ect Since the cxistence immed up be under obligatio thereof." MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF 50-CENT LARCENY Center Suspect Market F Promised Jeremiah P teenth street. w the second prec night because tion whereby he worth of apples a Hver. The charge larceny and disorder When he failed t Livingston road he was shopping at Market when a man as wished to buy some (1 gave the man 50 ce apples, whereupon the would return in a mom Howard Willitt Policeman John found the “salesm: as Phillips, about to I ing the market COUPLE UNDER ARREST Embezzlement of South Dakota County Funds Alleged NEWARK, N, J., August 29 (¥, Wickard, auditor of Robe 8. Dak. and Pearl Cline, deputy treasaver there, were und vest today charged with embezzl of $2,500 from the Robs treasury. Authorities said they had admitted their It and waived extradition P> Wickard and Miss Cline were arrested rdsy at the post office where they | d gone for mall. | "’e'u glad it's over,” Under Sheriff lor said they told him. “but we we had seen New York before you (WO% us."’ t Gaithersburg-Washington; | Grove Company Also Takes B. {town 16.7 s on i Spring 193 secor W be Ke onds. n of candi- | Cabi C. | Rescued at Sea SPANIARD FOUND SWIMMING 20 MILES OFF COAST. MICHAEL RIVADULLA, man tho swam eight hours 20 miles off being p! Kishacoquillas o th ht to Philadelphia, Pa., He told | he had been pushed off o was taken H nd thenc K, will be e to Campbe Canada, to re —A. P. Photo WIN HOOK-UP TEST Prize Cup. # Correzpondent of The Star GATTHERSBURG, Md., August 29 g-Washington Grov rtment retained pos the two cups the past year, in t sts r Deartment got their secon: rophy donated by for- Browne of Bethesda, | Gefeated eight other team tive of u Cther comanies wh: this cup are the Sandy Spring, Chase and Bethesda departments. y_won_the sil. Mrs. Charlott The Bethesda compa r trophy donated by Randall of The winning tiT This cup must als before becoming th ¥ any comp: was won by the Ga ton Grove company at Chevy lle company ntest for the the time of 16.2 seconds 16.6 seconds, Hyatts nds. Kensington 16.8 sec. ds, Chevy CI nds and Gaithersburg ashington Grov fore they got water. In t for ith 1 137 2 seconds own int opening of the first con eived a lac Will Be Memorial For “Wheat King’ er was one of its elders for many years. The widow cf the grain magnate and members of the family have do- nated $25,000 toward the memo- rial, which will be dedicated September 6. from the ship Consul in ed up here this afternoon, of the other cup to vy_Chase, defeating 17.6 seconds, Silver e had their hose break he Randall Cup, d head when BUILDING MATERIAL RULE 1S APPROVED Arlington Heads Adopt Ordi- nance on Second Hand Product. { By a Staff Correspon ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT | HOUSE, Va.. Augu y n | prepared by Gloth | man, ch; 1 of | Code Commission of second-hand @ | materials until a i code can be compl | the board over the protest ¢ v from Jeflerson di: vieors B. M. Hedrick and burke voted for its pass The new measure will becc tive when, and if, signed by J { ter T. McCarthy at of the Circuit Court The crdinance pro structure or any buildings or s whatsoever, including plumbi ing, ventiloting, be made withou having obtained a written permit either the directing engineer zoning administrator of the ¢ the to prevent t d unsafe b b new ed, was adop ict E. C e ddition [ !’ ‘es | Ik | E May Require Specifications. thority by plans and s n work, r ldings and tf permit if the with the co deemed d: erty Any person the right | | | each day stituting a an | Meeting on Strect Lights | | The board, respor {ous requests made | throughout the cour | street lights, decided | 29 to receive for lights prepare in ime a map |ing existing ligtts and the where new lights are soug Purchase of a_ new 60 umper for the Ballston ent was unanimousl Kinnier a turning in the excep- | the board members 16 seconds flat t be won three times be- | the premanent property | directed to place an order { apparatus immediately Blanket permission was same time for every any in the county day parade in Was apparatus 0 e LEGION AT DETROIT, Correspondence With Dry Leader was _second | Randall Cup, on Convention Made Public by Officers of Body. B the Asso DETROIT, sed appreh National > an oc ~ | Watkins to be id police W ive Paty OIL MAN RELEASED AFTER DEATH QUIZ G. Rogers at Oklahoma City Tells Police Der ent Wife Tried to Take Poison w " RUNAWAY CAR BREAKS FIRE ALARM BOX POLE i other trave snapping 1 ghborhood tel tm. and two the scene TWO CUT IN FIGHT Helen Jackson. 22, was Hospital and aulting Po- ond precinc, | treated at | then was char liceman R, C. who arrested her { l Theodore Vance, 28, also was treated for stab wouncs at the huspital. Ada Brown. 30, colored, was said to have been the third person involved im the fights By th has served e: Specia ! Mayor Edmund F. Ti sued | special LIQUOR LID ASSURED ¢ Issue disposed ¢ Harrison Is 5 SENATOR PASSES BIRTHDAY AT MISSISSIPPI HOME. ted Press. CRYSTAL SPRINGS —United States Senator ted his fiftieth Miss., Augu Pat Har- birthday served at born Al and frc h he was first ict attorney Since that fonal nce 1918 to the late fouse | and Rules, * ALEXANDRIA POLICE CHIEF T0 BE NAMED '§Counci| to Take Up Appoint- ment at Special Meet- ing Tomorrow. Dispa ar ALEXANDRIA, Va., a call to a meeting Cit that the of ood that th: discus various 1d its choice to City Lawrence, who ppointment. infe candi A council tember 3. senior member has been act- _|EAGER PARIS BUYERS WAIT BRITISH BONDS Be ocon as Banks Expected to Oversub- scribed as Take Orders. loan market du possible and edicted today xweribed as s¢ half will be p Great Britain arranged a $200,000,000 credit the T The operation 200.00 a ms to have com- chances of success Agency said tonight i we should Pt sircuinistarioss threaten permitted mer for rance and again to em- their de- Norfolk, Petersburg Average August 29 port New ave a t 15 to 33 pe erage tax rates in e elsewhere in to a surv lliam H. ncluded de of rrang five groups, each was comparable in population ies ned Ais State. Unemployed Fish For Food in Heart Of Philadelphia August 29. the city, unem- e 1 along the banks of tk huylkill River these days to help fill the family larder, un- der the lenient eyes of Fairmount Park guards, “Many & man is fishing for d for himself and family,” one k guard sald today. “So far we haven't inquired too carefully into the matter of licenses. Most of these men haven't the money to put out for such things." Cerp and catfish are the prin- cipal catch. Guards said many of the fishermen ived at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. has | ! LCENT PAY SCALE ON ROADS DENED Maryland Commission Head Says Local Wages De- termine Minimum. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, August 29.—The State | { Roads Commission does not intend to | | create a uniform labor wage scale with | minimum of 40 cents an hour to be | paid road workers in sections of the | | State, wccording to G. Clinton Uhl, chairman of that body. In localities where this wage limit is in effect the workers will receive the current local scale, but there will be no | tattempt on the part of the commission | |to require contractors on road-building | |jobs to pay other than local normal| | e | { Labor Agitation Feared. | | “We do not believe it would be fair | to local manufacturers and farmers to | g0 into their sectiors offering wages higher than they pay to attract thel workmen and cause lzoor agitation, (Mr. Uhl said. { “The commission recognizes the y1ights of other labor-employing enter- prises and will not offer more lucrative bs to the laborers which would entice {them from their regular work.” Mr. Uhl made his comments | wage question in onse to a state- | ment of R. F. Shaw of Oldtown, criti- | ng the commission for paying a low | scale on work being done in| y County. Mr. Shaw stated that | to 30 cents | | | 1 | ! | i | on the; | Higher Scale Cited. | haw has apparently been mis- | informed as to the wage scale bmg[ | paid for work in Allegany County e Cumberland contractor who is making | the road improvement is paying labor- ers from 30 to 33 cents an hour, which |1s the standard wage scale for that sec- id. part of the roads body | of | | " Efforts on th {to create employment for those work would be defeated by any move to | |create a wage figure suffh high | | ct the already employed from r present jobs, he said. What th commission aims to do, according to Mr. Uhl is create more employment in | the different sections where road work | s planned at standard local scales rather t compete with the farmers | and industries for their help. | { 401 CITIZENS APPEAL | TRANSFER OF SCHOOL| | Park View Residents Ask Beard of Education to Reconsider | Munroe Action. | An app onsideration order changing the Monroe Sch whit= school to one for colored been 1 for Educat by 401 residents of t roe_School di petition arest and o in our com- Park View School,” and | er of the Monroe pupils building “imposes upon them a six_to eight blocks four granting t! the recess | | period of one hour, from t 1, is] | sufficient to enable them having ! | parental care and a hot lunch at home.” | The petition cites also dangers attendant upon smaller children having | “eight strest crossings. one of hich is Park road,” and ascerted that | there been no “pronounced change” | in the neighborhood to warrant the as- sumption that an msufficient number | of white children can be found in the boundaries of the Monroe School district. | In ordering the transfer of the Mon- | roe School to whe colored division of | the school system, the school board con- | sidered the fact that four of the Mon~’ | roe School's 16 rooms are not used as marked | onal school accommoda- | colored children of the maining wi school ity is the the tra to that i from a day need for addi | tions for the neighborhood : . : ‘ ROOSEVELT SUPPORT ! ORGANIZED BY TEXANS| Resolution Adopted at Waco Meet- ing Grants Right to Belief i on Prohibition Subject. By the Associated Press WACO. X 1 t De tic organiz was formed | here teday to support Gov. Franklin D. | Roosevelt of New York as a candidate | 1 presidencs ‘ Davidson of Dallas_appointed a rary Executive Committee, | which was assigned the function of | organization. Former Mayor Lawther | of Dallas was the chief speaker at the meeting. A resolution “that a man’s belirf on the subject prohibit shall not be a test of member Democra | office within its rar | 29 —A Stat adopted CAPITAL VISIT BY DO-X ON U. S. TOUR PROBABLE | Board of Trade Committee Chair-| man Advised of Plan by Back- ers of German Craft 1 plane DO-X probably | me to Washington on its pros- good-will tour of the United s learned yesterday War Marsh, chairman of the Greater National Capital Committee of Wahington Board of Trade, was d to this effect yesterday by the backers of the ship's flight. The DO-X is now in New York having its motors erhauled. ady MOVING, PACKING AND STORAGE. | CIAL " RATE—ONE OR TWO LOADS eiphia or _intermediate points, this Address Box 35-C. Star office. R M R Y LONG-DISTANCE MOVING Loads or part loads te and from Baltimere, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Norfolk, Pitisburgh and points en route. Since 1896 DAVIDSON TRAX FER & STORAGE CO. m 1117 B St N.W. Natl. 9220 to 9230. LONG DISVANCE Special Rates s Pittsburgh, 50 Padded Vans 1317 N. Y. Ave. N.W. CALL NAT'L 1460 LEGION AT HYATTSVILLE PLANS BENEFIT CARNIVAL |*"* Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 29.—A carnival for the benefit of Snyder-Far- | mer Post, No. 3, American Legion, will | be held on the Howard property on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard from | September 7 according to ar- 7 to 12 Will Be Completed Wednesday Night. 7 to 12, rangements completed toda: of the c: i 1 Dr. Robert W. 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Murray an- nounced today he had accepted an in- | vitation to speak at Soldiers’ Field, Chicago, on Labor day. He canceled three Oklahoma speaking dates to ac- cept the invitation of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Murray said his address would be sent over a radio hook-up. | investment PROBE BROKER'S DEATH Finding of Poison in Body Causes Autopsy Order. NEW YORK, August 29 (#)—Finding of a quantity of poison in the organs of Prederick Bender, 52-year-old retired broker, who was to have been buried today, led Acting District Attorney Ryan to order the body held for a comvlete autopsy Ryan directed the homicide bureau of the district attorney’s office to make a thorough investigation of the case. Mr. Bender's body was pulled from a blazing automobile Thursday after he apparently had collapsed in trying to beat out the flames. 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