Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1932, Page 16

B4 « THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 3, 1932—PART ONE. OBS RE SLSHE BF COUNTY BOARD New Arlington Officials, in First Session, Abolish Five Offices. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON 'COUNTY COURT | HOUEE, Va January 2. —Moving | swiftly toward a complete reorginiza- tion cf the various governmental de- | paftments under its direction. the new | bounty board, meeting today for the: abolished five offices, thereby natically dismissing as many em- | ployes. The board also adopied a systematic method of procedure for meetings, raised the pay of three law | enforcement officers and formally named Roy B. Braden as county manager. The most important office abolished was that of directing engineer, which has been occupied for the past several years by C. L. Kinnier. The abolition takes effect March 31, at which time innier will sever his connection with county. The position paid 84,200 annually Appeals to Neighbors to Pro-‘ vide for Needy of Capital. Justice Booth to Preside‘ and Radio Stars Will Entertain. A benefit entertainment to help “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” to resume her work of providing shoes for Washington's poor children will be held | the evening of January 14 at 8:30 o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel Aftet the peak of 702 pairs of shoes distributed per day was reached on De- cember 23, “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" decided she would have to appeal for increased assistance from | her neighbors if she was to continue her good work after New Year day. Bhe spoke of her plans to some of the | civic leaders and they all agreed to| help her. | Justice Booth to Preside. Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims will | preside at her benefit and Thomas W. A like fate was shared by Kinnier's etary Mrs. John Agnew, whose, \ces are dispensed with as of Janu- | ary 15. Upon this same date the pnr)»f of general foreman’ will be jshed and Harry Whitehead, who | long held the position, removed | from the employ of the county The abolition of the office of auditor ‘was retroactive, in it was to take effect 85 of December 31. J. R. Hutchi- son was the employe removed through elimination of this office. Zoning Officer Also Out. The fifth that of zoning administrator, which has been held since its formation by Robert H. Forman. The duties of administer- ing the zoning ordinance are trans- ferred to the county manager and the esent fees are retained until further The fees, instead of going to| ning administrator, will be placed in the county fund. By order of the board, the county manager beccmes clerk of that body. ‘The maximum annual salary to be re- ceived by his secretary is $1,500. An automobile was purchased for the county manager. Meeting dates for the new board were fixed for the first and third Sa urdays in each month, with provisions made for calling special meetings at any time during the interval The new rules set the method of procedure for each meeting. This is as follows: Calling the roll, reading and acting upon the minutes of the last meeting, consideration and action upoen the docket and, last, the offering of ordinances, resolutions and petitions, apd other new business. Every proposed crdinance must be | réad upon presentation. No ordinance | ¥ be amended, suspended or repealed except by an ordinance regularly intro- duced and passed, nor shall any section of an ordinance be amended unless the whole section shall be re-ordained. No crdinance shall be considered at the meeting at which it is introduced if ob- jection is made by two members of the board. No ordinance or resolution appro- priating money exceeding the sum of $100, imposing taxes or authorizing the borrowing of money shall be passed except by & majority of all the members elected to the board. Salaries Raised. Upon the recommendation of Sheriff Howard B. Pields, the salaries of Mrs. Pguline A. Smith, deputy sheriff, and| A. D. Langley, part-time special offizer, ‘were raised from $50 to $75 monthly. Harry Miller, trafic officer, who has completed his three-month probationary périod, was raised from $125 to $150 monthly to place him on the same plane with the regular members of the force. All other salaries, the board announced, will remain as they are until further Totice. A request by Judge B. M. Hedrick of the new County Court for a salary of 3175 monthly for A. B. Baton, who to- day was appointed bailiff of the court, was taken under advisement and will be taken up, along with a number of nther matters, at a special meeting that will B> held at the court house at 7 o'clock yence some timely position eliminated was | Brahany will act as master of cere- monfes. Gideon A. Lyon, associate edi- tor of The Washington Star and a world traveler, will present to the audi- views on Manchuria and Japan and briefly discuss the Man- churian situation | Mr. Brahany will present as enter- tainers such stars as Edwin C. Steffe, winner of the recent Atwater Kent au- dition; George Wilson, George O'Con- nor and Matt Horn, Edward J. Walsh, Willlam J. McNally, Fred East and William Raymond. As a special feature the National Broadcasting Co. is send- ing its Radiotone Quartet to sing a number dedicated to the old woman One of the service orchestras will be in attendance throughout the evening to furnish dance music, the entertain- ment features being presented at inter- missions. Old Woman to Appear. The old woman herself will be pres- ent to greet her friends and supporters. Messrs. Willlam Hahn & Co. will wager three pairs of their best shoes that no one in the audience can identify her There will be a pair for men, one for women and one for children. Each per- son who attends will be entitled to try for a pair of these shoes. Mgr. Edward | L. Buckey, Dr. Abram Simon and Dr. | Joseph R. Sizoo constitute the com- mittee of judges The general admission tickets are priced at $1 per person, and a worn pair of shoes as “depression tax.” The attendance will be limited to 1,000 Thirty boxes will be available Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt is chair- 1931 SCHOOL COST | IS $3,200,000,000 Seii 1 Sum Spent on 29,365,608 Pupils | in U. 8.—Teachers Total 1,029,000. By the Associated Press. Education of American youth cost | $3,200,000,000 last year. This sum; the Federal Office of Edu- cation announced. yesterday, was.spent on 23,365,608 boys and girls and young men and women. A total of 1.029.000 teachers were employed, approximately one to-each 28 pupils. The enrollment in public elementary schools was 21,211,325, public high schools, 4,354,815, institutions of higher learning, 1,099,468; private and parochial schoois, both elementary and secondary, 2.700,000: | Elementary school enrollment dropped from 21,370,000 for 1930, while the num- | ber attending high school increased | from 4,030,000 | An appreciable decrease in first- | grade attendance within the next 10 years is expected by the Office of Edu- cation unless the number of children under 5 years of age increases. In Monday nigat. Nelther Judge Hedrick nar Sheriff Fields evinced any enthu- ! #ia=m over th> suggestion that 2 m°m- ted to tieg of bailift Zormer g that the position was one re- | full time of the appointee | and the latter objecting to any mem- | ber of his force taking orders from any | one other than himself Eight Foot Patrolman. Sheriffl Plelds asked the board to take under consideration a request for the sppeintment of -eight foot patrolmen who could be stationed in the various business sections at night. Members of the present force are working day and night, he said, and are not in & position to properly protect the stores and other bucimess houses at night. The salery for such a position should be $100 menthly, Fields said The request was met with the rep.y that it would be given serious consider- ation after the present financial coi dition of the county has been correctly determined. 'The -ounty manager v.as instructed to have a financial statement immediately prepared, the board claim- ing that it does not now know what funds are available for the edministra- tion of the county's affairs The question of the constitutionality of the act by which the form of govern- ment was changed was brought up in eonnection with the appointment of a clerk. Through his attorney, Amos C Crounse, Willlam H. Duncan. county clerk, expressed the opin:nn that the act does not provide that he act as clerk of the new board, and Commonwealth Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas agreed with this view, was instruc “'co-operate to the fullest extent possible with interested taxpayers and their st- torneys in the conduct of spprupriat procesdings testing the lcgality of the new form of government, to the end that final determination of the question may be obtained from the State Supreme Court of Appeals.” Crounse and Capt. Crandal Mackey volunteered their as- sistance in carrying this matter to com- pletion. Rezoning Put Aside. On motion of Board Member Fred A Gosnel], it was voted to taks no on the rezoning applications tary of Labor William N McMillan & Spaulding C: Corporation, “or or. any other tion for rezoning.” until th considered by the Bcard of Zoning Ap- E:;l!s and the recommendations of that ly referred to the board It was voted to permit the completion of all curb and gutter construction al- ready under way ‘n Virginia Highlands and Aurora Hills under contract from the Board of Supervisors, but to pro- hibit starting of any new work, whether it was o ldered in the original con- tract or not. The board was informed by Kinnler that 25,808 feet of construc- tion have already been finished and that there are 2,800 feet more to be laid. He recommended completion, and Bra- den affirmed the recommendation At the suggestion of Board Member John ©. Gall, Douglas was instructed to communicate with the State Corporation Commission in an effort to secure a ce- cis'on on the proposed gas rate reduc ;xaun, which has been pending rince last Séveral matters that had bcen 1e- ferred to the new board by the cld Board of Supervisors will be taken up at Moriday #ight’s meeting. At that time the board will'also take up the water- action | { Secre- | Doak and the | 1930 there were 128,840 fewer children of that age than in 1920 HELD IN PURSE THEFT AFTER 2-BLOCK CHASE Colored Man Is Cornered in Blind | Alley—Pocketbook Recov- ered by Pursuers. Fred Henderson, 23, colored, of 1512 Seventh street, was being held for in- vestigation by police Iast night after his arrest at the end of a two-block chase, in connection with a purse-snatching at Seventh street and Mount Vernon place. According to p-lice, Laura Copeland, | colored, of Arlington. Va., was cros Seventh street near*the Public Libra when a colored man snatched her purse containing 87, and ran. Policeman J 1. Shasburger, sixth precinct, who was off duty-at the time, and an unidenti- fied taxicab driver, gave chase. They cornered the man after he had jumped a fence in & blind alley, two blocks from the scene. The purse was recovered in the yard adjoining. The prisoner gave the Henderson name and address. BETHESDA WOMEN'S CLUB HOLDS RECEPTION TODAY | Annual New Year Event and Open From 4 Until 7 P.M. House | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star BETHESDA, Md., January 2.—The nual New Year reception and open house of the Women’s Club of Bethesda will be held at the club house, Old Georgetown and Sonoma roads, tomor- row from 4 to 7 p.m. Mrs. E. M. Wil- | lis, president, will be assisted in receiv- | ing by the officers and directors of the club. The families and friends of club mem- bers are invited. | BOY BADLY H.URT BY AUTO Norman Clements, 13, Is Knocked | Down—Rushed to Hospital. Norman Clements, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Prederick W. B. Clements, 1662 Foxhall road, was injured seriously | late yesterday when he was knocked down by an automobile at Wisconsin avenue and M streets. i Edward Keith Kloman of Clarendon, Va., owner and driver of the automo- bile, stopped, picked up the unconscious boy and mished him to Georgetown University Hospital, where his condition | was said to be “serious but not critical” | | 1ast night | The Clements boy is a pupil at the | Reservoir School | . Poland Fills Post American Left. WARSAW, Poland, January 2 ()— Col. Adam Koc, vice minister of finance. was appointed today to the post of gov- ernmental commissioner of the Bank of Poland, succeeding Charles 8. Dewey of Chicago, who has served as financial extensfon situation. _— caught by Newfoundland fshermen this season weighed nearly 125,009,000 pounds. adviser during operation of the Amer- ican stabilization plan. Col. Koc's ap- | pointment was interpreted as insuring | close co-operation between the bank and the government. l OLD SHOE WOMAN WILL HOLD BENEFIT TO AID CHILDREN main of the Ticket Committee and Mrs Joseph H. Hinds heads the Box Com- mittee. Tickets are on sale at the Mayflower, T. Arthur Smith's, Wood- ward & Lothrop’s, W. F. Roberts Co and the American Automobile Associa- tion. F. Regis Noel is chairman of the general committee back of the old woman. More than 20,000 pairs of worn shoes have been delivered at the committee’s storeroon: at 1514 H street since the movement started. | of yesterday HEARNGSTOBEGH ON4PERCENTBEE |Experts and Treasury Data | on Intoxication Will Be Heard, Bingham Says. Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican, Connecticut | plans for opening hearings next week on his 4 per cent deer bill before a sub- committee of the Senate Manufactures Committee, headed by Senator Jesse H Metcalf, Republican, of Rhode Island. The hearings will be opencd Friday, ate and witnesses scheduled for that include | and Dr. Dr. Morris Dr. Fishbe; the American Medical As- Dean Clarence le Unjvers chief medical examiner. New York City. Shirley W. Wynne, commis- | Mend-1 Charles sioner of health of New York City. announced editor, | Norris | 1t is expected the testimony of these | witnesses will be in support of the | ume, as proposed by Senator Bingham, | 1s not intoxicating. Will Cite Treasury Rulings. Senator Bingham intends to have presented to the subcommittee facts | with respect to rulings of the Treasury Department on the alcoholic content of beverages in the past- Senator Bing- ham talked about these rulings yester- day to support the point that the Treas- ury did not hold a beverage intoxicat- ‘mg prior to prohibition because it con- tained more than one-half of 1 per cent | alcohol. | "In a Treasury decision of 1871, Sen- ator Bingham pointd out, it was held that any beverag: that contained 2': per cent alcohol or less was not taxable 25 a fermented beverage and manu- facturers thereof could not be classed as browers, The reason was that Tiquor containing 2% per cent or less of nl- | cohol would not keep in barrels znd | would mot keep unless bottled. This {was under the revenue act of 1867 placing a tax on fermented beverages |In 1905 the Treasury changed the rul- ing and made one-half of 1 per cent the dividing line. | Voistead Report Scored. Former Representative Andrew Vol- stead, who had charge of the prohibi- of I 10c Part-Linen Dish Toweling 10 yards for 59c l6-inch width, very absorbent quality. Colored borders. $1.00 Porto Rican Gowns 65c¢ Exquisite examples in color of the Porto 4 Rican art of em- broidery work. ‘White, flesh, peach. i | | Main Floor. 29¢ Extra Size Heavy Turkish Towels 18¢ SEARS, ROEB Cretonne 15¢= {tion measure In the House, said in his report on the bill at the time that the |cent the dividing line between intoxi- | cating and non-intoxicating beverages | Senator Bingham said the Treasury did {not pass.on the question of intoxicat- ing and non-intoxicating beverag>s, as alieged by Volstead, but drew the line as a revenue raising Jimit out that in 1908 the Treasury ruled that beverages with less than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol were exempt from tax. Senator Bingham pointed out that when testifying before the House Rules Committee in connection with a rule on the Volstead measure, its sponsor said fruit juices might contain 1, 2 or 3 per cent alcohol without being intoxi- cating. But in_correcting that testi- mony. Senator Bingham said, Volstead changed this to ‘considerably more than one-half of 1 per cent.” Wants Vote Like Finland's. These matters and others with rela- tion to the history of the one-half of |1 per cent limit are to be brought out | before the Metcalf Subcommittee Senator Bingham expressed satisfac- | tion over the vote of the people of Fin- |land. 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