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A6 x SECOND REDISTRICT BILL IS PRESENTED Measure in Virginia House Would Join Seventh and Eighth Sections. [ | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va, January 28.—A split in the redistricting alllance of the THE EVENING Man Without a Country Soldier, Driven to Sea by Storm, Wanders About Central America, Unable to Return to U. §S. Fears Death at Hands of Revolutionaries. Overtaken by a tropical storm while in a rowboat in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Tex., a soldier in the Army Alr Corps has become a man without a country, the War Department learned today. The man is carried as “absent with- out leave” on the rolls of the head- quarters squadron, Randolph Field, Tex., to which he was assigned. The | closest peaceful country. T entered | Guatemala after much difficulty but, | due to the fact I had no letters or papers of identification, let alone a | passport, I was deported without a | chance to talk with the consul. ‘The | immigration suthorities thought I game |in from El Salvador and there I was | returned. In El Salvador I asked, the | American consul for ald and wag re- seventh and tenth congressional dis- frt” word of him is contained in alfused in every request, even that on tricts is seen in & bill that was to be letter which reads like the wildest of | stationery on which to write to military introduced today e Senate by ator J. B of A County, whi Representative Smith | ve a population of 348,000, or | 100,000 m cting provi Would Combine Two Districts. The new district would s the ex- Staf- uld ) ) countries, and King George C transferred from the present | | | | { of the eighth ¢ the original bill eighth and first dis- ich came from _the t car 1 the backing tenth and seventh districts opinion of the delegations these two sections that in their own integrity | troy the eighth | n’s bill. therefore, s | nitted defeat on | which, would g the districts on from the h | lators de- | fate of the | ady to sacrifice | seventh, in order assured of the strength 1 certain trades that of the | to be affected Until the .story has the missing man’s su- Randolph Field are modern fiction. been checked, perior officers at withholding his name of his letter has been sent to Wash- ington e letter, which bridges & gap of aree months since the man vanished s sent from tes of San Fran Mexico near the port of Manzanilla Driven to Sea by Gale. ays that, while 1d, he was driven off ed him, but was_driven 1. After sevbral days at sea the unner transferred him to & Swedish tramp stear for a Central American port ° told he could catch a stea d State five days aboard this Swedish the soldier wrote, “I was put at a small Honduras was not a hing other back to native t tay al States but due a quick march for G \OTING OFFILS. oAY CUT ORDERED Virginia House Also Slashes Jury Service Wage in Economy Bills. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft C r L RICHMOND, Va to a revolution I spondent e passed the House of Delegate: in the form of a n v of election offi defeat that mea for final action The passage of comn sure when today the bi foners ¢ be cut from $5 to S | attacks had be Smith has Richmond to direet | it is upon the final | tical future hinges. | FAVORS CONOR-WRIGHT BILL. | Bar Body Acts on Redis- | tricting Measure. Alexandria ALEXANDRIA, Va The Al troduced sembly Tuesday Madison here yester- esentative | ict Represent PLANTS HALT WORK IN CRISIS ON WATER ne Winchester Industries Cur- tail Operations Due to Contamination WINCHESTER Industrial and source bath, and unw were reported motoring to n and other nearby cities for , not that the water from ded as danger- ause of its highly which they held to be worse than no bath several mem was difficult to obtain the competent officials even at $5 a day, and that some of the cities, including Richmond, now pay $7.50 to $10 to these officials Delegate Charles Ford of News declared that a drive services of Newport was being the Says Bill Is Test. pal defen . g Fauquier County his is a test of ol Norther against gates Cot Edmund Arlington County was registered as not voting. A companion bill by cutting the pay of ju and civil cases fr e same patron ction of the pay of jurors met some opposition from delegate pre agricultural districts, who « farmers need all they way of cash can get in Many Amendments Offered. The final of House ¢ as expected when the b salaries of members of th sembly and their assistants f final action When the bill came up vesterday for grossment numerous _amendments were offered. One of these was by test though a_copy | oast Guard | he was | authorities in the States. | Returned to El Salvador. “I boarded the City of San Francisco at La Union. I am bound for San Francisco. The master of this ship has sent two radiograms to the commanding | officer for verification that I was a soldier at that station. At present the answer to the first radiogram was that the simple code words could not be | decoded. An answer to the second | radiogram has not been received. If the answer to the second radiogram is not ceceived before this ship reaches the port of Manzanilla, I will be transferred to the Santa Catalina (same company) and returned to EI Salvador. “From La Union, El Salvador, the | only aid that I can possibly hope to obtain is from the Marine commander located in Managua, Nicaragua, some 23 days by foot from La Union. If I returned to El Salvador, which will ssitate my crossing the hostile line andino and brother outlaws (the of an American is worthless on . I have one chance in a hun-| of reaching the Marine com- mander in Managua.” The letter was addressed to Capt. Earl Tonkin, commanding the soldier's squadron. The soldier closed it with a request that he be identified by radio to the commander of the San Francisco or the Santa Catalina. Delegate E. C. Folkes of Richmond. It proposed that the salaries of all State officers and employes getting more than $2,500 be cut 5 per cent; those getting more than $3,500 to be cut 10 per cent, and those getting more than $6,000 to be cut 20 per cent. He also proposed that the office of director of the budget and the office of purchasing agent for the State Highway Commission be abol- ished, and that all State annuities to titutio: of higher learning be cut 10 per cent, “at an estimated saving of $200.000 in the next five months.” | Berkley D. Adams of Charlotte of- fered an amendment providing that the legislative cuts would not become effec- > until similar reductions were made | in all departments and institutions, re- | turning them to the 1926 basi amencment by I. W. Coleman have made the legislative cuts 40 per cent instead of 10 per cent. All STAR, WASHINGTON, JOBLESS T0 WORK INPARK CLEARING Rock Creek and Sligo Valley Projects Expected to Give 50 Employment. By a Staff Correspandent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., January 28.— Unemployed workmen of Montgomery County will be put to work clearing the underbrush and_generally cleaning up the first units of Rock Creek and Sligo Valley Parks under plans now being worked out by Lacy Shaw, president of the Board of County Commissioners; Irving C. Root, chief engineer of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and George W. Davis, chairman of the Unemployment Committee. Agreement was reached yesterday whereby practically all of the men put to work in the Silver Spring area under Commissioner Shaw would be assigned to work in the park areas, while some additional men are also to be essigned to this work. They will operate under the direction of an engineer of the park commission. As the men will be given irom two to four days’ work each depending on the needs of their Quality That Endures 7l Entrance—909 F St. N.W. D. €, THURSDAY, families, it is expected that more than 50 will be taken care of in this manner. The work of clearing out the under- brush, burning trash, cutting down dead trees and trimming logs for use as posts and guard rails is necessary in these two park areas, which will scon be owned in their entirety by the Maryland | Commission. Roads have already been | constructed in these two units, but funds have not been available for the clearing of the park lands and the use | of the unemployed, paid out of the un- Ermploymen%f\md. is expected to aid greatly in his connection. This work will also produce a con- siderable quantity of scrap wood which | can be used for firewood, Mr. Root | stated yesterday, and this wood is ex- pected to be made available to those needing it. The use of unemployed men in R.Ockl Creek Park in Washington through the Community Chest has proved success- ful, it was stated, and this same system is expected to work out as a benefit in several directions in Montgomery County. 18 WILL GET WORK. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | BALLSTON, Va, January 28— Eighteen unemployed residents of the | | county will be given temporary work on | | Monday morning, when force of labor- | |'ers is put to work clearing the land | | at the rear of the Washington and Lee | | High School grounds here. | " Arrangements for the work were | made by the Arlington County Board | | of Public Welfare, which has opened | an unemployment’ relief drive in the | county, and those awarded the jobs will be pald from funds collected by cam- paign workers. JANUARY 28, 1932. MRS. DEAVERS FREED OF SLAYING HUSBAND Wins Acquitted on Sympathy in Slaying of Husband, Judge Declares. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, January 28.—Mrs. Blanche Deavers was acquitted of the murder of her husband, Charles Deav- ers, by a Circult Court jury here yes- terday afternoon. Judge H. W. Betram declared the verdict was not based on strict construction of the law, but part- 1y on sympathy for the accused. Mrs. Deavers pleaded self-defense, claiming her husband had been drink- ing and was in a dangerous mood when she shot him November 2. She had been paralyzed since her first trial in November, The woman was defended by Attorney J. Lynn Lucas. S ORDER FLOOD REVIEW The House Flood Control Committee today directed Army engineers to make | & complete review of Mississippi flood control work and report any changes needed in the Jadwin plan. This action was taken on the motion of Chairman Wilson, who presented a resolution directing the examination. It is favored by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Better Times and Better Business HE facilities of The Columbia National Bank are available to all who desire better times and better business. f[Come in—you'll find the officers of this friendly bank casily accessible, and ever ready to consider your in- dividual financial problems. PROGRESS BASED ON SAFETY AND SERVICE The Columbia National Bank 911 F Street Safe Deposit Boxes $3.50 Up per Year CAPITAL, $250,000.00—SURPLUS, $500,000.00 Convenient Deferred Payments EXPANSION anp IMPROVEMIENI The builders are expanding and remodeling this store. 907 F St. On account of our increased business, we secured the adjoining store, To facilitate the work we have made tremendous reductions on all furniture, rugs and drapes for every room in the house, for the purpose of reducing the stock. Don't fail to share in the values. Remember, everything we sell has quality to recommend it. No Interest for Convenient Deferred Payments on T hese Greatly Reduced Prices mendments were finally defeated, and | advanced by ‘an unrecorded at left some doubt as to its success today Decided to Slow Down. Most of the ti up by salary redu Senate decided nd. fast,” give the they are com- matter more was the third successive latest n Wright uct to the department and nstitu- It was laid over for one the Senate members an to give the matter more 1 consideration Senator Wright's resolution was in conformity with Gov. Pollard’s recom- mendation a general 10 per cent ! provide first that: the is of departments and reduced 10 per cent e remainder of the cut be riation for each govern- activity ‘The department head then could apportion the reduction in the best way possible declared. No opposition developed. ABANDONMENT OF DANCE ti tion heads to give mental ENDS NINE-YEAR RIFT] Bishop Manning Announces He Will Resume Visits to Dr. Guthrie’s Church. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 28—A bishop and a rector in the Protestant Episco- pal Church have buried the hatchet er a disagreement of nine years, it was made known yesterday. Bishop Willlam T. Manning will re: me visitations to picturesque old St ks-in-the-Bouwrie, of which the Rev. William Norman Guthrie is rector. The rift occurred when Bishop Man- disapproval of serviges Dr. 's church with euryth- dance rituals. Dr. Guthrie declined o anything about it and Episcopal fons ceased Now the eurythmic dances are to be ndoned, but Dr. Guthrie said econ- and not pastoral submission to Episcopacy is the reason. Bishop Man- ning said hs would resume his visits, since there was no longer anything ob- jectionable in the services. Dr. Guthrie sald he would be glad to have him. The FRANCE LEAVES PIER 57, FEB. 6 ON HER 2d 11-DAY WEST INDIES CRUISE atlantic runs. are maintained in of cruise rates. SENATE RECORDERS DINE Chaplain Is Host to of shorthand Experts. Corps Members of the corps of official re- of the Senate proceedings were s last night at a dinner given in honor by Rev. Ze Barney Phillips, n of the Senate, at his home, street » who attended were Theodore . Schuey, veteran head of the staff, S mes W. Murphy, Percy E. Bud- long, Daniel B. Lloyd, John D. Rhodes, James R. Wick, E. Murphy, E. L. Koons, Joseph A. Koons and F. Free- land Chew. SAILS FEB. 12 AND MAR. Jor HAVANA - KINGSTON - NASSAU MINIMUM FARE $175 Subsequent sailings are Mar. 12, Mar. 26, Apr. 9. THE FRANCE WILL ALSO MAKE AN 18-DAY CRUISE, STARTING FEB. 20, CALLING AT THE PORTS OF FORT DE FRANCE, TRINIDAD, LA GUAYRA, CURACAO, CO- LON, KINGSTON AND HAVANA. 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