Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 15

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 19, 1932—PART ONE. COSTCUTLANED B TALBDT CONTY Aim Is Lowering of Tax Rate to $1.35—Commissioners Meet With Citizens. EASTON, Md., June 18.—Expenses will be slashed in Talbot County if recommendations of a joint committee are carried out, and the tax rate will be lowered 11 cents from last year's bringing it down to $1.35 on the nouncement to this effect has been made by President Henry T. Slaughter of the Board of County Commissioners, t an advisory ers from various f opinicn of the joint commit all county officials B be @ ake a 10 per cent reduction salary, but this can be done only with their consent, since the sa'ary list is fixed by law and only can comme: ions include a re- of the road le m $50,000 a 20 per cent cut in the ce of the Board of 200 of the agricultural in the amount paid the sheriff for prisoners’ board from 60 cents to 45 cents a day. the com- s to fix the amount paid the sheriff for mileage x;* traveling: local police boats to be placed under the State Conservation Commission entirel it possible, and if not the cqmmissioners to fix the amount to be levied; salaries ot school teachers to be cut to the min- imum required by lary of the clerk to the commissio to be made equal with that of clerks in the treas- urer’s office, and cut in the appropria- tion to the Talbot County Free Library | from $1700 to $800. The estimate of the Board of Education on its budget 15 $141,000, or $9.000 less than last year. The County Commissioners must bor- row $30.000 at once, it is said, in order to carry through until the end of June, when the fiscal year closes. Of this amount $17.000 goes to the schools and the remainder will pay county bills. CLOSING EXERCISES HELD BY SCHOOL IN LA PLATA Plavlets, Musical Comedy and Pageant Are Presented by Sacred Heart Pupils. o The Star. 1d.. June 18 —The clos- of Sacred Heart School ol Friday night. of playlets, a t and musical g puplls had er, Cecil Hin- | represent_ the ~Democrats. Senator | Robert’ Wagner of New York will be | POLITICAL POLICIES | Republican, Democratic and Socialist Speakers to Be Heard at Virginia U. Special Dispatch to The Star. UNIVERSITY, Va., June 18.—Demo- cratic, Republican and Socialist politi- cal policies and platforms will all be authoritatively presented during the sixth Institute of Public Affairs at the | University of Virginia from July 3 to 16. Sgnator Carter Glass of Virginia and | Senator Cordil Hull of Tennessee will one of the spokesmen for the Republ cans. Other leaders in both parties have been invited and will probnb1y| have places on the program. i Norman Thorras, for the second time | presidential nomiree of the Socialist | party, will speak at a public meeting ! on the night of July 9. Credit and finance will be the subject of the address by Senator Glass on the | night of Julv 12. The former Secre. tary of the Treas who is generally recognized as the greatest authority on | | money and banking now in Washington, | will present the Democratic point of | view relating to financial affairs. | Senator Hull. who is to serve the | Democrats as chairman of their Plat. form Committee in Chicago, is to speal on the effect of the tariff on the pres- ent depression. His date is Friday, July 15. | ployment will be Senator Wag- | ner’s subject. The New York Senator | has labored long to secure the passage | of employment relief measures, and is an cutstanding authority on the subject. 3 EARLY MARYLAND OFFICIALS HONORED| | Tablet and Two Boxwood Bushes Dedicated at Trinity Church, St. Marys City. Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEONARDTOWN. Md., June 18—A | memorial tablet two boxwood | bushes were dedicated in Trinit Church yard, St. Marys City, in honor of three early Maryland officials at the conclusion of the commencemen >xercises of St. Mary's Female Seminary The marker honors John Llewellyn, first registrar of the Colonial land office, chief clerk to the Colonial secretary and a member of the Colonial Assembly in 1682. The bushes were planted in memory of Nicholas Young, member of the Maryland House of Burgesses in 1665 and Thomas Harris. who settled in Charles Cou in 1650 ¢ The tablet was presented by Miss .| Lola Carpenter Young, a descendant eth Gardiner, ott, William liam Gardi- ry Brown, gh, Betty Farrall arded as follows: Five dollars in gold—Agnes Rice, Emma Mur- ray, Nanna Hanson, Eleanor Posey, Eva Hanson and Two_and cne-t Mary | e TWO KILLED !N ACCIDENT NEAR CULPEPER BURIED Thirty Youths Are Pallbearers at Funeral of One—Recovery of Girl Doubtful. young men acted funeral of Gregg A. in an automobile a renton-Culpeper road Tuesday night. The service was held in St. Stephen's M Episcopal Church by the pastor, Rev. ) Dr. Kensey J. Hammond, assisted by Rev. Francis Alison of Christ Church, Brandy Station. Mr. Thompson is survived by his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gregg A. Thompson; | one brother, Sayre Thompson. Puneral services for the other victim, Edward 2 , were held at his former home in Front Royal the same day at 3 o'clock. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ethel Amiss Herford, and one brother, Taylor Amiss, of Culpeper. ss Cornelia Major, one of the other pants of the car in which the two men_were killed, continues in a_critical condition in a Cha sville hospital with little hope of rec BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM PLANNED BY PAGE GROUP Massanutten Society to Dispense ‘With Annual Meeting—Of- ficers Are Elected. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, June 18.—The Mas- eanutten Society, an organization of descendants of the first settlers of Page County, will hold a Washington Bicen- tennial program instead of their regu- Jar annual meeting. A committee was appointed for this purpose today. Officers were elected as follows: P. S. Rhodes of Woodstock, president; Miss Mary Brubaker of Luray, recording sec- retary; Mrs. B, C. Strickler of Luray, corresponding secretary, and Philip Kaufman of Strasburg, treasurer. Informal addresses were made by P. B. Rhodes and Philip Kaufman. Discuss Nation's Wealth. SANDY SPRING, Md., June 18 (Spe- cial).—“What has become of the Na- tion's wealth?” was the subject for dis- cussion at the June meeting of the Neighbors held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Roland Moore in Sandy Spring. The discussion was opened by Willlam Dinwiddie. followed by remarks by Francis Miller. R. Bentley Thomas pre- sided and Francis A. Thomas was elect- ed secretary for the coming year. Termites (White or Are Wood Destroying insects that live in the innermost recesses of the wood and of Mr. Llewellyn's, and unveiled under the auspices of Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D. A. R. The boxwood was given by Miss Delia Harris Maddox of ‘Washington through the same chapter. . i D. OF A. COUNCIL ELECTS | OFFICERS AT HERNDON Mrs. Cora E. Hurst Is Chosen! Councilor and Mrs. Tracy Hawley Is Named Vice Councilor. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va. June 18.—Herndon No. 25, Daughters of America, | owing to serve for the rm: Mrs. Cora E. Hurst, coun- | Tracy Hawley, vice councilor de_Doores, junior past coun . Clara Duke, associate junior | t councilor; Mrs. Lulu Cooper, vice i councilor; Glenna Sibold, asso- | ciate vice councilor; Mrs. Stella Dailey Mrs. May Maddox, warden Mary E. Hurst, recording secretary Clara Holttzclaw, assistant record: y; Mrs, Ada Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Lulu Kirkpatrick, finan. Mrs. Iva Harrison, inside WILLBE PRESENTED LOUDOUN BOARD SETS SCHOOL OPENING DATES White Pupils Will Begin Fall! Term September 8 and Colored Students Start September 23. Spec.al Dispatch to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va, June 18— | White schools in Loudoun will opaa for | the Fall term on September 8, with the colored schools opening September 23, ! | the County School Board determined at | a mel e. An institute for white teachers will be held September 17, with colored teachers meeting September 22. The superintendent was authorized to | | borrow after July 1 $15,000 in anticipa- | | tion of the collection of taxes for the | | fiscal year 1932-33. Teachers werc appointed as follows Aldie, grades 5, 6, 7, Miss Laura Cross; Lovettsville, Miss Zella Nunn. 'FIREMAN IS INJURED | BY STREAM OF WATER| Alexandrian’'s Eye Hurt When | Hose Becomes Unmanageable | During Blaze. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18.—Hit In | the face by a stream of water when a hose he was holding became unman- ageable while fighting a North Wash- ington street Gump fire this afternoon, Fireman Lester Myers, 30, of Engine Company No. 4, had one of his eyes almost torn from its socket. | Following an operation by Dr. Wil liam T. Burch at th> Alexandria Hos- | pital. authorities there said Myers would | not lose his eyesight. He lives at 309 South Washington street. 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