Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1932, Page 13

; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1932. TEACHERS' SALARY SOLUTION IS SEEN Federation Head “Hopeful” of Favorable Agtion by Montgomery Officials. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., September 27— Frederic P. Lee, president of the Mont- gomery County Civic Federation, de- clared today that he is “entirely hope- ful” that some solution to the county school teachers’ salary problem will be reached by the Board of Education and the County Commissioners despite the statement made Saturday by Thomas C. Darby, president of the Board of Education, in which the latter asserted that it appears “impossible at this time” to restore the salaries to the scalz paid last year. Chznge Held Impossible. Darby also had made it plain that, | in his opinion, the board could make | no wege changes because the school budget had been drafted under the reduced salary scale and that resolu- tions adopted by the Civic Federation | and other organizations opposing the wage slashes probably would not be brought before the meeting of his board at Rockville on October 2. | “I have no comment to make upon Darby's statement, other than that I} understand that the school board has not yet had & meeting at which it could consider the requests of the Clvic Fed- eration and other civic bodies.” Le: sald, “but I am entirely hopeful that when the matter comes before the | school board and all angles of the situ- | ation are thoroughly discussec, the school board and the county commis- sioners will be able to reach a sound and helpful solution. | Citizens Await Action. ! “Such a solution is earnestly awaited | by the large number of citizens, who have, by their action in the civic fed- eration and elsewhere, expressed their overwhelming sentiment for continuing not merely the physical plant, but also the instructional facilities of the county school system in their present high state of efficiency.” The protests made by the civic or- | ganizations followed the school board's | action 1n suspending the schedule of | annual salary increases, and reducing | salaries to the level paid during the 1930-31 term—a reduction of $100 in the salaries paid high school teachers last term and a $50 slash in the wages of elementary school instructors, $3,000,000 BRIDGE LOAN IS PLANNED Virginia and Maryland to Ask R. F. C. Aid for Spen at Morgantown. BALTIMORE, Md., September 27.— Application for a loan of $3,000.000 or more for construction of a 13;-mile bridge linking Maryland and Virginia across the Potomac at Margantown, Md. and Dahlgren, Va, will be filed with the Reconstruction Finance Cc:- poration “as soon as we can get & hearing at Washington,” Dr. Hugh H Young announced last might. | The announcement followed a lunch- con meeting of %cuh and A — tive citizens of Mary] i at the Cold Spring hn&_@m of Dr, Young, internationally famous urologist. He has been a leader in the five years of agitation for a bridge linking the two States that for 300 years have let lower Potomac lie between: them with- out spanning it. Gov. Ritchie attended the meeting and gave his approval to the plans, Dr. Young sald, adding thati as soon as they have besn given formal ap- proval by Gov. Pollard ofbeVirglnin a Tequest for a hearing_will be filed with the Reconstruction —Finance Co:pora- tion. Gov. Pollard already has pressed favorablz interest in the enter- prise and reitcrated 4t yesterday in a| message of regret that he could not be present at the meeting. Present at the luncheon meeting, in eddition to Gov. Ritchie” and Dr. Young, were Senator Tydings, Harry D. Wiliiar, jr, chief engineer State Roads Commission; E. Brcoke Lee, a member of the State Roads Commis- sion, and Walter C. Hopkins, its bridge enginecr; John N. Makall, former chief engineer of the commission, and Omer F. Hershey and Willlam Stanley, attorneys. PERRY WILL HEAD DEMOCRATIC BODY| | i { Montgomery Central Committee Accepts Resignation of Berry E. Clark. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. September 27— The resignation ¢f Berry E. Clarx of | Rockville, as_chairman of the Demo- | cratic State Central Committee for the | county was accepted 2t a mecting of the committee here yesterday afternoon, and Thomas W. Perry of Chevy Chase was named in his place. Clark, however, will continue a member of the committee, it was said. The other officers selected were: Vice Chairman Ben G. Davis of Takoma Park; secretary, Miss Ruth Shoemaker of Somerset; treasurer, Z. McCubbin ‘Waters of Goshen. Mrs. W. Ernest Of- futt of Rockville is also a member of the committee. SLAYING SUSPECT HELD T:marack, Minn., Farmer Jailed in Killing of Dry Agent. CROMWELL, Minn,, September 27 (A —Harry Hedstrom, 42, Tamarack, Minn., farmer, sought for the slaying | & of James G. Harney, St. Paul Federal | prohibition agent, was arrested near Tere last night, concluding a three-day | search of the north woods. Hedstrom, found on a country road by three officers and Mertin Harney, a brother of the slain officer, confessed to ‘office they agent when he came to his farm Friday | alternoon with three other agents in! scarch cf a still Hedstrom, who offered no_ resistance | to the officers, was to be taken to jail at Aitkin, where his brother, Gust, 36, and their brother-in-law, Emil Giving. 28, are being held as “material wit- nesses.” TWO MEN ROBBED said, he killed the dry |K: Watermelons Used To Extinguish Fire In Overlumedl Car By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont., September 27, —R. J. Quigley used a sackful of watermelons last night to ex- tinguish a fire which started in the motor of his car after it overturned. He crawled from the machine just in time to halt the blaze with well aimed melons. PAPENISPUZLLED sz v BY HERRIOT STAND Chancellor Terms Physical and Moral Training of Youth a Duty. By the Associated Press. KOENIGSBERG, Germany, Septem- ber 27.—Chancellor Franz von Papen said today that he had not seen the jtext of a recent speech on armaments b, Premier Herriot of France, but if what he read in the newspapers was accurate he could not understand M. Herriot at all. The French premier, speaking at Gramat Sunday, asserted Germany is seeking to rebuild her military estab- lishment to its pre-war strength. The chancellor, on his way here from Berlin to visit the distressed farm- ing regions of East Prussia, declared that the physical and mental training of German youth is & moral duty in- volving the security of the country— the same security which Prance so fre- quently invokes on her own behalf. As for domestic politics, the chancel- lor expressed confidence that the long- ing of the people for a return to nor- malcy will arouse a popular demand for the reforms which the government al- ready has planned. ‘The chancellor was scheduled to ap- pear this afternoon before the Reichstag Committee on Safeguarding the Parlia- ment’s Rights to give evidence on the events which led to the dissolution of the Reichstag. It was expected he would issue a statement on the foreign situation this evening or tomorrow. Citizens to Discuss Plant. ARLINGTON, Va. September 27 (Special).—The proposed South Wash- ington rendering plant will be the prin. cipal subject for discussion at the first Fall meeting tonight of the Arlington Citizens’ Association. The meeting will be held in the Patrick Henry School. fuse s e — Clark Festival Planned. WINCHESTER. Va., September 27 Special).—Planned on a broader scale than heretofore, the Clark> County Fall Festival, suspended several years ago, is being resumed at Berryville, the county seat, October 27-28. THE WEATHER District showers tonight and tomorrow; some- what warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow night; gentle south and southwest wiads. Maryland and Virginia—Occasional showers tonight and tomorrow; some- what warmer tonight, warmer in ex- treme west portion tomorrow afterncon. ‘West | Virginla—Showers -tonight -and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear this morning. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Inches. of Columbia — Occasional Yesterday— 4pm. Sabirn Today— 4 am. 8 am. . Noon = 30.27 Highest, 70, 2:00 p.m. yesterday. Year 2go, Lowest, 58, 4:00 am. today. Year ago, 55. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. 5:22am. Tomorrow. 6:10a.m. 12:29 am. 6:40 p.m. 1:00 p.m. . 5is6pm. . 12:15pm. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today .. 6:00 Sun, tomorrow 6:01 5:56 Moon, today.. 2:47am. 4:42pm. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): 1932. Average. Record. 4.82 3.55 7.09 '82 Sets. 5:58 327 3.75 3.217 3.70 413 6.84 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 10.63 2.37 December.. . 3.32 Weather in Varfous Citles. pTemperature. o WIUBTE Stations. *t e epISIK Abilene, Tex... Albany, N, Y | Atlanta, | Atiantic Baltimore, 0.04 Helena, Mont... 30.24 Huron, 8. Dak.. 30.24 Indianapolis.Ind 30.08 Jacksonville.Fla. 30.18 nsas City. Mo 30'16 Eov *Angele: Louisville, Miami, N Orlea Cianoma Omaha, Nebr... 3 Philadelphia ... NY City, 301 02 7 Raleleh, N. C.., 30.32 Salt” Lake City. 30.08 S onio.. * 30,04 Driver Loses Cab and 95 Cents.'3tiit Wolll Man Gives Up Watch and $15. Prederick Smith, taxi driver, of the 1600 block Thirteenth street, was held up early today by two armed colored men and robbed of 95 cents and his cab while in the 2200 b'ock E street, he i reported to police. pv%'a]t,-r Johnson, 38, of the 5700 block of Sherrier place, was treated £t Emer- gency Hospital for injuries received late Sesterday when slugged and robbed of $15 and a watch by a colored man while at Foyrteenth and N streets. Johnson scid the man came up to him fran behin? and hit him in face. ain Gibraltar.' Spain. Part cloudy n. Greenwich Al foon. ime. todas Horta (Fayal. Azores ... 6¢ Pait cloudy {Cuirrent observations.) INSULL PROMISES INVESTIRATION A Deposed Utility Magnate Vol- unteers to Return to United States. eral agencies of the State and Federal Covernments were engaged today in searching the records of the bankrupt Insull investments trusts word came from Paris that Samuel Insull, deposed utility magnate, had ‘expressed his wil- lingness to return to the United States voluntarily to assist in the investiga- tions. Yesterday announcement was made that his'son, Samuel Insull, jr., who was-| president of the two investment trusts in which the losses of the stockholders are expected to exceed $300,000,000, had | left Chicago Saturday to visit his father and mother. Son on Vacation. James Simpson,” chairman of the board of Commonwealth Edison Co., one of the Insull operating concerns, sald young Insull had taken a vacation on his recommendation. “He had been much concerned over the iliness of his mother,” S8impson said, “and at my suggestion he is going to | Paris to visit her. He left Saturday and will return in November.” Young Insull is vice chairman of the Commonwezlth Edison Co. and two other Chicago operating companies, as | well as president of two of the invest- ment trusts founded by his father. Simpson sald young Insull’s trip was “purely g coincidence and certainly had 10 bearing on the investigations.” Mrs. Samuel Insull, jr., and their %ounxd son did not accompany her hus- and. Officials Questioned. State's Attorney John A. Swanson planned to begin calling officials of four Insull companies to his office today for questioning about transactions which interested his investigators. The com- panies mentioned were the Insull Utility Investments, Inc.; the Corporation Se- curities Co., the Middle West Utility Co. and the Mississippi Valley Utilities In- | vestment Co. Samuel Insull, jr. was president of the Corporation Securities Co. and the | Insull Utility Investments, Inc. A staff of Government auditors, as- signed by United States District Attor- ney Dwight Green, was engaged in a general audit of the books of all Insull | companies in_receivership. Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley, who adjudged the Insull Utility In- vestments, Inc. bankrupt, has sum- moned two officials of the concern to appear before him Thursday for ques- tioning in civil proceedings to recover | assets. They are P. J. McEnroe, vice president, and John F. O'Keefe, sec- | retary. Dance Is Planned. LEONARDTOWN, Md., September 27 | (Special).—A dance will bz held for the benefit of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Mechanics- | ville, Md., on September 29. Mrs. Car- rie Buckler is chairman. YOU leave Washingto just as the next one beg TO ST. ITEDs 2 P.M. it, Louis. .25 P.M. Stops at principel | Alap B. Smith, General Pass. L Ar. toward the close of one business day...Youarrivein Chicagoat9A.M., 18-hour trip on The Liberty Limited. And meanwhile you have enjoyed a satisfying sleep in a comfortable Pull- man—in luxurious surroundings. Three other fast trains run from Washington to Chicago every day, in- cluding The Statesman—a compara- THE LIBERTY BOLIVIA FOR TRUCE WITH PARACUAVANS Peace Hopes Heightened in Chaco Fighting as Neu- trals’ Plan Wins. By the Associoted Press. LA PAZ, Bolivia, September 27— Hope for & truce between Bolivia and Paraguay in the Gran Chaco region was heightened today when the Bo- livian government announced it had replied to the representatives of neu- tral nations at Washington “reiterat- ing” its acceptance of the plan for a suspension of hostilities. The note added Bolivia was ready to accept the truce if Paraguay also agreed and that, as for necutral supervision, Bolivia already had expressed her opin- ion in a note of September 18. This note recommended a civil commission of neutrals to pass upon any alleged acts of aggression and to determine the aggressor. (Paraguay yesterday accepted a plan to end hostilities. Its note provided for immediate withdrawal of armies, com- plete demilitarization of the Chaco within two or three weeks and accept- ance by both Paraguay and Bolivia of a reduction of military effectives to the K\ln)xmum required for national secur- y. An army communique last night said Tepeated new attacks on the Bolivian position in the Fort Boqueron area by Paraguayan forces had been rerulsed with the aid of airplanes. Paragrayan incursions in the south- ern sector of the Chaco, including Fort Tinfunque, were declared to have failed. Paraguay Claims Advance. ASUNCION, Paraguay, September 27 (#).—Paraguayan forces in the Gran Chaco, 1t was announced today, have | penetrated Bolivian barbed wire entan- glements at three places, capturing prisoners and arms. 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THE L Data on ‘Rock People’ In Libyan Desert Is Coal of Expetlifiofl By the Assocta CAIRO, —New know! sought an e r....‘m 5 t, September 27. of the little - eople” will be xpedition, headed by Maj. Ralph A. Bagnold, which left today for the Libyan Desert. The “Rock People” live in the Ennedi Mountains, sbout 1,000 miles southwest of here and across the Libyan Desert. The expedition will" travel about 4,- 000 miles before its work is fin- ished. It will be away about two months. The University of Chicago's Oflmhlmlnlltlt\lu A'.ndht.he l:’oyll Geographical Soclety ve ven their assistance to the expedition. COAST GUARD HEAD IN NAVAL HOSPITAL Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet Undergoes Minor Operation. Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, com- mandant of the United States Coast Guard, underwent & minor operation to- day at the Naval Hospital. He is expected to be confined to the hospital for about three weeks. It was said after the operation that his condi- | tion was favorable. Capt. 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