Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1935, Page 5

BUDGET FOR ROAD REPAIRS PLANNED Prince Georges Board Tells Delegations of County- Wide Program. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER_MARLBORO, Md., Febru- ary 27.—Beset at every meeting by large delegations demanding some ac- tion be taken on the Prince Georges County system of secondary roads, the Board of Commissioners yester- day informed the groups asking for repairs and new roads that they were preparing a complete budget to pre- sent to the State Roads Commission. At another point in the meeting the commissioners and the Board of Education were warned that unless teachers’ pay is restored the “cheap hiring” of teachers may tend toward the inculcation of “Red propaganda” in the county schools. The warning was issued by Arthur J. Lovell, spokesman of a delegation | from the Oxon Hill Parent-Teacher Association consisting of about 25 persons. Meet Roads Commission, ‘The commissioners expect to meet today with the State Roads Commis- sion in Baltimore, where they will discuss needed road work and the controversy between incorporated towns and the county over payments of gasoline tax funds of 1933. The board yesterday spent prac- tically the entire time in an “executive session” behind closed doors. Among other delegations yesterday were committees from the Capitol Heights area, who asked that about | 1,000 feet of Thomas avenue be re- | paired. A delegation from Clinton section was assured that the Clinton to Pis- cataway road was the next “on the list” and would receive repairs as soon as possible. | “Pressure” Urged. " The commisisoners asked the dele- | gation to “bring pressure to bear” on Gov. Nice to change allocation of county funds in order that Prince | Goerges may receive an amount in | keeping with previous appropriations | for roads. A petition also was received from the mayor and town council of Laurel | asking widening and construction of | curbs on Montgomery road within the town’s limits. Capt. Vinton D. Cockey, a member of the commissioner's board. voiced | some hope of teachers’ pay restoration | when he asked Mr. Lovell whether a ! restoration of 1 per cent of the de- crease would be acceptable. Earlier in the day Nicholas Orem, superintendent of schools, had told the delegation that “if the county commissioners could be convinced the people generally desired the restora- tion regardless of an increase in the county tax, I am sure it would be brought about.” Capt. Cockey also questioned the delegation along the same line, in- quiring whether the residents were willing to pay increased taxation to make such restoration possible. The delegation members said they believed such an increase was not necessary. “Cheap school teachers will break down the school system of Prince Georges County,” Lovell, speaking for the delegation, told the commission- ers. “We must not fail to improve | education, and we strongly urge that | the schools of Maryland be main- tained at their present high standard. “We're behind the New Deal—they have restored Federal pay; now, let's restore the teachers’ pay,” he declared. Otherwise Henry Gerguson, at Supreme Court in New York as he chatted wi Mrs. day’s testimony in Mrs. Wilma Gould" charges “Prince Mike” was hired as THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1935. “Prince Mike” Chats With the Press Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. “PRINCE MICHAEL ROMANOFF,” 's suit against her husband’s -kin. co-respondent to break up her home. th reporters at the end of yester- Gould is suing for $500,000 and LOW RENT HOUSING PLANS TO ADVANCE $100,000,000 Projects to Be Under Way by August 1, Says Ickes. Provided funds are made available, Public Works Administration officials predicted today that $100,000,000 worth of low rental housing projects would be under construction by August 1, despite the lack of results that 18| months of study, planning and build- | ing have revealed to date. ! A twofold excuse for a housing pro- | | gram that has provided low-rent homes | | for only 124 families in its year and a | | half of existance and with $150,000,000 | | to draw upon, was offered by Secre-; tary Ickes. Statement by Ickes. He accounted for the lack of com-| | pleted projects by saying that: | "1. Land procurement had bee: | “chief difficulty” and, although a| | Cleveland Federal judge had upheld P. W. A. | Louisville judge ruled tutional. 2. Housing “really didn't get start- ed” until Col. Horatio B. Hackett, re- | tired Army officer, was placed in charge | last June. Hackett quickly predicted that $100,000,000 in housing projects would be under construction by August 1. He explained that 10 months was necessary for the preliminary work of acquiring land, drawing plans and awarding contracts. Construction would be completed within 12 months after contracts were let, he added. n the | condemnation of sites, & it unconsti- | STATE LIQUOR BUSINESS | HELD INCOME TAX FREE| Morgenthau Quoted as Saying| New Treasury Ruling to Exempt Government Stores. By the Associated Press. A committee of Virginia and Wash- ington Congressmen today quoted Sec- retary Morgenthau as saying a new Treasury ruling would exempt profit of State liquor stores from the Fed- eral income tax. The ruling specifically held that Montana liquor stores were exempt | from the Federal tax. Other States with similar laws are Virginia, Washington, Maine, Penn- sylvania, Vermont, Michigan, Oregon, Jowa, New Hampshire, Ohio and West Virginia. Representative Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, of Washington, author of a bill to provide such exemptions, #aid after the conference: ‘“Appar- ently we can forget about my bill.” | pended and unobligated balance of | for much of the delay, said: | ing properly—it took me some time | to find out what was going on down The need for more funds, however. was apparent. P. W. A. has ad. vanced $95,000,000 of its unused housing funds to the Emergency Re- lief Administration, leaving an unex- $18,000,000 out of the original $150,- 000,000. Unless additional funds are made available before the Spring “pick-up” that is predicted, the 37 Federal housing projects now in va- rious courses of planning and negoti- ations would have to be abandoned. Blame Put on Kohn, Ickes, who already had blamed Hackett's predecessor, Robert D. Koh‘ll‘li frankly admitted at the that our organization wasn’t function- | there and reorganize.” | Kohn resigned last year after dif- ferences with Ickes. Just threz months ago Ickes was in controvery with James A. Moffett, Federal housing administrator, over his forecast that Government money might finance building of thousands of private homes. The dispute was Perpetual Building Association | Eleventh and E Streets WASHINGTON, D. C. LARGEST IN WASHINGTON Assets More Than Under Government Supervision OFFICERS: Arthur G. Bishop. Marvin A. Custi Vernon G. Owen Edward C. Baltz Franklin W. Harper Raymond K. Espey. William H. Dyer. 37 Million Dollars .Chairman of the Board «President .Vice President Assistant Secretary ++o.Assistant Treasurer settled only after President Roosevelt's intervention, and Ickes cautiously observed yesterday that P. W. A. loans to individual builders would “put the Government in the mort- gage business.” He did say he wished jurisdiction of the housing division broadened, but declined to make specific suggestions. —_— |ZAHAROFF’S NAME STIRS GOULD TRIAL| Wife, Asking Damages for Al- leged Divorce Plot, Denies Plan to Wed “Mystery Man.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 27.—Score one point for the $500,000 damage suit of Mrs. Wilma Gould—it got a spark of interest out of the yawning Harry Gerguson, “Prince Michael Romanoft” to the gullible, by bringing in the name of Sir Basil Zaharoff. ‘Undergoing cross-examination in Su<;cou1d “better investigate the barbar-|8& preme Court yesterday, Mrs. Gould told the jury she knew the “mystery man of Europe” intimately, but she denied planning to divorce her hus-| band so she could marry him. Mrs. Gould is suing her brother-in. law, former Representative Norman J. | it be amended to include verbatim the | Gould, and the head of a detective agency on conspiracy charges. alleging that they hired “Prince Mike"” to drug her so that they could get evidence for & divorce suit by her husband, Ed- ward B. Gould. Over her attorney’s objections that Sir Basil is “85 years old.” Mrs. Gould hastened to answer a question as to whether she was ever with him alone. “I walked with him in the garden and considered it quite an honor,” she 'ARKANSAS BILL HELD BAIT TO COMMUNISTS | Committee Defers Action on Anti- Sedition Measure After Three- Hour Hearing. By the Assoclated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 27. —An Arkansas Senate Judiciary Com- | mittee considered today an anti- }sedltion bill, with warnings from op- ponents that its enactment “will make Arkansas a stamping ground for Com- munists.” Action on the proposal was deferred by the committee after three hours | of hearings on the move to make pos- | session and distribution of seditious literature a felony. Leading the opposition was youthful | Lucian Koch, director of Common- | wealth Labor College. which is under | legislative investigation for alleged Communistic teachings. | “Koch charged that the committee | ous and savage condition of the East- sharecropper” than |ern Arkansas He spoke after | ponder a sedition bill. | eration of Labor representatives vigor- ously assail the measure and urge that 1abor section of the national industrial recovery act to protect organized labor. To the defense of the proposal came the Arkansas American Legion com- mander, Vincent M. Miles of Forth Smith. Holt Ross of New Orleans, South- | ern A. F. of L. organizer, declared that “if the bill became law the Legislature would make Arkansas a stamping { ground for Communists who want to | get their names on the front pages. EFFORT TO FORCE §2 TAGS DEFEATED Insurgent RepublicanS Are Beaten by Vote in Mary- [ land House. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, February 27.—Efforts of an insurgent Republican bloc to force $2 tags on Gov. Harry W. Nice were defeated in the House yesterday with the aid of organization Demo- crats. | While the House debated the $2 tag {ssue, the Senate approved an increase in the speed limit from 40 to 45 miles an hour and gave its indorsement to the Randall version of “Maryland, My Maryland.” Both branches received many new legislative proposals dealing with a wide variety of subjects, from spite fences to sterilization. The strenuous but futile effort to give Maryland’s motorists $2 tags, despite budget deficits and slow tax collections, was led by Delegate Allen C. K. Clark, Anne Arundel County Republican and author of the bill. Democratic floor leader Kent R. Mullikin helped save Gov. Nice from the embarrassment of having to veto a measure containing one of his cam- paign promises by pointing out that the budget makes no provision for $2 tags this year. Republican floor leader Thomas L. Popp reminded the Delegates that only the depleted state of the treasury caused fhe Governor to go back on his promise, although he recommend- ed a substantial reduction in the costs of tags this year and hopes to get down to the $2 rate by 1938. | After protracted debate, an unfavor- | able report of the Ways and Means | Committee was adopted, 94 to 15, both Montgomery and Prince Georges dele- gations voting solidly for the report. 'HAUPTMANN FINDS | | Wife and Minister Visit Death _ Cell and Report Bruno in Good Spirits. the committee heard American Fed- | By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., February 27.— {Bruno Hauptmann has turned to | spiritual consolation as he waits in the Jersey State Prison death house | for developments on his appeal from death sentence. “He’s not downhearted—how could he be when he’s innocent,” declared his wife, Anna Hauptmann, after a visit to his cell yesterday with Rev. | D. C. Werner of New York. | The minister said Hauptmann prayed daily and accepted spiritual advice. He brought the prisoner a German book, “Steps to Christ,” and affirmed, too, that the prisoner was in | apparently good spirits.- Mrs. Haupt- mann said her husband asked her many questions about their infant son, Mannfried. It was regarded as more than likely that the attorneys would ask the Court of Errors and Appeals to post- | pone argument on the appeal from | the May to the October term, because of inability to prepare a case in time. FOR THREE DAYS ONLY MENS SHOP 1331 F STREET SOLACE IN PRAYER | Flies Pick Orange Over Green for Parking Purposes Dairy Test May Prove Only Passing Color Fad, Says Science. By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif., February 27.— It's this way with flies—they’d rather sit on an orenge than a cucumber if the choice depends or color. Such was the deduction announced at the University of California here today as a result of scientific observa- tign of color preferences of thousands and thousands of flies. A huge checkerboard with 11-inch squares in various colors was hung up in a dairy barn of the university’s College of Agriculture. The flies were invited to come and express their personalities. For three months this went on while Lester J. Berry, graduate student in charge of the experiment, and his aides kept watch. The tabulated re- sults announced by Berry: Not less than 10,752 flies parked on the orange squareswhile only 2067 sought out the green. Primrose yellow drew 6,541; carmine, 4.415; blue, 3,480, and white. 2,360. esthetic flles went after coral red and pink. Berry sald the point of the experi- ment was to determine what color barn would be best to indicate to the flies that the welcome mat had been withdrawn. He indicated the opinion that the results at the dairy might have been merely due to a passing color fad among local flies. PR Marks 550th Anniversary. Katherine Lady Berkeley's Gram- mar School at Wotton-under-Edge, England, the first school to be founded by a woman, has just cele- brated its 550th anniversary. Phone NOrth 3609 J. EDW. CHAPMAN 37 N St. N.W. 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A hearing is sched- uled for March 18. . | Republic’s answer said that its ingot capacity is only 7.2 per cent of the NO MON regulate your fire, etc. 1908 M * A-S total of the industry and Corrigan- McKinney's only 1.5 per cent. “The proposed purchase of the as- sets of Corrigan by Republic,” the answer said, “is not based on any purpose to eliminate or lessen com- petition, or merely to create a larger unit in the steel industry, but rests on_sound business considerations.” Outlining the “sound business con= siderations,” the answer said Cor- rigan-McKinley and subsidiaries have production capacity for pig iron- and semi-finished steel in excess of finished steel, while Republic nor- | mally has an excess of finished steel | over semi-finished steel. Material | savings in production and distribu- | tion costs would be effected through the proposed merger, the answer said. Pilot Escapes Unhurt. After Sergt. Pilot W. R. 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