Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 22

FARM PICKHERS Teacher Leads A. A. A. Pickets CALLED RADALS Cobb Says Union Tenants Aggrieved at Success of Cotton Program. By the Associated Press. The long, marble-fronted Agricul- ture Department Building was pick- eted yesterday by union tenant farm- ers from the South, most of whom Cully A. Cobb, chief of the Farm Administration’s Cotton Division, said would not know a cotton stalk from & jimpson weed. Talking to newspaper men while the nine members of the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union marched up and down in front of the building protesting the manner in which they said they had been treated by the Farm Adminis- tration, Cobb said the demonstration was instigated by members of radical groups who cared little about the Southern tenant farmer. .The delegates, most of whom were colored, came here Friday to protest to farm authorities and to demand & guarantee of the right to organize. The delegates said they would con- fer tomorrow with Senators concern- ing the pending Bankhead farm ten- ant rehabilitation bill. Cobb said the A. A. A. had data to show radical activities of the men who instigated the demonstration and add- ed that “they seem to resent the im- | condiions brought | proved economic about by the cotton program because it makes it all the more difficult for them to spread unrest, upon which they feed.” He said the Farm Administration would be glad to investigate legitimate complaints, but that the delegates had few, if any, specific grievances. Cobb added that the leaders were not farm- ers and that their chief interest “seems to be Socialism and Com- munism.” “The Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration is attempting to improve the economic status of the entire farm population,” Cobb said. “It makes no distinction between land owners and tenants.” SEMINARY SERVICE WILL HONOR SISTER Memorial This Afternoon for Im- maculata Superioress—Rev. Lloyd Is Speaker. Memorial exercises in honor of Bister Frances Helen, late superioress of the Immaculata Seminary, will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the seminary chapel, at Wisconsin and Nebraska avenues. Rev. Robert 8. Lloyd, 8. J, of Georgetown University Preparatory Bchool and Rev. Dr. Howard Shep- ston of Catholic University will con- duct the exercises. Father Lloyd will deliver the tribute to Sister Frances Helen. S8everal of the favorite hymns of the nun will be sung and one of her favorite prayers, “Learning Christ,” will be recited during the services. Members of the Immaculata Sem- inary Alumnae Association will assist in the musical program. ‘Tomorrow & high mass for the sis- ter will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. in the Immaculata chapel. Sister Frances Helen, who died a year ago, was the first superioress of the seminary, assuming direction at the opening of the school in 1905. Bhe had an international reputation as an educator and had received many honors from eminent prelates of the church. 500 ROYAL NEIGHBORS MEET HERE MAY 27 Maryland, Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia, Besides Capital, to Be Represented. ‘The Royal Neighbors of America | will convene in a “tri-State camp” meeting on the morning of May 27, in the Raleigh Hotel. Some 500 delegates from the District, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia are ex- pected to attend. Business sessions will be held throughout the day and a banquet held in the hotel that evening at 6:30 o'clock. Members of District camps of the organization will be %osts. Mrs, Louisa A. Grubb of this tity has charge of arrangements for the banquet. An address is to be delivered by Mrs. Nelia E. Selvey of Grafton, W. Va., State supervising deputy of the District, Virginia and West Virginia. A representative of the headquarters office also will speak. Mrs. Eleanor Deas of this city, Btate oracle of the organization, will preside. She will be assisted during the convention by Mrs. Ida M. Roberts, State recorder; Mrs. E. Viola ‘Thompson, ceremonial marshal, and Mrs. Mamie Howel, in charge of the drill unit. —_— e Atonement Glee Club to Sing. ‘The Atcnement Male Glee Club will give its Spring concert Thursday at 8 p.m. under the direction of Frederick E. Gross. Paul Ledig, tenor soloist of the Luther Place Memorial Church, and A. T. Campbell, bass, will be guest soloists. Miss Evelyn Warfield will be the accompanist. 3 Broadcasting Stations to Test Television Waves Ultra-High Frequencies to Be Used Also for Sound Reproduction. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 18—Three broadcast stations are to begin the almost immediate investigation of transmission on the ultra-high fre- quencies, it was announced tonight. The announcement explained that the investigation would be conducted from the standpoint of the use of ultra-high frequencies for television and facsimile transmission in addi- tion to sound bmné!oc:.nma and re- sary equipment, which is expected to be on the air “soon,” are KDKA of Pittsburgh, KYW of Philadelphia and ‘WBZ of Boston. The stations are | strike. owned by Westinghouse, but their programs are built by N. B. C. Each transmitter will operate on 855 megacycles, or approximately 5 meters. AIRPORT MEASURE 1S SIGNED BY NIGE Maryland Residents Win Added Protection Against Plane Menace. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Maryland residents greater protection against establishment of airports in residential communities, a revised aviation commission law will become effective June 1, having been signed by Gov. Harry W. Nice Friday. | Under its terms all applications for permits to established airports, erect vertised for at least 30 days before the ¥ State Commission acts on the applica- | tion. Must Be Renewed. Existing airports will have to make application under the new law and all permits issued will have to be renewed each year, when the same proceedure regarding advertising is to be followed. Fees are to be charged for the permits issued and the revenue will be applied toward the expenses of the commission which, under the bill, will include a salary for a full-time secretary. Commission members themselves re- ceive no pay. Delegate Joseph A. Cantrel of Mont- gomery County said residents of the Rockville Pike who object to flying at the Congressional Airport, which they consider both dangerous and an- noying, undoubtedly will protest when that flying field applies for a permit under the new law. May Appeal to Courts. Upon receipt of written petitions of protest, the Aviation Commission is required by the new law to conduct & hearing. In the event the Commis- sion’s decision is against the citizens who protest, they may have recourse to Equity Court proceedings. ‘The bill signed by Gov. Nice was substituted for one applying to Mont- gomery County which would have given the county commissioners power to license and regulate airports. Introduced by Delegate Cantrel at the request of persons living near Con- gressional Airport, it was fought by the State Aviation Commission, which contended it would establish a danger- ous precedent under which aviation in Maryland could be made subject to the whims of the 23 boards of county commissioners. LEADERS OF CITY ATTEND CONFERENCE Federal and D. C. Figures Among Those at Planning Session in Cincinnati. Washingtonians and those in of- ficial life here will take a prominent part in the national conference on city, regional, State and national planning to start tomorrow in Cincinnati, Ohio. Secretary of Interior Ickes will be one of the principal speakers at the closing dinner of the three-day ses- sion, as will Dr. Charles E. Merriam, member of the National Resources Board. Prederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park end Planning Commission, vice chairman of the National Resources Board and member of the newly formed Allot- ment Board to allocate $4,880,000,000 in public works, will reply to the ad- dress of welcome to be delivered by Mayor Russell Wilson of Cincinnati, as well as taking a leading part in the discussions. Miss Harlean James, executive secretary of the American Civic As- sociation, which maintains headquar- ters in the Union Trust Building, Fifteenth and H streets, will attend the sessions. LUMBER TRADE HALTED Strike Leaves Industry on Pacific Coast at Standstill. SEATTLE, May 18 (#).—The Pacific Northwest lumber industry was worse off than ever today, with production almost at & standstill, Canadian mills reported cornering the markets, and the strike sp: 3 Lumbermen’s As- reading. ‘The West Coast sociation estimated production of Douglas fir slumped 52 per cent— 50,000,000 board feet, because of the . It cost the industry almost $1,000,000 in one week. In Washington and Oregon 35,000 lumber and wood “workers were idle. Maritime workers, in sympathy, re- fused to handle “non-union lumber.” A May 18.—Affording ! beacons or other devices must be ad- | THE SUNDAY 1 ‘Ward Rodgers, young teacher who was jailed recently in Arkansas for alleged radical activity, shown as he led a group of “share choppers” in picketing A. A A. headquarters in the Agriculture Building yesterday. —A. P. Photo. WISCONSIN PAVING MEASURE VETOED |Bill Would Have Forced Transit Firm to Share Cost of Work. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md, May 18.—Gov. Nice has killed the bill enacted by the State Legislature to compel traction firms operating along Wisconsin ave- nue, Old Georgetown road and the Rockville Pike to bear the cost of any improvements deemed necessary on their rights of way. The Governor vetoed the measure late yesterday despite the fact that a strong appeal had been made by Montgomery County civic organiza- tions for the executive signature that would have made the bill a law. Primary Needs Ended. ‘The loss of the act is not felt so keenly in civic circles, however, for the primary need for the measure was eliminated a week ago when the Capi- tal Transit Co. announced it would abandon its electric line between Washington and Rockville within a short time. State Senator Stedman Prescott in- troduced the bill in an effort to force the traction firm to pave between its tracks on Wisconsin avenue from the District of Columbia line to Old Georgetown road and thus join in the improvement program being carried out along the avenue by the State Roads Commission. The traction firm had balked at paving its right of way and its failure to co-operate has left a ditch in the center of the thoroughfare. A movement is now under way to have the State Roads Commission complete the paving work as soon as the traction company abandons the tracks and inaugurates modern bus service as a substitute for the line. Gov. Nice'’s veto was not accom- panied by an explanatory message. TRIPLE CHECK PLAN FOR STRATO FLIGHT Calculation by Trigonometry to Be Most Accurate in Meas- uring Height. By the Associated Press. The height to which the National Geographic-Army stratosphere bal- loon pushes up into the stratosphere this Summer will be checked off in at least three ways—measured almost to the inch, Use of photography and the sur- veyor’s trinagulation method will check against the customary barometric sys- tem of the altimeter. A camera, shooting pictures di- rectly downward at stated intervals, will be used for one of the height measure devices, but the most accurate calculation will be by trigonometry. To use this, the backers of the flight have invited volunteer surveyors and engineers along the probable east- bound path of the drifting balloon— Nebraska, Kansas, Towa and Missourl —to participate. With transits, they will measure angles between the bal- loon and earth. . To make more certain their meas- urements, they will be stationed at Geodetic Survey bench marks, set st carefully measured 30-mile intervals over the plains. TWO WIN DEBATE PRIZES IN LAW COLLEGE FINALS Carl Willingham and Miss Eliz- abeth Benson to Receive Medals June 13. Carl H. Willingham and Miss Eliza- beth E. Benson won first and second prizes, respectively, in the annual de- bate contest held last night by the ‘Washington College of Law. Gold medals will be presented to the final- ists at commencement exercises June 13. Competitors in the debate each had won a preliminary contest and had taken part in at least two freshmen interclass debates between the day and evening schoal divisions. The subject argued in the final test was “Resolved, That the Child Labor Amendment to Hays Riley presided. L) STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 19, 1935—PART ONE. 29ARE SUMMONED IN LYDDANE CASE Charges Are First on List for Special Grand Jury Tomorrow. Destroyer Damaged in Crash, Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, May 18— ‘Twenty-nine witnesses have been sum- moned by State’s Attorney James H. Pugh to testify when the sensational Lyddane case is presented to the grand jury during the special session open- ing here Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Pugh said that he had not yet de- cided whether he will call all of the witnesses, but declared that presenta- tion of the case will require about two days. It will be the first case to be considered by the jury, the prosecu- tor added. The State’s attorney will seek in- dictment cl Mrs. Anne Lyddane, 29-year-old Rockville bank secretary, and John M. Boland, 42-year-old ‘Washington police character, with conspiring to murder Prancis S. Lyd- dane, husband of the bank employe. Indictments accusing John H. (“Googy”) Carnall, erstwhile Wash- ington policeman and Rockville bar- tender, and Edwin J. Davis, Capital police character, with conspiring to murder Mrs. Josephine Beall of l?“-r:esmwn also will be sought by gh. How the destroyer Lee looked after its recent collision at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with the destroyer Sicard. Note the lower section of the bow sheared off. One man was killed and four were injured. FARMING IN D. C. 4 HELD ON DECLINE | Census Bureau Reports 89 Where 104 Flourished in 1930, ‘The pursuit of agriculture in the District of Columbia, usually consid- ered urban to the core, i8 on the decline, the Census Bureau reports, with 89 farms now where 104 flour- ished in 1930. These 89 farms, comprising 2801 acres, ace operated by 50 full owners, 1 part owner, 17 managers and 21 tenants. Their total value is $7,183,087, an increase over the $7,143,712 com- puted as the worth of the 3,071 acres in 1930. . ‘The average size of the Capitals farms this year is 315 and was 205 acres in 1930. The average value in 1935 is $80,709 and was $68.690 in 1930. : Crops were harvested from 1,495 of Washington's agricultural acres last year, less than the 1,737 of 1929. Hay and sorghums, corn, potatoes and yams are the farm commodities which the District’s plowmen con- centrate on. Aside from the harvested crop land, reckoned in April of this year, | the District’s farms totaled 15 acres - of crop failure, 184 acres of fallow land, 187 acres of plowable pasture, 286 acres of woodland pasture, 44 acres of other pasture, 131 acres of unpastured woodland and 459 acres put to various uses. Chief animal product of the city's farms are hogs and pigs, which num- bered 1811 April 1. Then comes cattle, 853 head in all and 505 of them cows and heifers over 3 years | old. ¢ Pittsburg and RUUD AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATERS WITH SAVINGS 510 model—fully qutomatic. insulated copper-bear- i 1 tank, snap- thermostat two-tone lac- quer finish. 30 and 45 gallons LIMITED TIME ONLY Savings like these are calls to action .. delay means a lost bargain, continued stair- climbing and harder house-work. 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