Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1935, Page 26

CREATES PROBLEM . One ..Death and Several Spills Blamed on Speeding Power Boats. an hour between scores of canoes and other frail craft. Consider Speed Limit. As a result of complaints, District officials are utting the 15-mile-an 10 8 miles an hour on the stretch of water above Chain Bridge. Congress recently yested authority In the District to make police regula- | tions for the harbor, channels and other water in this jurisdiction, Efforts to reduce the speed and reckless driving of power boats were instituted by the board of governors of the Washington Cance Club at & Tecent meeting. - It was pointed out ‘that while one policeman is regularly detailed in a lsunch to the Potomac above Key Bridge. his boat is slow and the speeders run rings around it or do their stunting out of sight beyond the numerous bends. Deliberately Race at Cances. Veteran rivermen said they have spotted several speed boat drivers who deliberately race at canoes, par- ticulerly those with girls in them, in an effort to overturn the light craft. A quick sweep sround a cance will tip it over, especially if manned by inexpert paddlers. Canoeing both day and night has been particularly popular this year due in part to the large number of visitors in town. Many who venture out in the light boats are beginners who know little sbout paddling and less about swimming. The recent action of the governing board of the canoe club was started by Carl Ahlenfeld, who had a harrow- in@ experience with a speedboat last Sunday. Ahlenfeld, his wife and 3-year-old son, were in a canoe almost run down by a speedboat traveling more than 20 miles an hour, he said. Being an expert swimmer, Ahenfeld had no fear for himself, although his wife and son were in a nervous state on reaching shore. Hazard to Swimmers. Other boats, it was said, speed by floats, splashing the occupants or upsetting canoes about to be. launched. ‘The speedboats also are a hazard to swimmers, rivermen decalred. Racing shells, too, come in for a buffeting from the backwash of power boats. Officials of the canoe club feel' tie present police patrol from the | harbor precinct should be increased to cope with the situation. No drivers of motor boats have been Arrested for speeding within the mem- ory of veteran; harbor policemen. Rivermen made it clear they implied no &riticism of the Tarbor patrol, but rather that the patrot should be re- | inforced. Boat Is Too Slow. ‘The lone policeman stationed above | Key Bridge with a 6-mile-an-hour | launch does his best to enforce the law, warning cpeeders and. patroling the 5-mile streteh. Stunting drivers, however, can spot the slow craft a mile away and cut circles sround it. The proposed new harbor regula- tions are being studied by a special comrhiftee composed’of Assistant Cor- poration Counsel E. W. Thomas, a sergeant from the harbor precinct, the municipal architect and bridge ‘en- gineer and a representative of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Their recommendstions will be sub- mitted in the near future to the Dis- trict Commissioners, who plan to hold 8 public hearing on the subject later in the Summer. THEATER' FIRE COMES AS LINES CALL FOR IT By the Associated Press. ! LONDON, June 9.—“Come in, clap of thunder; come in, sheet-of flame,” declared the heroine of “Broomstick,” an historical drama by Mrs. Bonnar Semple Dunkerson of ville, Ky., being produced st Arts and Theater Club, ‘Whereupon a gust of wind from an open, window backstage. blew over a candle and sent up s sheet of flame Y 3 of realizing the stage A audience 400, not anything had gone amiss, applauded politely as a safety curtain was dropped. The play was resumed in 10 minutes, 6 Small Yachts Out| On Broad Atlantic| In Race to Norway Locations to Be Mydery " Until '3,050-Mile "'Voyage Ends. i i i 01’her-|1ubeln|ddrmm“m'ml-| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., JUNE TRGHAS D TO ROV S Galicher Asks Business Men| Takoma ~Park _Plans to Aid Campaign to Cut Relief, - ] 7 Mrs. Charles M. Rosenthal (above) and Mrs. Alexander Ros- enblum, who have been named co- chairmen for the annual Spring luncheon to be given by the Wash- ington Chapter of the Hadassah ‘Tuesday, June 18, at the Mayflower Hotel for the benefit of the Pales- tine University Hospital. Lancaster County Woman's| FREED BY KIDNAPERS Club to Sponsor Pro- . 3 Found N Aff gram June 19. T S S Demand by Eight Abductors Special Dispateh to The Star. , ~ for $286,000 Fails. HEATHSVILLE, Va., June 8.—The Woman's Clut of Lancaster County today ‘nm;ounccd the complete ;g: gram for its historical to be held in the m‘mfl | easter ‘on “June 19, begihming at am Rev. Laurence Rousseau Combs of Lancaster will offer the invoeation. R. Hill Fleet of Irvington, member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Lancaster and Richmond Counties, the welcome address. | tion of Lancaster County, 1652, and | with two servants. They were Counties Formed From It” by Morgan | their eyes and mouths taped. Robinson. Rev. G. McLauren Brydon, San Miguel’s valet, Simon Arleta, D. D, will speak on “Church an his bodyguard, State.” Presertation of two volumes | Ig of wills and deeds, 1700-1725, will be made by Mrs. Rust Smith and Mrs. P. W. Hilden. Judge E. Hugh Smith of Heathsville will accept the vol- umes in the name of the bar, and| W. B. Saunders in the name of the county. 5 custody, Senator R. O. Norris, jr., of Lan-|men they said had papers in their caster County will deliver an address | possession definitely linking them to on “Life in Lancaster County Prior | the kidnap gang. to 1776.” He will be introduced by roughly at first, twice threatened his Ammon Dunton Proceeds from the lunch will be used for restoration of | life, San Miguel revealed after shav- ing, bathing and resting briefly. ¢S e St w55 | o111 176 EMPLOYES FREED OF CHARGES the State will be guests of the county U. §. Concentrates Its Case on that day. and it is hoped that Against Former Magnate men and womer who are descendants of natives of Lancaster County will return for the occasion. Every organization in the county is sponsoring, with the Woman’s Club, the building of a fireproof, modern clerk's office for the safekeeping of the old records of the county. as Trial Nears. GREEKS VOTE TODAY " ON KING’S RETURN Restoration of Monarchy Is at Stake in_Election of New Chamber of Deputies. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, June 8—Greece votes to- morrow in a general election which may decide whether monarchy is to restored. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 8.—The Govern- ment cleared the decks today for its second attempt to convict Samuel In- sull, sr., on charges growing out of the collapse of his utility empire by dis- missing its indictments against six of his co-defendants. Its action ieft Samuel, sr.; his son, Samuel, jr., and Harold L. Stuart—all once members of the Executive Com- ‘The election was called by the re- publican government for a new Chamber of Deputies to ratify con- stitutional changes drafted as an aftermath of the March' revolt, . The restoration issue was introduced in the campaign. s ‘The government bloc favors return monarchist leader, has been stumping the country declaring, "We ‘will havé ‘no pesce d‘?fimm.umum ELEPHANT TRAINER HELD Pleads Not Guilty After Beast >Buns Amok, Kills Girl. Spend Large Part c! Fund on Streets. -|CHURCH TO GELEBRAT CENTENNIAL OCCASION - Week of Evening Services to Be Assisted by ‘Visiting Pastors. Special Dispateh to The Btar. HILLSBORO, Vs, June 8—St. Paul's Lutheran Church at; Neersville, iHf? i 5 R 73 | g : § | § § £ g g % | ] I i g! i i I g i 11 o H il i Eglis i H i i 3 H ! i 5 . § ] | g5 k i 11 3l ‘The last day that the ungummed sheets and blocks may be obtained at the Philatelic Agency will be Satur- day. Local collectors are urged to buy early in the week as numerous out- of-town' dealers are expected to swell the lines at the windows. played in the Postal Administration in & Toom across the hall . | Bullding 8 | from the Philatelic Agency. SEEK COUNCIL JOBS Falls Church Election to Be Held Visitors also will find the stamp ex- hibition in the National Museum well worth viewing. The new Canadian stamps fsued June 1 are of exceptional beauty and color. The 6-cent airmail and 20- ‘Tuesday evening. Entertainment festures in- 4 Club at its last meeting: L i g, By, den ay, - — ¢ “Robert. Bilsborough 1s The following interesting phil- stelic news and observations has been received from James Waldo Fawcett, stamp editor of The Star, who is in Europe. In the midst of the jubllee festivi- ranged in his honor, Sunday, May 13. The postal authorities of Great Britain are said to be considering a series to such na- tional monuments as Stonehenge, { f i f Is L i i i i i il The Imperial Aifways, Ltd., Lon- | don, s exhibiting air post covers il- lustrating the development of aerial zflél-mflee from the ploneer period te. As forecast immediately after his death, Marshal Pilsudsk’ has re- ceived memorial philatelic honors at the hands of his country. A mourn- ing stamp—25gr, black and gray- black—was brought out on the very day of his funeral, the date also being marked by the use of & special can- ~ellation die at Warsaw and Cracow. The Polish government Hkewise is re- | ported to contemplate & commemora- tive series of not less than six values in tribute to the national leader. The 1935 charity stamps of Austria | will show a gallery of portraits of | celebrated military leaders, including | Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gideon Erst | Freiherr von Laudon, Erzherzog Karl, | Josef Graf Radentsky, Wilhelm Frei- | herr von Tegetthof and Graf Conrad von Hotzendorf. - Chile will have two stamps in cel- | ebfation of the settlement of a long- with | l Costa. Rica. is bringing out chunu e the Th 10¢, 30¢, 45c and 50c, and sale will be Trestricted to August 1-3. Ozechoslovakia has two stamps to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Buttle of Arras, in which: the national legion won distinction. ter- an- Sc, e NEW YORKERS ELECT Dr. Lamar Harris New President of State Society. were elected by a unanimous vote, are as follows: Samuel J. Gompers, Miss Leona Decker, vice presidents; Miss Pauline B. Paro, secretary; C. M. Little, treas- urer; Dr. W. J. Davis, historian, and John J. Boylan, John Taber, James P. B. Huffy, William F. Richard, Walter D. Sutcliffe and Henry H. Wright, trustees. ‘The last meeting was opened with a brief memorial service in tribute to the late Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot, a former vice president of the society. PLAN RUSTIC PICNIC Baptist Young People Sponsor Event Next Saturday. The Federation of Baptist Young People is sponsoring a rustic picnic, to be heid on the grounds of the East Washington Heights Baptist Church next Saturday. Such amusements as hog calling, husband calling, a straw ride for every one and contests for will sell cake and other delicacies, as well as handicraft. STAMPS. STAMP COLLECTO 1 differ- ent stamps sent you on a at le each. Plan together with approvals sent for 25¢. The zs;wh'f deducted lm? your e first purchase. ve hundreds of testi- monial letters from serious collectdrs com- PO, LONG EAND, $363; sell for $50. | mending this pian. 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