Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1935, Page 19

- ASSESSED VALUES INCREASE SHARPLY Fairfax Notes $246,052 Gain in Personals and $460,192 in Intangibles. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va. August 17.—Nearly & quarter-of-a-million-dollar increase in the assessed valuation of tangible personal property and an approximate increase of half a million dollars in the assessed valuation of intangible personal property in Fairfax County for the current tax year was reported today by James U. Kincheloe, com- missioner of the revenue, upon come- pletion of his assessment book. For 1934, tangible personal property, including machinery and tools and merchant's capital, carried an assessed value of $1,942,554, while for the pres- ent year, the value is set at $2,188,606, an actual boost of $246,052. Intan- gibles, exclusive of income, were as- sessed at $4,089,949 last year, with the fgure being $4,550,141 for 1935, a jump of $460,192. Revenues Go Up. On the basis of the new assess- ments, the county will receive from taxes for the present year $40,784.27, against $34,199.68 levied on last year's total. Likewise, the State treasury is scheduled to receive $38,338.26 this year as its tax on intangibles. The similar figure for 1934 was $36,360.74. According to the commissioner of the revenue, this year’s jump in tan- gible values is due largely to an in- crease in the number of new automo- biles in the county, with a considerable increase also noted in the number of new residents. Seventeen additional pages were required for the personal property book this year, he pointed out. Capitation assessments accounted for $19.162.50 of the total amount sched- uled to be paid into the State treasury, an increase of $589.50 over the $18,- 573 that was levied in 1934 Providence Leads. Providence magisterial district again led the county it its total tangible | assessments and taxes levied on the | same. Its aggregate valuation is $568,- | z Bty 200, with total levies of $9,665.09. | life at Fort Benning follows the Next in order was Mount Vernon military routine, but he will magisterial district with tangible | Never admit it is uninteresting. Every values of $353,195 and tax levy of |day is different. $6.751.24 | At 5:15 am. the “hell cats,” as the Valuations for the other magis- | cadets call the reveille field music cf terial districts and levies are as fol- | drums and bugles, burst into “Youre lows: |in the Army Now,” and “Can't Get Centerville — Valuation, $172,102; | 'Em Up,” until the West Pointers are levy, $2,572.47. Dranesville—Valua- | completely dressed, and downstairs, tion, $224.530; levy, $6,362.80. Falls outside of barracks, formed in an Church—Valuation. $248.830; levy, $5.- | orderly rank with the company cade: 388.72. Lee — Valuation, $130,920; | officers calling the roll. The next 25 levy, $2,038.03. utes is spent in washing, shaving Figures for the incorpcrated towns| (yes, every day in the Army), making of the county were | your bed, sweeping out your share of Clifton—Valuation. $17.380; levy. ! the room and down to breakfast, nea:, ;215 30. Fairfax—Valuation, $118.832; | spick and span. evy, $1.813.20. Falls Church—Valu- i ation, $150,164; levy, $2.039.04. Hern- NojThne fuc MenetenY: the layman just how *“‘monotonous™ (Editor's note—A group of 279 first-class West Pointers are getting a real taste of Army post life at Fort Benning, Ga., this Summer. The following article, giving a cadet’s reaction to the daily rou- tine, was written for the Associated Press by a member of the group.) BY CADET C. V. CLIFTON. ORT BENNING, Ga. (®.—A West Pointer may admit that THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 18, Dall Children Swim With Trader Horn West Pointers Taste Life Fort Benning Routine Described by Cadet. West Point cadets get their shooting eyes sharpened for aerial attacks at Fort Benning Camp. Cadet Clifton, in the accompanying article, tells is their military routine. fields and firing ranges. to start the West Pointers start every day by 8 o'clock. Each day they go to & differ- ent range and see different problems Who could be bored with .78mm. fire one day, a machine gun barrage the next, not to mention armored car at- tacks and fire power displays? Twelve o’clock sharp, and back into | the trucks, down the road to the bar- | they'll understand real Army condi- | tions. “Soup’s on” again, then the | recreational facilities of this spacious | Army post. Decked out in snappy | white Summer uniforms—their | “whites” you'll hear them say—they | depart for swimming, golf or tennis. Supper at 6 O'Clock. racks again, tanned and relaxed, and enjoy supper—just as the soldier cats | supper, every evening there is a “hop” | (dance to you) at the Officers’ Club, {the West Pointers immaculate in | “whites.” {day nights—the drummer breaks the rhythm of “Army Blue” with a stac- day by 8 o'clock. But that is normal— | | racks, where the cadets are living in! the regular enlisted men’'s barracks so | About 6 o'clock they gather at bar- | it—in the cafeteria-style mess. After ! At exactly 11 o'clock—12 on Satur- | don—Valuation, $118,399: levy, $2.- 295.73. Vienna—Valuation, $80.1 levy, $1,130.61. West Falls Churc Valuation, $5,880; levy, $91.14. Rates of Taxation. Rates of taxation that will be in effect for tangible assessments, in- cluding districts and towns, will be as follows: Centerville, $1.59: Dranesville, $2.94; Falls Church, $2.29; Lee, $1.59; Mount Vernon, $1.79; Providence, $1.74; ‘Town of Clifton, $1.59; Fairfax, $1.74; Town of Falls Church, $2.10; Hern- don, $2.94; Vienna, $1.74, and West Falls Church. $1.55. Rates for the towns do not include corporation rates. . Woman Democrats to Meet. CHEVERLY, Md., August 17 (Spe- | cial) —The monthly meeting of the Woman’s Democratic Club of Blad- ensburg district will be held in the home of Mrs. R. H. Mansfield, here, Monday night. Masons (Continued From Pirst Page.) Grand Master's Council will meet at 8 p.m. prior to the order’s ball. Officers To Be Elected. Both organizaticns will elect officers for the coming year at Friday’s busi- ness sessions, select a 1936 convention site and complete unfinished busi- ness. A sightseeing tour in the after- neon will conclude the convention. Among prominent colored leaders attending the Shrine convention will be Harry Knight of Philadelphia, imperial potentate; Dr. A. W. Bra- zier, New Orleans, potentate; John H. Murphy, jr., Bal- timore, chief imperial rabban and an editor of the Afro-American, larg- est Negro weekly; Stuart Jefferson, Chicago, assistant imperial rabban; John W. Dobbs, Atlanta, imperial auditor; Charles D. Freeman, Wash- ington, imperial treasurer; James M. Marshall, Washington; Joseph Hank- erson, Washington, chairman of the Convention Committee, and Cicero A. Lee, past potentate of Mecca Tem-, ple and secretary of the Convention Committee. SHRINE PROGRAM TONIGHT, 8 P.M. Joint Memorial Service. Imperial Council, A. E. A. O. K. T., Asbury Methodist Church, Eleventh and K streets, Rev. Robert M. ‘Williams, pastor. Organ prelude.._ deputy imperial | There is no monotony to this pre- | cato beat, disrupting rudely any ro- { breakfast routine because there isn't | mantic thoughts, and the cadets have time to think about it. And when 15 minutes—not a second longer—to | cadets answer the old call of “soupy, 1 “sign in" with the “o. d."—cadet of- } soupy, soupy”—that's what the buzle | ficer of the day—in barracks, about a | says for mess call—they face a good | quarter of a mile from the “hop” floor. | meal, varied and something a man | The day is only 15 minutes longer— can “fight on” until noon. | While they’re at Benning the cadets | rooms lined with beds, and the bugler | entruck at 7:40 for the demonstration | sounds his day’s last call—'Taps.” Indian Relics Bring 50 Cents to $500 at Auction - iCollech'on of Late Ed- ward W, Payne Sold | At Receivers’ Sale. By the Associated Press. | SPRINGFIELD, ml, August 11.—! | The price of Indian stone axes ranged | from 50 cents to $100 at what was| called the world’s largest curio sale | today. | Top quotation on spearheads was $130. | | From more than a million pieces in | | the stone-age collection of the late Edward W. Payne, bargain hunters in relics ‘could obtain their choice in- | | dividually or by lots. Also, they could | purchase them on a price range of 5 | cents up to $500 each. | Sale of the collection, once valued | by Payne at $1,000.000, was ordered conducted on a piece-meal basis by a Springfield bank, which acquired it when the Payne estate went into | receivership after his death in 1932. | The plan was adopted only after | many museums and universities re- : Nearly Five PRINCESS TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY WEDNESDAY. A new and unpublished portrait of Princess Margaret Rose, daugh- ter of the Duke and Duchess of York and granddaughter of King George and Queen Mary, who, on August 21, will celebrate her fifth birthday anniversary. —Wide World Photo. GOVERNOR GIVEN LEAVE jfused to bid on the collection in its entirety. In the three days since the sale started, its sponsors estimated ap- proximately $25,000 worth of relics | had been sold. | The highest price paid, $450, was | for a steatite pipe from Cumberland | County, Ky. One expert estimated the entire collection has a current inveice value of $200,000. ;Agnri:n Uprising Mexico Eased by Legislature. MEXICO CITY, August 17 (#).— Dispatches from Ciudad Victoria, state of Tamaulipas, reported today that the political dispute which caused an agrarian uprising a few weeks ago had been solved when the state Legis- lature granted an indefinite leave of absence to Gov. Rafael Villareal. Enrique Canseco, a Tampico engi- | neer, was named substitute governor. Villareal, who previously success- fully had resisted numerous attempts of peasants and workers’ organizations |to force him from office, agreed to withdraw at the request of President Lazaro Cardenas in order to restore in Paris society is holding tea parties, a novelty for France. N. M. 8. and Grand Encampment, Mrs. M. Theresa Dickson Rev. P. A. Scott | the lights go out in the long squad | DRASTIC CRAB LAW URGED AT PARLEY Shortage of Marketable Crustaceans Brings Plea for Conservation. By the Assoclated Press. OCEAN CITY, Md. August 17.— Drastic legislative proposals for con- serving the crab supply in Chesa- peake Bay were presented to the Tri- State Sea Food Association Convention today by Isaac H. Tawes of Crisfield. Tawes, legislative chairman of the association, told the packers there 1s no shortage of inferior crabs in bay waters, but that there is a shortage of marketable ones. He made the following recom- mendations: “That the taking of sponge crabs be prohibited at all times. “That the taking of buckram crabs be prohibited at all times. “That the peeler crab be designated as one having the new soft shell fully formed under the outer shell, which can easily be detected by the pink sign. “That provisions be made for the collection of statistics and biological data continuously throughout the future years in order that the effect of any new regulations may be known. “That State fish commissions be empowered to change regulations, sub- ject to approval by their respective Governors.” Quick Action Held Necessary. The recommendations, Tawes as- serted, were sanctioned by Virginia authorities. He was emphatic in his statement that steps must be taken at once to protect the blue crab in- dustry, in light of figures quoted by the Bureau of Fisheries showing an alarming drop in production of the crustaceans. “After hatching, the young crabs gradually migrate northward from Virginia to Maryland waters, where full maturity is reached and mating takes place. After mating, the female crabs migrate to the lower portions of the bay for spawning, while the male crabs usually remain in Mary- land waters. “From this * * * it would appear the supply of crabs in Maryland is de- pendent upon the stock in Virginia | waters, while the supply in the latter | State is closely associated with the | stock in Maryland waters. “In view of this interdependent sit- | uation, it is important that complete co-operation should exist between these two States in regard to the pro- tection and conservation of their crab Tresources.” Legisiative History Recounted, Tawes pointed out the volume of | crabs produced in Maryland in 1920 | was less than half of that for 1904. | This decrease was due to the taking of large quantities of sponge-bear- | |ing crabs, principally from Virginia | waters, he asserted. ~The Legislature | of that State in 1926 made the catch- | ing of sponge-bearing crabs illegal at any time, Maryland already had a similar law, he said, and an increase in production was immediately noted. | Later, however, the balance shifted, | an inadequate supply became an ap- | parent overabundance, and prices | went into a sharp decline. | The Virginia Legislature, as a re- sult, repealed the protective legisla- tion and enacted laws permitting the | taking of sponge crabs at any time between April 1 and June 30, inclu- sive. A drop of more than 6,000,000 ! pounds has resulted in this State's crab production between 1930 and 1933 as a result, he asserted, “Full co-operation should be given to Virginia in an effort to have her re-enact the law protecting the sponge crab and at'the same time certain | | protective legislation should be en- | acted in Maryland to protect the fe- male crab when migrating to Virginia during the Fall months,” Tawes ad- | vised his audience. MEMORIAL PLAN LAUDED Brother of Publisher Seconds Fund for Rogers Tribute. | | ATLANTA, August 17 (#)—W. E. Page, internal revenue collector for | Georgia and a brother of R. B, Page, | publisher of the Wilmington, N. C., | Star-News, was “gratified” to learn | today of the Star-News' proposal to raise a fund for a memorial to Will | | Rogers. | | “I intend to write a letter of con- | gratulation to my brother and Lamont | | Smith, the editor,” Page said. “I| think the idea is a fine one and sin- | cerely hope it bears fruit.” The proposed memorial, to be erected in the humorist’s home town | of Claremore, Okla, “would be financed by contributions of 1 cent each from the thousands who have | laughed with Rogers, been cheered by | | his wit and observed the tremendous effect of his abilities,” the Star-News said. FAIR PLANS COMPLETED Shenandoah Event Will Be Held September 10 to 13. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW MARKET, Va., August 17— Catalogues for the nineteenth annual Shenandoah County Fair were mailed this week. They include a premium list of several thousand dollars and a list of many attractions. The fair will |open September 10 and continue ;Lhrough September 13. Troop E, 3d §CAvn.lry, United States Army, will give an exhibition twice daily, includ- |ing their well-known “musical ride.” The fair is held 3 miles south 1 935—PART ONE. “Sistie” and “Buzzie” Dall, visiting at Des Moines with their father, Curtis M. Dall, call him “Trader Horn" because he's a stock broker. to his father's neck, while “Sistie” mounted his shoulders. The three went swimming in & pool yesterday and “Buzzie,” who can't swim, clung —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. FLORIDA PHONE RATES TO DROP SEPTEMBER 1 Reductions to Save Subscribers| About $180,000 Annually, Commissioners Say. By the Associated Press. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., August 17— Charges by the Southern Bell Tele- phone Co. for telephone service in many of its 52 Florida exchanges were ordered reduced by the State Railroad Commission today, effective Septem- ber 1. Officials of the railroad commission estimated the reductions would save about '$180,000 annually for sub- scribers. Cities in which reductions were ordered include Miami, Jackson- ville, Pensacola, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Key West, New Smyrna, Palatka, and Stuart. Investigation and public hearings At George’s 5 STORES HIGH-GRADE RECONDITIONED ALH that required nearly two years led up: Additonal orders | industrialists were expected to partici- to today's order. which the commission said would be made soon will apply to other of the 18 telephone companies which oper- ate in Florida. CHEMISTS TO DISCUSS ‘Amerlcnn Society Convention at San Francisco to Bring Thousand Delegates. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 17— World activity in chemical science, to | which nations are turning in their quest for economic independence, so- | cial progress and national defense will | be reported in a wide variety of papers { Deland, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, | and addresses before the ninetieth meeting of the American Chemical Society, which convenes here Monday. WORLD-WIDE ACTIVITIES Approximately 1,000 chemists and pate. Sessions will continue until Friday. Russia, Germany, China, Switzerland and Canada will be repre- sented. Convention leaders said today ad- vances in all divisions of chemistry would be disclosed, as a result of re- search carried on without interrup- tion during depression years. Thou- sands of new products have been de- velopéd, which, it was asserted, will hasten the return of prosperity. . Coal Firm Head Dies. TORONTO, August 17 () —Alex- ander Leslie, president of the Lake Erie Coal Co. and vice president of the Lake Erie & Detroit River Rail- way, died at his residence at Kings- ville, Ontario, today, according to word received here. He had been in ill health for the last year. Leslie was born in Toronto ‘and will be buried here Monday. 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The Baltimore troops are travel- ing by train, while those from other parts of the State are using motor transportation. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, for whom the 29th Division camp is | named, and Brig. Gen. Washington | Bowie, jr., arrived yesterday to super- | vise preliminary operations and to plan prompt starting of training op- erations Monday. Weather conditions were ideal, the coolness being a welcome relief for the Maryland contingents. |CANADIAN WHEAT RUST FOUGHT BY NEW SEED Resisting Strain Developed and Will Be Ready for Big Area in Two Years. By the Associated Press. EDMONTON, Alberta. August 17.— | The “calamity of rust” which has taken its toll of millions of acres of rich wheat lands in Manitoba and Saskatchewan can never happen again, Maj. H. G. L. Strange, Winnipeg grain statistician, said today. Rust-resisting wheat, he declared | during an inspection tour, will elim- | inate the red rust menace from the | prairies. 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