Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1935, Page 21

Washington News NAVY CLASSIFYING PLAN, COMPLETED, TOAFFECTT.819 Project Costing $279,220| to Be Comfirmed on Sunday. PAY INCREASES DUE FOR 17.6 PER CENT 825 Persons in D. C. Yard Are Included in New Per- sonnel Set-up. A complex seven-month job, cost- ing $279,220 and designed to bring Navy Department employes in the field service into line with a previous classification established in the de- partmental service here, was finished today and their final classification will become effective Sunday. Secretary Swanson has approved the new classification, undertaken in response to an edict by Congress. At the Washington Navy Yard, 825 employes are affected, but the Navy Department said it would not be pos- sible to give figures for the percent- ages of those who get increases and whose status is variously affected. 7,819 Are Affected. For the whole Nation, however, the percentages have been worked out, showing how 7,819 employes in the fleld service, who are employed at | navy yards, naval stations and in| other activities of the department, are | affected. While 56.3 per cent of the 7,819 field employes—4,400—are not affected | directly as to pay or grade in the| final classification, the new set-up| gives pay increases to 17.6 per cent of the number—1,375 workers.. Those classified in the higher grade than the present tentative classifica- tion, without increase in compensa- | tion, total 1,486. Four hundred and | forty-one are classified in a lower | grade than their present tentative | classification, but without reduction in | compensation. Classified in a lower grade than at present and suffering a pay cut will be 117 employes. William D. Bergman, chief clerk of the department and senior mem- ber of the Department Personnel Classification Board, explained that while the percentage of employes se- curing increased salaries under the new set-up may look small, from time to time field employes got in- creases under the Wage Board awards. These raises were designed to meet the cost of living in the verious localities where the navy | yards and stations are located. These, | he said, approximated the raises se- | cured under classification of the | workers on duty in Washington. | Thief Takes Case! Containing Enough Poison to Kill 1,000 One Whiff of Cyanide Will Be Fatal, Insecti- cide Dealer Warns. Probably unknown to himself, some- body in Washington is the posssesor today of enough poison to kill 1,000 persons. The lethal stuff is in & brown sample case belonging to Louis Berkoff of the Lee House, Fifteenth and L streets, picked up yesterday by an unidentified person in front of & book shop in the 900 block of G street. The poison is calcium cyanide, one whiff of which is supposed to be fatal. Berkoff uses it as the base for the in- secticide which he sells. “If that bottle is broken or opened, whoever smells it is a goner,” Berkoff said. Berkoff said he noticed two colored men loitering in front of the book shop and suspected they made away with the sample case. OFFICERS CHOSEN BY COLORED ELKS Grand Secretary, Treasurer and Esteemed Loyal Knight on Roster. Delegates to the thirty-sixth an- nual convention of the colored Elks Grand Lodge worked today to com- plete a slate of officers for the com- ing year, after re-electing three in- cumbents. J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted | ruler, has another term and was| not up for re-eiection, but the lodge yesterday voted another year in of- fice to James E. Kelly of Birming- ham, grand secretary; Judge Edward N. Henry, Philadelphia, grand treas- urer, and Roy S. Bond, Baltimore, grand esteemed loyal knight. All were elected by acclamation. Today’s business session was con- vened at 10 a.m. in the colored Ma- sonic Temple, Tenth and U streets. About 10 officers remain to be se- lected and the 1936 convention site may be chosen. Women Continue Meetings. The Grand Temple (women) also | continued its lodge meetings today. | At a session yesterday, Abbie M.| Johnson of Philadelphia, grand daugh- ter ruler, was re-elected for a two- year term. Buena Kelley, Norfolk, | Va., was re-elected grand secretary | of the women’s auxiliary, also for two years. Memorial exercises were held yesterday for Miss Kelley's mother, founder of the Grand Temple. Grand Exalted Ruler Wilson read his annual report at the aftermoon | session of a lodge meeting which Based on Duties. | The final classification, the Navy | Department explained, is based on the | duties and responsibilities of each | position and was effected under the provisions of section 2 of the Brook- hart salary act of July 3, 1930. This legislation authorized and directed the heads of the several executive de- partments to adjust the compensa- tion of certain civilian positions in the field services “to correspond, so far as may be practicable, to the! rates established by the classification act of 1923, as amended.” The study for classification of field service employcs meant that each navy yard and station had its own board. This added burden of work was handled in addition to other duties by experts in the specialized | field of classification and resulted in the Department Personnel Classifi-| tion Board examining some 20,000 Jjob classification sheets since August 15, 1931. | Affected by the final classification under the Navy Department are Gov- ernment workers engaged in clericnl," administrative, fiscal, professional, sub- | professional and custodial work. | The head of each agency within the Navy Department, the local personnel classification board and the command- ing officer of each Navy yard of sta- tion made recommendations for the ! final classification. In Washington, the Department Personnel Classifica- tion Board reviewed and co-ordinated | these recommendations. - | | | N. F.F. E. DELEGATES | OFF TO CONVENTION Party of 70 Leaves Today for Sessions in Yellowstone National Park. Delegates to the biennial convention of the National Federation of Federal Employes, which opens in Yellowstone National Park Monday, are leaving here at 4:35 p.m. today, joining with groups from other Eastern cities com- ing through on the same train. The party numbers about 70. The delegates are due in Yellow- stonie Sunday. Officials from Washington in the party will include Ulrey J. Biller, a vice president, and John Cloud and Miss Matilda Lindsay, organizers. Charles J. Wiegand of Baltimore and John Fitzgerald of New York, vice presidents, also are in the group. Luther C. Steward, president, and Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary- treasurer, already are en route. The, convention of the American Federation of Government Employes opens in Cincinnati a week from Monday. D. C. MAN IN RIFLE TESTS Capt. E. C. Moore Ordered to Perry for National Matches. Policeman Edka = Clinton Moore, . eighth precinct, rifle marksman and captain in the Infantry Reserve of the Army, has received Army orders to re- port to Camp Perry, Ohio, on Septem- ber 1 to participate in the national matches there as a member of the Organized Reserve Officers rifle team. Capt. Moore will serve as the only District member of the Reserve team, all four other members being Penn- sylvanians, headed by Col. Hoxie H. " Smith of Philadelphia. | ally. lasted throughout yesterday. He re- ported a 25 per cent increase in col- ored Elks’ membership during the last year, and was applauded enthusiastic- | Wilson has been in office about 13 years. Other annual reports were read by the grand secretary, grand | treasurer and grand esteemed loyal | knight. The treasurer said the or- ganization's financial affairs were in good shape. Except for the lodge and temple sessions, the convening Elks’ program | for today and the remainder of the week is mostly informal. Sightseeing tomorrow for whichever of the vis- itors want to take them. A carnival |is going on at the Banneker Play- ground, Georgia avenue and Euclid street. A scheduled water carnival at the Francis Pool today has been can- celed. The usual cabaret entertain- ment will be provided tonight at the Lincoln Theater. Grand March Leader. Ruler Wilson led the grand march | at the Elks’ ball last night, held in | the main ballroom of the Masonic | Temple. the festivities. Cabaret entertain- ment was provided in the junior | Temple ballroom and at the Lincoln | Theater. At a meeting yesterday of the Elks | Student Aid Alumni Association, Eunice Baker of Steubenville, O., was | named vice chairman, and former Grand Dalghter Ruler Gee Berry of Chicago, treasurer. Dorothy Height of Brooklyn was elected student secre- tary and Minnie Johnson, Newark, N. J., chaplain. A parade of floats was held last night, beginning at Fifteenth and Q streets and disbanding at the colored | Masonic Temple where the Com- munity Center band played to & crowd. KING INJURES ANKLE IN FALL AT HOME Chairman of Senate District Committee Will Be Confined for Three Weeks. With his broken right ankle in a cast, Chairman King of the Senate District Committee conducted his af- fairs from bed today. King was working on the front steps of his home, 4000 Cathedral avenue, late yesterday when he turned his ankle and fell. He will be con- fined to his house for three weeks, but he expressed confidence he will be able to sail to the Philippines in October with a congressional dele- gation led by Vice President Garner. ZFhe Senator had a telephone in- stalled by his bedside to help him in efforts to obtain a P. W. A. loan for construction of s new District court house. D. C. WOMAN SUES Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 29.— Mrs. Hazel Reed Darby of Washing- ton has filed suit in the circuit court here for an absolute divorce from william R. Darby, jr., of Kensington, charging that she was deserted June 20, 1932. She also asks custody of the couple’s infant daughter and.to be allowed an adequate sum for its support. The couple, the petition states, m-rzud at Manassas, Va, July 6, 193 About 2,000 participated in | Ching @he Foening Faf WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935. D. C. ASSESSMENTS JUMP §5.200000 FOR PRESENT YEAR Real Estate Valuation Washington Is Set at $1,138,000,000. BIG INCREASE IS SHOWN IN PERSONAL PROPERTY in Assessor Richards Proposes Legis.- lation for Taxation of Motor Vehicles by Weight. Real estate owners of the District during the present fiscal year will pay taxes on assessments totaling approxi- mately $1,138,000,000, an increase of about $5,200,000 over the total for the year which ended last June 30, Assessor William P. Richards said to- day. The estimate was made after Rich- ards had submitted his annual report to the Commissioners showing the real estate assessment base for the past year totaled $1,132,827,649. Due to reductions in assessments made to | account for declines caused in past years by the effects of the depression, the 1935 fiscal year total was lower than that for the eceding five years. Land Assessments. For the past year assessments on taxable land totaled $87,742,551 and ” on taxable improvements $645,085,098. At the $1.50 realty tax rate the levy was $6992414. The value of new buildings and additions added to the bese in the past fiscal year was $6,575,200. The tax on tangible personal prop- erty was $973,895.70, an increase over 1934 of $32,349.88. Richards attributed | this to increased values, particularly | in stock in trade, and the larger amount of stock carried by mer- chants. The intangible personal property tax amounted to $2,043,525. National banks were assessed a 6 per cent gross earnings tax totaling $198,801; and trust companies, at the same rate,| $171,770. The gas light companies, at 5 per cent on gross earnings, had a levy of $250,157; the Potomac Electric Power Co.. at 4 per cent on gross earnings, $403,264; the Chesapeake &‘ Potomac Telephone Co., at ¢ per cent | on gross earnings, $373,195; the street railway company, at 4 per cent on| gross receipts, $290,491; and incor-| porated savings banks, taxed at 4 per| cent on gross earnings, less interest paid to depositors, $25,995. Building and loan associations, at 2 per cent on | gross receipts, paid $100,203. Recommendations Made. Richards again recommended legis- lation to require gasoline importers to post bonds to guarantee payment to the District of the gasoline taxes they collect for the city government. He also suggested that Congress be asked to enact legislation providing for taxation of motor vehicles by weight, rather than by value. This is one of the subjects to be studied by the Municipal Taxation Committee re- cently named by the Commissioners. WORLD’S WHEAT OUTPUT OVER 3 BILLION BUSHELS | bus rides are scheduled for today and | Estimate Is 60,000,000 Gain Over | Last Year, but Carryover Is Less. By the Associated Press. The Agriculture Department yester- day reported world wheat production, excluding Russia and China, probably will reach 3,520,000,000 bushels this year, an increase of about 60,000,000 over last year. However, the department said, world “appear likely to be about | 240,000,000 bushels less than last year.” This decrease, the department said, | resulted because the world carry-over | at the beginning of the current crop | year was about 800,000,000 bushels, |a decrease of 300,000,000 bushels compared with a year ago. Joying refreshments. vheat supplies outside of Russia and | * Another Deadly Curve on “Indefensible Highway” The Ardmore turn on “Death highway” as seen from the Goodyear blimp. The curve and sharp grade at this point has caused many acci- dents, some of them fatal, County and State offi s consider this one NEW l_lflUUR |_Aw Veteran Army Cooks Set Pace In Culinary Artin Guard Camp 10 BE ENFORGED Drinking Must Cease at 2| A.M. on Week Days and Midnight Saturdays. Drinking of liquor must cease promptly at 2 am. on week days and | at midnight on Saturdays under the terms of an amendment to the Dis- trict liquor act, signed yesterdsy by President Roosevelt, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board warned today. The warning was issued to put i~ censed “on-sale” dealers on notice, since the board plans strict enforce- ment. The amendment was adopted by Congress after complaints had been voiced against the practice of | customers of restaurants and clubs of | placing large orders for drinks just | before “curfew” hour and then con- | suming drinks thereafter. Under another amendment the| Commissioners are given discretion in | the matter of requiring retailers to ! buy their liquor supplies from District wholesalers rather than from out-of- | | town concerns. | | There has been complaint from Dis- | | trict wholesalers who have to pay an | annual license of $1,500 that they were unable to compete with “foreign™ wholesalers, who have to pay but $100 | for a solicitor’s license here, to do the | same business. The A. B. C. Board, under another amendment, is given power to suspend licenses for violations. In the past | they could only revoke permits or seek | fines at Police Court. [LAUNDRY FIRM FORFEITS | | The Pioneer Laundry Co., 920 Rhode Island avenue northeast, today was permitted to forfeit $20 in Police | Court on a charge of violating the fe- | male eight-hour labor law. | _The forfeiture. was made through | Edward Hutchins, manager, at the | recommendation of the corporation | counsel’s office. Thousands of employes of the Capital Transit Co. today participated in the organization’s annual outing at A couple of old Army cooks are showing the part-time soldiers of the District National Guard at Camp Simms what real cooking is like. Because of their experience and culi- | nary enthusiasm, award of the pen-| nant for kitchen excellence to Com- pany F, 121st Engineers, has become | merely a matter of daily doutine. Only | once in the present encampment has aelr kitchen failed to be adjudged the | st Both long ago left the Regular Army ! and are now pressmen at the Govern- ment Printing Office, Their hobbies are soldiering and cooking. ‘They are Mess Sergt. Albert E. Mc- Nichol and Pvt. William B. Calvert and each admits he would rather have his job in the Guard than be a gen- eral. Calvert was graduated from the Cooks and Bakers’ School of the Army before the World War and is a real old-timer at the business of cooking. SCENIC HIGHWAY LINK UNDER WAY IN 2 WEEKS Work to Connect Great Smokey Mountain Park With Shenan- doah Park. By the Associated Press. Construction work on the first link of the 400-odd-mile-long scenic high- way to connect the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina with the Shenandoah Na- tional Park in Virginia is expected to begin within two weeks. Announcement was made by the Interior Department yesterday that the contract for the first link, a 12-mile stretch extending from the Virginia-North Carolina State line to North Carolina State highway No. 26, had been let to Nello L. Teer of Dur- ham, N. C, who submitted a low bid of $363,837. Work must begin within 10 days from notice to the contractor and must be completed within 375 days. Capital Transit Employes Hold Outing , Mary Alice Ray, Florence Ray and A. White, company employes. en- ‘Thayer, more than 10,000 persons are expected at the outing of the Potomac —Star Staft Photo. mw.,mwmmnomm&memmmu,m,mmu » Q of the “death traps” which could be straightening of the road. | | McNichol was a later graduate. The | third member of Company F, Pvt.| Francis B. Beighey, is & young fellow for whom McNichol and Calvert gave | great hopes. | The three are among the few in camp for whom the morning inspec- tion by Maj. Joseph J. Greenlaw, medical officer, is a pleasure and a pride. Their outdoor kitchen, set up under cznvas, is spotless and flyless. Just to be sure he keeps himself, as well as his kitchen, clean Calvert takes | two baths a day. Because of their efforts the 54 men of Company F are the most satisfied bunch in camp. Here is their yesterday's menu as a | sample: Roast beef with brown gravy gar- nished with onions, mashed potatoes, corn on the-cob, bread and butter, lemonade and pineapple for dessert. | Quite often there are cakes and pies, | and today, which was no special occa- sion at all, there was fried chicken. D.C. RELIEF ROLLS . UNDER AVERAGE Washington Has 9.9 Per Cent of Population De- pendent on Aid. ‘The percentage of population here on relief end the average cost of relief per capita for the District are well below the average for the larger cities of the country, according to figures announced today by Elwood Street, welfare director. The figures applied to conditions in June. Washington had 9.9 per cent of | its ‘population on either direct or | work relief, Street found. The aver- | age for 32 cities having populations | ranging from 250,000 to 1,000,000 | was 18.6. | Only two cities have better records than Washington. Louisville, with but 5.6 of its population on relief, showed the lowest percentage. Dallas, Tex., was next low with 9.7 per cent. Cincinnati had the highest percent- age with 26.1, Toledo, Ohio, was next high with 26 per cent and New Or- leans was third high with 25.4. The average per capital cost for relief for the 32 cities was $1.39. For Washington the figure was $1.02, Eight of the 32 cities had lower per capita costs than Washington. Louis- ville was lowest with 28 cents. Boston had the highest per capita cost, or $2.57. For June the District had 17,702 “cases” on relief,” representing a total of 47,978. FARM TENANT BILL DRIVE IS PLANNED Congressional Authors of Bank- head-Jones Measures to Renew Fight. By the Associated Press. Congressional authors of the Bank- head-Jones farm tenant bill an- nounced today a drive would be re- newed at next ‘session to ‘put the measure through ke Designed to help farm tenants and share croppers own their homes, the bill was passed by the Senate during the last session and now is awaiting action by the House. Representative Jones, Democrat, of Texas, joint author of the bill and chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said he hoped “a prac- tica: measure may be enacted during abolished through the widening and —Star Staff Photo. TRAFFIC CAMPAIGN 10 BE INTENSIFIED Brown Orders Renewed Vigor After Accidents Show Increase. Aroused by reports of an increase in the number of traffic accidents. Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown to- day ordeerd renewed impetus given to the six-week-old safety drive. Accidents for the 24-hour period ¢nding at 8 a.m. numbered 32, second highest for one day since the traffic- law enforcement drive was launched. Arrests for the period totaled 206. Maj. Brown st once notified all his precinct captains: “This indicates there is a tendency on the part of some motorists to disregard our speed regulations and not exercise the proper care i\ the operation of motor vehicles. “You will instruct the members of your command to rigidly enforce pro- visions of the traffic regulations as to tions that contribute to accidents.” Released in Bond. William M. Hoffman, 31, of 2902 P street, was released in $1,000 bond in Police Court this morning, when he demanded a jury trial on charges 1of leaving the scene after his car knocked down Austin Ferguson, ccl- ored, 54, of the 1300 block of Fair- mont street,. last night at Thirteenth and Girard streets. Ferguson was treated at Freedmen's Hospital for a broken leg. The day's trafic mishaps included a crash reminiscent of the '90s, when | John Nokes, 11, of 1221 K street, knocked down two pedestrians with his bicycle at Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue. John was treated for an injured eye at the scene. V. P. Miller, 75, of 927 G street, suf- fered a possible skull fracture when struck before his home by a street car driven by Percy E. Ray of 602 Far- gency Hospital. Boy, 5, Is Injured, Wallace Burke, 5, colored, of, 405 Twelfth street northeast, suffered a brain concussion when struck by an automobile in front of his home. Mrs. Josephine Walcott, 40, of 752 Morton street, complained to police she was struck by a car driven by a hit-and-run driver at Rhode Island and Florida avenues. Eugene Mack, 9, of 113 Fifth street northeast, suffered contusions of the stomach when struck by an automobile int front of his home. MONOXIDE VICTIM PRONOUNCED SUICIDE Leslie J. Woodring of Chevy Chase Found Dead in Auto cn Highway. Leslie J. Woodring, 31, of 4521 Stan- ford street, Chevy Chase, Md., was found dead in his automobile on a Prince Georges County highway late yesterday. Carbon monoxide gas had been pumped from the exhaust of the automobile inside the closed car and Coroner Louis Gundling of Prince Georges pronounced the death suicide. The body today was held at the Gasch funeral parlors, Hyattsville, to await funeral arrangements. The car apparently had been parked on the road between Buena Vista and Mitchellville since Tuesday. The body was discovered by Louis Woods, a mail carrier, of Lanham, Who notified authorities. Woodring was in the contracting’ business here. His sister, Mrs. L. V. Smith, with the next session of Congress” on the basis of the Senate bill. Jones said for a third of a century the percentage of temancy has been increasing among farmers and during the last 10 years it has “increased so hmrwtfly' as to present a serious prob- Senator Bankhead of Alabama, author of the Senate bill, said Jones promised to put the measure|value. State police said they found a | day fingerprints, ton had through the House next year, whom he made his home, was unable to ascribe a motive for the act. Post Office Safe Robbed. HUNTINGTON, Mass, August 29 {#).—Safe crackers blew open a 700- pound safe in the post office here early this morning and escaped with the entire contends, of undetermined few speed, reckless driving and all viola- | ragut street. He was taken to Emer- | Society and General PAGE B—1 W..B.&A. ROADBED IS URGED FOR NEW ANNAPOLIS ROUTE State Senator Proposes Use of Railway Line for Highway. HOLDS PLAN WOULD ELIMINATE DANGERS Connecting Line to Baltimore Suggested Also—Demands for Safer Road Pressed. A proposal that the roadbed of the abandoned Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway be used for a new highway between here and An- napolis was made in Baltimore today by Raymond E. Kennedy of the Maryland State Senate. Following criticism of the narrow winding Defense Highway as incapable of handling the flow of traffic be- tween the two cities, Senator Ken- nedy suggested that the State Roads Commission investigate the possibili- ties of using the old roadbed for # highway. “It seems to me,” he said, accord- ing to the Associated Press, “that we should consider from a State stand- point whether we would want the roadbed of this railroad for another highway from Annapolis to Washing- ton, with a connecting line to Balti- more.” Sees Savings in Plan. Senator Kennedy remarked that a great saving from the ordinary costs of road building could be made along such a route because the roadbed al- ready constructed would eliminate much excavating. “I understand that this is about a 63-foot right-of-way,” he added. “Some of the property is fee-simple and, of course, would be' owned by the bond- holders. Other parts of the right-of- way came to the railroad by way of grant and the property would prob- ably revert to the original land owners. “It is all level property and unus- ually well fitted for road building purposes. State Leaders to Help. Meanwhile, the campaign to widen and straighten Defense Highway gained new impetus when State lead- ers announced an intention to carry their demands to the Governor and Legislature unless a definite program | soon is launched by the Roads Com- mission. Despite reiteration by Nathan L. | Smith, chief engineer of the roads commission, that he considers the present road adequate for its traffic | load, State Senate leaders and the Rotary Club of College Park today threw the weight of their influence whole-heartedly behiAd the move to modernize “death highway.” | Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County, president of the | Senate, said he would do all in his power to get action on the “worthy | project,” while State Senator Ridgely | P. Melvin of Anne Arundel County called on the roads commission to | prepare a definite program to make | the highway safe, asserting the time has passed when ‘mere comment” | will answer. Service Clubs Act. | Pointing to increasing demands for | improvement of the road, leaders of | several other service clubs in Prince Georges County said they would throw the full weight of their sup- | port behind the movement, while the County Commissioners’ Associa- tion of the Western Shore is expected to act favorably on the plan at its meeting in Hagerstown tomorrow. Senator Melvin, in a letter to Dr. Homer E. Tabler, chairman of the Roads Commission, declared he as- sumed the commission would meet its | responsibility regarding the safety of | the public on “death highway” with- out the necessity of a mandate from the Legislature. Failure to do so, he | predicted, would result in a legislative mandate. Members of the University of Mary- land’s engineering staff who are fa- miliar with highway problems, and Perry Boswell, president of the Board of Prince Georges County Commis- sioners, were among the Rotarians who voted unanimously last night for a resolution calling for immediate im- provement of the highway. Presented by H. C. Byrd, acting president of the University of Mary- land and president of the Rotary Club, the resolution cites publicity given the dangerous curves and inter- sections on “death highway” as in- dicating there is a constant danger to traffic using the road. It stressed the fact that a large percentage of the accidents on the highway have been fatal, and urged the immediate elimination of the highway's unsafe features. ; Those campaigning for improvement of the highway point out that the | Bureau of Public Roads of the De- partment of Agriculture has found peak traffic on the road to exceed 15,000 cars a day. The maximum ca« pacity of the highway, as estimated by the Roads Commission, is only 10,000 cars a day. White to Present Figures. John S. White, member of the House of Delegates, and chairman of the Defense Highway Committes of the Prince Georges County Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations, is to lay these figures, together with the record of 14 fatal accidents in the last 15 months on the highway, be- fore the Roads Commission within the next few days. If the commission insists that the average, rather than the peak traf- fic be considered in determining the use of the road, White is authorized by the federation to appeal to Gov. Nice for action. In any event he is also instructed to present the facts concerning the innumerable “death traps” on the State’s most “indefen- sible highway” before the executive, Firemen to Discuss Drive. ARLINGTON, Va., August 29 (Spe- cial).—Plans for completion of the drive to procure funds for installation of plumbing and heating in its fire house will be discussed next Wednes= night at & meeting of the Arling- Volunteer Fire Department,