Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 20

LEGION DEMANDS AGTION ON RUSSIA Maryland Group Urges End of Diplomatic Relations With Soviet. By the Associated Press. OCEAN CITY, Md., September 7.— The Maryland Department of the American Legion, concluding its sev- enteenth annual convention here to- day, was on record with a demand that the United States withdraw rec- ognition of Soviet Russia. Yesterday's program, canceled by the gale which lashed Ocean City and other sections of the shore, was packed into a single business session which began about 8 pm. The Leglonnaires pushed through a total of 16 resolu- tions. The one demanding withdrawal of United States recognition of Russia based the action on “broken promises” of the Soviet. The Maryland department’s dele- gates to the national Legion conven- tion were instructed to urge immediate payment of face-value adjusted serv- ice certificates and refunded interest. Return .of Bergdoll Hit. A motion opposing the return of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft evader, to the United States also was accepted. Other resolutions favored passage of the anti-lynching bill, the installa- tion of a course in traffic safety in- struction in State high schools, and the restoration and preservation of the old Soldiers’ Home at Pikesville as a memorial to Maryland veterans. A set of resolutions acted upon at last night's meeting was as follows: Favoring improvement of the acous- tical properties of the war memorial in Baltimore. Favoring broadcast of the national commander's message to be delivered at the annual commanders’ banquet. Requesting the State of Maryland to take over the Cheltenham Reforma- tory or provide suitable institutions for delinquent colored boys. Requesting the State to authorize the creation of a colored National Guard battalion. Urge Better Colored Schools. Requesting the State to grant the same educational opportunities to col- ored children as apply to white chil- dren. Requiring all posts in the State hav- ing outside promoters assist them in affairs to obtain permission of depart- ment headquarters to do so. Asking that additional space be pro- vided in the Crownsville Hospital to care for feeble-minded colored chil- dren. Approving the award of medals to outstanding students from 3d Corps Area C. M. T. C. camps. Approving the national organization of American Legion Nurses. Appointing a standing Drum Corps | Committee with appropriate powers. _ WOMEN’S BUILDING AT M. U. READY SOON Dormitory Will Have Accommo- dations for 120—Completion Due October 1. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md. September % —University of Maryland's new | woman’s dormitory, containing ac- | commodations for 120, will be ready for use October 1, Acting- President H. C. Byrd announced today. In the two weeks between the opening of the Fall term and the completion of the dormitory coeds will be housed in their | present quarters and the Coliseum, he said. University officials were unable to predict the date when the new arts and science building will be ready. It | is scheduled to open some time dur- ing the Fall. Work also is nearing completion on the remodeling of the dairy build- ing, the third major construction project carried out on the campus this Summer. Raianed Potomac Pounds Great Falls surcingle and blanket. Show held on the East-West high THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON way grounds today. /Quaint Tangier Historical and | By the Associated Press. { CRISFIELD, Md. | Tangier, the quaint island in the lower Chesapeake Bay, 12 miles from here, is going to have | its only street paved. Plans are being formulated by the State of Virginia to improve the mile- long thoroughfare. Highway Com- | missioner Shirley, during the first visit ever made here by a State roads offi- cial, said between $600 and $700 of Pederal funds would be used on the projects. Further recognition of the fown has been made by the Virginla Au- | tum - Travelogue officials in including it on their tours between September 25 and October 19. L. K. Baber, chairman of the island’s Tour Com- mittee, sald visits will be made there on September 29, October 26 and October 13. Motor Vehicles Missing. ‘Tangier has been known as a “para- dise for pedestrians.” It has no auto- mobiles, horses or wagons; some of® its residents have not seen a motor ve- hicle except in the motion pictures. There is not even a telephone on the island. The only means of locomotion are carts, an occasional bicycle, wheelbar- rows and boats. The islanders are all fishermen. Many of them use the “cunner,” or canoe, with its rakish mast that gives the boats of the place a distinctiveness. The island is cut up by numerous canals, reminding a sightseer of Ven- ice. It is a soft-shell crab center of the East and large quantities of this September To Have Its One Street Paved |“Paradise of Pedestrians,” Provincial, Recognition of Tourist Point. little Virginia | Island in Bay Religious, Gains sea food are shipped during the sea- son. The island is divided info three sec- | tions—Canton, West Ridge and the | main part, which bears no name. Most of its houses are brightly painted. Its street is not more than 10 feet wide at any point. Future Need Explained. In greeting Commissioner Shirley on his visit, Mayor Crocket and other | }resxdenu pointed out they needed a| paved road, because it is probable that | in the near future some of the inhabi- tants may purchase automobiles. They said that there are a large, number of coal and wood yards to be | established as well as a large num- ber of seafood packing houses already | there. The road was generally impas- sable when it rains, they added. Commissioner Shirley was told that the road would greatly aid the “much- talked-about” island, as visitors there | are increasing annually and the resi- dents want a “spick-and-span” place | for the sightseers. The only way to have it, the petitioners asserted, is to | have a paved street. i Island Rich in History. | Discovered in 1608 by Capt. John Smith, the island is rich in history and | | stern in its observance of the Sabbath. | ] For nearly 150 years it has been | the scene of annual camp meetings on | its beach. It became known as & re- | | ligious center shortly after the Revolu- | tion and visitors come annually from | | as far away as New York and South | Carolina. Every islander today is a member of | | the church on the island. All are duty | city. The receipts from license fees Mrs. Lucy O'Leary, 77, of Rosslyn, Va., on Warrington, her 35-year-old horse which she rides with only She won first-place prize for the most original costume at the Riding Hunt Club Horse —Star Staff Photo. bound to attend the services on Sun- | days or seclude themselves indoors so as not to disturb or distract worship- pers. Rev. H. N. Bailey is pastor of the church. Tangier Island was the base of oper- ations in the Chesapeake Bay for the British navy during the War of 1812, The British, en route to Baltimore, im- pressed all male inhabitants. The men that night, however, escaped from their homes and scattered all their boats so they could not be used by the invaders for landing operations at Baltimore. British Warned of Defeat. It was during an annual camp meet- ing that the British established their base there. Legend tells, at the session previous to the British sailing to at- tack Baltimore, Rev. Joshus Thomas, famed “parspn of the island,” warned them of defeat. He was first to greet them after their defeat in trying to capture Fort McHenry in the Balti- more harbor. It is also claimed that it was Thomas’ influence with the admiral of the British fleet that scved the grove of trees near where the camp meetings were held. The invaders cut all the trees on the island, except the grove, to erect a fortification. LT AR ALEXANDRIA AREA HAS 385 MORE AUTOS C. W. Fletcher, State Tag Dis-| tributor, Reports $5,187 Increase in Fees. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 7.— A total of 385 more motor vehicles were licensed in Alexandria and vicin- ity for the year ending August 31 than for the previous y: according to figures released tndey by Claude W. Fletcher, State tag distributor for this show a $5,197.35 jump over 1934. To date Fletcher has issued 7,137 automobile licenses, 747 truck licenses, 25 motor trailer licenses, 38 motor cycle licenses and 11 taxicab licenses. The receipts totaled $98,466.15 For the same period last year he | licensed 6,807 automobiles, 761 trucks, | 13 motor trailers, 13 motor cycles and 3 taxicebs. Last year's receipts were $93,268.40. Beginning October 1 only half fee will be assessed for 1935 State license | tags, which expire March 31, 1936, | ARLINGTON CANDIDATE | SLIPS IN UNDER WIRE! J. W. Head Files for Board Race | at Last Minute as Time Is Extended. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE. Va., | September 7.—An eleventh-hour filing for the Arlington County Board was made last night by James W. Head of Barcroft. He filed his independent candidacy with Clerk John A. Petty at Petty’s home at 9:30. Midnight on the fifth had been regarded as the deadline, the law providing that a candidate must file 60 days prior o the election, but Commonwealth's Attorney Lawrence | W. Douglas ruled the statute was in- clusive of election day. The clerk of Fairfax County received filings by three candidates yesterday. Head is a Government employe and a candidate for the board four years ago. B CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR CONSTITUTION DAY 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 7.— A county-wide celebration of Consti- tution day is scheduled in the high school here Tuesday night, September 17. It will be sponsored by Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, with various other organizations of the county co- operating. Mrs. Franklin C. Getzendanner, regent of the chapter, heads the com- mittee in charge of the arrangements. | Northumberland Counties. |are close to the corporate limits of ORDER RENEWS SHORE MILK FIGHT Controversy With Keyst::ne Board Blamed in Clos- ing of Station, By the Associated Press. EASTON, Md., September 7.—The long-standing controversy between Eastern Shore milk producers and the Pennsylvania Milk Control Board was revived today with an announcement by dairy inspection officials here that the Queen Anne’s milk cooling sta- tion will be closed November 1. Dairymen and small producers will be compelled to bring their milk to the station here after that date, of- ficials said. The change, it was reported, re- sulted when many patrons of the two stations allegedly failed to comply with the regulations set by the Penn- sylvania board and the Philadelphia Board of Health, and business dropped off at both points. Under these regulations, milk must be cooled to a temperature of at least 60 degrees at the time it is re- ceived at the station. To comply with this ruling, dairymen must in- stall ice boxes or other’means of re- frigeration. Cooling Means Savings. ‘The larger dairymen, it was said, generally concede the cooling will save them much loss of milk. Thous- ands of pounds of milk are lost daily during hot weather when the milk turns sour en route to the station. Small producers, however, will be hard hit by the refrigeration ex- pense, observers here said. Farmers who bring out cans of milk in small quantities will be unable to afford the cost, it was contended. As a result, it was pointed out,| many small producers have ceased | to serve the stations and are selling their product to a condenser in Caro- line County. Bedding Cows in Pound. The principal bone - of contention between the producers and Pennsyl- vania authorities centered about a| ruling that cows must not be fed or bedded in the pounds. When the regulation went into ef- fect, numbers of Shore farmers im- mediately halted milk shipments to Philadelphia. They asserted they were accustomed to bed their herds in the pounds, under conditions which, {if changed, would result in losses to | them. Since the new regulations became | effective, the Philadelphia shipments | have dropped to about 25,000 pounds | dally—approximately half the quan- | tity formerly shipped. The Easton-Queen Anne consolida- tion is a direct result of the drop in patronage, inspectors said. SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED | TO OPEN ON SCHEDULE| No Paralysis Appears in North- | ern Neck Counties to De- lay Teaching. Special Dispatch to The Star. HEATHSVILLE, Va., September 7. —No cases of infantile paralysis have | developed in the five counties of the Northern Neck and all the white schools in Northumberland and Lan- caster Counties are expected to open on time September 12. The Julius Rosenwald High School and the A. T. Wright High School, both colored, in the same division, will open on the same day. Final plans are being made this week for the reopening of schools which are expected to have a nine- month term. The colored s-hools in the two counties will open October 1. | Miss Lynette Brock of Smithfleld is | supervisor of elementary teaching in Northumberland County and Miss | Frances Treakle is supervisor of teach- ing in Lancaster County. Mrs. L. B. T. Cheatham of Tun- stall is supervisor of the elementary colored schools in Lancaster and MONTGOMERY BOARD TO WEIGH REZONING Proposal for Flower Avenue Park in Takoma to Be Consid- ered Tomorrow. Special Dispatch tc The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md, September 7—The Montgomery County Board ' of Commissioners will hold a public | hearing Monday night at 7 o'clock | at the county building in Silver Spring | on an application for rezoning filed by Harvey A. Morrison, representing several property owners. The petitioners are residents of | Flower Avenue Park, who have re- quested that their property be re- zoned from residential “A” to resi- dential “B” in all of sections 2 and 3 in Flower Avenue Park. The tracts the town. The application has been approved by the Maryland National! Capital Park and Planning Commis- | sion. i WILL MOVE RUBBISH By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md. September T.—At the request of the local volun- teer fire department, the town com- missioners have agreed to see that all rubbish put out by householders is removed during fire prevention week, October 1 to 7. The commissioners also have auth- orised the improvement of Logan Today and H D. C, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. Health Iceman’s Pride Lewis Edward Payne Recalls 45 Years’ : Struggle in Capital. L3 BY DON BLOCK. E'S lifted 50,000 tons + « » of ice. Last night he sat down in his parlor and figured it up: Forty-five years an iceman, and he'd swung 100,000,000 pounds of ice from his right hip. Something of a record for Lewis Edward Payne, 1312 Twenty-ninth street northwest, who'll be 74 his next birthday. Two records, in fact: Old- | est active iceman, and champion long- | time weight lifter of Washington. Get a picture of this broad-shoul- dered husky as he chugs across Calvert Street Bridge some morning about | 7:30. He'll be in an ancient flivver, | vintage 1921 (he started business of his own with that same car,.by the way, in March just 14 years ago, and does all his own repairs on it), and driving slow. Nothing will perturb him as he pilots the old ice-filled truck along, sitting straight behind the wheel, rigged up in a crinkled old poncho and sou'wester, relics of his earlier days as fisherman on the Potomac. | For before the laws were passed which forbade certain types of whole- sale fishing along the Potomac, “Cap'n” Payne spent 15 years on oys- | | ter boats and fishing smacks up and | down the river. With a sea-breezy | verve his memory chases back along the coves, creeks and bays where, be- tween the ages of 13 and 29, he hauled the nets alongside his fellow fisher- men. 40,000 Herring One Year. ‘There was the great haul of 40,000 | herring one year; the catch of rock- fi-h—three boat loads full; the surpris- ing take of “white cats” another time. | His conversation a rapid admixture of nautical reminiscence with fervid, | deep, religious overtones, he tells of adventures long ago on the creeks that cut into the river: The Chica- muxen, Mattawoman, Nangemaia, Port Tobacco, the Occoquan. Aquia, Potomac Crrek, Jotank, Paspatanzy, Machurak, Rosea, Munrose, Mattux and Lower Pope. | On .the wall of the parlor or his front room hangs a painting, done! by a friend after Payne's verbal de- scription of the terrible Winter suf- fered by 14 oyster vessels, icelocked | opposite Brick House landing., on| Harlan Island, in Machoda Creek, | just 14 miles from Fredericksburg. In 1890 such fishing days were over. He went to hauling ice for the old Great Falls company in the days when ice was shipped from Maine and | the Kennebec River region in freight- | ers down the seacoast. Icemen got up at two hours after midnight and were loading at the platform by 3 In two more hours they had started on their rounds, with anywhere from 3 to 7 tons of ice to be delivered by | some time in the early afternoon. { Independent Employe. In '98 Payne went to the Independ- ent Ice Co., just before it was bought | by the American people. Thereafter for 23 years he worked for them. Three and four tons of ice every day he loaded on his wagon, “scored.” cut, swung on his hardened hip with the curious swing ‘he had deveolped, nad | heaved into ice boxes along the route. Then, in February, 1921, he made & cautious canvass of his customers. There were 300 of them. The result gave him courage. He bought 8 new | ice truck—the identical on= he drives today—and became an independent. Two hundred and ninety of his cus- tomers swung over to L. E. Payne, in business on his own. There were spots where he tossed 700 pounds of ice into one box every other day. One place took half & ton at a time, “on order.” Around Woodley place, Connecticut avenue and Adams Mill road were customers who had already been on his route for a decade. They stayed with him. They are still with him. Two or three have expected Mr. Payne's huge bulk to come into the kitchen about 8 o'clock every morning for more than 30 years. Some of these people have electric refrigerators, yet take ice just the same. Sentiment, perhaps. Some won't have anything but the product Every Day “Murco” Is 100% Pure RELIEF DECLARED FEDERAL PRODUCT State Senator Hofferbert of Maryland Says Need Should Be Met. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 7.—Stat- ing that he believed “the Federal Gov- ernment is responsible, in s measure,” for the enormous demands made upon the relief agencies, State BSenator George Hofferbert of this city said he felt “this responsibility should be met by the Federal Government.” Commenting on the problem facing the special session of the Legislature next year, Senator Hofferbert said he favored a national manufacturers tax in preference to a State sales tax. To Await W. P. A. Results. Before the relief problem, as it ap- plies to Maryland, can be intelligently discussed, he said, “it is necessary to | await the result of the Works-Prog- ress Administration,” he said. “The national administration hes promised to provide work for all em- ployables, and if this is done I am of the opinion that ‘there will be no re- lief problem for us to solve in Mary- land. “If the W. P. A. does not absorb the greater part of the unemployed, we will then have to adopt ways and means of relief, I am of the opinion that the raising of funds to take care of the unemployed is too vast an undertaking for any State or political unit thereof. Relief Consciousness. “The statements frequently emanet- ing from Washington and the prom- ises of the President to see that no one goes hungry have made a large number of people ‘relief-conscious’ who ordinarily would find some ways and means of being self-supporting. | I believe that the Federal Govern- | ment 1is responsible in e measure for the enormous demands made upon the relief agencies. This responsibility should be met by the Federal Govern- ment and it should take over and pro- | vide for all who are capable of work- ing and unable to obtain work. Provisions could be made for the un- employebles by the various political units in the State of Marvland.” — ' ARLINGTON PLANS from an ice house. Perhaps some like the cheery greeting and the Bible quotation or the line of philosophy they get with their ice in the morn- ing. Changes Through Years. Through the years, however, the 290 customers have dwindled to a handful. They've dived off, moved away, gotten new-fangled ice machines of their own. Once an ice man could take almost as much ice on his truck as he wished and be sure of selling it. Now, it seems. an ice man must take only what he knows he can sell. But there's a lot left for this gigantic old ice man still, if you will believe him “I've got my house, my health, my wife and my own teeth.” As he speaks he draws back a pon- derous hand and gives himself a sud- den whack with the palm on his mid- riff. The blow resounds through the parlor like & pistol shot. He flexes a powerful muscle and it dances con- vincingly under his blue shirt. A cal- lous on the heel of his right palm testifies to the hardness of his hand. His hips and stomach are as solid as rock. Yes, Cap'n Payne has his health. That is much. DEMOCRATS TO MEET Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September SAFETY CAMPAIGN | Operators of Trucks Will Confer With County Manager Next Week. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va.. September 7.—County Manager Roy S. Braden today announced the launching of a safety campaign in Arlington County to run in conjunc- tion with the State campaign recently proclaimed by Gov. Peery. The spearhead of the drive will be formed by operators of county auto- mobiles and trucks who are to meet with the county manager next week for a talk of safe driving measures. The County Board will be asked to appropriate a sum of money to pur- chase a medal to be awarded to the employe chosen as the outstanding | driver of the year, Braden said. Sheriff Howard B. PFields, head of the county police, is co-operating in the movement and has instructed his men to urge motorists to “be careful.” Arlington County has a low ac- cident rate and only one fatality this year, Braden pointed out. The safety movement is being taken as a pre- ventive rather than a cure, it was si BRAKES RELINED 4 Wheels Complete FREE ADJUSTMENTS FORD, ¢ ., 7—Resuming regular sessions follow- | ing the Summer recess, the Young | Men's Democratic Club of Prince Georges County will meet next Thurs- | | day night at 8 o'clock in the dining room of the Masonic Hall here. Plans for the club's first dance of the season, September 28, at the Beaver Dam Country Club will be| furthered and there will be a dis-| cussion of the proposed club house and other matters. The character of a company 28 to '35 or CHEVROLET (30 to ’32) Other Cars Proportionately Low ENERA& BRAKE SERVICE = AAVZ is shaped by the setvice it renders. ® QUALITY NEWSPAPER : ENGRAVING “what it takes” to meet the weather . formula nevi changed . . . pure white lead, pure linseed and Jepen dryer. LESS then 100% purity for ws . . . and it shouldn’t be for you. Insist on “Mureo.” E. J. Murphy Co., Inc. 710 12th St. N.W. Natl. 2477 Jonce Idlf MAURICE JOYCE £NGRAVING CO. inc. EVENING STAR BUILDING - - - WASHINGTON - D. C. L]