Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1936, Page 2

“DEAL” MAY BLOCK TOURIST CAMPS M5fi Agrees to Drop Plan if 1 Commission’s Land Is Cleared. BY JACK ALLEN, Stafr Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, July 15—A “deal” whereby Sligo Creek parkway may be kept free from tourist camps was to be laid before officials of the Maryland-National Capital Park Plan- ning Commission today. Frank M. Heath, who plans to establish a camp for motorists on his property adjoining the park, declared yesterday he would abandon the pro- jeet if immediate steps are taken to clean up the commission’s 30-acre reereational area near his land. .~ His proposal was made before the Ypard of Montgomery County Com- missioners when Heath's applica- ~on for rezoning of lots 1, 2 and 3 of Bligo terrace from residential to com- mercial classification was brought iefore that body for formal consid- eration. - Action Deferred Week. ¥ Action on the petition was post- Pponed for one week as a result of Hgath's suggestion in order that it might be submitted to park officials, who have offered the only opposition made to the rezoning application of the retired Army sergeant. Heath said he purchased the land for speculative real estate purposes and has been trying to dispose of it for several years, but has been balked | at every turn by the unsightly con- | dition caused by scrap lumber and other debris piled in the recreational area nearby. Finally, he told the commission- ers, he decided to convert the land into a tourist camp as the only means of realizing a return on his invest- ment. . No opponents appeared before the | public hearing on Heath's applica- tion several weeks ago, but the park commission presented a resolution opposing the rezoning at the county board’s meeting yesterday. Varnish Works Licensed. - It was asserted in the measure that the camp not only would be off the main route of tourist travel but would | be located in close proximity to both | .the park and high school and is not a | type of development desirable in a residential community. ¥ | Meeting the objections of an op- | posing group, the Capital Varnish Works, Inc., was granted a permit to establish a paint and varnish plant in the old shoe heel factory at Halpine, the permit being revocable if objec- tionable smoke or odors result. The commissioners granted the li- cense after Ray Ferguson, president of the Washington concern, assured a delegation of opponents that op- eration of the plant would not prove objectionable to Halpine residents and declared the stipulations in the per- mit were satisfactory to his firm Among those who expressed their | opposition to the plant prior to Fer- guson's talk were Mrs. Joseph H. Brad- ley, Mrs, Charles W. Holmes, Harry Eaton, Mrs. R. Maude Hodgkins, Mrs. Eugene Ochsenreiter and Fred Brad- ley. They were represented by Attor- ney Robert B. Peter, jr. Attorney ‘Walter W. Dawson, owner of the land, appeared in Ferguson’s behalf. Want Lower Speed Limit. A reduction of the 45-mile speed‘ limit to 25 miles per hour along a portion of upper Connecticut avenue | was sought in a letter received from | the North Chevy Chase Citizens’ Com- ! mittee and referred to officials of the State Roads Commission. | Contending lack of sidewalks and the high-speed law endanger the | safety of pedestrians, the committee | asserted the rate should be reduced along the section-of the avenue lying between a point 200 feet north of Chevy Chase Lake to 200 feet north of the Jones Bridge road intersection. Overhauling of street markers in Seven Oaks Manor and the erection sof three signs warning motorists of | ‘children at play, were sought By the | :Citizens' Association of that section, | while improvement of the road lead- Ang south from Martinsburg to the “Potomac River was asked in a letter jfrom M. B. Hale. Both were taken 4under consideration. The board voted to attend a meeting of the County Commissioners’ Asso- ciation of the Western Shore of Mary- land, to be held July 23 at Frederick for the purpose of discussing legisla- tive proposals for the 1937 session of the Maryland General Assembly. STATE WINS RIGHT T0 CONDEMN SPAN West Virginia Authorized to Ac- quire Harpers Ferry Rail- road Bridge. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 15. ~The right of the State of West Vir- ginia to condemn the Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry, to be used for a temporary highway crossing, was upheld by Judge D. H. Rodgers at a special term of Circuit Court here yesterday. At the same time he denied the plea of the Har- pers Ferry Bridge Co., which has also sought to get control of the old B. & O. crossing for a temporary high- way bridge to take the place of its old bridge, which was washed out during the March floods. Judge Rodgers held the company had no right to intervene. The court also overruled the de- murrer of the railroad company and held the State had the right to con- demn and authorized appointment of five “viewers” or jurors from Jeffer- son County to make an estimate on the value of the old bridge in so far as it lies in West Virginia. A parallel "action on behalf of Maryland is pending in Maryland courts. The action affects only the old bridge case and does not affect the question of the bridge company’s franchise. Negotiations covering that have been in progress intermittently between-the company and the States for some. time, but no authoritative announcement concerning progress has been made. The bridge company sought the old railway bridge with the intention of converting it into & temporary cross- ing, for which it would charge toll pending restoration of the old bridge. ‘The States sought the bridge for the same purpose, a temporary ctossing, without - toll, and in. the meantime they are proceeding with plans to erect a toll-free bridge across the Potomac somewhere in the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, the exact location still being under study. Wayside Random Observations AND/OR THE DEVIL. ! CERTAIN local utilities ex- | ecutive is pondering these change in the nature of contracts. It grows, interestingly enough, out of the challenge of a deeply religious ure during a storm was an act of God. The failure had forced the custom- er’s plant to shut down and he refused “God would not do such a thing,” the patron insisted. “God loves me and I love him.” The company was impressed with the man’s argument, even to the point of granting him the rebate. to read: “Acts of God and, or the devil." * x % % “when the man becomes so en- grossed that he drives through red lights. of Interesting Events warmish days the possibility manufacturer to the position of a to pay the hourly service rate during The act in question, he insisted, was The local man fs wondering if con- LOVE. But it can't last if he continues Washington and Things. A of an inconceivably radical utility firm that a certain power fail- the period of idleness. of the devil. tract forms shall have to be amended “It's love,” an operative reports, to do it. * X X ¥ STREET SCENE. T WAS 2 am. when an automobile going west on Irving street cast a wheel. Bringing the car to a sharp standstill at the curb, two young men got out and tried to mend matters. They failed and later left for a corner Amid shouted protests of frantic neighbors, the wheel was finally banged and coaxed back on the axle, all three men flat on the street and working by light from a flashlight. Suddenly they were Niagaraed with a flood of good old Potomac water. Scrambling upright, the wheel again slipping and their clothes dripping, they were forced to note one of the city’'s largest street sprinklers just veering by. Such language! And such applause from the neigh- bors! MEDITATION. The contemplative life, mathe- matically speaking, is approzimately twice as possible in Lafayette Park as it used to be. The newly remodeled square across the Avenue from the White House now has 140 benches, as against @ mére 70 when workmen started the process of bringing chaos out of order and, subse- quently, order out of chaos. There are those who say the park now resembles a corner of Boston's famous Common, in which com- mon and uncommon people have been leading deeply meditative existences for so many years. * ok X A CAUSE AND EFFECT. LAST Spring Elizabeth Shirley En- nochs, well-known Washington newspaper woman, was one of the members of the United States Supreme Court in the skit depicting that august body on the annual program of the Women’s National Press Club. This Summer she is taking a course in constitutional law at the George Wash- ington University. Her frends declare it is the influence of the characterization she gave as a jurist, agree with them, L e FISH STORY. WHEN a certain young Washing- tonian went bass fishing at the Delcarlia Reservoir out Conduit road way, he brought back a fish story— and what a story. But fortunately for him he has proof. After having fished for a couple of hours without any luck, he and his companion went into the pumping sta- tion across the street and asked to look around. One of the things they were shown was the fountain in the lobby in which several big bass were kept. The bass, the attendant ex- plained, were caught when the filters were washed, and those fish that had been caught there were placed in the fountain. The angler sat down on the edge of the fountain and splashed the sur- face of the water with his finger. Every fish in the pool immediately darted over to see what the disturbance was, Before he knew what was hap- pening one big fellow had two inches of finger in his mouth in a terrific strike. He now complains: that “the big- gest one got away” because the fish let go when he withdrew his finger from the pool. % k¥ SLASHED. ‘ A CERTAIN young man who never has been able to make his fairly large pay stretch over a week got less than he bargained for the other day when he approached one of his regu- lar bankers for his.pre-pay day loan. m“flow much do you want?” he was “I want $10,” said the improvident one flippantly, “but I'll take two bits.” He got two bits. M’MULLEN UNDER KNIFE Son of Assistant Surgeon General Stricken in Savannah. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 15 (#).—John McMullen, 17, son of Dr. John Mc- Mullen of Washington, D. C., assistant surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, underwent an appendicitis operation at the Marine Hospital here yesterday; Dr. McMullen and his son were travelling through Savannah when the garage, returning with a mechanic. | Mrs. Ennochs is inclined to| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1936. WAR OF FACTIONS | IN CHINA FEARED Three - Cornered Offensive Follows Shuffling of Commanders. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG. July 15—A three- cormered offensive developed today in China with a new shuffling of army; commanders. Gen. Yu Han-Mou, who yesterday | shifted his allegiance from Southwest to Central China, was reparted mov- ing his army against cities in North- ern Kwangtung Province, in which Canton is located, with the support of five Nanking (central) divisions. Military observers feared a clash was possible momentarily. Canton government officials issued a manifesto calling an extraordinary session of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee with an agenda consisting mainly of resolutions for war against Japan. Informed quarters interpreted the move as a last desperate effort by ! the southwest to employ anti-Japa- nese feelin against Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Nanking military overlord and leader of the Nationalist party government. . Quorum Held Unlikely. H It was extremely doubtful in the minds of many whether the Southwest could muster a quorum of the Kou- mintang (Nationalist party). | At the same time the Southwest established an “anti-Japanese allies | headquarters” with Gen Chan Chai- Tong as commander. (Gen. Chan was dismissed Monday by the Koumintang Central Executive | Committee as commander of Kwang- | tung provincial forces and and Gen Yu | was installed at leader.) Backing Gen. Chan were Li Chun- Jen, second in command; Chiang Kuang-Nai, chief of staff, and Oong | | Chao-Yuan, field commander. | Chigng is famed as commander in chief of the old 19th Route Army, | which defended Shanghai in 1932 against the Japanese, and Oong is known as “the hero of the Woosung defense” in the same war. | Field Commander Visits. | It also was regarded as significant | that Tsai Ting-Kai. field commander | of the 19th Army, was vifiting Canton. | | (The Central government in Nan- | | king, through the Kuomintang Cen- | | tral Committee, recently ordered dis- | solution of the Southwest's political | council and rejection of Canton de- | mands for war against Japan. | (Canton’s call for a committee | meeting apparently was designed to | oppose the orders, and some viewed | the manifesto as a Southwest chal- | ilenge to Nanking’s Generalissimo Ciang to invoke fresh measures.) | Nanking was reported actively pro- moting disaffection within the Canton | ranks from which Lieut. Gen. Tang “ Lung-Kwong, assistant commander of the 4th Army, and two more colonels have deserted. ! i Three Nanking airplanes flew over Canton dropping leaflets, an action | looked upon as part of the drive. Canton has purchased 300 more afr- | ‘planes from Japan, it was reported, and 100 are expected to arrive shortly DEAN OF COLLEGE | MADE PRESIDENT | Dr. Wilkinson Succeeds Prof.‘ Morrison as Head of Advent- | { ist Institution. | €rectai Dispatch to The Star TAKOMA PARK, Md. July 15— | Dr. Benjamin G. Wilkinson, for 17! | years dean of the Washington Mis- sionary College here, was elected presi- | dent of the institution yesterday at | the annual meeting of the Board of | Directors. He succeeds Prof. Habey | A. Morrison, who was elected head | of the Educational Department of | | the Seventh Day Adventist General | Conference Committee. Dr. Wilkinson, who just recently | | returned from a six-month research | tour in foreign countries, is also head | of the Columbia Union Conference. | He came here in 1900, serving as chairman of the college board and the | Washington Sanitarium. He was| president of the Columbia Conference Unior for 10 years. Prior to that time he was in charge of the de- nominational work covering Europe and Northern Africa. He had his headquarters in Paris. The position to which he was elected yesterday has been tendered him on several occas- fons, but he always' declined due to his other Seventh Day Adventist ac- tivities. Dr. Wilkinson is an author and ‘prizes among his papers a letter writ- ten to him by Queen Mary of England, whoe lauded his writings. His works | were on theology and in addition to his writings he was one of the first of his denomination to participate in radio broadcasting. He is a grad- uate of the University of Michigan. He also studied at George Washington University. Dr. Wilkinson was born in Ontario, Canada, and spent his early days in. North Dakota. — MILK FED TO SAVE COW WOODSTOCK, Ont., July 15 (#).— Milk was being fed by T. R. Dent to his worild champion Holstein cow, Springbank Snow Countess, ldst night in an attempt to save her life. The Holstein gaye birth to a full- calf yesterday which died and there were fears the mother may not sur- vive, owing to the heat. The Ships Locked in Chesapeake Bay Crash The steel-laden freighter Golden Harvest shown just after daybreak today Bay passenger boat, State of Virginia, after collision just outside the Baltimore Harbor. shoved the other ship aground to keep it from sinking and 250 passengers had been removed. R <« Collision (Continued From First Page.) floor show became hysterical. Even men knelt down and prayed. “There was an awful lurch of the boat, but after that the ship was still. Then it listed to starboard. Crew Gives Instructions. “Members of the crew ran through the boat shouting orders to put on life preservers and go immediately to the boat deck. “Women crying and men screaming fought their way through the com- panionways. They were flying past me like shot. They crowded up the steps, velling to the people in front to hurry. “Officers assured the people that there was no immediate danger. “The passe gers became calm and | orderly when they found that the ships were wedged fast together and were in no immediate danger of sink- ing. In about 10 minutes they began to- transfer the passengers to the Golden Harvest, which had not been damaged as badly as the State of Vir- ginia. “They were all jovial after they got over. The nervous tension was ove: and they were ready to joke about i John E. Raine, general manager of the Automobile Trade Association. | viewed the near-disastrous end of the organization’s outing as a ‘“mighty close shave.” “If the freighter had been going 5 knots faster,” he said, “it would have sliced us in two.” Pays Tribute to Nice. Tribute was paid today to Gov. Nice | by a fellow passenger. Harold Kolmer, State game depart- ment official, who also is treasurer of the Automobile Club of Maryland, said he was standing near the executive when the order was given for the pas- sengers of the Virginia to board the freighter. Kolmer said several persons tried to hurry the Governor to safety, but he held back. “Get those ladies off first,” Kolmer uoted him. “I'll take my chances with the balance of the boys.” The executive refused to leave until assured women aboard had been trans- ferred to the Golden Harvest. Kolmer said the officers and crew of the Virginia were “certainly to be com- mended” for their coolness and courage in the emergency. He praised them | for their efficiency in staving off a panic among the steamer’s passengers. “All in Day’s Work.” The rescue was “all in a day’s work” to Capt. Woodall, veteran skipper of the bay ferry. Capt. Woodall, who has sailed Ches- apeake waters for 43 years, sail and steam, admitted, however, that the feat of transferring the passengers from ship to ship, in pitch darkness, with less than 14 feet of water be- neath his keel, was “ticklish.” “It was the worst situation the Pittsburgh has run up against,” he said. “If the accident had happened in deeper water, the danger would have been considerably greater,” he said. “The bow of the freighter cut the Virginia from the deck line to the water's edge. It made a pretty big hole.” Capt. Wodall, who is 58, has partici- pated in about 10 bay rescues aboard the Pittsburgh, a comparatively new ferry. The Pittsburgh is known as “Smoky Joe, Jr.,” after the old ferry Philadelphia, or “Smokey Joe"—hero of countless mishaps in the Chesa- peake. Capt. Woodall said temporary gangplanks were rigged to the hurri- cane deck of the ferry and the pas- sengers taken aboard swiftly and without confusion., About 70 regular passengers were aboard the ferry. National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH HE administration has put up Mr. Henry Wallace to explain that the New Deal has no responsibility for the cost to the con- sumer of rising food prices, and to dramatize for the farmer the Government aid given to meet the drought- crisis. There is the customary implication that any one who bpposes New' Deal policies wants to starve the people, and that there is something inherently wicked in having foodstuffs in reserve against a shortage. Mr. Wallace scornfully recalls that during the period of breadlines in 1932 we had large surpluses of “food and feed on hand.” . The well-intentioned Secretary of Agriculture would be on more solid ground if he attempted to solve the problem of distribution, rather than “holding doggedly to the New Deal system of cur- ailment and destruction. Three years' tryout of the abundance of scarcity theory has con- vinced few of its soundness. youth was stricken. The boy is re- ported resting comfortably. [ (Cop:right, 1936.) with her prow rammed deep into the side of the Aerial photo made after freighter had JACK PRY TELLS OF SHIPS' GRASH Capital Auto Dealer Was One of Two Eye-Witnesses to Collision. Jack Pry, automobile dealer, the only Washingtonian aboard the State of Virginin, when she was rammed by the Golden Harvest off Baltimore last night, and one of the only two witnesces to the crash, he said after returning here today. “Boy, the sight of that ship bear- ing down is something that you wouldn't forget, if you've never been up against anything like that before,” he exclaimed. Pry was in the bow on the top deck when the freighter loomed up, the other passengers being below watching a floor show. ‘The morale of the passengers gene- erally was excellent, he said, though some of the girls in the show wcre trightened. The fact that the Golden Harvest hung into the hole she had bored in the side of the State of Virginia ke the latter from sinking and probab prevented a tragic loss of life, he s: Luckily, too, the cabins that we crushed by the impact were unoccup: at the time With the vessels fastened toget passengers on the State of Virginia clambered aboard the freighter Pry said he transferred without any of his belongings and was unable to get back and reclaim them, but pro- posed to do this later. It appeared to him that there wa no excuse for the accident, which he described as the outgrowth of care- | lessness. NEW SPAN SOUGHT BY BUSINESS MEN Southeast Group to Ask Replace- ment of Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge. was Gov. Harry W. Nice, right, coming ashore from the ferry boat Pittsburgh, which took him and 250 other passengers from the State of Virginia. Smiling bri Capt. W. 1. Woodall of the Pittsburgh. oadly, he has his arm around —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. TAXBOOST URGED ONTUGWELLTOWN l County Official Fears Proj- ect Will Be “Beautifully Dressed Foundling.” Ry a Staff Correspondent of lhe Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., July | 15—Demands for a tax assessment ! exceeding the estimated $4,000.000 valuation, placed by the Federal Gov- | ernment on the Resettlement Admin- istration's low-cost housing project at Greenbelt, to yield funds “sufficient to cover all costs for school and other | county services,” were made before the | Prince Georges County Board of Com- | missioners by a local official yester- | day. The official said the current valua- tion would yield only $31,200 under present tax rates, although it would cost between $40,000 and $50,000 an- nually to operate the Greenbelt school when the project is completed and incorporated as a county town. Present Average $4,600. “If the taxable basis is to be $4.000,- 000, and there are 1,000 children at- ‘tendlng the school, as indicated by | R. A. executives, the tax basis of each child will be only $4,000,” he said. “The present average rate throughout the county is $4,600." | Characterizing the whole project as | a potential “beautifully dressed found- ling which the county may find on | its doorstep,” the official urged the commissioners to accept the develop- ment as part of the county only on an “ironclad agreement.” He said the whole matter was still in the “realm of oral words,” and the board must insist on completion and full equip- ment of elementary and high schools; operation of the school separately from the Community Center, since both will be housed in the same build- ing under present plans; heating of the school building with soft coal in- stead of oil, as now planned, to reduce expenses; understanding that Green- belt children will not be enrolled in Prince Georges schools pending open- ing of the project institution; higher assessment, and obtainment of per- mission for children outside Greenbelt to attend the school. Fuel Is Board’s Expense. ‘The officials revealed correspondence with R. A. leaders asking separation of the community center and school. He pointed out that the center must be heated at the Board of Education’s expense, under present plans, although the center “would remain the property of the corporation.” Even if an “oil heating plant were built at the_school, he declared, the Board of Education would probably substitute a stoker system when it began administration of the building. Some of his demands for certain architectural improvements in the Building, increasing its utilitarian value, have already been granted by the Resettlement Administration, he said, but he has not been informed of the status of plans for construc- tion of a Greenbelt High School, Promised by R. A. officials. Titulescu to Remain. BUCHAREST, July 15 (#).—For- eign Minister * Nicholas Titulescu, after a meeting with King Carol and the Rumanian cabinet, indicated last night he would remain in the gov- ernment. The decision was inter- preted as a victory for Titulescu over _ Nasi and soti § 1 MAN, 90, SOUGHT | Has Been Missing From Home { Here Since Monday. " | Police have been asked to search for | | & 90-year-old colored man, Eli Hines, | who has been missing from his home at 605 Fifty-sixth street northeast since Monday morning. The man's daughter, Betty Powell, | told police her father had $15 and in- | tended to go to a nearby store when | NIGHT HORSE SLATED SATURDAY First Exhibit of Kind Here‘ Will Be Held in Meadow- | brook Ring. The Riding and Hunt Club, through Maj. Frank Whitaker, United States Army, chairman of the Horse Show | Committee, announced today that | | that organization will put on its first | night horse show at the Meadowbrook | show ring on the East-West Highway | on Saturday night. | Maj. Whitaker said that so far as he knows this is the first time that | | such a show has been given at night in this vicinity and in such a large | arena, and he promises that there | will be some very interesting per- formances during the evening. This show was scheduled to have been given last Saturday, but was postponed owing to the intensive heat, and during the week, because of the continued warm weather, it was de- cided that it would be better for the horses and undoubtedly more pleasant for the spectators to enjoy the show during the cool of the evening in Rock Creek Valley. An elaborate system of floodlights has been obtained and will be set up | early in the week. Maj. Whitaker said that those proposing to enter their mounts in the show will be given an opportunity to school their horses on Thursday and Friday evenings when the floodlights will be available. Also for the benefit of those unable to school their horges on these two eve- nings, schooling*will be permitted on Saturday evening during the show- ing of the model class, the first on the program. - N.Y. A. STUDENT AID CONFERENCE CALLED National Youth Administration of- ficials will confer here next week with prominent educators from all over the country to shape the N. Y. A's student aid program for the next year, Aubrey Williams, executive di- rector, announced today. Sessions will begin Monday and continue through Saturday. Approximately 40 representatives of colleges, universities and public school systems have been sent invitations to attend the conference, Willlams said. The group will include college presi- dents, public school superintendents and specialists in education. ‘The educators will help draft poli- cles for N. Y. A. assistance to 310,000 FOURANES URGED FOR CAAI BRI Fairfax C. of C. Holds Nar- rower Span Would Be “Poor Judgment.” 3z¢cial Dispatch to The Star FAIRFAX, Va., July 15.—Opposition i the construction of a two-lane bridge over the Potomac River to take the place of the present Chain Bridge was voted at last night’s meeting of the Fairfax County Chamber of Com- merce, State Senator John W. Rust. who offered the resclution, declared the bridge is one of the principal outlets of the county and should provide at least four lanes of traffic. He declared the construction of a two-lane bridge, in view of the increasing traffic prob- lem, would constitute “poor judgment.” The resolution provided that the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce write to Senators Carter Glass and Harry Flood Byrd, District Commis- sioner Melvin Hazen and Representa- tive Howard W. Smith and urge their support in the movement for a wider span. The aid of other organizations throughout the county also was asked. Miller Named President. Prancis Pickens Miller of Fairfax, was elected unanimously to head the trade body for the coming year, suc- ceeding Wirt H. Ferguson, who de- | clined re-election. The new president, a former Yale lecturer, is secretary of three national- ly known organizations—the National Policy Committee, the Southern Policy Committee and the Public Affairs Committee—and has been a member of the chamber for several years. Other officers were elected as follow ‘Wirt H. Ferguson, grst vice presi- dent; John W. Brookfield, second vice president; Miss Mary Walton McCand- lish, treasurer, Jodzies, secretary. New Directors. Members of the Board of Directors elected to fill expiring terms include: Centreville district, R. D. Wharton and James C. King: Dranesville dis- trict, Mrs. G. Ashley Money and Maur- ice Fox; Falls Church district, Willhm“ J. Cleveland; Lee district, Mrs. J. E. Staub; Mount Vernon district, J. W. Cox and G. C. Gillingham, and Provi- dence district, Wells A. Sherman and Prances P. Miller. Town of Fairfax, Senator Rust; town of Falls Church, Walter B. Fol- lin; town of Herndon, Mrs. Harry Sager, and town of Vienna, Mrs. Mary Cullen. At large, Herbert Haar, Robert D. Graham, W. T. Woodson and Dr. Wil- liam Meyer. Franklin Willlams was elected a director for life. A vote of thanks for his services was given the retiring president and to Division Supt. of Schools and Mrs. W. T. Woodson, at whose home an outdoor membership dinner was served prior to the business session. Senator Rust, who is president of the Manassas Battlefield Park, urged the attendance of all members of the chamber at the celebration on the battlefield July 21. ————— Beetle Laughs at Poison. The destructive diabrotica beetle has given California vegetable grow- students of high schools, colleges and graduate schools. : ers a problem, by proving immune to most insecticides, f and Mrs. Florence | L4 An appropriation of $750,000 in thr 1938 District budget for the actual re- placement of the Pennsylvania aveniu bridge will be asked of the Distri Commissioners by a committee repre- | senting the Southeast Business Men | Association. The completed span wi | cost about $1,250,000. | Another committee was appointed a Monday night's meeting of the asso tion to seek restoration of two- traffic on Eleventh street sout At present, one-way traffic move south on Eleventh street from Eas " Capitol street to South Carolina ave- | nue. The association also will seek to have 100 feet of hedge in the cente parking on Pennsylvania avenue a: Thirteenth street southeast removed contending it is hazardous and citing as an example a recent accident at | the corner. Final plans for the eighth annual outing of the association. to be held at Chapel Point, Md., July 29 were announced by Arthur Shaffer, chair- man of the Entertainment Committee Included in the list of activities sched- uled are swimming, dancing and ai i letic games, with prizes to be pre- | sented to the winners in each class Transportation will be by leav- ing Eighth street and Pen car, nnsylvania avenue southeast at 9 am. or by the steamer Potomac, which leaves the | wharf at Water and L streets south- west at the same hour. EX-HUSBAND DENIES FILM STAR'S CLAIM “Absurd,” He Says to Mary As- tor's Chaige He Had Another Wife When They Wed. ey the Asscc! Press. LOS ANGELES, July 15 — Mary Astor’s divorced husband, Dr. Fran Iyn Thorpe, stood on the curt reply “It's absurd,” today while his attor- neys framed a lengthier answer to her charge that he had another wife when | he married her. | The pretty film star's latest suit was | her second sensational stroke in tv days in a fight to gain full custody | their 4-year-old daughter, Mari | who was awarded to the Hollywood | surgeon when the couple was divorced | 1ast year. Previously the actress had accust her former mate of threatening t "‘scandahze" her publicly if she did | not consent to the divorce. The were married in 1931. Turning the case to his legal coun sel, Dr. Thorpe amplified his comme | on Miss Astor’s latter suit only briefly | “Until my marriage to Miss Astor | had never been married before and can hardly see the foundation for suit of this kind. The whole group | charges seem to me to be absurd.’ | . {OPEBA GROUP TO SING | “TRIAL BY JURY” HERE 1 Sylvan Theater Event on Tuesday to Be Sixth Summer Festival. “Trial By Jury,” a Gilbert and Sulli- van operetta, will be presented by the | Estelle Wentworth Opera Group in the | Sylvan Theater at the Washington | Monument next Tuesday as the sixth | Summer festival of the season. It will begin at 8 p.m. and will be preceded | by a half-hour concert by the Wash- ington Civic Orchestra, conducted by S. Page Ford. ‘The cast for the production, which was presented here last Summer, in- cludes Ira Meyer, Harry Yeide, Ray Baine, Walter Perry, Richard Hill, Nina Norman and Virginia Weedon, supported by a chorus of 30 voices. Tickets are now on sale at the A| A. A. bureau, the Willard and ‘Washington Hotels and other down- town agencies. MANSFIELD MAY RUN BOSTON, July 15 (#).— close politie cal ally of Mayor Frederick W. Mans- field of Boston said last night papers | were being circulated for Mansfield as a candidate for the Democratic nom- ination for United States Senator. The announcement came from City Assessor David B. Shaw. ‘The mayor is in Europe on vaca- tion. If Mansfield enters the race he will oppose Gov. James M. Curley for the Democratic nomination to the seat now held by Senator Marcus A. Cool- idge, Democrat of Clinton. Coclidge, away on vacation, has not announced his plans.