Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-28
VIRGINIA NEWS
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Richmond-Beginning April l, un-
der an act of the General Assembly,
amending the charter of the city OF
Richmond, the Bureau of Street Clean
ing will be taken over by the Depart
ment of Public Works. Heretofore,
this bureau has operated under the
supervision Of the Director OF Public
Welfare. 1t was found by the ad-
visory board, however. that better
results might be obtained by sort
of cooperation between the. street
cleaners and the street hands OF the
Department of Works, whereby equa-
lization of duties may be reached.
Norfolk-On charges of forging ana
cashing twelve checks, ". II. Brazil,
aged l9, was arrested at noon today
by Detectives G. |. Williams and John
Anderson at the National Bank OF
Commerce. At the time of his ar
rest he was attempting to cash a
check, alleged to be the thlrteentn
forgery. The young man confessed at
police headquarters, it IS said, to nave
forged the checks to pay debts that
had grown upon him during illness
and unemployment. The checks pur-
PORTED to have been drawn by W.
! X. Lewis, grocer, payable to ,; II.
Harris. In cashing the checks Bra
zil signed Harris name and added ms
own as endorsement, it IS alleged.
Norfolk-Public utilities and prop
erty installed and built in Cradock by
| the government, will be turned over to
that community if it is Incorporated as
q town, it is almost certain. Such ac-
ton will be recommended to Congress
bv both the U. S. Housing Corpora,
| tion and the Department of Labor and
favorable action by Congress is eX-
pected.
Charlottesville-Upholding the neg
alive of the question, Resolved, mat
| Congress Should Enact Legislation
Providing for Sales Tax" Virglnla's
debating team won from West Vlr-
ginia's representatives here last night
6y a vote of 2 to l. J. Fl. Lavenstein,
of Petersburg; Irving E. Carlyle, OF
Wake Forest, n. c., and l.. G.. Muse,
of Roanoke, composed the winning
team. West Virginia's representatives
were Worth X. Rice, of Berkeley
Springs; Homer L. Deem, of Parkers-
burg, w. Va, and r. Morley Burton,
of Charleston.
Fredericksburg-An airplane, pilot
ed by Captain George Hamilton, U. ).
NJ. c., took 50-foot drop in Chappa-
wamsic Swamp near Quantico, while
returning to the landing field at the
Marine Aviation Field at Reid. En-
CINE trouble caused the plane to crash
into the swamp near the new bridge
connecting the roadway between the
Marine Field and the Quantico Bar
racks. The machine was demolished
by the fall, but Captain Hamilton and
his mechanic escaped with minor
bruises.
Winchester = The original and
amended cedar rust law is. constltu-
tional according to Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals, which has refused
a writ of error in cases from Shenan-
doah County, according to telegram
from the clerk Of the court 1T Staun-
ton.
Two years ago the court upheld vail
dity of the act, which permitted de-
struction of red cedars within mile
Of commercial apple orchard, and,
since then, it has been amended SO
as to make the limit two miles. The
State entomologist recently sought to
have large number of cedars destroy
ed in Shenandoah County, and the case
was vigorously contested, the entomo-
logist winning in the lower court. An
appeal was noted, and the Supreme
Court has turned it down, Thirty men
now are cutting down large cedar
area in Shenandoah County. the law
provides that fruit growers mostly
concerned shall pay the damages, If
any are awarded by the court.
coin nm ,,a,tr NOR.