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.UNDERPASS URGED
BY BOyDS GROUP
B. & 0. Agrees to Pay Part
Of Cost if County Pro-
vides for Rest.

BY 3 STAFF Correspondent of The Star
ANNAPOLIS. Md March 8.-SeeB-
ing provision of an underpass for pedes-
trians to get from one side Of the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad tracks to
the other at Boyds number of citi-
zens of that town appeared before a
Joint meeting of the Montgomery Coun-
ty delegations of the House and Sem
ate here yesterday, held in the Office
of Senator Eugene Jones of KenSing-
ton. who presided. After discussion
Of more than an hour and half,
it was decided that proposition would
De submitted to the Baltimore IL Ohio
Railroad. whereby that organization
would agree to- shoulder the cost of
support of its tracks while the county
paid for the actual construction of the
underpass.
The situation was brought about BY
the elimination Of two grade crossings
in The town and the substitution of
one underpass This necessitated the
people walking approximately $50 feet
to get distance OF 66 feet, and accord
ing 70 the proponents resulted in a
virtual division of the town
B. H. Headley Of Boyds said that
the people are required to walk an
unnecessary distance to get to churches.
stores and the post Office J. E. Pollock
said that the people of the town wanted
relief as 1t had served to place one sec
ton of the town in a sort of bottle
Robert G.. Hilton of Rockville, Mrs
Cora l.. Pollock of Boyds and Mrs
Charles Watkins of Boyds also spoke
in favor OF the improvement
49,
Silver Spring said that an underpass
for pedestrians ought TO be provided
Senator Jones said that he would take
the matter up with the Baltimore &,
Ohio officials, with view to laying
down a concrete proposition, and il
approved bond issue would be asked
of the Legislature.
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FIX JUSTICES POWER.

BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 8.-The
police justice of the town of Takoma
Park would be given concurrent juriS-
diction with the police justices of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties
under provisions of bill introduced IN
the House yesterday by the Montgomery
County delegation. The town is partly
in both counties His salary is dxed at
$1,000 a year. one-half of this salary
would be paid BY the town and the
other half hv Mont gon1ery County
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ACACIA EASTERN STAR
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Mrs. Phillip Talbot Is Named
Worthy Matron and Mrs. S. S.
Cline Chosen Marshal.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, March 8
Acacia Chapter. Eastern Star, has
elected Mrs. Phillip Talbot as worthy
matron and DR.. Macon Ware as worthy
patron for the coming year. Mrs Mer-
rift Pope is the new associate matron
and w. F. Collander associate patron.
Other officers include Mrs Lola Patty
as conductreSs. Mrs. William Rucker
associate conductress. Mrs. Sheldon
S. Cline marshal. Mrs. Edward Red
field chaplain. Mrs. Mary Ryer or
ganist, Mrs. George Hauxhurst treas
urer, Mrs A. H. Barbor secretary,
Mrs. T. B. Snoddy sentinel. Mrs
James Brown Adah, Miss Frances
Taylor Ruth, Mrs. q. L. Robertshaw
Esther, Mrs. Frank Thompson Martha
and Miss Fife Birch Electa.
The new officers will be installed on
March Is in I. o. o. F. Hall by Mrs.
T. M. Talbot. past matron,
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the fact that Arlington County is nov
leading all other counties in the State
in educational standing.
Kemp expects to direct his energies
for the next four years toward the con-
struction of additional educational facil-
tiles and for increases in salaries for.
principals and teachers.
Kemp is wholly in accord with the
resolutions passed by the Civic Fed
Grafton and other organizations favor
ing increases in salaries for the prin-
cipals and teachers Records from the
entire country show that they are
among the lowest paid in the country.
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MISSIONARY WOMEN
TOBE HERE FROM VIRGINIA

BY ths Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. March 8. -- Mrs.
Lee Britt of Suffolk and Mrs. II. E.
Barrow Of Keller, president and cor
responding secretary. respectively, OF
the Women's Missionary Society Of the
Virginia Methodist Conference will
represent the 10000 members of this
society in Virginia al the nineteenth
annual meeting of the Womens Mis-
sionary Council. at Washington next
week
Approximately $50 delegates and
visitors, including missionaries and
tdeaconesses, are expected to be present
at the meeting in Washington Dele
gates are expected to represent every
section Of the Southern Methodist ter
.ritory in the United States and all for
seign mission fields where the council
operates,
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CAPITOL HEIGHTS
PAVING IS PLANNED
Program for Coming Season
to Be Presented to Coun-
Gil Monday.
By GEORGE PORTER.
Corrcsnondent OF The Star.

CAPITOL HEIGHTS. March Goo
incident with the announcement OF the
State Roads Commission that the work
of surfacing and grading portion OF
Chapel avenue in Seat Pleasant is
scheduled to he started this month, it
was learned today that comprehensive
program of road construction for the
Capitol Heights neiehborhood has been
mapped out.
The proposal will be presented at the
meeting of the mayor and Town Council
next Monday night.
Would Borrow Funds.
The borrowing Of few thousand dol
lars for immediate use on the thorough
fares of the town, the building OF
macadam roads and the assessing of
AUDITING property owners are the three
outstanding features of the program,
which is known to carry the approval
of Mayor Thomas j. Luckett.
Proponents of the scheme believe a
nine-month loan of about $4,000 would
oe sufficient. With this sum work
would be begun as soon as the weather
permits on Sixty-first street and on
seven or eight other principal thorough
fares to be selected Auditing property
owners on each side of the streets i'm
proved would be assessed one-third of
the cost.
Civic Conferences Held.
Those behind this plan also point out
that ordinarily the road rebate received
by the town and amounting to about
81 800 year does not become available
until late Summer or early Fall. when
there is very little time left before pad
weather sets in during which road
operations can be conducted.
The plan is the outgrowth Of nu.
merous informal conferences between
business and civic leaders Of the com.
munity for the purpose OF devising
| means to accelerate the advancement
Of the area.
The conferences have developed two
conflicting theories as to the best course
| to follow. A large number feel thai
industrial concerns and commercial en-.
terprises should be encouraged to locate
in the community, while others con.
tend it would be best to make the
! neighborhood more inviting for resi-.
! Dental purposes through concentrated
| efforts to obtain adequate streets. lights
gas and other improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
JOHN EDGAR FRYE DEAD.
Veteran Newspaper Man of West
Virginia Succumbs Suddenly.

MARTINSBURG. w. Va. March 8
tSpeciaD John Edgar Frye 50, vet
eran newspaper man, at different times
associated with papers in Petersburg,
Keyser, Martinsburg and Clarksbure,
w. Va. and Chicago Ill, died suddenly
Wednesday evening in Clarkshurg as he
was leaving his home to go to his desk
as circulation manager on daily paper
there. He was born in Grant County
w. Va. spent his early life in the east
ern part of the State. always in news
paper work. and for the past IL years
had been with the Clarksburg papers.
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Lights 1853 Miles Away Seen.

Engineers on the Mediterranean coast
of France are reported TO have sighted
lights IN top Of the mountains of Cor
sica. l68 miles away. This is believed
to be the farthest the human eys has
seen In Europe, although greater dig
tancss have been reported in America
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D. G. Driver Fined in Frederick.

FREDERICK. Md, March (Spe-
ciaD Clyde Gass, 40 years old, Wash
ineton. found guilty of reckless driving
and failure TO keep to right of road in
connection with an automobile acct
dent, near Lewistown Sunday. in which
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Townsend Carroll, Ell
mira, NJ Y. were slightly injured, was
fined SIS by Justice Alton Y. Bennett
in Municipal Court.
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appointed by the
school board to
serve another four
year term. The
term starts on July
/. the beginning Of,
the fiscal year. ,
Kemp is given
credit by the board
fer his work in
providing for the
increased school at
tendance during mis-
Il years Of service.
IL was largely
through his efforts
that a bond issue
of $647,000 was
f1oated in 1925 for
the erection of new
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VIRGINIA BUILDING
RUNS IN MILLIONS
Eleven Major Projects Total
$4,000, 900, Official
Survey Shows.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 8.--More
than $4,000 900 is now being expended,
or will be in the near future, in Viz
ginia on / major construction projects,
1t is shown in the semi monthly indus
trial survey for the two weeks from
February l to Is, prepared by William
Boncer, field representative OF the State
Department OF Labor.
Among these projects are the power
plant on New River, near Radford, at a
cost of $1l 900 600; the first unit of the
Norfolk Arts Museum, to cost $3.50 600,
new Office building and equipment for
the paper pulp plant Of the Chesa-
peake Corporation at West Point. to
cost $340,000 new docks at Richmond,
to cost 100000, and several new build
ings in other parts of the State.
In addition. the report points out,
there Is in prospect the expenditure of
millions Of dollars in the construction
of bridges over the York, James and
Potomac Rivers, and other millions to
be spent by the Federal Government in
improvements at the Norfolk Naval
Base Langley Field Quantico and the
navy yard at Portsmouth.
The survey includes the construction
of an auditorium and gymnasium as an
addition to the Fredericksburg High
School, to cost 100000, and the appro-
priation of 100000 for the continuation
of construction work on the George
Washington National Memorial, at Alex
andria.
Shipping service to the west coast of
South America from Hampton Roads
tod tto Grc ri
OF February with the sailing of several
vessels to different points.
The Secretary of War has authorized
$500. 900 for continuing the work of i'm
proving the channel of the James River.
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COUNTY VALUATION
SET At S14,7OO,42
New Budget Raises Taxes in
Three Districts and Cuts
in Three Others.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Bpecal Dispatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va, March s.-The bud
get OF Fairfax Countys expenses, as
decided by the supervisors on Wednes-
DAY. will increase the tax rates Of Cen
terville and Lee districts by 35 cents
Dranesville and Fails Church districts
will show a cut of 10 cents and Provi-
deEce OF IS cents on the 500 valuation,
according to figures compiled by the
deputy treasurer. Mrs. e. H. Chilcott.
The total county valuation of real
and personal property. including the
towns, is estimated az sl4.700.421 for
1928. Exclusive Of the incorporated
towns. 1t Is 1882 .449. All of the six
districts of the county ere assessed with
. 25-cent county levy. an increase Of 10
cents over last year; Accent county
road levy. an increase of Is cents over
last year; a scent levy for pensions for
veterans and A l0-cent levy for public
buildings, making a uniform 9: tax OF
90 cents.
School Rate Is 95 Cents.
In addition. all of the districts and
all the incorporated towns except Falls
Church are assessed with a uniform
county school tax of IS cents on the
800.
The $40 levy in Centerville district is
based on an assessed valuation of real
and personal property amounting TO
&1S176l9. 1t includes. in addition to
the 81 IS assessed in all districts. IS
cent levy for district road construction
and q Accent levy tor road mainte-
nance.
In Dranesville district. with a val
uation of 81 ,544. 383, the So rate in
clades the 81 IS listed above. a special
school levy Of % cents for school bcil6-
ing indebtedness. so CENTS for interest.
IS cents for sinking fund and 45 cents
for maintenance OF bond issue and
other roads. and IS cents for district
roao construction.
Levy for Roads.
Falls Church districts valuation ri
&225e.376 gives rate OF $3.45, with
$1s5 as listed above, IS cents for spe-
cial school indebtedness, 40 cents in
terest IS cents sinking fund and so
cents maintenance of bond issue and
other roads, and 20 cents for district
road co 1struction.
In Lee district the valuation is ST.,
AL sos. The levy of $40 includes 10
cents for district road construction and
As; cents for district road maintenance
in excess of the uniform county levy
of3$l 90. Lee district has no bond issue
roads.
In Mount Vernon district the S2,39l,-
ss2 valuation gives a rate of 50 so with
local items of 10 cents for district road
construction. Is cents for interest, 5
cents for sinking fund and As cents for
maintenance of district and bond issue
roads.
Providence districts valuation
amounts to S., 386, TAB for real and per-
sonal property, its rate to $500 It in
Guides a special school tax of 25 cents
10 cover indebtedness, IS cents for dis
trict road construction, cents for
sinking fund and 80 cents for main
tenance.
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Mrs. TheIma Faunce's Car Turns
Over. on River Road.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 8--Mrs.
Thelma Faunce, 80 years old. of 1877
l. street northwest. Washington, sus-
tanned cuts ana bruises and possibly
other injuries last night when a car in
which she was driving overturned or
the River road between Alexandria ana
Washington.
Miss Fannie Carter, superintendent
of the Alexandria Hospital, where Mrs.
Faunce was brought for treatment, said
the wcmans condition is not considered
serious
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Marine General in Shanghai.

SHANGHAI, China March 8 LP) -
Maj. Gen Eli X. Cole, United States
Marine Corps. commanding the Depart
ment of the Pacific. arrived here today
aboard the transport Chaumont from
San Francisco on an inspection trip
If the Marine detachments throughout
the Orient. He viii return 70 San
Francisco on March r.
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KEMP IS RENAMED
SCHOOL OFFICIAL
Arlington Superintendent to
Seek More Buildings and
Higher Teachers Pay.

BY STAT Correspondent Of The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COUR-
HOUSE, Va. March 8-Superintenders
of schools in Arlington County sinca
1917, Fletcher Kemp was yesterday re-.
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The graduation of more than LOCO
juvenilc airmen from the Los Angeles
Times National Free Aviation School
took place the other dav
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

"a good car is a 'money-earner' for
tradesmen and statesmen" See today
Roundup" offerings in Times and
Herald Classified ads
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
DID YOU KNOW THAT:

DID 1UU INV" :
That Fay BANTER and Melvy,n
Douglas, in Passions of Jeal-
ousy." will be the attraction at
the Belasco the first week in
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
COMPS0N GIRL
T AK OF
RETIRING
BY DOROTHY HERZOG


Copyright, 1929, Premier syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Oct. IL
Buster Keaton was a liz per-
turbed at not being able to trek
out East for the world series.
And scant wonder.
Whore you bettin' on?" the
inquiring reporter inquired.
"On the wrong side" gloomed
Buster.
Retiring?
This bureau Is given to under.
standby whom you shouldn't
ask-that Betty Compson plans to
retire from motion picture-ing in
a wears time. 'Tis said that Betty
set financial mark for herself to
reach. Once reached, she would
be more than content to abandon
the grease paint and live in topsy
turvy ease on her income. Said
capital may be rated at million
and a half dollars. Following her
stellar traipsing after THE Miracle
Man." Betty stumbled into lean
years. She CampaiGned to defeat
them by making 3licks for the
smaller companies. Bime by, the
shrewd producers discovered the
Compson girl was still much in
evidence.
So she commenced working for
big boys again. The talkies did her
no harm. Her salary rose to around
60 Ia. 4.
onto fifty-two weeks a year. the
total is no sneeZe. Betty evidently
socked away a goodly share of this
and her capital increased accord
ingly.
If she does retire at the peak
of her career, she'll at least set
movie precedent. I've listened to
any number of stars vow they'll
retire before their public" tires
of them. But they never have.
And it isn't chiefly because of
money. Because they fear the
other fellah will gossip they're no
longer in demand.
Quiet Signal
Director John Robertson lowed
MS JOScpIl obilliuht duL hulHpIIN "
Balboa for quiet sea-farin ioca.
ton. He arrived in time to have
the motor boat races pelt the
mikes. Also across from the
troupe was a concrete mixer. 1t
made enough noise to deafen a
fish. John cogitated and figured.
Cogitated and figured he'd have
to confer with the big concrete
man from Balboa. SO he did. With
the result that when he is ready
to shoot a scene, he has a propman
hoist a red flag. The big con-
crete man orders the engineer
whatever the thing is-shut down.
Silence A scene Is shot. Down
comes the red flag. Off goes the
concrete mixer. Sorta synchron-
lied good fellowship
Blanche Sweet rushed from the
night hostess" set to the NJ. G.
NJ. lunchroom. She's going TO
Caliente, Sunday. We borrowed a
pair of dice from the round table
And shot 'em. Blanche took seven
bucks away from your distressed
correspondent. Margaret Ettinger
her press agent, lost a buck.
Might hostess" Is correct, grum'
bic /
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
ScreenaIities

Bess Meredith, Sylvia Thalberg,
and Josephine Lovett lunching to-
gether at NJ. G. NJ. They are the
ferocious triumvirate. They mar
rate astounding stories about each
other with a glib innocence that is
breath taking. They arise from the
table simultaneously and depart
harmlessly in different directions.
Should Sylvia decide to walk to
Bess' office, 10 inclines to a stroll.
herself. Strong directors tremble
and inflated actors wheeZe when
they pass this writing triumvirate.
Even newspapers quake at sight
of them in a huddle. Leave no one
tell you different, Hollywood is
fraught with dangers. Bess, Sylvia,
Jo-R. S. V. P. Gary Cooper
and Anderson Lawler strolling
around the NJ. G. NJ. lot. Now is
the chance to report Gary is sign
ing new contract. However, 'tisn't
true.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

November. This is the two
character play which showed
last season on Broadway as just
plain Jealousy"
That Managing Director
Michael ]. Cullen, of the Loew
theaters, got a belated wedding
present from the local stage
hands yesterday. 1t was set
of table linen and would have
been presented sooner except
that the back-stage crews had
wage demands pending and it
might have looked like a bride
or something. Tommy Trundle
made the presentation speech.
That the new Constitutional
Hall of the D. A. r. has 81
boxes in which society can dis
play all of it's rich trappings
and be seen. besides an around
the auditorium pr m e n d e
which ought to be popular with
concert lovers.
That John Gilbert's love-mak-
ing in "His Glorious Night" is
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

getting horse laughs and that
the opinion of most is the back
bending Romeo is better as
silent wooer, unless he covets
Harold Lloyd's reputation.
That Pathe has decided to ex-
plot Ina Claire as Mrs. Jack
Gilbert, except in cities where
the stage star is we'll known.
The reason being, of course,
that the Gilbert monicker is
magic at the movie box office.
Nevertheless and notwithstand-
ing, Ina Claire has the reputa-
ton of never having appeared in
a footlight flop.
That Roxy pins no medals on
the fellow who picked the title
for Will Rogers flicker. now
current at the Fox Theater.
Roxy is spending good money
to personally indorse the film
and assure the movie public
"They Had to See Paris" is not
a travelogue but whale of a
good comedy.
That the fellow who used to
read the titles aloud has been
succeeded by the fellow in the
sound news reels who does the
same thing.
That Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks Shakespear-
ian feature, flaming of the
Shrew," will cost exhibitors just
twice as much to book as their
single star pictures.
That Doris Kenyon is quit
ting the movies for the concert
stage. She has a fine singing
voice and will within a fort
night open a series of recitals
which will cover the U. S. A.
That Buddy Rogers, Of Para
mount, and Mitzi are among
the latest to sign for vaudeville
appearances.
That Paris Bound" has at
tracted more limousine trade to
Ninth Street than any picture
booked in a long time. And
that Ina Claire in "The Awful
Truth" is expected to keep the
Rialto Theater box office busy
next week.
That Eugene Walter, commits
stoned by A. H. Woods to write
a play says this: THE best &C
tress speaking English that l
have run across in my time is
in the pictures. Her name is
Gloria Swanson" Well, give
her a good play mad let's see.
That Percy Hammond and
some of the other New York
critics are pleasantly debating
who first discovered George M.
Cohan was the best actor on the
ALISIICdH stage. cOIuc 1OlhS
haven't discovered it yet and
won't recognize, the dramatic
Columbus.
That Marion Davies next one,
"Marianne," in which the star
sings, dances and gives impress
sions of famous stage stars is a
November booking at Loew's
Columbia.
That Variety is claiming the
master of ceremonies idea is
dying out in the motion picture
houses. That | haven't asked
Al Evans about it but the
chances are good he'd say Va
riety is all wrong.
That Roxy has swung around
to Friday opening day for his
new pictures and before long a
certain F St6eet theater will in
augurate the fish day premiere
in the D. C.
"a good car is money Garner ia
tradesmen and statesmen" See today
"ROund-up" offerings in Times an
Herald Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

That Roxy has swung around
to Friday opening day for his
new pictures and before long
certain F St6eet theater will in
augurate the fish day premiere
in the D. C.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
GLEAN1NGs & SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

getting horse laughs and that
the opinion of most is the back
bending Romeo is better as a
silent wooer, unless he covets
Harold Lloyd's reputation.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Saturday Night Dances
At Hamilton Hotel

Russell Conn. managing direc.
tor OF the Hamilton Hotel, an
nounces the re-opening OF the
Chantilly room Saturday night
and every Saturday thereafter for
a series Of informal dances.
The former Club Lido. popular
with amusement seekers two
seasons ago, has been redecoratGd
and once again opened to the
public.
A Lido band has been engaged,
with the personnel of the or
chestra numbering such musicians
as Ralph Garren. Durward Bower.
sox and Mac McGregor.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

RIALTO-"Paris Bound" with
Ann Harding. At 11:45. 1:45. 3:45.
S:45 and 9:45 p. m.
EARLE-"Fast Company" with
Jack Oakie and Evelyn Brent. At
11:4O. 1:43. 3:47, Sal. 7:44 and
9:4S p. m.
COLUMBIA - hollywood Re-
vue." At 1915. 1882, 1902. $40,
100 and $50 p. m.
FOX-Will Rogers in They Had
to See Paris" At 11:4I, 2:24, 4:48.
1889 and 1908 p. m.
P.ALACE-John Gilbert in His
Glorious Night" At 1850. 2:25.
sos. 7:40 and $50 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-"Gold Dig
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

Jean Arthur was born In New
York city and was educated in the
public schools there. For time
after leaving high school she did
commercial posing.