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_WASHINGTON, I). C., PE ID AY, JUNE 17, 1932,_ *** -PAGE B—1
MEETING IS HELD
Washington Committee of
Bankers and Business Men
Discusses Plans.
GREATER CREDIT DEMAND
WILL BE ENCOURAGED
Organization Will Be Expanded in
Effort to Cover Wider, Rep
resentative Field.
The first meeting of the Washington
Committee of Bankers and Business
Men to consider ways and means of
speeding recovery in industry was held
late yesterday at the Riggs National
Bank.
Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs,
who is the Washington banker on the
Banking and Industrial Committee of
the Fifth Federal Reserve District, pre
sided in the absence of Edwin C.
Graham, representative of local interests
on the same committee. The latter
committee was organized in the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond, Mr.
Graham being elected chairman.
special i ommmees organized.
At the request of Gov. George J.
Seay of the Richmond Reserve Bank,
special committees have been organized
in the District of Columbia. Maryland.
Virginia, West Virginia and North and
South Carolina in order that industrial,
financial and business leaders may con
sider their own vital local problems and
work out methods to relieve them. This
action was taken at the request of
President Hoover, who asked the 12
Federal Reserve districts to organize
such committees and seek ways of mak
ing greater use of the credit expansion
offered by the Federal Reserve banks
through recent open-market operations
in the purchase of Government se
curities.
Every member present at yesterday's
meeting here expressed his ideas of the
best ways of speeding up recovery’, and
many valuable suggestions were made.
One aim is to produce a greater demand ,
for credit on the part of business which
the banks are ready to furnish.
Members of Committee.
The members of the local committee \
to da'e include:
Llo' d B. Wilson. preeident. Chesa- ;
pcakc & Potomac Telephone Co.: Wii- i
liam F. Ham. president. Washington j
Railway & Electric Co.: John J. Hanna. <
president. Capital Traction Co.; Marcy
L. SpeiTv. president, Washington Gas
Light Co' : J. F. M. Bowie, president,
Real Estate Board; Harry King, presi
den . Washington Chamber of Com
merce: Een T. Webster, president.
Washington Board of Trade: Mark
1 ansburgh. president. Merchants &
Manufacturers Association: Frank Jel
lefi\ merchant. W. \V. Everett. \ ice
president and general manager. Wood- i
ward & Lothrop: E. C.. Graham, presi- I
dent. National Electrical Supply Co.:
Julius Garfinckel, merchant, and H. H.
McKee, chairman, District of Columbia j
Clearing House.
Chairman Fleming also is a member |
end Hilloarv G. Hoskinson. vice presi
dent oi Riggs National Bank, is secre
tary. Mr. Hoskinson also is secretary
of "the Fifth District Committee, hav
ing been appointed to that office at the
organization meeting in Richmond last
week.
Aiter a thorough discussion of the
present situation in the Capital, it was
decided to expand the committee in
order to include more lines of business.
Additions to the committee will be an
nounced shortly and a meeting of the
enlarged group will be held June 23.
The committee organized in Richmond,
of which Fleming and Graham are
members, also is to hold an Important
meeting soon.
Committees to Act Together.
The local committee will act in unity
with the five other committees in the
fifth Federal Reserve district under
guidance of the two local members of
the main committee. It is the opinion
at the Richmond Reserve Bank, how
ever, that each committee must work
out its own salvation largely, on ac
count of its familiarity with local con
ditions and needs.
It was reported here today that
similar committees in New York, Phila
delphia, Chicago and other reserve dis
tricts, are also getting under way. with
the expectation of increased demands
lor credit, the foundation of business.
BAPTISJ WOMEN OPPOSE
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION
Auxiliary of Fotomac Association
Adopts Resolution and Elects
Offi"ers at Clarendon.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va.. June 17.—A res
olution favoring continued enforcement
of the eighteenth amendment and op
posing any movements looking to its
repeal was adopted by the Baptist
Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of the
Potomac Association, in annual session
at the Clarendon Baptist Church here
yesterday.
Mrs. J. C. Rogers of Round Hill. Va„
was re-elected superintendent. Other
elections resulted as follows; Mrs.
Jennefcr Broaddus, secretary; Mrs.
George Hawshurst, treasurer: Mrs.
Luther Otley, group leader. No. 1: Mrs.
M. L. MeCutcheon. group leader. No. 2;
Mrs. Paul Payne, group leader. No. 3;
Mrs. Curtis Waybright. group leader.
No. 4: Miss Ruth Huffish, group leader.
No 5. and Mrs. John Sowers, group
leader, No. 6.
Committee chairmen were selected
as follows: Mrs. J. H. Emerick. mis
sion study: Miss Margaret Fravel,
veung people; Miss Martha Cockerill,
stewardship; Miss Nancy Lake, white
cross; Mrs. J. C. Crupper, personal
service.
Mrs. Rogers was elected delegate to
the Southern Baptist Convention to b?
held in Washington in Mav, 1933.
Alternates chosen are Mrs. Broaddus
and Mrs. Sowers.
SCHAFER IS RE-ELECTED
Heads American Fire Insurance Co.
of District.
Charles Schafer was re-elected presi
dent of the American Fire Insurance
Co. of the District at a meeting to
day in the company’s headquarters,
511 Seventh street. Other officers
chosen were Francis A. Blundon. vice
president; George M. Emmerich, secre
tary: F. J. Ehlers. assistant secretary,
and Carl J. Bergmann. treasurer.
At the annual shareholders’ meeting
yesterday trustees were chosen as fol
lows: Mr. Schafer. Mr. Blundon. Mr.
Emmerich. Mr. Ehlers. Mr. Bergmann,
Victor D Deyber. A. F. Jorss, Max
: Walten and Harry M. PaclprcL
Rock Creek Runs Amuck
OVERFLOW'S AND DAMAGES ROADWAY OF TUNNEL.
ROCK CREEK became a raging torrent after yesterday’s downpour and
overflower its banks at several points. Picture shows damage done to
the roadway of the recently opened tunnel under Massachusetts avenue,
when the creek, swollen with the water of the storm sewers, overflowed
and flooded the road. —Star Staff Photo.
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Company Gets Time to Study
Statistical Evidence of
Utilities Board.
The Publie Utilities Commission will
continue its hearings on telephone rates
next week, resuming its study Monday
if the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co. has concluded by that time
its own study of statistical evidence
presented by the commission at the
hearings yesterday. Gen. Mason M.
Patrick said today.
According to Gen. Patrick, the pur
pose of the commission is to determine
as accurately as possible the return
which the telephone company is earn
ing on its investment. If the commis
sion finds the earning rate is high on
the basis of cost data which is to
studied, they will be in a position to
seek a reduction in the telephone rate
here
Much of the data presented at the
hearing late yesterday included cost
statistics piovidcd by William A Rob
erts. special counsel of the Public
Utilities Commission, by the phone r m
pany itself. Other data included build
ing costs and wage scales paid in the
District.
R. A. Van Orsdel. counsel of the tele
phone company, said following yester
day’s hearing that after studying the
commission’s own exhibits he might base !
the telephone company’s rase cn the
figures ?.nd charts submitted by the
commission.
INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
Measure Will Authorize Contracts
and Safeguard Airship
Development.
Creation of a great international air- j
ship service through authorization of |
airship mail contracts and legal safe
guarding of airship development was!
approved by the House yesterday after
noon in its passage of the Crosser mer
chant airship bill. The vote was 163 to
146.
The bill was sent to the Senate, where
a similar measure already has been
approved by the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee.
During the course of debate on the
measure. Representative Maas of Minne
sota declared the bill “provides the
cheapest possible way for us to aid na
tional defense: to get further develop
ment in lighter-than-air ships done
privately."
The measure would authorize the
Post Office Department to contract with
private airship litres for flying interna- j
tional airmail at rates computed on a
'speed basis, as is the case with ocean
steamship mail.
GLASSFORD WINS PRAISE
OF HYATTSVILLE LEGION
Post Instructs Adjutant to Write
Him Expressing Appreciation
for Aiding Bonus Marchers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md.. June 17.—Sny
der-Farmer Post, No. 3, American
Legion, directed its adjutant, James
Rogers, to write Brig. Gen. Pelham
D. Glassford, superintendent of police
of Washington, expressing the post's
appreciation for "his leadership in
handling the bonus marchers, particu
larly for his untiring efforts to obtain
food and medical attention for them.”
Adjutant Rogers and Dr. Robert W.
McCullough were asked to draw a reso
lution for presentation to Gov. Ritchie,
under which the State would provide
funds in the next budget for the pur
chase of flags for all schools of Mary
land. It was pointed out that the State
law requires each school to fly a flag,
but makes no provision for their pur
chase.
John A. Anderson, chairman of the
post's Relief Committee, reported work j
had been found for 13 men during 1
the week.
EX-COUNTY AGENT DIES
John H. Drury of Dunkirk Leaves
4 Daughters and 2 Sous.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md„ June 17.
—John H. Drury, 82 years old, former
county agent of Calvert County, died
yesterday at his home near Dunkirk.
He was a native of Calvert County and
was a farmer before becoming county
agent.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
at 11 a m. in the Shiloh M. E. Church
South. Dunkirk.
He is survived by two daughters in
Washington, the Misses Blanche and
Mabel Drury,; Mrs. S. J. Teller of Hart
ford, Conn.: Miss Violet Drury of
Chaney, Md.; Roland Drury of New
York and C. Orville Drury of Chaney.
Another daughter was the late Mrs. B.
Francis Dashlell of Washington.
SILVER SEAR ROME
TO BE OPEN SUNDAY
Spring Valley Residence Of
fered for Inspection of
Public for Month.
A residence of New England Colonial
motif, just computed at 4915 Hillbrook
lane, in the Spring Valley section of
Wesley Heights, has been awarded a
place in the silver star homes program,
it was announced today by the com
mittee of specialists in home develop
ment, which is conducting the demon
stration for The Star.
The house will be opened to the pub
lic for a month of inspection, begin
ning Sunday. The public is invited
to visit the house during this period j
for a study of its design, arrangement,
construction, decoration and other nota- j
ble features.
The house will be furnished for the |
period of the exhibition, which will add j
interest to the demonstration. The
award of the silver star was made after
careful examination of all features of
the house by the Silver Star Homes
Committee.
The house was built by W. C. & A. N.
Miller, realtors and developers, from
plans by the architectural department
of the firm, with Gordon E. MacNeil as
associate architect.
Members of the Silver Star Homes
Committee are James S. Taylor, chief
of the Division of Building and Hous
ing cf the Commerce Department; Dr.
Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau of
Home Economics; Gilbert L. Rodier.
architect: Frederick V. Murphy, fellow
of the American Institute of Archi
tects; John H. Small, 3d, landscape
architect; E. H. Rosengarten. past pres
ident of the Washington Building
Trades Employers' Association, and J.
F. M. Bowie, president of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board.
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CAR BULLET SCARS
PUZZLING POLICE
Liquor Squad Chief Believes Ma
chine Is Same in Chase, but
Doer Also Shows Marks.
Some of the element of mystery sur
rounding the finding of a bullet-scarred
automobile in an alley near the inter
section of New York and New Jersey
avenues yesterday was believed cleared
up when Lieut. George M. Little, head
of the liquor squad, told Inspector F.
S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, he be
lieved it was an automobile which had
been chased by his liquor squad.
Lieut. Little said today, however,
that his men fired only two shots at the
fleeing car he had in mind and that
this would not account for apparent
bullet "scars” on the door of the auto
mobile. The latter appeared to have
been from bullets fired from a sawed
eff shotgun, Lieut. Little said.
A blood-stained cap, found in the
automobile, led police to check hos
pitals to see if any one had been treat
ed for bullet wounds, hoping in this
way to find the person or persons who
were in the automobile.
The car chased by the liquor squad
had thrown out a smoke screen and
smoke screen equipment was found on
the abandoned automobile, police said.
Police broadcast a lookout for a col
ored man, wanted for questioning in
connection with the finding of the au
tomobile.
GOV. POLLARD NAMES
BRIDGE COMMITTEE
Group Will Work With Mary
land Body to Study Co
lonial Beach Span.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va.. June 17—Gov.
Pollard has appointed a commission to
work with a similar one named recently
by Gov. Ritchie of Maryland to study
the problem of financing a bridge across
the Potomac River near Colonial
Beach.
Those on the Virginia commission
are State Senator William A. Wright
of Tappahannock. Thomas Lomax
Hunter and Joseph A. Billingsley of
King George. C. C. Beavers of Colonial
Beach. Judge A. R. Embrey of Fred
ericksburg. George P. Lyon of Wood
ford and State Highway Commissioner
Henry G. Shirley.
WOMEN TO PLAN DRIVE
Equal Eights Projects Will Be
Talked at Tea Sunday.
Plans for a campaign for the equal
rights amendment and the equal rights
treaty will be discussed at a tea at Alva1
Belmont House. 144 B street northeast,
headquarters of the National Women's
Party, Sunday afternoon. An open
lorum discussion will he held.
BIG AVIATION MEET
FOR CAPITAL WILL
MARK I BY RACE
Four-Day Show Will End With
Take-off for Cord Trophy
August 21.
ORVILLE WRIGHT TO BE
HONORED AT CONTESTS
Committees Partially Completed to
Arrange for Largest Event
of Kind in D. C.
The National Capital will have the
largest air meet in its history during the
four days ending with the start of the
transcontinental sweepstakes derby for
the Cord Trophy on August 21, accord
ing to plans made last night at the or
ganization meeting of the Washington (
Air Derby Committee in the Racquet
Club.
There will be day and night flying
demonstrations by foremost Eastern
pilots, testing of some 60 planes to be
entered In the derby from Washing
ton to Cleveland by way of Dallas, Tex.,
and other events.
The second Washington convention
of the National Aeronautic Association
will bring aviation notables to the Capi
tal from all parts of the country during
the first two days of the proposed meet,
in addition to the contesting pilofs.
Will Honor Wright.
Celebration of the birthday of Orville
Wright, who is expected to attend the
convention, is planned by the National
Aeronautic Association and the George
Washington Bicentennial Commission.
At last night's meeting Chester War
rington, local automotive and aviation
representative, was elected chairman of
the Washington Air Derby Committee,
with John S. Wynne, manager of
Washington-Hoover Airport, as vice
chairman and Robert J. Cottrell, sec
retary of the Washington Board of
Trade, as secretary.
Committee organizations were par
tially completed with the following ap
pointments;
Contest Committee —Capt. E. V.
"Eddie" Riekenbacker, chairman; Lieut. I
William R. Enyart. Army Air Corps Re
serve. secretary of the Contest Com
mittee of the National Aeronautic As
sociation; Lawrence E. Williams, chair
man of the Aviation Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade, and John
B. Peterson of the Aviaticn Instrument
Section, Bureau of Standards.
Publicity and Advertising — Curtis
Hodges, executive director of the Greater
National Capital Committee, chairman;
Robert J. Cottrell and Joseph S. Edger
ton.
Other Committees.
Transportation — Clintcn Amorous,
chairman.
Hotels and Accommodations—Frank
Hight. chairman.
Entertainment—A. K. Barta, presi
dent of the Aero Club of Washington. !
chairman.
Airport Liaison, including Police and
Safety—Cel. C. E. Fauntleroy, National
Aviation Corporation, chairman.
Finance—Francis G. Addison, jr.,
treasurer of the Greater National Cap
ital Committee and president of the Se
curity Savings and Commercial Bank,
chairman.
Confirmation of the appointments of
members cf the board of sponsors and
Advisory Committee, which will include !
the city's leading business and aviation !
officials, is expected within a few days. |
BARACA PHILATHEA
DINNER TONIGHT;
Third Day of Convention of Union
Opens in Church of the
Covenant.
The World-Wide Baraca Philathea
Union Convention entered its third day
here this morning with a session at the
Church of the Covenant for discussion
of city, county and State programs of
the organization.
This afternoon the schedule included
a secret service, World-Wide Prayer
Circle, separate conferences of the
Baracas and the Philatheas. and a fel
lowship supper at the Mayflower Hotel
under the sponsorship of the Southern
State delegations.
The 700-odd delegates will attend a
meeting this evening at the Church of the
Covenant, where a song service led by
Homer Rodeheaver, an address by Dr.
Ross Stover and presentation of "Life's
Crosses" by Miss Heron will be features
of the program.
Last night the convention heard Dr.
O. F. Blackwelder of Baltimore deliver
the main address of the final Thursday
session. He discussed the present need
of prayer and urged his audience to In
corporate prayer into daily life both
in difficult and easy times.
“CONSCIENCE BOX” WINS
BACK BOOKS TO LIBRARY
“Fineless Week'’ Ends Tomorrow
Noon—1,000 Volumes
Returned Daily.
The Public Library’s "conscience box”
proved too much for 44 delinquents last
night. One of them went so far as to
return two overdue volumes belonging
to another library.
Meanwhile. "Fineless week,” which
runs its course when the library closes
tomorrow noon, continued to net over
1,000 books a day. Many have been
overdue since 1929.
Two volumes left in the “no-questions
asked conscience box” belonged to the
Bureau of Education. Library officials
today renewed their appeal to readers
to examine their book shelves and re
turn library books while the remission
of fines is still in effect.
Cards on which fines have accumulat
ed, now held by the library, will be
leased without charge and the borrower
may begin all over again to take books
home.
QUESTIONED* IN HOLD-UP
Suspect Held Here on North Caro
lina Charges.
Arrested for North Carolina author
ities, Lenza C. Wilson. 24, of the 1600
block of Brentwood road, today was
being questioned by pollee about recent
robberies here, including the hold-up
of the Georgia avenue branch of the
Washington Mechanics Savings Bank,
where $9,031 was obtained.
Wilson is wanted in North Carolina
for questioning in connection with a
$1,000 pay roll rftery,
RELEASE OF DAVIS
Suspect Is Shifted to D. C.
Jail After Effort to
Gain Writ.
BLUM STILL DETAINED
FOR PHILADELPHIA QUIZ
Other Prisoner Held There as Po
lice Attempt to Connect Him
With Other Crimes.
Harry Davis, 34, of'Philadelphia, one
of two men charged with murder in the
recent gangland slaying of Milton \W.
(Milsie) Henry, 35-year-old Washington
gambler, was to be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Needham
C. Turnage today following an unsuc
cessful attempt by his attorney to free
him on a writ of habeas corpus.
Blocked by Warrant.
Davis’ lawyer, Denny Hughes, tried to
have him hb< rated in District Supreme
Court yesterday, but the move was
blocked by headquarters detectives, who
presented the murder warrant. Despite
the warrant, which was issued by Com
missioner Turnage, Davis had been
booked for investigation at the fifth
precinct, where he had been held since
Monday.
Upon presentation of the warrant.
Justice Jesse C. Adkins ordered Davis
transferred to the District Jail. He
was to have been arraigned before Com
missioner Turnage at 9:30 a m., but the
arraignment was postponed until 3 p.m.
and he was returned to the jail.
Held in Philadelphia.
The other man charged with murder
in the case is Frankie Blum, 35, Phila- i
delphia gangster. Arrested in Phila- i
delphia last week, he was to have been \
brought here several days ago, but po- !
lice there decided to hold him for 1
questioning in connection with several J
other crimes.
The detectives assigned to the case ]
will attempt to prove Blum shot Henry !
in the 3400 block of Brown street last ;
April 21 and that Davis was the driver j
of the automobile used in the slaying. I
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JAMES W. BROOKS
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
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Veteran Newspaper Man Succumbs
to Cerebral Hemorrhage
at 64.
James W Brooks. 64. veteran news
paper man and creator of the educa
tional strip. "Great Roads in American
History." featured in The Sunday Star,
died last night at his home. 708 Spring
street. Silver Spring. Md. Death was
due to cerebral hemorrhage, which fol
lowed a stroke suffered by Mr. Brooks
a few nights ago. He had been ill for
several weeks
Bom in Tazewell County. Va.. Mr.
Brooks was active in newspaper work
in Little Rock, Ark.; Dallas. Tex.; St.
Louis and Chicago, before coming to
Washington 14 years ago. When he
first arrived here, he became associ
ated with the Federal Highway Coun
cil as head of its department of pub
licity. Later he was connected with
the International Road Conference,
where he remained up until three
years ago.
During the past year Mr. Brooks has
written two books dealing with the
Bicentennial celebration, one entitled
"George Washington's Travels" and the
other "American History by Motor.”
Mr. Brooks is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Suzanne E. Brooks; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Marie Brooks Etharson, Miss
Lois Brooks, both of Washington, and
Mrs. C. Elwood Moore of Buffalo, and
three sons, Milton Brooks. Detroit
newspaper man: James W. Brooks. Jr.,
of this city, and Robert Lee Brooks of
Chicago.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day, with burial in Cedar Hill Ceme
tery.
STELLWAGEN ESTATE
VALUED AT $600,000
Executors File Petition for Probate
of Will of Union Trust Co.
Chairman.
Edward J. Stellwagen. former chair
man of the board of the Union Trust
Cc„ who died June 2. left an estate
valued in excess of $600,000. according
to the petition for probate of his will
filed by his executors, the widow, Char
lotte M. Stellwagen, and the Union
Trust Co.
Mr. Stellwagen owned real estate in
the District and Maryland of an
assessed value of $203,413 and had
personal property worth $424,717.21.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a
sister, Mrs, Elise S. Ducat, Westmore
land Apartments, and the descendants
of a deceased sister, Mrs. Julia S. Gil
liss.
According to the terms of the will,
the widow is given the property at 2301
S street, with its contents and automo
biles, in addition to one-half of the
remaining estate. The other. half of
the residue goes to Mrs. Ducat and the
heirs of Mrs. Gilliss.
WOODCOCK TO SPEAK
TO WOMAN LAWYERS
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 17.—Col. Amos
W. W. Woodcock, national director of
prohibition, will speak on "Women
Lawyers in Reality and in Fiction” at
the annual banquet of the Women's Bar
Association tonight at the Southern
Hotel.
Miss M. Pearl McCall, assistant United
States attorney for the District of Co
lumbia and president of the Washington
organization, will deliver an address.
Judge Albert S. J. Owens of the su
preme bench of Baltimore will talk on
"Mistress Margaret Brent.”
Miss Florence M. Layner, president of
the local organization, will preside.
SPEAKER GARNER BETTER
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Improvement was reported today in
the condition of Speaker Garner, who
is ill at his hotel with bronchitis.
Dr. George Calver, the Capitol phy
sician, issued this bulletin:
"Speaker Garner is feeling more
comfortable today. His temperatura is
not Quite so bigb as jesterd**," . —
“Bonus Marcher” in Plane
JETER COX FLIES IN WITH PLEA.
THE latest recruit to the bonus
army arrived in the National
Capital in his own airplane this
afternoon. Flying an open cock
pit two-place ship, the veteran,
Jeter Cox, came in from Charlotte, N.
C., landing at Washington-Hoover Air
port. He said that the flight was made
in “behalf of the veterans' plea for the
bonus,” but indicated that he did not
expect to remain here long. He told
airport officials he might make a flight
over the city during the afternoon and
that he might leave town soon after
ward. He left the airport immediately
after landing in a taxicab, bound for |
an undisclosed destination downtown.
—Star Staff Photo, j
DISTRICT AWARDS
SEWER CONTRACTS
Bids Accepted on 13 Projects
Totaling $85,501 at Board
Meeting.
Contracts for sewer construction total
ing $85,501.43 were approved by the
District Commissioners today at their
regular board meeting in the District
Building. The contracts, 13 in all,
follow:
For construction of the West Chevy
Chase storm water sewer, embracing
section 2 in Jenifer street, between
Forty-first and Forty-second streets,
S3 926 58, to the Peter D'Adamo Con
struction Co.; for section 3. including
Wisconsin avenue and Military road
sanitary sewer of the West Chevy
Chase storm water sewer, to the same
construction company. $10.427 50; for
construction of the Porter street section
4B and the Rodman section 1 storm
water sewers and including sanitary
adjustment at Connecticut avenue and
Porter street, to the Peter D'Adamo
Construction Co. $36,071.16; for con
struction of the Ivy City service sewer
in the vicinity of Fenwick street and
New York avenue northeast, to Roy D.
Schlegel. $1.994 08.
For construction of the Woodridge
storm-water sewer in Irving street
northeast between South Dakota ave
nue and Twenty-fourth street, to Roy
D. Schlpgel. $4.157 49: for construction
of the Nebraska avenue branch of the
Thirtieth street storm-water sewer in
the vicinity of Nebraska and Utah ave
nues. to Roy D. Schlegel. S4.590 74: for
construction of the replacement sewer
In the vicinity of New Jersey avenue
and E street, to William A. Pate. $5.
075 25; for construction of replacement
sewer in the vicinity of Fourteenth
and L streets, to William A. Pate.
$5,060.51.
For construction of the Eleventh
street replacement between B and C
streets northeast, to James Parreco &
Son $3.043 45: for construction of the
North Spring Valley sanitary sewer in
the vicinity of Forty-ninth street and
United States Reservation 530. to James
Parreco & Son. $1,542 72: for construc
tion of the North Woodridge storm
water sewer in the vicinity Twenty
second and Taylor streets northeast, to
the Warren F. Brenizer Co.. $8,362.60,
and for the construction of the Quaek
enbos street sanitary sewer between
Fifth and Seventh streets, to Ligon &
Ligon. $1,428.15.
TWO HELD TO JURY
IN GOODACRE CASE
Admission of Guilt Obtained From
One in Attempted Robbery
of Cafe Man.
Accused in the attempted robbery of
George L. Goodacre. chain restaurant
proprietor. John McKean Kirk, 28. and
Thomas F. White. 34. today were_ re
manded to the grand jury in $25,000
bond each bv Police Court Judge John
P. McMahon! White pleaded guilty and
Kirk not guilty.
White was captured shortly after he
is said to have robbed Goodacre of
$3,000 early Monday. Police said he
jumped onto Goodacre's car as the
restaurant man was leaving his home,
at 7617 Morningside drive, and took the
monev at the point of a pistol. He ran
and was captured a few minutes later
by Mrs. Goodacre.
Kirk is said to be a brother of a
maid in the Goodacre home. He was
arrested two days later when he walked
into the district attorney’s office while
officers were applying for a Police Court
warrant for his arrest. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Milford Schwartz said
White told him Kirk took him to the
scene of the hold-up and waited for him
several blocks away.
two suTtsare filed
FOR CRASH DAMAGE
Mt. Rainier Man Asks $50,000 in
Marlboro Court for Accident
April 23.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 17.—
Two damage suits for personal injuries
received in automobile accidents were
filed in Circuit Court yesterday.
Thomas L. Ropka ol Mount Rainier
asked $50,000 from Alfred F. Weirich
of Hyattsville for injuries alleged to
have been received in an aocident at
Brentwood, April 23. Through Attor
neys J. Wilson Ryon, Albert R. Hassall
and Walter Green he tells the court
he was permanently injured about the
face and seriously injured in other ways
so as to be unable to perform his duties
as an iron worker.
A suit for $15,000 damages was
brought against Jenny K. and Irma B.
Waldrop of Hyattsville by James I. Mc
Call, individually, and to the use of
the St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.
McCall claims he was driving a truck
at Thirteenth and Allison streets, Wash
ington. last November 27, when struck
hv a ear belonging to Jenny Waldrop,
but driven by Irma Waldrop. He says
ae suhered severe injuries and shock
when the taruok ovvtwrnsd,_
PLAN LAWN PARTY
Benefit to Be Given for Transfig
• uration Episcopal Church.
A lawn party will be held on the
grounds of th" Transfiguration Episco- i
pal Church, 1419 Gallatin street, this
afternoon and evening for the benefit
of the church improvement fund. The
National Theater Players will be guests
of the party and a musical program
will be furnished by the Boys’ Inde- 1
pendent Band.
| Dinner will be served on the lawn i
at 5 o'clock and there is to be a parade i
' by Job's Daughters, followed by a I
j pageant. The program, which was j
j scheduled for last night and postponed }
because of rain, will be repeated tomor
row evening.
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LABOR CONFERENCE
ASKS EXPLANATION
Federation of Federal Employes
Blamed for Distributing Con
demnatory Resolution.
The national officers of the Federa
tion of Federal Employes were called on
last night by the Joint Conference on j
Affiliation with the American Federa- i
tion of Labor to explain why they sent j
to all member unions a resolution j
adopted by Federa! Employes’ Union.
No. 2. condemning the joint conference i
and did not broadcast similarly ether j
resolutions lauding the work of the con
ference.
The conference termed the resolution •
of Union No. 2 unconstitutional and
"in defiance of every principle of jus
tice and parliamentary procedure." Tile
resolution, it was said, was drafted at
the bidding of the national officers of
the federation and was "uniformed and 1
malice-inspired."
The joint conference cited resolutions !
indorsing its work sent to the national j
officers by other local unions and de
manded an explanation of why th^se I
favorable expressions were not distrib- j
uted to the membership of the National
Federation ol Federal Employes.
ROAD FORCE PLACED
ON FULL SCHEDULE
Eight-Hour Day Again Adopted
After Shorter Hours to Avoid
Slash in Pay Roll.
The District Highway Department's
maintenance force, which has been on
a _ six-hour day since last December,
will return to its full eight-hour sched
ule Monday, it was announced todav
by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst of that de
partment.
Capt. Whitehurst explained that the
force of approximately 570 men was
placed on the short day in order to
avoid laying off 250 of them because of
seasonal depletion of work. The saving
of the men's jobs cost the District no
more.
Whitehurst said ordinarily his staff
would be reduced, but the short dav
was adopted bees use of the unemploy
ment situation, which would be aug
mented by the letting off of these men.
GAS VICTIM’S DEATH
IS DECLARED SUICIDE
Joseph O. Rock, 45, Found With !
Tube in Mouth—Despondency
Bared Over Jobless Troubles.
A suicide certificate was issued bv
Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
today in the death of Joseph O. Rock
45, asphyxiated late yesterday at his
home in the 600 block of Columbia road.
Rock was found in a second-story bed
room by his son Joseph. A tube at
tached to a gas jet was in his mouth.
The son summoned the Rescue Squad,
but the firemen's resuscitation efforts
proved fruitless. Rock was pronounced
dead by Dr. T. P. Murphy of Casualty
Hospital.
According to Dr. MacDonald, Rock
had been despondent over employment
conditions. He was a widower.
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DR. M’ADAM HONORED
Gets Degree of Doctor of Science
at Washington and Jefferson.
Dr. D. J. McAdam. jr„ in charge of
the section in metallography, Bureau of
Standards, was honored at the recent
commencement exercises of Washington
and Jefferson College, where he was
tendered the honorary degree of doctor
of science.
Dr. McAdam. who has long been
prominent in research work dealing
with metals at the Bureau of Standards,
lives at 1437 Rhode Island avenue. He
is a graduate of the college that
honored him.
DR. WHITe’lECTURES
Social Hygiene Society Ends Series
of Talks.
Dr. William A. White, superintendent
I of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, discussed
■'The Philosophy of Sex" last night at
j ?. meeting called by the Social Hygiene
| Society in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A.
The talk concluded a series of dis
cussions of family problems arranged
i during the past two month* by the So
1 dal Hygiene Society,__
FOR TWO AIRPORTS,
Planning Commission Calls
Commerce Air Chief
to Conference.
UNITED FRONT SOUGHT
FOR CONGRESS PASSAGE
Officials of Both Washington and
Hoover Air Fields Join in Plans
for Federal Lease. .
The possibility of the Federal Gov
ernment taking over the Washington
and Hoover Airports by leasing and
operating them was discussed today
before the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Tentative legislation, to be introduced
in Congress, has been drafted, and the
stituation was gone over with A Pen
dleton Taliaferro, chief of the airport
section of the aeronautics branch. Com
merce Department, under whose .juris
diction the airport would be operated
if taken over by the Government.
Program Is Drafted.
The program of legislation was drawn
up by airport officials. Lieut. Col. U. S.
Grant, 3d. executive officer of the com
mission: Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr its
engineer, and Charles W. Eliot. 2d. its
director of planning. This proposed
legislation is designed to settle the
question of land ownership near the
Highway Bridge on the Virginia side of
the Pofomae River. The Federal Gov
ernment claims title to part of this land
under ancient land grants.
The attitude of the Commerce De
aartment t'.ward the legislation was not
earned, the ccmmission meeting being
held behind closed doors. The commis
■ion is anxious to get all interested
iger.cies agreed upon the legislation so
1 united front may be presented when
he bill is placed before Congress.
Goes Over Record.
The commission earlier in the day
vent over the record of legislation
massed by Congress affecting Washing
on and vicinity and expressed itself
is well pleased with this year's results.
\ number of questions of land pur
chases were brought to the commis
sion's attention.
D. C. RECEIVES BIDS
ON STREET PROJECTS
Improvement Contracts to Be lx
ecuted When Supply Bill
Is Enacted.
Bids are being received this week by
the District Highway Department for
street improvement contracts which will
be executed when the District appropri
ation bill is enacted.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst explained to
day that by having Iris contracts ready
for signature from one month to six
weeks of good working weather follow
ing the availability of the appropria
tion would be saved.
Tire projects on which bids now are
being mace include the widening of E
street from Fifth street to Union Sta
tion Plaza and the completion of Mili
tary road to Wisconsin avenue. Other
projects on which prices are being given
include the improvement of Klingle
road from Woodley road to Park road;
continuation of Sixteenth street im
provement from Colorado avenue to
Military road: the improvement of the
connection of Virginia avenue with the
new Potomac Park driveway West of
Twenty-sixth street: the improvement
of Sherman avenue between Barry
place and Columbia road, and the re
surfacing of Eleventh street in the vi
cinity of Central High School where the
street railway company recently rebuilt
its tracks.
GUN TESTS AWAITED
IN TAXIMAN’S DEATH
Driver. Found Unconscious in Cab,
Identified as Man Who Bought
Weapon Day Before.
Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald today was awaiting the results
of ballistics tests of the gun with which
William J. Ashworth, 26-year-old taxi
cab driver, was shot yesterday, before
issuing a certificate in the death.
Ashworth was found unconscious in
his taxi, parked in front of his home in
the 2400 block of Eighteenth street, with
a bullet wound in his head. He died in
Emergency Hospital about three hours
later.
The gun. found in the cab, was turned
over to Lieut. John Fowler, police bal
listics expert, by Dr. MacDonald. Frank
Lazarus, proprietor of a store in the
same block in which Ashworth lived,
identified him as the man who had pur
chased the gun under an assumed name
the day before. The dead man's wife
is now living in Port Allegany, Pa. She
was notified by police.
OFFERS GAS TRUCK BAN
Bill Would Prevent Sale of Fuel
on D. C. Streets.
A bill by Representative Black,
Democrat, of New York, intended to
prevent the sale of gasoline from trucks
on the streets of Washington, was re
ferred yesterday to the House District
Committee.
It requires an annual license of $5
from all vendors of gasoline and oils,
with the stipulation that gasoline shall
be dispensed to motor cars only from
underground storage tanks constructed
in accordance with the fire regulations.
“Fuel hucksters" of all kinds, includ
ing kerosene, wood and coal, would be
licensed, as well as vendors of fire
works and other explosives.
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BAND CONCERT.
By the United States Army Band,
this evening at the United States Cap
itol at 7:30 oclock, William J. Stan
nard. leader; Thomas F. Darcy, sec
ond leader.
March, “Light Cruisers”.Benter
Overture. “Light Cavalry”.Suppe
Panama dance, “Chesterfield,” Galimany
Solo for marimba, "The Mocking
Bird” .Stobbe
Charles D. Hershey, soloist.
March, “Swinging Down the Line.”
Brockenshire
Selection from "Rase Marie”_Friml
Waltz. "Impassioned Dream”.Rosas
Tone poem. "Finlandia”.Sibelius
March. “Onward Chicago”_Johnson
“jjie star Spangled Bana^r,”_
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