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CITY WILL BEGIN
MILK DISTRIBUTION
10 NEEDY MONDAY
Will Buy 10,000 Quarts at
Eight Cents Out of Re
lief Funds.
COST TO BE $24,000
MONTHLY, ALLEN SAYS
Welfare Lists to Be Studied in
Making Plans for Apportion
ment of Fluid.
commissioner Alien announced to
day a new study would be made of ι
the budget of each family on relief i
rolls to determine how best to appor- j
tion the 2,500 gallons of milk to be
made available daily to the needy at j
8 cents a quart.
The first purchase of the new 8
cent milk will be made Monday and
will be distributed among the families
with children. This distribution will
be made on the basis of a hasty check
of relief division records, with the ap
portionments to be changed after the
budget survey has been completed.
For the present, the milk will be
bought by the District out of relief
funds, which this month totaled
nearly $800,000. At 8 cents a quart,
the 2,500 gallons daily would cost the
District $24,000 a month.
If Commissioner Allen is successful
In his attempt to obtain a portion of
processing tax money which he said
Federal Emergency Relief Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins expects to re
vive, the milk probably will be given
the relief families in addition to their
present cash allotment, the city head
said.
To Study Budgets.
There are approximately 26.497 chil
dren in the families of relief clients
and to complete a study of the budgets
of each of these will take at least a
week, Allen said. Also to be taken into
account in the relief budget study is
the amount of milk now being includ
ed in the free school lunches. Whether
this milk can be supplied out of the
2.500 gallons made available yesterday
by the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers' Association must be deter
mined, Allen said. The school lunch
milk is being bought on contract and
Allen would not commit himself on the
possibility of abrogating the agree
ment.
Among the estimated 26.497 children I
up to 15 years in relief families, 1,626 i
are under 1 year of age; 9,013 are
from 1 to 5; 13,486 are from 6 to 13, [
and 2,372 are between 14 and 15. The j
2.500 gallons would supply these chil
dren with 10.000 quarts or 20.000 pints
per day—less than a pint apiece. Al
len intimated that if his plan to in
crease milk consumption among chil
dren on relief rolls works out satis
factorily on the 2.500-gallon basis, ne
might seek to obtain even as much as [
5,000 to 7,000 gallons a day. He ad
mitted, however, he had no definite
plans.
Low Cost Extends Relief.
Allen said the District now was I
buying considerable milk at 11 cents f
a quart and that with the money thus
spent he could do one-third more at j
the 8-cent figure.
Conferences over the relief milk sit- !
Uation will begin Monday morning be- !
tween Allen. Public Welfare Director j
Elwood Street. Miss Alice Hill. District ι
emergency relief director, and Assist- ί
an Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
6eal.
Tentatively. Allen said his plan in
volved the distribution of tickets by
the emergency relief division which
would be redeemed by the dairy com
panies. He said he did not know at
this time how many dairies would co
operate in the plan. Embassy and
Chestnut Farms-Chevv Chase Dairies
are the only ones which thus far have
sold any of the 10-cent milk which
Allen has made available after a long
light.
HEALTH EDUCATION
EXTENSION URGED
Conference Told of Plans for
Course by Subsistence Home
stead Official.
Charles E. Pickett, chief consultant
of the Division of Subsistence Home
steads, believes one of America's
greatest needs is health education. As
part of the curriculum in community
schools, he told the National Confer
ence of Health Education last night,
health education should be brought
to the attention of children and
adults.
A rural-urban type of life is being
created in America at present, Pick
ett told his audience, in the Ward
man Park Hotel. "The attempt is be
ing made," he said, "to recover for a
considerable number of people in the
lower income group a rural-urban
type of life."
Pickett said "initiative end imagi
nation are invaluable in the building
of a community. To this end, in a
number of place, shops for making
furniture, weaving and metal work,
have been established. In a number
of communities the building of our
houses is thought of es one of the best
educational opportunities. Under
skilled direction, many learn to use
an unused capacity. Beyond an eco
nomic unit of society, however, is be
ing sought the recovery of community
life—a community of free men and
women. Free, because they under
stand and control the forces of life
about them."
CHARITABLE AGENCIES
SUE FOR TAX RETURN
Charge Assessment of $1,302 for
Street Improvement Was
Made Erroneously.
The Associated Charities of the
District and the Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis instituted
mandamus proceedings in District
Supreme Court today to compel re
turn of $1.302 paid taxes from the
District Commissioners and Tax Col
lector Chatham M. Towers.
Through their attorney, Gerald M.
Johnson, the two associations stated
they paid the tax as a special street
assessment in November. 1927, but
the assess meets were levied errone
ously. The tax was levied for the im
provement of Eleventh street against
a building m the 1000 block of the
street, which is owned and occupied
by the association.
High Wire Fences May Be Used
To Prevent Foot Ball Rioting
School Officials Admit Future of Game
Here Is "Shaky" After Disturb
ance at Game Yesterday.
With the future of interhigh school
foot ball here admittedly shaky as
a result of yesterday's free-for-all
fight at the McKinley-Western game,
it was suggested today that next
Fall's games—if they are played at
all—be staged behind a high steel
fence which would make it Impos
sible for spectators to swarm over the
field.
John Paul Collins, assistant princi
pal at Eastern High School and presi
dent and treasurer of the Inter-High
School Athletic Association, declared
he favored the fence idea. He was
a witness of the disorder, which in
volved several players oA each side.
That the future of school foot ball
is uncertain was evident from state
ments by Dr. Stephen E. Kramer,
first assistant superintendent of
schools, in charge of junior and senior
high schools.
"If we can't teach sportsmanship
in our games, why have them?" he
asked.
"We. don't condone at all what hap
pened yesterday, and we are not very
proud of it."
Investigation Promised.
He said there will be a thorough
investigation. He emphasized, how
ever, that he had not talked to wit
nesses or the persons involved in the
fight and knew nothing of the facts.
Meanwhile, both schools are plan
ning investigations of the fight with
the possibility of disciplinary action.
Frank C. Daniel, principal of Mc
Kinley, said his investigation will be
gin Monday. Dr. Elmer Newton. West
ern principal, has not yet set the
date for his inquiry.
The need for a fence around the
playing Held of the Central stadium,
scene of the lnterhigh foot ball games,
and of another fence along the
Eleventh and Thirteenth street sides
of the stadium was stressed by both
Dr. Kramer and Collins.
"We haven't a properly protected
field." said the superintendent. "There
isn't a field in which we can properly
control the crowd. During the Cen
tral-Tech game this year there was a
disgraceful demonstration. Λ group of
colored boys climbed over the wall and
started a foot ball game of their own
at one end of the field while the reg
ular game was going on at the other."
Players In Fight.
The fight yesterday, the first for
some years in an lnterhigh school foot
ball game, was restricted to players.
Although spectators swarmed over the
field they took no part in the en
counter.
The disorder occurred just before
the end of the game, which had been
marked throughout by evident ill
will between players of opposing
teams. It was over so quickly that
officials had no opportunity to ascer
tain definitely what happened. Pour
or five players are thought to have
been involved.
The spectators were herded back
oft the field and the game continued
for a minute or two with policemen
patroling the sidelines. When it end
ed, supporters of both teams sought
possession of the foot ball, but Ref
eree Paul Magoffin saved the situation
by hanging on to it and promising
to give it later to McKinley, the
winner by a 26-to-0 score.
FAR EAST CULLED
DANGER TO PEACE
J. M. Clinton, Traveler, Tells
Y. M. C. A. Europe World's
Second "Hot Spot"
The Far East is the gravest danger
spot on the peace map of the world
today, with Europe a second "hot j
spot," according to J. M. Clinton, |
world-traveling "ambassador at large" j
of the Young Men's Christian Assa- \
ciation.
"I am much more disturbed about j
the Far Eastern situation than X am j
about the European outlook, ' Mr. i
Clinton told a large audience in the j
assembly hall of the Central Y. M. ·
C. A. last night. He spoke under
auspices of the 24-Hour-a-Day Club
of the Y. M. C. Α.. which is fostering
foreign work of the If. M. C. A.
Bitter Struxgl· Threatens.
"I am not by nature a pessimist."
he said, "but unless prejudices, ha
tred and greed in the Far East are
eliminated before long, the world will
see another Russo-Japanese war far
exceeding in bitterness the first con
flict between those nations."
Mr. Clinton said he spent several ί
months recently in Soviet Russia and ;
found it a regular practice to hold j
mock air raids. Similar practice air
raids are being held in Poland. Ger
many. France and even in England,
he declared
"Russia in a few years, at the près- j
ent rate of military development, will j
have more men and women in mill- j
tary organizations on the ground and
in the air than any other nation,"
the speaker asserted. "Russia is j
training her people for self-protec- |
tion. She does not want war, but she j
won't be insulted and she won't per- '
mit any other nation to take any of
her territory."
Airplanes on Increase.
More than 400,000 boys and girls of
Russia are enrolled in glider clubs, he
said. Airplane production is in
creasing.
"I shudder to think of the final ]
outcome for supremacy in the Far
East if the present trend keeps up,"
he stated.
Mr. Clinton said Russia today is
not Communistic, but state-Social- ί
istic. Russia is progressing along
educational, agricultural and indus
trial lines, he asserted. While re- ;
ligion has been repudiated by the j
government, there are still many de
vout Christians there, who eventually J
may regenerate the church, he said.
BODY OF ELDERLY MAN
RECOVERED FROM RIVER
Purse Contains War Card Issued !
to William Sylvester Zin
kand of Baltimore.
Harbor precinct police early today
pulled the body of an elderly man
from the Potomac River at the foot
of Τ street southwest, after it had
been discovered floating in shallow
water by Richard Hunt, who lives In
a boat house at the foot of Half street
southwest.
A purse containing $12 and a
World War draft registration card
issued to William Sylvester Zinkand,
Baltimore, dated September 15, 1918,
was found on the body. Police said
there were no marks of violence.
At the District Morgue the man
was described as being about 60 years
old and about 5 feet 7 inches tall.
He wore a dark gray suit and black
shoes.
ELLSWORTH T. SIMPSON
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
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Former Head of Ε. T. Simpson Co.
Was a Descendant of the "How
ards of the Severn."
Funeral services were held yesterday
for Ellsworth Tenley Simpson at his
home, 2727 Thirty-fourth place, where
he died Wednesday. Interment was
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Simpson, former head of F T.
Simpson Co., was born in Howard
County, Md„ in 1861, a descendent
on his mother's side of the "Howards
ot the Severn." who originally settled
the district in 1630.
His widow, Mrs. Mary Schrivener
Simpson, three children, Ellsworth
Simpson of Clarendon, Va., Mrs. J. F.
Beatty of Washington and Mrs.
Thomas Prendergast of Providence,
R. I.; a sister, Mrs. Charles Tavenner
of Washington, a brother, Thomas E.
Simpson of Howard County, Μα.: 13
grandchildren and one great-grand
child survive. I
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Burroughs Citizens Claim
Crime Drive Should Be
gin in Courts.
Prosecutors rather than the police
are to blame for the laxity in crim
inal prosecution here, according to a
consensus of the Burroughs Citizens'
Association at its meeting last night
in the Burroughs School.
Full discussion of the crime situa
tion was put off until next meeting,
to permit a more thorough study.
Members contended the drive
against crime, recently inaugurated
as the result of an innocent man
being shot to death by gangsters,
could bring no results unless it started
with the judges of the District courts
and with the District attorney s office.
Bar's Fight Cited.
The District Bar Association is con
tinuing to clean up the law profes
sion here, but crooked lawyers could j
do little harm if the prosecutors were ;
on the job, it was said.
The District Commissioners, upon j
recommendation of the association's |
Executive Committee, were requested j
to replace the "pole" lights in front '
of the Taft Junior High School with
"ornamental" shaft poles.
Better Lighting Asked.
More power In the lighting system
of northeast Washington was also
recommended by the Executive Com
mittee and approved by the associa
tion. At present, one can hardly see
print on a piece of paper beneath the
lights, members pointed out as an
illustration of the improper lighting I
power. This is not true of the north- j
west section, it was said.
On Monroe street northeast, every
other light is "off" during the eve
ning hours. Wilbur S. Finch, secre
retary of the association, declared.
Announcement was made of a meet
ing of the joint conference of North
east Citizens' Associations Monday at j
8 p.m. at No. 12 precinct, Eighteenth!
street and Rhode Island avenue north
east. At that time a decision will be
reached as to the feasibility of con
tinuing the organization of the con
ference.
Twelve committee members ap
pointed by the association's president,
David S. Babp. were confirmed by the
group. Mr. Babp presided at the
meeting.
BALLOU REQUESTS
LIQUOR REPORTS
Public School Principals Warned
Against Using Influence
Outside Sphere.
Warning public school principals
not to use their official positions to
influence settlement, of liquor dis
pensing problems which do not affect
children "while at school," Superin
tendent Prank W. Ballou yesterday
requested reports on any liquor estab
lishments which have proved detri
ments to a nearby school.
The reports will be turned over to
the Alcohol Beverage Control Board
which shortly will consider renewal of
licenses.
Dr. Ballou directed principals to
report any places which have a detri
mental effect on school welfare. He
pointed out, however, that "the school
officials should concern themselves
primarily with this problem in so far
as it affects school children while
they are at school."
He added that school officials may,
of course, take such action as they
see fit. as citizens, by joining the local
associations of citizens in protesting
a license which the Board of Educa
tion has not seen fit to make protest
against.
ANNUAL DINNER HELD
New Yorker Speaks at Howard U.
Women's Affair.
The thirteenth annual Women's
day dinner, sponsored by the women
of Howard University, was held last
night. Mrs. Clara Burrill Bruce of
New York was the principal speaker.
The committee in charge consisted
of Katherine Bonner, Clementine
Brown, Thelma Browne, Louise Bun
camper, Rosalind Butcher, Ursula
Jackson, Ruth Lewis, Marlon Maryin,
Amanda Middleton, Sterling Moore,
Elizabeth Alston, Hyacinth Phillips,
Mayme Phillips, Flaxie Pinkett, Sarah
Rowe, Charlotte Ridgeway, Juanita
Smatkum, Lauretta Wallace, Delores
Williams and Angela Turpeau.
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MARYLAND GIRL
WILL FACE QUIZ
IN WILSON KILLING
Reported to Know Driver of
Car Used in Escape of
Slayers.
COTTAGE CITY RESIDENT
IN HYATTSVILLE JAIL
Accused of Being of "Unsound
Mind and Dangerous to Be
at Large."
Police Investigating the "mistaken
Identity" gang ambush of AUen B.
Wilson expected to question today a
20-year-old Cottage City girl who
disappeared about a week ago and
is now under arrest at Hyattsville
charged with being a "person of un
sound mind and dangerous to be at
large." ,
State's Attorney Stedman Prescott
of Montgomery County said he ex
pected to Interview the girl today.
Authorities hope to get to the bot
tom of rumors that the young wom
an, Mrs. Mary Fell Morris, knew a
girl reported to have driven the car
in which Wilson's killers escaped.
Reported Missing Week Ago.
Mrs. Morris and her 4-year-old
daughter were reported missing about
a week ago. The daughter was lo
cated two days ago in the care of a
16-year-old Mount Rainier, Md., girl
and turned over to Prince Georges
County authorities.
Mrs. Morris was held on a commit
ment issued by Judge Rhetta Morris
of Hyattsville after she walked Into
the Mount Rainier police station last
night and demanded the return of
her baby.
Wilson was killed early on the
morning of October 23 when gunmen
mistook him for "Mickey" McDonald,
said to be a Washington "numbers"
operator, and shot him down as he
was delivering a newspaper at the
front gate of McDonald's Takoma
Park home.
Information Is Denied.
Police heard rumors that Mrs. Mor
ris left home on Friday. October 26.
in an automobile operated by a girl
known as "Billy." who is suspected
of having driven the death car for j
the gunmen. Prescott denied having
any information that a woman drove
this automobile.
Attorney J. Wilson Ryon of Hyatts
ville announced today he would try to
have the commitment against Mrs.
Morris dismissed, or to get her out
of jail on bond.
Meanwhile police of Washington,
Montgomery County and two detec
tives assigned from Baltimore con
tinued to work on the Wilson murder, ι
No arrests were in sight today, how
ever.
PRICE OF GASOLINE
REMAINS UNCHANGED
I
Next Move in "War'' Depends on
New York Offices, Deal
ers Say.
Gasoline prices remained unchanged
today, but there also was the pros
pect of a further reduction Monday.
"Straight'' gas was offered at 11 'j
cents by the bigger companies and
distributors of branded products. Un
branded motor fuel was 10'j cents.
Spokesmen for both sides said, how
ever, that no efforts are being made
openly or through negotiation to re
store higher prices and that the ter
nination of the present battle of price
cutting will hinge on what the New
5fork offices of the major cçmpanies de
cide to do. Daily reports of conditions
here, covering consumption and prices,
are sent to the headquarters offices
and are used as a basis for quotations
In the Capital district.
The smaller dealers in unbranded
gasoline reiterated today their deter
mination to hold to a 1-cent differen
tial "no matter what price" is set up
by their larger competitors.
OBSERVANCE IS ASKED
FOR EDUCATION WEEK
Ballou Requests Schools and Par
ent-Teacher Groups to
Participate.
American Education Week opens
Monday and schools and parent
teacher associations here have been
asked by Supt. of Schools Frank W.
Ballou to join in the observance.
It is desirable that all public schools
arrange appropriate programs for the
week, Dr. Ballou told principals.
The activities will mark the four
teenth annual week designated by the
Federal Office of Education.
"An appropriate observation of this
national event would be a program in
each school dealing with the place of
education in the life of the Nation and
some of the responsibUities which have
come into the work of education on
account of our changing conditions,"
Dr. Ballou said.
Work of Visiting Nurses Demonstrated
FOXHUNT SEASON
IS OPENED IODAV
Inaugural Gatherings Are
Held by Fairfax and Red
land Groups.
Against a natural background of
frost-burnished woodlands, the stage
was set In nearby Virginia and Mary
land today for the formal bow Of the
1934-35 fox-hunting season.
Pink coats, hard hats and the other
regalia of the pursuit of Reynard
were to be called into service for the
first time today, marking the close
of the informal cubbing season.
Large Field Gathered.
In the historic green of Fairfax
Court House this morning a large
field gathered from Washington and
the adjacent counties of Virginia as
sembled for the inaugural meeting <Λ
the Fairfax hunt, with which George
Washington and many another Co
lonial dignitary rode when they were
country squires in this gently rolling
territory. John Finerty and De Long
Bowman, joint M. F. H., led the
riders forth behind 22 couples of
hounds.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the fox
hunt of the Riding and Hunt Club
of Washington was scheduled to meet
with Dr. Fred Sanderson and Maj.
Wilfrid Blunt, joint M. F. H.. at Goat
Gate Farm of River road in Mary
land. Again a strong Washington
representation was expected in the
field, which also draws followers from
the equestrian enthusiasts of nearby
Maryland.
Redland Hunt Opens.
Another Maryland pack, the Red
land Hunt, also announced its first
formal session behind hounds for this
afternoon. The meeting was set at
Redland Crossroads by Thomas T.
Mott, M. F. H.
Further down In Virginia, the War
renton hunt, with Amory S. Car
hart. M. F. H„ slated its formal
opening for today, while other packs
throughout Northern Virginia were
to continue seasons already begun.
Following each of the initiatory
chases today, hunt breakfas ts and teas
were planned to round out ihe annuaJ
celebrations.
National Federation Growg.
The National Federation Federal
Employes has established in Massa
chusetts Its twelfth State federation.
Mise Gertrude McNally, eecretary
treaaurer announced today. The State
group is composed of eig it, locals.
C. Ό. Students Quit Bonfire
To Parade Downtoivn Streets
An amazed Ρ street crowd wit
nessed an invasion last night by
parading Catholic University students
worked to. a frenzy of enthusiasm by
"pep" rally around a huge bonfire
on the university campus.
At each corner, some 250 to 300
students and sympathizers halted for
cheers and songs, amid the honking
of horns by impatient motorists.
Give President Cheer.
When they reached the Pox Thea
ter, a group of 20 or 25 students,
undeterred by the counsel of more
orderly fellows, made a dash for the
theater lobby. Past ticket-takers they
went, then paused for half a dozen
cheers, as theater patrons streamed
from their seats Inside to see what
was happening.
Proceeding to the White House, the
students gave a couple of cheers for
the President, and headed In the
general direction of George Washing
ton University. At the State, War
and Navy Building, however, enthu
siasm lagged and the group disbanded.
Although eeveral false fire alarms
were turned in along the course of
the march, police smiled tolerantly
and furnished an official escort.
Police Escort Parader·.
Πιβ "pep" rally began about 5:30
p.m. on the campus and disbanded
Into the parade about 8 o'clock. Capt.
Hugh H. Grove, commander of the
twelfth precinct, fearing trouble, had
assigned a squad of 15 officers to
supervise the proceedings. These po
licemen accompanied the students to
First and R streets, where they were
taken over by second precinct officers.
Capt. Grove said today he considered
tbe demonstration had kept within
proper bounds. There was no destruc
tion of property, he declared.
The rally and parade were Inci
dental to the foot ball game between
Catholic University and Western
Maryland this afternoon.
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CAPI. CREE DUE
SOON 10 RETIRE
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Noted Author and Military
Figure at Present in
Hospital Here.
President Roosevelt has signed the
retirement order lor Capt. John
Houston Craige, colorful Marine Corps
figure, but officials at the Navy De
partment said today he will remain In
the service until March 1.
Craige, who has made a name for
hintself in many fields, including au
thorship. is entitled to both siclc .and
accrued leave, officials explained. He
has three months cumulative leave, j
for he has had little time off during
the past three years. An officer in 1
the Marine Corps may pile up his
leave for three months, being entitled
to 30 days a year.
In Hospital at Present.
Capt. Craige is now a patient in the
Naval Hospital here, where he has
been confined for some months, suf
fering from a spinal ailment, incurred ;
when his automobile ran off a road
ne*r his home in nearby Virginia.
A violent sneeze caused him to lose
control of the car, temporarily, and
in attempting to jerk it back on the
road, he Injured his spine, Capt.
Craige relates. That occurred a year
ago in August and since he has been
getting tre-atment in Philadelphia, at
Johns Hopkins and at the Naval Hos
pital here.
Disqualified for Duty.
He is considered unfit tor field duty
in the Marine Corps, being unable to
pass the physical tests required, so
the naval physicians decided to rec
ommend a discharge due to physical
disability. The Chief Executive con
curred in this yesterday.
Some believe the captain's disability
Is due to a curse put upon him when
he was in Haiti by an old woman he
had arrested on the charge of can
nabalism. He was given « "wanga"
or charm, but this was stolen from
him in Philadelphia, says Capt.
Craige, and ill luck followed.
VETERANS' UNIT SEEKS
TO ABOLISH OVERTIME
Hinee Informs Representatives of
Employe FederatioA
of Efforts.
Every effort is being made to elimi
nate overtime in the Veterans" Ad
ministration, Gen. Frank T. Hlnes
yesterday advised representatives of
the American Federation of Govern
ment Employes, according to E. C.
Babcock. the president.
The federation is attempting to curb
overtime work, which in many
agencies, according to the federation,
results in the employes putting in 66
hours weekly.
AMERICAN U. ALUMNI
HERE FOR HOMECOMING
Freshmen and Sophomore· Stage
Three Contest·—Gallaudet
Flay· This Afternoon.
Freshmen and sophomores fought It
out In three contests on the American
University campus today as a feature
of Home-comiug day. which was to
be climaxed with the Gallaudet
Amerlcan U. foot ball game this
afternoon and a lance tonight.
Many alumni returned to the col
lege to witness a girls' hockey match
and boys' soccer and tug-of-war be
tween the two underclasses.
The losing group in the tug-of-war
was to be soused by a stream of water
i from » fire hose.
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ΪΞΞΞΞΞ^= «S
These instructive visiting nurses
helped to treat 12,000 children dur
ing the last nine months. Above:
Mrs. Margaret O'Lone Brown is
demonstrating child hygiene for a
young mother. Below: Miss Grace
Reitz at the bedside of a child
patient convalescing from pneu
monia. —Star Staff Photos.
NURSES AID 24JB0
Care of Children Is Major
Function of Instructors
Who Visit Homes.
monia are just a few of the many re
sponsibilities shouldered by the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society which
treated 12,000 children and as many
adults in Washington homes during
the last nine months.
Yet infant and child care Is one of
the most important functions of the
society. In 1933. the society's staff
helped to start 4,000 babies off in the
right way by caring for them during
their first 10 days and instructing
mothers in child hygiene.
Prenatal care is also given. Mothers
are advised as to the proper diet and
exercise and instructed in child care,
which includes an hourly routine for
infanta planned with the aid of the
physician.
Care of Sick In Home·.
Another type of case which demands
much attention of the staff Is the
home treatment of sick or convalescent
children, as illustrated in the lower
picture.
The boy is recovering from pneu
monia.
Under these conditions, the young
patient must be almost as carefully
guarded as before the dread crisis.
Any of a number of causes may throw
him into a dangerous relapse.
Such a convalescent should have
quiet. Noisy children must be kept
from his room. He should be guarded
from drafts, although the sick room
ought to be well ventilated. He should
be kept in bed. and there is a certain
way to arrange the covers for his com
fort.
Care of Dishes Important.
Also, the mother must be instructed
in the sterilization of dishes to pre
vent the possibility of contagion, a
danger present even in convalescence.
The work of the society is largely
financed through the Community
Chest and private endowments, but
maintains a pay service by which peo
ple of moderate means can have the
aid of a registered nurse at a nomi
nal cost.
BURIAL RITES HELD
FOR MRS. VAN VLECK
Descendant of Early Baltimore
Family. Who Died Here Tues
day. Was 71 Years Old.
Mrs. Augusta Peirce Van Vleck, de
scendant of an early Baltimore family,
who died here Tuesday, was buried
Thursday In Oreenmount Cemetery.
Baltimore, after funeral services here
at the Church of the Covenant.
Mrs. Van Vleck. who was 71. died it
her apartment In Meridian Maniions,
2400 Sixteenth street.
Her grandfather. Israel Peirce. came
to Baltimore from Salem. Mass . about
1790. On Mrs. Van Vleck's maternal
side she was descended from early set
tlers of Portsmouth. Ν. H.
Mrs. Van Vleck Is survived by her
husband, Prank Van Vleck: a brother.
William H. Peirce, Baltimore: a
daughter. Miss Dorothy Van Vleck.
Tucson, Ariz., and a ion, Peirce Van
Vleck of this city.
Man Drops Dead
On Eve of Physical
Τ est for Insurance
Richard V. Carlyle In
jured When Struck by
Polo Team Auto.
As insurance company physicans
prepared to examine him, Richard V.
Carlyle, 5β, dropped dead yesterday
at hla home, 1848 Ontario place.
An autopsy was to be performed this
morning to determine whether an
automobile accident September 31 had
anything to do with Carlyle's death.
He was struck near Calvert street
and Connecticut avenue by an auto
mobile carrying three of the Mexican
Army polo team. He refused medical
aid at the time, but later was treated
at Walter Reed Hospital and the
Washington Sanitarium, returning
home icveral days ago.
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BODY OF WOMAN -
REPORTED LEFT IN
STREET 2 HOURS
Bus Driver Tells Police He »
Ran Over Her as She
Lay in Road.
TWO OTHER VICTIMS
OF ACCIDENTS DIE
Capital Youth and Hiceyille, Md.,
Woman Succumb in Hos
pitals Here.
Maryland police are conducting an
Investigation into the death yester
day of Mrs. Esther D. Carwlle, 41, ·
of Greater Capitol Heights, whose
body was reported to have been left
lying In the street for two hours after
she was struck by a bus.
Mrs. Carwlle was one of three per
sons who succumbed within the past
24 hours to Injuries In traffic acci
dents in nearby Maryland.
The others were Francis J. Clave
loux. 18, of 1220 Rhode Island avenue
northeast, a first-year student at the
University of Maryland, and Mrs.
Martha Ellen Graves, 54, of Ricevllle,
Md.
Claveloux was fatally Injured yes
terday afternoon when a car in which
he and two fellow students were rid
ing. overturned on the Baltimore »
Boulevard near College Park. He died
last night in Casualty Hospital.
Injured October 12.
Mrs. Graves died in Emergency
Hospital yesterday from Injuries re
ceived October 12 in an accident at
Hughes ville, Charles County, Md.
State, county and town police were
making an effort today to determine
the exact cause of Mrs. Carwlle'»
death, her body having been found on
Crystal Spring avenue, after being
struck by a Washington, Marlboro
& Annapolis bus.
Edward Wood, 23. of Boulevard
Heights, driver of the bus which
struck Mrs. Carwlle, told police he
saw an object lying on the road which
he thought was a sack. Before he
could swerve or stop the vehicle had
passed over the woman, according to
police.
He was placed under S2.100 bond
for appearance at an inquest Wednes
day night in the Capitol Heights fire
house. Police also accused him of
operating on expired chauffeur'·
permit. Citizens said the authorities
let the body lie on the road 2 hours ,
before removing it.
Have Several Théorie·.
Police are working on several
theories, one that the woman may
have been struck by a hit-and-run
driver before the bus reached the
scene. Her husband, Walter W. Car
wile, said she left home about β
o'clock to get some toothache medicine
at a drug store. She was hit by the
bus about 12 minutes later. State
Trooper C. P. Schiueter, County
Policeman Elon Turner. Constable El
vin Campbell and Deputy Sheriff t
Kelly Harris are investigating.
A coroner's Jury under Justice of
Peace John A. Downing was impaneled
this morning to view Claveloux'a body
and will hold an inquest at a date
to be announced later.
Two other University of Maryland
students, Alexander Sadie, 17, 449
Randolph street, and Robert Wise,
5503 Seventh street, were injured la
the same accident Wise has a frac
tured leg, while Sadie was cut and
bruised.
Truck Hit· Car.
Prince Georges County Policeman
Arthur Brown said the accident oc
curred when a truck hit the student *
car in an effort to avoid a collision
with a taxicab.
George Lathner of Baltimore, driver
of the truck, and Arthur F. Kelly,
driver of the taxicab. were released
on bond on reckless driving charges
shortly after the accident. Officer
Brown said he had not learned who ,
was operating the student's car.
Claveloux was graduated from Mc
Kinley High School last June and had
entered the University of Maryland
this semester. He was active In the
Reserve Officers' Training Corpa and
in high school athletics. He is the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A.
Claveloux of this city. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
One man was cut about the face
and hands and two others escaped
uninjured early today when their car
overturned twice it Thirteenth street
and Maryland avenue after a colli
sion with an automobile driven by ,
James C. Klimkiewiecz. 44, of 805
Kentucky avenue southeast.
Driver Questioned.
George Gilliam. 24, colored. SB F
street, was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for minor cute and bruises,
while the driver of the car, Clarks
Packard. 42, of 233 H street, and Wil
liam Smith. 28. of 619 D street north
east. a passenger, were uninjured, ac
cording to police reports. Klimkie
wiecz. was questioned and later re
leased. the police said.
Lawrence J. Grogan, 36, suffered a
fractured skull, broken leg and other
injuries when he was knocked down
last night by an automobile while
crossing the interesection of Seventh
and G streets.
Police arrested Pleas Howell, 32, *
colored, 1224 Union street, southwest,
to await the outcome of Grogan's in
juries. He was also charged with i
driving a car equipped with bad
brakes.
goldIUttonsgift
TO NINE LODGEMEN
Fifty Yean or More of Coniecu
tive Service Recogaized at Ma
ionic Visitation.
Nine members of Columbia Lodge.
No. 3. and Lebanon Lodge were pre
sented with gold buttons symbolic of
50 years or more consecutive service
at a visitation of Masonic lodges last
night.
The ceremonies, presided over by
Grand Master Vernon G. Owen, were
held at Masonic Temple.
John Joy Edson, who has been a
member of Columbia Lodge nearly 65
years, headed the list of those re
ceiving the awards. Other members
of Columbia who were honored were
Millard J. Moore and Bunyan OUve,
past masters.
Six members of Lebanon Lodge re
ceived the buttons. They were Edwin
I. Nottingham, Eugene J. Bernhard,
both past masters; Eckert J. Sacks, , 1
Dr. W. P. C. Hazen. Frank 8. Hutch·
Idmd and George Spraniy.
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