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WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
Society· and General
D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1934. **
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EXPERT PROPOSES
RECREATION UNITY
IN REPORT PLANS
L. H. Weir Sees Need for
Central System in Devel
opment in D. C.
TRAINED EXECUTIVE HELD
VITAL TO ANY PROGRAM
Boards Would Include Group of
Citizens Serving in Ad
visory Capacity.
Stressing the need for a unified sys
tem of recreation for Washington and
Its environs, a report·, submitted to
day by Lebert H. Weir, recreation tx
pert of the National Recreation As
sociation, as consultant to the Na
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, suggested four plans.
The report, laid before a group of
interested citizens assembled in the
conference room of the planning
commission in the Navy Building,
urges that whatever plan is adopted
there should be a trained executive
In charge and the system should be
fortified by a strong citizens group.
Asks Recreation Department.
Under one of the plans submitted
the Playground Department of the
District Government would be abol
ished, its duties being transferred to
r recreation department under the
ι National Capital parks and the Board
of Education. In the report this is
called plan 4. The others are:
Plan 1. A Recreation Commission
appointed by the Commissioners of the
District.
Plan 2. A Recreation Commission
appointed directly by the President of
the United States.
Plan 3. A Recreation Department
■ under the District Commissioners.
The first two plans differ only in the
appointing authority.
WOUia tioia wine lanaumi,
Under either of these plans Weir
suggests that the Recreation Commis
sion comprise nine members, of which
three would be ex-officio, one repre
sent the public schools, one the Na
tional Capital parks office, one the
District Commissioners and the other
six would be selected from "outstand
ing men and women of the community,
two of them to be representative of
the recreational interests of the col
ored group."
The report further said:
"These six members should serve
without pay, and be appointed for
terms of say six years each, with the
membership of one expiring each year
"The Recreation Commission should
have general governing authority, sub
ject to budget appropriations. Its
duties should include the right by
agreement with the public agencies,
controlling properties both within and
outside the District of Columbia to
make use of all areas suitable for
recreational use where such use will
not conflict with the primary use of
the properties."
netails Not Set Forth.
Detailed organization of the new
unified Recreation Department should
be left largely to the commission itself
and its superintendent, the report set
forth. The report recommends that
the present staff workers be kept em
ployed, as far as possible, fitting them
into the unified system.
The Recreation Commission should
be responsible for all public recreation
services, including those now admin
istered directly by the District Play
grounds Department, the Community
Center Department of the public
schools, the National Capital Parks
Office and the Welfare and Recrea
tion Association and other conces
sionaires of the National Capital parks
office, the report held. The report
continued:
"It is assumed that if this plan
for a recreation commission is adopted,
it will be an Indication of the willing
ness of these public agencies to con
sent to the use of their properties by
a recreation organization set up on
this co-operative basis and to turn
over to such a co-operative set-up the
administration of the activties which
they now carry on."
Plan 3 Asks Department.
Speaking of plan 3. Weir said that
if the governing authorities decide
that they do not favor a recreation
commission and that the recreation
program should be a responsibility of
the District Commissioners, the Re
creation Department to replace the
present Playground Department, is
suggested.
"This alternative would, in our
opinion, much more genuinely serve
the needs of the District if it included
provision for a strong advisory board
or committee representing the differ
ent Government departments, the cit
izens of the District of Columbia and
various community groups con
cerned. · · ·
"In order to increase the likelihood
that such an advisory committee
might continue to manifest real in
terest, the committee should have
certain definite responsibilities which
should include the right to have its
own recommendations and comments
on the recreation budget, so that the
opinion of the advisory board could
be given full consideration by the dif
ferent authorities passing on the
budget.
"It should be recognized that this
plan for a recreation department un
der the District Commissioners will
provide for the unification so much
desired only if in the adoption of this
plan by the governing authorities, the
agencies concerned are willing to turn
over the use of their areas and build
ings for suitable recreational purposes,
and to abandon their own operation
of recreational activities by turning
them over to the Recreation Depart
ment."
Plan 4 Urges National Control.
Speaking of plan 4, which contem
plates a recreation department un
der National Capital Parks and the
Board of Education, the Weir report
asserts:
"If it is decided by the governing
authorities that responsibility should
not rest with the District Commis
sioners and that a commission form
of administration is not favored, it
is suggested that all recreation service
in the District of Columbia be co
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Arrested
GEORGE Ε. WOODIN.
EDNA HILL.
—Star Staff Photo.
Man and Woman Suspects
Are Jailed After Payment
at Garage.
Continuing their drive against coun
terfeiters in Washington, secret service
agents yesterday arrested a young man
and woman and planned to arraign
them today before United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage.
Giving the names of George E.
Woodin, 24, of the 1800 block of Cal
vert street and Miss Edna Hill, 22, of
Wilmington, Del·, the two were ar
rested in a rooming house on Colum
bia road and were locked up over
night.
Secret service operatives had been
on their trail for several days while
seeking the source of $10 notes on the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
several of which had been "laid down"
in Washington and vicinity.
Some of these bills showed up from
business houses here and one was paid
to an automobile repair shop for re
pairs to a car in which the couple al
legedly had been in a wreck. The bill
which is said to have resulted in the
arrests was passed at a Rosslyn, Va.t
filling station. An attendant at the
filling station took the car number
when he suspected the bill and secret
service agents trailed the couple to
their rooming house'.
ordinated by making the National
Capital Parks Office the basic recrea
tion agency closely allied with the
Board of Education through the joint
employment of a highly trained, ex
perienced superintendent of recrea
tion, and through such other neces
sary relations as might be established
by mutual agreement between these
two authorities.
"This plan provides for the ex
pansion of the existing National Cap
ital Parks Office into a fully de
veloped, operating recreation agency,
and the assumption by it of the
recreation functions now exercised
by all public agencies, except the
public schools, and by private agencies
on properties now under its owner
ship, and by agreement with the
Board of Education, the utilization of
the material resources of the schools
in a co-ordinated city-wide recrea
tion service under one superintendent
of recreation.
Might Change Name.
"It is suggested, moreover, that if
this is done the name of the National
Capital Parks Office be changed to
the National Capital Recreation Of
fice, or some similar name which will
indicate its new enlarged responsibil
ities and its recreational function.
"This plan is suggested with the
recommendation that there should be
organized in connection with It a
strong advisory committee, represent
ative of the citizens of the District
of Columbia in Just the same way as a
similar advisory board is suggested
in the case of a recreation department
of the District of Columbia."
In order that the citizens of the
District may decide upon which of
the four plans they favor, the report
urges that a conference of governing
authorities be assembled.
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BOARD MEMBERS
DENY SCHOOL USE
FOB MUSRALLÏ'
Gymnasium Also Refused
G. W. U. Students for Char
ity Boxing Program
VOTE AGAINST VETERANS
REPORTED UNANIMOUS
Education Officials Declare Meet
ing Might Create ''Acrimo
nious Discussion.''
Applications by a veterans' organ
ization for use of the Central High
School Auditorium for a "bonus rally"
and by a group of George Washington
University students for use of the
McKinley High School gymnasium for
a mixed amateur and professional
charity boxing program were denied
today by the Board of Education.
In the case of the veterans, the vote
was unanimous against granting the
Central auditorium. Mrs. Ε. K.
Peoples, Community Center director,
had recommended disapproval on the
ground the rally would tend Jo create
"acrimonious discussion." Dr. Frank
W. Ballou, superintendent of schools,
also recommended that the applica
tion be disapproved.
The use of the auditorium was
sought for December 7 by the Ameri
can Nationalists, a group organized by
W. W. Waters, who commanded the
Bonus Army during its stay here two
years ago. Representative Rankin of
Mississippi gave the veterans a letter
of recommendation.
See Unrest Caused.
The Board of Education ruled that
school building facilities should not
be made available for purposes which
might cause "unrest in the community
or acrimonious discussion."
The applicatjpn for use of the Mc
Kinley gymnasium was made by a
group of George Washington Univer
sity students interested in a Christmas
food drive. They said they wished to
hold "an amateur boxing program and
a few bouts of professional men" De
cember 15.
Proceeds from the matches would be
used in the purchase of groceries to
be distributed in baskets to 125 needy
families, they said.
Ballou Informs Board.
Dr. Ballou informed the Board of
Education that "the application fur
ther shows that local papers are back
ing this project 100 per cent, since
amateur boxing' to them is a very de
sirable thing."
Mrs. Peeples and Stephen Ε
Kramer, first assistant superintendent
of schools, both refused to recommend
granting use of the gymnasium. The
application would have required a
suspension of rules and Dr. Kramer
said he did not feel the case con
stituted an emergency.
Four members of the board voted to
reject the application and two mem
bers voted to accept it.
Marriage Licenses.
William Ε Firth. 22. Landover. Md . tnd
Mildred Williams. 23. 24<>7 .id st. n e
Rev Α. H Shumate
John W. Lipscomb. 25. .'Î144 Q st.. and
Marv J Roche. 22. 30.J2 C st.: Rev.
David J Roche.
Thomas M Peters. 2β. 1 1 β Owen pl.
n e and Cornelia Roselle. 21. Clarendon.
Va.: Rev. C Β Jonec
C. Russell Heily. :i2. Collece Park. Md . and
Either L. Shambaugh. :m. f> 1 '-it Illinois
ave.. Rev. Georte Ε Schnabie.
Raymond F. Luckett, 1. Capitol Heights.
Md , and Ahre G. Glotzbach. 12. 1121
I st. n.e : Rpv. Joseph L. Lansinger.
Victor A. Wheeler. 25. and May A Parker.
2!». both of Mount Rainier. Md ; Rev.
Η V. Prentice
Giuseppe Errico MS and Mary J Tippett.
.'12. both of H35 Maryalnd ave. sw.;
Rev. A. D. Frenay.
William L. Outten. jr.. 23. and Marie Τ
Staples. 2-'t. both of l.'S.'i.'î Κ st.; Rev. W.
Annie Smith
Nathan Horwitz. 30. Richmond. Va . and
Ella Wolf. 32. Baltimore, Md.: Rev. J.
Τ Loeb.
Charles Ε Jones. 21. and Mae C McCarty.
28. both of Alexandria. Va ; Rev. J. E.
Briggs.
Henry E. Smith. 22. and Katherine Cole
man. in. both of Richmond. Va : Rev.
J. C. Ball
Enoch Craig 34 442 Ν st . and Eloise
Morrise. 24. 1440 Swann st.: Rev. R. D.
Grymes.
Robert L. Clay 24 27 Congress ct., and
Gladys R Holland. 2.'!. 1633 6th St.:
Rev. W. A. Jones.
John P. Gray. SO. and Caroline A. Fitz
hugh. 2ft. both of Richmond. Va.: Rev.
J. H. Dunham.
Renner Waters. 45. 1618 loth St., and
Mamie Lee. 35. 207 Warren St. n.e.:
Rev. W. C. Wheeler.
Charles L. Sexton. 3o. Chatham Hill. Va.,
'and Helen Ε Whalen. 20. Cedar Rapids.
Iowa: Rev W. J. Russell
Calvin M. Wims. 28. Philadelphia. Pa.,
and Minnie Lightfoot. 21. 625 Fairmont
st.: Rev. L. Michaux
Hank Harj-ison. 25. and S R Hansford,
in. both of 702 4th st. ne.: Rev. J. L.
S Holloman
Dwight H. Smiley. 28 and Katva G Lev
enton. 33. both of Rochester. Ν. Y.; Rev.
Ε. H. Thomson
Arthur Mauney. 23. 2310 17th st.. and
Lillian Β Green. 21. 731 6th st. n.e.:
Rev. George A Davis.
A Bowman. 40. and Mary Η Cooke. 38.
both of 615 10th st. n e : Rev. J, J.
Albert
Hugh M Glass. 19 and Virginia C. Dunn.
18. both of Richmond. Va : Rev. D. A.
Berry.
Percy Washington. 45. and Carrie Powell.
4 1. both of 2122 Dingman st.: Rev. J. J.
Albert
Ν C. Barbarie. 37. Lansdowne. Pa . and
Lucille P. Rodante. 25. Tampa, Fla.:
Rev. Thomas B. Dade.
Births Reported.
David and Yvonne Kushner. girl.
Robert and Catherine Werner, girl.
Leonard and Rose Stevling. girl.
Gordon and Christina Kay. girl.
Edwin and Vivian Lohr girl.
Albert and Sara McKinley. boy.
Bryton and Ella Barron, boy.
Richard and Frances Hackett. boy.
Walter and Cleo Foster boy.
Roland and Verleece Hill, boy
Charles and Bernice Arthur, boy.
Robert end Carrie Baker, girl.
Edward and Mamie Cook girl.
Elijah and Fannie Ramsay, girl.
Samuel and Roberta Smith, girl
Eugene and Enola Williams, girl.
Robert and Evelyn Smith, girl.
Deaths Reported.
Elsie Joyner. 81. George Washington Uni
versity Hospital.
Maurice T. Costello. 73. 6805 Georgia ave.
Charles H. Frazoni. 70. 608 Massachu
setts ave. ·
Mary Larner. 66. Providence Hospital.
Walter Luttgen, 63. Georgetown Univer
sity Hospital.
Florence Keene. 60. Emergency Hospital >
John Siemon. 57. 1318 15th st. I
Nimrod O. Barnhart 54. Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad yards.
Albert Τ Madigan. 52. Sibley Hospital. 1
James W Heany. 51. 1326 11th st.
Charles Dawson. 43. Gallinger Hospital
Carmer Τ Gordon. 36. Walter Reed Gen
eral Hospital.
Elizabeth Cornwell. 12. Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Carl Ryan. 381Π Jocelyn st
Infant Cummings Columbia Hospital.
Infant Brinker. Sibley Hospital
Samuel Manning. 70, 1834 Florida ave.
William J Brawner. 65. Home for Aged >
and Infirm.
John Jackson. 60. Gallinger Hospital.
Nichols White. 50. Gallinger Hospital.
Peter Washington. 45. Gallinger Hospital.
Susie Johnson, 45. Gallinger Hospital
Henry Aestron. 44. Gallinger Hospital.
Robert Allen. 31. arrival Casualty Hos
pital.
Harry S. Woodland. 23. arrival Providence
Hospital.
Infent Brown. Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Cusson. Gallinger Hospital.
In!ant Jackson. Gallinger Hospital.
New Streamline Street Cars Coming to District
Something new in mass transportation, the streamline "one-end" street
ear, will make its bow to the Washington riding public next Spring. The
type of car, shown above, of which 20 have been ordered by the Capital
Transit Co., is a radical departure from thoee now in service here. It has
a motor at one end only, and hence can be used only on loop lines or lines
where there are facilities for turning cars around. All passengers enter by
the front door. The conductor stands by the center door and the passengers
pay as they pass him. The car Is said to be more silent than the old type,
although it does not have the rubber-cored wheels now being developed by
the Industry. It has faster accelerating and braking qualities and can
run 40 miles per hour.
FEDERAL IB
TO GE1 HOLIDAY
Most of Departments to
Close at Noon To
morrow.
Tomorrow, the day before Thanks
giving, will be a half holiday for em
ployes in a majority of the Federal
departments and the District gov
ernment. Washington's 90,000 public
school pupils will have the whole week
end off, beginning at 1 p.m. tomor
row, and many of the parochial
schools will follow suit.
Only the Department of Agriculture
so far has decided definitely to re
main open a full day tomorrow. The
Post Office Department is awaiting
the return of Postmaster General
Farley this afternoon before making
a decision and the Interior Depart
ment also had not reached a decision
at noon today.
The Commerce, Justice and Treas- j
ury Departments and the District gov- i
emmcnt will close their doors at 1
p.m. tomorrow, dismissing all em
ployes until Friday morning.
The State, War, Navy and Labor
Departments will dismiss "aU em
ployes who can be spared" at 1 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
At the office of the chief clerk of
the Department of Agriculture it was
said, "We have made arrangements
to keep on working tomorrow after
noon."
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration will carry on its full
24-hour schedule tomorrow, working
until midnight, but will be closed all
day Thursday.
Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintendent
of District public schools, today is
sued an order closing all schools at
1 o'clock tomorrow. Students will
not return to their classes until Mon
day morning. Those parochial schools
which do not close tomorrow after
noon. will in many cases, remain
closed all day Friday.
Shoes and Hosiery
To Be Given Needy
During Yule Week
Wholesale Confectionery
Distributors to Give
150 Pairs.
One hundred fifty pairs of shoes
and stockings will be given to needy
children in Washington during the
Christmas season by the Washington
Wholesale Confectionery Distributors.
Bernard Harding, treasurer of the
group, will personally purchase 50
pairs of shoes and stockings for the
poor.
The gifts will be distributed, be
ginning December 1 at the Central
Union Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Hard
ing will aid Central Union Mission
officials in handing out the presents.
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Brown Studying Paroles Finds
Man He Arrested in 1914 Free
Making an Independent study of the
records of 90 prisoners released on
parole since 193°, Maj. Ernest W.
Brown, superintendent of police,
learned to his surprise today that one
of these parolees is a man whom he
arrested 20 years ago on a murder
charge. At that time. Brown was a
sergeant in Georgetown.
Maj. Brown, however, offered no
criticism of the parole of this man
since he had served a major portion
of his sentence. He cited the case a«
an illustration of the type of criminal
who is returned to the community
under the parole law.
The study was undertaken by Maj.
Brown as a member of the committee
designated by the Commissioners to
make an investigation of the District's
parole set-up to determine whether
changes are needed in either the parole
law or the regulations to correct con
ditions criticized in recent weeks. The
committee itself is expected to meet
by the end of the week to begin its
inquiry. The initial meeting will be
held as soon as Commissioner George
Ε. Allen, a member of the committee
recovers from a severe cold.
The records of tbe 90 prisoners un
der the scrutiny of Maj. Brown show,
he said, that 71 were released this year.
Several of them, however, are facing
return to prison for violation of parole
pledges.
Maj. Brown declared he is making
the study primarily to learn why the
prisoners were released, what they
were supposed to be doing and the
names of the parole sponsors.
The Parole Board has fixed Decem
ber 3 at 7:30 p.m. for a hearing in
the case of Albert S. Sutton, an al
leged parole violator. A few days
afterward the board will consider the
case of Harry Yudelevit, another al
leged parole violator. Both were ar
rested last week.
Two other parole violation cases also
are to be brought to the attention
I of the board this week. One of the
alleged parole violators was arrested
several days ago on an intoxication
charge and the other for petty larceny.'
I Both are colored.
CHURCH AND STATE
HEADS PLAN MASS
Annual Pan-American Cath
olic Service to Be Held
Thursday Morning.
Digniatries of the Catholic Church
and high-ranking diplomatic officials
will participate in the annual Pan
American mass at St. Patrick's Church
Thursday at 10:30 &.m.
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, the apostolic delegate to
the United States, will preside at
the mass, while the Most Rev. Em
mett Michael Walsh, bishop of
Charleston, S. C., will pontificate the
mass.
The sermon will be delivered by the
Very Rev. Edward G. Fitzgerald. Rev.
Arthur A. O'Leary. acting president
of Georgetown University, will be as
sistant priest to the apostolic dele
gate. Very Rev. Charles P. Barry
will be assistant priest to Bishop
Walsh. Rev. Francis J. Kelly will
be master of ceremonies.
Following the mass, the Right Rev.
Msgr. C. F. Thomas. pastorT of St.
Patrick's Church, will be host ât lunch
to the diplomats and others.
The ministers of all the South and
Central American countries are sched
uled to attend, as well as Dr. L. S.
Rowe. director general, and William
V. Griffin, chief clerk of the Pan
American Union.
Dies of Injury November 13.
Mrs. Ephernia Bett. 80. of 1315 D
street northeast, died In Gallinger
Hospital yesterday as the result of an
injury received November 13, when
she fell and her head struck a piano
stool.
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Commissioners Call Meeting
Friday of Medical Author
ities for Advice.
The Commissioners moved today to
hasten selection oi a new District
health officer and assistant to take
the places of Dr. William C. Fowler,
retired head of the department, and
Dr. Edward Schwartz, who has re
! signed as assistant.
The city heads called a meeting for
2:30 p.m. Friday with the committee
of medical authorities named by the
Commissioners to advise them on the
new health officials and a re
organization of the department. Dr.
Fowler, who reached retirement age
of 70 last Saturday, now is on leave
of absence, his term expiring at the
I end of this month.
Dr. Schwartz has resigned effective
j December 15.
Early Action Needed.
Commissioner Hazen said "there is
need for early action in the selection
of new heads of the department be
cause of the rapidly approaching dates
of the end of the services of Drs.
Fowler and Schwartz," he said. "Nom
inations of new officials may not be
made at the Friday meeting," he con
tinued. "but we wish to hasten study
of this important matter."
The Advisory Committee consists of
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Dr.
C. Willard Camalier, representing the
District Dental Society; Dr. Numa P. G.
Adams, dean of Howard University
Medical School; Dr. William E. Hough,
representing the District Medical So
ciety; Dr. Earl B. McKinley, dean of
George Washington University School
of Medicine; Dr. William Gerry Mor
gan. dean of Georgetown University
School of Medicine; Assist. Surg. Gen.
W. F. Draper, representing the Public
Health Service, and a representative
as yet not named, of the Medico
Chirurgical Society, an organization
of colored physicians.
Grayson to Be Absent.
Admiral Grayson was asked by the
Commissioners to serve as chairman
of the advisory group, but has de
clined. since he will be out of town
a good part of the time. The com
mittee will be'left to select its own
chairman.
Hazen announced that Dr. Fowler
had volunteered to spend time at the
Health Office for some time if desired
to acquaint his successor with routine
details of the department. Hazen said
he would welcome this volunteer as
sistance.
CONFERENCE IS HELD
ON PAY RESTORATION
Labor Leaders Meet With Senator
McCarran—No New Appro
priation Needed.
Labor leaders held » conference
with Senator McCarran. Democrat, of
Nevada, yesterday, when It was de
cided to introduce a measure as soon
as possible after the convening of
Congress to bring about pay restora
tion, effective as of January 1.
It was pointed out that no new ap
propriation measure will be necessary,
as there is at present a blanket ap
propriation for any restoration that
may be made. The problem, it was
I amplified, is to eliminate the provision
applying the 5 per cent cut.
Those who conferred with Senator
McCarran were Leo E. George, presi
dent, and William Otte, secretary
treasurer of the National Federation
of Poet Office Clerks, and E. Claude
Babcock, president of the American
Federation of Government Employes,
and Charles I. Stengle of the Feder
ation.
London Opposes Tips.
London has a new anti-tipping
drive.
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EIGHT INJURED
IN TRAFFIC HERE
Four of Those Hurt in Last
24 Hours Were Pe
destrians.
Eight persons were Injured, four
seriously, in traffic accidents in the
past 24 hours.
Three of the more seriously hurt
were pedestrians while the fourth, a
colored youth, was injured in a freak
accident when the door to a deliv
ery truck in which he was riding
flew open as the driver made a sudden
turn, hurling the passenger to the
pavement.
Death Hrld Accident.
Meanwhile, a coroner's jury at the
District Morgue yesterday held acci
dental the death of Rosa Lewis, 63.
colored, of 1617 Swann street, who
.was injured Saturday night when
struck by an automobile in the
1600 block of Τ street. The verdict
exonorated the driver. William J.
Lindsay, 21, colored, of the 1500 block
of Vermont avenue.
Those more seriously hurt In the
accidents late yesterday and last night
were:
Florence Caldwell. 21, of Hyatts
vllle, Md., knocked down at Randolph
street and Bladensburg road by the
automobile of Paul E. Lawson. 25. of
the 400 block of Seventh street north
east; John O'Leighter, 43. colored. 300
block of R street, knocked down by a
street car at Seventh and Ρ streets;
Charles Hayden. 8, colored, of the
1700 block of Fifth street, knocked
down by an automobile near New Jer
sey avenue and Ρ street, and Aubrey
Jones, 19, colored. 1500 block of
Thirty-second street, who was thrown
from the delivery truck.
All except Jones, who was believed
hurt Internally, suffered head injuries,
while the young woman also received
an ankle fracture.
Car ftits Platform.
Three persons were slightly Injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding ran into a street car load
ing platform early today on Connecti
cut avenue between M and Ν streets.
They were Hamlie Duckworth. 25. of
230 Rhode Island avenue northeast;
Anthony Greco. 21. of 2032 Belmont
road, and Edward Smoot. 31, who gave
a Columbia road address.
Victor Maline, 30 months old. was
slightly hurt when the automobile in
which he was riding with his mother.
Mrs. Ε. M. Maline. 3310 Fifth street
southeast, collided with a truck on
Nichols avenue southeast.
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DELINQUENT TAX
FILERS ARE WARNED
300 Residents Threatened With
Mandamus Proceedings on
Personal Property.
Approximately 300 residents of the
District will be informed by letter to
day that unless they file returns for
personal property taxation within 10
days, there will be mandamus proceed
ing Instituted to force the filing of
these returns, it was announced by
George D. Neilson, assistant corpora
tion counsel, to whom the cases have
been turned over by the assessor of the
District.
Mr. Neilson and James W. Lauder
dale. also an assistant, have been as
signed to take ever the legal proceed
ings in these delinquent cases by E.
Barrett Prettyman, corporation coun
sel.
The tax returns In question were
to have been filed for the fiscal year
ended June 30. 1934, but many resi
dents have failed to make these re
turns and will be forced to pay for
the mandamus proceedings unless they
make their returns as instructed in
the letters being mailed out today.
The tax return was to have shown all
personal property, tangible and intan
gible, and either owned or held as a
fiduciary.
New lists of delinquents are being
prepared from day to day by the
assessor and will be handled by Neil
son and Lauderdale from their posts
at Police Court, where they have been
attached for some time.
Students to Hold "Cadet Hop."
Students of St. John's College %111
hold their annual "cadet hop" at 10
p.m. tomorrow In the Wardman Park
Hotel.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Dance and card party, benefit St.
Ann's Church, Willard Hotel, 8:30 pjn.
Lecture, Prof. F. L. Coonan before
American Society for Metals, Wash
ington Chapter, 725 Twenty-first
street, 7:33 p.m.
Card party, benefit St. James' Cath
olic Church, auditorium, Thirty
seventh street and Rhode Island ave
nue northeast, 8 p.m.
TOMORROW.
Bingo party, benefit Ladies' Auxil
iary of Ancient Order of Hibernians,
60 M street northeast, 8 p.m.
Dance, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
La Fayette Hotel, 9 p.m.
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Declares Defendant Told
of Part in Robbery of
Heurich Brewery.
WITNESS RELATES
FEAR TO TESTIFY
Telephone Operator Identifies Al
leged Gunman—Dunn Also
Is Pointed Out.
A former cellmate In a Baltimore
jail turned State's evidence today
against Samuel C. Berlin, who is on
trial in District Supreme Court with
John (Slim) Dunn, charged with par
ticipation In the $1,600 hold-up of the
Heurich Brewery on October 5, 1933.
The witness. Russell V. Edwards,
who is serving four years in the Mary
land Penitentiary for false pretenses,
testified he and Berlin shared a cell
in the Baltimore City Jail last June.
Edwards told the court Berlin was re
moved to go to a hearing before the
United States commissioner.
Returning, Edwards said, Berlin
explained the witnesses had been
brought to the hearing from the
Heurich Brewery in an effort to re
turn him to Washington.
"One fellow could identify my pic
ture, all right," Edwards quoted Ber
lin as saying, "but he wouldn't identify
me in person, although I was the guy
who held the gun on him in that rob
bery over there."
Afraid to Testify.
A Government witness in the trial
declared that he had been afraid on
a previous occasion to identify Berlin
as one of the robbers beraure the man
"was sitting within 3 feet of me. lean
ing forward in his chair and glaring
into my eyes."
The witness, Vincent D. Sullivan,
22, a switchboard operator at the
brewery, said this occurred last June
when he was called to Baltimore to
testify in a removal hearing for Ber
lin before a United States commis
sioner.
Today Sullivan went boldly up to
Berlin as he sat in court and placed
his hand on the defendant's shoulder.
Identifies Berlin.
i tua n> me man wnom X saw
standing over me with a gun as I lay
on the floor in the Heurich brewery
j office," Sullivan declared.
Questioned by defense attorneys as
I to why he was not certain of the
I identification at the Baltimore hear
! ing, Sullivan said:
I "I was afraid to identify Berlin
i then. He was sitting within three feet
j of me. glaring at me. That was why
j it was hard for me to make up my
! mind on the spot. On thinking it
j over, I was convinced that Berlin was
the man and later picked him out of
the line-up at the District Jail."
Sullivan was the first witness as the
second day of the trial opened this
morning before Justice James M.
Proctor.
The other defendant. Dunn, was
1 identified in court today by Anthony
J. Narr, brewery clerk, who described
Dunn as the robber who waved a gun
at him and ordered him to lie down
on the office floor.
Spectators Scanned.
Spectators were scanned by head·
quarters detectives as they entered
the "court room and some were
searched for possible guns before be
ing allowed to enter.
Although bnliffs were on the alert
in the court room, the heavily armed
guard of yesterday was relaxed some
what because Arthur (Dutch) Misu
nas, renegade tri-State gangster and
the Government's ace witness, was not
brought into court.
Assistant United States Attorney
Julian I. Richards said the defense
was through with Misunas. although
it seemed possible the Government
witness might be recalled later today
for cross-examination by the defense.
From ell appearances, Misunas
seemed to enjoy his day in court yes
terday. The burly blond gangster
made a good Government witness.
Misunas was never at a loss for th?
right word. His language was pic
turesque and to the point.
Only occasionally did he seem to
feel a twinge of uneasiness, glancing
over his crooked nose at Dunn end
Berlin, who were hunched forward in
their seats, eyes glued on his.
j At such times Misunas would lick
j his thin lips and readjust his tie.
Tells of Meeting.
He talked through the corner of
his mouth.
Misunas. he said, knew exactly
where and how he met Dunn and Ber
lin in Baltimore. That was m August
of 1933. Later he went to live at
Dunn's house.
There, he said, conferences were
held between himself, Dunn and Ber
lin and two others who came there—
William Phillips, killed by a Washing
ton policeman last Spring, and Walter
Legenza, alias William Davis, who
killed a guard at the Richmond City
Jail last September, shooting his way
out in company with another prisoner
under death sentence, Robert Mais.
Misunas related In minute detail
how they spied on the local brewery,
how they planned and carried out the
job, and how they separated the
money and spent It In Baltimore.
Misunas said his share was "around
$200."
Defense counsel jumped at this
chance. "Be specific." one lawyer
commanded, "what do you mean,
around $200?"
"All right, ril be specific. I got
$199.18 cents—how do you like that?"
Later in the trial, another defense
attorney challenged Misunas when he
said be got "around $200" as his
share.
"All right, then," Misunas replied,
"I got $188.99. Is that all right?"
"Didn't you just tell tbls gentleman,"
shouted the attorney, "that you got
$199.18?"
"Sure," grinned the witness, "and
$199.18 satisfied him. Now I'm trying
to satisfy you."
Dunn was pointed out in court as
one of the men who held up the
brewery by Claude R. Price, the
plant's engineer.
Misunas, who pleaded guilty to mur
der In Richmond, is still awaiting
sentence after turning State's evidence
against Legenza and Mais in the kill
ing of a Federal Reserve Bank truck
guard during a Trl-State gang rob
bery. He wHl be returned to the
Virginia Jurisdiction after the trial.
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In Capital for Rest
Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt arrived here early last night from her
home in New York. She told reporters that she would spend her time hert
resting and visiting a few friends. Photo shows Mrs. Vanderbilt (center)
talking to reporters as she left Union Station. —Wide World Photo.