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WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1935.
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D. C. SUPPLY BILL
DELAYED BY FIGHT
FOR il POLICE
Measure Will Not Be Re
ported to House Before
Wednesday.
PASSAGE BY WEEK END
SOUGHT BY CANNON
Increases in Various Departments
to Be Attempted on Floor by
Lawmakers.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee yesterday altered its plans to re
port the District supply bill tomorrow,
as preparations were made by several
members to make a determined fight
cn the floor to give the Police Depart
ment the 35 additional men sought
by the Commissioners, but denied in
the budget estimates.
A delay in reporting the District
bill was necessitated by action of
House leaders, who decided to give
the right of way tomorrow to a joint
resolution designed to consolidate the
unexpended balances of current ap
propriations for the various Govern
ment emergency agencies.
The earliest the District measure
can be reported now is Wednesday,
because the House intends to adjourn
over Tuesday so the Democrats can
journey to Harrisburg, Pa., to attend
the inauguration of Gov.-elect. Earle.
A special train has been chartered
for the trio.
May Be Passed Soon.
Even a two-dav delay will not pre
vent passage oi the bill before the end
ci the week. That is the aim of
Chairman Cannon of the Appropria
tions Subcommittee which framed
the measure.
There is no particular reason for
rushing through the District measure,
and a delay might be advantageous
because the Treasury experts, working
on the t*\ study at the direction of
President Roosevelt, might finish their
work m the meantime, and find that
the Federal obligation to the expenses
of the municipal government should
be increased above the S5.700.000 as
fixed in the bill. The Appropriations
Committee has indicated if the Presi
dent recommends a higher contribu
tion the figure could be changed.
A number of House members, not
on the Appropriations Committee, are
planning to fight for increa?es tor
various departments, but the battle will
center chiefly over the Police Depart
ment.
Police Supt. Brown originally asked
the Commissioners for 140 additional
men in the coming fiscal year, but they
agreed to give him 35 more, the num
ber needed to fill existing vacancies
in his force. The Budget Bureau,
however, decided the department
could function satisfactorily without
additional men. despite additional de
mands being made on it and the gam
bling "racketeers" situation.
No Increase Allowed.
The subcommittee, it is understood,
followed the budget recommendation
in this respect, and make no allow
ance in the appropriation bill for
an increase in the force. For this
reason, members of the House who
understand the problems of the de
partment are planning to appeal for
an increase in the appropriation over
the amount carried in the bill.
Quite a scrap also is expected on the
floor over an item in the appropria
tion for the public schools for char
acter education. Dr. Frank W. Ballou,
superintendent of schools, already has
exerted all of his energy to convince
the subcommittee of the importance
of character education in the life
of the modern school child, but there
are some members of the House who
are still skeptical. One member is
known to be drawing up an amend
ment to transfer the character edu
cation appropriation to the Com
munity Center Department.
The bill, as it will be reported, is
understood to carry appropriations
totaling approximately $41.000.000, the
same amount as recommended in the
budget. The subcommittee, however
has made a number of changes in the
budget report by increasing some
items and decreasing others, without
materially altering the total figure.
AUTO INJURIES
FATAL TO WOMAN
Alice Campbell, 50, Dies at Hos
pital as Police Hold Driver
of Car.
Alice Campbell. 50, colored, of 1201
Q street, died late yesterday in Freed
men's Hospital from complications
resulting from injuries received vyhen
she was struck by an automobile No
vember 15.
Police were holding Robert H.
Mitchell, colored, 44, of 3028 Ν street,
at No. 2 precinct for action of the
coroner.
The Campbell woman was struck at
Thirteenth street and Rhode Island
avenue while crossing the street, and
taken to Freedmen's Hospital. She
was treated for a fracture of the right
leg at*the time, and her condition
was thought to be not serious. Her
death yesterday was due to a fracture
of the tibia and hypostatic pneumonia,
according to police.
DRIVER EXONERATED
Coroner's Jury Rules Man, 82, to
Blame for Injuries.
Alan R. Crain, 17-year-old stu
dent, 2943 Tilden street, was exon
erated \yesterday by a coroner's jury
in the death of Charles E. Ashby,
82, of Cherrydale, Va., who died in
Emergency Hospital January 9, as
a result of injuries received Novem
ber 23, when he was injured by
Crain's automobile at the intersec
tion of Connecticut avenue and
Porter streets.
The Jury found that Ashby had
died from Injuries he received as a
xesult of his own "carelessness."
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Rescuer
Ε. C. Jones, above, fireman, who
last night carried Fire Chief C. E.
Schrom to safety when the latter
dropped unconscious from smoke
while they were fighting a small
fire.
FIREMEN CARRY
CHIEF TO SAFETY
Overcome at Small Fire
C. E. Schrom Found
Prostrate on Floor.
Firemen who stumbled over hi
prostrate form in the darkness of ι
smoke-fille<f corridor carried Chie
-
Charles E. Schrom to safety last nigi
after the Fire Department head wa
overcome while battling a small blaz
on the third floor of the Merchants
Transfer & Storage Co., 920-22 ]
street. The Are caused practicall:
no damage.
Chief Schrom was removed in ai
ambulance to Emergency Hospital
where he was revived. He was kep
in the hospital overnight.
The blaze was discovered abou
6:30 o'clock by the watchman. Ben
jamin F. Alsop. Chief Schrom arrive
soon after the alarm was turned in
and followed his men to the scene ο
the blaze. The firemen who carrier
the chemical hose through the smoke
filled corridor donned gas maaks. bu
Chief Schrom followed them withou
taking this precaution. Pvt. E. C
Jones ol No. 2 Engine Company wa
returning from the room where th
blaze originated when he stumble<
over a form on the floor. It was no
until Jcnes and other firemen carrie<
him to safety that they recognize*
their chief.
Another fireman. Pvt. J. C. Everet
of No. 14 Engine Company, wa.
temporarily affected by the smoke. Η
was given first aid by his companions
COREY WILL DISCUSS
COMMUNISM TONIGH1
Author and Economist Mail
Speaker in Town Hall Ses
sion at Hotel.
Lewis Corey, author and economist
will discuss "The Economics of Com
munism" as the principal address ii
the Town Hall tonight at 8 o'clocl
at the Shoreham Hotel.
Corey, who recently wrote "The De·
cline of American Capitalism," wil
be subjected to questioning by a pane
of five and possibly six questioners.
They are Representative Hamiltoi
Pish of New York, a member of th(
House Foreign Affairs Committee
who conducted an investigation int<
Communist activities about two year
aso; Wayne C. Williams, assistant t<
the Attorney General; Demares
Lloyd, editor of Affairs, a Washingtor
news weekly: Richard H. Sanger
writer, who spent some time as ai
employe of an official Communis
newspaper in Russia and who alsi
worked there in a heavy industrie
factory, and Vladimir Gsozski, forme:
officer in the Imperial Guard, forme
imperial Russian jurist, and naw ai
employe of the law division of thi
Library of Congress.
. HOLD-UP NETS $18
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Robber Waits Until Customer
Leave Grocery.
Waiting until the store had emp
tied of customers, a young white mai
armed with an automatic last nigh
held up C. C. Chaney, manager ο
a Sanitary grocery at 1359 C stree
southeast, and escaped with $18.
The bandit, described as about 2!
and well dressed, herded Chaney an<
a clerk into a back room while hi
cleaned out the cash register.
Chaney said the bulk of the day'
receipts, an unrevealed amount, wer
overlooked.
Boy Freed in Killing;.
TULSA, Okla., January 12 (Λ*).—
PaiU Lumary, 15, who shot and kUle<
17-year-old Carl Pulliam, while "play
ing gangster," was freed today b;
District Judge Thurman Hurst unde
parole. Both Lumary and Pullteu
were under suspended sentences fo
burglary when the shooting occurred
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VAN DUZER URGES
THREE-YEAR TESTS
FOR DRIVERS HERE,
Traffic Chief Claims Many
Motorists Not Familiar
With Newer Rules.
PROPOSAL TO TIGHTEN
CONTROL MEETS DELAY
Most Accidents Traced to Viola
tions of Rales—Commission
Awaits Public Reaction.
All Washington motorists would be
required to pass tests every three
years before their driving permits
are renewed, under a recommenda
tion made to the Commissioners by
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer.
The traffic director declared many
drivers now holding permits are not
, qualified because of their failure to
keep up with changes in regulations.
This is one of a series of proposals
for more rigid control over traffic
and pedestrians advanced by Van
Duzer and now being studied by the
Commissioners. Prohibition of jay
walking also is one of the important
suggestions.
Action Is Postponed.
Action on the whole matter has
been postponed by the Commissioners
to give time ior careful study of the
proposals, and, incidentally, to ascer
tain the reaction of the public. Com
missioner Hazen believes something
should be done to stop jaywalking, but
sees difficulties in enforcing a ban.
Commissioner ^llen has withheld
comment.
Most accidents, said Van Duzer. in
a lengthy analysis of traffic accident
records, are due. to violation of regu
i lations. Most drivers subjected to
' tests, after being involved in traffic
cases, fail to pass the examinations,
he reported.
"Many of these person had been
driving for years, and had not even
read the regulations since obtaining
> their permits," he said. "They had
forgotten many of the regulations and
had not kept abreast of changes. It
seems fairly safe to assume that this
is true of many of the persons whose
violation caused accidents."
Heaviest Toll Downtown.
s Van Duzer found that the central
t business district takes the heaviest
. accident toll. The surrounding areas,
where vehicular traffic is as heavy,
t have lighter accident tolls, due, per
> haps, to the lighter pedestrian traffic,
e he said.
, The hours between midnight and
7 a.m. he found to be the most dan
1 gerous. He believes that higher
speeds are more prevalent in such
hours and that this, combined with
ι darkness, the absence of control meth
. ods and the fatigue of motorists, make
: for greater severity of accidents.
Rigid enforcement of rush-hour
: parking prohibitions would aid ma
- terially in reducing traffic accidents.
1 Van Duzer argued. The making of
, turns from the wrong lane of traffic
t is one type of violation that should
1 be stopped completely, he added.
Speeding Analyzed.
Excessive speeds were held respon
sible for the heavy traffic toll on out
; lying boulevards. Observations of
, 860 automobiles on Wisconsin, Massa
[ chusetts and Connecticut avenues
; and on Bladensburg road, where the
j legal limit is 30 miles an hour, Van
I Duzer reported, showed cars were
traveling at an average speed of 33.7
t miles per hour. The speeds in indi
; vidual cases were found to vary from
, 10 to 67 miles an hour. The average
' speed of those breaking the speed
limit was found to be 47 miles an
hour.
Van Duzer found women have a
better driving record than men.
> The traffic director proposed that
the former practice of issuing a. 10
day temporary permit be reinstated
to give police time to check on appli
cations before permits are issued.
GAS STATION MAN
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOTi
Roughly Dressed Gunman Flees
16 Massachusetts Âvenue
After Wounding Marcey.
Prank E. Marcey, 26, manager of
a filling station at 16 Massachusetts
avenue, was shot in the leg last night
by a mysterious gunman who entered
the office of the station and fired twice
without warning.
Marcey, who described the man as
being between 30 and 35 years old,
roughly dressed in a brown overcoat
and hat, was taken to Casualty Hos
pital, where his condition was said |
to be not serious.
He told police the gunman parked
his car. which later was reported
stolen, near the station and entered
the office with a pistol in his hand.
Without speaking. Marcey said, the
man fired at him twice, one of the
bullets lodging in his right leg, and
the other striking an oil barrel.
The man then fled, leaving the au
tomobile.
Officers investigating the shooting
expressed the theory that Marcey's
assailant was an amateur hold-up
man and became rattled. Marcey
lives at 508 Eighth street southwest. .
AUTO HITS PEDESTRIAN
Lonnie L. Hatley in Hospital as
Driver Is Beleased.
Lonnie L. Hatley, 40. of 454 C
street, waa seriously injured last night
when struck by an automobile at New
Jersey avenue *nd Ε street.
At Casualty Hospital he was said
to have »- broken right arm and pos
sible intefhal Injuries.
Police said the machine which
struck ht» was operated by William
B. Thomason, 49. colored, 440 M
street.
Police were told Hatley was cross
ing against the traffic lights when the
accident occurred. Thomason was
not hel4t
INSOLVENT BANKS'
PAYMENTS TOTAL
J7M0 IN CITY
Dividends to Depositors
Range From 50 to 80
Per Cent.
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ADDITIONAL FUNDS DUE
LATER, OFFICIALS SAY
Total Remaining Uncollected As
sets Listed at Five Million,
Book Value.
Out of total assets of five insolvent
banks in the District of Columbia
amounting to $18,069,098.55, cash col
lections have been made to the extent
of $7,775,872.18 up to the end of 1934,
according to quarterly reports by Nor
man R. Hamilton, receiver for the five
institutions, made public last night.
Dividends paid to unsecured credi
tors, such as depositors, range from 50
per cent to 80 per cent among these
banks, and total altogether $4,804,
740.50. Some further dividends may
be available, but the quarterly reports
make no prediction as to when these
additional dividends may be available,
nor how much they will be.
The District National Bank, which
had assets at date of its suspension of
$8,601,400.13, acquired $434,872.57 j
assets after suspension, and a stock ι
assessment of $1.000,000 was levied,
making total assets of this institution
to be accounted for $10.036,272.70.
One dividend of 50 per cent has
been paid by this bank, the con
servator paying $1.793.757.63 on re
organization of the bank, and the
receiver since paying sufficient addi
tional to claimants who did not get
it from the conservator to make total
payments to unsecured creditors :
$1.911.053.60
I Some stockholders are making a 1
I court fight to prevent collection of j
stock assessment, so that the receiver i
has listed no collections from stock j
assessment as such, turning the pay- :
ments from some other stockholders 1
into a trust fund to await court de
termination of the stockholders' fight.
Total remaining uncollected assets
are listed at $5,121,833.12, book value.
Cash collections total $4,135,815.34.
Repayment to R. F. C.
The Reconstruction Finance Corp.,
which loaned $817.287. had been re
paid in the amount of $148.230.90.
The Potomac Savings Bank had as
sets, including a 100 per cent stock
assessment of $140.000, totaling
$3.526.844.05. out of which total cash !
collected from assets is listed at j
SI.435.940.87.
Only one dividend of 50 per cent
has been paid through the conserva
tor on reorganization of the bank. This
dividend, including some payments by
the receiver since, on the same 50
per cent, total $1,018,546.01. A suit
is pending in this institution over
right of the receiver to collect a stock
assessment, so the collections from
this source are not segregated. The
Reconstruction Finance Corp. loaned
this bank $445,575, of which $99,714.37
has been repaid.
Receiver Hamilton has paid addi
tional dividends in the Seventh Street
Savings Bank, which in addition to
the original 50 per cent paid by the
conservator brings the total to 80 per
cent, or a total cash of $839,147.75.
Of total assets of $1,869,942 in this
bank, including a stock assessment
of $100,000. total cash collected is
listed at $801,382.55. but stock assess
ments collections are also segregated
in this account.
Out of a total of a loan of $623,407
from the R. F. C.. the receiver has
repaid $254,807. Total remaining un
collected assets are listed at book
value $930,571.54. Cash in hands of
receiver and controller is $44,806.46.
75 Per Cent Paid.
The Northeast Savings Bank has
paid a total of 75 per cent dividends
to depositors, including the original
50 per cent and an additional 25 per
cent, amounting altogether to $792,
943.33. The R. F. C. loan of $462,330
has been curtailed by $272,330. A
stock assessment of $100,000 has been
levied against the share owners, but
not segregated on collections. Total
assets are listed at $1,901,192.31. Total
cash collected, excluding stock assess
ment, is $1,081,504.34. Total remain
ing uncollected assets are $657,586.30.
and the cash in hand is $43,353.30.
The Washington Savings Bank,
against whose stockholders there has
been no assessment, has paid total
dividends of 70 per cent, amounting
to $243,049.81. Total assets are listed
at $734,847.35, and cash collections
at $321,229.08. Total remaining un
collected assets are booked at $346.
639.54. The cash in hand is $12,104.92.
The R. F. C. loan of $247,395 has been
repaid in the sum of $133,695.
CLUB ELECTS BRANDT
Gridiron Member Correspondent of
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Raymond P. Brandt, Washington
correspondent of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, was unanimously elected
an active member of the Gridiron
Club at a meeting of the club yes
terday.
Brandt came to Washington a num
ber of years ago to enter the Wash
ington Bureau of the Post-Dispatch.
He was made head of that bureau
when Charles G. Ross returned to
St. Louis to take charge of the edi
torial staff. Brandt is a graduate of
the University of Missouri and a
Rhodes scholar.
INSPECTORS TO MEET
Electrical Problems to Be Dis
cussed at Session.
A public session for discussion of
specific electrical problems will be
held tomorrow night by the George
Washington Chapter of the Inter
national Association of Electrical In
spectors, in the board room of the
District Building.
Herbert A. Priede, superintendent
of fire' alarms for the District, will
speak on Are alarm systems. Ε. B.
Petty of the District Electrical De
partment is chairman of the body and
J. S. Zebley of the same department
ia secretary-treasurer.
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Two Dogs Accused in Barnyard Massacre
SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED BY OWNER OF 14 SLAIN GAME CHICKENS.
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Herbert Payne of Falls Church. Va., points an accusing finger at Buster, the dog owned by 6-year-old
Hewett Covington, who has his arms around the animal's neck, as State Game Warden W. Harry Johnson
prepares to lead him away. Buster was picked as one oi the two Falls Church dogs which allegedly have
killed 14 prize chickens belonging to payne. —Star Stafl Photo.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va.. January 12.
—The fate of two suspects identified
in a barnyard massacre at a sensa
tional canine line-up here today was
to be determined before County Judge
Ben Hedrick on Monday.
The suspects. Buster, a pet of 6
vear-old Hewitt Covington, and Kipp.
belonging to the young children of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Grubb. were
picked from a line-up by S. Herbert
Payne as the dogs who killed 14 game
Thickens in his back yard on Decem
ber 28.
Payne "put the finger on" Buster
and Kipp amid several hundred more
or less hostile spectators in Grubb's
back yard, while movie sound ap
paratus and news cameras recorded
the event.
Identity Held Mistaken.
The line-up wae ordered by Judge
Hedrick after Maj. William L. Coving
ton. Hewitt's father, and Grubb were
haled into court on Payne's com
plaint. Maj. Covington, an attorney
for the Civil Service Commission, and
Grubb, «η employe in the supervising
irehitect's office. Treasury Department,
contended, it was a case of mistaken
drntity.
This morning the two fathers
rounded up eight dogs of mixed pedi
?ree. They hastily erected a wire in
:losure in Grubb's yard and placed
the dogs in charge of a colored youth,
svho was under orders to hide their
Identity and not to address them by
name.
I Oddly enough, four of the dogs bore
a striking resemblance in size and
! color to brown Buster and the re
maining four were of a brindle hue,
, such as Kipp's.
ί The suspects themselves were smug
gled in among their canine counter
parts by an unidentified individual,
who later admonished the growing
ring of spectators not to address any
dog by name.
j State Game Warden W. Harry
, Johnson was there as official rep
I resentative of the court to see justice
done. There were rumors that Payne
had seen at least one suspect's pic
i ture in the paper and already knew
I which dogs belonged to the Grubb
and Covington families.
The Grubb children. 8-year-old
Jimmie, and S«m. jr.. just 3, remained
indoors with their lather, who had
tumbled down the steps in the excite
ment of the preliminaries and sprained
! his ankle. Grubb later limped out.
leading Jimmie and Sam. but warning
them against showering any sympathy
; on Kipp.
Meanwhile. Payne, a farmer who
lives on the outskirts of Falls Church.
remained in an automobile parked in
< front of the Grubb home until all
was in readiness. Several policemen
were there to maintain order, for the
; crowd grew as found reel men backed
ί trucks into place and set up ap
' paratus.
When all was in readiness, the ac
I cuser advanced toward the menagerie
between a lane of spectators. He
pointed to Buster and then leveled a
finger at Kipp. Coached by the sound
reel men. he kept repeating:
"There is the dog that killed my
chickens!"
All of the dogs set up a sympathetic
howl. There was a murmur of in
dignation. "He knew all along." some
one said, or "He saw the dogs in1
the Grubb's yard." and a|fein. "He
identified them from that newspaper
picture!"
Choice Made Close to Dogs.
Attorney J. J. Kramer declared the
identification was illegal because
Payne had seen the chicken killers at
35 yards, while he made today's
identification at from 5 to 20 feet, and
then only after a considerable pause,
ι Little Hewitt ran into the inclosure
' to hug Buster, whom he had raised
from a puppy. The small members
t of the Grubb family consoled Kipp.
Gair.e Warden Johnson announced
he would report the identification to
] Judge Hendrick when the trial is re
j surned Monday.
Under a Virginia statute, dogs which
! are confirmed chicken killers can be
executed by court order.
Kipp and Buster were released in
custody of their masters, however,
pending the outcome of the trial.
Maj. Covington and Grubb announced
th.*y had "only begun to fight."
It was said that Payne would press
for damages also, valuing the slain
chickens at $10 each.
«ANIN GROUP
HANDLING D.C. BILL
Missouri Senator Named on
Appropriations Sub
committee.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.
One new member. Senator Harry !
5. Truman, Democrat, of Missouri,
vas appointed yesterday to the Dis- |
rict of Columbia Subcommittee of the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
The size of the subcommittee re- I
nains the same, however, since one
)f last year's members, former Senator j
Patterson. Republican, of Missouri, ι
«as defeated in the November elec
ions.
The other members of the sub- ,
:ommittee, which handles the annual j
appropriation bills for the National j
Capital, will be the same as at the
ast session, namely : Senator Thomas,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman,
»nd Senator Glass. Democrat, of Vir
ginia; Copeland, Democrat, of New
ifork; Coolidge, Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts; Overton, Democrat, of
Louisiana; Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota: Keyes, Republican, of New
Hampshire; Carey, Republican, of
iVyoming: King. Democrat, of Utah;
rydings, Democrat, of Maryland, and
tapper, Republican, of Kansas. The
ast three are ex-officio members by
eason of their positions on the Senate
listrirt rnmmittpp
Interested in City riannlng.
Senator Truman is deeply interested
η the city planning, having taken a
eading part in recent years in the
ievelopment of regionaljMans for six
counties in and around "Kansas City,
ie was born at Lamar, Mo., in 1884.
During the World War he served over
seas as commander of a battery of the
129th Field Artillery. In 1924 he was
•lected a judge of the County Court
or Eastern Jackson County, Mo., and
from 1926 until his election to the
Senate last year he was presiding
udge of the court.
Senator Thomas, who has been sub
committee! chairman during the past
two years, plans to wait until the local
supply bill comes from the House be
Fore beginning a detailed study of
District needs for the next fiscal year.
New members also have been added
to subcommittees in charge of some of
;he other annual appropriation bills
η the Senate.
Another Post to Truman.
On the subcommittee in charge of
he agricultural appropriation bill
;here will be two new members, Sena
:or O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyo
ning, and Senator Truman.
On the subcommittee to handle the
egislative supply bill Senator Carey,
Republican, of Wyoming, succeeds
former Senator Patterson.
&
Oil Committee
SENATOR TRl'MAN.
MAPES WILL SEEK
D. C. INCOME TAJ
Representative Norton Wil
Oppose Bill Planned by
Michigan Man.
Representative Mapes, Republican
of Michigan, who has worked unsuc·
cessfully for several years to give th<
District some new. forms of taxation
announced yesterday he proposed t<
reintroduce his bill to substitute ei
income tax for the present tax or
intangible personal property.
The measure, however, is expectec
to meet considerable opposition. Rep.
resentative Mary T. Norton, chairmar
of the House District Committee, saic
she would oppose it.
An income tax for the District. Mrs
Norton said, "is unnecessary at thi.·
time."
Mapes' bill would affect every un
married individual having a net in
come for the taxable year of $1,00C
or more, married persons with an In
come of $2,500 a year or more anc
every person having a gross lncom<
of $5,000 a year or more regardlesi
of the amount of his net income.
Men to Give Supper.
KENSINGTON. Md., January 15
especial).—The men of St. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church will hold
their annual roast turkey suppei
Thursday evening from 5:30 to 1
o'clock in the Sunday School rooms.
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SULLIVAN LEAVES
CASH ID CHARITIES
Estate Valued at $70,000
Disposed of in Will of
Attorney.
An estate valued at more than $70,
OOO was disposed of in the will of the
late Joseph D. Sullivan, prominent
local attorney, it was disclosed yester
day in District Supreme Court.
Mr. Sullivan, a leader of the local
i bar. was identified with many impor
! tant cases in Washington, including
! his service as counsel for the trustees
in bankruptcy of the Suartzell, Rheem
& Hensey Co. He was also professor
of the law of real property at George
Washington University Law School
. and the author of a text book on that
subject.
A petition for probate of the will,
filed by Leonard W. Groomes. valued
Mr. Sullivan's real estate holdings at
$25.000 and his personal property at
$46,255. The petition was filed
through Attorney James A. Davis.
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The will bequeathed $500 each to
the Little Sisters of the Poor and St.
I Ann's Infant Asylum, and S250 each
I to the Conference and the Particular
Conference of the Society of St. Vin
cent de Paul. Archbishop Michael J.
Curley of Baltimore was given $2.000
to spend "in his absolute discretion
for charitable purposes in the Dis
trict." Mr. Sullivan also eavr $5.000
to St. Mary's Seminary of Baltimore·
■ and $2.000 to the Foreign Mission
Seminary. Brookland. D. C. ,
After providing for a bequest of
$20.000 to his mother, Mrs. Mary C.
1 Sullivan. 1849 Vernon street, he di
rected that the residue of the estate
be divided equally between a sister,
I Mary E. Sullivan, and two brothers,
ι Thomas V. and Francis P. Sullivan.
Mr. Sullivan died November 26.
Other wills filed with the court in
cluded that of the late Mrs. Sabine
Drury Callaghan. who named her
four children as the principal bene
ficiaries of her $600,000 estate. The
children are Mrs. Lilly C. Wallace,
3315 Cleveland avenue; Mrs. Edith C.
Hatheway, 2144 I street; Leo L.
Callaghan and Mrs. Madeline C. Tuck.
The will designated the National Met
ropolitan Bank as trustee of the estate.
Harold L. Kertz was designated as
attorney.
Hofstetter's Will.
■ The late Joseph Hofstetter, 2784
Military road, left an estate worth
approximately $67.000, It was learned
when his widow, Mrs. Ethel F. Hof
stetter, filed -9 petition for authority
to administer the estate. The petition,
filed through Attorney Charles E. Ford,
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DISTRICT HEADS
TO HEAR VIEWS ON
ENLARGED!®!
Wednesday Designated as
Date for Hearing on
Proposed Bill.
CONTROL OF EDUCATION
BOARD IS OPPOSED
Commissioners to Delay Decision
Until After Civic Federation
Takes Action.
A public hearing on the proposed
bill to enlarge the powers of the
District Commissioners, which would
give them control over the Board of
Education and other semi-independ
ent groups, will be held Wednesday at
10 a.m., it «ai announced yesterday.
Commissioners Hazen and Allen
agreed to. withhold action on the
measure until various interested
groups had filed formal statements.
It had been suggested that the
hearing be delayed until after the
meeting of the Federation of Citizens'
Associations on January 19. This has
been avoided by the willingness of the
city heads to postpone action until
the federation statement is presented
following its meeting.
Opposition Voiced.
The hearing will last until all in
terested parties have had opportunity
to voice their views.
A storm of objection against giving
the Commissioners control over the
acts of the Board of Education already
has come from officials of that body
as well as numerous civic groups.
Pears have been voiced that such a
change would open the door to injec
tion of politics in .he appointment of
executives of the school system.
Commissioner Allen has expressed a
willingness to have written into the
bill a definite provision for creation
by law of a definite merit system for
employes of the school system and
a waiver of power of the Commis
sioners to appoint members of the
Board of Education. The Commis
sioners believe, however, it is stated,
that they should be given power of
appointing members of the School
Board. Commissioner Allen has sug
gested that this matter be debated at
the public hearing
Reorganization Proposed.
The question of who should have
control over the entire public school
system also is expected to be raised
in proposals for reorganization of the
District government. This matter is
expected to be presented soon on a
report to the Senate District Commit
teee by members of the committee
named by that body to study reorgan
ization.
Members of this committee are Wil
liam A. Roberts, people's counsel: Mai.
Dahiel J. Donovan. District auditor
and budget officer, and a representa
tive of the Budget Bureau.
CITIZENS TO RESUME
RECREATION STUDY
Control of Play Facilities Again
Will Be Discussed at Meet
ing Tuesday.
Discussion of where control over
the recreational facilities of the Dis
trict should be lodged will be resumed
by the Citizens' Committee, created
at the invitation of the Commission
ers, at a meeting Tuesday at 2:30
p.m. in the conference room of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Reports on organization and pro
cedure will be taken up at that time,
it was announced yesterday by Miss
Sibyl Baker, supervisor of District
playgrounds. Leifur Magnusson is
chairman of the' Committee on Or
ganization and Mrs. Horace J. Phelps
of the Committee on Procedure,
ι John Nolen. jr.. director of plan
ning of the Park and Planning Com
mission. has been asked to explain
the relation of that commission Hi
the recreation program of the Dis
trict. and William A. Roberts, people's
counsel, to speak on legislation af
fecting the operation of public recrea
tion centers.
C. Marshall Finnan, supervisor of
National Capital Parks, and Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Peeples, director of the
Community Center Department of
the public schools system, have been
invited to attend.
COMMITTEE TO STUDY
NEW DISTRICT BILLS
Senate Group Expected to Meet
Early This Week—Nine
Measures Passed.
With nine local bills already ap
proved by the Senate and sent to the
House for consideration, Chairman
King of the Senate District Commit
tee plans to call another meeting this
week to consider additional measures
submitted by the Commissioners.
Senator King said the meeting would
be called either ior Tuesday or
Thursday.
The bills already passed by the
Senate, including the anti-gambling
and motorist · safety responsibility
measures, were all proposals that had
pissed either House or Senate, but
not both branches, in the last Con
gress. Senator King decided to expe
dite these proposals.
LE DROIT BUS ASKED
Roberts Says People Demand
Transportation Service*
Substitution of bus service for trans
portation formerly furnished by the
LeDroit Park street car line, which
was abandoned January 7 by order
of the Public Utilities Commission,
was proposed yesterday by People's
Counsel William A. Roberts.
In a letter to the commission he
asked for the calling of a public hear
ing on the matter, reporting that res
idents in the areas affected are pro
testing against lack of proper servie·
under present arrangement*.
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