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STREET WIDENING
Park Commission Avoids
Indorsement of Dupont
Underpass Plan.
Avoiding indorsement of an under
pass beneath Dupont Circle as a means
for speeding up traffic, the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis
sion yesterday recommended that the
street on the east side of the circle be
widened and that car tracks be placed
there.
Due to two car tracks on the West
side of the circle and the consequent
Interference with automobile traffic,
the area long has been considered a
dangerous traffic hazard. Col. Daniel
I. Sultan, Engineer Commissioner of
the District, and Capt. H. C. White
hurst, District highway engineer, pre
sented plans to the commission, advo
cating that 8 feet be cut from the
sidewalk on the east side of the circle
to speed up traffic. The Commission
Indorsed these plans in preference to
a previous suggestion that an under
pass be constructed.
To Urge Land Transfer.
The group decided to urge the Com
mission on Enlarging the Capitol
Grounds to transfer land under its
jurisdiction either to the District Com
missioners or the National Park Serv
ice, so that the old canal bed. near
South Capitol street on the east side
of the Army War College might be
utilized for recreational purposes. This
transfer, according to Thomas S. Set
tle, the Planning Commission’s secre
tary, would benefit school buildings
and playgrounds in the vicinity.
Preliminary' plans for the new Fed
eral Reserve Board Building, to be
erected at Twentieth street and Con
stitution avenue, received commission
indorsement.
The commission referred to the Co
ordinating Committee—on which the
Federal and District governments
have representation—plans for de
tails of Fort Drive, the projected mo
tor highway linking Washington's
Civil War forts. The commission ap
proved the plan in principle, but de
sired more detailed study.
Tenley Circle Plan Approved.
Plans for better co-ordination of
Streets at Tenley Circle, where Wis
consin avenue intersects Nebraska
avenue, were approved. These were
submitted by John Nolen, jr., director
cf planning, and T. C. Jeffers, land
scape architect.
The staff of the commission was in
structed to draw up detailed plans for
Montgomery Blair Portal, at Six
teenth street and the District line.
Relatives of Blair, Postmaster General
under Lincoln, are interested. Settle
said, in seeing an adequate entrance
to the National Capital created at
that point.
The commission deputized Settle
and Nolen to represent it at the hear
ing Wednesday, at Arlington County
Court House, on the Lee Boulevard
.development.
DICKINSON PREDICTS
G.O.P. AGAIN TO RULE
Senator Declares Republicans
Hold Key to Recovery
for Nation.
8y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 2'.—The only
hope of national recovery. United
States Senator Lester J. Dickinson, Re
publican, of Iowa said today lies in
the Republican party.
He addressed 1,300 women from 22
States at the fourteenth annual lunch
eon of the Women's National Repub
lican Club.
“When the spending spree is ended, ’
he asserted, “when crystal-gazing
ceases to be attractive, when it is
found that most panaceas are a myth,
then the ideals of the Republican
party, its constructive policies, its de
pendable leadership again will be in
favor.
“The Democratic party Is proposing
to regulate everything through a bu
reau in Washington. The Republicais
party believes that things should reg
ulate themselves by the conflict of in
terests between free men. The Demo
cratic proposal is corrupting to free
Institutions.
“The Republican party believes in
the Government paying its obligations
in the kind of money promised when
the debt was Incurred,” he asserted.
*Tt believes in giving a Government
contractor the right to be heard be
fore his contract is canceled and he
is branded a fraud.”
E. H. ODEND-HAL DIES;
HEADED NORFOLK PLANT
Pather of Washington Woman
Succumbs in California at
Age of 82.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 26.—Ed
vard H. Odend-Hal, 82, retired presi
dent of the Norfolk, Va., metal works
bearing his name, died at his home
here last night.
Mr. Odend-Hal retired nine years
ego and has since been living in
California.
The body will be taken to Norfolk
for burial, after funeral services here
tomorrow.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Bettie Gorden Odend-Hal: two sons,
E. Allen Odend-Hal of Norfolk, and
Edward H. Odend-Hal, jr„ of Char
lottesville, Va., and three daughters,
Mrs. William J. Brown of Los An
geles; Mrs. Richard Barry of New
York, and Mrs. Walter C. Tairn of
Washington, D. C.
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Hauptmann Juror s
Stair Trips Cut
By Heart Ailment
Physician Says No. 11
Is in No Danger of
Collapse.
87 the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON, N. J.. January 26.
—Liscom Case, member of the Haupt
mann murder trial jury, had treat
ment from a local physician for a
recurring heart ailment today.
The No. 11 juror has had heart
trouble for some years, it was said,
and as a precautionary measure Dr.
B. S. Fuhrmann was called to ex
amine him and prescribe.
Dr. Fuhrmann said Case's condi
tion was not serious and danger of
collapse during the trial was remote.
The juror will be served meals in
his room hereafter, reducing the
number of trips up and down stairs.
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Some of First “Setting Up” Exercises in Schools
Abate: Tne booit-balancing exercise, originated by Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad,
director of physical education, who recently retired from the District
schools system. Below: The bean-bag exercise, another of Dr. Stone
road's innovations.
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Lobbying Declared Civic Duty j
By District School Booster
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Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad9 49 Years in
Service, Working for Increased
Funds for Activities Here.
BY GRACE HENDRICK EL'STIS.
Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad. veteran di- !
rector of physical education in the ele
mentary schools of the District, whose
retirement was accepted with regret by
the Board of Education January 9.
says that her ambition is to be a
lobbyist and get increased appropria
tions for activities in public schools
: in general and physical education in
| particular.
“Lobbying is a civic duty,” the doc
| tor said smiling, with the vast wisdom
1 of 49 years of service behind her.
: Coming from upstate New York, a
! graduate of the Oswego Normal
; School, in 1885. she settled in Wash
: ington with the job of teaching a
1 fifth grade class. Gradually she de
, veloped the idea of integrating physi
: cal exercises with history, music and
j geography. It was pioneer work in
| those days, but she slowly acquired
the backing of her fellow teachers and
educators all over the country.
Book Published in 1898.
i In 1898 she published an enchant
ing book ol' exercises for the first two
years of school. The object of the
I book Is explained in the frontispiece
! thus, "By appeal to tha child’s imag
| ination, love of action and imitation,
she has built up a definite system of
training that arouses interest, is pro- :
ductive of delight and relieves the j
teacher of much of the tedium of j
gymnastic drill."
For the first-year pupils, the fol- j
lowing chapters, all illustrated with j
the gentle drawings of the times, were
written, "Trees in a Storm," "Autumn
in the Woods," ’ Christmas Morning,"
“Snow Play,” etc. For the second
year, “A Trip to the Zoo.” "Santa
Claus’ Visit,” "A Country Visit," and
others.
The chapters begin with a descrip- 1
tion of wnat children would do, as;
in the one called “A Country Visit.”
"It is a beautiful Spring day and
some boys and girls have come to the
country to visit their grandfather who
meets them at the station with his |
carriage. As they drive along they I
bcw pleasantly to the people passing
on each side of the read. When they
reach the house and jump from the
carriage the sight of a large pump in
the yard reminds them they are very
thirsty. Then all pump until their
fingers are so stiff they have to shake
j them vigorously. From then on until
dinner they blow the pinwheels their
grandfather gave them, swim in the
river and skip on the lawn.”
Exercises Illustrated.
This is followed by several exercises,
illustrating the actions of bowing,
pumping the water, breathing (blow
ing grandfather’s pin wheel), swim
ming and skipping.
In what were called "auditorium
gymnasiums,” in the elementary j
schools, she organized games, exer- .
cises with bean bags and books, drills, |
recess plays and folk dances. In the
Spring and Fall she persuaded the I
teachers to take these classes of small
children out in the public playgrounds, ;
where they got the benefit of sun and
fresh air. Always, these games and
exercises were done with an eye to
good posture and correct walking.
Now, due in large part to the con
sistent and effective work by Dr.
Stoneroad. physical exercise has be
come an intrinsic part of elementary
:urriculum. People, realizing its value,
lave contributed toward regular gym
lasiums and playgrounds and the
work is carried on in a more exten
sive scale then in those days when
ittle girls in frilly petticoats marched
tround their desks, balancing bean
Dags on their W’ell curled heads.
Last Spring she was one of three
members of the American Physical
Education Association to be given a!
fellowship because, besides her out- ;
standing and continuous work in
physical education, she graduated
from Allegheny College, received her
medical degree from the National
University Medical School, did some
work at Clark University, has given
courses at Summer schools at Har
vard and Chautauqua, and has writ
ten several books on health training, i
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30ER WAR FIGURE DIES
IN NEW YORK AT 74
Mrs. A. A. Blow Helped Equip
British Hospital Ship—Deco
rated by Queen Victoria.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 26.—Mrs. A.
A. Blow, 74, who at the turn of the
century helped equip and man the
British government’s first hospital
ship for use during the Boer War,
lied last night after a stroke.
At the time of the Boer War Mrs.
Blow was living in London with her j
husband, mining engineer, since dead.
5he organized a fund among Ameri
:ans in London, secured the gift of a
tattle freighter, the Maine, from the
American Transport Line, and had
the ship fully equipped.
A staff of American physicians was
then imported and the Maine turned 1
Dver to'the British government.
Mrs. Blow was later granted a pri
vate audience with Queen Victoria j
ind was conferred the decoration of j
Lady of Grace of the Order of St. i
John of Jerusalem in recognition of j
her services.
Mrs. Blow was born in Joliet, 111.,
granddaughter of former Gov. Matte- j
son of that State.
PASSPORT IS TAKEN
French Peasants Mistake British
Airwoman for Spy.
VESOUL, France, January 26 (JP).—
rhe French peasant’s suspicions of
foreigners, coupled with his reading
Df spy scares, have cost Kate Miller,
English airwoman, her passport.
When Miss Miller was forced to
.and in a nearby field on a flight from
London to Capetown, the countryfolk |
xioed her with cries of "spy” and a
nan who said he was the mayor
seized her passport.
Vesoul officials rescued the flyer, but
she never recovered her papers.
One-House Bill Passed.
JUNEAU, Alaska. January 26 UP).—
rhe lower house of the Territorial
Legislature today unanimously passed
:he Green bill providing for a one
iiouse legislature.
Former D. C. Federal Employe
To Wed Woman He Met in Jail
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 26.—A ro
mance that began in jail will culmi
nate in marriage next Friday for Dr.
Arthur W. Nelson, formerly of Wash
ington. D. C„ and Mrs. Emily C. Pad
dleford.
They met, fell in love, and became
engaged while they were serving terms
in the Ventura County Jail. Today
they filed notice to wed in Ventura.
A justice of the peace will perform
the ceremony. When he has finished.'
the doors of the jail will open for
Nelson, his nine months’ sentence for
impersonating a Federal officer short
ened five weeks by court order.
Mrs. Peddleford was sentenced last
May for assertedly receiving illegal
commissions under the F. E. R. A.
Her term was completed tn September.
Nelson for nine years was in charge
of gold commitments for the Federal
Reserve Board at Washington.
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Five Child Players Eligible
For Motion Picture Award
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 26.—
Early balloting on nominations for the
seventh annual awards of merit by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences indicated today at least five
outstanding child players will be
eligible for honors when final ballots
are mailed February 12 to the
academy’s 600 members.
Shirley Temple. 6-year-old star, has
five roles that make her eligible for \
the awards, her latest being “Bright
Eyes.” George Breakston. 11. has been
lauded for his work in "No Greater,
Glory.”
Jackie Cooper, for his roles in “Peck’s j
Bad Boy” and "Treasure Island”;
Charlotte Henry, for her work in
"Babes in Toyland,” and Frankie
Darro, for his portrayal in “No Greater
Glory,” also are on the list of juvenile
eligibles.
Anna Sten, Russian star, will be
eligible for the actress achievement
statuette because of her work in “We
Live Again” and “Nana.” Grace Moore
star of the opera, has been praised
highly for her starring role in “One
Night of Love,” and Robert Donat, who
had the title role in "The Count of
Monte Cristo,” is regarded as a poten
tial award possibility.
Miss Sten, Miss Moore and Donat
are newcomers in the academy achieve
ment balloting. Among the “repeat”
possibilities are Charles Laughton, ad
judged the best actor last year, who
again is eligible because of his work
in “The Barretts of Wimpole Street”;
Norma Shearer, winner of the 1929-30
period, who appeared in the same pic
ture: Katherine Hepbum. who won [
the gold statuette last year for her
characterization in “Morning Glory,"
and who has since appeared in “Spit
fire” and "The Little Minister.”
Other film players eligible are Leslie
Howard for “Human Bondage”: Bette
Davis, “Of Human Bondage”: Claudette
Colbert, “Imitation of Life”; Loretta
Young, “The White Parade”; Wallace
Beery, “Viva Villa”: George Arliss
“The House of Rothschild”: Frederic
March, "Design for Living," “We Live
Again” and “The Barretts of Wimpole
Street.”
FARM INCOME 6 BILLION
Increase of Billion Over Former
Year Reported.
Total cash income of farmers dur
ing 1934 yesterday was reported by
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
to have totaled $6,091,000,000.
This represented an increase of
$1,040,000,000 over 1933, being made
up of increases of $645,000,000 from
marketing of crops and live stock and
$395,000,000 from benefit payments
and sales of live stock to the Govern
ment.
Income from all sources during
December totaled $488,000,000. com
pared with $561,000,000 in November ;
and $429,000,000 in December, 1933,
the bureau said. I
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HAMPTON REUS
PARK GROUP POST
C. M. Jones Slated as New
Secretary-Treasurer
of Commission.
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By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BETHESDA, Md., January 28.—
Thomas Hampton of Bethesda, secre
tary-treasurer of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission since its inception nearly
fight years ago, said here today that
he had forwarded his resignation to
Gov. Harry W. Nice.
It was learned at the same time that
Charles M. Jones, Rockville post
master, would be recommended by the
Republican State Central Committee
tor Montgomery County to fill the
vacancy created by Hampton’s resig
nation. The recommendation is re- j
;arded as tantamount to appointment.
Blames Business Pressure.
Hampton, a local real estate opera
tor, said that he was forced to tender
lis resignation because of the pressure
it personal business. He was the only
•emaining member of the original
:ommission formed in May, 1927, to
supervise and direct park development
ind zoning in the metropolitan areas
Df Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties.
Walter W. Dawson, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee,
ieclared today when advised of Hamp
ton's resignation that a recommenda
tion that Jones be named to the va
cancy would be forwarded to Gov.
Nice at once.
Limited to Montgomery.
The selection of a successor to
Hampton must be made from Mont
gomery County under a provision of
the law creating the commission which
stipulates that the park and planning
group’s general counsel and secretary
treasurer must be made from the
county other than that in which the
chairman resigned, the chairman is
a. Prince Georges County resident.
Jones’ commission as postmaster at
Rockville' a position he has held for
five years, expired four days ago and
bis replacement by a Democratic party
appointee is expected to be announced
within a few days, it Is said. Mean
while, he is continuing in office.
No Specific Term.
Jones is a long-line Republican and
a life-long resident of Montgomery
County, Dawson said. He is a gradu
ate in law and at one time was con
nected with a Washington real estate
firm.
Appointment as secretary-treasurer
of the Park and Planning Commis
sion is not made for a specific term,
but is made at the "pleasure of the
Governor.” The salary for that office
is $2T)00 a year.
MOTHER IS INDICTED
Slaying of Son and Bride Charged
by Texas Grand Jury.
GATESVILLE, Tex., January 26
UP).—Mrs. Ethel Johnson. 46, was in
dicted today for the slaying of her
son, Joe Blankenship, 20. and his
19-year-old bride. Bernice, on a farm
near here August 19.
More than 100 witnesses were cum
moned before the grand jury in the
investigation of the deaths, once
called a murder and suicide by a
coroner’s verdict.
SheriS Joe White said he had
asked Dallas officers to arrest Mrs.
Johnson, wife of a Federal Radio
Commission inspector.
The bodies of the youth and his
bride of less than a year were found
lying side by side on the farm of
Mrs. Johnson’s father, George Mid
dick, near here. A pistol lay nearby.
“Beating Bap’'
PREFERS WEIGHTY WALKS
TO REFORMATORY.
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fcUWAKU hOSllK.
Convicted of stealing 20 pounds
of goods from a grocery', Foster,
16. was sentenced to serve three
years in a reformatory or carry
20 pounds of bricks 24 miles a day
for the next 60 days. He chose to
pack bricks as shown here. He
sleeps in jail at night.
GEORGE R. WICKER
OF A. A. A. SUCCUMBS
Chief of Field Investigation Divi
sion Came to Washington
Year Ago.
By the Associated Press.
George R. Wicker, 57, chief of the
Division of Field Investigation of the
Farm Administration, died yesterday
in Emergency Hospital.
Wicker, who was born in Neilsville,
Wis.. came to 'Washington a year ago.
His ‘ intense loyalty” was praised in a
tribute by Farm Administrator Ches
ter C. Davis.
Wicker spent his early career In
Minnesota, and was a member of the
Legislature from 1917 to 1920. after
ward serving as deputy commissioner
of agriculture.
From 1920 to 1923 he was business
service manager of the Illinois Agri
cultural Association.
Funeral sendees for Wicker, who
is survived by his widow and three
children, will be held Tuesday in
Evanston, Ind.
Beard 15.75 Inches Long.
STOCKHOLM. January 26 UP).—
The longest beard in Stockholm dur
ing 1934 was worn by one Oscar Olson,
whose hirsute adornment reached
15.75 inches from the point of his
chin, including a growth of one cen
timeter during the year.
NICE TO REPLACE
Governor Decides Not to
Abolish Office—Contend
ers for Post Studied.
—
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January 26.—The
Evening Sun says in a special dispatch
from Annapolis that it was learned
today Gov. Nice- has decided against
abolishing the office of motor vehicle
commissioner and is now sifting the
field of applicants for an appointee.
The field of contenders for the post,
now held by E. Austin Baughman, was
said by the Sun to have narrowed
to four or five strong contenders.
Among them are:
George R. Ncrris, the Republican
leader of Baltimore County.
J. George Eierman, a member of the
Republican City Committee from the
: third legislative district and an official
1 of a Baltimore dairy company.
Walter R. Rudy, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee
for Carroll County, a resident of Mount
Airy.
Nice Wilkerson. a Republican leader
of Allegany County, said to be a likely
appointee to the bench of the fourth
judicial circuit if not selected for com
missioner of motor vehicles.
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MICHIGAN CITIZENS
JOIN TODAY IN FETE
State Centennial to Be Observed
at Evensong Services at
Washington Cathedral.
Members of Congress from Michi
gan, representatives of the Michigan
State Society and citizens who for
: merly lived in that State will join
i today in commemorating the Michi
| gan centennial at the people's even
song service in the great choir of
! Washington Cathedral under the plan
arranged by the Michigan Historical
Society, a two-year observance of the
centennial began yesterday.
Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon
of Washington, and formerly secre
tary of Yale University, will deliver
the sermon at today's ceremony and
Canon Raymond L. Wolven will con
duct the service. The State flag, pre
sented to the Cathedral by Miss Grace
M Merchant in memory of her par
1 ents, will be carried in the proces
| sion with the national colors,
j Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald and the
1 three bishops of Michigan dioceses,
the Right Rev. Herman Page of De
troit, Right Rev. John M. McCor
mick of Grand Rapids and Right Rev.
Hayward S. Abiewhite of Marquette,
have been invited by Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington. to attend. Others asked to
be present are: Charles Beecher War
! ren and Edsel Ford, members of the
National Committee for Washington
Cathedral; local chairmen of the Na
tional Cathedral Association in Mich
igan communities and members of the
Women’s National Committee in that
State.
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6C0 PATIENTS STRIKE
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BUENOS AIRES. January 26 (4s).—
Six hundred tubercular patients went
on a hunger strike at the National
Hospital at Santa Maria, dispatches
said today.
The patients, protesting what they
called a scarcity of medical supplies
and poor food, demanded the resigna
tion of the hospital's director and im
provement of general conditions.
Some left and scattered throughout
i the town of Santa Maria.
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