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*" WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1936. * PAGE B—1
Wave of Evictions Feared in District Relief Fund Crisis
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TURN AWAY 30 TO
35 APPEALS A DAY
Action of Budget Bureau on
Request for Extra
^258,OOO Awaited.
POST-EASTER PERIOD
MAY PROVE SERIOUS
Efforts Being Made to Meet Dis
tress of Those Eligible Under
Curtailed Program.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
With their resources already
strained to an absolute limit, officials
of public and private relief agencies
today are awaiting with apprehension
the possibilities of the post-Easter
period.
Principal fear centers around the
chance that a wave of evictions may
engulf hundreds of families cut off
public relief rolls April 1 and now
having no cash resources whatever
for meeting their rent obligations.
Only the rainy weather and appeals
based on the Easter spirit forestalled
an Increase in such proceedings dur
ing the last week, relief workers feel.
Definite indications that these fears
may be justified have been furnished
during the last few days, as a steady
flow of appeals have come to member
agencies of the Community Chest,
with virtually every one of them re
porting themselves threatened with
eviction from their homes. Each day
o the past week these agencies have
reported to Chest headquarters that
they have been forced to reject a total
of between 30 and 35 cases. At the
same time, as many more are being
given emergency aid or taken on as
replacements for closed cases.
Budget Bureau Awaited.
At the Dlstict Building, the Com
missioners and officials of the Board of
Public Welfare are awaiting with de
creasing hopes the possibilities of fa
vorable action by the Budget Bureau
on their request for an extra $258,
OOO for relief administration between
now and July 1. The Commissioners’
appeal for these added funds was
submitted to the bureau nearly two
weeks ago as a result of congressional
action in cutting the supplemental re
lief appropriation from a recommend
ed $608,000 to $350,000. Each day of
delay is accounted as damaging to the
chances of the extra appropriation.
Meanwhile, the public assistance
division of the board is exerting every
possible precaution against withhold
ing relief from those who might qual
ify under the curtailed program now
in effect.
For instance, reinvestigation is be
ing authorized into many of the cases
cut off April l, particularly where
there is some doubt about the employ
ability status of persons involved. In
these border-line cases, physical exam
inations are being provided at Gal
linger Hospital and In instances of
physical unfitness for work the cases
are restored to the Telief rolls,
100 Cases a Day.
Including this type of case, about
100 cases per day are being accepted
by the division for investigation. Many
of them, however, must be turned
down eventually.
At the same time, in compliance with
planned economies, more than 50 em
ployes of the division now are working
under notice of their suspension from
the pay rolls by May 1, although all
are being given a furlough status in
order to effect their re-employment if
the appropriation for the next fiscal
year is sufficient to restore the relief
program to its previous extent.
Another point of pressure in the
present menacing situation is the Dis
trict Employment Center where all of
the employables are registered for
jobs. Thus far, a slight pick-up in
employment of a seasonal nature—
such as house cleaning, gardening and
increased hotel trade—has provided
some encouragement, but officials of
the center report a growing anxiety
and desperation on the part of those
seeking placement.
CARD PARTY BENEFIT
FOR ORPHANS’ FUND
St. Vincent de Paul Society Af
fair to Be Given at Willard
April 23.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society
will hold a card party at the Willard
Hotel on April 23 to aid in establishing
an educational fund for orpnans.
The society recently made a survey
of the boys who left St. Joseph's
Orphanage from 1928 to 1935, and
found only 10 out of. 165 completed
a high school course. Fifteen started
high school, but were forced to quit
because of financial difficulties.
One youth was able to complete
the full four-year high school course,
but only after a hard struggle. The
boy’s father and mother died before
he was 10 years old. He was admitted
to St. Joseph's and completed gram
mar school while there. After grad
uation, he was placed in a home, but
his foster parents were unable to aid
him in getting further education.
By working part of each year, how
ever, the boy was able to finish high
school seven years after leaving the
orphanage.
HEADS BUSINESS MEN
Hugn V. Reiser, president of M. S.
Ginn & Co., has been chosen to head
the Central Business Men's Associa
tion for the coming year, It was an
nounced yesterday. He succeeds Jos
eph H. Batt.
Those elected to the board of di
rectors are Theodore S. Grape, W. C.
Woodward. Arthur Clarendon Smith,
Harry Cahn, J. G. Feldman, A. W,
Masters. Joseph H. Batt, Dr. Geotga
N. Schmitt, Henry King, L. E. Hop
kins, Frederick Levy and A. H. White,
CHAIRMAN NORTON
PLANS DRIVE FOR
ELLENBOGEN BILE
D. C. Committee Head,
Jwice Repulsed by Blan
t* ton, to Try Again.
‘SHOWDOWN’ PREDICTED;
VOTE CONFIDENTLY SEEN
Capper Introduces Rent Commis
sion Legislation in Senate With
Some Modifications.
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BY JAMES E. CHINN.
A Anal attempt to maneuver the I
Ellenbogen rent-control bill through
the House will be made tomorrow by j
Chairman Norton of the District
Committee.
Ellenbogen's measure, which would
revive the wartime Rent Commis
sion. is the unfinished District busi
ness on the House calendar. Twice
Mrs. Norton has been rebuffed in her
efforts to force action on the bill due
to the filibustering tactics of Repre
sentative Blanton. Democrat, of
Texas.
Now. however. Mrs. Norton believes
there will be a “showdown.” She is
confident the measure will come to
a vote, and she is just as confident it
will be passed.
Capper Aids Mrs. Norton.
In the meantime. Senator Capper.
Republican, of Kansas has come to
Mrs. Norton’s aid by introducing the
Ellenbogen bill in the Senate in a
slightly modified form. Like Mrs.
Norton, he is of the opinion that leg
islative steps should be taken to fix
■ nri rnntrnl rentals in Washington.
Aside from the Ellenbogen bill,
there are three other District meas
ures on the House calendar, none of
which is expected to be called up
until the last so-called "District day
of the month. April 27. Outstanding
among these three is the Sisson bill
providing for outright repeal of the
"red rider” to the 1936 District ap
propriation act. which forbids the
teaching of communism in the public
echools.
One of the other measures author
izes the Commissioners or their "des
ignated agent” to suspend or revoke
the right of a non-resident automo
bile owner to drive in Washington for
failing to comply with certain traffic
regulations. The third authorizes the
Commissioners to spend, in their wis
dom. a $15,000 appropriation for the
G. A. R. encampment in Washington
in September.
Even if the Houses disposes of the
Ellenbogen bill before adjournment.
Mrs. Norton said she would not call
up the ‘Ted rider" repeal measure
until April 27, because she wants every
member to read the testimony before
the Education Subcommittee. The
record of the hearings is now being
printed at the Government Printing
Office and copies are expected to be
available some time this week.
Senator Capper said he would not
press for action on the rent-control
bill in the Senate until the House
disposed of the Ellenbogen measure.
The main difference between his bill
and the Ellenbogen measure is a pro
vision which, in effect, would freeze
rentals as of January 1, 1934, pend
ing a determination by the Rent Com
mission.
Another change provides that one
of the three rent commissioners would
be a representative of labor, and one
a representative of tenants.
Vigorous Fight Planned.
Mrs. Norton said she would make
a vigorous fight for disposition of the
Ellenbogen bill in the House tomor
row in order to clear the path for
consideration of the Sisson “red
rider' repealer April 27. She expects
the battle over that bill to be even
more bitter than the fight to prevent
passage of the Ellenbogen measure.
Blanton wUl lead the fight against
the Sisson bill. Representative
Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana prob
ably will join him. A patriot and a
firm believer that communism has
made inroads into the public schools,
she has threatened to do everything
In her power to kill Sisson’s bill.
NORRIS “WRITE-IN”
CAMPAIGN BEGUN
Nebraska Voters of Both Parties
in Move to Draft Veteran
Senator.
By the Associated Press.
McCOOK. Nebr.. April 11.—The
folks back home decided tonight to do
•omething about President Roosevelt's
recent statement that Nebraska should
keep Senator George W. Norris. Re
publican. of Nebraska in Congress.
Here in Norris’ home town groups
of Democrats and Republicans alike
sponsored a plan to draft the Senator
Jit nomination of both parties in
Tuesday's primary election.
His name is not on either ballot,
but Rex A. Bagley, a leader in the
movement, said it would be written
In by voters.
After being at odds with Republi
can leadership for several years and
backing President Roosevelt’s New
Deal, Norris declined to file in the
primary. His friends have expressed
the opinion that he may enter the
race after the primary by becoming
an independent candidate by petition.
He has been silent on this point.
TRAP BOY WOUNDED
Leroy Queen Struck by Stray
Shots at Skeet Field.
Struck by stray shots at the Na
tional Capital Skeet Field in Bethesda,
Leroy Queen, 16-year-old trap boy,
received wounds in his face and left
arm late yesterday. He was treated
it Emergency Hospital and later
taken to his home on Cedar lane,
Bethesda.
A I
Valuable Antiques,
Also Cigar Bands,
To Feature Shoiv
National Hobby Exhibition
Will Attract 100 Col
lectors' Exhibits.
Everything from valuable antiques
to gold golf tees and cigar band col
lections will be exhibited at Washing
ton’s first national Hobby Show, to
be held at Wardman Park Hotel from
April 27 to May 1.
Plans for the show, at which ap
proximately 100 collectors’ exhibits
will be shown, are being made by O. C.
Lightner of Chicago, editor of the
magazine. Hobbies.
While the nature of the exhibits by
local collectors has not yet been an
nounced. it was stated that among the
60 exhibits from out of town will be
one of the finest collections of Ameri
can prints and Lincolniana in Amer
ica. to be brought here by Mtss Clara
E. Boyd of Des Moines. Iowa. There
also will be collections of dime novels
shown b;/ Charles Bragin of New York
City and dolls by Mrs. J. H. Westfall
of Carrollton, Ohio.
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Street Asks Co-ordinated
Service to Prevent
Delinquency.
Establishment of a new division of
the Board of Public Welfare to admin
ister child welfare funds under the
social security act has been asked of
the District Commissioners by Elwood
Street, welfare director.
f unction oi tne new division, wnicn
would be allotted $10,000 annually by
the Children's Bureau of the Labor
Department, would be to set up a co
ordinated service for children m need
of public protection and care. Street
informed the Commissioners.
Prevention of public dependency,
neglect of children and juvenile delin
quency, are its aims. The division
would also work to stimulate lay wel
fare groups to their responsibility in
obiaining correction of economic and
social conditions contributing to the
child welfare problems of the Capital.
Director at $3,800.
The new division, if approved by the
Commissioners, will be supervised by a
director at a salary of $3,800 per year.
The remainder of the staff would be
composed of tw‘o social service workers
at $2,000 each and a third social
worker at $1,800, and two junior
clerks-stenographers at $1,440 per
year.
In addition, a permanent advisory
board would be set up, to be composed
of the heads of the school attendance
department of the public schools, the
superintendent of police and head of
the Children's Bureau, the judge and
chief case worker of the Juvenile
Court, the corporation counsel, and
heads of various public and private
welfare agencies dealing with juvenile
problems, Including the superintend
ents ol the National Training Schools
for Boys and Girls, the Family Service
Association, Catholic Charities, and
other similar organizations.
$20,000 for Crippled Children.
In addition to the $10,000 for wel
fare, another $20,000 annually would
be contributed to the board for aid
for crippled children. Assistance for
dependent children would be limited
to one-third of the amount spent by
the District government.
The proposal was referred yester
day by the Commissioners to Com
missioner Allen, former relief admin
istrator. A report is expected to be
made at the next meeting of the
Commissioners Tuesday.
PROBE IS PLANNED
IN NAVY YARD BLAST
Board of Officers to Conduct Inves
tigation Into Fatal
Explosion.
A board of Investigation will be
named tomorrow to determine, if
possible, the cause of an explosion in
the mine-test laboratory at the Navy
Yard Friday, which resulted in the
death of one man and the injury of
another.
Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees,
commandant, said the board would
consist of a small group of officers
who will hear witnesses and conduct
a thorough investigation.
Joseph Roith, 49. civilian ordnance
man and former Marine, died yester
day of injuries suffered in the ex
plosion. The blast is said to be the
second in which Roith had been in
jured in 10 years. He was a veteran
of the Boxer Rebellion in China and
had been employed at the Navy Yard
for 18 years. He lived at 1000 East
Capitol street.
R. L. Watkins of Vienna, Va„ a
civilian instrument maker, is recover
ing from the effects of inhaling a large
amount of smoke.
NUMBERS OPERATOR
SOUGHT IN SHOOTING
Man Tells Police He Was Wound
ed in Leg After Quarrel
Over Game.
Police last night were looking for a
reputed leader of Georgetown num
bers operators, in connection with the
shooting of a colored man following
a quarrel at Twenty-fifth street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
The victim, James McEddy, $7. of
1109 O street, told police he was shot
by the gambler during an argument
over the numbers game.
McEddy went to his home after the
shooting and then went to Emergency
Hospital for treatment. Physicians
said the bullet wound, in the calf of
his leg. was not‘serious. McEddy also
was cut and bruised on the face and
head.
BUDGET OFFIGI .S
ON D. C. CHANGES
Bell Due to Attend Appropri
ation Bill Parley
Tomorrow.
GROUP WILL DECIDE
ANSWER TO BLANTON
Session May Be Last Before Alter
ations in House Measure
Are Completed.
With hearings on the measure draw
ing to a close, the Senate subcommit
tee handling the 1937 District appro
priation bill will have officials of the
Budget Bureau before it at 2 p.m. to
morrow to explain changes they make
In the estimates of the Commissioners.
The session was arranged by Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma,
chairman of the subcommittee, as a
constructive step to ascertain the
methods by which the bureau decides
on reductions and other modifications
in the sums asked by the city heads.
It is expected that Acting Budget
Director Daniel W. Bell and other
officials of the bureau will attend. .
To Decide on Blanton Reply.
The subcommittee's action on the
unusual request of Representative
Blanton of Texas, who handled the
bill in the House, for permission to
present arguments at the Senate hear
ings, also is due to be determined to
morrow. Chairman Thomas has re
quested the clerk to poll the subcom
mittee on the question in order to have
the views of any members who may
not be present tomorrow. Senator
Thomas did not have the results of
the poll yesterday.
OXIUX IX.) BXIC1 DldUlUll fcLMktTU iUX Hit*
hearing. Senator Glass, Democrat, of
Virginia, chairman of the full Ap
propriations Committee, registered op
position to that procedure, and there
is understood to be strong sentiment
in the subcommittee in support of the
stand taken by Senator Glass.
Conference Anticipated.
Differences between the two branches
over the terms of a bill are settled
in conference, and Blanton will be
one of the House conferees when the
measure reaches that stage. His re
quest involved granting of a hearing
before the Senate has acted on any
changes in the bill.
With the hearings likely to end to
morrow, the Senate subcommittee
probably will mark up by Wednesday
the changes it proposes to make. In
dications are that the Federal share,
which the House cut to a new low
point of $2,700,000. will be restored to
the budget recommendation of $5.
700,000. and that most of the $697,417
the House cut from maintenance it?ms
scattered through the bill, also will
be allowed.
ELLSWORTHLECTURE
ON DOUBLE PROGRAM
! Explorer to Give First Public Ac
count of Antarctic Flight
and Bescue.
Lincoln Ellsworth, hero of last Win
ter's flight across the Antarctic, will
give the first public account of the
flight and of his rescue, 22 days after
a forced landing on the ice cap. in a
double lecture here Wednesday, under
auspices of the National Geographic
Society.
In recognition of his contributions
to geographical knowledge, Ellsworth
will receive the Hubbard Gold Medal,
highest award of the society, at a
White House ceremony at about noon
Wednesday. The medal will be pre
sented by President Roosevelt, on be
half of the society.
Both of Ellsworth’s lectures will
be delivered in Constitution Hall, the
first at 4:30 p.m., the second at 8:15
p.m. They will constitute his first
oral report of his crossing of Antarc
tica and of his scientific findings, and
will be illustrated by slides made from
photographs taken during the flight
and by motion pictures made at his
base prior to the take-off.
With nis Canadian pUot. Herbert
Hollick-Kenyon, Ellsworth took off
November 23 from Dundee Island, 600
miles south of Cape Horn, to fly
across the Antarctic ice cap to the
Ross Sea, south of New Zealand. Dur
ing the flight his wireless went out and
he was “lost" for 22 days, being picked
up with his pilot by the British ship
Discovery from the edge of the barrier
at Little America.
DANCE TO RAISE FUND
FOR EYEGLASS CLINIC
District Optometrical Society Aux
iliary to Entertain on
April 21.
In order to raise funds with which
to conduct a free eyeglass clinic, the
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the District Op
tometrical Society will hold a dance
and card party at Wardman Park
Hotel on April 21 from 10 p.m. to
1 am.
Clinics will be held to furnish diag
nosis, treatment and glasses for per
sons who are unable to pay for such
service.
Mrs. Harry Roller is president of
the auxiliary. Mrs. Alfred G. Mc
Donald is chairman and Mrs. Myer
Ostrower and Mrs. Samuel Dantzic
vice chairmen of the benefit dance
and party.
Science Groups to Meet.
The Washington Academy of Sci
ences and the Botanical Society of
Washington will hold a joint meeting
at 8:15 pm. Thursday at the Cosmos
Club, at which K. D. Merrill, admin
istrator of botanical collections of
Harvard University, will give an illus
traetd address oa “Plants and Civili
ntionja" —
A
A Few Sidelights as Easter Comes Again to Washington
1— With an estimated 100.
000 visitors here for Easter,
the Housing Bureau of the
Greater National Capital Com
mittee has been open day and
night to accommodate the
throng. Left to right: Misses
Lorraine Spivey, Jean Zollin
ger. Ellen Skinner and Mrs.
Mildred Marshall, who are
among the bureau employes
assigned to the job.
2— A cinch for the President.
When the hunt for eggs starts
at the White House, Mr. Roose
velt should have little trouble
finding this 35-pound choc
olate egg. W. W. Crocker,
representing a local hotel, is
shown holding the gift to the
Chief Executive.
3— Just a few of the thou
sands icho jammed F street
yesterday in an informal pre
Easter parade.
4— The intrepid young lady
matching her beauty against
the graceful Easter lilies is
Miss Audrey Sieber, mistress
of ceremonies at a local
theater.
TAXPAYERS URGE
PARKING MEIERS
D. C. Association Sees 2 to
3 Million Dollar Revenue
Raise.
An annual increase in revenue of
*2.000.000 to *3.000.000 is forecast
by the Washington Taxpayers’ Associ
ation if Congress authorizes the use
of ‘'parkometers” in the District.
Rufus S. Lusk, executive secretary
of the association, issued a statement
yesterday calling upon Congress to
grant authority to the District Com
missioners to install the mechanical
devices and cited figures from cities
using them to show the possibilities
for raising money.
West Preparing Bill.
Yesterday Vernon E. West, acting
corporation counsel, began drafting a
bill that will be presented to the
Senate by Wednesday that will in
clude an enabling act so that the
Commissioners may charge fees for
parking in public space. At present
no such charges can be made and the
proposed new law would grant dis
cretionary power to the heads of
the District government.
• Lusk also pointed out that the use
of meters for parking would simplify
the work of traffic oJBcers required
to check cars for overtime. The
meters are topped by a small flag that
remains out of sight for the length
of time paid for by the motorist, but
stands aloft when the time limit has
been reached. Policemen, he said,
can check an entire block in a few
minutes,* tagging those cars beside
the flags. At present, two trips are
required by the policemen, the first
to mark the cars and the second,
an hour later, to see how many are
still there.
In Dallas. Tex., Lusk said, 1,500
machines are in use, making a charge
of only 5 cents for parking. This
brings in a daily revenue of $500.
In Oklahoma City, he continued, each
machine earns about 50 cents a day.
$5,000 Dally Revenue Seen.
"If a machine in a smaller Southern
city can produce almost 50 cents a
day, one in Washington should pro
duce at least $1," he continued. “Five
thousand machines would mean $5,000
a day going into the District revenues
or close to $2,000,000 a year.”
Critics have charged that the park
ing charges are similar to gasoline
taxes and leveled at a single group
of citizens. Lusk answered this by
saying that the use of highways by
motorists is a right, but the use of
streets as storage space is a privilege
“Reports from other cities indicate
that motorists and merchants both
are satisfied with the system and that
it helps materially in causing turnover
in parking in the congested districts
thereby providing an opportunity foi
a greater number of automobiles tc
visit and park in the central part «i
town each day.”
Children’s Party Monday.
About 200 children will assemble at
the Joe Brown studios, 1210 G street,
at 10 a.m. tomorrow for a parade tc
the Soldiers’ Home, where they are tc
jion hundreds of other youngsters in
an Easter Monday party. In case ol
rain the party will be held on the
next clear day. It waa announced.
g TRAFFIC
CONVICTIONS
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Samuel Hall, 144 North Carolina
! avenue, $10.
Vernon Jordan. 817 L street, $15.
Helen A. Grant, 1108 Columbia road,
$5.
James T. Morrison, 3209 Nichols
avenue southeast. $5.
Joseph E. Brooks, 447 Delaware ave
nue southwest. $5.
John L, Crouch, 1246 Wisconsin
avenue, $5.
John W. Robertson, Maryland. $10.
John L. English, 3516 Massachusetts
avenue, $10.
Charles P. Gray, Virginia, $10.
Samuel H. Stevens, Pennsylvania. $5.
Jack W. Gerlacher, 115 New York
avenue, $15.
Walter E. Peacock, 901 Twenty
fourth street, $15.
James D. Smith, 1954 Columbia
road, $10.
Harry M. Weaver, Maryland, $5.
Charles Ganard. Georgia, $5.
John F. Dunn, Maryland, $5.
Arthur D. Zahn, 1221 C street north
east, $10.
Robert L. Buckley, Maryland, $5.
George F. Lee, 314 Jefferson street,
$15.
James H. Fling, 3023 Cambridge
place, $5.
PERMITS SUSPENDED.
Ira Althem, 3125 Twenty-fourth
street northeast, 30 days.
Sterling V. Beaver, 308 South Caro
lina avenue southeast, 30 days.
Frank K. Bruno, 309 H street, 30
days.
Joseph E. Chilton, 3501 New Hamp
shire avenue, revoked.
Luther Conard, 122 D street south
east, 30 days.
Harold Coppage, 4717 Colorado
avenue, 15 days.
Eugene B. Danzeisen. 1627 Thirty
fourth street northeast. 15 days.
John M. Dunnam, 1436 Newton
street, 30 days.
Maxine A. Embrey, 3100 Connecti
cut avenue, 15 days.
Earl R. Erickson, 576 Central ave
nue, 30 days.
Chester H. Farrell, 1365 Nicholson
street, revoked.
Paul Frederick, 529 G street south
east. apartment 15, 30 days.
William F. Galloway, 1448 Girard
street, 45 days.
George GUbert, 51 Ninth street
southwest, 15 days.
James E. Jarrett, 462 Maryland ave
nue southwest, 30 days.
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William F. Johnson. 482 M street
southwest. 30 days.
Frank W. Kelley. 2029 Fifth street,
revoked.
George T. Keyser, 6426 Seventh
street, 30 days.
Ben Landsman, 1210 Twelfth
street, 30 days.
Nick Macchiiarella, 408 O street
northeast. 30 days.
John Marcus, 647 Florida avenue,
revoked.
Gloria D. O'Harrow, 1736 Colum
bia road, 30 days.
Thomas L. Souder, 1727 Third streetI
northeast, 30 days.
William W. Wise. 1121 New Hamp- J
shire avenue, revoked.
Sam L. Wolf, 400 Twelfth street i
southeast, 30 days.
CANONFLETCHER
LEAVES $90,472
Cathedral Foundation Will Re
ceive About $60,000 Under
Will.
The Washington Cathedral Founda
tion eventually will receive about
$60,000 from the estate of Canon
Joseph Fletcher, it was revealed yes
terday when his will was filed for
probate In District Supreme Court.
He died March 28.
Through Attorney T. Stanley Hol
land. the court was told, he left
$90,472. Canon Fletcher stated in
his will that he came by all but $2,000
“by the careful savings and invest
ments of my salary and other earnings
of my priesthood."
The $2,000. which he received from
the estate of his uncle, Schuyler Shel
ton, he bequeathed to his sister. Mrs.
Susan Brashiers of St. Petersburg,
Fla. All the rest was left in trust for
life to his widow, Mrs. Henrietta
Fletcher, who was empowered to dis
pose of $20,000 at her death. Canon
Fletcher provided that $10,090 of the
trust fund then be paid to the Hannah
Moore Academy at Reisterstown, Md.,
for a scholarship fund for the daugh
ter of some Episcapol minister. The
balance will go to the Washington
Cathedral Foundation.
Edward A. Harrlman and the Amer
ican Security & Trust Co. were named
executors.
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Promoters of Stunt Unable
to Comply With City
Requirements.
Inability of the promoters to comply
with building, plumbing and fire reg
ulations has delayed, if not prevented,
the opening of a “walkathon" in a
tent at Bladensburg road and New
York avenue northeast, conditionally
approved by the District Commis
sioners last week.
George F. Ruty of Atlantic City,
promoter of the stunt, had announced
the "walkathon" would open last Fri
day. but yesterday had not been able
to obtain the necessary approval from
several District departments.
Capt. Hugh P. Oram, director of
inspection, refused an occupancy per
mit yesterday. Commissioner Hazen
informed Ruty and his attorney, Harry
Whalen, that the show could not be
staged unless Oram, Building In
spector John W. Oehmann. Electrical
Inspector Walter E. Kern, the fire
marshal, the Health Department, the
Plumbing Department and the Zoning
Commission also approved the appli
cation.
One of the chief difficulties faced
by the promoters was obtaining offi
cial approval for a group of tem
porary wooden structures to be used
as dormitories and rest rooms by par
ticipants.
E. W. Thomas, assistant corpora
tion counsel, informed the Commis
sioners that if the physical plant com
plies with building and safety regu
lations, they cannot refuse a permit,
but so far the Health Department,
Capt. Oram and the Fire Department
have witheld their approval.
Ruty had planned to erect a tent
with a seating capacity of 2,500 and
to continue the walking marathon for
a period of 90 days.
CITIZENS INDORSE
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
Mount Pleasant Group Urges
Movement Be Continued
Here.
Commendation of The Sttr’s efforts
in giving impetus to the “dean-up"
campaign was expressed last night at
the monthly meeting of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens’ Association.
It was decided to urge that the
movement be continued.
Dr. J. C. Campbell, chairman of the
Public Health Committee, declared
littered streets have been primarily
the fault of careless citizens.
A committee was appointed to con
fer with Supt. of Police Brown re
garding the possibility of establishing
a police boys’ club in the Mount
Pleasant area. The committee con
sists of R. J. Bowen, Daniel Foley and
Dr. Campbell.
The organization contributed $10
to a fund for a portrait and plaque
in memory of Mrs. Archibald Hopkins,
late civic leader, to be placed In the
Home for Incurables.
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