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U. S. ASKS COURT
TO REVOKE BAIT
Dutch Irwin and Companions
Held Lacking Grounds
for Appeal.
ONE COMPLETES TERM
IN RAID CONVICTIONS
Assistant IT. S. Attorney Robb
Cite* Ruling Federal Employes
Are Eligible Jurors.
The Government today petitioned
the United States Court of Appeals to
revoke the bail of Morris E. (Dutch)
Irwin and five of his associates, con
victed February 12 on gambling
charges.
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb asked the court to order
Immediate commitment of the six men.
asserting no substantial question of
law is Involved in their appeal now
that the Supreme Court has decided
Government employes may serve on
criminal juries.
Arrests Last Year.
Irwin and six others, one of whom
did not appeal following conviction,
•were arrested October 23. 1935, in a
gambling raid in the 1100 block of
. Fourteenth street. A jury found them
guilty after a three-day trial.
Under a rule promulgated by the
United States Supreme Court, which
requires the enlargement on bail of
appellants whose appeal Involves se
rious questions of law, Irwin and five
others were freed while the Court of
Appeals considered their case.
One of the points made in the appeal
was that the trial jury included Gov
ernment employes who had been ruled
ineligible by the Court of Appeals.
The Supreme Court decision reversed
the Court of Appeals in this connec
tion last Monday.
Illegal Seizure Charged.
Irwin and his associates also con
tended in the Court of Appeals that
evidence obtained in the raid was
illegally seized since the warrant de
scribed only the first floor of the
premises while the alleged gambling
establishment was on the fourth.
Irwin was sentenced to from two to
•ix years in prison. The others and
their sentences were: Edward J. Gib
son, two to four years; Wilbur S.
Carroll, one year to eighteen months;
Leonard F. Hill, one to two years;
Frank E. Crandall, four months to a
year and a day; James McIntyre, four
months to four months and a day, and
Morris A. Mahone, four months to
four months and a day. Mahone did
not appeal and has served his sen
tence.
CIVIL SERVICE BILLS
TO AWAIT SESSION
Bulow Delay* Plans for Consid
eration by Senate
Committee.
Chairmafi Bulow of the Senate CJivil
Service Committee will wait until
Congress has convened before making
ny definite plans for consideration by
his committee of the various civil
service measures that are being formu
lated by some of his colleagues.
The Logan bill for extension of the
civil service and the O'Mahoney-La
Follette measure dealing with exten
sion of the merit system, and several
related matters will be Introduced
shortly after the session gets under
way.
The committee also will have before
If early in January a report from the
Civil Service Commission on overtime
work performed by Government em
ployes during the last six months, for
the purpose of determining whether
extra hours should be compensated for
by additional leave, or otherwise. The
preparation of the report was called
tor in the annual leave law passed by
the last Congress.
Senator Bulow said he thought It
might be advisable for the committee
to inquire into how the merit system,
as it now stands, is working in the
various Government departments, but
he said he has no definite plans for
tuch a study.
DR. SIZOO ELECTED
BY CHURCH GROUP
Former D. C. Pastor Made Vice
President of Federal Council
at Biennial Meeting.
Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, former
pastor of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church and now of the
Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas,
New York City, was elected vice presi
dent of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ In America at
the biennial meeting of the organiza
tion. which closed yesterday at As
bury Park, N. J.
Rev. Dr. Edgar De Witt Jones of
Detroit was elected president.
The representatives of 23 Protestant
denominations adopted, after long dis
cussion yesterday, a resolution refus
ing their “moral consent” to what it
■aid was the Government's program
to spend one billion dollars on the
Army and Navy, according to the
Associated Press.
“We cannot but describe the pres
ent-day race in armaments, botn on
the part of our own and other gov
ernments, as a denial of the gospel
of peace to which we as Christiana
are committed,” the resolution said.
It advocated extension of neutrality
legislation to Include an embargo on
war materials to nations resorting to
war. It also favored placing college
military training on a purely volun
tary basis and called for elimination
ot military training in high schools.
CLUB RITES TODAY
Perry W. Howard will deliver the
principal address at memorial services
for deceased members to be held by
the Mu-So-Lit Club, 1327 Ninth street,
at S pjn. today. The ceremonies will
be the first of their kind held during
the 30 years of the club's existence.
Among those to be honored are:
Former Judge Robert H. Terrell of
Municipal Court; John C. Dancy,
former recorder'of deeds; Prof. John
C. Nalle, former supervisor of divi
sions 10-13 of the public school system,
and former Municipal .Court Clerk
Robert H. Ogle. *
Christmas Bags for Needy Children
Students of a local school shown with a few of the 1,700 Christmas bags to be distributed to
children by the Central Union Mission at a special party for the children being aided by the mis
sion on the morning of December 24 at the Capitol Theater. The date of the party was changed
from December 23. Left to right, in the picture, are: Betty Fieser, Betty Cremen and Edith
Clarke, who filled some of the bags. —Star staff Photo.
Jury Out Only 16 Minutes in
Reckless Driving
Prosecution.
After deliberating only 16 minutes,
a jury of seven women and five men
in Police Court yesterday found Ralph
E. Updike, 42-year-old former Repre
sentative from Indiana, guilty of
reckless driving. He will be sentenced
December 19.
The charge against Updike, who
! lives at 2219 Randolph place north
i east, resulted from an accident at
: Twenty-sixth and I streets November
13, in which two persons were inpured.
Collision With Lumber Truck.
According to evidence, Updike's au
tomobile collided with a lumber truck
driven by William H. Richards of
Hyattsville, Md„ who later was treated
at Emergency Hospital for lacerations
of the scalp and back injuries. Arie
P. Renn, 45, of 6053 Twenty-second
street. North Clarendon. Va.. a broth
er-in-law of Updike, also suffered in
juries, he told the court.
Reno, who appeared as a witness
for the defense, was arrested at Wis
consin avenue and K street following
the accident and charged at the sev
enth precis with drunkenness, ac
cording to testimony of Officers M. C.
Barco and L. P. Bell. The charge
was nolle prossed by the office of the
corporation counsel, it was testified.
Two Others Also Testify.
Richards, and two other witnesses—
William Ford, a colored passenger in
the lumber truck, and Richard Smith.
2600 I street, also colored—testified
that Updike's car crashed into the
side of the truck after it had entered
j the intersection. The truck was
i thrown out of control and crashed into
a porch, and then smashed the wall
of the house at 2600 I street, it was
testified.
Defense Attorney Robert I. Miller
attempted to show, through several
character witnesses, that Updike sel
dom drank and that he was not drink
ing at the time of the accident.
Smith was the only witness who
could point out Updike as the driver
of the car at the time of the wreck.
He said he saw both men in the car
and pointed an accusing finger at
the former Representative as the man
he saw under the wheel.
TOOL-PROOF’ VAN
ESCAPE PUZZLING
Police Seek One of Four Who
Remains at Large After Mys
terious “Break.'’
How four prisoners escaped from the
District's new “fool-proof" van while
on their way to Police Court today is
a question puzzling authorities. Mean
time. they are looking for one of the
prisoners, the others having been ap
prehended shortly after their escape.
The missing man is listed as James
A. Palmer, 35, colored, 2500 block of
D street. He had been turned over to
“Black Maria" operators by the third
precinct following his arrest by park
police on a charge of driving while in
toxicated.
For nearly 10 years, the policemen in
charge of the van, which daily gathers
prisoners from the various precincts
and takes them to court, feared escapes
from the old van. which had been in
operation since 1927.
A short time ago a new vehicle was
purchased and their fears subsided.
The rear compartment closes with &
lever from the outside, which throws
several pins into position, locking the
doors at both the top and bottom.
Today the operators were proceed
ing from the third to the seventh pre
cinct when one noticed the rear doors
open as they reached the vicinity of
Thirty-third street and Volte place.
Three men were captured and re
turned to the van.
Thinking they had all erf the prison
ers. the operators continued their
rounds. Palmer’s loss was not discov
ered until they reached Police Court
and made a check of the prisoners.
OSTEOPATHS TO DINE
Three Visiting Association Offi
cials to B« Guests.
The District Association of Osteo
pathic Physicians will give a dinner
tonight at the Ambassador Hotel in
honor of a trio of officials of the
American Osteopathic Association who
are visiting the various groups of
osteopathic physicians and surgeons
in the seaboard States to assure 100
per cent'co-operation in the social se
curity program.
The visitors are Dr. John E. Rogers
of Oshkosh, Wise., president; Dr. Ed
ward A. Ward of Saginaw, Mich., first
vice president, and Dr. Russel C. Mc
Caughan of Chicago, executive secre
tary.
1,000,000 in Nanking.
Nanking, China, now has a pop
ulation of 1.000.000, mud increase of
650,000 in nine years/
Convicted
RALPH E. UPDIKE.
King Will Call Committee
Soon to Weigh Exemption
From Security Set-up.
B5‘the Associated Press.
A new drive for legislation to exempt
private pension systems from the Fed
eral pension program under the so
cial security act was announced to
day by Chairman King of the Joint
Congressional Committee which has
been studying the proposal.
King said he would call the com
mittee together as soon as its mem
bers return.
“There are 400 organizations, with
several million employes, which have
private pension plans, he added.
“Many of them give the employes
larger returns than the Federal pro
gram.”
Representatives of the Social Se
curity Board will be asked. King said,
to give the committee their views.
The board has been cool toward the
propoasl from the outset. Chief sup
porters of the social security act have
contended the exemption of private
systems is unworkable.
Under the present law existing pri
vate pension systems can continue, I
but employers and employes under
them have to pay the same taxes and
remain as participants in the Federal
plan.
Most congressional authorities agreed
there would be little chance for ex
emption unless the administration
was ready to accept it.
LATE CAR TAG RUSH
SEEN BY VAN DUZER;
—
78,000 Licenses Remain to Be
Distributed in 13 Days,
He Points Out.
A long line of motorists stamping
their feet on the Pennsylvania avenue
pavement to keep warm, while they
wait in line for license tags the last
few days before New Year, was fore
cast today by Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer.
At the rate tags are being Issued
now, about 9,000 motorists will be
without them at the close of the day,
December 31, Van Duzer estimated to
day. According to the present sched
ule, about 140,000 should be issued by
that time, and 78,000 remain to be
distributed with only 13 days left.
Due to the closing of the Bureau
of Vehicles and Traffic from noon, De
cember 23, over the Christmas holi
days, the time is shorter this year than
last and the usual last-minute rush
will be heightened unless motorists
apply in greater numbers next week,
according to Van Duzer.
TONRY AUTO UNTRACED
Representative Reports Disap
pearance at House Office Building.
The automobile of Representative
Tonry of New York, which was taken
from in front - of Old House Office
Building yesterday, was still missing
this morning.
Tonry reported to the fifth police
precinct that he had parked his car
in front of the Old House Office Build*
lng yesterday when he went In for an
afternoon's work. When he came out
it was gone. The vehicle carried New
York tags.
Cat Found Sealed in Wall.
MOMKNCE, HI. OP),-Plasterers
heard strange noises from a wall and
decided to cut a hole through the
newly laid plaster. Out jumped a
gaunt cat. which apparently had been
sealed in the wall While in pursuit of
a mousfc '
BY MBS. DEVINE
19 Bequests Total $53,000,
With Providence Hospital
Getting $15,000.
Nineteen charitable bequests totaling
$53,000 were provided for in the will
of Mrs. M. Virginia Devine of the
Dresden Apartments, it was revealed
today in District Court.
Mrs. Devine was the widow' of John
T. Devine, former owner of the old
Shoreham Hotel. She died last Sunday
in Rockville, Md., at 86. The court
received no indication of the value of
her estate, which will be estimated
later in a petition for probate of the
will.
Providence Hospital was the largest
beneficiary, receiving $15,000 for the
endowment of a free ward in memory
of Mr. Devine and Mrs. Devine's son
by a former marriage. Prank M.
Rosillo. The will, which was executed
last year, specified' that the ward con
tain four or five beds. There was a
codicil made in January of this year
providing for changes in regard to
other bequests.
Mrs. Devine made a number of be
quests to Catholic charitable institu
j tions. Friends said most of her inter*
j ests were centered in charitable work
and that she took little part m social
activities.
The residue of the estate was left to
j Mrs. Devine's two nephews, Albin G.
Penington of Philadelphia and Charles
Randall Penington of New York City.
She had no surviving children.
Other charitable gifts were $5,000 to
the Ursaline Convent of St. Teresa,
New Rochelle, N. Y.; $5,000 to the
Catholic Home for Aged Ladies of
Washington, $5,000 to the House of the
Good Shepherd, $5,000 to the Annie
Hurt Home for the Blind, $2,000 to
the Washington Home for Incurables.
$2,000 to the Washington City Orphan
Asylum. $2,000 to Children's Hospital,
$2,000 to St. Ann's Infant Asylum,
$2,000 to the Epiphany Church Home.
$2,000 to the Florence Crittenton
Home. $1,000 to the Christ Child So
ciety, $1,000 to the Association for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis, $1,000 to
the Central Union Mission. $1,000 to
Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Bal
timore to be used for the benefit of
St. Matthew's Catholic Church. $500
to the Travelers’ Aid Society, $500 to
the Salvation Army. $500 to Trinity
College in memory of Mother Julia, its
foundress, and $500 to the Convent
of Mount de Chantle at Mount de
Chantle, W. Va.
There also were 21 specific bequests
to relatives and friends ranging from
$100 to $3,000. These aggregated
$15,100. Mrs. Devine nsmed the Na
tional Savings Sc Trust Co. exetfutor.
NATIONAL AVIATION DAY
DESIGNATED BY VIDAL
December 17, the 33d anniversary
of the first airplane flight at Kitty
Hawk, N. C„ today was designated as
National Aviation day by Eugene L.
Vidal, director of air commerce, act
ing as chairman of a national com
mittee on observance.
The local observance will include a
massed flight of non-military air
craft over the downtown section at
10:30 a m., an exhibit and illustrated
lecture in the Aeronautic Museum of
the Smithsonian Institution in the
afternoon, and a dinner-dance in the
evening.
The national committee has re
quested air lines, aircraft manufactur
ers and airplane owners and operators
to observe the day. The National
Aeronautic Association and its affili
ated areo clubs and chapters are
planning for local observances in
various parts of the country. The
Aero Club of Washington, in co
operation with the Washington Air
Derby Association, is handling the
local arrangements.
Sisters to Become
Brides at Wedding
In Capital Today
Couple Friends Since
Childhood-—Others
Met in Spring.
Two sisters were to become brides
here today—one of a childhood sweet
heart and the other of a friend of
eight months.
Olga Lou Groff, 26, will marry James
W. Kite of Manassas. Va., whom she
has known all her life. Elsie Jane
Groff, 27, will marry Wilbur McCinn
of Street, Md., whom she met last
Spring.
The sisters live at the Park Central
Apartments, 1900 F street. Elsie Jane
is employed by the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers’ Association
and Olga Lou by the Southern Rail
way.
After the Rev. A. F. Poore, 30* A
street northeast, performs the double
ceremony th^ newlyweds will take a
week end hn%ympcn trip.
GAS COMPANY ACTS
TO RETIRE BONDS
AND ADDSTOCK
New Finance Plan Sought in
Step to Dissolve Foreign
Control Trust.
BANKERS REPORTED
READY TO AID PLAN
Notice of Proposal to Retire
$6,600,000 Issue Filed With
Utilities Commission.
—■ „ —, ■ A „ . —
Retirement of $6,600,000 of bonds
underlying the ownership of the
Washington Oas Light Co., as a step
towards sale of additional common
stock by the concern, is planned by
the Washington & Suburban Oos,
the ownership trust, according to no
tice given to the Public Utilities Com
mission
• The new financial plan is described
as a move towards the ultimate dis
solution of the trust which holds for
eign control over the Washington
gas industry, now contemplated in a
statement on file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, by im
proving the financial structure of
the company.
Debits Top-Heavy.
Company and commission officials
heretofore have agreed the Wash
ington company, carried a top-heavy
load of bonds and bank loans as com
pared with the amount of outstanding
stock.
Funds for recalling the bonds of
the Washington & Suburban Cos.,
the commission was told, are to
be provided by bankers associated
with the ownership trust. They also
have agreed, it was said, to free the
Washington company of a restrictive
covenant which in the past has been a
| bar to enlarging of the stock issue.
! This covenant banned the issuance
of any additional voting stock in the
Washington company unless the own
ership control, a Massachusetts com
mon-law trust headed by the Chase
Bank of New York, had the option of
buying enough shares to maintain its
percentage of control.
Loan Authority to Be Sought.
Application for authority to bor
row from the interested banks for
the retirement of the bonds likely
will be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission early next week,
the commission was advised late
yesterday by A. J. Stillwell of the
Continental Illinois Bank & Trust
Co. and J. D. Wittemore of the
Chase Bank.
The present move, the District com
mission said, "is in keeping with rep
resentations made by the Washington
Gas Light Co. and members of the
Public Utilities Commission at the
time Congress authorized the Wash
ington company to merge with the
Georgetown Gaslight Co. and to issue
additional stock in order to better its
financial structure.
"Both Mr. Stillwell and Mr. Witte
more stated that the real purpose was
to lift the restrictive covenant and
ultimately bring about a full distri
bution of the stock held by the Wash
ington & Suburban Cos. of the Wash
ington company to the public.
ARTERY WIDENED
AT ‘BOTTLE NECK’
Work in Progress to Prevent Jams
at New York Avenue and
Seventeenth Street.
New York avenue is being
straightened at Seventeenth street by
the District Highway Department to
remove one of the worst "bottle necks”
in the Northwest section, which has
caused traffic tie-ups frequently for
years during the daily rush periods.
The intersection is to be controlled
by traffic lights hereafter, with an
aisle to facilitate the flow of traffic
taking a right-hand turn from New
York avenue into Seventeenth street.
The job necessitates rounding off
the southwest corner of New York
avenue where the Corcoran Art Gal
lery is located, to make it conform
in width to the southeast corner.
Two trees were removed and the
widening of the avenue will necessitate
slicing off a portion of the Corcoran
grounds.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of
the District Highway Department, who
is supervising the work, expects it to
be completed in another week pro
viding the weather is good.
New York avenue is the main traffic
artery between Constitution and Penn
sylvania avenues, and Seventeenth
street feeds a steady southward and
northward flow of traffic during rush
hours. The "staggering” of New York
avenue at the Intersection has long
been a source of worry to traffic offi
cials.
NEWMYER TO LEAVE
' WASHINGTON TIMES
Will Become New York Journal
Publisher, John T. Lambert
Succeeding Here.
Arthur G. Newmyer, publisher of the
Washington Times, will leave January
1 to become publisher of the New
York Journal, It was announced today
by H. M. Bitner, general manager of
Hearst newspapers.
John T. Lambert, head of the Uni
versal Wire Service in Washington,
will succeed Mr. Newmyer as publisher
of the Times. C. Dorsey Warfield, it
was said, will continue as associate
publisher of the local paper.
Mr. Newmyer joined the Hearst or
ganization two years ago, having pre
viously been part owner and associate
publisher of the New Orleans Item.
GIVES 1,000 BASKETS
Phil Bobys Doubles Amount of
Aid Donated Last Christmas.
Pleased with the results of last
year's distribution of food baskets
to the needy, Phil Bobys, clothing
merchant, announced today he would
double the amount and give out 1,000
baskets this Christmas.
The Police Department will co
operate in selecting needy families
from the various police precincts.
Persons desiring aid. however, are
invited to'Brtte their requests to the
itdn at 73S Seventh street.
Grocer Fells Second Bandit,
Saving $25 Taken in Hold-Up
.a.
Albert Catzva, 32, Scores
“Perfect Batting
Average.”
When It comes to getting the better
of a would-be bandit, Albert Catzva,
32-year-old grocer, can boast a perfect
batting average.
Two hits in two times at bat U the
record now held by Catzva after a
skirmish with a youth who tried to
rob him last night at his father's
store at 1101 Seventh street southeast.
The youth walked into the store
and asked Catzva to change a $10 bill.
The grocer opened the cash register
and started to take out some money
when the youth reached over and
grabbed a $20 and $5 bill.
A moment later, the would-be bandit
was lying on the floor, felled by the
150-pound grocer’s flat. The youth
Jumped up and dashed out the door,
with Catzva close behind. Pour blocks
away the grocer caught him and held
him until police arrived.
Catzva's first contact with a robber
occurred eight years ago. A man ac
costed him outside the store and de
manded his money. Catzva struck the
man with a lead pipe, abruptly ending
that meeting.
The youth captured by Catzva last
night is being held at the fifth precinct
for investigation. He gave his name
as Albert Miller, 21. of the 900 block
Eleventh street southeast.
Paul Davis, 26, of 1428 N street,
ALBERT CATZVA.
collector for The Star, was robbed of
$125 by two colored men at Q and
Marion streets last night. Davis told
police one of the robbers was armed.
Another robbery victim, William N.
Evans. 1517 C street southeast, told
authorities two colored men grabbed
him by the neck and arm last night
and took $21 from his pockets. The
robbery occurred on Fifth street be
tween G and H streets.
WELFARE SESSION
TO M TODAY
44 States and 3 Canadian
Provinces Represented.
Speakers Announced.
Conferees representing 44 States
1 and three Canadian provinces were
gathered here today for the first round
table conference of the American Pub
lic Welfare Association, opening at the
Wardman Park Hotel and continuing
through tomorrow.
Federal, State and local public wel
fare officials and administrators are
to participate in the various panel
discussions and round tables, concen
trating on current social service prob
lems.
Speakers Announced.
Among the speakers at the opening
panel today are Miss Mary Irene At
• kinson, director of the Child Welfare
I Division of the Children's Bureau:
, Sanford Bates, director of the Federal
Bureau of Prisons, and William Hod
son, New York City Commissioner of
Public Welfare. The general subject
will be "Public Welfare Administra
tion—State and Local."
At the afternoon panel, on the sub
I ject "Interpretation of Public Social
Work." delegates will hear Raymond
Clapper, newspaper columnist; Miss
Lavinia Engle, associate chief of the
; educational division, information serv
ice, Social Security Board, and John
1 A. Lapp of the labor relations division
of the Public Works Administration.
Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana
and Victor Ridder, president of the
New York State Board of Public Wel
fare. will speak at a dinner meeting
tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A. W'. Laver,
commissioner of public welfare of
Toronto and president of the Ameri
can Public Welfare Association, will
preside.
Federal Officials Guests.
Federal public welfare officials will
be guests of honor, among them Miss
Grace Abbott, former chief of the
Children's Bureau; Arthur Altmeyer
of the Social Security Board: Frank
Bane, executive director of the Social
Security Board: Harry Hopkins ad
ministrator of the Works Progress
Administration: Miss Katharine Len
root, chief of the Children's Bureau:
Vincent M. Miles. Social Security
Board: Dr. Thomas Parran. surgeon
general, Public Health Service; Sec
retary of Labor Perkins. W. Frank
Persons, director of the United States
Employment Service; Miss Josephine
Roche, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury: Aubrey C. Williams. Na
tional Youth Administrator: John G.
Winant. chairman of the Social Se
curity Board, and Mr. Bates.
BURNS SEEKS BOND
PENDING NEW TRIAL
Washington Merchant Still Held
in Bockville Jail After Mis
trial in Assault Case.
Ex a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md„ December 12.—
John Henry Bums. 35, Washington
merchant, whose trial on charges of
criminal assault upon a young Wash
ington woman ended in a mistrial in
Circuit Court here Tuesday, was still
held in the Montgomery County Jail
today while Judges Charles Woodward
and Arthur Willard considered his
latest plea for ball.
Burns was freed under $10,000 bond
prior to his trial under an agreement
between State's Attorney James H.
Pugh and the defendant that Burns
return here to stand trial without re
sisting extradition.
State Senator Stedman Prescott,
Burns' attorney, asked the two judges
yesterday to admit Burns to bond
pending a new trial, which would most
probably be held at the March term of
Circuit Court. Burns has been in jail
since Tuesday.
PROTECTION EXPLAINED
IN CROP INSURANCE
Bxpert Says Wallace Flan Guar
antees 50 to 75 Fer Cent of
Acreage Tield.
Sr the Awocisted Pr*«*.
An Agricultural Department expert
said today % plan for Federal crop in
surance, being prepared by a commis
sion under Secretary Wallace, would
guarantee farmers 50 to 75 per cent of
their average yields.
The expert, working on proposals to
be submitted to Congress, said data on
risks in wheat had been stressed.
Western wheat farmers have asked
that the experiment be tried on them
during the next season.
While the crop Insurance plan would
be voluntary, this official said farmers
who plan to seek insurance would be
asked tgyoin in the soil conservation
j
Arrival of Roosevelt Expect
ed to Settle Scope of
Ceremonies.
Inauguration plans were marking
time today as Rear Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, newly appointed chairman
of the Inaugural Committee, awaited
return of President Roosevelt for a
final verdict on scope of the cele
bration.
Admiral Grayson, who accepted the
chairmanship yesterday upon in
sistence of the President, is reported
to have advised White House attaches
he could not serve if an elaborate
program were adopted, as he must
divide his time between the inaugural
job and his duties as chairman of the
American Red Cross.
Decision Likely Neat Week.
President Roosevelt has been in
formed of the widespread demand of
his friends for a large inaugural fete
here on January 20. when he takes the
oath of office for his second term.
Whether he will accede to this de
mand, which is known to be con
trary to his personal desire, prob
ably will be decided at a conference
next week between the President and
Admiral Grayson.
The President is due to arrive here
Tuesday from his South American
trip. It is expected the inauguration
will be among problems accorded his
early consideration.
Work on Stand Held Up.
An indication that the President
has remained adamant in his wishes
for ceremonies of extreme simplicity
is seen in the issuance of orders post
poning further work on construction
of a reviewing stand and court of
honor en Pennsylvania avenue, in
front of the White House.
The President has approved a small
parade, but has tabooed an inaugural
ball. He asked Waddy B. Wood, local
architect, to draw designs for a re
viewing stand embodying architectural
features of Andrew Jackson's Nash
ville home, the Hermitage. Before
actual erection of this stand is begun.
Chairman Grayson will go over the
plans with the President.
In the meantime work is going
ahead on the big stands at the east
front of the Capitol, under direction
of David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol.
MRS. E. G. BOERNER
DIES AT AGE OF 62
Wife of Economics Bureau Mar
keting; Specialist 111 But
Short Time.
Mrs. Marie Cammon Boemer. 62. of
2813 Quarry road, died yesterday after
a short illness in Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. Boemer was the wife of E. G.
Mrf. Borrner.
Boemer, senior
mar keting spe
cialist of the grain
division, Bureau
of Agricultural
Economics.
She was bom
in North field,
Minn., and later
lived In Belling
ham. Wash.; Mil
nor, N. Dak., and
Minneapolis.
She was mar
ried to Mr. Bo
erner September
15,1906. and they
came to Washing
ton in 1811. sne was a member of
the Order of the Eastern Star and the
Twentieth Century Club.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Boemer
leaves a brother, Frank W. Cammon
of Minneapolis, and two sisters. Mrs.
Arthur Hurtt of Los Angeles and Mrs.
Elizabeth Espeland of Duluth.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon at the Lee funeral home.
Fourth street and Massachusetts ave
nue northeast. Burial will be at
Minneapolis.
U. S. CAR SALES LEAD
IN SOUTHERN NATIONS
>7 the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department dis
closed yesterday that United States au
tomobile manufacturers have virtually
monopolized motor car sales In the
American republics south of the
Equator.
Registrations of Imported automo
biles in the chief South American
markets during the first nine months
of 1936, the department said, showed
the United States had 91.3 per cent of
the passenger business and 96.3 per
cent of the truck sales.
English Imports ran a poor second,
with German, French and Italian
makes following in that order.
Argentina and Brazil offered the
greatest outlet for United 8tales mo
lor prrrfriirU.
HAZEN PROPOSES
10 CHANGE PERU
SUSPENSION PLAN
Would Let Board Ease First
Offense Penalties, Increase
Other Punishments.
22-MILE, 30-MILE ZONE
DIFFERENCE TOO GREAT
Asks Consideration for Minor
Infractions and for Those
Who Drive for Living.
A new plan tor suspension of op
erators' permits for speeding, under
which first offenses in minor cases
could be ignored by the Board of Rev
ocation and Review, which would be
given power to invoke more drastic
penalties in serious cases than at pres
ent, was proposed today by Commis
sioner Melvin C. Hazen.
He rejected recommendations by the
Advisory Board of the District Motor
Club of the A. A. A. that permits not
be suspended for a speed of less than
35 miles an hour in a 22-mile zone or
for a speed of less than 45 miles an
hour in a 30-mile zone.
Rather than agree to weakening the
present plan, Hazen suggested that
permits be suspended in cases where
the driver is convicted of driving faster
than 27 miles an hour in a 22-mile
zone and of driving 35 miles or more
in the 30-mile zones.
Discretion Right Suggested.
At the same time, to prevent undue
hardship in minor cases, that is in
cases where there is no evidence of
recklessness or of driving at highly
dangerous speeds, considering traffic
conditions, he suggested the board be
given the privilege of using its discre
tion to waive suspensions in cases of
first offense within a year.
He said in a memorandum for
warded to Assistant Corporation Coun
sel Edward W. Thomas, head of a
committee which is studying the sus
pension plan:
"It seems to me there is too much
difference between the 22-mile and
the 30-mile zones before an operator's
permit is suspended. I suggest that
the 22-mile be 27 and the 30-mile be
35 before a permit is automatically
suspended after conviction in court.
At these two speeds. I suggest the
Revocation Board use their discretion,
and that it not be mandatory, taking
especially into consideration whether
it is a first offense and also whether
it is reckless or a serious accident has
taken place.
Consideration Advocated.
"I also think consideration should
be given to the case where the offense
is minor and the driver is depending
upon his permit for a living. Now,
then, when the speed reaches 5 miles
more than the limit indicated in either
zone, the permit should be suspended
and the driver dealt with severely
with no less than 30 days' suspension,
increasing according to the degree
of violation.”
In a move to reduce the congestion
of cases of appeals from suspensions
in the corporation counsel's office, the
Commissioner suggested it was not
necessary to have a legal review in
each case, unless the Commissioners
call for one, since an assistant cor*
poration counsel is a member of the
Board of Revocation and Review.
J-•
WIDOW OF FORMER
BUREAU HEAD DIES
Mrs. Alastair Penrose Gordon
Cumming Lived in City
Many Years.
Mrs. Frances Gordon-Cumming. 83,
widow of Alastair Penrose Gordon
Cumming. one-time head of the Cen
sus Bureau, died yesterday at her
home, 2032 O street, after a short ill
ness.
Mrs. Gordon-Cumming. before her
marriage Miss Frances Campbell
Eames of this city, made her debut
here. She had lived in Washington
nearly all her life, except for extended
trips abroad. Her home for many
years was a gathering place for diplo
mats and distinguished members of
old Washington society. Her husband
died more than 20 years ago.
She was the daughter of Charles
Eames of New Braintree, Mass., dis
tinguished lawyer and one-time Min
ister to Venezuela. He practiced hers
for many years before the Supreme
Court. Her mother formerly was
Frances CampDeU. daughter of Judge
James Campbell, former surrogate of
New York City for 20 years. Her hus
band was a native of Altyre, Scotland.
Surviving Mrs. Gordon - Cumming
are Mrs. William Crawford Johnson
of Frederick, Md.. and Miss Maud
Campbell Gouveneur of this city, her
cousins and nearest relatives. Her
only daughter. Margaret, died many
years ago while attending school in
Dresden.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 a m. Monday in the Church of
the Epiphany. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
CITED FOR LIFE SAVING
The Navy Department announced
today Charles Edwin Greer, gunner's
mate, third class, had been recom
mended for a silver life-saving medal
and commended by Secretary Swan
son for savmg a shipmate’s life.
Greer, the department said, dived
from a ferry at Bremerton. Wash.,
last July 30, ahd swam 300 feet with
a life ring to Karl L. Ruehs, gunner’s
mate, third class, who had fallen
from the ferry. Greer's home is Sul
ligent, Ala.
BAHD CONCEBT.
By the Soldiers’ Home Band in
Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John
8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster;
Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, "Hero of the
Isthmus” _Lamp#
(Col. Goeth&ls, U. S. A.)
Overture, "William Tell”_Rossini
Entr’acte,
(a) “Whispering Flowers.” Von Blon
<b) "Woodland Whispers,” Von Blon
Excerpts from musical comedy.
“The Walt* Dream” .Strauss
Patriotic, “An American
Fantasia” .....Victor Herbert
Walta auite, “Hebe”..._Waldteufel
Finale. "Anchors
■ A weigh”-C. A. Zimmermann t
“Thi |Ur iptmflttl Btaaer.”