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Washington News Society and General *- WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1937. **** PAGE B—1 MISS UNO NAMED 10 SUCCEED ELT IN SCHOOL POST Bancroft Official to Become Supervising Principal of Fifth Division. BOARD OF EDUCATION MAKES APPOINTMENT Predecessor Is Honored at Testi monial Dinner by More Than 400 Persons. Miss A. Grace Lind, administrative principal of the Bancroft School, Eighteenth and Newton streets, will succeed Selden M. Ely as supervising principal of the fifth school division, the Board of Education announced today. The appointment was made by a poll of the board today after Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou recom mended Miss Lind to the Personnel Committee yesterday. It becomes ef fective February 1, at which time Ely's retirement, approved by the board January 6, also becomes effective. Ely, who will retire after 45 years' service in the public schools, was honored at a testimonial dinner at the Shoreham Hotel last night by more than 400 persons, including members of the Board of Education, school teachers and officers and representa tives of the Police Department and the American Automobile Association. Notified of her appointment today. Miss Lind said she is very pleased with the promotion, “although I'll be very sorry to leave Bancroft School," she added. “I've been here for 10 years and it's a grand community.” Began Teaching in 1903. Herself a graduate of the District school system. Miss Lind began teach ing In February, 1903, at the Henry School. She taught from the second grade to the seventh in various schools until 1925, when she was promoted to teacher in the Powell Junior High. Two years later she became adminis trative principal of the Johnson-Ban croft School and in 1934 became ad ministrative principal of the Bancroft 6chool alone. Miss Lind, who is president of the District Educational Association, re ceived her bachelor of arts degree at George Washington University, and her master's degree at Teachers' Col lege of Columbia University. At the latter institution, she was elected to membership in Kappa Delta Pi Hon orary Fraternity. She is a former president of the Association of Elementary School Principals and a member of the na tional department of that organiza tion. She also holds membership In the Columbian Women and Research Clubs of George Washington Uni versity and the Mount Pleasant Citi zens' Association. Tributes Paid Ely. High tribute was paid Ely last night by Dr. Ballou. Robert L. Haycock, first assistant superintendent of schools, who presided; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the board, end Henry Gilligan, vice president. John Vandegrift, American Auto mobile Association, called attention to Ely's outstanding service as com mander of the schoolboy patrol. He presented the educator with a beau tifully-bound book containing written tributes from Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown, the Board of Commis sioners. school patrol officers, mem bers of the Board of Education, the president and other officials of the A. A. A., Dr. Ballou and many others. A gold watch was presented to him by Haycock, and a chain for the watch was given by the other super vising principals. A skit, entitled “Commencement of the S. M. E. Class,” was given by the teachers who, garbed in caps and gowns, depicted the high spots in Ely's career. The presentation was written by Miss Emily Scrivener, Park View School. Police officers of the schoolboy patrol, which Ely w’as instrumental In establishing here, presented him with a silver plaque. -m GAMBLING HEARINGS TO BE FEBRUARY 11 Case of Goldsmith and Two Others Postponed by TJ. S. Commis sioner Turnage. Hearings in the case of Zachariah (Zebbie) Goldsmith, former night club operator, and two other men ar rested yesterday in a raid on an al leged bookmaking establishment was postponed by United States Commis sioner Needham C. Turnage today until February 11. Goldsmith, Melton Block, 42, of the Cavalier Hotel and Gus Askin, 28, of the 2500 block of Seventeenth street, the men seized with him, were re leased on $1,500 bond. All are charged with setting up a gaming table. They were arrested in a raid on a well-furnished apartment in the 1400 block of Fairmont street. Capt. George M. Little, who led the police, said a warrant had been issued on informa tion obtained by his “undercover agents.” BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band In Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John S. M. Ztmmermann, bandmaster; An ton Polntner, assistant. Program. March, “U. S. Field Artillery,” Sousa Overture, “Vienna Festival,” von Suppe Suite of three French songs— (a) "Hindoo Song”.Bemberg (b) “At Evening"...Debussy. (c) “Open Thine Blue Eyes,’’ Massenet Scenes from the opera “The Masked Ball”...—.Verdi Requested fox trots— (a) “Virginia Blues”-Melnken • (b) “The Voodoo”....Aspiazu Waltz suite, “Lysistrata”-Lincke Finale, “Sons of Uncle Sam”. .McCoy “Tho Star Spangled Banner.” Police Chief Gets Award Honored by the Cosmopolitan Club for his activities in be half of the Boys’ Club, Police Supt. Ernest W. Broivn today was presented with the club's Distinguished Service Medal for 1936. Dr. J. Rozier Biggs (right) is shown making the presentation. —Star Staff Photo. _ I Promoted MISS A. GRACE LIND. I House Subcommittee Head Asks City Heads Provide Transportation. Chairman Collins of the House Sub committee on Appropriations in charge of the 1938 District supply bill, re quested the Commissioners today to provide transportation for the mem bers when they start an inspection tour next week. It is Collins' plan to take the sub committee to various District insti tution so the members, all unfamiliar with the local government, can famil iarize themselves with its activities. An extensive inspection of the condi tion of the streets also is planned, Collins proposes to start the inspec tion trip next Wednesday. He esti mates it will take at least four days to visit the various institutions. These include the jail, the workhouse and reformatory, Public Library, children's receiving home, Police Court, police headquarters, and a number of public schools. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BAN ASKED IN D. C. Kvale Bill Introduced—Another Would Curb School Employes’ Outside Work. A bill to abolish capital punishment In the District was introduced yester day by Representative Kvale, Farmer Labor, of Minnesota. He also intro duced a measure to prevent public school employes whose salaries ex ceed $2,000 a year from engaging in "outside” employment. Life imprisonment would be sub stituted for the death penalty under the anti-capital punishment bill. D. C. COURT BUILDING FIRE SUSPENDS WORK Smoke Fills Structure, but Damage Is Slight—Superintendent Is Injured. Smoke from a fire In the trash room in the basement of the District Court Building filled the structure yester day afternoon and brought a cessa tion of business for a short whUe. Little damage was done to the vault like room in which the blaze was confined. There was one casualty, however—George Holt, superintendent of the building, who suffered a cut on the head when he ran against the edge of a door in the dense smoke. He returned to work after treatment. Firemen brought hose lines into the building through both east and west entrances and quickly extinguished the fire. TRANSFER CANCELED Assistant New Orleans Army Dis trict Engineer to Stay at Post. Army orders for the transfer of Maj. Theron De W. Weaver, Corps of (Engineers, to Washington as district Army engineer have been revoked, the War Department announced to day. The reason for the change was not announced. Maj. Weaver will continue as as sistant district engineer in the first New Orleans district. ( r. 10 PRISONERS FLEE GALLINGER One From Jail, One From Training School Walk Out of Ward. Washington and nearby Maryland and Virginia police today were search ing for William O. Sullivan, 36, a District Jail inmate, who this morning walked out of an "open ward" at Gallinger Hospital, where he was under treatment for a gunshot wound in the face, received in an attempted house breaking last August. James Forsythe, 17, a patient from the National Training School, also was being sought. It was believed the two "walked out" together. Sullivan, an escaped Maryland con vict, was shot last August 18 by Ells worth Farr, 74-year-old truck farmer of 3449 Benning road northeast, when he allegedly attempted to break into Farr's home in company with another man. He later was identified and sentenced to six months in jail for at tempted housebreaking, but had been confined to the hospital with an ab scessed jaw since December 26. Merrill Gall, 36. involved in the at tempted housebreaking with Sullivan, is under a similar sentence at the District Jail. 2,300 STUDENTS BEING GRADUATED Exercises Will Be Held in Junior and Senior High Schools. More than 2,300 students are being graduated today and tomorrow from the junior and senior high schools— 1,600 from the former and 775 from the senior high schools. Scheduled for this afternoon and tonight are the exercises for the grad uating classes of Anacostia, Eliot, Gordon, Macfarland, Gamet-Patter son. Shaw, Browne, Francis, Terrell, Eastern, Roosevelt, Hine, Langley, Taft and Dunbar schools. Tomorrow the following schools’ graduating classes will receive their diplomas: Randall, Western, Deal, Paul, Powell, Stuart, Woodrow Wilson, Central, McKinley, Jefferson, Arm strong and Cardoza. The beginning o'’ the new term Mon day will find 1,760 grade school grad uates moving into the Junior high schools. 400 LIQUOR DEALERS LACK ’37 LICENSES Must Cease Sales at Midnight Sat urday Unless They Act Soon, Says A. B. C. More than 400 liquor, wine and beer dealers will have to cease sales Sat urday midnight until new permits may be issued, unless they obtain 1937 licenses before Saturday noon, Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, acting chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said today. At the latest count 1,456 firms and individuals have obtained renewals of their licenses, counting all classes of permits. There are now outstanding 1,918 permits. About 50 of the appli cants for new permits must obtain ap proval of plumbing fixtures, pay for other types of business licenses or con form with other than liquor regula tions before their permits can be is sued, she said. The present permits expire at the end of this month, but sales must stop at midnight Saturday unless new per mits are issued before the offices of the A. B. C. Board close at noon Sat urday. GEORGE W. FULLER DIES; CENSUS UNIT OFFICIAL Heart Attack la Fatal to Acting Subdivision Chief of Manu facturers’ Division. George W. Fuller 61, acting sub division chief in the Division of Manufacturers, Census Bureau, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home, 336 Second street northeast. A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Fuller had been employed at the Census Bureau since 1900. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. May R. Fuller; a sister. Mrs. Charles Babcock of Nece dah, Wis., and two brothers, Clarence and Allen Fuller, both of Necedah. Funeral arrangements were to be announced later, MAJ. BROWN FOR SERVjCETO CITY Cosmopolitan Club Pays 1936 Honor to Head of Police. LUNCHEON MEETING SCENE OF CEREMONY Dr. Briggs Lauds Vision in Estab lishing and Developing Depart ment's Boys’ Clubs. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin tendent of police, today received the Cosmopolitan Club's distinguished service medal as “the citizen who per formed the most outstanding, un selfish service for the city during 1936." The presentation was made by Dr J. Rozier Biggs, chairman of the club's Medal Committee, at a special lunch eon meeting at the Carlton Hotel. The reduction in juvenile de linquency, improvement in health con ditions and other beneficial features which have resulted from formation of the Boys' Club of the Metropolitan Police Department led the committee to select Maj. Brown as medalist, Dr. Biggs said. The speaker lauded the vision of the police chief in establishing the clubs and his sacrifice of time and effort In their proper development. He recalled the opening of the first unit in 1934, the establishment of medical and dental clinics, organiza tion of the band and. finally, the es tablishment of Camp Brown, where 455 youths were given a vacation last Summer. Success Credited to Co-Operation. In accepting the medal, Maj. Brown said: “Words are so futile at a time like this to attempt to express what is in my heart, as I find at this particular moment that I am not master of my emotions, nor can I voice my real feelings. “My modesty compels me to admit that I was responsible for initiating this movement, and its success has brought me this medal for meritorious service. But this success could never have been attained by me alone. It was made possible only through the loyalty and whole-hearted support and co-operation of the officials and entire membership of the Police Department and the citizenry of this great city, who voluntarily responded to this movement and have given freely of their service as well as their financial support. "Permit me to assure you that I appreciate most deeply this award and honor, as it is an outstanding and un usual one. But since I inaugurated the boys’ club movement I have been rewarded continuously as I look into the smiling faces of the boys who are affiliated with our organization and note the improvemept in their conduct and appearance." Distinguished Group Present. The presentation was made before a distinguished group, which included three former recipients of the medal— E. C. Graham, Robert V. Fleming and {Thomas P. Littlepage. Among the I other guests were Commissioners | Hazen and Sultan; E. Barrett Pretty - | man, president of the Civitan Club: i Rev. Charles T. Warner, president cf j Rotary Club; K. H. Berkeley; Right I Rev. James E. Freeman. Episcopal Bishop of Washington; Sanford Bates, now executive director of the Boys' Clubs of America, Inc.; Rabbi Abram Simon; Edgar Morris, president of the Board of Trade: Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; A. B. Van Voorhees, vice president of the Kiwanis Club, and Adam Arnold, president of the Lions Club. The first distinguished service medal of the club was awarded to the late M. A. Leese. In succeeding years medals w’ere presented to Theodore W. Noyes and Miss Mary Virginia Mer rick. ---• ACTON CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER District Court Jury Takes 24 Hours, 20 Minutes—Defend ant Pleased. Prank H. Acton. 35, was convicted of manslaughter late yesterday by a District Court jury, which was out 24 hours and 20 minutes. He was tried on an indictment charging him with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting October 4 of Donald E. Mursch at Eleventh and P streets southwest. The defendant appeared pleased with the verdict and walked smiling from the court in the custody of a deputy marshal. A maximum sentence of from 3 to 15 years may be imposed upon him. Acton testified that he shot Mursch after the latter had threatened him because he refused to Join in a hold up. He said he was in fear of his life. EXECUTIVES’ SALARY LIST SUPPLEMENTED $18,000 Paid During 1936 to Head of Dunigan Company Here, Treasury Reveals. The salary of H. M. Dunigan, presi dent of D. J. Dunigan, Inc., was $18,000 in the 1936 fiscal year, according to a supplemental list of the Nation’s corporation executives who received more than $5,000 a year in salaries and commissions 'lied with the House Ways and Means Committee yester day by the Treasury Department. The original list, made public sev eral weeks ago, contained the names of more than 100 Washington corpora tion executives whose salaries exceeded $5,000. Dunigan’s name was the only one on the supplemental list for the Dis trict. Hollywood Star Arrives for Birthday Ball Marsha Hunt, one of Hollywood’s most promising starlets, is shoion arriving at Union Sta tion today, first of the contingent coming here from the movie capital to attend the President’s birthday ball Saturday night. Greeting Miss Hunt is Robert C. Dove, manager of the Carlton Hotel. Her mother and jathcr are shown at the right. —Star Staff Photo. MAN II RAZOR SLAINBYOFFICER Fight in Darkened Room Fol lows Plea for Help by Victim's Family. A berserk razor-wielder, crazed by liquor, was shot to death by a police man early today after the officer was , badly slashed during a fight in a darkened room. The dead man was Clarence B Phillips, 41, of 3711 Macomb street. ! The policeman is Pvt. Augustus Bod well, 32, of 2418 North Capitol street. Capital Druggist Unable to Contact Mother in Paducah Bert Morris, employe of a drug store at 7723 .Georgia avenue, sought in vain today to get in touch with his injured mother in Paducah, Ky„ after seeing an airplane picture cf her partially submerged house in yes terday's edition of The Star. Morris said his mother. Mrs. R. P Morris. 76, fell and broke her ankle several weeks ago. She lives alone a large part of the — FIRST FILM STAR ARRIVES FOR BALL Marsha Hunt to Be Followed by Jean Harlow, Robert. Taylor and Others. Hollywood headliners started to rrc.ve into the Capital yesterday as the time drew near for their "curtain call" at the President's Birthday Ball Sat urday night. Marsha Hunt, Paramount star, ar rived first to set the hearts of mascu line movie-goers aflutter and prepare film followers here for further excite ment in the person of Jean Harlow. More interesting to the women, how ever. was the anticipated arrival of Robert Taylor, the celluloid lover whose prospective visit has turned Commissioner Allen into a personal secretary. Allen was beseiged in his office yes terday by six Western High School girls, Elaine Bonde, Amelia Rosen busch, Audrey Kemp, Patricia Engle man, Mary Charshee and Betty Rod rick, all anxious to “date up” Taylor. Help Radio Broadcast. The schoolgirls' principal reason for being at the District Building, how ever, was to help the Commissioner in a radio broadcast, during which he assured the public that the movie stars, including Joe Brown, Mitzi Green. Sir Guy Standing and others, and Abe Lyman and his orchestra will "positively" be present for the ball. Quoting a letter from Director W. S. Van Dyke, Allen declared the trip of Harlow and Taylor is costing the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Co. more than $100,000, as production has been stopped on their latest picture. Other activities along the birthday ball front yesterday included a broad cast from Children's Hospital, where Dr. Paul O’Donnell and Col. E. Gor ing Bliss, vice chairman of the Ball Committee, explained how Washing ton's share of the funds from the party will be expended. Nurses and crippled children at the hospital also participated in the pro gram. which was broadcast over Sta tion WRC under the guidance of Bill Coyle. Mr. O'Donnell told of the work of the orthopedic department at the hospital, while Col. Bliss urged all Washingtonians to attend the birth day ball and join in the movement to fight infantile paralysis by attending the birthday ball. time, he said, as his half-brother, Sim Darnell, with whom she makes her home, often is away on busi ness. Since Sunday, Morris said, he has tried the telephone, radio. and telegraph in a futile effort to: get some word of his mother. He reached a sister in St. Louis by Bert Morris. telephone, but she had received no news from Paducah. Yesterday Morris talked to Senator Barkley of Kentucky, whose mother also lives in Paducah. The Senator had learned that his own mother was safe in a nearby town, but could ob tain no news of Mrs. Morris. The picture which Morris saw of his mother's home was published on the front page of yesterday's noon edi tion of The Star. c. B. Phillips. Folircman RodwfU. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight, when Bodwell and Officer Roland Kirby sped to the Macomb street address in an eighth precinct scout car on a ‘‘disorderly crowd” report. In front of the house the policemen were met by Gorman A. Phillips, whq said his brother had been drinking heavily and was violent. Gorman, who operates a dry clean ing establishment on the ground floor of his home, said his brother had threatened him with a razor, but it had been dropped when he slammed a door on the brother’s arm. Trouble Laid to Radio. The disturbance started, police were told, when Gorman attempted to shut oft a radio, which Clarence had turned on full blast. While the officers were talking to Gorman, they saw Clarence enter the house by the rear door. They pursued him upstairs and grappled with him in a front bed room. Clarence was forced to drop a second razor when Kirby struck him twice in the face with a blackjack. Ignoring the blows and producing a third razor during the scuffle, Clar ence, acording to a police report, drove the officers from the bed room with a lunge. As he backed Into an adjoining room, where the lights were out, Bod well was cut deeply in the cheek and again on the scalp. Falling over a chair, Bodwell pulled his revolver and fired four shots at his assailant. Fourth Shot Goes Wild. Two of the bullets struck Clarence in the abdomen and one in the chest, killing him almost instantly. The fourth shot went wild. At Emergency Hospital, where he was taken in a taxicab, Bodwell was found to be weak from loss of blood. Physicians said they expected him to recover, however. Police said they were informed Clar ence had been out of work. They said Gorman called the precinct after both he and his mother, Mrs. Clara 8. Phillips, had been unable to quiet Clarence. Efforts to Gain More Light on Bugher Gem Theft Still Stymied. Police still were stymied today in their efforts to get more light on the Bugher gem theft case. John Morcischeck, 49-year-old but ler. who now faces two charges of grand larceny, was grilled for several hours yesterday, but stuck to his story of finding the $300,000 in jewels be longing to Mrs. Henrietta Bugher in the hallway of her apartment at 1785 Massachusetts avenue. He was in for another siege today. He also denied having any accom plices and investigators have not de termined what final disposition was planned of this collection and another $50,000 lot belonging to Mrs. Bugher which were located in New York and are being held at headquarters here under guard. Morcischeck has dis claimed knowledge of this second col lection. The second charge filed against the butler yesterday accused him of taking jewelry belonging to Frederick M. Bugher, Mrs. Bugher’s son. Police said they questioned Morcis check yesterday about a $75,000 rob bery at the home of W. C. Durant, motor magnate, in Deal, N. J„ in 1928. and a $40,000 Job at the home of Marsden J. Perry, Newport. Accord ing to information in their possession, Morcischeck sued Durant for false arrest when held for four days after the Deal robbery. The case, they said, was settled out of court for $400. Chief of Detectives Bernard W. Thompson expects to go to the grand jury with the Bugher theft this week. Bail at 7 Hotels The ball will be staged at seven of the leading hotels—Willard. May flower. Shoreham, Washington. Ral eigh, Wardman Park and Hamilton. In addition to the appearance of the movie stars at all of the parties, there will be dancing and floor shows. All of the radio stations here are planning a joint broadcast of the pro ceedings. The Earle and Capitol Theaters will take part in the festivities by holding midnight shows Saturday night. Pointing out that the hotels probably will be unable to accommodate every one, Commissioner Allen today urged the public to buy their tickets for the special shows while they are still available. The screen celebrities here for the birthday ball also will make personal appearances at the two theaters. Other performers will be Eleanor Holm Jar rett, swimming star, and her crooner husband, Art Jarrett; Harry Burns and Company, Rose Wyse, jr.; Jane Marion, the Honey Troop, Harry Reser and his Eskimosc Orchestra, Paul Gerrits and the Keene Twins. Birthday Ball at Marlboro. 27 a Staff Correspondent ol f ne Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.f January 28 —A President’s birthday ball will be held in Trinity Hall here Saturday night. All proceeds will go to the Warm Springs, Ga.t Foundation for Crippled Children. Admission will be 50 cents. Music will be furnished by Artie Hoyle and his orchestra. Each guest will receive a portrait of the President suitable for framing. INSPECTION IMPORTANT Federal Stamp on Raw Pork Products Held Essential. To avoid trichinosis, raw pork prod ucts should not be eaten unless they bear a Federal Government inspection stamp, Dr. Maurice C. Hall of the National Institute of Health declared in a statement today. The statement -was issued to cor rect misinterpretation of a report made by the Institute to the American Association for the Advancement of , Science jt its Atlantic Citg PEDESTRIAN ROBBED Frank &. Shiner Reports Theft of $17. Forcing him into an alley near First and W streets,- three men last night robbed Frank H. Shiner, 2131 First street of $17 after threatening him with a gun. The men ran alter robbing him. Shiner told police. Salak Deneberg, 3214 Warded street, told police $71 had been stolen from a Aiivm At bto turns. A FURTHER POWERS Settle Announces Commis sion Is Satisfied With Pres ent Arrangement. JACOBS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED CHANGE Parts of Report Bearing on Ac tivities Discussed and Reso lution Is Adopted. Taking up discussion of the Jacobs committee fiscal report, the National Capital Park and Planning Commis sion today passed a resolution, assert ing it “is not seeking any new or further powers,” its secretary, Thoma S. Settle, announced. The commission did not discuss any phase of the Jacobs report that aid not bear directly on the commission's own activity now and in the future. Frederic A. Delano, commission chairman and its executive, and Arno B. Cammerer, director of the Na tional Park Service and also executive officer of the commission, were in structed to appear before the com mittees of Congress, as the body's legislative committee and inform the lawmakers of the commission's atti tude Present Plan Satisfactory. Settle explained that the commis sion “is satisfied with the present ar rangement and is getting on very satisfactorily with the District govern ment, the Federal Government and other agencies concerned." Suggestions contained in the Jacobs report, affecting the planners, include changing the name of the organiza tion to the National Capital Planning Commission; would add personnel, having more representation from the District government; would instruct it to go over capital expenditures of the city and decide on the location of spe cific municipal buildings and pro rate the expenditure of money, deciding the shares to be paid by the Federal and District government, Settle as serted. Other projects considered include the Mellon Art Gallery, the new Penn sylvania Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia River, the new War De partment and the Thomas Jeffersoa i Memorial. To Discuss Scenic Drive. | Latest developments in tjae Baltl > more and Annapolis regional plan, ■ under which Washington would be j furnished with a new parkway and i scenic drive, will be laid before the ; planners. T. C. Jeffers, the comm is* | sion's landscape architect, and Mal j colm H. Dill, who has been loaned I by the Tennessee Valley Authority to the National Resources Committee, j will make this report. Dill, who is I heading the study, is co-operating ! with Maryland National Capital Park I and Planning Commission and the j Maryland States planning group in the I work. The Potomac Valley Authority, pro posed by Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi and a report I for this region from the Water Re I sources Committee of the National | Resources Committee will likewise be duiscussed. j Water-Front Plans Get Attention. Improvements along the Washington ! Channel water front will be brought ; to the commission’s attention by E. A. | Schmitt, senior engineer of the United j States Engineer Office. Schmitt and ! C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of National Capital Parks, will give the planners their ideas on the pro posed new heights of the flood con trol levees at the rear of the Navy and Munitions Building. Possible sites for an auditorium for the Capital will be debated by tha commission after receiving a report from Jeffers, who has made a special study of the subject. The auditorium as part of the East Capitol street de velopment on the banks of the Ana* costia River will receive attention, Before meeting with the Fine Arts Commission the planners will discuss locations for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, including that at the Tidal Basin and the proposal to have the East Capitol street development as a tribute to Jefferson. Tomorrow morning W. T. Partridge, consulting architect to the planners, will present preliminary studies for future Government buildings on the south side of the Mall in the south west. The southwest, Settle explained today, is the next logical step for future construction. In conjunction with the Mellon Art Gallery, the plan ners will study _ the proposed closing of Sixth street, the widening of Sev enth street to compensate for this and any other plans for traffic move ment. OIL DEALERS TO MEET Opposition to Increase in Gasoline Tax to Be Mapped. Ways and means of defeating the proposal to Increase the District gaso line tax and to impose a motor vehicle weight tax will be discussed by some 200 wholesale and retail oil dealers at a mass meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the Willard Hotel. In a statement announcing the meeting the District Petroleum Indus tries Committee said "it is felt the present gasoline tax in the District is sufficient and that any Increases or suggestions to use the tax for other purposes than streets is not only un necessary but unfair.” ARMY ORDERS 5 HERE Five offioers of the Army Veterinary Corps have been ordered to the Army Medical Center here for duty as stu dents in the Army Veterinary School in the class which will open next August. They are Capt. Clarence L. Taylor, now on duty at San Francisco; Capt. Wayne O. Kester and First Lieut. Al bert A. Roby, jr., Fort Bliss, Tex.; First Lieut. Curtis W. Betzold, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and First Lieut, William E. Jennings, Fort Ringgold, Tax,