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DEDICATED AT G. W.
Mrs. Henry A. Strong Un
veils Inscription as
200 Watch.
In ft simple ceremony Mrs. Henry
Alvah Strong yesterday afternoon
dedicated "to the growth of human
spirit that God and State may be
served by noble women” the new six
story women’s dormitory at George
Washington University, made possible
through her philanthropy and bear
ing her name.
"They told me to pull it hard and
quick,” she smiled, as the inscription
cover, released by a cord, fell to the
ground.
Nearly 200 students, faculty mem
bers, trustees and other friends of
Mrs. Strong gathered on the small
lawn on the north side of the build
ing, at Twenty-first and G streets,
heard Mrs. Harper L. Sibley, wife of
the former president of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States,
give the dedicatory address.
Pays Tribute to Friend.
Paying tribute to a friend of 30
years, Mrs. Sibley declared the new
building "typifies what all America
might be If all wealth had the con
ception of stewardship that Mrs.
Stronghas. She gives not only her
money but also her own energy, in
terest and love. She has always
thrown herself into the stream of
great causes.”
Elizabeth Mike, chairman of the
House Committee of Strong Hall,
which was occupied at the beginning
of this year, spoke for students living
there.
"We take great pride in being the
first residents, and will always re
member it affectionately,” she de
clared.
Mrs. Strong said she felt It a priv
ilege to have been permitted to put
up the building and was full of praise
for the architect and builders.
Praise* Mrs. Sibley.
“I want it to mean a real home
for the girls who come here." she
said, "a place where lasting friend
ships will be formed and high ideals
developed.” She spoke in praise of
Mrs. Sibley, and t-he two friends em
braced on the speaker’s platform.
President Cloyd Heck Marvin ac
cepted the gift on behalf of the
trustees and the University. He re
called that the entire Strong family
is interested in the new hall, the
donor's son Corran having given
some of the furniture and her three
grandchildren having pooled their re
sources to provide a piano.
Rev. Albert Joseph McCartney pro
nounced the invocation and the ben
ediction and the University Band fur
nished the music. Dean Elmer Louis
Kayser, university marshal, presided.
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Births Reported.
Aubrey and Ethel Wine. boy.
Louis and Virginia Teuscher. boy.
Paul and Lorame Shreve. boy.
Frederick and Katherine Schmucker. boy.
George and Bernice Taylor, boy.
Rudolfs and Ilze Smits, boy.
Walter and Anna Seitz, girl.
James and Mary Cook. girl.
Clayton and Evelyn Lowry, boy.
Thomas and Isabella Forrest, boy.
Clayton and Lillian McCollough. boy.
Lester and Beulah Dodds, boy.
Joseph and Virginia Barnes, boy.
Andrew and Elizabeth Betz. boy.
Wilfred and Laura Richardson, boy.
Morris and Rose Daniels, boy.
Samuel and Mirian Spintman. boy.
Howard and Inez Rhine, boy.
Charles and Elsie Ashton, boy.
Lloyd and Agnes Williamson, girl.
John and Anna Coursey, girl.
Jprome and Grace Murray, girl.
Fletcher and Frances Sheffield, girl.
Glenn and Myrtle Stelling. girl.
J C. and Frances Mosley, girl.
Morris and Thelma Ratner. girl.
Taylor and Della Lowry, girl.
Franklin and Catherine Mueller, girl.
George and Frances Buddington. girl.
Frank and Ida Leone, boy.
James and Agnes Hildebrand, boy.
Harold and Beryl Schomer. boy.
Guy and Mildred Bennett, boy.
Fielding and Floy Huesman. boy.
Gregory and Margaret Prince, boy.
James and Modean Kenerly. girl.
Oscar and Sarah Estep, girl.
Floyd and Lucile Hornibrook. girl.
Holman and Daisy Woodward boy.
Thomas and Emily Evans, boy.
Alton and Lois Bowman boy.
Edward and Wilma Ballenger. boy.
Russell and Beulah Corder. boy.
John and Frances Jund. boy.
Philip and Margaret Harich. boy.
Clyde and Evelyn Tolley, boy.
Robert and Cecelia Wight, boy.
Conrad and Laura Lederer, boy,
Wayne and Esther Grover, girl.
Owen and Doris Bradshaw, girl.
Arthur and Esther Swain, girl.
Clifton and Marcelite Hall. girl.
David and Mary O Sullivan, girl.
James and Ruth Lyons, girl.
Alfred and Lillian Hurwitz, girl.
John and Margaret Crandall, girl.
Joseph and Mildred Bradley, girl.
Edward and Margaret. Taggart, girl.
Paul and Dorothy Allen, girl.
Massie and Ida Vaugh, boy.
Spencer and Mary Clagett. boy.
Rudolph and Dorothy Coleman, boy.
William and Henrietta Lee. girl.
Beverly and Juanita Broadus. boy.
Harjy and Kathryn Robinson, boy.
James and Inez Wilson, girl.
Deaths Reported.
Ada Louise Herbert, 82. 1503 C st. s.e.
AU2iionse M. Baer, 81. 0001 Western ave.
Morris Fitzgerald. 80. 4230 Wisconsin ave.
John J Murray. 70, Gallinger Hospital.
Mollie W. Schwab. 66. the Westchester
Apartments.
William F. O’Brien. 62. 1002 4th st. n.e.
Teresa Briscuso. 54. 5i5 Irving st.
Ruth R Murphy. 44. Providence Hospital.
Lillian May McDaniel. 43. 1220 Pleasant
st. s. e
Delbert D. Spangler. 41. St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital.
Philip A. Jenkins. 37, Veterans' Admln
istration Facility.
Violet M Schafl 36. 1321 Kenyon st.
Infant of Mrs. Robert Tilch. Sibley Hoi
pital.
James Allen, sr.. 55. Casualty Hospital.
Daisy Nance. 55 Freedmen's Hospital.
Albert Smith. 40. Gallinger Hospital.
Pearl Johnson 38. 63 Pierce st.
Raymond Davis. 37, Freedmen's Hospital.
Brain Twizzlers
BY PROF. J. D. FLINT.
JUOW MUCH HOW BIG "
TO HAUNT 19 THE- .
A VA0U9E-? H0U9&?Jl
\V t HAVE read a lot of stories
1 about the hallucinations of va
rious queer people and here’s a prob
lem that is derived from the stories
of a man whose vivid imagination led
him to believe that he was a house
haunter. (The institute has him now.)
While prowling through a deserted
and supposedly haunted house our
friend discovered a hidden entrance to
a room of hexagonal shape. As he stood
in the doorway he could see that there
was a black cat in each corner, five
black cats in front of each cat and a
black cat on every black cat’s tail!
It sounds like a bad deal for a
superstitious person. How many cats
were there?
(Copyright. 1937.)
(See ANSWER. Page C-13.)
Dedicate New G. W. Dormitory
Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington
University, and Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong at the dedication yes
terday of the new six-story women's dormitory donated to the
university by Mrs. Strong. —Star Staff Photo.
Service Orders.
ARMY.
Hoffman, Lieut. Col. Edward L., Air
Corps, to be retired May 31.
Marriott. Capt. Owen R., Field Ar
tillery, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to
Quartermaster Corps, Portsmouth, Va.,
June 10.
Hill, Capt. John B . Specialist Re
serve, Wilmington, N. C„ to active
duty in office of the Assistant Secre
tary of War. May 9.
Millenbruck, First Lieut. Edwin L.
Veterinary Corps. Fort Bragg, N. C.,
to Army Medical Center, August 28.
Lerche, Second Lieut. Andrew O,
Air Corps Reserve, ordered to active
duty at Langley Field, Va., June 1.
NAVY.
Rhoton, Lieut. Comdr. Riffel G.,
Asiatic Department, Cavite, to Nor
folk, Va.. April 29.
Connelly, Lieut. Harold H., Bureau
of Navigation. Naval Academy, to U. S.
S. Indianapolis.
Stelle, Lieut. Charles W., Medical
Corps, New York, to Navy Depart
ment.
Ilscmann. Lieut. FYederick J.. Asiatic
Department, U. S S. Canopus, to
Naval Air Station, April 29.
Traffic Convictions
LEAVING AFTER COLLIDING.
Edward B. Myer, 2667 Sheridan
road southeast, $50 or 30 days.
RECKLESS DRIVING.
Arthur A. Burnett. 228 Hamilton
street, $50 or 30 days.
SECOND-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Clarence Jones, 1466 T street, $10.
William T. Marche, Maryland. $10.
Wesley W. Childs. Maryland. $10.
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Robert F. Bradley. 315 V street
northeast. $5.
Mary P. Enders, 4834 Davenport
street, $5.
George S. Rothfuss, 1630 R street,
$5.
Donald H. Russell, Maryland. $5.
Robert W. Lennox, 1426 M street,
$10.
Santus McQueen, 1925 Bladensburg
road northeast. $5.
Louis Pipitone. Maryland, $5.
Eugene Miller, 1549 California
street, $5.
Gordon K. Ausley, 1135 Forty-fifth
place southeast, $5.
Dan Tessitore, 1208 Forty-fourth
place southeast. $5.
Harriett G. Mason, Maryland. $5.
Abe Plisco, 1732 Hobart street,
$10.
Grover H. Garrison, Maryland, $5.
Martin A. Masangkay, Maryland,
$5.
James E. Farrington, 2127 Third
street northeast, $10.
Paul G. Skowronek, 238 I street
northeavSt, $5.
Thomas O. Washington, 4620 Hayes
street northeast, $5.
Raymond G. King. 105 Eighth street
northeast, $5.
Roland J. Crismond, Virginia, $5.
Jacob S. Rones, 1301 Spring road,
$5.
Lewis H. Bowers, 3424 Ninth s*reet
northeast, $5.
Frank S. Chipley, 1364 Kenyon
street, $5.
Henry W. Speers. Virginia, $10.
Edward W. Ricker, 2540 Massa
chusetts avenue. $5.
Alton L. Rushing, 830 Tewkesbury
place, $5.
Thomas H. Butler. Maryland, $10.
Daniel Deaner, 5312 Third street,
$5.
Charles W. Smith, Maryland, $5.
Samuel Spitzer, 4442 Kansas ave
nue, $5.
Gertrude G. Earl, Maryland, $5.
Charles J. Pettit, Maryland, $5.
William S. Courtney, 427 Thir
teenth street, $5.
Robert M. Rhoades, 1709 Q street,
$5.
Robert W. Daniels, 422 Butternut
street, $5.
Cecil J. Ketner, 161 Uhland ter
race northeast. $5.
Frank S. Spurr, 1126 Twelfth
street, $5.
Marriage Licenses.
Samuel A. Wolf. 19, B16Va Park rd.. and
Jessie Kahanlsky. 18. 604 12th st. s.e.;
Rev. J T. Loeb.
Robert E. Smith, 1r„ 28, 413 Bth st. n.w.,
and Catherine E. Boose. 21. Conduit rd..
Glen Echo. Md.; Rev. Allen F. Poore.
Warren I. Early. 31. 2623 14th st. n.w.,
and Carmen Bautista. 22, San Francisco,
Calif.; Rev. M. P. German.
Emmett N. Evans, jr., 31. 1720 M st.
n.e., and Ethel A. Gardner. 27. 1214
Randolph st. n.e.; Rev. G. B. Tavlor.
David E. Wiseman. 26. 136 W st., New
York City, and Elisabeth M. Richardson,
21, Baltimore. Md.; Rev. Daniel E.
Wiseman.
Floyd Goodman, 25. 1421 11th st., and
Margaret Hunt, 23. 1608 32nd at.; Rev.
M. M. Whittle.
Robert J. Smothers, 21, 211 I st. se,
and Jeannette H. Burton, 18. 205 1 tt.
s.e.: Rev. J. B. Glenn.
Lowell C. Lomax. 28. New York City, and
Hyetta Hill, 21, Philadelphia; Judge
R. E. Mattingly.
Harry R. Dickinson. 24, 627 Q st., and
Mattie A. Bowman. 24. 1160 25th st.;
Rev. H. C. Brooks.
Julian Thomas, 24. 431 8th st. s.w.. and
L. Selvedora Richardson. 25, 215Vi C
st. s.w.; Rev. J. B. Headen.
Lesley E. O'Neal. 22. 818 Bth st. and
Marion M. Young, 19, BIB H st.; Rev.
F. B. Tucker.
Albert J. Arnold. 23. Glen Echo, Md., and
Mary E. Willingham, 21. Leesburg. Va.;
Rev H. M. Henning.
Robert J. Meybln. 56, Roanoke. Va., and
Lavinla H. Johns. 38. Atlanta, Ga.;
Rev. J. H. Hollister.
Floyd 8. Southeron, 21. Schoolfleld. Va.,
and Pauline Blayloch. 21, Danville, Va.;
Rev. A. F. Poore.
Lawrence W. Bowman, 30, Soldiers Home,
and Florence L. Sullivan. 24. 115 Massa
chusetts ave.; Rev. J. J. McLaughlin.
William R. James. 37, 1440 R st., and
Caridad Green. 26. 4610 42nd at.;
Rev. W. M. Michael.
$500,000 HELD COST
OF VIRGINIA FLOODS
Shirley Estimates Expense of
Repairing Damaged Roads
and Spans.
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va , May 8,—Virginia
faced today a bill estimated at $500,
000 to repair damages done roads and
bridges by the rampaging rivers of the
Old Dominion in the floods of last
week.
Highway Commissioner Henry G.
Shirley, who released the estimate,
said that reports of inspecting engi
neers of the highway department show
the heaviest damage was done in the
north-central part of the State, from
Fredericksburg west.
The principal damage. Shirley said,
was done to the secondary road sys
tem by bridge and road washouts. C.
S. Mullen, chief engineer of the high
way department, said that work would
be started immediately on replacing
the three spans of the free bridge
over the Rappahannock River at
Fredericksburg, which was wrecked.
Mullen said the bridge, connecting
Commerce street and the road to King
George Court House, would be opened
within 45 days. He said it had not
been determined whether the project
would be of a permanent or tem
porary nature, because of the prob
ability of the construction of a new
bridge.
FARM INCOME UP
Figure for First Three Months Is
Put at S1,945,000.000 by U. S.
Government economists reported to
day that cash income of farmers the
first three months of this year was
larger than in the corresponding pe
riod of 1936.
Cash from sale of farm products
lagged behind last year in some States,
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
said, but Government benefit pay
ments more than offset this.
Cash farm income for all regions
was estimated at $1.945,000,090, com
pared with $1,520,000,000 in the same
period last year.
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U. S. Exhibits at Salinka.
Eighty-four American business con
cerns had exhibits at the last inter
national fair at Salonika, Greece.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Man, 78, Hit by Street Car
Leaving Tracks—Cabs
Collide Head-on.
Twelve persons were injured, two
seriously, in traffic accidents in this
section yesterday.
One of the victims was a 78-year
old man who was struck by a street
car when it ran off the track he had
just crossed. The other was a young
woman who was knocked down as
she was assisting an injured girl into
a taxicab to be taken to a hospital.
A head-on collision of two taxicabs
at Blagdon avenue and Allison street
in Rock Creek Park caused injuries
to four, one being hurt seriously. The
drivers were George E. Wood, 29, of
3414 Eleventh street and James W.
Startzman, 27, of 806 Aspen street,
with K. W. Beasley, 25, of 4913 Rock
Creek road and Nellis R. Coker, 22,
of 9530 Warren street, Silver Spring,
Md., as their respective passengers.
Treated at Walter Reed.
Wood, who suffered serious internal
injuries, was taken to Emergency
Hospital. The two passengers were
treated at Walter Reed Hospital.
George L. Morton, Ontario Apart
ments, had just crossed both street
car tracks at Fourteenth and G streets
when the rear wheels of a westbound
street car, making a left turn into
Fourteenth, jumped the track. Mor
ton was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for scalp wounds. The motorman
was Isaac C. Burnett, 160. D street
southeast.
Cecilia Angle, 19, of 1625 West Vir
ginia avenue northeast, was knocked
down on Tenth street near F street
by the automobile of Charles C. Long,
27, of 1349 W street southeast.
A cab driver, Richard B. Peatross,
33, of 1706 G street, stopped at the
scene. Long’s wife Mildred was as
sisting the injured girl into the cab
when it started forward and Mrs. Long
was thrown to the street. Peatross put
both women in his cab and took them
to Emergency. They were treated for
cuts, bruises and shock.
Car Hita Peace Cross.
Three colored persons were injured
when a car driven by John Meek,
colored, 1223 T street, ran off the
road and struck the Peace Cross on
Bladensburg road. Virginia Ford, 23,
colored, 529 Florida avenue, a passen
ger, suffered a compound fracture of
the skull, a crushed face and leg
wounds. Her condition was described
as serious. Others injured were Mabel
Meek, 29. colored, 1428 Sixth street,
and Ulysses Price, 18. colored, 1228
Eleventh street. The victims were
taken to Casualty Hospital by the
Bladensburg rescue squad.
John D. McMillan, 30, colored. 1821
Corcoran street, was knocked from his
motor cycle on Minnesota avenue
southeast by an automobile operated
by George W. Brent, 1713 Minnesota
avenue. Police arrested Brent and
charged him with driving while in
toxicated. McMillan suffered a broken
left leg. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Eugene Mitchell, 5. colored, was
injured on the forehead when he
was struck at Eleventh and Q streets
by an automobile driven by Raymond
I. Smith. 40, of 339 Fourteenth street.
He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital
for treatment.
MANHUNT LAUNCHED
Convict Sought on John D. Rocke
feller Estate.
EASTVIEW. N. Y., May 8 (A>).—
, Eastview Penitentiary guards combed
| the vast John D Rockefeller estate in
! Westchester County today, seeking
Joseph Colanthi, escaped 21-year-old
convict.
Colanthi, committed last June to
serve a year for unlawful entry and
500 additional days for a $500 fine
he was unable to pay. edged away
from a gang of eight prisoners work
ing outside the walls yesterday and
disappeared toward Pocantico Hills.
Bedtime Stories
The Teeters Are Discussed.
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
When talking other people o'er,
of all your facts be very sure.
—Old Mother Nature.
MR. AND MRS. TEETER the
Spotted Sandpipers had chos
en a place for their nest so
near the nest of Mr. and
Mrs. Little Friend the Song Sparrows
that there were but a few inches be
tween them. The Little Friends had
built their nest on a tussock. The
Teeters had chosen for their nest a
pebbly place close to the base of that
tussock. The truth is, they hadn’t
noticed the nest of the Sparrows until
after they had decided on th,eir own
“PERHAPS,” SAID LITTLE FRIEND,
“THE NEST ISN’T FINISHED.”
location, and then they didn’t want
to change, and Little Friend had said
it wouldn’t matter, for they were old
friends, anyway.
So the Teeters made their neat on
the ground, among the pebbles, and
Mrs. Little Friend could lobk right
down into it. A few grasses were
brought and rather carelessly ar
ranged in a very shallow place
scratched out among the stones.
Mrs. Little Friend thought the nest
was hardly started when, one morn
ing, to her astonishment, she dis
covered an egg in it. At first she
mistook it for one of the pebbles.
When she discovered that it really
was an egg she still had difficulty in
believing it.
“Do you suppose that that is all
the nest they are going to have?”
she asked Little Friend.
“You know as much about it as I
do, my dear,” said he. "I would
hardly call that a nest.”
“Nest!” was the prompt response.
“Why, it is a disgrace to call such a
thing as that a nest! It is hardly
the beginning of one. The Teeters
seem nice, neat people, too. I don’t
understand it.”
“Perhaps,” said Little Friend, “the
nest isn’t finished.”
Evidently it was, however, for
presently there were four eggs, sur
prisingly big eggs for such small birds,
much bigger eggs than those of the
Song Sparrows, and quite different
in shape. They were small and pointed
at one end, while the other end was
large.
Now, as I have already told you,
the Little Friends took turns in sit
ting on their eggs. While Mrs. Little
Friend hunted for food and exer
cised Little Friend was on the nest.
One day when he came to take her
place he noticed that there was no
one on those other eggs. He spoke
about it.
"There is something funny about
that,” said Mrs. Little Friend.
“What do you mean?” asked Little
Friend. “Just what do you mean,
my dear?”
She stopped to preen herself a
moment or two before replying. At
last, when her feathers were dressed
to suit her, she asked: "Have you
ever seen both at the nest since those
eggs were laid?”
I hadn’t thought of that, but,
now that you speak of it, I don’t be
lieve I have,” replied Little Friend.
“Neither have I,” said Mrs. Little
Friend. “I’ve never once seen them
change places on those eggs. I've
seen the eggs left just as you see
them now. Then, after a while, Mr.
or Mrs. Teeter comes to sit on them.
I’m ashamed to say, I can’t tell one
from the other, they look so much
alike. I never know which it is who
is my neighbor.”
“It is the same way with me,” con
fessed Little Friend. “I’m never sure
which is which when I see them along
the shore. They look alike, run alike
and bob alike. You and I look alike,
I guess”—
“But every one knows you by your
song,” interrupted Mrs. Little Friend.
“I sometimes wonder if perhaps Mrs.
Teeter does all of the sitting, while he
goes off for a good time. There are
some feathered folk like that, you
know.”
“Yes, I know,” replied Little Friend.
“I don’t know how they get that way,
but they do. All the work is left
to the mothers. I couldn't do that
way with you, my dear. Look here
comes Mrs. Teeter, back to her eggs.”
“How do you knew it is Mrs. Tee
ter?" asked his mate slyly. j
(CopTTlsat. 1987.) 1
Eight Receive Mackay and
Cheney Trophies^Three
Others Are Absent.
Expressing the commendation of the
Army for their skill, courage and gal
lantry, Gen. Malin Craig, chief of
staff, today presented to a group of
eight Army Air Corps officers and men
the two greatest peacetime awards
open to members of the corps—the
Mackay Trophy for the most meri
torious flight of the past year and the
Cheney Award for the outstanding act
of valor and self-sacrifice of the year.
The presentation was made at Boll
ing Field before a battalion of Air
Corps troops drawn up in front of a
formidable line of the Army’s latest
fighting airplanes of all the combat
types. The Army Band participated
in the ceremony.
Donor* Are Present,
With Gen. Craig were Brig. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, assistant chief of
the Army Air Corps; Charles F.
Horner, president of the National
Aeronautic Association, who had cus
tody of the Mackay Trophy, and the
donors of the Cheney Award, Mrs.
Mary L. Scofield of Peterboro, N. H.,
and Mrs. Thomas W. Streeter, Morris
town, N. J., mother and sister of the
late Lieut. William H. Cheney, Air
Service, killed at Poggia, Italy, during
the World War.
The Cheney award was made to Maj.
Frederick D. Lynch and Staff Sergt.
Joseph L. Murray for their rescue of
the crew of a burning balloon.
The Mackay Trophy was awarded
as a result of a formation bombard
ment flight through dangerously thick
fog and bad weather from Langley
Field, Va., to Allegan, Mich.
Mackay Trophy Winner*.
Winners of the Mackay Trophy are
Capt. Richard E. Nugent, First Lieuts.
Joseph A. Miller and Edwin G. Slmen
son, Second Lieut. Burton W. Arm
strong. all of the Regular Air Corps;
Second Lieuts. William P. Ragsdale,
jr, and Herbert Morgan, jr., Air
Corps Reserve; Technical Sergt. Gil
bert W. Olson, Staff Sergt. Howard
M. Miller and Corpl. Air Mechanic
(second class), Frank B. Connor.
Lieut. Miller and Sergts. Olson and
Miller were not present to receive the
trophy. They now are in California
participating in Air Corps maneuvers.
Maj. Lynch was a passenger in a
balloon piloted by Sergt. Murray, which
took off from Fort Sill, Okla., July 10.
Crew members were Master Sergt.
Ralph J. Rumpel and Staff Sergt.
Douglas M. Tucker. In a forced land
ing the balloon exploded and burned.
Maj. Lynch was thrown clear; the
others trapped in the flaming wreck
age. Disregarding his bums, bruises
and shock, the officer plunged into
the thick of the fire and freed Sergt.
Murray. Together, they dragged out
the other two, both of whom were
so badly burned they died, Rumpel
before he could be removed. Sergt.
Murray was severely burned, and the
major only less seriously.
SAFETY OFFICER URGED
Melvin S. Rich of Engineers So
ciety for Protecting Workers.
Appointment of a full-time safety
officer to reduce hazards on construc
tion work in the District was advo
cated last night by Melvin S Rich of
the Washington Society of Engineers
before the District Council of En
gineering and Architectural Societies.
Such an official would inspect all
construction sites to determine whether
proper precautions are being taken to
protect workers.
The Council received the draft of a
proposed registration law requiring
qualification of all engineers practic
ing in the District. The proposed act
will be submitted to the District Com
missioners after it is ratified by the
12 member societies of the council.
“Keeping Their Chins Up”
William Durity, 7, and Joan Weston, 4, who tonight will
sing a song, ‘‘Keep Your Chin Up,” written and dedicated to
John S. Bennett, superintendent of the Central Union Mission,
who is ill, by Homer Rodeheaver, well-known song leader. The
children will sing in connection with the celebration of the
twentieth anniversary of the founding of the mission's Chil
dren’s Emergency Home, where they reside. There will be a spe
cial radio program and reception from 8 to 10 p.m. in commem
oration of thev.nniversary. Star Staff Photo.
General Welfare Court Taboo
Called Abolitional Philosophy
Dr. Walsh Hits Administration Claim
That Classes of Legislation Should
Be Above Revieiv of Bench.
The Government's contention in
support of the social security act
that “the decision of Congress is not
reviewable by the courts if by any
reasonable possibility it is for the
general welfare" was assailed last
night by Dr. Edmund A Walsh, S J„
vice president of Georgetown Uni
versity and regent of the School of
Foreign Service.
"To admit the constitutional phi
losophy underlying this contention is
not to pack the Supreme Court but to
abolish it entirely in so far as enact
ments of Congress are concerned," he
declared.
In closing a series of 10 public lec
tures on the Constitution and the
Supreme Court in which the George
town educator took a strong stand
against the proposal to enlarge its
membership. Dr. Walsh cited the
clause in the Department of Justice
brief presented this week in the social
security case.
Cites Jefferson Warning.
“Is not this precisely a reaffirmation
of the omnipotence of Congress?" he
said. "Is not this precisely the doc
trine of the supreme uncontrollable
power of the national legislature
against which Jefferson warned us,
| and against which President Roose
! velt on March 2. 1930, when Governor
of New York argued so convincingly?
“Is not this the very reason for the
establishment of a Supreme Court by
the Constitution to acl as an umpire
in controversies between legislative
and individual rights? Is not this, in
modern language, the same basic doc
trine of the omnipotence of Parliament
over Massachusetts against which
James Otis raised the standard of re
volt in 1761, against which the Dec
laration of Independence was written,
and the Revolution fought?”
Dr. Walsh said he was arguing
neither for nor against the constitu
j tionalitv of the social security act,
' nor was he unmindful, he said, of the
specific grant to Congress to levy taxes
for the general welfare.
When one reviews the 148-year rec
ord of the Supreme Court and recalls
that of the 58,383 Federal statutes
enacted in that time the court has
only invalidated 75 "in whole or in
part," Dr. Walsh pointed out. the
charge of obstructing social progress
is revealed as "grossly exaggerated."
Dr. Walsh addresed an audience of
1.800 persons that crowded Memorial
Continental Hall. His series of con
stitutional lectures, planned last Sum
mer, opened by a coincidence a week
after the Supreme Court bill was in
troduced in Congress. As a conse
quence the lecture series was over
subscribed.
SALVAGE SHIP MAY
GIVE NORTHLAND AID
Coast Guard Fails to Remove
Steamer Grounded Off Ma
thias Point, Md.
A salvage ship probably will be dis
patched from Norfolk tomorrow to
begin operations for removal of the
Norfolk Sc Washington steamer North
land from the mud bank off Mathias
Point, Md., where she ran aground
Thursday night while on the way to
Norfolk with 130 passengers.
Efforts of Coast Guard vessels to re
move the Northland at high tide yes
terday afternoon were unsuccessful.
The passengers were transferred by
life boats to a Washington-bound
steamer and brought here yesterday
morning.
Regular service has been resumed
between Washington and Norfolk, it
was announced. The Northland ran
aground while negotiating a narrow
channel. She apparently was undam
aged.
Shipping News
Arrivals and Departures
at New York
ARRIVALS.
Today.
HAMBURG—Hamburg __ Noon
CITY OF CHATTANOOGA—
Savannah _7:00 A.M.
Tomorrow.
ACADIA—Norfolk —_2:00 f M.
GEORGIC—Southampton . 8:10 A.M.
PETEN—Port Limon _1:00 P.M.
Monday. May 10.
AMERICAN BANKER—London S:0flAM.
BATORY—Gdynia _ 9:00 A.M.
BORINQCEN—Trujillo _ 8,00 A.M.
CHEROKEE—Jacksonville -7:00 AM.
COLOMBIA—Cristobal ._ 8 .10 AM.
CRISTOBAL—Cristobal 8:30 AM.
PRES. ROOSEVELT—Hamburg 11 30 A.M.
QUEEN OF BERMUDA—
Bermuda 9:00 AM.
SAMARIA—Liverpool __PM.
TUSCANIA—Glasgow __ .... 9:00AM.
VEENDAM—Rotterdam _— PM.
VIRGINIA—San Francisco _ 8:30 A M.
Tuesday. May 11.
ALGONQUIN—Galveston _8:00 AM.
AQl ITANIA—Southampton -
DROTTNINGHOLM—Gothenb g 9:00 A.M.
ILE DE FRANCE—Havre_10:00 AM.
ORIZABA—Vera Cruz_3:00 P.M.
PENNLAND—Antwerp _9:00 A.M. «
ROBERT E. LEE—Norfolk_4 on p M
SAN JACINTO—Puerto Rico. 8:30 A.M.
SANTA INEZ—Valparaiso _ — 8:30A.M.
Wedneaday. May 12.
EXETER—Mediterranean _10 00 AM.
SEMINOLE—Jacksonville ... 7:00 AM.
WESTERN PRINCE—Buenoa
Aires 8:30 AM.
Thursday May 13.
ACADIA—Norfolk _2:00 PM.
CARABOBO—Curacao __ 8:30 AM.
CONTE DI SAVOIA—Genoa — 8.00 AM.
DIXIE—New Orleans 8:00 AM.
ECROPA—Bremer. 10:00 AM.
FORT AMHERST—St John s icon A.M.
MARTINIQUE—Jacmel . .. 8:00 A M.
MCNARGO—Havana __ -- 8:00 A.M.
MUSA—Puerto Barrios _ PM.
ULUA—Santa Marta ___ P M.
SAILING.
(Trans-Atlantic.)
Today.
AMFR. IMPORTER—Liverpool Noon
AMER. TRAVELER—Havre 3.00 PM.
INVAR EN—Gothenburg _ Noon
I.ACOMA—Liverpool __ >.11:30 AM.
REX—Genoa __ Norm
SCANMAIL—Leningrad _ 9:00 A.M.
TENNESSEE—Oslo __ _ S 30 A M.
SANDQWN CASTLE—Beira ___ 7:00 AM.
Tomorrow.
KONIGSTEIN—Rotterdam _ Noon
HENRY STANLEY—Lagas_8:00AM.,
Tuesday. May 11.
ESTRELLA—Lisbon __ 11 30 A M.
EXCALIBUR— Poma Delgada 4 00 PM.
Wednesday. May 17.
AQUITANIA—Cherbourg _. Noon
BLACK GULL—Rotterdam_ Noon
HAMBURG—Cobh _ __Midnight
PRES. ROOSEVELT—Cobh_ Noon
SAILING.
(South and Central America. West Indira
and Canada.)
Today.
ATLANTIDA—La Ceiba_11:00 AM.
BEILA—Ceara _ _10:00 A M
CALAMARF.S—Santa Marla_ Noon
COLUMBIAN—San Francisco 2:00 PM
PORT TOWNSEND— fit John s 11:00 AM.
MONARCH OF BERMUDA—
Bermuda _> __ _3.00 PM
PLATANO—Puerto Cortez _ Noon
WALTER D. MUNSON—San
Juan Noor
WESTERN WORLD—Buenos
Aires __ _3:00 PM.
SANTA PAULA—Cristobal_ Noon
Tomorrow*
No sailings tomorrow.
Monday. May 10.
GLAl'CUS—Trinidad _1:00 PM.
PAUL H. HARWOOD—Aruba _ 1 30 P M
QUEEN OF BERMUDA—
St. Georges — _ 3 00 PM.
Tuesday, May 11.
KANSAN—Cristobal _1:00 PM. ■
TRELOSKE—Para _g 00 P M
Wednesday. May 17.
RILLA—Para 8:00 PM
TACHIRA—San Juan_3:00 P M
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