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BUILDING WALKOUT
' ENDED, PAINTERS'
STRIKE GOES ON
Work Is Resumed on Three
D. C. School
Projects.
■ FEDERAL JOBS FACING
MORE DELAY, HOWEVER
Atlanta Contractor Unable to
Come Here for Parleys
Tomorrow.
Resumption of work on three school
projects today removed the last ves
tiges of the strike deadlock which had
delayed District construction work,
but continuance of the strike by union
painters against Federal projects
threatened to become increasingly
directive as building operations on the
disputed jobs faced delay,
r Directing their strike only at proj
ects let through the Procurement Di
vision, the union painters were in an
Improved strategical position as the
necessity for immediate painting work
vas about to force a halt in other
work at the Archives and Apex Build
ings and at the new annex to the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
Hopes of effecting a settlement of
the Federal controversy suffered a
temporary setback this morning
when William Wilson, Atlanta con
tractor who has three of the disputed
Jobs, notified the Conciliation Service
of the Labor Department that he was
Unable to come here for conferences
tomorrow.
Hound-Table Meeting Sought.
Howard T. Colvin, conciliation offi
cer, had asked Wilson to come here
for a face-to-face meeting with union
representatives in an effort to reach a
basis of agreement. Colvin said he
will attempt to get Wilson to come
later in the week.
Wilson holds contracts for three
Jobs at the City Post Office and the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
In the District situation, resump
tion of work was reported at the
Young and Paul Junior High Schools
and the Grimke School. The con
tracting firms, the John W. Hunt Co.
and the Jeffress-Dyer Co.. are both
under instruction by Engineer Com
missioner Den I. Sultan to abide
strictly by a ruling of the Labor De
partment to the effect that predeter
mined wages must be paid for each
classification of work without regard
to the type of workman assigned to
do the job.
^ Open Shop Maintained.
Both of these firms maintain open
ihops and the tie-up of work resulted
when union building trades workers
itruck in protest against the assign
ment of laborers at laborers' wages
to do jobe usually performed by skilled
workers.
Pending the ruling of the Labor
Department, the work was suspended
cn order of Col. Sultan.
► The threatened delay at the Ar
te chive* Building as a result of the
■ painters' strike was reported to in
K volve installation of metal bookstacks,
^ with 200 iron workers expected to
reach a point in their work by to
morrow night where they must sus
pend operations pending completion
of painting of the ceilings.
A similar condition is developing
at the Apex Building in connection
with installation of the metal ducts
for the air-conditioning apparatus.
Sympathy Strike Seen.
At the Printing and Engraving an
nex, the delay is threatened by the
action of the glaziers in going out on ι
strike in sympathy with the painters,
that project having reached about a
point where glass work soon will be
necessary to keep the job moving.
Pending are complaints of the
painters of alleged discrimination
against union men by the Wilson firm
and the firm of Coones & Raptis of
New York, which has a large con
tract at the City Pœt Office. These
^ complaints were lodged with the re
gional offices of the National Labor
Relations Board.
At the same time the Painters'
Union is hopeful that the Procurement
Division will request from the Labor
Department a ruling on wage and
hour standards which must be ob
served in the disputed jobs.
SCRAP IRON EMBARGO
IN TEXAS IS LIFTED
Railroads' Association Ends Ban
on Export Shipments to
Two Ports.
By the Assoclited Press.
The Association of American Rail
roads announced today cancellation
of an embargo on scrap iron and steel
shipped to Houston and Texas City,
Tex., for export. The cancellation
was effective July 23.
W. C. Kendall, chairman of the as
sociation's car service division, said
the order was issued after a confer
ence of officials of the association and
the Scrap Iron and Steel Institute.
The division chairman predicted
that Individual railroads which also
had placed embargoes on scrap iron
and steel destined for Atlantic and
Gulf porte for export "undoubtedly"
would follow the association's lead in
canceling their bans, originally placed
because of congestion of cars at the
port*.
SCRUGGS TRANSFERRED
■ Airline Official to Be Assistant to
■ President.
■ Transfer of Wirt P. Scruggs from
κ the Washington office to Kansas City
κ to become assistant to President Jack
Β Frye, was announced here today by
I Transcontinental & Western Air.
Β The airline also announced appoint
B ment of A. Martin Logan, former
Β Philadelphia manager for General Air
■ express and well known in Washing -
■ ton, as national executive represen
ts cathr·, also working directly under
I rrjw.
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A icriter of verse at 11. Seymour Detsky, now
16, is penning an epic poem on government at
the dining room table in his mother's Lower East
Side, New York, apartment. His mother, Mrs.
Mollie Detsky, is shown with him.
Charles Ε. Jaynes, jr.. the 7-year-old
boy minister of Garden Grove, Calif.,
recently ordained, likes to play but
preaching the gospel is his principal
forte. Here his nurse is dressing him in
rompers.
Practicing of gospel hymns gives the young
minister, Jaynes, the proper poise lor leading
his audiences. Mrs. Katherine Lasister ac
companies him at the organ.
■—Copyright, Α. Ρ Wirephotos.
Here is Roxanne Herrïck, 3 years old, ο] Monroe,
Mich., who deserts her doll to play cards with an
aunt while visiting in Detroit. A Binet Simon test
rated her intelligence quotient at 54 points above
genius.
BILL TO CUT WEEK
OF FIREMEN HIE
Commissioners Strike First
Major Blow at Jenckes
Measure.
The Commissioners today delivered
the first major blow at the bill of
Representative Jenckes, Democrat. 0f
Indiana, to establish a five-day week
in the Fire Department—a bill which '
! a special subcommittee of the District
1 Committee plans to subject to public
hearings Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
Reporting unfavorably on the pro
posed legislation, the Commissioners
pointed out the plan would require 207
additional firemen and increase the ex
penses of the Fire Department $413,
00U the first year. For the next five
years, the Commissioners said, the ex
penses would pyramid above that fig
ure at the rate of $20,000 a year as
firemen became eligible to salary prr -
motions based on length of service.
The Commissioners also objected to
the bill's discrimination against the
Police Department. If firemen are
put on a five-day week, they declared,
members of the Police Department
should receive the same treatment.
Sub-Ccmraittee Chairman.
Mrs. Jenckes is chairman of the
sub-committee which will conduct
hearings on the five-day week bill. The
sub-committee also will consider at
the same time a bill to modify the
police and firemen's retirement act.
A bill designed to transfer juris
diction over credit unions in the Dis
trict from the Commissioners and
controller of the currency to the Farm
Credit Administration was approved ;
by the Commissioners today in a re
port to the House District Committee.
The dual supervision that now exists
the Commisisoners said, leads to con
fusion. Better supervision can be
obtained, they said, in the Farm Credit
Agency, which administers similar
agencies throughout the country.
Sees Law Violation.
W. I. Swanton, secretary of the Co
lumbia Heights Citizens' Association,
charged in a letter today to Chair
man Palmisano of the House District
Committee that the District is vio
lating the law by failing to assess
certain property at full valuation.
"A careful investigation." Swanton
said, disclosed the population of the
District had increased 24 per cent in
the last four years and that the as
sessed value of land and improve
ments have been substantially re
duced.
"In the case of a large number of
apartments," he declared, "the re- |
duction has averaged 14 per cent on
land and 8 per cent on buildings. I
have not heard of any corresponding
reduction in rents."
Swanton suggested a full-value as
sessment might avert an increase in
the real estate levy.
Poultry School Planned.
A school of poultry improvement
and breeding is to be held from Au
gust 24 to 26 at the University of
Maryland. Inspectors will be trained
1 for flock improvement work.
Experience Described as
"Most Pleasant Impres
sion of America."
Three Soviet flyers who hold the
world's non-stop distance record de
scribed a visit with President Roose
velt today as "their most pleasant
impression of America."
Pilot Mikhail Gromov, who was in
command of their plane during its
flight from Moscow to Southern Cali
fornia by way of the North Pole, eaid
the President asked them many ques
tions about their experiences and ap
peared to be closely informed of de
tails of the flight.
"We were deeply touched by the
warm reception the President gave us,"
Gromov said through Constantine A.
Oumansky. Charge d'Affaires of the
Soviet Embassy, who acted as inter
preter.
Andrei Yumashev, the co-pilot, said
he was very much impressed by the
President's "joy of life." Navigator
Sergei Danilin is the third member
of the group.
Their visit to the White House early
this afternoon was the high light of a
day of courtesy calls and sight-seeing
for the three Soviet airmen.
Previously they had made calls
on Secretary of Commerce Roper.
Assistant Secretary J. Monroe John
son. in charge of civil aviation: the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of
State.
This afternoon they were to call on
the chief of staff. Gen. Malin Craig,
and other Army officers, including the
chief of the Signal Corps. They called
on Gen. Oscar Westover, chief of the
Army Air Corps, immediately following
their arrival in Washington Saturday.
Tomorrow morning the trio will be
flown to Langley Field, Va., home of
the General Headquarters Air Force
and of the laboratories of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
They will return to Washington to
morrow afternoon and will be the
guests at a reception to be given by
Mr. and Mrs. Oumansky at 9 p.m., in
the Soviet Embassy. At this time the
three will tell the story of their record
flight over the North Pole route. They
are to leave Washington tomorrow for
New York to board a steamer for
France.
MATTERN PLEA DENIED
Polar Hop Request Refused, but
New Application Allowed.
Commerce Department officials re
ported today an application by Jimmie
Mattern for permission to fly over the
North Pole to Russia had been*
tentatively denied.
Authorities said Mattern would be
permitted to make a new application,
however. They said he would have
to prove that the flight would be of
scientific value.
Mother of Three Drowns in Bay
Unnoticed by Others in Party \
Hour After They Quit
W ater, Relatives
Learn of Fate.
Relatives and friends of Mrs. Mar
garet C. Unkie, 27-year-old mother
of three children, searched for her for
an hour after they had finished swim
ming at Selby-on-the-Eay, near An
napolis, Md., yesterday, only to learn
she had been drowned while swimming
by herself at another section of the
beach.
Meanwhile, Washington police yes
terday recovered the body of Jason
Β Caukin, president of the Oranada
Realty Co., who was drowned Satur
day night when the wash from a
larger craft upset his dinghy, throw
ing him into the river near Alex
andria, Va.
Mrs. Unkle. who lived at 701 Port
land street southeast, had gone to the
beach with her father, M. C Porter;
two of her children and a party of
friends.
Unable to swim, she had remained
on shore when the others went into
the water, but apparently changed her
mind and began swimming with the
aid of an inner tube.
Mortimer Henderson, also of Wash
ington. who witnessed the tragedy
from a pier, said Mrs. Unkle went
down when her hands slipped from
the tube as she attempted to grab the
anchor chain of his yacht.
Completing their swim, other mem
bers of the party returned to the
beach. After searching for more than
an hour they learned of the drowning.
Her husband. Charles T. Unkle,
had stayed home to take care of Bar
bara Ann. the woman's 18-month-old
BAND CONCERTS.
By the Navy Band at the Capitol
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Lieut. Charles
Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, as
sistant.
Program.
Overture, "Sakuntala" Goldmark
Two preludes:
(a) "C Sharp Minor,"
Rachmaninoff
(b) "Prelude in G Minor,"
Rachmaninoff
Solo for cnrr.ct, "Sounds From the
Hudson" .. .-Clarke
Oscar Short.
Valse, "Artist Life" Strauss
"Siegfried's Rhine Journey," from
the opera, "Siegfried" Wagner
"Polonaise From Third Suite,"
Tschaikowsky
"Nutcracker Suite". .. .Tschaikowsky
1. Overture Miniature.
2. Marche.
3. Danse de la Fee Dragee.
4. Danse Russe Trapak.
5. Valse des Fleurs.
"A Manx Rhapsody" Wood
"The Star Spangled Banner."
By the Marine Band in the barracks
at 8 o'clock tonight. Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader; William F. Santel
mann, assistant.
Program.
March, "General Holcomb".. Balfoort
Overture, "Leonore" -Beethoven
Sextette from "Lucia" Donizetti
Assistant Leader William F. Sentel
mann, Winfred Kemp, Nicholas Cic
ehese, Harold Bayes. Robert Isele and
Donald Kimball.
"Pilgrims' Chorus and Song to the
Evening Star," from "Tann
hauser" Wagner
Excerpts from "Maytime",._. Romberg
"Deep Purple" De Rose
Xylophone solo, "Perpetual Motion,"
Strauss
Charles Owen.
Suite, "Peer Gynt" Grieg
(a) "Morning."
(b) "Anitra's Dance."
(c) "Dance of the Imps in the Halls
of the Mountain King."
Characteristic, "My Grandfather's
Clock" Amaden
Chimes oblig;ato, Charles Owen.
"Dance of the Hours," from "La
Gioconda" Ponchielli
"The Marines' Hymn."
"The Star Spangled Banner."
By the Army Band at the District
War Memorial in West Potomac Park
at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Thomas F.
Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant.
Program.
March, "The National Geographic."
Darcy
A modern rhapsody, "Headlines,"
Colby
Cornet trio. "The Three Kings," Smith
John Kahler, Charles Barnes and
Victor Christensen,
Popular, "A Sailboat in the
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j MRS. MARuAKt Γ UNKLt.
! child. The children who went to the
beach with their mother were Doris,
8, and Charles, jr., 6.
I Police still were searching today for
the body of Eule Bird, colored. 26. of
this city, who was drowned when
wash from a tow caused the rowboat
in which he was riding to overturn in
Georgetown Channel several hours
prior to Caukin's death.
Caukin. who until two weeks ago
i lived at 1907 Κ street, when he sublet
! his apartment and moved to a house
boat. is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Amy Inez Caukin. and a daughter,
Mrs. Milton T. Henderson, 2850 Vista
street northeast.
Funeral services for Caukin will be
held at the Hines funeral home. Four
teenth and Harvard streets, at 2 p.m.
tomorrow Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Moonlight'' Lombardo
Intermezzo, "In a Monastery
Garden" -Ketelbey
Piccolo solo—
"Polka de Concert" Koehler
Swing classic, "Milenberg Joys."
Rappolo
Selection, "A Mosaic of Favorite
Melodies" Tobani
"The Star Spangled Banner."
DOG OWNERS WARNED
TO GET NEW LICENSES
Poundmaster Will Start Drive
Next Week to Round Up
14,000 Animale.
A drive against unlicensed dogs
running at large will be started next
week, Frank Marks, District pound
master, warned today. He estimated
that more than 14.000 dogs now are
at large in the city without 1937-38
tags.
Chatham Towers, collector of taxes,
pointed out that only 6.000 license
tags have been sold this year, whereas
20,000 tags were sold for the year
which ended July 1.
Owners of dogs picked up in the
drive will be compelled to pay a $2
penalty fee. as well as the $2 for a
new tag, before their pets will be re
leased from the pound. Marks said.
AIRPORT HEARINGS
START TOMORROW
House Committee to Open
Sessions on Bill to Shut
Military Road.
Hearings on the Mav bill to close
Military road and transfer to Wash
ington Airport part of the Arlington
Experimental farm and the boundary
channel lagoon will begin at 10:30
a m tomorrow before the House Mil
itary Affairs Committee.
Representative May of Kentuckv,
acting chairman of the éeommittee.
announced final arrangements for the
meeting today but a list of witnesses
ha? not been completed.
The bill, introduced Friday, is ex
pected. if passed, to result in a con
struction program which would elim
inate practically all the hazards now
existing at the local airport.
Senator King of Utah, chairman of
the District Airport Commission,
meanwhile today introduced in the
Senate a bill providing for construc
tion of a model airport at Camp
Springs. Md. The draft of this bill
was made public yesterday. Repre
sentative Norton of New Jersey, a
member of the commission, is expected
to introduce a similar bill in the House
during the week.
In view of the unanimous opposition
to the Camp Springs bill on the part
of the aeronautics subcommittee of
the House Naval Affairs Committee,
however, passage of the Camp Springs
measure is regarded as doubtful.
The King bill would be referred to
the Senate Commerce Committee of
which Senator Copeland of New York,
a member of the Airport Commission,
is chairman. In the House it probably
will be referred to the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee. Neither
committee has announced plans for
hearings on the bills.
RESTAURANT OWNER
IS ROBBED IN SLEEP
Bandit Looting Apartment Above
Lunch Room Steals Trousers
and $115 in Pocket.
While William Nader, proprietor of
a lunch room at 1519 Seventeenth
street, slept last night a burglar en
tered his apartment above the store
and stole his trousers and $115, which
was in a pocket.
Safe cracksmen, who broke into the
Dy Dee Wash offices, 418 New Jersey
avenue, were unsuccessful last night
in their attempts to break open the
laundry's safe. Entering through a
window, the robbers broke off the dial,
then tried to bore through the bottom
of the safe.
Struck on the head by a colored
man who attempted to rob him, Louis
Hillersohn, 73. proprietor of a lock
smith shop at 3124 Georgia avenue,
grabbed a screwdriver and jabbed it
into the bandit's face. The robber
fled screaming.
Richard Hollander. 812 Seventeenth
street, told police last night a burglar
entered his apartment and stele silver
ware, jewelry, a camera and other
articles worth $231.
nés attend
LAI» RUES
Bodies of Seven Victims of
Blazing Automobile Buried
in Single Grave.
By a Sr«ÎT Correspondent of The Star.
LAUREL. Md.. July 26.—Surround
ed by their remaining children, by
relatives and hundreds of neighbors
and friends. Henry and Anna Lam
mers yesterday stood in St. Mary's
Church Cemetery here and watched
the remains of four of their children
and three other relatives lowered into
a single grave as Rev. Joseph A Myer
intoned the Biblical promise "I am
the resurrection and the life."
The Lammers family was closely
united in grief around the flower
laden grave as they have always been
j in their farm home, which until
ι Thursday night had echoed to the
j laughter of 14 happy sons and daugh
! ters and a cousin who made her home
there. It was the first time the fam
ily had felt the hand of death.
Stalwart Henry Lammers, head of
the family from which seven members
were so suddenly taken when their
sedan was struck by a truck on the
Crain Highway, 4 miles from Upper
Marlboro Thursday night, found the
strength in his stout heart to com
fort his wife, sons and daughters at
the one grave which held the charred
bodies.
More Than 500 at Funeral.
Six members of the laughing, sing
ing party which was returning from
a carnival at Glen Burnie. were
burned beyond recognition when the
gasoline tank of their car exploded
after the collision and trapped them
in the flaming machine. David Man
ning, 7. a grandchild, was extricated
from the wTeck. but died in Casualty
Hospital in Washington a few hours
later
I One sealed casket held all that re
| mained of the bodies of Pauline. 29;
; Anna May. 13; Mildred. 19. and Ber
nard Lammers, 22, all children of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lammers. ana
Francis Baldwin, 14. and Frances
Haker, 18. other relatives. The body
of David Manning repoeed in a small
coffin which was lowered Into the
same grave.
But the family was not alone in its
grief. More than 500 neighbors and
friends gathered in the hush of the
Sunday afternoon to join the subdued
prayers for the dead.
Nine Children Survive.
While the casket and the small
coffin were placed over the grave
yesterday morning hundreds of mem
bers of St. Mary's Parish, with whom
the Lammers family have worshiped
for years, gathered in the church for
mass. They heard Rev. Father Myer'i
supplication for the dead; "Eternal
rest grant them. Ο Lord." and foi
the consolation of the living, "I am
the Resurrection and the Life."
With the Lammers family came
others sorrowed by the tragic acci
dent. Mrs. Michael Manning, mother
of David and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lammers. leaned heavily on the
arm of her father. Other close rela
tives, with Mr and Mrs. Rodney Bald
win. parents of the dead Francis, and
three brothers of Frances Haker,
joined the sorrowing group.
Around their parents stood the nine
surviving Lammers children, all
grown and all tall, like their father
and mother.
Β. M. King, driver of the truck
which struck the Lammers' car, was
released by police under $500 bond
to appear at an inquest at the Upper
Marlboro Court House at 8 o'clock
tonight
King said he struck the standing car
when he was blinded by the glaring
lights of an automobile approaching
in the opposite direction.
HITT, ILL TWO MONTHS,
RESUMES COURT DUTIES
Police Magistrate Was Near Death
Several Times—Term Ended
Last March.
Police Judge Isaac R. Hitt returned
to the bench today after an illness
of two months, during which he was
near death on several occasions.
Judge Hitt, who is the oldest judge
in the point of years, and Judge J
P. McMahon, who is the oldest in
point of service, are serving on the
bench despite the fact their terms ex
pired last March.
The White House has been silent
however. &s to what is intended with
I retard to these posts.
THREE0EA0.7HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
DURING WEEK END
G. D. Hill, 40, Boiling Field
Engineer, Wife Fatally
Injured in Virginia.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN
KILLED NEAR LAUREL
Two More Lie in Virginia Mis
haps, 2 Others Succumb Here
to Earlier Hurts.
A Washington married couple and
an unidentified colored woman who
may have lived in tne Capital were
dead today as a rpsult of week end
traffic accidents. Seven others were
injured in and near Washington in
traffic mishaps.
George D. Hill, 40, Boiling Field
engineer, and his wife, Elsie M. Hill,
38. both of 321 Β street southeast, wpre
fatally injured in a collision at Powha
tan, Va.. 25 miles west of Richmond,
last night as they drove homeward
from a North Carolina vacation.
Margaret Hill, 14. their daughter, is
, in serious condition in Memorial Hos
pital. Richmond. John Sisson and his
wife Ethel of Toledo, Ohio,, whose car
was in collision with Hill's, also wera
admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Several hours after the Powhatan
accident a colored woman injured in
an automobile accident 4 miles beyond
Laurel. Md., was brought to Casualty
Hospital, where she died today at 7
a.m. She was about 50 years old.
Toll Goes to 62.
I The traffic toll within the District
mounted to 62 early yesterday with the
i death in Casualty Hospital of Arthur
ι Oscar Fowler. 58. 1826 New Hampshire
j avenue, Injured Tuesday when his car
ι was in collision with a car driven by
j Albert H Fairley. 27. Barrmgton. N.
I in the 1900 block of New York avenue.
Fairley will appear at the coroner's
1 inquest.
At Strasburg. Va.. Orville Brown,
i Washington cab driver, was critically
; injured and his brother Floyd less
1 seriously hurt when the cab the for
mer was driving struck the parked
car of Dave Crabill. Strasburg police
! officer, on the outskirts of the town
, late yesterday.
j Mrs. Delia E. Mathia-s, 77, Silver
! Spring, Md.. received minor injuries
yesterday when a car driven by her
husband. John W Mathias, was in a
j collision at Forest Glen and Brooke
ville roads with a machine driven by
William L. Lucas. 1930 Second street.
; a member of the Metropolitan Police
force.
Montgomerv County police said
Lucas attempted to pass Mathias' car
! and the two collided, the Mathjas"
i automobile overturning. Mrs. Mathias
was taken to Montgomery County
General Hospital, at Sandy Spring,
for treatment. Neither of the driver»
was injured.
Lessie Hadley. colored, 24. 301 First
street southwest, is in a serious con
dition in Casualty Hospital, suffering
from a fractured jaw. fractured right
arm and lacerations of the head and
face. She was injured yesterday when
the car in which she was a passenger
ran off the road near Piscataway
Creek. Md.
! Two other persons were killed in
Virginia week end traffic accidents.
Mrs. Ida Sowers. 61. died Sunday at
Bluemont when struck by an auto
mobile as she walked on the high
way.
Cleveland Harris, colored, of New
port· News, was fatally injured Sat
urday at. Hampton when a truck in
which he was riding struck a tree.
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VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
Otto Sontagfr, 74, Is in Hospital
With Fractured Skull; Cause
Is a Mystery.
Otto Sonlagg, 74-year-old retired
policeman, is in serious condition at
Emergency Hospital today following
a mysterious accident yesterday at his
home. 906 Delafield place, in which
he received a fractured skull.
Mrs. Anna Schicht, a neighbor, told
police she had been standing in her
front yard when she heard a thud in
Sontagg's home. Investigating, she
saw the former officer lying on the
floor and called police.
Sontagg retired a little over seven
years ago after 40 years' service on the
force.
Driver Who Killed
Huckster's Horse
Gets 45'Day Tern
Accident Destroyed Ve
do)'s "Beautiful"
Wagon as Well.
Pleading guilty to a reckless drivii -
charge, imposed Saturday after he
struck and killed a huckster's horse,
James Newman, of Virginia, was sen
tenced by Traffic Judge John P. Mc
Mahon today to serve 45 days in jail.
His personal bond was taken on an
additional charge of defective brakes.
G«iry Lomedico of 2202 I street, the
huckster, testified he had stopped in
the 2400 block of Ρ street to wait on λ
customer, when Newman struck the
rear of his wagon, knocked the equip
age 10 feet, destroying the wagon as
well as killing the horse.
The defendant contended some de
fect in the truck, resulting from a for
mer accident, caused it to veer from
its course.
In attempting to determine a Just
sentence, Judge McMahon açked the
huckster, who speaks broken Englash,
how much he paid for the horse. Th·
reply was "$100."
The court then inquired as to th·
cast of the wagon. The surprising re
ply was "$125." When the court ex
pressed surprise at the cost, the de·
fendant exclaimed. "Oh. it was a beau·
tiful wagon, your honor." Judge Mc
Mahon took hie word for It
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Clieck U. S. Used to Buy Alaska
Sought for Museum in Juneau
BY JOHN J. DALY.
Buried in a vault in the Treasury
is a check for $7,200,000, once used to
purchase Alaska.
Now Alaska wants this check for a
museum piece.
"It takes a search warrant and a
writ of habeas corpus, or something
like that, to get a glimpse of this his
toric check," Anthony J. Dimond,
Delegate from Alaska, said today.
"What we want to do is take that
check up to Juneau, put it on exhibit
in the Territorial Library and Museum
and let the boys and girls have a
look at it. Such a document will
prove to the people of Alaska that
Uncle Sam must have thought a lot
of them, to put up that much money."
To accomplish his purpose Delegate
Dimond introduced a bill in the House
which would turn this check over to
the Territory of Alaska. With only a
minor objection the bill passed, and
now has gone to the Senate.
Many of tie Representatives who
took part in the discussion really be
lieved the check was on exhibit here
"as an object of interest to the many
visitors who come to the Capital from
à i
all over the country." Not one of them
ever saw the check.
This check was made out in the
administration of President Johnson,
shortly after the Civil War. Alaska,
fownerly called Russian America, was
purchased by the treaty signed March
30, 1867, and the check was actually
made out and delivered to the Rus
sian negotiators at Sitka on October
18, 1867—when the final transfer was
made.
If there is anybody who thinks the
territory to the north was not worth
the purchase price, Delegate Dimond
would like to meet that person in
debate. The value of products ex
ported from and imported into Alaska
from 1867 until January 1 of this year
makes quite a formidable showing,
even when only round numbers are
used.
For instance, the total business done
by the fisheries alone in that time
amounted to $1,073,929,607. Other
totals are: Furs, $126,646,165; gold,
$427,838,468; mineral production,
$704, 211,994; exports, $1,965,748,435;
imports, $992,844,000.
Put a $7,200,000 check up against
those figure» and Mr. Dimond believes
Alaska proves it· own e*se.
Four Nationalities in Art Class
Show Originalitv in Drawings
The Americanization School art
class opened its three-day exhibit
today, proving that when Russian
and Japanese, German and Jew, work
together harmoniously the result Is
good.
Even as interesting as the result,
however, is what impresses the mind
of the students, whose common aim
is to be "Americanized."
Yoo Fook, a 13-year-old Chinese,
drew a landscape when left to his
own. Alexander Kondrutzky, 14, did
the same.
Other of the students, however,
who range in age from 4 years to 60,
preferred portrait work. Still others
chose to portray their conception of
a cat on a fence, the American
circus and the Indians.
The airship Hindenburg was not
forgotten by a youthful German
artist, while another crayoned the
landing of the Bremen.
There was no lack of understanding
between teacher and pupil, for Ralph
Cesar, the tutor, himself an argentine,
f
believes in letting the artist draw
what he will and in his own style.
"This brings out originality, and
there is a surprising amout of it here,"
he explained as he looked across the
room at a blue sun rising or setting
over a blue hill.
The favorite subjects of the younger
children were, of course, houses, yards
and trees.
In the clay models there were such
works as a rabbit and other animals.
Portraits of figures drawn from life
were the general contribution of the
older members. Often one pupil of the
older set would pose for the others, or
for another individual.
The Americanization School Asso
ciation sponsors the class, furnishing
the students with paper, crayons,
paints and the like. The art work is
not directly connected with the Amer
icanization program. Cesar has been
conducting the classes for the last two
years as a W. P. A. project.
The exhibition will be open today
and tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30
p.m., and the same time on Thurs
day.
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