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WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1937. ♦ ' . T>\avn V'
TO BE DISCUSSED
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Commissioners Expected to
Await Secretary for
Conference.
PROBLEM OF SEWAGE
ALSO TO BE STUDIED
Gobel Attorney Warns Officials of
Company’s Valuable Prop
erty Rights.
The District Commissioners may
have to wait 10 days or so until Sec
retary Ickes returns to the city from a
vacation, it was indicated yesterday,
before a conference can be arranged
on matters afTecting both the Benning
slaughter house and the sewage dis
posal works at Blue Plains.
Ickes intends to co-operate fully
with the Commissioners, it was said
at the Interior Department, but it
was not known definitely whether he
had forwarded a reply in rlearing his
desk of official papers before leaving
in the afternoon on a trip to Chicago.
Nor was it known whether he wished
to ait in at the conference or delegate
others to hold it.
P. W. A. official' interested in pro
viding protection for the new sewage
works displayed little or no interest in
the Gobel Co.'s contention the ques
tion of the slaughter house opera
tions being a "health menace" had
been effectively disposed of last Oc
tober. It was Ickes' warning that
such operations were regarded by the
Public Health Service as a "potential
menace" to the sewage plant that
forced the Commissioners to make a
re-study of the problem.
| Extent of New Study.
This new study, it was pointed out
yesterday, W'as far more penetrating
than the investigation conducted last
Pall, when the District finally was
compelled to issue the Gobel Co. a
building permit. Regardless of the
rompany's attitude on this matter, it
was said the problem of slaughter
house waste would have an important
bearing when final application is
made for a permit to operate in the
District.
A-wawaro Liarice, tne firms at
torney, warned the Commissioners
in a reply made public yesterday, that
the company has valuable property
rights in the District which it is en
deavoring to protect. It had paid its
predecessor S300.000 for the right to
operate an abattoir. Clarke said, and
"to deprive it of that right now would
unquestionably be constitutionally and
morally wrong."
While the Gobel Co. apparently
has no desire to attend a hearing on
the sewage problems, Clarke did not
actually close the door. "If you think
a hearing on this matter at this time
would be helpful either to you or to
my client, I will be very glad to co
operate to that end," he wrote Com
missioner Haren. ,
Health Service Report.
The Gobel attorney raised another
point which no doubt will be fully
considered when the Commissioners
and Secretary Ickes eventually get
together. The Public Health Sen-ice
report, he pointed out, contains in
formation concerning ' the Union
Stockyards in Benning and its opera
tions as being "more injurious to
the sewage system" than the Gobel
•laughter house.
Officials long have realized it is
Impossible to separate the two opera
tions in considering the effect that
the sewage from Benning would have
on pollution. The Public Health
Service report, dated May 27, in dis
cussing this phase, said:
"The plans of the Gobel Co. show
that all drainage from its plant and
from its pens would pass to the city
sewer system. This would reduce to a
minimum the amount of polluting ma
terial that might reach Piney Run
from the plant area. However, Piney
Run passes directly through the plant
and the two stock pens axe located di
rectly on its banks. Under best condi
tions it would be impossible to keep a
certain amount of polluting material
from reaching this small stream.
Survey of Stock Pens.
"A survey of the stock pens now in
existence shows that they are covered,
but do not have Impervious floors. The
unloading area at the railroad as well
as the cattle runs and roadways are not
paved.
"Since this area drains directly to
Riney Run it is to be assumed that con
siderable amounts of pollution would
(See SLAUGHTER HOUSE. Page B-3.)
D. C. IS NEAR TOP
IN CHILDREN’S AID
Outranks All tyt Six States
Under Social Security
Program.
The District outranked ail but six
States in the number of children
receiving public aid under the social
security program in June, according
to reports issued yesterday by the
Social Security Board. The District
took fortieth place as to the number
of aged receiving aid, and twenty
second as to the number of blind, the
monthly tabulation showed.
A total of 3,481 dependent children
In the District received $57,784 during
June, the report showed. Old-age
assistance grants amounted to $61,228
for 2,476 aged persons on the Dis
trict rolls, while $3,559 was available
for 143 needy blind cases.
A 8.2 per cent decrease in the total
number of persons receiving general
relief was noted for the District, as
the figures dropped from 3,979 in
May to 3.631 in' June. This decline
was close to the national average for
reduction of the public assistance
load.
Texas had more persons receiving
old-age assistance—128,226—than any
other State or the District. New
York, with 25,469 children receiving
aid, was far in front in that category
of relief. Pennsylvania's 10,461 needy
blind registry was the largest in the
country by some 8,000.
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With the District National Guard when the troopers returned
yesterday from two iveeks at Camp Ritchie was William B.
(Billy) Calvert, jr., 8-year-old mascot of Company F. 121st
Engineers. He marched icith the company from Union Station
to the Armory. Billy, rvhose father is a guardsman, wears a
regulation uniform and is pictured here heading toward the
home base after his fourth National Guard encampment.
Star Staff Photo.
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Secretary Perkins Gives
Opinion on Employment
Service Proposal.
Plans of the District Unemployment
Compensation Board to run its own
employment service and confine its
assistance to persons already eligible
for unemployment insurance drew op
position from Secretary of Labor Per
kins yesterday.
In a letter to John A. Marshall, di
rector of the board. Miss Perkins sain:
"It is the uninsured worker who
must, especially, rely upon impartial
and competent employment service
and fair treatment by such service, be
cause that is his sole resource in
the absence of possible claims for the
benefits of unemployment insurance."
Act Is Referred To.
Pointing out that under the Wagner
Pevser act. the Labor Department is
directed "to maintain a public em
ployment service in the District of
Columbia," Secretary Perkins added:
"It is, accordingly, manifest that
unless the presently established Dis
trict Employment Center is utilized by
your board, there must be two parallel
and competing employment services
operating simultaneously in the Dis
trict, both at public expense and at
greater cost and with less efficiency
than would be true of a single agency
serving both purposes."
The Secretary pointed out that the
District Employment Center “is one
unit in a Nation-wide chain of em
ployment services effectively linked
together for the purpose of clearing
labor where local shortages exist, an
important consideration not lightly
to be disregarded."
She added: "Frequently employers
in a city like Washington find it
necessary to secure specific types of
workers not immediately available in
the locality. Unless the local employ
ment office with wljich they are deal
ing is connected with a Nation-wdde
system, as is true of the United States
Employment Service, no facilities exist
for securing such properly qualified
persons promptly and without loss of
time and money.”
Secretary Perkins’ letter was in re
ply to one from Marshall, and she
wrote:
"Reference is made in your letter to
the fact that many of the prospective
claimants of benefits under your ad
ministration do not reside in the Dis
trict of Columbia, but in Virginia or
Maryland. Such beneficiaries of your
service would, of course, be entitled to
register at the District Employment
Center, as they now do. and to receive
the same degree of service as. is ac
corded other registrants."
Miss Perkins said her department
would “welcome the opportunity to
Join our work and our achievements
with your owm in that endeavor which
has such obvious mutual purposes."
Man Here Unhurt
As Belt Buckle
Wards Off Bullet
A young colored man was thankful
last night that he doesn’t wear sus
penders.
He was shot by Policeman Harry
L. Thompson of the Traffic Division
when, according to the officer he
refused to accept a ticket for double
parking at Seventh and O streets and
then violently resisted arrest. Clasp
ing his stomach, he was taken to
Freedmen's Hospital, where his shirt
was torn open by physicians They
found no wound—but a bullet, flat
as a pancake, dropped from behind
his belt. Aparently it had been
stopped by the buckle.
Thompson said he did not Are until
provoked by blows from an auto
mobile crank and his own blackjack.
About 14 fellow officers, in two scout
cars and one headquarters * car,
responded to the radio call, "Police
man in trouble."
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BACK FROM CAMP
Special Train Brings Troops
to City—Officers Pleased
With Session.
Two weeks of Army life rame to a
I dose for the District National Guard
; yesterday when 800 troopers returned
; to Washington from Camp Albert C.
| Ritchie at Cascade, Md.
A special train carrying the 121st
; Engineers, the special troops and
! Company A. 372d Infantry, colored
! soldiers, pulled into Union Station at
11:40 a m., while the 104th Quarter
! master Regiment made the trip by
! truck.
j Tieless and with their collars open—
| a dispensation granted bv Col. John
W. Oehmann on account of the heat—
i the troopers greeted a sweltering city
! after two weeks in the cool air of the
' Maryland-Pennsylvania mountains.
I Marching w-ith the Guardsmen to
the Armory, where they passed in final
review' before their officers, was
; 8-vear-old William B. Calvert, jr„
! 3204 Walnut street northeast, uni
j formed mascot of Company F of the
Engineers and veteran of four camps.
Lives in Tent at Camp.
“Billy,” as he is known, began
attending camp with his father, a
member of Company F for the last 21
years and now its first cook. When he
was only 4. Billy lives in the same
tent wdth his father at camp, often
parades and plays with members of
the company and is now learning to
box under their tutelage.
The mascot, who is in the third
grade at Woodridge School, is happi
est when he is leading the military
life. He likes Army routine.
“He thinks Company F is wonder
ful," his mother said. His father is a
pressman at the Government Printing
Office,
Last year. Billy was unable to at
tend the Summer encampment at
Indiantown Gap, Pa., on account of
the infantile paralysis epidemic over
this section of the country.
The Guardsmen spent yesterday
afternoon in the Armory checking and
storing equipment and paying the
Guard members for their two weeks
in camp. They returned to their
homes and civilian clothes late in the
day.
Final Inspection Held.
Breaking camp began at 5:30 a.m.
yesterday. After an early breakfast,
final packing and inspection, the
Guardsmen formed in the camp
streets and marched around the high
way flanking the parade ground, to>
their special train.
Watching them as they boarded the
train was Maj. Gen. Miiton A. Reck
ord. commanding officer of the 29th
Division, whose general staff is nOw
working out military problems aF
Camp Ritchie.
Col. Oehmann. commanding officer
of the Guard and the Engineers, will
remain in Washington a few days
and leave for. Camp Devons, Mass.,
where he will spend two weeks as
engineer member of the division staff.
Maj. William T. Roy, head of the
Special Troops, returned yesterday
ty) Capital Hill. He is Assistant Parlia
mentarian of the House of Representa
tives.
Officers expressed themselves well
pleased with the annual two-week en
campment, which began August 7.
Outdoor Band Concerts.
Three outdoor band concerts will
bs given in parks this week, it was
announced by Prank T. Gartside, act
ing superintendent of National Capital
Parks. The Army Band will play
Monday at the District War Memorial
in West Potomac Park and the Marine
Band at the same place Thursday.
On Wednesday the Washington Gas
Light Co. Employes’ Band will give a
concert In Meridian Hill Park, Six
teenth and Euclid streets. All the
concerts will be given from 7:80 to
9 p.m.
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NAVAL HOSPITAL
AND MILITIA FUNDS
DIE IN CONFERENCE
Hope for Start of Work on
Them Killed as House
Approves Report.
SMALL CLAIMS PLAN,
LIQUOR BILLS PASSED
Auto Liability Measure Is Voted
as Is $20,000 for Memorial
Group.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.
Hope for activity in the near future
on the new Naval Hospital and the
National Guard Armory disappeared
yesterday when the House, rushing
for adjournment, approved the con
ference report on the third deficiency
bill, from which items for these
projects had been deleted.
The conference report knocked out
an appropriation of $600,000 to start
work on the hospital, which would
eventually cost $4,850,000, and omitted
an allotment of $210,000 recommended
by President Roosevelt for purchase
of an armory site at the end of East
Capitol street. The hospital funds
were slashed on the theory it was
not an emergency item and the site
had not yet been decided upon.
Action was taken, however, on sev
eral other measures important to the
Capital, but the House failed in two
attempts—ona by unanimous consent
and the other by suspension of the
rules—to pass the Camp Springs air
port bill.
Liquor Bills Voted.
It completed action on the Alco
holic Beverage Control Board amend
ments. the most important of which
sets a limit of one gallon that an
individual may bring into the Dis
trict. This is estimated to prevent
a million-dollar leakage in revenues.
It now awaits the President's signa
! tn ro
It passed the Small Claims Court
bill which was approved by the Sen
ate on Friday, and this measure also
goes to the White House.
The House also passed the bill de
signed to promote safety on the high
ways by requiring proof of financial
responsibility after an accident. The
minimum damage was previously $100,
but this bill removes that minimum,
and requires financial responsibility
after any accident resulting in dam
age claims, however small.
The Senate receded on its amend
ment striking from th* bill th* item
of $1,500,000 for the annex building
for the Government Printing Office.
$20,000 to Memorial Unit.
The House inrluded the $2,325,000
for completing the additional building
of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, under a total limit of cost
of $6,325,000.
An amendment provided that the
money in the District appropriation art
for the Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School and library in the Southeast
section cannot be used before next
April, after Congress reassembles. This
was inserted in place of an amendment
by Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South
Caralina to remove restrictions on the
area, so as to postpone a final determi
nation of the matter.
The conferees also agreed on an ap
propriation of $20,000 for the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Commission to keep
the commission and the project alive
until the next session of Congress has
an opportunity to decide on the site of
the memorial, since the Tidal Basin
area chosen by the commission was
prohibited by Congress in refusing to
grant the initial appropriation of
$500,000.
The deficiency bill, as passed, also
contains a number of small appropria
tion items for various District agen
cies, the most important of which are:
Transfer of $75,000 for old-age assist
ance from emergency relief; and for
support of indigent insane of the Dis
trict at St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
$39,000. These District items are to
be paid from District taxes in excess
of the lump-sum Federal contribution.
HUSBAND SUICIDE,
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Mrs. Malcolm E. Williams
Returns to Children After
His Death.
The Coroner's Office late yesterday
issued a certificate of Suicide in the
case of Malcolm Eugene Williams. 34,
employe of an ice cream plant, who
shot himself to death earlier in the
day in his home at 512 Fourteenth
street northeast a few hours after
his wife left him because, police were
1 told, he had been drinking and was
quarrelsome.
The wife, Mrs. Rose B. Williams, 32.
returned to her home and two young
sons, Malcolm, jr.. 9. and Frank, 6,
about 8 o'clock last night, after rela
tives had sought her in vain all day
yesterday, police were told. Relatives
at first feared that Mrs. Williams also
might have committed suicide.
Residents of the house said that two
hours after Mrs. Williams disappeared,
they heard a shot in an upstairs
bed room and found Williams lying
; in bed, shot through the head and
dying. He left a note which read
"I leave everything to my wife.
Rase B. Williams. I am sorry for
everything. I thought you (meaning
Mrs. Williams) cared for the children
more than to leave them the way
you did. Good-by. Lots of love."
The note was signed "Malcolm,”
and a line was added which read: j
"I just can't go on without you."
After the wife left home. Williams
sought her at the home of her sister
next door and at the home of her
father several blocks away. Unable
to locate her. he returned to his bed
room and killed himself.
WINS BEAUTY CONTEST
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Miss Edna Witte of 5318 Illinois
avenue last night won the beauty con
test held on the closing night of the
carnival of Fort Stevens Post. Ameri
can Legion. Gladys Bell took second
place.
Awards were made by Lieut Horace
Lineburg, past commander of the
District Legion.
A Truck Ran Up the Clock
The top of this ancient F street clock isn’t sagging from
the heat nor because a mouse played hickory-dickory-dock. A
truck hit it yesterday afternoon, and its hands stopped in
protest. The clock has stood since 1861 before what is now
1416 F street, according to Miss Helen Young, who works at that
address. Miss Young saw the mishap and called police when
the driver of the offending truck gave signs of hurrying away,
Police roped off the old timepiece. —Star Staff Photo.
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How Airport Would Utilize Extra Land
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Map illustrates plans tor modernizing Washington Airport, by closing Military road, making
i use of a portion of the Arlington Experimental Farm and filling in the lagoon area to make room
for new runways.
Overdose Kills
4-Year-Old Son
Of Patrolman
JOHN L. PEYTON.
Sprr al Dispatcn to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va.. August 21.—An 1
overdose of medicine, taken while his
parents were asleep, proved fatal this
afternoon to John L. Peyton. 4-year
old son of Patrolman Lucien D. Peyton
of the metropolitan police force In
Washington.
The youngster, members of the fam
ily said, apparently walked into the
bath room early today and in some
manner obtained from the medicine
cabinet a box of tablets which had
been prescribed for him as a tonic.
His parents found a number of tab- j
lets missing from the box after the
child became ill a short time after
they awoke.
Taken to the Alexandria Hospital,
he died this afternoon. •
He is survived by his father, who is
assigned to the ninth precinct of the
metropolitan force; his mother. Mrs.
Mildred Ewald Peyton, and three
sisters, Catherine, Ruth and June
Peyton.
FUNDS OFFERED
TO TRAIN POLICE
Money Would Provide Instruction
in “KremVl” Traffic
System.
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin
tendent of police, said last night he
has received an offer of funds to pay
the expenses of sending seven Wash
ington policemen to Maryland Uni
versity next month for a special course
in the “Kremel" system of scientific
traffic control to prevent accidents.
The offer followed a recent state
ment by Maj. Brown that he consid
ered the training would be of great
value to the local traffic force, but
that he doubted if the necessary
fund would be available.
He did not disclose the source of
the proffered contribution, but said
he would confer w'ith the Commis
sioners to see if it would be accept
able. If so, he will select seven police
officers to take the special course and
pass on what they loam to others in
the department.
The traffic course at Maryland
University, from September 20 to Oc
tober 1, wiU be conducted under the
supervision of Lieut. Franklin M.
Kreml of Evanston, 111., who has
gained national fame by his system
of traffic control that brought a large
decrease in accidents there. He
stresses engineering, enforcement of
traffic regulations and eucation. based
upon thorough investigation of each
accident to determine its exact cause.
The Maryland course will be conduct
ed in co-operation with the Maryland
State Police and the Baltimore Safety
Council. a
Scot Houiei Cost More.
Small houses in Scotland cost IS 00
more to build than a year ago. it is
reported officially at Edinburgh.
Higher prices for timber and the great
rise in the prices of metals due to the
armament program have made It im
possible for builders to hold down
costs.
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Decrease Shown on June
Pay Roll Under New Basis
of Computation.
On a new basis of computing the
number of Federal civil employes in
the Executive branch of the Govern
ment, the United States Civil Service
Commission reported yesterday there
was a total jf 857.220 persons on the
pay roll during the last day period
of June, as compared with 841.664
actually paid on June 30.
The decrease of 15.556 on June 30.
it was said, represents all employes
on a non-pay status. The amount of
the pay roll was, respectively. $129.
050.938 for the month of June and
$127,306,469 on June 30.
On the new basis of reporting, the
departments and agencies report all
employes receiving pay during the last
pav roll period of the month, elimi
nating all those who are on leave with
out pay, on furlough, on a dollar-per
year basis, or who serve without pay.
The reason for the change in the
method, the Commission explained,
was the assembling of a report more
representative of employment in the'
executive branch and more compar
able to other employment and pay roll
series, such as those compiled for in
dustry. |
There are differences also in com- :
puting employment in and out of the
District of Columbia, because under
the new system employes are reported
according to the location of their
employment, regardless of whether
they are on a field or departmental
report, or regardless of the location
of their headquarters.
111,852 Reported in District.
Consequently, there were 111,852
employes reported in the District of
Columbia during the last pay period
of June, while on June 30 there were j
115,409. a difference of 3.557. Out
side the District of Columbia the
respective totals were 745.368 and
726.255. a difference of 19,113.
There are also differences in the
report., It was said, caused by the
inclusion of all employes who are on
the Federal pay roll regardless of
whether they are hired under letters
of authorization or whether they are
intermittent or part-time employes.
On the new basis, employes must be
on the Federal pay roll, paid from the
United States Treasury, to be included
In the reports. As a result, certain
corporations, such as the Inland
Waterways Corp. and the Production
Credit Corp., are excluded from the
reports. However, the Civil Service
Commission pointed out, there are
approximately 30,500 employes hired
under special letters of authorization
who were formerly excluded from the
reports of total employment, but who
are now included as they are on a
Federal pay roll.
Increase Outside District.
On the former basis of compiling
the report, the 841.664 civi! employes
paid on June 30 showed an increase
of 1.505 since May 31. There was a
decrease of 503 employes in the Dis
trict of Columbia and an increase of
2.008 outside the District. There were
increases in employment in the Post
Office Department of 2,228 employes,
chiefly substitute clerks and carriers;
995 employes in the W r Department,
and 605 in the Social Security Board. J
Decreases of 1,145 employes were re- j
ported In the Interior Department
and of 991 in the Treasury Depart
ment.
On the new basis of 857.220 em- ;
ployes for the month of June there ;
was included 489 part-time employes i
working on a part-time basis in the '
District and 35.254 part-time em- (
ployes working outside. There were
also 66,673 force account employes or
employes engaged in construction1
work, of whom 5,79* were in the Dis
trict and 60,881 outside the District.
The remainder were full-time em
ployes in the regular establishments
and independent agencies.
Of the total of 857,220 employes in
the entire service, 92.913 were ad
ministrative employes paid from funis
provided by the emergency relief ap
propriation sets. That accounts for
764,107 In the regular service.
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CAMP SPRINGS BILL
BLOCKED IN RUSK
ID ADJOURNMENT
Work of Improving Hoover
Airport Is Expected to
Be Started Soon.
REVIVAL OF $3,286,250
PLAN TO BE ASKED IN’38
Objection by Smith Prevents Pass
—Second Effort to Consider
It Fails.
Action to provide a new airport
for the Capital was left to the next
session of Congress last night as
scheduled House passage of the Senate
bill authorizing development of a
$3 286.250 Federal airport at Camn
Springs, Md.. was blocked in the
last-minute adjournmf nt rash.
Efforts to revive the measure are
expected whpn Congress convenes
again next January. In the mean
time, work of improving the Wash
ington-Hoover Airport to make it
safer for modem transport planes
is expected to begin soon undpr pro
visions of the Copeland-Mav bill
Finally approved in compromise
form by the Hoase and Senate Fri
day night, thp Copeland-Mav bill
awaits only President Roosevelt'3
signature to become effective
"We are ready to begin work to
ward parrying out the modernization
program as soon as the measure i«
signed and final details arn worked
out," Sam J. Solomon, manager cf
the airport, said.
The bill for developing a new air
port at Camp Springs was expected
to sail through the House last mgnt
under a reported agreement of lead
ers with Senator King, Democrat, of
Utah, its sponsor, by which he with
drew a motion for rpronsideration to
permit final passage of the Copeland
j imui'ni c,
Smith Objects.
Objection by Representative How
ard Smith, Democrat, of Virginia,
in whose district the Washington
Hoover Airport is situated, blocked
action of the Senate-approved King
bill when it was called up und»r
unanimous consent rules, however.
Smith said, "there was no agreement
with me."
Another effort for action on the
measure under suspension of the rules
failed as word came to the House
that the Senate already had adjourned
sine dine, and it was too late for
passage.
Smith said he was not opposed to
the Camp Springs bill, but considered
it a controversial measure that re
quired committee hearings and further
deliberation by the House
The projected two-year moderniza
tion program for Washington-Hoover
Airport includes closing and filling in
of that section of Military road which
crosses the airport, and making use
of a part of the Arlington Experimen
tal Farm and of the lagoon area of
the boundary channel to enlarge the
field and provide new cross runways.
Approval Still Needed.
"In my opinion, this will take care
of practically all the objections that
have been voiced by transport pilots
and Commerce Department officials
regarding safety of the airport," Solo
mon said.
Solomon emphasized, however, that
authorization to fill in and make use
of the lagoon area "is a vital key in
the whole program."
The Copeland-May bill authorizes
leasing of the portions of Military
road and the Arlington Experimental
Farm involved to the airport, but re
quires approval of the National Park
and Planning Commission for leas
ing of the lagoon area.
I can't imagine." Solomon said,
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STUDY OF SCHOOLS
IS PLANNED BY KING
Chairman of District Committee
Will Lay Groundwork for
New Legislation.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee announced after ad
journment of Congress last night that
he would remain in Washington to
make a study of the school system
and other municipal agencies to lay
the groundwork for any legislation
that may be needed at the next ses
sion.
He said he probably would confer
this week with District officials, and
also keep in touch with the city gov
ernment's experience in carrying out
the new $9,000,000 tax bill.
Since he became chairman of the
committee several years ago. Senator
King has made it a rule to keep in
close touch with local affairs even
while Congress is away.
Through his position as committee
chairman, he also is a member of the
Park and Planning Commission and
devotes considerable time throughout
the year to its work.
Bondsman Gets His
Man, But Victory
Costs Him $750
Milton 8 Kronheim. bonds
man, got his man, but think of
the cost.
William B. Bowden. jr„ 1901 N
street, charged with non-support,
was freed under a *500 bond, fur
nished by Kronheim. Early in
July Bowden failed to appear for
arraignment.
Kronheim set detectives on the
trail of the bond-skipper. They
traced him to San Francisco. He
was arrested and brought back
to Washington. The bond was
not forfeited. The only trouble
was the bondsman had to foot
the expense of returning the
fugitive.
This expense amounted to *750.
which made Kronheim just, *250
worse off than if he had let his
man go.
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