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Youth May Testify
On Slaying in Which
Father Is Held
Inquest Scheduled for
Tomorrow in Death
Of Telegrapher
Thomas Colton, 17-year-old son of
Richard J. Colton, may be called
on to testify against his father at
an inquest scheduled tomorrow in
the death of Joseph B. McKenna,
slain with a shotgun Friday in front
of his home at 3549 Thirteenth
street N.W.
The elder Colton is held in con
nection with the killing. Detective
Sergt. Jeremiah Flaherty said that
the youth has signed a statement
which sheds light on the shooting.
The boy will be asked to repeat
this statement at the inquest, police
indicated.
Mr. McKenna, 42-year-old teleg
rapher, died almost instantly from
wounds in his back after being fired
upon as he left home late in the
afternoon. Police took Mr. Colton,
who lives at 3579 Thirteenth street
N.W.. into custody after witnesses
had linked him to the shooting.
Those who witnessed the slaying—
Mr. McKenna's sister. Mrs. Frances
Reuter, 3620 Sixteenth street N.W.,
and an unidentified boy—were ques
tioned by detectives yesterday and
ordered to appear at the inquest.
The motive for the killing has not
yet been made clear to police. Mr.
Colton, a 59-year-old former W. P.
A. worker, at first admitted, then
denied, responsibility, police say.
A 12-gauge shotgun, with one ex
ploded shell in it, was found in
his home.
Hatch
(Continued From First Page.!
take any active part in political
management or campaign.”
Previously, this obligation has
been imposed in seeking office:
‘‘In the exercise of this privilege,
officers and employes must not neg
lect their official duties and must
not engage in National, State or
county political activity in violation
of civil service rules.”
Rule Given in 1883.
‘‘Up to the time the Hatch Act
was signed,” the commission said in
explanation of the new ban. ‘‘the
political activity of classified em
ployes was governed in part by civil
service rule 1, issued by the Presi
dent under authority of the Civil
Service Act of 1883.”
Then quoting this rule, which
bars use of official influence in an
election, and limits political opinion
to private expression, the statement
concluded:
‘‘It was legally possible and also
advisable, because of local condi
tions. to make certain exceptions to
rule 1. For example, employes in
the executive civil service perma
nently residing in certain localities
flriiarpnt. tn thp Tnstrirt nf Pnlnm
bia, have for many years been per- j
mitted by executive order to become
candidates for or to hold municipal
office. A large proportion of the
population of those communities
consists of Federal employes.
“A new situation, however, arises;
under the Hatch Act. As it is an
act of Congress, exceptions to it
cannot be made under an executive
order. The only exceptions which
could be made would be by action
of the Congress itself."
Want Ban Lightened.
The first rumble of discontent
over the ruling came from Garrett!
Park, in Montgomery County, where
Mayor Roy P. Moore declared that
he would suggest to the Municipal
Officers’ Association, made up of
eight Montgomery towns, that an
effort be made to have Maryland
Senators Tydings and Radcliffe and
Representative Byron of the sixth
congressional district seek an amend
ment to the Hatch Act to lighten
this ban. The proposal will be laid
before the league next month.
“Very often it is extremely dfficult
to get conscientious, able candidates
to run for non-remunerative mu
nicipal positions, and if the Hatch
bill is not amended at the next ses
sion of Congress to exempt Federal
employes, the situation will be even
more perplexing," Mayor Moore
said.
The Garrett Park executive, who
Is a county employe and not af
fected by the act, said he knows of
only one town in the county where
partisan politics figure in municipal
elections. Even there, he added,
this is not apparent on the surface.
Rockville, Barnesville and Brooke
ville are the only Montgomery
towns which do not have some Fed
eral workers as officials.
Other communities are expected
to follow the Montgomery lead.
Move Unsuccessful.
Arlington County leaders saw the
possibility of the ban on office hold
ing being applied at the time the
Hatch Act was in Congress, and
sought to have an amendment that
would safeguard their rights intro
duced by Representative Smith.
Although both Senator Hatch and
Representative Dempsey, New Mex
ico Democrats, who sponsored the
new law, favored this amendment,
it was not pressed by Representa
tive Smith, who said at the time
he did not believe it was necessary.
The Civil Service Commission
ruling created a problem for Falls
Church that will await a further
ruling, as the Mayor and four mem
bers of the City Council either have
been re-elected or newly elected for
the term beginning September 1,
and their right to take office is in
♦ Via rfrtiiViffnl nototmrv
Another question that will arise
Is the status of officials who are ap- 1
pointed by some elective body—such i
as a council. For example, at the
‘ model community” Greenbelt, Roy
S. Braden, the community man
ager for the Farm Security Admin
istration, is the Town Council’s elect
ed town manager, drawing $6,500
from the F. S. A. and $1,000 from
the town budget. Incidentally, 70
per cent of the heads of families in
Greenbelt are Government employes.
Secretary Wallace's Son
Weds Iowa Girl
By the Associated Press.
DES MOINES. Iowa. Aug. 12.—
Florence Kling. 20. Kellogg, Iow'a,
farm girl, and Henry Browne Wal
lace, 23, son of Secretary of Agricul
ture and Mrs Henry A. Wallace,
w'ere married yesterday at the
Plymouth Congregational Church
here.
The bride, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Kling, is a student at
Drake University here.
*
V "I
PORTSMOUTH, N. II.—SQUALUS READY TO BE TOWED—The
sunken submarine Squalus was ready to be towed to shallower
water yesterday when this airview was made. Two clusters of
three pontoons each (indicated by arrows) are shown on the
surface and under them are four more, with the Squalus dan
gling some 80 feet off the ocean floor. Salvage boats are, left
to right, Sagamore, Falcon and Wandank. Note lines linking
boats to pontoons.
__ <•
\
Graphic photo taken from the Falcon showing the first three pontoons as they surged to the
foam-covered surface only a few feet from the salvage boat. —A. P. Wirephotos.
Officials Affected by Act
The list of communities in which
Federal employes have been per
mitted to hold office, and official
incumbents subject to the Hatch
Act ban include the following:
Virginia.
Arlington County—No incum
bents.
Herndon—No incumbents.
Vienna—No incumbents.
Falls Church—Mayor L. P. Daniel;
Councilmen Thomas Probey and
Clarence Shotwell. When terms of
office expire. September 1, Mayor
Daniel and Mr. Shotwell would be
hold-overs, and these new men are
councilmen-elect: Lawrence Laing,
Charles Pendleton and Charles E.
Kellogg.
Clifton Station—Treasurer Edwin
Detwiler, Assistant Treasurer Ran
dolph Buckley and Councilman R.
S. Kincheloe.
Maryland.
Cottage City—Commissioners W.
L. Wilmeth, Alan Leighton and John
Rheinbold. Clerk-Treasurer Luther
S. Guy elected by commissioners.
Mount Rainier—Councilmen John
E. Parsed. Arthur J. Bates and Carl
E. Herberger. Clerk-Treasurer L. B.
Gordon, named by the council.
Laurel—Councilman C. W. Reely.
Colman Manor—Councilman Carl
G. C. Nagel.
Takoma Park—Mayor John R.
Adams and Councilmen Harold S.
Orcutt, H. A. Axtell and Philip Huck
Garrett Park—Councilmen L. F.
Curtiss, Rudolph Diffenbach. James
L. Thomas and William G. Mac
Nulty.
Kensington—Councilman Howard
S. Bean.
Glen Echo—Mayor Henry T. Mc
I-1
100,000 State
Employes Seen
Affected by Act
By the Associated Press.
Social Security Board officials es
timated yesterday that the new
"merit system” amendment to the
Social Security Act would prohibit
political activity by 100.000 employes
□f State welfare offices.
The amendment, approved by the
last session of Congress and effec
tive January 1, directs that all em
ployes of State welfare offices which
receive any part of their adminis
trative expenses from the Federal
Treasury must be selected and work
wholly on a non-political basis.
Consequently, said a board official,
“if a man goes out and does a lit
tle campaigning, we’ll have to say
to the State where he is employed,
‘we can't give you a dime as long
as this man is working'.”
The 100.000 employes are in State
offices handling unemployment com
pensation and administering assist
ance to the blind, to children and
to the aged. Such offices receive
Federal funds.
Board experts said that between
now and the effective date of the
amendment an approved “merit sys
tem” plan would be submitted to all
States and territories.
Cuen, Councilman Leslie Engel.
Gaithersburg—Councilman Wil
liam D. Cooley.
Washington Grove — Councilmen
Alfred Christy, 2d, and David Brao
ley.
Somerset — Mayor William B.
Horne, Councilmen A. W. Starrett,
T. M. Cremins.
Poolesville—Town Commissioner
H. W. Spurrier.
Riverdale—Councilmen Leo Kelly
and Newell L. Bowman: Board of
Assessors, Bertram Reeder.
Brentwood—Councilmen Percy F.
Fulton and James L. Russell; Trea
surer Elmer C. Helm.
Seat Pleasant—Mayor C. M. Mace;
Councilmen Van Moreland. Preston
Tate and Harold Richardson.
Capitol Heights—Councilmen Rol
lin Reno and Clarence Swick; Treas
urer Clinton Light.
Hyattsville—Councilmen W. X.
Earnshaw and Robert Plitt.
Berwyn Heights — Commissioner
Bernard Parkhill.
Cheverly—Councilman John N.
Ogle.
District Heights — Commissioner
Joseph Cohler.
Bladensburg—Commissioners W.
R. Beattie, George H. Schwab and
Henry Sachs.
Greenbelt—Community Manager
Roy S. Braden and Councilmen
Sherrod E. East, Allan Morrison
and Louis Bessemer.
Edmonston—No incumbents.
McCormick Reconsiders
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. Aug. 12.
UP).—Cyrus McCormick, Santa Fe
publisher, accepted a recommenda
tion by the Republican State Cen
tral Committee today that he con
tinue as the party’s-TTational com
mitteeman. He resigned last May.
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William Reed. 60, used too muc!
force to break down his sales re
sistance. Mr. Reed told police.
He said Charles Beckard. 38. talkec
for more than an hour about th<
good points of the sweeper, but wher
he started to walk away the sales
man struck him twice on the heac
with cleaning attachments.
No sale—jail, on an assault charge
Calais, France, is shipping mon
lace to America than ever before.
Squalus
(Continued From First Page.)
first plunged May 23, 15 miles oft
this port.
Day’s Work Starts Early.
The climactic operations started
at 5 a.m. today. The pumps of the
Falcon hardly had been operating
for an hour when Admiral Cyrus W.
Cole, in charge of salvage operations,
announced lhat the six topmost
pontoons had been filled with air.
Two hours later, the three pon
toons above the stern compartment
of the Squalus broke the surface in
a smother of foam.
In contrast, the bow pontoons ap
peared two hours later in compara
| tively gentle fashion. Then the
Squalus' stern was approximately 80
feet off the muddy sea floor, while
J the bow was not quite that far to
ward the surface, giving the craft a
downward slant.
Then began the strange, labored
I tow toward the Isle of Shoals. The
Navy tug Wandank actually towed
the Squalus and the Squalus tow’ed
the Falcon. This queer procession
moved forward so slowly that its
speed was not perceptible unless
marked against a stationary object.
Regular television lessons are being
given in public schools in Kent
England.
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Program Committee
For President's Cup
Regatta Completed
Shelton in Charge of
Social Phase, Sim
Heads Trophy Group
The committee to arrange for the
President’s Cup Regatta, to be run
in the Potomac September 22-24,
was completed yesterday with the
appointment by General Chairman
John A. Remon of William C. Shel
nr .hi.mm.
ton, who will have charge of so
cial entertainments, and Attorney
Samuel Sim, who will head the
trophy group.
Regatta officials said that sale oi
box seats along Hains Point picked
up considerably last week, and near
ly half of the 100 boxes already have
been sold. Each box contains six
chairs and a table, and is priced at
$13.20. They are good for all re
gatta events, including the sailing
races, September 16 and 17, and the
illuminated water pageant on the
night of September 22. %
G. R. Wilhelm of 725 Thirteenth
street N.W. is in charge of the sale
of tickets.
Officials pointed out that the
principal trophy, the Presidents
| Cup, has almost doubled its original
I value of $5,000 because the gold in
the cup has advanced in worth since
It was donated by civic and business
interests in Washington 13 years
ago.
The winner keeps the cup for one
year, and also receives a miniature
reproduction as a permanent trophy.
The next most important trophy is
the John Charles Thomas award in
the popular 224 cubic-inch displace
ment class. This trophy is a silver
tray.
■ HERE'S A FRANK STATEMENT BY Raleigh
It's been a good summer, gentlemen ... for you . . . and for
Raleigh. But (and here's the sad part for us), now for the grand
climax! We're rather "cranky" about assortments! We're
genuinely proud of our Washington-famous reputation for tre
mendous assortments in men's quality clothing. This season
we bought heavier than ever! This season we also sold more
than ever! Now we find ourselves with an accumulation of odd
| lots and broken assortments in every price line* . . . Perfectly
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I LOOK ; :H0 CE! ENTIRE STOCK of SUMMER SUITS I
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$7.50 and $8.50 SLACKS, $4.85 ... (147 Pairs) $8.50
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SLACKS, $6.85 . . . (23) $29.75 GABARDINE SUITS,
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_j. SUITS, $25.75 . . . (83) SEERSUCKER SUITS . . . $8.95 j
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Y • • • (222) $29.75 and $35 QUALITY SUITS, $24
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