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__WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939. »» ~~ &_l ~~
2 Virginians
Are Killed
In Traffic
Score Injured
In Accidents
Over Week End
[ Two Virginians. Mrs. Margaret La
Roche, 39, of Arlington, and Otis
Fox. 50. of Pender, were killed, and
nearly a score of others were injured
In traffic acci
unu> i n me
Washington area
over the week
end.
I n addition.
George F. Lewis.
*74. of 2905 Sev
enth street N.E.,
auditor for the
Union News Co,
where he had
been employed
for 57 years, died
of injuries re
ceived a week
fl°n in a xrrprlr
near Frederick, Oorte f. L*wi«.
Md.
Mrs. La Roche was killed in
stantly when an utomobile in which
she was riding crashed into the
abutment of a concrete bridge over
Cedar Creek near Strasburg, Va„
early Saturday night.
Three companions, including her
husband. Richard M. L Roche; P.
W. Parker of 1720 Nineteenth street
N.W.. said to have been the driver
of the car. and Mrs. Barker were
treated at Winchester Hospital and
released yesterday.
Before her marriage Mrs. La
Roche was Miss Margaret Zerby,
of Millersburg. Pa., where funeral
services were held today. Surviv
ing are her mother, Mrs. Harvey
Zerby; three brothers, John Zerby.
of Millersburg, Norman and Claude
Zerby, both of Pillow. Pa., and a
sister, Mrs. Sarah Bonowitz, of
Bclinsgrove. Pa.
Injured While Walking.
Mr. Fox was fatally injured early
yesterday while walking along Route
50, near Pender and died several
hours later at Georgetown Hospital.
Falls Church police said he was
struck by an automobile operated
■ by John L. Sutton of Winchester.
Sergt. Alton Shumate of the Falls
Church force was told by witnesses
that Mr. Fox suddenly appeared in
I the path of Mr. Sutton's car and
the latter was unable to stop in time
to avoid striking the man.
Mr. Lewis died at Sibley Memorial
Hospital yesterday. He was injured
when an automobile driven by his
son-in-law, Norman E. Phillips, of
the Seventh street address, was
in collision with another machine
on the Baltimore-Frederick highway
the previous Sunday.
His wife, Mrs. Nora Lewis, and
two children, Frederick Lewis and
s Mrs. Phillips, survive. Funeral serv
> ices have not yet been arranged.
Miss Dorothy Mathers, 18, of 20
Westway. Greenbelt, Md., and Rob
ert DeMarr, 17, of Hollywood. Md..
were taken to Casualty Hospital
with injuries received last night in
an accident on the Lanham-Severn
road. They are said to be in an
Undetermined condition.
Prince Georges County police re
ported an automobile driven by Mr.
DeMarr and another operated by
j Miss Virginia C. Jones, 19. of Berwyn
Heights. Md., met in a head-on
collision near Springfield, Md. Miss
Jones was unhurt.
Woman in Hospital.
Another accident in Prince Georges
County sent Corinne Buonvir of 4400
Railroad avenue, Brentwood, to Cas
ualty Hospital. The woman was
struck by an automobile operated,
police say. by Harry P. Emerson of
1329 Quincy street N.W. Police said
Mr. Emerson was charged with reck
less driving.
Evelyn Barrington, colored. 23. of
458 L street S.E. and Irene Forbes,
colored. 39. of 300 McLean avenue
S.VV. were given first aid at Cas
ualty Hospital for minor hurts suf
fered in an accident on the Wash
k lngton - Baltimore boulevard near
Berwyn.
Police stated the car in which they
were riding was overturned in a col
lision with another machine.
Robert E. Harris of 1213 Oates
street N.E. was given first aid by a
Laurel physician for injuries suf
fered in a motorcycle accident at
Muirkirk, Md.. last night.
Other Cases Reported.
More than a dozen other cases
were reported over the week end,
one of the victims, Robert La Mar.
17. of Berwyn, being reported in
serious condition with a head injury
I and arm fracture.
Others hurt included: Carrol
Murrel. colored. 18, and Charles
Brown, colored, Baltimore: Mrs.
Jack Schradth, 27, Seat Pleasant;
Dorothy Mathus, 18. Greenbelt;
Calvin Upton, jr„ 44. Princess Anne,
Va.. and Annie Newman. 67, 2632
Seventeenth street, N.E.
Head-on Collision.
Sergt. Carl L. Blackman, 27. of
Bolling Field: Miss Wilma Moore,
29, of Bridgeport: Pa.; Frank D.
Smoot. 21. of Brandywine, Md.. and
Frank Shorter. 30, of Silver Hill.
Md., were injured early yesterday
In a head-on collision between two
cars on Branch avenue, near Silver
Hill.
Maryland State Policeman J. C.
Hopkins said a car driven by Sergt.
Blackman, who was accompanied
by Miss Moore, and another oper
ated by Mr. Smoot, who was ac
companied by Mr. Shorter, were
practically demolished in the acci
dent, but the occupants suffered
only minor injuries and were treated
at Casualty and Providence Hospi
tals.
Policeman Hopkins arrested Sergt.
Blackman and Mr. Smoot on charges
of reckless driving. They were re
leased on bonds of $100 each pend
ing a hearing.
One Dead, 4 Dying
In Aberdeen Crash
ABERDEEN, Md„ Sept. 4 UP).—
One man was killed, four are re
ported dying, and seven others were
Injured yesterday in a collision of
two automobiles at the intersection
of the old and new Philadelphia
highways a mile south of here.
4 State Policeman Thomas R. Fer4
Green, Lewis
Stress Gains
Of Unions
Former Asks Unity,
Latter Sees Expansion
In New Fields
By the Associated Press.
In Labor Day eve statements, Wil
liam Green of the A. F. L. and John
L. Lewis of the C. I. O., each de
clared test night that their organi
zations had gained new strength in
the last 12 months.
Only Mr. Green, however, spoke
of union of the two forces; Mr. Lewis
made clear that the C. I. O. intended
to expand into new fields which
would bring fresh conflict in labor's
four-year-old internal war.
Mr. Green said the A. F. L. was
appealing again for labor unity in
a spirity of "tolerance and reason”
and called to the C. I. O. unions to
"come back home.”
“Door Open” to Return.
"Dualism only begets hatred and
weakness," he said. “We urge every
organization in the dual movement
to come back home and take its
rightful place in the democratic
home of labor without penalty or
discrimination of any kind. The
door is open.”
nivuiiujicu uciuici iaiA/1
i peace nor the A. F. L., but said:
I “The day is growing closer when
the hopes not only of wage earners
but of all progressive men and wom
en everywhere center more and more
in the forward-looking labor move
ment as exemplified by the C. I. O.
The C. I. O. is moving forward . . .
moving into new fields, offering to
more and more workers in the Na
tion's industries the benefits of in
dustrial unionism”
Mr. Green declared the A. F. L.
was stronger than ever before and
added:
“Oui record stamps us as a de
pendable, constructive, American or
ganization that maintains discipline
within its own ranks while it keeps
progress for wage earners abreast
of progress for the whole of society."
C. 1. O. “Weathers Depression.”
As to the C. I. O.s present po
sition. Mr. Lewis said:
“The C. I. O. is moving forward.
I The inherent rightness of its struc
i ture and of its program has car
: ried the C. I. O. through unpre
! cedented attacks. It has weathered
a terrific depression, maintaining
as never before the wTage rates of
American workers.’’
Mr. Gieen also suggested the ap
plication of “tolerance and reason"
to the solution of national problems.
"Something must be done." he de
1 dared, “about unemployment and
business stagnation. Constructive
action can be achieved if all sides
will agree to let bygones be bygones
and forget past hates in the emer
gency of present needs. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor is ready to
work with government, with indus
try and with the farmers in that
spirit toward the common good.”
Mr. Lewis spoke in a similar vein,
asserting the C. I. O. “by its very
nature seeks only the welfare of the
people as a whole.”
rrogram a t nanenge.
“The program of the C. I. O. is a
challenge to men and women of
good will,” he said. "It offers to
them the hand of progressive labor
ready to join in the solving of the
Nation's problems, ready to join in
the defense of democracy.”
Mr. Green is scheduled to speak at
a labor rally in Duluth, Minn., to
day, and Mr. Lewis is to make a
radio speech from Ogden, Utah.
Secretary Perkins, en route to
Boston for a Labor Day speech,
issued a statement summing up what
she called the gains labor has made
since 1933 under the Roosevelt ad
ministration. She mentioned in re
view policies and legislative enact
ments designed to obtain "good
working conditions and relative con
1 tinuity of income.”
Elmer P. Andrews, wage-hour ad
ministrator, recalled developments
under the Labor Standards Act in
the first year of its operation, declar
ing that "at least 30,000 of the low
est paid workers in industry have re
ceived some increase in pay and
more than a million have benefited
either by shorter hours or time-and
half pay for overtime work.”
"Those who predicted disaster be
; cause of the Fair Labor Standards
Act have been happily disappointed,”
i he continued. “All indices show em
ployment. pay rolls and profits for
this year far ahead of last year.”
Montgomery Teachers
To Hold Conferences
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 4.—The
white and colored public school
teachers of Montgomery County will
hold their annual pre-school con
ferences in Rockville Wednesday, it
has oeen announced by Dr. Edwin
W. Broome, county superintendent
of schools, who will be in general
charge.
The white teachers will meet in
Richard Montgomery High School
and the colored teachers in Lincoln
High.
It is planned to have the teach
ers spend Thursday and Friday in
their classrooms preparing for re
sumption of classes next Monday.
——————
rell said Albert C. Dallas, 22, Tama
qua, Pa., failed to heed a stop sign
and crashed into a south-bound
automobile containing six persons.
Dallas was killed instantly.
Critically injured were:
Virginia Reber, 17, Reading, Pa„
driver of the second car.
Her father, Leroy, 42.
John L. Henne, 43. Shoemakers
ville, Pa., also a passenger In the
Reber car.
Edward Alssuke, 19. Baltimore, a
passenger in the Dallas car.
Besides Mr. Alssuke, those hurt In
Dallas’ automobile were:
Betty Allison, 18, Baltimore; Dor
othy Franz, 18. Baltimore; Homer
Lee Bowers, 19, Baltimore, and
Edith Doyle, 18, Baltimore.
Besides the three hurt critically
in the Reber car, those injured were:
Nora Reber. 66; Florence Reber,
43. both of Reading. Pa., and Mrs.
Ada Henne. 35, Shoemakersvl
ant rwn r,r,»T n«u utrARiMtfl i—witnin the area outlined In this aerial
photograph Congress has directed that land be acquired for buildings to house the
Navy Department and Naval Museum. River berths or an enclosed basin will
provide permanent exhibition space for naval Vessels used in each of our major
wars. Within the site can be seen buildings of the National Institute of Health,
I
the old Naval Hospital, soon to be abandoned and the Heurich Brewing Co. The
new Naval Hospital now is under construction just north of Bethesda, Md. The
photograph was made from the Goodyear blimp Enterprise.
—Star Staff Photo by Elwood Baker.
Geodesy Assembly
Opens Wednesday
Despite Hostilities
Many Scientists
Are Recalled to
Home Countries
Despite the fact that the war in
Europe has resulted in the recall of
many scientists from belligerent
countries, it was stated today that
the seventh assembly of the Inter
national Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics would open as sched
uled Wednesday evening in the De
partmental Auditorium.
Secretary of State Hull, one of
the principal speakers on the open
ing program, has made no cancella
tion of his address, it was said at
the State Department. If unable
to attend because of some unfore
seen development in the interna
tional crisis, officials explained,%the
Secretary will notify the committee
in charge. In that event, his pre
pared address would be read by
some one else.
Delegate-scientists who have with
drawn include those from England
and France. The Germans for the
most part had not sailed for this
country when the European crisis
became most serioys. It was re
ported. however, that two German
delegates already in this country are
still here. Their names were not
divulged.
Among the British delegates re
called were Brig. H. St. John Winter
botham, general secretary of the
union and a resident of London.
Prof. F Dienert of Paris also has
sailed for home.
In most cases papers scheduled by
foreign delegates who have been re
called or who postponed coming
here will be read by substitutes.
Registration for the assembly, which
will be conducted in conjunction
with George Washington University,
began today.
Lewis Heck of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey is chair
man in charge of the Arrangements
Committee.
Monument Dedicated
To Father Carroll
Father John Carroll, first Catholic
bishop in the United States, was
memorialized yesterday afternoon
when a monument to his memory
was dedicated at impressive cere
monies on the grounds of historic
St. John's Church at Forest Glen,
Md.
More than 500 persons, including
a number of dignitaries of the Cath
olic Church, attended the dedication
which was staged by the Order of
the Alhambra, a national organiza
tion of Catholic men.
The presentation, was made by
John M. Miller, supreme commander
of the Order of the Alhambra, and
accepted by Msgr. Eugene Connolley
of St. Peter’s Church, Washington,
who represented the Most Rev.
Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore.
Others who spoke were Msgr. Ed
ward P. McAdams of St. Joseph's
Church, Washington, and Robert
Conroy, who represented the Rev.
Joseph Kennedy, pastor of St. John’s
Church. Benediction was said by
Msgr. John Dowling of Holy Name
Church in Washington.
Music was furnished by the
Knights of Columbus Band and the
choir of St. John’s Church sang.
Father Carroll, who was the first
resident pastor of St. John’s Church,
often referred to as the "Bethlehem
of America,” was appointed first
Bishop of Baltimore in 1789. His
diocese was the United States, con
taining at that time about 30,000
Catholics. M
Holiday Atmosphere Prevails
Here Despite War Excitement
Tourists Stroll About Streets
With Most Departments Closed
Washington looked quiet to the
Labor Day visitors today, but White
House, War and State Department
attaches could have told them a dif
ferent story.
While the tourists strolled through
the Capitol or waited to ride to the
; top of the Washington Monument,
War Department officials were stick
ing yellow pins and red tape on
maps of Europe. The pins mark the
bombed cities, the tape indicate the
front line positions of the armies.
1 At the State Department employes
hurried through darkened corridors
to the centers of activity, the wel
fare and whereabouts section of the
newly created Repatriation Division,
and the Communications Division.
Check Sunken Ship List.
Working with the passenger list
of the sunken Athenia sent by Am
bassador Kennedy, the welfare and
whereabouts section was checking
against passports to learn home ad
dresses of the victims.
In the current information section,
where news is being released to the
press, officials retired at 4 o'clock
this morning, only to return to their
desks a few hours later.
Secretary of State Hull was in his
office by 8:30 a.m. after working
most of yesterday. Most of the top
ranking men of the department were
on hand and only routine work was
suspended for the day. The White
House staff, too, was on the job.
Between 30 and 40 curious Wash
ingtonians were gathered at the side
entrance of the State Department
opposite the White House this morn
I ’ --—
ing. watching closely the diplomatic
entrance of the department for ar
rivals and departures of foreign
government officials. Lord Lothian,
newly appointed British Ambassa
dor to the United States, was the
only visitor expected at the State
Department. He was scheduled to
arrive at noon.
Although knots of tourists gath
ered outside the White House last
night, presumably in hopes of hear
ing the President's address, Wash
ingtons visitors apparently were
going to see the sights in spite of the
war.
i Several thousand additional visi
tors swelled the crowd of Capitol
sightseers and the Washington Mon
ument reported the usual holiday
business. According to a Capitol
guard, the visitors did not talk about
the war.
"They come here with just one
i purpose—to see the Capitol," he de
clared. "That's all they talk about.”
White House Gates Closed.
The White House gates, usually
j closed only after the President goes
to bed, were shut early last night to
discourage the tourists who thought
they might see or hear the President
while he was making his broadcast.
Government employes released
from work for the holiday appar
; ently were remaining at home lis
tening to their radios and awaiting
the newspapers. Downtown streets
were empty of crowds.
In one home, British and Amer
; Scan flags were entwined over the
door.
Charles C. Brunner
Dies of Heart Attack
While in Automobile
Internal Revenue
Accountant Found
Dead on Boulevard
[ Charles C. Brunner, 62, of 1717
Lanied place N.W., a Bureau of
Internal Revenue accountant, died
of a heart attack yesterday in his
automobile on the Washington-Bal
timore boulevard at Elkridge, Md.
The car had been parked on the
roadside and Maryland State police
who discovered the body said Mr.
Brunner apparently had become ill
and halted the machine to rest. His
body was lying on the back seat.
Mr. Brunner, who police said had
been dead for about five hours when
i they noticed his car, was pronounced
dead by Dr. Frank Herbert, Howard
County coroner, and the body was
removed to an undertaking estab
lishment in Ellicott City.
His son, Charles C. Brunner, jr.,
of 8341 Colesville road, Silver Spring!
said his father left home to visit
relatives in Baltimore and appeared
to be in good health when he de
parted.
Mr. Brunner was born in Frederick,
Md., and had been employed by the
Internal Revenue Bureau since 1922.
Previously he was connected with
the United States Forestry Service.
He was a member of the Sons of
the American Revolution.
In addition to his son in Silver
Spring, Mr. Brunner is survived by
another son, John G. Brunner of
Boston, and four sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Carter of Brunswick, Md.; Mrs.
Samuel Gittinger of Frederick, Md.,
and Mrs. Irma Wilcoxen ud Mrs.
Jennie Mainhart, both of Kdtimore.
Page McK. Etchison
Elected President
Of Bible Class Group
18th Summer Meeting
Ending at Westminster;
Dr. Hart Is Speaker
Special Dispatch to The 8tar.
. WESTMINSTER, Md., Sept. 4 —
Page McK. Etchison today was
unanimously elected president of
the Organized Bible Class Associa
tion of Washington at the final
session of the three-day 18th annual
summer conference of the organiza
tion at Western Maryland College
here.
Other officers named were: George
E. Harris, executive secretary; Wil
liam R. Schmucker, treasurer, and
the following vice presidents:
Baptist, Dr. A. W. Cummings,
P. L. Rogers and Mrs. Florence W.
Gianiny: Congregational, Mrs. Etta
Zahn; Disciples Of Christ, Noah R.
Robinson: Evangelical and Re
formed. Mrs. J. M. Smith; Lutheran,
Austin M. Cooper; Methodist. W. H.
Harrison, Alden W. Hoage and
Howard M. Stackhouse; Presby
terian, Willard S. Lines and David
W. Gibson; at large. Elton H. Brown,
sr„ and honorary, Clarence M. Cook
of Baltimore.
Dr. Hornell Hart of Duke Uni
versity addressed the delegates this
morning on “Seeking the Mind of
Christ.” His subject at the evening
service will be “In Company With
the Great Seekers.”
A plea by Dr. Hart for a “rededica
tion to the task of putting the
principles of Christianity into'prac
tice in this hour of crisis’! was made
at yesterday's meeting. "
Prayers for Peace
Throughout World
Offered in Churches
Hope That U. S. Can
Keep Out Expressed
In Pulpits
Prayers for peace throughout 1he
world were offered in the churches
of the National Capital yesterday.
At Washington Cathedral yester
day afternoon. Canon William Mur
ray Bradner. who is in charge there
during the absence of Bishop James
E. Freeman, offered a prayer for
peace.
Archbishop Michael J. Curley of
Baltimore urged the United States
to do all in its power to restore
world peace.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
spoke for the Jewish race. He said.
“We are aghast at the cataclysm
descending in Europe. It is the
retribution of decades of European
confusion. God grant that justice
be had without more bloodshed and
that America will not be drawn into
the conflict.”
At Foundry Methodist Church, the
Rev. A. E. Harris of Philadelphia, a
guest minister, called upon his con
gregation for a prayer for peace.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Michael T.
Ready, secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, ex
pressed his sympathy for the four
nations engaged in war.
The Rev. James H. Miers, pastor of
Fourth Presbyterian Church, offered
a prayer that the wiar would be lo
calized and that it will soon be over
and that the United States may hon
orably find it possible to avoid the
conflict.
The Rev. Dr. Simpson B. Daugh
erty, pastor of the Memorial United
Brethren Church, said the first con
cern of this Nation for the future
must be the maintenance of liberty
and democracy in America.
It was pointed out by the Rev.
N. C. Acton at St. John’s Episcopal
Church that there is only “one solid
rock on which we may stand and
view the days ahead. That rock is
faith in the guidance of God.” He
read a prayer for peace, composed
during that last war by the Right
Rev. Charles Henry Brant, chaplain
in chief of the American Expedition
ary Forces. ,
The Rev. R. H. Miller, pastor of
the National City Christian Church,
pointed out that this war would be
more ruthless than any man has
know*. He compared the situation
today with'that in 1914.
Cafe Employe Admits
Criminal Assault
A 36-year-old colored man was
ordered held for the grand jury un
der $25,000 bond after pleading
guilty before Judge Hobart New
man in Police Court today to
charges of criminally attacking a
21-year-old white woman in the
ladies’ room of O’Donnell's res
taurant in the 1200 block of E street
N.W. yesterday.
The prisoner. Robert Smith, of the
2300 block of Georgia avenue N.W.,
was arrested and taken to the first
precinct yesterday after the victim,
a visitor from Pittsburgh, identified
him as her attacker in a lineup of
the colored employes of the res
taurant.
The woman told police her at
tacker followed her into the wash
room and locked the door. Her
screams, it was stated, apparently
were not heard as the room was
said to be soundproof. Her hus
band was in the restaurant at the
time.
After the attack ihe woman wps
taken to Galllnger hospital.
Hamburger Tavern
Holdup Nets $21
To Lone Robber
Two Prowlers Get
$5 in Sixteenth
Street Crime
Two hamburgers and *21 were
stolen in a holdup before dawn
today of Edwin M. Sowder. in charge
of a Little Tavern shop at Wiscon
sin avenue and N street N.W.
Police were hunting today for a
white man who came into the shop
and ordered two sandwiches "to
be taken out.” When they were
ready, he pointed a revolver at Mr.
Sowder.
“This is a holdup. Put all the
money you have in the bag with
the sandwiches,” the main ordered.
Mr. Sowder obeyed. The thief then
joined a companion waiting outside
and fled.
Louis M. Harris reported to police
that he was awakened early yester
day morning by a prowier in his
room at 1837 Sixteenth street. Mr.
Harris, seeing the man investigating
trouser pockets, leaped from his bed
and tossed the intruder upon the
floor.
A second man lurking in the shad
ows "pointed a dark object” at Mr.
Harris and made him release the
prowler, police said. The two left
with about *5.
Two cab drivers w'ere held up and
robbed by colored passengers early
yesterday. Thomas L. Soper of 53
W street N£. was relieved of *7.50
on Bladensburg road by two men
who then took the keys to his cab.
apparently to avoid chase. Henry
A. Vinson, the other cabman, was
held up by three men at Twentieth
and Claggett streets NI. They got
only *1.75, he said.
The disappearance of a silver
communion set from a church
study was one of two cases of thiev
ery reported to police over the week
end. The Rev. Ceasar Alexander,
pastor of Mount Nebo Church at
Sixth and P streets N.W., said that
120 communion glasses, a pitcher
and four collection plates were
stolen in addition to three com
munion trays.
Clothing and bedding valued at
*206 were taken from his home while
he was away from the city last week,
it was reported by J. Louis O'Connor,
of 1756 Portal drive N.W.
Girl Killed Instantly
As Car Goes Off Curve
CHAPEL POINT. Md., Sept. 4
(Special).—Louise Swan, colored.
14. of Pomfret, Md., was killed
instantly today when an automo
bile in which she and a group of
relatives were en route to a Labor
Day outing in Southern Maryland
overturned on United States high
way No. 5 near here.
Maryland State police said the
car failed to negotiate a curve
Several other occupants of the ma
chine were injured.
War Expected to Bring
More U. S. Air Travel
Owing to the war in Europe,
American Airlines officials expect
increased tourist travel within the
United States, Herbert D. Pord,
district sales manager, announced
today.
"We anticipate a very heavy
volume of business from Northern
and Eastern cities to the South,
Southwest and Pacific Coast,” Mr.
Pord said. "Persons who have been
planning a European trip this fall
are considering taking their holiday
at the famed resort hotels and
ranches of Texas, Arizona and Cali
fornia.” H
• ’
River and Bay
Take Two Lives
By Drowning
Fisherman Dies,
Dredge Worker
Also Is Lost
A Washingtonian was drowned
yesterday as a result of a fishing
mishap in Chesapeake Bay, while
a worker engaged in Potomac River .
dredging operations for the new
Washington National Airport also
met death by drowning.
The latter was Edward McConchie.
25-year-old Alexandrian, employed
on the dredge Penn. He was out
in a rowboat, making adjustments
to one of the dredge's lines, when
the wake of a passing tug capsized
the small craft, according to Cor
oner A. Magruder MacDonald.
Mr. McConchie sank immediately,
and his body was not recovered
until three hours later bv harbor
police. At the District Morgue a
certificate of accidental drowning
was issued by Coroner MacDonald.
Bridegroom Drowns.
Drowned 5 miles off Holland Point
In the bay, near West River. Md.,
was Paul J. Vazquez. 21. an interior
decorator, living at 2416 Evartz
street N.E.
Relatives learned that Mr. Vazquez
had dropped his fishing tackle over
PAUL J. VASQUEZ.
board, and had then stripped off
his clothing and plunged into tho
water to retrieve it.
While swimming back to his boat
he sank suddenly and did not re
appear, they said. Three compan
ions stood by for a time with life
preservers, then marked the spot
with a buoy and went to shore for
aid. Two boats returned to look for
the body, and search continued to
day, but with no result.
Bride Near Hysteria,
i Mr. Vazquez had married only two
I months ago. and his bridf was near
! hysteria today. She was formerly
j Miss Mary Iglehart.
Others surviving nlm in Washing
| ton are his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
i John Paul Vazquez; two brothers,
Theodore and Andrew Vazquez, and
' three sisters, Mrs. Adelia Baker. Mrs.
! Vera Adams and Mrs. Evelyn Swee
, ney. A fourth sister, Mrs. Camilla
Roquevert of New Orleans, boarded
a train for Washington upon learn
ing of the accident.
Urge Colored Troop
To Guard President
A colored troop guard for the
President was urged yesterday in
a resolution adopted by the United
Government Employes meeting at
Shiloh Baptist Church. The famous
9th and 10th Cavalry should be is
signed to the White House, the reso
lution said.
Equal opportunity for colored peo
ple in the Army, Navy and Air Corps
also was urged.
Final Water Gate
Program Announced
One more musical performance at
the Water Gate was scheduled for
this season with the announcement
today that the International Artists'
Community Club will present the
National Capital Opera Co. in "The
Chocolate Soldier" on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, September 19
and 20.
The club, a national organization
planning to present light opera and
plays in 20 cities this winter, will
give the proceeds of these perform
ances, the first offered by the group,
to Children's Hospital for the bene
fit of crippled children. Use of the
Water Gate, with the funds going to
charity, was obtained through the
courtesy of Frank T. Gartside of
the National Capital Parks.
Max Fichandler will conduct the
opera, which was selected, the an
nouncement said, because it has not
been heard here in a number of
years.
Alpha Sigma Lambda
Convention Ends Tonight
The 21st annual convention of
Alpha Sigma Lambda fraternity will
be brought to a close tonight at the
Wardman Park Hotel with a formal
banquet and a dance at 7 o’clock.
At today’s final business meeting,
officers for the coming year will be
elected. Seven candidates for each
of the nine National positions have
been nominated and will be pre
sented to the meeting by National
Grand Master Morton H. Petrie of
Chicago.
Harry A. Duckett of Benjamin
Franklin University here is general
convention chairman in charge of
the various committees and activi
ties. The convention began Friday.
Plans Parachute Jumps
Dick Hockman, 21-year-old para
:hute jumper, was scheduled for
mother series of leaps today afler
naking three yesterday over Alex
andria. Several thousand spectators
c ::erved the f^t.