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Berwyn Man
Killed by Auto;
Driver Held
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Boy, 13, and 2 Others
Injured in Nearby i
Traffic Accident
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Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending 8 am. yes
terday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 37.
Motorists injured, 6.
Motorists arrested, 442.
Pedestrians Injured, 2.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 21.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today;
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 21.
Motorists injured, 2.
Motorists arrested, 156.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
. Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 4.
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Traffic accidents in nearby Mary
land and Virginia over the week
end took the life of a 28-year-old
Berwyn man and injured three
others, one critically, according to
police reports today.
Charles Haker, 28, of Berwyn, was
killed instantly early yesterday
when struck by a car on the Bal
timore pike near his home. Prince
Georges County police listed Ches
ter A. Hancock, 24, of 1323 Clifton
street N.W. as the driver of the car.
He was released on $500 bond on a
manslaughter charge.
Dominic Russell, 13, of 1835 Penn
sylvania avenue S.E. was in a criti
cal condition in Providence Hospital
today, suffering from a head injury,
a fractured hip and possibly in
ternal injuries, received when he
was knocked from his bicycle on
the Livingston road near Silesia,
Md., yesterday afternoon.
The driver of the car which struck
him, William J. Bradhurst, 21, of
"2311 Green street S.E., took the boy
to the hospital and later surrendered
to Prince Georges County police. No
Charge was placed against him.
Two Silver Spring (Md.) men were
Injured when their car ran off
Highway 50, 2 miles west of Fairfax,
Va„ near Difficult Run last night and
crashed into a telephone pole. At
the Alexandria (Va.) Hospital, where
they were taken by the Fairfax Res
cue Squad, Arthur Perretta, 25, of
8413 Georgia avenue, was reported to
be suffering from back and head in
juries, and Daniel Giovannoni, 21, of
1114 Ridge road, from a fractured
Sib and Internal injuries. Their
condition was reported not serious.
Four persons were injured early
today when their automobile crashed
Into a tree at Second and F sts. S.E.
Admitted to Providence Hospital
were Jene L. Andrews, 19, of 503 B
street SB., with a possible leg frac
ture, and Margaret V. Saunders, 21,
of 1520 Naylor road SB., face in
juries. Thomas P. Jameson, jr„ 25,
of Bel Alton, Md., and William L.
Dotson, 24, of 321 B street SB, were
treated for minor injuries and al
lowed to leave the. hospital.
Clarence M. Wilkinson, 32, of
Mount Rainier, Md., was admitted
to Gallinger Hospital after "his car
crashed into a parked automobile
belonging to Representative Mur
dock of Arizona at the House Office
Building last night. Mr. Wilkinson
Was cut on his head and legs.
Mrs. Kinnear Honored
By Sunday School Class
Mrs. John B. Kin/iear, for 48
years teacher of the Kinnear class
for young men at the Calvary Bap
tist Church, was honored yesterday
by members of her class on her 77th
birthday anniversary.
Clyde J. Crouch, the principal
Speaker, praised Mrs. Kinnear’s serv
ice as teacher. Bert Wise, superin
tendent of the Sunday school;
George E. Harris, secretary of the
Organized Bible Class Association,
and Julian J. Sanders, Mayor of
North Beach, Md., former class
presidents; Miss Ella Orr, general
assistant Sunday school superin
tendent; Perry W. Michael, presi
dent of the class, and John West
mater, superintendent of the adult
department, paid tribute to Mrs.
Kinnear.
"Veterans of '32"
To Study Economy Effect
The ‘.‘Veterans of ’32,” members
of the United Federal Workers of
America who went through the
economy era of 1932*33 in the Gov
ernment, are being organized to
study its effect on “the efficiency
of the various bureaus concerned
and on the Individual Government
worker.”
Comparing the retrenchment
sentiment now with that prevailing
In 1932, when another election was
In the offing, Jacob Baker, presi
dent of the U. F. W., said:
“It is not economy for the Gov
ernment to refuse to spend money
for the purpose of rendering ef
ficiently necessary services to our
people. This, the Veterans of ’32
expect to prove to the Congress and
the people after the study of the
effects of the 1932 economy wave
has been completed.”
Back From Florida,
Hazen Calls D. C. Tops
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen re
turned to his office today from a
two-week vacation at Miami Beach
with only lukewarm praise for
Florida’s celebrated sunshine.
“It was fine—what there was of it,”
he 6aid. “Most of the time, it was
cold and windy. Why, I had to
build a fire in my room every morn
Tbc Commissioner said he had a
re^oHAt, however, and was anxious
tprjpraMck on the job.
convinced me of one thing,
Mr; Haiftn said. “There’s no place
like Washington. It tops them all.”
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CENSUS BUILDING PREPARED FOR OPENING—Office machinery installation is being rushed,
with middle March tentative date set for use of portion of building, Second and D streets S.W.
E. A. Nelson, jr., Census Bureau chief electrician, observes Machinist F. J. Berchtold and Elec
trician J. A. Beall setting up “drive tables” for tabulating population.
Mr. Nelson inspects a sample box in one of the huge double steel racks, which will house
millions of new census cards. These racks are large enough to house some 480,000,000 cards,
one for each person in the United 8tates, as well as for agriculture, manufactures, business
and housing. —Star Staff Photos.
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Aged Woman Rescued
From Burning Room
By Hotel Janitor
Jennie Kirkman, 77,
Has Narrow Escape
At the Brighton
Miss Jennie Kirkman, 77-year-old
aunt of Norman W. Baxter, chief of
public relations for the Distilled
Spirits Institute, was carried to
safety by the janitor before fire de
stroyed the bedroom of her fourth
floor apartment in the Brighton
Hotel, 2123 California street N.W.,
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Kirkman suffered second
degree burns of the right forearm
and shock. She was treated at the
hotel by Dr. J. Roger Young. She
declared she must have fallen asleep
while smoking a cigarette.
Occupants of the building turned
in the alarm after smelling smoke.
L. O. Sherman, manager of the
Brighton, summoned the janitor,
Alvin Thompson, 31, colored, who
entered Miss Kirkman’s apartment
with a pass key.
Gropes Through Smoke.
Dense clouds of smoke forced him
to grope his way along the floor to
Miss Kirkman, who lay semi-con
scious beside her flaming bed. With
the aid of Mr. Sherman and Arthur
Williams, 26-year-old colored boy,
he brought Miss Kirkman to an ad
joining apartment, where she was
revived.
A score of firemen fought the stub
born blaze 45 minutes before bring
ing it under control. Miss Kirkman’s
bed was reduced to ashes and most
of the furniture in the room de
stroyed, Heavy smoke drove many
of the hotel’s occupants into the
street.
BattalioirChief H. B. Barker esti
mated damage at $1,000.
Others Flee.
Among the residents forced to
leave their rooms were the Misses
Geraldine, 17, and Barbara, 18,
Fisher, daughters of Carl A. Fisher,
second secretary of the United
States Embassy at Moscow. The
Fisher apartment adjoins that of
Miss Kirkman Mrs. Fisher was
attending a concert at the time of
the fire.
Miss Kirkman, who lives alone,
has been making her home in
Washington about three years. Of
a prominent Tennessee family, she
has spent much of her time travel
ing abroad. Her nephew, Mr. Baxter,
is a former managing editor of the
Washington Post. He is her only
relative living in Washington.
In fighting a blaze in a vacant
store building in the 800 block of
K street N.W. yesterday, Sergt.
Walter S. Boss, 39, of No. 6 Engine
Co., cut his right hand attempting
to open a window on the second floor
of the burning structure. He later
was treated at Casualty Hospital.
Firemen battled the blaze for more
than an hour.
Embassy Figures in Traffic
Ticket Cancellations
The Italian Embassy figured in
three traffic ticket warnings and
cancellations during the week end
ing yesterday, police records re
vealed today.
At the request of Representative
Knutson of Minnesota police
Issued a warning to Tillle Potsky,
1620 Puller street N.W., charged
with violating a no-parking regu
lation in front of the Embassy.
Embassy officials said Joseph C.
Rocca of Arlington, Va., was visit
ing the quarters on official business
and he was released with a warn
ing from a similar charge.
Manlio Maffloli, an attache, had
a ticket, given him for violating
a no-parking-at-any-time sign, can
celed because of diplomatic im
munity.
Alberto de Andrles of the French
Embassy had a ticket he received
for a similar violation canceled for
the same reason. A ticket issued
for violation of the 4-to-6-pm.
parking ban was canceled for Roger
Houssaye of the Yugoslav Legation.
A ticket for parking in a loading
zone was taken care of for Waif rid
Sarrl, 709 Twelfth street N.W., at
the request of the Finnish Legation.
Elsie F. Hopkins, 118 Fourth street
NJ5., told police she parked over
time because the lock on her car
froze, preventing the key from en
tering it, and she was let off with
a warning.
In all 63 received warnings last
week and 11 other* ware favored
with outright cancellations. i
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Forum on Religion
Asks for Greater
Understanding
Speakers From Three
Faiths Take Part in
Jewish Center Meeting
Speakers from three religious
groups yesterday asked for more
understanding among the various
faiths as an accompaniment for
freedom of religion in this country
Leading a panel discussion at the
Jewish Community Center were Dr.
Edward Ford, director of religious
education, Foundry Methodist
Church: Rabbi Paul Richman, cul
tural director of B’nai B'rith, ana
Donald Sheehan, executive secre
tary of the Washington section. Na
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews.
Rabbi Richman declared that
"America stands or falls on the
principle that we attempt to under
stand each other and to get along
together. A man who teaches
hatred in America is a traitor to
his country."
Mr. Sheehan pointed out that the
National Conference of Christians;
and Jews made no attempt to
achieve religious unity because the
Catholic, the Protestant and the
Jew have "distinctive beliefs.”
All religious denominations in this
country are linked by many bonds,
he said, yet each denomination is
unique and should worship in its
own way.
Dr. Ford advocated that members
of the various faiths visit each
other's churches to see how others
worship. Expressing beliefs in a new
world government, he said that
religious forces "Aould have a great
deal to do with it” if they worked
together more
Asked about the Dies Commit
tee’s work, Rabbi Richman com
mented that “in some ways” the
Dies Committee has done good
work, especially in showing the
sources of Nazi propaganda and
its relationship between certain
movements here and in Europe.
Part of the observance of Na
tional Brotherhood week, the meet
ing also featured the presentation
of the colors of Boy and Girl
Scouts, a one-act play by the Center
Drama Club and a roll call of par
ticipating organizations. J. C. Bit
tenbender of the Luther League
presided.
Smith Valedictorian
At Traffic Institute
Capt. Milton D. Smith of the
Traffic Division of the Metropolitan
Police Department was elected vale
dictorian of the class at the Ex
ecutive Officers Training School.
Northwestern University Traffic In
stitute, Evanston, 111., it was learned
today.
In addressing the banquet at
which the diplomas were issued,
Capt. Smith told class members
they could “greatly increase the in
terest of the police and public in
traffic accident prevention.”
Capt! Smith distributed- to the
class copies of The Star’s analysis
of 1939 traffic deaths, published
January 1.
Shut-In Aid Topic
Plans for providing educational
facilities for shut-in children In
Washington hospitals and homes
will be discussed at a meeting of the
Co-ordinating Committee for
Handicapped Children at 3 pm.
tomorrow at the headquarters of the
Washington Council of Social
Agencies. 1101 M street N.W.
Capital's Relief Expenditure
Is Far Under Nation's Average
Types of Cases Dropped in Cleveland Crisis
Never Get on Rolls in Washington
(Second, of a Series.)
By JAMES FREE.
Washington has an incredibly low standing among major
American cities in the matter ol taking care of its public relief
responsibilities.
Most residents of the Nation’s Capital who Joined in the wide
spread expression of alarm recently when shortage of funds forced
Cleveland to drop “employables,” single persons and married per
sons without children from its relief rolls, would be surprised to
learn that such people are placed^-1
on relief here only in the direst of
circumstances.
They might be surprised to know
also that in 1938 Washington spent
less than one-fourth as much per
capita for public and private gen
eral relief p*> the average spent by
29 major cities of the country. Spe
cifically, the District expended
$1.38 per capita, as compared with a
national urban average of $5.59, ac
cording to a survey made by the
Children’s Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor. In that sanje year
Baltimore spent $2.74 per capita for
relief; Richmond, $3.06; Cleveland,
$6.80, and Buffalo, $15.11.
This, combined with the fact that
the Government-operated District
of Columbia gets proportionately
less Federal money for public wel
fare and health programs than most
other cities of comparable size, ex
plains why private agencies here
necessarily provide an exceptionally
high share of the cost of these pub
lic programs.
More Applicants Rejected.
It will Interest civic-minded
Washingtonians, too, to know that
the District rejects a larger per
centage of applicants for relief than
does any other large city in the
country, except possibly New Or
leans. And that welfare authorities
are convinced that an industrial and
business boom, or large increases in
Government personnel, would leave
Washington unemployed “practi
cally untouched.”
Last November national attention
was on the relief problem in Cleve
land. Without attempting to mini
mize the seriousness of the Ohio
city’s plight, Robert E. Bondy, direc
tor of the District's Board of Public
Welfare, points out that many of
the types of cases dropped from
relief rolls there are not put on
relief in Washington.
Largest of this group of relief in
eligibles here are the employables,
including those who can perform
only “very light work,” which is
rarely available on W. P. A. projects.
Washington and New Orleans are
the only large ciy.es which, as a
rule, accept only unemployable cases
for relief. In recent months, due to
W. P. A. layoffs, Washington has
relaxed this policy somewhat and
accepted employables in “emer
gency cases.” Severe eligibility re
quirements, necessitated by limited
funds caused local public relief au
thorities to reject 73 per cent (or
832) of 1,391 applicants for aid in
December. This rejection average
far exceeded that of any other large
city included in a Social Security
Board survey for the month (New
Orleans not reporting).
Fail to Find ReUef.
Further indication of the difficul
ties that have beset the financially
distressed residents of Washington
is contained in a W. P. A. study of
the November status of workers who
had been dropped from W. P. A. in
July and August, 1939, in accord
ance with the 18 months’ provision
of the 1939 Relief Act. The W. P. A.
found that 61.6 per cent, or 1,964,
of the 3,183 persons discharged from
the District W. P. A. in the two
summer months were without pri
vate or public projects jobs and,
moreover, were not on relief. The
average of 23 cities studied was 32.2
per cent. And only 1.8 per cent of
the discharged Washingtonians were
on public relief, as compared with a
national urban average of 28.4 per
cent. Of the jobless and reliefless
District residents 21 per cent had
no income whatsoever and a total
of 90 per cent had an income of less
than $15 a week. Of the 335 Wash
ingtonians who had been able to
find employment of some kind, one
fourth earned less than $10 a week
and the average weekly earnings of
the group was $16.10.
The Children’s Bureau survey,
mentioned previously, showed that
Washington obtained only 39.1 per
cent of its 1938 public welfare and
health expenditures from Federal
funds, as compared with a national
urban average of 49.6 per cent.
This same study revealed that
Washington provided 37JI per cent
of its total welfare and health costs
from local funds, as against an
average of only 21 per cent among
the 29 cities considered, and that
these local funds were supplemented
in Washington by private contribu
tions amounting to 9.3 per cent of
the program costs, as compared with
a private contributions average of
5.5 per cent. Only one city, Rich
mond, Va., paid a larger share of
local welfare and health costs than
did Washington through its Com
munity Chest. The Chest here met
7.3 per cent of the total costs, as
compared with an average of 3.9
per cent.
These figures make it easy to un
derstand why the local per capita
expenditure for private general re
lief in 1938 was 9 cents above the
48-cent average.
One of the toughest of the local
relief problems, according to Paul
Edwards, W. P. A. administrator,
lies in the fact that increases in the
present number of Government em
ployes would have little effect on
the situation here, because the Gov
ernment would gather its additional
workers from all sections of the
country, leaving the Washington un
employed practically untouched.
Mr. Edwards emphasizes that he
does not mean that Federal service
should be a Job factory for residents
of Washington, but that he simply
desired to make the point that the
number of men and women brought
here to fill temporary Jobs is a
factor in the unemployment prob
lem.
"Many, if not most of these tem
porary workers hold their Job long
enough to meet the residence re
quirements of the District admin
istration,” Mr. Edwards said.
“Among our W. P. A. applicants and
workers there are many such per
sons.”
1,007 Under Treatment
At Gallinger in Day
With 1,007 patients under treat
ment, Gallinger Hospital today was
experiencing its heaviest caseload
since January, 1937, when 1,022 per
sons were under treatment in a
single day
Today’s figure also was higher
than the peak load in February,
1939, when the highest daily popu
lation was 1,005.
Hospital officials attributed most
of the increase to respiratory cases.
D. C. Electric Power
Rate Is Ninth Lowest
Among 191 Cities
Publicly-Owned Utilities
Have Cheapest Residential
Charges, Report Shows
The Federal Power Commission
today issued a report showing that
as of January 1 Washington’s elec
tric power rates for 100 kilowatt
hours were ninth lowest among 191
United States cities of 50,000 popu
lation or more.
The municipal plant of Tacoma,
Wash., had the lowest bill for 100
kilowatt hours. The other cities
with rates lower than Washington
in this category were Nashville,
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn..
all three of which obtained power
from the Tennessee Valley Author
ity: Covington, Ky.; Cincinnati,
Cleveland, and Madison. Wis.
In contrast to Washington’s
standing, Baltimore ranked 91st.
Philadelphia 70th and Richmond
133d.
The commission’s report showed
the lowest bills for residential serv
ice in the larger cities were those
rendered by publicly owned utilities.
Takoma’s municipal plant led with
lowest residential bills for 40, 100,
350 and 500 kilowatt hours, while
the publicly owned system in Fort
Wayne, Ind., had the lowest rate for
15 kilowatt hours and the lowest
bills for 35 kilowatt hours were
those of the three Tennessee cities
served by T. V. A.
Lowest and highest typical bills
reported showed differences in
charges for identical quantities of
electric energy from 159.6 per cent
to 3435 per cent. The highest per
centage of difference was between
the bill of $1.70 rendered users of
100 kilowatt hours in Takoma, and
the $5.84 bill rendered users of the
same amount of energy in Altoona,
Pa., by the Pennsylvania Edison Co.
In presenting its report, the com
mission disclosed rate reductions
were made for residential service by
54 of the 149 utilities in 83 cities
during 1939. No increase in the
general level of bills in any of the
191 cities was reported. The com
mission said the trend of average
residential bills in cities of 50,000
or more has been downward year
by year since October 1, 1934.
30 Examiners to Aid
District Taxpayers
To assist Washington residents in
making out their District personal
and corporate income tax returns.
Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent has
placed 30 examiners on duty at spe
cial tables in the first-floor corridor
of the District Building.
The dally number of “early-bird”
taxpayers had become too large to
be served in the quarters of the
income tax unit in their basement
office quarters. The special array
of advisers will be on duty dally
hereafter from 9 am. to 4:15 pm.,
except on Saturdays when the serv
ice will stop at 13:45 pm.
While Congress has passed and
the President is expected to «ign
the measure to postpone the
date for flling returns from March
15 to April 15 and to permit semi
annual payments April 15 and Oc
tober 15, Assessor Dent reported
that so far $196,000 has been re
ceived in payments on the per
sonal and the corporate income
levies. The two are expected to
produce some $3,300,000 in revenues.
Mr. Dent said the average tax
payer is able to make his return,
with the assistance of the examin
ers, in about 10 minutes.
Rialto Theater to Be Torn Down for Parking Lot
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The Rialto Theater, one of the
first of the big movie palaces in
Washington, will be torn down to
make space for a parking lot.
The theater into which thou
sands of Washingtonians crowded
in the post-war years to see mov
ies starring Mary Pickford,
Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie
Chaplin, Lon Chaney and others
has been sold by its noteholders,
through the National Savings &
Trust Co.
Purchaser is the Service Park
ing Co. of Detroit, according to
B. L. Colton of the bank. The
price was not disclosed.
The theater was opened in 1918
at 713 Ninth street N.W. by Tom
Moore, a leading figure in the
entertainment world here for
many yean. It was built Just as
O
the movies were being recognized
as a great new entertainment
form. At about the same time,
the Metropolitan and Palace
Theaters were opened on F street.
The Rialto showed the choicest
of the early pictures and it was
not uncommon for the theater to
take in $35,000 a week. Veterans
of the movie business here re
called that the theater showed
“Tillie’s Punctured Romance,” the
first feature-length comedy; “The
Poor Little Rich Girl,” with
with Mary Pickford; “The Thief
of Baghdad.” with Douglas Fair
banks; “The Hunchback of Notre
' Dame,” with Lon Chaney, and
many other of the great silent
pictures.
In 1935 Mr. Moore leased the
theater to. Universal Pictures,
reportedly getting $68,000 a year
for a 10-year period. When sound
came to the movies, such shows
as “All Quiet on the Western
Front,” "Show Boat,” “Only Yes
terday,” “Back Street” and others
were brought to the theater.
But. in the meantime, other
theaters had opened in the F
street area. The Fox—now Loew’s
Capitol—and the Earle had been
built and Keith’s had dropped its
straight vaudeville program to.
show movies. Hie Rialto fell on
evil days.
When Universal had good pic
tures, the theater paid—but these
smash hits were few and far be
tween. Soon the company found
it cheaper to keep the theater
closed than to run tt. It wm
opened only for the big hits.
In 1935 Mr. Moore returned to
reopen the theater, but after
two weeks he gave It up. In 1936
Abe Tolkini and Mr*. Louise
Noonan Miller, who operate the
Little Theater, took over the
Rialto on a lease.
They showed pictures—many
of them revivals of old hits—
tried opera, concerts and conven
tions, but could not make the
Rialto pay. The last function to
be held there was the conven
tion of the American League for
Peace and Democracy in Janu
ary, 1939.
'The name of that organisa
tion and the dates of the con
vention were spelled out in the
sign above the theater marquee—
and no one ever took the trouble
to remove them from the theater.
Clerks May Begin
Using New Census
Building March 15
Lower Three Floors
To Be Turned Over os
Soon os Equipment Is In
Prospects that at least some of
the Census * Bureau forces may be
moved into the new Census Building
on D street S.W. between Second
and Third streets about the middle
of March were seen today as me
chanics rushed the installation of
office machinery.
Installation of arrays of steel filing
racks, to contain millions of census
cards, already has reached an ad
vanced stage.
The building itself is nearing com
pletion, but the lower three floors
will be turned over for use as soon
as the office equipment has been
installed and made ready for opera
tion.
“Drive Tables” Installed.
E. A. Nelson, jr., chief electrician
for the bureau, is in charge of setting
up this equipment. He wi$ (quad
this morning by a reporter and pho
tographer observing mechanics in
stalling “drive tables” in a wing of
the second floor Where electrWhlly
operated tabulating machines will
soon be set in motion on population
census figures and miscellaneous
unit work.
There will be 46 such machines
in this section of the building. They
have been built by the bureau itsefit
and will tabulate cards at the rate
of 400 a minute, count 60 subjects
at a time, and print the results on
sheets for use in compilations.
Steel racks that reach nearly to
the ceiling fill most of the space on
the second and third floors of the
building. Shelves in the racks will
accommodate nearly 120,000 boxes
of census cards, each box containing
2.000 cards. That indicates that some
480,000,000 cards in all will be housed,
one day, in these racks.
Card for Each Person.
There will be a card fbr each per
son in the United States, as reported
by the census takers, as well as
cards on agriculture, manufactures,
business and housing.
In the north wing of the first
floor scores of neat tables have been
set up, at which punchers and veri
fiers shortly will be placed at work
handling population census sched
ules. J. Ralph Fillius, assistant to
Mr. Nelson, was busy there direct
ing mechanics in the installation of
schedule holders, which are among
equipment to be used in preparation
of the punch cards. The punch card
operators, reading a line at a time
from the schedules, will punch the
cards.
There will be 763 punchers and
verifiers in this wing, and 740 similar
operators in the south wing, where
agriculture, business and manufac
turers’ cards will be punched.
Exercises at Arlington
Honor Mrs. Webster
Memorial exercises for Mrs. Jessie
Fraser Webster, mother of mi«
Marjorie Webster, were held at the
grave in Arlington Cemetery yes
terday by the Marjorie Webster
School Alumnae Association in con
nection with the 20th anniversary
of the school’s founding.
Miss Marjorie Dunham, president
of the association, placed a wreath
on the grave of Airs. Webster, who
helped establish the Rock Creek
girls’ school.
Informal open house for alumnae
was held at the school last night
and yesterday afternoon, as the clos
ing affair in the week-end home
coming for former students, during
which Fraser Hall, new dining and
recreations quarters, named for Mrs.
Webster, was dedicated.
Dr. H. C. Bryd. president of the
University of Maryland, was the
principal speaker at dedication ex
ercises Saturday afternoon. He de
clared he knew of no school more
highly respected in the educational
field, praising Miss Webster for the
“high plane” on which she conducts
the institution.
Other speakers included Mrs.
Jean Bennett, director of Central
Union Mission; Airs. Caroline B.
Stephen, president of the Temple
School of Secretaries; Alias Florence
McCracken, dean of the school of
speech; Alias Aim Hamilton, former
dean; Alias Julia McFarland, regis
trar; Alias Ruby Neal, dean of physi
cal education; Miss Maibelle Slick,
assistant dean, and Donald and
Fraser Webster, brothers of
Webster.
BOsa Webster presided at the ex
ercises.
St. Elizabeth's
To Accept Cases
From Blue Plains
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Dr. Overholser Says
Hospital Faces Period
Of Overcrowding
Dr. Winfred Ovcrholser, superin
tendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital,
said today his institution would be
able to accommodate whatever
mental cases may be transferred to
it from the Home for the Aged and .
Infirm, “although it may throw our
figures out a bit.”
He pointed out that a building
program needed by St. Elizabeth's .
had been slashed from the budget,
and that the institution thus faces
a period of overcrowding. However,
he said, the hospital will be able
to care for any number of patients
the District might shift from the
home at Blue Plains. He said he
has received no report of the num
ber of shifts that might be made.
Examinations Continue.
Meanwhile, three'staff physicians
from Gallinger Hospital were con
tinuing their medical examination
of bed-ridden inmates at the Home
for the Aged. Dr. Edgar Bocock,
superintendent of Gallinger, was
supervising the examination.
Prank Haskell, superintendent of
the Blue Plains institution, said he
understood the examination of the
130 patients in the infirmary was
about three-fourths completed.
According to a Gallinger official,
one definite case of mental derange
ment has been found, but it was
understood no disposition has yet
been made of the case. Supt. Has
kell said he preferred not to discuss
the doctors’ findings until they com
pleted their examinations.
Report Not Yet Made.
Two Health Department physi
cians assigned to investigate condi
tions at the Home for the Aged
and the Children's Receiving Home
have not yet submitted their re
port, according to Health Officer
George C. Ruhland.
The report, which is to be sub
mitted by Dr. Ruhland to Welfare
Director Robert E. Bondy, is ex
pected to be the basis for deter
mining what "stop-gap” programs
might be developed for operation
of two institutions before additional
funds can be provided.
Overnight Air Service
To Mexico City to Start
Ceremonies opening overnight
plane service between Washington
end Mexico City by way of Browns
ville, Tex., will be held at Wash
ington Airport Wednesday at 9 pm.
Members of the diplomatic corps and
State Department officials are ex
pected to attend.
After the ceremonies the first
sleeper plane of Eastern Air Lines
will take off, arriving at Brownsville
the following day at 8:10 and con
necting with a Pan-American Air
ways ship which arrives in the Mexi
can capital in time for lunch the
same day.
Senorita Erma Castillo Najera,
daughter of the Mexican Ambas
sador, will christen the first plane,
to be known as the Mexico Flyer.
Others listed to attend are Dr.
Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambas
sador from Mexico; Lawrence Dug
gan, chief of the Division of Ameri
can Republics, and Thomas Burke,
chief of the Division of International
Communications, both of the State
Department.
Liquor License Request
Dropped After Protest
Dr. Solomon Bumstein, proprietor
of the College Pharmacy at 2815
Seventh street N.E., today withdrew
his application for a Class A liquor
license.
He explained the action was taken
because of protests by residents of
the neighborhood. The pharmacy
now holds a Class B license, which
permits off-sale of beer and wine.
Dr. Bumstein had applied to the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
for the Class A license to allow sale
of hard liquor. Members of the
Metropolis View Citizens’ Associa
tion called a meeting to protest
against the action and Dr. Bum
stein then withdrew his application.
Lundberg to Speak
A. T. Lundberg, chief engineer of
the Arlington County Water De
partment, will discuss the operation
of his department at 8 pm. tomor
row before the Lyon Park Citizens’
Association at the Community
House, Arlington, Va.
The association will hold its semi
annual card party at 8 pm. Friday
at the Community House.
Band Concert
By the United States Navy Band
Symphony Orchestra tonight, at
8:15 o’clock, in the United States
Marine Corps Auditorium. Lt.
Charles Benter, U. S. N., conductor;
Charles Brendler, assistant conduc
tor.
Program.
Overture to the opera “Mignon,”
Ambrose Thomas
“Moto Perpetuo”..Niccolo Paganini
“Rhapsody in Blue,"
George Gershwin
(Musician Nicholas Taglialavoro
at the piano.)
(a) “Dance of the Clowns,” from
the opera, "Snegourotchka,”
N. Rimskv-Korsakow
(b) "Scherzo,” from "Midsummer
Night’s Dream,”
P. Mendelssohn
(c) “Tambourin Chlnols,”
Fritz Kreisler
Valse de concert, "Tales from the
Vienna Woods”..Johann Strauss
Suite for orchestra, “Callirhoe,”
C. Chaminade
(a) ‘Danse Espagnole,” No. 1,
Manuel de Falla
(b) “Danse Espagnole,” No. 3,
Manuel de Falla
Symphonic poem, “Danse Mac
abre," op. 40.C. 8alnt-8aens
“Espana Rhapsodic,”
Emmanuel Chabrier
"The Star Spangled Banner.”