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_s„4 *■' '• i'-', • ; T ‘ t * , • Washington News Society and General * • > •___WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1940. *** _ B—1 Berwyn Man Killed by Auto; Driver Held \ • i Boy, 13, and 2 Others Injured in Nearby i Traffic Accident f_L_ 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. I 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.” \ 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. . —— — M ■ I --- I , , , , JU 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 S 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 I 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 / 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.”