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Senate Navy Group
Refuses to Censor
Defense Weakness
One Member Reports
Service Has Only 500
Up-to-Date Aircraft
Bj the Associated Press.
On a protest that ‘ the people
ought to face the facts,” the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee tdeclined
today to suppress testimony which
one Senator said showed the Navy
has only 500 aircraft capable of
meeting modern European war
planes in equal combat.
The testimony by Rear Admiral
John H. Towers, chief of naval aero
nautics, was that of the Navy's 1,367
combat planes only 192 were less
than a year old and the others
ranged in age up to seven years.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia
said he estimated by Admiral Tow
ers’ figures that only about 500 of
the Navy craft could meet modem
European planes in equal combat.
When Chairman Walsh said this
presented ‘‘a very bad picture” of
national defense and suggested sup
pression, Senator Tydings, Demo
crat, of Maryland asserted that “I
don’t think that would be a wise
course.”
“Too much of a spirit of confi
dence exists now,” he added, “I feel
that we ought to face the facts and
that the people ought to face the
facts.”
Opposes Poltlcal Use.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illi
nois said he hoped no political use
would be made of the information.
If President Roosevelt had asked
Congress six months ago for the
emergency defense program which
he requested 10 days ago, Senator
Lucas said, he would have been
"accused of war mongering.”
Meanwhile a Senate-House con
ference committee returned to the
House for a direct vote a provision .
in the Army’s civil functions ap
propriation bill for $15,000,000 in:
cash and $99,000,000 in contract au
thority to start work on a third set
of Panama Canal locks.
The House began consideratoion of
an emergency bill to permit unlim
ited expansion of the Army Air
Corps and immediately was faced
with a Republican demand, voiced |
by Representative Andrews of New !
York, senior minority member of
the Military Committee, for enact
ment of new taxes to help finance
defense costs.
Meanwhile, business leaders, mobil
izing their vast resources on the in
dustrial front, pledged the national
defense program unreserved co
operation today for a task in which
they said “our very lives and
liberties may be involved.”
After a round of conferences on
production problems, more than 50
members of Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins’ Business Advisory Council
went to the White House late yes
terday to give President Roosevelt
assurances of “full aid.”
They spent almost an hour with
the President, discussing methods
for accelerating production of de
fense essential*, and also the necess
ity of guarding against a rise in
living costs.
Urges Housing Funds.
The delegation saw Mr. Roosevelt
not long after the Senate approved
unanimously the $1,473,756,728 navy
bill, thus completing the chamber’s
action on the main emergency de
fense program. The $1,823,254,624
Army measure was passed Wednes
day.
Meanwhile President Roosevelt
disclosed at his press conference to
day that he had urged on a group of
House leaders approval of pending
legislation for continuance of build
ing funds of the United States Hous
ing Authority. Tying the housing
program definitely into the broad
defense mobilization, Mr. Roosevelt
explained to the conference that he
believes the Housing Authority
should have funds for home con
Summary of
Today's Star
Foreign
Germans claim ring is tightened
around allies. Page A-l
Boulogne captured by Germans,
British admit. . Page A-l
Flanders battle continuing violently,
say French. Page A-l
British continue roundup of "fifth
column” suspects. Page A-l
National.
Senators refuse to suppress report of
air weakness. Page A-2
Federal drive on subversive activities
gets under way. Page A-14
Senate gets $1,111,754,918 relief bill
with aliens barred. Page A-14
Sailing of liner Rex from Genoa is
postponed. Page A-3
Defense seeks to prove Mrs. Burleson
insane. Page B-10
Washington and Vicinity
Alexandria votes to stage own Chest
campaign. Page A-2
Colored housing project planned in
Berwyn area. Page A-2
Ramspeck urges employes’ accord to
liberalize retirement. Page B-l
Tentative report asks $20,000 D. C.
liquor study. Page B-l
Planners to discuss D. C. traffic
changes today. Page B-l
District Court is asked to give mean
ing of "cousins.” Page B-l
Planners approve Scott Circle and
Maine avenue projects. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Alson and Kintner. Page A-ll
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-ll
Charles G. Ross. Page A-ll
Maj. George Fielding Eliot.
Page A-ll
Sports
Hudson disappoints Griflmen on
Western trip. Page C-l
Barbara Simons impressive taking
Star Golf Trophy. Page C-2
Motor and sailing craft have big
events next week. Page C-3
Landon, Marlborough horse shows
on card tomorrow. Page C-4
Miscellany
Serial Story. Page B-6
Service Orders. Page B-8
Nature’s Children. Page B-12
Bedtime Story. Page C-10
Letter-Out. Page C-10
Winning Contract. Page C-10
Uncle Ray’s Comer. PageC-11
Cro6s-Word Puzzle. Page C-ll
Vital Statistics. Page C-12
«
U
DR. HAVEN METCALF.
—Harris <& Ewing.
struction in communities where in
dustrial defense expansion might
precipitate a shortage.
A housing bill already has passed
the Senate but has been held up in
House committee with slight pros
pects of passage at this session un
less administration pressure can re
move certain opposition.
Directly after receiving the busi
ness group yesterday Mr. Roose
velt conferred with Gov. Lloyd C.
Stark of Missouri. Frequently men
tioned as a possible successor to
Charles Edison as Secretary of the
Navy, if and when Mr. Edison re
signs to campaign for the Senate in
New Jersey, Gov. Stark said he
had discussed the defense program
but that the cabinet post had not1
been mentioned.
Another potential nominee for the
Navy portfolio, Admiral William D.
Leahy, was to have lunch with the
President at the White House today.
Admiral Leahy, former chief of na
val operations and at present Gov
ernor of Puerto Rico, told the Asso
ciated Press last night that friendly
i acquisition by the United States of
' Bermuda, Trinidad and Jamaica
I “might be a good idea” strategically
; and could more than offset the Brit
! ish debt here.
With elimination of industrial
bottle necks being prominent in the
| Government’s continuing study of
! manufacturing resources, Secretary
i Morgenthau, in charge of co-ordi
I nating plane production, announced
| that plans were being worked out
to standardize and spread the man
ufacture of warplanes and motors
among many plants.
Morgenthau Compliments Industry.
Complimenting the industry for
100 per cent co-operation, Mr. Mor
genthau said:
"We need a vast expansion of
production, and the only way we
can get it is to concentrate our
available productive capacity on the
best types.”
Mr. Morgenthau announced the
appointment of Dr. George Jackson
Mead, vice chairman of the Na
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics, at $10,000 a year, to head
a commission of Army, Navy and
civilian experts who will decide
what types of planes and engines
should be produced. He called Dr
Mead the greatest living authority
on airplane engines.
’ During the day Secretary Mofgen
thau and Dr. Mead consulted Alfred
P. Sloan, head of General Motors
Corp., which produces Allison air
plane engines.
May Extend Patent Police's
Secretary Hopkins asserted later
that the pooling of patents and the
standardization of production con
templated in aircraft manufacture
might well be extended to many
other industries.
He indicated, however, that sub
stituting this policy for free com
petition would apply only in those
industries vital to defense needs.
Manufacturers of machine tools
were invited here for a conference
Monday, with all signs pointing ot
a tremendous demand for their
products to equip new plants.
“If they are going to take care of
the business,” said Secretary Mor
genthau, “they have got to step on
it.”
Underlying all this preliminary
activity was the evident decision to
employ the country’s mass produc
tion methods to the fullest in meet
ing defense demands.
In line with this, Jesse Jones, Fed
eral loan administrator, asked Con
gress for authorization to transform
the R. F. C., if necessary, into a “de
fense finance corporation” to supply
vital industries with capital and to
make loans for acquisition of needed
ray materials.
A move for the conservation of
these strategic materials originated
in the House Military Committee,
which recommended that their ex
port be licensed.
A development related to naval
affairs was the disclosure that the
Navy is working on a new Fleet
unit—an “aircraft destroyer” to
combat plane attacks. Testimony
before a Senate Appropriations
Committee set forth the Navy’s pur
pose to convert a number of de
stroyers into vessels specially de
signed for anti-aircraft work,
Britain is setting aside surplus
steel for export.
Agriculture Scientist,
Incurably III, Kills
Himself in Zoo
Dr. Haven Metcalf, Head
Of Forest Pathology, Left
Note About 'Suffering'
Dr. Haven Metcalf, 64-year-old
head of the Agriculture Depart
ment’s Division of Forest Pathology,
was found dead early today in a
wooded section of the Zoo near Ad
ams Mill and Klingle roads N.W. A
.38-caliber revolver lay near his right
hand and there was a bullet wound
in the rightrtemple, police said.
The body was discovered under a
towering poplar tree by two Zoo po
licemen, Robert Ewell and George D.
McLeod, about 6 a.m. Policemen
and friends of Dr. Metcalf, who lived
at 1841 Summit place N.W., had been
searching Zoo and nearby Rock
Creek area since late yesterday aft
ernoon.
Dr. Metcalf disappeared from his
residence yesterday, leaving a pen
ciled note: ‘‘Unless my plans go
amiss, my body will be found in the
Zoo near Adams Mill road or in
Rock Creek near Bluff Bridge.”
“Suffering” Too Much.
In Dr. Metcalf’s pocket police
found another note addressed to “D.
C. Coroner or whom it concern.”
"I am absolutely responsible,” this
signed note read. “I cannot stand
this pain and suffering any longer.”
Dr. Christopher Murphy, deputy
coroner, issued a certificate of
suicide.
At his home, friends of Dr. Metcalf
said that he suffered from an in
curable disease and had been de
spondent recently.
Dr. N. F. V. Barkett of the Emer
gency Hospital staff, pronouncing
Dr. Metcalf dead at 6:32 a m., st^ed
that death apparently occurred
about 12 hours before.
Dr. Metcalf’s wife, the former Miss
Flora May Holt of Lowell, Mass.,
died in 1935. They had no children.
Born in Winthrop, Me., August 6,
1875, Dr. Metcalf received a B. A.
degree from Brown University in
1896 and an M. A. degree from the
same institution in 1897. He took
post-graduate work at Harvard
University and at the University of
Nebraska, from which he was grad
uated with a Ph. D. degree in 1902.
Organized Division.
He Joined the Agriculture Depart
ment as a pathologist in 1906 after
teaching botany and biology at
Brown University, Tabor College and
Clemson Agricultural College.
Mr. Metcalf was the organizer of
the division of forest pathology, and
under his leadership the division
expanded from two scientific assist
ants in an office here in 1907 to
more than 40 scientific workers in
branch offices throughout the Na
tion.
Recognized as an international
authority in his field, Dr. Metcalf at
tracted scientific attention early in
his governmental career by evovling
a cure for soft rot in sugar beets.
He received high commendation also
for tracing a disastrous chestnut
tree blight to a fungus transmitted
to this country from China.
While he directed all research
work in his division up to the time
of his death, ill health had forced
him to assume a less active part in
recent years, it was said.
Some of His Works.
Author of a number of publications
on botany, plant pathology and bac
teriology, Dr. Metcalf was a former
president of the Botanical Society
of Washington and of the American
Shade Tree Association. He was a
member of the Cosmos Club, the
Washington Country Club. Sigma
Xi, Delta Upsilon, the American
Phytopathological Society and the
Washington Academy of Science.
In 1908. he introduced Colusa rice
from Italy, it is now extensively
grown in California. In 1923, Dr.
Metcalf was a delegate of the United
States to the International Confer
ence on Phytopathology. He had
been for many years a fellow in the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
Maryland Court Quits
Without Tax Decision
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 24.—The
Court of Appeals adjourned yester
day until “some time in June” with
out handing down an opinion on the
constitutionality of the Maryland
income tax, the backbone of the
State’s fiscal program.
The court released 15 opinions
yesterday, bringing the total num
ber of decisions filed to date to 24.
Seven cases on the April term docket
remain to be decided, court attaches
said.
Before adjourning the court
handed down an opinion reversing
an order of Judge J. Craig McLan
ahan of the Supreme bench of Bal
timore, in a case involving the ques
tion of whether the Maryland
Jockey Club could use its property
outside the Pimlico race track for a
stable.
Quiz Reveals Youths
Well Up on Rules
Of Soap Box Derby
Contest Eliminations
Are Conducted at
Two Schools
Letter-perfect knowledge of the
1940 Soap Box Derby rules and an
ability to see through trick ques
tions was the rule, rather than the
exception at the “spell-downs” for
the Derby radio quiz program.
Long questioning on the rules
failed to shake the confidence of a
large group of the Derby entrants
who showed up for the quiz elimina
tions at Langley and Garnet Patter
son Junior High Schools in the last
two days.
"If knowledge of the rules is an
indication of the thoroughness of
the Washington Derby entrants,”
Zeb T. Hamilton, Derby director,
said, "we’re going to have some real
races in this meet.”
Survive Preliminaries.
Hanging on through successive
rounds of questioning, the follow
ing boys survived the preliminary
eliminations: Leonard Brooks, 14,
2915 Yost place NX.; Leo Coratolo,
13, 4119 Hayes street N.E.: Raymond
Deaner, 14, 6510 Eighth street N.W.;
John Donohoe, 14, 6512 Eighth street
N.W.; W. H. Hall, 14, 3016 Otis
street N.E.; Charies Harr, 13, 16
Washington avenue, Edmonston.
Md.; William Mansfield, 12, 6132
Thirtieth street N.W.; Lester More
land, 15, 1300 C street NX; Stanley
K. Peterson, 15, 1454 Euclid street
N.W.; J. LeRoy Poole, 14, 6211
Eighth street N.W.; Norman Right,
14, 1422 A street S.E.; DeWitt Shil
ling, 15, 1226 Orren street N.E.;
Loftis Webb, 13, 619 Fifteenth street
N.W.; Edward Howard, 14, 932 T
street N.W.; Philip Jordan, 13, 1827
Vermont avenue N.W., and Ransel
lear Shorter, 4236 Sixteenth street
N.E.
The eliminations were held to de
termine who would have an op
portunity to win a $6 set of Soap
Box Derby wheels or one of the
three cash prizes of $4, $2 and $1
on a quiz program over Station
WMAL.
Wednesday Broadcasts.
Announcement of the date of the
broadcast will be made in the
columns of The Star, and on the
regular Derby broadcasts over Sta
tion WMAL, which are scheduled for
each Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. Tenta
tive arrangements for the questions
and answers broadcast called for a
half-hour program.
“The boys’ preparedness to an
swer anything and everything in
connection wTith the rules has re
sulted in a rather unwieldy number,
however,” Mr. Hamilton pointed out.
“We will try to arrange it so that
we can handle them all on a 30
mlnute broadcast.”^
Meanwhile, the championship
racer of Carl Cederstrand, jr., win
ner of the 1939 Derby, was started
on a tour of the District junior high
schools today, with stops scheduled
for Jefferson, Langley, Anacostia,
Hine and Stuart Junior Highs.
American Legionnaires Joseph
Walker and Ed Thomas were to
share the Job of accompanying the
fast, white speedster on the tour,
being prepared to answer questions
on the construction of the car for
the hundreds of youngsters who
would get a chance to view the racer.
The tour will be continued next week
at other schools.
Registration Urged.
Mr. Hamilton urged all boys in
terested in the Derby to register as
quickly as possible at one of the
Chevrolet dealers in Washington or
vicinity. The Derby is open to all
boys older than 10 years and young
er than 16 years under this year’s
rules.
Thus, if a boy’s 11th birthday anni
versary falls on or before July 13,
the day of the Washington Derby,
he is eligible to race. If he has
his 16th birthday anniversary on
or before the day of the race he is
not eligible.
Any boy in the proper age group
may enter the derby. The main rules
are that he himself build his car,
and within certain limitations of
size, according to the rules. No car
may cost more than $10 to construct.
The rule book, which each entrant
receives when he registers, gives all
necessary information.
Two more registrations were re
ceived this morning in derby head
quarters. They were those of Edwin
Becraft, 14, Diamond avenue, Gaith
ersburg, Md., and William Read, 14,
409 Flower avenue, Takoma Park,
Md.
(Watch The Star for Derby News.)
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Continues debate on proposal to
outlaw “oppressive labor practices”
in interstate industry.
House:
Begins debate on bill to remove
6,000 top limit on Army planes.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably not in session.
House:
Probably not in session.
Maan—Mi ftiMii i iv iV' rr-.atf 11 n r' - t 71 'H————
“HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS”—A Kiowa Indian girl, Libbie Botone of Okla
homa, daughter of a converted Indian, demonstrates one line of the Indian sign language version of
the 23d Psalm at the headquarters of the District W. P. A. recreation unit. She is an employe of
the Office of Indian Affairs. Miss Botone presented Mrs. Roosevelt with a copy of the only Tndlpn
version translated into English with the Indian Idioms.
MODEL OF A MINIATURE—To help guide him In building his own 1940 Soap Box Derby racer
Philip Cuny, 13 (center), built this scale model of the 1939 champion’s miniature racer. Watch
ing him work on it in. the basement of his home at 3806 Brandywine street N.W., are Bill Voigt, 11
(left), and Jimmy Curry, 13, his advisers and helpers. —Star Stall Photo.
U. S. Agencies Join
In Effort to Roof Out
'Fifth Column' Here
Fingerprinting of Aliens
Before Grant of Visas
Urged by Jackson
By the Associated Press.
Congress and Government agen
cies Joined today in a widespread
attempt to uncover and stamp out
subversive “fifth column” activities
which might jeopardize the Nation’s
security.
Attorney General Jackson called
on the public to co-operate by re
porting to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation “acts, threats or evi
dence of sabotage, espionage or
other disloyal activities.”
He said he personally would favor
fingerprinting of aliens before visas
to the United States are granted
them.
May Study Dies Record.
Referring to it as sometimes a
good source of information and
sometimes not so good. President
Roosevelt suggested to his press con
ference today that the record of the
Dies Committee might be studied in
connection with “fifth column” ac
tivities in the United States.
The President’s suggestion came
in response to questioning about
Mr. Jackson's assertion yesterday
that the Government already pos
sesses information about operation
of a “fifth column” in this country
and is preparing steps to combat it.
The Dies Committee yesterday
asked for an additional $100,000 to
carry on its work. It already has
been given $75,000 this year.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir
ginia urged that Congress lose no
time in passing “drastic and com
pulsory legislation requiring a com
plete registration of every person in
America who is not today a legalized
citizen.”
House Arranges Calendars.
House leaders tried to arranged
crowded calendars to permit speedy
approval of President Roosevelt's
proposed transfer of the immigra
tion service to the Justice Depart
ment to make possible quick action
against undesirable aliens.
House sentiment on the subject
was demonstrated yesterday when,
without a word of debate, the legis
lators wrote into the billion-dollar
relief bill provisions barring Com
munists, Nazi “bund" members and
aliens from relief rolls.
At a press conference yesterday
Mr. Jackson said that President
Roosevelt had prepared many
months ago to cope with "fifth col
umn” activities and that the F. B. I.
has “capably, zealously and effec
tively carried out its task.”
May Enlarge F. B. I.
Although he declined to disclose
the nature of the measures adopted,
the Attorney General said that the
F. B. I. would be enlarged if neces
sary to deal with subversive activi
ties. He added that if Congress ap
proves the transfer of the immigra
tion service from the Labor Depart
ment, it would be made a separate
unit like the F. B. I.
Alien registration records, now
scattered in ports of entry in 22 dis
tricts, will be centralized here un
der the proposed new setup, Mr.
Jackson said. These records relate
only to the time and port of arrival
of aliens.
Opposition to the proposed change
was voiced by Representative Ma
son, Republican, of Illinois, who
called instead for the resignation
of Secretary Perkins. Mr. Mason
based his opposition on the conten
tion that the transfer would “cover
up and protect the maladministra
tion” of the Immigration Service
under Miss Perkins.
Appeals for Co-operation.
Urging the co-operation of cit
izens, Mr. Jackson appealed to them
not to join organizations without
first knowing who their associates
and officers were and where money
collected for dues goes.
“The greatest help that citizens
can render,” he said, “is to keep cool
and not become frightened. Sensa
tional statements as to fifth columns
should be received with suspicion.”
Senator Byrd declared in his state
ment that the time is here to “purge
America of every alien and foreign
influence attempting to undermine
and destroy our system of govern
ment.”
“America is a free country for
American citizens," he said. “It is
not free for aliens who owe their al
legiance to and take orders from
other countries.”
The Virginian, advocating regis
tration and fingerprinting of aliens,
said they should be compelled to
carry identification cards subject to
inspection at all times.
3 D. C. Stations to Carry
King's Message Today
Three Washington stations,
WMAL, WJSV and WOL, will carry
an Empire Day message by King
George VI this afternoon at 3
o’clock. WJSV will rebroadcast the
message by electrical transcription
at 10:80 pa.
h
Soap Box Derby Guide
Boys who want a chance to
win The Star-Amerlcan Legion
sponsored Derby for motorless,
coaster racers, and to represent
Washington at the national and
international finals at Akron,
Ohio, may be guided by the
following instructions:
To be eligible to race, a boy
must not be younger than 11
nor older than 15, on July 13,
1940, and must live in Wash
ington or one of the nearby
communities in Maryland or
Virginia.
Every boy expecting to race
must obtain entrance blanks, a
safety pledge and a rule book
at the salesroom of the Chevro
let dealer nearest his home
The entrance blanks and the
pledge must be filled out and
signed by the boy and by his
parent or guardian. Any Chev
rolet dealer in Washington,
Alexandria and Arlington, Va„
and Bethesda, Hyattsville and
Silver Spring, Md., can furnish
the blanks.
Separate Chest Drive
Voted by Alexandria
Social Agencies
Unanimous Report
Of Committee Adopted
With Only Oiye Dissent
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va„ May 24.—An
independent Community Chest cam
paign will be conducted here this
year for the first time, the Alexan
dria Council of Social Agencies de
cided last night.
A special committee, headed by
Council President Albert V. Bryan,
has had the subject under study for
the last two months and submitted
a unanimous recommendation that
the change be made.
Alexandria will be the third nearby
Virginia community to sever con
nections with the Washington Chest
and to inaugurate an Independent
campaign. Fairfax and Arlington
counties each conducted separate
drives for the first time last year
and plan to maintain separate or
ganizations this year.
Heretofore Alexandria has par
ticipated in the Washington Com
munity Chest campaign, sharing in
the total collected throughout the
greater Washington area.
One of the reasons assigned for
the move was the alleged ineffective
ness of the “designation plan,” un
der which residents of nearby areas
are given the option of indicating
what proportion of their contribu
tions are to be spent in their home
communities.
“As a matter of fact, the desig
nation plan has been without any
effect whatsoever," as far as Alexan
dria is concerned, the local com
mittee reported.
Washington Chest’s Stand.
Col. Robert Fletcher, chairman
of the Washington Community
Chest committee which handles
the Alexandria agencies, explained
the Washington Chest’s stand on
the withdrawal of the Alexandria
agencies and asserted that Alexan
dria has never given as much to the
Chest as was allotted to it.
Figures were released by the
Washington Chest to show the part
the designation system played in
the appropriations. It was explained
that more was designated than the
amount allotted only where the
Budget Committee of the Chest had
already decided on the amount to
be appropriated to the agency.
The five Alexandria agencies had
the following appropriations and al
lotments for this year:
Alexandria Boys’ Club, $2,500 ap
propriated; $1,188.75 designated.
Alexandria Girls’ Club, $600 ap
propriated; $638.86 designated.
Alexandria Girl Scouts, $100 ap
propriated; $298 designated.
Social Service League, $8,650 ap
propriated; $2,282.82 designated.
Hopkins House, $1,350 appropri
ated; $413.02 designated.
Not Enough Funds.
“We regret very much that the
arrangement was not satisfactory
to some of the Alexandria agencies,”
Col. Fletcher said. “The fact of the
matter was that there wasn’t enough
money to go around. We didn’t
make our campaign goal and so aU
appropriations had to be cut down.
There never has been enough money
from Alexandria to meet the needs
of their agencies and the Washing
ton Chest has always lost because
of that.”
He explained that one of the
tenets of the Chest was to have
only one drive for funds a year. Be
cause there has not been enough
money to meet the needs of Alex
andria, some of the agencies, he
said, wanted to put on additional
drives Individually which the Wash
ington Chest couldn’t agree to.
Col. Fletcher made it clear that
the arrangement had been made
without controversy on the part of
the Chest or the Alexandria
agencies.
He pointed out that approxi
mately $10,500 was collected In
1
Alexandria during the Chest drive.
The Chest appropriated to Alex
andria $15,700 and in addition paid
out $2,200 in hospital bills for the
needy sick of Alexandria. The dif
ference between what was given to
the Chest and what was appropri
ated, he asserted, was too large to
be accounted for wholly by Alex
andrians contributing through their
Government departments.
In adopting its committee report the
Alexandria council agreed to a meth
od for setting up the new agency.
The council’s Executive Committee
will nominate the membership of a
proposed town Community Chest
Board of Trustees. The nominations
will be sent to the constituent mem
ber organizations affiliated with the
council, for study. Additional
nominations may be made at a reg
ular meeting of the council and that
group will take final action to elect
the Chest officers.
Suicide Certificates
Issued in Hangings
Certificates of suicide have been
issued in two deaths from hanging
yesterday and last night—that of
Mrs. Anna Nora Wathen, 46, of 1331
8 street S.E., and Paul W. H. On
trfch, 35, a bookkeeper, of 1719 Var
num street N.W.
Mrs. Wathen was found hanging
from a transom on the second floor
of her home by her son, George B.
Wathen, Jr., who called police. A
necktie which had been looped about
Mrs. Wathen’s throat was cut away
and police administered artificial
respiration until a physician who re
sponded with an ambulance from
Casualty Hospital pronounced the
woman dead.
Mr. Ontrich was found by his
father-in-law, Theodore L. Edmins
ton, with a belt looped about his
neck and attached to a door of his
third-floor bedroom. He was pro
nounced dead by an ambulance doc
tor from Emergency Hospital.
Certificates were issued in both
bases by Deputy Coroner Christo
pher Murphy.
Mrs. McKechnie Elected
By Education Group
Mrs. Mary McKechnie of Landon
School last night was re-elected
president of the Progressive Edu
cation Association at a meeting in
the Women’s City Club.
Albert Rogers of Friends School
was elected vice president; Miss
Margaret Gaskill of the Remedial
Education Center, recording secre
tary; Miss Marion Du Bois of the
W. P. A. Adult Education Project,
corresponding secretary, and Miss
Julia Morse of Cathedral School,
treasurer.
Dr. Ernesto Galarza of the Pan
American Union told the group that
parents interested in progressive ed
ucation must challenge those who
oppose every innovation in school
practice, no matter how sound it
may be. as fads and frills
Housing Project
Costing *$2,000,000
Proposed in Berwyn
Apartment Group for
Colored Would Be the
Size of Colonial Village
A $2,000,000 housing project for
colored families fronting on the
Baltimore pike in the Berwyn (Md.)
area has been brought before the
Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission for approval,
it was learned today.
A group of white and colored
sponsors of the project and repre
sentatives of the Summers Construc
tion Co. of New York City, which
has prepared the plans, held a con
ference with the planning body yes
terday afternoon.
Decline Comment.
Commission officials declined to
comment on the proposal until it
was before them in the form of a»
final application.
At the conference yesterday Irving
C. Root, the Commission's chief
engineer, pointed out certain
changes in specifications he said
were necessary to comply with Com
mission regulations.
It was understood they were of a
minor nature, such as the width of
streets and technical engineering
details. The question of rezoning
and property to residential C to
permit construction of apartment
houses also was discussed.
Part of the 30-acre tract on which
the apartments are to be constructed
is now classified as acreage and has
been owned by a colored farmer for
many years. The portion fronting
on the boulevard already has been
rezoned in part to commercial status
and is occupied by a gasoline filling
station. ,
Size of Colonial Village.
E. W. Martin of 1338 H street
N.W., representative of the Summers
Co., said the project would employ*
about 1,000 men for a year and that
it had been decided to give prefer
ence to Maryland residents. An ap
plication for approval of the project
as a limited-dividend corporation is
understood to be pending before the*
Federal Housing Administration.
Construction will start immediately
upon receiving approval by the F.
H. A. and the Park and Planning
Commission, he said.
Plans for the proposed settlement
which in size will approximate Co
lonial Village in Virginia and Brent
wood Village in the District, provide
for two-story brick apartments of
three to five rooms and renting from
$30 to $50 a month, according to Mr.
Martin. The settlement is in no
sense a slum clearance project as
the land Is used at present only for
farming. The buildings will be of
modern, fireproof construction, and
the grounds landscaped to fit in with
the surrounding area. Howard
Burton, chief engineer and architect
for the company, participated in the
conference yesterday.
James W. Barnes Dies
In New York Hospital
James W. Barnes, 66, former Wash
ington resident, died Wednesday in
a New York City hospital. He had
been a resident of that city, erv»
gaging in the music business, for
30 years.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Frederick Schafer, 3253
0 street N.W. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Besides Mrs. Schafer, Mr. Barnes
leaves his wife, Mrs. Rose E. Barnes;
1 son, Lawrence H. Barnes; a daugh
ter, Mrs. William B. Johnson, and
a brother. George W. Barnes, all
of New York City, and another
brother, Maurice W. Barnes of
Washington.
Will Visit Fort McHenry
A tour through historic Fort Mc
Henry. near Baltimore, has been
scheduled by the Capital Hiking
Club for Sunday. Following inspec
tion of the fortifications and
museum, the group will make a
short hike along the nearby Potomac
River. Busses will leave 1416 F street
N.W. at 9 am.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) v
District of Columbia—Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning:
not much change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 60
degrees; moderate to fresh southeast winds shifting to northwest to
morrow.
Maryland—Rain tonight and possibly tomorrow morning- slightly
warmer in east portion tomorrow afternoon. * 1
Virginia—Showers this afternoon and tonight followed by parti -
cloudy tomorrow; slightly cooler in west and warmer on the coast tonight'
somewhat warmer in east portion tomorrow. '
, . Vfrgtaia—Showers this afternoon and early tonight cooler to
night; tomorrow mostly cloudy.
The Atlantic storm remains nearly sta-'
tionary about 300 miles east of the vir
gin1* , capes, apparently with somewhat
diminished intensity. A new disturbance is
moving northeastward over the upper
Chl° Valley with Increasing intensity.
Plkeville, Ky.. 997.3 millibars <29.45
Inches). Pressure continues relatively
high over Northern, New England, Caribou.
Me.. 1.021.0 , millibars (30.15 Inches).
Pressure is rising over the Northern Plains
ami west Gulf States. Minot. N. Dak..
10!9^_ millibars <30.11 Inches), and Del
Rio. Tex., 1,015.9 millibars <30.00 inches).
During the last 24 houTs there have been
rains over most of the Southern States
and much of the Ohio Valley. Showers
occurred also in portions of the Middle
Atlantic and North Atlantic States and
the lower Great Lakes region. Elsewhere
the weather was mostly fair. Tempera
ivi" h*vf, fallen In portions of the Mid
dj*, Atlantic States, the lower Mississippi
Valley, and the West Gulf States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
*1 Perry. Potomac muddy at
Oreat Falls today.
Report for Lost 24 Boars.
Temperature Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees Inches.
4 n.m- 70 29.80
* 5-m- -- 04 29.81
Midnight- 60 29.83
Today—
4 a.m.- 57 29.75
* *jn- - 64 29.81
Noon - 60 29.83
Record far Lest 24 Boars.
(£0“ noon yesterday to noon today !
Highest, 72. 2:55 p.m. yesterday. Year
MO. 81.
Lowest. 67. 6 a.m. today. Year ago. 62.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 92. on May 14.
Lowest, 7, on January 29.
Humidity far Lest 24 Hears.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 95 per eent. at 9:30 p.m. yes
tcraiy.
Lowest, «7 per cent, at 3 p.m. yes
terair.
Tidt Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic survey.)
. _ Today. Tomorrow.
Hlgl» - 9:56 a.m. 10:42 a.m.
L»w - 4:28 a.m. 5:12 a.m.
High-10:26 p.m. 11:13 p.m.
Low - 4:65 p.m. 5:42 p.m.
The Bun and Mean.
. . Rises. . Sets.
fun. today- 4:49 7:21
Bun. tomorrow_ 4:48 7:22
Moon, today_10:14 p.m. 7:46 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned en
one-half hour after sunset.
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Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
January*1’_ Tl2 *55
Me.brrliary -227 3-27 0.84 -84
March _ 3 42 3 75 s s* .01
April -g;t5 $
5*" 2.01 3.70 10.09 ’89
J,ol - — * 13 10.94 '00
August-::;;::;:: :~ toi 121* :32
Octoh^r^r - --- 3.24 17.45 .34
October _ 0 R4 r ri
-— --- 2:37 8!09 ’89
December - - 3.32 7.60 ’01
Weather in Various Cities.
_ Temp. Raln
Ahiienn Hl5f Low’ f>11- Weather,
Abilene __ 29.94 05 48 0.07 ClearV
29.?0 02 54 0.23 Cloudy
«flan/& -- ?n so 04 0.12 Cloudy
Atl City.. 29.80 55 50 0.04 cloudy
Baltimore 29.80 70 5K o.oi Rain7
Brm’gham 29.05 80 Hi 0.38 Rain
Bismarck. 30.00 71 37 0.01 Clear
Boston- 29.92 50 40 0.15 Rain
Buffalo __ 29.08 71 50 1.57 Rain
Charleston 29.71 79 73 ... Cloudy
Chicago . 29.71 08 48 Cloudy
Cincinnati 29.53 03 54 0.53 Rain7
Cleveland. 29.05 58 49 0.74 Rain
Columbia 20 05 93 09 0.40 Cloudy
Davenport 29.77 75 51 . cloudy 4
Denver 29.92 70 45 ... Cloudy
Des Moines 29.77 72 47 ... cloudy
Detroit 29.71 08 61 ... Cloudy
K1 Paso... 09.94 74 53 . . Clear
Galveston. 29.89 79 01 0.41 Cloudy
Helena... 29.94 82 50 Cloudy
Huron _ 29.94 70 39 0.01 Clear
Indi'n’polls 29.05 74 55 _ Rain
Jacks’vllle 29.77 91 70 Cloudy
Kana. City 29.77 70 60 . Clear7
L. Angeles 29.94 72 68 Cloudy
lyulsvUle. 29.53 03 52 0.73 Rain 7
Miami . 29.89 90 09 Cloudy
jf«anPs IS# Si # a-Oi Cloudy
Norfolk "5 11.77 07 it U? Sy
8S‘ah.clt7 75 n - IS
Phoenl?h“ -9 83 SI SS I;: «»>*
isfil 11 s °°n ®dT
Ilf I 52 °’08 IS
S. Lake C. 29.89 82 47 *” cittr
8. Antonio 29.97 77 50 0 04 Clear
Ban Diego 29.94 72 hi _. ooSdy
rjjr’cueo S9.8? 58 53 ::; cioud7
te.:: IP ll It - SiSS?7v
Sd.c. lilt 72 ft ;;; &
Foreign Stations.
Hnrta n£S?:.PrJ*nwiel1 time. today.)
Horta (Payal). Azores 57 Cloudy
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