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Health Code Dispute
Of Society and D. C.
Officials to Be Settled
Conferences Over Draft
Of New Regulations
Are Scheduled
Officials of the District Health De
partment and the District Medical
Society today planned to hold con
ferences to iron out disagreements
over the department's proposed
drastic new code of health regula
tions and to settle a dispute whether
the society has approved the draft
the department has placed before
;the Commissioners.
Officials of the Health Depart
ment, including Dr. George C. Ruh
kmd, health officer, reported last
week that the newly-proposed code
had been approved by the society.
’Today, an official of the society
declared that body had not seen a
.copy of the present draft until sev
eral days ago, when it asked for one,
but that the society in February
.of last year did indorse an original
draft then being considered by Dr.
.Ruhland.
The Medical Society spokesman
said his recollection was the two
•drafts were ‘‘rather similar,” al
though the latest draft, now await
ing action by the Commissioners,
"went farther in some respects.”
The original draft, which was ap
proved by the society, the spokes
man said, was laid aside last year
on the advice of the District cor
poration counsel, suggesting a gen
'eral law authorizing the Commis
sioners to invoke new regulations.
Such a law was adopted, he added.
Officials of the department and
'the society are scheduled to confer
soon to go over the draft of the pro
posed new code, which, among other
things, would enable the Health
"Department to require persons hav
ing one of a list of diseases, in
cluding syphilis and tuberculosis, to
submit to hospitalization if the
health officer determined proper
'care was not being received or ac
cepted by the patient in his home.
Defense Spending
‘Scored by Dewey
the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 29 —
Thomas E. Dewey, candidate for the
-Republican presidential nomination,
.declared today that the Roosevelt
administration “blandly proposes”
-to turn over the defense expendi
tures “to the same miscellaneous
collection of incompetents that has
jnanaged to squander $60,000,000,000.
„ Mr. Dewey said in a speech pre
pared for Republican party mem
bers that after “seven destructive
.years” under President Roosevelt
“we must face the menace of a
Warring world with our business life
restricted, our industry weakened
and our whole system suffering from
artificial economic anemia.”
"In this situation,” he asked,
“what course does the administra
tion choose?
“It blandly proposes to handle the
present emergency with the same
methods it has used to meet the
•many emergencies of its own crea
“tlon, during the last seven years.
It says all that is needed is that
Congress vote more billions of dol
lars.
"This administration has already
expended six and a quarter billion
-dollars in the name of national de
fense. And yet today we find our
selves with totally inadequate de
fenses.
"What confidence can any of us—
Democrats or Republicans — have
that the new defense program will
4>e efficiently conceived and admin
istered?”
Mr. Dewey attributed to Secre
taries Ickes, Wallace, Hopkins and
Perkins “unquestioned ability” to
wage “a successful blitzkrieg upon
the Treasury” and "an irresistible
war of attrition upon the business
life of the Nation.”
He charged also that “a brilliant
red lining shows through the admin
istrative fringe of Communists, near
Communists, fellow-travelers and
their kind” in the administration.
W. H. Doleman 82 Today
William H. Doleman, one of the
oldest retired firemen in the District,
celebrated his 82d birthday anni
versary today. He and Mrs. Dole
man, who will observe their 55th
wedding anniversary in September,
recently bought a new home at 1810
U place S.E. Previously he had lived
In Southwest Washington.
WACO, TEX.—THIRD TERMERS HAVE THEIR BRIEF INNING
—This sign, hoisted high by advocates of a third term for Presi
dent Roosevelt, lasted but a few minutes at a confusion-packed
Democratic State convention yesterday. Garner-for-President
£uslasts pulled the sign down and tore it to bits. The
many” in the sign refers to E. B. Germany, a Garner-for
dent leader and 8tate chairman. —A. P. Wirephoto.
k A
Democratic Delegate
Candidates for D. C.
Are Unopposed
June 5 Election Issue
Is Whether Group
Should Vote as Unit
The 12 candidates for the Dis
trict delegate posts to the Demo
cratic National Convention will be
unopposed in the June 5 "primary,”
it was announced yesterday.
The candidates, who will carry a
voting power of six votes to the con
vention on July 15, are Malcolm S.
McConihe, National Democratic
committeeman; Russell Balderson,
business man and chairman of the
local Democratic Central Commit
tee; Melvin D. Hildreth, lawyer and
vice chairman of the committee;
Walter F. Bramhall, committee sec
retary and national committeeman
for the D. C. Young Democratic
Club; Robert W. Woolley, lawyer
and former director of the Mint;
Hugh V. Reiser, business man and
former president of the Democratic
League of the District; John Walsh,
lawyer and brother of the late Sen
ator Walsh: Leslie C. Garnett, for
mer District attorney; Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, commanding
officer of the District National
Guard: Mrs. Arthur D. Condon, for
mer president of the Women’s
Democratic Council for the District;
John Wattawa, lawyer, and William
Jett Lauck, economist.
Alternates will be Mrs. Eunice
Blake Thomas, director of the Dis
trict Democratic League, and James
V. Beyer, member of the District
Central Committee since 1884. They
wer the only candidates.
Candidates for the Democratic
Central Committee, likewise unop
posed. are Dr. J. Ernest Mitchell,
John Locher, Sam B. Bagnan, Frank
W. Cahill, Charles L. Hanowell,
Rowland Marshall, Dr. F. Thomas
Evans, John J. McConnell, Harold
H. Shaller, Richard A. Dickson. Ar
thur Schoenthal, Clem Preller, Har
lan Wood, Robert W. Burton, Mrs.
Arthur D. Condon, Sidney R. Katz,
Mrs. Thomas and Messrs. Balderson.
Hildreth, Bramhall, Beyer and
Reiser.
The only June 5 election issue, it
was said, was whether the delega
tion should vote as a unit.
Al iens Fearing War Call,
Seek U. S. Citizenship
By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 29.—Fearful
of a call to military service in home
lands some of them haven’t seen for
20 years, thousands of northwest
citizens of European nations now at
war are flocking to naturalization
offices to get under Uncle Sam's pro
tective wing.
Up until Tuesday Federal natural
ization officials estimated that 7.000
persons of foreign birth have applied
for American citizenship during the
last few months. This is a 20 to 25
per cent increase over applications
a year ago.
The bulk of the applications, Twin
Cities immigration officials said,
have come from Scandinavian, Brit
ish, Polish and German nationals,
although some 20 nationalities are
represented. Many are from persons
who have lived in the United States
more than a decade.
7.000 'Chutists Killed
In Holland, Radio Says
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 29—Out of
10.000 parachutists employed by the
Germans in the conquest of Holland
approximately 7,000 were killed, the
British government radio reported
today in a French language broad
cast picked up here and translated
by the National Broadcasting Co.
Some of the parachutists were shot
down by the Dutch, the broadcast
said, but a large number were killed
when they landed "too vehemently.”
I . J
Portuguese Exhibit Open
An exhibit of pictures of Portu
guese monuments and maps of
Portugueses discoveries has been
opened in the library at Catholic
University in connection with the
oelebration of the 800th anniversary
of the founding of the country and
the 300th anniversary of the restora
tion of its independence. The anni
versary begins June 2. The exhibi
tion may be seen daily except Sun
day from 9 a m. to 9 pm. through
June 7.
FUTURE GENERALS—Inspection of this 155-mm. gun mounted
on a high-speed transport carriage was on the program yester
day at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for 450 graduating cadets
from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.
This group takes it easy as they wait for an officer to arrive to
explain its operation. The cadets spent two days at Aberdeen
seeing everything the Army lias to offer in the way of arma
ments. . —A. P. Photo.
Fists Fly as Texans
Give Slate to Garner,
Indorse New Deal
Hours of Tumult End
With Democrats Pledged
To Party Harmony
By the Associated Press.
WACO, Tex., May 29—Texas’ 46
votes at the National Democratic
Convention bear Cactus Jack Gar
ner’s brand.
Fist-swinging supporters of the
Vice President herded the votes into
his corral at the party's State con
vention yesterday.
The Democrats strongly indorsed
the administration of President
Roosevelt, lauding his •'matchless
leadership” and promising not to
engage in any stop-Roosevelt move.
Representative Sam Rayburn,
House majority leader, was given
the delegation chairmanship and
Representative Lyndon Johnson of
Austin the vice chairmanship.
Blalock Named Committeeman.
Myron Blalock of Marshall, a lead
er in the Garner-for-President move,
was elected national committeeman
to succeed the Vice President. Mrs
Clara Driscoll of Corpus Christi was
re-elected national committee
woman.
Things started to pop before the
convention opened. Somebody
pushed rotund Maury Maverick in
front of the convention hall.
Mayor Tom Miller of Austin said
it was not a push, but a blow which
he aimed at Mr. Maverick, one-time
New Deal member of Congress and
now Mayor of San Antonio.
That little spat ended promptly.
But inside the hall the Texans yelled
so loud and so long that Keynoter
Tom Miller finally just read his
speech at a howling bunch of Demo
crats.
Police Eject One.
Fists flew. Police whistles
shrieked. Battling men were sepa
rated. One was ejected from the
hall.
Delegates marched toward the
platform bearing a banner that read
"Roosevelt again! To hell with
Germany!” Friends of E. B. Ger
many, chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee and a
Garner leader, wrested the banner
away and tore it up.
Three hours of tumult rolled by.
Then former Gov. Pat M. Neff of
Waco, now president of Baylor Uni
versity, called for peace and Roose
velt-Garner "harmony” forces won
control.
G. O. P. Slate Uninstructed.
Texas Republicans, meanwhile, se
lected an uninstructed delegation
with 26 votes in the national con
vention.
The action raised the Republican
delegate total to 990, only 10 short
of the convention roster of 1,000. It
also increased to 625 the number
of uninstructed delegates whose
presidential choices, if known today,
probably would determine the nom
inee,
C. U. Seniors to Receive
Club Council Keys
Ten Catholic University seniors
will receive Interclub Council Keys
from the Rev. Gerald P. Dillon,
dean of men, at the annual inter
club dance tonight at 9:30 o’clock
at Wardman Park Hotel.
They are Joseph S. Witherow,
Walter J. Donovan, Joseph C.
Michalowicz, Charles E. Chaney, John
P. O’Brien, Jr.; Albert J. Gil Borges,
John P. Ertter, George S. Rieehen
bach, Peter P. Osinski and Cannon
P. Pirro.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Considers minor bills before acting
on hospital aid measure.
Finance Committee begins work
on defense tax bill.
Foreign Relations Committee con
siders nomination of J. Pierrepont
Moffat to be Minister to Canada.
Appropriations S u b c o m m ittee
works on $1,111,000,000 relief bill.
Irrigation Committee considers
revision of Boulder Dam power rates.
House:
Resumes debate on $133,000,000
Interior Department appropriation
bill.
Ways and Means Committee starts
study of defense tax bill.
Judiciary Committee considers
extension of Hatch Act.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
May consider naval expansion bill.
Banking and Currency Committee
meets; 10:30 a.m.
House:
Considers conference report on
civil functions appropriation bill.
Ways and Means Committee re
sumes consideration of national de
fense tax program; 10 am.
Public Buildings and Grounds
Committee considers bill to prohibit
taleof the customs house in Detroit:
10:90 am.
J
Gibbs Sees Great Power
In Army of the Somme
Briton Finds France Rebounding From
Stunning News of Leopold's Surrender
By SIR PHILIP GIBBS.
British W»r Correspondent.
PARIS, May 29—The tragic and
stupefying news of the Belgian sur
render has been a shock to all of us
in Prance. There is no attempt
here to minimize the gravity of the
new situation. It is acknowledged
that the menace to England and
the Channel ports is more serious
and alarming.
There is deep anxiety for the
Allied troops in Flanders. Friends
of mine here have uttered no word
of blame against the Belgian troops,
knowing how bravely they have
fought.
This downfall of Belgian resist
ance creates an entirely new situa
tion for the French and British
Armies on the Somme and on the
Aisne. The northward drive to link
up with the forces between Cam
brai and the coast, which seemed
likely and imminent, have to be
reconsidered because of the Belgian
breakdown.
Great Strength Available.
Whatever Gen. Maxime Wey
gand’s plan may be in view of the
Allied situation, this is certain, as I
can affirm from my own personal
knowledge: The Allied armies
south of the Somme are in great
strength. France still has tremend
ous and untouched reserves. Their
mechanized divisions and fleets of
heavy tanks are ready for both de
fense and attack. British forces of
no mean weight will be with them.
There is no spirit of defeat in
France despite all that has hap
pened during the past 19 days. On
the contrary, the French Army and
people have astonishing and heroic
confidence in the final outcome of
this struggle. That spirit is strong
est among the officers and men who
have been closest to the enemy.
I talked with some young officers
of the French tanks. They had
been fighting in Luxembourg and
later in the center of the line. They
had no terror of German tanks.
They had put many out of action.
They had caught German infantry
at Longwv between two lines of
their own tanks and slashed them to
pieces. They had taken many Ger
man prisoners and found that most
of them were boys of 20. stupefied
and bewildered on finding them
selves in the front line. Adolf Hit
ler has been flinging in his youth
ruthlessly.
I was on the roads of France
Monday—roads still crowded by the
endless columns of refugees, who
have been trudging in from the
north with their farm carts on
which the children are huddled. It
is a heart-breaking sight. I was
told tragic tales by these poor peas
ants from villages around Arras and
Amiens. One day that will make a
tragic chapter in history, not to be
written now.
But on the roads were also French
troops and British troops, with some
of whom I stopped to talk. They
were very cheery and high-spirited,
and if I could tell all I know, which
I cannot because it would reach the
enemy, it would be reassuring to
those who are downhearted because
of the tragic news.
The war is far from being lost.
For Germany the main struggle be
gins. France has the strength to
deliver terrific counterblows. They
will be delivered at the right mo
ment and in the right place.
It has become clear that the ca
pitulation af the Belgian Army was
due to the shameful surrender of
their King at the very time when
his men were fighting with heroism
and holding their lines. I know
that young man. A year ago he
sent for me to talk with him in
Police Ordered to Clamp Down
On Careless Auto Horn-Blowers
Without any fanfare of advance
warning the Commissioners today
ordered the police to “get tough” in
the enforcement of regulations
against unnecessary auto horn blow
ing and asked judges of Police
Court to co-operate in penalizing
lawbreakers.
Reporting that they had re
ceived a flood of complaints about
motorists who seek to blast pedes
trians and other motorists out of
their way the Commissioners di
rected Police Superintendent E. W.
Brown to instruct his men to de
mand posting of a minimum collat
eral of $10 in each case of a person
charged with unnecessary horn
blowing. The present custom is to
require the posting of but $2 or $3
in such cases.
There were reports that Scott Cir
cle was the center of considerable
annoyance by the horn blowers.
In a letter to Judge John P. Mc
Mahon of Police Court, Commission
er John Russell Young, acting pres
ident of the Board of Commission
ers, said:
"The Commissioners have re
ceived a great number of complaints
Brussels, and I was deeply impressed
by his intelligence, his charm of
manner and his admiration of Eng
land, where he was educated at
Eton.
Stuns French.
King Leopold seemed to me a
chivalrous and noble young man,
and I find it incredible that he
should be guilty of this betrayal of
his own people and of the British
and French Armies who rushed to
his aid when he called to them. He
is dismissed before all the world.
The effect of his action on French
public opinion has been stunning,
yet I am bound to say that I am
deeply moved by the general refusal
to show any despair.
I have been talking to the man in
the street and the man in the field.
“We shall win all the same," said
a veteran of the last war.
“Bad news?” asked one fellow.
“Why? France has been through
worse davs than this. I have two
sons at the front. I know that in
the long run we shall beat those
Germans.”
Another man spoke to me with a
cheerv confidence, which I found
sublime.
“Perhaps this new blow.” he said,
“is just what we wanted for victory.
It mav stiffen us and give us an
extra urge which will carry us
through to a triumphant end, and
that beyond all doubt will happen.”
Only one man spoke with rage.
"If King Albert were here.” he
said, “he would kill that wretched
son.”
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine.)
Death of Soldier
In Stampede Classed
As Traffic Fatality
National Safety Council
Decides Dispute in
Favor of Coroner
The dispute between Coroner A.
Magruder MacDonald and the Po
lice Department over the former’s
classification of the death of a
Fort Myer soldier in a horse stam
pede in the 2900 block of Bladens
burg road N.E. on May 15 as a traf
fic fatality has been decided in favor
of the coroner.
Pvt. Michael Astore, 20, a mem
ber of C Battery of the 16th Field
Artillery', en route to Fort Myer,
was run over by a heavy caisson
when he was knocked down in an
attempt to stop some rearing horses
in the battery. The stampede oc
curred when the group halted near
a fire plug to water and cool the
horses.
Coroner MacDonald listed the
death as the twentieth traffic fatal
ity for the District, whiie the Police
Department and Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer insisted the
death was not a traffic fatality.
Finally, Inspector William E.
Holmes of the Traffic Division sub
mitted the fact for arbitration to
the National Safety Council, in
Chicago. Yesterday an answer was
received from the council stating
that “It is our opinion that the ac
cident death * * * should properly
be classified as a traffic death.”
“Since the death did involve a
vehicle in a traffic way ” the letter
said, "the death would have to be
placed in the traffic accident cate
gory.”
about the unnecessary blowing of
automobile horns and have directad
the major and superintendent of
police to issue instructions to the
members of the metropolitan police
force to enforce strictly the regula
tions prohibiting the use of automo
bile horns otherwise than as a rea
sonable warning of danger, and re
stricting the sounding of automo
bile horns between 12:01 a.m. and
7 a.m. The major and superintend
ent of police also has been directed
to issue instructions that the mini
mum collateral in these cases shall
be $10.
“The Commissioner would appre
ciate very much the co-operation of
the judges of Police Court is assist
ing the Police Department in bring
ing about a substantial reduction in
this kind of nuisance.”
Following an ‘‘anti-noise cam
paign,” the Commissioners adopted
bans on blowing auto horns except
as reasonable warnings of danger,
and the blowing of any horns from
12:01 to 7 a.m., except by emer
gency vehicles, in February, 1938,
but like many District regulations
Interest in enforcement dwindled
, after a time.
A
Ireland Calls Up
Reserves, Defense
Committee Meets
Army to Be Brought
Up to Full Strength
Immediately
By tbf Associated Press.
DUBLIN, May 29.—Ireland called
up army reserves today and moved
swiftly to put her forces on a war
footing in the face of the grave sit
uation confronting her neighbor,
Britain.
The procedure was strictly along
normal lines. At the same time vol
unteers began applying for service
at the recruiting stations; but ordi
narily Dublin went on about its bus
iness pretty much as usual.
Clerks, shopkeepers, laborers and
others in the reserve corps reported
! at the Collins Barracks and other
designated depots for instructions.
Volunteers for the defense corps
i —“the eyes and ears of national de
| fen.se"—were augmented by hun
dreds of civilians eager to serve Eire.
The customary Wednesday half
holiday was observed, however, and
in spite of general anxiety there
was no apparent decrease in the
1 size of the crowds at neighboring
pleasure resorts and golf courses.
Committee Will Meet.
Meanwhile, the newly-formed Na
tional Defense Committee of repre
sentatives of the government and
opposition parties in Parliament
prepared to meet late today in its
first session—a session out of which
the first of several emergency meas
ures was expected to be proclaimed.
Acceptance of Premier Eamon de
Valera's call for unity by William
T. Cosgrave, leader of the Fine Gael
opposition party, and by the Labor
opposition resulted in creation of
the committee, representing all fac
tions.
De Valera announced the army
i would be brought up to full strength
| immediately, along with the merg
ing of governmental facilities, to
the end that the liberty for which
Ireland fought so long might not
be taken away by any foreign na
tion.
I The country, which has main
j tained neutrality since the outbreak
ol European war, heard De Valera
declare last week end that Ireland
“really is in the war zone" and
should plan her defenses accord
ingly.
Plea for Unity Made.
“We must all be brothers in one
holy cause: Let there not be found
one treacherous hand giving them
away,” he asserted in his plea that
the nation “be united as one man
behind the government to resist
aggression from whatever quarter it
might come.”
The National Defense Committee
was formed last night of three gov
ernment members, three from the
Fine Gael and two from the Labor
group in Parliament.
The members are: Government
party—Frank Aiken, Minister of Co
ordination and Defensive Measures;
Oscar Traynor, Minister for De
fense, and Gerald Boland, Minister
for Justice. Fine Gael—James Dil
lon, deputy leader: Gen. R. Mulcahy
and Dr. T. F. O’Higgins. Labor
representatives—W. Norton and W
Davin.
The committee will meet as often
as deemed necessary and will in
effect be a supreme war commission,
although it will have no executive
powers. It will have the power
of recommendation, however, and
will be responsible for major de
fense policy.
Dog Leads Rescuers
To Trapped Boy
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 29. —Tim, a
German shepherd dog, may have
saved the life of 11-year-old Charles
Bossman because he barked insist
ently at a pile of debris under which
the lad was buried.
The dog was being exercised yes
terday when the rear wall of an
abandoned East Side tenement col
lapsed and fell on Young Bossman
as he played in the yard.
Tim led rescuers to the wreckage
and barked. An emergency squad
extricated the lad. He suffered
broken legs and internal injuries
which a hospital listed as serious.
Mrs. Littell Seeking
Divorce jn Reno
Mrs. Charlotte Stanfield Littell
has filed suit for a divorce at Reno
from John Stockton Littell, a for
eign service officer, now on leave
from the State Department, it was
learned here today. The charge
was cruelty. Mr. Littell, who lives
at 2929 Connecticut avenue N.W.,
last was on duty in the office of
Aims and Munitions Control, State
Department. The couple was mar
ried in New York In September,
1928.
7
Auto Plant Could
Produce 1,000 Planes
A Day, Ford Says
Freedom From Federal
'Meddling' and Counsel of
Experts Held Necessary
By the Auoclated Press.
DETROIT, * May 29.—Within six
months the Ford Motor Co., under
certain conditions, could be pro
during 1,000 planes of standard de
sign daily, Henry Ford, apostle of
mass production and opponent of
war, said in an interview here last
night.
The conditions, he said, are that
the company be left to its own
supervision, “without meddling by
Government agencies,” and have
the counsel of such experts in avia
tion as Charles A. Lindbergh and
Edward Rickenbacker.
Mr. Ford made the statement in
discussing the present conflict in
Europe, which he said he was con
vinced would come to an early end
“because the United States won't
get into it.” He warned that an
enormous “defensive armament”
program could become a real dan
ger “if hysteria were permitted to
rule.”
Says Pressure Is Exerted.
"One of the thinks we must re
member,” he said, “is that pre
paredness for defense is also pre
paredness for war; we must also
remember that a lot of pressure is
being brought to push us into a
conflict in which we should have
no part. There is an insidious ‘mid
dle group’ fighting neither Germany
nor England, but getting them to
fight each other solely so that this
group might profit financially.
“It is this same group that would
like to push us into the war—per
haps so that when it is all over we
could pay the bills.
“The real ‘fifth columnists’ in this
country,” Mr. Ford said, “are the
financial interests that make money
out of war, propagate it and peddle
destructive propaganda.” ,
Told that the production of 1,000
airplanes a day seemed like a “tre
mendous undertaking,” Mr. Ford
said the same suggestion was made
when he first talked about assem
bling “thousands of automobiles a
day.”
Counsel of Experts Stressed.
“But we reached a volume of
10,000 cars a day,” he said, “and we
also managed to get production of
Eagle boats (submarine chasers) up
to one ship a day during the World
War.
“The main essential” he said, "is
that we have the counsel of men
who know aviation and airplane
operation and that we be permitted
freedom of action, without dictation
from men who haven't kept up to
date in this science.
“There must be also, agreement
upon just what is wanted. Then
the manufacture of airplanes be
comes simply an assembly problem.
“With these factors allowed for
we not only can make 1,000 planes
a day but we can make them for
about one-eighth of the present
price.”
Central Mission Fund
Reaches $70,458
At the final report dinner held last
night by the Central Union Mission
campaign workers at the Calvary
Baptist Church it was announced
$70,458 had been subscribed to the
new building fund.
The women’s division of the cam
paign went over the top with its
original goal of $30,000. the remain
der of the total having been raised
by the Special Gifts Committee and
the men's division.
C. E. Bogardus, closest contender
for the silver cup given as perma
nent award to the highest men's
team, brought in the highest amount
for his team at this final dinner.
He was awarded a prize. The wom
en’s prize went to Mrs. Martha
Raby.
By unanimous vote of those pres
ent, it was decided to hold anothei
report meeting at the Central Union
Mission on June 11 at 8 o'clock. It
was agreed that whenever the op
portunity afforded in the mean
time team workers would continuf
solicitations.
Weather Repo
(Furnished by the Unite
District of Columbia—Showers
cooler tomorrow; lowest temperatur
northeast winds.
Maryland—Mostly cloudy toni
cooler.
Virginia—Showers tomorrow;
portion tonight.
West Virginia—Scattered show
change in temperature.
Pressure Is rising over the North Atlantli
States. Greenville. Me . 1.021.7 millibar!
(30.17 inches), while the disturbance! that
developed over the New England Statei
Tuesdav morning has moved east-south
eastward and it was centered this raomini
about 500 miles east of Nantucket. Mass,
accompanied by fresh to strong shiftim
winds. Pressure is falling over the Easi
Gulf States, with a disturbance centerec
along the Middle Gulf Coast. Mobile. Ala.
1.011.2 millibars (2D.80 inches). This dis
turbance is apparently movina northeast
ward. Pressure is high from Mlnnesoti
south-southwestward over the Southerr
Plains. Duluth. Minn.. 1.022.7 millibar!
(10.20 inches). Pressure is falling ovei
the Plateau region. Boise. Idaho. 1.007.1
millibars (29.70 inches). During the la si
24 hours there have been showers in thi
North Atlantic States and In scatterer
areas over the Great Lakes region, thi
Ohio Valley and the Rocky Mountain re
tlon. while rather general showers oc
curred In the Gulf States. Cooler weathei
has spread southward over the North At
lantic States and rather cool weather con
tinues in the Central Valleys.
Repart fer Last 24 Hours.
Temperature. Barometer
Yesterday— degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 77 29 80
8 p.m. _ 72 29 90
Midnight _ 62 29.93
Today—
4 a.m. _ 58 29.94
8 a.m. ___ 71 30.04
Noon _ 77 30.01
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 78. 3:45 p.m. yesterday. Teal
ago. 90.
Lowest. 50. 6 a.m. today. Year ago. 70
Record Temperature This Your.
Highest. 92. on May 14.
Lowest. 7. on January 29.
Humidity fur Lust 24 Hauri.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 98 per cent, at 1 a.m. today.
Loweit, 35 per cent, at 4:10 p.m. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potoma* and Shenandoah Rivera cloud]
at Harper* Perry; Potomac very muddy al
Great Pall* today.
Tide Table*.
(Furnished by United State* Coa*t and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Rich _
Low_
Rich_ .1:05 p.m
Low_ 9:52 p.m.
The Saw and Moon.
Lack of Education
For Mi Is Called
Ominous for Future
Dr. Carr Says 'Selection'
Of Brains for College
Training Is Undemocratic
American Secondary education to
day is free only to those who have
money, Dr. William Carr, secretary
of the Educational Policies Commis
sion, yesterday told the final meeting
of the welfare division of the Coun
cil of Social Agencies at the Y. W.
C. A.
Pointing particularly to the col
lege field, Dr. Carr said education
here was not free “no matter how
we boast about it on the Fourth of
July.”
The fact that only certain students
can take advantage of college educa
tion introduces a “selection” of
brains for the country “which is
fortuitous, accidential, undemocratic
and ominous for the future,” he
declared.
Dr. Carr was reporting specifically
on recommendations of the White
House conference on children in a
Democracy. He emphasized four:
1. Overhauling school adminis
tration to consolidate a superfluity
of units, provide State aid to equalize
education in districts of unequal
wealth, and provide Federal aid to
equalize States of unequal wealth.
2. Free education so that even
the poor can get it.
3. Co-operation of educational
institutions dealing with the child.
4. Use the school system for the
defense and Improvement of democ
racy.
Mrs. Louis Ottenberg told the
group Representative Schulte of
Indiana is considering two bills
sponsored by the council for regula
tion of child placing and protection '
of children of unwed mothers. She
said he would probably introduce
them this session. Mrs. Olive W.
Swinney gave a brief review of the
year's work of the division. Dr.
John W. Rustin presided.
American Ambulances
Captured, Nazis Say
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 29—German
sources reported yesterday that
numerous American ambulances and
hospital equipment have fallen into
Nazi hands.
German wounded are using some
of the American hospital facilities
provided by the Franklin Founda
tion.
The Voelkischer Beobachter said
some American non-military per
sonnel had been .overtaken in the
German advance.
NEW YORK. May 29 ^'.—Repre
sentatives of three American am
bulance corps in France said last
night they had received no informa
tion regarding capture of either
equipment or personnel as reported
in dispatches from Berlin.
A spokesman for the American
Volunteer Ambulance Corps said that
10 ambulances comprising a part of
the Benjamin Franklin section of
the corps had been rushed into
the Belgian sector a week ago. Ber
lin reported that American hospital
facilities of the “Franklin Founda
I tion" were being used by German
wounded, but sources here could
not identify the foundation.
The American Field Service in
France group has 22 ambulances in
the fighting zones and 20 more
leaving Paris shortly, while the
! American Volunteer Ambulance
Corps has sent 110 ambulances to
France, of which 66 are now in ac
tive service.
Miss Anne Morgan's organization,
the American Friends of France,
has 40 light cars and 20 convertible
truck-ambulances—the French Ca
mion—in service. Four of these
were lost recently in bombardment.
Dr. Blatchley Dies
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29 OP).—Dr.
Willis S. Blatchley, 80. nationally
famous naturalist and one-time
State geologist, died yesterday after
a brief illness. He was author of
numerous textbooks and articles on
entomology.
rt
fl States Weather Bureau.'
beginning late tonight or tomorrow:
e tonight, about 58 degrees; moderate
ght, followed by showers tomorrow;
cooler tomorrow and in extreme east
»rs tonight and tomorrow; not much
•>
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches in tha
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 11)40. Ave. Record
January _212 3.55 7.83 [37
February _ 2.», 3.2/ 8.84 84
March ._ 3.42 3.75 8.84 ;91
April _ _8.ID .1.2* 0.1.1 80
May 2.74 3.70 10.80 '80
June Z______ 4.13 It).04 *00
July ___- _ 4.71 10.83 '88
August :- !»gt 14.41 ;5*
September -- !<■J‘> ,34
October __—— ~.M4 M.Hl .iy
November __ ~|]T g,80
December _ — 3.3- 1.08 01
Weather in Various Cities.
,-Temp.^ Rain
Baro High. Low tali. Weather.
Abilene — 20.07 80 80 Cloudy
Albany - 30.08 70 53 n.83 Rain
Atlanta _ 20.83 72 HI 0.12 Rain
Atl City 30.00 77 57 Clear
Baltimore 30.03 70 54 Clear
Blrm'gham 20.04 7o 83 0.74 Rain
Bismarck 30.00 75 45 Clear
Boston 30 1)0 87 47 0.39 Cloudy
Buffalo 30.03 88 62 _ Rain
Charleston 20.83 77 72 - Cloudy
Chicago 30.00 50 48 Cloudy
Cincinnati- 20.04 72 54 0.58 Cloudy
Cleveland 30.00 70 52 Cloudy
Columbia 29.94 82 83 Cloudy
Davenport 30.08 85 52 0.02 Cloudy
Denver 29.83 88 51 _ Cloudy
Des Moines 30.00 80 47 Cloudy
Detroit 30.00 80 48 Cloudy
El Paso 20.83 88 08 Cloudy
Oalveston 20.80 82 85 0.44 Cloudy
Helena 39.04 88 So 0.01 Cloudy
Huron 30.12 74 64 Cloudy
Indianapo's 29.04 80 53 0.13 Cloudy
Jacks'vtlle 20.83 02 80 Cloudy
Kans City 30.08 78 58 Cloudy
L. Angeles 20.04 72 54 ' Cloudy
Louisville 20.04 75 54 0.01 Cloudy
Miami . 20.97 87 70 Cloudy
Mpls.St.P. 30.15 83 48 __ Cloudy
N. Orleans 29.86. 84 88 Clcysiy
New York- 30.03 7o 57 0.18 CloDdy
Norfolk 30.00 70 81 Cloudy
Okla City 30.03 80 57 _ Cloudy
Omaha, 30.00 78 56 _ Cloudy
philadelp’s 30.03 75 59 _ Clear
Phoenix 29.83 98 81 ... Cloudy
Pittsburgh 30.00 71 54 Cloudy
Pland.Me 30.15 84 40 0.49 Cloudy
p-land. Ore 29.80 85 57 Cloudy
Raleigh . 30.00 70 58 ... Cloudy
ft. Loulg 30.03 75 52 ... Clear
f. Lake C. 20.77 81 54 Clear
f. Antonio 29.94 93 50 0.69 Cloudy
San Diego 29.04 67 56 ... Cloudy
B. Prancl o 29.83 57 61 ... Cloudy
Beattie .. 29.83 74 49 _ Cloudy
Spokane 29.83 80 48 ... Clear
Tampa 29.83 88 73 ... cloudy
WASH.D.C 30.00 78 56 Clear
Fortin Station*.
<Noon. Oreonwlch time, today
Horta (Payall Aaore* 6* Cloudy
(Current observation*.)
^an““ c5STt0 IUe#: n W
Cotan. Canal Zone_ 78 Cloudy
*