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Middies Leave
On Cruise to
Canal Zone
Three Battleships
Taking 1,000 Students
On Annual Trip
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., June 8.—It was
anchors aweigh in reality as well
as in song today for more than
1.000 midshipmen—off to see the
kea in the Naval Academy's annual
Bummer practice cruise.
Aboard the battleships Texas. New
York and Arkansas the middies de
parted for the Canal Zone. They
are scheduled to arrive at Colon
June 15 and before returning August
28 will visit Venezuela, the Virgin
Islands, Cuba and points along the
Atlantic Coast line.
The cruise, originally scheduled
to take the midshipmen to Rio de
Janeiro, was curtailed because of the
war and naval officers’ desires to
keep the big battle wagons closer
to home.
Aboard the ships were 669 third.
S97 second and 397 first classmen.
The battleships were under the com
mand of Rear Admiral Havne Ellis.
Aboard the battleships were seven
West Point cadets. They were ac
companied by Lt. Col. C. H. Daniel
son.
Coastal Cruises to Be Made.
Early Monday the first three com
panies of the new second class will
embark on seven destroyers for
coastal cruises. When they return
in July the fourth, fifth and sixth
companies of the class will make
the trip.
The destroyer squadron is com
posed of the Fairfax, Babbitt. Clax
ton. Roper. Badger. Jacob Jones and
Schenck.
The itinerary for the first cruise:
June 10. leave Annapolis: June
10-11. Indian Head. Md.; June 11-12.
Dahlgren. Va.: June 14-17, New
York; June 17-19. Poughkeepsie:
June 19-20. West Point: June 21
24, Hampton Roads: June 29-July 1,
Pensacola, Fla.: July 3-5, Key West,
Fla.: July 8-12, Hampton Roads:
July 13. return Annapolis.
Leaving Annapolis July 24, the
second group will visit Indian Head
July 24-25: Dahlgren, July 25-26:
New York. July 28-30: West Point,
July 30-August 1: Hampton Roads.
August 3-6: Pensacola. August 12
14: Key West, August 16-19: Hamp
ton Roads. August 23-27: return An
napolis August 28.
Lt. Jasperson Transferred.
Lt. Comdr. Robert E. Jasperson.
edministrative aide to Rear Admiral
Wilson Brown. Naval Academy su
perintendent, has been ordered to
duty aboard the battleship New
Mexico now at Honolulu.
Lt. Comdr. Jasperson, who will act
as navigator aboard the vessel, will
be replaced here by Lt. Charles J.
Zondorak. now stationed on the de
stroyer McCall.
The reiring aide has been at the
academy for two years.
The Navy Department received
authority in a bill signed by Presi
dent Roosevelt to accept as a gift
from Sterling Morton of Chicago
the 90-foot yacht Freedom for use
as a training vessel at the Naval
Academy.
Mr. Morton is a nephew of the
late Paul Morton, former Secretary
of the Navy.
Washington and Lee Gives
Three Honorary Degrees
By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON. Va., June 8.—Wash
lngton and Lee University conferred
honorary degrees on a college presi
dent and two ministers at com
mencement exercises yesterday. A
class of 154 received diplomas.
Dr. Edgar E. Gammon, newly j
elected president of Hampden-Syd
ney College, was honored with the '
degree of doctor of laws, and the
degree of doctor of divinity was
nwarded the Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
rector of Robert E. Lee Memorial
Episcopal Church on the W. and L.
campus, which this year celebrated
its centennial, and the Rev. Holmes
Rolston. an alumnus, pa^for of Be
thesda Presbyterian Church in Rock- j
bridge County, Va.
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Medallion, established by the South
ern Society of New York for out
standing service, was given this year
to an alumnus who was graduated
■when Robert E. Lee was president in
1868—State Senator Henry T. Wick
ham of Hanover.
The alumni association elected Dr.
Richard W. Fowlkes, Richmond class
of 1915. president, to succeed Joseph
T. Lykes, 1909, of New York.
Mrs. Luther L. Miller
Dies in Huntington
Mrs. Rhoda S. Miller, 31, wife of (
Luther L. Miller and a former;
Washington resident, died Tuesday
in Huntington. W. Va., her home.
It was learned yesterday. The funeral
took place Wednesday in Hunting
ton.
Mrs. Miller, a native of Virginia,
was the daughter of the late Edgar
Sydenstricker. She was a niece of
Pearl Buck, the novelist. Besides
her husband she leaves an infant
pon, her mother, Mrs. Alice Syden
stricker, and a brother, Charles
Sydenstricker, both of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Miller made her home in
Washington for 15 years prior to
3938, when she and her husband
moved to Huntington. They were
married here in 1935.
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Coast Quake Damage Slight
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (/P).—An
earthquake strong enough to break
dishes and jar pictures from walls
struck Inglewood, Hawthorne and
sections of Los Angeles late yester
day. Damage was reported as slight.
Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending at 8 a.m.
today:
Fatalities, 1 (pedestrian).
Accidents. 34
Motorists injured. 2.
Motorists arrested. 418.
Pedestrians injured, 12.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control
regulations, 2.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.—ANCHORS AWEIGH—The rumbling of war abroad gives added significance
this year to the annual cruise of Naval Academy midshipmen to Atlantic coastal waters. Here
the midshipmen are shown packing their baggage aboard small boats which took them to three
large battleships anchored off shore. __A. P. Photo.
Virginian Is Killed
In Auto Collision
Near Glen Echo
Several Seriously
Injured in Traffic
Accidents
One man was killed and several
persons were seriously injured in
traffic accidents in Washington and
nearby Maryland last night and
early today.
Melvin Eugene Bell, 22. of Vienna,
Va., died en route to Georgetown
Hospital last night after his car
crashed headon into another ma
chine while he was attempting to
pass a truck on a sharp curve in
the Conduit road near Glen Echo.
Mri., according to Deputy United
States Marshal Roy Ferguson.
The cause of his death was un
determined and only a few minor
scratches were visible when he was
taken to the hospital by the Glen
Echo rescue squad. A passenger in
his car. Miss Lucille Dawson. 22.
of 3255 P street N.W. escaped with
cuts and bruises. Tire driver of the
other car. A. R. Stone. 5620 Sherrier
place N.W.. and his wife were
slightly injured.
James Murphy. 20. of Baltimore,
enrolled at C. C. C. Camp No. 7. was
in Walter -Reed Hospital today with
injuries received when struck by an
automobile in the 3000 block of
Minnesota avenue S.E. He was
treated at Gallinger Hospital for
scalp lacerations and possibly a frac
tured skull. Later he was trans
ferred to Walter Reed.
Man Hit by Street Car.
Clarence Beall, 52, of 56 New York
avenue N.W., was in a serious con
dition at Emergency Hospital today
with injuries received last night
when struck by a street car at
Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue
N.W.
Grace Keltner. 32, of 1609 D street
N.E., was under treatment in
Casualty Hospital for serious in
juries received when knocked down
by an automobile at Seventh and E
streets N.W.
Nine-year-old Betty Smith, 460
H street N.W., received scalp lacera
tions when struck by a truck at
Seventh and K streets N.W’. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Ella V. Smith, 66, of 1501 U street
S.E., was treated by a private
physician after being knocked down
by an automobile at Nichols avenue
and U street S.E. She was not be
lieved to be seriously injured.
Two Injured in Crash.
A Washington policeman and his
brother, a bricklaying contractor,
were injured seriously yesterday
when a milk truck and the auto
mobile in which they were riding
collided near Athens, Tenn., the
Associated Press reported. The men,
Robert J. Walters, 40, of 840 Ridge
road S.E.. attached to No. 11 pre
cinct, and C. V. Walters, 35. of 901
Burns street S.E., were taken to a
Sweetwater (Tenn.) hospital.
Their wives left for Sweetwater
when notified of the accident.
According to a relative here, the
brothers were returning from Mis
sissippi, where they had gone to
visit their father, who was seriously
Arlington Man Sails Soon
To Be Ambulance Driver
Dan Arthur Dugan. 23, of Arling
ton. Va„ will sail for Europe Thurs
day “to help the countries who are
standing up for the principles in
which I believe.” The young Vir
giman nas en
rolled in the
American Vol
unteer Ambu
lance Corps. He
will embark on
the steamship
Manhattan with
some 45 other
volunteer driv
ers.
Mr. Dugan,
son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Ar
thur Dugan, 708
North Green
briar street, Ar
lington, is a
Dan A. Duran.
nepnew oi vaienune sellers, 18
year-old Washington seaman who
was aboard the United States Navy
collier Cyclops when it disappeared
during the World War.
Entering a service where the ma
jority of members have independent
incomes and where all get no pay
for their work. Mr. Dugan asked
that people here send him some
cigarettes, socks and other personal
necessities. •
Mr. Dugan was graduated from
Washington and Lee High School.
Arlington County, and later studied
at the Corcoran Art School.
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Are You Counted?
If you have been missed by
the 1940 census enumerator it
is recommended you write to
G. R. Brown, supervisor of the
census, First and M streets
N£., giving name, street, ad
dress, city and State; also if
you have moved since April 1,
1940, please list former address
and date of change. This notice
is published in response to a
request to the press by census
officials.
Alumni to Honor
G. U. President
At Dinner Tonight
About 800 Expected
For Affair at
Mayflower Hotel
Sponsored as a testimonial to the
president of Georgetown University,
a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel
under the auspices of the George
town Alumni Council will be given
tonight at 1 o'clock as one of the
piincipal features of the university's
commencement week.
About 800 alumni, many of whom
began arriving today from half a
dozen cities, will attend the dinner
in honor of the Very Rev. Arthur A.
O'Leary, S. J.. who has done more
than any previous president of the
university, it was claimed, to en
courage the expansion of alumni ac
tivities. Speaker Bankhead. LL. B.
'95, is serving as general chairman
of the Dinner Committee.
Early today, following a mass in
Dahlgren Chapel, the alumni met to
elect national officers and arrange
for a permanent organization. Frank
J. Hogan of Washington, president,
presided over the meeting at the
Hilltop. The Rev. John J. Kehoe,
S. J., faculty director of athletics,
celebrated the mass for deceased
members of the faculty and alumni.
Gen. Strong to Sprak.
Tonight's dinner will be strictly a
Georgetown affair, the only guest
speaker being Brig. Gen. George V.
Strong, assistant chief of staff, War
Plans Division, who will discuss the
national defense program. Dr.
O'Leary will give the closing ad
dress.
A feature of the dinner will be
the awarding of the athletic "G”
letter to members of the varsity
teams by Dr. William J. Cusack,
president of the Georgetown "G"
Club. Head Coach Jack Hagerty,
members of the coaching staff and
of the student athletic association
will attend.
The Alumni Council, representing
all the departments of the univer
sity, is headed by Rufus S. Lusk.
College. 17, who will be toastmaster
at the dinner. Others on the coun
cil sponsoring the affair are James
S. Ruby, jr., executive alumni secre
tary; John C. Kelly and Frederick
Stohlman, for the college; Dr. Harry
Davies. Dr. Leo N. Norris and Dr.
Fred R. Sanderson, medical school;
Michael M. Doyle, Joseph F.
Gaghan and Richmond B. Keech.
law school; Dr. Sydney J. Bennett,
Dr. Joseph J. Kelly and Dr. John R.
McIntyre, dental school, and John
R. Crown. John B. Brady and Frank
E. Nattier, jr.. foreign service school.
Law Seniors Present Gift.
Last night at the Georgetown Law
School the seniors held their tradi
tional class day exercises and as a
parting gift presented several sets
of volumes to the law library. Dean
George E. Hamilton accepted the
gift.
Presiding at the exercises was Jesse
B. Hawley, jr., of Idaho, president
of the afternoon section of the class.
The bachelors’ oration by Robert T.
Murphy of Rhode Island and the
valedictory by Peter J. Brennan, jr„
of Illinois were features. Mr. Bren
nan is president of the morning sec
tion. Anthony T. Doris and Walter
W. Hanes gave the class history,
while the prophecy was entrusted to
John J. Berry, jr., and Cary McNab
Euwer. The Rev. Francis E. Lucey,
S. J., regent of the law school, in the
closing address, wished the seniors
success in their professional careers.
Commencement week closes with
the graduation exercises Monday at
4 p.m. on the college lawn.
Two Persons Treated
For Injuires in Falls
Two persons were under treatment
here today for injuries received in
falls.
Dewitt Patton, 36, of 1223 Ran
dolph street N.W., an electrician,
was in Emergency Hospital after
falling while installing electrical
equipment near Thirty-ninth street
and Davis place N.W.
Mary Bury, 60, of 2116 Thirty
seventh street N.W. was treated at
Georgetown University Hospital for
fractures of both arms, received
when she fell from the back porch
of her home yesterday.
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Bills Would Bar
Aliens in Dentistry
And Podiatry in D. C.
Measures Pass House
And Go to Senate With
Committee Changes
To practice dentistry or podiatry
in the District hereafter, applicants
for licenses must be citizens of the
United States or must hasten to
declare their intention of becoming
citizens, if Congress approves terms
of the bills to regulate the pro
fessions now awaiting Senate action.
The measures already have been
passed by the House and were re
ported favorably yesterday by the
Senate District Committee, with
some amendments.
The bills as passed by the House
provided that such licenses may
not be granted unless the applicants
were citizens. The Senate District
Committee modified this somewhat
to provide that the applicants must
be citizens or must have declared
their intentions by the time the
bills became law.
Alien Number Seen Small.
Whether there are any alien den
tists or podiatrists now in licensed
practice here remained uncertain
last night although Dr. Harold
Hertford, president of the Board of
Dental Examiners, said if there were
any alien dentists here the number
no doubt would be very small.
Dr. Hertford said the provision
was not inspired in any way by the
current American preparedness
drive, or anxiety over the war, since
members of the District Dental So
ciety began drafting the pending
measure two or three years ago.
“We dentists simply believe it
would be better for Washington pa
tients if dentists who wish to prac
tice here were required to be citi
zens of the United States.” he said.
‘‘It would tend to prevent aliens
from coming here, practicing for a
time, then going back to their na
tive lands or elsewhere. Perma
nence of residence tends to stimu
late the dentist to do better work,
having to face his customers who
may have complaints.”
uistricr, omciais were hoping todav
the Senate would act next week on
the 15 bills reported favorably yes
terday, particularly those to liber
alize the District Unemployment
Compensation Act. to permit a
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 saving in the
District's P. W. A. charges by a
lowering of the 4 per cent interest
on the loans, and to authorize the
Commissioners to obtain a $450,000
P. W. A. advance for construction
of a separate building to house the
office of the Recorder of Deeds.
Unrelated Rider Attached.
While Senator Tydings. Democrat,
of Maryland succeeded yesterday in
attaching a ‘'rider" trf the unemploy
ment compensation bill which would
require further House action on this
measure. House sponsors of the bill
were not particularly worried. The
“rider” would exempt farm co-opera
tives from the District income tax
law, similar to exemptions now
granted under the Federal law.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee and Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal urged Sena
tor Tydings to seek other means of
fostering his bill, but the Marylander
was adamant. Representative Mc
Gehee, chairman of the Judiciary
Subcommittee of the House District
Committee, last night planned to
plead with Senator Tydings to with
draw the "rider.” However, he said,
if the amendment is accepted by the
House it would in nowise affect
operation of the unemployment
compensation law.
Man Disappears After
Leap Off S. S. Potomac
Just in the spirit of fun, Robert
Gray, 21, jumped off the stern of
the S. S. Potomac last night. Today
the Potomac River held the answer
to his fate.
Mr. Gray had been down the river
with a group of friends. The boat
was near the Jones Point light when
he took off his shoes, climbed out
on the rail and announced he was
going to dive off.
A deck watchman came up and
remonstrated and Mr. Gray agreed
to climb down if the watchman
would go away. Then he turned
and jumped suddenly into the river,
striking out for the Maryland shore.
The boat wa» stopped and a
search was begun under search
lights. Mr Gray was a strong
swimmer, his friends said, but no
trace could be found of him.
He did not return last night to
his home at 1190 Morse street N.E.
and members of his family went to
the water front this morning to
await word. He w%s a painter.
Director Urges
Law to Stagger
Traffic Loads
Women's Safety Unit
Hears Van Duzer
On D. C. Problem
Members of the Women’s Safety
Committee of the District division,
American Automobile Association,
today were pondering the difficulties
in the way of effeatively regulating
Washington traffic, as outlined yes
terday by William A. Van Duzer,
director of vehicles and traffic,*
Speaking at a luncheon meeting
of the committee, Mr. Van Duzer
said the concentration of motor ve
hicles is greater in the District
than in any other city in the
country, with the exception of Los
Angeles.
‘‘We have three persons to every
car here,” declared the traffic di
rector, ‘‘as compared with Philadel
phia, which has eight and a half
to every car and Chicago, which
has seven and a half persons to
every motor vehicle.”
In addition, all these cars are
concentrated in a relatively small
area, with 20 per cent of the auto
mobiles coming from out of town,
he said. And this 20 per cent is
involved in 25 per cent of all the
accidents in the District, he pointed
out.
Fewer Motorcycle Police.
Although the population of Wash
ington has increased 200.000 in the
last 10 years, there has been no
appreciable increase in the police
force during the same period. In
fact, he added, there were 93 motor
cycle policemen in the District 12
years ago, while now there are
only 59.
In this connection, Inspector L. I.
H. Edwards said part of this de
crease was due to the fact that
policemen rarely volunteer for mo
torcycle duty. He explained that
due to the extra hazards encoun
tered by motorcycle policemen, MaJ.
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of
police, makes no attempt to assign
men to this duty but asks for vol
unteers. At present, there is no
increase in pay for motorcycle offi
cers, although Inspector Edwards
said an increase of $20 per month
for such officers was requested in
preparing the 1941 District budget.
As a partial solution to the traffic
problem here, Mr. Van Duzer pro
posed the staggering of hours in
Federal offices.
Sees Law Needed.
“Since we can’t persuade the Gov
ernment to do this voluntarily," he
asserted. “I think there should be
a law requiring them to stagger the
hours of their employes. This would
help the traffic situation more than
if $50,000,000 were spent to relieve
traffic congestion.”
Describing the practice by some
persons of obtaining duplicate op
erators’ permits and selling them
to others, Mr. Van Duzer suggested
that each driver be required to have
his photograph taken and have it
placed on his permit. This doesn't
require any special legislation, he
said, but simply calls for a regula
tion passed by the District Commis-:
sioners.
Another illustration of traffic con
gestion in the District was given
by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director
of highways.
A traffic count last Saturday of
vehicles passing over Highway
Bridge, Key Bridge and Memorial
Bridge revealed that 113,000 cars
used these bridges. And on Sun
day. 118.000 cars used the bridges.
Of this number, 13.500 were auto
mobiles carrying tags other than
those of the District. Maryland and
Virginia.
Weaving Seen as Trouble.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller, head
of the Traffic Accident Prevention
Bureau of the Police Department,
attributed the traffic congestion in
the District to the large number
of motor vehicles here and also to
the fact that many drivers weave
in and ou^of traffic instead of stay
ing in their own particular lanes.
The subject of traffic congestion
then was taken up by a panel com
posed of Mrs. C. D. Lowe, presi
dent of the District of Columbia
Congress of Parent-Teacher Asso
ciations; Washington I. Cleveland,
manager of the local American Au
tomobile Association Club; Inspector
Edwards, Capt. Whitehurst and
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, president
of the District Federation of Wom
en's Clubs. But no solution was
reached.
At a luncheon following the meet
ing. Miss Mabel Boardman, na
tional director of volunteer service
of the American Red Cross, ex
plained the procedure of the or
ganization in times of distress.
Weights and Measures
Group Elects Officers
Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, director of
the Bureau of Standards,1 was re
elected president of the National
Conference on Weights and Meas
ures yesterday at the final meeting
of the 30th annual session of the
group.
Ralph W. Smith, also of the Bu
reau of Standards, was named sec
retary of the conference. Other
officers were Joseph G. Rogers, Tren
ton, N. J.; Carl Klocker. Hartford,
Conn.; Louis G. Waldman, St.
Louis; Thomas Webb, Nashville; A.
J. Jensen, Bismarck, N. Dak., and
H. N. Davis, Montpelier, Vt„ vice
presidents, and George E. Austin,
jr„ Detroit, treasurer.
Several amendments were made at
the conference to a model law which
the weights and measures experts
have prepared for adoption by the
various States. One would outlaw
labels which are misleading as to
price and quality, while not ac
tually untruthful, and another would
standardize sizes of flour containers.
Gold Star Mothers
Elect 4 D. C. Women
Four Washington women were
elected officers of the Gold Star
Mothers of America yesterday at
the organization’s sixth annual con
vention, held in Boston, the Asso
ciated Press reported today.
They are Mrs. Fannie Marks, seor
ond vice president; Mrs. Edna
Boardman, secretary; Mrs. Josephine
Talks, treasurer, and Mrs. Mary E.
Killeen, chaplain.
Mrs. Mae Cushman of Los Angeles
was elected president and her city
chosen as the next convention site.
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READY TO SAIL—John Belt, 5, of 3100 Connecticut avenue,
shown handing his ticket to C. T. Smith, was one of a crowd, ex
pected to number 5,000, boarding the Wilson Line’s steamer
Mount Vernon on three trips today to celebrate “Southwest Day”
at Marshall Hall, Md. The cruise was sponsored by the South
west Citizens’ Association, headed by Harry S. Wender. Most of
the proceeds go to charity. The first sailing was at 9 a.m., and
the others were scheduled for 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Music aboard
was provided by the Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club Band.
—Star Staff Photo.
Emergency-Call Radio
For Pepco Approved
By Zoning Body
Permission Is Granted
To Erect Transmitter
Near Benning Plant
The Potomac Electric Power Co.
yesterday was given permission to
erect a special short-wave trans
mitter east of the Bennnig power
plant to give emergency calls to
company repair trucks and other
emergency vehicles.
Property at the Benning plant
has been zoned residential, but the
Zoning Commission, in approving
the power firm request, amended its
regulations to permit erection of
transmitters on residential property
in the future if the Board of Zoning
Adjustment deems it in the public
convenience and welfare.
The plan contemplated by Pepco
is intended to expedite the com
pany's emergency repair services,
but the plan also anticipates even
tualities such as sabotage should
the United States become embroiled
in war, officials said. It was ex
plained the plan envisioned use of
the transmission to emergency ve
hicles in any need that might arise
in case of sabotage or bombings.
Approve 6 Other Changes.
The Zoning Commission, acting
on a long list of cases, approved six
other proposed changes in zoning
regulations and turned down 12
others.
Among those denied was a request
for rezoning as first commercial area
all the property bounded on the east
by Wisconsin avenue, on the south
by Calvert street, on the west by
Tunlaw road and on the north by the
grounds of Mount Alto Hospital.
W. Waverly Taylor, builder, had
sought the change to pave the way
for erection of a large ‘‘park and
shop’’ development. The area now
is zoned residential “A” and “B.“
Also turned down was a proposal
to rezone property at 1740 New
Hampshire avenue N.W. from resi
dential "B" to residential “C“ to
permit construction of an apartment
house.
Other Changes Approved.
Changes approved called for:
Extension of second commercial,
60-foot "D" area to include premises
205 to 223 Q street NW.; extension
of second commercial. 60-foot ‘‘D“
area to include most of the property
on squares bounded by C, South
Capitol and Canal streets and Dela
ware avenue S.W.; extension of first
commercial, 60-foot “C” area to in
clude 1350-52-54 Brentwood road
N.E.; change from residential “B”
and first commercial “C” to second
commercial “D‘‘ property on the west
side of Six and Half street between
D and E streets S.W.; change from
first commercial to residential “A”
property south of Alabama avenue,
near Southern avenue and Forty
second street S.E.; extension of first
commercial, 60-foot "C” area to in
clude property on the south side of
C street between Sixth and Seventh
streets S.E.
No Hooky Here
NEWINGTON, Conn.. June 8 UP).
—No school children play hooky to
enjoy the swimming pool and tennis
courts at the Municipal Park here.
The park caretaker, John Walsh,
also is the town truant officer.
Drowning of Boy
Spurs Campaign to
Drain Swamp Pools
Owners of Property
To Be Warned by
D. C. Officials to Act
District officials planned to start
work today to drain the shallow pond
near the B. A: O tracks and New
Hampshire avenue, where 8-year-old
Billy Benton drowned two days ago.
At the same time. Engineer Com
missioner David McCoach. jr., an
nounced plans for a campaign to rid
the District of all similar "swamp
pools.” He said all policemen would
be requested to report pools found
on their beats, and that other Dis
trict agencies would follow this up
with inspections to determine how
to get rid of them.
Owners to Be Notified.
Officials said the Health Depart
ment now has reports on six such
shallow ponds or pools, all located on
private property. The department
plans to serve notice on the property
owners to clear up such nuisances,
which are considered not only dan
gerous for children, but as breeding
places for mosquitoes
If the owner fails to drain the
water off their property, the District
will order the work done and charge
the cost to the owner, officials de
clared.
Pipe to Be Cleared.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of
highways, who will take charge of
inspecting pools reported by the
police department or other agencies,
said he would send a steam shovel
to the New Hampshire avenue pond
today to remove a dirt slide clogging
the eastern end of a 42-inch pipe
which is supposed to drain the pond.
The District already had made ar
rangements to drain this area when
the Benton lad and two playmates
visited the pond after school Thurs
day. Billy, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Browning L. Benton, of 5603 North
Capitol street, stepped in a hole and
sank. He was drowned before aid
could be summoned.
Schenck Protests Claim
Of Back Income Taxes
By the Associated Press.
Joseph M. Schenck, film producer,
protested to the Tax Appeals Board
yesterday against the Treasury's
claim that he owed $283,083 in in
come tax and penalties for 1935 and
1930.
Mr. Schenck. an executive of the
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
contended the internal revenue
commissioner erroneously disallowed
a $173,228 loss in 1935 on sale of
stock in the Compania Mexicana del
Agua Caliente: set at $409,073 in
stead of $228,006 the profit on sale
of 16,000 shares of preferred and
10,000 shares of common stock in
Twentieth Century-Fox, and dis
allowed deductions of $28,028 in 1935
and $44,676 in 1936 which were
"legitimate expenses in earning a
salary’."
Mr. Schenck added he "sustained
depreciation, exhaustion, wear and
tear of a yacht and certain auto
mobiles’’ to the extent of $6,530 in
1935 and subsequently took a $33,
145 loss on sale of his yacht Invader,
for which deductions were disal
lowed.
O'Conor Forces Defend Claim
Of $4,467,725 State Surplus
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 8.—The
O’Conor administration asserted to
day that despite doubts raised by
members of Mayor Howard Jackson’s
staff in Baltimore, a reported State
surplus of $4,467,725 last September
was just, that—an actual surplus.
At the same time, the O'Conor
forces, through a statement by Dan
iel L. Clayland, 3d, State auditor,
assailed Baltimore's bookkeeping
methods and asserted that if the
State had used similar methods it
could have shown ,a book surplus
“in excess of $7,000,000.”
Herbert Fallin, Baltimore budget
director, recently backed up Mayor
Jackson's questioning of the State
surplus with an assertion that the
State surplus included funds from
a $5,276,051 bond issue and other
funds which he said should not
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have been included for a true pic
ture of the State's financial sit
uation.
Mr. Clayland retorted that, based
on accepted accounting principles, a
“surplus of $4,467,725.16 did exist
at September 30, 1939,” and de
nied the surplus included the 1935
bond-issue funds. Those funds, he
said, were used in 1935, ’36 and ’37.
Criticizing Baltimore’s budget
methods, Mr. Clayland said the
city administration had spent more
than it appropriated for relief, and
had exhausted its relief appropria
tion "in the first four months of
the year.”
Because funds from the State
“are not now expected until late
in the year,” he added, “the re
quirement of financing relief dur
ing the immediate future months
is a problem now facing the city
administration . .
Red Cross Drive
Here Passes
Halfway Mark
$168,935 of Quota
Given; Special Events
Are Scheduled
Contributions to the Red
Cross war relief fund will be
received and acknowledged in
the news columns if sent to the
cashier s office of The Star.
The District Red Cross drive for a
$300,000 war relief fund reached a
total of $168,935 today, while va
rious groups organized for an in
tensive effort to put the campaign
over the top.
Students at Roosevelt High School
yesterday formed their own organ
ization to stage special events everv
day next week in an effort to rafce
$500 from the student body. A spe
cial edition of the school paper will
be devoted to the cause.
Woodrow Wilson High School pu
pils are planning a benefit presenta
tion of the film ‘‘Robin Hood'’ after
school Monday to raise money for
the Red Cross.
Meanwhile, the influx of volun
teers assisting in the preparation of
surgical dressings and garments has
j caused the District chapter to or
| ganize branch agencies for the con
1 venience of the workers. One unit
has been established in Takoma
I Park, D. C., and another at Lin
j thicum Hall in Georgetown.
Appeals From Pulpits.
An appeal for funds will be made
tomorrow from the pulpits of many
Washington churches at the regular
Sunday services.
The American Red Cross an
nounced that $8,171,215 has been
raised in its drive for a $10,000,000
war relief fund. Among the day's
contributions was a second check
for $10,000 from a donor who asked
to remain anonymous. He pre
viously had given $10,000, request
ing that the money be used for
French relief.
Local contributions received yes
terday included; Union Trust Co.,
$226; Asian Arts, $100; E. A. Burke,
$100; Washington Daily News, $321;
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.. $199; Dr. H. R. Schreiber, $100*
children's contribution to National
Children's Fund, $226.56; contribu
tions through booths in stores and
banks, $1,361.58.
Government Receipts.
The day's receipts from Govern
ment departments were:
Housing Authority. $1,208.06; Navy
Department. $3,136.08: Naval Hos
pital. $57; Secretary of War Office,
$66: District Engineering Depart
ment, $12.50; District Minimum
Wage Board, $20: Public Roads Ad
ministration. $166.40: Securities and
Exchange Commission, $111: Public
Library, $66.05: National Research
Council, $53.50: War Department,
$136.50; Social Security Board,
$639.34; Army War College, $19.55;
National Advisory Committee,
$12.50; District Auditor's Office. $36;
Federal Home Loan Board, $424.40;
District Water Division, $54.50;
United States Employment Council,
$356.28: District Municipal Archi
tect's Office. $18.50: Department of
Labor, $1,622.27; Veterans’ Adminis
tration. $1,276.10; Architect of the
Capitol Office, $268.50.
To Aid Americans.
The American Red Cross has or
ganized a service to assist Ameri
can refugees returning to the United
States from the war zone. Volun
teers will meet ships arriving at At
lantic ports to aid the sick and des
titute.
A unit organized by the New York
Red Cross chapter will meet the S.
S. President Roosevelt when she
docks tomorrow with 720 passengers,
and the S. S. Manhattan arriving
Monday with 1.900 passengers. Simi
lar services will be provided by Red
Cross chapters in Jersey City and
Boston, it was announced.
Disaster as well as war relief oc
cupied the American Red Cross this
week. A staff of 11 relief workers
was dispatched from St. Louis to
Sioux City, Iowa, to aid 1,000 fami
lies rendered homeless by a cloud
burst and flood which claimed seven
lives.
Mayo Is Denied Bail
In Shooting of Woman
Cecil John Mayo, 26, Washington
newspaper artist, was held without
bail in Brooklyn Felony Court yes
terday pending a hearing Monday
on charges of shooting his estranged
bride's roommate, the Associated
Press reported today.
The victim, Lila Belle Andrews, 21,
hostess at a World's Fair restaurant,
was reported “slightly improved” but
still in serious condition at Long
Island College Hospital. Miss An
drews was shot in the right chest,
the bullet passing through her body.
At the arraignment yesterday,
Mayo called the shooting accidental.
He was charged with felonious as
sault, illegal possession of a pistol
and attempted felonious assault.
The last charge was preferred by one
of two detectives, who said Mayo
pointed his pistol at them when
they arrested him near the Brook
lyn apartment where the shooting
occurred.
Mayo, who was employed by the
Times-Herald, accused Miss An
drews of breaking up his recent mar
riage by luring his wife to New York
with tales of “bright lights and good
times.” Mayo's wife, who used her
maiden name of Joan Vest, remained
today in the Women’s House of De
tention as a material witness when
she was unable to raise $10,000 bail.
12 Students Graduated
From St. Joseph's
Twelve students were graduated
last night from St. Joseph’s Home
and School at Eastern avenue and
Bunker Hill road, with Msgr. Law
rence J. Shehan delivering the ad
dress.
Graduates were Aloysius Blue,
Russell Cordua, Daniel Jube, Joseph
L’Erario, Bernard Mahaney, Ed
ward Mohler, Philip Mohler, Rich
ard Wilhite, Carroll Nyce, John
Reed, Russel Robertson and Gerald
Sebastian.
Carroll Nyce was awarded tha
Curley Club scholarship to Oonzaga
High School.
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