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__ WASHINGTON, D. &, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940. "* B—l
A. B. C. Board
Plans Hearings
On Regulations
Action Follows
Demand by Member
Of House Group
In response to demands by Repre
sentative Shafer, Republican, of
Michigan for action on recommen
dations by the Eberharter Congres
sional Committee for changes in the
local liquor control situation. Chair
man Thomas E. Lodge of the Dis
trict Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today announced hearings
Would be held soon.
Mr. Lodge said he had invited
Spokesmen for the D. C. Retail
Liquor Dealers’ Association and
Milton S. Kronheim, a wholesale
dealer, who represents a group of
licensees, to meet with the board at
10 a.m. Saturday. He added that
spokesmen for other groups would
be invited later to discuss proposed
regulations and other changes.
Investigation Threatened.
A long series of suggestions were
included in the lengthy report sub
mitted some weeks ago to the House
District Committee by a subcom
mittee headed by Representative
Eberharter of Pennsylvania, which
investigated conditions here. So
far no action has been taken, and
yesterday Mr. Shafer, a member
of the subcommittee, threatened a
congressional investigation into al
leged “tardiness and indifference”
unless prompt action was taken by
the A. B. C. Board or the Com
missioners.
Mr. Shafer objected to what he
describes as “obnoxious” advertising
by liquor stores, especially the use
of neon signs, and to “price cutting”
among the retail dealers.
Lodge statement.
In his statement today Mr. Lodge
■aid:
“During my more than two weeks’
absence from the city numerous
suggestions have been made relat
ing to the Eberhadter report and
the means of carrying out its recom
mendations.
“I have today invited representa
tives of two groups in the industry
to meet with us Saturday morning,
July 20. at 10 a.m., to discuss their
suggestions and receive their con
crete proposals. All others in the
industry are cordially invited. Sub
sequently, I will ask leading citizens
and all interested parties to discuss
the proposed regulations and to of
fer suggestions.
"The Eberharter committee report
4 designed primarily to improve
conditions in the interest of the
general public. It is intended also
to correct some conditions found
troublesome to those in the industry.
"Naturally, I am personally and
officially anxious to expedite action
to accomplish those ends. In con
sequence, I will do all in my power
to submit to the. Commissioners pro
posed regulations at the earliest
possible date.”
Rotary Session Ponders
Attendance Problem
The 180th District Rotary Clubs’
two-day convention at the Willard
Hotel closed today after a morning
and afternoon session during which
the 100 delegates tackled some of
the problems of their local organi
sations.
Attendance at meetings is a prob
lem worrying club officers and
Henry Trough of New Cumberland,
Pa., asked that “trouble shooters”
from the international occasionally
drop in on clubs to stimulate in
terest.
Last night Roy Danzer, of Hagers
town, Md., warned club executives
against taking sides on community
issues which might split the club
membership.
“Remember,” he said, “you have
Republicans and Democrats, men in
favor of your local administration,
men opposed to it. You must not
risk their support in the Rotary
program.
Capt. D. G. Sutton Heads
Navy Medical School
Capt. Dallas G. Sutton, U. S. N„
ft native of this city, #today was
under order by the Navy Depart
ment to command the Naval Med
ical School here. Capt. Sutton was
graduated from the George Wash
ington University Medical School
in 1906. He has been assistant sur
geon general since 1936.
Divorce Is Granted
ROCKVILLE. July 17 (Special).—A
decree signed by Judge Stedman
Prescott in the Circuit Court here
grants to Mrs. Katherine Henry
Phillips of Cropley an absolute di
vorce from John Gordon Phillips of
Washington. They were married in
Buchannan, W. Va„ August 26, 1914,
and it was charged that the plantiff
was deserted August 26, 1931, The
couple have a daughter and grown
•on, it was stated.
Federal Bar Association
An address on “The President as
Commander in Chief,” will be the
feature of the Federal Bar Asso
ciation luncheon at 12:30 p.m. to
morrow at Schneider’s Cafe, 427
Eleventh street N.W. Will G. Akers
of Little Rock, Ark., will be the
speaker.
Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending at 8 a.m.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 31.
Motorists injured, 1.
Motorists arrested 287.
Pedestrians injured, 4.
Pedestrians arrested for vio
lation of pedestrian control
regulations, none.
r
U. S. Fund Ready
For Tenant to
Buy D. C. Farm
\
Any tenant who can find a farm
to buy in the District of Columbia
can borrow $455 from the Farm Se
curity Administration.
The District was allocated that
amount in a total of $50,000,000 made
available among States and terri
tories to tenants for purchase of
farms under the Bankhead-Jones
Farm Tenant Act, the F. S. A. an
nounced today.
Virginia received an'allocation of
$1,121,975 and Maryland got $237,246.
Considerable interest was evi
denced in Washington’s allocation,
however, and the F. S. A. admitted
that several inquiries were received
in connection with the announce
ment.
Allocations were made on the
basis of the number of farmers and
tenants listed in the last available
census. In the District’s case the
1935 census was used. It showed
89 farmers, of whom 21 were tenants,
in the District. Most of the farmers,
it was said, lived near the Maryland
line on Wisconsin avenue N.W. Real
estate developments are believed to
have bought all the farms since
1935. At any rate, there is no
record of loans ever having been
granted to tenants here.
Bolles Bill Proposes
D. C. as 49th State
With' Right to Vote
Wisconsin Representative
Plans to Offer Measure
In House Next Week
The District of Columbia would
become a State, and its now disen
franchised residents given the priv
ileges of citizens of the 48 States—
a right to vote for President and
Vice President and to have repre
sentatives in Congress—under a bill
Representative Bolles, Republican,
of Wisconsin started to prepare
today.
He plans to introduce the meas
ure next week, when Congress re
convenes.
Mr. Bolles, a member of the House
District Committee, deplored the
fact that people of the Capital lack
the franchise, especially at this time,
when politically-minded men and
women in the rest of the country
are looking forward to November,
when they will vote in the presi
dential election.
Commissioners Remain.
Such a situation he described as
“a mild erosion of the Constitution.”
The District Commissioners, un
der the Bolles plan, would remain
as the governing body of the city,
responsible to the people who elect
them as well as to Congress. Leg
islation for the District would con
tinue to be written by Congress.
Mr. Bolles will propose, however,
that the existing House and Sen
ate committees handling District
legislation be abolished and that a
joint committee representing both
branches of Congress be created to
pass on local measures.
“A joint committee will save du
plication of effort and work and
stop the buck-passing so prominent
now in both the House and Senate
District Committees,” he declared.
"The joint committee, in effect,
would be comparable to a State
Legislature, although any legislation
it approved would of course be sub
ject to congressional indorsement.”
Amendment Unnecessary.
Mr. Bolles emphasized that a con
stitutional amendment would not be
necessary to carry out his plan to
make the District the 49th State in
the Union, since Washington would
continue to be a Federal city and
Congress would not delegate any of
its powers to legislate for the city to
the Board of Commissioners.
“The whole setup here is cock
eyed,” he declared. "The people of
at least a dozen States with far less
population than the District have
the franchise. The District is rep
resented in both the Republican and
Democratic National Committees.
Its delegates to the national con
ventions vote to nominate a candi
date for the presidency. Yet the
people of the District are not allowed
to vote for the nominee at election
time. I can see no valid reason why
the people of Washington are not
allowed to vote. From now on I am
going to make a determined fight
to remove these shackles of dis
franchisement.”
W.P. A. Projects
In D. C. Area Put
At $3,071,997
$400,000 Navy Yard
Jobs Included in
Approved List
Approval of $17,000,000 in W. P.
A. construction projects at Army,
Navy and Coast Guard stations, of
which $3,071,997 will be spent in and
near Washington, was announced
today by Col. P. C. Harrington, com
missioner of work projects.
The program provides $525,000 for
the District, including $75,000 for
additional facilities at the Army
War College, $400,000 for the Wash
ington Navy Yard, including the
ammunition depot, Bellevue, and the
Naval Torpedo Station1, and $50,000
for the Anacostia Naval Air Station.
In Maryland the projects, totaling
$1,113,894. include $200,000 for ex
pansion of Fort George G. Meade,
which is rapidly becoming the best
equipped and largest Army station
on the East Coast, next to Fort Ben
ning, Ga. The Aberdeen Proving
Ground, where new guns and tanks
are being tested and designed, re
ceived $100,000.
The Holabird Quartermaster De
pot, Baltimore, the center for the
Army’s motor equipment labora
tories, received $200,000 and Edge
wood Arsenal, Army cetner for
chemical warfare, received $250,000.
The Coa§t Guard station, near
Baltimore, Which recently became
a training station, obtained a proj
ect $113,894.
Virginia projects totaled $1,433,
103. They included $50,000 for the
new Arlington Cantonment, $50,000
for Fort Myer, which is being en
larged to receive more cavalry troops;
Big Bethel in York, Warwick and
Elizabeth City Counties, $50,000;
quartermaster depot at Front Royal,
$40,000; Old Point Comfort, Fort
Monroe. $100,000, and $43,103 for the
Arlington National Cemetery.
Package Delivery Ruling
Absolves Intermediary
Municipal Court Judge Cayton
yesterday ruled that a person acting
in the capacity of an intermediary,
who accepted delivery of an article
addressed to a third party and then
failed personally to turn it over to
the proper addressee, could not be
answerable for damages for im
proper delivery of the package.
The jurist s ruling in the first
case of its kind in the municipal
tribunal placed responsibility for
delivery of an article solely with
the transporting agent.
The case was brought by the
Dime Transfer and Messenger
Service, 612 L street N.W., against
Mrs. Norman P. Smith of 1633
Montague street N.W. The delivery
firm sought a $5.29 judgment
against the defendant who, it was
charged, failed to deliver a package
valued at that amount which she
accepted and which was addressed
to a roomer in a house adjoining
Mrs. Smith's home.
The package, containing a bathing
suit, was addressed to Miss Helen
Hassel. a next-door neighbor, but
was left with Mrs. Smith because
Miss Hassel was away at the time
of delivery.
Radio Operators Sought
For F, C. C. Detection Work
The Federal Communications Com
mission today put out the “help
wanted” sign for radio operators,
commercial and amateur, in an ef
fort to speed up establishment of
its policing network to search out
use of air waves for subversive pur
poses.
The commission indicated the op
erators will be taken on immedi
ately for temporary appointment
pending subsequent civil service
tests. The operators will man 100
detection stations and scores of mo
bile stations throughout the terri
torial United States, examining ra
dio signals day and night.
Persons holding first-class licenses
as radio telegraph operators will be
appointed at $1,800 a year, while
those with second-class licenses will
receive $1,620. Amateurs who meas
ure up to qualifications set by the
commission will be appointed at the
lower wage rate.
Water Gate Setting Impresses
Stars of Tonight's Opera
2-Hour Rehearsal in Afternoon's Heat
Fails to Touch Off Temperaments
Ordinarily, one might expect some
temperamental fireworks when 2
opera stars, 72 musicians and a guest
conductor celebrate their first get
together by rehearsing for two solid
hours on a hot summer afternoon.
But there was nary an outburst
yesterday when Conductor Joseph
Bamboschek, the National Sym
phony Orchestra and the two singers
spent the hottest part of the‘after
noon rehearsing for tonight’s pro
duction of Gounod’s “Faust” at the
Potomac Water Gate.
It was all very informal and every
one seemed to be having a good
time. The musicians, seated on an
extra barge in front of the concert
stage, wore straw hats or sun visors,
sport shirts and slacks. Mr. Bam
boschek was in his shirtsleeves, al
ternately waving his baton and cigar.
On the concert stage sat the two
American singers who will appear
in the leading roles of the opera
tonight — the beauteous Helen
Gleasonn, who will sing the leading
soprano role of Marguerite, and
Sydney Rayner, who has the title
role of Faust.
They sang when they were sup
posed to, and between times re
newed an old friendship. Both are
former members of the Metropolitan
Opera Co. Miss Gleason recently
turned to musical comedy and op
getta, and for the last two summers.
Mr. Rayner has been singing, he
said, in the opera productions in
Cincinnati’s Zoo.
“We had a great time with Susie,
the gorilla, out there,” Mr. Rayner
said. “Every time we started re
hearsing, Susie would complain in
loud tones. The Zoo used to ask
us to stop rehearsing until they fed
Susie. Then we could go on.”
Also present on the stage was
Giacomo Spadoni o fthe Metropoli
tan Opera, who will be assistant
stage manager tonight. Fortune
Gallo of the San Carlo Opera Co.,
who is producing the opera, couldn’t
arrive in time for the rehearsal.
While the rehearsal was going on,
final preparations were being made
to Increase seating accommodations
by approximately 1,000 chairs and
give every seat-holder a good view
of the stage. The raised platform
on the lower roadway has been en
larged, and chairs which formerly
were placed before it have been
moved to other positions.
Symphony officials said the seat
sale for this, the first opera of the
summer’s sunset series, indicates
that a capacity audience will be on
hand tonight. The performance be
gins at 8 o’clock. Seats are on sale
at the symphony box office in the
Homer L. Kitt music store, and after
6 p.m. they can be obtained at the
ater Gate box offices. a
THEY DON’T USE THEM—Pedestrians lean on the trash boxes, says a
refuse official, and drop their trash in the street. This is a trash box in
its usual setting of litter. In the box at right is a dead rat, probably
killed in some nearby store and left in the street.
-——-—A ___
Trash strewn along this curb is an indication that
the boxes are more frequently ignored than used.
The parked car just adds to the white wing’s job.
—Star Staff Photos.
■
House and Senate
D. C. Chairmen Urged
To Save Trees Here
Mrs. Noyes Protests
Destruction for Purpose
Of Widening Streets
Co-operation of the chairmen of
the House and Senate District Com
mittees to block the destruction of
trees in the Capital for street
widening purposes is being sought
by Mrs. Prank Brett Noyes, for a
number of years a special repre
sentative of the Garden Club of
America in the District.
Mrs. Noyes has written to Sena
tor King and Representative Ran
dolph under the heading “Trees-or
Traffic” as follows:
“I have represented for many
years the Garden Club of America,
composed of about 8,000 prominent
women interested in horticulture,
who have made me responsible to
them for promoting the orderly de
velopment of the National Capital.
The recent controversy concerning
destruction of fine, well-established
trees in the Capital, and the under
pass of Scott Circle is a matter of
deep concern to those who are inter
ested in peeping Washington a city
essentially different from any other.
Changing in Character.
“When Thomas Circle was under
passed I realized a beginning was
made in changing the character of
Washington. The Secretary of the
Interior was absent and as he was
the only one having direct jurisdic
tion over this circle I appealed to
the President at that time as the
Congress had already approved the
matter, I think, but he was unable
to affect any change; perhaps the
office of the Secretary of the In
terior might release some of the
details concerning this matter. I
cannot see how any one consents
to an undertaking of such enormous
expense which requires about one
year to corriplete, and necessitates
all traffic during that time being
diverted from many routs leading
into the circle; it is inconsistent to
argue that this could facilitate
traffic. My own belief is that all
day parking should be prohibited in
preference to having the character
of the city destroyed. Those living
in it temporarily may not realize
how essential this is. The Park
and Planning Commission .was es
tablished originally to advise in the
purchase of park property, and has
not jurisdiction over such matters,
nor has the Pine Arts Commission,
though these are often quoted in
support of such matters. I feel the
director of traffic and the District
Commissioners cannot be equal to
their great responsibility in advis
ing Congress, which has sole control
over the city’s expenses.
“For many years the small parks
and triangles, about 700, have suf
fered for lack of proper maintenance.
A million dollars was appropriated
by the P. W. A. a few years ago for
reconstruction only. Unless this
maintenance is increased, and the
administration of parks and trees.
consolidated, I see no possibility of
an improvement. Committees in
Congress responsible for the admin
istration of the District of Columbia
at this time, I feel, should give special
attention to this matter. The rapid
increase in population and the con
struction of most Federal buildings
in the Northwest section has brought
congestion in traffic. Federal em
ployes, and all others desiring all
day parking should be required to
use streetcars ancf buses.
By-Passes Urged.
“In the office of the Park and
Planning Commission is a plan for
the development of a great sports
area near the Anacostia River with
a parkway leading from the north.
I think the heavy traffic should be
diverted with by-passes both east
and west of the city apartments and
schools built in the Northeast and
Southeast sections, and people en
couraged to live on the beautiful
hills facing the Capitol. Our city is
entirely unbalanced and if you will
consult Mr. Nichols of the Park and
Planning Commission, who was in
strumental in the construction of
Kansas City, I think he would be
happy to advise you. Unless this
matter Is promptly considered, I am
certain future generations will re
500 Trash Boxes, but People
Ignore Them, Official Says
More Would Be Placed if Police Would
Enforce Their Use, Xanten Declares
<Third of a Series)
A crumbled piece of paper drops
from a pedestrian’s hand and rolls
into the gutter. A child unwraps a
candy bar and leaves the paper to
float down the street. A business
man reads a letter and tears it into
a thousand fluttering pieces.
The white wing pushes his
broom along the gutter, stoops to
gather papers lying on the sidewalk.
He takes a turn around the block
with his brush and when he comes
back there are more pieces of paper,
more candy wrapping*, more trash.
On the corner stands the trash
box with Its discrete “w’aste paper”
sign. The pedestrians ignore it.
But the box is used. A clerk comes
out of a grocery store with a bag
full of trash. He struggles to cram
all the trash into the box, but some
of it spills into the street.
“The small business man is sup
posed to contract privately for the
removal of the trash from his store.”
explained William A. Xantcn, super
visor of city refuse, “but lots of them
use the trash boxes instead.”
About 500 Boxes in Use.
There are those interested in keep
ing the city clean who claim there
aren’t enough trash boxes. Mr.
Xanten said there are now some 500
boxes on the street. Baltimore has
800, Cincinnait, 180.
“But the pedestrians don’t use
them,” he said. “They lean on the
boxes and drop papers in the gutter.
If the police would make the pe
destrians use them, we would put
out more.”
From some sections of the city, he
added, the City Refuse Department
gret the utterly unbalanced regula
tions of the District of Columbia.
The development of East Capitol
street, which was intended originally
to be the main entrance to the Capi
tal, is under consideration, and I
trust you will give it your support in
every way.
“The constant increase of asphalt
through widening of streets increases
heat which is already intense during
the summer in Washington, and I
think this is deplorable. The only
argument in favor of widening
streets is to give the motorists an
opportunity for increased speed;
this, in my opinion, should be dis
couraged rather than encouraged in
the city proper by police and light
ing regulations.”
A. F. G. E. Unit Elects
E. R. Moose President
Members of the Interior Depart
ment Lodge 35 of the American
Federation of Government Employes
last night elected Ernest R. Moose of
the Indian Office president for the
coming year.
Other officers elected included
John F. Lundquist, first vice pres
ident; Clayton G. Birch, second vice
president; Eugenia E. Billings, sec
retary-treasurer, and Frtd H. White,
sergeant-at-arms. George A. War
ren, Frederick A. Heffernan and
Clinton A. Quencer were chosen
delegates to the District Department
Of the A. F. G. E.
Band Concert
/
By the United States Marine
Band at the Capitol tonight at 7:30
o’clock. Capt. William F. Santel
mann, leader; Henry Weber, second
leader, conducting.
March, "The Rifle Regiment,”
v Sousa
Overture, "1812”..Tschaikowsky
Caprice, “La Lisonjera”..Chaminade
Cornet solo, "Southern Cross,”
Clarke
Musician, Robert De Hart,
pallet music from “Coppelia,”
Delibes
Selection, “Stephen Foster
Melodies’’...Arranged by Guzman
Trombone solo, “Fantastic
Polka” ..Pryor
Musician, Robert Isele.
Rhapsodic dance, "Bamboula,”
Coleridge-Taylor
Finale, "Ride of the Lancers,”
William H. Santelmann
“The Marines’ Hymn.”
"The Star Spangled Bazuaer.”
has received letters asking that the
boxes be removed because the gar
bage and dead animals tossed into
them made the street unpleasant.
Mt. Xanten is proud of his trash
boxes. He considers them the best
looking in the country. In some
cities a cover has to be lifted. In
other places, the top must be pushed
to put the trash into the box. New
York has open wire baskets, but
Mr. Xanten said the trash then
looms just as conspicuous as if it
were on the street.
Wants Boxes Dignified.
There are some who have a dif
ferent attitude toward Washing
ton’s trash boxes. Some claim they
look like mail boxes and letters
are dropped into them. Others feel
that a sign asking people to help
keep the city clean would attract
the attention of pedestrians. Mr.
Xanten feels the boxes should be
"dignified" and not too conspicu
ous. But. said an objector, they
shouldn’t be so inconspicuous that i
nobody can find them.
The boxes are freely distributed i
through the downtown area. Yet ■
a civic-minded pedestrian with a
banana peel in his hand may have
to walk three blocks or wait for a
traffic light to change to get rid
of it.
More boxes would provide less
excuse for the man on the street.
But what of the litter surrounding
the trash boxes and indicating that
the pedestrians ignored them?
The white wing pushes his broom
down the street. He goes around
the block and pushes his broom
down the street again.
Food Stamp Plan for D. C.
Urged by Union Council
A plea for funds to establish a
food stamp plan for Washington's
needy was made to the Commis
sioners today by Sidney R. Katz,
secretary of the Washington In
dustrial Union Council. Afterward
Mr. Katz said he had some hope
of revival of action on the program.
The plan was approved by the
Commissioners, but was laid aside
when Congress, in passing the 1941
District Appropriation Act, deleted
the suggested $150,000 revolving
fund for purchase of food stamps
from the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corp.
Mr. Katz said he had been ad
vised recently by a member of Con
gress that Congress likely would re
consider the revolving fund item
if favorable action was taken by
the Budget Bureau and that John
L. Keddy of the Budget Bureau
had suggested that Federal agency
might “do something about it” if
urged to do so by the Commis
sioners.
Appendicitic 'Epidemic'
RICHMOND, Va., July 17 UP).—
Three down and seven to go—but
Arthur L. Huband was hoping the
game fate is playing against him
ends just there.
In less than a week three of his
10 children have been taken to a
hospital with appendicitis.
Grand Jury Starts
Hearing on Smoot’s
'Practical Monopoly’
'Bottleneck' in Building
Industry and Reasons
For Strike Probed
A District grand jury today began
hearing witnesses in the Justice De
partment’s investigation into the
"practical mono ply" enjoyed here
by the Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp.
Intention to press the investiga
tion was announced by Thurman
Arnold, Assistant Attorney General,
during the strike of 250 workmen
at the supply concern last week.
The strike tied up construction here
on new Federal buildings and local
work. About 6,500 workers were
temporarily thrown out of jobs.
Justice Department attorneys
would not reveal the number of
witnesses that have been summoned.
Neither would they say how long
the investigation might last.
Mr. Arnold took steps to press
the investigation on the request of
Federal Works Administrator John
M. Carmody. who pointed to the
importance of continuing construc
tion of Federal buildings that will
house some workers on the national
defense program.
Mr. Arnold said the situation pre
sents two questions:
1. ’The monopoly position of the
Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp. * • •
which constitutes a dangerous bot
tleneck which at any time may stop
the entire building program in the
city.
2. “The reasons for the strike,
which involves the Wages and Hours
Act.”
Handling the investigation before
the grand jury are G. S. Robinson,
special assistant, and Walter R.
Hutchinson, special attorney in the
anti-trust division.
The five-day strike of the Smoot
workmen ended Friday, when 60
operators of dredges were classified
as seamen, which exempted them
from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s
42-hour-a-week restriction.
V
Blowtorch Starts Fire;
House Badly Damaged
Flames swept through the second
and third floors of the home of
Robert W. Malone at 1727 Nine
teent hstreet N.W. yesterday after
noon, causing considerable damage.
The fire apparently started when
a window frame on the second
floor of the brick structure ignited
from a blow torch used by work
men removing paint from the
framework, according to a painter,
Earl Hennen, of 1445 Girard
street N.W.
Eight pieces of fire apparatus re
sponded to a local and a box alarm
and firemen fought for more than
30 minutes before the blaze was
controlled.
Federal Drama Tonight
The drama group of the Federal
Playhouse will present “Lighthouse
Nan,” an old-fashioned melodrama,
in the Agriculture Department’s
Auditorium at 8 o’clock.
The production is under the di
rectorship of J. Beryl Lawless.
Montgomery Police May Get
Flag Salute Instructions
The Montgomery County police
force, which was recently involved
in a controversy with Jehovah's
Witnesses over failure of members
of the sect to salute the American
flag, may get some instruction on
the proper courtesies to be accorded
the Stars and Stripes.
A letter alleging that members of
the force failed to give the custo
mary salute during a Fourth of July
parade in Takoma Park, Md., was
received yesterday by the Board of
County Commissioners from Miss
Fredricka F. Carlton, secretary of
the William Frederick Redmond
Auxiliary, Veterans of foreign Wars,
and ordered turned over to Acting
Chief Roy Bodmer for action.
Chief Bodmer said today he had
not received the letter yet but that,
if necessary, instruction in proper
courtesies to the flag would be given
all members of the force.
“If any of our officers fail to give
the proper salute,” he said, “I am
sure it was unintentional. It is not
always possible while handling
traffic in a parade to give attention
to the parade itself. Many members
of the force are World War veterans
and all of them, I am sure, appre
ciate what the flag represents.”
In her letter. Miss Carlton said
policemen on duty at the parade did
not salue the colon as they passed.
Home Building
At Greenbelt
Is Approved
F. S. A. to Lease Lots
To Residents for
Private Houses
By JOHN D. LEONARD,
Star Staff Correspondent.
GREENBELT, Md„ July 17.—The
Farm Security Administration has
approved a plan whereby residents
of this model community and others
may build their own homes in
Greenbelt, is was learned today.
Under the plan, a tract of land
within the community’s boundaries
has been laid out in 200 lots, 70 by
125 feet each, for home sites. Al
ready 30 persons, half of them
Greenbelt renters, the rest residents
of Washington, have signified their
desire to build homes under the plan,
which has been developed by the
Housing Committee of the Greenbelt
Citizens’ Association.
According to Dayton Hall, com
mittee chairman, the plan is de
signed to allow Greenbelt residents
whose incomes have risen beyond
the maximum allowed for remaining
in the community to build homes
in Greenbelt so that they may not
have to leave the area. Mr. Hall
also said that the project is de
signed to enable Washingtonians in
terested in planned community
living, but whose incomes are greater
than those allowed Greenbelt resi
dents, to enjoy the advantages of the
community.
Its third purpose, he said, is to
satisfy people who would prefer to
build their own homes rather than
rent. Home builders would be al
lowed to avail themselves of privi
leges now enjoyed by regular ten
ants of Greenbelt, including the
recreational, educational and shop
ping facilities of the community.
Persons who wish to build homes
in Greenbelt will make applications
to be passed on by the Housing
Committee. If approved, they will
be allowed to lease a lot on a 99
year basis from the Farm Security
Administration.
The architectural design for each
home and the landscaping must be
approved by the Farm Security Ad
ministration, so the homes will con
form to the general architectural
motif of Greenbelt.
Mr. Hall hopes the new plan will
go into effect about October 1. The
group which is working out details
of the pragram plans to incorporate.
Mr. Hall said.
Applications are being received by
Arthur N. Gawthrop, member of the
Housing Committee, and who has
been appointed to disseminate in
formation. The new houses will be
financed by the Federal Housing
Administration. Mr. Hall said the
houses would cost about $5,000 each.
School Board Committee
Meets on Training Plans
The Board of Education's Advisory
Committee on Vocational Education
j was called to meet today at 2 p.m.
j to draw up details of the District's
participation in training men for
; national defense industries,
j Meeting behind closed doors, the
committee, consisting of representa
tives of employers, employes and
homemakers, was expected to select
specific courses to be taught here
to selected persons from the W. P.
A. rolls and public employment reg
isters. The problem is to select
courses to fit the trade structure of
the Capital which is largely non
industrial.
Should courses be recommended
they will be submitted to the
School Board for approval. The ma
chinery for administering the pro
gram has already been set up and
approved by the board.
The program to be established
here is to be part of a $15,000,000
plan for the entire country un
der the auspices of the Federal
Office of Education.
Another question the committee
will be called upon to decide is just
what capacity there will be to the
program. Administrator Paul Ed
wards of the District \v. P. A. has
said possiblly as many as 500 W P
A employes might be put into the
courses If they showed aptitude for
them and wanted to do so.
School authorities have estimated
that without expanding the present
equipment facilities, approximately
1,400 could be taken care of in about
eight vocational schools and high
schools with technical equipment.
In addition, there is shop equip
ment for wood and metal work in
some of the junior high schools ca
pable of handling another 1,100, it
was estimated.
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Police to Try Out
One-Man Scout Cars
A police experiment will begin to
morrow when scout cars from eight
precincts will be sent cgit manned
only by one officer, instead of the
usual crew of two.
The cars will be on the street from
8 am. to 4 pm. The experiment
will continue for 30 days, at the end
of which police officials hope to know
whether the one-man setup is as
effective as the old system.