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_WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY' 22, 1940. B—
Capital Rises
To 11th Place
In 1940 Census
Passes San Francisco,
Presses Pittsburgh
For 10th Ranking
Passing San Francisco, Washing
ton has risen from 14th place to
11th among the country’s cities,
closely pushing Pittsburgh for 10th
position.
This was disclosed today as San
Francisco’s population was revealed
to be 629,553, as compared with
Washington's 663,153. By forging
ahead of San Francisco by a count
of 33.600, Washington took a third
step up the ladder, having previously
exceeded both Buffalo and Mil
waukee, which have populations of
675,150 and 589,558, respectively.
San Francisco’s 1940 census showed
a decline of 4,841 from the 1930
population figure.
Small Difference.
In the preliminary 1940 figures,
which are to be revised into final
form, the difference between Wash
ington and Pittsburgh now is com
paratively small for cities of their
6ize, with Washington standing Just
behind Pittsburgh’s 665,384.
Several other changes in the
standings of the first 20 cities of
the country have taken place.
Baltimore, with 854,144, has passed
St. Louis, which has 813,748 in the
preliminary count.
New Orleans, with 492,282, has
tnovecf up to take 15th place away
from Minneapolis, which has 489,
871.
Boston is the only remaining large
city still to report. It was in ninth
place at the last decennial census.
New York Has 7,380,25*.
The order of the country’s great
est cities in the preliminary count
follows;
New York, 7,380,259; Chicago, 3,
S84.556; Philadelphia. 1,935,086; De
troit, 1,618.549; Los Angeles. 1,496,
792; Cleveland, 874,305; Baltimore,
854,144; St. Louis, 813,748; Boston,
781,488 (1930 figure); Pittsburgh,
665.384; Washington. 663,153, and
Ban Francisco, 629,553.
The Washington gain from 486,
869 in 1930 to 663,153 in 1940, an
Increase of 36.2 per cent, is the
largest percentage gain of any city
In the country over 100,000 popu
lation.
District Legion to Give
Five Citizenship Awards
The District department of the
American Legion announced today
that five Washingtonians will be
given American Legion citizenship
awards for 1940 at the department's
annual convention at 8:30 pm.
August 1 at the Mayflower Hotel.
Receiving the citizenship certif
icates this year will be Miss Maude
Aiton, principal of the Americaniza
tion School; Stephen T. Porter,
chief of the District Fire Depart
ment; Gordon Hlttenmark of the
National Broadcasting Co.; Frank B.
Noyes, president of The Evening
Star Newspaper Co., and Chairman
Martin Dies of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities.
The awards will be made by Zeb
Hamilton, chairman of the depart
ment’s Americanism Commission.
The department has given the
awards annually for the last three
years to persons not eligible for
meftibership in the Legion, but who
by their private lives “exemplify the
traits so necessary to further the
American principles of citizenship.”
15 Refugee Children
To Visit at Greenbeit
Fifteen boys and girls who have
fled war terror in their native lands
will arrive in Greenbeit, Md., today
for two weeks of vacation as guests
of the community.
Some of the youngsters, from
9 to 12 years of age, are refugees
from bombed areas of England—
others have come to America from
countries where the tide of war has
reached its crest and passed, leav
ing the problems of scanty food,
clothing and shelter.
They will arrive at Union Station
under chaperonage of Miss Mildred
Stadholz of the division of social
and cultural adjustment of the Na
tional Refugee Service, New York.
Members of the Greenbeit Citizens’
Association will transport them to
the town, where the children will
enter homes of residents who have
agreed to act as hosts.
Town Manager Roy Braden will
present the refugees with cards ad
mitting them to all of Greenbelt's
recreation facilities.
Among those heading the greet
ing party are Mrs. A. Chasanow,
chairman; the Rev. Robert Kinche
loe, Mrs. Thomas McNamara and
Dr. Samuel Berenberg.
Father Jailed, Accused
Of Slaying Infant Son
Mt a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md., July 22.—Un
aware that his son Is dead, James
Barcus, colored, 20, of Rockville is
held in jail here for the murder of
the 19-month-old infant.
The baby, James, Jr, died in Mont
gomery County General Hospital of
a fractured skull. The father is ac
cused of having struck the child's
head against the ground in a rage.
Police were told by Barcus’ wife
that the tragedy occured when Bar
cus came to a home where she was
staying with friends near Rockville
and demanded that she return to
his house with the baby.
She refused and they argued over
the child’s custody, the woman said.
She told police that Barcus then
seised the baby, ran into the yard
and dashed it to the ground.
Barcus fled but was arrested early
today by Policemen William 8. Craw
ford, Marion B. Dayhoff and Earl
E. Steam In the bam of a farm
where he is employed user Bertlsnd
Traffic Record
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for 24
hour period ending at I am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 29.
Motorists Injured, 6.
Motorists arrested, 299.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
tion of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 7.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 33.
Motorists arrested, 101.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
tion of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 1.
Injuries in Accident,
Received in June,
Fatal to Woman
Four Persons Are Hurt
And Driver Is Held After
Series of Crashes
While no fatal traffic accidents oc
curred in or near Washington over
the week end, the death of Miss
Dorothy Parrish, 26, of the 2900 block
of Forty-fifth street NW., who was
injured on June 30 in an automobile
crash near Laurel. Md., was re
ported at Garfield Hospital.
Miss Parrish, an i employe of the
Welfare and Recreation Association
of the Agriculture Department, was
riding In a car driven by Edward
Rich, a soldier stationed at Bolling
Field, police reported.
Four persons were injured and
three automobiles damaged yester
day in two traffic mishaps attributed
by Montgomery County police to a
driver who is quoted as saying he
"couldn’t remember any accident."
Held Under $1,006 Bond.
The man, Canie B. Steele, 32, of
Boyds, Md., was being held in the
Rockville jail today in default of
$1,000 bond after being charged
with operating an automobile while
under the influence of liquor,
failing to stop after a collision,
failing to render assistance after a
collision and having inadequate
brakes'
The first of the two accidents
occurred when Edward B. Byrd, 18,
of Dawsonville, Md., stopped on
Route 28 at Seneca Creek to join
some friends .who were in swim
ming.
Byrd told police he saw another
automobile bearing down on him
and leaped back to the running
board of his own machine. The car
sides wiped his automobile, hurled
Byrd about 10 feet, swerved and
forced a third machine down a
steep embgnkment and into a fence,
and then Obntinued on toward Rock
ville.
Hip It Injured.
Mr. Byrd was taken to Frederick
City Hospital with hip injuries,
while Lyle W. Paugh and James A.
Sims, both of Vindex, Md., occu
pants of the machine forced off the
road, suffered superficial injuries
and declined medical assistance.
Mr. Paugh and Mrs. Sims tele
phoned Montgomery County police,
but were unable to furnish the
license number of the hit-and-run
car or to give anything but a meager
description of the machine.
Policemen William S. Crawford
and Earl U. Steam, on the way
to the scene of the double accident,
said they saw an automobile force
another off the road at the Rock
ville city limits and gave chase.
They noticed the machine was
running on one flat tire and was
minus a hubcap and door and they
arrested the driver, Steele. His
4-year-old son, Canie, Jr., who was
with him, was turned over to friends
and taken to Boyds.
The two policemen, on reaching
Seneca Creek, found a hubcap and
later found an automobile door near
the scene of the accident in which
Byrd was hurt. Byrd was given first
aid at the office of Dr. Upton D.
Nourse in Dawsonville.
While police were talking with the
boy at the doctor’s office Michael
White, living near Buck Lodge, Md.,
entered the physician’s office with
a broken right arm he said he re
ceived in the accident.
Police said he told them he was
with Steele but was taken a mile
from Seneca Creek before the driver
permitted him to alight and seek
medical attention. The automobile
door, he said, dropped off when he
got out.
In an accident near Davidson
ville, Md., a bus loaded with mem
bers of the Lucky Five Club, a
Washington colored organization,
en route to an outing at Carr’s
Beach, Md., caught lire from a de
fective brake and was destroyed,
but all of the occupants escaped
unhurt.
Nine persons were injured in a
two-car collision yesterday a quar
ter of a mile from the Maryland
State police barracks at Waldorf,
Md. They were treated at Casualty
Hospital.
Five of the injured were still in
the hospital today. They are Mrs.
Ethel Bowers, 45, Baltimore, seri
ous head injuries; Miss Mabel Kroll,
58, Baltimore, cuts and bruises; Mrs.
Eva Schwartz, 60, Baltimore, head
injuries; Barbara Barbee, 7, of 2701
P street N.W., head injuries, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 53, Arlington,
Va., head injuries.
First aid was given William
Bowers, 45, Baltimore, husband of
Mrs. Bowers and driver of one of
the cars; Mrs. Florence Anderson,
41, Arlington, Va.; Warren Barbee,
9, of the P street address, and James
Welsh, 10, Baltimore, Md. They
were released immediately after
treatment.
Maryland police said the second
car in the accident was driven by
Archie P. Anderson, 52, of 823
Twenty-fourth street, Arlington, Va.,
who was not injured.
Hit Parked Car.
Injured when their automobile
crashed into a parked car at Chil
lum road and New Hampshire ave
nue N.E., Max Miller, 51, and
Joseph Miller, 21, of 1033 Sixth
Street NJC. were treated at Gar
field Hospital. The elder Mr. Miller
received lacerations and possible in
ternal injuries, but his condition
was declared "not serious"; Joseph
Ten Identified
By Policeman
As Rioters
All Defendants Seen
Before, During or
After Row, He Says
The 10 Rockville (Md.) men
charged with rioting June 19, when
a mob broke up a meeting of the
Jehovah's Witnesses were identUled
in Montgomery County Circuit
Court today by Policeman L. B.
Thompson, first witness called by
the State.
Officer Thompson told the jury
he had seen all of the defendants
either before, during or after the
riot when a mob entered the sect’s
meeting hall and wrecked it after
members had declined to salute the
flag of the United States on the
ground it was against their religious
belief. The policeman said several
of the defendants had been drink
ing.
Several members of the petit jury
were disqualified by the court after
stating they had either formed or
expressed an opinion in the case.
The jury was sworn in at 10:>0
o'clock. Judges Charles W. Wood
ward and Stedman Prescott are pre
siding in the case.
In his opening statement State's
Attorney Ben O. Wilkinson, jr„
said testimony would show the
crowd broke in the Jehovah Wit
nesses’ hall and gave about four or
five men and 18 or 20 women and
children, one of the women an in
valid, “two minutes American time”
to salute the flag and that, when
the witnesses refused, the crowd
broke up furniture and halted the
meeting.
Pugh Stopped in Statement.
James H. Pugh, who made the
opening statement for the defense,
was halted by the court when he
attempted to tell about a meeting
which the witnesses held in the
Court House more than a year ago
which was stopped by police. Judge
Woodward sustained an objection
by Mr. Wilkinson, explaining:
“We can't allow you to make a
speech.”
Mr. Pugh said the defense would
show that the defendants were
highly respected citizens of the com
munity who had never been in
trouble or charged with a crime
before and that many of the leading
citizens of the town were present.
He declared that the officers had
"acquiesced” in the mob's action,
but was again halted by the court.
"You are not contending that
acquiescence by the officers, if it
should be proved, would be any de
fense. are you, Mr. Pugh?” Judge
Woodward asked.
Mr. Pugh replied that he was
merely trying to bring out all the
facts and withdrew the statement.
Telephoned for Instructions.
Mr. Thompson said that he arrived
at the garage across from the meet
ing place of the Witnesses, 222
Montgomery avenue, about 8:45
p.m. and found about 50 or 75 men
gathered together with an American
flag, gome of the men told him
they were going to demand the Wit
nesses salute the flag, and he tele
phoned headquarters for instruc
tions, he told the court.
In response to orders he went to
the meeting hall and asked if mem
bers of the sect would salute the flag
in order to avoid trouble, he said.
When they refused he went down
stairs again and told the crowd he
“didn’t want anybody hurt,” and
then went to telephone headquar
ters again. While he was telephon
ing, he said, the mob went across
the street and broke into the hall.
The men charged, all from Rock
ville, are Buck Cornwell, Jack Mad
dox, Goldsboro Burrows, John E.
Barrett, George Mullican, Joseph
Fisher, James Foster, Benjamin A.
Burroughs. Roscoe Cope and Ray
mond Davis.
Among those summoned are
Fowler W. Stevens and Bernard L.
Rowe, two members of the Wit
nesses who were placed in "pro
tective custody” by police after the
riot. They will testify for the State.
A few weeks ago two county po
licemen, L. B. Thompson and Charles
Peters, were fined by the County
Police Trial Board on charges of
failure to prevent a breach of the
peace. A third policeman, Sergt.
Guy L. Jones, was acquitted of a
charge of neglect of duty.
The County Commissioners dis
missed Police Chief Charles M.
Arme as a result of the riot.
William F. Logan Dies
In Kansas City, Mo.
William F. Logan, 71, a former
resident of Washington, died Thurs
day in Kansas City, Mo., friends
here leamftl today. He was for
merly connected with the old Bureau
of Markets of the Agriculture De
partment here.
After 1924, and until his retire
ment last year, Mr. Logan had been
in charge of the Kansas City office
of the Commodity Exchange Ad
ministration of the Agriculture
Department. He leaves his wife
and one son.
Free Opera Tickets for Blind
The Civic Grand Opera planned
to give away free tickets to the
blind at 2 o’clock this afternoon
at the National Library for the
Blind, 1126 Twenty-first street N.W.
Miller was sent home after treat
ment for bruises and shock.
Marjorie Roland, 6, of 1426 S
street SB., was treated at Provi
dence Hospital for a lacerated lip
received in an automobile-truck
collision at First street and Vir
ginia avenue S.W.
Donna Lennon, 3, of 3040 R street
N.W. received head abrasions when
she fell from an automobile near
Potomac, Md. She was treated at
Georgetown Hospital and sent home.
Rudolph Minor, colored, 46, of 924
R street Injured a tendon in his
left leg in an automobile collision
at Fourth and O streets N.W. He
wag treated at need in in‘i HoopttaL
THIS, TOO, IN THE "CITY BEAUTIFUL”—Children play in this rubbish-banked alley while their parents go out into the city to
work- —Star Staff Photo.
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260th Coast Artillery
Disappointed by Lack
Of Plane Targets
Gunners Sight at Sky
When Flyers Fail to
Put in Appearance
The 260th Coast Artillery, Dis
trict National Guard, spent its
practice period at Camp Simms yes
terday afternoon “shooting” at any
thing which crossed the skies above
them, after its regular targets had
failed to appear.
Aiming at makeshift targets was
made necessary due to the failure
of the 104th Observation Squadron
of the Maryland National Guard to
arrive and furnish more realistic
sighting practice. The Guard unit
is' practicing preparatory to Army
maneuvers in Northern New York,
beginning August 4.
Officers at the National Guard
Armory announced that this week,
National Guard week, will be de
voted exclusively to recruiting.
After this week only experienced
men will be allowed to enlist.
The recruiting station in the
Woodward Building will be open
until 9 o’clock every night and on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings the
recruiting office will be open in the
armory. The men enlisted now will
go to the maneuvers.
Ordered to Duty.
Meanwhile it was announced that
certain Reserve Army officers from
the Washington area have been
called to duty with the District Na
tional Guard at the August ma
neuvers.
The assignments to duty were as
follows:
To the Headquarters Company
and Headquarters Special Troops,
29th Division, under the command
■of Maj. William Roy: Capt. Ber
nard Philip Donnelly, 1489 Newton
street N.W., and First Lt. Ralph
Conrad Fisher, Hyattsville, Md.
To 121st Engineers.
To the 121st Engineers under the
command of Col. John W. Oeh
mann: Capt. Martin Goerl, 1329
Allison street N.W.; Capt. Walter
Pinkus, 826 Marietta place N.W.;
First Lt. Henry W. Cottony. 1738
G street N.W.; First Lt. George
Samuel Parson, 3925 W street N.W.;
First Lt. Leonard Millman, Silver
Spring, Md.; Second Lt. William
Samuel Crumlish, Hyattsville, Md.;
Second Lt. James M. Towey, 1857
Ontario road, N.W.; Second Lt. Roy
C. Cornett, 1324 Vermont avenue
N.W.; Second Lt. Karl Itkin, 1749
New Hampshire avenue N.W., and
First Lt. Robert C. Hecker, medical
staff, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.
The following Reserve officers also
have been assigned for training:
Lt. Col. Heber H. Rice, 5 Taylor
street, Chevy Chase, Md.; Maj.
Stanley F. Brewster, Army and
Navy Club; Capt. Paul H. McMur
ray, Reno road, N.W.; Capt. Charles
R. M. Connolly, Woodward Build
ing, and Lt. John S. Kintz, 1115
Twelfth street N.W.
Wheaton House Burns
In Early Morning Fire
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
WHEATON, Md„ July 22.—A
vacant house on Hermitage avenue
was destroyed early today by a lire
of undetermined origin.
Silver Spring and Kensington
firemen said the blaze almost razed
the structure before they reached
the scene. They were unable im
mediately to locate the owner of the
house.
Possibility of Malaria Outbreak
Seen in Littering of Streets
Ruhland Says Health Peril in Accumulations
Of Rubbish Is Real This Time of Year
(No. g of a Series.)
The dangers of leaving litter
about the street to attract and breed
health menaces were stressed today
by Health Officer George C. Ruh
land in commenting on the current
drive to clean up Washington.
Mosquitoes, possibly of the ma
laria type, he warned. And an ideal
breeding ground in the broken jars,
bottles and tin cans which accumu
late stagnant water as they lie
about the streets, alleys and back
yards of the city.
This is a time for especial cau
tion, he declared, because nearby
Oxon Run is Infested with malaria
type mosquitoes, which a strong
wind might blow toward Wash
ington.
Mosquitoes of the type at Oxon
Run, he explained, will become
malaria carriers if they bite a per
son with the malaria parasite in
his blood stream.
Possibility of an Outbreak.
Since some physicians are treat
ing syphilis with malaria, he said,
malaria-type mosquitoes, blown here
by the wind and bred in the stag
nant waters of tin cans, will be
given their fatal chance to propa
gate malaria and carry the infec
tion to others.
It is because of this possibility
of an outbreak of malaria that Dr.
Ruhland urged Washingtonians to
dispose of collectors of stale waters
in better places than the city’s
streets and alleys.
The Public Health Service, he
pointed out, has been trying to
eliminate mosquito breeding grounds
here, but its work cannot be effec
tive as long as Washingtonians pro
vide these opportunities for mosqui
toes to thrive. ,
Commenting, too, on the trash
allowed to gather in back yards,
Minister Holds
Thanks Service
For Recovery
In a special "thanksgiving" serv
ice, Dr. John E. Briggs, for 31 years
pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church,
yesterday paid tribute to his doctors
and nurses and Divine guidance for
his recovery from an illness with
which he was stricken a year ago.
Now in good health, Dr. Briggs
greeted' from his pulpit Drs. R.
Arthur Hooe and George R. Sorrell.
The minister also thanked his
congregation for having stayed by
him loyally during the illness with
which he was stricken a year ago
yesterday.
Yesterday, coincdientally, was Dr.
Hooe’s birthday, and the former
patient presented greeting cards to
the physicians. Dr. Hooe described
Dr. Briggs as a "co-operative, sub
missive and totally unafraid” patient.
The Rev. J. Herrick Hall, new
junior pastor of the church and
minister of music, assisted in the
special program.
National Guard Concert
Celebrating the start of National
Guard Week, the 360th Anti-Air
craft Artillery’s 46-piece band will
hold a concert tonight at 6:30 o’clock
at the Woodward Building, Fif
teenth and H streets N.W.
Child in Hospital After Fall,
Birthday Gifts Await Return
The white toy rahbit, the ne^
blue suit and all the other presents
that Paul Dodson, jr„ was to have
opened yesterday on his second
birthday anniversary were stacked
up at home today, waiting.
They are waiting for the child
to return from Emergency Hospital,
where he was taken yesterday with
serious head injuries after be tum
bled out of a window in his second
floor apartment at 1223 Fifteenth
street N.W.
Doctors at the hoepital said Faul
had an excellent chaooa-to Mvstw
the injuries and described his con*
dition as good.
Son of Paul Dodson, employed at
a filling station in the 1800 block
of Adams Mill road N.W.. the child
was sitting in the window yesterday
while his mother read the comics
to him
Be leaned too heavily against a.
screen and toppled backward when
the screen came out. Be landed
on the concrete below. Be was
rushed to the hospital in an auto*
mobile which reached the some a
Um mm ihg tbe aecidm*,
alleys and gutters, the health offi
cer said that such an accumulation
could lead to the breeding of other
insects and rodents, always poten
tial health menaces.
Danger to Whole City.
He pointed out that as long as
any part of the city is unclean every
other part of the city runs a risk of
being infected by carriers of disease.
“In the matter of public halth,”
be said, “there are limits to what
the Government service can do. In
the last analysis, a lot depends on
the public. There is too much of a
feeling that the Government will
provide. The public must remember
its obligation to its city, too.”
The Health Department, he as
serted, is handicapped in its sanitary
policing by an inadequate staff. The
ratio of inspectors is one to every
00,000 people. These men, said Dr.
Ruhland. must walk their beats,
hampered by limited means of trans
portation. He said he would like
to increase the inspection force of
the Health Department, as well as
put to work sanitary engineers as
inspectors. •
Could Save Taxpayer* Money.
"With a ratio of one to 60,000 pop
ulation,” said Dr. Ruhland, “we can’t
hope to cover the ground as com
petently and effectively as we should.
It largely depends on the average
citizen to reduce the litter nuisance,
and the health menace, and, inci
dentally, it would save the taxpayers
money, if they were willing to dis
pose properly of what they were
through with."
It is, however, the health menace
that Dr. Ruhland fears in an un
sightly city, he made it clear. He
doesn’t want it to be an outbreak
of malaria that brings Washington
out of its lethargy.
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Three Are Named
To Speed Construction
For War Department
Civilian Experts Are
Recommending Firms Best
Qualified for Jobs
To speed construction projects in
the defense program. Secretary of
War Stlmson today announced ap
pointment of three civilians who
are widely experienced in engineer
ing, architectural and construction
work to act as an advisory section
in the office of the quartermaster
general.
For each building job the new
advisers will recommend three
firms which appear best qualified.
The War Department will then at
tempt to negotiate contracts on a
cost-plus-fixed-fee basis.
The Secretary of War appointed:
Francis Blossom of New York,
who during the World War con
ducted a War Department study of
methods and results of $1,000,000,000
expenditures on 500 war construc
tion jobs. He is now a member of
the Sanderson <fc Porter engineer
ing firm.
Forrest S. Harvey of Pasadena,
Calif., a World War Army major
who was In charge of extensive
Panama Canal Zone construction.
He has recently been associated
with Leed, Hill, Barnard & Jowett
of Los Angeles, supervising har
bor construction at Port Hueneme,
Calif.
F. J. C. Dresser of Cleveland, di
rector of the American Construc
tion Council and recently a P. W. A.
consultant
Two additional positions in the
advisory section are left vacant
There are now applications on file
from about 1,100 contractors and
330 professional organisations desir
ing to co-operate with the Govern
ment in the defense construction
program.
During 1$3$, 18 States amended
their laws m that they might tut
the jnoemw ef thoas who rsestve
Defense Training
Registration Slow
At 5 Schools Here
Special Instruction in
Tracies Will Start
Tomorrow Morning
Registration of persons who will
take special courses in trades vital
to national defense was proceeding
at two high schools "knd three voca
tional schools today.
Although the turn-out early in the
day fell short of expectations, it was
believed the afternoon would find
more persons responding to the op
portunity to learn new skills.
Classes will get under way tomor
row morning. The men will receive
six weeks’ Instruction that will fit
them for places in defense indus
tries. Arrangements have been
made to train as many as 600.
Few Appear at McKinley.
Two hours after the registration
desk opened at McKinley High
School, only a few prospective train
ees had appeared. Nevertheless, it
is planned to start classes tomorrow
in machine shop, auto shop and
mechanical drawing.
Armstrong High School was busier,
with between 30 and 40 persons
having appeared before noon to sign
up for instructions in metal work,
auto mechanics and the various oth
er technical courses offered.
Phelps Vocational School report
ed 25 registrations and Abbott Vo
cational School had registered 15
before the day was half over. Re
sponse at the Chamberlain Voca
tional School was slower.
Arrangements Made for Supplies.
In most cases the schools are al
ready equipped with necessary sup
plies to carry on the schedule of
classes five days a week from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Where supplies are lack
ing, it is planned to requisition
them without delay.
The early registrations included a
number of persons on W. P. A. rolls,
with some also reporting from the
District Employment Service.
Prospective trainees include men
with previous experience that might
be useable in defense industries.
They are returning to the voca
tional schools to learn new trades.
Those who are taken from W. P.
A. rolls will continue to receive their
relief pay.
Girl Scout Leader Lauds
Backyard jConfest
The “back yard playground”
contest, recently inaugurated here,
was described yesterday by Miss
Eleanor Durrett, director of the
District Girl Scouts of America, as
“one of the mo6t beneficial projects
undertaken in the District of Co
lumbia in many years.”
Many Girl Scouts, she said, have
given impetus to the affair by en
tering their yards in the contest. “I
am sure by encouraging children to
play in their own yard away from
dangerous streets and traffic will
help reduce accident and death
rates of children in this city,”
Durrett added.
The contest is sponsored by 'the
Recreation Department, the Traffic
Advisory Council and the District
Works Projects Administration. It
is open to all District residents.
Entries in the contest will close July
31. Those wishing to enter the con
test may do so by notifying the
Recreation Department in the Perce
School, 1740 Massachusetts avenue
N.W. Telephone Michigan 1155.
The work of judging the yards to
choose the winner will begin Au
gust 19.
Body in Little Patuxent
That of Capital Waiter
The body of a man found drowned
in the Little Patuxent River, near
Savage, Md„ Saturday night was
identified by Mends yesterday as
that of’J. Grady Andrews, 35, of
the 500 block Massachusetts avenue
N.W.
Mr. Andrews, it was said, was an
unemployed waiter and had been
out of work for about a year. He
Was a native of Nashville, Tenn„
and had been missing from his
naMneo hare for about 10 days.
D. C. Embalmers
And Free Wafer
Bills Vetoed
Maze of Examining
Boards Cited
By President
President Roosevelt today sent
veto messages to the Capitol dis
approving two District bills. One
would establish a board of funeral
directors and embalmers for the
District, and the other would au
thorize the Commissioners to furnish
water without charge to charitable
institutions in Washington.
In explaining his action on the
funeral directors’ bill, the President
said:
“The present system of quasi-pri
vate examining boards in the Dis
trict of Columbia, with their lack
of uniformity in the appointment
and pay of examiners, in the rules
and regulations governing the ex
amination and licensing of appli
cants, in the enforcement of the
laws, and particularly in the control
of their finances and accounts, has.
in recent years, been the subject
of no little criticism.
Commissioners Object.
“Recent surveys of the govern
ment of the District of Columbia,
including studies by citizens’ com
mittees, have censured the increas
ling number of independent District
boards of examiners. As a conse
quence legislation proposed by the
District Commissioners for the re
organization of the District of Co
lumbia government provides that
all these examining boards and
commissions would become advisory
agencies only and function under a
single license department.
“In view of these objections of the
Commissioners of the District of
Columbia I am withholding my ap
proval of this bill."
Mr. Roosevelt observed that in
his estimation the present District
health laws protect the public ade
quately from any problem that
might arise out of the business of
embalming and funeral directing.
Mr. Roosevelt stated that In dis
approving the water bill he was tak
ing the side of the District Com
missioners. Existing legislation per
mits the supplying of free water to
churches and charitable institutions
that receive annual congressional
appropriations. The vetoed bill
would add the privileges of this law
of 1905 to charitable institutions
which do not have inmates, a type
of institution that does not benefit
from the 1908 act.
Difficult to Fix Status.
"The Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia," the President
said, “are opposed to the approval
of this measure, in part because of
the loos of revenue involved, but also
on account of the difficulty of de
termining the institutions that
would be entitled, and the extent
to which each would be entitled, to
the free water privilege.
“The Commissioners believe not
only that the approval of the bill
would increase largely the number
of institutions receiving water free
of charge, but would be likely to
result in the furnishing of free water
to some agencies, the status of
which, as eleemosynary institutions,
would be difficult of determination.
“It seems to me that in spite of
the well intended purpose of the
measure that the Board of Com
missioners of the District of Colum
bia have taken the right position
with respect thereto, and that I am,
therefore, justified in accepting the
recommendation. that the bill be not
approved.”
Hazen Back at Office
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
paid his first visit to his office in
several weeks. He has been away
on doctor’s orders recuperating
from a heart ailment. Mr. Hazen
said he felt fine, but would attempt
only part time work for a while.
Band Concerts
By the Navy Band, at the Capjtol
tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Lt. Charles
Benter, leader; Charles Brendler,
assistant leader.
PROGRAM.
March, "All Hands”.Lt. Benter
Overture, “II Guarany”.Gomez
Solo for cornet, “Inflamatus,”
Rossini
Musician Oscar Short.
Suite of three numbers—
(a) “In a Chinese Temple
Garden” .-.Ketelbey
(b) “In a Persian Market.”
(c) “In a Monastery Garden.”
Excerpts from the musical comedy—
"Maytime” .- Romberg
Philippine waltz, “Pepa y Chating,”
_ Araullo
Duet from .flute and clarinet, “Lo,
Hear the Gentle Lark” ..Bishop
Musicians R. Townsend and C.
Brendler.
Three dances from “The Bartered
Brlde” - - -.Smetana
(a) Polka.
(b) Furiant.
(c) Dance of the Comedians.
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14,” Liszt
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
By the Marine Band at the Ma
rine Barracks tonight at 8 o'clock,
Capt. William F. Santelmann, lead
er; Henry Weber, second leader.
PROGRAM.
“Marche Hongroise” from "The
Damnation of Faust”.Berlioz
Overture, “jCarneval”_Glazounbw
Second movement, "Nordic Sym
phony No. 1”.Hanson
Baritone saxophone solo, “Beautiful
Colorado”._.de Luca
Musician Felix Eau Claire.
“Love Scene,” from the tone poem,
“Feuersnot” ..Strauss
Quartet from “Rlgoletto”_Verdi
Musicians Edward Masters, corflpt;
Robert de Hart, cornet; Robirt
Iaele, trombone, and Donald Kfn
ball, euphonium.
“Petite Suite” ..Debussy
Ballad, “Huntingtower” ...Resplhl
Finale. “Symphony in D Minor £
■The Marines' Hymn."
“The star Spangled Banner”
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