Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 16

16 QUEKER ADVNCES N ARMY SOLEHT Secretary Davis Offers Plan to Expedite Promotions for Benefit of Service. Steps to make more Army promo- tions possible have been proposed to Congress by Secretary Davis of the ‘War Department. The proposal contemplates establish- ing a normal annual turnover of 4 per cent. Rigid enforcement of regulations designed to elimi ficers fully up to the physics standards of the In addition to su however, Secretary Davis has suggested meth- ods for expediting retirement of older officers, discharge of others with a fair gratuity to offset their loss of retire- ment and establishing a normal flow | of promotions for those retained. | “In the long run ‘the plan should not cause any material increase in the cost of the active and retired list,” the recommendations of the special Army board, approved by Secretary Davis, said. At the present strength of the com- missioned corps, 421 officers would go out of the service each y to make room for second lieutenants, 225 of whom would come from V Point. The process of *“attrition” would provide for retirement of brigadier generals and colonels of staff or non- combatant branc t 61 vears, in- stead of 64, or on combatant branch colonels at 59 years, or with 35 years' service, s application of the p: to obtain the 4 per cent of officers below the grade of colonel on the foilowing scale: Lieutenant colonels, retirement at 57 years or with 80 years’ service; major: 25 years; captains, 47 and 20 ears of service; REHEARING ASSURED ON WATER INCREASE Aurora Hills, Va., to Hold Mass Meeting as Result of Gloth's Visit to Richmond. Special Dispatch to The Star. AURORA HILLS, Va., December 11.—Judge Willlam C. Gloth, com- monwealth's attorney for Arlington County, obtained assurance of a re- hearing for this community on water- rate increases before the Virginia Corporation Commission, he made known upon his return late yesterday from Richmond. A mass meeting will be held Mon- day ‘night at the Calvary .M. Church, when action will be taken on a petition pointing out the facts under which the increases were ‘imposed “without proper notice” and the al- leged injustice -of the increases. If this petition satisfies the State com- mission that a rehearing is just the| case will be received by that body , Mr. Gloth said. udge Gloth, Ed- ward Duncan, supervisor of Jefferson district, and C. R. Taylor, former president of the Clarendon . Citizens' Association, will be the principal #peakers. _ PAROLE BILL INTRODUCED Measure for District Failed to Be- come Law Last Session. The bill to create a prisoners’ parole commission for the District, which passed both branches of Congress at the last session but did not receive ~the signature of the President, was reintroduced in the Senate yesterday. by Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode Island. The commission would be composed of the director of public welfare, the corporation counsel and the superin- tendent of penal institutions. The measure defines the conditions under which paroles could be granted and revoked. Senator Capper, chairman of the District committee, introduced a bill .to authorize the Commissioners to widen Nichols avenue between Good Hope road and S street southeast. Theater Tickets as Gifts. BERLIN, December 11 #®). — Theater and opera_tickets as Christ- mas presents have been made possible for the first time. A number of pro- ducers -are selling handsome printed credit gift slips, the recipients of which can exchange them for the stipulated number of seats at the box office at any time within two weeks after Christmas. Grand Pianos are sell- ing fast! Secure yours now before it is too late! IMMEDIATE DELIVERY L Plea to Suppress “Green Hat” Case Evidence Is Heard Justice Smith {n Criminal Divi- slon on Friday heard arguments of counsel on a motion to suppress the evidence in the gase of George 1.. Cassidy, known as the “man in the green hat,” wsa was arrested on a charge of transporting liquor in the House Office Building March 25 last, The court took the motion under advisement and gave coun- sel time to prepare briefs. A briet bag, containing a tew battles of alleged whisky, was seized in con- nection with the case. George Chorley, a Capitol police- man, made the seizure at the of- fice building March 20 and on the witness stand told the court that it was common knowledge that whis- ky was being brought into the House Office Building and that when Cassidy had entered certain offices he building with a bun- dle persons were later seen leaving the office giving evidence of drink- ng. Justice Smith took exception to the use of the expression “com- mon knowledge” and declared “that is what is making the Vol- stead law odious, this high-hand- ed business of ding something on what somebody says.” Assistant United States Attor- ney Finelly appeared for the Gov- ernment in opposition to the mo- tion to suppress the evidence, which was made by Attorney Lucien H. Vandoren. JEWSTO SPEED UP ST MOCAVPAGH Eastern Europe in Dire Need of Aid, Drive Leaders Here Are Told. Following a request from the mna- tional headquarters of the $25,000,000 United Jewish campaign that local leaders push the $150,000 drive here to quick conclusion, an appeal was sent out last night urging workers to speed up the canvass. “Funds must be rushed immediately overseas,” the appeal stated. “With the rigors of Winter threatening acute new hardships, hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women and children in Fastern Europe are struggling des- perately for bare survival in the crisis of unemployment and impoverish- ment, which has paralyzed Poland, Rumania and adjacent countries for . |more than a year.” Chairman Rudolph B. Behrend of the local drive, said that although | more than $106,000 had been raised, less than one thousand contributions had been received thus far. He said that at least one thousand more Jews are expected to contribute before the drive is ended. The following list of new donors was given out: Harry Carpel, $600; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kaufman, Palais Royal, George Beneman and Louis Bush, $500 each; Young Men's Shop, Harry and Joe King, ‘M. Pasternak, Ben Ourisman. Meyer Davis, Pauline . Baum, M. Davis, S. Kluft, Walter R. Franc. Harry Bramov, Jacob Buchbinder, William Rosendorf, $300 each; Jack Goldsmith, Sanitary Grocery Co., $250; Alvin Newmeyer, $225; I. S. Burka, Sol Herzog, A. Brylawski, Mayer & Co., Mrs. Sadie Grosner, $200 each; Milton King, Maurice Max, Barney Robins, Harry Rosenberg, Oscar Baum, Morris Gumenick, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wolf, Moritz Mayer, A. Kleeblat, H. Baum, Alex Koplin, Wil- {liam Edward Cohen, Phillip Milestone, Harry Jeffrey, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pafflow, Philip Reifkin, Washington Cadillac Company, , Joseph Cherner, $150 each; George Horning pledged $125 and Dr. Willlam Ogus, $105. Those who gave $100: # L. Gold- heim, Jacob Spund, Ernest H. David, Mark Steerman, J. Tendler, Dr. Nor- man Smiler, P. 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