Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1929, Page 33

5K CVIC GROUPS School Body Will Hold Annual Conference With Associa- tions April 17. ‘The Board of Education will call its fnnual meeting with representatives of the District's civic groups to discuss the school needs of the various communities Wednesday, April 17, it was decided at its regular session in the Franklin Ad- ninistration Building yesterday after- noon. Invitations to the citizens' assocla- tions and trade bodies wiil be dis- patched by the school board this week 50 that the organizations may appoint Tepresentatives to present their Wews on the educational system needs to be pro- vided for in the 1931 budget at the meeting. In accordance with its usual practice, the board will call a similar ing with the citizens next Fall, when it reports back to them on the status of the requests made by them &t the Spring session. The board also agreed to meet in executive session Wednesday, March 27, to discuss in detail the plan by which it proposes to proceed in the licensing of institutions which grant degrees within the District of Coiumbia in ac- cordance with the enactment in the past session of Congress of the “diploma mill” bill. Pass on Institutions. ‘The bill authorizes the District Board of Education to pass judgment on the institutions which apply to it for licenses to operate here. Until yester- day’s meeting, however, the board had not undertaken to consider just how it will operate in its new capacity. Dr. Charles R. Carusi, president of the board, told his associates yesterday that, as he interprets the measure, the Board of Education will be called upon to license correspondence schools which grant degrees within the District, even though they may be located elsewhere. ‘The method of coping with the corre- spondence schools will be thrashed out at the coming session, he indicated. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, informed the board that 40 applications for the new position of business manager of the schools had been received, and that following con- ferences with the Board of District Commissioners, he planned to submit recommendations to the board for the appointment. Personnel Changes. ‘The buildings, grounds and equip- ment committee reported through its chairman, Dr. H. Barret Learned, that a total of $12,100.73 was spent for re- pairs to schoo! buildings and proper- tles from February 18 to March 16. Of this amount $9,085.50 was for labor and $3,015.23 was for material. ‘The following appointments in the personnel of the school system were ap- proved as recommended by Dr. Ballou: Miss P. C. Walther, teacher, Blair-Hayes School, probatignary, March 11; Miss M. E. Hodge, teacher, Keene School, probationary, March 11; E. L. Dyer, teacher, Hine Junior High, temporary, mmld N{Luduj Dle B. Crippen, teach- er, arland Junior High, temporary, March 11; Miss L. A. Pair, teacher, High, temporary, e S porary, irel B 3 mhtm T, dif IF YOUNIBBLE NESTLES VERYBODY praises themellower,cream- ier flavor of Nestlé’s Milk Chocolate. The se- cretis this—it’s made with the purest, freshest, full- cream milk. And all that rich cream goes into Nestlé’s untilit’s “richest in cream” of all. Look for the clean, silvery 2\ wrapper. In 5c and 10c bars, plain or “Richest in Cream” THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, . O. THURSDAY, MARCH 2t. 1929° WRECK SURVIVORS, HELD AT BAY |‘RANCHER EARL’ GIVEN BY FLAMES, WATCH 19 PERISH WELCOME TO CASTLE TOBOARD MEETIG) .t Coach on Canadian Train Catches Fire From Stove After Head~ on-Crash in Ontario. By the Associated Press. PARRY SOUND, Ontario, March 21.— Survivors of the wreck of two Canadian National express trains near here told today lwwx%ey were force‘('i to stand helplessly by while men, ¥omen and children burned to death. Nineteen dead were accounted for and a score or more were injured. Wrecking crews were searching the debris for other bodies. The wreck occurred when trains No. 3, eastbound, and No. 4, west- ! bound, collided head-on near Drocourt, a siding 46 miles northwest of here, shortly before dawn yesterday. It was not until late in the day that the ex- tent of the disaster was known, because of poor wire facilities. The greatest loss of life was in a colonists’ coach near the head end of the westbound train, which caught fire immediately after the crash. The flames held rescuers at bay, while sengers in the wreckage.of the car T struction and was provided with a stove. Spri It is believed the overturning of the stove set fire to the car. The engines of both trains were piled in a mass of wreckage. A baggage ca of the eastbound train was wrecked, # were the colonists’ car and a baggag car of the westbound train, The nex two cars were derailed. The only identified dead were sis members of the train crews. They were Conductor Barstead, Brakeman Fergu- son, Brakeman White, News Agent Mil- ler, Fireman Smith and Express Mes- senger Strutt. Paui Gauvreau, engineer of the east- bound train, suffered fractures of both legs and severe burns from steam. G. V. | Alexander, engineer of the westbound ! train, jumped at the moment of im- pact and escaped with slight injuries, ‘The westbound train running by a switch was given by some of the pas- | sengers as the cause of the collision, | but A. E. Warren, general manager of the central division of the railroad, said the cause had not been determined. P:gsenzers asleep in the Pullmans es- caped. Pay +10 when you buy — the balance in tem weekly paymenis. They traveled in a big motor car and were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Trimmer, former postmaster and his wife, of Priddis, Alberta, who are acting as the earl’s advisers during his visit to England, and the steward of the Egmont estate. ‘The earl and the 14-year-old viscount were greeted at the doorway by the butler. Both were wearing the big check cloth caps already famous in England. Inside the castle the Dow- ager Countess of Egmont, who is now seeking another home, received the earl, GO SEE Lord Edgmont and 14-Year-Old Viscount Percival Arrive at Family Seat Amid Cheers. By the Assoclated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, March |31 —Amid cheers from employes of the estate and fusillades of fog signals ex- |ploded by & truck pushed along the railway line, the “rancher earl,” tenth Earl of Egmont, and his son, Viscount Percival, arrived at the family seat, Avon Castle, in Hampshire, Tuesday. 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