Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1929, Page 13

N \ ] KEAN AND TYSON NAED MENBERS OFD..CONNITEE Eight Republicans and Five Democrats to Make Up New Group. INCREASED MAJORITY LEADS TO CHANGES One Vacancy, Due Minority Party, Remains to Be Filled by Senators. ' ‘Two new members were appointed to the Senate District committee today, Senators Hamilton F. Kean, Republican, of New Jersey, and Senator Lawrence Tyson, Demccrat, of Tennessee. In the old Congress the District com- mittee consisted of seven Republicans ! and six Democrats, which has been changed to eight Republicans and five | Democratg, along with the rearrange- ment of committees generally resulting from the increased Republican ma- Jority. No changes were made in the line- | up of existing Republican members, the | name of Senator Kean being added to the present Republican membership. On the Democratic side of the commit- | tee three vacancies occurred on March | 4, when the terms of service of Sena- tors Edwards of New Jersey, Bruce of Maryland and Neely of West Virginia | ended. The change in the ratio of the committee left only two of these Demo- cratic vacancies to be filled. Senator ‘Tyson of Tennessee was selected for | one vacancy, leaving one Democrat to be appointed. Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan- sas, contin@®s as chairman. The other Republican members who will continue to serve on the District committec are: Senator Jones of Washington, Sackett of Kentucky, Gould of Maine, Blaine of Wisconsin, Vandenberg of Michigan and Hastings of Delaware. ‘The Democrats who continue as mem- bers of the District committee are: King of Utah, Glass of Virginia and Cope- land of New York. ‘The new Republican member, Senator Kean, is just_ beginning his service in the Senate, having defeated Senator Edwards, Democrat, last November. AVIATION HISTORY DEPICTED IN FILM, Public Showing to Be Given at! Central High School Audi- | torium Tonight. “The History of Aviation,” a motion f!cture showing development of aviation n this country from the pioneer days of the Wright brothers down to present days of “air-mindedness,” will be given a public showing this evening at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of Central High School under the auspices of the ‘Washington Board of Trade. The picture, which includes scenes in numerous history-making flights and tests made in recent years, was brought to Washington for public showing by the trade body in the interest of further development of aviation here, with an eye also to encouraging early construc- :ion of a municipal airport for the Dis- rict. The picture, loaned for the occasion by Frederick Patterson, Dayton, Ohio, includes pictures of Orville and Wilbur ‘Wright, Santos Dumont, Bleroit, Far- num, Curtiss, Beachy, Reed, Alcock and Brown, St. Clair Street, Sadi Leconte, Stinson and Bertand, Lacudura and Cantinho, Macready and_ Kelly, D’Arsy and Bernard, Maughan, DePinedo, Ra- mon Franco, Cobhan, Byrd and Ben- nett, Maj. Dargue, Lindburg, Cham- berlain and Levine, Byrd and Acosta, Maitland and _Hagenberger, Smith and Bronte, Dole Derby, Schiee and Brock, Costes and Lebrix, Halde- man and Elder, Hunnefeld, Koehl and Fitzmaurice, Wilkins and Eilson, Car- ranza, Stultz and Earhard, Ferrari and Del Prete, Collyer and Mears, Gobel and ‘Tucker, Collyer and Tucker. 5 NEW CHAPTER INSTALLED. Phi Delta Gamma Unit Formally Organized—Banquet Held. Gamma Chapter Phi Delta Gamma Sorerity of Johns Hopkins. University was installed at a banquet Saturday night in the Grace Dodge Hotel. Char- ter members are Leona Fehler, Frances Brown, Pauline Dieterle, Eva Lou Casto, Cornelia Eddy, Betty Jo Hopkins, Do- rothy Lyford, Marie Ruzicka, Mary Sollman and Charlotte Campbell. Prior to the installation ceremonies the initiates were guests at a tea given by the chancellor of American Uni- ‘C’lmkt.y' Dr. Lucius C. Clark and Mrs, arl RITES FOR J. T. HOUGH. Funeral Tomorrow to Be Followed by Burial in Cleveland. 2 Funeral services for Joseph Trimble . Hough, 89 years of age, who died sud- denly Friday, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence, 2224 Cathedral avenue. Interment will be tomorrow at Cleveland, Ohio, his home for many years. Mr. Hough was an employe of the Treasury Department for nearly 50 years. prior to his retirement in August, 1927. He was & member of the Colum- bia Country Club and the B. B. French Lodge, F, A. A. M He is survived by & daughter, Miss Frances R. Hough, and four grandchildren, John Balvell, 2d, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. M. Jerome Smith and Mrs. 8. E. Armstrong of Cleveland, and Mrs. J. C. Hayes of Pittsburgh. Gas Overcomes Girl. Florita Jordan, colored, 412 Eleventh street southeast, 15-year-old honor stu- dent and semi-finalist in The Star's Oratorical Contest, from Dunbar High School, was overcome by illuminating gas in the bathroom of her home this morning and revived by the Fire De- partment rescue squad. She mistook the gas jet chain for an electric light chain and was overcome before she could turny * it off. The girl has been an organist at Dunbar for two years. 22 Turkish Communists Held. CONSTANTINOPLE, 22 P).— Police have arrested 22 ‘Turkish unis Stamboul, propa- those indicat- said, that foreign interests to disseminal CHILDREN SAVED ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929. FROM AUTO FIRE - Upper: Mrs. Alive Pinkard (right) and 4-year-old Mamie Pierce, who were rescued without serious injuries from a car which caught fire while being refueled at Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty-sixth street yesterday. Lower: Five-year-oid Geolge Piercé, who also was rescued from the fire, and Carroll Pinkard, who rescued Mrs. Cecelia Marsh, grandmother of the two children, after the latter had been badly burned in a heroic attempt to save the children. RESCUE ATTEMPT MAY PROVE FATAL Grandmother Trying to Save Children From Blazing Car Is Badly Burned. A heroic pttempt to save three chil- dren from flames which early last night enveloped their automobile brought Mrs. Cecelia Marsh of 621 Maryland avenue southwest, 54-year-old grandmother of one of the girls, to the point of death. She is in Emergency Hospital badly burned about the head. ‘The other seven persons in the machine ‘were seared by the fire, but their condi- tion is not held serious. The fire was started by a lighted cigarette and an empty gasoline can inside the car, at a filling station at Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, All Suffer Burns. The injured besides Mrs. Marsh are | Harry A. Plerce, 24, of 719 Seventh street southwest, driver of the machine, whose cigarette is said to have caused the blaze; Carl A. Pinkard, 22, of 477 Maryland avenue southwest; Mrs. Alice Pinkard, 19, of the same address; Mrs. Katie Pierce, 23-year-old wife of the driver; Mamie Pierce, 4, and George, 5, their clilidren, and Cody Hardy of 621 Maryland avenue southwest, 5-year-old granddaughter of Mrs, Marsh. All were burned about the face and hands. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce spent the night at Emergency Hospital, but the others we"z sent to their homes after treat- ment. Police believe gasoline vapor in the can was ignited by the cigarette, Wit-! nesses said there was an explosion, and before the passengers could move the car was enveloped by fire. Mrs. Marsh quickly pulled off her coat and threw it over the children and then tried to get them from the closed car. Pierce and Pinkard, first out of dflrl: car, pulled out the women and chil- n, “Little Hope Held for Woman. Before Mrs. Marsh could be gotten out almost all of her hair had been burned from her head. Although hos- pital attaches said today that as restful a night as could be expected, little hope is held for her life. Gas station attendants extinguishea the flaming clothing of the eight victims and then summoned the Fire De) ment. The Washington Gas Light Co.’s emergency wagon responded and took the injured to the hospital. Dam- age to the automobile was estimated at | $200. So;e Eating Records. d?n!l::un b} anot :%fil:m mu a n by eal a - g in 10 days; while another Berliner sausage in little hour. Francesco —Star Staff Photos. PRATT ASKS PECK ABOUT RUM STORY Captain Is Quoted as Having Said.More Liquor Cars Are Entering Capital. Maj. Henry G. Pratt today wrote Capt. Charles T. Peck, eleventh precinct, to ask if the facts related in an inter- view with the captain in a morning paper, in which Captain Peck was quot- ed as saying that more rum cars than ever before are coming into Washing- ton and endangering policemen, with smoke screens, sawed-off shotguns, ma- chine guns, and other devices, were correct. “If they are,” Maj. Pratt said today, “T want to know about it. That is th kind of thing Capt. Peck is out in No. 11 to stop.” A smoke screen so dense and pungent that it halted pursuit was laid down last night in the southeast section of the city by a suspected rum-running car. Motor Cycle Policeman Miles Znanenacek of the- eleventh precinct, who sighted the car at Eleventh and M streets southeast, was forced to make a detour of several blocks, finally losing the machine in traffic. i ‘The officer reported that he saw a car pilled high with cases of what ap- peared from a distance to be liquor about 10 o'clock last night. He trailed the machine for four blocks and then the rear light was extinguished, the car increased its speed and started emitting volumes of thick, pungent smoke. Ac- cording to Znanenacek, - the fumes caused him to weep. Motorists all along the road were compelled to halt until the smokg had dissipated+ The policeman turned off Eleventh street and circled the Capitol. He - again sighted the automobile at New Jersey avenue and E street, but it was at between 55 and 60 miles an hour through traffic and he soon was outdistanced. Commenting on the incident, Capt. Peck said that more cars carrying con- traband goods than ever before are eoming into Washington through his territory, which guards approach to the city. To Celebrate Orphanage Founding. SAVANNAH, Ga., April 22 (®).—The 189th anni' of the founding of the Bethesda Home for Boys, first male orphanage in the world, founded by Georg: Whitfield in 1740, will be cele- Lrated Wednesday in the annual meet- ing of the Union. Society, which op- crates the orphanage. T6TH ST, PROPERTY ISELECTED FOR TEST OF DELINQUENT LA Valuable Land Between H and | Streets Will Be Auctioned. { TAX OFFICIALS AWAIT FINAL DECISION IN CASE Pémltiel on Unpaid Levies, Dating Back to 1887, Exceed Original Amount Due. A valuable piece of property on Six- teenth street between H and I streets was selected today by Chatham M. ‘Towers, collector of taxes of the Dis- trict, for the first case under the new law giving the Commissioners authority to sell real estate at public auction to satisfy taxes. ‘The property adjoins the Gordon Hotel on the north and is assessed in the name of W. E. Prall, Jennie M. Prall and others. The tax delinquencies date back as far as 1887. Penalties Exceed Taxes, According to Mr. Towers, the total amount due the District is $40,078.23. of which the unpaid taxes represent but $16,886.67. The case is the most un- usual on the record of the tax assessor, because the accrued penalties for fail- ure to pay the annual tax bills exceeds the amount due in taxes. The collect- or's records show that the penalties amount to $23,172.91. To this has been added $18.65 for advertising the prop- erty for sale under the old law. As soon as Mr. Towers made the selection of the property on which to base its initial action under the new law, he requested the Commissioners to_instruct the corpor@tion counsel’s office to apply to the District *Supreme Court for a decree for its sale. Under the new law whenever any real estate in the District has been sold for non- payment-of taxes or assessments of any kind whatsoever and is bought in by the District, and is not redeemed within two years, the Commissioners are em- powered to apply to the court for the purpose of enforeing the tax lien. The law stipulates that in such suit the ccurt shall decree the sale of the property to satisfy taxes, assessments, penalties, costs and interest due. The sale must be conducted at public auc- tion by the collector of taxes or a deputy in front of the property after advertisement. Action Is Held Important. ‘The Sixteenth street property, Mr. Towers told the Commissioners, has been duly advertised for non-payment of taxes for each year since 1887, and, no bids having been received, it was bid in by the District and in the name { of the District in accordance with law. | . The action of the court in this case is expected to be of far-reaching im- portance to Tax Collector Towers and his assistants, who are charged with carrying out the sale. There are hun- dreds of other cases in which property taxes have remained unpaid for a num- ber of years and which have been bid in by the District, and the procedure in the first case will form the basis for the others. One of the important problems con- fronting the tax collector is whether he can under the law secure decrees for public sales in groups, or whether in- dividual decrees will have to be sought in each case. The corporation counsel probably will be asked for an opinion on this question iff°the near future, Several Defects Seen. ‘While the new law is looked upon by District officials as a great improvement over the old law, under which it was impossible to collect delinquent taxes on property taken in by the District at the annual tax sales, there are yet several details of procedure regarded as unsat- | isfactory, correction for which likely will be sought through amendments when the regular session of Congress con- venes in December. One of these is the provision requiting the tax collector or a deputy collector to conduct the sale by public auction in front of the prop- erty. It is believed at the District Building that this procedure harks back to the antiquated and spectacular sheriffs’ sale, with the auctioneer and his red flags, who notifled the community of an im- pending sale with blatant cries and tolling bells. The sale,-it was pointed out, would be conducted more expedi- tiously, and perhaps more satisfactory, over & desk in the District Building. HEALING ART.S PRACTICE COMMISSION ORGANIZES | Forms Adopted Upon Which Ap- plicants for License in District Must File Requests. The Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Arts, recently created by act of. Congress met today and approved forms on which those who intend to practice any of the healing arts in the District must - apply for licenses to be granted by the board. According to the law, all except reg- istered physicians must make applica- days after the passage of the act, which expires May 27. The forms are avail- able at Room 203, District Buildfng. Registered physicians, who must also be licensed by the commission, are al- lowed 90 days after published notice. ‘The notice is expected to be advertised within a day or two. - used on official documents, and set the ‘date of ‘its next meeting for 10 o'clock next Monday morning. ‘LANDMARK’ IN NEW HANDS Building Association Buys Wash: ington Hall in Southeast. ‘Washington Hall, old landmark locat- ed on Pennsylvania avenue, Third and B streets southeast, has been purchased from the National Capital Bank by the American Bulldjng Association as the site of its new business home. it was announced today by Clarence F. Dono- hoe, who handled negotiations. ‘The old hall, for years the meeting place of various organizations and fra- ternal orders, will be razed shortly and a new one-story bank building will erected on the site as the new offices of the building Lsh::cmlon. & i ‘The property a_frontage of feet on Third street, 30 feet on Penn- sylvania avenue and 49 feet on B street. t Handy as a Hair Pin. One of the newcst vacuum cleaners [ tion for licenses to practice within 907 ‘The commission approved a seal to be | died, o | 8o when it collapsed. CAPITAL DRENCHED BY 151-INCH RAIN Houses Reported Blown Down in Neighboring States. Church Wrecked. Heavy rains and hail trooped up from the fringe of a Spring sky yesterday and drenched hundreds of persons who sought relaxation in parks and along | the highways. 3 But the twin complements of fickl April had little discouragement for the Weather Bureau today, which ventured a prediction that general cloudiness will be succeeded tomorrow by weather “fair and slightly warmer.” Rain recorded during a 24-hour pe- riod yesterday afternoon and last night was 1.61 inches. The unofficial comment of hundreds who chanced to be at the base -ball game between Washington and Boston was not avail- able for publication. Many were drenched, as were hundreds who scur- ried from parks. Houses Reported Blown Down. where window panes caught the stones full force. The District Building lost iwo panes. Reports from nearby Mary- land and Virginia were that several houses were blown down by the wind, but none was reported hurt. One of the three main trunk lines in the city water system gave way to the pressure of water on M street between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets and the basements of many resi- dences were reported flooded. Sweeping through Southern Maryland { with near-cyclonic proportions, a high wind, accompanied by driving rain, | thunder and lightning, yesterday after- noon demolished the Holy ~Rosary Church at Rosaryville, while a large hay gharracks on the historic Dainger- field" estate, near Woodyard, burned to the ground after being struck by light- ning. 2 Behaving like a typical “twister,” ac- cording to residents of Rosaryville, the wind lifted the wooden church off its foundations, but several other frame structures with a few hundred yards escaped with a few broken windows. ‘Timbers Fly Through Air. Witnesses say hundreds of fragments of timbers filled the air when the !church was lifted by the wind, many of the flying fragments breaking win- dows in the nearby houses. The church was unoccupied at the time, having been last used for mass at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The storm struck it about 4:30. The church, a towering frame building, about 30 feet high, was nearly 75 years old. It served as a mission for colored people, being under the jurisdiction of St. nbdonry's Catholic Church at Upper Marl- 70, Rev. Francis J. Loughran, pastor of St. Mary's parish, directed the task of salvaging the wreckage this morning and declared work would begin imme- ?lntely on the erection of a new struc- ure. The hay barracks hit by lightning was filled with about 20 tons of hay. |MISS CLARA SPROUL EXPIRES AT HOSPITAL Daughter of Representative From Illinois Had Resigned Club Office Because of Health. Miss Clara J. Sproul, daughter of Representative Sproul of Illinois, who was for many years treasurer of the ‘Woman's Congressional Club, died at 11 o'clock this morning in Garfield Hos- pital. Miss Sproul resighed here office in the Congressional Club about six months ago, because of her health and since had suffered from heart trouble. She was taken to the hospital last Wednes- +day and was to have undergone a seri- ous operation today, but on Saturday, she became unconscious and continued 50_until the hour of her death. Representative Sproul and a married | daughter, Mrs. Stronach of Chicago, will take the body to Chicago, where the funeral will be held Wednesday. | SAENGER BURIAL RITES . TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK Instructor of Opera Singers Died Here From Stomach Ailment. Funeral services for Oscar Saenger, famous instructor of many opera sing- ers, who died at the Washington Sani- tarium Saturday, will be held in New York today. Mrs. Saenger accompanied the body from Washington yesterday morning. * . Mr. Saenger entered the hospital last Tuesday, suffering from a severe stom- ach ailment. He became worse and with Mrs. Saenger at his bedside. rn in Brooklyn, N. Y. 60 years ago, he was known in his youth as a prodigy. He sang, played zxa violin and instructed orchestras. list of prominent. singers who have received him includes Frieda 3 e s Bernice de Pasqu: Sara Anderson, Ricardo M:rmu Je:nltz Ger:fluflmn:%z. Orville Harrold, Paul Althouse Damage from hail resulted to houses | and ' bodies & ‘Wreckage of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 75-year-old colored mission at Rosa; foundations by the high wind yesterday afternoon. The structure was unoccupied at the time, and no one was injured PAGE 13 TWOD.C. AIRPORTS yville, Md., which was lifted from its —Star Staff Photo. BUTLER OFF TO QUANTICO. Will Take Charge of Marines After Period of Rest. Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, famous fighting Marine, was expected to take over command of the Marine Barracks, at Quantico, Va., late today. Officers there said that he was motoring from his home in West Chester, Pa. Where he has been on leave since shortly after returning from two years’ duty in China. Brig. Gen. Harry Lee, who is in command of the East Coast Expedi- tionary Force, is in temporary command at Quantico. FIFTEEN INJURED |Five of Victims Yesterday and Last Night May Be Seriously Hurt. Fifteen persons were hurt yesterday and last night in traffic accidents in Washington and nearby Maryland and Virginia. Injuries sustained by five of the vietims inay result seriously. Aquilla R. Smith, 25 years old, of 1408 Seventeenth street, was the most severely injured. The automobile he was driving yesterday on the road be- tween Bryantown and Hughesville, Md., plunged down an embankment and rolled over three times” when he lost | control rounding a turn. Frank Sellers, colored, 2922 Sher- man avenue, who was driving by, picked up Smith and took him to Casualty Hospital. There physicians say he has several -broken ribs and may have a fractured spine and internal injuries. While crossing at 14th and I streets last night 70-year-old Jan Brenyn of 1109 Fourteenth street was knocked down by an automobile driven by Harry Schneider of Philadelphia, Pa. He was taken to Emergency Hospital in a passing automobile and there treated for lacerations to his left leg and head. His skull may be fractured. Auto Collides With Pole. A man and ‘woman were injured last night when their automobile skidded in front of 4529 Conduit road and collided with #, telegraph pole. Miss Marion Moyer, 29 years oid, of 1213 Clifton street, a nurse, was taken | to Georgetown Hospital. She may have |a fractured skull. Her companion, | Goggin E. Moore, 34 years old, of 707 Twentieth street, who was driving tire machine, was treated at Emergency for shock and lacerations on his face. His condition is not serious. Miss Lilly Walker, 16 years old, of Forest Hills, Md., sustained what may be found to be a fracture of her spine yes- terday afternoon when the car in which she was riding was in collision at Six- teenth and B streets with a Washington, Virginia & Maryland bus operated by Henry S. Willett, also of Forest Hills. The automobile was driven by Richard A. Mitchell. police say. The girl was taken to Emergency Hospital in a pass- ing automobile. Sustains Lacerations. Henry S. Schwartz, 22 years old, of 1010 Twenty-fifth street, a passenger yesterday morning in an automobile pro- ceeding along the Baltimore Pike near Laurel, Md., sustained severe lacerations to his head when the machine skidded and struck a telephone pole. He was taken to Emergency and there treated by Dr. Emil Griebowsky. His condition is undetermined. Others sustaining minor injuries in- clude Miss Ruth Finelly, 15 years old, of 1236 Thirteenth street; Miss Leola Haufstatter, 21 years old, of 1858 Cali- fornia street; Joseph C. Manian, 48 years old, of 621 Nineteenth street, and his wife, Mrs. Margaret Manian, 40 years old; 7-year-old Fay Beall of 56 New York avenue; J. Edgar Gray, 22 years old, of 1013 Thirteenth street; Thomas Terrell, 28 years old, of 509 North Patrick street, Alexandria; Harry Garner, colored, 43 years old, of 601 Three-and-a-Half street northeast, and Mamie Peyton, 36 years old, of 340 L street southwest. FACES THEFT CHARGE. Charged with the grand larceny of a diamond ring valued at $500, property of Mrs. Alexandrine Garlington,” 2144 ‘Wyoming avenue, Clemon Wesley Tay- lor, 21, giving his address as 1345 Irving street, was"arrested today by David G. Fletcher, police pawn inspector. ‘Taylor went to Mrs. Garlington’s resi- dence with another employe of a local hm ey e ‘Zé‘g"‘m‘.f‘“’m'&h" cl : - er recovered the ring ih ¥ truck in which Taylor and his companion drove to Mrs. Garlington’s home. Youth, Victim of Auto, and Grandmother, INAUTO CRASHES GIVENS DENOUNGE DETEGTIVE ‘MILLS' ‘Graduate Sleuth’ Arraigned, Judge Continues Case for Inquiry. “Diploma mills” that entice young men to take a short “course” of home study on the pretense that after this education they will be equipped to op- erate as detectives, were denounced by Judge Given in Police Court today. Ambitious youths, and in many in- stances men of advanced ages, will en- roll in these “mills” and pay tuition which they cannot afford merely on the theory that they are soon to become renowned as detectives, Judge Given said. The condemnation followed the ap- pearance of Sam Glover, 38, colored, ar- rested Friday for carrying a dangerous weapon. According to the testimony of Detective Willam Messer, arresting offi- cer, Glover when apprehended was armed with a “diploma,” knife, black- jack and a tin shield en which was in- scribed “Special Officer.” Arraigned on the charge, the man ad- mitted possessing the equipment and informed the court that he “graduated” from a “preparatory school” in October. Posing as a well known local detective, he practiced his art among members of his race, whom he said “retained” him on occasions. The badge was procured at a second-hand store, he said; the diploma after a course of home study. Judge Given ordered the case con- tinued for investigation and declared he did not believe Glover had any inten- tions of using his equipment improperly, buzhbcueved he was acting in good faith, SUNDAY SCHOOL AIDS OPEN TRAINING SCHOOL ] Morz Than 50 Enroll at Session Held Under County Metho- dist Auspices. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 22.—Under joint auspices of Grace and Epworth Methodist Churches of Gaithersburg, a standard training school for Sunday | school workers opened in Grace Church yesteré.iay afternoon to continue through May 3. The opening session showed an en- rollment of more than 50, representing churches and Sunday schools in vari- ous parts of the county, and additional students are expected at the next ses- sion Tuesday evening. The classes are open to all desiring to attend, but only those attending all sessions and making the required number of credits will re- ceive diplomas. The faculty is composed of Rev. John C. Million of Baltimore, religious work director of the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church; Rev. R. K. Nevitt of Washington, religious work director of the Baltimore Conference of the M. E. Church South; Rev. S. K. Cockrell of Baltimore and Mrs. C. A. Lindsay, su- verintendent of elementary work in {:undry Methodist Church, Washing- n. The classes will meet every other evening. On alternate evenings the fac- | ulty will be engaged in conducting a similar school at Laurel, Md. MAIN STREET CREDITED FOR BULK OF ARTISTS America’s artistic stimuli come from the small towns, not from the big cities, Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick of Tllinois said yesterday in announcing the foundation of the Allied Arts Exten- sion, a co-operative movement for the exchange of ideas on painting, sculp- ture, handicraft and kindred arts. Main street has produced more writers, opera singers, sculptors and ps’l;nen than Broadway ever knew, she said. “In the smaller towns,” she said, “there is a much,more genuine and more general mudc development. The day is over when the concert company or road show from the big city, no mat- ter how lowbrow its program, could invade and capture the small town. People resent poor-caliber programs and ‘immediately ask, “What is New York trying to put over on us now?” ‘Through the Allied Arts Extension, she | said, communities will arrange for ex- hibits of fine arts, handicraft and the production of the drama on a par with the productions of the Theater Guild. An art committee, including such men as Lorado Taft, Winthrop Ames and Andrew Wright Crawford, will review each exhibit or dramatic production be- fore it is presented. ARE SUGGESTED BY DEARBORN EXPERT William B. Stout Recommends Fields Near River and in Suburbs. PLANE TOURIST TRADE PREDICTED FOR CAPITAL Cleveland and European Results Are Ontlined at Congressional Commission Hearing. The advisability of having two air- ports—one at a low level near the river front and the other on higher ground in the suburbs—was considered in ques« tioning witnesses when the Jjoint con- gressional airport commission resumed. hearings today on landing field require- ments of Washington. At the morning session the commic sion heard William B. Stout of the air plane division of the Ford Motor Co. Maj. John Berry, manager of the Cleve~ land airport; A. M. Banks, pilot on the Washington air mail route, and Maj. Lester D. Gardner, former presi-" dent of the Aeronautic Chamber of Commerce, Recommends Two Fields. Mr. Stout, who helped develop the Ford airport at Dearborn, recommended for Washington a centrally located field for the landing of passengers and air mail, with another field on the out- skirts of the city for hangars, repair shops and storage space. He empha- sized that Washington, more than any other city, will have a large tourist air traffic that will desire a centrally located landing place. Pilot Banks, after describing his ex- periences in flying into ‘Washington, advised the commission to locate the local airport either on the south or west side of the city. In answer to questions of Representative Underhiil of Massachusetts and of Chairman Bingham, Banks said it would be an ideal situation if there were two land- ing places—one at a low point toward the river front and the other on higher Wg,‘tmjd's a). Berry, after telling what Cleve~ land has done in airport development, declared that Washington should have an airport of a minimum of 3,000 feet square. He said Cleveland's airport is eight miles from the public square, Tequiring 20 to 35 minutes to reach. Location Discussed. He said Cleveland has considered a small field more centrally located for landing purposes. He expressed the belief that to encourage development of an air travel, landing facilities must be made available within five or ten minutes of downtown, but he added that consideration also must be given to the hazards existing over a city. Maj. Gardner told how 18 European capitals have developed their airports. He said that in Europe the average distance from the center of the cities to the airports is from 30 to 45 minutes, jbut that the Templehof Airport in Berlin is only 15 minutes from town. Senater Bingham announced that at the conclusion of the hearing this after~ noon, the commission would go into executive session with Maj. Donald A. Davison, assistant engineer commis~ sioner, and with Maj. Carey H. Brown, of the park and planning commission, who have collected estimates on a number of propesed suburban sites, to be compared with the estimates for Gravelly Point, on the banks of the Potomac, south of the city. Advised on Surfacing. The commission today received widely different advice as to how the airports should be surfaced. Mr. Stout said that at Dearborn concrete runways are used, explaining that such runways work well with planes that have rear wheels and brakes. Maj. Berry preferred an alle way field in preference to runways. Mr. Stout said the future of Wash= ington -could be visualized best by out- lining what the aircraft industry is doing. He said that the Ford plant will soon be turning out one transport plane a day and added that Mr. Ford wants to develop “the 100-passenger plane ag Soon as possible.” Representative Underhill asked Mr, Stout if he thought tragedies such a4 occurred at San Diego yesterday wil} deter the growth of mir travel. Mr, Stout indicated he did not think so. “About 27,000 people are being killed: in a year in automobile travel,” he re- plied. “We are used to being killed in automobiles, but not used to being killed by _airplanes.” ‘When Senator Bingham asked Stout it a city should provide in the suburbs for hangars and repair shops, he replied by suggesting that the airport situation w?si ; ggod deal like a railroad terminal, whicl as a centrally located ion, with the roundhouse and shopssm;tona more distant point. Banks Favor Southern Site. Pilot Banks, of the Pitcairn Aviation Co.. declared that pilots have not had much trouble from weather conditions in landing at Bolling Field, ‘and fol= lowed this statement with the recome mendation that the airport be on the South or West side of the city becaus of the direction of the prevailing wknd‘sp: Banks said he was not familiar with the exact location of Gravelly Point, but when the location was described he said he did think fog would prevail there. He said it would be well to have tm) ports),’ one at low level and the other on high ground, to meet all - ble weather col’lzémon& pon presentative Zihiman of Maryland, vice chairman of the commission, questioned both Mr. Stout and Maj. Berry as to the probable cost of clear~ ing off timber land in developing an airport in a wooded .section. Several suggested suburban sites are partly wooded areas. Mr. Stout said that in Dearborn 40 tractors worked six months to clear the field. Maj. Berry testified it cost Cleveland $700 an acre Killed by Shock, Will Rest Side by Side ]mg\utubwtlhhflut can be written into story of human expe | sketched on the left and- right of the doorway at 1525 Upshur street today f and white ;,:g A from these s) s of lay the bodies of the youngest and the oldest of a household. George Benjamin Felton, 13-year-old | her : endrix Felton, son of Mr. and Mrs. He was struck down by an automobile and killed Priday while at play. Within 48 hours his grandmother, . Mrs. Rebecca Jeannett, ‘whose affection for the boy had brought happiness to all the fam- will rest side by side in Cedar Hill Cemetery. close o Services were to be held this afternoon in the Francis Asbusy Methodist Epis- Church South, with the pastor, in | Rev. J. J. Rives, officiating. ‘The youth lived about three minutes after being struck down. Mrs. Felton did not reach emergency Hospital in time to see him alive. On returning to home, she informed her and Mrs, Jeannett, who recovered from a lapsed within a few hours. died wmnm{unm.mmglnwn, 19, a daughter, x A assisted her mother in the absence of the father in California, who decided distance conversation with members of the that he could not return in time for the burial. to clear timber land for the airports. NEW TREASURY NOTES PROPOSED BY SMOOT By the Associated Press. An administration bill to authorize a new form of Government security— Treasury notes—to be used in short- term financing, was introduced today by Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee. Senator Smoot explained in a state- ment that the new Treasury obliga- tions would be issued on a discount basts rather than with interest coupons, and also would be offered on a comvetitive basis. They would be intended, he said, to supplement and make more flexibls the Government's short-term financing