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= £ he Zoening Star. FARE. QUESTIONING BRINGS FLEHARTY DIVERSION OF VIEWS Brightwood and Midcity Citi- zens’ Associations Opposed to Any Increase. 1. ¥ ] | i i t { TRADE BOARD FAVORS '* UNIFORM CAR FARE RATE Garfield Body Suggests .10-Cent Fare With Four Tokens for 25 Cents, People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty has received replies to his questionnaire ' asking for the opinion of the civic | organizations on the Capital Traction Co.'s request for increased fares from { four associations representing a wide diversion of views. |~ The Brightwood Citizens’ Association , and the Midcity Citizens' Assoclation ! expressed their opposition to any in- | crease in car fares. The Washington Board of Trade favored uniform car fare and held that all utilities were entitled to “a fair return on approved valuation,” but making no statement | &s to the size of the fare that should be charged. Garfield Suggests Rate. | Th Garfield Civic Association sug- gested a 10-cent fare, with four tokens ! o be sold for 25 cents. Members of | this association are compelled to pay two fares to_get to town, one on the | Washington Railway & Electric Co. bus and another on the street car from the terminus at Anacostia. Thus it costs ; them a minimum of 13% cents to get 10 town, and & 10-cent car fare, with a i free transfer from car to bus, would be an actual reduction in their Tate. ! " This association will be given & sepa- , Fate hearing at the hearing on the Capital Traction Co.'s case, July 29. . They complain that the service on the busses is gnrhqulh and the fares too i File Separate Petition. Former Representative Gilbert of Kentucky said today that he would file in a few days a petition asking the Public Utilities Commission to institute half fares for school children on street cars and busses in the District in Sep- ing tnsf tember, in time for children to get the benefit of the reduced fares at the opening of the school year, whether the tition of the Capital Traction Co. for fm fares has been settled by that time or not. Mr. Gilbert, former mem- ber of the House District committee, is acting in the matter as counsel for hn J. Noonan. k‘l’he tition will ask for half fares for ldren on their way to public and to ochial or prlvl'g away to allow the children to walk. Mr. Gilbert sald that he expected that the petition would be joined by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and representatives of organiszed labor after it is filed. The federation is al- on record as favoring the half fares, although it has as yet filed no formal petition. The action was taken last Saturday night. N BARTLETT HONORED BY POSTAL CLERKS | Resolution of Appreciation and Desk Set Presented by National Officers. . In appreciation of his sympathetic interest in postal employment questions his seven years’ incumbency, John H. Bartlett, former First Assist- | ant Postmaster General, was today presented with an engrossed resolution and a handsome bronze desk set by officers of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. Leo E. George, president, and Thomas F. Flaharty, secretary-treasurer of the federation, | made the presentation. ‘The resolution expressed the thanks | andibest wishes of the members of the ! federation for the manner in which Mr. Bartlett administered the affairs of his | office during his seven years, Mr. Bartlett was recently appointed to the International Joint Commission by President Hoover and was elected chairman of the commission by his associate members, Frederick T. Dubois and P. J. McCumber. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929, b PAGE 17 MAN SAVES RIDING CLUB TERRIER FROM DROWNING “Bulldog,” a 3-year-old wire-haired terrior at the Riding and Hunt Club, enjoys the distinction today of being possibly the only dog in Washington known to have been saved from drown- ing by a man. Although “Bulldog” is the possessor of an impressive pedigree and rates high above the average of his kind in- telligence, he has never mastered the art of swimming and scems deplorably lacking in any natural aptitude for water sports, He prefers to while away the days as unofficial overlord of the Hung Club stables, barking vociferously and companion to the grooms and rid- tructors. He has one bad habit, however, and this flaw in his character nearly cost him his life last Monday afternoon. The stable doors open onto a steep incline leading down to Rock Creek. When- ever the doors are opened in the ‘after- at unruly horses and acting as friend | noons to take the horses out for exer- cise the terrier rushes forth with much loud barking to clear the way. Monday afternoon brought an un- | usually heavy rainstorm, and when “Bulldog” sallied forth he started skid- ding down the clay bank and landed in the swollen creek 35 feet below. He was caught up by the current and carried swiftly downstream, yelping in distress whefiever his head bobbed above water. Cook, one of the riding instructors, who ran down the bank until he had headed off the dog. Plunging in, clothes and all, Cook swam to midstream and grabbed the terrier as the water brought him down. After some difficulty he swam ashore with the half-drowned dog. * Cook has taken upon himself ihe re- sponsibility of giving Bulldog swimming lessons. Progress, he says, has been rea- sonably satisfactory. RUDOLPH PORTRAIT PRESENTEDTOD.C. Gift Delivered With Ceremon'y in Board Room of District Building. An ofl portrait of Cuno H. Rudolph, formerly president of the Board of Com~ missioners, was presented to the Dis- trict Government today in a ceremony in the boardroom of the District Build- ing. ‘The picture was presented by Edward F. Colladay, on behalf of Mrs. Rudolph. The day was selected as it was Com- missioner Rudolph’s 69th birthday. Mr. Colladay briefly reviewed Mr. Rudolph’s history, saying the first public speech he made was at a meeting in the Na- tional Theater, when a group of citizens was urging the Senate to confirm Mr. Rudolph’s second nomination as Dis- trict Commissioner, during the Wilson administration. The Democratic Sen- ate, however, turned a deaf ear on the plea, Commissioner by President Harding, however, and his term was renewed by President Coolidge. He retired on ac- count of ill health in October, 1926. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty accepted the portrait in behalf of the District Government, paying a high tribute_to his former colleague as a man who always had the interest of the people, especially of children, at heart, and who had made his path smooth when he was first appointed Commis- sioner. A gathering of District depar ment heads and other friends of Mr. Rudolph was present, ' CENTRAL HIGH ALUMNI| WILL SUPPORT SMITH | Association Pledges Backing to| New Principal, Successor to Dr. Miller. Harvey Smith, recently appointed | prineipal of the Central High School to | succeed the late Dr. Alvin Miller, has the undivided support and approval of | the Central High School Alumni Asso- ciation, Sylvan King, president of the sssociation, announced today. | The Central High School Alumni As- | gociation, which is the largest alumni as- | sociation of any high school in the | United States, with a membership of | nearly 14,000, has pledged its whole- | hearted co-operation to the new princi- | pal, Mr. King declared, and will stand solidly behlnd him in his work. The executive committee of the ' alumni association called upon Mr Smith yesterday to pay their respec and assure him of their fullest co-ope! ation and support, Mr. Smith sas appointed prineipal of Central High School on June 5, upon the death of Dr. Miller, who died from the bite of & pet cat. He is a native of Lancaster, Pa. ADMITTED TO BAIL. HARRISONBURG, Va., June 26 (Spe- cial).—After spending nearly a month in jall and only 10 days before her l.rlnf on charges of felonious assault and attempted assault upon George Frye, recluse antique dealer, Miss Cora Sny- der yesterday was released from the Rockingham County Prison under $1,500 Otis Patterson, jointly indicted with her, remains in jnn.l ‘The cnuple‘=:; i with assaulting Prye > mr\ the night of April 29, | 1 I i iven to the local it Portrait of Cuno H. Rudolph, former governgént this morning. Mr. Rudolph was again made | “U. S. Government,” Listing in Telephone Directory for Offices Lrouping of all Government activities under one heading, “United States Government,” has been effected in the new tele- phone directory, issued today. ‘The new listing, arranged byl Admiral H. H. Rousseau, chief co-ordinator, with the approval of the heads of all depariments of the Government, was adopted in the interest of time-saving and general ~efficiency, it was an- nounced, : All branches of the District government also are listed under a common head in the new book, With police and fire numbers printed in bold face type. ‘The Federal office numbers oc- cupy nine columns of space in the book. Each department, branch, agency and commission { | is arranged in alphabetical order. The listing does not involve con- solidation of Government tele- phone exchanges, however. For croés-reference purposes the names of the departments and various branches have been in- serted in the general listing, as heretofore, with the notation that the number may be obtained by referring to the “United States Government” listing. CYCLE POLICEMAN HURT. | of the ninth precinct was injured about 1 o'clock-this morning when his motor | evcle overturned in front of 1236 Oak street northeast. The accident hap- pened when Patnode started his motor cycle. He was thrown to the pavement and injured & ligament in his left foot. 'First ‘aid was given at Hospital, TING PRESENTED TO DISTRICT The picture is the work —Harris & Ew! v a The barking was heard by Thomas | Motor Cycle Policeman F, E. Patnode | Casualty | of Hans | the session. I Disirlet Commissioner, which was | scholastic '""W all . Yo ‘Whi ing Photo. ; erage of 958 per ccnt. GOLORED MAN DIES OF SHOT IN CHEST AFTER ARGUMENT Police Seek John Four, Ice Peddler, in Killing at Eighth “and S Streets. 20 POLICE REQUIRED TO CONTROL CROWDS Body of George Nichols Held as Witnesses Tell of Scene Involving Debt. A middle-aged colored man, identified as George Nichols, living in the South- west section, at an undetermined ad- dress, was shot through the chest and almost instantly killed zbout 10 o'clock this morning, following an argument in or near a house on the southeast corner of S and Eighth streets. The stricken man was seen to run lurching across Eighth street, where he dropped to the sidewalk on the south- west corner, a single bullet wound in the center of his chest and powder burns upon his shirt. Police Curb Huge Crowd. The body was sprawled there when police arrived. It required some 20 of- ficers to control the crowd, which gath- | ered at the corner, while headquarters’ detectives completed their investigation and photographed the body. Immediately ~after the shooting, thought to have occurred in the base- ment home of John Four, 50, also col- ored, at 720 S street, a man was seen to dart down an alley and escape. Offi- cers broadcast a description of Four. Nichols had been working at odd jobs in the vicinty for some time past. This morning he was helping a neighbor | | with a painting job, when Four, an {ice peddler, is said to have called him |from his work, saying he wanted to talk to him. Police Told of Argument. Police were told the pair subsequently got in an argument over $18, Four was said to have owed the other . man. | Shortly after Nichols left the paint job the shot was heard. Nichols was pronounced dead by an | Emergency Hospital staff physician and | later removed to the Morgue. The crowd which jammed the inter- section blocked traffic in two directions until a special detail arrived from the second precinct station. CAMP GOOD WILL OPENED N PARK Underprivileged Children and Mothers Are Guests of Outings Committee. Camp Good Will in Rock Creek Park | today welcomed the first quota of under- privileged children and mothers for the Season as guests of the Summer outings committee, about 160 in number. Yes- terday Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains, D. C., received its first group of 130 campery It is the colored camp. All today forenoon little family groups with bundles and suit cases were being registered for admission at the Towers School, under the supervision of Miss Helen Story, supervisor, and Miss Helen Willet, visitor, .of the Associated Chari- tes. There they also were inspected by volunteer physicians and nurses for possible physical defects. Two weeks of rest for the mothers and outdoor activities for the children lies before the campers, with expert nursing care for the babies, field games, hikes, swimming, opportunity for pleas- ant hand work, group singing and, of course, three meals each day. Medical Examiners. The medical examinations for the Camp Good Will party were conducted by Dr. J. S. Arnold, Dr. Margaret Du- Bois, Dr. Edith S. Coale, Dr. George S. Heltmuller, Dr. R. L. DeSaussure, | Dr. Joseph A.'Murphy, Dr. H. P. Ram- I sey, "Dr. L. S. Nicholson and Dr. Wil- {liam F. Greany. The volunteers assisting in getting the party off were Mrs. M. J. Moran, Mrs, John H. Vinstein, Mrs. David Rus- sell, Mrs, Walter Harvey, Mrs. Pauline Hayden, Mrs. Morgan Otterback and | Mrs. Howard Wilson. Those who gave transportation for the campers were the Pardoe Bus Co. and_private cars of the following: E. N. Browham, Charles W. Pardoe, E. A. King, Wililam_H. Stapies, P. K: M. Pardoe, E. M. Wallace, Mrs. Frank Shelry, George L. Cunneil, Edwin Par- doe and Mrs. A. F. Jorss, The party was assisted by the follow- Ing scouts of Troup 85: Paul Imler, Sam Leishear, William Sheehy, Francis | Sheehy, Wendell Leishear, Joe Tucker, | Joe Zels and Cloise Crane. | Camp Pleasant Party, | The party of Camp Pleasant was as- | sembled yesterday at Phillips School. ! under the supervision of Miss Louise Harlow, visitor, and at Ambush School, under the direction of Miss Rosa Browr | | and Mrs. Addie Kosse, The doctors | who gave their services for the exam- | ination of the ‘campers were Dr. C, A. | ‘Tignor, Dr. W. 8. Lofton, Dr. J. Hayden | Johnson, Dr. H. W. Freeman, Dr. Arthur | Simmons, Dr. J. F.. Dyer and Dr. Albert | Ridgeley. | The Georgetown volunteer committee | of women assisting were Mrs. George W. Cabiniss, chairman; Mrs. Sadie | Murphy, Mrs. Lily Mickens, Mrs. T. E. Jones, Mrs. H. J. Calles, Miss Margare Petway, Miss Ida Porter, Mrs. B. F. Petway, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkins and ! Mrs. Belle Pride. The women volun- teering service at the Ambush School included Mrs, Jenny E. Payne, Mrs, Marie Tignor, Mrs. C. J. Mason, Miss Xthel E. Browne and Miss Marle Tignor, The campers from Georgetown were conveyed in trucks .donated by the | Chestnut Farms Dairy and_in cabs { loaned by the Jewell Taxicab Co. Those { from the Southwest section were trans- | ported in a bus hired by the Zion, | Mount Maria and Friendship Baptist | Churches. ~ Private automobiles also were donated by Dr. Aquilla Sayles, Rev. | | James Marshall, Rev. J. F. Noble and { Thomas_Frazer. Two Eoy Scouts aided the George- | town ascembling. | Gambell and Frank White, both of Troop 501. Wins Scholastic Medal, Spec! 1 LAUREL, LId, June 26.—J. Eugene White of Laurel won the H, W. Murray medal offered at Randolph-Mgacon Col- lege to the student having the highest his classes for umnn-l SPURIOUS MONEY TRAGED AFTER 2 ARE TAKEN HERE Miami, Jacksonville and Ma- con Make Arrests in Plot to Circulate Cash. WASHINGTON DETECTIVE PRAISED FOR GOOD WORK Counterfeit 50-Dollar Notes Were Loot in Robbery of Alleged Rum Runner. Arrest of two men here in May by Headquarters Detective Frank Alligood and work of the United States Secret Service have uncovered a long trail of counterfeit $50 notes which led back to the hold-up of alleged whisky run- ners at Miami, who were robbed of the spurious notes, further arrests in Miami, Jacksonville and Macon. The latest development was the ar- rest yesterday of W. M. Bolton of Goulds, Fla., at Macon, Ga., where to- day he was under $5,000 bond for the Federal grand jury after his plea of | guilty before & United States commis- sioner on a charge of passing two worthless $50 bills, He testified at Macon that a man in a Miami lunch- stand gave him the bad money to buy liquor and that he came to Macon to spend it. Secret service officials here say the money is part of the same lot of counterfeit $50 notes which were printed off a plate used by L. M. Renna of Jacksonville, who is now serving a term at Atlanta’ for counterfeiting. The plate never has been found. Recognizes Fugitive. The arresis here last month started when Alligood recognized on a street, car and identified Gaither W. Bailiss, a former policeman, who was wanted for jumping bond in Knoxville, Tenn. Alligood took him and his companion, Harry Lee Brooks, to police headquar- ters, where later they were identified by victims in Washington and Alex- andria as the passers of counterfeit money. They pleaded guilty at Alex- andria and were sentenced to five years each for possessing and passing coun- terfeit money. - A third person in this vicinity appre- hended for possessing and passing the same kind of bills was Hugh Gibson, arrésted at Cherrydale, who pleaded guilly, and has been sentenced at the Alexandria Court to three years. ‘The scene shifted to Florida, where, on May 27, Miami police arrested Fred Bressler for shooting a man, searched him, and found three more of the spu- rious $50 notes in his cap. He was namod by Brooks and Gibson here as a confederate. ¥ Miami Makes Arrests. Miaml police at the request of the Secret Service here arrested Robert T. Hill and Helen Bryant on a charge of possession similar spurious $50 notes. This month they arrested Paul Jones and ‘Charles Leonard Austin, on the same charge. Jack Plelds of Jacksonville, arrested and placed in jail at Jacksonville, was said by sccret service officials here to be the alleged whisky runner who was robbed of the lot of $50 bills. In the hold-up, which took place at Miami, according to secret service rec- ords, one of the consiprators was a brother of one of the men of the party held up. Plelds, who is saild by the secret service to have been robbed of the spurious money, was said to have had on his person a total of $1,750. ‘While the secret service is proud of its activity in rounding up the num- ber of persons passing the same kind of spurious money, they today paid tribute to the clever work of Detective Alligood, whose good work in picking up the first man here in Washington opened the way to further develop- ments, e TRAP DRUMMER SEEKS $10,000 DAMAGES IN SUIT George S. Tillinghast, 2121 New York avenue, a trap drummer, today com- plained to the District Supreme Court that his hearing has been .affected and his musical usefulness impaired as the | Tesult of an alleged assault of two years ago. He asks $10,000 damages from Charles W. Rice, 922 Farragut street, whom he names as his assailant, and declares he was struck a severe blow on the head with the open hand June 26, 1926, in front of the stage entrance of the Palace Theater. The plaintiff asserts that the alleged assault was un- provoked. He is represented by Attor- ney Richard L. Merrick. and have resulted in | DETECTIVE GETS NEW YORK S — Philip Learn, who does most of the | learning for the Learn family, has found out several things about traveling. Philip learned that peppermints in 5- cent sacks are not sufficient to travel on. Neither are chocolate ice cream cones. | Philip learned that red balloons, after all, are just so_much excess baggage. In addition, Philip found out that 5- | year-old travelers must answer ques- tions, particularly at 5 in the morning. ‘The questions were put by a stranger to Philip—one Benjamin Johnson, a detective attached to No. 6 precinct, though he never mentioned it at the time. So Philip learned he should not talk | Philip M. 5-YEAR-OLD BOUND AT 5 AM. PHILIP AND DETECTIVE JOHNSON. to strangers, even the ones who buy peppermints and red balloons. Phflip's quest of information ended there. He got the experience, not to mention the ice cream, but he got no further than the Union Station. Philip's intended destination was New York. It was shortly later learned that learned his mother, Mrs. Ruth . Learn, was coming to the station after him. Then Philip found out he must accompany her home. ‘What Phillp learned after returning to 401 B street northeast—the same home he left unannounced at 5 this morning—is a matter of domestic privacy. Anyhow, Philip learned better, PARADE WIL OPEN VETERANS' MEETING V. F. W. Annual Encampment Begins Here Tomorrow Evening. A parade composed of units from patriotic and fraternal organizations here will precede the opening tomorrow night of the annual encampment of the Vetcrans of Foreign Wars, the principal sessions of which will be held in the auditorium of Western High School. ‘The parade assembles on M street between Twenty-fifth and® Twenty- sixth streets at 6:30 o'clock, moving south on Twenty-second to Pennsyl- | vania avenue, thence to M street and Thirty-first, north on Thirty-first to R |and west on R to the reviewing stand | at Western High School. Charles H. Reilly, post department commander, is marshal of the parade, With Charles E. Weickhardt and George Scheibs] assistant marshals. ‘The parade will be led off by a police escort, followed by the American Leglon, Vie- tory Post, Drum Corps; a detachment from the Army, Navy, Marines and Ooast Guards and the various units from the several participating organizations. On the reviewing stand will be Maj. Gen. Briant H. Wells, deputy chief of staff, United States Army; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding 29th Divi- sion; Capt. Frank H. Lockhead, com- mander Veterans of Foreign ~Wars; Paul C, Wolman, jr., vice commander- in-chief; B, Agee Bowles, president, Georgetown Citizens’ Association, and Frank P, Leetch, Georgetown Citizens Association. After the conclusion of the parade, | the opening session of the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention will be held in the auditorfum. Capt. Edwin 8. Bettelhelm, jr., is general chairman of the committee on arrangements. 200 HAUL MADE WHEN ALARM FAILS Tailor and Dry Cleaning Shop Found Looted—Woman’s Jewelry Lost. ™ Failure of a burglar alarm to register in the store of Samuel H. Gorowitz, & [ tallor and dry-cleaning shop at 2506 Fourteenth street, early this morning resulted in the theft of clothes valued at more than $200. Gorowitz discov- ered the loss when he opened the store this morning and notified police head- quarters. According to Gorowitz, the thieves gained entrance to the store some time between midnight last night and early today by effecting entrance through a shed in the rear of the place and saw- ing three iron bars off the back window. The window was found open this morn- ing. !l'he loot consisted of several suits and women's dresses which had been left in the place for dyeing and clean- ing. gdn. Frances E, Terrell, 233 G street, has asked police to search for a soli~ taire diamond ring valued at $250 and a Masonic ring with a diamond setting valued at $100, which disappeared from a washroom of the Y. W. C. A, 614 E &treet, on Monday, she told police. Lilly McConnell, Second and A streets northeast, told police that a duplicate key worker gained entrance to her apart- ment yesterday and took two rings, one set with an opal and the other a topaz, valued at $60, and $20 in gold coins. ufus ‘Rosenberg, 400 Third street southwest, lost a coat and $28 in bills when he left the garment containing the money in his automobile, parked at Sec- ond and G streets, yesterday afternoon. ° Mrs. Leona Hildebrand, 904 K street, left her handbag on a bench in Judici- ary Park, near Fourth and G streets, yesterday morning. = Police were asked to investigate. The bag contained $3.10, automobile driver's permit, bankbook and silver-handled knife. HAPPY GROUP PREPARED FOR VACATION ‘They were Arthur'| * One of the families that today entered Committee. Camp GooaliuL, the Summer ‘Where for two weeks they will be guests of —Ghl‘mo;'l:a J.A. SCHOEN QUITS | AS ASSISTANT T0 WORKHOUSE HEAD Arthur L. Pettit Appointed Successor, Change to Take Effect July 15. DR. CORRIDON NAMED PHYSICIAN AT JAIL Hyman's Successor Is Graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, 'The resignation of Julian A. Schoen, assistant superintendent of the Dis- trict workhouse at Occoquan, Va., and the appointment of Arthur L. Pettit as his successor, was announced today at the Board of Public Welfare. The change is to become effective July 15. ‘The board also announced the ap- pointment of Dr. Don Cerridon as phy- siclan at the District jail to succeed Dr. Morris Hyman, whose resignation becomes effective June 30. To Return to Atlanta. Schoen resigned to return to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta as deputy warden, a position he held once before under former Warden Snook. Pettit is now the chief guard at the workhouse, where he has been con- nected in various capacities since July 10, 1910. His promotion was recom- mended by Capt. M. M. Barnard, su- perintendent of penal institutions of the District, who told the Welfare Board that although Pettit is a strict | disciplinarian he has “retained the good will of the officers and inmates alike.” Georgetown U. Graduate. Dr. Corridon is a graduate of George- town University Medical School. Dr. Hyman, whom he succeeds, recently | stepped into prominence when he be- came “boss” to Harry F. Sinclair, one of the richest prisoners ever confined in the District jail. Sinclair served as a pharmacist of the jail, under direction of Dr. Hyman. Dr. Corridon will there~ fore, supervise Sinclair's pharmacuetical activities until he serves his sentence for contempt, of the Senate. ASKS ADDED PERIOD FOR BUS RATE TEST Proprietor of Line Wants Present Fare to Stand Amother Three Months. | i L. L. Altman, proprietor of the Brad- bury Heights Bus Line, today filed with the Public Utilities Commission & re- quest to allow the present rates of fare on his line to remain in effect for an- other three months beginning June 30. Mr. Altman recently voluntarily re- duced the token rate on his busses from four for 50 cents to 10 for $1. The cash fare of 15 cents remained un- changed. After a two-month experi- mental period, he told the commission that he was losing money and.asked for a resumption of the old rate of fare. In the meantime, the Bradbury Heights Citizens' Association requested that the use of tokens be abolished on the line and a flat 10-cent cash fare be instituted. The case was discussed at a public hearing last week, but not decided. People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty said today that he would op- pose any extension of the experimental period and that he believed the Citi- zens’ Association had made a sufficient showing to entitle htem to tra; 10-cent fare. - # s \CAPITOL ARCHITECT | AWARDS RAZING BID { Demolition of 14 “War Hotels” Is to Start July 1—Parkway Improvement Sought. David Lynn, architect of the Caj itol, today awarded the contract (orp Te- moval of 14 war-time buildings, part of what is known as “the Government Hotels,” north of the Capitol and west of the Senate Office Building, between Delaware and New Jersey avenues and B and C streets, to Sidney L. Hechinger Co. This company was the lowest bid~ der, at $13,888, at a bid-opening late yesterday. The contract calls for the razing of the buildings, beginning July 1, 1‘hey will make way for improvement of the parkway between the Union Station and the Capitol. |HOTEL GREETERS MEET AND INSTALL OFFICERS President Weason Is Announced as ‘Winner of Honor in National Education Contest. New officers were installed at a meet- ing last night of Washington Chatter, No. 31, Hotel Greeters of America, held in the Lewis Hotel Training School. Hugh S. Neason, chief clerk of the Mayflower Hotel, newly-elected - dent, presided. H. J." Staley the Lewis School served as host. Following the reports of the delegates to the national convention, recently held in Detroit, announcement was made that President Neason had been awarded sixth place in a national education contest, spopnsored by the Hotel Greeters of America, The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Washington Charter, No. 31, met in_an adjoining room and installed Mrs. L. E. Bowman of the Hamilton Hotel as president, with Mrs. Julia M. Krocher of the Willard, retiring president, presiding. After the meeting a buffet supper for both branches was held in the school, MAKE CONVENTION PLANS. Members of the American Legion and its auxiliary who are interested in the :mmu:hln. Joint convention at Louis- ville of those two organizations and the American War Mothers have been in- vited to a meeting of American War Mothers to be held at 8 o'clock Friday night in the Hamilton Hotel. lan, for the convention will be dis- cussed before the meeting by Repre- sentative Thatcher of Kentucky., A of vocl:l’ u:’lns Wwill be presented Char! . Donch and Mrs. Kincheloe. -