Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1930, Page 17

SALE OF CAR TAGS OPENS TOMORROW FOR D. C. DRIVERS Until January 31 Without Driver’s Arrest. WHITE HOUSE AUTOS GET NUMBERS 100-110 Members of Congress Are Assigned From 500 to 750—No. 1 Goes to Dougherty. ‘The District’s 1930 automobile tags will be placed on sale at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning on the ground floor of the District Building, Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Those desiring tags should come pre- pared to pay the usual $1 plus one- half of the annual personal property tax on the car. They should enter the District Building from the Four- ! teenth street door, where guides will | direct them to the counters where | the various formalities incident to get- ; ting the tags are gone through. First they will secure a cardboard applica- tion blank, which must be filled out. calls for the car owner’s name, his address, the date, model and make of the car, and its number. Ha out the application blank, the next step is to take it to the counter where valuations for com- puting the tax are placed on the blanks in the application left for that ks ‘There a clerk will place the value on a3k i ] aggi E g | 1929 Plates Will Be Honored| of 1930, Miss Virginia Jackson, 23 years MRS, MLAUGHLIN 1S FIRST 1930 BRIDE Miss Virginia Jackson Wed- ! ded at Stroke of Midnight - to Local Attorney. Anxious to be Washington's first bride Douglas, assistant rector ‘of “Epip O street, where the couple expect “The bridegroom %| County, Ind, and obtained his school education there. He attended 500 and 750 to members of Con- nators nd legations © embassies 5 sister and official Nicholas Speaker 11, are only 1,000 unlet- tags issued. This year, however, owing to the great demand for the un- lettered hp.w the number has been in- A curious com tary affair is that Wade H. Coombs, super- intendent of licenses, will have no dis- on his car. He will take his line and buy an ordi- nary tag from himseif. e g 129 SCHOOLS REQUEST MEMBERSHIP IN GROUP Approval of American Association of University Women Is Sought by Edueational Institutions. ‘The membership committee of the American Association of University Women has under advisement applica- tions from 1 schools for places on the association’s approved list, which entitles graduates to membership in the organization. h academic standards uate facilities for the social life ith of the woman students are required of the colleges. Dr. Margaret Alltucker Norton, assist- snt director of the National Education Association; Dr. Irma Voigt, Ohio Uni- versity; Dr. Ethel Brewster, Swarth- more College; and those between | Student at National University. He is C. Harold hany pal Church, at 20;0, their future home. setting. Some 30 m;: at a long table decorated A | different places hes high resigned to enter the legal profession. He attended George Washington Uni- versity School of Law and is now a & member of the bar in his native State and law in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He is at present in the office of Assistant Dis- trict Attorney David A. Hart, who is in charge of the prosecution of ufi: cases in Police Court. Mr, McLaug! RABBI BENJAMIN HERE FOR ADDRESS FRIDAY |eftiund Hebrew Institute Leader to Speak to Adas Congregation on “Is Everybody Happy?” Wi Jewry will be g, ezl Benjamin of the Hebrew Institute of du;m'".‘tyv.. Heights, Bronx, N. Y., thvmbeinpmmon!oulmnml for the synagogue in the early part of the month. LAND ACQUISITION NEAR. Government Approves Purchase of Five Acres for Highway. ‘The Government is proceeding in its program of acquiring land for the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, five more acres having been virtually acquired in Arll County. was learned from the Depart- ment of Justice, which announced that it had approved title to five acres con- veyed by H. R. lfind A. H. Norton, in thelot daily traffic congestion and some @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1930. . MR. AND MRS. ROBERT E. McLAUGHLIN, —Star Staff Photo. MERCHANTS URGE LEFT TURN SIGNS Claim Warnings to Visiting Motorists Should Be Posted at City Limits. Because Washington's system of making left-hand turns at controlled intersections differy from the model system recommended by the Hoover conference and that in force in nost American cities, signs should be erected on all main arteries leading into the District, telling motorists how to make such turns here, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association has advised Commissioner Dougherty. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the association, said in a letter toda that the merchants’ body believes ail left-hand turns should be stand- ardized, point! out that much con- fusion is creat by the fact that the method differs at uncontrolled and controlled intersections. He urges that this situation makes more emphatic the need for signs informing visiting motor- ists of the varied systems employed at Te. Cites Narrow Escapes. ‘Gen. Stephan declared that: “As the method in vogue in Wash- THIRTY REVELERS ISPEND NEW YEAR'S AT POLIGE STATIONS Four Turn In Alarms, See Firemen Ride, Then Get Ride Themselves. THREE DANCERS BURNED BY FIRE FROM REVOLVER “Black Maria” Not a Bit “Blue” as It Carries 56 Pleasure Seekers to Greet Judge. It may have been New Year to some people, but it was just another Wed- nesday morning to police. Only about 30 celebrants qualified for a ride in the patrol wagon. Those were booked on charges of drunkenness, and the sum total was about the routine average for any day of the year. Four persons concluded their New Year would be louder and funnier with the assistance of a few fire sirens and a couple of red wagons. Beginning shortly after midnight, they pulled boxes at Twenty-second street and New York avenue, Seven- teenth and East Capitol streets south- east, Ninth and B streets southwest and Twenty-sixth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. In the old days, veteran firemen pointed out, it was no New Year at all unless a score of false alarms came in. The least they could expect was 15, and sometimes the number ran into the thirties. Not All Quiet on Potomac. The men at the 14 precincts this morning were willing to admit, how- ever, that all was not quiet along the Potomac for a good part of last night and this morning. More than one party recommended itself to the attention of a 4 patrolman, and telephones at the sta- tion houses brought a fair number of complaints from neighbors, who said they could not sleep, and refused to blame it on mnia. ‘The exuberance usually subsided aft- er an admonishment, the policemen sald, and only occasionally were they forced to ring for the wagon. At precincts Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14 no arrests for drunkenness were made. Precincts Nos. 7, 8 and 9 each reported a lone defendant in their lockups. At Nos. 3 and 6 there were five persons Three persons were reported hurt when this automobile was in collision at 1 o'clock this morning at Fifth and Upshur streets. TWO CRASHES CAUSE INJURY OF FOUR IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Man, Pulled Under ning Wheels, Own Car by Spin- Has Pocket Torn From Coat. Two head-on crashes on Sixteenth street and the strange case of a man being caught under the spinning wheels of his own car and his pocket being torn from his clothes are inscribed on the books of the th precinct today as a record of last night's trafic accidents in that section. Four persons sustained minor in- Juries in the serles of mishaps. Drivers of all four of the machines involved were arrested, charged with reckless driving. A pocket with a billfold inside, found at Fourth and Sheridan streets by Policeman F. E. Kenney, was the first indication police had of an accident there which resulted in Millard E. La Fontaine, 19, of 406 Seventh street southwest, sustaining painful abrasions and lacerations to his body and a shoul- der injury. Inside the ketbook was found La Fontaine’s driver's permit. The story of the occurrence was obtained from his 18-year-old wife, whom Kenney inter- viewed at her home. She said they .were turning around in the street about midnight, when the rear of the car struck and snapped off & lamp pole. being held on charges of intoxication. Seven Sleep at First Precinct. No, 1 precinct, which embraces a good part of the downtown district, provided lleepfinwwmmodluom for Seven persons wi condition seemed to warrant it. There were three de- fendants at No. 2 precinct and a hke number at No. 5. Police at No. 4 preeinct brought in four revelers on cl of drunken- ness. Charges of disorderly conduct were lodged against the prisoners in most cases. The “Black Maria,” a vehicle which makes the rounds of the precincts on the morning after the night before, ington of making turns at such con- trolled intersections differs from that in effect in practically all other cities and towns throughout the United States, it is tors, Because to visif of the lack of knowledge concernin; peculiar method of making left-hand turns in effect in the District of Colum- bia, of which most visiting motorists are UNAWATE, MANY VEry NAITOW escapes from accidents are occurring dally, as these motorists make the left-hand turn on green as is done elsewhere. This causes near collisions with local motorists who are not expecting and unprepared for such turns. ““We feel that either a sign should be Fi Tocal requlations saveraing the Joft. governing eft- hand turn at controlled intersections thoulgl be made the l:g: as n:;e 1: general use throughou! country an ‘which is now in use in Washington at intersections that are not control either traffic lights or police. accidents. “We feel that the whole plan of making a left-hand turn should be standardized so that it will be the same it it under all conditions.” —— FEDERATION TO MEET. Citizens’ Body Announces First Session of New Year. ‘The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions will hold its first meeting of the new year on Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the board room of the District Building. Dr. George C. Ha- venner, president of the association, will preside. . BOY WOUNDS SELF. While handling & rifle at his home, 1625 Rosedale street northeast, about 9 o'clock last night, Eugene Laniel, 9 years old, accidentally shot himself in the left hand. He was given sur- gical aid at Casualty Hospital by Dr. the sum of $17,: Louis Jimal and returned home. Dr. Margaret Justin, Kansas Agricultural College; Belle Ran- kin, executive secretary of the Ameri- can Assoclation of University Women; Dr. Katherine McHale, acting director of the American Association of Univer- Women, and Dr. Katherine Adams, College, Californis, chairman, make up the committee on membership. MR. AND MRS. McCLUNG WEDDED FIFTY YEARS Takoma Park Couple Observe Gold- . en Anniversary on Christmas Day With Daughter. Mr. and Mrs, T. M. McClung of 34 Drated thelr Afsieth Weding snaiversacy Christmas night. They were married eeeember 25, 1879, at Stamardsville, a. Mr. and Mrs. McClung, who are re- siding here with their daughter, Mrs. Eunice Burke, came to Washington in 1911 from Madison, Vlll‘:r,l ‘where Mr. . The couple had , three of whom are living. Mrs. H. W. Daugherty of In- ‘They are Mrs. A. J. McClung of Tennessee and Approximately Two Hundred Birds Are Lured as Added Attraction During Winter. office of Public Buildings and Parks, under direction of Lieut. . 8. Grant. 3d, is attaining suc- its campaign to wild ducks ‘Tidal Basin as an added attrac- EF I §g=§§ggq of Col. Grant's office say this the first season that the wild ducks ve been induced to Winter here. Food in the form of cracked corn and other edibles for the birds is dis- tributed by officials of Col. Grant's office. This aftracts the ducks and seagulls, which have apparently notified their friends, so that now the birds are coming in increasing numbers. Two or three different varieties of wild ducks have been noted, and the birds are seen mflumdlfldflfln‘ down in ‘water for food. The -3 l DRIVE TO STOCK TIDAL BASIN WITH WILD DUCKS GAINS SUCCESS d | mac marshes, the officials explain, but will come from the lower Potomac River during the coming month, when the hunting season waxes strong and drives the birds to the haven of refuge and E in the Tidal Basin. The irds feed on wild celery in the Poto- the guns of hunters drive them off. ‘This Winter's experiment is looked to as the beginning of bringing wild ducks to Washi n in increasing numbers, and officials are well pleased with the success of their efforts so far. Some time ago l?\'»l. un?t.'.lomcene‘n- deavored to purchase peafowl, so they could strut their rainbow-colored plum- age in the parks, but it was found that there was no authorization in law for the purchase of birds and the idea had abandoned. As a substitute for by ‘Wells declined medical attention, police ions | Orme, 18 years old, daughter of Mr. and collecting those who are supposed to greet a judge for a bit of explaining, took 56 persons to Police Court for ap- pearance on New Year day. ‘Three dancers at the Lotus Cafe re- celved slight powder burns about 12:30 o'clock when some reveler in the crowd on the floor fired a blank cartridge downward from his pistol. None of the victims was able to identify the man, Miss Burke Injured. ‘Those injured were: Miss Evelyn Burke, 21 years old, of 1617 Fifteenth street; Raymond Gerster, 24 years old, of 638 Alabama avenue southeast, and Maude Wells, 21 years old, of 1722 Lanier place. The former two were treated for minor burns at a doctor's office at 1532 Ogden street, while Miss of No. 1 precinct reported. One of the first arrests for speeding during 1930 was effected shortly after midnight when Policeman E. P. Hart- man of No. 3 precinct had Miss Violet Mrs. Gardiner P. Orme of 1631 Massa- chusetts avenue, booked at the station house on a charge of driving in excess of 40 miles an hour. iss Orme, a student at Holton Arms School, also gave her address as New- port, R. I. She was taken into custody on Connecticut avenue and was ac- companied to the precinct by a young man and young woman, she was released on $25 bond for appearance in Police Court. LAWYERS WILL HONOR FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE Barristers’ Club Will Give Dinner for Walter I. McCoy January 20. Walter T. McCoy, former chief justice | of the District Supreme Court, will be | the guest of honor at a dinner to be given by the Barristers’ Club, composed of the younger members of the bar, at the Willard Hotel Monday, January 20. ‘The former chief justice has always been much interested in the success of the club, and it is expected a large gathering will be in attendance. Norman B. Frost, president of the| club, has appointed the following com- mittee to make arrangements: Theo- dore Cogswell, chairman; Thomas Gil- lespie Walsh, Richard E. Wellford, Francis W. Hill, jr.; Arthur P. Drury and Lowry N. Coe. Reservations may be obtained from Richard E. Wellford. EIGHT MARINE OFFICERS COMMENDED BY ADAMS Washingtonian Among Those Cited for Service in Recent Nica- raguan Campaign. Eight officers of the Marine were given letters of commendation by Secretary Adams yesterday for out- standing service performed in the recent campaign in Nicaragua. ‘The commendations went to these officers: Maj. Harold C. Pierce, Maj. Willlam D. Smith and Capt. Richard O. Sanderson, all of the Marine Corps headquarters, Navy Department; Capt. Lewis B. Reagan, Marine T1 3 Quantico, Va.; Capt. Karl I. Buse, 2d Brigade, Marines, Nicaragua; Capt. ‘Thomas F. X Marine Barra Quantico; Pirst Lieut. Theodore H. Cartwright, 2d Brigade, Marines, Nica- ragua, and Capt. Peter C. Geyer, now stationed at Quantico. One of the heroes, Capt. Sanderson, is a Washingtonian. His father, John officials anticipate large flocks| necessarg, is | W. Sandersor., lives at 2141 Keokuk +street, Chevy Ch:u‘ D.C. Pulled Under Spinning Wheels. ‘The car, however, could not pass over the stump. La Fontaine got out, with the car still in reverse and the wheels spinnning, to see what damage had been done. In some way, not yet sat- isfactorily explained, he was caught and pulled under the car by the moving wheels. In the process his coat pocket was torn completely off and when the couple drove away was left lying on the street. They went to their home and later to Emergency Hospital, where La Fontaine's injuries were treated. ‘The more serious of the two collisions on Sixteenth street occurred at 6 o'clock this morning in front of 5327 Sixteenth street, when a car driven by Rubin Rosenberg, 25, of 400 Third street southwest, collided with the machine operated by Roger E. Barnes, 26, of 1188 Sixteenth street. Miss Thelma J. Gross, 32, of 5309 Georgia avenue, and Miss Lena K. Poudre, 21, of 4912 Ninth street, occu- pants of Rosenberg's machine, were slightly injured. First aid was admin- istered at Walter Reed Hospital by Capt. Carl A. McIntyre and Lieut. Arthur Streeter, and the two women were then taken to Emergency Hospital. The other mishap occurred about an hour earlier at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, not more than a block away. The two cars were driven, respectively, by Edgar G. Parrish, 36, of Manassas, Va., and Roscoe F. Garrett, 25, of 3932 Chesapeake street. Parrish sustained lacerations to his forehead and wa: treated at Walter Reed by ‘Lieut. Streeter. Rosenberg, Barnes, Parrish and Gar- rett were all charged with reckless driving and in addition, Barnes was charged with failure to exhibit a regis- tration card or permit. All were re- leased on collateral. Two Cars Overturn. Overturning of two automobiles and injury to three of their occupants re- sulted from a collision at Pifth and Upshur streets about 1 o'clock this morning. Both cars were badly dam- aged. Ulysses Blair, 38, of McLean, Va., and his wife, Mrs. Cora Blair, 36, and Charles Mullen, jr., 20, son of Night Chief of Detectives Charles Mullen, were the persons injured. Carroll Mack of 400 B street northeast, driver of the car in which Mullen was a passenger, was driving south on Fifth street, while Blair’s car was going east on Upshur street when the collision occurred. ‘The injured were ‘taken to Garfleld Hospital. Blair's left hand was smash- ed, while his wife received injuries to her head and left knee. Mullen sustained a severe injury to his scalp. George A. Bernard, 924 Delafleld place, was the driver of an automobile that collided with the bicycle of Carl- ton Bradshaw, colored, 17, of 19 Florida avenue northeast, at Fourth and G streets, last night. Bradshaw, suffer- ing from a severe injury to his head, shock and bruises on his right leg, was taken to Emergency Hospital. SHELBY-KELLY CASE RENEWS TOMORROW Counsel for Defense to Make Vigorous Onslaught on Pros- ecution’s Charges. Counsel for Inspector William 8. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly plan to make their first vigorous attempt to tear down the charges against the two veteran police officers when their trial is resumed tomorrow before the special police trial board. ‘The cipal defense witnesses, sev- eral of whom are understood to be members of the July grand jury which excoriated Shelby and Kelly, will be called on to testify as soon as the trial is renewed, More Character Witnesses Listed. ‘The defense, however, has mnot ex- hausted its imposing array of -char- acter witnesses, 54 of whom paraded before the trial board yesterday in rapid succession to extol the virtues of the two officers, but if any more are called it is planned to sandwich them between the major witnesses. In order to expedite the trial and bring it to a close by the end of the week, the defense attorneys, Henry I. Quinn gnd George E. Strong repre- senting Shelby, and James A. O'Shea representing Kelly, will not call more than 15 witnesses. Their names are being guarded with utmost secrecy. It is understood, however, that the July grand jurors to be called are those who opposed the murder theory in the Mec- Pherson case. All of them are said to be willing witnesses, and no difficulty such as the prosecution experienced with the grand jurors it summoned is expected to develop to produce their testimony. Will Take Stand. Asa d finale the defense intends to put Shelby and Kelly on the stand to detail their investigation of the Mc- Pherson case, which the July grand jury charged was bungled. Kelly is expected to take between two and three hours to relate all of the incidents connected with his investigation, during which the defense attorneys predict he will dis- play his unusual power of memory. Shelby, it was indicated, probably will devote much of his testimony in de- Corps| fense of his actions before the July grand jury, wheih were criticized. Counsel for Shelby and Kelly laid the basic groundwork of the defense yester- day through the procession of character wi r;yruentln( the outstanding citizens of Washington in every field of activity. These witnesses responded voluntarily and were put on the stand, the lawyers pointed out, not because there was any doubt as to the character and reputation of the two officers, but solely to show that the cross-section of the public have confidence in them. The lawyers also contend that it is not necessary for Shelby and Kelly to make defense, but that their pur- fi“ in doing so is to present a picture the public of the “improper influ- ence” brought on the July grand jury with the hope that it will be an ohj>-t lesson to future grand juries. 'MRS. HURSEY INTERRED BESIDE LATE HUSBAND Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Pas- tor of Foundry Methodist Church, Officiates at Service. Puneral services for Mrs. Anna B. Hursey, 77 years old, of Cathedral Man- sions, 3000 Connecticut avenue, who died Sunday night at her home, were held yesterday afternoon at the Almus R. Speare funeral home, 1623 Connecticut avenue. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church officiated. Interment was in Arlington Cemetery, where her late husband, T. Seymore Hursey, & Unlon soldier, is buried. Mrs. Hursey, a resident of Washing- ton for more than 50 years, had been il but a few days. She is’ survived by & son, three sisters and a brother. JOSHUA CARR LEFT WILL DISPOSING OF $150,000 Bulk Bequeathed to His Widow and Bequests Made to Relatives and Friends. Joshua W. Carr, secretary of the Per- petual Building Association, who shot himself December 20, left an estate valueC at $150,000, according to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Carr, for the probate of his will. Un- der the terms of the will he left $2,000 each to his brothers, Solomon Carr and Josiah L. Carr; his sister, Sarah M. Carr, and his step-sisters, Madeline H. and Henrietta Carr, and $1,000 each to his friends, Edward C. Baltz and Arthur G. Bishop. Mr. Baltz is’ also to have the interest o the deceased in a boat named Fifty-Pifty. ‘The remaining estate is devised to the widow, who is also named as ex- ecutrix. Mrs. Carr is represented by Attorneys George C. Gertman and Ar- thur G. Bishop. LIQUOR RAIDS NET FIVE ARRESTS HERE Vice Squad Descends on Sus- pected Vending Places and Seizes Much Evidence. Sergt. O. J. Letterman and members of his vice and liquor squad, O. J. Mostyn, Richard Cox and George C. McCarron, yesterday afternoon visited five places where they suspected thirsty individuals might be accommodated, made an arrest at each place, and seized quantities of liquor. Their first call was at a garage in the rear of 2116 N street, where they had been told of an elaborately fitted bar to which each patron had his own key. A man suspected of doing picket duty was found and detained until a caller entered the premises, members of the squad following the latter into e ancis Moore, all e anch loore, alleged tor, give ing an address in t-hep;?)%r block“o( charges of illegal possession of 20 quarts of whisky, peach brandy, gin and alcohol. Walter Edward Tipton, 39 years old, giving an address in the 600 block of F street northeast, was arrested in an apartment in the 1100 block of Ver- mont avenue. He is sald to have of- fered a strenuous objection to be! arrested, and police allege that & quan- outlet. Tipton was charged with pos- keeping a disorderly house. six quarts of whisky. Martha Edmonston, colored, 59 years old, of the 2000 block of Eighth. street, was arrested at her home for- possession of 62 ‘Wilson Payne, old, was arrested at his home, in Chews court, for alleged sale and pos- session. Seizure of two quarts of ‘whis| ‘was re| in connection with arrest. COMMISSIONERS WANT GAS SHUT-OFF VALVES Ask Bride How They May Compel Company to Comply With - Regulations. ‘The District Commissioners asked Corpora gton Gas Light Co. to comply with an amendment to the police regulations requiring the installation of emergency gas shut-off valves in all cases where buildings are served with a gas service pipe 12 inches in diameter or_more. ‘The amendment was Septel ber 23, 1924, and since that time the gas companies have installed many such valves. In response to inquiries from the Fire Department recently, however, the Washington Gas Light Co. took ex- ception to the police regulation as un- lawful, unusual, unreasonable and bur- densome, and said that it would take 10 years to put the valves on all build- ings coming under the regulation unless the company devoted its entire time to | installing the valves. The Georgetown Gas Light Co. an- nounced that it would have completed its installation within 90 days. $5,000 DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLAZE AT NAVY YARD Fire Resulting From Leak Destroys Frame Shed Used as Storage House for Acids. Fire originating from leaking acld | early today partially destroyed a two- story frame shed used for a storage house for acids at the Navy Yard, caus- ing an estimated damage of $5,000. The blaze, which was confined to the shed adjoining the brass foundry, was (ou!‘l;n by a Marine Corps fire detail until the extinguishers gave out. District fire- man were summoned and the flames ‘were soon extinguished. The damage was to the building, and m- to some machinery stored there, VERSE TAKEN AS SOBRIETY SIGN, *POET” GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE;| Gets ,Release on First Stanza of “There Are No Bar Rooms in Heaven.” If the prophecy contained in the latest opus of Thomas H. Powers, known as the poet laureate of Police Court lock-up, is true, it will no doubt strike iness into the hearts of some of the wet “aspirants” for “a better land.” Powers. making his third appearance | h at court in two months, presented to the judge “There Are No Bar Rooms in Heaven” as a sequel to “Whisky Did It AlL"” which gained his release from jail & month ago. Although Judge Robert E. Mattingly took the man’s latest masterplece as a certain indication of many sober days for its creator and gave him a sus- pended sentence, there was doubt in the minds of many court attaches as to just what emotion arose in Powers when he gave thought to the theme of ‘Twenty-second street, was arrested on tity of liquor was poured into a sewer session of one quart of gin and with Gail Mitchell, colored, first block of I street northeast, was arrested at his home and charged with possession of | division 14, social agencies, Miss Ger- uarts of whisky, and ILO colored, 30 years PAGE B—1 GROUP CANVASSING EXTENSION PLANS T0 INCREASE FUNDS All National Capital Firms Employing 25 People to Be Solicited. PROSPECTIVE KEY MEN TO BE SEEN PERSONALLY Expcutives, Staff Members and Other Organization Workers to Hold “Family Rally” Tuesday. Extension of the group solicitation plan to every organization in the Na- tional Capital employing 25 or more people is planned by the Community Chest o ization in the 1930 cam- paign, which will begin January 28 and continue to February 6, it was an- nounced yesterday by Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the group solicitation unit, at a meeting held at Cosmos Club. Instead of the 150 firms listed for group solicitation pus last year Mr, Jelleff said there will be 500 firms this year to be divided among his 15 division chairmen. A large increase in the amount of _contributions _obtained through this plan is expected, he said. Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest, explained the group so- licitation plan of operation to members of the committee, stressing the impor- tance of obtaining the proper key men in each organization. Personal Work Important. ‘The important work before the divi- sion chairmen prior to the campaign, he said, is to visit every firm listed and talk persomally to the prospective key men, -rnn,lp( with them to solicit the employes of their establishments when the campaign starts. Chairman Jelleff announced that his list of division chairmen had been practically completed and includes the following: Division 1, hotels, no chair- man; division 1a, restaurants, Bert Olmsted, chairman; division 2, pure food prodiucts, Ernest Danlel, chairman; division 3, transportation, Daniel L. Moorman, chairman; division 3a, street railway, no chairman; division 4, print- ing crafts, Jack Sheiry, chairman; division 5, retailers, Sydney Strauss, chairman; division 6, public utilities, Frank Taff, chairman; division 7, con- struction and building trades, Willlam E. Russell, chairman; division 8, manu- facturing, returned to the chest; divi- automotive trades, Rudolph Jose, chairman; division 10, laun and dry cleaners, Frank Greyson, chair- man; division 11, insurance, John F. Cremen, chairman; division 12, finance (banking), E. J. McQuade, chairman; division 12a, finance (brokerage), mo chairman; division 13, civic and pro- fessional organizations, no chairman; trude H. Dowling, chairman, and divi- sion 15, cosmopolitan, L. E. Rubel, chairman. Linn C. Drake is secretary of the unit. Mr. Jelleff stated further that several divisions had been purposely left with- out chairmen, as he expects to see the heads of those organizations personally. [Executives, staff members and other workers of organizations affiliated with the Community Chest will hold a “family rally” next Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of the Jew- ish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets. Maurice Bisgyer, executive sec- retary of the center and chairman of the 1‘t’x'munume on arrangements, will eside. pre | The p of the meeting is to ex- plain to workers affiliated with the Cmun‘i;y cbu“:: p.nd ;:l! ;’re o pl e cam) and how 1o ex- tend the results of the cam throughout the year. Methods of co- operation between the various Chairman to Speak. Frederic A, Delmwrmldanl of the Community Chest, 1 describe the importance of the Community Chest to the community. John Poole, chairman of the campaign committee, will explain the plan of the campaign. Corcoran Thom, chairman of the budget com- mittee, will tell how his committee operates. Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, superintendent of the Instructive Visit- ing Nurse Society and chairman of the social agencies division of the Com- munity Chest group solicitation unit, will speak on “How We Can Help With Our Gifts.” Mr. Street will tell how the work of each employe and staff member can aid in making the Com- munity Chest a success. There will also be five playlets and & contest among staff members of the Georgetown University Hospital, the Twelfth Street Young Men's Christian Association, the Salvation Army and the Washington House for Foundlings, each giving a two-minute speech on “What Employes Think About the Com- munity Chest.” A prize will be l{tven for the best speech. There will be music by the Jewish Community Center orchestra and community singing led bt);fl‘ member of the local Y. M. C. A. staff, DIAL PHONE SYSTEM NEARS COMPLETION Installation in Three Exchanges Is Expected to Be Ready for Use by Spring. Installation of the dial system for telephones in the National, District and Metropolitan exchanges is almost com- his newest poem. Some said that a note of sadness was apparent in his voice as he read the first stanza to the :?u‘;t‘ Others agreed with the magis- ate. Powers on one occasion was banished from the city by Judge Mattingly when e was arraigned before him on a charge of vllrnn:i ‘The man read one of his poems to the court and received rsonal bond, but the magistrate in- flormed him that he must leave the city within two hours and remain away for- ever. ‘The next time he was arrested a read- ing of “Whisky Did It All" to the judge obtained his release. The first plete, and the telephone gom) he will spend $3,510,000 on t‘:h p.:‘::’yo‘g:: ;&"l’rk in the next year, it was announced ay. ; Nearly $5,000,000 was svent in 1929, the company reports, in mmproving its plant here. With the addition of 9,000 new tele- phones last year, the District now has 159,360, or 1 telephone for approxi- mately every 3.3 ple. ‘The company’s biggest 1920 project Diiaing 45 750 Teelitn St m g al vel street, which will house the dial system. The dial system, it is announced, 'fll"he pu‘l inullel'vlw this 8§ . The equl wi serve appro; tel 60,000- telephones. g s POLICEWOMAN SWORN. Miss Lena A. Darling Succeeds Mrs. Gladys T. Bean. Miss Lena A. Darling was sworn in as a policewoman today by Chief Clerk ‘There Are No Bar Rooms in Heaven" secured his release yesterda: in five minutes on a mlpendady:nhncz of $100 or 90 days. Ed Harry Luckett. She was formerly a nurse at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The new member of the Woman's Bureau re- places Mrs. Glayds 1. Bean, resigned. v