Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1930, Page 3

" SURVEY REVEALS NEED FOR SCHOOLS District’s Elementary System | Offers Study in Contrasts. Congestion Is General. don play tion o during the recess hours. Overcrowded school ce of any sort, with the excep- tual conditions in the class rooms throughout the city. d Hilton, have practically no the streets, shut off from traftic | conditions in many communities within the city are | strikingly revealed by figures obtained | by Star reporters in their survey of ac- | buildings and | Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent ©f schools, and other educators of the ; city agree that 35 is the desirable maxi- mum number of pupils who should be placed under any one teacher in car- Tying out modern school methods. Yet there are 721 classes in Washington that have more than 35 puplls each. For practical purposes, under present | conditions, the school officials have made 40 pupils the maximum within which they are striving to keep the size of classes in the local school sys- tem. Yet there are 323 classes that have more than 40 pupils each. There are 19 classes in the Washing- ton schools whose enrollments exceed 50 pupils each. Only about 400 classes, or approxi- mately one-third of the total ‘number of classes in the school system, come within the ideal size of a modern ele- mentary class—35 puplls. These totals include only lar ele- mentary school classes, exclusive of kindergartens. Most of these latter carry rolls of 48 or 50, but such totals do_not represent the problem which corresponding numbers of first to eighth grade pupils would suggest. Kindergartens are generally in charge of two teachers and their school-day work differs in_character from the upper grades. The reporters visited them also. however, and individual con- dité:;il; will be reported in subsequent a < Three Excluded in Totals. Neither do the class totals given here include those of the Force, the new Adams or the Morgan school. The opening of the new Adams Building, the resultant abandonment of the old Adams or the Morgan Schools. The ’);{Dmn Bc‘:;olmm the eorl:ll’ed divisions ave resul a general reorganiza- tion affecting the three schools which Temain in service. Classes are being set up this week, and an attempt to compute them during the survey would have been idle, since the results would have presented a situation which would tave changed materially even before tl;; facts w'g! printed. senting these figures attention hufl:ltomefutthnumeym compllations of enrollments found by on the specific visited the individual schools, are subject to variations and therefore at best can be only close approximations. Families are moving constantly, and resorted o by and @ d'in detall - the. teier icier The schools of the first division, for in- stance, will in tomorro Makeshift Methods Found. of space intended for other uses. of these methods of with the situation were found m Star’s nE One hundred and fifty-one part-time classes, for instance, were found. That means that some 76 class rooms were accommodating two class rooms a day every day in the week. Under this plan, one class occuples its room from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., while its * " ‘usal_m the facilities from 1 pm. until .m. The next day, they alternate and the afternoon class takes the morn- ing shift. Besides cutting time from the educational day of these 150 classes, ;r‘:,zpmp-g-ume pmcthod handicape the limiting the room facilities. 1 Blackboard work, for instance, be session instead of Temaining for a continuation of work or & review the following day. In many cases of class roll there is not enough regulation .class To0m furniture to accommodate all the puplls assigned to a given room. The Visiting reporters found scores of rooms in which kitchen and library tables had bce%‘nhced in the corners, with odd chaifs grouped about them for the seat- ing of boys and girls. In one school, the Johnson, at Hiatt place and Lamont street, two groups of sixth grade pupils were plying their texts and pens upon folding card tables, which they them- selves hi#id brought to school. This building, by the way, has a total en- rollment of 420 pupils, while it is equipped with 347 desk and chair sets, Contrasted with these conditions are the classes in some schools whose neigh- borhoods are losing their complement of residents. In these, classes are found with only 20 pupils, more or less, but dt is fair to point out here that instances —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. TO THE PUBLIC_THE WASHINGTON HU- mane Society. having withdrawn from the Community Chest. requests contributions di- Fect from the public. Kindly vend contri- butions for our worihy and much needec work direct to the Washington Humane So- ciety, 1231 N. Y. ave. n.w. MRS. HERBERT W. ELMORE. President WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART,LOAD 10 of from New'York, Richmond, Boston, Pitsburgh and all way points: special rates. NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSK. INC. 1317 N 3 a N%lcl 1S HEREBY GIVEN TO L < itors of Celia Crassas and George A. Gerachis, who heretofore have conducted delicatessen store on premises 1352 You st. nw.. that they have soid said delicate Ficre to John Voulgaris, and th itors file their claim: the 2nd ruary. 1930. with the undersigned, Nicholson. attorney. National Press Washington. D. C. Soterios Bullding, WIT) DESIRED WHO SAW COL- Jision “with pedestzian by automobile ~at “Treasury olace and Pa, ave. Thursday morn- ing. Jan. 23. about 8:50 o'clock Box 488-M. Star office. 370 RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY those contracted by my- CROW. 460 N st. . Address 270 WILL e debts other than i, RAYMOND SPECIAL RETUI FULL or part load at once. any poini Atlanta, Ga. NATIONAL DELIVERY ASSN. National 1460 RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY by any one hut myself, IANE' 1278 Oates st. n.e. 1 WILL NOT BE debts _contracted ' WILLIAM W. CH. RADIOS REPAIRED BY EX! nstalled at lowest cost. orth 10114. o WANTED_RETURN LOADS PERT. AER Estimates given. VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS, Photographed at his desk yesterday amid the flowers he received on his seventieth birthday. —Associated Press Photo. of that minority. Some Rélief fn Sections. Although virtually every community experiences some congestion as well as a few of the “roomy” classes of the minority, the reporters found the most serious crowding in schools located in the more recently developed residential sections. Foremost among these, per- haps, is the territory adjacent to Con- necticut avenue in the Chevy Chase- Cleveland * Park district; the com- munities ‘adjacent to Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, including Langdon and Woodridge, and the general territory lying between Rock Creek Park and Fifth street and embracing the Pet- worth and Brightwood communities. As this is printed, however, some relief for the Langdon-Woodridge section is about to be afforded with the opening of the new Langdon School at Twentleth and Franklin streets north- east, and the Petworth-Brightwood area by the’pending opening of the new Paul High School and the new W. B. Powell (elementary) School at_Fourteenth and hur streets. In its physical equipment Washing- ton'’s school system closely approximates a patchwork quilt, the new structures in whickr the mortar is hardly set representing the bright patterns of new fabric, and. the an ctures kind comprise a decided - | School at Nineteenth street and Colum- bia road; the new Langdon School, the new Brightwood School at Thirteenth and Nicholson streets and the James . Oyster School at Twenty-ninth and Calvert streets. These have modern steam-heating ’plants, m¢ toilet facilities, adequate auditoriums and are of thoroughly fireproof construction. On the other hand are the old build- ings, which were erected from 20 to 50 All | school, recommended nearly 22 years hich 1 House Commission of 1908 for “early abandonment” ; the Lincpln School at Second and C streets south- east and the Bradley School at Thir- teen-and-a-half and C streets south- west, all of which still are in use as ition elementary school buildings, and the Abbot School at Sixth street and New York avenue, now a and the Webster School at Tenth and H streets, now occupled by Americanization classes. The Berrett School at Fourteenth and Q streets, also recommended for abandonment in 1908, still is used for certain annual training classes, although it is destined very soon to lose even these so that it can accommodate school administration . | officers. Heatings Systems Vary, Some of the older buildings of this class have been partly modern- ized but they can not be favorably com- pared, especially in their equipment, with u:u::ewer structures. Heal vary . of the older buildings have been equipped with modern steam-heating plants but many others still have their ol@ hot-air furnaces which. heat the rooms and halls unevenly, fill the at- mosphere with coal gas, and blacken the walls and furniture with soot. There even are some buildings, perma- nent in construction, which are heated wholly or in part by tall iron stoves set up in the corners of the class rooms. These are fired by the janitors, who have to carry coal in scuttles from the base- ment and return the ashes in the same dust-rousing manner. The Van Buren annex at nth and V streets southeast, Anacostia, is one example of this type of antiquity, while the wooden annex to the Congress Heights School is another. The Cardozo School, colored, at First and I streets southwest, an old building in generally poor condition, has a2 hot-air furnace which heats the upper floors, while & class room and the prin- cipal’s office on the first floor depend upon }:eplnu iron stoves for their warmth. An example of a building inadequate- ly heated by hot-air furnaces which not only fail to supply the upper floors with sufficient warmth but belch coal J::!. soot and dust jnto corridors and adaq | Fooms in the Addison School on P street near Wisconsin avenue. Am::do'.h!! buildings in which heating litions are similar are the Van Ness, Fourth and M streets southeast; the Randall Highlands, Thirteenth and R streets southeast, and the Orr, Twenty-second and Prout streets southeast. With the exception of several build- ings with recently modernized plumbing, the toilet facilities in the old schools of the District are startlingly different from the strictly up-to-date tile And pressed steel equipment in the new structures. The old type tollet rooms, generally located in the basement, are cold and damp, badly ventilated and poorly lighted, and are so equipped as to demand constant attention by the janitors and frequent treatment by the District repair shop to maintain condi- tions which remotely approximate sanitation. Like Rural Conditions. But even these conditions, so general throughout the city, are¢climaxed by two glowing examples of the rural school builders’ art. The Stanton School at Alabama avenue and Naylor road southeast, and the Chain Bri HILADELPHIA . .. JAN. 31 | School at Forty-ninth and Garfiel Erom ERNGAROES VA 85"} | streets, have old-fashioned . outhouses o NE® Yo% CITY. -FEB. 3 | which lack running water and se 3 From St FES §|and which are devoid even of | OE SAR. 33 |tanks. Both these structures are set Fo y%cm ] far back on the school lota necsesiiet- ‘o R ks 2t FEB. 10 e children’s vel frequen! f - SV, LONG-DISTANCE thfough snow and ice and stll more A STORAGE CO.. INC. |often through mud. SO0 B NW. T MeAsgpotican. 1usE ROOF REPAIRING —Slag—Siate Guiter, Svoming. Reasonable price. AJAX ROOFING 3 % {"&'&.'73'.,. ‘ana B Smith’s Transfer & Stor-a&e Co. FUTE T North 313 Equally bad from the lhndgoln‘ of heat, light and ventilation are the base- ment play rooms with which the older buildings are provided. The windows in these vaultlike chambers are small and are situated near the ceiling. Similarly the heating equipment, whether warm-air vents or tors, A on the . The tiantic, u_.mmmnnrm celling. provides. one of the worst examples of this . of { pupils to use it even in bad weather, and reporters found boys and girls eat- ing lunches or spending “indoor re- cess” in their class rooms. There are other buildings in which the principals have dealt with the vault play room problem in the same manner. As compared with this highly un- satisfactory type of play room is the type found in the Oyster and the new Brightwood Schools.” They are light, dry and warm. ‘These recreation chambers, however, are in the minority. Playgrounds adjoining schools are as varied as the bulldings themselves. Generally, in the older and more closely settled partions of the city, these yards are very small or virtually nonexistent. Often the children are obliged to play in the streets, which generall{il however, are closed to traffic during the recess periods. In a few instances even this makeshift is denied because of stringent traffic require- ments. The Amidon School at Sixth and F streets southwest and the Hiliton at Sixth and C streets northwest are ex- amples of buildings practically without playgrounds. The Force School lacks not only a playground but closed-street advantages as well. Many of the play- grounds, while adequate as to size, are ly surfaced, unprotected against rs by proper fencing, poorly drained and in varying ges grading or not graded at all. Some of them cannot be used after a rain on account of the muddy clay and pools of water. Such are the playgrounds, for example, at the new Key School, Hurst terrace and Dana place, where the play space has simply been cut from a hillside with no attempt at surfacing, and at the Brent School, Third and D streets southeast. Gullies in Playground. At the Randall Highlands School the playground is a succession of gullies and . ditches. The playground at the School is only about 10 feet: &0 one side from a steam the boys, often over a. steep the trlc{lo and are ‘retrieved Bt i aide of ‘the' playgrii other side of the playgroun icture are such yards as those ad- ining the new Adams School in the west and the Wheatley School in Northeast Washington. These not only are adequately fenced and surfaced, but are equipped with recreational facilities of modern type. The city's 71 wooden portable schools, still in use, were visited by the re- porters in all kinds of weather during the survey. On cold days thermometer readings on instruments six or seven |’ feet above the floor showed adequate temperatures, but in numerous cases pils were found wearing galoshes to their feet warm. & Observations made in various” sec- tions of these one-room structures showed that the heat, emanating from an old-fashioned stove-furnace in the corner, spreads through these buildings unevenly and from the ceilings down. Children seated near the “furnace” in all cases were “warm as toast,” while those occuwtngd seats in opposite cor- Y | ners were chille Where the “furnaces” were fired to heat the far corners of the rooms the puplls sitting near them were too warm for comfort and health. But Lh:flpcn- ables’ floors are only 3 feet the ground in most cases and the floors are cold. 1In others bolt holes were not chinked and cold blasts of air rose to ;ddt to the chilliness of the children’s eet. Board Class Work Difficult. Blackboards in the portables are of black-painted composition board, which bulges outward to make writing and board-class work difficult at best. While these structures generally were found to be in fafr repair, most of them showed such evidence of wear as sprung or sagged doors that permitted entry of cold air. In some cracks had opened in the walls where the movable sec- :l‘;!‘ns had warped out of their original pe. Artificial light, so long non-existent in gumblu. is losing out as a major problem. Electricity and fixtures already have been installed in most of them, and the program of installation now going on will result in the equipment of ';snumy all of them within a month or two. Lighting as a major difficulty also has been practically eliminated in nearly all of the city's permanent school build- ings. There are some exceptions, among which is the Force School, but in most cases there is sufficient daylight on clear days, while on dark days the ample electric lighting facilities eliminate darkness. Hence the class rooms of vir~ tuslly every school building in Wash- ington are now sufficiently well lighted every school day from some source. As conditions in each school building are described in detail later in this serles of articles, ‘it will be disclosed that there are numerous faults not men- of [ much discussed tioned here, which cry out for remedy. In most instances there is an inade- qu;:l.‘ nu_‘%\ber of wash huixlu‘!u- the pu . e Peabody School, for ex- ample, has one wash basin for 204 boys and only one for 212 girls, and |this state of things is by no means | unusual. Auditoriums, in which all the E“ufins of a school building, or a group of d- may assemble for school jects that form today an integral of the educational m, are king in most school buildings in * District. While all new buildings are d‘:rl!d with this valuable room, auditoriums in the old buildings are exceedingly rare. In the entire seventh division, which includes all the white schools of the southwest and southeast, there are only two auditoriums in use, both in the southeast, although money for two more in the southeast is available. The new Bell School, for colored pupils, Second street between Virginia avenue and D streets southwest, has a good auditorium. Many Lack Auditoriums. Auditoriums are more generously pro- vided in various northeast and north- west communities, although even there the majority of the builtdings lack them. Special rooms, demanded by the mod- ern system of education which caters to the individual needs of children in small groups, are lacking in many of the school houses which Washington .is still using. The reporters found stairway landings and cloak rooms being use for coaching classes or health obser- vation stations. Sight-conservation classes and others of a similar nature were often quartered in dark, one-win- dow chambers designed for storage space. pln the same category is the lack of proper office space for principals of buildings. Some of these, confronted with the task of maintaining the statistics and administering the affairs of as many as three buildings, carrying stairway cubby-holes, Pgneyrns for much-needed special rooms are found, it is true, in the case of some of the more recently completed buildings, but pupil congestion in some of these has ‘essitated queer adap- tions. A principal of a 24-room school unit, for Instance, was found to be quartered in a ground-floor storeroom, while her regular office was being used as a special class room. Emergency rooms, or even plain rest rooms, where children injured in play or taken il in class, may be treated, are entirely lacking in many buildings. At the Kenilworth School, for example, if a pupil is taken ill, there is no place where the child may be taken for rest or treatment except a dilapidated couch behind a screen in the second-floor hall. In many of the class rooms that still are equipped with stationary furniture, there are no chairs available for the uping of pupils for party instruction Eolword-nu with present-day prac- tice. It was found that this lack in at least one instance has been met by a parent-teacher association. Three dozen chairs for this purpose, purchased by the Parent-Teacher Association of the Pierce School, Fourtesnth and G streets northeast, were discovered, and it was learned that two dozen mare have been ordered by fl?\:x -’mcmwn and will soon be available for use. oot Washingon s mich Sabgned, e bad o 's mucl , = and intensely used school s . But these are generali- ties_here, which, one by one, are the strokes which paint the broad picture. The details of the conditions. under which the children attend school in the Capital's northwest communities, its southeast communities and those of its northeast and its southwest sections will be reported in the forthcoming ar- ticles of this series. STUDENT PILOTS IN 14 PLANES PASS HERE Fleet on Way From Valley Stream, N. Y., to Florida on Two-Week Training Trip. Fourteen student pilots, in 14 air- planes of various training types, passed over the National Capital yesterday affernoon en route from Valley Stream, | Florida on a two-week train- ‘They will stop at the Curtiss in Baltimore for luncheon and in charge of the training service, is to give the students practical experi. ence which they could obtain in no other way. Their ability to fly cross country will be tested thoroughly. They will plot their courses, navigate their planes over strange territory, take care of their engines and planes and map out their plans under actual weather conditions. A chief instructor and assistant. in- structor and"an expert mechahic are accompan the students to check up on the decisions made by the students as a precautionary measure. The stu- dents will be required to comply fully with all Department of Commeree rules pertain| cross-country 'was announced here, and will be treated exactly as if they were full-fledged transport pilots. BANK SUSPECT HELD. Former Cashier Charged With Em- bezzling $10,000. CINCINNATT, January 25 (#).—Ben- Jamin F. Henderson, former cashier of the Camargo Bank, charged with em- bezzling $10,000 of the bank’s funds, sur- rendered late yesterday to rangers at Indian Hill after eluding searchers since December 27. Last month Henderson walked away from his job. O, De Gray Vanderbilt, bank president, swore out a warrant char him with obtaining $10,000 of the 's funds. v MOTHER OF 27 DIES. Arizona Woman, Native of Mexico, Leaves 91 Grandchildren. BISBEE, Ariz, January 25 (#).— Death has claimed Mrs. R. N. Caravajal, 74, mother of 27 children, 11 6f whom survive. Mrs. Caravajal was a native of Mex- ico. She came here 48 years ago with her husband, who died four years ago. She established a home on a small farm near here, where all of her children ‘were born. She was the grandmother of 91 and had 18 great-grandchildren. Members of the Amsterdam Diamond Exchange Diamonds Other Precious Stones .ok abircine. 37 Years at . . . 935: F Street Jewelers Platinumsmiths on their work in cloak-room corners or * (OFFICIALS FACING - MRS WILLEBRANDT DRY LAW PUZZLE| DECLINES TO TALK Attention Drawn to Spirited Controversy Over Transfer of Prohibition Unit. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘The controversy going on just now over the transfer of the prohibition unit from the Treasury rtment to the Department of Justice is some- thing of a puzzle. The drys want the transfer because they say it will com- bine in one department the duties of detection and prosecution. ~ Secretary Mellon has no objection to the change. Yet the whole thing is a subject of inquiry because of the belief that some- th?nz more fundamental is involved than a mere administrative ‘change. The suspicion is growing that the drys believe they can rid the Department of Justice of political influence more effectively than they could any other department. As a matter of faet, the Attorney General has conceded that he is having trouble in getting the right kind of men for the office of United States attorney. Senator Borah's Criticism. Senator Borah of Idaho has eriti- cized the personnel of the prosecuting machinery of the Government. In-| asmuch as most United States at- torneys are recommended for office by members of Congress, the Department cf Justice finds it difficult to keep out political influence. It sometimes happens that a United States attorney having broad discre- tionary powers is approached by local political bosses who in turn are im- portant factors in keeping a member of Congress or a Senator in office. In the series of articles written by Mrs.. Mabel Walker Willebrandt recent- ly she spoke of the difficulty of enforce- ment of prohibition on account of politics. She has been invited to testify before the House committee on expenditures in the executive depart- ments and it is expected that she will be questioned closely as to why the transfer from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice is being proposed. Mrs. Willebrandt Free Agent. Had Mrs. Willebrandt stayed in the Government service she would have had charge of the entire .prohibition machinery. Now that she is out of office she is free to criticize the meth- ods pursued. It is doubtful, however, whether she will volunteer any com- ments because it is known that there was considerable friction from time to time between the Treasury and the De- partment of Justice whem she was in charge. The general complaint was that the prohibition agents did not get adequate evidence or did not get their cases in such shape where conviction could be obtained. In many of the instances where cases were dropped by the Department of Justice criticism was leveled at United States attorneys, who, however, were not to blame be- cause the evidence was not sufficient. The argument now is that by plac- ing the prohibition unit in the Depart- ment of Justice better trained men will be found. ically the advantages of the combination have been stressed, but there are opponents who believe that the very existence of seperate bureaus in different departments operates as a check abuse of power. President May Be Consulted. Certainly with prohibition enforce- ment concentrated in a single depart- ment the Attorney Genes and his staff will bear complete mpomlb% and the Aunnufl General in turn require the pol Tation of the President himself in to resist the pressure that comes from local it m;mw chiéftains ~whenever “the her ups” behind the rum traffie get into trouble. In the getting of evidence, however, the Department of Justice will be handicapped i the future as the Treasury Department has been in the past by the lack of aid from local police, who, in turn, are subject to political influence, either through mayors or political bosses. Congress is very likely to transfer the whole responsibility to the Department of Justice, but not until af there has been a debate— and a very interesting one—on what are the weaknesses of the present enforcement machinery. Bty IRMA DUNCAN SUED BY AMUSEMENT FIRM ‘Writ Served on Guaranty Trust Co. to Satisfy $5,000 of $65,000 Claim. Aiying, 1t| By the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, January 25.—A writ of attachment to satisfy $5,000 of a $64,500 claim against Irma Duncan, sister of the late Isadora Duncan, dancer, was served today by a deputy sheriff on the Guaranty Trust Co. The plaintiff is the Hurok Attractions, Inc, which alleges Irma Duncan breached a dancing contract under their management which caused them heavy losses. After spend much money in ad- vertising and billing they said she ap- peared late for a performance in Pat- terson, N. ., last October 23, and failed to appear” for two performances in ‘Washington, D. C., and one in Phila- delphia. . Miss Duncan heads a dancing troupe known as the Duncan Dancers of Moscow. e R Rabbi Called to Lynchburg. LYNCHBURG, Va., January 25 (Spe- clal).—Rabbi Ascher Yeager of Wood- lawn Congregation, New York City, is considering a call to take charge of Agudath Sholem Synagogue here. The work at the s le_was given up several weeks ago by Rev. Irvin M. Melamed, who went from here to Chi- €80 to accept a ra i FINER USED CARS WHERE PRICE TELLS and QUALITY SELLS HAWKINS-NASH 1529 Mth St. Dec. 3320 ) Informs House Committee She Will Not Testify on » Dry Transfer. (Continued From First Page.) of the Civil Servicé Commission, on the ‘Williamson bill to effect the prohibi- tion enforcement transfer, which pre- viously had been opposed by Mrs. ‘Willebrandt. While hearings have been delayed in the House. judiciary subcommittee on the Christopherson bills to broaden the powers, of United States commissioners in an effort to relieve con Fed- eral courts, the Senate J committees expect to begin he: both the. transfer and com bills next week. As a means to bring about better en- forcement of the dry laws, Representa- tive Dyer, Republican, Missouri, sug- gested in a conference with President Hoover that the matter of authorizing the manufacture of non-intoxicating beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic content by weight be considered by the Na- tional Law Enforcement Commission. Dyer, a member of the judiclary com- mittee, in a letter to Chairman Wick- ersham of the commission said that if 2.75 per cent beer were to be made legal under the eighteenth amendment it would satisfy the thirst of 70 per cent of the hard liquor drinkers of the country, besides bringing about maore prosperity for grain growers and de- creasing unempioyment. Chemists and scientists, he added, held that beer con- taining ‘3 per cent alcohol by weight was non-intoxicating. Hearing Requested. Dyer also requested Chairman Gra- ham of the judiclary committee to be- gin s*soon on his measure to legalize 2.75 per cent beer. In the Representative Cox, Democrat, Georgla, demanded final de- termination of the law which permits the transfer to Federal courts of cases brought against Federal dry agents, in order to prevent abuse of the privilege. A better spirit would pervade among the péople in the States, he said, if some assurance were given that the right to transfer cases from State to Federal courts was not abused. ‘The Senate amended the tariff- bill to deny freedom of the port to mem- bers of Congress, out of which have grown charges that the privilege was fi:uud through the bringing in of uor. In making clear her attitude toward appearing before the House expe: committee, Mrs. Willebrandt wrote that she noted than any other citizen, T T 80 A charging of e the law, I would prefer {hn you hear their views rather than mine.” CYCLE OFFICER INJURED. Selby’s Left Leg and Hand Pigned by Motor in Car Crash. Raymond Selby, 32 yeats old, a mem- ber of the Park Police, received con- tusions of the léft leg and hand yes- terday afternoon when his,motor skidded on Anacost P AP oS A. complete talking camera and apparatus has been erected in one of the large salons of the Elysee, the official home of French Presidents. DATE IS SET FOR DANCE. Catholic Organization Seeks Funds A proven office on Colum- for Missions in Alabama. PR assppior o “opew . | Y ‘The fifth annual dance of the Local || Street, is now -vfllm for rental. Conference of the Catholic Students’ Missfon 1 held at the Raleigh Hotel February 7, it was de- cided at a meeting in St. Paul's Acad- emy Friday night. ‘The Vaeth unit of the organization is planning a Sunday evening social, St. Dominic's is giving a dance and St. Patrick’s will hold & card party to ob- tain funds for the missions in Holy Trinity, Ala,, which were recently wiped out by fire. g This apartment is focated on the an ideal arrangement tion office and mnagnoe, or for sev- eral offices. For HOWARD W. PHILLIPS & CO. National 6161 PHYSICIAN’S DENTIST’S combina- rs, phone Evenings: Col.-6749 SIX MEMBERS OF FAMIL- LOSE THEIR LIVES IN Fié¥: Seventh Suffers Burns About Face in Effort to Rescue Mother From Flames. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Mich, January 25.—8ix members of a family were dead here to- day as a result of fire which destroyed their home in 'this village late last night. The dead are Mrs. Willlam Kent and her children, Lueille, 7; Willlam, 8; Thomas, 10; Agnes, 13, and Oneeta, 14. Bruce, 16, another son, who attempted to rescue his mother, was burned about the face. His condition was sald to be favorable. The fire, which is believed to have started from an overheated stovepipe, was discovered at 10 minutes before midnight. By the time the village fire truck arrived at the house it was a mass of flames. Kent was away from home at the time, he being employed in a Flint auto- mobile factory. James, 18, another son, was in Hillman, a neighboring town. Mrs. Mildred Bloom, a daughter, also lives in Atlanta. Leading Vocalists Chosen. 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