Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1930, Page 17

1 Washington News : WASHINGTON, D. C., MERGER DEADLOCK AIRPORT BILL 0. K. *{ARCHIVES BUILDING The Foening Star THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930. TRNIIB WAR LD PAGE B-—1 : I It - FACED, CONFERENCE | i PLAN 5 ADVANCED Lampert Calls on Commis- sion and Traction Interests to Get Together. HEARS OPPOSING VIEWS ON COURT AUTHORITY Bowen Willing to Seek Solution, but Hartman Doubts Success of Negotiations. Declaring that the entire merger | proposal for the street railways here is threatened by a deadlock between the Public Utilities Commission and the traction interests over the ’-tter's claim that the merger bill would deprive the utilities of “due process of law,” Repre- sentative Lampert of Wisconsin, mem- ber of the House District committee, today called on the commission and the railway companies to attempt to iron out their differences in conference. ment. Representative Lampert, after listen- ing to te views on the meaning of 12 of the merger bill, which would define fluluo)yenl court authority over decisions the his fear that hearing would end in the & Electric Co., said he would be — toeumlnm'g such & conference expressed hope that the difficulties might be straightened out. 3 of the already had been . He ex- nego- i i ‘ i i : i 3 i 2 j i cehik i that and mo{mwm lm?"fl-d &nfllmmm ted to the committee statement action of Chamber of Commerce in merger proposal. STORE TO EXTEND AREA OF NEW MEZZANINE|¥ Woodward & Lothrop Announces Ninth-Floor Improvement Will Be Started Soon. Expansion of the ninth or meszanine floor of the building of the Woodward & it between Lothrop nt _store, Tenth and Eleventh, F and G streets, will be started shortly, it was announced today by W. W. Everett, vice president and general manager of the concern. A portion of the the floor vide between additional made possible “;mmnlne floor as an audi- the gnlld- been esti- E PRESENTED Pennsylvania U. Mask and Wig Club at Belasco April 11. The Mask and Wig Club of the Uni- wersity of Pennsylvania will present its forty-second Spring production in ‘Washington the evening of Apgil’11 at the Belasco Theater. It 1s entitled “John Faust, Ph. D.” a satire on the Faust Jegend, especially as related to the ‘Gounod opera. ‘The production is in two acts and em) four scenes, the most 3 itious show ever staged by E| : attend to his co on | arrangements had been made ! il | | MISS HANNAH ANDERSON of HEARINGS 70 BEGI OND. . FISLALBL Bingham Confers With Audi- tor to Arrange for Mon- day Meeting. W, 3 Democrat, of New York, and Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico. The three members of the Senate District com- X-RAY TO DETERMINE MISS BRIDE’S INJURIES | ii5uiie s Daughter of Corporation Counsel Is Hurt Painfully in Fall From Horse. Miss Adelaide Bride, daughter of 0! tion Counsel and Mrs. William w. , will be given an X-ray exam- ination tomorrow to ex- tent of injuries received Monday after- noon when she fell from an Army horse at Fort Myer while rehearsing with a group of debutantes and young matrons for the “Soc Circus” to be held at the fort Saturday for the benefit of the enlisted men'’s recreation fund. md girl's injuries; gar tured rib. She of a trained nurse of Edgemoor, Md., suffering from severe bruises and wrenched muscles. Miss Bride, a horsewoman of consid- erable experience, pulled up her horse short in the Fort Myer riding hall and g’l‘l, under the animal on the tan bark ring. Miss Bride was picked up by Capt. M. A. Devine and taken to the hospital for first aid before being not re- t ven Re- LINGOLN MUSEUM BY SENATORS NEXT Action at Hearing on Bingham Plan. C. OF C. AND CITIZENS ‘Which Would Put Field Near Highway Bridge. end of Highway Bri that the measure | ported, probably next week. ‘Witnesses were divided over the bill, the Trade supporting it, while the i of Commerce, " A Terms of Pending Bill. chase of the Wi Alrport | Hoover Fleld, which, with a part of farm, a portion of Columbia Sirpors of 280 aevee, The fport wo o acres. be financed by a loan of $2,500,000 from the Federal Treasury, to be repald by the District without interest. . Grant said the amendment he PLAN GAINS FAVOR) =522 House Committee Agrees to Report Favorably on Ford Theater Proposal. ‘The House District committee yes- terday agreed to report favorably the 1929 Report is Cited. Col. Grant said the park commission had & nnogendln‘ location within its 1929 report. The later that the in 1029 took the position that Gravelly Point is better because it could be - bill which would establish a Lincoln Museum in the old Ford Theater, on Tenth street, where President Lincoln was assassinated. ‘The council the dthn‘l' {fld&lm The committee also will report fa- | *’g vorably the bill to authorize the Com- missioners to permit authorities in the surrounding counties to use the present municipal incinerators. ‘The museum bill, introduced by Rep- resentative Beck of Pennsylvania, ai thorizes appropriation of $100,000 for the alteration and repair of the old the- ater as a repository for Lin- colniana other articles of the Civil G. A. R, other Civil War patriotic bodies. Re- for care and maintenance of he bullding would be vested in the di- re:t:: of public buildings and public PThe incinerator bill, introduced by T8 to enter into an agreement with authorities adjacent to the District of Columbia for disposal of combustible material in the incinerators built by ipuiate duntiics petmitied 10 be as- s quant permf < of and prices to be charged, in discretion of the Commissioners. DRAMA GUILD OPENS | PARLEY SATURDAY Second Annual Conference to Be Held at Central Community Center. ‘The Community Drama Guild will in- augurate its second annual drama con- ference Saturday evening with a dinner at the Central Community Center at Thirteenth and Clifton streets, at 7 o'clock. An entertainment program will be given under direction of Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, assisted Moore Forrest, executive secretary of the guild, and Capt. Ray C. Montgomery of the board of governors. Dr. Henry Grattan Doyle will be toastmaster and will introduce as speak- ers Dr. De Witt C. Croissant, chairman of the board of governors; Dr. Paul Kaufman and Denis E. Connell. Dr. Kaufman will present to Miss Ruth Welty an award for her success in the | to her home by a companion, Miss becca Davison. GEN. NEVILLE IS SENT TO NAVAL HOSPITAL | | Marine Corps Commandant Suffers From Weakness Caused by Slight Stroke. Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, com- mandant of the Marine Corps, is & | patient at the Naval Hospital for a | muscular weakness on the right side resulting from a slight stroke. Physi- math of an attack of : Capt. Theodore W. il;hlrrdl.ufdl'&ldl Corps. commanding ‘hospil Gen. Neville'’s codition was “good.” Officers at Marine Corps ar- ters asserted Gen. Neville was able to ce and no to relleve him®temporarily as t. Dutch Seaman Arnlua Klass De Wolff, 24-year-old seaman of Amsterdam, Holland, was arrested here y l:yuwu sam":‘: I.mm#nfion authorities at Baltimore. De Wolff said he enlisted in the mer- chant marine of Holland and w:khuum-hmnmr-hdflw had City, using what money he to reach this aw Hotel recent one-act play tournament ar- ranged by the gulld. DR. ATKESON SPEAKS W. Journalism Class Hears Noted Woman Writer. How to prepare a manuscript in rofessional manner for publication, | the ow to know what the editor wants, how to approach the editor and differ- ences in e and newspaper wrl were d yesterday after- Dr. Mary Meek A 1 known writer of this city in a talk before the journalism class at George ‘Washington University. the National League of American Pen ‘Women and for the past few years has been head of its manuscript bureau. She gave some interesting anecdotes from her personal ex] ces and those of other professional writers to illustrate the advice she gave her young hearers. Dr Atkeson is the author of numer- articles dealing with country life, as as of books and plays subject as a Guests at Farewell Party. A farewell was given Army at the Evangelin night. Adjt. Smith will for New York, where he will be placed in charge of the John Markle Memorial for women. ous well w this by Mrs. Marie | gn, Dr. Atkeson is first vice president of | « mobile drivin, o Her hus 5 there were some, but he did not know the number. ‘was the board formerly was for the Gravelly Point site, but that w iooked like nothing might done for a year or two, his organization m'fl:d to see pending the commission bring out spokesman said in the bill for making ch;n;‘ Board of Trade a) jement e is mnommuy sound it of revenue should be derived from op- eration of the airport. Points Out Others’ Profits. Aftes inting out that the Oakland, Calif. %& showed $24,000 net last , and that the Tulsa airport had net earnings of $23,761 for the six months , Mr. Willlams pre- District ‘would take in a considerable part of the reim- bursements it will have to make to the Federal Government. Mr. Williams agreed to placing title to the land in the United States, say- ing that he realized the difficulties that might develop otherwise. Elwood P. Morey, attorney for one of the proposed sites to the north of the city suggested last year, appeared in op- T way , 8 the proposed airport and fog conditions on the river. J. E. Potbury of Chillum, ::' also bu:mn in opposition to the Col. Grant gave the subcommittee figures he said were obtained from the United States Engineer Office showing that for $1,914,000 an airport of nearly same size as the proposed site could be developed at Gravelly Point in three years. He said later his personal view was that it would take about four years Banatse Vamdoasery placed n th an: e record a letter from the inter-federation conference indorsing the Bingham bill. HITS POLICE PATROL Woman Learning to Drive Dam- ages No. 3 Wagon. Hitting a police patrol is the way Mrs. Plorence Grimtn, 34, of 1746 K street, started her coufse in sband, .Vllnu" - WEEK IS EXPECTED Although the Senate subcommittee took no action at hearings yesterday on the Bingham-Nelson bill to estab- lish the District airport near the south , indications are be favorably re- who _testified yesterday Board of Chamber {cil and Federation of Citizens’ Associa- following architects plans, and one, the o laced n its position in and recommended an amend- . The pending bill provides for pur- and the and an ‘would SITE CHANGE T0 BE STUDIED AT SESSION Subcommittee Fails to Take|Department of Justice Strue- ture Would Be Put West of Market Area. MODELS OF 2 EDIFICES OPPOSE PROPOSAL | HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED Board of Trade Supports Measure, | Effect on Mall Cross-Axis Program Weighs Heavily in Consid- ering Transposition. Plans to build the redesigned Archives on the site of Center Market tead of the Department of Justice, easury Department Beard of Architectural Consultants, with Sec- Mellon. s will be considered tomorrow at & ing of the Tr it retary of the pl;meedm nn moved to the area immedia nue, where o al plans had pl the Archives mmrep Already ferent Archives and Justice Buildings have been ent beautiful models of the dif- Departm: Archives, was pi the triangle model on the first floor of the Treasury Department today. i Could Be Left-Alone. The remodeled was said, either its old site, or the the market now is, but it was und stood tomorrow will be the sition of the two buildings. Several consi architectur: to visualize from many angles of the model_the triang , the sfte of Center thing, at the cross-axis odel stage, it is expected that if thesc plans prove satisfactory the whole tri angle can move along in or derly other rises. s one building after an- THEATERS MUST GET FIREPROOF CURTAINS Four Ordered by Commissioners to Have Equipment Installed by April 10. Four Washington theaters were served yesterday with notices that they must install fireproof curtains, so that in the event of a fire back stage the curtain may be dropped to prevent the fire from reaching the audience. The notices were served Corporation Counsel William 'W. Bride, on order of the District Com- missioners. The Strand, Gayety, How- ard and Lincoln Theaters were un_l'._uhApfll 10 to make the installat - e others are now equipped or will be torn down to make way for new Federal buildings. The curtain ture theaters, where there is no stage presentation. The picture houses where presentations are in vogue are now properly equipped. AMERICAN U. — DORMITORY ‘Treasury tment of Justice, orginally for the market site, woum';et of the market, bounded by Ninth and Tenth, B street and Pennsylvania ave- Archives Building, it bably could be placed on new one, where er- the proposal before the board definite transpo- Justice, which was nodel of TRAFFG ISHAPS CLAM VETING Man and Woman in Hospital After Crash Near Laurel. Others Injured. W. M. Long, 23 years old, of 739 Newton street is suffering from internal injuries at Providence Hospital, while Mrs. Margaret Bishop, 41, of Landover, Md, is confined to Casualty Hospital with a fractured left leg, shock and lac- McFADDEN TO SPEAK ‘Straight Thinking in Interna- tional Affairs” Is Subject. the new monumental archives structure. —=Star Staff Photo. 7101 ALTER EED WL BE CRADUATED Exercises Will Be Held at Red Cross House Tomor- row Afternoon. Graduation exercises of the 1929-30 classes of junior dietitians, junior phys- lotherapy aides and junior occupational aides at Walter Reed General Hospital, Army medical center, will be held at the Red Cross house at the hospital resetvation tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Col. C. C. Collins, Medica: Corps, as- sistant commandant, will preside. Ad- dresses will be made by Col. E. B. Ved- MRS. KIMBALL ESTATE Former Maine Woman Places $50,- 000 in Trust for Tenants of Home State Property. this redesigned : companies, ir pay in the District. denied they Pending nion, tang] pr He decl & . dri assistant surgeon general, comman of presen! ‘Mtn physiotherapy aides and operators. Mae Cana Perry . Margaret M. Ellis, Louise George, Dal. is tion, WHITE HOUSE CAR ROBBED far T e oo y. Laprobe With President’s Seal Is Stolen. be with the President's seal lnt:rwlz';:: on one side was stolen from , and at the Mary cer r Gordon St ona aryiand, dresine, northeast al & E%M ht. It is valued at $75. potied the theft 15 poilse. One of the re] 3 President’s secretaries was using the car, 1t 1§ sal KERNEY IMPROVES Member of Haiti Commission Ral- lies From Illness. CONTRACT IS AWARDED | m; Building to Accommodate 40 Will Be First Unit of Residence for Men on Campus. Contract has been awarded to Samuel J. Prescott Co, Inc, for construction of the first unit of the “residence for men” on the American University campus, it was announced by Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor. ‘The , to accommodate 40 men, will be the first part of a larger building which eventually is expected to have approximately 8 units. It will be two storles high, constructed of local stone, :fi]h::lu roof and gable windows, and Construction is expected to begin within a few days. ‘The location is on the south side ot the campus, facing what will be the great quadrangle. In architecture the unit wiil be of simple design. : —— e Youth Is Slain by Guard. CORSICANA, Tex., March 27 (#).— Ralph V. Graff, shot and killed jumped from a truck in wi T. M. Pranks, guard at the Navarro County Farm, was conveying ers to the “farm. The youth was held on a charge of unlawful train riding, 20, Tipton, Ind, was | late when he Mrs. Kerney said her husband’s ill- ness had been caused by a “let down" following several of stren- ‘uous work. Spen 3 Minnigerode is also left $10,000. Alice F. Guyer, a niece of the hus- band, is to have $50,000 and the remain- ing estate is devised one-fourth to a brother-in-law, James R. Kimball, and three-fourths to a sister-in-law, Con- BRIDGE TO BE RAZED The bridge over the highway near Mount Vernon, used by the old electric railway line on a short run to & nearby gravel pit will be blown up tonight to make way for the termin { the Mount Vernon Memorial under construction. the demolition of the cleared away before interruption of motor ‘Vernon. EMPLOYES SEEK RELIEF AS MICE GNAW JUVENILE Lunches, Cosmetics, Coats Delicacies for Hundreds of Weary of sharing their lunches with the hundreds of mice which infest Juvenile Court Bullding at N lvm\uficmt.:m from eat overcoal employes for action e 4 e&&éi g i ] § st g i 5 ¥ COURT EVIDENCE and Even Poisons Prove Rodents. . | esses who ap- ‘Welliver g s ] E al is f EEE.RET.2 iegfs ! latter’s demise to the grandchildren of Gordon. Esthe: K MINENT HERE BLAGKLIST RESLT 300 Meter Machines Are Reported Idle by Drivers’ Union. TANGLED SITUATION FACED BY LABOR BODY Operators of 35-Cent Lines Are Placed on “Unfair List” by Organization. With the local taxicab drivers’ union reporting 300 meter cabs idle here as the result of operation of four new companies which offer taxi transporta- tion in the “city proper” for 35 cents, and the new , ACCOTe to the union, “not interested” in enrol their drit in their meter cab companies pay, one union official today saw a taxicab war im- minent Meanwhile, operators of meter cabs today were forced cabs idle, while the two erators of mge:p’e':bul was normal o opera the 35-cent en:lc "n final acceptance or refusal of the terms of the union for enroll~ list by Ul , it also was learned today. Says Drivers Face Blacklist. E. C. Rayford, business chauffeurs’ union, the tion affiliated wtih their lvers blacklisted. Already, mmd aechn& é:e union tn?:not'& gone over opera S ST SR E lace it conginue to drive for the 35-cent cab undunmumt:luthm oper operators of the meter cabs, is charged i IDRIVER SAW FORSTON, f WITNESS BELIEVES Auto Was Within Speed Limit When Victim Was Hit, Coroner’s Jury Hears. A verdict of death from injuries suf- knocked down by an un- was returned a8 today in the case of Dr. eene R. Forston, 50 years old, of 1731 P street, killed Tuesday night at Du- pont Circle. Theodore Lenix, 1515 Twentieth treet, testified that the driver of the -n% was ing within the speed on a green light. he thought Dr. Forston saw the proaching on the southwest corner of New Hamp- shire avenue. Lenix and Victor R. Evans, 1916 Six- teenth street, who arrived on the scene a few minutes after the accident, said they saw the car slow down a block away at Nineteenth street and then P creased speed. roceed at in PEAK SCALER TO SPEAK - Bt T Youth Who Climbed French Moun- tain to Describe Ascent. Bradford Washburn, 19, conqueror of the “Green Needle,” a peak near Mont Blanc, France, previously believed to be unscalable, will deseribe ascent, of the mountain in an address before members of the National phic. Soclety at the Washington A tomorrow it. ‘Washburn is a Harvard student and temporarily will leave his studies in Cambridge to deliver the address. The lecture will be illustrated with lantern slides and motion p! taken by the speaker. MORAN RETIREMENT UP Veteran Police Sergeant Reported Physically Incapacitated.