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WEATHER, (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mair, continued warm tonight and probably tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Hi 92, at 3:45 ighest, EJI. yesterday; lowest, 62, at 5:30 a.m. Fuli report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 31,445, post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D, C. GANNON CONTINUES IN'HIS REFUSAL TO TELL COMMITTEE OF 198 CAMPAIGN Methodist Bishop Persists in| Contention Anti-Smith Work | Was Personal and Not Sub- ject to Investigation. BLAINE AND WALSH FAIL TO GET WITNESS’ REPLIES | Churchman Also Declines to Re-| veal His Checking Accounts on| Ground That They Are Not the Business of Senate Lobby Probers. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Bishop James Cannon, jr., head and forefront of the anti-Smith Democratic campaign in the South in 1928, today flatly declined to tell the Senate lobby commit- tee anything about his own polit- ical activities. Bishop Cannon persisted in his refusal to discuss his work in the 1928 campaign in the face of scores of questions which were hurled at him by Senator Blaine | of Wisconsin, a member of the Senate committee, and Senator Walsh of Montana, acting chair- man in the absence of Senator Caraway of Arkansas. The anti-Smith Democratic leader, who also is an ardent pro- hibitionist and bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, insisted that he had noth- ing to be ashamed of and nothing to “cover up.” He charged, however, that his in- vestigation by the lobby committee was persecution. He denied the jurisdiction of the committee to inquire into any- thing except lobbying. Declines to Answer. At one point Senator Blalne caffed upon Bishop Cannon to tell the com- mittee what checking accounts he had in banks. Bishop Cannon declined, saying that his personal affairs were not the business of the lobby committee. Not in all the months of its investi- gation has the committee before run up against a witness who had declined to answer questions or who has denied the jurisdiction of the committee. What the Senate committee will do has not yet been determined. Bishop Cannon himself called atten- tion to the fact that Senator Caraway in an Associated Press dispatch from Arkansas last nighf had upheld his contention that the committee had no jurisdiction over Bishop Cannon’s ac- iivities in the political campaign of Senator Walsh of Montana, however, indicated that he took an entirely dif- ferent view of the matter. He said that he believed the committee wholly justified in questioning Bishop Cannon about his activities as a dry opponent of Gov. Smith in the presidential cam- paign. He called attention to the fact that other witnesses, especially the head of the Association Against the Prohibi- tion Amendment, Mr. Curran, testified regarding their political activities. Quorum Not Present. “Obviously there is not a quorum of the committee present today,” said Senator Walsh, “and it will be impos- sible to make any order in the premises if you insist upon declining to answer the committee’s questions.” The committee has five members, and the only two at the hearing today were (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) CONTRACTOR TELLS WILD | STORIES OF KIDNAPING County Officials Accompany Man Home After Observing Him Overnight. By the Associated Press. CAIRO, 1ll, June 4.—After spending s night in jail here for observation | by physicians, Lawrence J. Miller, | Naperville, IIl., contractor, left for his home today with Du Page County (Il). officials to whom he insisted his weird tales of kidnaping and torture were not exaggerted, despite belief of Sheriff Lawrence Bunch of Cairo, that Miller | was _suffering from hallucinations. | Miller, who had been missing from | his home since May 21, yesterday ap- | peared in two Southeast Missouri towns. Hit-and-Run Driver Chases Off Pursuing Victim With Pistol A two-mile chase after a hit- and-run machine which his car last night ended in dis- appointment for Howard E. Pad- gett, 21 years old, of 716 G street northeast, when he pulled along- side of the machine he was pur- suing, only to into the business end of a revolver. “I'm tired of you following me,” the driver of the hit-and-run car snapped. “Turn around and beat it.” Padgett obeyed. ‘The accident in which the youth's car wzs damaged occur- red at New York avenue and North Capitol street and Padgett chased the other automobile to Kentucky avenue and East Cap- itol street before overhauling it. Two men were in the car, he told police. Padgett obtained the tag num- ber of the automobile, but license records revealed the tags to be “dead” plates. HINT GANGSTERS USE CREMATORY By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 4—A crematory for gangster dead—an ingenious and ghast- ly device for removing the evidence of wholesale murder—was hunted by State’s attorney’s men today while po- lice puzzled over another and partic- ularly brutal gangland assassination. Pat Roche of the State's attorney’s office said he had rellable information that a North Side gang was cremating its murder victims, thus a::,:flnl rid of the “corpus delicti.” The )pearance in recent weeks of William ins, St. Paul, Minn,, racketeer, and Ben- nett, New York whisky dealer, has given credence to the crematory report, Roch said. He pointed out further that with- Chicago Official Says He Has; Information Group Is Cre- mating Victims. he WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. BOMB PARTS GIVEN COURT AS EVIDENCE IN'TRIAL OF BRADY Particles Admitted Over Pro- test of Defense Attorneys at Rockville Hearing. YOUNG WITNESS RECITES HOW PIECES WERE FOUND Others on Stand Also Relate Ac- count of Discovery of Tubing and Brass Cap. By a 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKYV! ., June 4.—Parts of | the bomb which exploded at Seat Pleas- ant New Year day and killed three persons were admitted in evidence today at the murder trial of Leroy Brady in Circuit Court at Rockville over the pro- tests of defense counsel. The ruling of the court followed a spirited verbal exchange between op- posing attorneys. In entering an ex- ception, M. Hampton Magruder, chief of defense counsel, contended that the pieces of tubing, a brass cap and other metal were not necessarily a part of the bomb. The ruling of the court was considered a distinct victory for the prosecution. Four members of The Star staff told of the finding of the articles by three boys. The boys themselves told of dis- covering the fragments in the wrecked kitchen of the home of John Hall on the Saturday following the blast. Tells of Finding Particles. The first boy, Herman Schmidt, 14 years old, of Maryland Park, said he found several of the articles while pok- ing around through the debris. He sald he and companions entered the house after being chased away once by de- tectives. Fan attacks 1o Chicago.in which. the al n %fim after being nl‘::?dovrn has been carried away in the automobile of his attackers. Tenth Mugder Uncovered. The latest gang murder—the tenth in the Chicago area within three days— was discovered last night. The victim was Thomas Somnerio, 33 years old, who was tried and acquitted of com- plicity in the election day (1928) slay- ing of Octavius Granady, Negro lawyer. Sumueflo'l body was found late last night in an alley at the rear of the 800 block on Harrison street. The body was cut and bruised, indicating torture. The wrists were wired. A 'fl:n fignd the neck indicated Som- neri been garroted. Indicted and tried with Somnerio for the Granady dmwu{dmer ';aré Louis clea mente, aligne e’ Capones, an Rocookm Belcastro, reputed expert in bomb making. murder was in reprisal for the “little massacre” ot three Druggan associates at Fox Lake early Sunday. They say it is just another episode of blood in the renewed gang war precipitated six weeks ago with the slaying of Joe Blue, ex- convict and friend of Terry Druggan, one-time beer baron. Defied Gang Warnings. Blue, if the police theory is correct, came here from New York and entered the beer business, ying the warn- ings ot that group of Sicilians still identified as members of the Genna gang. Blue felt secure, police reasoned, with the backing of Terry Druggan and George Drug; brothers. But Blue was in. This, in effect, was a defl to the Druggan followers. It led, police said, to the slaying last Saturday morning of Philip Ignolfo, a Genna man, and ‘wounding of two companions. The group, as police reconstruct it, wasted no time in retaliation, for early Sunday three of the Druggan group were machine- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) THREE OF FAMILY KILLED BY AUTO Are Seven Relatives of Victims Injured in Same Accident ISear Keyser, W. Va. By the Assoclated Pr KEYSER, W. Va., June 4.—Three persons were killed and seven others in- jured—all members of one family—when they were run down by an automobile on the Keyser-Cumberland road near here late last night. ‘The dead—Mrs. Faye Walker, Bar- bara Walker, 11, her daughter; Junior Walker, 8, her son. ‘The injured—Mrs. Edith Walker Johnson, 22, married daughter of the dead woman; Sadie Walker, 15, another daughter; Samuel Walker, 3; James Walker, 18; Ernest Walker, 6; Esther Walker, 6 months; Betty Johnson, 16 months. Keyser police announced that John He had been stabbed, and told stories of being kidnaped, robbed of $1,100 and tortured before he escaped from his cap- | tors after killing one of them with a jack handle. Missouri officials were unable to verify the killing, which Mil- ler said occurred about 50 miles south of Sikeston | Kiener, Keyser, was the driver of the car. He reported the accident and was held pending investigation. The Walkers were visiting friends at Dawson, and were returning home on a secluded section of the road when the car suddenly turned a curve and ran into the group, police reported. NASSAK DIAMOND IS HELD LIABLE TO 20 PER CENT DUTY BY COURT Jewel Is Declared Not to Be Artistic Antiquity and Ineligible for Free Entry. A diamond, which once adorned the statue of the Goddess Shiva, in India, and which has been the subject of con- troversy in the customs courts of the United States for many months, was decided this morning by the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals to be subfect to the tariff im- posed upon all imported jewels—in this case, 20 Per cent of the value of the diamond, The diamond, which was imported by mail in 1927 at the port of New York by E. F. Bandler, American represent- ative of Maboussin, French jeweler, was agmitted duty free by the lower Cus- tdPhs Court in New York on the grounds a¢ the diamond was an artistie sntionity An aj 1 against the decision of the loweprp:mn was filed in the Court of Appeals by Mayers, Osterwald & Muhlfeld, Inc, a New York firm of wholesale dealers in diamonds, pearls and precious stones. After much de- liberation, the Court of Appeals decided that whereas the diamond is an antique, it is not artistic in a tariff sense, ing merely the mechanical work of a skilled diamond cutter, and not the original work of an artist. ‘The history of the stone goes back vaguely to the fifteenth century and ac- quired its name, the Nassak diamond, from Nassak, on the uj ‘Godavery in India, where in one of the famous | cave temples of that &IMQ o have adorned the statue of the In- Police are certain that Somnerio's | & , it is said* A vivid word picture of the damage caused by the bomb was given by the Schmidt boy. He sad the furniture was ripped to bits, plaster was torn from the walls and ceiling, there was & gap- ing hole in the floor and another hole in_the ceiling. The defense won an argument over a portion of the Schmidt boy's testi- mony. He said there apparently was a trace of sulphuric acid on some of the metal he found. The defense lawyers insisted he should not be permitted to express an opinion of this sort because he was not an expert. They were upheld by the court. Tubing Under Floor. Henry Edelin, 15 years old, of Mary- land Park, a companion of Schmidt boy, told of finding a plece of tubing beneath the floor. He was fol- lowed on the witness stand by Martin ‘Weir, 13, of Capitol Heights, who found a section of the fuse and the cap. Ivan H. Johnson of the circulation epartment of The Evening Star said he talked with the boys in Seat Pleas- ont shortly after they made their dis- coveries and arranged with them to have the articles turned over to the authorities. Augustus Chinn, a photographer for The .Star, identified each of the arti- cles, explaining that he had taken pictures of them shortly after they were found. He added the boys turned the fragments over to him and that he gave them to Joseph Fox, assistant city editor of The Star. Fox was ex- pected to testify later in the day. Will Call Experts. The articles also were identified by Harold Rogers, & Star reporter, who went to Seat Pleasant with Chinn on learning of the finding of the.frag- ments by the boys. J. Wilson Ryon, of counsel for the prosecution, in insisting that the ar- ticles found by the boys be admitted in evidence, said experts would be called in an effort to prove that the exhibits actually had been a part of the bomb. He sald the experts would testify that bands on the steel indicated they had figured in an explosion. ‘As witness after witness testified, the defendant, a young Washington auto- mobile mechanic,. showed no signs of being under a strain. He seemed little concerned over the constant bickering between opposing counsel. Hall Is Main Witness. ‘The principal witness yesterday was Leslie Hall, young brother of those slain. Defense attorneys brought out on cross examination that Herman had visited the Hall home after the “gift” was left on the front porch of a neigh- bor, Mrs. John Buckley. Mrs. John Hall, mother of those slain, also testified late yesterday. She said she had no knowledge of the fact (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ONE KILLED, 9 HURT IN HEAD-ON CRASH Seven Marines Are Injured as Cars Collide Near Lipins Hill, One man was killed and nine were hurt, one seriously, in a head-on col- lision between two automobiles on the Baltimore-Annapolis highway early this morning. Seven of those injured were Marines stationed at the Barracks near the Naval Academy at Annapolis. ‘The dead man is Benjamin Phipps, 55, an insurance agent of Annapolis. Phipps, with Paul Waldrop, a salesman, | of Annapolis, who is suffering from possible fracture of the skull, and Ches- ter Carpenter, also of Annapolis, was taken to the Emergency Hospital at Annapolis by a passing motorist. Phipps was pronounced dead at the hospital by Justice of the Peace Stephen Everd of Green Haven, Md., acting coroner. ‘The Marines, none of whom was in- jured seriously, all suffering cuts and bruises, were taken to the Naval Hos- pital at Annapolis in a passing taxicab. ‘The Marines are: W. C. Hale, George Harkey, John Kelleher, John W. Brown, Frank Flo- rine, Herman Haynes and Paul Turner. ‘The machine Phipps was driving was proceeding along the highway to Bal- timore near Lipins Hill when the auto- mobile bearing the Marines crashed into it. The force of the impact caused both cars to overturn and roll off the road, throwing all of the occupants of the machines to the road. An investigation is underway at An- napolis to determine the cause of the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION CONCLTOSTUDY TRAEFC S NANED Advisory Committee of Seven Will Include Two Repre- sentatives of Public. With the purpose of studying and reporting upon all phases of the traffic situation in the District of Columbia, the District Commissioners today cre- ated a trafic advisory committee, to consist of seven members, including two representatives of the public. The committee will replace the trafic board authorized in 1928 and, in addi- tion to assuming the functions of that body, will report to the Commissioners recommendations for a general revision of the traffic laws. The creation of the committee was taken pursuant to a suggestion made by Corporation Counsel W. W. Brid at the behest of Comm: B. Crosby, who had to measures that could avold the existing conflict of authority under the present traffic code. ‘Whitehurst Is Chairman. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engi- neer and co-ordinator of the District, was appointed chairman of the advisory committee. The new committee will act in co-operation with a traffic advisory council, to be composed of not to ex- ceed 16 members, in carrying out its study of the local situation. ‘The other members of the traffic ad- visory committee includes D. P. Evans, Bureau of Efficiency; W. H. Harland, director of traffic; Inspector E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, E. W. ‘Thomas, assistant corporation counsel; C. P. Clark, general manager of the American Automobile Association, and a representative of the Federation n(‘ Citizens' Associations to be named by its president. Norton Secretary. R. A. Norton, secretary to Commis- sioner Crosby, will serve as secretary to _this committee. ‘The order of the Commissioners has stated: “This committee will consult with the Public Utilities Commission and is authorized to confer with in- dividuals, departments and agencies as may be deemed desirable. The gchair- man is further authorized to appoint to subcommittees such other persons as are not members of the advisory com- mittee or council as he deems to the best interests of this study. “The Commissioners, realizing the de- sirability of close contact and co-oper- ation with the public through organi- zation re‘gresemnlvea, officially author- ize a traffic advisory council to be com- posed of not to exceed 16 members to be selected by the Commissioners with requests to serve and co-operate in studying and advising with the traffic | discussed advisory committee. All members of the committee will be ex-officio members of the council.” Chairman Whitehurst, with the ad- vice and consent of the chairman of the proposed council, is instructed to divide the two bodies into subcom- mittees for the purpose of studying and repo! upon each important phase of traffic problems. Such sub- committees will be normally composed of two council members and one com- mittee member of his representative. Creation of the investigating bodies it was sald, is all that is needed (o start work immediate! Advertising as a Force In American Business Markets in raw materials and in many other lines are definitely off. National advertising, with the exception of two classifications, has made definite gains. Local advertsing in The Star is steadily improving and is in many cases ahead of last year. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star. 2nd Newspaper. . . 3rd Newspaper . ... 4th Newspaper . ... 5th Newspaper . ... Total other four newspapers .. ...27,348 ines. 40,024 13,077 7,750 3,389 3,132 Judicious advertising malac far mare [hucinecs Life’s Annoyances Found in Antarectic, Byrd Aide Declares By the Associated Press. CHICAGO., June 4.—Many per- sons secretly envied members of Byrd's South Pole expedition be- cause they probably thought it would offer an escape from some of life's humdrum annoyances. Raymond Mercola, 18, a Chi- cago member of the expedition, however, told a story yesterday to illustrate the fallacy of such & belief. He said: “The cold Antarctic made some of the fellows yleld to queer whims. It made one play ‘Cali- fornia, Here I Come,’ over and over on a talking machine. The tune nearly drove us mad. Final- ly we grabbed the record and smashed #. Then we had the trouble of teaching him a new diversion.” HOOVER 10 CALL SPECIAL SESSION Senate Will Be Detained to Deal With London Naval Treaty. By the Assoclated Press. President Hoover intends to call the promised special session of the Senate to deal with the London naval treaty on the day after Congress adjourns. This was the Chief Executive’s an- swer to suggestions of Republican lead- ers that consideration of the pact be deferred until next Winter, as the mem- bers of the Senate were growing rest- less and were anxious to get home for the campaigns of the coming Summer and Fall. Such word was taken to him by Sen- ator Watson of Indiana and Senator Moses of New Hampshire, respectively, the majority floor leader and the President pro tem of their branch of Congress. They made known the gmex Executive’s response late yester- ay. It was learned, too, that there also had been a frank discussion of party prospects and plans, together with a talk of available means of bringing the President and Congress into closer co- pperation. ‘There also were indications that the complaints of some Republican Repre- sentatives against the retention of Claudius Huston as chairman of the Republican national . Watson and Moses both de- clined to say what the purport of the conversation was, but at the same time there were no indications that Huston intended to resign or that Mr. Hoover intended asking him to withdraw. The complaints of the Congressmen arose from Huston's testimony before the Senate lobby committee that he used funds collected for the Tennessee River Improvement Association in stock market transactions. Meanwhile Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee submitted to the State Department the request of Senator Johnson of Call- fornia for additional portions of the Washington - London correspondence which cleared the way for the recent Naval Conference. A meeting of the committee was called for today, but Borah did not ex- pect any further discussion of the treaty until late in the week. He pre- dicted it would be ratified within less than a fortnight's debate. 94 DEGREES FORECAST FOR CAPITAL TODAY Forecaster Announces ‘Warm ‘Weather Is Normal for This Season of Year. A maximum temperature of 93 or 94 degrees is forecast for this after- noon by the Weather Bureau. The | warm weather is expected to continue several days. The Weather Bureau yesterday re- | corded a temperature of 92 degrees, 10 degrees below the record 102, estab- lished June 9, 1874. ‘The warm weather of yesterday and for Wi n at | weather of late May makes th':l’wu- ent warm spell seem excessive ?y con-~ trast. ‘The Pennsylvania kiosk recorded 98 | degrees yesterday and probably will climb to an even 100 this afternoon. ‘Two cases of heat prostration yester- day were treated at Casualty Hospital. Robert Brown, 35 years old, 313 New York avenue, was removed from & building under construction at Sec- ond and East Capitol streets, where he was employed as a laborer. George Wood, 32 years old, 900 block Barry nlace, was overcome while working in -~ at 155 Florida avenue. Foening Star. FR¥ PAY BILL ORDERED INTO CONFERENCE Senate Upholds Capper Plea to Disagree With House Amendment. ‘The Senate this afternoon upheld the plea of Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee by disagree- ing to the House amendments to the police and fire pay bill, and sent the measure to conference. Senator Phipps, Republican, of Col- orado, who favors the changes the House made in the bill at the demand of Representative Simmons of Nebras- ka, endeavored to have the Senate ac- cept the action of the House, but was defeated on a division vote. The chair did not announce the result of the standing vote, but it was decid- edly in favor of Capper’s motion to send the bill to conference. Approximately & score of those Senators present stood ug in suj t of to_conference, or four-members, including Sen- ators Phipps, B! m of Connecti~ cut and Metcalfe of Rhode Island stood up in opposition to sending it to conference. The presiding officer announced the appointment of the following Senate conferees: Senators Capper, Republican, of Kansas; Jones, Republican, of Wash- ington; Robsion, Republican, of Ken- tucky; Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, and nd, Democrat, of New York. next development will come in the House, when the Senate’s request for a conference is submitted. 10 OF 13 MANIACS ARE RECAPTURED | & Insane Criminals Are Caught At- tempting to Travel at Night. By the Associated Press. IONIA, Mich., June 4—The work of rovnding up 13 men who escaped yes- terday from the State Hospital for Criminal Insane moved forward rapidly today. By noon, 10 of them were back in the institution or on their way from the places where they were captured. Predictions of officers that the fugi- tives would hide out during yesterday and try to travel last night were borne out. Three were captured in the vicinity of the hospital during the night; three others were found in a nearby rye field early today; another was taken from a freight train at Owosso, Mich., and the tenth was found 15 miles north of here in Montcalm County. Three of the men were captured by Sheriff William Franch and four assist- ants, who scoured a rye fleld on infor- mation received from a farmer. They offered ‘no resistance, but two of them were taken only after a long chase. Those caught in the fleld were Omar Hassan, 47, committed for murder, who has killed a fellow inmate since being sent to the hospital; Joseph Dabajak, 35, committed from Flint for a double murder, and John Campbell, 33, com- mitted from Saginaw for robbery. Campbell and Dabajak ran as the posse entered the fleld and were caught after a chase. Hassan was sitting in the field when the sheriff and his men came upon him. ‘The three men told officers they had crossed a railroad bridge over Grand River immediately after their escape at 2:30 a.m. yesterday and had hidden all day in woods near the Michigan Reformatory, on the opposite bank of the river. Hassan. in a boastful mood, tol Sheriff Franch that he had killed 37 men. His record shows only two. No resistance was encountered by the officers and possemen in capturing the men. Officials of the hospital pointed out that the maniacs had hid- den in woods and thickets, keeping un. :l!: cover and giving no cause for great rm. The first two men recaptured were taken yesterday on highways near the hospital soon after the escape. Three Brothers Held as Robbers. MANCELONA, Mich., June 4 (#).— ‘Three brothers, members of a quartet of robbers who held up the County State Savings Bank here Mon- day, were under arrest today after two days of gun fighting during pursuit by posses in which flve men were wounded. ‘The turmoil died down today and shotguns went back to their racks be- fore the fourth robber escaped by train covering his 3 three men under arrest are Sylvester, Leonard and Fred Elliott, former residents. P Radio Pr&lm on Page B4 Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,174 TWO CENTS. D. . HEADS FAVOR ALLEY ELIMINATION, BUT 0PPOSE BILL Sympathetic to Aim, but Ob- ject to Provisions of Cap- per-Bowman Measure. BUDGET BUREAU AGAINST REVOLVING FUND PLAN Takes View Proposed $3,000,000 Loan Is in Conflict With Presi- dent’s Economy Program. The District Commissioners today forwarded to the chairmen of the | Senate and House committees an ad- | verse report on the Bowman bill pro- viding a $3,000,000 revolving fund for the purpose of gradually eliminating undesirable alleys in Washington. The action of the Commissioners fol- lowed an adverse report also by the Bureau of the Budget on the ground that the proposed legislation was not in accord with the President’s financial program. While expressing sympathy with the general object of the bill, the Commis- sioners stated that their objections were based on certain methods proposed in carrying out the alley-elimination plan. For one thing, they pointed out, the bill makes ne attempt to maintain the integrity of the $3,000,000 fund. Further commenting on the alley sit- uation in Washington, the Commis- sioners said that it appears that such dwellings, if properly supplied with sanitation, may well be permitted to be occupied until actually acquired by the Government with due compensa- tion to their owners. Letter of Commissioners. The letter of the Commissioners fol- lows in part: “The glll provides that the President in the interest of health, comfort, e Tand. buldings of shrichures or acquire land, buildings o in lW inhabited alley in the District of bia, or within any square con- taining an inhabited alley; may replat any land acquired under this act, and improve streets and alleys embraced therein; may lease, maintain, manage, d| him on a projected flight across the sell or convey any such lands, buildings or structures; may make loans to lim- ited dividend corporations or home owners to assist in rehabilitating such areas, and may utilize the United States Housing Corporation for the pu of carrying out the provisions of bill, subject to certain restrictions set Torth. % is made for a revol Tor tng rapose of catryhng out the pro- for of ca ouf visions of the bill, and certain periodic and final rej are provided for. The bill also contains certain prohibitive and administrative provisions, designed to further the purpose in view. The bill contemplates that the object set forth shall be accomplished on or before July 1, 1940, but provision is made for a continuance of the work after that :ihl:e, should it not be completed by it t Designed to Affect Early Law. “This bill is designed to affect, in an- other way, the purpose of the 1914 alley dwelling law. The earlier act proposed to accomplish the purpose by prohibi- tive measures, to be enforced through criminal proceedings. This act is still on the statute books, but has been found ineffective because of the Dis- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) UNIVERSITY TO GET $500,000 FOR SPORTS Bequest to George Washington Made by Richard E. Pairo, Alumnus of School. George Washington University will get more than $500,000 for the promo- tion of athletics under the terms of the will of Richard E. Pairo, lawyer and alumnus of the university, who| died May 21. A check-up of the estate, which had been previously estimated at $500,000, develops a total valuation of $738,071 and the specific bequests will not exceed $200,000. Paul V. Rogers and the Union Trust Co., the executors, today filed a sched- ule of the estate and asked for the admission of the will to probate. They are represented by Attorneys Vandoren, Rofferty & Rogers and Willlam E. Furey, jr, Mr, Pairo owned real estate assessed at $36,318 and had personal property estimated at $701,753. Rear Admiral Albert Sewell Kenny, U. 8. N, retired, who died May 17, owned real estate assessed at $9,169 and had personal property estimated at $61,041.53, according to a petition of the Union Trust Co., his executor, for | the probate of his will. After a num- ber of specific bequests, recently set out in The Star, the remaining estate is to go to the Neighborhood House, 470 N street southwest. Briton Prepares for Hop. LONDON, June 4 (#).—Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith, noted aviator, and two companions, who will accompany BREWSTER, SANE, FACES ARREST ON MURDER CHARGE Gloth Prepares to Take Baker “Slayer” From Custody of Army. MEDICAL BOARD FINDS HE IS OF LOW MENTALITY Company Commander Plans to Name Group to Determine if He Shall Stay in Service. The speclal Army medical board ap- pointed to inquire into the sanity of Howard L. Brewster, soldier suspect in the Mary Baker murder case, found him to be of “sound mind,” but of low mental development, it was officially announced today by military authori- ties. Quickly following the announcement, Commonwealth Attorney Willlam O©. Gloth of Arlington County, Va., made preparations to take Brewster out of the custody of military authorities and hold him in the Arlington County Jail pending further investigation. At the same time Capt. A. R. Bolling, commander of the Headquarters Com- pany to which Brewster is attached, re- vealed that he planned to appoint a special board to determine whether the soldier should be kept in the service in view of the notoriety he attracted by confessing and subsequéntly denying that he killed Miss Baker. Bolling Wants Warrant. Gloth sald he would take Brewster into custody about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon on a murder warrant, if it is found necessary to take such procedure to have military authorities release the soldier. The warrant will not be served, Gloth declared, if Brewster vol- untarily to leave in his custody. Capt. Bolling, however, said he could not turn the soldier over to civil authorities wll’z.hout & warrant containing a specific rge. The findings of the medical board which examined Brewster were made gubm:ln Baltimore, headquarters of the d Corps Area of the Army, which embraces the District. ‘The official pleted last week and coursed its through official° Army channels to 3d Co! Area headquarters, before its contents were revealed for publication. Statement of Officers. A statement issued at the 3d Corps regarding the examination way the medical officers which examined Pvt. Brewster held him under observation from May 20 to May 28 and found he was of sane mind and was susceptible to ordinary human motives and appreciation of right from wrong and had normal control of his actions, but was of low mental devel t. “Pvt. Brewster is being held in con- finement by the military authorities subject to formal demand by the eivil authorities in accordance with the seventy-fourth article of war enacted by Congress.” Capt. Bolling said he had not yet re- celved an official copy of the medical board’s finding, but just as soon as he does he will prefer chuf: against Brewster of “possessing bits and traits of a character which render him unfit for military service,” and appoint a special board to hear the charges. Conviction on these charges, it was said, will result in Brewster's discharge from (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) o SOUCEK TAKES OFF FOR ALTITUDE MARK Navy Pilot Out of Sight After Ten Minutes of Flight From Anacostia. Lieut. Apollo Soucek, Navy altitude ace, took off from the Anacostia Field t 2:17 p.m. today in an attempt to set a world airplane altitude record. Piloting the Wright Apache with which he set the world seaplane altitude record a year ago today, he had as his goal an altitude of 8 miles to surpass the present record of 41,794 feét reached on May 25 last year by a German, ‘Willix Neuenhofen. He was out of sight after 10 minutes in the air. It is expected he will be aloft one hour. Lieut. Soucek is breaking into his honeymoon to -make today's flight. He was married here last week and on June 16 will go to duty aboard the air gl(t carrier Lexington on the Pacific oast. LAY FIRES TO ARMY Forest Blazes Are Blamed on Mimic ‘War's Smoke Screens. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., June 4 (#).— Woods fires, said by fire wardens to have started from candles used by Army troops to creat smoke screens for mimic battles, have burned over about 3,000 acres of Army reservation at Camp Dix and vicinity and were still being fought today The fire for a time swept toward Atlantic from Ireland, left Croydon to- day in the famous plane Southern Cross for Baldonnel Airdrome. Brindletown and threatened the Y. M. C. A. camp at Ochanickos, near Han- over Purnace. END ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND ACT, MEMBER OF S. A. R. TELLS SOCIETY Speaker Urges Sons of American Revolution to Do Some- thing to Make Posterity Proud. By the Associated Press. ASBURY PARK, N. J., June 4—| Pointing out that “hereditary patriotic societies have been criticized for doing nothing but worshiping their ancestors,” Arthur M. McCrillis of Providence, R. I.. challenged the Sons of the American Revolutien, at their national convention today, to “stop talking about what our ancestors did and do something to make posterity proud of us.” | “In our 40 years we have never been faced with a crisis with which we were so peculiarly adapted to cope,” said Mc- Crillis, chairman of the committee of correspondence and safety. “Every phase of life is attacked. ; adequate national defense is threatened by a host of pacifist organizations; the home is endangered by birth control teachings; mranlnnlu marriages; sex proj ganda, ‘and Communist demands children be raised by the state.”