Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1930, Page 17

HAVENNERNAMES CVIG FEDERATION List Shows Few Changes for Ensuing Year—Stengle Retains His Post. QUINN VICE CHAIRMAN OF GROUP ON ZONING Clayton” Kept as Head of Public TUtilities in Accordance With Pledge. Membership of the various committees of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions for the coming Yyear was an- nounced today by Dr. George C. Havenner, who was elected president at the last meeting of the federation. The w few changes. Charles 1. Stengle, who ran lnln!t Dr. Havenner for the presidency, re mains chairman of the Com- shifted from the chairman- the Committee on City Planning ump on the Committee on r-wnnel of Con-l“llt The mlkeup of the new committees 1s as follows egislation — Thomas E. e and ln' W. A, Robem, vl:e 000 B. Bishop, V. of rlgflhllnel Allan mr. Wwilliam G. Hen- nhu W. J. Neale, Btull ‘Mrs, Eliza- E. Sullivan, Miss Maj. Clayton E. Emig. I “"“..,‘!M"‘f"r &. Scheer, Frank until A E Ry authenticated claims. ¥ WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1930. GRIM ADVENTURE INTO DARK HEREAFTER HINTED IN SUICIDE BUMM"TEES FBR Boy, 14, SougIt to Penetrate Veil Between IN [XPANDED AIR This and the Spirit World, Say Police Investigators—His Father Says No. A wish to penetrate the mry o( the mnext world, investigators led 14-year old Willlam !ennnbel strangle himself with a rope last mid- night in the second-floor bath room of the home of his father, Harry V. Schna- bel, at 4316 Fifteenth street. Beside the boy on the floor of the room was found a e, the open just laid aside an article entitled “Death and the Next World.” On the radiator nearby rested a book—“A Smile a Day Keeps Doctor Away.” i Parents Are Absent, ‘William's father and . mother had gone to a 2t home to 1 dren. When the they were unable to locate William un- Ul the father pushed open the bath room door. A ‘rope had tightened around the boy’s neck and was looped over a hook in the bath room door. Hhhndwu only a few feet from the floor and his rescue squad responded an mmbfly!orlnhaurbetmthzy gave up hope of -finl him, He was pronounced dead by Dr. J. L. Hall of 1518 Webster street. Father Denies Suicide. gh Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt hmed » certificate of suicide, the fa- refuses to believe that William kflud himself. He said his son had been interested in Boy Scout work and evidently had been e with -nmknotwhenmempekrked Lim e. Members of William’s family could give no reason why he might try sui- cide, They said that #s far as they knew, he was doing well in school and had been in health spirits, good d s ‘Willlam was a student at Macfarland .Yunlor High School. FUND IS PLANNED T0 MEET CLAIMS Bride Recommends Standing Amount to Pay Approved Sums Without Delay. Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride | today won out in his Tecommendation | 10 the Commissioners that the District for a cash fund of $10.000 for cash settiement h $25, it of its wait, itead of now, as ents on "|NEW AMERICAN CITIZENS INVITED TO RECEPTION 111 Naturalized Since July 1 to Be Guests at TUnited States Chamber of Commerce. *Students of the District Americaniza- | ‘been nat- 3 Porlne'r Chief president of the e and Justice Cax .~ &:mmn.vm weleonu‘m be g it Fire Breaks Out InD.C.Fire Truck On Iis Way to Fire ed they t.here—qnd it was in their fl Al "the truck was proceeding at high speed on River road near Forty-third b truck noticed the truck to & ludden men leaped to ground and with the use ot chemicals on the same truck quickly extinguished the blaze. ‘The blaze ori inated, firemen said, in the gasol feed line on the truck. VOLUNTEERS ASKED 2= \FOR AID BY NURSES Assistance Needed in Cutting Surgical Dressings and Pre- paring Sterile Supplies. An appeal for volunteers to assist in SYSTEM DEC, 10/| Heaviest Airmail in World Is Expected Between Here and New York. ROBOTS WILL PILOT PLANES IN STORMS Connection to Be Provided With All States, Canada, West Indies, South and Central America.” The National Capital will become a central point on one of the greatest air transport systems in the country when a great expansion program is inaugu- rated December 10 hy Eastern Air " | Transport, operators under Government contract of the New York-Miami air- mail line passing through this city. The expansion will result in the heaviest airmail service in the world between this city and New York, direct airmail and passenger connections with virtually evety State in the Union, Canada, the West Indies, Central Amer- ica and South Amerla and the. in- auguration of service, for the first time in the world, by air transport planes equipped with robot pilots for rough- weather fiying. Enlarged Schedule Is Planned. On December 10, it was announced today, the line will extend passen er service of the New York-Richmond i to Atlanta, Ga., giving this city dll'ect passenger connection with the ~new Southern transcontinental airmail-pas- senger line to Los Anfelu At the same time it will increase its passenger serv- ice between this city and New York, using the largest air transport planes ever put in service in this part of the country. It also will begin later over the new ond to Jacksonville, Fla, carry- ing mall and passengers. On January 1 passenger service will be extended from Atlan‘a to Miami, Fla., giving the National Capital direet air passenger connection over the American international system with l]l the West Indies, Central America and the South American countries as far 'c?.‘?f." as Buenos Aires and Santiago, ‘The passenger planes on these runs will handle mail in addition to the present night airmail schedules on the line, mlhflllly ing up daylight service city and others along the Aulntle seaboard. Under the new schedules to become effective December 10 there will be eight regular airmail schedules daily between the National Capital lnd New York, four in each fon, this what is claimed to be the llzlflut- traveled airmail line in the - | There will be six mail flights dllly be~ tween this city and Atlanta and two dll.ly between Atlanta and Miami, one ‘which 'Bl flonh Air Survey Almost Complete. On December 15 three m 18-pas- ranep pl:‘:uwfllbeputl;wmmf a- tween this city and New Yor bonhrdnr_nt planes of the Army Mr , the largest used in the mfll- ‘service, which are capable of car- ryln'd.m ranging in size up to 4,000 e conmecing: Aan G, e cities between Richmond, Va. and Jackson- ville, Fla., east of the present mail route ed will be inaugurated soon after January ith mb patients were under care and 435 visits were made to them. One hundred and twenty mothers were for confinement care and 34 attended by staff. of the Budget Committee the finance chairman, Hewitt Myers. ‘Those present wzre Mn JflM M et Houtz, l( h ss Jan lou Vi M lln )lmuomery nmr w lison, Mrs. Georg liveries M3, | Miami and over the new » | Jacksonville route, eight passenger twin- Mrs, 10 | Gresson Newbold and the director, Miss Te; | Gertrude H. Bowling INSPECTION PLANNED ‘Georgetown R. 0. T. C. Will Be Viewed by Officer Tomorrow. ‘The Georgetown vmverslty R. 0. T. C. Battallon is primed for ‘its first official inspection of the yelr ks be conducted tomorrow by Lleuv. Col. Ralph H. Lea- vitt, R. O. C. officer of the Third ¥ leges 3 aerial His_inspection a mq:Em: which has five lnflnzry Oomp-n will | take only one da * | HUNGER AND COLD NO LONGER HARRASS YOUNG MARRIED PAIR|INCREASED PENSIONS (3552 .% R AP GRANTED TO 79 MEN |3 u—h (alternate, o G, Yaden (alternate, J. uuh to traffic council—Edwin 8. Gelbman). W. McGarry. .l AND MRS. A. W. EMORY Observes Fiftieth Anniversary Home and Work on Farm Are Obtained Through Central Union Mission After Weeks of Suffering. § gt Hunger and cold, twin misfortunes of | your couple!” Supt. B it replied Couple, Residing Here Since uu, unemployment, have ceased as prob- lems for Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Coleman, u:ov&nl forward the surprised 1, the planes carrying mail and passen- gers, with direct connections to this city at Richmond. The exact date for the opening depends upon completion of work on the new aliway by the De- partment of Commerce, it was stated by Capt. president of ‘“m.m""“" o the route 1s 95 t ol roul per cen bl reports, and o 'mflhg.h:"lu- able an as n airways extension mperlntendm%m;or the Alrways jon, Department of Commerce, s compl n‘l‘fll‘bfl for the last few remaining beacon sites. ting of the route and preparation of intermediate landing flelds is to begin l.fi:r :xnphl.bn of the nreu'.l.:l. nary worl ‘weather reporting s 'm is to be installed. it Robots to Be Piiots. South of Washington to Atlanta and Richmond- tnnnsd Curtiss Kingbirds, also a new in air transport fields, will be used. Se jon of the Condors and Kingbirds followed hn: tests by pilots of the completion of the new lbecom country, 10 connetiing ystems :‘s".’.‘}fl into Canada, and will co: ith the three existing transcontinental interna- " | calsson from Wt of Commerce mum along me 47 Former Police and 32 Retired Firemen Will Receive Maxi- mum Annuity. . | Engincers, commanded by Maj. Edward radio | A, Bethel; the 2d Squadron the nded !or McLeane, and the 16th Field Artillery, The “high command” of the Police Department this morning started on its rounds of the shape up. Here the inspecting squad is shown at No. 5. In the group, left to right are PAGE B-1 | STOCKHOLDERS WIN IDEMAND WARDMAN F‘Blflfih“fim Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Co-himv and Maj. Henry G. Pratt, umeltd police.—Star Shfl GEN. BLISS BURIED NEAR TAFT'S GRAVE Many Dngmtanes Attend thes at Arlington—Army Pays Its Tribute. Under military escort, the body of | Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, wartime chief of Ba staff of the Army, was conveyed to| Arlington National Cemetery today and | enth section of the port. lowered to its final resting place on & green hill between the graves of Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln. Prominent Americans who served with the distinguished soldier-statesman during the eventful war period that climaxed 46 years of service to his country stood at attention as military honors befitting his rank and caveer were accorded at the ve. Amml those who served as pall- bearers was Col. Edward M. Hou.le of Texas, sole survivor, after Gen. Bliss'|survey death, of the men who constituted the supreme war council. Six enlisted men who faithful tended Gcn Bliss during his long at Walter Reed Hospital, which ent with his death Sunday ht, complied with the general's Jast in lower- Infl the body into its as the fi lar notes of the soldiers’ “Taps” re: sounded through' the wcoded Mills. The chief of Army chaplains, Julian E. Yates, officiated. Body at Cathedral. Escorted by the Headquarters Com- pnny of the 16th Brigade, the body of Bliss was removed from the hos- lt- were conducted this morning. the residence the body was escorted by Troop E of the 3d Cavalry, commanded by Capt. H. J. Fitzgerald, to Washing- ton Cathedral, where a host of friends and public officials were waitin, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bis of Washington, officiated at these serv- ices. President Hoover was represented by his military aide, Lieut. Col. Clmpbtll B. Hodges, and high-ranking officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps were Included among those at t,ne Cathedral services were Secretary War Hurley, the Ambassadors of Gnn Britain and France,’ Gen. John J. Pershing_and Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, chief of staff. The honorary pallbearers were New- wn D. Baker, (ormzr Secretary of War; House, Admlrll ‘William S. Benson, . L. Scott, Admiral Hug! Rodman, Maj. Oen William _Crozier, n. stnnley D. Embrick, Judge Campbell, Col. W. B. Wallace, Col. Arthur Poillon, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d.; Col. R. Young. Gen. Bliss’ body was borne on & flag: draped“caisson guarded by a detach- ment commanded by Pirst Lieut. L. B. Downing of the 16th Pield Artillery. Nearly 1,000 troops from Forts Wash- , - Myer _and Humph , under command of Maj. Gen. Fred W. Siaden, enmmlndln( the 3d Corps Area, were ‘waiting the Arlington gates as the pproached. The United States Army Band furnished the music for the final march to the grave. Many Messages Received. The military escort included the 3d Batallion of the 12th Infaniry, com- manded by Maj. A. M. Patch; the 13th Cavalry, commal by Maj. John T. commanded b! Capt. George D. Shea. Mourning for Gen. Bliss extended to general's career, which included serv- ices as & member of the American Peace Mission to Paris. The French minister of war, Gen. Maginot, cabled a message of condo- lence. as did Marshal Petain of France mc}, Gen. Weygand, PFrench chief of staff. STUDENTS USE GUNS AN, November 12 Bis s ihe University ‘of “Butiin to- dents at o X Beriin to- day renewed a clash was inter- a the | ditions to- older schools of ‘all classes M act in 192! serts: |COMMISSIONERS BUY J. M. Coward and H. ! 3 INGINERATOR SITE /BALLOU REVIEWS SCHOOL WORK RECORDS BE SHOWN Corporation Ordered to Pro- duce Books in Case tow Force Receivership. DEFENSE CONTENTION OVERRULED' BY COURT Plaintiff Attorney Promises At- tempt to Show Irregularity of Company Stock Issues. Stockholders of the Wardman Mort and Discoun! The Rearing opened with Judge Daniel T. e “;In the defense, conf UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION | Supermtendent Shows Accommodations Provided for 27,690 Pupils, and Progress on Other Lines, in Ten Years. School house accommodations for | 27,600 pupils, in addition to eight class | rooms for vosational education, have been made available to Wllhlngm children | during the 10 years that Prank W. has been superintendent of pub- lie schools. This is revealed in the to the Board of Education, which is made public today. These accommodations were con- tained in 67 new buildings and new ad- and are the result of a building policy lallnched early in Dr. Ballou's adminis- -me movement,” the report says of the efforts to secure sdditional school accommodations, * 1920, and has received more attention during the 10-year period than any oth- er school matter. Beginning with as of the congested conditions in nn schools in 1920, it was followed ssional hearings in 1922 and 1923, culminated in the enactment of the five-year achool b program Continuing, the report as- Sees l.oe-i u-mllnl-l. “The record of | tion submitted in I.hh chapter is un- P lpnmmwmx by thé committees of Congress have all united to bring about this extraordinary achievement.” Divided lcml'dlnl to of school, the aggregate new school accom= modations secured during the past 10 years included emmoflnuon 1t nbenneulym‘n Mactarland, with pmsyn!mma-m«mmm- accommodation by 300; the Paul a mmm-mmm-u- p-cny of 700. Additions were built for _Hine adding accommodations for m he m#un.m_ Garnet-] ln its lnlthl unit and 300 in D-nmbdlnthehm,ofthewhmu ait iy tion and lmpfllm. An enlightened and uni public, active of the school authorities, a of _Commissio; udge Ipful, painstaking ampination of school heeds followed by recommendations for unusually larg et g 5y » & & capacity of 950, re) senfor hgzmnchml’ construction in the colored | tion. PROPERTY FOR CITY| Six Houses to Xnko Way for Mu- nicipal Center and Site Claimed for School. The District Commissioners today:au- thorized the purchase of six houses in the area to be used for the new Mu- nicipal Center and a property for use | for school purposes. The houses are on either side of John Marshall place be- tween Pennsylvania avenue and C street and are owned jointly by the Gospel Mission, Inc.; Mary G. Baker and Elizabeth B. K. Beach. The purchase price for them is $107,: X’ll The present tenants may remain buildings rent free, but must m on 30 days’ notice. ‘The school property was in the vicin- ity of Tilden street and Idaho avenue and was bought for $11,386.40 from H H. D. Sterrett and John A. Sterrett. ‘The price p.td is equivalent to 50 cents Dot aquare foot. PURCHASE APPROVED Commissioners 0. K. Buying of Three Lots at 400 to 600 Per Cetit’ of Assessments. 'APPRAISAL GROUP WILL MAKE REPORT Chief Justice Wheat Submits Tes- timony on Three Squares to Jury of Five. The commission of three eitizens | which has been considering for several months the value of the land included in squares 291, 292, 293 and 294, lying between Twelfth and Thirteenth stree Pennsylvania avenue and B street, q ireets, Pennsylvania avenue and B smet, which hthoth-! mfic:lu of the ust Bullding. 'flu Jury will advise the court when it is to and a date ‘will be set for neelvtn; The acquisition by the Guvemmu:t of the land needed within the n:le south of Pennsylvania avenue ceeding rapidly. Only a few hlochbe- tween Ninth and Piftcenth streets re- main to b' condemned. TUCKER IS ELECTED LEGION COMMANDER Malcolm Coles Becomes Semior Vice Commander of Press Clab Post. Ray T. Tucker of the Scflpu-!lwtrd nemrrl was elected commander of m)flhntll’redfluh?u‘.!o 20 of the American e ot Sk leged the method selling stock -plnyed by the m‘;’ BODY OF JOHN B. OKIE i FOUND IN RESERVOIR Millionaire Chain Store Owner, . Reared in Capital, Drowned on Wyoming Hunt. his _brother, Howard Connecticut avenue, dis- kie, according to word received brother, had been duck hun with R. B. Truitt, a manager of me Okie's stores at Lost can. W, It is believed !-hn Okle “r o0t Teservoir wu lound muu in the hunting water not far from the 40-foot cliff. Okie's 1¢ , Calif, relatives are Mrs. Jahnlownnl g&myumfimw John K MOTORISTS WARNED Pratt Issues Order Against Daz- i zling Headlights in District.