Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1930, Page 17

" FOURINPORTANT SCADOLPROEETS Final Section of Report Cites Need of Developing Refer- ence Libraries. U L FILLING OF BUILDINGS ‘ WOULD END »PORTABLES; | Superintendent for Additional Cler- | joal Help and Broader Principal Exams. Four specific recommendations look- | ward the improvement of public | tion as provided by the District system are made by Dr. Frank , superintendent of schools, iscussion of “new projects for final section of his hool year. .c'l‘he ynhool superintendent’s recom- mendations in the new project fleld .r:. That the Board of Education con- sider and take appropriate action look- ing toward the development of the senior and junior high school reference 1l 3 braries; 2. That the School Board give sys- tematic attention to the problems of keeping school buildings occupied in the face of shifting population and ‘consideration to the possibility of pro- g bus transportation to school children, all to the end that the final donment of all portable schools may ed; be hastened: 3. That the board consider the ¢xle- sirability of formulating a pian for Wflfl:l’. additional clerical help in the offices of the supervising principals where they may render scrvice to ele- mentary school principals, either as elerks for individual schools or for a of schools; and it the School Board consider of ure that tive principalshi over. come the situation D:nsm from an in- sufficient number of c-~idates within | Just reference m-- could not be ex- adequate reference senior high schools and o @ ;EE;; E'E ce to the transporta- tion now being provided for health and cripple school pupils. Continuing, the report says: “If the policy of the board to aban- don les is to be successfully of school of the city it in certain would avoid building small elementary school buildings, which are uneconomi- cal to oa?'lu, and would be an essen- factor in the early abandonment of the portables now in use.” Clerical Help Need. report, Dr. Ballou cites the sentiment in support of the to provide clerical help in the schools. The policy of not g clerks in these schools, Ballou , was “perhaps justifiable when schools consisted of eight sooms with a teaching &rlnclpd}' “Now that the elementary school or- zation has been increased in size 16 or more rooms, with an adminis- trative principal, and the size of the division supervised by a supervising principal has been substantially in- creased, the clerical work falling upon elementary school and on the office of the supervising principal has greatly in i . Ballou added, however, that in of the expense involved it prob- s not possible to provide full- In his proposal ¢ e He recommends, though. that the consider the “desirability of for- “:fal. lan for providing addi- jcal Help in the office of the principals, said clerks ‘to individual schools, additional work individual schools in the office of principal or by bel m\ed to the individ 4 or ." Such a plan, he adds, { make it possible to provide the 1§ necessary clerical help at a cost. ‘The rules of the school board provide, | the asserts, that since last July. administrative i i g for i t | orash and hurried to the scene. clerks for each elementary build- | P! THE END OF A RUM CHASE N 3 A thirteenth precinet car that was turned over this morning when Police- screen. POLICEMAN HURT IN MOTOR CRASH Auto Turns Over in Chase After Car Using Smoke Screen. Policeman John O. Patton of No. 13 precinct was severely cut about the head and a fellow cfficer, Henry J. Martin, bruised and shaken when their patrol roadster overturned early this morning on Blair road near Kennedy street while pursuing an unidentified rum runner through a dense smoke near the Masyland line on Georgia avenue when Patton hailed him from the curb. Patton that a sedan which evidently was a whisky car had sped south cn the avenue. :mmmwmmmmm police sutomobil iden spurt of smoke. He swung his whel too far in making a t curve and was unable to get back on his course on the slippery street before the car tlgfig over. pol 13 precinct, Frank E. Kenney, heard the while patrolling in the vicinity Patton Taken to Hospital. was able to lift the auto- the policemen Reed Hospital in another patrol car. About 10 stitches were required to close a deep scalp wound. Patton was con- siderably weakened from loss of blood, although he had been pinned beneath the wreckage less than 5 minutes. Patton's condition, however, was not He lives at 1523 hile Martin ter the police car overturned. frosecin NATIONAL GRANGERS ASKED TO MEET HERE Convention Now Being Held at Rochester Considers Plan Pro- posed by Dunlap. An invitation to the National Gr: convening at Rochester, to hold its 1932 convention in the Capital, was presented yesterday by Renick W. Dunlap, Assist- ant Secretary of Agriculture and mas- ter of the local Potomac Grange. A report from Mr. Dunlap from Roch- aster pointed out that the national gro is considering the offer and that "m- at present are good.” Mr. also made a brief address before the national body. footing against graduates from other colleges and universities. Dr. Ballou expresses the belief in his report that “the problem of caring tor crippled children does not &s y appear to have been adequately solved. In planning the local crippled children schools, he says, it was thought they might be established in’ the central ar. of the eity, with a ivew of setting up a program of hospital treatment for the puplls at Children’s Hospital. This plan does not seem to be ticable, he continues, so the de) ent, recognizing that pils need medical treatment, dered equipment for them. Such equip- ment, the report continues, is e: ive and t'}{cw conditions in the scl used are not such as to its installation. “The problem for solution,” Dr. Bal- lou conciudes, “appears to be the de- termination on the part of the Board of Education as to whether the chil- hools for in need limited educational, satisfied by an .«uum'.’.'u"mm”"fl public schools supplemented g limited amount of medical uu&;’mc the schools for | man Henry J. Martin (left) swung sharply in the face of an attack by a smoke At the right is Policeman Frank E. Kenney, who extricated Martin and a companion, Policeman John O. Patton, from the overt: car. —Star Staff Photo. MARKET WRECKING -~ PLAN IS OFFICIAL | Treasury Issues Notice of Intent to Destroy Struc- ture After January 1. The Treasury Department has offi- cially notified the Department of Agri- culture that it intends to tear down (:emcr“:’hrket x;:;r January 1. Des] organi: portest from a numbgr of market merchants, who have retained Charles W. with plans, not only to raze old Center Market short- ly after January 1, but also to go ahead immediately to put the Archieves struc- ture on the site, Authority Is Cited. The Treasury is acting on authority of the law, ;fproved by ‘the president last June, which provides that on and after January 1, old Center Market fil‘luceage t': be operated as a mul;;: orts of those protesting against razing of the market are directed to- ward a postponement of the demolition date. have not as “by the De- partment of Agriculture that they must get out before January 1. the rough excavation. ‘This in itself will bs a big job. Following that another contract will be let for the foundations, and then a third for the building itself. This is the same procedure which was followed in the case of the two other structures already in the new Federal - | triangle, the Internal Revenue Building, now occupled, and the new Department of Commerce Building, which is being. completed. [VAIN SEARCH MADE FOR FIVE BANDITS Police Scour City for Man Who Committed Robbery in Providence, R. I. _ Acting on request of Providence, R. 1, authorities, District police sought uns ully today to trace through 8 District license tag number the identi- tles of five armed bandits who held up a Providence milk company yesterday afternoon and escaped with between $6,000 and $8,000. An eye-witness obtained the tag num- ber and it was communicated to police headquarters here. Records showed the tag had been issued to a man in the 100 block of Pirst street, but when an officer was sent to the address.in ques- tion he learned that no one of the name of the man to whom the tag was listed had ever lived there. Officers here say the tag apparently was bought by a person who gave | false name and address. Four of the bandits entered the of- fice of a large milk concern, while a fifth remained in the car. They lined up more than a score of employes and took the money from the cashier, driv- ing off in their automobile after first warning their victims not to follow or they would be “mowed down” with a machine gun. The robbery occurred only a few minutes before a messenger arrived with an $8,000 pay rool for the com- pany. CENTER COUNCIL TO GET ANNUAL REPORT ON WORK With Community Organiza- tion Will Attend. Representatives of civic, recreational and educational bodies afmliated with the Community Center Dej t and members of citizens’ and parent-teacher dren | @ssociations will gather at the Frank- lin Administration Building tomorrow night for the annual Autumn meeting of the'Community Center Counel. With E. C. Graham, council chair- man, presiding, the program includes the annual report of the department's director, M:.sls“l,fl Baker, and the an- nouncement of plans now under way for city-wide community activities, “IS PROGRESS REAL?” Topic of Durant’s Address Tonight at Jewish Center. ‘Will Durant, author and Representatives of Bodies Afliated | t AMELIA EARHART _ HEALTH FAGILITIES ASKS AIRPORTS AS | HELD INADEQUATE AID TONAVIGATION; IN SURVEY HERE Noted Woman Flyer Tells of|City Expenditures Considered Conditions Met in Cross- ing Continent. PLAN ADVANCED TO LINK LOCAL FIELDS Washington Chamber of Commerce Studies Advisability of Further Central Market Razing Delay. Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, came to ‘Washington last night to make a public lea for the development of more and tter atrports as an aid to air trans- portation in this country. She declared this need was clearly shown in the Women's Transcontinental Air Derby this year. mi- Earhart and other prominent figures in aviation spoke at the Novem- ber meeting of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce at the Mayflower Ho- tel. Miss Earhart, who is an official of the Ludington Lines, operating between Washington and New York, is therefore concerned with development of proper airport facilities here, for which the chamber and other organizations have campaigned. Would Link, Fields. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the Congressional Joint Committee on Airports for Washington, indorsed a suggestion made at the meet- ing by C. Townsend Ludington, presi- dent of the air line, that Military road, where it divides Hoo;eer m ;l:’d the ‘Washi Airport, ¢l and con- v;edml:"znl link between the two land- flelds. ring & business session of the meeting members of the chamber en- gaged in a spirited debate over the closing of the old Center Market, sched- uled to begin Janhary 1, the body finally directing its executive committee to study the advisability of seeking a fur- ther delay in the razing of the market. “Safety in flying,” Miss Earhart sald, “is naturally an outstanding factor in the destiny of commercial aviation. Air hazards must be admitted, just as there is an added hazard in riding in an automobile as compared with an ox- cart. But present-day operators of air lines have taken all these hazards into consideration and everything possible is done to make flying safe. Flyers Use Trains, “As an evidence of this, I came to ‘Washington by '.r-lx& beeausuew im:le:n;nt weather conditions during lew days in the East have made fl!&‘: dif- cult and unsafe.” ‘The aviatrix declared that upon the airmindedness of this country depends the success of commercial aviation. “This country is with more air rights of way than any other coun- try in the world,” Miss Earhart said. “The people must wake up to the realization that they are here for their use. Aviation in this country is at favorable stage, as indicated by the fact that more than 100,000 miles of un- scheduled flying is done in the United States every 24 hours. But it is destined to reach much greater heights of popu- larity.” ‘Wants Field Expansion. 1 Below Standard and System 73 Per Cent Efficient. —_—— HOSPITAL SITUATION IS REPORTED BRIGHT Creation of Tuberculosis Bureau Recommended—Enlarged Nurs- ing Staff Thought Necessary. ‘Washington’s combined health facil- itles are only 73 per cent adequate and the city’s expenditures for health safeguards are far below standard, Dr. William C. Walker of the American Public Health Association yesterday told the Council of Social cies in re- porting on a comprehensive health survey conducted here at the request of the Community Chest. Contending that these facilities should be at. least 80 or 90 per cent | adequate to fill the needs of a com- munity such as Washington, Dr Walker said that expenditures for the protection of health, now $1.28 per capita, should be increased to $2 or even $3 per capita, which he declared was the accepted standard. Among 14 cities of a comparable population, Washington was ranked tenth in the report for adequateness of health facilities. Birth and Mortality Rate Good. ' While the picture of conditions here as drawn in the report of the Public Health Association’s survey had many dark spots, there were indications of encouragement in the general hospital situation _and the birth and mortalif rates. The chief problem lies the colored death and tuberculosis rate, he pointed out, the death rate among the colored population rising on a per- u)?l":‘un twice as large as that of whites. PEACE PROMOTION ADVOCATES "TO ASSEMBLE FOR PARLEY | Gen. Pershing and Ambassador Claudel of France to Attend Session of French- American Association. L'Institut Prancais de Washington will hold its fifth annual meeting to- morrow afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in the Mayflower Hotel, when Gen. John J. Pershing, its honorary president, and Ambassador Paul Claudel of France will be among the many diplomats, officials and intellectual leaders who will attend. One of the features of the meeting will be the awarding of a special prize | SO of the famous French Academy to the institut for its series of publications bearing on the contributions made by the French race to the development of early American clvilization. award will be made through M. Andre Chevrillon, the distinguished member of the Prench Academy, who appears for the second time before the institut, Formed to Cement Friendship. Founded four years ago to advance the cause of friendship and under- standing between France and United States by a study of cultural and intellectual relations, considerable interest is attached in an address which will be made before the institute to- morrow biy Prof. Paul Hazard of College of France on the subject of “The Human Value of French Roman- ticism.” Prof. Haszard is one of the leading intellectuals of France and has the | ing data on these at the University of Sorbonne the Coll the University of CI ’nmnrd' and nu':‘ is lgo essor at Bryn Mawr College. ‘The historical publications of L'In- stitute Francais are of ter- Federal Gov- . '?“h anm the progressi ernment continuf ive development of the City of Washing- in_accordance with the plans of Maj. L'Enfant. One of the recent pub- lications of the institute covered much mflo\u{y unpublished material on Maj. France’s Aid fo Civilization Cited. Preserving the memory of the con- tributions made by the French race to American civilization, the institute is giving especial attention to the history of Louisiana, the St. Lawrence, Missis- lu:pl and Ohio Valleys, where French colon! tion also is being given of the Huguenot re New England, New York, Virginia and the Carolinas. There is much interest- various fields, but a part of it is in unpublished manu- scripts, which it is the purpose of the institute to bring to general public attention. ADVERTISING CLUB HEARS NEW YORKER Visiting Executive First to Talk in Series Before Local Organization. Btewart L. Mims, vice the the J. Walter Thom Reviewing the general health situ- | th, ation in the District of Columbia, Dr. Walker said the important things for future consideration were an increase in expenditures for public health, chiefly in _preventive services; a greater flexibility in the use of hos- pital beds which are not occupied to their fullest capacity, and creation in the Health Department of a spech bureau for tuberculosis, with a full- time director and adequate staff. The survey was made solely as a g’lde to discover adequacy’of the serv- in relation to needs of the com- munity, Dr.. Walker pointed out. That part of the survey relating to the hos- pitals, he explained, was done by than the commitiee of - the Health Association, Colored Death Rate Rises, A slight downward trénd in the mor- tality rate, the findings of the survey stated, showed some improvement, the white rate having ' from in 1920 to between 11 present time. of nd, the colored death rate is inclined to be rising twice as high as the white rate, o & | constituting a problem of major con- sideration, he sald, in study of health conditions, ey " “At the present time there is a dis- bed the opera- | With Mr. Wh}fwn descril tion of the New York-Washington line, and declared that without the co- operation of the Post Office Department in the award of mail contracts such discuss| side of the Potomac River, Mr. Luding- ton said it could be materially improved by the elimination of Military road. He | also urged that telegraph and telephone wires in the vicinity of the field be re- moved. The conversion of part of the agricultural farms into airplane landing space would also be an asset, he de- ‘W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General 'in Charge of Air- mails, declared that although the Post Office utilizes air transportation as much as permissible, the department could do more for commercial aviation. He declared that the fact that more than 206,000 people had traveled by air- fhne durings the first six months of 930 clearly indicated that advance- ment in aviation had been established. Chamber Backs Plans. A report of Lieut. Walter Hinton, chairman of the Aviation Committec of the chamber, was adopted by the mem- bership. The committee recommended that the War Department be requested to close Military road and permit its levelling off, so that continuous run- ways might be provided through both fields. ¢ ‘The Center Market question was brought before the chamber by Charles W. Darr, former president of the organ- ization, In a resolution recommenaing that the razing of the market center be delayed untll January, 1932. The Government's building program calls for starting demolition of the market January 1 next, and bids for this work have been opened. Market Study Asked. Harry King, first vice president of the chamber, urged the Jnubmty of careful consideration of the question prior to “hasty” action. The Darr motion lost by the close vote of 56 to 55. The chamber then adopted a mo- jon by Mr. King directing the Execu- tive Committee to study the matter and ae board of directors within two weeks. Rudolph Jose, president of the cham- ber, who presided over the meeting, read a report of the Five-Year Expansion Program Committee of the tion. Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary of the chamber, read a report of the Buy-Now- for-Better-Business Committee, of which George A. G. Wood is chairman, dis- closing the activity of this group to stimulate business condition: Alfred L. Stern, managing director of the Industrial Exposition recently conducted by the chamber, submitted a report on that function. He said more than 115,000 persons visited the exposi- tion. Other pulh at the meeting included Comdr. P. E D. Nagle of the Pan- American Airways, Gene Vidal and Paul MARKET DELAY OPPOSED. American Business Club Wants Center pointed out, only 98 cents out of $6.22 is spent on the Health Department. Deducting the amount spent for pre- ventive measures, Dr. Walker stated t the total expenditure for -health safeguards of all kinds in the District amounts only to $1.03 per capita. Nursing Staff Too Small. Infant mortality, with 620 deaths during the t year, the report stressed, is well up in the first group of mortality causes, in which heart disease leads with 1,320 deaths. Deaths from tuberculosis, , ranked fifth among the causes. With respect to tuberculosis cases, the report stated, the problem lies chiefly with the colored population, the death rate among the latter being four :lmu higher, or 258.6, compared with “We can’t expect to reduce the white rat) much lower under the circum- stgfices until we do something about colored death rate,” Dr. Walker faid. In this connection, he stressed that the one t need was the organi- zation of a hly efficient tuber- culosis bureau in the Health Depart- ment, whose director should be sup- ported by increased expenditures for nursing and clinical work. Another need, he pointed out, was for the services of approximately 22 additional nurses for care of infants under 1 year of age. The work for infants and children of &te-lcbool age, he declared, is one of the poorest in the city and at present is understaffed. Nevertheless, he sald, some advance has been made, particu- larly in the establishment of mental hygiene clinics. The personnel for health work in the public and parochial schools he adjudged as inadequate. Hospital Bed Need Not Acute. A census of ‘Washington's 51 hos- pitals of all kinds, the report showed, Indicates there is not an acute need for additional hospital beds. The census reported 10,000 hospital beds, but of these, nearly 4,000 were unavailable for Washington dents. Nineteen per cent of the hospital beds on the census day were occupled by non-residents, which Dr. Walker said represents a heavy load on the com- munity. Fifteen per cent of the beds were found to be occupled by conva- lescents and it was believed these could have been put to other uses more imperative. The number of hospital beds increased by 419, or 14.9 per cent, |l.n the past year, as compared with a 10 per cent increase in population. —— now remain there, since if they are refused an extension they will be able to move on comparatively short notice to advantageous sites in several other markets located at various points in Fubie | seias GRAND MASTER GIVEN Masonic Lodges in Brookland and Woodridge Communities Receive A cordial greeting was extended the Grand Master of Masons in the Dis- officers of the Grand David ), No. 28, ', No. 34, last night on the occasion of annual visitations to the Woodridge communities. The members of East Gate Journeyed from their home, Hall, at Rhode m Infl’"flls m‘afl northeast, to me of King Lodge, Masonic Hall, Twelfth and Monroe streets north- Brookland. east, . Carroll A. Warthen is master of King David Lodge and Earle R. Strong is the official head of East Gate Lodge. The grand treasurer of the Grand lngfi. Past Grand Master Charles E. Baldwin, is a member and t master of King David Lodge and s gave occasion 1o Grand Master West to congratulate the lodge on its representative in the Grand line. At the conclusion of the evening pi refreshments were served by both of the community lodges visited. The next in the series of grand visitations are scheduled for tomorrow evenln.'hmlnommue;‘uwllglb: meade to LaFayette Lodge No. 19, a! 8 o'clock, and to Congress Lodge No. 37, at o'clogk, both meeting in Ma- sonic Temple, ith street and New York avenue. The last of the so-called “out-lying” lodges, Joseph H. Milans, No. 38, and Myron M. Parker, No. 27, wil be visited at Masonic Hall, Eighth street, near F, northeast, Friday eve- 8. RECEPTION TO BE GIVEN TO REV. J. E. CONNELL Pastor Is Honor Guest at Home- Coming Celebtation of Immacu- late Conception Church. A number of Rev. E. Connell, pastor of the Church of the Holy Comforter, honor guest and former pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Eighth s in_ the hn&ch JERSD S R DR. BOCOCK TO SPEAK . CORDIAL GREETING &= trict of Columbia, accompanied by the | P21 Lodge, by King | as and East Gate UNION BUS DEPOT PLAN IS ADVANCED Utilities Commission Ready to Co-operate in Prohibit- ing Street Congestion. ‘The movement for the establishment :t a union motor bus terminal new CAPITAL RESIDENTS 10 GET D. C. POSTS BY CVIL SERVIGE Says Majority of Employes Will Be Washingtonians. Discrimination Denied. REPORTS ARE ANSWERED BY DR. REICHELDERFER Teachers, Librarians, Nurses and Orderlies Never Expected to Come Under New Rules. A clear majority, and perhaps even & greater proportion, of local , will be appointed to posts under government when this class of ment comes under Civil Service This announcement was made today loners, correcting emphatically a rt that legal residents of the mrep: ‘would be discriminated against under Disturbed by Reports. Dr. Reichelderfer appeared disturbed by printed Sanctioned Jn & procimation by sanct a n <dent Hoover yesterday, would be to dis- criminat local te against favor of those from the States. “If the isoners greatly ‘would never ject to “There is have broached he it.hn any such results would follow ik H % i system will not be changed. Prob- hospital nurses, orderlies, waitresses cmausnycuusd | PLAN TO WIN TOURIST 4 them privilege of us- streets-in this section for loading or unloading or pas- pul purpose of gers. ] Ready to Act. The commission told the Commis- sloners it has long been impressed with the facts recited by Keech and is ready and willing “to do anything in its power to_better existing conditions.” In the memorandum the commission called attention to the so-called Parker grand lodges representing the Brookland and | thejr on the streets, it ‘The commission e A ZIONISTS TO HELP PALESTINE COLONY Meeting Here Sunday to Dis- cuss Plans for Financing Movement. Leaders of the Zionist movement in A the Seaboard Region, as well as those of the unit, will gather here Sunday to plans for financ- ing the Jewish colonization of Palestine and other phases of the movement. In- vitations have been issued by Harry T. Kellman, president of the Seaboar Zionist Region, and Mrs. Israel Sha- piro, nt of the Seaboard Hadas- sah nal Unit. Jacob de Haas who has long been prominent in the Zionist movement and now is chairman of the Committee on tion, will make at the le, newly ding before the Senate | PI” TRAVEL TO CAPITAL iBoard of Trade Committee to Set Up Bureau to Advertise Wash- ington Attractions. A special committee of the Board of Trade appointed to study means of romoting tourist travel ‘to Washing- on a permanent basis, incl leration of setting up a bureau to handle such work on a large in, the offices committee named g George Plitt, president, include A. C. Case, vice president and general man- ager’ of Palals lel. chairman; W. W. Everett, vice president and man= ager of Woodward & Lothrop; E. C. Stipplycar Loy Wilso president upp! . Lloye n, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.; Dan Moorman, assistant general agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad; E, C. Brandenburg, general counsel Board of Trade; Lanier McLachlen, president of the District Bankers' Association, and Mr. Plitt. THUG TAKES WATCH AND MAN’S JACKETS Three Who Attack Lone Victim Flee in Fright After Fracturing Jaw. . Stunned by a colored footpad who accosted ‘him ' on Kenilworth avenue northeast and struck him over the head Wwith & blunt instrument, Harry Vititoe, 38 years old, of 4112 Gault place north- east, was robbed of & gold watch and two jackets, he told police yesterday, Vititoe reported that he was forced to give up a leather lumber jacket and a Sweater after the man took his watch, A description of the man was officers investigating the case. Set upon by colored men, Walter Beall, 20 ?nm ©old, of 1321 Belmont street, ered a fractured jaw in a fight at Thirteenth and Corcoran streets last night. He was treated at the ey - —— Yy = Yol tive, but that they bglme frightened when he was hurt and e a hasty getaway without waiting take his money. TAXI DRIVER ADMITS ROBBERY STORY FAKED Tells Police Poor Day’s Business Prompted Report He Was