Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1930, Page 17

The Foening Star 0. HEADS EXENPT SCHOOLS, BRARES FROM CIVL SERVCE Commissioner Reichelderfer, Informs Dr. Carusi and Dr. Bowerman of Policy. RECOGNIZES THEY HAVE OWN SELECTIVE SYSTEM, Capper Favors Appointment of Residents Under New Order, if Practicable. The District Commissioners will not include employes of the Public Library, the public schools and the staffs of the hospitals and other institutions under the Board of Public Welfare in the lists of appointees to be selected from the civil service eligible lists. This has been made clear in letters addressed by Dr. Luther H. Reichelder- fer, president of the Board of Commis- | sioners, to Dr. George F. Bowerman, ! librarian _of the Public Library: Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the; Board of Education, and George S. Wil- | son, head of the Board of Public Wel- re. he position of the Commissioners | regarding the library was made clear in response to a query from Dr. Bower- man, who pointed out to the Commis- | sioners that the Public Library uses its | own methods of determining the quali- fications of its employes. The same situation prevails in the schools. Text of Letter. The text of Dr. Reichelderfer's letter to Dr. Bowerman follows: “I have your letter of November 21 regarding the order recently issued by the President concerning the use of the eligible lists of the Civil Service Commission in the making of appoint- ments to positions in the municipal service. I inclose & copy of this order and also copy of instructions to heads of departments as to its operation. “As the Public Library uses its own methods of determining the qualifica- | tions of its employes, there is no in- tention at the present time to require any appointment made by the Public Library to be selected from eligible lists of the Civil Service Commission. "Veryi tru;y yours, *(Signed) H “LUTHER H. REICHELDERFER. | ¢ a5 “President.” imilar letters were addressed to Dr. si and Mr. Wilson. c“lr“;-e order to department heads men- | tioned in the letter directed them in| future when desiring to fill vacancies 1o certify to the secretary of the Board of Comimissioners the nature of the tion to be filled.' After such certi- tion, the secretary is to determine whether such a position is one that could be filled from the Civil Service eligible lists. Capper Approves Order. oicing approval of President Hoo- "!Yl order }ge‘:'mltun[ the District gov- ernment to use the civil service facill- ties, Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee expressed the hope today that the Commissioners will put the new order into effect as soon as practicable. At the same time Senator Capper said he thought that jobs in the District| gervice should be filled by local citi- gens in so far as it is possible. “T hope also,” said the Senator, “that the example thus set by the President will hasten the establishment of the merit system in the 39 States where great power for clean government is 1’ unknown. 4 “The President'’s permissive order will allow the Commissioners to choose | efficient employes by regular civil serv- jce examipation. It also permits the Commissioners to fill vacancies in_the | District_service from the commission’s 1ist of those eligible for appointment to Government positions. | “I think this is & great advance in fhe cause of good government. I un-| derstand that the Commissioners have been in favor of this change for some , and I am sure that they will make use of the privileges accorded them. Benefits Called Obvious. “One may wonder why this was not done long lym, for its benefits are ob- vious. At present, the District employes gre under the same fules regarding leave, retirement, etc., as the workers in the Federal departments. It is emi- nently fitting that the basis for em- ployment by the District government | should be merit. ¥ “The President’s order brings o the District another advantage which is of jar interest to Washington. This is the selection of District resi- dents from the eligible lists of the Civil Service Commission. The posi. tions in the Federal service are appor- tioned under the State quota system It often happens that Washingtonians on the list are passed by in the making of appointments because their quota | s exceeded. Under the new arrange- ment, however, they can be selected from the lists by the Commissioners to fill vacancies in the personn=l of the District government. In my opinion | this is simple justice. So far as is| possible, the positions in the Dlslrkt} government should be filled by District | citizens. | “I trust that the Commissioners will t the new order of things into ef- ect as early as possible, so that the | District may in to reap the benefit of this importarit governmental reform without delay.” EXPLORER TO DESCRIBE TWO STRANGE ANIMALS, William J. Morden Lecture Before Geographic Society Members to Be Illustrated. Two of the strangest animals in the ‘world, the Saiga antelope and the long- haired tiger, will be described by Wil- Ham J. Morden, explorer, before the members of the National Geographic Soclety in the Washington Auditortum crTow evening. Mr. Morden's story of his quest of these two little known ereatures will be illustrated with mo- tion pictures and colored slides. Mr. Morden and his associates trav- ¢led vast distances in ussian Middle nd along s Amur and Ussuri aowening to the weird stories of the natives about these two animals before finally they had a chance to ob- tain representative specimens. The mo- tion pictures depict a part of the world that is virtually unknown, peopled by living in Kazak yurts, the WASHINGTO 1 S, Pt THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930. Citizens of Chevy Chase assisted members of the District government and the Fire Department in dedicating a new fire engine house for the Chevy Chase section yesterday afternoon. manding the new company. The protograph shows Arthur Adelman, president of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association, greeting Capt. John Sheahan, com- Left to right in the group are Mr. Adeima B. Simms, assistant chief engineer of the Fire Dpartment; Gen. Herbert S. Crosby, District Commissioner in charge of the Fire Department; T. B. Stanton, assistant chief; Capt. John Sheahan, George Watson, chief engineer, Fire Department, and ~—Star Staff Photo. the Rev. O. Clark. DISTRIGT FUND BILL ACTION EXPECTED Fiscal Relations Study Not Expected to Delay Special Appropriation Measure. ‘The fiscal relations study regarding the Federal Government's duty to help support the National Capital is not ex- pected by House leaders to have any effect on the District appropriation bill for the coming fiscal year. This is quite well understood and agreed upon by | Chairman Mapes of the Special Com- | mittee on Fiscal Study appointed by Speaker Longworth and by Chairman Simmons of the House subcommittee on the District bill. Congress to Get Estimates. The estimates of appropriation for support of the Distriet Government, as recommended by the Budget Bureau, will be transmitted to Congress early next week by President Hoover in the general budget. According to tentative plans of the House Appropriations Committee the hearings on the District budget will start son after January 5. Chairman Simmons of the District Apprepriations Subcommittee has been in conference with Chairman Mapes of the Spetial Fiscal Committee. He sald today: “It is very doubtful if the fiscal relations study will be completed in time to make any change in the regu- lar appropriation bill which must be passed at this session of Congress. Consideration of their recommenda tions and action upon them will mall; likely go over to the new (Seventy-sec- ond) Congress. Analysis Is Favored. “I am heartily in accord with the intent of Chairman Mapes to have a thorough and complete analysis of all arguments and considerations and facts involved in the fiscal relations problem, s0 that this much debated matter may be definitely and fairly settled. I agree with his determination to give a full opportunity to spokesmen for the Dis- trict's interests to present their side of the case. All that will take much time and careful study. I will be very glad to help all I can, but that is Mr. Mapes' special job and I have plenty of other work. At present I am devoting my attention principally to the agricultural appropriation bill. “It is our duty to get out the District appropriatior bill at this session, and we wirl not permit any consideration of what may develop at the fiscal rela- tions hearings to interfere with our regular work. When the Mapes Special Fiscal Committee makes its report, the House will deal with that, and we will, of course, give our best advice and conform with the decision of the House The two matters—the regular appro- priation bill and the fiscal study—are not interdependent at this time, and neither will have to wait on the other.” RESIDENTS ARE ROUTED BY FIRES DURING NIGHT Two Dwellings Damaged—=S8moke Awakens Woman and Policeman Warns Family of Danger. Fire in two dwellings last night con- siderably damaged both of them before firemen could get the flames under con- trol. PFire routed Annie Johnson, 616 L street, from her home shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The blaze had started in g vacant room on the second floor of the home, and had gained con- siderable headway before the smoke awakened her, Damage was estimated at_$500. Fire was discovered in the hardware store below the home of Paul H. Levy, 5111 Georgia avenus at_about 1:30 o'clock this morning, by Policeman E. P. Kerrick of the thirteenth precinet. The blaze is believed to have started in the celiar. Levy and members of his family were routed from their living arters on the sscond floor of the building. Damage was not estimated. LECTURE ON FESTIVAL IN GREECE TO BE GIVEN Miss Alice Deplarakou Will De- liver Illustrated Address Next Sunday at 8 P.M. A lecture on the Delphi festival, con- ducted in Greece a few months ago, will be delivered at the Masonic Auditorium, New York avenue and Thirteenth | street, Sunday at 8 p.m. by Miss Alice Deplarakou, who bears the title of Miss Europe of 1930. M'ss Deplarakou will be presented under the auspices of the Greek American _Progressive Associa- nomads domed, felt-covered tents of desert wan- rers, The lecture will be the third of the series of 1930-1 mmnlefl to mem- of the N Geographic So- tion, Miaoulis Lodge, No. 38. Her talk will be {llustrated by motion glcturel. His Excellency Ambassa ‘haralam- bos Simopoulos of G and other local Greek notables expécted to 750 ARE ARRESTED .BY DRY EQ@D HERE {Report for Three . Months ‘ Made by Police Detail As- signed to Vice Work. | The police vice squad, under direc- | tions of Inspector T. A. Bean and | Sergts. Nelson O. Holmes gnd George M. Little, has made 750 arrests in less | than three months, according to a re- port submitted today. Members of the | squad yesterday seized four small stills | and arrested Edward Graham, 43 years |old, at 302 S street northeast, along | with eight gallons of whisky and 140 gallons of mash. Charges of manu- facturing and possession were filed | against Graham. | “Breaking glass in the street, violat- {ing the traffic laws and illegal posses- | sion of & small quantity of liquor were | charges filed against Sanford E. Sant- | myer, 24 years old. giving a Monzoe | street northeast address, following his | arrest near Third and F streets. |, Santmyer is alleged to have failed to stop his car before driving from an | alley, and 1t was for this alleged vio- |lation that members of the squad claimed & legal right to arrest without | & warrant. It is charged that he hurled | & glass container from his car to the | street, but, police charge, neglected to | get_rid of a half-pint bottle of liquor. | Catherine Anna Payne, 42 years old. 1202 H street northeast. was accused by the police of illegal possession of 66 bottles of beer and 3 gallons of “red” | quor. The seizure is reported to have been made at her home on an upper floor of the building, Irving Hill, colored, 30 years old 1329 Ninth street. and Edward Thomas Ward, colored, 412!, W street, were | charged with the possession of 14 | quarts of whisky. ‘while a colored | couple, Louis Hopkins and Bessie Hop- | kins, giving their address as 1341 Sixth | street, were charged with illegal pos- session of a pint of whisky. ¥ YOUNG WOMAN HURT BY HIT-RUN DRIVER | Miss Blanche Lohr Struck While Standing in Safety Zone at Four- teenth and R Streets, Miss Blanche Lohr, 19 years old, of 10 Evarts street northeast, was injured | yesterday afternoon when an automo- | bile struck her while she was standing |in a safety zone at Fourtcenth and R iurenu The driver of the car failed to make known his identity, second precinct_police reported. tal. |~ Willie Young, colored, 31 vears old, of /1661 Montello avenue. was Injured | slightly when he leaped from a truck ' of the District Street Cleaning Depart- ment and was struck by a machine | driven by Robert 8. Moss of 1458 Co- lumbla road. Young was treated at Emergency Hospital. COATS WILL BE GIVEN \ TO 100 NEEDY YOUTHS |Baks & Co. Has Presented Similar | Gifts Every Christmas Season Since 1897. | In keeping with its custom of 43 years' standing. Saks & Co. will pre- sent overcoats to 100 of Washington's | needy boys on Christmas day at 10 am. Some of the members of the sales staff will be kept on hand to fit the | boys, to be selected by the Associates Charities in co-operation with the com- pany. ‘The selected boys will be given cer- tificates authorizing them to appear at Saks & Co. and receive their overcoats. Tke policy, which was initiated by the company in 1897, is expected to be more welcome this year than ever before, owing to the depressing condition faced by many families due to widespread un- employment in Washington, WOMAN IS NATURALIZED | Wife of Syracuse Professor Becomes Citizen of U. 8. Renouncing her allegiance to the Ger- man Reich, Mrs. Richarda Sahla Baker, wife of Hugh Potter Baker, a professor of forestry at Syracuse University, was naturalized yesterday by Chief Justice w’l:l“'” licati er ication was sponsored by wiillam H. von Bayer and Mrs. Greta von Bayer of the Chevy Chase Apart- ments. She came to America in 19; to her application. The girl was removed to Sibley Hos- | ? | INTOXGATION G COMEFRON WATER, SCENTIST CLAMS Brain Cortex of Leaders of Children Studied by Re- search Council. WORKING GIRL SORROWS | ARE OBJECT OF SURVEY| | —— | Experiments Reveal Two Kinds of | Sweating—With Temperature and Brain as Causes. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. It is possible to become intoxicated | on water, | Experiments with rabbits by Dr. | Hirotada Misawa, Japanese physiolo- gist, showing this possibility, are re- ported by the Committee on Child De- velopment of the National Research Council, together with numerous other advances in scientific knowledge touch- ing upon the bodies and minds of chil- dren from laboratories throughout the world. Dr. Misawa administered to his ex- perimental rabbits 50 cubic centimeters | of water per kilogram of body weight every 30 minutes, according to the re- port, and soon restlessness, an increase in saliva and tremors began to appear. At the end of four hours, when the water given amounted to one-third of the body weight, the animals went into convulsions. Decrease in Protein. Tests then showed a decrease in the | protein content of the blood serum and a marked reduction in the chlorine, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium content of the biood. There was a slight increase in the hemoglobin and red cells and an in- crease in the blood sugar and white blood cells. The body temperature de- | creased about 2 degrees when con- | vulsions started. Further administra- | tion of water caused death. Preparation of two substances, pos- sibly ~ hormones, from the thymus | gland, a rather mysterious gland of internal secretion at the base of the | neck, which reaches its greatest de- | velopment in children and then tends to disappear, was reported by the Ger- man physiologist A. Nitschke. One of | thece isclated substances when inject- ed into animals, he found, reduces the | amount of calcium in the blood serum and brings about tetanic muscle spasms and extreme excitability to electrical stimulation. This is a condition some- | what similar to that produced by strychnine. Cuts Phosphorus Content. The other substance reduced the phosphorus_content of the blood by 50 per cent. But Dr. Nitschke was puzzied by the fact that complete removal of the thymus did not appear to have any | effects in the opposite direction, and came to the conclusion that other in- ternal secretion organs in the body sup- plied the same substances necessary to keep the proper chemical balance and that the function of the thymus in | childhood was to take the burden off some of these other organs, such as the spleen and lymph glands. A study of the qualities which make a child a leader of his companions, made with 400 groups of children, by E. Checaleva-Ianovshaia, & Russian psychologist, is reported from Paris. He applied to the leaders of these groups the principles of mind mechanism de- veloped with dogs by the Russian physi- ologist Paviov. According to these principles, a stimulation, depending on the previous associations of the indi- | vidual with it and the nature of the} individual's brain cortex, produces either stimulation leading to a positive reaction or inhibition, acting as a bar [to action and causing shrinkage away | contest sponsored by the Atwater.Kent from the situation. He found that the child leaders ap- parently have the sort of brain cortex which is hospitable to stimulation. When stimulated to talk he talks Jonger | than other children. He forms associ- ations more rapidly. He acts with more originality or variation to & specific stimulus than other children and usu- ally his reactions are more adequate. ‘Working Girls Studied. The sorrows of young working girls were studled by the psychologist M. Kelchner at the University of Leipzig. From 750 girls employed in the factories of that city he secured essays on “sor- row.” Most of the girls wrote about their own lives, and each essay was given a complete psychological analysis. He found that “life is a surprisingly serfous affair for them,” but love affairs did not play much of & part in their “The most common causes of grief,” he reported, “are economic | need, loss of a job, illness and death. There is evident a very marked intel- lectual dcpendence on the mother, whose influence is especially great in the middle-class family, Such con: There are two kinds of “sweating,” reports the Japanese physiologist, Y. Kuno. The sweat glands on the palms and soles, he found, are not especially | affected by & change in temperature but secrete perspiration only when stimulated by the brain, with which they appear to be closely tied out. The sweat glands over the rest of the body, he found, are not especially affected by the brain, but come into action when the temperature rises. But in each case the sweating is over the entire area of one set of the glands. The whole body surface, except the Ims and soles, is notably affected by a rise in temperature, and both hands and feet by an appropriate mental stimula- tion. | information uncovered last NEW NURMI ARREST APPEARS PROBABLE . | Sergt. Burdine Investigates Report Fourth Man Was t Present at Party. | | Another arrest in connection with, the fatal shooting of Aavari Nurmi, | 24-year-old Census Bureau clerk, ap- peared probable today in the light of night by Sergt. Earl H. Burdine of the Mont- gomery County police. | The officer said he had been inform- ed that four men, instead of three, as previously had been supposed, were | present at the drinking party at Nur- mi's Takoma Park home which culmi- nated in his death. Burdine said his| informant furnished the name and ad- dress of the taxicab driver who is sald to have taken the fourth man to the party. | Two men already are charged with manslaughter as an outcome of the finding of Nurmi's body on the lawn of his home. They are Henry W. Mc- Guire, 29 years old, 1400 block of Co-| lumbia road, and John J. O'Brien, 26 | years old, 1400 block of Chapin street. | Both are at liberty under $1,000 bond.!.‘ They admitted to police that they at- that any one else, with the exception of Nurmi, was nt. The pupils of the Weightman School for Crippled were entertained by the tended the drinking party, but denied “W” Club of Western High School at the Weightman Building yesterda, mittee from the Kiwanis Club, consistin; g of Frederick A. Schutz and Charles W. | Pimper, aided in the affair with the showing of a series of films depicting-the pres| ‘The fourth man is believed to have| work of the Kiwanis Clinic and other activity among the crippled children at the arrived at Nurmi's home some time | after the others and to have traveled | from Washington alone in a taxicab. school. Upper picture shows Miss Sally Jumper of the “W” Club entertaining the | children by cutting out figures. 1In the picture are, left to right: Gertrude Keren, ‘The theory that Nurmi was killed by | Milton Kirk, Nelson Hanback, Elizabeth Bell, Julia Phillips and James Anderson. some one who wished to prevent his Lower: Miss Frances Dowden and Miss Virginia Sellers entertaining children with disclosing to authorities knowledge of | musical selections. Left to right: Catherine Burkley, Billy Barr, Fannie Barbour, announcement by tective James Collins that the rumor had been investigated and found to have no basis in fact. NEW JERSEY SOPRANO IS AUDITION WINNER Paula Josephine Phoenix Given First Place in Northeast Radio Contest. Paula Josephine Phoenix of Oakhurst, N. J., soprano, and Raoul Kadeau of New York City, baritone, were an- nounced today as the winners of the Northeastern district radio audition ) Foundation. The District of Columbia was rep- resented in the Northeastern district contest by Florence M. Yocum of Wash- | ington, soprano, and Leonard R. Davis of Washington, baritone. ‘The winners will represent their dis- trict in the national finals at New York December 14. Rose Tentoni, New York City, so- prano, took second place in the women's finals and Rosemarie Brancate, Roches- ter, N, Y., soprano, third. In the men's division, David Thomas, Scranton, bari- tone, placed second and Frank Ric- clardi, Newark, baritone, third. 'NEW YORK SPORTSMAN ARRESTED IN CAPITAL Accused of Failing to Pay Hotel Bill, He Declares Charge is Result of Error. James Joseph O'Brien, wealthy New York sportsman, was arrested here yes- | terday afternoon on a warrant charging | him with failing to pay a hotel bill of $237.14. O'Brien, who told police the whole | affair was a_mistake, was released a short time after his arrest in the cus- tody of Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, for appearance in_court. The complaint against O'Brien dates back to September, 1929, when the New Yorker was a guest at the Mayflower Hotel. His bill was not ready when he went to pay it and O'Brien asked that it be mailed to his home in New York. The bill was never mailed, or at least he never received it, O'Brien told de- tectives, and it eventually slipped his mind. The arrest was made a short time after O'Brien came to the Capital yesterday. REAL THANKSGIVING DINNER PROVIDED FOR DOGS AT POUND | ;Special Meal Is Prepared With Funds Donated by Kindly Disposed Vermont Woman. Every dog has his day and this must be the day for the variety of canines now resident at the District Pound. At any rate, the pups and the big fellows who have run afoul of the law to find themselves under the temporary care of Poundmaster W. R. Smith, are scheduled to have a real Thanksgiving day dinner at 3:30 o'clock this after- noon. A kindly-disposed wcman of Vermont has provided funds for the regal repast and Miss Virginia W. Sargent is acting as her agent in seeing that the dogs are fed the special dinner Poundmaster Smith has prepared a menu fit for & king—of dogs. For the mature fellows, there’ll be liver, pork and sausage, and what Mr. Smith calls “corn bread de liver.” It is a dish he has baked for the dogs himself and it is a mixture of corn meal and diced liver, browned to & turn. The pup will get extra rations of milk while the “youths” among the 65 animals will get_a mixture of liver and milk, ac- cording to their years. The Thanksgiving day party at _the Headquarters De- | pound is out of the ordinary. Each year Poundmaster Smith provides a. Christmas _tree for his four-footed charges. But whether it’s the irony of the thing or not, the idea of providing the dogs, caught without licenses and— generally—doomed to a gaseous demise, with a feast in celebration of “thanks- ,’Mfll" just hasn’t gained headway be- fore. | & crime was exploded today with the | Miss Dowden at piano and Miss Sellers. —Star Staff Photos. AR TRAFFIC SETS WORLD'S RECORD 263 Passengers Are Carried Between Washington and New York in Day. What is believed to be a new world record for the number of passengers carried in a single day on a scheduled airline was established yesterday by the New York, Philadelphia and Washing- ton Airways Corporation, which flew 263 passengers between the National Capital and New York. It is estimated that between 300 and 300 passengers were turned away be- cause of lack of space yesterday, though every plane owned by the line, includ- ing a small single-engined ship tsed by executives of the line, was pressed into sérvice. Fourteen tri-motored planes were flown north out of this airport. Many Fly After Dark. One hundred and thirty-six pas- sengers made all or a part of the trip after dark. Planes of the line flew & total of 5,600 miles during the day. At one time there were 71 passengers in the air in seven tri-motored planes and the single-engined plane. Ten students from Georgetown Uni- versity- occupied one plane on the trip North, and eight girls from Trinity Col- lege left an another plane. Planes leaving the airport this morn ing also were filled to capacity, as be lated travelers went to points in the New York area for Thanksgiving din- ners with relatives or friends. Reserv tions for tomorrow are reported heavy. Other air transport lines also_were doing good business yesterday, Penn- sylvania Airlines being forced to turn away passengers for the Pittsburgh and Cleveland flight. Extra Plane to South. Eastern Air Transport, operators of the New York-Miami airmail line and of a New York-Richmond passenger service, were forced to put on an extra section, though a giant 18-passenger Condor, the largest passenger plane used on the Atlantic seaboard, was used for the regular run. A tri-motored Ford was used to care for the overflow and also was filled to capacity. Pilots on the mail run last night were bundled to the eyes, full Winter flying gear, with extras being called into use, as temperatures fell far below freezing at flying altitudes. All the regular night flights went through on schedule, the shuttle service between New York and the National Capital being elimi- nated this morning because of the holiday. HOME GETS LIQUORS 108 Cases of Pre-war Whisky As- signed by Government. Soldiers’ Home today received 108 cases of assorted pre-war liquors for “medicinal purposes.” The liquor was placed at the Govern- ment's disposal a short while ago when a local estate was seitled. There was need for the liquor as medicine at Soldiers’ Home, there. With Deputy Marshal E. A. Sackey of Police Court as guard, a Government, truck moved the liquor from a store house on. Thirteen-and-a-half street, neér the District Bullding, to the home. 50 it was assigned | SHOPPING SEASON - BEGINS TOMORROW Merchants and Manufactur- ers Announce Christmas Stock Displays for 1931. Formal opening of Washington's 1930 Christmas shopping season will take place tomorrow, according to an an- nouncement made today by the Mer- | chants and Manufacturers’ Association of the District. Although many of the leading stores of the city have been active during the past two weeks unveiling special Christ- mas displays, presenting a variety of Yuletide gift suggestions, Thanksgiving day marks the real start of the Christ- mas shopping period, the association stated. Formal openings of Christmas displays are scheduled for tomorrow in many of the stores, it was announced. In anticipation of the public demand for opportunity to do Christmas shop- ing earlier, Washington merchants ve placed complete holiday merchan- dise on sale earlier this year than ever before. In making known the vast variety of Christmas stock that has been assem- bled by Washington merchants in prep- aration for the annual shopping rush, Mark Lansburgh, president of the asso- clation, today pointed out that in cater- ing to the growing tendency toward more practical gifts merchants here- abouts have spent months seeking out a variety of these objects and securing them for sale to the Washington public }nc ‘moderate prices. PART OF BOLLING FIELD TOO WET FOR SAFETY Warning to Aviators Given to Avoid South Portion of Air- port Because of Seepage. Warning that a large Prlrt of the south portion of Bolling Field has be- come so wet and soft as to be hazard- ous to airplanes attempting to land or take off there was issued today by the Navy hydr phic office. "The wet feld is due to seepage from filling operations now in progress. A dike has been thrown up across a large portion of the southeastern end of the fleld and silt from the Anacostia River is being pumped behind the dike by a Government_dredge. The dredging operations will be con- tinued until about December 15, and after that time it is expected the field will gradually dry up so that ail por- tions outside the dike and newly filled area may be used. HOLD-UP MEN GET $63 e | Two Victims Are Robbed Without Use of Weapons. Police today were asked to search for two colored men and one white man who stopped two pedestrians last night and robbed them without exhibiting weapons. ‘William W. Clubb, 708 Seventh street southeast, said he was walking through Navy place hen one colored man grabbed and hel , while an- other took his pocketbool ntaining $42. Clyde Broadway, n’!" venth street gouthwest, lost $21 in }Hmfiar manner to a man who stopped'him at Eighth and E streets southwest. PAGE B-1 IMARKET RAZING DELAY SOUGHT IN CLASH OVER SPAGE Letters Sent to Senators, Wholesalers and Others, Charging FacHities Lacking. CONVENTION HALL VACANCIES “PLENTY” President Blick of Company Sharp- ly Disputes Dealers of Oenter. Bharply clashing claims came out in the open today regarding the adequacy and avallability of market space in Washington to take care of the dealers who are to be closed out of Center Mar- ket, which 1s doomed to destruction by the Government early in January. In reply to the charge by the new Center Market Dealers’ Association that there are no adequate facilities and the razing date of the market should be postponed for a year, John S. Blick, president of Washington Convention Hall Co.,, today declared that officers of the dealers’ association themselves had signed leases to move to Conven- tion Hall Market, and that there are now available in Washington “plenty of vacant stands.” Mr. Blick declared that the president of the Center Market Dealers’ Associa- tion, F. W. Loetch, and the vice presi- dent, Fairfax Oyster, “have signed leases for space in the Convention Halle Market, at Fifth, K and L streets, from the date Center Market is closed, along with nearly one hundred of the other Center Market dealers.” Drive. for Postponement. Meantime the dealers, through their organization and attorney, Charles W. Darr, former president of the Chamber of Commerce, have launched a cam= paign through the mails to build up support for their claims that demolition should be postponed. Letters are being sent out to United States Senators and to wholesalers and others throughout the country. The letter to Senators read: “Center Market must be kept open and, if possible, replaced by a market of-which the Capital City may well be proud. It is unfair to force to undesir- able, inadequate and higher price quar- ters these dealers whose staunch sup- port has made this market show our Government a yearly profit of more ':ll:)‘n:‘ $80,000 every year of its opera- Continuance of this markes, at least until the ground on which it stands is needed, will be greatly appreciated by the many dealers in the market, as well clated.” o oty The other letters read: “Your help is needed to prevent the closing of Center Market on December 31, 1930. Operated With Success. “Purchased in 1922 by the Federal Government for one and one-half mil- lion dollars, not one cent of which went to the stand holders, it has since been operated with great success and profit by the Department of Agriculture. “To close this institution, that has continuously operated for 128 years on the same site, will work hardships in- calculable on the 165 dealers within and 200 on the farmers’' line outside. Some of the dealers can find elsewhere at increased rentals, but no building of equal size, or convenience is available and not less than one-third will be forced entirely out of business and compelled to seek employment else~ where, “Please, immediately, write your Sen« ator or Representative a letter such as the inclosed might suggest. This will not obligate you and might help your business, for every dealer will know | that you have lent a helping hand.” Bearing on Unemployment. It is contended by the dealers that closing the market”January 1 will have a serious bearing upon the unemploy- ment situation, it being stated that many persons now employed there will be out of employment should the mar= ket close before provision is made for accommodations elsewhere. Patrons of the dealers continue tg express themselves unfavorably u the proposition to close the market, pointing to the fact that the esntral location of the building makes buying there easier than when they will have to make a change. The street car transfer junction is mentioned by them as of great assistance and convenience. BOY SCOUTS TO LEAVE FOR 3-DAY CAMP TRIP | Seventy From Washington to Go to West Virginia Mountains Tomorrow. About 70 Washington. Boy Scouf with their scoutmasters, will ma Washington tomorrow fo® a three-day camp in the mountains of West Vir- ginia, near Charles Town. The party will leave in automobiles, from the Virginia end of Key B: , &t 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and will not return until Sunday evening. The principal purpose of the expedi« tion, according to Scout headquarters, will be to help the Potomac-Appa= lachian Trail Club to clear the trafl from Harpers Ferry southward. The party will joined by Scout groups from Alexandria, Leesburg, Pur- cellville and Fredericksburg, Va. The local Scouts will represent, the followin; troops: No. 33, from Takoma Parl Presbyterian Church, scoutmaster, Dr. William Hooker; No. 8, from All Souls* Memorial Episcopal Church, scoutmas- ter, William Westlake; No. 13, from Eldbrooke M. E. Church, scoutmaster, George Skirm; No. 104, from Clarendon M. E. Church, scoutmaster, Percy L. Ports; No. 51, from Mount Pleasant M. E. Church, scoutmaster, Edward Lyles; Nq. 67, from Anacostia Baptist Chure] scoutmaster, Harold W. Denison, ll& No. 133, from Warner Memorial bytericn Church, scoutmaster, Baughman. SPSE PR R. 0. T. C. INSPECTION DUE Third Corps Area Schools to Be Visited Early in December. Lieut. Col. R. H. Leavitt, U. 8. A, R. O. T. C. officer of the 3rd Area, will make his regular inspection tour this year from December 1-10, it was announced today. During this period he will visit Mec- Kinley, Eastern, Western, Central and Business High Schools here, and will also inspect Gettysburg Ooll?s. Staune #son Military Academy and Virginis Pres- Wilbur