Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1931, Page 5

CAPITAL BULDING | * BILLS CONSIDERED Parkway Project Action and' . Railway Payments Are Emphasized. The House Committee on Public| Buildings and Grounds today consid- ered, without reaching any determina- | tion, two bills affecting the Capital; development project. . Representative Cramton, father of the George Washington Memorial Parkway project, urged action upon his bill au- | thorizing the Government to immedi- ately extend $3,000,000 for payment in full of the purchase price of certain lands which the National Capital Park and Planning Commission _considers absolutely essential and necessary in its project, this amount to be match- ed by subsequent donations from Mary- land and Virginia, so that in the final reckoning the total expenditures of the! Federal Government in this parkway | would not exceed 50 per cent of the total cost of the land acquired. i Bowman Bill Discussed. Representative Cramton stressed the | fact that under the present condition | the States of Maryland and Virginia | have been slow in_contributing their | share and that with the State Legis- Jature not being in session for another | vear progress on this important devel- | opment. would be entirely stopped un-| less the Federal Government acquired the strategic sites now. Representatives of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission. the architect of the Capitol and others| interested in the program of Capital development attended the hearing. The committee also considered the Bowman bill to remiburse the street railway companics for all costs to which they are put in relaying tracks in con- nection with the improvement and ex- tension of the Capitol grounds to Union Station. John H. Hanna, president, and Levi Cook! attorney for the Capital Traction Co., explained the heavy ex- penses which they are now incurring in relocating their tracks as requirec by this program. Fare Reduction Considered. Representative Almon, Democrat, of Alabama asked Mr. Hanna if the street railway companies had ever considered reducing fares, and how the fares here Educator Dies HOME ECONOMICS AUTHORITY DIES AT 47 Miss Anna E. Richardson, Nation- ally Known for Many Activ- ities, Stricken Suddenly. Miss Anna E. Richardson, in charge of work iIn conection with child de- velopment and parental education for the American Home Economics Associ- ation,* died at her residence Eightecnth street, last night after sudden illr She was 47 years old. Nationally known &s an educator and home economist, Miss Richardson had held a number of positions of im- portance. She was chairman of a sub- committee of education for home and family life in the White House Con- ference on Child Health and Protction Miss Richardson was assistant di rector in charge of the home eco nomics education service in the Federal Board for Vocational Education from 1917 to 1922, and later served as dean THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, WAGE SCALE B PASSES N SENATE Construction of Rates in Each Community. The Senate today unanimously passed the Davis bill requiring contractors on public buildings in Washington and the prevailing” wage scale for_similar work in the community. The bill" still requires action by the House. One of the purposes of the bill is to discourage contractors frome bringing workmen from where public buildings are being erected at lower wage rates than those prevail- ing where the building is going on. The bill was favorable reported from theCommittee on Manufactures, follow- ing a hearing yesterday, at which it was indosed by Government officials and heads of labor organization: In the event of a dispute over what is the prevailing wage rate in any com- munity, the question would be referred {to the Secretary of Labor. whose con- { clusion would be final. The bill pro- | vides that every contract in excess of $5,000 for rej or new construction on public buildings shall contain the | vailing wage scale in that Passage of the bill was urged by Sen- ators Couzens, Republican, Michigan, and La Fellette, Republican, Wisconsin Senators Jones, Republican, Wash- ington, and Hatfirld. Republican, West, Virginia, also spoke briefly in favor of it locality 'MALONE IS NAMED BIOGRAPHY EDITOR son Selected as His Suc- cessor. | Dr. Dumas Malone, late Dr. Allen Johnson in the editorship of the “Dictionary of American Biog- raphy,” has been named sole editor in chief and the offices of the organiza- tion, 1t was stated, will remain in Wash- elsewhere to pay laborers and mechanics | other places to cities | | provision for the payment of the pre- | Associate of Late Dr. Allen John- associate of the | JAMES BAIRD LAMBIE FUNERAL RITES HELD Oldest Past Masonic Lodge Master and Business Leader Is In- terred Privately. Funeral James services for Baijrd b | Requires Payment on Federal| Lambie. a4 years old. for many years VESDAY, FEBRUARY ¢, | & leading business man of this city, who died at.the home of Rev. Dr. J. H. Dunham, 2109 G street, Monday, were conducted in Western Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock. In- terment was private. Mr. Lamble was founder and at the .time of his death chairman of the board of directors of the James B. Lambie Hardware Co. here. He had been active in various organizations, 1931. tutions and fraternal bodies. He was | the oldest past master of a Masonic || Lodge in the District, serving as master of Hiram Lodge in 1876-1877. [ Rembrandt's most famous painting, “The Night Watch,” hanging in an Amsterdam museum, was deliberately slashed and badly mutilated by a dis- charged naval cook in revenge against || including banking and business insti- | the government in 1911. Final Annual Selling of all remaining Fall and Winter Shoes —TWO DAYS ONLY— Thursday and Friday Feb. 5 & 6 - Means Extra Savings on Remaining Small Lots That Must Go Quickly! }After Inventory [ARRY $2 Part-Wool Double-Bed BLANKETS Felt, Felt and Straw SPRING HATS $1.88 Clever new styles for early Spring wear, in wanted snades: all bead sizes. Sateen bonnd ends. lovely block plaids of rose. blue, green, etc. SMight seconds. 23 Rayon Brocade Bedspreads 39 s == Large enough to cov- er entire bed and pil- lows. Rose, blue. zreen. orchid and gold. Per- fect. W&m 200 Fine Chiffons Canton Crepe & Print @ Silk Dresses Boys’ $5 McKenny Chinchilla COATS > of home economics at Iowa State Col- | lege, one of the largest home econom- | ics departments in the country. She has been with the American Home | Economics Association, in charge of its| :;’;:fl{’i‘o;hi’,?m‘:"’l’g’ggmf“‘ and parental | fice of Dr, John H. Finle ociate She was an hooorary member of the | Soor of the New York Times. Dr. | Johnson died January 19 here following Phi Upsilon Omicron and Omicron Nu | 30 aocrt A1t JAQURLY /9 aete Tolowing fraternities and_an active member of | op e oiite & 2 5‘ the Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Sigma | = pr Malone has been active in com- compared with the rest of. the country. Mr. Hanna replied that they had con- sidered this question, but were afraid that any reduction of fares would have a bad effect on the company's revenues if applied to the city as a whole. He #aid that the present average was about 817, which he believes is the general average throughout the whole country, and that the return here should be higher on account of the triple expense | ingten, in the Hill Building, Seven- teenth and I stree Dr. Malone was elected by the publ cation’s Committee of Management at a meeting in New York City in the of- | | 2'for$15 Real $10 and $12.95 Values There's every new and wanted styvle She in providing an underground system instead of overhead trolleys. Replying to a question by Representa- tive Dallinger of Massachusetts as to whether they had considered a zone system, Mr. Hanna replied that this question had been discussed, with ref- erence to short distances, but that it had been opposed in the past by citi- | zens of the District and the Utilities Commission. RECEIVER IS ASKED| Baltimore Firm With Offices Here Faces Charges of Insolvent Finances. Appointment of a receiver for the brokerage firm of Hambleton & Co..| Baltimore concern having local officés | at 1521 K street, was asked in a petition filed in District Supreme Court late vesterday by Robert E. Funkhouser, | 5315 Colorado avenue. The petitioner’s _attorney, Jesse C.; Duke and Crandal Mackey, alleged that there are pending in the local court suits totaling $3,500,000 against the company, which they charge is in-| solvent. 2 | The allegation is made that the com- | pany is about to close its Washington office and to remove its assets from the District of Columblia. ‘The Hambleton Co. was one of the several well known bond houses, which participated in an $11,000.000 loan placed on local Wardman-built proper- ties several years ago. The firm, an old organization,. is sald to have done most | of its business in Baltimore. | T. Edward Hambleton. head of the concern, committed suicide in Baltimore recently CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED | FOR V. F. W. MEMBERS Effort to Enroll 50,000 New Names Throughout Nation Begun at Meeting Here. \ A program of addresses and mleir! featured a “veterans' rally” under the auspices of the Department of the Dis- trict of Columbia Veterans of Foreign Wars, held in connection with the Jaunching of a Nation-wide campaign to obtain 50,000 new members in the V. F. W. national organization. in Mem- orial Continental Hall last night. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, told of the value of | veterans' organizations in developing the proper personnel to work for the | care and treatment of veterans. Gen. Hines' address and addresses by Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz, U. S N., retired: Senator David A. Reed of Penn sylvania and Paul C. Wolman. com- mander-in-chief of the Veterans of For- cign Wars, were broadcast Delta Epsilon and Motar Board was a trustee of the Teachers' College of Columbia University. Surviving Miss_Richardson are her father, W. H. Richardson, and sister, Mrs, Daisy Doar, both of Somerville, | 8. C. Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. Burial services are to be in Somerville, 8. C. 'POOL AS SKATING RINK DEFENDED BY DELANO All-Winter Project Declared Prac ticable in Face of Criticism in Statement. Prederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Park and Planning Commis- sion, denied today it would be imprac- ticable to utilize the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial as an all-Winter skating rink by artificial freezing of the water there. A statement published yesterday was to the effect that, since the pool rests on marsh land, the expansion of the ice resulting from artificial freezing would probably thrust the granite coping away from its moorings. It is fastened to piles driven into the marsh. ‘As an engineer who has had a great deal of experience with construction work,” Mr. Delano said, “the objections raised in this article do not appear in he slightest degree insurmountable. Tt is to be admitted that on account of the character of the bottom and be- | cause the pool is unnecessarily deep it will be necessary to put a new rein- forced concrete bottom in the pool which would provide for a Summer depth of not exceeding two feet and a Winter depth of not more than one foot. “The form of the bottom should be s0 designed as to do away with any danger from the thrust of the fce tn| which the article calls attention. Fur- thermore, aprons or side-boards of the cheapest character can easily be used to take up this thrust. “I do not wish to minimize the e: pense of the proper and adequate treat- ment of the reflecting basin so that it will make a good skating pond, but any one who says that the scheme is ! impractical on.account of the danger of the granite walls does not know what he is talking about.” EVAA. CHASE, SCHOOL OFFICIAL, DIES AT HOME Administrative Prineipal of Doug- lass-Simmons Group to Be Buried Tomorrow. Miss Eva A. Chase, administrative principal of _the Douglass-Simmons school group, District of Columbia pub- | e schools, died at her residence, 1109 | T street, yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Halley B. Taylor, | Rev. Walter Brooks and Rev. D. E. piling the 1i h'stories of 13,000 or more Americans since Jul. 929, when {he resigned a professorship of history | at the University of Virginia to join Dr. Johnson. | CLERGYMAN INSURED Epicopal Trustees Pay Premiums by Group System. | NEW YORK, February 4 (#).—Group insurance for $500 each has been taken on the lives of Protestant Episcopal clergymen in the Diocese of Long | Island. Suffragan Bishop J. I B. 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