Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1931, Page 19

THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C.. "APRIL- 12, 1931—PART ONE. BAN O LEFT TURNS DURING RUSHURGE Bingham Suggests Way to Avert Jams at Certain Busy Intersections. A ban on left turns during the rush hours at certain busy intersections in different parts of the city, which he described as traffic “bottle necks,” was suggested yesterday by Senator Bing- ham of Connecticut, who has been de- voting considerable” thought to local traffic problems since Congress ad Jjourned. Senator Bingham is chair man of the subcommittee in charge of District appropriations in the Senate. ‘The Senator mentioned New Jersey and Massachusetts avenues, Seventecnth and H streets and Eighteenth street and Columbia road as illustrations of | the kind of busy corners where he be- lieves traffic could be moved more ex-‘: peditiously during the peak periods if | there were no cars making left turns at those hours. He emphasized that he did not believe it would be necessary to prohibit left turns at such places at other times of da Senator Bingham said what he had in mind was to try to reroute to other Tniearby streets some of the traffic which becomes congested at such busy corners in the rush periods. First street and G street, the Senator pointed out, bring a considerable amount of traffic into the intersection of New Jersey and Massachusetts avenues, in addition to the heavy flow of vehicles on those avenues in the rush hours. He said that on one occasion recently while there was a long line of cars ex: tending back from this intersection, he found that Second sueet had little traffic on it and he was able to avoid the congested corner. The corner of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, at the south end of the Treasury, was another point mentioned by the Senator as a place where he thought it would be helpful if a way could be found of rerouting some of the rush hour traffic. PREACHER CREDITED WITH FOILING YEGGS Minister at Shepherdstown Hears Blast and Calls Officers, but Thieves Flee. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. April 11.—Telephone_wires leading from the home of Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, Pres- byterian pastor, living here, across from Farmers' Bank, object of a fruitless midnight burglary attempt 10 days ago, were cut the night of the attempt, it was disclosed by repairmen yesterday. The bandits had cut them in such a way as to permit him to make an out- going call, although unable to receive an incoming one. Rev. Mr. Witherspoon . was aroused, apparently by the noise of the first explosion of nitroglycerin against the outer vault door the night of the attempted robbery, arose, turned on a light, and called a policeman. His activity was credited with having fright- ened off the bandits before they were able to blast their way to the vault interior, where approximately $6,000 in cash lay Nc trace of the bandits has been developed. The vault doors have been repaired and newer safety devices | added. | HOME TO OBSERVE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Southern Methodist Institution at| Gaithersburg Announces Plans for Tea. By a SBtaft Correspondent of The Btar. GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 11— he fifth anniversary of the establish-, ment of the Southern Methodist Home for the Aged and Orphans here will be celebrated Wednesday afternoon when a tea will be held at the home from 3 to 5 o'clock. The tea is being given by the Wor- | en's Guild of the Southern Methodist Church of Washington, D. C.. and vi- cinity. The guild, organized in Jan , 1930, with 14 members, now has A birthday cake, with five candles will be a fegture of the tea. All persons have been asked to bring foodstuffs snd money. Mrs. E. E. Stacy is president of ihe Women's Guild and has arranged for the tea. Other officers.include Mrs. Ida R. Groover, vice president anc a member of the Board of Trustees of the home, and Mrs, Willlam Gorham, secretary. All of the officers are from Washington, D. C. — DRIVER ESCAPES AU‘TO SEIZED AFTER CHASE Ninety-8ix Quarts of Alleged Whisky Taken by Montgomery | County Policeman. Br a Staff Correspondent of The Star [ ELECTRICAL GUILD SILVER SPRING, Md., April 11.—A car contalning 96 gquarts of alleged | whisky was seized by Montgomery County Policeman George Windham | I Heads Guild LOUIS K. COMSTOCK, Who will preside at the first annual conference of the Electrical Guild of North America, to be held at the Ward- man Park Hotel, April 20-21. 10 CONVENEHERE Several Hundred Delegates Representing 15 Cities Expected to Attend. HOWARD CHARGES JOHNSON IS UNFIT Mississippi Republican Lead- er Says University Head’s Usefulness Impaired. Perry W. Howard, Republican na- || tional ~ committeeman for Mississippi and grand legal adviser of the colored Elks, last night issued a statement charging that Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson is “temporarily unfitted” to cantinue as president of Howard University. He criticized Willlam C. Hueston, commissioner of education for the Elks, for supporting Dr. Johnson, as reporte in the press. He said that the com- missioner’s attitude does not reflect that of the Elks as an organization. Attacks Bishop Jones. The statement also attacked Bishop E. D. W. Jones for allegedly imputing | race motives to Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana, who has come out in | opposition to Dr. Johnson. It was pointed out that Representative Wood's appropriations committee has been gen- | erous to Howard University. “The issue now is the removal of Dr. Johnson,” the colored politician stated. “There are numbers of available men from whom to choose his successor. There are Kelly Miller, Alain LeRoy Locke, Dwight O. W. Holmes, Dr.| Charles H. Wesley, Dr. Ernest E. Just, Garnet, C. Wilkinson, G. David Hous- ton, President John M. Gandy of Vir- ginia State College, President John Hope of Morehouse College and others. “Usefulness Impaired.” “By reason of chaos, confusion and | threatened revolution among the stu-| dents and faculty, nearly all are agreed that regardless of the merits of the controversy, Dr. Johnson’s usefulness as president of Howard University is im- paired and the welfare of the institu- Several hundred delegates, represent- | ing more than 15 citics, will convene to_discuss the problems of the electri- | cal construction industry, as they affect | both employer and employe, at the first ] annual Conference of the Electrical | Guild of North America, to be held at the Wardman Park Hotel April 20-21. Organized to promote industrial co- operation in the ranks of the electrical construction field, the guild, not a year old, already embraces a large portion of the electrical business in the | country. Methods best adapted to | sympathetic understanding in _this| phase of the building industry, vitally | affecting efforts of the Government and industry to restore business coritions, will be discussed at the meeting. Heading the speakers will be Louis K. Comstock, president of the guild Mr. Comstock was one of the organizers | of the Council of Industrial Relations | in 1920, the actions of that body hav- ing tended to abolish strikes in the electrical construction industry over the past decade. Mr. Comstock was last | year sppointed a delegate by President Hoover to the International Congress of Building and Public Works held in London. He has also attended the last four meetings of the International Chamber of Commerce. Other speakers will include John M. | Greis, chairman of President's Hoover's | Conference on Home Building and Home | Ownership; Victor H. Tousley, fleld | secretary of the Internationzl Associa- | tion of Electrical Inspectors; C. E.| Greewood, of the National Electric | Light Association; H. H. Broach, presi- dent of the International Brotherhood | of Electrical Workers; Otto S. Beyer | and L. I. MacQueen. ACCIDENTS INJURE FOUR ALEXANDRIA CHILDREN Two Are Victims of Bicycle Mis-| haps; None Is Seriously Hurt. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 11 —Four | children were injured in a series of minor accidents here today. Three of the children were treated at the Alex-- andria Hospital. Two of those hurt were lads riding bicycles. Richard Powell, eight years old, of 1446 Duke street, received cuts and bruises when knocked down by the po- llice car driven by Capt. Haywood Dur- Ter of Fairfax County Road Police, near | his home. According to the Teport Capt. Drurrer made to local police, the | lad ran out into the path of his car from behind an ice wagon. Columbus Beverly, 10, of Rosemont, | received a broken arm when he feli from his bicycle. Thomas Dolan, 14, of | East Raymond avenue, received slight cuts and bruises when struck by an automobile driven by N. R. Roche: of | Orange, N. J., according to a report | made to police. The lad was treated by Dr. Yost. Tola Case, about 12 years old, who was visiting friends at Belle Haven, just south of this city, received a cut on her face which required several stitches to clpse when she fell from the porch steps this afternoon. MAN OVER 100 YEARS OLD TAKEN IN LIQUOR RAID| Alleged to Have Been Caught Near Winchester Operating 250- Gallon Still. tion demands his removal. “The colored people want an upstand- ing and outstanding educator at the head of this institution. I speak with- out malice and only as a patron of the institution.” Trustees of the university will meet Tuesda; to consider the unrest at Howard. YOUTH IN FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT RELEASED Story of Walter Hatton That Vic- | tim Drove Car That Hit Pole Is Verified. Staff Correspondent of The Star, | BETHESDA, Md., April 11.—Held by police since Thursday, when an auto- | mobile in which he was riding collided with an electric light pole on Bradley | lane near Connecticut avenue, killing one man and serlously injuring another, Walter L. Hatton, 19 years old, of the 3300 block of N street, Washington, was released last night. | His release followed confirmation by | Michael Hendricks, the injured man, of || the story he told police. He said James Panos, the man who was killed, was driving the car at the time of the ac- cident. Yesterday Sergt. Leroy Rodgers of the Montgomery County police inter- viewed Hendricks at the Naval Hospital, and Hendricks also stated that Panos was the driver. i BURCHELL GIVEN APPEAL FROM ENJOINING VERDICT | Dairy Says Man's Employment in| Alexandria Constitutes Viola- tion of Agreement. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 11.—Michael H. Burchell has been awarded an ap- peal by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from & decree of the Corpora- tion Court of Alexandria enjoining him | in & sult brought by the Capital City Dairy and F. Larmour Oyster. In their application to the trial court the complainants asked that Mr. Burchell be enjoined from continuing | Satisfaction Since 1859 GSPAL 810-818 Seventh St. N.W. Fashion, Quality and Value in Amazing Combination in This Purchase of Hundreds of Brand-New A Nt e Jackets! Ensembles! Ruffles! S DN R Distinguished successors to the pre-Faster styles—entirely new fashions that trip gayly hand in hand with warmer weather. Developed in plain and printed all-silk chiffon, polka dot chif- fon, plain and flowered georgette, flat crepe, canton crepe and printed crepe. All colors—featuring high shades and sparkling prints. *Plenty of chiffon dresses in sizes 38 to 44, Second Floor. DRESSES Peplums! Drapes! Flares! 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Sizes 2 to 12 with straight knees; sizes 6 to 10 with blocmer knees. : Women’s Union Suits, 39¢ Regular, extra and double extra sizes in knit union suits with band his employment in Alexandria with the Alexandria Dairy Products Co., averring that he was thereby violating the re strictive covenant of a stock sale con- tract which provided that Le must not engage in the dairy business within 50 miles of the post office building In Washington for 10 years from October 17. 1929. An injunction to this effect was issued by the Alexandria cou DRIVER OF DEATH CAR NOW FACES DRY CHARGE George Barnes Arrested on Liquor | Count Week After Running Down Child. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md. April 11— | George Barnes, 26 years old, of Silver Spring, whose automobile fatally in- [jured "a small child here a week ago tonight, was arrested late today on charges of possession of liquor. His au- tomcbile was stopped on_ Sligo avenue, near the spot where the child was killed | Arresting officers were Sergt. Guy L.| | Jones and Pvt. Charles Barnes of the Montgomery County police force. | The child killed was Wallace Miller, | hiffon o The Spring and Summer silks of fore- most vogue—surprisingly underpriced. ~40- | inch rich, heavy all-silk flat crepe and 40- | inch filmy all-silk_chiffon, both showing a | wealth of new and fascinating patterns on light and dark grounds. All-Silk Washable Flat Crepe 40-inch beautiful quality flat crepe that washes perfectly. A c weave of firm, serviceable texture. Complete range of street and Yard evening shades. o [ 59c Imported Silk Pongee | All-silk pongee, 33 inches wide, in the natural tan shade so pop- C ular for dresses, blouses and draperies. Guaranteed first Yard quality. Street Floor. | = | | New Purchase Bed Sheets | Mill Purchase Slight Seconds of $1.25 to $1.89 Values i 81x99 72x99 63x99 i 81x90 72x90 54x90 |312-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank- w14 | ID Miller, 624 Sligo avenue. Barnes was WINCHESTER, Va., April 11.—-"Old |arrested at the time of the accident on Spectal Dispatch to The St | hundred years old, already twice con- | victed of liquor law violations in re- cent years, was caught red-handed after a two-mile chase last night along | gperating a 250-gallon still today, ac- Viers Mill escaped Acting on a road lay o tip, Windham Wheaton. The machine passed When the driver saw he was about to be overtaken, he abandoned his ma. chine and escaped through near woods. BOY FALLS UNDER TRAIN | fitomebiic Charles Cubbage, 19, Probably Fa- tally Hurt Near Baltimore. | | Special Dispatch to The Btar HAGERSTOWN, Md. April 11 Charles Cubbage, ‘19, believed to have been en route to his home in Hancock Md., by freight, was probably fatall hurt today near Baltimore when he fell beneath the wheels of the train. Both legs were severed He has been an inmate of the Mary- | land Training School for Boys. BANK TAI.(EN OVER Massanutten and Toms Brook In-| stitutions Merge. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. April 11- Massanutten National Bank of Stras- burg, Va. has taken over the Toms Brook Bank of Toms Brook, Va. merg- ing its assets with its own, the State banking department was advised today. Organized in September, 1920, the Toms Brook Bank was capitalized at $25.000. Its last statement showed that it had surplus of $4,750, deposits of | Notice has been given by E. L. Gupton, | $108.445.68 and total resources of $202,- | 297.08._C. B. Miley was president and C. 8. Fulier cashier. The other bank was organized in 1907 +i# president of this institution and F. E. /Zea cashier. | widespread The colored driver | cording to Sheriff Pannett, who, with Federal officers, raided the premises of ‘ in | the former “Coal Mine Distilling Co,’ wait for the liquor-running car near | near Marlboro, west of here. Riddley him ! and Casper Brown, white, were jailed. with only one light, and he gave chase. | Another white man escaped Officers said the still was in blast and liquor pouring out hot and white. They confiscated the still, de- | troyed 50 gallons of finished liquor and of mash and seized an A large sign of the “Coal Mine Distilling Co,” which attracted interest a year ago, had oeen removed MOTOR CYCLIST BREAKS HIS LEG IN ACCIDENT Groeneboom Thrown From nine barrels Fritz Machine on Lee Highway Fritz Groenenboom Thrown From Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 11— Fritz Groenenboom, 19, of Merrifield broke his right leg below the knee this afternoon, when he was thrown from a motor cycle on the Lee Highway just outside the town limits. ‘The boy was rushed to Georgetown Hospital by a passing motorist, Dr. R. J. e | White, Fairfax County sanitary officer. The motor cycle is the property of Wil- liam Eskridge of Falls Church. Groen- enboom is a Hollander, who came to this country three years ago. Berwyn Tax Sale May 4. BERWYN, Md., April 11 (Special) - treasurer of Berwyn Heights, that R. S. Wright at Kleiner's real estate office will be sold Monday, May 4, at 5 p.m Te unless the taxes are paid in the mean- while, full | property on which town taxes are du~' | Joe” Riddley, a colored man over ala technical charge of manslaughter. He was freed at a later hearing. |FIREMEN IN BETHESDA | TO WORK ON QUARTERS Addition to Present Building Will Be Constructed by Members of Company. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., April 11—Orders have been placed for two pleces of fire | apparatus for the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department, Chief J. Fred Imirie announced today. Purchase of the en- | gines was authorized at a recent meet- ing of the Bethesda Pire Board, when ! {1t was decided to spend $23,000 for | | equipment and an addition to the fire | house. | | One is to be a 750-gallon pumper, | | costing $10,500, and the other is a | 500-gallon pumper, costing $6,500. | | Work on the fire house addition al- | | ready has been started. No outside con- | tractor was employed, the volunteer remen doing the work themselves. Leonard Pool of Kensington is directing the construction. | | PURCELLVILLE WINNER | | |Scout Troop Acclaimed Standard ! Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va. April 11.—Purcell- | ville Troop of Boy Scouts was awarded | | the star for the standard troop at the | annual troop inspection held under the | direction of W. L. 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