Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1931, Page 17

| | FAVORED BY LORD Fiscal Expert, in Inferview, Regards Realty Levy as High Enough. FINDS ASSESSMENTS . HERE ARE COMPETENT Expresses Opinion Inheritances and Incomés Might Lessen Reve- nue Demand on Other Sources. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ‘The facts that in the District of Co- Jumbia a “very good job” of “compe- tent assessment” is being done and, while there should be some “adjust- ments” there should not be an increase in the real estate tax, will be reported to the Special House Committee headed by Representative Mapes of Michigan when it' meets here on June 9, by Tord. Mr. Lord was employed by the committee as a tax expert, and has :}M’m a Nation-wide com- He not - found “anything very about. the assessment work in some property is assessed .- and on the whole the assessment compares very | favorably with other cities on the ques- ; of equalization. The assessment here averages about 90 per cent of full ,” and Mr. Lord has no criti- cism to make of the municipal go ernment. Favers Income Tax. , Mr. Lord favors “an in- tax instead of the millage tax intangible property,” bscause he be- “it is more equitable.” He also ‘would be in favor of a new | @he Foening Slaf WITH SUNDAY MOKNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 Boy Scouts Take to Horses at Fort Myer the Army officers and enlisted H on her pony, Peanuts. ith the ERE is the first mounted Boy Scout trcop in history. JFIRST MOUNTED SCOUT “PACK” IN U. §. ORGANIZED AT ARMY POST. 1ts members, com prising what has been designated as a men at Fort Myer and their sleek mounts are the property of the post. The ne “Boy Scout Cub Pack,” are the sons of w cub pack received its guidon from 7- year-old Ruth Hurley, daughter of the Secretary of War, who is honorary sponsor of the organization. Little Miss Hurley rides with the young troopers pack in the Picture is shown Lieut. 8. B. Barth, 16th Fi=1d Artillery, U. 8. A., cubmaster of the pack. Vice President Curtis is head of Wi the Pack Committee, which includes Col. Harry N. Ccotes,»3d Cavalry, U. 8. A.; Maj. A. Ichlpllln R. C. Deibert, Maj. T. J. Camp and Maj. A. W. Waldron. D. Surles, 3d Cavalry, U. 8. A.; Maj. C. P. George, 16th Pield Artillery; ~Star Staff Photo. CONTRAGTORS LA OFFGE N CAPTAL Ro‘se Proposal De@ends on Labor Adjustment Involv- ing Hospital Project. ‘While the controversy over the award of contract for the new tuberculosis g | building at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to the W. P. Rose Co.,, Goldsboro, N. C., contractors, 'who are low bidders for the $200,000 job, was placed in the hands of the Controller General of the United States for settlement yesterday, W. P. Rose, head of the construction MOTORISTS WARNED OF ERRORS IN NEW TRAFFIC RULES EDITION | Eight Pages Missing From Pamphlet and Eight Others Duplicated—New Revision to Be Issued Soon. | A number of coples of the current tions as amended up to and including edition of the traffic regulations, | October 7. 1930. Although this is the | printed f-r the District by the Govern- | current edition it s aiready obsolete, | ment_ Printing Office, were found on|and new regu'ations. including the re- | examination to hive 8 pages (9 to 16) ' cently enacted parking zone rules, nrrl‘ missing, and pages 17 to 24 duplicated. | in the press. They are expected to be | J. Lewis Gelbman, who supervises the | rcady in a few days. The current edi- | District’s printing contracts with the | tion consists of 25,000 coples. Government Printing Office, where the | Mr. Gelbmin explained that the errcr regulations were printed, sald that he | was caused by picking up the wrong discovered 12 of the beoklets with miss- | “signature” of eight pages before in- | pages, and that undoubtedly an |serting the “signsture” into the machine | public seeking enlightenment on the |been thrown away, and that lnybodY{ ATTEMPT 10 SHOW COMPRONISE FALS Noble Trial Defense Tries to| Show Government Nolle Prosse Offer. Unsuccessful attempts to prove the | Government had offered to nol pros. | the cases befcre the defendants *p- | peared in court were made by delenul attorneys today at the trial of four persons in -District Supreme Court, charged with conspiring to blackmail Capt. and Mrs.-C. C.-Calhoun. Justice Jesse C. Adkins sustained firm, stated today that he is contem- plating establishing offices in Washing- ton in the event that amicable agree. ment can eached with local unions over labor problems. ‘The estab'ishment of a Washington headquart-rs, for the North Carolina upon negotiations n&:l nder way between local union o it firet undertook work e in 1929. Commencing with th $750,000 medical buflding at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in that year. the contractor has been low bidder for approximately $4,000,000 "flflh of construction work in Wash- Conference This Afternoon. taxpayers have as much to show as have other cities, which have assumed in- del for public improvements.” Urges Common Sense. Mr. Lord insfated that what is neces- | #ary all over the country—and moreso elsewhere than In Wachington—is the | A conference scheduled for this introduction of common sense in the | afternoon between Mr. Rose and offi- ‘tonduct of nuh_lk business, and “less | clals of bricklayers, tile lavers and stone | demic burk.” | s=tters’ unions, and other building labor | His report, which he is mow organizations. for bmission to the The Rose Co. is low bidder by ap- will be divided into proximately $5,000 for the Tuberculosis Hospital Buflding. Strenuous objection was raised to the award of the contract to the firm by a group of local labor union and pre- COLORED CADETS | Thirteen Companies Take Part in Conte_sts at Grif- fith Stadium._ The thirty-ninth annual company competitive drill of the 9th Brigade, composed of colored high school cadéts, is under way at Griffith Stadium today. ‘Thirtesn _companies, representing the corps of Dunbar, Armstrong and the Cardozo High Schools, are competing for the silk flag, which Dunbar com- have held for successive | COMPETING TODAY I‘anleuml.ned number of others found | which clips the pages togsther. He said | their way into the hands of those of the | the erroneous copies aiscovered had ‘ traffic rules. » who had one of them could easily re- The errors were in the traffic regula- 1 ceive a correct copy on application. Lo | Business and Industrial Ex- ecutives Form Group to Aid Bureau. To check further spread of ques- tionable a@vertising and unethical selling practices, 37 business and in- dustrial_executives have formed a Na tional Committee to aid the National Better Business Bureau in extending the scope of its educational and cor Tective activities, ay. f The committee declares that, while it was announced | objections by Irvin Goldstein, the pros- | ecutor, when L. R. Maddux, counsel for | Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand, asked such} | questions ¢f Paul Sedgewick, an at- | torney, who recenily withdrew as Mrs. Hillenbrand's lawyer. Claim Fails. Maddux failed in his efforts to have Sedgewick corroborate his claim that | Mrs. Hillenbrand had been offered her freedom if she would sign a release of | all claims against Capt. and Mrs. Cal houn. Tgeed jueukremud to permit & repl, ck, gn‘a’-en ed concerning the con- ference which resulted in the arrests more than a year ago, Sedgewick said ! he did not hear Stephen A. Armstrong. Jr.. one of the defendants, declare he was unwiiling to be & party to a black- mail plot. K. K. Spriggs, attorney for Armstrong, previously had -sought to show Armstrong had made such state- | ments. Goldstein failed, however, in his ef- forts to from Sedgewick confirma- | tion of his contention that “Armstrong 1200 PLANES DUE HERE TOMORROW FOR AERIAL REVIEW 400 More to Follow 24 Hours Later in Greatest Concen- tration in Capital’s History. 39 WILL GIVE COMBAT SHOW ABOVE POTOMAC 12 Craft Equipped With Cameras ‘Will Act as Traffic Police to Keep Airlanes Clear. ‘Two hundred Army airplanes of the observation, bombing and pursuit types will Jand at Bolling Pield tomorrow morning preparatary to fking part in the great air armada review in which 672 planes will participate over Wash- ington: on Memorial day. ‘The first group, numbering 30 craft under the general command of Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols, will arrive at the Army Air Station at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The others are scheduled to arrive at half-hour in- tervals, and the entire contingent is expected to be on the ground by noon. Their arrival will mark the greatest number of airplanes ever to assemble in.the Natlons Capital at one time, breaking the high mark established last week when 71 ships landed here for fuel on their way to concentration points to take part in the air maneu- vers in the New York and New Eng- land areas. These maneuvers ended in New England yesterday and the Irml'g.l today was resting at New York points. Plan Combat Show. The 200 planes will come here from New Y‘ork ‘zmm;\aw ulm 24 hours later approximately planes will leave Mitchell Field, N. Y., to join the forces here for the Memoris]l day program. ORAT OPPOSITION T0D. C. SIGN CODE Civic Association Will Submit Supplemental Brief to Commissidners. | while commending many other fea- tures cf the new set of sign regulations, the American Civic As- sociation announced today it is pre- pering a supplemental brief to file Wwith the District Commissioners stat- :II!I in ?:r‘cb?-:m:“m;:r:m objec- lons raise public st grouy to the billboard section. which is 1: ""R.fl""“”" to them in its present dra m. Until the list of established billboard locations is compiled and made avail- .btl:e ‘::d e‘xhamm:uan‘ the l;-oclnuon reitera e suggestion made at - terday’s public hearing that the yel- missioners withhold approval of the section of the regulations. Oonsidering the fact that the regula- ‘the tions declare no new billboard Bridge and the Highway Bridge. rnni/mx low and flying high, twisting, turning, diving and climbing, these pur. suit planes will fight off an imaginary enemy over the city. The demonstra. tion will last for one hour. Twelve attack planes, regarded as the deadliest weapons ever devised for use against ground troope. will stage a ‘ground will bs atiacked by pursuit p anes, drop- trafing” demonstration along the banks of the river and they also added “establizhed list" af PAGE B—-1 TWO DIE AS GIRL LEARNING 0 DRIVE (CRASHES INTO TREE Man Killed in Another Crash. Three Persons Severely Injured. NOVICE FAILS TO RIGHT AUTO ON SHARP CURVE Couple Fatally Crushed, While Pair in Rumble Seat Are Thrown Clear. A Washington couple and an Alexan- dria man are dead and three other per- sons injured as a Tesult of two acci- dents in nearby Maryland and Virginia last night. In both crashes the car containing the victims left the road, one hitting a tree and the other a tele- graph pole. ‘The dead Miss Alice Martin, 16 years old, 706 E street northeast. Bernard Howard, 21, 812 D street northeast. John J. Caylor, 26, 341 Raymohd avenue, Potomac, Alexandria, Va. ‘Watches Speedometer. As her companion watched the speed- jometer of his sport roadster mount to ‘53 miles an hour, a young woman, just learning to drive, lost control of the car and crashed into a tree on River |7oad, near the District line, about mid- ‘nlgm,, killing herself and companion and injuring another couple in the Tumble seat. Miss Alice Martin, dsiver of the car, died in the Prince County Res- cue Squad ambulance being taken to Casualty Hospital. ward, owner of the died an hour later in the William brother of Alice, Margaret Moore, 17, of the 500 bloakn::‘t northeast, Y | E street hearing, leaves it uncertain as t> how strict or how lenlent the g:moua regu- |lotions really are. If the records in ! the bullding inspector’s office were in | better shape with respect to previous | pormits issued for billboard, it was con- | tended. there would not now be such | difficulty in checking accurately on i each established I-cation. It has been | the established policy since 1909 for the Commissioners to refuse mew bill- i board locations, but the many ping in formation from thousands of | 12N&es in the personnel of the boerd feet. The demonstration wilt cloee with | #Dd, the pract pursult formations at_ high and Jow Of “trading” locations, ¢ aliitudes, a pursuit plane “dog nd pursuit combat acrgbatics. Review to Be Staged. Immediate! will join w 472 planes coming here from Mitchell Field and stage a veview ver the Potomac River. The craft will pass in ‘close column up the river and will pass over a stand holding ranking Government officials on the center s of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, The review will climax two weeks of maneuvers by the 1st Alr Division, Army | | afterward the 200 planes ' pan 60 sometimes indulged in e has been | encountered some delay in making 8 careful re-check, List Being Completed. ‘Th building inspector's office, the end the billboard company c: £.nce the determination of the au- | thorized locations is of vital importance to the regulations and the more than public groups in Washington that |have protested against the unsightly | conditions caused by cutdoor advertis- the American Cf lembers of Howard’s fam! o s ily said Martin had not yet obtained a permit to drive. As the car was being driven over the.unfrequented Maryland xoad, young Howard was watching the er, and calling out to the cther occupants of the car as it reached 45, 50 and 55, the family was told. Machine Turns Over. Miss Martin, apparently unfamiliar with the route she was traveling, made turn from the o nd: of - i ‘but was | \ Howard died crushed chest after last rites Catholic ¢l Rev. Edward McAdams of St. 's Church. | seph 4 rgt. Lawrence Dayton of the rescue squad said Miss Martin died after bula crossed the five -5 Air Corps. years, and the tesch- | violations of ethical standards represent | and Mrs. Hillenbrand called each other | The 672 planes are to keep o measure public t by incom: and to do away with all frills in the desirous of keeping Teal estate. People 4 the country | condition cannot be cured by finding new sources of revenue, he be- lieves, and adds that his 30 years' shows | | the States. The tap- sources of revenue does Teduce the tax burden one penny, costs are constantly : Possibility of some measure of relief les, he said, in equalization of taxes— not increase in taxes. Referring to in- | tangible property rather than real es- | h:fpouau out there “are certain xation. The way toward equali- ration lies in income taxes, he asserts, which would relieve the pressure some- | what on real property. Sees Menace In Debt. ‘The growing public debt is seen as a | great menace by Mr. Lotd. He explains | that 1t is increasing about a billion dol- Jars & year all over the country, It is bcoming a menzce to our inctituticns of government, and the day of reckon- ing is ne°r at hand, he believes. The people who are hardest hit, he says, are the poor who are buying their hom:s under contract cn the install- ment payment plan. Some relief must be afforded to them because they are losing their homes and their life sav- ings that went into them. Mr. -Lord does not propose to make reccmmendations to the Mzpes Com- mittee unless asked. He Intends to pre- sent a “statement of fact” based on his Ve SUrvcy as an employe of the e, are not it action SO S Attack Vietim to Be Buried. MOUNT AIRY, Md., May 28 (Spe- elal).—Services for Basil Crawford Mullinix, well known citizen of this community, who died suddenly at his & _heart attack, will be held at My at delegation at that time was headed by John B. Colpoys of the Central Labor Union. It was because of the obfection raised by this group that decision in the matter was placed in the hands of | , | Controller General McCarl. Weork Completed Early. Mr. Rose said today that work on the new Elot Junior High School, ad- jacent to Eastern High School, has been completed three months ahead of schedule and has satisfactorily passed examination by inspectors. Mr. Rose jons with Government departments on all work he has undertaken for the Government. His only difficulty, he sald, has been with local r, whose standard of wages were highi to ind he was forced to s from out of town. He denied ever employment “cheap labor, but admitled he did not pay the high wage scale demanded in Wash- | ington. CONFERENCE HELD ON BUS REGULATIO o Plans Laid for District and Utili- | ties Commissions to Hold Hearings. ‘The District Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission held & brief joint meeting today to discuss plans for the hearing to be held before the Pub- lic Utilties Commission next Monday on 21l phases of interstate tus operation in the District. Will'am A. Van Duzer, who will tak~ office a5 director of traffic July 1 and Corporation Counsel William W. Bride also were p Th> hearing, cording to Chairman Mason M. Pat- mzny terstate busses and their regulation. After July 1, under the new traffic act, control of the interstate carriers will be lodged in the Commissioners and the Pub'ic Utilities Commission jointly, and the hearing next Monday fs ex- pected - to develop facts on which to proceed in pegulating the carriers. So far the interstate busses have success- fully resisted all efforts of the Utilities Commission to regulate them by pre- routes or terminals. Gen. Patrick expressed the hope that all owners or operators of busses would be represented, so the record could be made as complete as possible. VS 5 e A ARRAIGNED IN ASSAULT Morris Bilvarof Pleads Not Guilty to Attacking Henshaw. assaulting nstiaw, Morris Silvarof was arralgned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today. He pleaded not guill and had the case ununn-: until June than he | ity | 2| n diamond-studded ers’'medal for the winning captain. Injured Boy Returns. ‘The opening session of the drill this was not without its dramatic incident, when a 14-year-old cadet who was knocked down by an automobile on his way to the drill park, returned from Emergency Hospital, where his injured leg was bandaged, and took his place |In rank to participate in the drill. He was Gerald Barnes, freshman of Arm- strong High School and a member of Company M. The drill was launched at 9 o'clock this morning, Dunbar, commanded by Cadet Capt | Bernard Washington, marched onto the field to execule the required maneuvers. In the extended order phase of the |drill, Company P, as did subsequent companies, executed an attack upon | position “defended” by National Guards- men. As the cadet companies opened “fire” upon the “enemy’ the Guards- |men fired blank Army cartridges over heir heads. Awards Late Today. hen Maj. Gen. George | Moseley, deputy chief of staff, U. | will present the awards to the winne | With Maj. Gen. Moseley in the review: ing stand will be Dantes Bellegarde, | Minister from Haiti. The judges of thy | drills are Capt. Clinton J. Peters, 369th | Infantry, New York; Pirst Lieut. Thomas Chatmon, 1t Separate Company, Maryland National Guard, and Secon '::mr};. Second Lieut. Hi E. Dorsey |18 acting as aide to the % ! The companics in the {:rder in which were: g Company F, y | Armstrong, Capt. Luther Burrell; Com- | nder | | pany D, Armstrong, Capt. | Jones: Company C, Armstrong, Capt | Thomas Bryant; C'mpany I, Armstrong, Capt. Earl Taylor; Company K, Car- dczo, Capt. James Ellls and Company M, Armstrong, Capt. Willlam Carson. Drill This Afternoon. Company A, of Dunbar, under Capt Joseph Kaiser, resumed the drfll this aftern-on following the luncheon recess. | Other companies drilling this afternoon are: Company E, Dunbar, Capt. Mark Chapman; Company B. Dunbar, Capt. Thornton McKinney: Company C. Car- dozo. Capt. Richard Brown; Company G, Armstrcng, C-pt. Reginald Talbert, and Company H, Dunbar, Capt. Edward Lucas. 4 B While the judges are compiling their ratings late this afternoon, 67 non-com- missioned officers, forming a platoon, will give an exhibition silent drill, in which they will present the manual of arms, a close-order drill and a physical exercise demonstration in unison, with- out signals or orders | Music for the drills today is betng |provided by the Sth Brigade Hig School Cadet Band, under the ledder- ship of James Miller of the Community Center Department of the public schocls. TAXI DRIVER ROBBED .| Passenger Takes $9.55 From Chauf- feur in Northeast Section. Held up &t pistol point by his pas- | senger at Pifty-third street and. Gen- tral avenue nottheast, early this morn. 1‘,‘"., en(ryn‘ng"ll’cllus Prue, colored taxi ver, uf 'omeroy street, reported 18 police he was robbed of $0.85. " when Company F of | Lieut. Sylvester T. Blackwell, 372d In- | but a small percentage of the total vflm of advertising, “they are suffi clently serious to disturb public con- fidence and to embarrass legitimate competition.” Formation of the new committee was ‘welcomed by Alfred C. Fuiler, president of the National Better Business Bureau, who declared that at no time since its inauguration 20 years ago, has the movement " for self-regulation in busi- nezs and for voluntary observance of | the fair-play principle been subjected | to a more severe test than at present. Sharp competition h: developed, with strong temptations arising to “cut corners” and to force sales, he said Over-statements and extravagant claims have been too numerous and there is & tendency toward recurrence of abuses similar to those which stimulated busi- { | ness to take decisive measures of self | | protectton in 1911, he declared. | Members of the New National Com. | mittee include M. H. Alesworth, presi- | dent of the National Broadcasting Co, | Frederick H. Ecker, president, Metro- | politan Life Insurance Co.: Clarence H. The drills will conclude late today,| Mackey, president, Postal Telegraph- | Cable Co.. and Merle Thorpe of Wash- ington, editor of Netlon's Business, pub- lication of tive United States Chamber | of Commerce. \PRINTERS’ UNION DROPS | UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT | | Referendum by Columbia, No. 101, Results in Abandonment of Plan. Abandonment of their “out-of-work” | benefit fund, which has been conducted | during. the ' depression, was voted by members of the Columbia Typograph- ical Union, No. 101, it was announced | yesterday, following a referendum vote | of the union. Clyde M. Mills was elected president of the union, Prank D. Seiffert, vice president; PFred S. Walker, secretary- ireasurer; Joseph C. Whyte, trustee, and Harry A. Carter, Henry C. McLean and Arthur Armstrong, auditors. All were elected without opposition and the Executive Committee was re-elected. Delegates to the Interpational Typo- graphical Convention were named to | include Richard R. Moguin and Wil- liam H. Rowe of the Government Print- ing Office; John Splers, a newspaper rinter, and Vitus C. Dahl, a downtown yab printer. Jamse R. Beaubiah, W. Linwood Ewell d Shelby Smith were elected alternates. S. P. THOMPSON NAMED HEAD OF ROTARY CLUB Dr. Arthur C. Christie Elected. Vice President—Pope, Swope and and Pyle Directors. 8. Percy Thompson was elected president of the Washington Rotary Club_at its annual dinner meeting at the Willard Hotel -last night. He suc- ceeds’ Henry N. Brawner. Dr. Arthur C. Christie was elected vice president. Allen Pope, Robert B. Swope and Prederick Pyle were named directors. Grant Leet, delegate to the recent confererice c¢f the thirty-fourth dis- | trict of .Rotary International, held Pa., reported on the mee ing there. next conference of thi district will be held in this city in May, 1932, it is announced. Entertainment was provided at last by the Parthenon | | | blackmailers” at the meeting. which re- sulted in their asrest. ‘ testi- | fied James P. Bird, another defendant, threatened before the sbrupt termina. tion of the conference it he would bring suit against the Cal within & week unless an immediate agreement ‘was reached. Urged Agreement. ‘The witness declared Bird urged all of the defendants to sign an sgreement produced by Samuel W. Hardy, a De- partment of Justice agent, under which the defendants would have promised not to publish articles defamatory to the Calhouns in exchange for $30,000. ‘The witness related that W. Clark Noble, the fourth defendant, had be- | come "aroused at the use of the word | “blackmadl” during the final confer- ence, and had made a. five-minute |-peecn in which he declared he would ccept nothing from the Calhouns un- |less the money was in payment of an | honest debt. | | | | Call Burprise Witness. Tsaac Gans, department store official and civic leader, was called as a sur- prise defense witness. He testified he attended a dinner given by Mrs. Cal- | houn in December, 1924, at the Noble | Studio. _He _declared subscriptions | were solicited for a mothers’ memorial movement, ed by Mrs. Calhoun. He, said least one subsc Was made, but was unable to recall whether he personally had made & contribution. Defense attorneys indicated Gans had been s in an effort to impeach the testimony of Mrs, Calhoun, & Gov- ernment witness. y Rodolphe DeZapp, & White House news writer, and president of the Wash- | ington Salon, testified Noble possessed a national reputation as a sculptor. i o INEW BONDSMAN GRANTED TO PITTS Chief Justice Wheat Decides Peti- tion Taken Under Advisement Several Days Ago. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat today | a rendez- vous in the vicinity of Alex: an according to the today head of the expected to arrive over re! stand at 1:30 o’clock. expect 'it will require approximately one hour for the planes to pass the bridge, after which they will swing to the left, in close column, to fly over Arlington Cem- etery in tribute to the Nation's heroes. At the conclusion of the program the planes are to leave at once for their respective home stations. Field Staked Off. Bolling Field today was being staked off for the 200 sl due tomorrow. ‘The first group to land will taxi to the end of the field and will take po- sitien facing the river. The second group is to go alongside of the first until the front line extends to the Na- val Air Station, then a second line will be formed. In placing the craft in this position plenty of room will be left for a fleld Tunwa; Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison, who is in charge of Army avi- ation, was expected toaay to designate 12 observation planes now assembled at Bolling. Pield to act as a squadron of traffic police to keep pri and com- mercial airp.anes out of the path of the armada. The planes are to go on duty shortly after the noon hour on Me- morial day and it will mark the first appearance of traffic police of the air over the Capital. Mr. Davison said today that owners of commercial planes have in all cases promised to keep their ships on the ground, to keep them a safe distance irom where the maneuvers are taking place. Explaining how the traffic police ships are to operate, Mr. Davison said, “while these aerial traffic officers will not be able to hand out tickets to those who disobey the orders of the Depart- ment of Commerce, they will have a sure method of dealing with offenders by means of cameras which will photo- graph the numbers appearing on the wings of intruding machines. As Potomac Park, between the two bridges, will be the vantage point for spectators to watch the maneuvers, the task of handling the crowd will be deifglkd to the United States park police. t, the column is \WORK PROGRESSING | granted a petition of G. Byran Pitts, | former chairman of the bosrd of the | P. H. Smith Co., to substitute another bondsman in place of Patrick ¥. O'Con- nor on the joint bond of $100,000 given by Pitts when he was first indicted on charges growing out of the management of the Smith Co. The court heard ar- gument of Attorney Leon Tobriner and ‘Wilton J. Lambert for Pitts some days ago and took the matter under ead- ‘visement. bondsman asked the court to commit Pitts without bail, which was granted. to disclose just how Pitts is to benefit by the action of the is in jail under a con- soll. These are t [of the “combination” piles ON WAR MEMORIAL Completion in Time for Dedication on Armistice Day Now Expected. Construction work is steadily progres- sing on the District of Columbia World ‘War Memorial ‘with prospects that it will for dedication be completed in time ical Fall. on Armistice having been driven into the watery sub- il, to be the first used on in Washington. ‘the 'bottom Tn”?sfll ‘wooden public . buil to fosrms for pouring the concrete founda- won, on top of the piles. unnm.muflu is being quar- Rere a1 soom a3 compicted. - T ‘The memorial is located between the Pool and 1 in West Potomac Park, (that y | charactef of advertising) the otl hand, it might be just the other way around. It was apparent today that officials of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission and others who are in- terested in preserving the streets from further defacement by billboards, would | Oppose even more strenuously than they did at the hearing the provision which would permit repairs to existing boards. That provision is safeguarded by the requirement of s permit and pay- ment of & $5 fee. It was considered very doubtful if the $5 fee would keep any billboard company from applying for & permlt to repair a au-g&-ud board, especially when such repairs t add another 10 or 15 years,of life to the billboard in question. Brief Cites Objections. In a brief filed with the District Com- | missioners, Charles W. Elot. 2d, of the National Capital Park snd Planning Commission touched on this point in particular and cited other objections to the possibility of confusion arising out of the separate definitions in the regu- lations defining “billboards” and *“‘signs.” It was tbe opinion of some of the public p representatives that so long as the imissioners have been granted the powers of regulation, they should state in more or less definite terms the policy in the proposed regulations with Tespect to “repairs.” " is s0 easily and ‘The word * often interpreted as “rebuild” or other- wise “perpetuate,” Mr. Eliot pointed out in his brief, that it is desirable to lefine the word and the degree of pair permitted. Despite the fact that it has been the policy of the Commissioners to with- hold the granting of permits for new billboards, the proposed regulations are said to be wholly acceptable to the biliboard interests. The reason for this, it was believed by those who are seeking more stringent measures to re- strict the operations of the outdoor advertising industry in Washington, is because they see advantages in the clause permitting them to repair their boards when a $5 permit is granted. Cites Lack of Inspection. | | | existing regulations, which until lately, admittedly have never been strictly enforced due to the lack of strict in- spection. Referring to the definition in the proposed code, Mr. Eliot said he under- stood it 1is the intent o(theB:g\ Committee to differentiate between the in '.h?“meflnm‘m M‘cg . of is restricted to an adver- itions, and ly when sec 3 ('lthhm 10 T believe it is more in accordance with the intent, of the act of Congres (o consider a1l billboards a5 signs. Wedding License Issued. worn by Miss Martin stopped. Son of Fire Chief. Miss Martin and Howard had known each other sjnce childhood, their fam- iljes said. Howard. who celebrated his twenty- first birthday anniversary Sunday, was the son of Battalion Chief Ernest How- ard of the Washington Fire Depart- ment. He was employed in the stock room of the District Buildin He is survived by his , borthers, Ernest, Lester, umncs and Joseph, and three sisters, Mrs. James 'lt:l’l. Mrs. Isabelle Cooley and Miss Madeline Howard. He was a member of Spaulding Council, Knights of Co- lumbus. He will be buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery ' after services in St. Joseph's Church. Miss Martin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Martin. Her father is & traveling salesman and her mother an employe of a department store here. Besides her parents she is survived by two brothers, Willlam, who was in the car. and Marshall. and two sisters, Edith and Irene. She will be buried at Charlottesville, Va., former home of the family. Another Car Hits Pole. Caylor was killed and his brother in- jured whon their automobile- left the Alexandria-Washington Highway about a-mile south of Highway Bridge last night and plunged into a telegraph pole. Caylor’s brother, Barton J,, 23, driver of i the car, is at Emergency Hospital and expected to recover. * John Caylor was a cripple, having been affected with infantile paralysis when he was 2 years old, and had only flight use of his body from his hips down. ' He was seated on the right side of the car, which received most of the crash. His brother is a machinist’ helper at Potomac Yards, and lives at the same address. Both boys lived with Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Beach. at Potomac. Their mother is dead, but their father, Morris Caylor, . is & watchman for the Hub Furniture Co. SUBCOMMITTEE HEADS NAMED FOR JULY FOURTH | thtlel;lga Appoints Aides to Work Out Plans for Community Ob- servance of Day. Subcommittee chairmen to work with the General Committee in charge of Fourth of July observance in the District of Columbia have been ap- reached. ) Dr.