Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1931, Page 14

A—I4 %% ~ CAPITAL IS NINTH AMONG 250 CITIES IN PROPERTY VALUE $1,766,162,000 Assessment Represents Per Capita Levy of $49.35. ONLY MUNICIPAETY WITHOUT DEBT BURDEN | Revenue of $88.12 for Each Citi- zen Ahead of Chicago and Philadelphia Rates. Y7ashington, fourteenth in population emong the 250 cities having a_popula- tion of more than 30,000, ranks ninth in assessed valuation for general prop- erty taxes, according to statistics made public today by the Census Bureau. Whereas, 163 of the cities ran into debt and many paid heavy interest charges on their indebtedness, Wash- ington was the only city not burdened with interest charges. The other 249 cities pald a grand tal of $365,691,000 in interest charges, contributing to the cost of government. The 13 cities with a population of more than 500,000 paid a toal of $213,040,000 in interest. The 9 other cities in the same group with Washington. hav- ing a population between 300,000 and 500.000, paid $33,984.000. New York paid $105,846,000 and Philadelphia $22,675,000. $49.35 Per Capita Levy. ~ssed valu- per capita > heading 1ks in the Ave larger San Fran- ‘Washington, with ation of $1,766,16: Jevy of $49.35. its group, Washir assessment statist: cities—St. Louis, F. ¢isco, Milwaukee ard is . In the per capita levy it ranks ahead of St. Louis with a per capita of $40.05 and Baltimore with a levy of $38.27, and is only slightly under San Francisco with $51.44 and Philadelphia with $51.56. g Washington's per capita revenue is $88.12, ahead of Chicago with a per capita of $30.43 and Philadelphia with $68.59. The Capital in this respect also outranks Cleveland, St. Louis, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Mil- ‘waukee and Buffalo. ©On the assessed valuation in Wash- inglon the levy increased per capita from $18.02 in 1917 to $49.55 in 1929. The per capita revenue increased from $43.64 in 1917 to $88.12 in 1929. Revenues Are $23,768,000. ‘Washington's revenues from general Jperty, special and poll taXes in amounted to $23,768,000. Licenses 1000, special assess- s and charges, $785,000; suibven- tions, donations and pension assess- ments, $9,565,000; earnings of general cepartments, = $1,464,000; earnings of public service enterpri $1,366,000, and all other revenues, $657,000. For the 250 ‘cities the assessed valu- ation of property subject to generai property taxes for city RuUrposes amounted to $80,402,335,256, or a per capita assessed ievy of $1,814.18 and a Per _capita levy of $49.84 for 1929. Total property tax levies in the 250 cities for the financial benefit of cities, counties, States, school districts and all other governmental units, for all pur- poses, amounted to $2,492,866,040. Thus the group average for each person was $56.25. New York Valuation. New York had an assessed property | valuaticn of $18,362,062,000 to lead the cities, the total being greater than those of Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland and St. Louis combined. The metropolis had a per capita property tax levy of $66.84. Total revenues in New York were $663,406,000, or $37.07 paid per person. The total revenue receipts in 1929 of the 250 cities were $3.075,234,308, or a per capita of $69.39. In only 87 of the cities was there sufficient revenue to meet all payments during the year. The payments in excess of revenue receipts | were met from the proceeds of debt obligations. The gross debt outstanding at the close of the year amounted to $8.961,- | 973,215, or a per capita of $202.22. Of this total gross debt, $7.670.020,862 was issued by the city corporation, $704,- 291,351 by school districts practically coextensive with the city corporation, and $587,661,002 by other Governmental units. The net indebtedness (funded or fixed debt less sinking fund assets) of the 250 cities amounted to $6,130,289,576, or $138.32 per capita, in 1929, DRIVER WHO BOLTED AFTER CRASH SOUGHT Abandoned Machine After It Hit Man on Sidewalk—Two Hurt in Other Accidents. Police today were seeking an auto- mobile driver who last night abandoned his machine after it ran up on the sidewalk in the 600 block of P street and knocked down Donaldson True- hart, 38, colored, 1511 Fifth street, after striking a machine parked at the curb. Truehart was treated at Freedmen's Hospital for lacerations. Rose Froelich, 42, 1216 Ninth street, was treated by a private physiclan early today for injuries sustained when the automobile in which she was riding collided with another at Seventh and O streets. Police have been unable to ob- tain the name of the operator of the other car. James Leroy Demeal, 45, 727 Jeffer- son street, sustained minor injuries when knocked down by an automobile driven by Samuel Shinberg in the 5400 block of Georgia avenue last night. He was treated by a private physician at MALONE TO COMMAND THIRD CORPS AREA Major General Recently Returned| From Manila, Where He Headed | Army Division. Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, who has Just arrived in this country from Manila, ‘where he commanded the Philippines Division for several years, will assume command August 3 of the 3d Corps Area, embracing the District of Colum- bia, Maryland, * Virginia and Pennsyl- vania. Gen. Malone now is en route here from San Francisco. Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, who has commanded the 3d Corps Area for two | years, succeeding Gen. Douglas Mac- | Arthur, has been granted leave of absence from August 3 to the date cf ' his statutory retirement, November 30. Gen. Malone is from New York and was graduated from the Military Academy in 1894. He saw rervice in | the Spanish War, on the Mexican border and in the World War and was ded the Distinguished - Service , Distinguished Service Jiedal and ver Star citation, > | during the last 10 years. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . Will Wed on Monday MISS SHORTER TO MARRY PORTER ADAMS. Porter Adams of Boston and M 1SS SUE SHORTER of Washington Monday will become the bride of ‘Washingtom, nationally known aviation enthusiast, former president of the National Aeronautic Association and a commander in the Naval Reserve. ‘The couple will be married at the home of the bride's parents, 1312 Kalmia road, with Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, president of the N. A. A. Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, first woman to fly across the Following a wedding trip by motor, the Adamses will make their of honor. home at Mr. Adams’ country residence best man, and antic, as matron at Thetford, Vt. —Star Staff Photo. BROKERS ACCUSED IN'WARDMAN SUIT Amended Receivership Action by Leslie M. Shaw Hits “Invisible Control.” In an amended suit for receivership of the Wardman Real Estate Properties, Inc., Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury, accuses Halsey, Stuart & Co., investrent brokers, with main- taining an invisible control of the de- fendant corporation and with having been instrumental in obtaining the ap- pointment of three receivers friendly to a proposed reorganization scheme for refinancing the company. The District Supreme Court is asked to set aside its order appointing Thomas D. Carson, president of the Wardman Real Estate Properties; Joseph P. Tum- ulty, lawyer and former secretary of President Wilson, and Jullus I. Peyser, lawyer and banker. New Board Requested. An entire new board of receivers is requested. Shaw charges that Tumulty and Peyser were both named on a re- organization cormittee and Carson, as president of the company, cannot be considered as acting in behalf of the bondholders. The time had not expired for Shaw | to amend his bill when Justice James M. Proctor appointed the receivers on an application of the Central Union Trust Co. of New York, trustee under the bond issue of $16,000,000 on 10 Wardman-built properties, including the Wardman Park Hotel and Carlton Hotel. Through Attorney W. B. O'Connell, the plaintiffi in the amended petition asserts that the bondholders will suffer loss if the present receivers are con- tinued in power and points cut that the bonds of the corporation have already dropped from par to 25 cents on the dollar. Justice Proctor yesterday enlarged the powers of the present receivers at the request of Randolph P. Compton, Scarsdale, N. Y., a general creditor, s0 as to allow him to take fon of $200,000 of personal property of the corporation, which was not included under the mortgage, and established a general receivership of the corporation. OLD MADES HOTEL WRECKED BY FIRE Firemen Receive Minor Injuries From Glass as Blaze Destroys Landmark’s Interior. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the interior of the old Mades Hotel, at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue. The hotel had been unoccupled for some tfme. One fireman, Pvt. § G. Carter of No. 3 truck company, was cut an the hand by falling glass and taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment. sexernl other firemen received minor cuts. The fire apparently started in the entrance hall of the old three-story frame structure and swept through the interior of the building before it could be brought under control. Because of the rundown condition of the building damage was estimated at only a few hundred dollars. A number of years ago the hotel was one of the downtown centers of Wash- ington political life. Many members of Congress are said to have made their residence there during this period. The hotel was especially famous for its bar. Old residents of the neighborhood said it was built by a prospecter who made hish‘lortune in the days of the gold Tus SCHOOL CONTRACT LET Ralph S. Herzog of Philadelphia to- day submitted the low bid for the con- struction of the Phoebe Hearst School, to be bullt at Thirty-seventh and Til- den streets. The Herzog bid was $106,- 2}415. p Sbevenfleen bids were submitted for the job. AUTO CRASH LAID 10 CAPITAL MAN Barry Mohun, Jr., Under Bond for Probe of Injury to Five in Connecticut. Berry Mohun, jr., of 2362 Massachu- setts avenue, member of a soclally rominent Washington family, was at | liberty today under $1,000 bond pend- |ing further investigation of an automo- bile accident at Madison, Conn. in | which five persons were injured, accord- ing to an Associated Press dispatch from that city. Mr. Mohun, son of the late Barry Mohun, local attorney and philanthro- pist, is spending the Summer with his mother at Waterford, Conn. He is a member of the law firm of Barry & Elliott, with offices in the Shoreham Building. Connecticut police charge that Mr. Mohun's machine struck another, re- sulting in injuries to Mrs. Samuel H. Cross, wife of Prof. Samuel Cross of Harvard University. Four other per- sons in the latter car were injured. | All were taken to a hospital. ‘The Washingtonian, according to the dispatch, was arrested at the scene on & charge of reckless driving. | The accident occurred during a rain | storm. Mr. Mohun explained to police | that a car in front of him stopped sud- | denly and that when he applied his brakes, his automobile turned around on the highway directly in front of the Cross car, coming in the opposite di- rection. 'JOB COMMITTEE | MAY LOSE OFFICES District Building Space Requested by Bicentennial Com- mission. ‘The District Committee on Employ- ment, which was recently forced to move from its commodious quarters on the fifth floor of the District Building to darker and dingier space on the ground floor, is about to be thrown out of the District Building altogether, it was learned today. E. P. Brooke, superintendent of the District Building, admitted today that | he had suggested to George J. Adams, jr., secretary of the committee, that Mr. Adams go with him to examine one of the buildings in the new Municipal Center area. Mr. Brooke confirmed a report that the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission, which has of- fices next to the employment office in the District Building, had requested more space, but sald that the request had not been made “officially.” Mr. Adams said he was not in a posi- tion to comment at this time. a vigorous protest when he was moved out ot the first office, and is not ex- pected to take kindly to the new move, especially as it comes in the middls of his Midsummer job campaign, which does not end until August 20. He made | AGTION SEEN SOON C., SATURDAY, PRATT PROTESTS {T0 PROBATE WILL| CONVIGTS MAKING JULY 25, 1931. Veteran Printer Retiring | | Associates Pay Tribute to Oldest Worker in Bureau. OF MRS, HENDERSON| SHIRTS FOR POLICE| Petition Necesasry Before Possibility of Contest Can Be Realized. TWO EARLIER LEGATEES EXPECTED TO INTERPOSE Attorney Required to Place Value on Estate When Court Papers Are Filed. The petition for probate of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson's will probably will be filed during the next few days. Although unable to state definitely when he would have the petition ready, Attorney George Edelin, who drew the will, indicated it probably would be some time next week. ‘The filing of this petition will be one of the most important steps 1§ the set- tling of the wealthy society leader’ estate because the will cannot be at- tacked until the petition has been made a part of the court record. It will be of interest to the general public be- cause the law requires that such peti- tions shall set forth at least an approxi- mate estimate of the value of the estate and of the different items of property comprising it. Since the will was filed numerous es- timates have been forthcoming as to the size of the estate, but no definite information on_this int has been available. Mr. Edeline indicated, how- ever, that he would not undertake to make an exact appraisal, but would rely upon more or less general infor- mation in his ession, ‘Today neither Mrs. Beatrice H. Wholean, reputed granddaughter of Mrs. Henderson, nor Dr. Harvey Kel- logg of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, principal beneficiaries of her former will, had indicated whether they intend tp contest the dowager's last wiil, under which they received nothing. As soon as the petition for probate is filled, how- ever, their attorneys are expected to take legal steps in their behalf. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer tomor- row; gentle northerly winds, becoming variable. Maryland—Fair tonight and tomor- row, slightly warmer tomorrow; gentle to moderate northerly winds, becoming gentle variable tomorrow. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer tomorrow in extreme north portion; gentle to mod- erate south and southwest winds, be- coming variable. West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- MOTTOW, Warmer tomorrow. Record for Twenty-four Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 86; 8 p.m., 79; 12 midnight, 73; 4 am, 71; 8 am., 74; 11 am., 80. Barometer—4 pm., 29.83; 29.89; 12 midnight, 29.89; 18 am, 29.96; 11 am., 3| Highest temperature, 3:45 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 70, occurred at 16 am. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 100; lowest, 71. Tide Tables, (Furnished by United States Coast and Grodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 11:12 am. 11:22 pm.; high tide, 4:18 am. and 4:49 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:08 pamn.; high tide, 5:15 am. and 5:44 p.m. | 8 pm. 4 am, 2991; 2. 0.02. 86, occurred at The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 5:02 a.m.; sun sets 7:26 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:03 am.; sun sets 7:26 p.m. Moon rises 4:48 p.m.; sets 12:54 a.m. half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first seven months against the average are shown in the following table: | _Record rainfall for the first seven mo’nlhs was: | _January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, | 1854, 6.34 inchles; March, 1891, 804 | inches; April, 1889, 9.13inches; May, | 1289, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inches. ‘Weather in Various Cities. | Tempe. 153U3TH Stations. | BOY, 15, CONFESSES SERIES OF ROBBERIES Police Say 17 Housebreaking and Other Charges Were Admitted by Youth. A series of housebreaking and thefts was believed solved today through con- | fessions made by William Howard Col- | lins, 15, colored, of the 100 block of Massachusetst avenu.. About 17 charges charges of grand and petty larceny and carrying & concealed weapon, were placed against the boy. Police arrested him several days ago and held him for investigation. Since | then he 1is said to have admitted enter- ing many houses, as well as giving de- tails on how he broke into them. Police are checking on the value of the articles stolen. COLORED POPULATION GAINS 1,100,000 IN 10-YEAR PERIOD Census Buerau Attributes 11.5 Per Cent Increase to Improved Educational and Health Conditions. The Census Bureau today reported that the colored population in the Unit- cd States had increased 11.5 per cent In the previ- ous decade an increase of 6.4 per cent was noted. The bureau attributed the probable cause of the increase to improved edu- cational facilities and more sanitary en- m’fflmem" rical gain in colored e numerical colored popu- lation in 46 of the 48 States was ap- roximately 1,100,000, as compared total population gain of 17,000,000, Greater migration of colored people from southern farms to the northerly States was also observed to a greater extent than when the movement was first started prior to 1920. The rapid growth of several cities in the South, due in large part to the mi- | gration of certain industries from the North, reflected also a substantial: gain in the colored ropuufion in these cities. This was despite the fact that a num- ber of southerrn States showed losses in colored population from 1920 to 1930. of housebreaking, as well as = g [ kwp1aisa 28 3323228232822 5 Baltimore. Md Birmingham Biemarck, N. i 30.08 Cincinnati, Ohi6 30.10 Cleveland, ‘Ohio. 30.06 Columbia, 0.0 Denver, Detroit, El Paso. Tex. Galveston. Helena, Mont. ar : Pt.cloudy Pticloudy Pt.clondy Pt.cloudy . Orleans. T New York, N Y. Oklahoma . Nebr. Raleigh.'N_ C. Salt Lake City. 29 San Antono.. 29 12 12996 FOREIGN. (7 am., Greenwich time, today.) m, en . 70 Clea: (Noon, Greenwich' time, today.) Horts (Fayal). Azores... 76 Part cloudy (Current observations.) Hamiiton. Bermuds S Juan, Porto Silver Spring Carnival Continues. SILVER SPRING, Md., July 25 (Spe- cial) —The Masonic carnival, held here all of last week for the building fund, was held last night and will be held again tonight. Inclement weather has greatly marred the attendance and ca the decision to hold it several additional nights this . | | and | Automobile lamps to be lighted one- | Tells Commissioners Buréau Plan Would Defeat Morale Effort. OFFICERS ARE OPPOSED TO NEW SAVINGS PLAN Possible Extension of Prison Man- ufacture to All of Uniform Is Feared. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, in a letter yesterday to the’ Commissioners protested against a plan of the Bureau of Efficiency to have po- licemen’s and firemen's shirts manu- factured at District penal institutions in order to give prisoners occupation and to get the shirts cheaper. He pointed out that if shirts are produced by the prisoners, the next logical step would be to produce other items of uniform. Finally, he said, policemen would be clothed from head to foot uniforms made by convict labor. ‘Then, he said: “Congress has recently enacted cer- tain legislation, and the department has adopted certain rules and regulations designed to improve the efficlency and raise the morale of the force, and these enactments are bearing fruit, but I am convinced that the adoption of any policy requiring members of the depart- ment to wear articles of uniform pro- duced by convict labor will tend to de- feat the results the authorities are at- tempting to obtain as concerns a higher morale. “True, the District government may obtain these shirts at a slightly lower cost by having them manufactured at Lorton, but that should not be the only consideration. I am sure that the mem- bers of the force will themselves seri- ously object to wearing articles of cloth- ‘"f produced in this manner r will the public reaction be favorable, and I am convinced that if the Commis- sioners by any chance adopt the recom- mendations of the Bureau of Efficiency as set forth in the attached communica- tion, Congress will not approve such action.” This is in line with the action of the | Policemen’s Association, an unofficial or- which recently protested against wear- ing prison-made shirts, 'STOCKHOLDER SUES AIRLINE DIRECTORS {7. H. Bilbrey, Jr., Charges $20,000 Second-Hand Equipment Traded for $400,000 Stock. J. H. Bilbrey, jr, Washington Build- ing, has filed suit in the District Su- | preme Court against Robert E Funk- houser, T. Howard Duckett and Eugene A. Smith, directors of the United States Alr Transport, Inc., in which he claims that Funkhouser and Duckett traced second-hand equipment worth $20.000 to the company for $400.000 worth of stock. Removal of the three defend- ants as trustees of the company is asked and the appointment of a receiv- er is requested for a fund of $77,973 | said to be in the hands of Funkhouser, growing out of a settlement of a suit by Funkhouser against the Federal Aviation Corporation. ‘The court is also asked to require Funkhouser and Duckett to 1epay to the corporation approximately $380.000, which is said to represent the difference between the value of the second-hand equipment and the stock of the com- pany, less compensation for their actual services. Bilbrey, through Attorney Jesse C. Duke, declares that he is suing in his own behalf and also for all other minor- ity stockholders who may join therein. DRIVER IS BAILED AFTER TWO CHASES Albert R. Moore Demands Jury Trial When Accused by Po- liceman Hartman, Arraigned in Police Court yesterday alter he was alleged to have driven an au- tomobile in a reckless manner twice within an hour, Albert R. Moore, 20, of the 1700 block of Columbia road, was released on $600 bond. He demanded & jury trisl. Moore was with James Smith, 24, of 1127 Twelfth street, at the time of the latter's arrest on a charge of driving without a permit, according to Policeman E. P. Hartman. When Smith left the car to accompany the officer into the third precinct police station Moore is said to have driven away in the machine. Hartman pursued him a short distance, he reported, but was soon left behind. A short time later Moore, according to Hartman, returned to the police sta- tion to visit Smith, this time driving another automobile. Seeing the officer, Moore is said to have fled again, with Hartman close behind him. Moore was captured near New York avenue and Eleventh street, where he is said to have leaped from the .car while it was still in motion. The policeman told Judge Schuldt that Moore drove more than 65 miles an hour several times during the two chases. Col. Daniel W. Lockwood, 86, Loses Long Battle for Health. 5 1 W. Lockwood, 86, & Civil W?‘vea'r:}:. died at Walter Reed Hos- pital this morning after & prolonged 1llness. Born in New York, he was graduated from the Military Academy in July, 1862, and served during the remainder of the Civil War. He reached the grade of colonel in 1906 and was re- tired in September, 1909, but returned to active duty during the World War. Since then he had resided in Cleve- land. His only surviving relative is a niece, Miss Loyal B. Sterling, now living at Buffalo, N. Y. BAY AIR TOURS START A temporary airport has been created at North Beach, Md., and passenger sightseeing flights over the bay resort will begin today, it was annovaced av here, took off for Nor bf(ore noon md-d l&lfl c" B tperuten o end i 1t mm«qm proves ! ganization of Washington policemen, | In the picture, left to right: foreman of section 6; “Joseph W. Voelker. OUIS VOELKER, oldest plate printer at the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing in point of age and one of the oldest in point of service, was presented with a handsome wrist watch, a pipe and flowers by his fellow employes of sec- tion 6 of the plate printing division yesterday in honor of his retiring. He | actually will retire August 31, but with his accumulated leave finished work at the bureau yesterday. Mr. Voelker will be 65 years old Au- gust 31. The watch and flowers were presented him in behalf of the em- ployes by George J. Cleary, acting su- perintendent of printing at the bureau. Jultus Statts, a plate printer, read letters from the woman and man em- George J. Cleary, acting superintendent of | printing, who made presentation: Louis Voelker, retiring; T. Mrs. Joseph W. Voelker, daughter-} . V. Lavender, -la¥%, and son, Dr. —Star Staft Photo. ELWS congratulating Mr. Voelker on many years of efficient service at the bureau and wishing him happiness in the years of his retirement. Mr. Voelker's son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Voelker, were on hand for the presentation ceremony. The employes joined in singing a num- ber of songs in Mr. Voelker’s honor. Mr. Voelker, who resides with his son, Dr. Voelker, in Takoma Park, Md., was born in Chicago August 31, 1866. He was assigned as a plate printer at the bureau May 19, 1891. He is a member of the Takoma Park Horti- cultural Association and takes great pride in raising roses. One of his roses won a prize in an exhibit by the asso- clation last year. 6,00 TAXPAYERS ' . T0 MAKE RETURNS {Assessor Richards Warns | Public Only Five Days Remain for Filing. | | | With only five days in which to file personal tax returns in the District | without incurring & 20 per cent penalty, | Tax Assessor Willlam P. Richards an- nounced today that there were still about 26,000 taxpayers to be heard from, and he suggested that they file | returns and save money. Returns mast be in by July 31. Beginning August 1 a penaltly of 20 per cent is added to the | assessment for failure to make the re- !turn. About 16,000 returns had been | filed up to this morning. Law to Be Invoked. “It is the intention of this office.” | Mr. Richards said, “to inioke this year as strongly as possible that provisicn of the law giving the Commissioners power to institute proceedings in the | Supreme Court against persons who re- | fuse to file personal tax returns and who have personal property that is sub- | ject to tax in the District of Columbia. uring the past year a number of persons were informed of this provision iof the law, and in several cases the | | threat of proceedings in the Supreme | Court was only necessary to enable the | office to receive their personal tax re- turns. No payment of tax is necessary | at_this time, the personal tax and real { estate tax both being due. one half in | the month of September, 1931, and the oiher half in the month of March, 1932. Classed Within Law. “Any person residing within the Dis- trict of Columbia for three months or more prior to July 1, 1931, is classed under the law as a resident within the District for the purpose of taxation, | even though their stay in the Di trict of Columbia may be under Gov- emnment orders by the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, and it is suggested that persons in these three services inquire at the office as to their taxable status | in order to avoid penalties provided by law, “For the convenience of those per- sons who cannot get to the personal tax office during the regular hours the personal tax returns will be recelved each day up to and including July 31 from 8:30 o'clock in the morning until | 5 o'clock in the afternoon.” | NEW SQUAD RECOVERS FIRST STOLEN AUTO Machine Purchased by Washington | Man Taken in Charge by Policemen. Detectives of the automobile squad | at police headquarters yesterduy recov- | ered the first stolen automobile directly | through a check resulting from the new | District titling law. A Washington man, who filed appli- cation for his certificate of title for an automobile purchased two months | | 8go, had the car taken from him when a check of the number on the automo- bile showed it had been stolen.” The. dealer who sold him the car will likely | be compelled to refund the purchase | price, according to police. The dealer had bought it from a Baltimore man, who is being sought by police. A further check on the auto- mobile showed that it had been stolen April 1 in Harrisburg, Pa., and its owner came here for it late yesterday. | mission, | bracelet, valued at $1,800, was continued {of W street. NEW U, . ENPLOYE ACENCY ADVOCATED Proposal Favored Here to B | Considered at September Seattle Meeting. The proposal for a new czncra): agency in the Government service to | handle personnel administration prob- | lems, which has long been advocated by | the National Federation of Federal Employes, is one of the major tems | to be considered at the annual con- | vention of the federation in Seattle in | September. | A resolution approving this proposal | for a new Government office was ap- | proved in an open forum last night under the auspices of Local No. 2 of | the Federal Employes Unions. i It is advocated that this new agency ' be known as the civil service adminis- | tration and that there should be co- | ardinated under it “all the duties, ! powers and functions now vested several other bodies,” such as Civil Service Commission, the U States Employes Compensation the Personnel Classificaticn Board and “various activities concerned | in the administration of all laws pro- | viding for retirement of officers employes in the executive Civil Serv A proposal advanced recently b; Thomas E. Campbell, president of the Civil Service Commission, that the United States Bureau of Efficiency and | the Civil Service Commission should be | combined as a central personnel ad- ministrative agency, was bitterly at- tacked during the debate. Several speakers said that the Bureau of Eff- clency, if it must function at all, should be co-ordinated with the Budget Bu- reau. Formation of a court of appeals to which civil service employes could wurn for redress was also indorsed at the meeting last night. $1,800 BRACELET THEFT CASE IS CONTINUED Pedro Moreno Arraigned in Al leged Possession of Property of Army Officer. The case of Pedro Moreno, 29, charged with stealing & diamond-and-sapphire until next Wednesday, when he was| arraigned in Police Court today. Moreno, & native of Porto Rico, 1s said _to have told Detective W J. Du Busky, who arrested him, that he took the bracelet from the home ot Margaret Brown, colored, 1700 block | ‘The Brown woman told | the detective it was given to her by a| colored man, who died the same day. Originally, bracelet th property of Lieut. Col. Rowan P. Lemly U. 8. A. Sixty-nine of the 118 stone: which Moreno is said to have removed from their settings and sold, were re- covered by Du Busky Five at Walter Reed Promoted. | e Five Medical Reserve Corps officers | on duty at Walter Reed Hospital have | been appointed first lieutenants in the Regular Army Medical Corps. They are Prederick B. Westervelt, Alonzo R.| Dawson, Theodore L. Finley, Lester E. Judd and Willilam J. Kennard. They will remain on duty at the hospital for the present. | 100-Degree Record in The “my office is hotter than your| office” debate by Government employes had a new entry today. Workers on the third floor of | temporary building F of the Depart- ment ‘of Agriculture boldly challenged the torrid supremacy claimed yesterday by clerks in the one-story annex to the um was the boast of the census heat sufferers. “Poof. Our coolest’ offices, acing B street south- west, shaded by trees and fanned by southern breezes, when there are any, have seen 100 degrees twice this yea: | When asked about the hottest offices, the Building F inhabitants said no on2 could stay there to observe the tempera- ture and live to tell the tale. These divisions are turned out by general or- der whenever the thermometer reaches u“umm es, it was explained. AGRICULTURE EMPLOYES DEB;TE CENSUS “HOTTEST OFFICE” CLAIMS | | Workers Sniff at Mere 97-Degree Boasts and Put Forth Temporary Building. agriculturists remarked cryptically, “We're tougher.” & If the Census clerks think their d controver AR EROUP HOVES TOGNE GV BSY EXHBIT N WORLD National Aercnautic Associa tion Names Committee to Study Plans. RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS FUND FAILS| Closing Session Marked by Splid Over Policy—Bingham Heads Organization Third Time. Creation of a special committee to determine what is required to give the National Capital the world’s best air craft museum was ordered by the Na- tional Aeronautic Ascociation at the) closing session of its tenth annual con- vention yesterday afternoon in the Ma. flower Hotel. The committee will be appointed by Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, re-elected president of the association for his third term. Decision to appoint the committes followed a fight on the floor of the con- vention to force a vote on a resolutic -equesting Congress to appropriate funds at the coming session for consiruction of a large museum building to house the already priceless aeronautical collection of the Smithsonian Institution. The resolution was introduced by Dr. Albert F. Zahm, chief of the division of seronautics, Library of Congress, and' ‘was supported by Adolf K. Barta, presi- dent of the Aero Club of Washington. Dr. Zahm and Barta pointed out tha the present sheet-iron building housing a part of the aeronautical collection, jus? north of the Smithsonian Build- ing 1is hopelessly overcrowded, though ™ than half the collection has been pered through the Arts and In- d Building in an effort to re- liew the situation. Valuable Exhibits Lost. Adaition to the collection two da ago of the first autogiro to fly in Ame ica has further increased the congestion and the anticipated acquisition of the Winnie Mae, worla-girdling plane of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, will still further complicate the situation. Othd valuable items have been lost because the Museum has been forced to reject them owing to lack of space. Barter also pointed out that, because of cramped quarters, it has been im- possible to assemble for exhibition the NC-4, first aircraft to cross the At- lantic. Only the hull of this famous plane can be shown. the wings stored in the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philal delphia. Senator Bingham ruled out the reso- lution on a point of order that it had not been presented in advance of the convention. in accordance with aseo- ciation rules. The motion to appoint the Special Committee then was made by C. F. Dieter, San Antonio, Tex., and was adopted. Committee To Be Named. The committee will be appointed within a day or two by Senator Bing- ham and will be instructed to report to the board of governors of the asso- ciation so that action may be taken during the coming session of Congress. The association _temporarily posed of an “insurrection” by the | Southern California delegation, whicl for & time threatened to split aw from the parent body, by throwing the v before the board of gover- nors. California was partially appeased winning two places on the board ef governors through the elevation of C. F. Lienesch, Governor of the California district, to the post of Governor-ate large and the election of Emory Bronte as Governor of California district A number of important resoluticr dealing with national defense probivm: were adopted by the association. The association will call upon the President and Congress to buld up the National Guard aviation strength and to include all classes of Army aviation in the National Guard units. The as- sociation demanded an increase of flying time for officers in the Alr Curps‘ Reserve. Legislation Urged. The association recommended legisla- tion providing transoceanic _airmail subsidies or governmental assi aie corporations engaged in tae velopment of transoceanic service. A resolution indorsing ti vicinity of Washington as the “proper and logical ation for an international aire ship terminal” was tabled. Further extension of the meteoro- logical service the Weather Bureau was asked and the association urged blind flying training be made compul- sory for all air transport pilot: A program of construction of fiving deck and aircraft carriers for the y cated The association called upon all States to require that airmen in eaca State be required to obtamn Federal licenses, Construction of a more general system of intermediate and auxiliary landing flelds in accordance with Department of Commerce regulations was ur ‘The association asked that undertake a new five-year C! building program for the Army Alr Corps. e 10 de- Uniform Laws Sought. Adoption of uniform State aviation laws and uniform airport codes were advocated and the association recom- inended enactment by local govern- ments of alrport zoning laws. Alr marking of all public buildings and and of at least one building ry “village and hamlet, however was asked as an aid to aerial navigation, Another important resolution recor mended the continuance by the Navy of high-speed airplane development and the appropriation by Congress of ade- quate funds for this program as re- quested by the Nav. ; Enactment_of legislation similar td| the McNary-Parker bill, setting up an international merchant airship code, was requested. In addition to Senator Bingham, the following national officers were T elected: Amelia Earhart Putnam, vicy president; H. Ralph Badger, secreta and John F. Victory, treasurer. Porter Adams was reappointed chairman of the Executive Committee. Wright Heads Governors. The following governors at large were named: Orville Wright, Godfrey L. Ca- bot of Massachuseits, Porter Adams, William P. MacCracken, jr., former As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics, and C. F. Lienesch of Cali- fornia. Governors were elected as follows: Hayden Brooks, Alabama; G. H. Bene- much-touted temperatures worth a bet, as t.neyl stated yesterday in issuing the ‘sure g, San on wagers, - Comparisons, Bowerer rs. Com) ns, s would not be odious, they said. The third-floor so-called “cool” offices, fanned by pleasant breezes and elec- trical blades, showed a reading of 82 degrees at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The official Weather Bureau reading at that hour was approximately 77 degres Less favored portions of Building field, Arizona; Felix G. Smart, Ar- kansas; Emory Bronte, California; L. Valkenburg, Hawaii; P. G. Kemp, Hli- nois; R. P. Taylor, Indiana; W. H. Gan= nett, Maine; Glenn L. Mary= land; Theodore G. Holcombe, Massa~ chusetts; Ray Cooper, Michigan; Maj. A. B. Lambert, Missouri; H. O. Beil, Montana; Gould Dietz, Nebraska Bartlett, Nevada; Ro center wings totally without outside The Biological Survey, swine hus- bandry and other employes located on the third floor, convinced that they have snatched the blazing crown from the census competitors, now publicly that 24 persons were sald to have been overcome by the heat in one a$ the Census guarters, other department to exceed Hampshire; Senator Dwight W. Morrow, New Jersey; Edwin B. Lyon, New Mexi. co; Char'es L. Lawrance, New York William C. Young, Ohio: R. F. Gar- land, %k!;‘hog:‘:d Mhszmit};h; an‘n%: gon . ers, 2d, Pennsy] » W 'nemu'u Texas; E R . fare . Au Sonsin, and. Barl Stuart 3 Bwing, '