Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1931, Page 13

he Sundiy St WASHINGTON, - D. C. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1931, PAGE B—1 LOW WAGE OPINON BEPRENSPT e~ 55UE UPT0 AOBS Event. Recommendation for Scale Equal to D. C. Standard May Be Withdrawn. {Chicago Patrolman Wins hy Hanging Up 85 Special Dispatch to The S CAMP PERRY, Ohio, August n, ‘third precinct p the Washington, D. C., Policc artment, today won second pla e Thompson submachine gun match h a score of 80 points out of a pos- ble 100 The event wa FAINTERS ON U. S. JOB WILL GET $11 UNION PAY | ir Construction Company Secretary | open to graduates of the Police School and consisted of 10 shots in 10 seconds at a “kneeling” silhouette target 100 yards away and 5 shots slow fire while riding in a moving | vohicle. Warden scored eight hits in | rapid fire and four hits slow fire An opinion sesterdsy by Corporation | The first prize, a Thompson subma- - v istrict | chine gun, was won with a total of 85 Counsel W. W. Bride that the District | 15nt 50" patrolman Prank Oehisen Commissioners have authority to| Bhieago. Til - Chicago's gangland bat- write a minimum wage scale into con- | tles led Warden to make the obser: ¢ ? oy ki % tion that he might have won first pri struction contracts has again laid on | ton that he might have won first prize the doorstep of Assistant Engineer Com- | practice missioner ‘H. L. Robb the question of| The entire Washington team was 2 o s to the lowest | Sraduated from the Police School, cash PR iy stindia o member becoming eligible for a certifi- bidder and at the same time abide by | St the provision of the Bacon-Davis act The act, passed by the last session of | Tongress, provides that the “prevail wage scale” be paid by contractors on | Government work. i Friday, Maj. Robb recommended that | & minimum wage scale. the same as| that paid employes of the District gov- | ernment, be written into the contracts. | Previously he and Mr. Bride had con- | sulted with Solicitor Ridgeley of the Labor Department. When the Labor Department learned of Maj. Robb's recommendation, officials stated that the District officials had not followed the advice of the solicitor. i Robb May Withdraw Plea. As a result of the corporation coun- sel's opinion, Maj. Robb probably will withdraw his recommendation { The situation has been complicated by the fact that the lowest bid for construction of @ 10-room addition to Announces Raise to Avoid Delay on Contract. no on Sherandoah Officials to Meet With D. C. Bicentennial Commission This Week. | Final dec on the plan to bring {the ninth annual Shenandoah apple | blossom festival here next Spring as POLICEMAN WARDEN SECOND IN SUB-MACHINE GUN SHOOT the Paul Junior High School was made by the A. Lloyd Goode Co. Inc., of Charlotte, N. C., which employs non- union labor and has insisted on paying Do more than the scale received by District mechanics and laborers. The scale originally proposed by Robb is considerably less than that of union workers. Labor union officials have contended the scale on which they operate constitutes the prevailing wage scale referred to in act. ‘This legislation makes it manda- tory for all Pederal and District con- tracts to be af the prevailibg wage. the Bacon-Davis | | part of the George Washington Bicen- | tennial celebration is expectzd to be |made this week at a meeting between | officials of the Festival Executive Com- | mittee and the District of Columbia | Bicentennial Commission | Controversy twithin the Executive } Comittee over the propasal was cipitated by an announcement by Nel- son F. Richards. director-general of the festival, that the pageant definitely would be included in the bicentennial ceremonies. William E. Cooper, cha {man of the committee, denied the festi- {val would be brought here after its por- ayal at Winchest ing Rich- LACK OF WHARVES INCAPITAL BLOCKS ANOTHER SHIPPER !Inadequate Facilities Force | Refusal of Space for New York Line. LONG DELAYED PLANS | BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE ‘Wharf Committee Head Urges Ap- proval of $3,691,600 Program bl s R Drawn by Army Engineers. cate of proficiency, which, it is under- | stood, will be formally presented after | Another -of-town {;m ;‘amfr%mr?; home Sirlnf;; ‘R'yf‘nmmnd yesterday by R e five following men r < shpm s e added citation to the effect that they ]‘nsn, chairman of the D) are qualified instructors in jtu-jitsu, or | Committee, that no dock space is avail- hand-to-hand combat able tn Washington i ng (Ha‘x;\'sysG (lJaI!l:h;n' V}ravlnf; ]“I;‘ Brennan decla ers; Detective Sergt. Hubert E. Brod Sy and Pvis. Jesse R. Birch, Arthur C,|District’s syste Poulsen and George Wallrodt, first pre- | Washington C cinct | been woefully h 1 stactory. Y | fatlure of Co " Old Wharf Unsa |from Charles H. Potter, president of { the Potter Transportation od oxp of anne neglected, gress t0 approp pi along wate due to iate the la » no suit- | shippers desir { down in the able wharves wer York. Explai i shipping large Washington by w | about the possibility of ob space for a steamer drawing 18 | water. In asking about stcrage facili- | ties, Potter reported the steamer to be {used weuld be too valuable to be left |idle more than two or three days Brennan replied that while vessels with a draft of as_much as 20 feet could pass into the Washington Chan- The first contests in the annual D. C. | pel, only one wharf could be made ;";g“m;;g’cr’o‘:‘ n’f;‘r’]’;‘;‘];mf”]" CO_:“(KT' | available and it probably would not be el 4 constitu- | gatisfactory. He pol tion Hall, beginning at 9 o'clock. The |, cinder-filled pier with a frontage of initial events will be in the hand-|1gg feet on the channel and a depth i::?fa‘:‘g ;:”fc*;g&‘r :]‘-“-‘:fl’fl“‘v" fuse- j Of 220 feet. He said it was bullt man; e clates years ago The tournament is conducted each |’ - vear by the District Model Aircraft | Needed Funds Shelved. League. and sponsored by the Com-| The wharf chairman said all of munity Center Department and the ! comparatively small sums available fc ;113‘;2123;?211]’593;;’:1&2;‘% ‘&35&‘:8"?:‘ ! ;ep;(eep of the channel \\é;(uvx'fr'hnv !h;\ s ¥ - | been spent removing timbers found tional Aeronautic Association of Amer- | be dangerous to navigation ‘making ica, minor repairs on the ex ing piers. The tournament, which will cover a | He said there was little prospect of period of days until Septeraber 4, Will | lief in the nea: ause of include six indoor events and Six out- | ticipated slas trict budget Six Indoor and Six Outdoor Events on Program Open- ing Tomorrow. ed out this was the Painters to Get S11 Wage. H Becretary Doak already has ruled the | 4dS was without y i Gaet prevailing wage in the District for | SUCh permission. He said it was a mat- painters is $11 a day, the union scale. | Y6F, f0r the committee fo decide. Herman Morris, secretary of the Al. | Amold Kruckman, executive direct . of the D. C. Bicentennial Commission Uance Construction Co., which has the | 1o yever, expressed assurance the show nting _contract on the Internal X 14l | would be staged here as announced. He o iU lding, on Which the TUINE | said all those With whom he talked in was e, announced yesterday that | ‘. - . « R 3 | Winchester “favored the project” and he would follow it, beginning Monday. | naNaq"e reaton to believe the page. He sald, however. thal his cOMPany|ant would not be held as scheduled acceded only to prevent any delay in | ping) getails as to the parade and the carrying out the contract and demanded | cerevony of crowning Queen Shenan- an opportunity to prove that S11 a/Goah which will be staged on the east 9ay & gbove “'the prevalling scale. steps of the Capitol. he said, would be UNION HEAD URGES al to Weshing ent yesterday Typothetae Secretary Declares Or- ders Sent Out of City De- | | | ! pa on his “unwillingnes ansport the prive Many of Jobs. thousands of Virginia school children who annually participate the page- ant to the Capital CANDIDATES TO TALK Thrifton Improvement League Will Hear Office-Seekers, | Special Dispatch to The & THRIFTON VILLAGE 29 —The Thrif > will meet at tne p: Episcopal Church Mor following a chort b didates for member Board { present th with citizen: ing in Washington there no unemployment here in the industry, G. A. Walsh, ex ecretary of the Typothetae of ingion, declared in a radio addre night over Station WMAL peaking under the auspices Washington Chamber of Commerce Walch characterized printing as tional Capi i asserted that 1930 “estimated the comb private printing and publish $30.000.G00 wh ne printing ougput 000.000. These tot Waish raid, represent 19,000 persons Employmen® ir here. he continued cent below nermal “Unfortunate estimate 000,000 August + league the —Ma} Be Officers volume plc CAPITAL YOUTHS APPOINTED ending av 450 MISSISSI'PPI MEN TO ARRIVE TOMORROW About 450 headed by governor uled to specia ter” at spend the da: The booster visit the White H mental build toric interest ab train will be park: side track, oper tors The tour. ar sored by the b to acqu with Mississippi and it LIQUOR JURY DEMANDED Owner anni Alleged Cab ‘‘Speakeas Faces Four Charges. ¢ using his' taxicab as a ":‘cm“dy, Paul F. Pickels, 30 years | old, 1200 block of C street southwest, | demanded jury trisl from Judge Robert E Mattingiy yesterday on three charges | of sale and one of poséession of liquor | Policemen T. M. McVearry and L. J.| Nay sald they bought liquor from Pick- | Bdiels ot his cab on three different occa-| Perry C. Ragan of 3311 Porter street s Once, they (upper) and Donald K. Nickerson, son of Maj. L. A. Nickerson, Ordnance, War Department, who have received, sz cther Capital youths, president Agmxmmem\ to West Poink, with # o +to admission July 1, 1932. o said, 8 woman taxi % them to Pickels' eab, e B ached Pick’ &) oaches & K huy at Soventh and G _strects, wrested him. A pint was seized, g i whisky and door events. The opening of the con- test in Constitution Hall was made possible through the courtesy of the Daughters of the American Revolution Three Added Contests. Three additional contests in_indoor | planes, including flying true scale, glid- ers and seaplanes (R. O.4W.) will take | place Friday morning, at ® o'clock, at Macfarland Community Center, where | at 1 pm. the annual D. C." Model | Alrcraft luncheon will take place. ALI that time awards to the winning boys will be made by prominent District and + aeronautic officials The six outdoor contests in the tour- nament will take place Tuesday, at 9 am. at Bolling Field, with H. L. scie tific. seaplanes (R. O. W.), and namic models: and on Wednesday at Bolling Field. with R. O. F. fuselage gliders and helicopters. In case of rain“on either Tuesday or Wednesday. the contests be continued on Thursd; morning. Six Judges Chosen. | nel would cost | contribute | died ve in_the 1933 fiscal year recalied that n 1929 estimated e Federal-owned ch $3.601,600. They sug- Federal Government and the District 0. No action ha: report by Comm! gested that the Government been taken House Rivers DEATH HELD ACCIDENT Renders V. Case of Colored Man ntal Coroner’s Jury rdict A verdict of returned today by the case of Maste of the 1500 block erday of in crushed between a automobile Battles had which accide: a coro Battles d er's jury 29, colored eet, whe been on the | grades will truck. WAS melons, and was and the automobile Rodbord, 51. of the street. The accident | in the 1700 block of aded with watel ught between operated by Isracl 1300 block of R occurred Thurs Vermont avenue ges for the tournament will be | Lieut. T. J. Hedding, U. §. Naval Air Station; Lieut. Robert K. Giovannoli, | U. 5. Army Air Corps; W. Piske Mar- shall, chief of the licensing division for commercial pilots of the Department of Commerce D« A. Moore, _vice president of the Aviation School of America; Joh w, of the Avia. tion School rica; and C. B Heinemann. N expert. John H. W n charge of model aircraft 1 Community Center Department charge of the tournament H. . Harbour E Cooney Cleary and W. S Griest, official of the D. C M. A L SEVEN CAPTURED | IN LIQUOR RAID Two White and Five Colored Men Taken in Attempt to Escape 5% STORM-LASHED MELON From Garage and five col the point of a ree tenth pre a garage in the 1014 Irving street and coufis- d apout lons of liquor The men to Officer R. F Goodwin, w em with his gun when they atempted to flec. He was as- sisted by Policemen H. N. Lancaster and J. W. Pritchett Those arrested wer 1426 Parkwood place 50 Thirteent 0do! Rooseve D street en men, twc were capti last nig nct policemen Peter Bencich, 28 Jack Madeo, 23 treet northea: Fisher, 26, colored Jjames Johnson, 28 Henry Johnsor n street; Ir 18 Georgia avenue, colored, 786 were booked for | enth precinct seized three auto- igation aiders ENROLLMENT DATES SET IN HYATTSVILLE SCHOOLS First All-Day Classes Will Be Held 10—New Report Day Early. Special Dispatch to T HYA' SVILLE New students e School are September Students Mi August 29 ring Hyattsville High rt for enrollment at the school ning of September | 9 was announced today by Prof. K. J. Morr! principal. Classes will| begin the following morning at # o'clock. | Mrs. Hontas M. Sturgis, supervising principal of the Hyattsville Elementary | School, has announced that puplls en-| tering school for the first time and| entering the first grade are to enroll| September 4 at the Spencer Street School from 9 am. to 12 noon. All be enrolled mber 9. Grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 will Teport at the Olive Street School at 9 am. Grades 1, 2 and 3 will report st the Spencer Street School at 9:30 a.m. All pupils %ill be diemissed s 10:30 am. for the ay. School will be in session all day September My ATTERED from on the lower swept away bot Stephen Lark, a stout water- melon cargo “bug-eve,” limped into Washington port vesterday morn- ing under gasoline power. Capt. J. L. Wake First Mate W. T. Wake, brothers, said the craft went into the storm last Sunday on s return trip from Washington, be- tween Cone. and Smith Pfint Light mear the mouth of the river. Ii was | blowing hard in the early morning when the Btephen Lark put out from ‘Wicomico, where they had scught r:fuge from an earlier squall, but they | thought they could make their home at Wilion, in Middlefex County, safe enough. | About 3 o'clock in tae afternoon they ding a storm Potomac that its masts, the Battered Boat “BUGEYE” COME: oPoster Ghosen BICENTENNIAL OFFICIALS PICK OFFICIAL PLACARD. This hand-painted Houdon bust of orge Washington on a black velvet background has been chosen by the District of Columbia Bicentennial Com- mission as the official Bicentennial poster of the first President The original was painted by Prof. Nelson Davis of George Washington University and copies for sale are being produced by the Bicentennial Studios, 501 Trans- portation Building. The posters are 6 feet long and 3 feet wide, with a 2%;-inch purple silk border. A national window display contst, offering $3,000 in prizes for the most attractive windows featuring the Bi- centennial pos! will soon be ducted by the Bicentennial Judges in the contest will be Dr. Cloyd Marvin, chairman of the commis- Mrs. mission member, and Arnold Kruckman, executive director of the organization. SEPTEMBER 30 LAST FOR RADIO ENTRIES Miss Gergrude Lyons Calls Confer- ence of Music Teachers for Wednesday. Midnig e for the er the District 1t of September 30 is the dead- oliment of singers from »f Columbia in the national radio audition sponsored by water Kent Foundation, it an- nounced yesterday by George W. Offu president of the Washington Board of rade, chairman of the local group. was The preliminary trial of the singers | will: be heard during the week of Octo- | ber 11 in the studios of WRC in the National Press Building. The four best ung women and the four best young n will compete in the finals during he week of October 23, This feature will be broadcast Mrs. Gertrude Lyo man of mittee cs, who is chair- and president of tne District Federation -of Music Clubs, has invited I vocal music teachers to attend a confcrence at her studio, 1325 G street, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in interest of having as many local singers enrolled as possible. Blanks for ollment may be obtained at ons’ studio any week day from 1 to 6 o'clock. Th between 18 and 25 years Kent Foundation is offering $25.000 in cash awards and s cessful finalists meeting. Takes Port TO CAPIT. in the national realized they ‘were in the midst of one of the hardest squalls river craft had suffered for years. Pirst one mast was swept away and then the other. They chopped the rigging fres from the deck, but not until after a section of a mast had caught between the rudder and the propeller. During the day they saw the City of Crisfleld, a large gasoline _boat, floundering on the shore at Sandy Point. The two brothers have been sailing the Potomac for 25 years or more and have weathered many a storm. W. T. ‘Wake's son Francis and a colored man were the other members of the crew, Wilton they loaded "y’: '"th a cu"z ohl.r:fl:'nswmd made the return crul c| ashington without further mishap, con- | Studios. ! Phillip Sydney. Smith, com- | the At- | Barney, Gene and Tom, fire horses|ing nearby, who detained her while| labor federation and national welfare Radio Audition Survey Com- | age limitations of applicants are | The Atwater | holarships for the | SHOUR LABOR DAY PARADE O BREAK - NINE-YEAR RECORD ! |Director Says Entries Assu_relf Great Array of Apparatus. 24 PRIZES OFFERED | IN VARIOUS CONTESTS| Gov. Ritchie to Head Contingent| From Prince Georges County, Md. For almost three hours on Lebor day | brightly colored floats and marching | men will pass ‘along ‘Pennsylvania ave- nue in the largest firemen’s parade dur- ing the nine years it has been an an- nual event. Sergt. A. J. Bargagni, director and | marshal, estimated from the entries | received 5o far that this year's demon- | stration will exceed in size the parade | of last year, which. required two and onz-half hours to pass. Twenty-fcur prizes, donated by the Washington Board of Trade, will be | awarded in various competitions, which will cover every type of entry. Fire- men from nine States, as weil as the District of Columbia, are expected to | participate. | New Parade Features. | | The parade will include many fea- tures, scms of them new and somg present in former parades. | Prince Georges County's volunteer firemen will be led in the parade by | Gov, Albert C. Ritchic of Maryland. | The Governor, it was announced yes- | | terday, has accepted the invitation of | the Prince Georges firemen and when | { he rides into the National Capital Labor { day he will be accompanied from the { intersection of Crain and Defense high- { ways to the District line by the Prince | Georges Committez. At the District | line Gov. Ritchie will be met by Dis- trict officials, according to plans now being made for his participation in the parade » Thirty members of the Veteran Voluntzer Piremen of the Association of Qldest Inhabitants are to take their positions in the column, clad in the red shirts and old-fashioned helmets | vintage of 1850. The pumper now is kept in the old engine house at Nineteenth and I streets. Famous Horses to Appear. | long since retired from service again will champ their bits and arch their necks as they haul a clanging cngine | behind them. The Darby, Pa., fire company has informed Sergt. Bargagni that they also { will enter an old engine. It will be a { fire “ram” and a living ram will walk beside it Miss Mildred Bargagni, daughter of {the parade marshal, again will be { bostess to_the visiting firemen and will {ride on a float at the head of the volun- | teer section. The Ladies’ Auxiliary | ington department will | lunches for the visitors. Prizes will be awarded in the follow- | ing classes: Volunteer fire company | with largest number of uniformed men | in line with band or drum corps. | { Volunteer fire company with largest of the Wash- furnish 5,000 | or_drum corps. Volunteer fire company or group of | companies from town of under 3,000 | population presenting best appearance | cf years ago, With a hand pump of the }day afternoon !John S. Hargrave | thorities refused. however, to permit a {eral conflicting stories, and stated she Mrs, | number of men in line without band | had walked to Third and Oglethorpe Offered Post VIRGINIAN MAY SERVE AS AIDE TO GIFFORD. FRANK BANE, Virginia has been asked hy Walter S. Gifford to take charge of the welfare work of the President’s_organization on unemploy- ment relief and expects to week. Mr. Bane, a native of Smith- field, Va.. entered welfare work in 1920 as secretary of the Virginia Board of He is 38 and served in the| aviation branch during the World War. Charities. POLICE SEEK MEN | IN ATTACK CASE Dazed Woman Inadvertently Repeats Nickname, Which Gives Clue. With a nickname of a man inad-| vertently repeated by a half dazed | woman as an opening clue, police. of No. 13 precinct last night were seeking | ral men whom Miss Catherine} rginia Graham, 23, formerly of 4113 G street, charged threw her out of an automobile and hit her on the head with a brick, sometime early yesterday morning. Miss Graham was found wandering at Third and Oglethorpe streets yester- in a dazed condition. affer she had emerged from woods gearby. She was reported bleeding from several cuts on the head and is said to have had bruises about the face. She was first seen by persons resid- Robert B. Ogden, 5910 Third street, called police. Pvt. L. A Crabbin of No. 13 Police Station resppnded and took the woman to Walter Reed Hospital, where she was given first aid treatment by Capt. Miss Graham was then taken to No. 13 polige station, where she was charged with being drunk, and after some ques- tioning was sent to Gallinger Hospital, where it was stated last night her con- dition was not serious. Hospital au- representative of The Star to see her. Capt. Walter Emerson of No. 13 po- lice station said last night the woman refused to divulge the names of persons | she claimed she was riding with in ‘the | automobile, declaring: “I am no squealer.” He said the woman told sev- streets from near Fort Washington, at which point she said she was thrown from the car. Capt. Emerson doubted this part of the story, he said in line. { companies from town of 3,000, but nmi | more than 10,000 population, presenting best appearance in line ‘ Volunteer fire company or group of | | companies from town of more than| {10,000 population presenting best 2p- | | pearance in line. | Float Competitions. | company. | | Fire company with most beautiful | float in line | | Pire company with float best repre- | senting fire service or ideals in line. | Most beautiful float m line entered | by _fraternal organization | “Most beautiful commercial float in | { line. 5 | Most beautiful eivic or business men's | { association float in line | "Best piece of volunieer fire com- {pany apparatus in line, including | | equipment. | | " Volunteer fire company with the most | { ancient piece of apparatus in line Best decorated piece of fire apparatus. | Ladies' auxiliary of volunteer fire | company or department presenting best appearance in line Drum corps presenting best appear- ance in line of parade Band presenting best line of parade. | " Best comic entry of fire organization {in line | Volunteer fire edmpany. { than 20 uniformed men in line, com- |ing longest distance by railroad Volunteer fire company, with not less | than 20 uniformed men in line, com- | ing longest distance by automobile | Fraternal organizations presenting | best appearance in line. Best chemical company in line A band contest and a drum contest, INJURED BOY SUES | Robert Potter Claims $12,000 Dam- ! ages in Auto Crash Case. | _Robert Potter, by his father, Lincoln Potter, Chevy Chase, Md., has filed suit | {in the District Supreme Court to re- cover $12,000 damages from William | Stokes Sammons, 830 Thirteenth street, as the result of an automobile collision near Connecticut avenue and Militar |road June 4. The boy was a passenge |in an automobile which crashed with | | an automobile of the defendant, and {claims to have sustained a concussion of the brain and other injuries. He is represented by Attorney Howe P. Coch- | ran, BAPTISTS END SESSION By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, August 29.— Closing exercises of thg fifty-sixth an- nual session of the Molnt Bethel Bap- | tist Association of Washington, Mary land and Virginia were held at the new l‘::nl Zion Baptist Church here last night. ‘The closing sermon was preached by Rev. Augustus Lewis, pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist Church, Washing- | ton. Addresses were made by Mrs. | Lula Scott Richardson of Baltimore, | Md., president of the Women's Cnnven-‘ i i | | | 1 i | | appearance in | | with not less | corps | | | | | | ( tion, and Mluuo lnunoul.hs. nal Training pd Girls. i tr Precinct Detective Elmer F. Lewis, Volunteer fire company or group of | Who is working on the case with Police- man Crabbin, said the woman claimed she had been hit with a briek. LOR BLAZE BEAUTY PAR FOLLOWS EXPLOSION | Best float of any fire department or|Several Wave Machines Destroyed at 716 Thirteenth Street and Fur Shop Damaged. Explos destroying several permanent wave ma- chines and damaging a fur shop on the ground floos. The blazé followed a short-circuit in one of the waving machines, according to firemen. " Tt started with a blast that blew out front of the shop, attracting the atten- tion of Policeman W. T. Fawcett of No. 1 precinct, who turned in the first alarm. Exact location of the cause of the fire and the amount of damage were not known by the firemen the fur shop was due to water seeping through the ceiling. NAVY PAY CLERK HELD ON COLLIDING CHARGE Albert H. Richter Failed to Stop After Newark Street Accident, Police Are Told. Albert H. Richter, chief pay clerk of Navy Department’s Bureal of Sup- plies and Accounts, was_arrested by fourteenth precinet police last night on a charge of leaving after colliding According to police, a machine which Richter was driving struck the parked automobile of Margaret E. Riley in ont of her residence at 3422 Newark | street. Witnesses said Richter failed to_stop after the collision When_arrested by Policeman A. K 14 precinct, Richter gave as 3213 Wisconsin avenue. Judge Amends Fine Of Traffic Violator And Saves a Dime Judge Gus A. Schuldt amended decision in Traffic Court yesterday saving himself 10 cents and leaving defendant with lunch mone; He had fined Samuel Jackson, 768 Irving strect, $10 and later noticed a bailiff leading Jackson into the cell room. “The man has only $9.90,” the bailiff explained. dt delved yinto a a di across a ‘thold a grin le money to get lunch, still have this 10-cent p public welfare commissioner, announce his decision on acceptance early this on and fire late yesterday vir- tually wiped out a beauty parlor on the | second floor of 716 Thirteenth street, plate glass windows in the | Damage to | OFFGALS SLENT ONGREEN T D0 - JOBLES FURE |Labor Department Shows Further Employment Drop in July. FEDERATION STATISTICS’ ACCURACY IS ADMITTED Hoover Relief Organization Turns to Radio—Workers' Head First Speaker. This Winter's unemployment estimate of 7,000,000 made by Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, went unchallenged yesterday although Labor Department officials an nounced that employment continued to decrease in July and published statistics showing wage reduction of about 10 per cent, affecting 210,675 workers, had been reported during the first six months of the year. Government officials refused to hazard an estimate on total unemployment at this time. The federation leader on Friday said that from reports sent | mto_his office here from local union headquarters he placed the number of jobless throughout the country at 5,- 100,000 as of August 1 Some criticism of Mr. Green's esti- mate was voiced in Government and labor circles yesterday, but ranking Government officials admitted that the federation’s statistical system was as perfect, if not better, than Federal or other agencies’ methods. Criticism was directed chiefly at the 7.000,000 Winter estimate. It was contended that this { mark was too high and that it had a tendency to discourage capital ventur- ing further on what is considered a | troubled sea, and therefore invited either further unemployment or reduc- tion in wages. Critics Not Upheld However, it was pointed out, the Industrial Employment Information Bulletin, published yesterday by the Labor Department, failed to back up the critics of Mr. Green. With few exceptions, surplus labor was reported by this official organ as existing in almost every city from Maine to Cali- fornia. Meanwhile, relief problems were being studied by President Hoover's organi- zation' on unemployment relief, several Government _departments, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the organizations. With his organization nearing com- pletion, Walter S. Gifford, national re- lief director, returned to New York late yesterday to attend to private busi- ness affairs and his assistant, Fred C. Croxton, was surveying distress among 'nnemplnyed coal miners of West Vir- ginia. Mr. Gifford had planned to spend the week end in Washington, but was sud- denly called to New York. The President’s organization will turn to the radio this week in cam- paign to keep young people in school this Winter instead of competing with their elders for jobs, accordipg to an announcement made yesterday at Mr. Gifford's office. Green to Speak, First. The first speech will be made over the Columbia Broadcasting system at 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, by the Federa- tion of Labor's president, Mr. Green, who is also a member of the Presi~ dent's Advisory Committee on Relief. Other addresses over the Columbia chain will be at 3 p.m., Thursday, by ‘Willis Sutton, superintendent of schools at Atlanta, Ga.; 3 pm, Priday, by William J. Cooper, United States Com- missioner of Education, and at 4:45 pm., Saturday, by Morris Leeds, chair- man of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Unemployment Committee. The Labor Department in its monthly issue on the trend of employment said it decreased 2 per cent in July as com- pared with June and pay-roll totals - decreased 4.8 per cent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics” weighted index of employment for July was announced as 704 as compared jwith 73.1 in January, when Secretary of Commerce Lamont estimated there were 6,050,000 unemployed, basing these figures on a special Federal census taken in 19 of the larger cities. The ‘Stltistlcnl Bureau's index figure, how- { ever, did not include farm or road con- struction work. A compilation of figures showed that during the first six months of the year 33 establishments reported wage in- | creases averaging 6.9 per cent and 2f- fecting workers. | Cuts listed by units in virtually | every one of the 54 industries reporting. Wage Cuts Listed. | { Since last February 15, when reports were compiled for the period beginning January 15. the monthly reports show { the number of establishments reducing | wages and the number of employes af- | fected as follows February, 228 establishmenis and 39,069 workers; March, 175 and 22,502 April, 195 and 22,543; May, 293 and 46,377; June, 210 and 25,645, and July, 1238 and 33,238, | During the period from January 1, employment reported has been as fol- lows | January. total employment, 4,575,056, { of which 2,877,351 were in manufactur- | ing industries; February, 4,649.241 and 2,916,697: March, 4,697,222 and 2.967. 762; April, 4.764.580 and 2,014,008: May, 4,738.168 and 3,018212; June, 4,584,074 and 2,894,593; and July, 4,491, 521 and 2,822,694 The Industrial Employment Infor- mation Bulletin also commented on employment conditions, pointing to cur- {tailled operating schedules in many manufacturing establishments _during July, but saying public construction was “at a high peak.” “Municipal improvements, public util- ity work and the installation of natural gas pipe lines in various sections of the country.” the report added, “engaged large numbers of skilled and unskilled laborers. Demands for agricultural help noticeably increased and thousands of men were given employment in the harvesting and other crops. While many cities had large building pro- grams under way, the general surplus of labor included buflding trades men.” A general surplus of labor was ap- parent throughout the month in the District of Columbia, according to & re- port published in the Labor Depart- ment’s organ by Agatha D. Ward, dis- trict director of employment. { ] e g Al e Morgans Grove Fair to Open. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va.. August {20 ¢ ).—Morgans Grove Fair will annual showing next Wednes- day, rsday and Friday cn_ the ‘ grounds ar here. Tor re: of Jeconomy, ;h: schedule has been to three | by the