Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 17

The Foening Staf WITH SUNDAY MORNIN EDITION WASHINGTON, . A~ TUB SDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 193 K FOOD-SAVING DRIVE ISPLANNED INCITY 10 FEED JOBLESS Representative Women Meet at Franklin School to Discuss Program. GEORGE ). ADAMS TAKES STEPS TQ HELP NEEDY Wives of Unemployed Men to Be Asked to Aid in Canning. ; ation of mpaign, Tnitial steps toward organ & city-wide food conservation iniscent of war time, were takea yesterday by George J. Adams, execu- tive secretary of the District Committee on Employ ment is in accord with | s broadcast by the President’s | cy Committee for Employment. | organizations plan to feed | s Winter. ttended by nine repre- | omen, was held yesterday N School and the feasi- » project discussed. It was | old a larger meeting Thurs- at 3 o'clock. Representa- tives of churches and welfare organizations of the city are to be in- vited to attend. At that time, Mr. Adams said, it is hoped that plans for the campaign will take definite shape. the needy t in the Fr. Ware House Loaned. He expects that women in all sec- tions of the city within 10 days will be canning foodstuffs for distribution. The | office of public buildings and public parks has loaned the old St. James| Hotel, Sixth street and Pennsylvania atenue, to Mr. Adams for a storehouse and distribution center this Winter. He told the meeting vesterday that | he had reccived assurance from mer- | chants and farmers that sufficient food | Will be available to keep busy as many | women as he can secure for the work. The District Government has loaned a | truck for transportation of the food. | Working through the public schools | aud the Department of Agriculture. it 3s planned to have a series of canning | demonstrations. The first of these will take place Tucsday morning in the Cen- tral High Shhool kitchen, under the supervision of Miss Emma S. Jacobs, | ditector of the Domestic Science Depart- of the public schools. Mr. Adams | undertaken to furnish all the ma- | terials. Pay for Labor in Food. It was decided yesterday to solicit the services of wives of men out of | work in canning the food and to pay | them for their labor in food. Volunteers | also will be asked to serve without com- | pensation “We are attempting to duplicate in a degree what was done during the Adams said. “This is just rgency as e ed at that There 15 food now which is going but that food will be needed If we can preserve thesc distribute them to poor eatly strengthen the | time 10 waste next Winter and 1 mj it will merale of the c Those who attended the meeting ves- terday were Miss Mary Walsh of the Catholic Sodality, Mrs. E. K. Peep! Community Center Department, Dis trict Public Schools; Mrs. John Law- gence Hyde, All Souls’ Unitarian Church; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Miss Jaccbs, Miss Mabel C. Stienbarger, Bureau of Home Economics: Mrs. Gladys B. Mid- | dlemiss, Women's Club: Miss Eleanor Enright, educational director of _the Washington Dairy Council, and Miss Miriam Birdseve, extension nutritionist of the Department of Agriculture. Miss Jacobs, Mrs. Peeples and Miss | Steinbarger were designated as a Com- | mittee on Cooking Demonstrations. HOOVER INVITED T0 EVE MEMORIAL President Asked to Attend Unveil- ing at Augusta, Ga., to Honor V. S. Surgeon of Polish War. | President Hcover today was invited | t> astend the unveiling at Augusta, Ga on November 14 of a memorial to Dr. { Paul Fitzimmons Eve, famous surgeon hero of the Polish Revolution in 1831, | Wh» was born in Augusta in 1806. The invitation was conveyed by Thomas J. Hamilton, editor -of the Augusta Chronicle, and chairman_ of the Eve Memorial Committee, and M. H. H. Duvall, president of the Augusta Cham- ber of Commerce, as well as by Dr.| wrzynskl, general sceretary | -American Dental Asso- | was presented to President | Whit= House by Senator | etcher of Florida, in the | nator Harris of Georgia. | e Polish embassy were In- 10 delegation. Ids a plac> in the memory 1 people which corresponds steem Americans have for who gave his life for the s at the siege of Savannah dur- American Revolution. Already cted a memorial to the an surgeon in Warsaw. when Poland rebelled against Eve was in Paris completing . There he organized merican C:mmittee for the nd, after which he went to V. i 'volunteered his services. After the revolution, the grateful gov- ernraent conferred upon him the Polish Golden Cross cf Virtuti Military. TWO THIEVES SURPRISED, EUT MAKE GETAWAYS Coléred Youth Flees With Two Handbags With Small Amount of Cash Before Police Arrive. Duns O absence of & Officials of t 31 D ile robbing homes here ¥ nd early today, two burglars escaped before police could arrive. One made off with two handbags contain- ing change and miscellaneous articles early today when surprised in an apart- ment at 2008 Sixteenth street, occupied by Emma B. Hadden and Mary Boyle. 'he second burglar, a_colored youth, was discovered in the home of John Fitzpatrick at Fifth street north- east. He obtained nothing. Sneal perating in office buildings tock a silver ink stand and other desk furnishings from the pfficg of Chester Davis in the Na- tional Press Building. M Albert Prentiss of 5207 Con- t avenue reported that her pock- -.tboukfi containing $10 in bills and a ay check. was stolen from -her office fi the Shoreham Building, ! wearing Police Win Pistol Shoots METROPOLITAN TEAMS TAKE TWO PLACES. Left: Detective Sergt. H Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP PERRY. Ohio, September 1. —Putting two teams into the field, the Metropolitan Police Department 'y terday copped first and second places and cight bronze medals in class B of the National Rifle Association police pistol team match with scores of 998 and 996 out of a possible 1,200. The Colt Trophy and silver medals were won by the crack Los Angeles team. which shot 1111 to top the 20 aggregations in class A. There were eight teants in class B. The medal-winning “bluecoats” as follows: 5 1, Detective Scrgt. Herbert E. Brodie, PFvt. Montie A. Bridges, Traffic Burcau: Pvt. George M. Stewart, seventh pre= act, and Fvt. Edgar L. Warden, third cinet Team No. 2—Pvt ve precinct; Pt mick seventh precinet R. McKq venth George R. Wallrodt, firs Lieut. Lane Third. Out of 1.490 competitors in the Le Cup match, which consists of shot at each of the 800, 900 and 1,000 vard ranges. Second Lieut. William R. La y E. 121st Engine Dis- trict lumbia_ National Guard landed third place, with only 2 points “down” out of a possible 105 In addition to a bronze medal, Lieut Lane was awarded second prize in the Nationa! Guard class Other Washingtonians who won prizey are Civilian cl C. McDougal ninth_place National ut. Lane. M. Boudin gineers, eighth, Ordnanc th, 100 Company pr 2 Decker, McCor- Sheldon Rcbert L. Karl G Pyt cinct precinct. entries—Douglas K street, nin . 695 L 1746 score, 93 Guard group, cend, 103 Company 100; Department. Sergt. Frank M. 1st Ma | 8 entries, t. Henry 8. 121st En- Just C. Jen- ate stafl Ser F, | Hyattsville, twelfth, 9 L. Harrell, Ordnance Detachment, fort; fifth, 97, First Lieut. Walter R. Stok Medical ' Detachment st Engi xty-eighth, 95, and Second Lieut. ward D. Andrus, Company A, same reg- iment, seventy-third, 95. Navy Licutenant Wins. The Chemical Warfare Service Tro- match. which calls for 10 shots fire, standing, and 10 shots rapid sitting. and which requires the and non-adjustment of a gas mask during_each stage, was won by Allen D. Gramer, United States avy, Springfield, Mass., over a ficld of 284 entries, with a 96 out of a possible 100 tally. Shooting a 94, George E. Cook. jr 1719 Eighteenth street. of the National Capital Rifle Club, captured tenth and ast bronze medal and third place among the 145 civilian participants. The following District sharpshoote also won prizes: National Guard group. 108 competitors, Staff Sergt. Harry Parsons. Com] fourth pla W re. | A. Ril tenth, ¢ Pvt Dinwiddic, 2116 O str High School star and r the Virginia_ M serving with teenth, 92; | Sergt. H. M. Boudinot, Lacch Cup Prize winner, fourtcenth, 91, and Sergt. Theo- dore L. Harrell, ordnance detachment, State staff, eighteenth, 91 Cotton Inspires Poem E. Brodie. M. A. Bridges. Right: Pyt Civilian class G. E. Cooke. jr., third 94; Alfred H. Yeomans, 3324 Nine-| teenth street. thirteenth, 91: Willlam | Cook, 1719 Eighteenth street, fourteenth, 91, and Morton Silverberg, 451 New- ton place, of the Maryland Universit championship 3d Corps Area R. O. T. C. team, twenty-first, 90 Staff Sergt. Winfield G. Blevins, 13th | Engincers, Fort Humphreys, Va. is among the 16 rapid fire experts who | made perfect scores yesterday in the, 200-yard Camp Perry Instructors Tr.\et phy match. The tie will be shot off | today. Other hedule are the small bore Wimbledon, ‘short range two-n team, Coast Guard rapid fire, members and Crowell matches. " Corpl. W. A. Easterling, United States Marine Corps, Quantico, Va, won the Leech Cup Firing in the feature match of thei national rifie matches, Corpl. Easterling scored 104 out of a possible 105 po to defeat 1460 contestants and out Sergt. Walter Walsh ional Gua | man from Union City. N. J.. who also scored 104 points, but dropped the match to Easterling by an inferior long range score. DR, HAWORTH GETS | NEW SCHOOL POST Heads Science Department. Hay and Hedrick Demoted | to Teachers. events on the Dr. Eliis Haworth, teacher of physics ! at Eastern High School and a membet of the District public school system since 1922, today was appointed head | of the department of science in the white schools. Dr. Haworth is the first incumbent in this new office created at the close of the 1930-31 school year with the merger of the de- partment of physics with that of chemistry and biology. The appointment of the local entist to the head of the new depart- ment is the final chapter of a long and | bitter fight waged by their friends on | behalf of Dr. William Hay, head of the | chemistry and biology department, and | Dr. William Hedrick, head of the old | physics department. |~ These two veteran school system of- ficers were retained in their former | capacities until today, when each was demoted to the position of teacher of his respective subject. Dr. Haworth, who first was appoint- ed a teacher in the Washington schools | September 1, 1922, since which time he has taught physics and some math- | ematics, holds a bachelor of arts de. | gree with distinction and the M. A degree from George Washington Uni-| versity, He took his Ph. D. in 1928 from Johns Hopkins University in | Baltimore. CAPITOL Horace C. Carlisle with cotton grown on Capitol. RETTY good subject for a poem, at that, Horace C. Carlisle ad- mitted. The elderly chief messenger for the Capitol architect looked thoughtful as he parted the dark leaves of a flowering cotton stalk today—one | of five he planted last April in front of the Supreme Court’s temporary offices, at 131 Maryland avenue north. east. And who, asked some one, was bet- ter quaiificd to write the poem than Carlisle himself? He knew cotton, hav- ing seen his own acres flowering under an Alabama sun, and he also knew something of poct! between errands to compose 17 pieces which Congress had seen fit to insert in the Recort ’ Many passersby had stopped, mostly Southerners, to gaze on the novel sight ol cotton growing this far north. MESSENGER RAISES “CROP.” | “Do you know what that is? Carlis)ei asked of an old colored man who was | gaping through the fence. H The other’s face split in a wide grin. “Yaas, boss, don't I know! Wish | you'd plant 15 acres and get me to help | | pick it. I was brung up around that stuff!” | . Northerners, too, had paused in pass- | ing to ask questions. Why the blooms | | were white, then red; why they fell off !'so quickly, and what was it, anyhow? While Carlisle was a temporary guard | at the building he enjoyed discussing | the stalks with casual strangers. | Now that the cotton is blooming, one stalk_having put out 62 bolls—an un- v, having found time | yeually large number—he expects the | were discouraging and she saw little bolls to open in a month, if the North- ern frost doesn't get them. “Nostalgia” Carlisle. might name the poem, or else “A Dirge,” suggested some | until after 6 o'clock this morning. She ! one, what with a bumper crop coming and prices coming down i two | zones or platforms \DROP FIGHT TO FIX 1 Commi i ing the contractor ! by Judge Gus | found to contain approximately $130 in | Point, Md. CITY SPEED RULES BECOME EFFECTIVE WITHIN TEN DAYS District Has Been Without Limit of Any Kind for Two Months. FOUR STEPS INCLUDED IN NEW LAWS ADOPTED Legal Maximum of 7, 15, 22 and, 30 Miles an Hour Fixed for Various Vehicles. The District, which has been without | a legal speed limit for vehicles of any type since July 1, will return to nor- malcy in 10 when a series of speed | limits adopted by the Commi oners | become effective. At the effective date of the new traffic act, July 1, the speed- ing rules under the previous act were | uperseded and during the intervening months no others have been adopted. | The new speed laws have four steps, limiting speeds to 7, 15, 22 and 30 | miles per hour, respectively. Thirty miles per hour is the maximum except for “authorized emergency vehicles,” which are cautioned to “drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using | the streets.” The seven-mile limit is for vehicles | being driven in any alley or any pla of business or crossing of a sidewalk. The 15-mile limit applies to all ve- hicles with solid tires and is the limit for tractor trucks. It applies to all ve- hicles when passing a school building | difring opening. recess or closing hours: | passing playgrounds fety loading approaching within 100 feet of a of official sign The 22-mile limit ped with uma the District excep The 30-mile tires any nate. One of the speed rule hicle shal the same d Chain Brid nd another other bridges the speed sha same as_that prescribed for other por- | tions of the highway except where otherwise indicated by official signs. is that when m: c t on all be the PREVAILING WAGE joners Merely Include Terms of Bacon-Davis Act in Contract. ‘The formally workmen and for the construction of a 10- dition to the Paul Junior H to A. Lloyd Goode of Charlot for $147.175. Owing to the dispute now raging as to what the prevailing wage scale is in the District, it had be-n planned to in- | clude in the contract the wage scale now paid to employes of the District repair shop. Under the terms of the recently enacted Bacon-Davis law, con tractors on building work for the Fed- eral and District governments must pay their workmen the “prevailing wage scale.” & The Secretary of Labor final arbiter of w scale is, but he ha decision, in the ¢ of painters on the Internal Revenue Buresu Build The contract let today contains a | clause reciting the terms of the Bacon- Davis act and a second clause requir- to furnish to the District, whenever required, a statement of the wage scales being paid on the job. | Tt any dispute arises as to whether | the wages being paid are based on the prevailing scale, an attempt to arbi- | trate will be made by the District’s con: tract officer, Maj. Holland L. Robb. If | he fails, then the dispute will be re-| ferred to the Secre of Labor. YOUTH HELD FOR JURY IN 12 HOUSEBREAKINGS| particular awarded a contract| som _ad- | Slhf\fl‘.: e N C is made the at she prevailing | rendered only one Schuldt Fixes Bond 000 After Confession Is Reported. Judge at Alleged to have conf breakings and robberics, George Neldon | Walls, alias George Leon CoVel, 19 vears old, was held for the grand jur: A. Schuldt in Police Court_today under $5.000 bond Walls was arrested by Sergt. W. J. Cunningham_of the Traffic Bureau when the officer saw -him leaving the paint shop of George F. Muth, 710 Thir- teenth street, early last Friday with a brief case under his arm. The case was ed to 12 house- | cash, which the boy admitted taking | from the paint store safe. Cunningham was summoned by a night watchman, who said he heard | muffied sounds of a hammer coming from the store. BODY OF NAVY OFFICER FOUND AFLOAT IN RIVER The body of Chief Quartermaster Carrol Henry Thomas, commander of the U. S. 8. Choptank, who disappeared last Saturday. was found today float- ing in the Potomac River near Piney The Choptank, a Navy Yard tug, had boen engaged in radio tests with the Naval Research Laboratory at Belle- . D.C. Themas was last seen aboard his vessel during these tests. A board of inquiry is being convened at Washington Navy Yard to investi- gate his death. Licut. Comdr. Frank E. Beatty of the Navy Yard alteady has made a pre- liminary investigation. FLIES ALL NIGHT NEW YORK, September 1 (#).—Al-| though she announced yesterday that she had ‘just about abandoned™ her in- tention of flying the Atlantic this year, Laura Ingalls made an all-night test flight over Long Island. She said yesterday weather reports prospect of accomplishing her purpose. But a few hours later she took off in her fully fueled plane and soared about had no comment to make when she | eratic | joined his friend in PAGE B—1 Air Line Celebrates Birthday FLIES 10,000,000 MILES WITHOUT INJURY. OMMISSIONER LUTHER H. REICHELDERFER is shown here congratulating officials of the Ludington Line on the completion yesterday of its first year of operation, during whic carrying cne-fourth of all passengers transported by all American air passenger. h period its planes flew 9,602 es combined, without injury The only air line which maintains an hourly schedule, Ludington made 96 per cent of all re scheduled, the other 4 per cent being canceled only because of weather co ried a total of 1 Photo shows THO HOLD.P MEN KIDNAP MOTORIST ;Clerk Says They Drew Gun and Forced Him to Drive to Baltimore. int when he Seventh street Held up at pistol stopped for a red light and Maryland avenue northeast, Joseph D. West of 1519 C s street northeast last night was forced to drive two n rts of Baltimore on tr he reported to police on rn early today. d he was returning from a t store, where he is employved ) adjustment clerk, when the men d on the running board of his Pu 1g a gun into his ribs of the men climbed into the front h him and told him to drive His companion sat in car. passed Fifteenth and H cets northeast, West said, the man front climbed over the seat and the back. When came to a lonely section of the r road north of Baltimore, West's ngers ordered him to “stop he As he had only 75 cents, the men to! his ret | him to keep the change “to buy gaso- line.” West was unable to give police a clear | description of the pair, saying he was “to0 scared to notice much about their looks.” However, he said one wore a cap and the other a straw hat and both were dressed in dark suits. Baltimore police were notified by headquarters to keep a lookout for the men. COLORED MAN HELD IN FATAL SHOOTING Mrs. Grace Romain Janney, 31- Year-0ld Grandmother, Dies of Wounds. Mrs. Grace Romain Janney, colored. | 31-year-old grandmother, was shot and fatally wounded last midnight in her home at 1840 Corcoran street, Ivy City, by William Henry Frazier, colored, 30, of 1811 Capital avenue, Ivy City, ac- cording to police. Frazier, said to have confessed the murder, ran wildly into No. 12 precinct after the shooting, _crying re after me!” When police suc- ceeded in calming him somewhat, Frazier added: “They've been shooting at me. I shot back, but I don't know | if I-hit any one.” Prazier and Mrs. Janney, police learned, were scheduled for hearings Police Court on charges of possessing liquor in their respective homes. He had been a frequent caller Janney dwelling. | Janney's 16-year-old daughter, the mother of a child, was| Mrs. herself | asleep in an adjoining rcom when she | was awakened by the sound of a heated quarrel followed by a single pistol re- port. The woman, hit in the right| side, died at Casualty Hospital an| hour later. | Frazier at first said he had thrown | hi: -caliber pistol in the river, but later edmitted he tossed it into the weeds of a vacant lot on his way to the precinct. INFANTILE PARALYSIS SHOWS HEAVY GAIN New York Outbreak Increases. | Many Cases Reported in Other States. By the Associated Press. Infantile paralysis cases reported to| the Public Health Service today for| 28 States totaled 1,169, more by 34 cases than was reported by the entire | United States last week. x The outbreak in New York, which| had receded for two wecks, was on the | increase again, with 432 cases for New York City, as against 422 the week pre- ceding, and 180 for New York State, against 123. ‘Massachusetts cases had increased from 115 to 135; Connecticut from 115 to 134; New Jersey from 78 to 103; Michigan from 68 to 76; Wisconsin from 26 to 61. Ten cases were reported in West Virginia, against only 5 at the last report. gl bn. iy CARUSI TO LEAVE NAVY The Navy Department announced to- day in official orders that Licut. (Junior Grade) Eugene C. Carusi, son of the late Charles F. Carusi, president of the Boaid of Educatiop here, will re- sign from the-service on September 8. He is detached from duty aboard the 4 23,040 miles between terminal ficlds. | tri-motored 10-passenger planes without eft to right: Eugene Vidal, executive vice president: Commissioner Reichelderfer, Paub F. Col vice president, and Luke Harris, chief of the Washington divisi 31 | of the club's board of directors. | John W. Oehmann. U. 8. S. Yarnall and his superiors have Bccepted his request fox resignations- trouble of any sort. n LIONS PLAN RELIEF DRIVE Club Will Discuss United Action Among Local Civic Groups. A plan for concerted action civic clubs of Washington to Telieving the unemploymer iation will be discussed at the weekly Junch- con meeting of the Lions Club at the Mayflower Hotel oriow. Appoint- ment of a committee to scek the c operation of other clubs in the District is expected to be made. It was proposed at the last meeting that ation aid in solution of the unemployment problem. At the meet- ing last Wednesday the matter was brought up, but action was deferred to enable members to piepare for discus- sion at this week's meeting. PERMITS FOR YEAR TOTAL 530,151,724 Capital Still Among Leaders Despite $4,844,793 Drop, Oehmann States. among id in the orga The value of buildings and repairs to buildings for which permits were issued in the 1931 fiscal year was $30,- 151,724, a decrease of $4,844.793 from the previous year, according to the an- nual report of Inspector of Buildings This was in spite of the fact that the number of permits issued showed an increase of 982 over the number issued in the 1930 y ~ Col. Oehmann explained this by say- ing that owing to the Nation-wide de- pression, there ha been a severe cu tailment of large speculative buildi cnterprises. Nevertholess, Washington continues among the leaders in build- ing activities, he said. His figures do not include the building work on the Federal buildings, over which he has | no control All classifications of buildings, ex- cept business buildings, showed an in- crease in permits issued in 1931 over 1930. Business buildings showed a de- crease of 43 permits. The increases were 552 in repair jobs. 125 in new buildings, 111 more dwellings and 57 more apartments. Permits were issued for the erec tion of 2,280 signs, an_increase of 455, as compared with 1930. Eleven ele- vator accidents, one of them fatal, were reported. There had been 10 accidents in 1930. BIDS ON DAM EXAMINED W. E. Callahan Construction Co. St Louis, Mo.. and Peterson, Shirley & Gunther of Omaha, Nebr. were ap. parent low bidders today for the coi struction of the Madden Dam in Panama. Their bid was $4,047.407. The next low bidder was the Arundel Corporation, Baltimore, with a bid of $4,587,550. The next was Winston Brothers Co., Minneapolis, and Bent Los Angeles, with a bid of $4,651,683.50. ons. In all, 66,269 passcn A total of 47,476 take-offs and landings were made Sta MENAGIG FUNES RENAN MYSTERY Police and Firemen Deluged by Phone Calls From Fearful Residents. d advance an expl pungent fumes they had be: lice and firemer inquiries from ar vicinity. At han 100 telepk between 8 and 11 o'clock fearful of escaping gas. Covers Low-Lying / ‘There was littl» or no od and the fumes pens f wor the navy yard were respective comman The odor of ever, was espec College and 1 s resident! In some in- ervations jeft umes dimin- ished ar Receiving numerous inquiries by tele- phone early last night, the gas com pany ched 12 “trouble-sho area for po Company officers was unavailing morning, and c3 A report that gas } into sewers from the giant resorvo Twelfth and M streets southeast al was denied by company officials. explained that the purifying agent was changed at the rescrvoir 5 days ago and that some of the waste went into e sewers at that time, but that this could no be blamed for any fumes last night. Heads of the Sewer Department were investigating to see if the mysterious gas cloud could be traced to the Dis- trict’s sewers, but had found no indi- cation of this at a late hour today. An_atmospheric _conditicn of almost absolute calm prevailed over the Dis- trict early last night, the Weather | Bureau_said, virtually eliminating the | possibility that the fumes were blown here from another localit | Licensed to Marry. FAIRFAX. Va, September 1 (Spe- cial).—Marriage licenses have been | issued at Fairfax to William John Curry, 22, and Willetta Augusta Ke: both of Baltimore, Md.: Ritchey, 26. and Nevad k b 21, both of Pikesville, Md.: John Wiley Cragum, 24, 1822 T str Hazel Gabbard, 23. 1756 K street north- west, both of Washington. D. C.. and Edward E. Pinder, 24, and Annie J. | Elseroad, 21, both of Baltimore, Md. Thrift Shop Reopened - READY TO AID CHARITY AGAIN. HE Thrift Shop, 1011 E street, which sells goods for charity, reopened yesterday for the season after being closed for the Summer. Mrs. James the War | They | cet northwest :\nd‘ WORK ON THREE BIG FEDERAL BUILDINGS WILL START SOON Connected Structures to Ex- tend Three Blocks Along Constitution Avenue. McCLOSKEY & CO. GETS FOUNDATION CONTRACT Second Phase of Program to Be Inaugurated With Ground- Breaking. Construction of one of the largest groups of connected public buildings in the Capital will begin soon following the award of contract late yesterday to McCloskey & Co., Inc., of PLiladelphia ! ation and foundations of three buildings to stretch along Constitution venue from Twelfth to Fourteenth iree city bloeks : site, ually has been cleared by wreckers. reaches from the new Internal Revenue Building at | Twelfth street to the new Department 1of Commerce Building at Fourteenth street. There arc two inte | streets, Thirteenth and Thirtey half street. both of w through streets. The S ! be closed Buildings to Be Grouped. The three new buildings to fi |great gap in_the Gove ‘i"’l‘-'i are the Interstate Commerce Com- {mission, at Twelfth street: the Depart- | ment of Labor street {and the Gover um, be- | tween. They wil the two same orium ‘ oe- ¢ Co.. Inc.. made the low were opened August 27 t by As- Ferry for $618,- Heath also ee other places, includi (.I_SDU. Somerswor and Cedar Rapids, Io Will Cut Car Tracks. 1 its cars 1 at Twelfth street and w be has not yet heen . negotiations are between the Government end done wit ¢ { determ; does the railway bise { site for the Department of Labor }cat:n'lgs | t it also cuts across in two dif- places the site for the new Post ce Dopartment. for which excavation have beer asked by the Treasury t | Department, to be opened September 18, Ground to Be Broken, Actual construction work on the great second _p!:.’-lfr‘ of the Government's pub- lic building program in the Federal triangle is scheduled to get under way ’\umm the next few days, with ground- breaking for the Archives Building on | the site of old Center Market. Plans | for this ceremony are being arranged by Assistant Secretary Heath. ground-breaking will be followed ¥ work on other big jobs in the . including the three buildings which_contract has just been let, k new Post Office Department and e partment of Justice Buildings. er is to be betwen Ninth and th streets, Censitution and Pennsyl- avenue; on a site which has been d Bids have been asked for the excavations and founda ns for the Justice Department Building. to be {opened September 8, by the Treasury ] Department Bids wil be received September 11 for clearing away the Quartermaster lsl:lblP.\ and White House garag at Twentieth street and Virginia avenue, where the new headquarters of the Pub-. lic Health Service Building is being constructed. Escavation and founda- tion work already is under way there 'NEW RESERVOIR DIRT TO MAKE FORT DRIVE | Co-ordinating Committee Plans to Use Earth to Be Dug Up at Anacostia Site, When earth is excavated for th> new Tvoir to b2 constructed in Anacostia {it will be used for part of the Fort |drive, a spacious motor roadway that will connect Washington and the fa- mous old Civil War forts. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, chairman of the co-ordinating committee comprising interested Federal and District government agencies, an- | nounced toda; This decision was reached at today’s meeting of the com- mittee. Plans for a proposed new apartment house off Adams Mill road, overlooking the Zoo, were discussed by the com- mittee and it was decided to com- municate with the architect, W. Douden, and request that he end=avor to fit in his plans with the existing highw | that no highway change will be needed. | The plans were drawn for Eugene H. ‘Taggart, the committee was advised. ~ The committ>e considered the filling in of the yard surrounding the new Alice Deal School in the Reno Reservoir section and found that earth is nceded for the development of the playground. { When Nebraska avenue is expanded, $he committee decided. the neccssary earth will be forthcoming. The question of drainage of Tenth street near the playground in the vicin- ity of Michigan avenue northcast was | considered by the committee, Capt. Chisolm said. J. B. Gordon, District sanitary engineer, will confer with the parties interested in making a fill, as the drainage is affected. AHEPA PICKS D. C. LAWYER AS SUPREME COUNSELOR Soterios Nicholson, Capital lawyer and an active figure in Greco-American af- fairs here, has been elected supreme counselor of the Order of Ahcpa, at the annual convention of the organization iin San Francisco, it became known here today. The purpose of this group is to pro- mote friendly relations between Greece and America. It is composed of Amer- E. Schuyler, manager (left), and Mrs. Marion L. Ramsay, her assistant,,icans of Grecian extraction. Mr. Nich- are shown here putting price tags on the articles to be sold. Proceeds olson is president of the are donated ko chyyitable organizafions, B ~Star Stafl Photo, Washington Chaptes, ¢ B