Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1931, Page 17

WASHINGTON, TWO SAFES BLOWN BY EXPERT YEGGS, §2,160 00T TAKEN Two Other Places Entered Here, but Nothing Is Re- ported Stolen. CRACKSMEN ROB PLANT ON BLADENSBURG ROAD Mame Gang Believed to Have Rifled Dental Laboratory on H Street. Police were making an intensive | gearch today for a band of expert yegg- men who blew open two safes last night | and escaped Wwith between $800 and | £1.000 in cash. end jewelry valued at! $1.160 ! Th racksmen also are believed to have been responsible for an attempt to blow ancther safe. while a group of amat-urs are blamed for still another attempt The more expert of the two successful | #afe-blowing was done in_the office of the Whistle Bottling Co.. 1990 Bladens- burg road northeast. where the jewelry and $200 in cash were taken. Policemen E. G. Warren, twelfth pre- cinct, discovered the robbery a few min- | utes after the cracksmen had left. The office stil was filled with smoke from the explosion when he entered, and nearby residents reported having heard a muffied blact a short time before. Althongh Warren searched the vi-| cinity. he was unable to find any trace of the robbers. They are thought to have made their escape in an auto- ! mobile parked near the bottling plant. ! Door Blown to Pieces. The officer was driving past the building when he saw smoke through | the office window. Entering the plant, he found the docr of the safe had been blown to pieces. some of the fragments landing more than 15 feet awa; | Warren notified the owner, Samuel | Farber, who said the veggs had ob- tained '$135 in bills, $65 in chanee. two | diamond rings worth ££00, a diamond ! and ruby ring worth $300, a string of j pearls worth $130, a diamond scarf; pin worth £75. A woman's watch worth | §25, a bracelet containing several small | diamonds valued at $10 and some mis- cellaneous jewelry. | Despite the fact the force of the ex-| plosion was sufficient to blow open two | compartment doors, in addition to the heavy door on the safe proper. the glass | in the office windows still was intact. The jewelry, Farber explained, was the property of his wife, Mrs. Annie Farber. Farber said the safe had beon robbed once before, about 2 yvear ago. The thieves. apparently obtained | ly $60 at that time, er, ignor- g the jewelry. Attempts were made | open the safe on two previous | | to break occas| Dental Laboratory Entered. For the second time within 13 months robbers gained entrance to the office safe of the Davidson & Weinberg dental laboratory, 1306 H street. Be- tween $700 and $800 in cash. scrap gold | and dental supplics were removed from | the vault, although the thieves werc | unable to open an inner :trong box | containing & large quantity cf valu- ables. | The offices of the Insurance Co. on the H street building. also were cntered through jimmied doors, but nothing was stolen, according to J. G. Herman, manager. Two large strips of carpet were cut from the floor of Herman's office, and used in muffling the sound of the blast. which blew off the com- bination lock. Files surrounding the safe were moved but were undamag.d s Kidwell. 716 Seventh street, an employe, who discovered the David- son and Weinberg robbery when he re- ported for work at 7:05 o'clock this morning, said the front door of the of- fice had becn left open. It was be- lieved the safe blowers clambered over | the roofs of adjoining buildings and | made their entrance and escape through | rear windows of the laboratory. : $3.000 Loot in 1930. July 11, 1930, the Davidson and Wein- berg safe was robbed by cracksmen who took $3,000 in cash, stocks and supplies. Police said the men who did the Bladensburg road and H street job | were skilled in their work. No finger- | prints or other tangible clues were dis- ; covered. An amateurish and unsuccessful ef- fort to crack a safe in the office of the | Eagle Electric Supply Co.. 925 New York avenue, resulted only in the destruction of the combination lock, which was chiseled off. The robbers entered the building through an unlocked door on the sec- ond floor, and pried open a trap door into the Eagle storeroom. J. B. Moss, 1311 Fern strect, owner of the busi- ness, discovered the robbery at 7:30 this morning. None of his stock was miss- ing after a summary check-up, he said. FUNERAL RITES SET FOR RETIRED BUILDER ‘William Wallace Souder, 72, to Be Buried at Baltimore After Serv- Metropolitan Life the same floor of | | { ices in Home at Idylwood, Va. Funeral services for William Wallace Souder, 72, retired builder and con- tractor, who died at his home in Idyl- wood, 'Va. yesterday, will be held at idence tomorrow morning at Burial will be in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore | Mr. Souder moved to this city from | his native city, Baltimore, early in his youth, end was prominently identified with building and contracting here for several vears. He was a member of B. B. Fiench Lodge, F. A. A. M. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nannle Bankert Souder: three daughters, Mary Olivia Souger. Lilllan Beatrice Scuder and Agnes Mignon Souder, and a sis- ter. Mrs. Charles O'Connor of Wash- ington. RECHABITES TO MEET Delegates From Several States Ex- pected to Attend. ‘The seventy-ninth annual convention of the High Tent of North America, Independent Order of Rechabites, will open here next Tuesday in Logan Hall, 1502 Fourteenth street. Delegates from several States plan to attend according to credentials re- celved from Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir- ginia, West Virginia. Rhode Island, Michigan and the District of Columbia. Notice has been sent to the delegates of the firemen's parade on Monday, and it 18 expected a large mumber will ar- rive in time for this. he Fn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION T oA REATY SHLESHAN WANTEDHERE SHIED ON COAS Charles Ennis, Indicted in Country Club Properties Sale, Being Returned. |ACCUSATION FOLLOWED PROBE OF METHODS Luncheon and Lecture Transactions Condemned by Grand " Jury. The long arm of the law reached out from Washington last night to capture | Charles Ennis in San Francisco, Calif., and to start him on his way back to s city to answer a charge of larceny | after trust, which grew out of the sen- sational investigation of sales of lots | in Country Club Park und Argyle Park, | in Montgomery County, under the “free luncheon-free " lecture” system. Ennis, a salesman employed by Country Club Properties, Inc., and al lege to have promoted selling lots in the undeveloped suburban section by means of high pressure methods, was | indicated by a District grand jury April 2, last, on a charge of larceny after trust, in connection with a lot pur- | chase by Elizabeth R. Holmes. Ennis was the only one connected with the luncheon-lecture sales pro- | motion accused of an illegal act, al- | though the grand jury, in a special | report of its investigation of the pro- motion, severely condemned the prac- tices followed there. When arrested by S8an Francisco au- thorities, Ennis protested innocence of | the charges and expressed astonishment at his arrest. according to an Associated Press dispatch. Ennis was accused by the District grand jury of having received $400 from Elizabeth R. Holmes to invest in the | Country Club Properties section, and of having appropriated the money to his | own use. High pressure methods alleged to have been emploved by Country Club Properties, Inc.. first were exposed in & | serfes of articles in The Star, showing how lot buyers were led to believe they could quickly resell their lots at a huge profit. Later the special committee of the Senate, headed by Scnator Blaine of Wisconsin, made a detailed investiga- tion of the luncheon-lecture system and | cited certain evidence to the District attorney. The books of the corpora- tion were seized for a study by agents of the Department of Justice and United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. The grand jury, after hearing a mass of evidence, indicted Ennts, but reported it could not find sufficient evidence upon which to predicate criminal charges, except in the case of Ennis. The jury, however, decried the absence of a law to curb real estate promotions of the character of the luncheon-lec- ture system. 'FIREMEN'S PARADE JUDGES SELECTED Yegemen blew two safes in the Capital last night and made good their Jury of 12 Will .Decide Recipi- | escape. The damaged safes are shown here. Below, Samuel Farber, at 1990 Bladensburg road. the damage at 1306 H street. Above, Miss Fanny Fox surveys —Star Staff Photo. IN MODEL FLYING {16-Year-0ld Edward Grannis’ Wins Five Honors in Outdoor Events. A 16-year-old youth who, a month ago, was considered a novice in model aircraft, today appeared likely to win the 1931 District of Columbia model aircraft championship. Edward Grannis, 1615 Kennedy street, a “dark horse” entry in this | vear's tournament, swept past the de- fending champion yesterday and wound up the day's events with a total score of 30 points. He won two first places, two seconds and a fourth in six_ouf door events yesterday at Bolling Field. while Frank Salisbury, 1024 Vermont avenue, last year’s winner, came away with but. three additional points for a total of 20. Salisbury also was passed yesterday | i by John Sullivan, 1412 Twenty-ninth street, who is now in second place, with 27 points, after winning three first places and a pair of seconds. By winning first place in all three of the remaining events to be held at MacFarland Junior High School to- morrow, Salisbury can retain his cham- pionship—that is, if Grannis falls down completely. ond places, however, the leader can make a score of 38, which is impossible for Salisbury to attain. After Salisbury's performances Mon- day, in which he piled up a big lead, Le had been considered the favorite to carry off for another year the 30-inch trophy, a gift of the Aviation School of America. He was unable to get his plane into the air yesterday. The tournament is open to members of the ace class of the District Model Aircraft League. A tricky wind yesterday caused the loss and destruction of many of the tiny planes. Awards will be made at a luncheon at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Mac- Farland Junior High School, when offi- clals of the league and airmen will be present, BOY WOUNDED IN HIP AS BULLET RICOCHETS Joseph Milwit, 11, of 1223 Decatur street, is being troated at Garfield Hospital for a bullet wound in the hip, received when a bullet from a .22 cali- ber gun struck him after ricocheting from a plece of china yesterday. According to police, the boy was itting on the rzar porch at his home, while & neighbor, Edward Carter Lorf, 14, 1217 Decatur strect, shot at targets from the rear porch of his home. One of the bullets is sald to have struck the Milwit boy. The youth s taken to Gerfleld hospital by his brother Leo. The Lord boy will be taken before Juyenile Court, it was said. Police took higrifle, By winning only two sec- | NOVIGE HASLEAD ~ HOOVER RECEIVES 0 CUP RAGES B0 Group Composed of Regatta Committee and Civic Lead- ers Call at White House.. President Hoover today received a formal invitation to attend the Presi- dent's Cup regatta here September 18 and 19. | of the Regatta Committee and heads of local civic bodies called at the White | House today to present the invitation. The commission was informed that the matter would be taken under con. sideration. Barring unusual circum- stances, an acceptance is expected. The group presenting the invitation included Commodore Edmund F. Jewell, chair of the President’s Cup Regatta Committee; L. Gordon Leech, secretary of the committee; assistant treasurer; James J. Councilor, finance chairman; J. H. Galliher, com- modore of the Corinthian Yacht Club; W. C. Shelton, vice chairman of the Chesapeake and Potomac Power Boat Association; Mark Lansburgh of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Associa- tion: Harry King of the Chamber of Commerce; Curtis Hodges of the Board | of Trade, and Jack Downes. INJURED IN FALL, DIES George William Storer, 56, 706 Seven- teenth strect northeast, died at Emer- gency Hospital late yesterday afternoon from injuries sustained Monday when | he fell from a ladder while painting a porch in the 4500 block of New Hamp- shire avenue. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt was to view the body today. Mr. Storer was reported to have sus- tained a fractured ankle, fractures to to the ribs and injuries to the back. A group composed of members | J. A. Annadale, | ents of Array of Prizes. Plans for the awarding of an array of prizes for the best units of various classes to be included in the annual | firemen’s parade to be staged Labor day, preceding the traditional firemen- police benefit base ball game, were an- nounced today by the Board of Trade, which is sponsoring the event. A group of 12 has been selected as judges of the parade units, headed by Dr. Frank E. Gibson, who has had long experience in judging Labor day pa- rades of former years. A smali jury of judges was selected for this vear, in- stead of the 110 who served Jast vear. in order to expedite the awarding of prizes and with a view to making selec- tions on_a more critical basis. In addition to Dr. Gibson. the judges are: Z. D. Blackistone, Harry Dean, O.E. Fern, R. M. Ham, J. F. Kehoe, Dr. A. M. MacDonald, B. J. O'Connor, Ed- ward 8. Pardoe, 'W. E. Reed, George Shaffer and David I. Walsh Assistants for the judges will be: Herbert Burkhart, George E. Diffen- bach, Bernard F. Dove, Lieut. H. S. Fish, Maj. F. E. Gibson, M. Gignilifat, Harry H, R. Helwig, Sergt. Rhoda Milli- ken, Battalion Chief Thomas O'Connor, Rufus Pearson. W. B. Robinson. Fred Smith, J. H. Smith, Louis P. Stumph, Capt. Thomas D. Walsh and John Webster. SEEKS KIDNAPED GIRL 15-Year-01d Victim's Father Ap- peals to Boston Police. BOSTON, September 3 (#).—Galib Curry, a New York millinery store own- or, appealed to the Boston police today to aid in finding his daughter Rose, 15, whom he said was kidnaped August 17. He said he had received information that the girl and her captor would at- | tempt to sail from Boston Saturday for the Azores. | Curry said the day after his daughter !left her Brooklyn home he received a demand for $300. He agreed to pay $100, but was refused. He invited the man who telephoned to go to his store and when he appeared there he was arrested together with four men who were outside the store. All five are now ibeing held on charges of attempted {extortion. The men, Curry said, told | police they belleved the girl was in | Pennsylvania. | | | | | | | POLICEMAN’S SUSPICIONS NEW RACKET IN AUTO STEALING BARE ' Man Confesses, Having Been Told Police Here “Would | N Beat You Up.’ | | S 4 ‘What may be a new racket in steal- ing automobiles was discovered today through the alertness of a park police- man, whose suspicions were aroused by the tags on a car being pushed along in Potcmac Park by two men. As a result John McGittigan, who gave his address as Comden, N. J.. was arrested and admitted the alleged at- tempt to steal the car, park police raid. | Officer C. Heslikind, why made the ar- rest, obtained a sizned statement in which he edmitted the.theft. According to the police, McGittigan stole from & New Jersey machine & pair |of registration tags, with the accom- | panying registration certificates, Com~ ing to Washington by bus this morning. he went down into Potomac Park and found & machine tallying with the de- scription called for by the registration in New Jersey. Securing the desired machine, he removed the D. C. regis- | tratfon tags. putting in their place the | New Jersey plates. Later, he told of- | ficers, he proposed to take a trip South in_the car. | McGittigan told the park police, they sald, “that he had read in the newspa- |pers that Washingten police “would | beat you up” unless one told every- | thing. Accordingly, he admitted at- | tempting to take the machine, the po- "lice asserted. b ) THURSDAY, Family Walks 300 Miles to Find Roof | SEPTEMBER 3, ening Star 1931. DESTITUTE PARENTS PULL CHILDREN IN CART. | a 600-pound cart. “camping” in an abandoned children’s ARY and Lewis Downey their five children have a roof over their heads today, but they had to walk 300 miles— i the husband pulling a home- {made cart, containing and their few possessions, and the wife pushing it—to find the old abandoned building which they now call “home.” And now that their lorig hike is dver—a tiresome, heart-breaking jour- ney, during which one of their 15- in, constant fear that their place of refuge will be taken from them All their lives the Downeys lived in Clifton Forge, Va. A scissors grinder, | Downey, who is found it easy to make ends meet. After the depression came along. things gradually went from bad to worse. and finally he and his family, unable to {pay their rent, found themselves home- less. That was last June 1. Undaunted, | Downey decided to go to Baltimore, in |the hope of obtaining employment | there. Penniless and with no means of transportation, he spent two days building & two-wheeled cart. When it | was finished, he and his wife placed | the children’ and their few belongings in it and began their trip. Suggests Abandoned Bullding. Trudging through Cottage City, Md., they stopped at an ice plant to ask for a drink of water. They were seen by Mrs. Clenois Fritz, a resident of the netghborhood, who invited them into her home to rest a while. RUNAWAY TRACTOR LS SUALL G {Marine Officer’s Daughter Is Crushed to Death at Quantico. | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. QUANTICO, Va., September 3.— Nancy Jean Campbell, 22 months, daughter of Capt. H. Denny Campbell, U. S. M. C., was run over and instantly killed by a runaway tractor herc late yesterday afternoon. Sitting In Carriage. The child was sitting in her carriage in a yard adjoining her home, watching her brother and sister at play when way in_front of the house, got out of ating it, and ran into the yard where the child was. neath the machine. morrow at 10 o'clock at the Little Church here. Interment will be in Arlington Nat:onal Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. The child’s mother, formerly Miss F. 0. Shattuck. was an opera singer at Boston. Capt. Campoell is an aviator stationed at Brown Field, Quantico, Va. Machine is Blamed. The accident is believed to have re- sulted from an imperfection in the ma. chinery of the tractor. tion was being made today. VICTORY UNIT ELECTS Legion Auxiliary Names Marion Martin President. ‘Mrs. Marion Martin was elected pres- ident of Victory Unit, No. 4, American Legion Auxiliary, to succeed Mrs. J. H. Mims, at the unit’s annual meeting last Friday at the Thomas Circle Club. Other officers elected are: Mrs. A. N. Schroeder. first vice president; Mrs. Sarah Hines, second vice president; Mrs. T. V. Walker, treasurer; Mrs. William Oley, chaplain, and Mrs, Rich- ard Bywaters, sergeant at arms. In- stallation exercises were headed by Mrs. Leon Arnold. Elected to serve as members at large on the Executive Committee are Mrs. J. H. Mims, Mrs. F. Johansen and Mrs. Helen Laddbush. Eight new members were accepted. UNHURT IN PLUNGE Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson Go Over Embankment in Car. Winfree E. Johnson, supervisor of athletics in the District public parks, Office of Public Buildings and Parks, and his wife, Mrs. Marie Johnson, 4403 Klingle street, escaped unhurt last night when their automobile plunged down a 20-foot embankment at Massa- chusetts avenue and Garfleld street. Mr. Johnson told police his car plunged over the embankment when he attempted to keep from hitting a small delivery truck when it made a turn in front of him. The truck struck the side of his automobile as he tried to avoid it. The truck was operated by Gazaway Foster, 21, colored, of the 4200 block of Dix street northeast, police say, | and the youngsters | month-old twins died—they are living | 50 years old, has never | the tractor, proceeding along the road- | the control of two colored men oper- | She was crushed be- | Funeral services will take placs to- | An investiga- Mrs. | Photo shows Lewis Downey, his wife, Mary, and their five children, whom they brought from Clifton Forge, Va. With the husband pulling and the wife pushing, the family reached Cottage City, where they are home. in —=Star Stafl Photo. After hearing the Downeys' story, Mrs. Fritz suggested that they take possession of an abandoned building | formerly occupled by the American Children's Ald Society. . The old structure, located &t 4217 Barney street, Cottage City. contains about 16 rooms. but the Downeys would have been delighted to have just one to call their own. Taking Mrs. Fritz's advice, they moved in Eight deys have passed since then, and the Downeys have made three rooms livable. There is no water in the house, but that need is supplied by neighbors, who also are giving Downey 2ll the scissors-grinding, grass-cutting and other odd jobs that they can find. | Mrs. Downey prepares the meals for | her family in a fireplace, but she will soon have a stove on which to cook.| As & matter of fact, the stove is there | now—one of the neighbors gave it to her—but her husband has not been able | | to find a pipe with which to connect it | to the chimney. Live in Fear of Eviction. Meanwhile, the Downeys still are liv- ing in dread of being ordered to move They fear every stranger who ap- proaches is bringing the bad news. The other day, for instance, a man entered | the yard, in which Downey was cutting | | the tall weeds and grass with & pair of { scissors. “I thought sure he was going to tell | me to get out,” Downey said. “Instead, he explained he was a baker, that he'd heard of our plight and ti he'd like | to giv bread and buns.” Judge Easy on Man Who Roared Like Lion on Birthday Zoo ‘Arrest Described by Policeman Who Saw Beasts Qutdone. Edward Stevenson had to pay a visit to Police Court today because he had elected to celebrate his 36th birthday anniversary with a visit to the Zoo. “He was standing Policeman R. James told Judge Gus A. Schuldt, “in front of the lions' cage, roaring right back at the lions. and he sounded more like the lions than the lions did them- | selves.” | “It T had been keeper,” said Judge | Schuldt, when the officer gave a modi- | fied_example of the Stevenson roar, “I would have tossed him in the cage. | “It was my birthday and I just took | a couple of drinks.” Stevenson admitted | meekly, “and went out to see the ani- mals.” “Most people can see enough pink | elephants and snakes without going to the Zoo when they've had a few drinks,” the judge remarked. “However, seem to have lost your ferocity today. T'll suspend sentence this time. but you | leave those lions alone. Do you hear?" ou TWO D. C. WOMEN INJURED| IN FALLS TO PAVEMENT | Mrs. Caroline March Breaks Arm | amtl Leg and Mrs. Elizabeth Dufty Fractures Rib. Two women sustained bone fractures and other injuries in falls to the pave- | | ment late yesterday. | Mrs. Caroline Marsh, 81. of 2375 Champlain street, was treated at Emer- | gency for cuts on the head received | when she fell on Eighteenth street near | Columbia road. Upon returning home afterward, a family physician found | Mrs, Marsh also had sustained a broken arm and leg. | Mrs. Marsh was not certain how she fell. She was knocked unconscious by | the fall, but quickly regained conscious- ness. The other woman injured was Mrs. Elizabeth Duffy, 54, of 41 T street, who received a broken rib, sprained ankle |and an injury to the knee when she | slipped on a banana peeling in the | grounds of the Public Library. Seventh | and K streets. She was admitted to| Emergency Hospital. MAJ. WETMORE KEEPS POST AT UNIVERSITY| | Reappointed Professor of Military i Bcience at George Wash- i ington. | President Cloyd Heck Marvin of Washington University today | adviser to the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, of his reappointment as professor of military science and tactics at the university. Maj. Wetmore sald that 30 graduates from the university's Medical School | have been commissioned in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. This is the usual num- | ber from the institution that enters the corps annually, he said, as a result of the military instruction given at the | rest of the trip, howe: George notified Maj. W. O. Wetmore, medical | %0 Medical School. The graduates fill | vacancies in ghe corps, During their long walk to Cottage City the Downeys did not spend a night in the open. “We were always lucky enough to have somebody offer us a | place to sleep and something to eat,” Mrs. Downey said, holding her remain- ing twin, Helen, in her arms. “Thank God for that.” The other twin, Henry, ill since birth, died in Warrenton, Va. The sheriff of the town made a coffin for him, and another official gave Downey a dollar to have & name post painted. The grave is in & fleld near the town, and the post—for which the painter refused to accept payment— marks the spot. Given Lift for 20 Miles. With the exception of 20 miles, which they covered in a truck, the Downeys made their entire journey afoot. They were given the “lift” by a truck driver who picked them up shortly after they left Clifton Forge. Throughout the T, they pushed and pulled their 600-pound cart, the older children lending & hand on steep grades. The youngsters are Virginia, 11: Elizabeth, 8, Ella, 6, John, 4, and Helen. While Downey is seeking odd jobs— being subject to epileptic attacks. he is unable to do hard labor—Mrs. W. A. Middleton and other residents of the neighborhood are planning to hold a dance, with part of the proceeds going to him and his family. The remainder will be turned over to the Cottage City Fire Department. BABCOCK CHARGES UNFARJOBTACTES Tells Disabled Veterans Divi- sion Chiefs “Maneuver Rolls” in Appointments. E. Claude Babcock, assistant secre- tary of the Civil Service Commission and national commander of the Disebled American Veterans of the World War, charged last night that division chiefs in Government departments “by ma- neuvering the rolls” are discriminating Sgainst former service men in flling jobs. Babcock made the charge during a mass meeting of 350 unemployed dis ibled war veterans at the District Build- ing, at which plans for facilitating the placement of former soldiers, salors and Marines were discussed. “It is well known,” said Babcock, “that some Government chiefs are evading civil service rules and regulations by dismissing veterans from the service, while at the same time retaining men who have not served in the armed forces of the country. Under the rules, a veteran. whose rating is ‘good,’ may | not be let go if a non-veteran. doing the same class of work, is retained. Charge Rating Change. “To get around this some chiefs have marked the veteran's rating st 79.9 (one-tenth of a point below the mini- mum requirement), released him and kept on a non-veteran. “The only thing we can do about such discrimination is to catch them up on & specific instance and call it to the attention of the public and the proper authorities.” Babcock said also that it was not compulsory for a personnel officer in the Government to pick a veteran from the | civil service list when there was a non- veteran eligible. “But the way to force them to select & veteran is to load the register with ex-service men so that none of the three eligibles is a non-veteran,” he assertad, Chance Better Now. Despite these discriminations, Bab- cock assured the assembly that the men who came back from the war with physical disabilities have 8 better chance today of securing employment in the Government than at any time since the Armistice 13 years ago. He aid the D. A. V. and other veterans' organizations had successfully brought “pressure to bear” on the Civil Service Commission, Veterans' Administration and’ Labor Department to obtain pre- ference for disabled veterans over per- sons who did not serve in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps. He advised, however, that the disabled veteran forget about going after a good position and concentrate his endeavors on getting a job, “any kind of a job.” Results of & survey among unemploye ed incapacitated ex-service men showed that there are now 350 such veterans in the District of Columbia, all of whom attended last night's meeting, according Babcock. In a census made last week, however, the figure was placed at 271, indicating an increase of 79. The total of unemployed disabled veterans in the whole country was placed at 61,6€6. 4,000 Placed in Service. Approximately 4,000 persons placed in Government service in Wash- ington every year, Babcock said, add- ing that if “we can place disabled vet- erans in even small percentage these jobs our lem will be solved.” The nat commander. - are of disclosed PAGE B—-1 | COMMUNITY CHEST WILLKEEP ANUARY FOR ANNUAL DRVE Capital Not to Join National Campaign for Relief in October. DIRECTOR SPENDS TIME IN BACK COLLECTIONS Elwood Street Will Leave Here Soon to Aid President’s Commit- tee in Ohio and Michigan. Washington's Community Chest cam- paign for 1932 will be held during Jan- uary, as usual, Elwood Street, its direc- tor, announced today in an effort to offset reports that the date had been moved up to October 19. at which timo the President’s Organization on Unem- ployment Relief ~will assist drives throughout the Nation to raise funds locally to relieve distress arising from unemployment. Mr. Street explained that the reason why the Washington Chest is not going into the Nation-wide drive was because it would devote its time from now until January “toward collecting everv pos- sible penny of the amounts pledged for 1931 and perhaps in approaching former givers who had fatled to renew this year, in the hope of obtaining extra subscriptions for 1931 to meet possible deficits in the family welfare organi- gation budget. caused by excessive de- mancs for relief.” The Chest director sald that every indication points to a decided increase in the demands for relief as soon as cold weather threatens, and he doubt=d whether the local welfare agencies would be able to meet this demand with the funds at present at their disposal. Plans to Leave Soon. Mr. Street plans soon to leave for Ohio and Michigan, where he and 10 other Chest directors will work in co- operation with the President's organiza- tion in stimulating efforts to raise funds locally. The Executive Committee of the Washington Chest has granted him !leave of absence. Meantime, Walter S. Gifford, national relief director of the Hoover organiza- tion. made public today the personnel of the second of his three major com- mittees to meet relief needs this Win- ter. The task of this group. which will be headed by Herry A. Wheeler, Chicago | banker, it was explained by Mr. Gif- ford, will be to “develop any possible extension of emergency industrial poli- cles which have been found practicable in providing employment during the present period.” With the appointment of the Wheeler | Committee, Mr. Gifford had completed i two-thirds of his organization. He al- ready has set up a committze. headed by Owen D. Young of New York. to | direct the raising of funds through local communities. A third committee, which will advise {and co-ordinate in the administration of relief. was being formulated toda. The rellef director said that after he names the third committee he espests to call & meeting of the National Ad- visory Council which President Hoover set up to aid him. Green's Influence Seen. In selecting the personnel of Wheeler Committee Mr. Gifford is be lieved to have followed suggsstions from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, for a meeting of employers and empioyss to encourage employment. The director appointed Mr. Green and A. Johnston of the Brotherhcod of Locomotive Engineers, to the committee, along with such industrial lcaders as Deniel Willard, president of the Balti- more & Ohio Raflroad, and Alexander Legge. president of the International Harvester Co. Others appointed were: Edward N. Hurley, former chairman of the Ship- ping Board: Wesley Mitchell, director of the National Bureau of Econcm Research; Fred C. Croxton, Mr. G ford's assistant: W. Rufus Abbott of Chicago. Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland, C. H. Banfleld of Oregon, S. P. Bush of Columbus, Homer Ferguson of Net:- port News, Charles C. Gates of Denver, H. C. Knight, New England Council Mathew Sloan of New York, and L. R. Smith of Milwaukee. The President’s organization today launched the second of & series of radio talks to urge young people to remain in school this year instead of seeking jobs with heads of families. The speaker this afternoon will be Willis Sutton, super- intendent of schools in_Atlanta, Ga. President Green of the Labor Federa- tion yesterday opened the series. He declared that “there is no valid, sound and convincing reason why children should be employed when millions of fathers and bread winners are idle.” i | | | MARINES COMPLETE FLIGHT FROM MANAGUA Trio Deliver Transport Plane at Naval Aircraft Factory, Phila- delphia—Will Return. ‘The first lap of a round-trip flight from Managua, Nicaragua, to the United States, was completed today when Maj. James T. Moore, First Lieut. Herbert P. Becker and Second Lieut. Frank G. Dailey, all of the United States Marine Corps, delivered their j transport plane to the Naval Aircraft i factory in Philadelphia, where it will undergo repairs. The three officers left Managua at 9 am, August 29, stopping at Telz, Honduras: San Julian and Havana, Cuba; Miami, Fla. and Charleston, S. C., before Janding at Quantico yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This morning they took off at 9 am. to finish the flight. Within the next few days they will return to Quantico to take charge of another plane in which they will return to Nicaragua. On the flight back they will carry Gunnery Sergt. Adolph J. Anderson and Staff Sergt. FEllis J. Jackson, as mechanics, and Private Thomas Swift radio operator. i that the next annual report of the Civil Bervice Commission will show the num- ber of disabled veterans placed during the year in Government positions and the number eligible for appointment. “With this material,” he commented, “we showld be able to smoke them out and obtain results.” Others who spoke included R. C. Cogan, supervisor of the Labor Depart- ment’'s Washington Veterans’ Empley- ment Office, who assured the men he was “doing everytihng possible” to ob- tain jobs for them, and Ralph H.Camp- bell, executive secretary for the Co- lumbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, who advised that in applying for iohl the men dbhc; (l:eir dtflslblllty in ground and stress their capa- «bilitiesy ’ \