Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1931, Page 17

b ¢ Fpenin 'rn SUNDAY MORNING - EDITION far WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, SEPTI IBER 10, 1931. * PAGE B—1 SCHOOL BUILDINGS 10 BF COMPLETED, " MAIOR ROBB SAYS Cites Young Project and Western Athletic Field as Among Exceptions. \SWERS CRANE CHARGE IN MEMORANDUM TODAY A Declares Powell Su ucture Will | Posi v Be Ready for Oc- cupancy September 21. ess man- an eflort | ool will The n ad- was t the intes like a wreck, of its roo: act indicated ing at high Jobs Will Be Completed. school This ing to [w the | to take W 1 Both Jere J. Crane, business manager for the public schools, and Maj. H. L. Robb. Assistant building will not be completed in time for its of the District, declare that constructi The delay is serious, school officia for I[IE MAN'S DEATH - PROBED BY POLICE Dr. Friend Says Victim, Bleedmg From Blow, Came to Home in Taxi. _The police homicide squad and police precinet are investigating the ice street, in Sibley Hospital early today i1stained in an undeter- John_ Joseph McCoy, man of 1335 Eleventh 48, e yesterday afternoon s ta s condition by Robert E. of the Eleventh street address. s treated there for a severe in- today that McCoy ear his residence in a and yesterday afternoon ling from the ear at the Reported Found in Alley. He said McCoy ignored all questi | asked him and after becomfng alarmed man’s condition, De La im to the hospital De Lay told police d the n up in an al vear of the 1300 block of E eet. He was unable to furnish t M e of the cab driver. al police report on th dent carly today stated McCo supposed to have been hit by mobile or some blunt instrument, time. cab dri d pic 210!, Blagden court.” pection | or | eady for | To Erect F n W. Murch n of the addition —The old| school is ready for oc- ntract tends plac- 2 he corri- | addit s ope interference q | sweetheart began to correspond. | ranging brick sub- | job | | | hildren more construc- ! d and more | the past | unicipal od from July 1 | aid per he buildin than in a Schools Must Be Equipped. the School Board ot mention Helghts School did point out, however, ' on all of the schools he ed for completion by Septem- and the Lafayette School, which aid today would be rea ve been com- ile the new v be _completed , school au- | worried over the | r the buildings are by the contractors | k of furnishing | the case of the ¢ advised the of furniture had ¢it.es in which the manufactured when ! s office advised | move furniture into the uncompleted school *until notice has been received from this office.” At Mr. Cranc’s office today it was said that that notice has not yet been received, named ber 1, (Iw h: within thorities be turned over to the | ship his head on a stove when he fell. Three Are Arrested. e early ested three col- McCoy's ha onnection with t today questioning later De Lay, | pital. said he has no | in Washington. His fa troit, De Lay reported. De Lay, who claims to have been well acquaint Coy ve to to the hos- livin; y is in De- erday had wanted some money | mirror for { for the dr saw hi police he dro; h the ta 7, was when cab driver. 'RETIRED U. S. PRINTER, 70, WEDS FAVORITE OF YORE Francis H. Mrl]lt‘k and 65-Year- Old Ida B. Darling of Ohio in Romance Begun in 1886. that began in Columbus, 45 years ago was culmi- ay in Wheeling, W. Va., 1 the marriage of Francis H, Mellick ment Printing Office, of and Ida B. Darling, 65 n’ Cc '|n ne here from Columbus 45 ago to take the Government posi- He married and raised a family of two sone and three daughters, but his wife died about 5 years ago. Recently Mellick and his former They met and plighted their troth, later ar- to be married in Wheeling Rev. Paul Nesper of that city performed the ceremony. Mr. Mellic s children by his first wife, of whom lives in Washington, are am and Harold Mellick, Mrs. Richard Ingram, Mrs. Ernest Shaw and Mrs. Edward McMahon, SHIP LINE SALE 0. KD a !1$1,108,000 Agreed Upon by U. 8. for Mobile Oceanic. the sale of another steamship service, was finally the United A contract for iment-owned the Mobile Oceanic Line, approved erday by States Shipping Board The line, consisting of 14 steel cargo ships, operating from Mobile and other | Gulf ports, is to go to iis present man- operator, the Waterman Steam- ). of Mobile, for $1.108,000. IVICTIM LOSES AUTO AND $40 TO HITCH-H James Lawrence, Colored, Learns Lesson From Strangers Who Leave Him on Roadside. Not having an automobile is only one reason why James Lawrence, colored, won't pick up any more hitch-hikers soon Lawrence, who had an automobile | early today, was en route from Sharon Hill, Pa.. to his former home, at Cul- peper, Va. with $40 in his pocket. Passing Rhode Island avenue and M | street, he paused to inquire directions of two strangers—glib young white men, Lawrence said they were. ire. we know the way to Culpep- er!” said one. “In fact, we're going that way now and will sho Lawrence thanked them, the ers climbed into the tonnpeau rected Lawrence over Key Mn. _ultimate accommodation in this building en to the hospital in “was auto- also posed to have slipped on rear step f 1t s added the man was reported to have struck Ei d with McCoy. said today Mc- | 8raduate training in surgery. d di _ the District and peatby Virginis, on of this Is have pointed out, because the portable has been torn dewn Using airplane, motor boat, automo- | bile and train to complete & 1.000-mile round trip between Washington and Seikirk, N. Y. in 24 hours to acquire credentials that would land a veterans administration appointment, Dr. Man dell Shimberg of Syracuse arrived bac here this morning and presented th document responsible for the hectic trip to ice Commission st in time to be informed that he would get the post, which pays $3,800 yearly. Shimberg is accustomed to acting in a hu He was completing his medi- cal education in England “when war broke out on August 4, 1914, joined up with an_Australian volunteer unit on August 6, and was on active dutv in France four days later, thus being among the first, if not the very first, an to get into the conflict when emergency measures be- came the present instance he took the Surgical Position Open. Dr. Shimberg has been seeking & medical post in the veteran's sevice for some time, having been desirous of acquiring this experience. He has had an application on file at the Civil Serv- ice Commission since early this year and upon calling yesterday morning at the office of the veterans’ administra- tion, was informed that the Civil Serv- ice Commission had been asked to make rtification of eligibles for a_surgical at Hines' Veteran Hospital, 1e Civil Service Commission’s medi- cal officer examination has numerous options which are specialties of the medical profession, one of these bei surgery. At the time of filing plication with the commission and tak- ing the examination, Dr. Shimberg did not establish the fact that he had post- After be- ing advised yesterday of the opening of Hines Hospiial, Shimberg called at the commission and was informed that if could show the certificate of this 1 training, he would be in reach certification to the TlI the Civil Service Comm » send forward its list of elig Administration today as 10 o'clock yesterday morn. ing, and Dr. Shimberg immediately went into action. At 11 o'clock, he was in | his machine headed for Syracuse, where he arrived at 7:20 o'clock last night. | covering a route that is officially given | as 402 mt | 45 Miles From Home. He telephoned to the home of the pro- fessor of surgery of the University of | Syracuse, where he had taken his train- ing, to see what steps would be necessary to acquire the certificate, only to learn that the professor was at his Summer home on Lake Ontario. near Selkirk, N. Y., 45 miles from Syracuse. Chrmin ing with the instructor | by telephone, he was advised that the | latter would be glad to mail the certifi- cate to reach him this moraing, but there wasn't time for that, so again Shimberg took to the road in his ma- | chine, drove to Selkirk and then for the | last five miles af his journey up Lake Ontario used a motor boat. Acquiring the certificate, Dr. Shim- | berg retraced his steps from Syracuse, | left_his car at his home there, took a night train to New York City .got in there at 6 o'clock this morning, mo- tored over to the Newark Airport and there took & iane which landed him |in W< _gton at 10:10 o'clock this | morning. | Selected for Post. He was back at the Civil Service | Commission with his certificate at 10:25. The certification was made immediately |to the Veterans' Administration, the | list including Dr. Shimberg’s name, and shortly thereafter the commission was adviced that he would be selected. He nits that he broke some speed laws in the automobile trip. In addition to his service in the | British Army, Dr. Shimberg served in the American Medical Corps as a first licutenant from July, 1917, through the rest of the war. He was at Fort | \)le‘ horpe, Ga fir‘l nnd l)\ter (.au[(hl IKERS IN CAPITAL Near Radio, Va., Lawrence began to suspect the strangers had given him a bad steer. As he turned to ask, one stranger pressed the blade of a knife against his neck, ordered him to Bull | over and step from the machine. Tho strangers searched Lawrence, | took his $40, climbed into his automo- | bile and drove off. One man stuck his | head frcm the departing machine and | advised Lawrence to “get the —— down | the road!” This Lawrence did. He came back to | Washington, reported to police and de- scriptions were broadcast throughout 'SURGEON MAKES RECORD TRIP TO GET GOVERNMENT POST | Mandell S]'nmbergl Uses Alrplane. Motor Boat, Automobile and Train [ to Cover 1, | School at Chatiar | equipment. ineer Com ning on Septe housed the childr which last year 000 Miles. war surgery at the Arm Dr. Shimberg is 36 y and has B gaged in p: ractic DR. J. J. DIMON QUITS ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH Rector Resigns After 20 Years' Service in Parish Here. Now on Vacation. s been in 8By er FOR MEMORIAL 15 the Wash! ANALOSTAN'S SALE REPORTED PENDING Condemnation Action to Be Dropped if Gas Firm Sells Island. TENTATIVE PLAN CALLS FOR ATHLETIC STADIUM Details for Monument to Theodore Roosevelt Not on File in Capital. the Potomac will be sold to Association by ‘0. soon, it ion pro- the Department of nstructed to initiate some dropped if the sale | understood. he association n accepted by the although officials of declined to discuss the ng that no papers stan TIsland in Key Bridge t Memo: 1gton Ga : Roose beyond had been signed s ago, the on put fo for the construction hletic field, as typi- elt’s love of out-! a stadium would | stan Island has not | Roosevelt h tenta- | | back | $500,000 worth of jewelr WIFE OF FORMER F. H. SMITH HEAD HELD FOR GRAND JURY Waives Preliminary Hearing in Conspiracy to Hide Pitts’ Assets. Bond Agent and Chauffeur Also Arraigned. Arraigned before a United SBtates commissioner in Atlantic City, N J., this morning, Mrs. Gladys T. Pitts walved a preliminary hearing and was Leld for action of the grand jury under $10.000 bond. Mrs. Pitts, wife of G. Bryan Pitts former head of the F. H. Smith Co was arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged attempt by Pitts to con ceal assets sought by the Intern. Revenue Bureau to meet a claim for $2,000,000 in back income taxes. Aides Are Arraigned. Two men, Henry O. Hart, Pitts' con- fidential agent, and Patrick J. Clancy & chauffeur, were arraigned at the s time. Both were ordered held for grand jury, bond for Hart being f at $20,000 and Clancy at $5,000 Council for the accused, Leon Tc and Dozicr de Vane, were on to Washington today, i it was believed, that there wo further developments in At until the grand jury ac M Pitts’ arrest came shortly after Internal Revenue agen had ~ seized said to have belonged to her. The agents had been hunting for these jewels f months, but had been unabl them. The charge th Pitts con- spired with Hart to conceal assets from | the Government is said to have been based on the alleged attempt to cache these jewels, At the recent trial of Pitts on con- spiracy-embezzlement charges, it was al Capi- amission pro- alostan_Island_would be- | the George Washington | Parkway development. Bridges | be constructed to the island from | and from the Virginia is would provide a drive- recting with - the A al Bridge and the Lee B ne Arts Comm ictures on Amw to await civic T st se price for| placed roposed Island 1e $200,000 1 Kk It was who ls.on had bec theologic; accept such a some other p: Dr. Dimor has not b ‘SIMMONS FUNERAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK GIVEN SERVICE Express Delivery Extended to Sec- tion, Citizens' Association Is Informed. Express d tended to Am was announces of the Ameri zens’ Association university can Herbert L. Brooks, ch Committee on Streets and A nounced that another clation had been achievéd two through strects now community. The city Brandywine street. mak and west street, but not vet paved. |north and sou at street aft quest . is Forth-fifth stres At the next meeting of the tion, the second Wednesday in Octobet prizes in the Garden Club con be awarded and officers elected for t coming year. LOCKJAW FROM PISTOL WOUND FATAL TO BOY Edward F. McCombs, 10, Dies at Hospital of Complication of Hand Injury. Edward F. McCombs, 10, 1527 Twenty-third street, died of lockjaw at Providence Hospital yesterday as the result of a pistol shot wound in his d. v, police said, accidentally s himself while playing with a gun Au- t 16. He was taken to Casualty Ho: pital, where he was discharged aft. ral weeks of treatment. He taken to Providence Hospital several | days later when his condition became worse. Police sald the boy borrowed the gun from a friend and purchased cartridges All but one of the cartridges were taken from Rim by his mother, Mrs. Hallie | | McCombs. JOE JUDGE AND CRONIN T0 BE CARNIVAL GUESTS Ball Players Will Autograph Base Balls and Equipment at St. Anthony's Event. Joe Judge, first baseman, and Joe Cronin, shortstop, of the Washington American League base ball team will be guests of the committee in charge at the closing of St. Anthony’s carnival Saturday night. The carnival, which has_been in progress for the past three weeks at Tenth and Monroe streets northeast, is being sponsored by St Anthony’s Church, Twelfth and Law rence streets northeast. Prizes, which include a new automo- bile and other articles, will be distrib- uted Saturday night, at which time it is expected the two major league ball players will autograph base balls and The carnival was scheduled to close last Saturday night, but was held over because of several rainy nights during the early part of the week, School. Favor Memorial Here, 3} engineer and Plan- 1 estate interests. with an eye house dev with plans of | Association to | a "runr' memorial here to ¢ Roosevelt T0 BE TOMORROW Requiem Mass for Archltcct to Be Held at Shrine of Sacred Heart at 10 A M. ow morning at 9:30 of his son, T/ n street. Requiem e celebrated at the Shrine Sacred Heart at 10 o'clock al will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- s, who had been in busi- shington about 40 years, de- the_Medical Science ~Bullding, Barr Building, the Jewish Com ity Center, Metropolitan National and the Fairfax and Lafayette his widow, Mrs. Katherine R e is survived by seven sons, and John Stanley, who associated in business here; James . national advertising manager Cincinnati Post: B. Stanley, Jr., New York Sun: William Leo and t de Paul. with the American ne & Telegraph Co. here, and a student at Central High Be is also survived by two daughters, Tis. Katherine Simmons Roper and Helen Cecilin Simmons: two brothers, Dr. Maynard S. Simmons, a physician, | of 1809 Kenyon street. and Augustus J Simmons, a civil engineer, of 1616 Six- teenth street, and 10 grandchildren. WOODWARD BUILDING TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Action to Be Taken September 23 to Satisfy Holders of Second Trust Notes. The Woodward Building, 11-story office strilcture on the southeast corner of Fifteenth and H streets, will be sold at auction to satisfy holders of the sec- ond trust on the property. according to a legal notice published today by George N. Everett and Brainard W. Parker, trustees under the second trust. The sale, it is announced, will be held at 3 o'clock September 23 with Thomas J. Owen & Son as_auctioneers. The property, owned by Francis H. Duehay, Inc., is to be sold subject to & first deed of trust for $2,000,000. CAPITAL OFFICER HIT BY MARYLAND FIREMEN Lieut. Horace Lineberg, Discourte- ous to Visitors Here Labor Day, Protest Claims. A letter protesting against alleged discourteous treatment by Lieut. Horace Lineberg, first precinct, of Maryland firemen during the Labor day parade was sent the District Commissioners to- aay by the Advisory Committee of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire- men’s Association. Decision to communicate with the District Commissioners was made last right at a meeting in Bowie, Md. T. Weston_Scott of Cottage City, marshal of the Prince Georges delegation at the parade, told the Advisory Board that Lineberg made slurring remarks about nearby Maryland drivers and repeatdly attempted to compel companies to move {rom places assigned them. | contended he boug | nue, Mount Rainer, t his wife jewels cles with money th company U‘fl out, he Cfln get nd other valuable embezzled from the Now, it was poin TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INJURE 8 PERSONS New Jersey Woman Severely Hurt in Collision of Two Cars. Mrs. Clara Gogne, N. J, was reported slightly improved today at Casualty Hospital, where she is belng treated for injurles s 4 in an automobile crash at Mount Olivet and Bladensburg roads north- east, in which three others were infured vesterday afternoon Mrs. Gogne was treated for bruises, shock and & severe injury to the head. X-rays were to be taken today to de- termine if she has a fractu i The wom mobile opera Gogne. i » iven by Fred W. Bever, 28, a attached to the U. S. S. Cinc crashed at the street intersection and Gogne were treated for min juries. Delia A. Donatellia, 28, Owens place northeast, was the other person injured, sustaining bruises on the arm and body. Mrs. Daisy Burke, 42. and John A. Creel, 38, both of 339 Thirteenth street northeast, were treated at Casualty Hospital yesterday for minor injurics automobile in 52, of Paterson Beye: avenue, and an by James H. northeast, D stree at Eleventh and v u 39, 1144 Fourth street northeast, received bruises when knocked down by an automobile op- erated by Edward B. Hanlay, 32, 800 block of Twenty-fourth straet. at Sev- enth street and Rhode Island avenus early today. He was treated at Emer- | gency Hospital Miss Jean Harvey, 20. 228 Indiana avenue, received cufs about the face when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a parked car early today. She was treated by a physician. CIT-Y NEWS IN BR}EF. TODAY. Card party, Thirty-fourth street and Rainier ave. Md., 8:30 p.m. Meeting, advisory Clubs of Washington, Hamilton Hotel, 30 pm. Dinner, Reciprocity Hotel, 6 pm. FUTURE. ‘The Curley Club will hold its first card party and dance of the season at the Continental Hotel Saturday eve- ning, September 19. Proceeds will be donated to the club’s fund for poor children. SERV|CES TO GO ON AIR Dr. Club, Mayflower | Abram Simon to Be Heard From Temple Here Saturday. Jewish New Year services will be broadcast from the Eighth Street Tem- ple Saturday morning at 11 o'clock over station WMAL. The Jasting one hour, will consist of special Shofar services and a sermon by Dr. Abram Simon. Services also will be held Friday night n[ 8 ncl()rk Is Set at $10,000. John's Parish Hall, board of Masonic | broadcast, | MRS. GLADYS T. PITTS. Underwood Photo. | other secu Cannot Recover Jewels. In that case, it was said, th be restored to the stock ith Co. ewels an: r ith embezzled il not be abl from the Inter: al Revenue age looking for certa ts were sa foreign gov d to | to be ernmer have purchased st last December. bonds has not be th ials once d: were _suffici 123 t should h AHAEKE[] BY PAR | ON ENTERING H[]ME; ' Samuel Bray Cut by Razor.| Wife and Visitor Held. Third Hunted. Also in the hospital was Cha Etheridge, 54, of 722 Sixth street, one | of the two men who is alleged to have | assaulted Bray, suffering with an in- jured kneecap. Known as “Country.” the man wt e is beli hen he 1 terday. When they da said, he started for pol across the street to get | wife, Matiie Bray, called hi however, he said, and when he turned “Country” attacked him wi the razor Claims Invitation. =, h’ he: MQ arte: | “a couple of weeks ago at ger.” P s man had worked at the hospi while serving terms in the District Jail They expect to find out “Country's name throu jail. Mrs_Brav is being held at the House of Detention. {MT. VERNON VISITED Mansion Group by 25-Cent Charge. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | ALEXANDRIA, Va.. September 10— With 478198 persons visiting Mou during the year cnded Ap ng to the ani the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association a total of $119.542 was paid into the |f treasury by the visitors, who are charged 25 cents each for admissicn. The association also announced that a total of $224.811.35 was received dur- ing the year from all sources of reve- nue, including donations. The report shows a balance of $26.556.44 after ex- penditures for the upkeep cf the Wesh- ington mansion and grounds. and for Washington relics, documents and old | furniture. During the year a tract of 15 adjoining the Mount Vernon estate was bequeathed the assoctation. This tract is bisected by the memorial boulevard | leading to the Mount Vernon gate. acres STIMSON RETAINS COLORED MAN 60 YEARS Eddie Savoy, Colored, Retired as Chief Messenger to Serve Secretary Personally—OId Job Filled. Secretary of State Stimson's desire that Eddie Savoy hold down & job at the Department of State, where he has seen service 60-odd years, seemed set- tled today to the satisfaction of all concerned. Although retired August 31, under the age limitation statute, the veteran colored messenger of the State Depart- ment will continue duties at the docr of Secretary Stimson's office. It was announced he “is being retained as a personal employe of Secretary Stimson and will be engaged upon personal work for the Secretary.” Meanwhile, the post from which Ed- die Savoy :vn retired, that of chief IN DEPARTMENT messenger, was filled today by Clay- borne Tennille, a native of Mount Meigs, Ala., who first saw Government service as a subletter carrier at the Montgomery post office in Alabama while still in normal school. Tennille, who was born August 25, 1890, entered the Department of State’s employ September 18, 1916, when he was appointed one of the messengers | 16r the Secretary of State. 7 When Eddie Savoy appeared at his customary place of employment Sep- tember, in spite of his retirement ef- | school =y theridge and the | 1, Al other prisoners at m»'_’ BY 478,198 IN YEAR - $119,542 Pald Into Tresmry of |; wal report of | t |afforded them dt fective the day before, there was some apprehension as to who would pay his salary. The official announcement of the Secretary of State today. however, seems to clear up the situation, IMONROE TRANSFER REAFFIRMED OVER PARENTS' PROTEST School Board Unanimous in Effecting Change to Col- ored Students. BALLOU COMMENDS TWO IN TEST LARCENY CASE | Appointment of Dr. Ellis Haworth and Dr. Julia Hahn to New Posts Are Confirmed. sche H Schaol | ties in th each s service record. Mcl charged with h: tute a new of passing tion papers her ques 1 papers iling_examina d by his niece a clerical position in the the colored. pa district had not ferred to junior er pupils of the ere to go to the same time, the eighth grades will in at Park View s action was declared signed View School live even nea have been years under dren for This protection, he assured the parents, will be continued, and even augmented. He pointed out that, despite the as- sertion there had been no marked change in the “complexion of the Mon- roe School district,” enrollment at that school as a white school had suffered & ecline since 1 when the enroliment 95. In 19: to drop to a ma vacant accommodations for 135 puplils. Congestion at Bruce Cited. Speaking for the colored congestior Garnet C. Wilkinson. first assistant su- perintendent in charge of colored schools, declared the Bruce School last year accommodated 968 children, de- spite a capacity of only 640. There were, he added, 12 part-time classes, which meant that 517 children were receiving only part of their rightful day's schooling. He cited figures to show 232 colored children now housed in more distant colored schools actually live within the Monroe School district. The board referred to Dr. Ballou, h power to act,” the offer of the ‘Washington Brenau Club of Brenau College Conservatory, in Georgia, to provide a $150 scholarship to a girl high school graduate. Dr. Ballou ex- plained he wanted to determine the conditions under which the scholarship is being offered before he recommended its acceptance. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent, said th institution was doing “splendid work.” ‘The board took under advisement the participation which the public schools will underta in the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration. A committee will be appointed to con- sider the question. Appointments of I Brown as professor of social studies at the Miner Teachers' College and Miss J. E. Mc- Allister as professor of education in the same institution were approved by the boarS.