Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1931, Page 16

_A—16 ¥» TWO SCHOOL 1085 10 BE UNFINISHED - WHENTERM OPENS Inspection Tour by Major Robb Reveals Three Others Rushed for Monday. UNCOMPLETED WORK WAS LISTED BY CRANE 01d Key Structure, Cited in Report, Is Declared by Engineer ‘Ready for Occupancy. Two public school bullding projects will not be ready for the opening of the Fall term, and work on three others s being rushed to put them in condi- tion for entrance of children Monda, morning, & tour of inspection yester- day by Maj. H. L. Robb, assistant engineer commijsioner, revealed. The buildings which cannot be oc- cupled next week are the new ‘Young Colored Elementary School, Benning yoad and Twenty-sixth street northeast; @ 12-room building and a 12-room ad- * dition to the Anthony Bowen -Colored FElementary School at Second and M streets southwest. The contractor for the Young School was due to turn the complete building over to sehool au- thorities September 1, while the Bowen School was to have been finished August 15. Work on Three Is Pushed. Both were mentioned in the report submitted to the Board of Education August 8 by Jere Crane, business manager of the public schools, whi¢h indicated unsatisfactory progress in seven school building projects. The report also named the Stuart Junior High School, the Powell Junior High School and the Gordon Junior High School, on all three of which work is now being rushed in order to get them in shape for incoming puplls Monday morning. In each of thess cases a few finishing touches will be made. by contractors on Saturdays and at night after the beginning of ths term, but the buildings are in tvud'e shape that it is thought by schoo: authorities they will be suitable for oc- cupancy by children next week. 01d Key Building Ready. e two other schools named in Mr. Crm's report were the Lafayette Ele- mentary School and the Francis Scott Key Elementary School. The first is a new eight-room building, while a four-room addition is being placed on top of the one-story Key School. "Although Mr. Crane's report stated that conditions in the Key School were such that “it does not appear possible to place the old pertion of the ‘building in proper condition for the opening of schools,” the inspection yesterday Showed the old section as entirely ready for occupancy, Maj. Robb declared. The Lafayette School also has been eompleted. New Furniture Expected. e Pourteen school building _proj were visited by Maj. Robb, who wes saccompanied by S. B. Walsh, assistant mmst'-'i archilect, and newspaper men. Four new buildings already com- D e e being construcicd, thers now o o % be completed until later he year. 'said today that shipment iture for the new build- yed, but that he ex- the entire consignment to artive tomorrow. He said this ina'.ll.llk!:rla o!w u;: uipment tomorrow in ler uzéudvy for the lopening of school. The delay was occasioned, he explained, by misunderstanding with Controller Gen- eral McCarl. Powell Junior to Be Ready. At the Powell Junior High Scheol, which Mr. Crane said was “as near to k as it is possible to be.” s informed by the con- tractor that the building would be cleaned up and ready for the installa- tion of equipment some time today. An eight-room addition is being placed on top of the old two-story building and the “wreck” to which Mr. Crane referred ‘was the confu;iun caused in the old section by workmen. At the Stuart Junior High School, where a 10-room addition is being hullt, workmen will be busy through Sunday and must return at night next week to put the finishing touches:to their work. With the exception . of laying stair treads, the Gordon Junior High School was entircly completed yesterday after- noon, although windows and floors must be cleaned today. X Pupils at Young to Be Shifted. Arrangements have been made by school authorities to house the 200 .col- ored students of the Young School in the Lovejoy School, Twelfth and D streets northeast, until Octobe: 1. This will cause double shifts to be run unti} e Young School pupils can be sent to k= structure being bullt for them. The students planned to be housed 4n the new addition to the Bowen Bchool will be crowded into the old section of the building by the delay. Maj. Robb estimated t:at tMe entire buiiding would be ready for occupancy The Western High School athletic field, named by Mr. Crane as one of the rojects behind time, will not be ready or another month, Maj. Robb estimated after his inspection yesterday. The éats of completion called for in_the contract was September 15, but, MaJ Robb explained, the work was delayed y several changes ordered by his office. Fourteen Schools Visited. In cases where additions td, present duildings are being constructed put are not to be ready until the Spring term of * school, bulkheads have been, built blocking the sections under construction from the pupils Maj. Robb started out on his tour yesterday afternoon with a visit. to the Bowen School. cluded in order named, the Eliot Junio: High School, completed; the You Colored Elementary School, which wil not be ready Monday; the Stuart Junior High School, upon which work is being Tushed; the Columbia Junior High Bchool automobile repair shop, com- pleted; the Dunbar High School sta-| tium, completed; the Powell Junior High School, which is now being con- ditioned for use Monday: the La Fay- ette Elementary School, completed; the Alice Deal Junior High School, com- pleted; remodeling of the Janney Ele- mentary School, completed; the Horace Mann Elementary School, completed: the Key Elementary School, now rendy’ for occupancy; the Western High School athletic field, to be finished October 15, and the Gordon Junior High School, where work is being Fushed to finish for occupancy Monday. Others Omitted. The tour omitted visits to the Con- g::; tier Elementary School, which been completed for some time. Ten other school the i";nen . They were the Shepherd. Simmons Elem: The itinerary in-| Heights Elementary School, the wood Elementary School, the Crosby Noyes Elementary School and the whtfi; ojects, which are mot due to be completed until later in also were omitted from the , Hearst, Stodddrd, Orr and Schools, _the Brown and Macfarland Junior High' entary F‘: and the Rojsevelt Senior High i 3 THE EVENING Painting May Be Famous RESTORER HOPES WORK 1§ MICHELANGELO'S. I I painting will be examingd by experts in the hope that it may Michelangelo in the United States. I authentic, its value will approach $1, 000,000 ing Feathers From the Wings of Cu pid” is owned by Franklin Barbes Clark, portrait artist and expert in the restoration of old paintings, who acquired it from the estate of the late Admiral David Kindelberger. It is believed that Admiral Kindel berger obtained the canvas while in Italy more than six decades ago, and returned with it to his home where it was kept in an unrestored condition for many yeers. Following his purchase of the work, Mr. Clark restored damaged portions of th» surface, and discovered what he believed to be evidence of Michelan- gelo’s technique. Other critics who have viewed the piece, attribute it to a variety of masters, ranging from Cor- here, | I NEARTHED in Washington and reggio, Carraccl and Raphael, to Ru- Testored by an artist, the above | bens and Poussin, Mr. Clatk said. He hopes the question will be settled defi- prove to be the first and only | nitely on the occasion of the next visit to Washington of Father Guerler, otre Dame expert. It is expected that other critics, interested in the possi- The painting, entitled “Time Pluck- | bility ‘that ‘a new treasure may be added to the American store of art, vill come forward to view the canvas. ‘The fact that a portion of Eros’ left wing and the whole of Time's right foot are missing from the picture may be explained, Mr. Clark states, by the probability that the 415, by 6-foot can- as was cut from a larger scene, cf which these were the central figures. In his own opinion, Mr. Clark said, the work unquestionably was created by some sixteenth century master, but he does not feel qualified definitely to assert its origin. Fraser S. Gardner, 1420 K street, at whose instigation Mr. Clark agreed to solicit the estimates of qualified judges, is acting as agent in the hand- ling of the picture. LOW EXCAVATON OFFERIS S50 McCloskey & Co., Philadel- phia, Submits Smallest Bid for Post Office Work. McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia, which already has started on a big Gov- ernment contract here, is low bidder on the excavations and foundations for the new Post Office Department Building, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Pennsylvania and Ohio avenues. ‘The McCloskey bid was $686.000, as compared with the bid of $691,160 sub- mitted by the next low bidder, Frederick Snare Corporation of New York City. Other Jobs Under Way. ‘The bid of the McCloskey company virtually means award of the contract, since the same organization was awarded a contract on its low bid for three foundaticns, one of which will adjoin the Post Office Department. | Work already has been started by the company on the Interstate Commerce | Government Auditorium | Buildings, | Commission, and - Labor Department stretching from Twelfth to Fourteenth | streets along Constitution avenue. The award of the Post Office founda- tion contract thus would give the same company a gigantic foundation job stretching for several blocks continu- ously from Pennsylvania avenue south on Twelfth street to Constitution ave- for_three blocks to Fourteenth street. Compiications exist, however, on the | Post Office site, which is cut across by | tracks of the Mount Vernon, Alexan- dria & Washington Railway. Railway | officials indicate they wiil endeavor ]through court action to hold onto their | rails as long as possible, so under the | contract it is Tikely that excavation may | take place on both sides of the track | between Twelfth and Thirteenth on D street, leaving the tracks. Must Raze Terminal. | Und@er the contract to be let soon, the company also will be called upon to | tear down the terminal at the corner of | Twelfth istreet and Pennsylvania ave- | nue! Orders to vacate the terminal by | September, 30 have been given to the railway by" the Treasury Departme which now holds titlc to the property. ‘The contract provides that work shall be completed within 210 calendar davs | 5, from -date of the receipt of notice to proceed on the: job. However, several old buildings still are under process of nue and west on Constitution avenue ] THE WEATHER District of Columbla—Pair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, fol- lowed by showers tomorrow night or Monday. Maryland and Virginia — Fair to- night;” tomorrow increasing cloudiness with warmer in extreme west portion, followed by showers tomorrow night or Monday. West Virginia — Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and ' warmer, followed by showers in west portion, Report for Last 24 Hours. * | beneficial . 66 Highest—80 at 1:45 p.m. terday; yt;; uo,_sg P. yest Y west—63 at 6 am. today; ago, 59. R Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. 1:32am. 8:25am. Tomorrow. 2:37a.m. 9:26am. 3:09 p.m. 9:46 pm. ..2:35 pm, 11:27pm. Automobile lamps to be ligh - alf hour after suset, - eried one Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches 4 Capital (current month to dl!t}:n g Month. 1931, Aver: January .....156 358 rae b February 327 Mareh 375 pril May Hr June | 3 July August . September .. hy 6.34 8.84 9.13 10.69 10.94 k 10.63 i 14.41 3.24 10.81 __ Weather in Various Cities. o Temperatuie.oz 3 PERIL Statlons. “cwpanss 3 Aquma e a0l . My Birmingham . D b2ing demolished and it will probably | Ci e some time before the site will be cleared. Y 0. 5. TO SHIP $650,000 IN GOLD TO HOLLAN By the Assoclated Press | NEW YORK, September 19.—A ship- | kit been arranged for, the Federal Reserve bank announced yesterday, “This is the first gold shipment to Eu- rope since July, when $1,000,000 was sent to Italy. The latter transaction was | Portiand. b k! nsas City, M Los Angeles. uisville. ami. Omaka, Nebr. Philadelphia Phoenix. ~Arij Pittsburgh, a shipment made for some special rea- | Portiand, Oreg ¥ | Raleigh,'N. C... 3010 96 68 son, whereas the present one is made | gii" Lake City. 20.64 80 because Dutch exchange is selling at a | 8an Antonio. | premium sufficiently large to permit a profit on the operation, Dutch guilders | g | reached a new high for this year today | at 40.36 cents for cables. The last previous shipments to Hol- land were made in 1928, and totaled A shipment of $847,000 in gold arrived + from Mexico today, and an increase of $5,000,000 in gold earmarked for foreign | account, that is sold here but owned abroad, was ried. Approximately $320,000 in gold has m received at San Prancisco from . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. NGO R Norheust. Masonds Tt ’!fi,nwfll and F streets, northeast, Card party and dance, Curley Continent Club, tal Hotel, 8:30 p.m. A t Masonic | ©° 2938 San Diego. Caili 20.80 FOREIGN. (1 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) adn - reenwi Azores.. .. urTent obaery P a " Bart cloudy Bart cloudy ar Cloudy Many automobile dealers in Peru re- that because of the new |POLICE SEEK COUPLE | 6:10 pm. | D. | | AR, WASHINGTON, IOWNERSHIP ISSUE ON GAS COMPANIES 10 BE PROBED NEXT Pressure Hearings Bring Out | petails of Alleged Control by Chicago Interests. OUTSIDERS INTERFERE, QUESTIONING REVEALS Corporation . and Banking Men Agree to Appear Wednesday. Peirce Under Subpoena, The discussion of proper gas pressures having been completed, the Public Utilities Commission next week will turn its attention to the question of who now owns the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos., and whether this ownership is contrary to the La Follette anti-merger law. The pressure phase of the public hearings came to an end late yesterday. The ownership phase will begin at 10 o'clock Wednesday. Col. Albert E. Peirce, president of the Central Public Service Corporation of Chicago, which is said to be the owner, either directly, or indirectly, of 84 per cent of the stock in the local companies, is under subpoena to appear. Two other officials of the corporation, Wiillam H. Wildes, vice president, and R. E. Gal- lagher, : controller, have agreed to ap- pear, as has Fred S. Burroughs, an offi- cer of Harris, Forbes'& Co., New York investment bankers. It was Burroughs who engineered the original deal whereby control of the local companies was obtained through purchases of the $20 par value common stock at prices ranging up to $125. Ownership Details Revealed. Among these there now is said to be dissension. George A. G. Wood, president of the local company, has made an open break with Col. Pierce made an open breaf with Col. Peirce banner at the clection of officers next January. It is said that Burroughs is on Wood's side. Although the five days of the hear- ing already elapsed have been sup- posed to be confined to the question of gas pressures, many revealing details of the ownership have been brought to light incidentally. It was shown that while the company engineers had one plan for laying mains to take care of expected increases in loads due to its campaign to sell space heaters last Winter, this was carried through only in part, due to interference by officers of the Chicago company, one of whom was made “the last word” in all engi- neering questions, although he had no official connection with the Washington Gas Light Co. It was also shown that all. requisi- tions for improvements had to bear the approval of two vice presidents of the Chicago company before the im- provements were allowed to be put into effect. Excess Pressure Probed. As to the gas pressures, the company now is operating on a temporary 8-inch maximum pressure, although the per- manent standards of the commission call for a 6-inch maximum and a 2-inch minimum. These limits- have been ex- ceeded regularly for years, certainly as far back as 1916, and the company wants them changed to 3 inches mini- mum and 10 inches maximum. A plethora of expert testimony is now in the record to the effect that consumers will not suffer by reason of the higher pressures, which, according to the testimony, are actually more than lower pressures, al- though the drift of the questioning by the people’s counsel and by Willlam A. Roberts, counsel for the commission, was based on the theory that the desire for the increased pressures was largely an economic one; in other words, that it is cheaper for the company to main- tain the high pressures than to put in the extra pipes necessary to carry its increased load at low pressures. ‘The company claimed it would cost an extra $600,000 this year alone to| bring the pressure standards down to the 2 to 6 inch limits. They said, how- ever, that they could maintain an 8-inch maximum with very little, if any, additional expenditure beyond what will actually be spent in its con- struction program through October 15 of this year. ON ROBBERY CHARGE Alleged Victim Says Man and Woman Took $42 From Him in Taxicab. Headquarters detectives today were | seeking a man and a woman who, ac- cording to Charles T. Johnson, 412 Sixth street, robbed him of $42 avhile he was riding in a taxicab with them | near the Washington Airport last night. He said the man hit him over the head with a blunt instrument. Both fled after committing the robbery, accord- ing to police. . Johnson was taken to No. 1 lice station by Ralph T. Smith, 3000 block of D street southeast, driver of the taxicab, and there reported the in- cident. He gave the police the name of the man supposed to have robbed him. Oliver H. Parker, 25, of the 600 block of Pennsylvania avenue, was taken to Emergency Hospital in an un- conscious condition after being hit on the head with a brick by a colored man who attempted to rob him in the 400 block of Pennsylvania avenue late last jmghdt, He was reported severely in- ured. MAJ. R. B. LAWRENCE WINS PLAY CONTEST Drams Depicting Struggles of Washington at Valley Forge Chosen by Judges. Award of first prize in a playwriting contest to Maj. R. g“},n:.fl rence of Bethesda, Md., was announced recently by the Drama League and Longmans, Green & Co. of New York, sponsors of the competition, ! A check for $100 as advance royaltiss on the work was forwarded to Maj Lawrence immediately after his one-act drama, “The Decision at Dawn,” had been selected for first prize by a group of judges from the American Academy gfi bgllm;;m l'::;—d th? Yale Dramatic and a of pro; - T;‘“- ot Pprominent play: e scene of the work, which will be g:‘oduced'durlng the Bicentennial cele- tion here next vear, is laid in Valley Forge, and ‘the play depicts Geory Washington's struggle against defeat spite of the Conway cabal in Congress. mé Lawrence is a member of the Arts Club here and has for several years written and staged the annual miiitary exposition and ' carnival at the War taxes College. His latest piece will be given ne on new they are selling twice as many used cars as new ones, preliminary production by the Am: Academy in New Yurhw oo ,. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931. . First U. S."Air Mail Delivery Recalled unmzi 23 IS 20th ANNIVERSARY OF START OF SERVICE. A N Ckgu;estg:‘z‘lndo tmely wixuu“ photos made 20 years ago when Lieut. | mdr. rle Ovington, piloting a small Bleriot monoplane, flew the |requiring commission sanc will first official United States air mail under authorization of Postmuur{c;x{umga. i » General Frank H. Hitcheock. The flight was a short one, from Garden City to Mineola, Long Island, N. | picture shows Ovington iaking off from Garden City with the mail. Part of the crowd that witnessed the_historic flight. Y., on September 23, 1911. The upper Center: Lower: of costumes FINE ARTS BODY T0 FAGE PROBLEMS _Northwest Triangle to Claim Attention in Sessions Starting Thursday. A number of problems relating to the public buildings program here, especially the treatment of the so-called “North- ‘west Triangle,” bounded by Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue, will be considered by the Fine Arts Commis- sion on Thursday, Friday and Satur- ddy. The commission will hold a joint meeting with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to deliberate over these problems. Bridge Plaza to Be Studied. Treatment at the Arlington Memorial Bridge Plaza, at the Washington terminus of the bridge, will be consid- ered by the Arts Commission, as will further development of the Columbia Island_Plaza. | _H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, explained today !t'h&t the commission will advise as to plans for a building to be erected by th> Animal Rescue Lecgue at North | Capitol and O streets. Mr. Caemmerer | said that sverz! vlans submiltted by the | inspector of bulldings of the District, coming under the Shipstead-Luce act The commission will hold a confer- | ence with War Department representa- | tives relating to a proposed memorial |t Appomattox, Va., which has been worn by woman flyers 20 years ago. Left, Miss Moissant, and right, Miss Scott, | guthorized by Congress. two notable aviatrixes of the day. —Underwood Photos. CITIZENS SEEK STREET EXTENION Glover Park Group Asks| Opening of Beecher Street From 39th to 42d. 1 Three resolutions were passed by | Glover Park citizens at the first meet- | ing of the season last night at Indus- trial Home School. Midseason attend- ance marked the meeting. Of first importance was the resolu- tion concerning the opening of Beecher street from Thirty-ninth to Forty-sec- ond street. The street mow runs only | from Tunlaw road to Thirty-nlnthi street, but, it was said, property owners along the street bought their lots with | the understanding that -the street would be opened to Forty-second street. Now, they say, a real estate developer | would close off the west end of the | strest by erecting a row of houses along | Thirty-ninth street from Benton to | Calvert streets. | Street lighting in Glover Park llsoi came in for discussion. Letters were | sent the Commissioners asking a hear- ing on this matter. The “improvement” of old Schneider’s | Lane, by cutting Calvert street through | it, was the topic for heated discussion. The citizens claim that the cpening of Calvert - street, is approximately the same place as old Schneider's Lane, and its subsequent abandonment be- fore completion, has cut off transporta- tion for those living west of Thirty- seventh and Wisconsin. The old lane at least was navigable, they say, but the new Calvert street, from Thirty- seventh street and Wisconsin ave- nue. The old lane at least was navigable, they say, but the new Calvert street, from Thirty-seventh west to Tunlaw road, which takes up the greater part of the old lane, is rough, full of large concrete chunks, and unfit for traffic. ~Letters were sent to the Commissioners ask- ing them to take some action toward finisping the street. je association will participate in the Hallowesn celebration planned by the Federation of Citizens' Associations, it was decided. The next meeting of the group will | BT include an entertainment and dance, to be held the third Priday in October at the Industrial Home School. FACES LIQUOR CHARGE Harry Orme, 29 vears old, an insur- ance salesman, of 2520 L street, was to be arraigned in Police Court today on & charge of driving while drunk fol- lowing an accident Jast night in which avenue and Harewood his car was in collision at Michigan e with a machine ted Burroughs, 4500 mih et - it | N. AMERICAN L. OPENS WTH LARGE CLASS “Freshmen Week” Ushers in Seventh Year of Arts College Work. American University opened the seventh year of the Coilege of Liberal Arts yesterday on the campus at Mas- sachusetts and Nebraska avenues, with prospects that the freshman class will be considerably larger than last year, according to Dr. Lucien C. Clark, chan- cellor, and Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the college. An innovation was introduced this year in ‘“Freshman week,” which started today at noon, with arrival of the first merhbers of the new class. A special program of events has been scheduled to enable the newcomers “to become better acquainted with their environment before college work begins.” Group meetings -were held in Hurst Hall this afternoon for discussion of the topic “Adjustment From High School to College,” the program being under direction of Dr. Arthur J. Jackson of the faculty. E. A. Schaal of Johns Hopkins University and Virgil Lowder of the University of Maryland led in thz dhucuaslon. ike was sponsored this afterncon by the . Big Brother and Big Sister Committee and tonight there will be sessions devoted to camipus traditions and college songs. A program lasting throughout the day has been arranged for the freshmen tomorrow; including church X morning, a visit to Washington Ca. thedral this afternoon and vesper serv- ice in the campus amphitheater. The freshmen will be registered on Monday. ‘The School of the Political Sciences and the Graduate School of American University open September 28, FORT MYER STEEDS FIRST AT ROCHESTER Winning 25 ribbons in classes ranging from the $1,000 stake to hunt team events, the Fort Myer horse show team captured first honors with its string of jumpers at the Rochester 'Horse Show, September 7 to 12. The victorious oup will next go to the Bryn Mawr exhibition, September 23 to 26. ‘Squire, Capt. C..D. Garrison's gray gelding, was again the outstanding per- former of the team and the show. With Lieut. C. W. Bennett up, the gray jumper won the Touch and Out. both on the first day and in the findls; took the $1,000 stake and tied with one of his stablemates in the 5-foot class. Other fine performers in the string were Temptation, Garcon, Royal Oak, By Jingo and Flash, a 20-year-old troop horse. Tge Fort Myer riders were Col. Harry . Cootes, Maj. A. D. Surles, Lieut. Charles H. Noble, Lieut, W. A. Burgher and Lieut. ett, | Taft Bust to Be Inspected. A model of the late Chief Justice William Howard Taft will be ins) by the commission, at the request of Senator Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library. | The bust is the work of Bryant Baker, | the sculptor. . ‘The Department of Agriculture World ‘War Memorial, recently set in place in |the new Administration Building, will be’ inspected by the Commission. This is in the form of a panel of Carrara | marble, 11 by 6 feet, and is the work | of the sculptor John Flanagan. | 'BUSINESS MEN VOICE | Central Association Expresses Con- fidence in Majority of Men ‘ in Department. | The Central Business Men's Associa- | tion expressed its belief in the integrity of the majority of-the Washington | Police Department in a resolution | passed at its meeting Thursday at the | Logan Hotel. The resolution follows: | “That ‘we believe in the integrity |and honesty of the majority of the members of the Washington police | force, and we feel that we have ome {of the best police forces, in this coun- | try, but the scomer the guilty mem- | bers of our police force who have been | found implicated in third-degree meth- | ods are convicted and discharged the better it will be for the morale of the police force of Washington and the Te-establishment of the confidence that we have in our police force.” CAR INJURES BOY George Brewer, 6, Knocked Dow= Crossing Street. George Brewer, 6 years old, of 117 Quincy place northeast, suffered cuts about the head and brush burns Jast night when knocked down by an auto- mobile as he was crossing First street and Rhode Island avenue northeast with his father, Joseph Brewer. He was treated at Casnalty Hospital. Police reported that Clarence Berry, colored, of 1205 | street, was driving the machine which struck the young- ster. Brewer and his son were on their way to a motion picture show when the accident occurred. - TALK ON IDEAL WORLD Bryn Mawr Professor to Address Friends’ Meeting. “An Ideal World” will be the sub- Ject of a talk by Dr. Hornell Hart, pro- fessor of sbclal economy at Bryn Mawr, tomorrow, at 8 p.m,, in the new Friends’ Meeting House at 2111 Florida avenue. ‘The mee! is the first of a series on the religious approach to social problems scheduled this Winter by the mfihmm‘ ‘Weshington Yougg | FAITH IN D. C. POLICE | mace ' ; RETAIL FOOD HERE SHOWS PRICE GAIN SINCE LAST MONTH Market in Capital Has Ad- vanced 1 Per Cent in Last Four Weeks. 12 OTHER CITIES REPORT SIMILAR INCREASES Fifteen Communities Indicate Fur- ther Decreases, With 3 Per Cent Fall Greatest Change. Retail food prices in the District of Columbia continue on an upward trend after having rallied from its slump of 115 per cent since August, 1930, the | Labor Departmeni’s Bureau of Statis- tics announced today. Records of the burcau show the mar- ket here has increased 1 per cent since August 15 last, and a similar increase was noted for the 30-day period from July 35, Prices in 50 other cities throughout the Natlon showed an average increase of one-half of 1 per cent on August 15, as compared with figures made ilable on July 15, and an average decrease of 1624 per cent since August 15, 1930. Other Cities Show Gain, The bureau's weighted index num- bers, with average prices in 1913 as 100, were 143.7 for August, 1930; 119 for July 15, 1931, and 119.7 for Au- gust 15 lasi. . : ‘Along with Washington, 12 other cities reported a 1 per cent increase during the last 30 days. They were Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Colum- bus, Dallas, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Mobile, Newark, New York, Philadel- phia and Scranton. A 3. per cent in- crease was noted in Detroit and Providence, while Boston, Bridgeport, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Man- chester, Portland, Me., and Savannah reported an upturn of 2 per cent. Pifteen cities showed decreases—San Prancisco, 3 per cent; Little Rock and St. Paul, 2 per cent; Fall Rk City and Minneapolis, 1 cent, and Atlanta, Louisville, Memphis, New Or- leans, Omaha, Peoria, Portland, g, St. Louis and Springfield, Iil, less than five-tenths of 1 per cent. Eggs Lead Increase. ¥ During the month ending August 15, last, 12 articles on which monthly were secured increased as fol Strictly fresh eggs, 12 per cent; butter, sirloin and round steaks, Tib cheese, pork and beans, and tea, 1 cent, and hens less than five-tenths of 1 per cent. m'rw;x;ty-onc articles decreased: On- ns, 12 per cent; flour and bananas, 6 j per cent; evaporated milk and toes, 4 per cent; oleomargarine, and oranges, 2 per cent; bacon _sliced, cllec of lamb, cannhed and raisins, 1 per cent. ‘Wholesale food prices increases wete reported for butter, cheese, fresh and bee! essed veal and crease of 1 per cent for the group. articles a lower during month were bacon, coffee, smoked and canned salmon, mutton,. cured pork, condensed milk, lard and rice. Further price drops were noted textile products, with silk rayon | woolen goods showing little or no change. Building materials continued to drop. SHOUSE RAPS BROWN ON OMAHA ADDRESS Says Speech to Postmasters Shows Pitiful Plight of Hoover Administration. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Demo- cratic National Executive Committee, today interpreted Postmaster General Brown's reminder to postmasters out- side the civil service that the law did not prevent them from political ac- tivities. as an effort to “save the Hoo- ver political scalp.” In a statement issued from Demo- cratic national . headquarters, Shouse had this to say about Brown's speech, ‘Thursday night 2t Omaha before the National Association of Postmasters: “Pirst, it shows the pitiful plight in which the Hoover administration itself. The pcpular uprising against it is such that in its desperate attempt to prevent disastrous defeat next year its ‘chief political spokesman instructs the postmasters of the country to go to work to try to savé the politicel life of President Hoover. « “Second, it is a stark and frank though unpleasing exhibition of the at- titude of the present administration toward governmental officials whose concern is supposed to be the carrying on of governmental business rather than partisan politics.” FARM SALE STARTS, RHEEM LIQUIDATION Property Near Four Corners Is First of Defunct Concern’s to Go on Block. ‘The first sale to liquidate properties of the bankrupt firm of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey took place yesterday in the offices of the defunct concern with the =ale of the Swart farm neer Four Cornors, Sta, The farm was sold at puolic auction by Adam A. Weschler & Son, to George Y. Worthington, representing the En‘r- chaser, Scott B. Appleby, jr. The th bid was $14,250, subject to an $11,500 deed of trust. ‘The property sold yesterday is cated between Four Corners ‘Wheaton, in Montgomery County, Md., having a frontage. of approximately half a mile on the roadway. The farm contains 174% acres. SEVEN 'FROM CAPITAL NAMED FOR WEST POINT Seven residents of this city were appointed by the President as at large at the United States MIilit Academy, with the view to their sion July 1, 1932. They are: J. Hayes, 3rd, 3518 S street; John H. Daly, son of Maj. C. D. A General £ aff; Charles B. Stewart, I' Upshur street; Sidney V. Bingham, Jr., son of Maj. S. B. ‘War De- partment; Robert Josrg: 3rd, son of Maj. Robert Joerg, jF.. at Army War College; - e Rhode Island avemue, g«tfi:’m ‘Williams, nl:l rireet, lo- and