Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1931, Page 17

The WITH SUNDAY MOR! PARKING BAN HELD IMPRACTICAL NOW BY TRAFFIC HEADS, Van Duzer and Brown Cite Lack of Facilities in Downtown Area. AGREE WITH SUGGESTION | OF ARTS COMMISSION | | Hold Owners Should Not Be De-! nied Space Until Provisions Are Made. Abolition of automobile parking on the streets and in the public parks, as suggested by the Commission of Fine Arts, is desirable but not practical at this’time because of the lack of off-| street parking facilities, according to Traffic Director William A. VanDuzer | and Inspector E. W. Brown, acting superintendent of police, who has charge of the Police Department’s Traf- | fic_Bureau, f Both of these traffic authorities agree with the Fine Arts Commission that the removal from the streets of the long lines of stationary automobiles would | add to the esthetic appearance of Washington, and at the same time bring about & marked improvement in the movement of traffic, but they are inot in favor of a parking prohibition until garages and other off-strect facil- !ties are provided for parking. Facilities Are Lacking. ‘Mr. Van Duzer pointed out that a fecent traffic survey showed Washing- ton lacks facilities in the congested zone for 40,000 vehicles now parked in the streets. Conditions make it necessar: he said, for owners of many of th vehicles to bring them downtown every | day, and he thinks they should not be | deprived of this privilege until either | public or private off-street parking Places are provided for their use. Mr. Van Duzer also explained that the criticism of the Fine Arts Commis- sion of parking in the public parks is something over which he has no con- trol. The public parks, he said, are under jurisdiction of the National Park and Planning Commission, which has the authority to regulate parking in these places. Lack Private Parking. Although there are more registered fears per capita in Washington than in any other city, Inspector Brown de- clared, it has less private parking ac- commodations than other cities. This fact, he said, should be given paramount consideration in any plan designed to prohibit parking on the streets. Inspector Brown likewise said a pro- hibition against parking, especially around the public buildings, and in public parks. undoubtedly would im- prove the attractiveness of these places. He cited existing conditions arcund the ‘White House, where parking is forbidden, as an example of esthetic brauty which has not been destroyed by the parked sautomobile. Even though desirable, Mr, Van ‘Duzer said, an automobile parking ban is not practical now and could not be made 50 by next year, when the Fine ‘Arts Commission wants the streets cleared of the parked machines for vis- itors to the George Washington Bicen- tennial celebration. Garages and other off-street parking facilities, he declared, must precede any drastic prohibition Honors to Ma Foen * G EDITION ny Star WASHINGTON, D, ke No Change BY GRETCHEN SMITH. No change will be made in the daily program of Mrs, Jack Garner, should the “gentleman from Texas” find him- self seated in the chair of House Speaker this session. Pointing to a desk in front of her, piled high with papers and pamphlets, and to newly opened boxes surrounding her on the floor, the slight, active little woman, who has been her husband's secretary for 29 years, explained. “Of course, its impossible to go out socially with all this work to do,” she remarked. “And you know I never felt that a member of the House was sent up here by his constituents for his wife to go out into society. He up here to work, and I have alwa: ed with Garner. And if you work you 't “do society.” One cannot serve two masters. Never Cared for Society. “Anyway,” she continued, “I have never cared about social = activities. Years ago, when we first came, there wasn't much for a congressrian to do. I went about more then, and I think in that first five years, I must have ped- dled about a ton of cardboard around town. But things are different now. Business has grown, and with it re- sponsibilities, and there is much work to do. I am here every morning at 8 o'clock, and here I stay until late afternoon. “It would never make any difference in my life,” she said. “But I should like to see my husband accorded the honor after his long career of hard work. I should also like to have the honor for Texas. WIFE OF DEMOCRATIC LEADER TO CONTINUE WORK. MRS. JACK GARNER. | outdoor life which you lead in Texas?" | she_was asked “Yes, at times,” she responded. “But then I walk to the Capitol and back each day, and that gives me the exer- cise I need. My days are so full of work I don't have much time to think | of anything else.” |~ The one thing Mrs. Garner does think | of, however, is her son Tulley and his family back in Uvalde where a 9-year- old granddaughter, Genevieve, Tomps | under the great live oaks and pecan trees, which constitute among many | other things one of the many beautiful features of the 6-acre Garner home in the heart of Uvalde. EDISON MEMORIAL * SKETCHES OFFERED Twelve Designs for Base of Projected Light Given Fine Arts Group. i Twelve tentative sketches for the base | of the projected eternal light in memory of Thomas A. Edison, which probably | will be raised at Hains Point, were sub- | mitted to a meeting of the Fine Arts | Commission yesterday by the Washing- | SCHOOL SHORTAGE BEING OVERTAKEN, BALLOU REPORTS Building Need Assured of Material Cut by Feb- ruary. REQUIREMENTS LISTED TO MIDDLE OF '32 TERM 182 Elementary Rooms and Accom- modations for 7,952 High Pupils Set as Next Term Lack. Despite a need by February 1, 1932, for 182 elementary class rooms and WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1931. Take Part in Bicentennial Film accommodations for 7,952 junior and senior high school students, the Dis- trict of Columbia public school sys-| tem is gradually overtaking its build ing shortages. This is_indicated in the annual report of Dr. Fiank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, part of which was made public today. In summarizing the needs and build- ing attainments of the local school| system, Dr. Ballou listed the school | needs as far in the future as the| middle of the 1932-33 school year. While 182 elementary class rooms will b2 needed next February, the anticl- pated need will be reduced to 124 class rooms by February 1, 1933. Likewise, while the junior high school this Febru- ary will accommodate 5486 students, the total shortage will be reduced to | 3,361 pupil accommodations by Febru- ary, 1933. The senior high school shortage, which this February is ex-| pected to be 2,466, will be reduced to 2,166 by the same date of the fol-| lowing year. In his detailed statemen shows that November 1, 19 n accumulated shortage of 275 elemen- tary class roo The increased enroll- ment of that year, requiring 30 more class rooms, gave the system a shortage of 307 class rooms last June. By esti- mating 30 more class rooms for the increased enrollment at the beginning of the current term, the elementary schools reached September 1, 1931, needing 337 more rooms. . 24 Rooms Made Available. By transferring the Monroe and the Smallwood School to the colored divi- sion, however, 24 rooms were made available. New construction provided 91 rooms, and the transfer of certain | seventh and eighth grade classes to junior high schools, added another 40 clementary class rooms. These changes have been and are being put into effect during the current semester. Hence, the accumulated shor will be re- duced to 182 rooms February 1, Dr. Ballou there was | tage by The biue eyes, which throughout her | ton committee on an Edison national | entire conversetion twinkled merrily. as | memorial. | though smused at this “much ado cver | The committee. consisting of repre- | nothing,” became serious. | sentatives of science, navigation, com- | “No, it will make no difference in | merce, drama, the electrical industry our social program. I'm afraid hos- and engineering, yesterday discussed the tesses will continue to receive, ‘Mr. and | adaptability of the light as a beacon Mrs. Garner regret’” she remarked.|for Washington and Georgetown chan- Then laughingly she added, “You know, | nels with George Putnam, chief of the Mr. Garner has no idea how many of | Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of those regrets I sent out every Winter.” | Commerce. Seecretary for 29 Years. Simple Design Favored. For 20 years, “Etty” Garner has| The commissioners and committeemen | made her Winter home in Washington, | also were to discuss this afternoon an coming to the Capitol in 1902 after her | alternative site as well as that pro- husband's first _election to office. | posed at Hains Point Throughout that long period, the duties| The committee is understood to favor of secretary to her husband have oc- 'a simple design for the base of the | cupied her time to such an extent that | light, expressing the personality of Edi- | 1932. Further reductions will be made by June, Dr. Ballow’s rt_shows. New buildings yet to be opened will provide 14 more roors and the transfer of further seventh and cighth grades to new junior high schools will provide an additional 21 class rooms. Thus the current year will close with a shortage of 147 elementary class rooms. Allowing 30 class rooms as the need | for increased enrollment, the elementary system will reach September 1, 193Z, with a shortage of 177 rooms. From this total, however, Dr. Ballou would deduct 53 rooms, including 14 made available through the transfer of the old Business High School from the white senior high school list to the colored division; 28 through new construction, HISTORICAL CHARACTERS PORTRAYED BY ARTISTS MAKING 1932 MOTION PICTURE HERE. IAMOUS historical characters are being portrayed by motion picture artists in Wuhlngu;n for the filming of Warner Bros.'" Bicentennial talking picture, “Washington, the Man and the Capital.” Left to right: Thomas McInerny as Thomas Jefferson, Kenneth Dealgnew as James Madison, Clarence Whitehill as George Washington, A. J. Herbert as Alexander Hamilton and Herbert Delmore as L'Enfant. —Star Staff Photo. CVIC OPERA GROUP 5 FORMED IN 1Y Modest Start With Light Mu- sic to Give Expression to Students. Plans for formation of a light opera company in Washington to develop | local talent were announced today. | “The new organization,” read an offi- cial statement, “will be known as the Washington Civic Opera—pretentious in name only, looking to the time when two or three years hence we shall have a genuine grand opera in all its glory. For the present they will modestly stai with light opera, designed to give suit- able public expression by those who are trainigg locally or who have completed their study and are ready to step into the limelight.” The founders will include Marjorie Lowe, Estelle Wentworth, Jessie E. Veitch, Willlam T. Pierson, Dorothy Sherman Pierson. William Rodon, Clella Fioravanti, Edith Wallack, Ralon, Nathan N. Wallack, Mme. Marie Zalipsky, Henrletta Le Menager, Myrtle Patschke, Dickinson, Mme. _Rimsky-Korsakoff, | Arnoldo Berenguer, Mme. Amelia Conti, | Edna,_Bishop Daniel, Adolph Torovsky, | Myroh Whitney, Leon Brusiloff, Anne | Goodhue, Felix Mahony, Thea W.| Cable, Rosina Pollio Jarmon, Romeo F. | Arsenio i Elizabeth Scanland, James | Squirrel Steals License of Sleeping Hunter for Nest Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 11.—Roy Perviance, Rouzerville, near here, is hereby making application for membership in the “Tall Story Club.” Perviance is a hunter and the other day he started out early, got the limit in squirrels, and, finding himself far back in the mountains with the weather warm, he lay down beneath a tree and feli asleep. Now Perviance will finish the story: “When I awoke I was attracted by a noise in the tree above and, look- ing up, saw a squirrel trying to pull something over the entrance to a hole in the tree. It was my own hunting license, which the squirrel had picked from my coat and was trying to fasten it over the hole, presumably as a ‘house number’.” SUBURBAN 32 BUDY MARKS FIRST YEAR Northeast Bicentennial Group Has Anniversary Dinner and Hears Fess Talk. INGREASE S SEEN Society Hears Reports on Number of Patients Unable to Pay for Service. Increasing evidence that patients formerly able to pay now are using the free service of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society was disclosed | in reports at the monthly meeting held | yesterday in the Albec Building. This | free service is supported through the Community Chest. It was shown that in_ October the | society had under care 5.014 patients in 2902 families, in 486 of which unemployment of one or more mem- | bers created a problem in addition to that raised by sickness. This situation was not confined to one section, but was general through- out the city. Visited 15,393 Patients. In caring for the patients the field staff made 15,393 visits. Reports of the committees were made by the chairmen. George Hewitt Myers reported for the Finance Com- mittee, Mrs. Cresson Newbold for the Supply Committee and Mrs. John W. Davidge for the Committee on Nursing. Mrs. Davidge spoke in behalf of a na- tional campaign now being waged for increased membership in the National -~ INFREE NURSING PAGE B—1 NIGHT AIRMALL WL BE RENOVED FROM ARNY FIELD War Department Will Refuse Extension of Temporary Permit for Operations. HOOVER-WASHINGTON AIRPORT WILL BE BASE Transport Company Will Ask Re- moval of High-Tension Electric Lines. The closing chapter in the operation of the night alrmail from Bolling Field | is about to be written by the War De- { partment. It was learned today the | War Department will refuse any further | extension of _the temporar under which Eastern Air Tr operating from the Ar Backed by officials of il iriment, the transport line | pected to demand several improver: |at the local commercial airport | it moves its night operations. The im- provements which will be insisted upo: it is understood, will include removal of high-tension wires along the Wash- ington-Alexandria road, bordering the eastern end of the field, and possibly the laying of a hard-surfaced runway for the taking off of heavily loaded mail planes. Runway Lengthened. In preparation for the coming of nightmail operations. Washington-Hoo- ver Airport officials already have cx- tended the East-West runway to a total length of 3.000 feet, using for the purpese marsh land, donated by the Arlington Experimental Farms, wh has been filled with carth from Mall triangle excavations. ‘Through co-operation of the Federal Government, the airport officiels have succeeded in having a row of trees a long the eastern boundary of the airport cut down, leaving the wires as_the chief remaining obstacle. Eastern Air Transport, it is under- stood, has requested the Post Office De- partment to make a study of the sit- uation at Washington-Hoover Airport and to issue a decision as to whether the fleld is in suitable shape for the operation of regular night airmail service. The Post Office Department, it is understood, has been partly responsible for the long use cf th2 local Army feld for airmail operations, having joined with officicls of the transport 'ire in requesting extensions of the :cvocable permit granted by the War Department three years ago. Field Can Bo Made Safe. The War Department, it was -evealed today, has been assured that the local commercial field can be made entirely i safe for night operation of the airma'l. It was pointed out that Eastern Air Transport now is_operating day mail service from the airport, flying 18-pas- senger mail and passenger planes. Tri-motored planes of two other lines are landing regularly after nightfall at the field, and for a long time express flights with loads of New York news- papers have been made into the field after midnight. The newspaper loads brought into the field during the early morning hours, both in tri-motored planes and in fast single-motored trans- ports have exceeded by far in weight | sgainst street parking. e e s | and 11 fron the transfer of more sev- | Gueraldi, Jewell Downs, Meta M. Evans, | the airmail loads regularly handled, it EDMOND C. FLETCHER DISBARRED BY COURT| Attorney Charged With Unethical Conduct in Dealing With Estate. Edmond C. Fletcher, a member of the bar since 1919, has been disbarred by an order of the District Supreme Court for “malpractice and unethical and unprofessional conduct, rendering him unfit to be a member of the bar.” ‘The order was signed by Justices Ad- kins, Luhring and Letts, who heard the testmony some days ago. Fletcher, according to the opinion of the court, had prosecuted a claim of the City of Cape May, N. J.. against the United States and was allowed a | fee of $5,125. While the case was pending in the Court of Claims, Fletcher borrowed a total of $3,030 from the late Herman W. Van Senden and gave him an assignment of his fee. Later, according to the opinion | iof the court, Fletcher repudiated the assignment and collected the fee, mak- ing no attempt to reimburse the estate i of Van Senden, who had died in the Interval. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dinner, Washington branch, Amer- gcan_Urological Association, Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. Dinner, Educational _Committee, nights of Columbus, Mayflower Hotel, pm. Card party, benefit District Society, Children of American Revolution, 37 Drummond avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., Biternoon and evening. Dress rehearsal, Temple Noyes Lodge, ‘Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. the woman who step by step has climbed the political ledder of honors with her husband without cnce wishing or accepting the personal tribute which Preliminary drawings call for a base | not more than 60 feet in height, 50 as | not to menace air navigation or over- | shadow other memorials in the vicinity. | enth and eighth grades to junior high schools. Thus, by February 1, 1933, the total shortage will be 124 rooms. hundreds have wished to pay her. The project will be privately financed “When Mr. Garner first ran for Con- | Without assistance from District or gress,” she explained, “I decided to |Feceral governments, and no public brush up the shorthand which I had |subscriptions will be solicited or ac- studied as » girl in San Antonlo. I |cepted, it was announced. only took it up then to make the hours less lonely for me whep I was at home Endowment Fund Planned. with my brother on our ranch at Sab. The Fine Arts Commission met in inal. I never used my shorthand pro- | the Department of the Interior Build- fessionally. as my brother didn't belleve |ing under chairmanship of Charles in girls working unless they had to. But | Moore to discuss the project with the when Mr. Gamer ran for Congress I |local committee, the membership of hid myself away for a month and took | which follows: it up again. I did his secretarial work | Dr. Alexander Wetmore, assistant for him during his campaign, and have |secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- been doing it ever since. tion, representing science; Capt. Fred- “Nobody ever hears of my shorthand | erick Hellweg, U. S. N., director of the method nowadays,” she said. “You Naval Observatory, navigation; Isaac never hear of any one who knows it, | Gans, merchant, commerce; L. Stod- 50 of course no one could ever read my | dard Taylor, manager of the iBelasco notes—funny little chicken tracks.” Theater, drama; C. Melvin SHrpe, ex- Born and raised on a ranch in | ecutive vice president of the Potomac Texas, and later educated in a well Electric Power Co., the electrical indus- known school for young ladies in and Fairfax Naulty, traffic engi- Historic as a| in the event | Will be addressed by Dr. Marcus Ben- jamin on “Medallic History of the Dis- trict_of Columbia,” and by Washing- ton Topham on “The Old Globe Offices Junior Needs Outlined, In discussing junfor high school needs, Dr. Ballou's report shows that total junior high needs in September were accommodations for 17,806. New buildings, however, provided ac- commodations for 2,320 pupils during the current term, so that by January 1 the shortage will have been reduced to 5486. By next June the total will be reduced further by accommodations for 5 pupils. The total junior high shortage next September 1 is expected to be 3361 by February 1, 1933, While showing some improvement, the senior high school outlook is not as bright. Last June the senior high schools had accumulated a shortage of 2,086 pupil accommodations. This number was increased on September 1, 1931, to 2,936. From this total Dr. Bal- lou has deducted 470 pupil accommoda- tions which were made available by holding back that number of ninth- grade pupils in the junior high school. Herce the senior high schools face & {shoitage of 2466 accommodations on | 'Fl'blmll\‘ 1, 1932, i By retaining 400 more ninth-grade pupils in junior high during the second half of the current school year, the | nior high shortage will be reduced to | 066 by June 1932 lowing 850 | for the incre high_school enroll- | ment at the beginning of next year, Dr. | Ballou believes that branch” of the { school system will open the 1932-33 school year needing 2,916 additional pupil accommodzations. By retaining 400 ninth-grade pupils in new junior high schools next Fall, by the transfer of the Cardozo High School to the old Business High School Building, with a saving of 50 accommodations, and the opening of the new Roosevelt High School, which will provide 400 addi- tional ~ acommodations, the accumu- | 30, Card party, benefit Sons of Jona- dab, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth | and F streets northeast. 8 p.m. : | Card party, Holy Name Church, | Eleventh and K streets northeast, 8:30 pm. Meeting. American University Park Citizens' Association, Hurst Hall, Mas- sachusetts and Nebraska avenues, 8 pm. Dinner, ‘Temple Baptist Church, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, to- day and tomorrow. Card party, Saturday Night Club, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Bingo party, benefit Langley Memo- rial Spiritualist Church, 3518 Thir- teenth street, 8 pm. Dance, St. Francis de Sales Girls’ Club, 2029 Rhode Island avenue north- east, 9 pm. Meeting, Washington alumni V. M. I, Army and Navy Club, 8 pm. Meeting, Washington Philatelic So- ciety. 1518 K stroet, 8 p.m. Dance, benefit of unemployed West virginia miners, Meadows, Md. Those attending will meet at the home of Mrs. Todd C. Sharp, chairman, 119 C street southeast. FUTURE. Meeting, National Homeopathic Hos- ital Association, hospital, Second and & streets, tomorrow, 11:30 am. Dinner, St. John's Episcopal Church, Md, tomorrow, 5 t0 8 Py At Tennessee, Mrs. Garner in early life € ’:;:lrlixxvr;‘xlxax ks . formed the ideas of sincerity, unpre- ative plans call for an endow- tentiousness and dislike of hyprocrisy, |Tieht fund to maintain the eternal light which have made her one of the most | {1 the memorial, which will be designed popular “secretaries” on Capitol Hill, [0 ferve both beauty and utility as well as one of the best loved resi- FU{3€ 10 1 and dents of Uvalde County, Tex. e Foint as an index Mother Was Drowned. 2 : The daughter of a Swiss, P. J Rheiner. who at 21 came to the United| TWO WILL GIVE TALKS States and settled In Texas Mrs % Garner's life was early clouded w . i g the shadow of tru;dymflernmot?u was | Columbia Society Will drowned in a creek attempting to save | Hear of Early D. C. Newspapers the life of her baby girl, Marietta, or | - C. papers. “little Etty,” when the Rheiner family,| The Columbia Historical Society at father, mother, little brother and baby, | its next meeting at the Cosmos Club had gone to the banks of the stream |assembly hall next Tuesday evening for an afternoon’s fishing. Mrs. Garner's father had gone some way down the stream, leaving his wife and baby for a few moments, when “Etty” rolled into | ton, Topham_ o the creek. r Publishers.” In later years, the baby Etty knew| Mr. Topham will discuss the news- all the freedom and “bigness” of life | papers of Washington of a hundred v oors, h those of today, the un- hard :‘:frk(? :k:‘lch she was taught then, ‘lmm political situation of those day: has remained with her ever since. in Washington and effect upon its news “Don't vou miss the exercise and |papers 'DRY WELLS IN FALLS CHURCH WIN LENIENCY FOR POLICEMAN Officer Who Slept While Guarding Legation Gets Off With Loss of Two Days of His Annual Leave. The drought and resultant dry wells | leniency, Comwell told of extra duty in Falls Church, Va, introduced in de- | at the precinct and declared he also i ot ad been tired out as 1t of haul- fense testimony, aided Pvt. H. F. Corn- out as a result of |ing water for the family at_Falls | well, No. 14 precinct, in obtaining len- | Church, due to dry wells. Sergt, Barnes |iency before the Police Trial Board and others testified to Cornwell's good today. record. Cornwell pleaded guilty to “neglect| Dismissal of Pvt. Joseph Burns, No. of duty” with which he was charged |2 precinct, was recommended to the after found asleep in his automobile in | District Commissioners by the trial the 2600 block of Connecticut avenue. board when the defendant was found October 21, by Sergt. William P. Barnes. | guilty of intoxication. ‘At the ‘time he was found asleep | Burns entered a piea of gulilty, de- Cornwell was guarding the El Salva- | claring: dorean legation, 2601 Connecticut ave- | “I admit I was drinking. nue, which has been under special police | get up and lie about it.” guard at night since the Minister, Dr.| ~ Sergt. Joseph Harrington testified Don Carlos Leiva, was attacked by bur- Burns was drunk while on duty 8t glars, who stole a quantity of liquor | Gallinger Hospital on November 2. He from the legation stores. said Burns was staggering when Two days' annual leave were taken | went there. Burns, who is 36, was ap- away from Cornwell by the trial board | pointed to the force in June, 1925. as_the penalty for the offense. Cornwell has been a member of the Making @ plea in bis own behalf for ! force since January, 1918, I won't }lated shortage in the senior high schools will be reduced to 2,166 pupil accom- modations by February 1, 1933, 'INQUEST IS ORDERED IN MECHANIC'S DEATH. Bus Employe Crushed Against Wall When Machine Lunges Forward in Garage, An inquest into the death of Aloysius T. O'Connor, 30-year-old mechanic, of 417 I street northeast, who was almost instantly killed late yesterday, when crushed against the wall of a garage by a Greyhound bus, has been ordered by Coroner Joseph D. Rogers for 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Dis- trict Mcrgue. O'Connor had just finished greasing a 33-passenger bus in the garage of the Greyhound Co., at 66 Hanover street, and was standing in front of the ve- hicle, when Dewey B. Futrell, 30, of 17 L strect, another employe of the company. got into the machine to back it out, of the grease piz. ‘The bus, instead of backing, lunged forward and pinned O’Connor against the wall. The injured man, his body badly crushed, was rushed to Emer. gency Hospital in the Fire Rescue Squad ambulance, but was pronounced ilé&d upon his arrival at that institu- n. Futrell was questioned cox the accident at the second precinet :{2’-‘ tion and later was released for appear- ance at the inguest tomorrows - Pearl Waugh, Elena De Sayn, George | Cornwell, Lester Shafer, Marion Chase and Mary A. Cryder. | Director to Be Chosen. | A director remains to be chosen. Re- hearsals will be opened December 1 in | the Belasco Theater, where headquart- ers have been established. “It is a fact of general knowledge,” the announcement said, “that there are | a large number of local song birds who are truly equipped to give artistic and pleasing light operas and a few who | have essayed grand opera roles satls- factorily and even with notable success. | These latter will be brought together and made ready for later presentation. “However, the opera plan does not limit_itself to exploitation of the voice, for the work should interest instructors and students of dance, drama, lan- guage, costuming and scenic art. “Unlike former attempts at opera lo- cally, the new body aims to be self- supporting. It is reasoned that unless it can be self-supporting there can be | no great need for this undertaking. ‘The first anniversary of th> establish- tennial Committee, organized to pro- | mote community interest in the 1932 celebration in that section, was ob- served at a dinner meeting of the com- mittee in Sherwood Hall, Twenty-sec- ond and Jackson streets northeast, last | night. Senlator Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, and Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice chairman of the District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission, _attended. District Commissioners 'Luther H. | Reichelderfer and_Herbert B. Crosby, | and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public’ buildings and public parks, also were there. Fess Urges Model City Here. A capital city that would be a model for all the country was urged for Wash- ington by Senator Fess. “Washington should be a laboratory city for all the United States,” Senator Fess declared, | Orggnization for Public Health Nursing, | emphasizing the importance of an i formed group of lay workers in the | ment of the Northeast Suburban Bicen- | public health field. Announcement was made by the president that a hospitality committec of the board would be organized and would sponsor, during the year, in- formal teas, the purpose being to make for better understanding of the society’s work among other co-operative agen- cles, dressing committees, the Junior |League and other volunteer groups | giving support. Mrs. Cross Presides. ‘Mrs. Whitman Cross presided at the meetings. Others attending were: Mrs. Leonard Block, Miss Elizabeth Bryan, Mrs. Dwight Clark, Mrs. Charles B. Crawford, Mrs. Davidge, Miss Janet B. Houtz, Miss Virginia Hunt, Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann, Mark Lansburgh, Mrs. George R. Lockwood, Mrs. Hutchinson I Cone, Mrs. George B. McClellan, Mr. Myers, Mrs. Newbold, Miss Elsa | Peterson, Mrs. Ord Preson, Ord Preston, | Mrs. John M. Sternhagen, Mrs. B. W. ‘Thoron, Mrs. J. W. Turrentine, Mrs. Errors of the past in this connection | “so that when municipalities in other | Charles F. Wiison, Mrs. Harlan F. S' ne, have been too pretentious productions | or performances lacking in_public ap- | peal and artistic ability. There is a happy medium and proper standard that can be attained with satisfactory | results, Many Groups Co-operate, | “A large number of musical institu- tions, studios of voice, dance, decora- tive art and private instructors have co-operated to found this new project by making personal subscriptions to a | membership organization. From present | indications_there soon will be 500. “The only outside subscriptions will be from public-spirited and civic- minded music lovers, who may donate small sums to a scholarship fund—to assist worthy aspirants who otherwise could not participate.” The plans contemplate establishment of an open-air theater. The Belasco Theater will be used for Fall, Winter and Spring productions, however. R. R. Edwards will be business man- ager. He formerly was manager of the Syracuse Community Opera and is a ' son of the late Maj. A. W. Edwards, former American consul general in Montreal. | TRANSFERS POLICEMAN IN ROW WITH ADMIRAL Inspector Brown Moves §. F. Ma- lone After Trial Board Repri- mands Him. Patrolman Sidney F. Malone, who was reprimanded by the Police’ Trial Board last week when arraigned for dis- courtesy in serving & traflic_summons upon Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, U. S. N., was ordered transferred from the second to the fourth precinct today by | Inspector Ernest W. Brown, acting major and superintendent of police. | The transfer of Malone was one of | four ordered by Inspector Brown, the three others resulting from the promo- tion of Pvt. B. C. Beacn, day clerk at the fourteenth precinct station, to the | f sergeant. T & Pipkin, a dispatcher at- tached to the police broadcasting sta- | tion, was transferred to No. 14 station at the request of Capt. J. E. Bowers to fill the vacancy caused by the promo- tion of Beach, while Patrolman A. E. Brown of the fourth precinct was as- signed to fill Pipkin’s place at the radio n. S iman Trving Rosenberg of the third precinct was sent to the second piecinct in Malone's place, sections of the Nation are about to| launch building and development enter- prises, the National Capital will pose as a model for them.” , He declared that Washington, already rich in beautiful parks and fine edifices, will take a step nearcr its goal as ths most beautiful capital of the world with completion of the g-gantic Federal | building program. | Garden Winners Honored. Winners in a recent lawn and garden contest were honorea at the dinner. Col, Grant lauded the fine work of the committee in sponsoring this movement and described the care of lawns and gardens as of prime importance in the beautifying of the city. The Northeast section, a principal gateway to the Capital, should give consideration to its lawn and garden appearance, espe- cially for the Bicentennial year, when more than 6,000,000 tourists are ex- pected to visit Washington, he said. ‘The dinner was presided over by M. C. Wilson. Invocation was pronounced | by Rev. Walter F. Eagelson. Musical | numbers were presented by Mrs. Eppa L Norris, Miss Lillian Llewellyn, Ken- neth Frisbie and Miss Ina Holtacheiter. A dramatic reading was given by Clare Jean Speaker. Short talks on the Bicentennial pro- gram were made by Dr. Reichelderfer, Gen. Crosby and Dr. Havenner. CITIZEN HEAD ELECTED FOR HIS FOURTH TERM J. S. Gorrell Is Again President of Burleith Association—Other Officers Named. J. S. Gorrell of 3700 T street, was re- | elected president of the Burleith Citi- | zens' Assoclation to serve his fourth suc- ive term in that office, at the regu- | annual business meeting last night | at_Gordon Junior High School. Other officers named were: Vice pres- ident, Mrs. H rkinson; secretary- treasurer, Geoffrey eyke, Jr.; delegate to the Federation of Citizens’ Associa tions, Harry E. Ratcliff; members of the | Executive Committee, J, L. Bost and| H. B. Rogers. The assoclation decided to arrange for a Christmas celebration, somewhat similar to the one held last year at Gordon Junior High School, which was largely attended by the community. It was also decided to appoint a Committee on Unemployment to co- operate with t;t District of Columbia Y Lloyd B. Wilson and Miss Gertruce H. Bowling, the director. 1. L. KARRICK ESTATE IS WORTH $3,200,000, | President of Storage Company Leaves Income to Widow During Her Lifetime. James L. Karrick, president of the Fidelity Storage Co., who died in Pitts- field, Mass., October 19, left an estate valued in excess of $3,000,000, accord- ing to the petition for probate of his will, filed by his widow, Mrs. Henrietta B. Karrick, and two sons, David Brewer Karrick and James L. Karrick, jr. The widow and sons are to hold the estate in trust curing the life of Mrs. | Karrick and at her death it is to be divided equally between the sons. The widow is to have the income for life. Mr. Karrick owned real estate as- sessed at $2787,680. His other hold- ings included: Cash, $26.392.20; ac- crued dividends and salary from the Storage company, $22,752.86; securi- ties, $141,150, and _furniture, $10,000. Among the realty holdings of the estate are the Monmouth Apartments, 1819 G street, assessed at $374,991; Portland Apartments, Thomas Circle, assessed at $611,040; Farnsboro Apart- ments assessed at $199,244; Fontanet Courts, assessed at $397,125, and the Merchandise Building. at Fourteenth and S streets, assessed at $494,750. Attorney Charles H. Merillat repre- sents the estate, Daniel W. O’Donoghue, recently given a recess appointment by President | Hoover as an associate justice of the Supreme Ccurt of the District of Co- lumbia, will be inducted into office No- vember 23 at 10 o'clock. A special meet- ing of the court in general term will held for the ceremonies. The oath office will be administered by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat in the pres- ence of the other members of the court. ‘The name of Justice O'Donoghue will probably be sent to the Senate by Presi- dent Hoover as soon as Congress con- venes, with the name of Justice F. D. Letts, who is holding under s recess was pointed out. PHYSICIAN ENDS LIFE ON WAY TO HOSPITAL Dr. Carter S. Fleming Shoots Self While Preparing to Go to ‘Walter Reed. Dr. Certer S. Fleming, 40, Fairmont, W. Va, physician and a former Army medical officer, shot and killed himself last night while en route to Walter Reed Hospital, where he was to have been admitted as a tuberculosis patient. Dr. Fleming shot himself through the head while sitting in his automobile, parked in frcnt of the home of a friend, Manuel 1. Walter, 1316 Iris street. His brother-in-law, Willlam Lydic, and Walter took him to Walter Reed, where he died about two hours later. Dr. Fleming, who was a lieutenant during the World War, came to Wash- ingten with the intention of entering the hospital yesterday. He telephoned the institution and to enter today. La: how>ver, Walter, whom he w: visiting, and Lydic decided to take him to the hos- pital immediately. A moment after he had gotten into the car, he drew & .38-caliber revolver and fired. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Fleming, and a son, Joseph. BOARD WILL VIEW ELECTRIC MARVELS Electrons to “Play” for Trade Members at Monday Meeting. Demonstrations of a series of modern scientific marvels will be staged before the November meeting of the Washing- ton Board of Trade, next Monday eve- ning in the main ball room of the Wil- lard Hotel. A score of high officials of the Fed- eral and District governments, inter- ested in these developments, have been invited as spcial guests. There will be demonstrations by elec- trical engineers of electrons “at play,” of speech carried by light beams instead of telephone wires, the finding and ex- tinguishing of fires by light beams, of making a fan turning at 1,800 revolu- tions a minute appear to be standing still, and of turning on electric lights by the lighting of a match. Prior to the demonstrations there will be an explanatory address by Dr. S. M. Kintner. The demonstrations will be staged by Dr. Phillips Thomas, research engineer. i George W. Offutt, president of the Board of Trade, will preside. Special guests invited include Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Ferry K. Heath, assistant Secretary of Treasury; Col. U. S. Grant 3d; Mai. Gen. Lytle Browny chief of Army Engineers; Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons, chief, Bureau of Yards and Docks, U. S. Rear Admiral 8. N. Robinson, U. S. N.: Rear Admiral George H. Rock, U. 8. and the Dis-