Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1931, Page 15

MAN AND FIANCEE | DIE AS TRAIN HITS | | CAR AT CROSSING Fairfax Resident Also Victim of Thanksgiving Traffic Accidents. CRASH ON TRACKS DERAILS LOCOMOTIVE Inquest to Be Held Tonmight in Marlboro Court House in Death of Pair. A Washington man and his fiancee and an elderly Fairfax resident were | killed in Thanksgiving day traffic ac- cidents in nearby Maryland and Vlr-: ginta. | The victims are: Roderick Milstead, | 212 B street southeast; Miss Carrie Rog- | ers, 214 A street southeast, his fiancee, and Everett Croson, 68, of Fairfax, Va. In addition several Washington people ‘were injured. Milstead and Miss Rogers were in- stantly killed when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by & south-bound Chesapeake Beach Rail- road train at Browns Station, a few miles from Marlboro. Locomotive Derailed. ‘The impact hurled the automobile several hundred feet, badly mangled the bodies of its occupants and derailed the locomotive. ~ The automobile later caught fire, Milstead was the third member of his family to meet a violent death, ac- cording to relatives. Both his parents were killed in accidents, the father be- ing run over by a horse, and the mother burned to death. The tragedy occurred at sunset and was witnessed by Owen Tippett of Browns_Station, who called physicians and police. Drs, James I. Boyd and Paul Van Natta pronounced the vic- tims dead. Sergt. A. W. Hepburn, Policeman G. william Gray and Constable Harry Morris investigated the collision and arranged for an inquest tonight at 8 o'clock in the Marlboro Court House. The train was piloted by Engineer R. C. Grifith, with Charles Long as conductor. Police say the view of the train is obscured by a building at the Milstead, a carpenter, is survived by three brothers, Benjamin Warren of Colmar Manor, Md.; Willidm of Balti- , Md., and Jessup of Indian Head, Md,; and two sisters, Mrs. B. A. Grinder and Miss Della Milstead, both of Indian Head. ‘Worked in Shop Here. Miss Rogers is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rogers; two sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth ers, and two brothers, James H. and Stanley Rogers, all of this city. She a local women's ap- was ‘el:lhployed in irel 2 p-lllll;%gvrlwmbebuflgdinlhc family burial grounds at Richardsville, Va. The date has not been set. ‘The bodies of both victims were re- moved to_the Ritchie Bros. funeral parlors at Ritchie, Md., and later trans- ferred to the undertaking establishment of James T. Ryan of Washington. CAR KILLS MAN, 68. Fairfax Resident Dies When Hit by ‘Washingtonian’s Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star PAIRFAX, Va., November 27.—Ev- erett Croson, 68, was killed yesterday afternoon at 5:40 on the road from Navy to Floris when he was knocked down by an automobile driven by Ervin Parnell, 26, of 138 Thirteenth street theast, Washington .Mll’ll’nell and his brother, Richard, who was a passenger in the car, took Croson to the office of Dr. E. C. Waring, at Fairfax, where he was pronounced dead, and Sheriff E. P. Kirby was sum- moned. An inquest was held last night in the sheriff’s office. Dr. C. A. Ra som, coroner, gave a verdict of acci- dental death, due to a fracture at the base of the skull. Croson’s son, Will Croson of Fairfax, was not content with the verdict and went to the home of Justice of the Peace Thomas P. Chapman to swear out a warrant for Parnell, but Chap- man refused to issue it at that- time. Sheriff Kirby was instructed to hold Parnell awaiting further investigation today. ; Croson is survived by his wife and eight children—Will of Fairfax, Everett, jr., of Navy; John and Joseph of Mc- Lean, Mrs. Samuel Sisson of Fairfax, Mrs. Robert Beach of Fairfax, Mrs. Roy Thompson of Navy and Mrs. Horace Kinnard of Fauquier County. Funeral | arrangements have not been completed. ONE KILLED IN COLLISION Two Capital People Also Are Hurt in ‘Williamsburg Road Crash. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND, Va., Navember 27.— John H. Nicholas and Miss Oneta James, both of Washington, were seri- ously injured in a head-on automobile collision” yesterday afternoon on the Williamsburg road near Windsor Shades and Anne Miller, colored of Richmond, who was in the other car, died in a Jocal hospital 45 minutes after being admitted. Three other ,colored resi- dents of Richmond were injured, one of whom, Zachariah D. Lewis, is not expected to live. The two others, Emma Baines and Ernest Mayo, suffered | severe head lacerations. v Miss James, 1900 block F street northwest, who is in a critical condi- tion at Memorial Hospital, had both arms broken and suffered injuries to her head and chest. Nicholas sus- tained severe injuries about the head. Neither has regained consciousness. The injured colored persons were brought to St. Phillip’s Hospital in Richmond in a truck. ————— BANDITS TAKE BREAD, _IGNORING VICTIM’S $11 Driver of Bakery Wagon Knocked Unconscious by Two Men in Northeast. Bread meant more than money to two bandits who attacked Edmund Sousa, ery 'wagon driver, early todsy and knocked him unconscious with a blow cn the head. When Sousa, who is 25 and lives at 74 T street northeast, regained con- sciousness about an hour later he found the robbers had taken eight he Zb WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, street southeast, and his flancee, Miss | their automobile was in a collision with a Chesapeake Beach Railway ODERICK A. MILSTEAD, 212 B R Carrie Rogers of 214 A street southeast, who were killed last night when train at Browns Station, Md., n ear Marlboro. CHRISTMAS SEALS PLACED ON SALE Tuberculosis Association Starts Drive After Radio Pleas. ‘The twenty-fifth anniversary sale of Christmas seals by the local Tubercu- losis Association commenced today and will continue until Christmas. ‘The drive was launched formally with a talk yesterday afternoon by George A. g Hastings, admin- istrative assistant to President Hoover, broadcast from Station WR C. Official indorse- ment by the city government was given by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the Board of Commissioners, in a let- ter to Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, president of the Tuberculosis Association, praising the past record of the association and | urging all citizens to buy the seals and use them on their Christmas messages and gifts, At noon today Vice President Curtis received a party of children in the cos- tume of health crusaders, who delivered to him his quota of seals. The children were taken to the east front of the Capitol in the famous old stagecoach belonging to the estate of the late Victor Evans, drawn by four horses and driven by an Army teamster. The coach and four is the feature of the new design on this year's seals. Fowler to Speak on Radio. ‘Tonight the city government will lend further its moral support, when Dr. William C. Fowler, District health offi- cer, will deliver a radio address on “Christmas Seals and Community Health.” The address will be broadcast from Station WMAL at 6 o’clock. In launching the drive yesterday, Mr. Hastings 1eminded the public that tuberculosis is still the chief cause of death among persons between the ages of 15 and 45. He appealed to Wash- ingtonians this year to set an example to the Nation in the number of seals bought, pointing out that last year Washington's seal sale was the second highest per capita in the Nation. He urged the early completion of the new children’s sanitarium, for which plans have been finished, and emphasized the need of more effective case-finding to reach all the sources of infection, more hospital beds for adults and a program of preventive health work for children. Scouts Aid Distribution. ‘Troops of Boy and Girl Scouts start- ed out early this morning to distribute bright-colored posters and window cards for display in store windows and other public places. Next week sales booths in stores and banks will be conducted by volunteer teams of women. sands of letters from the president of the Tuberculosis Assoclation containing one or more sheets of seals in the hope | the recipient will be able to buy them. DE SIBOUR IS CHOSEN J. H. deSibour, Washington architect, who designed the new Public Health Service Building now under construc- tion on Constitution avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, to- day was named consultant on another public building. He will act in a consulting capacity with Craig & Klefer of Stroudsburg, Pa., on the proposed new post office at Stroudsburg. In the mails today are many thou- | WASHIGTON CLOAK MODEL DIES NPT Body Found With That of Roommate in Gas-Filled New York Apartment. ‘The bodies of two young women, one a former Washington telephone opera- tor, were found in their gas-filled New York apartment Thanksgiving under circumstances which police believe point to a suicide pact. Both were cloak models in a Fifth avenue shop. ‘The Washington girl was Miss Ade- laide Leavy, 27. Her roommate with ‘whom she died was Miss Jewel Warner, 20. Miss Leavy left two notes, but neither indicated any reason for her act. One named Mrs. Leila Costa, 1126 street northeast, of this city, as her “dearest friend” and bequeathed her property to her in case Miss Leavy's grandmother “died before the - suicide took place. nv“nndmuthcr. Mrs. Ade- laide Hess, in a New York home for in- curables, was to receive the property otherwise. Found on Kitchen Floor. ‘The two young women were found lying on a mattress in the kitchen of he apartment, clad in silk pajamas and with a blanket over their heads. Gas . | was flowing from the kitchen range and the doors and windows had been sealed with newspapers, The apartment is said to have been expensively furnished and $500 was found in a strong box there, indicating that the women were not in any im- mediate want. From Mrs. Costa it was learned that Miss Leavy had arranged to spend Thanksgiving with her in Washington, tut had written that she would be unable to come here because her grand- mother was ill Left Here Five Years Ago. Mrs. Costa said she had known Miss Leavy for many years and that the young woman lived with her when in Washington. She went to New York five vears ago and became a cloak model. During the years Miss Leavy was away from Washington she kept up a correspondence with Mrs. Costa and last year came here for a short visit. Mrs. Costa returned to New York with her. Today she said that Miss Leavy had not shown any inclination at that time to take her own life and that she knew of no reason for such an act. Miss Leavy was born in England. Her mother and father died 10 years ago. Surviving her are a brother, an uncle and an aunt, all living in New York. }Sh! was a graduate of Holy Cross Academy here and after her school career entered the service of the tele- | phone company. | F.K.BARBOUR DIES Lifelong Resident of Capital, 51, Expires at Chevy Chase Home. Prederick K. Barbour, 51, died last night at his home, 6330 Utah avenue, Chevy Chase, after an illness of several days. Mr. Barbour was a victim of pneumonia. A lifelong resident of the Capital, Mr. Barbour served in the 303d Tank Corps of the Army during the World War. He was educated at Exeter Academy. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lilla Con- rad Barbour, and a sister, Mrs. Louise Mayer of Philadelphia, |, Funeral arrangements have not yet ibeen completed. ~ Mr. Barbour will be buried in the family vault at Rock Creek Cemetery. A man on the verge of 74 is greatly needed by Uncle Sam in the conduct of international relations. That is the reason Secretary of State Stimson has importuned the Civil Serv- ice Commission to continue in service Sydney Y. Smith, chief drafting officer of the State Department, who faces re- tirement on account of age at the end of this month.* Mr. Smith has been in the depart- ment 51 years; his technical abilities are practically indispensable in drafting important treaties and agreements, and it would be extremely difficult to fill his place. On these grounds Secretary Stimson has asked that another two- Joaves of bread and a dozen rolls from his wagon, ignoring $11 in his pocket. Sot an_employe of the Hammock Bakery, 82 Rhode Island avenue north- east, told twelfth precinct police he was assaulted on Adams street between Seventeenth and Twentieth streets northeast, year extension of employment be granted—two previously having been al- lowed since Mr. Smith reached the statutory retirement age of 70 on No- vember 28, 1927. Mr. Smith, who resides at 1724 Upshur street, Was born in Wi Novem-« ISTIMSON SEEKS TO PREVENT RETIREMENT OF 74-YEAR-OLD Sydney Y. Smith, Chief Drafting Officer, Indispensable to State Department, Civil Service Told. ber 28, 1857, and will be 74 tomorrow. He was educated in the public schools and Academy of Washington, and serv- ed as an official reporter in the House of Representatives and as a clerk in the Pension Office prior to appointment to & clerkship in the State Department in r. Smi as passed 21 years in the Diplomatic Bureat, as a meimber of the | Board of Examiners and as a drafting (officer in the treaty division. | He was private secretary to Secretary | Blaine in the Garfield-Harrison admin- istrations; was attached to the American delegation at the International Con- ference st Buenos Aires in 1910; was at the Chilean centennial celebration at Santlago In the same year, and was attached to the American commission to negotiate peace at Paris following the World War. He has been a drafting expert in the treaty division since its creation by Secretary Kellogg in 1928. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION POSTAL PAY SLASH PROPOSED BY C..0FC. 10 REDUCE DEFICIT Committee of U. S. Body Op- poses Raise of First-Class Rate and Other-Boosts. SALARIES 75 PER CENT OF $803,000,000 OUTGO Report Says Revenue From Higher Letter Rate Would Be Dis- appointing. Downward revision of salaries should be considered by the Post Office De- partment to cope with the mounting deficit, the Committee on Postal Serv- ice of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States sald today in a report in which it went cn record against the increase in first-class rates proposed by the department as a measure of relief, and argued against other boosts as detrimental to the public. “Efforts to improve the financial sit- uation of the Post Office Department should be directed to economies, ef- ficlency measures and incréase in volume of business rather than pri- marily to general increases in rates,” the committee holds. The commijtee points out that sal- aries account” for nearly $600,000,000, or 75 per cent of the total de) mental expenditures of $803,000,000, and says “it is obvious, therefore, that any economy involves the most careful scrutiny of all matters of expenditures for postal salaries.” Rural Delivery Contracts. Another economy, the committee be- lieves, would Me in putting rural de- livery on a contract basis similar to the star route service, which, it says, costs 11.12 cents a mile. Rural de- livery costs 25.19 cents per mile and involves estimated losses of $75,000,000 annually, the report says. Salary Increases since 1925, the re- port shows, have increased the annual expenditures of the postal service by about $90,000,000, but in this connec- tion the committee reiterates the National Chamber’s attitude against a general flat level of postal salaries on the grounds that employment condi- tions and living costs vary widely in different of the country. o ties in tal, as compared with private salaries,” the report says, “have become of special importance not only because of the excess amounts paid to postal cmployes as compared with private employment, but also be- cause, with Incre¢ased postal deficit, the burden is more, scrious. The ¢ommittee also expresses the opinion that further increase in postal salarfes, -such as are occurring now under the, system of automatic in- creases, should be discontinued for a time and readjustment of salaries on & differential scale rather than on a uniform Nation-wide basis should be given consideration. Disappointment Feared. In opposing higher first-class rates the committee says that revenue from an increase in the rate to cents would p: be disappointing. Over a period of years, the committee says, the higher rate would be disad- vantageous to the postal service and contrary to the principle of reducing postal costs by incres volume. Another objection, the committee states, is the adverse effects it might have on general business under present conditions. The committee believes it would curtail business promotion ac- tivities, reduce the business of indus- tries supplying material for such activi- | ties, require readjustment of commer- cial processes at a particalarly disad- vantageous time and add substantially to_unemployment. The committee also argues against increasing second and third class rates, seeing in this a probable exclusion from the mails of desirable publications. It suggests, however, that, as a source of additional revenue, suitable fees might be charged for entry or re-entry of second-class publications and for news agents registration. The opinion is expressed that the passing of the depression will see the postal deficit lowered. ONE DIES, ONE HURT IN HUNT ACCIDENTS Two Washington Men Are Victims of Thanksgiving Shootings. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER HILL, Md., November 27— A Thanksgiving day hunt ended fatally for Charles T. Connor, 20 years old, 1200 block of Douglas street southeast, Washington, D. C., yesterday, when his shotgun exploded while he was crossing a branch on the farm of County Police- man William E. Clifton. Another Washingtonian, Lewis E. Robey, 28 years old, of the 1700 block of Potomac avenue southeast, was seriously injured while on a hunting trip near Navy, Va. Robey was struck in the back, arms and legs and is in Emergency Hospital. He was hunting in company with nine other men. Sergt. A. W. Hepburn, who investigat- ed the Connor case, said Connor slg)ped as he was crossing the branch and the gun fell against a board. The discharge blew off a part of the man's head. He is believed to have died instantly, cording to Dr. James I. Boyd, coroner’s physician. Connor was hunting with Policeman Clifton at the time of the accident. The young man was a friend of the Clifton family. Justice of Peace Thomas D. Griffith ordered an inquest to be held at his home, Forestville, tonight at 7:30. SAKS TO GIVE 100 BOYS CHRISTMAS OVERCOATS Forty-Four-Year Custom to Be Ob- served by Seventh Street Store. One hundred poor boys of Washington will be given overcoats this Christmas by Saks & Co. Following a custom of 44 years' stand- ing, the store at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue will open Christ- mas morning for presentation of the coats to boys chosen by the Associated Charities. A staff of salesmen will be on hand to see that every boy is fitted properly and receive the same service afforded customers of the store, NO ening Sfaf BER 27, 193 How Post Office Will Look Completed EXTENSION TO BE STARTED EARLY IN NEW YEAR. adjacent Union Station as it will be seen from the new and enlarged Capitol Plaza when completed. The com- . THE above sketch by the architects, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, shows the City Post Office and part of pleted Post Office Extension, on the left, along North Capital street, will cost $4,000,000. The job is expected to be put on the market next month. PROBE OF DR. HALL CHARGES 10 OPEN Committee of Noted Econo- mists to Meet at Commerce Department Today. Investigation into the charges made by Dr. Ray O. Hall, former assistant chief of the finance and investment di- vision of the Department of Commerce, that his report on the balance of inter- national payments of the United States for 1930, was so altered before its pub- lication that figures were “falsified” agd “vital truths suppressed,” was to get under way at the Commerce Depart- ment late today by & cormmittee of five nationally known economists. The committee, composed of Profs. James W. Angell, Columbia University; W. 1. King, New York University; E. M. Patterson, University of Pennsyl- vania; Jacob Viner, University of Chi- cago, and John H. Willlams, Harvar University, arrived in Washington this morning and was to meet with Secre- tary Lamont at 2 o'clock this afternoon. It is understood that the meeting will be executive. Organized by Bogart. ‘The committee was organized last month by Dr. E. L. Bogart of the Uni- versity of Illinois, president of the American Economic Association, at the request of department officials. Dr. Hall's resignation from the de- partment was requested several months ago by Secretary Lamont after Hall charged that the “conscientious labors of Government experts are being set at naught by political expediency” in sup- pressing facts. Dr. Hall protested especially the de- letion of an item of $175,000,000 al- leged overvaluation of American ports in 1930, which the departnrent said he resorted to at the last moment in an attempt to wipe out a discrep- ancy in his 1 computatien. Holds Comment Edited. He further explained that from his proposed explanatory comment there were eliminated references to the al- leged effect of prohibition in this coun- try in stimulal a desire to travel in Canads, quotations from economic writers criticizing the American for- eign investment licy and his own personal opinion implying criticism of Federal Reserve policies. An investigation of the charges was made by F. M. Felker, director of the division, and it was recommended by him that a committee of recognized economists be named to conduct a thorough survey and to report on the soundness of the methods used in the preparation of the questioned phases of the report. SALE OF '32 STAMP HIT AS COMMERCIAL Bloom Says “D..C.” Fete Issue Is Still Sold in Gotham With- out Indorsement. Representative Sol Bloom of New ‘York, assoclate director of the United States Bicentennial Commission, said today the sale of George Washington Bicentennial stamps, whifh he opposed here recently, has been resumed in New York City by the same organization which operated in the Capital. ‘The group, he asserted, is using pho- tostatic copies of news photographs showing President Hoover being pre- sented with the “first Bicentennial stamp” to promote sale of the stamps at $10 per thousand. He said among the stamps being sold is one of the same type which was circulated - in Washington bearing the inscription, “District of Columbia Commission, George Washington Bicentennial.” Representative Bloom said he is not opposed to the sale of the stamps as ad- vertising the Bicentennial, but he ob- jects to the impression given by sales- people that the stamp selling is done with the direct sanction of the Bicen- tennial Commission or indorsed by it. Subscribers are given the idea they are supporting a patriotic_effort, he said, whereas the stamp-selling scheme is purely a commercial enterprise. Among the stamps being retailed by the organization, which is named the George Washington Bicentennial 3eal Stamp Association and claims to oper- ate under the direct sanction of the “National Washington Postal Commit- tee,” are seals bearing words “Visit Virginia,” “Visit Roanoke,” “Come to Washington” and “Visit New York City,” Representative Bloom declared. CURLEY CLUB PLAYERS WILL PRESENT MYSTERY “The Thirteenth Chair” Will Be Given for Benefit of Scholar- ship Fund. “The Thirteenth Chair,” a mystery drama, will be presented by the Curley Club Players Sunday afternoon in St. Paul's Auditorfum, Fifteenth and V Sty end Taceday evemings. Bro- ceeds from the show will be utilized in the club's fund for scholarships for hildren. PoRithur Bradley White is directi the production and will play one o the roles. Other members of the cast| Clail are Mrs. James Hartnett, Romona Raley, May Emily Hodges, Anne Marie Ambrose, M. Ruth Rice, Mary Sheehan, William Exner, Clement Giebel, Charles Brooks, Frank Kirchoff, Paul Murgtgi Arthur Major, Paul Burke, Al Agricola, Jcseph Day and John Don- FEDERATION TO ELECT Civic Association Will Choose Of- ficers Tonight. The Federation of Civic Associations will elect officers for next year at a meeting in the board room of the Dis- trict Building tonight. Two members of the Executive Committee and advisory council will also be elected. Dr. George H. Richardson, long presi- dent of the federation, is expected to succeed himself and also to be re- elected to the advisory council. Candi- dates for the other place on the council are William H. Lewis, incumbent; Wil- ligm A. Joiner, Maj. Howard D. Queen, ‘oolsey W. Hall and J. A. G. Lu Valle, PILOTS ASK HOOVER T0 BLOCK SHAFTS 40 Join in Petition Citing Dan- ger to Air Traffic in Co- lumbia Island Project. Aroused by the action of the Com- mission of Fine Arts in recommending construction of the proposed 200-foot twin granite shafts on Columbia Island, all airmail and transport pilots operat- ing on lines out of the National Capital today are petitioning President Hoover to block the project. Forty pilots are joining in the pe- tition, which calls upon the President to disregard the recommendation of the Fine Arts body in the interest of human life and property. The columns would be an ever-pres- ent source of danger, the pilots belleve. Collision by a plane with any part of either of the columns probably would result in the instant death of every. per- son aboard the plane and, with planes as many as 21 ns operat- ing in and out of Washington-Hoover Airport on frequent daily schedules, possibility of a tragedy is too great their opinion. cles active on Columbia Island, ar- ranged through the efforts of Lawrence E. Willlams, chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Washington Board of Trade; William P. MacCracken, jr, former Assistant Secretary of Com- merce_ for Aeronautics, and Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the hoard, have resulted in a solution of |all problems in connection with con- struction of possible aviation hazards on_the island except the columns. Officials of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce, charged with the safety of passengers and pi- lots on American civil aircraft, have branded the columns as serious obsta- cles to operations from Washington- Hoover Airport and have hinted that they may be forced to close the air- port to passenger operations if the col- umns are constructed. Pilots Are Unanimous. The pllots’ petition, circulated at ‘Washington-Hoover Airport and Bolling Field under auspices of Mr. Williams’ committee, bears the signature of every pilot fiying mail or passengers out of ‘Washington-Hoover Airport. The petition is addressed to Mr. Wil- liams for forwarding to the President. Included in the list of signers is the Department of Commerce aeronautical inspector for the local territory. The names signed to the petition follow: ‘W. Wipprecht, jr.; Henry J. Brown, Walter Schaffer, Al Lybarger, M. P. Hanscom, J. M. Gaston, Willlam Liv- ingood, G. C. Hand, B. Kubn, Charles W. Carneal, Alvin Jones, A. Ear! Steel, Roger Scott, Paul Collins, J. Earl Steinhauer, Edward Couples, Hugh J. Wells, A. Raymond Brooks, P. D. Lucas, E. E. Underhill, E. H. Parker, Lowell 8. Harding, H. L. Smith, A. E. ‘Wilson, John S. Wynne, L. H. Stewart, Joseph Brown, Shelly Charles, A. C. Komdat, E. G. Cross, John B. Arm- strong, Bissell, Lloyd Juelson, Milton Anderson, George C. Pomeroy, W. P. Phillipi, Thomas Thompson, Bud Baker, Lowell Scroggins and Trow- bridge Sebree. The Aviation Committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade is to meet at 4 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, to con- sider the protest and undertake some drastic move toward protection of commercial aviation in the National Capital. This activity, the committee declared, “has developed in an out- standing degree in comparison with the rest of the country. SALE OF YULE SEALS STARTS IN MARYLAND 200,000 Direct Letter Appeals Be- gins Tuberculosis Group's 25th Annual Drive. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 27— With the mailing of more than 200,000 direct. letter appeals to various sections of the State, the twenty-fifth annual tuberculosis Christmas seal sale of the Maryland Tuberculosis Association be- gan yesterday. Funds obtained from the sale in the various counties are used to help finance the public health work and in helping tc maintain "‘Mlnele House” at or un $00,000 has been set for of College Park is 'cmtotl’flnueeor(u L E an County, FOUNDLING ENVEN HOME ON OLIAY Thanksgiving—65 Babies Await Parents. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. ving day, 1931, was a mem- orable one for two-year-old Billy, for Billy received a mother and daddy and a real home, just like other little boys and girls have. Billy has spent all but a couple of weeks of his not very long life, at the Washington Home for Foundlings, Brandywine and Forty-fourth streets. where he was placed by a mother who didn't want him, shortly after he was born. He a sturdy, red-cheeked little boy, and he is assured of lave and kindness from his new parents, who, the superintendent of the home, Miss Elizabeth Thomas, says have been so anxious for the baby boy to come to them that they have kept the telephone wires busy daily asking when the for- malities would be concluded so that they could call for Billy. Billy bade farewell yesterday to & little black-eyed girl, Ruth, who hopes that before another year has passed she also will find some one who wantsa little daughter as. much as she would like to have a mother and dad. ‘Two fat little boys, also 2 years old, were with Ruth to tell Billy good-by, and to remind him how lucky he is. For neither Tommy or Bobby have been “called for” despite the fact that one of them has had recent frequent visitors, who have had considerable conversation with Miss Thomas on the subject of taking the little boy home. | ~All the children at the home had a jelly boliday, with a ‘“‘chicking dinner.” A month ago the little ones at the Wi Home were treated to their first real chicken dinner with all the “fixin’s.” ‘Two groups of children, ranging in ages from a year to 6 years, were served their holiday feast in two din- ning rooms. After the dinner 20 of the older chil- ShceiaLy ‘aranged etteriaigment 1n the en iInmenf ball room of the Raleigh Hotel. ‘The Washington Home for Found- lings, like innumerable _institutions throughout the country, has felt the pinch of depression by the record number of applications made to piace little ones in the home. . “We already. haye four more children than we are prepared to accommodate,” cxplained Miss Thomas, the Kkindly superintendent, who is a mother to each of the 61 children placed under her charge. & “Since the depression, # seems in- creasingly difficult for working mothers to care for their little ones,” she said. With the approaching Christmas sea- son, however, Miss Thomas expects that several of the babies at the home will find mothers and fathers to take the place of those who either did not want them or could not care for them. “We always have requests for children around 'Christmastime,” she explained. “It seems that the Christmas spirit is frequently. demonstrated in the desire for little ones by childless couples. How- ever, the trouble is; the adoption is usually deferred until the last minute, whiclf makes it difficult to place the children in their new homes by Christ. mas day, as certain legal formalities and investigations must take place be- fore we can permit the children to leave the institution. Our babies are all fine, healthy, little ones, and we must be as- sured that their new parents can take care of them and provide them with proper homes. |ROOF-TOP PARKING URGED BY BINGHAM Senator Offers Suggestion for Solv- ing Auto Problem of Capital Parking of automobiles on top of business buildings that have flat roofs was suggested today by Senator Bing- ham of Connecticut as a possible solu- tion that might be worth considering by those who are studying the parking problem in_Washington. Senator Bingham said this is being done already in several Southern cities. It would not be practical, he said, in parts of the country where heavy snow- falls occur in Winter, but he thought it might be feasible here. Several weeks ago, when the parking problem was brought into the limelight by the Fine Arts Commission in a letter to the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Senator Bingham suggest- ed the possibility of setting aside a part of the Government-owned land for a large automobile parking structure. In_discussing traffic problems today the Senator also said he had noticed the ease with which traffic moves on narrow streets when parking is restrict- ed to one side of the street. He said he believes that on all narrow streets that :;rry '1:?0“ flo"v of trafic !l: woum“:e visab] limit parking one side of the street. THREE GET COMMISSIONS Washington and Maryland Men Named Reserve Officers. Commissions i the Army Corps have been issued by partment to the following this vicinity: Elmer Lash, 2112 F street. major in the Corps; illiam W ver Spring, Md., , Coast , and ‘Wheeler, 4315 Elm street, Md. as a captain in the Reserve the War De- Tesidents of Institution Child Adopted on|a: PAGE B—1 100 MANY LIGHTS FOR TRAFFICON K, VAN DUZER SAYS Advisory Council Studies Plan to Cut Signals in North- east Area. SURVEY IS EXTENDED TO OTHER STREETS HERE Traffic Chief Believes Intersection Control Needed Only for 1,000 Vehicles an Hour. The Traffic Advisory Council crea by the District Comm};ulonen has Jffl der consideration, it was learned today, a recommendation of Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer for the removal of & number of traffic lights on K street northeast between First and Thirteenth e pl e plan was discussed at the I mesting of the council, but action \"as: : t:,téyrred pending a more thorough Based on Recent Survey. Mr. Van Duzer's recommendation is based on the result of an exhaustive survey of traffic conditions on K street, which showed that at some intersec- tions the number of vehicles passing in an hour averaged about 375—too few in his opinion to justify the continued use of a traffic light. His theory is that lesa at Jeast 11000 ehimien an Seg iy vel an_intersection. = The program, it is understood, does not contemplate the elimination of the entire network of lights from First to Thirteenth streets, but only those at in- tersections where the traffic count showed vehicular as well as pedestrian movements are comparatively light. At least three sets of lights will be retained, it was said, because of special conditions. These are located at Fifth, Eighth and Thirteentn streets. Needed Near School. Lights at Fifth and K streets, it w: pointed out, are necessary for the pr: tection of children attending the Hayes School. The Capital Co. car line on Eighth street makes retention of the lights at Eighth and K strests desirable. Lights at Thirteenth streets shoul intersection due to the converging of K street and Florida avenue. Traffic officials believe the retention of lights at these three intersections lights in o 1t s olnted ok operation, it was pof out, K street traffic will move in waves, and allow sufficient periods in the interim for cross traffic movement. Lights in other sections of the Dis- trict where traffic movement is light may be removed in the future, it was said, and studies are now being made by the traffic bureau to determine the l:cltm where lights are or are not New Regulations Studied. Aside from the proj rogram of light removais, thpe council also has taken under consideration several pro- posed amendments to the traffic regula- tions. Action probably will be taken on all of the questions at the council's next meeting. SANTA CLAUS LANE OPENING DELAYED Due to Inclement Weather Cere- mony Will Be Held Next Friday Night. Everything was in readiness today for the lighting at 8 o'clock tonight of the third annual Santa Claus Lane on up- per Fourteenth street, but because of the inclement weather, the committee in charge announc¢éd’ that’ the formal opening ceremony and parade would be postponed for: one week. It will be held as. originally planned next Fri- day night. ‘The lane, under the spon- sorship of the Columbia Heights Busi- ness Men’s Association, extends from Meridian place on the north to Fair- mont street on the south, with at- tractive gateways at the entrances. The “lighting-up” exercises will be in charge of Willlam F. Dismer, president of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association, assisted by B. A. Levitan, chairman cf the committee in charge of the Senta Claus Lane, and F. J. Sobotka, in charge of the parade. The decorations along Fourteenth street include festoons of closely set electric lights ot many colors and of green laurel and red frezia. At 50-foot intervals along the curb line stand evergreen trees ranging in size from 8 to 15 feet in height, with larger trees at the entrances to the lane. FURNITURE COMPANY’S SAFE CRACKED BY YEGGS lLuu Placed at $100 to $200 by Proprietor—Second Robbery at Store Within Year. Between $100 and $200 was stolen over the holiday by yeggs who blew open a massive steel safe in the furni- ture store of L. A. Hutchison's, Inc., “L“lA‘ MneeH bchl:;h l'—reetfl . A. Hu n, proprietor, discov- ered the robbery when he opened the store this morning. He said a check- up would be required to determine whether any valuable securities were missing in addition to the cash. was the second safe robbery at the store within a year. The loot on ;Xs’s first occasion amounted to only No employe had been in the store since early Wednesday night. - The safe might have been cracked either Wed- in full view of the well lighted show ‘window. The robbers left a crowbar and a screw driver at the scene. The tools had been obtained in‘a workshop in the repair department. Entrance was gained by cutting out :nl'o}cm panel in. a rear window and king the doo: T. Headquarters detectives searched for -prints. IS Gotut 0N, 115 Fire Destroys Barn. ACCOKEEK, Md., Ndvember 27 (Spe- cial) —Fire of unknown origin de- stroyed a barn and its contents on a farm on the Potomac near here, belong- to The barn planter and & mower, owned by Mr. Clagett and a quantity of tobacco owned byyMrs. 4lice L. L. Fergyuson,