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A—16 - »=» CHEST DROPS PLAN FOR CENTRALIZING VETERANG' RELIEF Legion and D. A. V. to Ad- minister to Own Needs as in Past. POOLE TO HELP ORGANIZE { EX-SOLDIERS’ ACTIVITIES Confidence Expressed Service Groups Can Perform Work Effectively Alone. The Community Chest has abandoned the plan to centralize veteran relief sctivities this coming year. | The decision was made by the Ex- ®cutive Committee yesterday evening at | & meeting_at_Chest headquarters at | which F. G. Fraser, department com- mander, and other spokesmen for the | American Legion, repeated their opposi- | tion to the proposal. They asked that they be permitted to continue to handle heir relief problems independently through the fund obtained from the | Chest budget The centralization plan had the sup- port of the Disabled American Veterans, | which, with the exception of the Le- glon, is the only service group holding | grembership in the Chest. Other Groups Were to Join. Under the plan, other veteran organi- | ations were to be asked to join, and he representatives of all were to form | ® board which would administer the | {Jairs of a “Burcau for Veterans’ Re- | ef. The idea had been suggested by the hest's Budget Committee as a measure E: increased effciency and economy. As in past years, the Legion and D. A. N. will care for their own relief ac- yities, but it was voted to have John loole, president of the Chest, appoint ® committee on which the _veterans would be represented. to work out a program agreeable to all concerned, for 1933. Has Confidence in Legion. Following the meeting, Elwood Street, director of the Chest, expressed confi- dence in the officials, both of the Legion and D. A. V., aad said the Chest *is glad to work with them and through | them for effective service to the ex- service men.” \ He sald both had improved the qual- fty of their service since joining the Chest. Meanwhile, Luther C. Steward, presi- | dent of the National Federation of' Federal Employes, took the air last| night over WMAL in behalf of the| million-dollar relief fund being raised | by Government workers. He volced | confidence in its success. Simple Appeal Best. Referring to the stir that has been created by charges of “forced contribu- tions,” Mr. Steward said that “a simple appeal of heart and mind alone wil bring the cesired results.” “Coercion, intimidation, plain and fancy ‘black-jacking’ can be expected to bring the same kind of response from the Federal employes as it does from aay other intelligent citizen,” he con- tinued. “I feel sure, however, that there will ot be much of the latter, and that where it occurs, the matter can be ad- fusted. Certainly the authorities have ven every assurance that the task is rgely in the ds of the Govern- ment workers themselves.” Government workers have always re- sponded to every cause, Steward, said, even at a sacrifice. CATHOLIC CHURCHES TO RAISE C. U. FUND Tomorrow Set Aside by Pope for Special Services Through- out Country. . Catholic churches throughout the country tomorrow will observe “Catholic University day,” set aside by Pope Pius XI for special services for the increase and advancement of the national Cath- olic seat of learning in Brookland. Marking the first major step in the university’s huge expansion program, collections will be taken in every church toward an initial fund of $1,600,000 to be raised by June, 1932, as part of the ultimate goal of $20,000,000 by 1939. The development program of Catholic University was approved this year by the church hierarchy in America, which comprises the controlling body of the dnstitution. Ninety-two prelates have accepted membership on three hier- archical committees sponsoring the Mmovement. The first of these committees, under the Most Rev. James O'Reilly, Bishop of Scranton, is in charge of the Nation- ‘wide collection tomorrow, which is ex- pected to net in excess of $600,000. The second stage of the program is in charge of a committee of bishops, clergy and laity, which is directing its efforts toward raising $1,000,000 by next June to fulfill the immediate needs | ©f the university. Most Rev. John J. Glennon, Arch- bishop of St. Louis, is chairman of the third major group which will sponsor the development program after the first two committees complete their respec- tive tasks, RUM FOUND IN PUSHCART Police ArresTMan Propelling It on Liquor Possession Charge. Andrew Davis Minor, colored, thought ke had found a new way of purveying his liquor stocks—by pushcart. But he | d to take into account the sharp of two second precinct policemen, | T. Imlay and J. H. Sweeney. Minor was pushing merrily on his y past Fourth street and New York avenue last night when he was halted by the two officers. Imlay lifted up the burlap covering the pushcart, then ar- Tested the man on a charge of illegal possession of liquor. He was released on bond to appear in court today. HELD ON THEFT CHARGE Man Believed to Be Washingtonian € M Arrested in Baltimore. Martin L. Bafford, believed to be a Washington man, was being held by Baltimore police today on grand lar- ceny charges in connection with the fheft last July of $490 worth of jewelry and clothes from the home of Samuel oJ. Wardell, 2112 G street. Police Detective Thomas Nally was #cheduled to go to Baltimore today to Feturn Bafford to Washington. ROB FILLING STATIONS Holding up a filling station at Eleventh street and Rhode Island avenue last | ‘night, two colored men robbed the night anager, William L. Ivey, of less than $5. he informed police. ' Theft of 75 cents worth of cigarettes @ another flling station, Benning and Ceniral avenue northeast, also “yeported to police. v Firemen Help Fix Toys STAR, WASHINGTON, |14 HUNGER MARCH THE _EVENING . . 1C., SATURDAY, Eileen Martin, Y. W. C. A. Girl ing worn or broken toys, which Christmas time. PLANEIN FOG FEAT Jamieson Lands on Hillside in South Carolina After 6-Hour Maneuver. Caught in a dense fog which closed in over fleld after field as he attempted to get to the ground safely, Leland S. Jamieson, Eastern Air Transport pilot on the Richmond-Atlanta run, today saved his life by a daring forced landing, with hillside farm between Spartanburg and Anderson, S. C. He damaged a part of his landing gear, but escaped w! injury or damage to his cargo. Jamieson, whose brother, W. Law- rence Jamieson, is a mail pilot on the Tun through the Capital from Rich- mond to New York, was in the air nearly 6 hours and his gasoline was nearly exhausted when he finally landed. But for a chance opening in the fog which revealed the mountainside farm, he would have been forced within a few moments to abandon his plane AID GIRL RESERVES REPAIRING CHRISTMAS PLAYTHINGS. VT. R. L. LYNCH of Fire Company No. 1 helping Margaret Watts and MAIL PILOT SAVES a heavy load of mail, on a terraced | itheut | Reserves, at their annual task of repair- will be distributed to needy children at —Star Staff Photo. BGEEST PHINTIVG TOBE SHONN e Panorama of War Showing ! 8,000 Life-Size Figures | Bought for "32 Exhibit. | Purchase of the famous World War | painting, “Pantheon de la Guerre,” by | & group of Washingtonians for exhibi- tion in connection with the George | Washington Bicentennial ~celebration | was announced here today. The painting, the largest single can- vas in’ existence, shows a panoramic history of the war with 8,000 recogniza- ble life-size figures. It was purchased in New York through the law office of Elihu Root, former Secretary of State, | from its owners in Paris, | The canvas will be displayed here | during the- Bicentennial in its own | building under the supervision of the | World War Cyclorama, Inc., of which | Charles J. Wynne, son of the late Post- | master General Robert J, Wynne, is | president; Aage Ewaldsen, vice presi- | dent, and George B..Fraser, secretary- treasurer. Painted by a large group of French and take to his parachute to save his | artists too old to bear arms in the World life. | War, the panorama shows in the fore- Tries Hop to Atlanta, ‘gruund the leading officers, grouped by nations, while beyond com Taking off from Richmond with the | ot e s graphs of the battlefields, laid in b outhbound airmail this morning Jamie- | draftsmen and authenticated by hy)-' son was forced down at Spartanburg, drographers of the French and British 8. C., where he waited two hours for | war offices. The canvas is approximate- a break in the fog. Finally he received |1y 420 feet in circumference and in its a radio report that the field at Atlanta | cradle weighs 12', tons. was fairly clear, but that an intermedi-| It was shown at Madison Square Gar- ate stop at Greenville was fogged in|den, in New York, in 1927 after being tight. He resolved to make the jump to | exhibiied in Paris from 1919, the year Atlanta, passing up Greenville, | of its completion. With the “Pantheon Arriving over Atlanta, Jamieson found | de la Guerre” are some 240 smaller the field shut off beneath a solid mass | of fog which had rolled in since the weather report. For some time he cir- | cled, picking up airway weather broad- casts from the various airways radiat- ing out of Atlanta. | Finally there came a report that Spartanburg, which a few minutes after his departure had agein fogged in, was once more clear, with a ceiling of 2,500 feet. He turned back to Spartanburg and only three minutes from the field, received another report that the ceiling | was down to 250 feet. | Confident that he would be able to get into the field with a clear space of 250 feet between the bottom of the clouds and tte ground, Jamieson started | down through the mist and murk for the ground, but was pulled up short an emergency radio message that the fog had settled down solidly again, blanking out the field. Once more Jamieson climbed above the fog, hoping for a radio report of an open space within reach with his dwin- dling fuel supply. He had been up 5 hours and 40 minutes and had_about 20 minutes' supply left when he re- celved a report that Anderson, S. C., was clear. Headed for Anderson. | He headed for Anderson, fearing that | his fuel supply would fail before he got there. Finally, with only a minute or two left in his tanks, he saw a small break in the fog, with a steep hillside farm, terraced to_prevent rain washing the whole farm off the mountainside. Jamieson made one pass at the larg- | est of the terraced strips, but it was | t00 small and he was forced to turn | back and try again before he dared | set the fast little plane down. He was | forced to land in a curving line, as the | terrace circled the hillside and the | strain of the lan<ing on uneven ground, | coupled with the side thrust of the | turn, was too much for the landing gear, which gave way, piling the plane up on the hillside. Making certain that his mail w; safe, Jamieson made his way to a tele- | phone and asked for assistance in get- | ting his cargo out to the nearest rail- road. He reported that he would be | ready to fly his next regular turn. PHARMACIST SAVED | FROM SUDDEN DEATH Motorman Stops Street Car Before I It Hits Dr. W. F. Mattingly, Tossed on Tracks by Auto. Prompt action on the part of an alert motorman saved Dr. Willlam F. Mat- tingly, 55 years old, of 1643 Newton | street, from instant death last night when he was struck by an automobile and hurled unconscious into the path | of an oncoming street car. Dr. Mettingly, owner of a drug store at Columbia road and Ontario street, was running across the intersection of Eighteenth street and Columbia road when he was hit by a machine driven by Carvin Baxter, 22, of 803 Emerson street, and thrown onto the tracks of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. Motorman L. Simpson of 1373 North Carolina avenue northeast, saw the accident and jammed on the brakes. His car ground to a stop only a few inches from the unconscious form of the pharmacist. Passing motorists took Dr. Mattingly to Garfield Hospital, where he is being treated for severe head injuries. Baxter was arrested for reckless paintings done by the same artists. JOBLESS VETERAN FOUND GAS VICTIM| Charles H. Strickland Had Been Despondent, Son-in-Law Tells Police. ‘The body of Charles H. Strickland, 45, jobless World War veteran, was found early today in the gas-filled kitchen of his apartment at 510 I street. His son-in-law, Raymond H. Brengle, who discovered the body, said Strickland had been despondent over ill health and inability to obtain a posi- tion in the civil service. Brengle also said Strickland had threatened to take his life on several occasions since the war, police asserted. After finding the body Brengle called the fire rescie squad and police. Dr. Thomas Bradley of Casualty Hospital sald the man had besn dead for some time, His wife, Mrs. Julla Strickland, who is employed at the Hecht Co., was not at home at the time, police said. The body was found lying on the floor of the kitchen, the doors and windows of which were all tightly closed. Police said when they entered all_burners of the gas stove were open. Police were told Strickland had a college degree, and had made high marks in recent civil service examina- tions, but his ill health had kept him from’ obtaining & position in the Gov- ernment, The coroner was notified. 1SS SCHENCK’S W]LL FILED FOR PROBATE Daughter of General Leaves Es- tate to Friends and Rela- tives. The will of Miss Sally 8. Schenck, daughter of Gen. Robert C. Schenck, vho died November 22, was filed today for probate. It provides bequests of $500 each to Helen S. Trench and Katherine McKee and $100 to Mary Welch. The remaining estate is to go to Mary Schenck McMahon, Dayton, Ohio. The National Savings & Trust Co. is named as executor. The trust company also is naméd as executor under the will of Mrs. Edith L. Goddard, who died November 9. Her will, filed today, left a diamond ring and pin to her husband, Charles P. Goddard, and other jeweiry with the | household effects to her daughter, ' Florence W. Dickinson. The remainin, estate is given to the husband and | daughter in egual shares. POLICEMAN LOSES PLEA M’Kinnon Appeal in Shortage Case | Rejected by Commissioners. The District Commissioners yesterday disallowed an appeal frcm the finding of the Police Trial Board holding A.D. McKinnon, private in the Detective Bureau, guilty on three counts in con- nection with a shortage of $837 in the accounts cf the Metropolitan Police Relief ation. driving by police of the tenth precinct station. He obtained his release on $300 collateral for appearance in Police Court, | The specific charges were willful dis- | obedience of orders, neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer. | McKinnon was ordered dismissed. PRISONERS HELD UNDER $300 BOND Demonstrators Arrested at White House to Be Given Trial Next Tuesday. TRIO OF RUSSIANS IMMIGRATION “CASES” Unlawful Meeting, Congregating and Parading Charges Bring Not Guilty Pleas. Arraigned in Police Court today, 14 “national hunger marchers” arrested in front of the White House yesterday, were committed to jail in lieu of $500 bond each after entering pleas of not guilty. The demonstrators will be tried next | Tuesday on charges of unlawfully meeting, congregating and parading | without a permit. Charles E. Fnrd.; counsel for the 14, attempted to have | the charges set aside and the bond re- | duced, but failed. | The cases of three of the accused, | Esther Siegel, 38; Ellis Rosenberg, 34, | and Jacob Furask, also were referred to the Immigration Bureau for in- vestigation, as each claimed Russian nativity. Placards First Demanded. The paraders were arrested when they appeared before the White House with placards calling upon President Hoover to provide food for 1500 “hunger marchers” expected to arrive here December 6 to petition Congress for unemployment insurance legisla- tion. The police demanded that the marchers surrender their placards, and arrested the entire group when they refused. Four other men who were refused admittance to the White House to present a petition to the same effect to_President Hoover were not arrested. President Hoover has no intention of interceding in behalf of the marchers, it was said at the Executive Mansion today. During similar disorders about a year ago when a number of picketers were locked up at various precincts, the Presi- dent requested the District authorities to release them. This was done be- cause White House officials believed their incarceration would stir up undue sympathy. Believed Publicity Seekers. Those participating in yesterday's pic- keting, it was believed by officials, are all professional agitators, who are sim- ply seeking notoriety. For this reason, it is understood, no effort will be made to obtain their release as on the former occasfon. i All of those arrested spent the night in jall at the third precinct and were scheduled to be arraigned in Police Court today on charges of parading without a permit. EQUAL RIGHTS’ LEAGUE TO MEET TOMORROW National Group's Annual Session | Will Discuss Civil Service, { Lynching and Troops. ‘The twenty-third annual meeting of the National Egqual Rights League will | open here tomorrow at the John Wes- | ley African Methodist Episcopal Zion | Church with an address by M. W. Spencer of Washington, mational presi- dent of the organization. ‘The sessions will continue through ‘Tuesday. Topics to be discussed are “Lynching and a Federal Anti-Lynch- ing Law,” “Segregation,” “Abolishment of Exclusion From Civil Service Througn Photographic identification,” ““Treat- ment Accorded Colored Gold Star Mothers by the War Department,” “Status of Negro Army Troops and Re- cent Reorganization of the Service.” Among the spcakers will be W. M. Carter, Boston; W. J. Walls, Chicago; T. 8. Harten, Brooklyn; D. W. Swaln, Louisville; C. C. Summerville, Ports- mouth, Va.; Kelly Miller, Howard Uni- versity, and othcrs, MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN ENDS EXTENSIVE TOUR Florida Representative Fills Speak- ing Engagements After Return From Europe. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Democrat, of Florida, returned to her office today after an extensive tour of this country and Europe during the congressional recess. After a_journey through Europe touching Denmark, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Italy and Scandinavia, she returned to Florida for a 1,500-mile speaking tour of her home district, making 62 speeches from Jacksonville to Key West in one month. This was followed by an 8,000-mile lecture tour for the purpose of financ- ing a trip to Washington next Spring for one boy and one girl from each of the 18 counties in her district. Married 50 NOVEMBER 28, 1931. Scores of Men With a Will to Work LONG LINE FORMS DAILY AT WOODYARD EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. | VERY morning there is a line like this before the employment office of the woodyard being run by the District Employment Committee back of the old St. James Hotel. When most ‘Washingtonians are still asleep the line starts forming, and the early birds get the opportunity to work two hours and earn enough for a grubstake. —Star Staff Photo. DISMER LIGHTS UP 'SmithsonianLibrary ! KRUCKMAN ENDS SANTA CLAUS LANE! | Gets Grandi Gift Of Va Italian Minister Presents| . tuable Book - BICENTENNIAL J0B Program Delayed by Weather| Documents on Genoa as |Director’s Resignation, Ac- Will Be Presented Intact Next Friday Night. | | | | Although unfavorable weather condi- | tions caused a postponement last night | of the parade and exercises which were | to open formally the Santa Claus Lane | from Fairmont street to Meridian place | on Fourteenth street, the lane was un- | officially lighted by Willlam F. Dismer, | president of the Columbia Heights | Business Men's Association, sponsor of | the annual event. |~ The program arranged for last night, | however, will be presented as origi- nally planned next Friday night, the | | association announced. A” public ad- | dress system, which will carry for a |radius of several blocks nightly com- | munity programs, was placed in service yesterday. Dr. Harvey Baker Smith, | pastor of the Columbia Heights Chris- |tian Church, will speak tonight from | the amplifying studio in the Riggs Bank Building, Fourteenth street and | Park road. Meantime the Central Business Men's | Association at a luncheon meeting yes- | terday decided to open officially for | Christmas shoppers the section of Four- | teenth street between Florida avenue and Thomas Circle with a parade the night of Friday, December 11. Military bodies, cadet and Boy Scout organiza- tions are being asked to participate in | the parade, and a “carnival section” will be allocated for floats, decorated vehicles and for community marchers. | Maj. R. C. Hudgins was appointed | chairman of the Ways and Means Com- | mittee for the event, with Edward H. | Young as chairman of a committee on {program. The meeting yesterday was presided over by Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of the Central Busi- ness Men's Association. MANY ARE ENTERTAINED AT WALTER REED SHOW | Talent From Anna T. Mitchell School of Dancing Well Re- ceived by Hundreds. With the Red Cross Assembly Hall ‘BL Walter Reed Hospital crowded to | capacity, talent from the Anna T. | Mitchell School of Dancing last night | entertained with a colorful revue pre- | senting the dancing art in its many | variations to the appreciation of the hundreds in attendance. Miss Mitchell | was presented and complimented for | her show which included tap, acro- | batic, toe, chorus specialty and various | other numbers Those taking part in the show were Catherine Murphy, Eva Tehel,. Mar- garet Wescott, Emily Phelan, Rose Mattera, Martha Dodge, Frances Moran, Dora Pleitner, | Mildred Tucker, Gladys Donaldson, | Rita Callahan, Edna Pleitner, Peggy | Plantz, Mildred Covey, Violet Donald- |son, Betty Whiting, Mary Margaret Carroll, Rose Carroll, Jeanne Adams, | Catharine Farley, Jane | Stauffer, Jeanne le Noir and the Wick- | lein brothers. Edward Mitchell was well received in his vocal numbers. was the accompanist. i Ry DRAMA TO RAISE FUNDS A benefit performance of “The Mys- ;tcry of the Third Gable,” by Lindsey Barbee, will | Leaguers of St. Paul's Lutheran Church |at_the church December 11. | Members of the organization selected for the cast are: Dorothy Leech, Mary | Seaford, Dorothy Riess, Virginia Zepp, | Dorothy ~Burr, Edward Stevlingson, | Louis Hoover, Robert Leech and Howard | Hassler. The play is undgr the direc- |tion of Herman Riess. Years Today ME. AND MRS. ROBERT SMAI LL CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. R. AND MRS. ROBERT SMALL will have 18 grandchildren and 7 chil- ‘dren with them tonight to help celebrate their golden wedding anniver- | sary at a dinner in the couple’ s residence in Lyon Village, Va. Elizabeth Guthridge, | Catharine | Rudolph Moehler | be given by the Luther | | Columbus’ Birthplace. | Signor Dino Grandi left more to his fame in Washington than $40 tips and memories of a pleasant, powerful per- sonality. ‘The Smithsonian Institution announced today that it had received from the Italian foreign minister an extraordinary gift for its library. The institution will place on display immediately the elaborate, illustrated volume in which are incorporated all | the scholarly documents purporting to establish the city of Genoa as Christo- pher Columbus’ birth place. Evidence | gathered from private and state libraries (and archives throughout Europe has been concentrated in_the book, which claims to speak the final word in the old controversy over the great explorer's place of nativity. | Genoa, which is exceptionally proud |to claim Columbus as a native son, has | printed the volume at its own expense {and offers it as a monum2nt to Genoese historical scholarship. The work js of | particular interest to the Smithsonian because of its service as a connecting Jlink between Italian and American sci- | entific study. SMITH T0 KEEP 108 DESPITE 74 YEARS Civil Service Commission Grants Stimson Request for Veteran Worker. Sydney Y. Smith, treaty-drafting ex- | pert, will continue to zerve the Gov- ernment despite the fact he reached the age of 74 today. | It was made known at the Civil Service Commission that at the re- | quest of Secretary of State Stimson, an additional two-year tenure of office had been granted. Such an extension is permitted only in extraordinary cases, | but Secretary Stimson told the Civil Service Commission Mr. Smith’s serv- ices were practically indispensable, and that he could be replaced only with difficulty. | Mr. Smith had already received two | two-year extensions since reaching the | statutory retirement age of 70. He is | now one of about a score of persons | who have been allowed to continue in | Government employ after reaching 74 | since the law tightening up retirement | provisions went into effect 15 months ago. Under this law those reaching the age of 74 may only be kept on the pay roll when, in the cpinion of the Civil Serv- ice Commission, governmental need justifies. Mr. Smith, who resides at | 1724 Upshur street, has been in the | State Department more than 50 years. 'D. C. WOMAN KILLED ON WAY TO GAME | Mrs. Edith Schultz Victim of Auto Accident in New Jersey—Mrs. W. R. Blanford Injured. Mrs. Edith Schultz, 50, of 1521 Otis street northeast, was killed yesterday in an automobile accident near Hights- town, N. J, it was learned here today through the Associated Press, Another ‘Washington woman, Mrs. william R. Blanford, 4105 Twelfth street northeast, suffered a scalp lac- |eration and_ several fractured ribs. when the Blanford machine skidded and turned over on the Cranberry- Hightstown road. Mrs, Blanford was removed to the Middlesex Hospital, New Brunswick. Mrs. Schuitz’s head was crushed and she was_injured internally. She is survived by a son, Walter H. Schultz of the Otis street address, and her mother, Mrs. Flora B. Willlams ot Richmond, Ind. She will be buried in Richmond. Mr. Blanford, driver of the car, and two young women wete uninjured. They were en route to the Notre Dame- Army foot ball game to be played to- day in New York. KINTZ, SECTION CHIEF, QUITS COMMERCE POST Aeronautics Enforcement Head Re- signs to Join Law Firm in New York City. Elmer McD. Kintz, chief of the en- forcement section of the Commerce Department’s Aeronautics branch, has resigned to become associated with the New York law firm of Loucks & Cul- len, it was announced today. He will be succeeded by Richard 8. Paulett, as- sistant _chief of the section. Mr. Kintz has been associated with | the Aeronautics branch since its estab- lishment in 1926 and has participated in the formulation of the air commerce and other regulations which govern American civil aerongutics. His duties also have included holding of public | hearings of a sexi-judicial nature upon | cases involving denial, suspension or | revocation of licenses for pilots or air- craft. He has acted as legal adviser to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Mr. Small, a native of Montgomery County, Md., who has lived all | Aeronautics and has aided in drafting his 71 years in the vicinity of ital Traction Co. Washington, is an employe of the Cap- | State aeronautical legislation. He also I has participated as “friend of the Mrs. Small, the former Miss Martha Dwyer of Montgomery County, was court” in several important aeronauti- married to Mr. Small in 1881 in the M: aryland residence of her parents. cal oases. | cepted by Havenner, Ef- | fective December 31. ‘The resignation of Arnold Kruckman as director of the District of Columbia George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission was received and formally ac- cepted today by Dr. George C. Haven- ner, executive vice chairman of the commission, effective December 31 Although Dr. Havenner said yester- day he had received the resignation, but had deferred acceptance of it be- cause of some “strings” attached to it, Kruckman’s notification, made public today, contained but one sentence. It said: “I herewith tender my resignation as director of the District of Columbia Washington Bicentennial Commission, to take effect at the close of business December 31, 1931.” The letter was dated November 28. Previous Understanding. It was understood yesterday Kruck- man had tendered his resignation to Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, chairman of the | local commission. It was learned at the commission headquarters yesterday aft- ernoon the letter had been received, but that “it would have to be taken up with Mr. Kruckman.” Havenner's acceptance of the resignation was announced fol- day. Havenner, in his letter accepting the resignation of Kruckman, paid tribute to his work with the commission. Work Is Praised. “As director you have performed some very excellent work, and my relatiors with you since taking charge of the commission’s activities have been most cordial and friendly,” Dr. Havenner wrote. “I trust that the new activity in which you are about to enter may meet with every success.” Kruckam is _understood to be con- sidering an offer to conduct a West Coast celebration. | _ The retiring director today said he did not authorize the press release sent | out under his name stating that nego- tiations had been completed with D. ! W. Griffith to have the movie director | direct the four-day pageant here next year. Dr. Havenner had refuted the story yesterday. '$5,000 POCKETBOOK LOST BY MRS. MAY0 3l)mlg'hter of Howard Sutherland, Alien Property Custodian, Notifies Police Here. Loss of a pocketbock containing arti- cles valued at approximately $5,000 was reported to police yesterday by Mrs. Katherine Mayo, caughter of Howard Sutherland, alien property custodian. Mrs. Mayo, who now lives in New York, said she lost the purse either on the Pullman on which she came here or in a taxicab in which she went from Union Station to the home of her brother-in-law, Stanley (Bucky) Harris, manager of the Detroit base ball team. ‘The pocketbook contained a platinum cigarette case set with diamonds, an cnyx lighter, an onyx vanity case and a check made out to Mrs. Mayo and signed, but with the amount blank, and between $40 and $50 in cash. Mrs. Mayo, who formerly wrote for ‘Washington and New York newspapers, became the bride of Paul Mayo of Den- ver last June. Her husband recently resigned as second secretary of the United States embassy in Brussels to accept the chair of international affairs at_the University cf Denver. Mrs. Mayo, who came here to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, 1845 R street, returned to New Yorl last night. A. H. WOLTER RETIRED FROMFIRE DEPARTMENT Batallion Chief Engineer Is Grant- ed Release for Physical Disabili- ties Received in Service. Battalion Chief Engineer Wolter of the Fire Department was or- dered retired by the District Commis- sioners yesterday for physical disabil- itles incurred in line of duty. He had been in the department 31 years. Wolter was awarded a ribbon dec- oration for his work in the Knicker- bocker Theater disaster and was com- mended for his work in the Kann's warehouse fire. For a time he was chairman of the department’s trial rd. Pvt. I. H. Williamson of the Fire De- partment was also granted retirement for physical disabilities. an injury to his spine at a fire on April 7, 1930. ‘He entered the department December 17, 1924. FERGUSON FUNERAL RITES HELD THIS AFTERNOON Federal Trade Commissioner’s Daughter Died Thursday in Cleveland After Operation. Funeral services for Miss Margaret Ferguson, 23-year-old daughter of Fed- eral Trade Commissioner Garland S. lowing a conference with Kruckman to- | He suffered | X ISENATOR TO PROBE OVERTIME WORK IN VETERANS' BUREAU Women Among 4,000 Victims of Abuse, Says Nye, Demand- ing Congress Act. COMMENT REFUSED BY DIRECTOR HINES Ten Hours a Day Without Extra Compensation Alleged to Have Been Practice. Working conditions at the Veterans® Administration, where 4,000 employes, including a large number of women, are being compelled to work three hours overtime three nights a week, will be the subject of a congressional in- vestigation this Winter, Senator Nye of North Dakota declared today. In announcing he would demand such an investigation, the Senator said he was particularly interested in the fact women were compelled to work 10 hours a day. He said: Would Penalize Merchants. “It seems unfair and inconsistent that women employed in the Veterans’ Administration should be forced to work three hours overtime without extra pay, while District merchants would be penalized if they compelled women em- ployes to work beyond the stipulated eight hours.” Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the veterans' administration, declined to discuss the matter today and said he had no comment to make on Senator Nye's statement. Senator Nye said Congress should make inquiry as to whether the night work is necessary and if so, whether the necessity is due to inefficiency of the kemployes or overloading them with work, Exemption for Women. The District code, by making no reference to them, exempts feminine employes in the Federal and District governments from the operation of the eight-hour law. { Assistant United States Attorney John W. Fihelly said, however, he would make an investigation of the matter when and if complaints are submitted to him by woman workers affected. PATIENT IS ROBBED Taxicab Driver Arrested After Trip to Hospital. Leon Alexander Jones, 21, colored taxicab driver, of 1334 Twelfth street was_arrested last with the theft of $4 from a Walter Reed Hospital patient. The patient, Cecil Hathway, 37, told police he hired Jones’ cab at Union court southwest and asked to be driven to the hospital. Uron gett! out of the taxi at Dogwood avenue driver snatched $4 from his hand and drove off, he said. i District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir- ginia—Cloudy, probal light rain fo- night and tomorrow; slowly rising tem- perature tomorrow; light variable winds. ‘West Virginia—Cloudy, probably rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Température. Barometer. Degrees. Inches. 00 a.m. Year ago.. 26 :30a.m. Year ago.. 15 Tide Tables (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. 9:51 a. 1. 4:43am. 10:15 p.m. 4:18 . Lowest. Tomor g 10:41 am. 5:26am. 11:01 pJa. 5:01 pam, Sets. 4:48 High . Low High Low The Sun and Moon. !Sun, today.... 7:03 Sun, tomorrow 17:05 4:47 Moon, today.. 7:32p.m. 10:27 pm. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month, 1931. Average. January 1.56 3.55 February .. September October November Weather in Various Cities. ki 8 H 1 H g H Stations. ** tAepINSIK SIYIH “Jusu asey sam0 Abilene, Tex.... 286 Cloudy. 08 Cloudy 34 0. o 4 s 5. icago. il . 30 Cincinnati, Ohio | Cleveland. " Ohio. Columbia, 8. C. 30 30, Fl Paso. Tex Galveston, T lena, Mon| 3042 uron.” §. Dak. 30.20 Indianapolis,Ind 30.32 Jacksonville, Fla. 30.24 Kansas City.Mo. 30.30 Los Angeles. .. 30.1: Lousville Miami, Eteloudy loudy Cloudy Raleigh Selt Lake Cit. San Antonio. San Diego, Calit San_'Francisco. St. Louts, M St. Paul, Beattle, ka FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations. Pes who died Thursday in Cleve- land, were held this afterncon at the home cof her parents, 1624 Eighteenth street. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cem- rguson was taken to Cleve- land two weeks ago by her parents for examination by a famous heart spe- cialist. She was operated on Wednes- day and dipd the next day. / Geneva, Stockholm, Gibraltar. Srain (Noon. Greenwich Horta (Fayal), Azores. (Current obs Hamilton. Bermuda. San Juan, Porto Rico. Havana, Cuba. Colon, Cansl