Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1932, Page 17

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Zbeni ny Star b WASHINGTON, D. (55 TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 32. 19 Society and General PAGE B—1 = SIX CASES TO TEST LEGALITY OF SALE OF NEW MAGAZINES 131 Dealers Are Arrested in Drive Planned by Rover Against Trio. FATE OF 125 RESTS ON TRIAL OUTCOME Beized Vendors Are Charged With “Offering Indecent Publications for Sale’—Bonds $25. Test cases to determine the legality of the sale in Washington of three com- | paratively new magazines, whose con- tents are alleged to be indecent, are | planned by United States Attorney Leo | A. Rover, as a result of a special cru- sade against the publications which al- | ready has resulted in the arrest of 131 dealers | Six of those arrested, pleaded not | guilty and demanded jury trials, upon | arTaignment this morning in Police Court. The cases were set for trial Tuesday. The other dealers arrested were released until further notice from | the court. The status of their cases will depend upon the outcome of the test cases. ‘Th unst ecting rounded up last night city-wide campaign, conducted by picked policemen who acted under or ders of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass- ford, superintendent of police. The order was issued at the instance of | TUnited States Attorney Rover | Freed on $25 Bond. Dealers in newspapers and magazines were not the lone victims of the drive. | Police also arrested proprietors of drug stores, pool rooms, delicatessen stores | and other places where the magazines were sold, charging each of them with “offering _indecent publications for sale.” All were released on $25 col- lateral. Plans for the campaign were made at a conference late yesterday between Mr. Rover and Inspector James F. | Beckett of the Police Department. Im- mediately after the session, Inspector Beckett returned to police headquar- ters, informed Gen. Glassford of the des sire of the United States attorney to | stop the sale of the three publications, and he sent out an order for arrest of the dealers Virtually all of the arrests were made between 6 p.m. and midnight. In each place visited by police officers the ques- tionable publications were seized. Mr. Rover indicated today that he is determined to stop the sale of the three | magazines or any others that contain | indecent material, and that all subse- quent issues would be thoroughly scan- ned. His action in the future, however, he said, would be governed by the re- sult of the test cases. | Held Conviction Impossible. Mr. Rover told newspaper men last Saturday that he and Assistant United States Attorney McInerney had read the three publications, and while he did not personally approve of some of the reading matter he did not intend to order any arrests unless future issues | contained more objectionable material. At that time he expressed the opinion it would not be possible to secure a con- viction in the event of an arrest and trial However. each of dealcrs were in a concerted | 30 Mr. Rover said he re-read the three magazines more | thoroughly Sunday and decided the contents were indecent and that ar- rests should be made under a section | of the District code which forbids the sale of obscene reading matter and pic- tures in magazines. The penalty on conviction carries a fine ranging from $50 to $500 y Simultaneously with the opening of Mr. Rover's crusade against the three publications, word came from New York that the Citizens' Committee for Civic Decency th d undertaken a far-reaching camp: to arouse pub- lic opinion in fav suppression of obscene magazines New York Main Source. The Civic Dece that the cr 3 New York C publishing_ce try and the source of 85 per cent of i “impure” literature in circulation '::-nm; of New York, it declared, has therefore, not merely local but na- tional re Informa the six dez ee held | ation is in the general entire coun- nst each of ourt charged | le publications res and “pic- in lewd and s announced | g, ;otons | | filed ag ers in Police pict men and wom and p dealers ion of fi will be heard Satur- | A. Schuldt | estigation squad a ters, under In,; informa- day by T police Beckett the large Judge Gus any rested e second prec 16 in the fourth 14 in pre- BRIDGE MOVEMENT AGAIN TAKEN UP Washington Highlands Body for | South Capitol Span to Shorten Travel n a 1s for ead over the | v the Wash- Associati 1 of Congress for the con- stressed th the distance! tol and down- by several miles, congestion on utheast, the approach Eleventh Street Viaduct The A also decided open its for the widening Nichols and the Pirst stre E Where it is closed t one of the 1 Southeast orga ion. Thomas E. Lodge, local attorn dressed the meeting on the Com Chest, illustrating his lecture witi amples of when and where fund does its greatest work The asscciation noted a resolution of to the to re- of sociatiol fight east from the point ) traffic. This was projects of the v, ad- unity ex- { first evelopment of | the Chest | Turns Artist at Age of 53 |/ PAINTER OF THESE PICTURES NEVER TOOK A LESSON. Above: Still life painted by William taken a lesson in art. Below photographs by Mr. Stone. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. ILLIAM R. STONE, Wash- ington business man, is one person who believes “lt s never too late to learn.” In his 53d year, without ever having taken an art lesson in his life, Mr. Stone has just completed his oil painting, a still-life study, which has gained considerable praise and recognition from local artists for | its excellence of color and finesse of | technique. | Mr. Stone commenced about three years ago to master the finer points | of color and composition in the avo-| cation which, he discovered some time in his early 40s, was attracting most of his spare time and interest. Takes Reading Course. “I didn't have time to attend an art school,” he said,.“so I started on a systematic course of reading. I bought several books on color and composi- tion and carefully followed out the prescribed lessons for home study “It took me about three months to' complete my _study, ‘An Ensemble, upon which I worked several hours every day. I don't think any one is TO SILVER SPRING Fugitive, Born in Wilds, Prefers City Life to That of | Suburbs. | Although born on the wild plains of Texas, an 18-month-old coyote has be- come so domesticated it left Silver Spring, Md, and headed straigh Washington, apparently preferring city life to the larger freedom of the suburb The coyote Was demonstrating adaptibility as a household pet &t Church street today, unmindful of tr fact plans were on foot to return it its former haunts. Gordon Rains of the Church street address rode alongside the animal on his motor cycle yesterday morning it trotted unconcernedly toward m town Washington, down Sixteenth str He captured the coyote and took home with him. Meanwhile, George Van Horn of Stlver Spring, who bol the coyote as a pup in Texas mo than a year ago, Was OTganizing a pack of hounds to trail the fugitive Before the hunt got under way however, he heard Rains had found the coyote 1t had escaped, Van Horn said, from Richard Cissel's back yard in Sil Spring. Van Horn had sold the animal and its mate to Berney Cowell « | Washington and Cissell was keeping them for anclé ; “owell and_Cissel H‘(;n when the coyote took French leave. Van Horn said he had litt faith that fox hounds could have trailed | the coyote, since it had learned dog- like ts and probably would head town instead of the coverts about | r Spring | At a rate, whether he likes it or | not. the coyote is going back to the | suburbs TRAINING CLASS TO MEET of Sunday School Teachers Announced. called on_ Varn First Session The first of a series of meetings of a training class for Sunday school teach- ers. under the auspices of the Inter- national Council of Religious Education Chicago, and sponsored locally by the Howard University School of Religion will be held in Lott Cary headquarters 1501 Eleventh street, Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Meetings are to be held on_succeeding Friday evenings. The teacher riday will be Prof Lewis C.,Mocn of the department of of yespect for Mrs. Hellie Marmaduke, for years an active member, whose death occurred suddenly last Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph White was initiated as a member. the Old Testament, School of Religion, Howard Univers Details regarding the class are to be explained at the meeting. Two portraits of the same horse pai Several months elapsed between the two | ever too old to learn,” E}E)T—E'TO RETURN ;STUDENT ARMS PLEA R. Stone (upper inset), who never has | ted from | intings. —Star Staff Photos. added Mr. Stone, ted 0| still- | infinite The painting which has attrac much “comment represents a life group carried out with care to detail “I painted ‘An Ensemble’ the bus ness man-artist explained, “on the theory that a still life may be in- tended so much as a work of| beauty as a demonstration of the abil- ity of the artist to see color and to reproduce its form with a high degree | of accuracy, even in utter disregard of the modern leaning toward a broader | technique. His Only Teachers. Mr. Stone contends that any subject of sufficient interest to an individual may be mastered through personal study and diligent application, without the assistance of outside instruction “Books and art galleries have been my only teachers,” he added. “I fully intend to continue my studies so that when I am about 75 or a hundred and too old to get about in the bus ness world, I will have my art to fall b on as a vocation and an interest Every one should have an interest in old age” he concluded. “I think it is the real secret of prolonging youth and | contentment.” GIVEN TO PRESIDENT Request Asking Delegate at Geneva Conference Is Formally Presented. President Hoover today was urged by | a delegation of students representing | leading American colleges to send an | American student to the Disarmament Conferencg in Geneva next month. The legatior? at the same time left with he President a set of re which it is set forth that out of 24,345 tudents and 70 colleges who have ex cssed their opinion in 3 disarmament rcollegiate Disarmament Council per cent favored reducing armaments per cent or more. Sixty-four p these students favor the United ctting an example in reducing arma- ments independently. | ter.ded | junior aviation records | every airport on the way to Washing- AMATEUR FLYERS QUIT CAPITAL FOR DIXIE AIR RACES Richmond First Stop of Planes Headed for Miami in Face of Thick Weather. PILOTS MAKE OVERNIGHT STOP AT PINEHURST, N.C. Guests at Banquet Here Unalarmed When Hotel Elevator Drops Out of Control. of raw, cloudy weather, which made the prospect of Florida skies more than usu attractive, a| fleet, of private planes of all sizes, colors, and types, flown by members of the United States Amateur Air Pilots’ Asso- ciation, organized to promote aviation as & sport, took off from Washington- Hoozer Airport today on the second leg of a three-day flight to Miami, Fla. | in connection with the All-American Air Race: Thick weather, which gave several of the fyers some real excitement yester- day afternoon, coupled with a 14-point forced landing in a hotel elevator here last night, gave the sportsmen pilots| something to think about on the first| day of their cruise, which ranks as one | of the greatest undertakings by organ-| ized amateur aviators in this country The visiting pilots and their guests were entertained at an informal dinner given last night in the Carlton Hotel by F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- tary of War for Aeronautics, and David S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics. Bingham Is Toastmaster. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connec- ticut was toastmaster and among the speakers were Clarence M. Young, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics; Rear Admiral William A. Mof- fett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics; Maj. Gen James E. Fechet, re cently retired chief of the Army Air! C. S. “Casey” Jones, noted can air pioneer; Alexander de Se- versky noted Russian airplane de- signer; Clarence Chamberlin, transat- lantic flight hero, and Miss Ruth Nich- ols. woman speed champion After the banquet 15 of the party tcok an impromptu dive in a hotel ele- vetor, which plunged out of control down the shaft for six stories, winding | up on the 14 shock absorbers provided at the bottom of the shaft. The flyers end distinguished passengers in the car seemed to enjoy the experience and [ cheered loudly as they plunged down- | ward Among the not unwilling passenger on the unscheduled flight down shaft were Chamberlin, Senator Bing- ham, Admiral MofTett, Gen. Fechet, Mr Young and Miss Nichols. As the ele- vator brought up on the snubbers. in a faster landthg than any of the famous pilots ever made, there was a cry, “Go on; do it again.” A broken skylight in the roof of the elevator wasleft as the only memento of the drop Luncheon in Richmond. Owing to the bad weather this morn- ing, no effort was made to maintain formation on the flight from Washing- ton to Richmond, where the amateur pilots are to be guests at a luncheon at- by Gov. John G. Pollard and other Virginia leaders. Young Bob Buc In the face | holder of several was first to get away, pulling off into the early morning mists before 8 oclock in a Pitcairn Mailwing. The planes went off singly and in small groups during the morn- ing, the final take-offs being delayed until 11 o'clock Powell Crosley, jr. fleet place of A.Felix du Pont, jr.. who failed to get away from New York yesterday. took off in the largest ship of the fleet, @ twin-motored amphibian monoplane. He carricd Maj. Paul V. Burwell, fleet and several other passengers. Chamberlin was given an to demonstrate his skill | rplane engines when the in the open-cockpit bi- plane of Mrs. John T. Remey of New York and Washington turned stubborn and refused to start One of the amateurs, coming in from Pittsburgh yesterday ~afternoon, en- countered fog and thick weather and made the st rt of the trip flying blind. He confessed that he went into a couple ins ang that he overshot the N pital by more than 20 miles dared drop down leader in opportt with power Aviatrix Shows Speed. Evelyn de Seversky. one of the country's most aviators, was given an op- ¥ to try her skill at cross-coun- ng for the first time and caused noted husband considerable useless flying a_much faster and landed at nearly who is ton.” waiting for her to catch up. He | vented his feelings in one of the “hot- | The resolutions also request pass a resolution urging the d delegation to work for an in 1 agreement for at lea reduction and urged Cor sh compulsory military training and colleges delegation was headed by 1 oline Thompson of Bryn Mawr Cc daughter of Huston Thompsc rly Federal Comm man GIVES SECOND LECTURE ON INDIANS TONIGHT Lowie 1gress rma- per | in | | D Tribes of Na- nal Museum Auditorium. Great Basin Area in Robert M. Lowie, chairman of the n of anthropology and psychol- the National Research Couno will deliver the second of ies of lectures on the North Ameri- Indians, arranged by the Anthro- al Society of hington Lowie will speak on the of the Great Basin area. These the Shoshonean peoples of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming who are consid- anthropologists as one of the portant linguistic groups of the American Indians. He spent Summers studying their lan- and cultures cture, which is free to the pub- i, will be held in the auditorium of the National Museum Dr. tribe in Indian lastern Nevads Egypt Has-Smal] Debt CAIRO (#).—Egypt has one of the Smallest national debts in the world |1t [otals about $360,000,000, or less than | seen in a long time | fleld test” landings the local airport has Pull up over the | in a steep climb, he stalled his ship and slid off on one wing into the field, straightening out just in time to afternoon the caravan is to con- | ue on to Pinehurst, N. C., where an overnight stop will be made. Another overnight stop will be made near Sa- vannah and the amate are to flIH\(“ in Miami Thursday. taking part in a number of sporting events in connec- tion with the Miami races. The cruise to Florida and the com- petitive flying there are parts of the association's general program of pro- moting amateur flying for sportsmen pilots on the same high plane as or- ganized amateur golf, tennis and other sports. CHILDREN CARRIED FROM BURNING HOME Father A\&;i(;nrerdi ;;’ Smoke Is| Aided in Rescue by Mother of Two. : Maley, 3 years old, and her T ' year younger, Were carried to safety early foday by thelr father, Richard Maley, when fire of undetermined origin drove them from wo-story brick dwelling, at 1114 o Mr. Maley was by by Mrs. Charlotte bindied_the children in wary clotiy and carried thom Lo shed the blaze be- Firemen extinguished the. e- fore it had done much damage. They also assisted an elderly woman from & house next door, which had m per person, and equal to the state | revenue for two years. fllled with smoked CORES of amateur pilots left the Capital today on & trip to Florida to promote fiying as a sport for amateurs. upper group includes, left to right: Clarence Chamberlain, ocean fiyer; Powell Crosley, jr., fleet leader; Ma ‘The Paul V. Burwell, fleet manager; Miss Mary Gauthrop, New York: John S. Reaves, president of the Amateur Pilots’ Asso- Mrs. Roy Raine: is Mrs ciation Below, on the left DRIVERS DEFEND TAX! ZONE RATES Extension Expected to Be Granted on Installation of Meters. Taxicab drivers manage to make a living wage under the zone rate system. witnesses testified today at a hearing Justice Jesse C. Adkins in Dis- trict Supreme Court in a suit to re- strain the Public Utilities Commission from making the use of meters com- pulsory Meanwhile, it was said in authorita- tive sources, the commission would grant an extension withholding tr necessity of cab drivers equipping their machines With meters, pending the out- come of the litigation. The commission has ordered the change be made ef- fective January 10 The action, considered a friendly test suit, was brought by the City Cab Cor- poration and the Bell Cab Co. two flat-rate concerns. Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel, appeared in support of the plaintiffs, while William A. Rob- erts, an assistant corporation counsel, represented the Public Utilities Com- mission. Opposes Meter Rates. William H. Osbo City Cab Corporation, earnings were $4 or $5 daily sald numerous passengers pract he had discussed the situation, were opposed to abolition of the flat-rate sys- tem. He said the use of meters prob- ably would cause a marked reduction in the income of cab drivers Jack Goldberg, another City Cab driver, testified he earned an average of $35 to $38 a week. He explained he paid the company $4 daily for the use of a cab, bought his own gasoline and oil paid all the repair bills on his machine and pocketed what remained of his re- ceipts. H pany $4 yesterday, spent 65 cents for gasoline and_retained his balance of $4.75. He declared he covered an aver- age of 100 miles each day. Points to Trolley Zones. 1 V. Fisher, executive secretary of tilities Commission, testified Wash- ington’s street railway companies have zones in a sense similar to those of the cab companies. He pointed out some of the lines extending into Maryland ed extra fares after the cars pass n points, rd Ostrow, secretary and treas- the City Cab Corporation. clared the drivers are practically unan- imous in desiring retention of the flat- te basis. He said many married men with families were employed by his company and received sufficient com- pensation to support their dependents. The cap company official declared it cost around 6 cents a_mile to operate light cabs provided by his company, ex clusive of the driver’s pay. He said his concern purchased a large number of meters for use in Baltimore at a total outlay of $74 each At the request of his attorney, Albert Jacobson, Ostrow dismantled a meter. Pointing to the several thousand parts comprising the device, he told Justice Adkins the apparatus was so compli- cated it was unusually expensive to change changes uld Ea in rates were anticipated, he meter be installed. Spuds Grow High in Air. Washington State farmers have de- veloped a potato plant Which grows spuds on vines high in the air, de- | New York; Mrs. Evelyn de Seversky, Alexander de Seversky and C | John T. Remey of Washington and New York, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beale R | Howard of Washington. The lower right photograph, left, Miss India Johnson; right, Miss Laura Morgan, who flew together Dead CAPT. JOHN B. LORD, ARMY OFFICER DIES AFTER OPERATION Capt. J. B. Lord Will Be Buried in Arlington With Mili- tary Honors. | Capt. John Boardman Lord, U. S. A, | son of Mrs. John Wignall, 1336 Newton street northeast, a native of this city, died last night at Walter Reed Hospial following an operaion. He came to the hospital from Richmond, Va., where he had been stationed on recruiting duty for some time. Burial will be in Arlington National | Cemetery with full military honors. | , a driver for the | testified his aver- He well as ally all of the drivers with whom » testified he paid the com- |Funeral arrangements will be announced | Secretars | later. Born in Washington on December 10, 11893, Capt. Lord was graduated from the District public schools in 1 later going to Wisconsin. While there e enlisted in the Wisconsin National uard and served on the Mexican border | with that unit as a private. In 1917 he entered the Reserve Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, IIL, and later went to France with the 56th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps. With this r ment he took part in the Chateau Thierry, Meuse-Argonne and other major operations. Returning to the United States in 1919, he was made a second lieutenant in the Regular Army the following year, In 1922 he was advanced to the rank of first lieutenant and as such_attended the Field Artillery School, Okla. In 1929 he was made a captain of Field Artillery His father, John B. Lord of this city, died several years ago. Besides his mother, he is_survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Thruston Simmons Lord, and two children. | DENIES PLAGUE RAGES A dispatch from Moscow that an epi- | demic of the “plague” is raging in he rate. He indicated occasional | Nothern Persia, resulting in the closing | of the frontier between that Nation and Russia brought a denial today from the imperial legation of Persia Charge d'Affaires Y. Azodi asserted that, “according to the latest informa- tion we have from Persia the report entirely baseless and there has not been a single case of plague in Persia® )| tal Traction Co.. chairman, Fort Sill, | S. “Casey” Jones, —Star Staff Photo. CHEST SOLICITORS ARE REORGANIZED |Business Firms to Be Classi- fied According to Geo- graphical Locations. | | | | The group solicitation unit of the Washington Community Chest Com- paign Committee is being reorganized With a view to classifying business firms for solicitation of funds according to | their geographical location instead of | their types of business, it was an- nounced today The change is made in the interest of more even distribution of effort by the Chest workers and to centralize the activities of each. The reorganization is being carried on under the direction of Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who at the request of the campaign’ chairman, Edward F. Colladay, has accepted the chairman- ship of the group solicitation unit. Mr. Wilson is being assisted by Walter B Clarkson, vice president of the tel | phone company, vice chairman of the un:{. B. M. Luchs is secretary of the unit. Works Out Division. Mr. Wilson, assisted by Mr. Clarkson, worked out the geographical division of the unit, setting up Dve sections, each to have a division chafrman and secre- tary. It also was decided to add the financial division, which will operate on |a functional basis, organizing and so- | liciting the ban| brokerage houses and like firms as one group. Division chairmen and secretaries |have been named for the respective groups as follows |~ Division 101, Bert Webster, Boss & Phelps, chairman, and Miss Virginia Wingfleld of the Y. W. C. A. secre-| tary: Division 102, W. W. Everett of | Woodward & Lothrop. chairman. and | Fred L. Dawson of the Y. M. C. A, Division 103, William Mont- | gomery of the Acacia Mutual fe In- | surance Co., chairman, and C. E. Flem- |ing of the Y. M. C. A, secretary; Di- vision 104, John H. Hanna of the Capi- and E. A. M. C. A., secretary Drumm of the Y. Di E. S. Brashears, B "Buudmg chairman, and Miss Florel Dunlap of the Y. W. C. A., secretary Financial division, George O. Vass of Riggs_National Bank, chairman, and Miss Saida Hartman of the Y.W.C.A secretary. John C. Koons of the Ches- apeake & Potomac Telephone Co. will serve as vice chairman of Division 103 {and S. Percy Thompson of the Pierce Lumber Co. will be vice chairman of Division 104. I Divided Into Sectio; | Each of the geographical divisions is, in turn, divided into sections, with approximately 10 sections to each di- vision. ~ Each division chairman_will | appoint a section chief, who shall be | responsible for the solicitation of each | | of the firms in his section, which he | will accomplish by appointing a “key’ | man, or men, in each firm. In the banking division Mr. Vass will appoint responsible men to handle each indi- vidual institution, Co-operation of the engineering de- partment of the Chesapeake & Potomac | Telephone Co., through which a set of maps embracing the entire territory was prepared, is expected to aid in the so- licitation of organizations included in this group. The Group Solicitation Unit was or- ganized to solicit business, commercial ind_industrial establishments employ- ing 20 or more persons. Solicitation is ccomplished by the appointment of a | “key” man or men In each estahlish~ D, C. AIRPORT BULT BY U. . PROPOSED IN TWO NEW BILLS Federal Government Asked te Appropriate $2,500,000 and Pay Entire Cost. — ’ COMMERCE SECRETARY WOULD CONTROL AREA Present Fields Would Be Enlarged and Military Road Shifted Under Bingham Plan. Revised 50 as to make it essentially a national project, the bill to_establish an airport for the National Capital at the south end of Highway Bridge has Just been reintreduced in the Senate by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con- necticut The measure, which was considered, but not enacted, in the last Congre: provided for a loan by the Federal Gov ernment to the District of Columbia of $2.500,000, to be paid back by the Dis- trict in 10 years in annual installments of $250,000. Under the bill airport would be by the Federal now presented, the established directly Government, with an authorization of $2,500,000 from the Treasury, and supervision of the air- port would be placed under the Secre- tary of Commerce. This eliminates the proposal under which the District would have met the cost of establish- ing the airport through a loan. Would Enlarge Present Fields. Like the former bill, the bill contem- plates using the existing private land- ing fields as a nucleus, to which would be added certain adjacent areas of land. The bill provides that a public airport for the District of Columbia be developed and maintained by and un- der the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce. The site would embrace the lands known as Washington Airport and Hoover Field and any other lands with- in the area adjacent to tracks of the Washington-Virginia Railway on the south and east, the Boundary Channel on the north, the Agricultural Experi- mental Farm and the right of way of the Rosslyn branch of the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad on the West. The necessary acquisitions of land would be made by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and then transferred to the Commerce De- partment. Any part of Columbia Is- land not included in the Arlington Me- merial Bridge project or in the Mount Vernon Boulevard project, could be used in the airport development, with au- thority to fill a portion of the channel | lying between Hoover Field and the island. Would Shift Military Highway. The Secretary of Commerce would make reasonable regulations and estab- lish fees and tolls for the use of the airport. All departments and agencies of the United States operating aircraft would have free and unrestricted use of the airport and could erect hangars and other facilities. Whenever the President might deem it necessary in time of war, the airport | could be turneg over to the War De- partment by the Secretary of Commerce. The bill authorizes relocation of the military highway which now passes through the area of the proposed site. The final section of the bill reads as follo “There is hereby authorized to be ap- propriated. out of the general funds in the Treasury, the sum of $2,500,000 to carry out the purposes of this act, other than the operation and maintenance of the airport contemplated herein.” Bingham Asks Early Action. ‘The bill, which was introduced late yesterday, was referred today to the Public Buildings and Grounds Commit- tee, of which Senator Keyes, Republi= | can, of New Hampshire, is chairman, | Senator Bingham said he would ask the committee to consider the measure soon. The Connecticut Senator said he still believes Washington should have an airport, expressing the opinion it is Just as important to the city as having a railroad station. A similar bill has been in the House. D. C. Sure to Approve Bill. Acting Engineer Commissioner Don- ald A. Davison said today that-he was quite certain the Commissioners would appfove the bill, since they had ap- proved it previously when it called for payment for the airport eventually by the District He said that the Commissioners would certainly not now approve the b which calls for buying an airport_by the District, on account of the Dis- trict’s depleted finances, but that they were still in favor of acquiring an air- port if possible. MINOR SUES FOR $25,000 CHARGING BROKEN VOW Says Washington introduced Young Woman Man Failed to Carry Out Prom- ise to Marry Her. Alleging he had failed to keep s promise to y her, Miss Eleanor Wilson y a minor, today brought suit in District Supreme Court against Norbert Melson Havener, 4823 Conduit road, for $25.000 damages. She brought her suit through Virgie Bromley, 3148 M street, as her next friend Through Attorney R. W. McMahon, Miss Reynolds says that on August 13, 1930, and at various other times, she and Havener promised to each other and that various d fixed for the wedding, the ceremony finally being set for March 16, 1931. Despite these arrangements, her declaration says, Havener has failed to go through with the wedding although she has at all times been ready to carry out her promise. She says his failure to marry her has caused her “mental pain and anguish and loss of physical and mental poise.” She also says she spent $300 in preparations for the wedding and asks that this sum be added to the damages sought. s wer ment, each “key” man making himself responsible for a certain number of employes. The “key” man also attends to the collection of funds for the Ches There are approximately 635 firms employing 20 or_more persons on its lists this year. The size of the firms ranges upward to those which employ 1,000 or more and the unit this year will follow the general plan of solicita- tion inaugurated by the governmer unit, endeavoring to obtain pledges of three days' pay or more from every em- ploye of each establishment. In the larger income class, proportionately larger amounts will be asked, it is an~ | nounced