Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1932, Page 17

! ‘ 4 Washington News | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Star Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY T, 1932. * FIVE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING WINGS T0 Shows Art in New York WIFE OF SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR EXHIBITS WORK. BE STARTED S00N Plans Are Near Completion in Treasury Depar..aent for New Sections. DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE INTO FIRST TWO IN MARCH | R | Finished Structure Will Stretch Three Blocks Long and One | Wide South of Mall. Final plans for five more wings of the giant extensible building for the | Department of Agriculture are now be- ing completed in the Treasury Depart- | ment, and the big construction job, to include all five of thes> wings, probably will be put on the market The first two wings completion between Thirteenth strects southwest of Agricultue expec ent plans, to move in about the iirst of March i Other buildings occupied by d=part- | mental activities on both th» cast and west of this first unit will be vacated to make way for the additional wings, | so that when the entire building is | completed it will stretch for three| blocks, from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets, between B and C streets south- west, and will connect with two high bridges over B street with the head- quarters building of the department in the Mall, Mrs. Hans Kindl By the Assoclated Press EW YORK, January 7.—Alice Riddle Kindler lives four lives in one. She is mother of three | young children, her own house- | keeper, wife of the conductor | of the Washington Symphony Orches- | tra and an artist. The artist life she began early, put aside after her marriage 12 years ago, | and only recently resumed. | How she manages living four lives at | once, Mrs. Kindler herself does not know. But she says she is a much bet- Buildings to Be Vacated. The largest building to be vacated in moving to the new extensible units this Spring will be the Bieber Building at 1358 B street. Out of this structure | will be moved parts of the Bureau of | Agricultural Economics, the Biological | Survey and the departmental library. | From another large structure at 220/ Fourteenth street will be moved the office of co-operative Extension work, the office of experiment station and | parts of the Bureau of Plant Industr Another substantial building to be va- cated will be the one at 221 Linworth | place, sometimes known as Thirteen- | and-a-half street. From this structure | will be taken parts of the Bureau of | Agricultural Economics, parts of the | Bureau of Plant Industry and the du- plicating and mailing section. There are also other small buildings in this arca which are to be vacated by the Xt new wing to go up will be ¥ known as wing No. 7, or Wing G, on Twelfth street. Only a few Gov- nment activities are located in old uildings in this area, and other ten- | ave virtually all moved out. The new wings are all numbered or lettered convenience beginning at Four- treet and running eastward to the two wings Nos. 3 and 4. The 7 on Twelfth will be followed by Nos. between Linworth place and h street, and finally Nos. 5 | and 6, between the present new struc- ture and wing No. 7, on Twelfth street what is Construction Sequence. This sequence of construction has been decided upon in order to allow some of the wings to be completed and | occupied before it is necessary to tear | down old structures now used The present plan is to have the whole job given to one general contractor, and have the contract so drawn that the several wings will be constructed in the | sequence desired. { WOMAN ARMS PARLEY | DELEGATE TO SPEAK Dr. Mary E. Woolley to Address International League Meeting Sunday Afternoon. Dr. Mary E. W member of the Ame the forthcoming ence at Geneva speakers at the interest of peace auspices of the woman gation to confer- | be one of the s meeting to be held 1 Women's international | League at the Belasco Theater Sunday afternocn at 3 o'clock. Dr. Woolley is | president of Mount Holyoke Colelge. The meeting, sponsored by a_ spec honorary committee of wWhich M Gerard Swope of New York is ed as being or of expressing the urg of impor groups of mer 4l n throughout the country I(;l’! Chicago, president of Commerce of the k on behalf General | will be | 13 AUTO DEATHS ter artist than she ever was before her marriage to Hans Kindler, cellist, who | last year became leader of the National | Symphony Orchestra at Washington, and before she became mother of three children. “It was all so complicated, all such a struggle, taking on three more lives, | | but that struggle is what every artist | needs,” she said today as an exhibit of her paintings opened. During the past Kindler was tourin, 10 years, while Eur and Amer- hown with her painting, “Moroccans on Horseback.” | said. —Wide World Photo. | fca filling concert engagements. Mrs. Kindler was busy raising Jan, 11; Helen, 9, and Don, 6, in the little town of Senlis, just north of Paris. “I didn’t want to paint then—in fact, I never thought about paintthg until one day when I went to market,” she Mrs. Kindler took home a bouquet, fascinated by its riotous array of color. She painted it. She painted her chil- dren at th@supper table. She painted the Moroccan soldiers who deserted their fine Arabian horses on Sunday to |ride the painted horses on a visiting | fair's merry-go-round. Before her . marriage she was well known as a painter in the East, was | commissioned to do murals for public | buildings at Philadelphia, and won prizes. “I paint with the greatest intensity. It uses me_ up,” she said. “After a | week of it, I do the mending, sewing, cooking and go to parties, which are a | great rest.” HERE FOR MONTH 397 Injured in Traffic Acci-| dents, December Records Disclose. Thirteen persons were killed and 397 others injured in traffic accidents in the District of Columbia during De- cember last, according to police fig- | | ures issued yesterday. This figure compares with 14 deaths and 326 other injuries in December, 1930, and 9 deaths and 332 injuries in December, 1929. Property damages PATRICK DEFENDS CAB METER ORDER Willing to Obey Congress| Mandate, Commissioner Says; Tells of Hearing. The Public Utilities Commission late yesterday issued & statement expressing its willingness to obey any mandate of Congress in the matter of putting meters |in taxicabs, although pointing out the order for the installation now being | litigated was adopted after a full hear- |ing on the subject. The statement, through traffic accidents was lower in December just past than in the cor- responding month of each of the iwo years before. Records revealed 511 cases of property damage for December, 1931: 549 in December, 1930, and 769 in December, 1929. There were 3,805 arrests made De- last for violation of various traffic regulations by operators of the several classes of motor vehicles. Of these 774 were made for violation of “miscellaneous parking regulations,” leading in the number of arrests made for violation of a class of the regula- tions. Next in line was a total of 526 arrests for disobeying official signs. For parking abreast there were 484 ar- rests and parking overtime 367. There were 269 arrests for speeding and 71 for reckless driving. Of the total arrests made, 3,217 were drivers of non-commercial ve- hicles, 40 operators of light trucks, 151 heavy trucks, 394 public vehicles and 3 motor cycles. DISTRICT MEASURE TO BE CONSIDERED Senate Committee to Pass on Bill for Broadening Commis- sioners’ Powers. The bill to broaden the general power of the District Commissioners to enable them to handle some of the less impo tant questions which now require atter tion of Congress will be taken up b the Senate District Committee at meeting to be held at 10:30 o'clock Sat- y morning. ngements for the meeting were made yesterday by Chairman Capper Other bills scheduled for consideratic t that meeting are the bill to authorize formation of credit unions in shington, the bill to enable the Di t assessor to testify in court pro- dings for the condemnation of land, the bill to protect the trade marks | or labels of unions and associations of t and T d husb: Bobys is survived sons y, and | of De- | s and | a brother, A. L a sister, Mrs. M X in, Detroit, and | sons of Buffalo, | Marriage Licenses. 31. and Rose Aronstein, 24 usan G. | Hoefer, | Tolson. Dor 25 ir. 21, and E. M. Car- 5 b ines Bavard Banks, 31, and Annie May Butler, ; Rev. W. B. Hill | Broadcasting employes Tte bill to increase the powers of the (e sioners was introduced by Sen tor King of Utah, and would re princiy to a broadening of the to make municipal regula- te tions. FIREARMS IS TOPIC per Will Address Radio Audience Tomorrow. Senator Capy As part of the campaign against the sale of firearms to minors and incom- etents, Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas' will speak over the Columbia tem at 11:30 o'clock omorrow morning on “Protection, Nct Slaughter.” The campaign is being conducted by the National Anti-Weapon Association hezdquarters, which was recently estab- lished in Washington. Senator Capper will speak for 15 minutes from Colum- bia's lozal studios. HIT TAX INCREASE A resolution protesting “any increase |of taxes for rosidents of Washington” was unanimously adopted at a recent meeting of the Women's City Club. The resolution also put the organiza- tion on record as being opposed to “re- peal by Congress of the law which pro- vides for an appropriation to the Dis- trict of Columbia on the 60-40 plan.” signed by Gen. Mascn M. Patrick of the commission, was as follows: “After zone cabs appeared in the Dis- trict of Columbia, for months the com- mission carefully observed their opera- | tions and the results which followed. “In October, 1931, after serving notice on all interested parties, the commis- sion held a public hearing whic® lasted for several days, at which every person who so desired Was given an opportu- nity to express his views under oath. This was one of the longest hearings, I think, the commission has ever held. The commission then studied the evi- dence as contained in the voluminous transcript, and, after having weighed | all of it ‘most” carefully, unanimously passed its order, which required the | cabs to operate with taximeters, and at a rate which is fairly comparable with the zone rate, one WwhicH Insures the cost of the service rendered being in proportion to the distance traveled, the fairest and most equitable for*both the | public and the operators. | “This order was appealed, the case | | is now pending in court, and an early | decision is expected. “The commission has learned infor- mally of a resolution concerning this matter, passed today by the House of Representatives. A copy no doubt will be received shortly. Until then, the commission cannot determine what it will do, but will, of course, obey any mandate of Congress.” The action of the House yesterday met with criticlsm by a Washington C)Aambor of Commerce committee today. Points to Court Test. Calling attention to the fact the Utilities Commission order was now being tested as to its legality by the courts, George E. Keneipp, chairman of the Transportation Committee of the chamber said: This committee cannot pretend to s upon a matter which has reached tage of litigation, but as chairman | e Transportation' Committee I feel | very strongly that criticism should not be ‘made until after the action of the courts has been completed. If the court findings do mot meet Wwith public approval, Congress has the power to change or to modify the au- | thority which it has vested in the Pub- | lic Utilities Commission.” | Keneipp said his committee had rec- | ommended. and the board of directors | | he of th taxicab service so per customer will be more! iearly proportionate to the service ren- | dered, and it has urged that service rates be based upon actual cost of oper- ation figures, | WINDOW-SMASHERS GET GEMS FROM TWO SHOPS Two downtown jewelry stores were Tobbed last night by = thieves who smashed the show windows and escaped With valuables. Two other burglaries | also were reported to police during the | night The stores robbed were the Marx Jewelry Store, 701 Seventh street, and the establishment of Harry Rubin, 1918 | Fourteenth street. No estimate had been made this morning of the amount of | oot taken, Entrance was gained to the Wallach Pennsylvania avenue and Sev- | enth street southeast, after closing hour yesterday afternoon by breaking a win- dow. Robert Taylor, janitor, told police the intruder stole a savings bank owned | by_the pupis, The home of Wilma B. McDevitt, 140 Randolph street, was broken into yes- | SCHOOL FAGILITIES ASSAILED N TWO NORTHWEST AREAS Board Asked to Complete Items in Annex to Powell Junior High. WEST END CITIZENS SEEK ERECTION OF NEW UNIT S. J. McCathran, Jr., and Mrs. Belle Cutler Parker Present Petitions. Petitions for relief from unsatisfac- tory school conditions were placed be- fore the Board of Education by repre-| sentatives of two Northwest communi- | ties at the board’s meeting in the| Pranklin School Administration Build- ing late yesterday. Citing the uncompleted items in the recently constructed addition to the Powell Junior High School, S. Jay Mc- Cathran, jr., delegate of that school’s Parent-Teacher Association, asked the board for adequate toilet facilities, a boys' gymnasium and a half dozen lesser_improvements to take the school out of the “tenement” class, Pointing to the construction of new apartment residences in the Potomac Park section and the lack of a junior high school for the territory, Mrs. Belle Cutler Parker, chairman of the School Committee of the West End Citizens’ Association, petitioned for a new build- ing to replace the old Grant School at Twenty-second and G streets and the establishment of a junior high school unit. Briefs Also Submitted. Both Mr. McCathran and Mrs. Parker submitted lengthy briefs which they augmented with verbal pleas Mr. McCathran said the Powell School is without a boys' gymnasium because original plans to construct a double gym over the assembly hall went awry when engineers discovered the existing walls of the structure in- adequate to carry the additional weight. Consequently, a gymnasium was con- | structed as a wing to the main build- ing. While the original plans called for a large “gymnasium” with a fold- ing partition fo make boys' and girls’ sections, the available space under the new plan made such & floor area im- practicable and the municipal archi- tect undertook to construct two sepa- rate units. This was vetoed, however, by District government officials, who ruled the appropriation was for “a | gymnasium” and that the second plan | represented “two gymnasiums.” Hence, M:. McCathran told the board, a total | of '$93,980 out of the original appro- | priation was left over. Mr. McCathran asked that the board give its “wholehearted co-operation in | securing the completion of the gym- nasium_ as originally intended for the | school.” New Toilets Requested. The Powell Juniér High School Par- ent-Teacher Associaticn’s petition also included an appeal for the installation of modern toilets to replace_the “old antiquated type” now in use. The asso- | | | i ciation declared the old facilities have been condemned by the Health De- partment. Another complaint of the Powell School group was that water pipes lead- | ing to the “addition,” which is in the | form of another story on the original building, run exposed along the ceil- ing of the school library. The noise of running water, it was asserted, causes distraction 'which makes the library virtually useless for study pur- poses. The lack of coal bins, which the association urged be provided, now results in danger, if not actual dam- age, to various items of school shop equipment in the basement The board took the petition under advisement, but informed Mr. McCath- ran that school officers were working | for the correction of most of the evils listed by the association. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, suggested the association carry its plea for the gymnasium directly to Congress. Cites Population Gain. In her plea for a new school to re- place the 50-year-old Grant structure, Mrs. Parker declared that not only fs the Potomac Park section without junior high school accommodations, but the elementary school facilities at the Grant School are antiquated and inade- quate. The construction of many new apartment houses, she said, is bringing about a rapid increase in the population of the section served by the school Specific complaint was registered against the old toilet facilities in the Grant building. Mrs. Parker's brief contended 11 toilets for girls and a similar number for boys was “entirely inadequate for a roll of 500 students¥’ The specific appeal of the West End Citizens' Association was: “We therefore urge the acquisition of sufficient property ~adjoining Grant School and the erection of a new school, with & junior high school unit. We ask that such an item be included in the 1932 budget.” MOORE DEATH INQUIRY NOT TO BE REOPENED Decision Follows Widow's Return After Man Dies in Plunge. The case of Claude E. Moore, 37, killed in a recent plunge from a third- story window of the Roosevelt Hotel, will not be reopened, it was said today at the office of Coroner Joseph D. Rogers. The statement was made after publi- | cation of reports that Moore's widow, | in Europe at the time of his death, had come here to demand a new investiga- tion. . Mrs. Moore called at police headquar- ters in reference to the case, it was said, | and was shown transcripts of the testi mony at the inquest. She left appar- | ently satisfied with the jury's verdict of suicide, according to Sergt. Harry K. Willson, newly appointed chief of the homicide squad, and has not been heard from since. She has not communicated with Dr. Rogers, it was said, and even if she should do so, the case will not be re- opened. RACE PREJUDICE HIT Book Describes Colored Man's Viewpoint on War. The viewpoint of the colored man toward raccp%re_vudlce and war is de- seribed in a new book, “Not Only War, by Victor Daly, 715 Florida avenue, an alumnus of Cornell University, who at the outbreak of war left college, Went through & training camp for col- ored officers at Fort Des Moines, Towa, terday, and wearing apparel valued at $85 stolen. Entrance was gained by smashing a rear window, | i in France. mgus;:v%%ofm the story of two great conflicts; War and race prejudice. | be necessary for Uncle Sam to spend | the State, War and Navy Building at $To.000 EXPENSE ON U. 5. JOB SEEN Remodeling Project Halted, 0ld Commerce Building May Stay Vacant. LEASE RUNS TO JUNE 30; NOTICE NOT PROVIDED House Upsets Plans for Work on State, War and Navy Structure. The possibility arose today that it will §75,000 in order to save the $3,000,000 it had been planned to spend for re- modeling the State, War and Navy Building. Further, the old Department | ©of Commerce Building at Nineteenth | street and Pennsylvania avenue may | stand vacant until July 1. Officials of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks see the situation about like this: The House yesterday, in passing the first deficiency appropriation bill, made | it emphatic that no money is to be ex- | pended on remodeling or reconstructing | Seventeenth and Pennsylvania avenue so that it might match with the Treas- ury Department, on the other side of the White House. In taking this action the House followed the wishes of its Appropriation Committee, which wrote into the bill a provision that no public money should be expended on the re- modeling. Although a point of order was made against this item, the Housz adopted an amendment designed to pre- vent any remodeling. Even the $200,000 planned to be spent during the current,| fiscal year cannot be laid out on the program. Moving Held Unlikely, The tentative plan of the Public Buildings Commission was to move the War Department into the vacated De- partment of Commerce Building, so that the State, War and Navy Bulding might be renovated. The program di- rected that the State Department should be shifted around within the building, while the renovations were going for- ward. Arrangements were made last June for remodelling the building, but as there was no place to move the War Department, without incurring further expense, the situation remained static. In view of the House action yester- day, it is believed the War Department will remain where it is. The old Department of Commerce Building is a rented structure and costs Uncle Sam $150,000 annually. The Government has occupied the building for half of this fiscal year, and as the lease runs until June 30, it is possible the building may stand vacant and the Federal Government pay the remaining $75,000. There is no provision in the lease permitting the Government to vacate on 30 days’ notice, officials said. Averse to Spending $3,000,000. Plans for remodeling the old Com- merce Building, enlarging its offices and painting it, for the accommodation of the War Department have been abandoned. Officials are disinclined to move gov- ernmental units into the old Commerce Building, if the lease is to be permitted to expire June 30. In the debate yesterday in the House, | members made it clear they are averse |to spending $3,000,000 for remodeling | the State, War and Navy Building when people are hungry and out of work. | Waddy B. Wood, local architect, has | been making plans for the remodeling. . C. GROUP OF SENATE " T0 GET MAPES BILLS | | | | Capper to Confer With Members on Measures’ Handling at Saturday Meeting. Although the meeting of the Senate | District Committee at 10:30 o'clock | Saturday morning 1s primarily to con- sider several other measures, Chairman Capper expects to take that opportunity to confer with his associates regarding plans of procedure in handling the Mapes bills relating to taxation and fiscal relations. No date has been fixed for a meeting to begin hearings on the Mapes bills. In “discussing procedure Saturday, Senator Capper will put forward his suggestion that the Bureau of Efficiency be asked to study and report on the Mapes bills. The bills scheduled for consideration Saturday are: To broaden the general powers of the Commissioners, to authorize the assessor to testify in condemnation cases, the bill to authorize establish- ment of credit unions, and a bill to protect the trade marks and labels of unions and associations of employes. HIT “STOLEN FUR” RACKET IN CAPITAL Officials Say Supposedly Fine Goods Actually Worth About $1.50 and Are Not Stolen. The “stolen fur” racket is operating high, wide and handsome in the Cap- ital, ‘according to the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and the Better Business Bureau, and apparently nothing can be done about it. Nothing can be done, that is, until the unsuspecting victims of this shady busin abandon the fear that they have “stolen goods” on their hands, and come forward with a complaint on which a case for prosecution for fraud can be built The furs, sold from trucks with out- of-town tags, are not, according to Louis Rothschild, director of the Bette Business Bureau, worth $100 or $150. as the victims are given to understand, and they are not “hot,” or stolen, as the salesmen would have the prospects believe. A delegation from the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association visited police headquarters yesterday and made complaint to authorities about the street vending of this type of merchan- dise. The victims, according to Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the association, pay $35 or more for the furs on the word of the venders that they-zre of much higher value. As a matter of fast, he said they are mostly dyed goat skins and worth but $1.50. Rothschild said the “racket” has re- cently ~been expanded to include “Oriental rugs,” the impression being given that they are smuggled goods being sold at bargain prices. Headquarters police are investigating. | expressed by Theodore W. Noyes in his MAN IS ARRESTED THIRD TIME IN MARY BAKER SLAYING CASE' 1 N S W S T[] SAVE $3,{m’um Suspect Held in San Antonio, Tex., Is Believed to Be Herman Henry Barrere, Freed Here in Police Quiz. A man believed to be Herman Henry Barrere, one-time suspect in the un- solved Mary Baker slaying here nearly | two years ago, was placed under arrest yesterday by police in San Antonio, Tex., and held for Washington authori- ties after his fingerprints had been matched with those contained in an old circular sent out by the police here to | citles throughout the country shortly | after the slaying. | The surname of the man arrested in | the Texas city was spelled “Barrer” in dispatches recelved here, but he was | thought to be the same Herman Henry | Barrere whom police questioned here in | 1930 in connection with the Baker death and released after failing to | “break” his alibf | According to dispatches from Texas, | the man was picked up and taken to police headquarters, where newspaper clippings concerning the Baker case were found in his pocket. Notified of the arrest, Inspector S. F. ‘W. Burke, local detective chief, said he would broadcast word throughout the country instructing authorities to de- stroy the old circular for Barrere's ar- rest. The man arrested in Texas, according to San Antonio dispatces, was previous- 1y subjected to a similar arrest in Cali- fornia. Barrere was first arrested two years ago in connection with the Baker slay- ing by Montreal, Canada, authorities, who identified him through a picture on the old circular. He was returned here, questioned by Virginia and local officers for weeks and released. Mary Baker, Navy Department clerk, was found slain, Saturday, April 12, 1930. Her body was found in a culver’ adjacent to the Arlington National Cemetery. After at least a dozen suspects were arrested and released, Herbert M Campbell, Virginia real estate operator, was charged with the crime, brought to trial and acquitted. CENTRAL CITIZENS RAP MAPES BILL Meeting Also Hears Glassford| Denounced for Arrest of Beggar. Resolutions vigorously condemning | the bills sponsored by the Mapes com- mittee, providing additional taxation for the District, were adopted last night | by the Central Citizens' Association, | meeting at 29 H street. \ Several speakers also voiced sharp criticism of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass- ford, superintendent of police, for per- sonally arresting a ‘“panhandler” re- cently near Judiciary Square. Dr. William P. Kenealy, the associa- tion's first delegate to the Federation of Citizens' Associations, read “Taxa- tion Without Representation,” a radio address delivered recently by Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star. Dr. Kenealy then launched into a severe arraignment of the Mapes bills. He declared it imposed hardships on Dis- trict citizens without permitting them to be heard. Noyes' Views Indorsed. His resolution was adopted by unani- mous vote. It follows: “Resolved, That the Central Citizens’ Association indorse heartily the views address, ‘Taxation Without Representa- tion,’ as broadcast by the National Broadcasting Co. on December 21, 1931. And, basing our action on the prin- ciples enunciated in this address, we vehemently condemn the provisions of the Mapes bill, which would impose unjust and grossly unfair taxation upon residents of the District of Columbia without opportunity being afforded them to present their views upon the matter. And, be it further “Resolved, That the association heart- | ily indorse the action of the Federation | of Citizens’ Associations in urging pub- ll)flpllhefirlngs by the Senate on the Mapes | Discussion of Gen. Glassford’s arrest of Harry E. Shipley, 39, of Baltimore, was begun by Albert T. Barrett. “The chief of police,” Mr. Barrett said, “showed very little heart and sym- pathy for a fellow man in distress. On all sides I have heard condemnation of his action, particularly in view of the fact that the arrested man pleaded hunger as his excuse for begging.” “Act of Small-Town Chief.” Characterizing Glassford's act as that of a small-town police chief, Barrett urged the ‘association to go on record as condemning the arrest. His remarks were indorsed in short but bristling speeches by George E. Perry, Wallace M. Kerr, Harry K. Lane and others. All were unanimous in contending street beggars should be curtailed, but hungry men and women should not be arrested for soliciting alms. Prancis de Sales Ryan, association president; Dr. Kenealy and others sug- gested the matter not be put to a vote, because the association did not possess all the facts. Their view prevailed. Shipley drew a fine of $25 or 30 days in jail after Glassford testified against him before Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt. Joseph I. Gammell, president of the Lincoln Park Citizens' Association, made an appeal in behalf of the Community Chest. The organization voted to sup- port the Chest. Plans were discussed for a banquet to be held in a downtown hotel. Ten- tative arrangements call for talks by members of Congress. Definite plans will be made at the February meeting. John G. McMahon, association vice president, commended sixth precinct police for solving three cases of assault and robbery reported by the organiza- tion. The association voted to seek re- instatement of Willlam Burroughs, a policeman, recently acquitted in Dis- trict Supreme Court on charges of as- saulting a prisoner. Dr. John F. Donoghue, Clarence F. Donoghue and Thomas Quill were ad- mitted to membership. MAPES BILL OPPOSED. Prince George Exchange Club to Ad- vise Congressmen of Action. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., January 7.— Opposition to the Mapes bill was voiced by the members of the Exchange Club of Prince George County at a meeting here yesterday. Contending that double taxation to Maryland residents em- ployed within the District of Columbia would prove unfair and a hardship, Senators Goldsborough and Tydings and Representatives Gambrill and Lewis will be advised of the club’s action. This being the first meeting follow- ing the semi-annual election of offfjcers, organization and appointment of éom- mittees were the principal order of business. SALARY CUTS OPPOSED. Glenmont Civic Association Also Hits Mapes Bill Provisions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. GLENMONT, Md., January 7—Op- position to the enactment of legislation to reduce the salaries of Federal em- ployes, and opposition to the Mapes bill provisions as applying to incomes of Maryland residents earned in the Dis- | trict of Columbia was expressed in res- olutions adopted by the Glenmont Cen- ter Civic Association at & meeting here last night. Couple Wed in Hyattsville. HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 7 (Special).—Miss Mabel Eileen Walton of Cottage City and George Donald Hardy of Branchville were married Tuesday night at the parsonage of the Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church here by the pastor, Rev, U. 8. Heavener, Mrs. Norton Names Committee to Probe D. C. Welfare Board Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chair- man of the House District Com- mittee, today appointed the special subcommittee which is to hear officials of the Board of Public Welfare as directed by a resolytion presented to the com- mittec_yesterday by Represent- ative Frank L. Bowrian, Repub- lican, of West Virginia. This reso':iion is intended to uncover any sicrtcoming in child protection or the care of delin- quents as shown in the Edith Riley case. The committee made it emphatically plain, however, that no investigation is authorized of any of the charity dispensing organizations. ARMY DAUGKTERS - 0 ORGANIZE HERE Descendants of Officers to Form Chapte: of New Association. Tentative plans for organizing a chapter here of the Daughters of the United States Army, to be composed of daughters of active and retired officers of the Army, were considered at a mee ing of some 60 women in the Army- Navy Country ‘Club, Arlington, Va., Tuesday. A meeting for the formal organiza- tion and election of officers will be held in the Army-Navy Country Club Feb- ruary 2, it is announced. Among local organizers are Mrs. Detlow Marthinson and Miss Virginia Coleman, daughters of Col. Sherrard | Coleman, U. S. A, retired; Mrs. John Hughes, daughter of Gen. Herbert Deakyne, Mrs. George W. Botts, Mrs. Roscoe B. Woodruff, Mrs. Louise Ladue Hall, Mrs. Catherine Brown, Mrs. J. H. Bagman and Mrs. L. M. Bryant. ‘The Daughters of the United States Army was founded at Fort Benning, erts, wife of Brig. Gen. Charles D. Rob- | erts’ and daughter of Col. James H. | Bradford. From the single chapter at | Fort Benning the organization has | grown rapidly and now there are active branches at Boston, Atlanta, Omaha, | Portland, Oreg., and Fort Leavenworth in the United States, and others in the Hawallan Department and the Canal | Zone. Membership in the organization fs limited to women whose paternal an- cestors served as officers in the Regu- lar Army of the United States. The purposes of the association are to carry on the ideals and traditions of the Regular Army, to support worthy causes of a charitable nature, and to promote patriotic activities and ideals, it is announced. The society plans also to combat all influences which are designed to weaken the structure of national defense. 'MESSER RETIREMENT STUDIED BY BOARD Detective Sergeant Cleared in Bru- tality Cases Has Been on Force Since 1905. Detective Sergt. Willlam Messer, who | made formal application for retirement | from the police force several weeks ago, appeared before the Police Retiring Board_this afternoon for the presenta- | tion of testimony concerning his record | and physical condition. Messer, a native of Kentucky, served in the United States Army prior to his | appointment to a position in the Police Department, April 28, 1905. He served in various precincts and at head- quarters during his connection with the force and received several commenda- tions for meritorious service. His latest assignment was with the chack squad. During the recent police bratality in- vestigation Messer was indicted on a charge of assault. Later, however, the indictment was nolle prossed by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, _ Messer, who had been under suspen- sion because of the indictment having been reported, was immediately restored | to duty and given pay for the time he | was under suspension. | 'POLICE SCHOOL MEASURE REJECTED BY D. C. HEADS The District Commissioners in a re- port to the House District Committee yesterday recommended unfavorable action on a bill introduced by Repre- sentative Romjue to provide a school for the training of men and women for the police service. The bill pro- posed to set up a board, consisting of the superintendent of schools, the Attorney General of the United States and a third person to be appointed by the President to govern the school. “It is the opinion of the Commission- ers,” the report said, “that as far as the District of Columbia is concerned, there is no necessity for establishing such a school. Appointments to the police force of the District of Columbia are now made from candidates certified by the Civil Service Commission after examination, and appointees to the police force are required to attend a school established by the major and superintendent of police of the Dis- dma::[ Columbia for instruction in their uties.” Miss Barbara Bonnycastle, | Ga., in 1928, by Mrs. Charles D. Rob- | 52,601,000 BUDGET ADOPTED BY CHEST TRUSTEES FOR 1932 Sum Previously Approved by Executive Committee Of- fered by Evans. _ $650,000 IS NECESSARY FOR RELIEF OF JOBLESS Group Passes Resolutions Express- ing Regret at Death cf Cuno H. Rudolph. The board of trustees of the Com- munity Chest yesterday adopted bucgats for its affiliated charity organizations totaling $2,601,000, of which $650,000 is necessitated by unemployment and the need for increased aid by welfare bodies, The budgets, which previously had been approved by the Executive Com- mittee, were offered for adoption by Joshua Evans, jr, chairman of the Budget Committee, The mecting was held in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. Prior to proceeding with the order c business the board expressed its d regret at the death of Cuno H. Rudoiph, former District Commissioner, for many years a leader in the civic life of the Capital. Walter S. Ufford, general sec- retary of the Associated Charities, called attention to the fact that Mr. Rudolph, while Commissioner, brought together the first group or citizens ever to meet in Washington in the interest of a Community Chest. Mr. Rudolph’s group was succeedsd by a committee of 15 members who worked out plans that culminated with the formation of a Chest in the Dis- rict. Vote Resolutions of Regret. Resolutions of regret were voted Ly the board, copies of which will be sent to members of the bereaved family cf Mr. Rudoph. The minutes of th2 meet- ing also will show the resolutions. In spite of the much larger sum pledged for the Community Chest this year, the percentage of collections to date has been 92 per cent, as compared with 91 per cent at the same time last vear, according to a report made by Elwood Street, director of the Chest. “The Chest will operate for the com- ing year at a rate or 6 cents on the dollar or less,” he declared, “leaving at least 94 cents of every dollar con- tributed available for welfare work. The larger goal notwithstanding, the | Chest will be able to reduce expenses |of campaign and administration this year by about $1,600. By-laws Amended. The by-laws of the Chest were amended on motion of Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, vice president of the organi- zation, so &s to permit the holding of the annual meeting of the Chest in April of each year. Mr. Street, in of- fering this proposal for consideration, pointed out that because of the original plan to hold the campaign in the Fall of the year, the annual meeting had been heid in January. Since the cam- paign now is being held in January, a change in the date of the meeting Was deemed advisable. In presenting the budgets for the va- rious organizations of the Community Chest for approval, Mr. Evans drew at- tention to the amount granted hospitals, which he said was approximately the same as given them last year. “This is a tentative amoynt” he said, “which could be adjusted if the needs of the hospitals increase under the 'new plan of paying for the fee or part-pay treat- ment of patients.” Budget of Organizations. The budgets for' the various welfare organizations, adopted by the board of trustees Zollow: A. NEEDY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. Community Chest Appropriation. £34,647.00 | Agency— American Leglon. ¢ Associated Charities. . Bureau of Rehabilitation. Catholic Charities. Citizens' Relief Association... .. D. C. Committee on Employment Disabled American Veterans of the World War.. Loan Salvation Army..... Travelers'_ Aid Societ Central Bureau for men Sh ks United Hebrew Relief Society... Washington Co-operative Society Total t 00 250,000.00 11.400.00 00 3 117.196.55 33190.00 * Assoctat Tra B. DEPENDENT AND NEGLECTED CHIL- DRE Congress of Parents and Teachers Episcopal Home for Children.... Florence Crittenton Home... Holy Family Day Nursery Jewish Foster Juvenile_Prote Mother-Child _Center........... Ann’s Infant Asyitm..@...l! St. Joseph's Home and School. . St. Rose's Technical School... St. Vincent's Home and School Washington Home for Found 16.074 39 Totals ... $18T.513.58 DEPENDENT OLD FOLKS. me for the Aged..... $3 Home. ... Southern Relief Society Stoddard Baptist Home.. . Hebrew Ho E 'S 11,755.52 doteller s T sanotsad . THE SICK. TH D ANDICAFPED; DISEASE PRI Columbia for the Bl Instructive 7,655.53 103,532.84 3,003.45 28,720.10 asumptives e for Mental Hygier Child W Hospital. for Women. pital, Episco ne ... SR eitare Society, Chiidren’s Columbia__ Hospital Eme Hos- E and cld Me- eorzetown U Ho: George Washington ~ University ~ Hos- National Homeopathic Hospital, Providence Hospital. . T spital. #353,280.57 $540.830.16 otal ... S hes i ontingency fund for hospitals to be dis- G AND CITIZEN- Christ CL1 ciety Friendship House Associal GIFl SCOULS ..evnscensss Holiday House @ . h Community Center K. Nye Council Hi Fund.. Nelghborhood 7 joel Communi| 1 23.189.76 10,307.38 6,200.00 862244 Twelfth Street Branch, Y. M. Washington Animal Rescue ARRUSH To ozt ol oy Washington’ Welfare Assoc A Young Men's Christian Associa- tion . .. it iaitaaeity | AT08.00 Young Women's Christian” Asso- cistion S Total F. COMMUNITY CO-OPERATI: Council of Social Agencies Pl Sccial Service Exchange.. Jewish Welfare Federation Community -Chest Campa! per cent ....... : Community ‘Chest Administration 3 per cent .. Total Community Co-operation Contingency Fund (Shrinka and emergency) Deficit due to 19; ment rellef ... $154,612.11 P 137,509.47 L T P ——rT YT