Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1932, Page 6

JOKIY 70 SHIT WISHNGTON Qldest Inhabitants Point to | ‘Humiliating Feature’ of Present Alley. Moved by -the “humiltating feature” of hafing such an insignificant stréet 988 & BO-foof-wide alley named ‘““Wash- strpef,” the Association of Oldest | ltants Jast night officially peti- tloned the Dijsfrict Commissioners to w the name of Washington on more important sireet. e matter was brought before the aesqciation by Dr. Willlam Tindall. a vice president of the organization, who delivered an interesting address on the maming cf streets and pumbering of Touses 17, the District of Columbia. “A Humiliating Feature” “A humiliating feature of the naming of streets in the Natlonal Capital,” de- ared Dr. Tindall, “is the insignificant racter of the highways that are named after the statesmen and offi- clals who were the t eminent and influential in establisking and deveiop- | the seat of government. | “The eminence of thln!w e explained, “is represented by fi-(ul- wide alley named Wash n street, running from Fourth to Fifth streets, between G and H streets northwest. “Jefferson place is also & narrow eourt in Square 139 running from Con- mecticut avenue to Nineteenth street | between M and N streets. “Gov. Alexander R. Shepherd hfls‘ feen preserved to fame in that respect | by an ordinary city street and a park, while the Commissioners under whose superyision the city was laid out have been entirely overlooked “Lincoln has been honored by the haming of a county road, now called ‘Lincoln road. which runs from Florida avenue to Michigan avenue, and Grant by a county road running from Broad | Branch road to Wisconsin avenue, by & one square narrow court named Grant place running from Ninth to Tenth sireets between G and H streets and a | le. A Park for L’Enfant. “The supereminent distinction of Maj. | Eharles Plerre L'Enfant among the fac- tors who were connected with the found- of the city has been utterly ignored ‘with respect to street naming, but re- cently the awakened American sense of Justice has been directed to that griev ous oversight and a belated memorial recognition of his merit has been made to placate his neglected and supersensi- | tive name by the creation of & park in his honor at Twining Cit Many mwnmy anecdotes were told | ’. THE WASHINGLOUN, G. P. O. Veterans Receive Gifts HARBY HARPER ANP CHABLES McALLISTER RETIBE, Rourding cut & combined total of 60 years of service, Harry Harper and Charles McAllister, employes of the Gov- | at ceremonies in the branch bindery at the Library of Congress. | ernment Printing Office, were retired Monda; gold as a token of the esteem in which he is held by co-workers after r. Harper was presented with a purse o M 29 years with the Government. Mr. McAllister, a veteran of 31 years of service, was given a traveling bag and s life membership card in the Inter- | nations] Brotherhood of Bookbinders Left to right above are: John Patterson, who made the presentations; Mr union presiient | FREE WHEAT BIL PASSAGE ASSURED House Makes Ready to Act| Today to Give 40,000,000 Bushels for Relief. By the Associated Press. The House nade ready today to draw upon the Farm Board’s record hoard | of wheat, to supply food for the coun- ‘s unemployed Certain of enactment. the Senate’s | Wins House Seat SECRETARY ELECTED TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM. McAllister, Mr. Harper and Felix Belair, —=8tar Staff Photo. COUZENS BUS BILL CHANGES SOUGHT {Member of Wisconsin Com- mission Appears Before Senate Committee. | | By the Associated Press. | Approval of the principle of the | Couzens bill to regulate interstate bus and truck trafic was put before the | Senate Interstate Commerce Commit- D JUSTICE INQUIRY 1nunoUAY, |Senator Assails Depart- ment’s “Action or Inaction” in Ohio Bank Probe. By the Assoclated Press. A Benate investigation of the “action | ofginaction” of the Department of Jus- | tice in the case of alleged use of the | mails to defraud by the Union Mort- gage Co. of Cleveland was sought in & | resolution today by Senator Bulkley, | Democrat, of Ohlo. | Asssiling the department's conduct, | Benator Bulkley asserted the influences which brought sbout the dismissal of | the case against 8. Chester Crobaugh, | president of the company, “are unex- plained.” Truth Held in Question. Bulkley said “the truthfulness” of the “official statements which sought to justify the dismissal last Mareh” is | “open to serious question.” The resolution would direct the Sen- ate Judieiary Committee or & sub-com- | mittee to make a_complete investigation, | particularly with respect to the dis- | missal of the indictment against Cro- | baugh, and the “fallure to obtain in- dietments against other officers and agents” of the company. | The committee would report its find- ings and recommendations to the Sen- ate “as soon as practicable.” Followed by Conviction. Bulkley recalled that soon after the Crobaugh case had been dismissed Cro- baugh and two others had been indict- ed by a county grand jury in Ohio and their conviction followed last Decem- ber 4 ‘The fact that the Department of | Justice asked the indictment of only | one officer out of several and later dis- | missed Lhe indictment against that one on the ground that it would be unfair to try him alone, suggests the nece: for an investigation,” he added. Will Give Benefit Supper. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., March § (Special) —The annual supper for the benefit of St. James' Catholic Church will be given by the ladies of the par- | ish in the church auditorium tonight from 4:30 to 8 pm. Mrs. Arthur W Hepburn 15 chairman of the Supper Committee. ASKED BY BULKLEY sgfty | Mooney's trip here and her appearance Manutd 3, 1y, Backers of Murray | To Sell Trinkets to Finance (fampaign By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 3—A pin- money sale of trinkets and souvenirs will be one method of financing the campaign of Gov. Willam H Murray lor the Democratic presidential nomi- nation, George Henshaw. manager of the Murray-for-President headquarters here, said phs of the Governor, wind- shield stickers, campaign hats, Iadies’ handy pocket mirrors and books con- taining Murray speeches have been | placed on sale throughout the Nation. Said Henshaw: “The National Com- | mittee, Murray-for-President, knows the | Glovernor’s stand against favor-hunting | corporations and special big interests, who do not contribute to campaigns—.. they buy (and the Governor has noth- | Ing to sell). The committee has decided |upon this selling CAmpaign as one [ methed of financing the campaign.” — 'PLAN DEMONSTRATION FOR MRS. MOONEY Mother of California Prisoner Com- ing Here in Effort to Get Pardon for Som, A demonstration will greet Mrs. Mary Mooney, 84-year-old mother of the im- | prisoned California labor leader Tom | Mooney, when she arrives at Union Sta- | tion at 7:45 o'clock tonight Mrs, Mooncy is coming here to assist her son in obtaining a full pardon from the life s:ntence impored upon him after conviction in the San Francisco Preparedness day bomb outrage 13 years #80. He was at first sentenced to be hanged, but the penalty tater was re- duced to life imprisonment. The local branch of the Internationsl Labor Defense will sponsor Mrs. &t & meeting at Arcade street and Park road, tomorrow night. Among the speakers on that occasion will be John J. Pinerty, loca] attorney, and Benjamin Marsh, direclor of the people's lobby. Negotiations are under way to have Mrs. Mooney interview members of COongress. Fourteenth Prices of raw materials in Pinland are ris Stief Piane Manufaeturers | ti VIRGINIA PARKWAY BILL IS APPROVED Planning Board Gives 0. K. to Legislation Before Gen- eral Assembly. BY LESTER N. INSKEE! 8taft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 3.—Follow- ing a series of conferences with mem- bers of the House and Senate repre- senting the section of Vn'glnh adjacent to Wash! n, Thomas 8. Settle, sec- al adviser of the Na- ital Park and Planning Com- mission, announced today he has placed the commission's stamp of approval on the entire park and planning program that has been introduced in the Vir. inia General Assembly. Settle, fol- lowing conferences with Delegates Hugh Reld of Arlington County, J. Pred Bir- rell of Alexandria and Edmund H Allen of Fairfax County and Senator John W. Rust of Fairfax County, stated that he expressed the sentiments of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission when he said that he was elated at the prospect of having the necessary legisiation whereby ths Federal and Virginia authorities may co-operate to insure the proper de- velopment of the Virginia pertion of Greater Washington. Parkway Bill Included. ‘The legislation includes the George Washington Memorial Parkway bill, which carries an _appropristion of $25,000 for land purchases: the amend- ments to the Ball park and planning act of 1830, the port authority the Border Line Commission bill The George Washingion Memorial Parkway bill was reporied last night. | ‘The hill sets out the definite bound- | aries of the Propnud George Washing- | ton Memorial Parkway, but permitsy tha’ local jurisdictions to exclude any por- tion they may deem necessary to proper development of the community in gues- | lon. The State Conservation and Develop- @he Foening Ftar ! | tional Capi | mission or other United States agencie ment Commission ia given the exclusive right to acquire the ing! ‘that i Memorial West ourd, the cg . from Mount Vernon to a point 14 mile: beyond the aqueduct dam above Qre:t Falls. The line beyond the Arlington Memorial_Bridge would extend, for a sufficient distance to protect parkway The State Conservation and Deyelop- ment Comirission, however, may extend the lines as laid out if they deem suck action necessary and upon approval of the Governor. The commission also is designated as an official representative of the State and authorized, with the approval of the Governor, to enter into definite ments with the Ne- ! Park and Planning Com- and is given the power to convey land acquired by it to the United States f park purposes. Jurisdiction Divided. The United States would have ex: alve jurisdiotion over the park 3 cept that the State of Virginia wou' reserve the right to serve civil and erimiy nal warrants, the right to tax gasolin- and other moter vehiele fuels sold the area, and to tax persons and cor the area. Tations within An; - :’:ns living there also would hey‘w' interested who hac the rizit to vote. only not as yet given his entire approval o! the bill is Delegate Allen, who states! today that he was a ring as a patren that he would! approval of his eounty. The budget bill as passed House and approved by the Finance Committee u‘l:lu the legislal today expressed the that the Boundary Line Commission 1o be appointed under authority of Con- d | €ress and the General Assembly will settle all differences between the Fed- c:2l and State authorities with respeet to the title to property lying along the shores of the Potomac River adjacent 9 the District of Columbia. i s Dai lamps in Oathays Pa; - difr, . e .’&5’" Germany,” while less than away is a poster displaying the “Buy British.” ADYERTIENENTS RECEIVED HERE tee today by A. McDonald of Madison, Factory to Your Home | bill assigning 40,000.000 bushels of this | Wis, for the National Association of for the shifting of streets or renaming | nues. . Dr. Tindall explained. | grain for reilef purposes was given & ©f highways and “For instanc “Fourteenth street at Iowa avenue is| ‘diverted to the west about 100 yards. That deflection was made in the inter- est of & music teacher named Gustavus | Kuhn, whose house stood in the way of direct extension of that street. “Perhaps those irregularities where | they occur in the city of Wasi n, were some of the defects to which L’Enfant referred ;it\le: l'r said t] m:t his n been spoi y those who sue- mdefllm in the actual work of lay- ing out the city on the ground. Lin- wood street, between Thirteenth and Pifteenth streets and B and D streets | southwest, is in & line with Thirteen- @nd-g-Half street northwest. It was| Thirteen-and-a-Half street southwest until July 1, 1905, when Congress gave it its present name to humor the ea- of a lady who tfi;fll’lfltly preferred ¥ to mathematics as a source- for | highway nomenclature. | Assortment of Names. “The Wfi? of | ‘mames any igh is that which applies to the stregt leading di- rectly wu't&l_}uom the court h,‘;lu;e Until 6, 1 was ngimed Pour-and-a- f Sireet lts entire length from the court to P street south, put on that date Con; changed the name of the part of it h of the east and west_center line of the Mall to Fourth street. Then o Mareh 1, 1901, Con- gress changed the pame of so much of it that is between the easterly and| ‘westerly center line of Pennsylvanis mxl and the court house to John =.-ll 1l piage. Henee it is John Mar- pi lace from the court house to the middle line of Pennsylvania avenue, Fourth street from that middle line to the middle east and west line of the Mall snd Four-ands-Half street from the middie of the Mall to P street south. It has the honor of being the street on which I slept on my first night in Washington on my way with my regi- ment to the Battle of Antietam, on Sep- tember 10, 1862 Dr. Tindall gave a comprehensive and | entertaining account of how the streets | came to be named and the houses to be | numbered throughout the eity. | Emery Offers Reselution. ‘The motijon to ask the Commission- ers to give the name of Washington to some ml;)repl:l"ldpo;mn‘!mhighwlg was presented by . Emery and was adopted unanimously. ! e series of articles on Washington written by John Clagett Proctor, a vice resident of the Association of Oldest habitants, appeering m the magazine of The Sunday Star will be officially preserved in the files of the association, lccwdln; to a resolution adopted last night. resident Theodore W. Noyes, | who presided, appointed the following commitiee to preserve these records Jehn Boyle, who presented several | coples of the articles and made the mo- tien for preservation; James F. Du- hamel and George B. Jackson Mr. Jackson presenteg a picture of | the Grant family, which was accepted with the thanks of the association. Official consider: tp the question ed by the associ elear field in today's debate. with a final vote expected by nightfall. 'The Red Cross, through John Barton Payne, chairman, has already said it is willing to undertake distribution of the wheat There has been no indication that :‘r‘fgldlnl Hoover would disapprove th: Under this act, the Red Cross will undertake not only distribution of the wheat in its own relief operations and those of other agencies. but also will rovide for milling it into flour and other edible form. Starving live stock will benefit as well as human beings in the cities and country areas where there is distress. The measure was given right of way by the Rules Committee after Chair- man Jones of the Agriculture Commit- tee told of wide distress in many rural and metropolit areas. “We pay 18 cents a bushel g r to stere the stabijization wheat and that won't take much time to egual | the cost of the wheat,” Speaker John N. newspaper men. “We for it and I don't see any hy the hungry people can't have the benefit of it. I've been | in favor of it all along." | Arguing for privileged status for the bil] before the Rules Committee, Jones | said his committee, which first re- Jeeted the bill, had found a “great deal | of distress in the country.’ The Red Cross, he explained, is feed- ing many people in Northwestern States and can arrange for distribution of the wheat in metropolitan areas through | Proper organizations. “The unemployment existing in many | sections of the country has added to| the ressed condition throughout the Nation” he said. “Reports indi- cate a vast need for relief work in the eountry.” The expense incident to the distri- butjon of the wheat is not to be borne by the Pederal Government, he ex- plained. adding “This wheat is practically useless to the Government and if used as pro- vided in the resolution will contribute materfally to the relief of those who are_hunj and in distress.” drives in Rock Creek Park after him, according to a report to the associa- | tion by Joseph Auerback Mr. Dyhamel stated he would read & paper on Analostan Island at the next meeting of the Columbia Historica Boriety, March 15. As chairman of thy Bicentennia) Committee of the associg- tion, Mr. Duhamel said preparations were under way to have the associa- tion represented by a float in the pa- rade on Flag day. J. Elot Wright, recordipg secretary, | reported that the membership of the | association exceeded the goal of 500. Washington Topham. a vice presi- dent, who has been ill, received the fe- | lcitations of members, upon recovery | These new members were elected: E. C. Brandenburg, Isadere Small, Henry J. Crosson, B. L. Donsldson, Frank Morrison. Dr. Tindall was accorded a vote of tion about & vear ago of honoring Max Weyl, the artist, by naming ol f the Doctors Agree With WALK-OVER Walk-Over shoes invariably draw forth the vigerous approval of leading siylists and fashion editors as well as prominent foot-health specialists. Model pictured has the com- forting Main Spring Arch built inte its trim litle arch, and is of blue kid with piping. Ten Dollars and his presence at the meeting | | | thanks for his paper of the evening Wolfs Uiaty-Cver Shop 929 F Street |of an express due at the crossing at W. CARLTON MOBLEY, Who served as secretary to the late Samuel Rutherford, Representative for the sixth Georgia district, and yester- day was elecied o finish his unexpired term, Mabley was one of six candidates and at midnight last night had a ma- jority of more than 4.000 votes over Harvey J. Kennedy, his nearest op- popent. ~—A. P. Photo. MAN’S BODY FOUND ALONG B. & 0. TRACK Railroad and Utility Commissioners. McDonald, chairman of the organiza- tion's Legislative Committee and a member of the Wisconsin Public Serv- ice Commission, ssid the association wished to propose several amendments. The bill, as submitted by Chairman Couzens of the committee, would put bus and truck traffic under the regu- lation of the Interstate Commerce Commission. One of the major changes recom- | mended by McDonald proposed that the joint boards planned to deal with ques- tlons involving rfot more than fhree | States be composed solely of State representatives The other was that the contract car- rier class as well as common carriers be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Couzens expressed the opinion pro- visions requiring a permit for the con- tract carriers would suffice for regula- tion and gathering statistics. “The purposes of regulation eannot be aceomplished by the regulation of the common carriers alone,” MeDon- |ald replied. By a Btaff Correspandent of The Star. BELTSVILLE, Md., March 3.—After ying along the Balt:more & Ohio Rail- road tracks near the Sunnyside cross- | mg nearly 12 hours, the body of Luster | pamewood. 26, & milker at the United | States Dairy Experiment Station here, | was discoyered early this merning. | Damewood’s automobile, with one punctured tire, was found at the sta- | tion The young man made his home with | friends here. He was due to report for work at 7:30 last night at the experi- | ment station, but officials there said | they were not alarmed when he failed to appear. About 6:30 this morning I. Rogers, nother employe of the experiment, sta- fen, noticing Damewood's car, started a search for the man and found the body some distance from the crossing. Reconstructing the tragedy, police believe that Damewood decided to park his ear at the station and walk to the | experiment farm rather than attempt to fix the punecture in the dark. He is believed to have misjudged the speed a t 7:18. Couzens then asked him if he felt | farmers hauling their goods to market | should be required to get certificates McDonald said most Btate laws ex- empted them and this was not pro- | vided in the bill. Will Ask Water Line Bids. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va.. Mareh 3 (Bpecial). —Bids for the extension of the county's water | lines in Lee Heights will be opened at | the regular meeting of the County Board Saturds according nouncement of County M Be Friendly to Yourself! Relax ! READ ]1‘1:‘1 ask any dyed-in- the-wool reader! We recommend these hooks, in our Lending Library . . . all pay is 3C a day “Shadows on the Rack” “Judith Paris” “Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy” “Rackety-Rax" vou Lending Library Lacated in the Oredit Oftice, Main Floor. T HecHT Co. F Street at Tth Subcribe Today It costs only about 115 cents Drop-Leaf Table, $44 r day and 5 cents Sundays to ave Washington's best news per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ing. 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