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Wash ington News‘] | THRD WIFE TAKES STAND AGAINST HARRY . WIBLEY Former Census Bureau Clerk Says He Planned to Live With Her in Missouri. SAYS SHE LEFT HIM WEEK BEFORE DROWNING Defense Scores Point When One Witness Says He Discussed Tes- timony With Prosecutor. Harry C. Wimbley, 32-year-old ex- prohibition informer of Baltimore, faced his third wife . District Supreme Court here t and heard her testify against him in his trial with John M. Crowder for the alleged murder of his second wile, Mrs, Elizabeth Traylor ‘Wimble; 6. The third wife, the former Miss Ida May Graves. 8 Census Bureau clerk who | married Wimbley under the name of Howard C. Dickerson, waived her con- stitutional rights to refuse to testify against her husband and told the jury of the circumstances surround: their marriage. April 3. 1931, at Rockville, Md. Mrs. Dickerson said that she met Wimbley, or Dickerson, only two months before they were married and that after the ceremony he “never did any work to my knowledge.” She testified he did not reveal the existence of a wife in Virginia, but spoke only of having had & wife in Baltimore, from whom he claimed he had a divorce. Planned to Go to Missouri. After their marriage, she said, she did not live with her husband at his apartment, at 305 C street, until July 10, when she stayed with him until September 10, leaving then for her home in Exeter, Mo. Mrs. Dickerson said Wimbley told her he would come to her home two months later, and it was agreed that he would live there thereafter. Under cross-examination by Louis L. Whitestons of defense counsel, Mrs. Dickerson_admitted she had frequently gone to Wimbley's rooms before they were married and cooked his meals, but couldn’t “remember” about having told him he would have to support her. She denied she had proposed marriage in response to a question by Whitestcne. The defense scored a point shortly after the trial opened for the third day when William Max Jungren, a Govern- ment witness, was recalled after testif: ing yesterday and admitted having dis- cussed the case since his first appear- ance with Assistant United States At- torney Collins. Talked About Testimony. After Jungren had quoted Crowder as scying “plenty” in answer to a question Che WASHINGTON. Seventy-Five-Ton Crane Upsets | { WO men of Brookls into a 15- and Pennsy shelter. | be erected on tI HOME BETTERMENT DRVE 1 PLANNED | | | t excavation on the nfa avenue. site. Washington Program to Stim- ulate Business Sponsored by U. S. Chamber. Plan: for mobilization of property | ownes siness organizations and civic interests a Jinited program for a stimulation of business here, with the | benefit of the individual homeowner as | the primary objective, were being com- | pleted today under auspices of the civic | | development departmezt of the United | States Chamber of Cojamerce. Special significance is being attached | to the program, to b2 placed ii. opera- | | tion shortly, since the campaisn is to | be known as the “Washingto.: pro- gram” and is to be sponsored national- | Iy by the chamber. i " The program calls for united efforts | not only by numerous local groups in encouraging householders and others to take advantage of current conditions as to what had happened on the canal | for their benefit, which will react to o TWO WORKERS NARROWLY ESCAPE INJURY BY JUMPING. Pete Maninen, operator, and his fireman, Henry Jervis. both leaped to safety today when this huge crane toppled over old Center Market site, at Ninth street Employes, anticipating an ekplosion, ran for Archives Building, for storage of Government records, will —Star Staff Photo. Work O H. G. OUTWATER Of the civic development department of the United States Chamber of Com- merce, who is perfecting the Washing- | ton program fo be placed in operation May ome improvements, to the day of the drowning. September 17 | the bemefit of the community ,as @ last, Deferse Attorney Whitestone In-; whole, but there is provision for the quired: advice and co-operation of agencies of | “Mr. Jungren, have b mke:i with | the Federal Goverament the acsistant Unit tates attorney i " since you left the stand yesterdey?” | Co-operation Pledged. es, sir." All the Washington newspapers al- “And was it about your testimony in | ready have pledged their full co-opera- this case?"” tion in the program and contacts now “Yes, sir.’ are being made with the imvportant Collins, in recalling Jungren, had told | business and civic organizations through the court he wanted to put a question. | which various phases of the program “which he had overlooked” yesterday.| will operate. | W. W. Chambers, an undertaker, was | The program specifically is designed the first witness this morning. He told | to promote on a wide scale all neces about Wimbley coming to his office the | sary and economically desirable home afternoon of the drowning and dis- | repairs, remodeling, additions, ground cussing funeral arrangements. beautifieation and general redecorating in or- the campaign of leading flsures various civic, trade and comiser nizations o thot the property own: may easily obtain all the counsel and information needed in planning and executing economically sound hume and other property investments Proposed organization outlines, fash- foned after the Washington program, have been prepared by the civic devel- opment department of the national chamber for use by the Chambers of Commerce and other civic organizations es throughout the country. Washington program is under The undertaker quoted Wimbley as saying: “I just had a wife that was drowned up the river a couple of hours ago and I went to make arrangements to bury b Detective ergt. Floyd Truscutt of the homicide squad, who followed Mrs Dickerson, told of having taken state- ments from both Wimbley and Crowder the night of the drowning of Mrs. Wim- bley and her 3-year-old daughter, Wilma Traylor. Discrepancies in Testimony. Discrepancies in the stories Wimbley told those who first arrived at the scene of the drowning were developed in tes- timony yesterday afternoon at the trial. According to Officer J. A. Flelshauer of the seventh precinct, who, with Pre- ecinct Detective Willlam O'Connor, ar- rived first at the canal, Wimbley said he had “dove and dove” for the bodies of his wife and stepchild. But Lieut A. C. Kefauver, in charge of the Fire Rescue Squad, No. 1, which responded to the emergency call, testified Wimbley told him he saw a fishing pole floating in the water, reached down and grabbed improvement and of | Washington properties It is planned that the united pro- gram will parallel 2nd be carried on in co-op-ration with the Civie Work Cr tion Committee, Leing condu i w der auspices of & group of civic leade headed by Col. E. Goring Bliss. Its | objective also is akin to that of the un- | employment relief programs. Special attention is to be centered however, on_the thought that due to the remarkably low prices of building materials and all commodities required in home and other property improve- | ments and clean-up work, and due to the availability today of both skilled and unskilled labor, the property owner now has an unprecedented opportunity to benefit himself. Details Revealed Today. At the same time, a wide-scale public adoption of the program would bring | additional relief to the unemployment | situation and serve to stimulate local business. Details of the program now being formulated were revealed today by H G. Outwater of the Civic Development refurnishing | linea wuidance of officials connected with permanent organization which re- i m President Hoover's Confer- ome Building and Home Own- uart Fitzgerald, manager of the clopment department of the States Chamber, is the chair- he subcommittee on business n in community develop- Committee on Recondition- odeling and Modernization s an outgrowth of the Hoover erence. Information Available. Mr. Outwater is the director of or- ganization of this national subcommit- tee of the home improvements organi- za he W will nationa operation Presids the d B ashington program, as out- ave & connection with the subcommittee on_ business co- and through this with the \ference organization and building and housing, irds, Department of Through this set-up all inent and authentic in- made available to it and pulled his wife out Wimbley told me he had had a e fight' with his wife about going | e in the canoe and had warned her to stay out of it,” Policeman Fleishauer began “He told me he was walking along the towpath and saw a colored ma bird dog cown betw perty owner. e 1,rv;(;;mm contem- e o of contacts ps, manufacturers, contracting busi- 1sory boards, all de- nd needed in- ed property Department of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The program is to be placed in force the first week in May and is to be carried on for five weeks. The slogan will be “Each dollar invested in your home now will save $10 later.” The Washingion program is being placed on a business b so far as went down to own e the dog, he sa then turned arous nd to see where Crowder he saw his wife and baby get oe and shove off eanoe capsized and his ‘were thrown into the w the spot near where th \d baby He ran to had faller 1 the canal, on the other end, he said.” Talked to Both Men. Lieut. Kefauver testified Wimbley told him “he went down the towpath a bit. turned around and saw his wife and daughter standing up in the canoe.” “He said he shouted, ‘For God’s sake, get out!' and started for the canoe. It upeet and fell in the water . “Then he said he saw two fishing poles floating on the water. He grabbed one, but notk g was on the other end, 80 he reached nd grabbed the other ne. His wife had a ceath grip on # safd, and he pulled her out long his wif 1 ! he said ‘About 15 or 20 minutes Rescue Squad Member Testifies. M. L. Curtis, first member of the Fire Res: Squad to reach the scene, pre- ceded Lieut. Kefauver and told the jury Wimbley had asked him how long after a person had been under water could he be brought to life again " “And what did you tell him?" “Oh, about half an hour. I was try- ing to console the man.” Lieut. Kefauver testified he asked Crowder if he was with “these people,” apparently meening Wimbley and his wife and stepchild “He said, ‘No, I was up here fishing’ " Dr. Joseph Rogers Young of the Cas- Then the ! the appeal to the home owner is con- cerned, the main purpose being to call to his attention the advantages within his reach today. It s not, therefore, on | the basis of appealing to the property owner for charity, it is explained, since | adoption by the individual home owner of beneficial and wisely planned in- vestmerts in improvements will have, automatically, a beneficial effect on Jo- cal employment 2nd business Advertising managers of local news- papers yesterday attended a conference on matters of publicizing the opportu- | nities now available to the public. Those attending included Ernest Johnson of the Washington Post, Trolland Cleare of the Times, Col. Leroy Herron of The Star. Charles Nichalson, the Daily News, | and Norman Bull of the Washington Herald. Organizations to Take Part. Charles French. adve: ing of the National Lumber Manuf Association, who also tie | the plans, will direct | rangements, Which will be | basis, | The program calls for afiliation in ! n a uniform would phone for help, saying a “man and wife and baby were in a canoe and the canoe upset, and the woman and child were drowned.” “I asked him why he hadn't dived in and helped rescue the woman.” the wit- ness said. “He said the husband had asked him to swim across the canal and get aid.” Testimony that Wimbley lived at 305 C street for two months last Summer with a woman whom he claimed was his wife was given by his landlady, Mrs. Nellie K. Leonard. “On September 10, Mrs Leonard said, Wim told her his wife had gone out We After the drowning she said she confronted Wim- he program zations for advertising. eld sers lent to tI f o ganization | REALTOR'S SON HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT E. G. Phelps Taken to Hospital After Car Is Sideswiped by Naval Machine. f The Star. April 20.—Ev- Id son of H G 5 real estate firm of Gienn Pl | | | co-operation | no limit with | | withdraw WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Stae Society and General D. 0, WEDNESDAY, —= pOY LY. 8 APRIL 20, 19: PAGE B—1 STRAIGHT TICKET VIGTORY FORECAST INP-T.AELEGTION Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders Ex- pected to Be Renamed President. CONVENTION OPPOSITION IS REGARDED AS WEAK Results of Balloting, Now in Prog- ress, to Be Announced This Afternoon. The re-election of Mrs. Joseph N aunders as president of the District of olumbia Congress of Parents and acl this afternoon was forecast as balloting began shortly before 12 | ocleck today at the morning session | oi the annual convention of the con- <s in the Interior Department audi- um. ations at that time were that not cnly would Mrs. Saunders continue in offics in the face of opposition which today neminated Mrs. E. C. Rittue, but that the entire “straight ticket" vanced by the Nominating Committee would b> victorious. The forecast cn the results of the | election was based on the complexion | of the election session which was def- | initély established by the applause of a majority of the delegates for the Nom- inating Committee's official slate. On the other hand. the name of Mrs. Rittuc drew a comparatively light applause from a smaller group of delegates. Others Promised Election. Other officers whose election is ex- pected are Mrs, L. B. Castell, first vice president: Mrs. Fenis D. Morris, second vice president; Selden M. Ely, third vice president; Mrs. Joseph F. Randall, fourth vice president; Mrs. Joseph Sanders, fifth vice president; Mrs. Walter N. Jones, sixth vice president; Mrs. Miner W. Buell, seventh vice president; Mrs. Walter B. Fry, secretary; Mrs. Z B. Blackistone, treasurer; M¥s. R. T. | White, historian, and Mrs. W. T. Ban- nerman and John W. Townsend dele-| gates to the Federation of Citizens' Associations. Mrs. Rittue was nominated by a delegate from the Francis Scott Key Mrs. Suzanne Roucher then was nom- inated for first vice president. The undercurrent of bitterness which has hovered about the convention since its cpening yesterday broke forth momen- tarily when Mrs. Roucher’s local P.-T.. A. affiliation was challenged. It was explained from the floor that she was & member of the John Eaton PeT. A., but the president of that organization quickly took the floor and announced that she had no knowledge of Mrs. Roucher having paid the current dues Name Kept in Nomination, Mrs. Roucher explained that she was under the impression her dues had been paid, but that, she would willingly Her name was kept in nomi- and Mrs. Saunders who was presiding, pointed out that as a member of the board in good stand- ing Mrs. Roucher had a right to stand for election. Mrs. J. W. Byler was nominated for fourth vice president. The only other nomination made from the floor was that of Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, past president of the congress, and reported leader of the opposition to Mrs. Saun- dGers, who was proposed as a delegate to_the-federation Following the luncheon recess, Mrs. B, F. Langworthy, first vice president of the National Congress of Parents 11 deliver an address ers wes expect- ock this after- nation, howeve Capper Assures Co-operation. Speaking at the congress’ dinner last night, Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, assured the parent- teacher body he would co-operate with it in all its objectives to the utmost of his ability. Senator Capper con- gratulated the congress on its interest in and devotion to the District of Co- lumbia schools. Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Dis- trict Commissioner, who was also an honor guest, characterized the parent- teachers as strong supporters of the District public school system. “With a friend like Senator Capper in Congress, combined with this in- terest and support from the District Gov- ernment,” the Commissioner said after ing declared that each member of the District government had an interest in the P-T. A. movement, “there is to your progress as long as you do not exceed the financial limita- tions.” This reference to budgetary limita- tlons and the zeal of the parent- teachers drew laughter from the as- sembled parents and teachers. ) The dinner was held in the Interior j Bowles presided Yesterday afternoon’s session includ- ed the reading of reports by various These included Mrs. Joseph fifth vice president; Mrs. W. nerman, seventh vice president; Walter B. Fry. budget chairman, and Mrs. 8. S. Kirby, on study groups. HYDE TO DISCUSS HUGE FARM LOAN Agriculture Secretary to Speak in National Radio Forum To- night Over WRC. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde will discuss loans to farmers by the De- suffered & | partment of Agriculture during the de- uises early utomobile was s Navy car rd near Belts- ville. Dr. Joel T. Poone, sician, and Maj. Gen son, surgeon general of the United States Army, together with Mrs, Boone and Mrs. Patterson, were in the Navy car. They escaped injury, as did Mrs Phelps and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Carow, who were with Mr. Phelps, Young Phelps was taken to Casualty Hospital in a passing car. An X-ray osed no fractures or and hospital _authorities stated this morning his condition is not regarded as serious. It is expected he White House phy- Robert U, Patter- usalty Hospital staff followed Kefauver | bley and asked him “how many wives to the stand, and testified he had pro- [ he had.” She testified he then admitted nounced Mrs, Wimbley dead. He agreed | the woman who had gone away was not | with Officer Fleishauer that Wimbley | his wife, but that it was his wife and “seemed very much um A child who had been drowned. Catherine Pearl Helms, who said she Daisy Wilson, who at that time lived lives near the canal above Chain Bridge, near Wimbley, testified it Wimbley told how Crowder, nearly exhausted, had told her it was hisgfwife over in @ame to her house and asked if she Baltimore” who had dro 5 will be moved to Emergen WS‘?H" N gency Hospital e Navy car was driven by Arthi S. Prettyman, 100 block of Han, :ol:r: street, an enlisted man assigned as chauffeur for Dr. Boone. The y was returning from an opera per};:- ance in Baltimore at the time of the accident. pressi-n and in the Southern and West- ern Stotes’ drought tonight at 10:30 o'clock in the Netiona! Radio Forum over the National Broadcasting Co.'s Nation-wide radio hook-up, arranged by The Evening Star. The head of the vast Government agriculture system recently referred to his department as the “prize boob” in the history of finance because of the number of unsecured loans made by it since 1929. Therefore his subject at this time will be of more than ordinary interest. Secretary Hyde will explain the vast amount of funds for loans made avail- able to the department by Congress sin~e 1929, amounting to approximately $117.000,000, end the additional $25- 000,000 which will be at his disposal on July 1 Because of the so-called “emergency situation,” Secretary Hyde has de- scribed the department as a regular loan agent. his address he will attempt to give the Nation some idea of the number the nature of these loans and about thin collateral the department has received for them. ad- | School P.-T. A., following the reading | of the Nominating Committee's report. | WASHINGTON CLUB USES POTOMAC PARK OPE: Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, Johnson, Harry pion, and his wife is this club, formed solely of Miss Sylvia Morgan, M H Mrs, Olive Eliott; James Kenney, vernment clerks. a Kenney, presid M ‘fiiT-AND-RUN AUTO DRIVER KILLS WOMAN NEAR ORPHANAGE HERE el i » ' Wife of German Asylum Su- ! perintendent Struck on Good Hope Road. 'Children, Playing in Yard, | See Mrs. Hofmann Fatally Injured. Mrs. Mathilda Hofmann, 49, wife of the superintendent of the German Orphan Asylum, died today at Provi- dence Hospital—the victim of a hit- and-run automobile which struck her on Good Hope road southeast last night Mrs. Hofmann was struck by a car bearing Maryland tags as she and Miss Emma Krause, an employe at the asylum, were walking to & parent- teacher meeting at Ketcham School, Fifteenth street and Good Hope road southeast. MRS. MATHILDA HOFMANN. injuries caused her death, staff physi- cians declared. Native of Germany. Skaters Gather Nightly at Lincoln Memorial -ATR RINK. MONG the thousands of roller skating enthusiasts who use the pavements in Potomac Park set aside by Lieut. Left to right ent Miss Gene Miller, Clyde Jack Eliott, former skating cham- Nona Lee, Edmund Mason and Miss Bernice Johnson. All are employed in the General Land Office of the Interior Department. —Star Staff Photo. RETAIL FOOD COSTS - MOUNT IN CAPITAL Still 19 Per Cent Lower Than| a Year Ago, However, Figures Show. Retail food prices in Washington have | struck bottom and bounced upward less than five-tenths of 1 per cent, mark- | ing the first upturn in the market here |in more than a year, the Labor De-| partment’s Bureau of Statistics an. nounced today. Figuring on a yearly basis, however, the bureau said that prices sre 19 per 1.C. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 1S 7TH AMONG 96 CITES Report Gives Area 484 Square Miles, With Popu- lation of 621,059. GAIN IS 18.4 PER CENT BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930 422,001 Are Over 21 Years 01d, but Only 80,536 Living in Nearby States Can Vote. The Washington metropolitan dis- trict, which covers a total of 48499 square miles, with a population of 621,- 059, ranks in seventeenth place am the Nation's 96 metropolitan areas, the Census Bureau announced today In com- pleting its final report on this classifi- cation of the country’s 1930 population. The report is a supplement of the tabulations made public on Ju 1931, which gave the total popu each of the cities and towns, numbering 27, making up this district. During the decade between 1920 and 1930 the pop- ulation within this allotted area in- creased 184 per cent. The general rule followed in estab- | lishing the “Greater Washington” sec- | tion and other metropolitan areas has | been to follow the density of population | in the region adjacent to the central city. In pursuing this rule there were included with the central city all sur- rounding contiguous minor civil divi- sions, election ~divisions, etc. having density of not less than 150 inhabitants per square mile. Comparison of Populations. The bureau said the 96 metropolitan districts comprise in the aggregate 45 per cent of the total population of the United States, and that 60 per cent of the population of the districts reside in the central cities. The following shows the 18 leading districts, with their 1930 population compared with the 1920 count: Districts Ne x 1920 8.505.404 Chicago 3.271.551 2452.076 Philadelphia Los Angeles Bos cent lower today than this time last| year. Decrease Through U. S. ‘ While prices were on the upgrade here there was a general decrease of cne-third of 1 per cent thropghout the country, according to the bureau, which | strikes this average from reports re- ceived from 5] principal cities as of March 15. Miss Krause told eleventh precinct| Mrs. Hofmann, a native of Germany, annual | police she and Mrs. Hofmann had just left the gates of the institution, which is at 2200 Good Hope road, when they heard the roar of an automobile and saw two machines flash around a turn in the road at high speed and bear down upon them. Thrown Several Feet, The first car passed safely, but the second careened and struck Mrs. Hof- mann, hurling her several feet into the air. The automobile continued on down the road toward the Maryland line and tain its tag numbers. | A number of children, playing in the {front yard of the asylum, heard the | screams of the injured woman and ran to the roadway in time to see the ma- chine. They told police the car bore Maryland tags, but said they were not eble to ascertain the license numbers. A passing texicab carried the in- jured woman to Pro e Hospital, wh che died after an emergency operation Policeman Creel Is Outdis- tanced at 60-Mile Clip on Riggs Road. A sedan, believed to be one of a fleet of rum-running cars harrassing | police of the outlying precinc es- after & chase along Riggs road early disappeared before any one could ob- | A fractured skull and other 2 RUM CAR ESCAPES HOUSING MEETING N SHOKE SCREEN 15 S caped from Patrolman M. P. Creel with | the aid of a smoke screen apparatus| came to this country nine years ago. For the past seven years she has been matron of the German Orphan Asylum, where her husband, Andrew Hofmann, 15 superintendent, and was beloved by the many young inmates of the insti- tution. Funeral arrangements were to be completed today. There was hardly a dry eye among the children of the orphanage as they walked to Ketcham School at Fifteenth street and Good Hope road southeast today, passing the spot where Mrs. Hof- mann was struck. “The children were devoted to Mrs. Hofmann and they were all crying as they went to school,” employes at the Atlanta, Bridgeport, Denver, Jackson- ville, Kansas City, Newark, Peoria and ! Springfield, IIl., joined Washington in a strenathening market trend. Twen ix articles on which monthly prices are obtained by the bLureau showed decreases: Strictly fresh eggs, 12 per cent; navy beans, 5 per cent: evaporated milk, oleomargarine, lard and pork and beans, 4 per cent; flour, cornmeal and prunes, 3 per cent; sliced bacon, cheese, canned corn and sugar, 2 per cent; sirloin steak, plate bee, canned red salmon, fresh milk, vegeta ble lard substitute, macaroni, rice, can- ned peas, coffee and bananas, 1 per cent, and sliced ham, wheat cereal and tea, less than five-tenths of 1 per cent. orphanage said. W. C. Zimmerman, president of the orphanage, said for some he had feared children would be run down by automo- biles near the orphanage. There is no sidewalk along the road at that point hool officials have been seeking to h the District government build , said. Increases Noted. An increase was noted in eight arti- cles: Cabbage, 30 per cent; onions, 21 per cent; pork chops, 13 per cent; leg of lamb, 5 per cent; oranges, 2 per cent; hens and canned tomatoes, 1 per cent, and round steak, less than five- tenths of 1 per cent 'he following articles changes during the last 30 days: Rib roast, chuck rcast, butter, bread, rolled oats, cornfiakes, potatoes and raisins. DR. ROBERT BATES DIES IN HERNDON Widely Known in Practice of Dentistry Until His Re- tirement. T FOR FRIDAY Improvement of Dwelling Conditions Here to Be Dis- CUSSEd at SeSSIon. Dr. Robert A. Bates, who practiced showed mo A public meeting to be devoted to discussions by prominent speakers on improvement of housing conditions here will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the National Mu- seum, Tenth street and Constitution avenue. Department dining room. Mrs. Oliver | The meeting is sponsored by the Housing Committee of the Washington Council of Social Agencies, in co-oper- ation with the American Civic Associa- tion, the District of Columbia Home Economics Assoclation, the Housing Comumittee of the Monday Evening Club and the Washington Board of Trade. Those in charge emphasize they desire | to have in attendance all persons in- terested. John Thider, chairman of the Hous- today. The automobile sideswiped & con- crete culvert during the 60-mile-an- hour race with Creel and the left front fender and running board were torn off, but the machine kept going and a few moments later forced the officer to abandon pursuit by turning on the smoke screen ' Creel, attached to No. 6 precinct was driving over his beat in a police car about 4:30 am. when he saw a|ing Committee of the Washington sedan, running without lights, speed | Council of Social Agencies and direc- across the District line from Maryland | tor of the Pittsburgh and Massachu- and start down Riggs road. Two men | setts Housing Associations, will speak were in the front seat, while the rear [ on “Housing in Washington.” of the machine sagged beneath a load.| Lieut. Rhoda Milliken, chief of the The officer gave chase and was close | Woman's Bureau «f the Police Depart- behind his quarry when the fugitive|men, and Mrs. Achibald Hopkins, who auto sideswiped the culvert and lost | has long been interested in housing bet- the fender and running board. About|terment in the National Capital, will half a mile further down the road a|discuss “slum” conditions to be found blinding, choking mixture of smoke|here. Frederic A. Delano, chairman and oil was released by the man riding | of the National Capital Park and Plan- beside the driver of the fleeing machine | ning Commission, will preside. and Creel was forced to halt, | Following the session an exhibit ar- Police conducted a city-wide search|ranged through the courtesy of the of all garages for the damaged auto,| Emithsonian Institution by the Nation- which continued on into the District, | al Capital Park and Planning Commis- but failed to find any trace of it. sion and the National Commission of . Fine Arts will be shown. PSYCHOLOGY PROGRESS : = = OUTLINED BY DR. WHITE | -WILL o i g | | | Recognition of the of mind are realities” represents the | greatest progress made by psychology during the twentieth century, Dr. Wil- liam A. White, superintendent of St. Ellnbem's Hospital, told the Round 'able of the Jewish Community Center last night at the organization's last session of the season ‘Though many people still “think the world is flat,” Dr. White said, the time will come when the mind will be as t that “states | ment, to Meet Tomorrow. Members of Company K of the old 2nd Regiment of the District National Guard will plan a reunion at a meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the home bf Sergt. Robert Boyd, 6907 Eighth street. Once known as the Y. M. C. A. com- pany, the group formerly occupied quarters on G street, near the “Y.” Most of its original members were | Veterans of Co. K, 2d D. C. Regi- | well understood as the body. Remind- ing his audience the world tried a rooster for laying an egg in 1474, ex- ecuted & host of caterpillars in 1516 | and executed persons for witchcraft as recently as s century ago, Dr. White expressed belief machinations of the x]{:g‘wm be properly evaluated in the drawn from the Y. M. C. A. and high school cadet corps. ‘The company served on the Mexiean border in 1915 and figured in several important engagements during the World War. Former members who survived the border disturbance and the 'War, now tered, are expected to aid formation of & permanent organization. dentistry in this city for many years, | died yesterday at his home in Hern- don, Fairfax County, Va. Funeral serv- ices will be held in the Methodist Epis- copal Church South, at Herndon, to- | morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. | Dr. Bates was graduated in dentistry | from the University of Maryland in | 1888 and began practice here in July. | 1892. He was president of the District of Columbia Dental Society in 1912-13. He was widely known in’ the practice | of his profession here. A few years ago his health failed and he returned to his home in Virginia, where he was born in 1855. Dr. Bates was from a long line of the | Bates family tracing back to the orig- | inal settlement at Jamestown. His father was William H. Bates and his | mother Hannah Lee Bates. Dr. Bates never married. He is survived by a sis- | ter, Miss Martha B. Bates, and a lhruthrr, Albert S. Bates, both of Hern- don, Va. 10-ROOM ADDITION TO JUNIOR HIGH ASKED Paul School Group Urges Build- ing of Gymnasium, Holding Present Space Inadequate. A 10-room addition and gymnasium to the Paul Junior High School was proposed in a resolution adopted last night by the Home and School Associ- ation of that institution. The asso tion will communicate with school au- thorities to seek provision in the 1934 budget for the addition. pointed out that an addition similar to the one now requested was recently completed at the school, but has proved inadequate. Another _resolution, introduced by Errest H. Pullman, advocated the abol- ishment of home study for students to allow more time for exercise, recreation and social activities. The resolution met with considerable disagreement and was tabled until the May meeting. “Red Fronts” Raided in Berlin. BERLIN, April 20 (). —Police officials | faid today the raids on the Communist “red-front” organization esterday proved that the organization had con- tinued in existence illegally since it was banned two years ago. No ce Was published, however. In adopting the resolution it was! Washinstan Kansas City . The total population of the cities and towns outside of Washington is 134,190, | an increase of 54.4 during the last dec- |ade. The central city’s population is 1 486,869, an increase of 113 per cent | during the same period. The following is the total population in this area and classified as to sex: Total Fe- Area. Male ol @ mun B u city | Alexandria, Va. ...l erwyn Heighis, MA oo Bowie. ‘Md Bladensburg. Md. Boulevard H e ights, € Brentwood. Md. ... Capitol Helghts, Md. Colmar Manor, 'Md. Cottage City, Md Edmonstor.. Md Fairfax. Va. 7 Fairmount Height: Falls Church, Va Garreit Park, Md.. { Glen Echo, Md..... | Hyattsvilie, Md. | Kensington. Md Mount Ran orth M. 20 S528 SEESAT o e S . Md. entwood. ~Md. Roc T U areas There are 422,001 persons in _the metropolitan area above 21 yearf of age, but because residents of the Dis trict of Columbia are denied represent: tion in the National Government only 80,536, residing in Virginia and Mary- land, have the privilege to vote. Only a small percentage of persons of voting age in Washington, totaling 341,465, maintain legal residence elsewhere. The area, divided as to color, accord- ing o the statistics, shows the whites holding & majority of 314,617. Of the | total of 152,749 colored persons resid- ing in the area 132.068 are residents of | Washington and 20,681 outside of the city. Of those residing outside of Wash- | ington 4,912 are residents of Alexan- riz | The !DJI native population of the | area is 433,037. There are 34329 Lwc elgn-born whites within the bounderies. Classification as to Ages. The records also reveal that out of the total population of the area 45302 are under 5 years of age, 95,359 between | the ages of 5 and 14, 107,056 between | the ages of 25 and 34, 99, | the ages of 35 and 44, 123 the ages of 45 and 64, and | than 85, nsus figures for the 96 | show the population of the st 7 between 33,706 more s dif | fers considerably in its composition from that of the central cities. With a few exceptions, females outnumbered males in the central cities, while in the suburbs the males outnumber the females. In nearly every metropolitan district the percentages of foreign-born whites and of colored persons are greater in the central citles than outside. With only four exceptions, the percentage of children under 15 years of age in the population is higher outside than in the central cities. WOMAN HURT IN CRASH Machines Collide Street and Constitution Avenue. Mrs. 52, of Baliti- at Fourteenth Roland Carmine, ~ | more, suffered fractures of several ribs yesterday when an automobile in which she was returning from a trip to the cherry blossoms in Potomac Park col- lided with another machine at Four- teenth street and Constitution avenue. Mrs. Carmine was riding_in a car driven by Mrs. Ola Reedy. 38, also of Baltimore, while the second car was operated by Miss Helen Marshall, 29, of the 1700 block 8 street. The injured woman was treated at Emergency Hos- pital. BEERS IMPROVING ‘The condition of ‘Representative Ed- ward M. Beers of Pennsyivania, suffer- m‘bu’lr:dm influenza and exhaustion, at- tril by Naval Hospital l:‘chhn': to. overwork, was reported office as improving. His etary said the atiending phy- nmn&npomd Beers needed | com- Pplete for about two weeks.