Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1932, Page 17

CLIMATIC CYCLES | DEBATED AT FINAL SCIENCE: SESSION Experts Ponder Whether Ages, Like Years, Have Recurring Seasons. SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTED - BY DR. JOHN C. MERRIAM Dr. Abbott Describes 40-Year Study of Variation in Daily Amount of Radiation. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Whether ages, like years, have their recurring seasons was debated at the closing session of the National Acad- emy of Sciences yesterday. Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, conducted a symposium on climatic cycles. Because of the great complexity of factors involved, it was explained, this is one of the most intricate prob- lems now before the world of science. Dr. A. E. Douglass of the University of Arizona told of an investigation now under way to determine the existence of regularly recurring periods in the growth of the giant sequolas of Cali- fornia. Each year of a tree's life a ring is formed in the wood. The width of this ring indicates the amount of growth during the year in which it was formed. Other things being equal, it | depends on the amount of rainfall. Old Records Traced. Records of the sequoias, Dr. Douglass said, go back without a break for 3,000 years. The width of the rings. he finds, does vary in a periodic fash- ion, although it is very complicated. The progression is roughly in accord with the sun-spot cycle of about 11 years—that is, the tree growth cycles are “fraction of small muitiples” of this period. The disturbances on the face of the sun known as sun spots pass through a maximum and minimum phase during the 1l-year cycle apd in some intricate way this seems to be reflected in the temperature and rain- fall on earth. Dr. Charles G. Abbott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, told of Lis 40-year study of variations in the daily amount of radiation received by the earth from the sun—upon which all life on earth depends. He has found— partly through use of a new mathe- mtical machine of his own invention which was exhibited at the academy meeting—seven periodicities in this solar radiation. . These in turn are closely related to the sun-spot period. After establishing these periodicities, Dr. Abbot said, he analyzed in the same way the temperature records over a number of years for Washington and for stations in North Dakota and | E Without Home or Money he Zb WASHINGTON. D. C, CHAUFFEUR TO HOOVER AND PERSHING PENNILESS. 19 months, and Edna, 4 years, their lodgings. The man who drove Gen. John J. Pershing over the war-torn highways of France in 1918, his wife and their two small children, both suffering from whooping cough, must meager lodgings at 132 Tenth street northeast today, penniless, jobless, homeless and half starved. The husband and father is Edward C. McConnell, 49, who replaced the fa- mous Eddie Rickenbacker as chauffeur for the commander of the American Armies, when Rickenbacker was trans- ferred to the Aviation Service. Later McConnell wes placed in charge of the General Headquarters Garage in Chau- mont, France, and _subsequently as- | signed to President Hoover, who was then directing Belgian famine relief. He was President Hoover’s chauffeur for approximately a year in France. Behind in Rent. Today he and his wife, both suffering from undernourishment, with their two sick children, have been told they must leave their scantily furnished room since they are five months behind with their rent and arrangements have been made to turn over their quarters to an- other occupant. “We have no place to go unless it is DWARD C. McCONNELL, Mrs. McConnell and their two children, Louis, leave their | Alabama. Progressions Regular. 1 He found that at all three places| th: temperatur. variations followed | | the police station,” McConnell said © day, as his 27-year-old wife, Mrs. Ma: McConnell, watched with anxious 19-month-old Louis and 4-year-old Ed- na as they fretted and cried, begging to feirly regular progressions and that the curves obtained for the most part were | very close to the solar radiation curve. ‘This, he said, was evidence that solar radiation variations constituted the chief factor in temperature variations when the annual seasonal effect was eliminated. But, while pronounced, the effect was sometimes opposite for dif- ferent places and seasons. Through the establishment of such relationships, Dr. Abbot said, the pos- sibility of eventual long-range weather forecasting has become better estab- . *As a test Dr. Abbot reversed the ordinary procedure and made a long-range forecast backward from 1928 to 1916. The trouble with a long-range forecast into the future is/ that the world must wait for its veri- fication. Using only his solar radiation curves, Dr. Abbot predicted what the weather had been and then checked up with the actual climatic records for the period. This reversed forecast, he said, while not altogether accurate, was much better than could have been obtained from chance and actually was better than he expected. ‘The sun spots themselves, said Dr. W. 8. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, are the result of some- thing deep-seated in the sun itself. Spectrum studies of the regions on the sun’'s surface near these spots, recently conducted at Mount Wilson, show that they are radiating abnormally. There is a fairly close relationship, he said, between the appearance of bomblike projections from the face of the sun and magnetic storms in the earth’s atmosphere. There is also & relation- ship between the sun spots and the amount of ultra-violet radiation re- ceived on earth. Vary During Cycle. “It seems probable,” Dr. Adams said, “that both the quantity and quality of solar radiation vary during the sun-| spot cycle and definite correlations have been found with the variations of ter- Testrial magnetism and its related phe- | nomena. There is evidence of a slight correlation between sun spots and atmospheric temperature in certain regions of the earth and with other factors of weather and climate for lim- ited regions and for limited time intervals. These correlations are so! uncertain that, in the majority of cases | at least, predictions based cn them have | very little weight.” It may be possible to check the tree- | ring record by study of the lake-floor | deposits of the Great Basin region, said Dr. Isaiah Bowman of the American Geographical Soclety. The sediment deposited on a lake floor in Summer is different in color from that deposited in Winter, so that a banded effect re- sults. The amount of sediment is influenced by the relative wetness of the season. Thus a record dating back for many years can be obtained. In this case it would be especially valuable as a check on Dr. Douglass’ sequoia records, ob- { tained from the same locality. It may also prove possible, he said, to correlate the expansion and contraction of the, Lakes with the principle episodes in the | life history of the trees. PLAY REPEATED ‘The Waugh Players’ annual presenta- tion, “Oh, Kay,” was given last night at the Waugh Methodist Church, 306 A street northeast, and will be pre- sented for a second time tonight with & change in cast. Leading roles in the play, under the direction of Mrs. Martin F. Abbott, are , played by Miss Talmage Lewis and Jack Browning, assisted by Miss Fran- ces Genth, Yvonne Beuchert, Gertrude Smith, LaFayette Price, Estelle Dun- be taken upon their father’s lap. | “If we could only stay here until| Monday it would solve our problem,” Mr. McConnell explained. *“A Con- necticut Senator has bought railroad tickets for us back to New York, our home city, and Monday I will receive $12 disability compensation from the Government, which will enable us to get & room while I look for work.” Army Officer Aids. For a month the family has lived on charity. An Army officer, under whom McConnell served, has given them two quarts of milk a day, two dozen eggs a week and cereal. Most of this has been fed to the children and the parents have lived on what was left. The family came to Washington more than eight months ago from New York, where McConnell had been a pri- | who have been told they must leave —Star Staff Photo. 1 vate chauffeur and mechanic for 28 years. Two years before that his last regular employer had become ill and dispensed with his services. During those two years he worked at odd jobs and just managed to live. Last September McConnell decided to come to Washington in the hope his war service would help him get & Government job. He said he was allowed to see his old commander, Gen. Pershing, only after a promise had been elicited that he would not ask the General for a job. Press of State duty kept him from the President, he declared. Health Barred Him From Job. Pinally he passed a civil service ex- amination and was offered a job at $1,200 a year as truck driver and loader. His frail body and poor health made the work impossible for him. During his stay here, McConnell said, he has had less than two months’ work, mainly part-time and substitute work as private chauffeur and taxi driver. Because he has been in Washington a comparatively short time, McConnell has had difficulty obtaining adeguate charitable assistance for himsel and. family, he said this morning. The" fact that his children now have the, ing cough has caused him to of obtaining lodging in a charitable home. He proudly exhibited today a picture of Gen. Pershing that the war com- mander had autographed for his small son when McConnell visited him. Gen. Pershing also presented Mc- Connell with an appropriately engraved cigarette case. A yellow pawn ticket with the figure $3 on it now represents the cigarette case. During the months he has been in ‘Washington McConnell has sought various kinds of work. He twice ap- plied at the municipal woodyard for work, he said. On the first occasion, he related, he was told he had not lived in Washington long enough to entitle him to work here. The second time he was told he was not physically able to swing an ax and attempts were made by officials of the wood- :»a;d to secure odd jobs for him el.zse-r Where. METERS FOR TAIS TAYED BY COURT Installation Deferred Until August 25 to Permit Ap- peal by Companies. ‘The installation of meters on cabs in Washington was ordered deferred to- day by District Supreme Court Justice Jesse C. Adkins until August 25 to af- ford opportunity to the City Cab Cor- poration, the Bell Cab Corporation and Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel, to appeal from the court’s order affirming the action of the Public Utilities Com- mission requiring installation of meters. The court decree, signed today, af- firmed the order of the commission, known as order 956, with the exception that the installation of meters is de- ferred until August 25. The court thus extended the former agreement of a | HORSE SHOW LISTS - CLOSE SATURDAY !More Than $5,000 Offered in Prizes and Trophies for Capital Events. | Entries for 54 classes, offering more | than $5000 prize money and trophies |in the National Capital Horse Show next month, will close Saturday, it has been announced by Hubbert R. Quinter, secretary of the exhibition, Full information and fees for each entry should pe forwarded to Mr. | Quinter at 1001 Pifteenth street prior | to that date, the Horse Show Committee warned exhibitors, Hunters, saddle horses and ponies from many of the finest stables in the country are expected to participate in the events at Bradley Farms May 11, 12, 13 and 14, as the fixture is earliest 60-day delay after the case was to be |among the important Bestern outdoor ening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SIX SITES OFFERED FOR BIG GAS TANK IN NORTHEAST AREA City Planner Suggests New Locations for Proposed Fuel Holder. RESIDENTS OF SECTION OPPOSE WHOLE PROJECT Discussion of Plan Centers on Two Places Fsvored.by Official and Company. Four new sites for a gas holder In Northeast Washington were injected into the hearings before the Public Utilities Commission on that subject today in a discussion by John Nolen, jr., city planner for the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission. Mr. Nolen said the Planning Com- mission had considered the problem of the Washington Gas Light Co. in se- curing gas storage space in Northeast| Washington and had made a rating of six available sites. The least objection- able was a site in industrially zoned territory at Twelfth street and Brent- wood road northeast, it was said. Two Sites Discussed. Most of the discussion ranged around this site and a location at Riggs road and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks northeast, which is the one fa- vored by the gas company. The gas company desires to construct a holder 155 feet high to contain 10,000,000 cubic feet of gas, principally for sup- plying the wants of the Northeast ter- ritory and for emergency needs of other sections. The Planning Commission rated the Riggs road site fourth on its list of six. Speaking on the reason which moti- vated the Planning Commission, Mr. Nolen said that it had given preference to the Twelfth street site because it was entirely surrounded by industrial developments, including many build- ings with small water tanks. He said the Riggs road site would seriously mar the Fort drive view of Fort Totten. He admitted, however, that as an engineer- ing problem, it would be almost impos- sible to get gas mains into the favored site, partly because of the treacherous character of the ground and partly because the pipes would have to be tunneled under 28 sets of railroad tracks in order to get into the holder. Spectators Oppose Tank. After Mr. Nolen made his explana- tion, Walter M. Russell, chief engineer of the gas company, took the stand and displayed numerous _pictures, showing the holder as it would appear after con- struction from various points of view. Both of the witnesses were sharply questioned by spectators in the large audience, who appeared almost unani- meusly opposed to the construction of a. holder anywhere in Northeast., ‘William M. Deviny of the Michigan Park Citizens' Association asked why the gas company had determined to make Northeast the backyard of Wash- ington, and E. J. Brennan. of the same association wanted to know if the real reason for the holder was not that the campany expected to be forced out of its’ west station plant by the develop- ment of the Rock Creek Potomac Park- way, Mr. Russell said it was not. VAN DUZER IS ASKED PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHTS Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens Dis- cuss Dangers Resulting From Present Left-Turn Rules. The danger incurred by pedestrians as a result of the new left turn was stressed at a meeting last night of the Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens’ Asso- clation. Members of the association told of numerous instances in which, they said, accidents attributable to the rotary turn would not have occured on the old system of turning to the left on two changes of lights. A motion was adopted to request Willlam A. Van Duzer, director of motor vehicles and traffic, to state the rights of pedestrians crossing streets under the new system. Members reported more than 40 trees had been blown down on P street in recent storms. Possible means of re- placing them were discussed, but no definite action was taken. The organization pledged its support of the forthcoming Flag day exercises. Mrs. Ella M. Thompson, president, announced the next meeting would be held May 31, in the Northminster Pres- byterian Church. CARPENTERS SET FRIDAY TO DECIDE PAY CUT ATTITUDE |Master Builders Put $3-a- Day Reduction Squarely Up to Workmen. SLASH AFFECTS TOTAL OF 3,000 JOURNEYMEN /, Employers Cite Figures Showing Tremendous Decrease in Construction Work. The attitude that union carpenters of Washington will take toward a pro- posed wage slash of $3 per day will be determined at a meeting of the Car- | penters’ District Council Friday night, it was announced today. The matter of a lower wage scale was put squarely up to the tradesmen late yesterday, when the Master Build- ers’ Association, employers of workmen within this group, voted to cut the scale from $11 to $8 per day, effective May 1. Formal notice of this action was sent to union officials and will be presented to the trade at Friday night's ting. ol ‘Will Affect 3,000. The pay cut will affect 3,000 jour- neymenpm this trade in the District, it is said. Pointing out that the heavy slump in the building industry left no alternative other than to reduce wages, members of the employers’ group cited figures showing that construction of commer- cial and industrial buildings in the District had fallen off from $22,000,000 in 1930 to less than $1,000,000 in the first quarter of the present year. Less than 20 per cent of the carpenters are employed at union wages at the mo- ment, they declared, and argued that a reduction in wages would act to stimu- late the building industry. The move, on the other hand, was interpreted by labor representatives as one on the part of general contractors to force down costs by reducing the amounts of estimates furnished them | by subcontractors. This was interpreted in some quarters to mean th‘:et a ge!:- eral reduction in wages may be expect- ed all along the line in the building trades. |~ “It means,” one leading labor official declared today, “that the employers are joining the ranks of the unemployed. Some of the carpenters affected by this action have not had three days’ work in nine months, which makes such a sweeping reduction rather ridiculous. Continuance of present conditions in the building industry will mean that many of the smaller fellows in the sub- contracting game will soon face bank- ruptcy. Notice of the wage slash was sent to the carpenters’ organization in a letter which said: “The offer of $1 per hour made-by our committee is, we believe, very fair, due to the present condition of the building industry, and in view of the fact that there are many projects being held off the market due to the present high scale of wages, and that the gen- eral public is looking’ to a wage read- justment in keeping with the decline in the cost of living.” The Master Builders declared that a reduction in local wages would enable District contractors to bid on a footing equal to that of out-of-town concerns, which have in the past been able to underbid local competitors. The build- ers’ organization has a membership of 25 firms, representing the majority of the contract builders in the city. Yesterday's action came after negq- fations that have extended over & period of several months failed to pro- | duce results. The reduction in wages for carpen- ters also has extended to millwork em- ployes, according to a notice read at the meeting by Harry Blake, president of Barber & Ross, Inc., and, in addi- tion, put these workmen on an open- shop basis. The salary scale was fixed at a $5 minimum and a $7 maximum. Text of Notice. ‘The notice said: “Notice is hereby given to all me- chanics employed in our glazing rooms, mills and shops that, beginning Mon- day, May 2, we will operate on an open shop basis. We find this action neces- sary to.enable us to continue operating our shops in this city without a definite loss and to make it possible that we compete with shops located outside the city, which operate on a lower wage 'ufge' mWe .r:l losi]ll’u work to outside Tes| continually while worl under present conditions. e “It is our desire to continue employ- ment of the men now working in each individual mill or shop, and they as well as other old employes who are not working at present on account of the lack of work, provided that they indi- cate their intention to=continue work under the above conditions. BANKER’S UNWITTING “CRUELTY” FAILS TO DISCOURAGE BLUEBIRDS Mother Bird Sticks to Nest as He Tries to Remove What He Thought Was Sparrow’s. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932. MERCHANT PRAISED AT ington on an extended vacation. Bresnahan, flag bearer; C. J. | Miss Loretta Brown, drum major; Maj. Boys’ Band Honors Gans “SO LONG” RECEPTION. ‘Washington Boys’ Independent Band last night gave a concert at Eastern High School in honor of Isaac Gans, local merchant, who has | supported the band since its organization. Mr. Gans is leaving Wash- In the photo, left to right, are: Thomas jr., bandmaster; Isaac Gans, C. J. Brown ang Laverne Brown. —Star Staff Photo. Brown, NAVAL HOSPITAL'S PLANS PRESENTED Fine Arts Commission Gets | Report on Proposed Terrace Work. Progress studies for the new Naval Hospital here were laid before the Fine Arts Commission yesterday by the Navy Department and the Allied Architects of Washington, Inc. The proposed terrace on the south- | ward slopes of the hill near the Lin- | coln Memorial, near Twenty-third street and Constitution avenue, where the nvew structure is to be built, were | studied by the commission. They are | the work of Earle S. Draper, consulting landscape architect. | Beauty to Be Unmarred. The commission desires that the util- | itarian hospital buildings be screened by a system of three terraces, that they may not conflict with the beauty of the Lincoln Memorial and the Arling- jton Memorial Bridge. Future development in the Red Cross quadrangle at Seventeenth and D streets was considered by the commission. This expansion contemplates erection of a memorial to Jane A. Delano, head nurse | Opens Session ROBERT D. KOHN Of New York, president of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects. HOSTILITY DENIED saniminda N SHOREHAM SUI commission yesterday offered sugges- |Bondholders’ Committee tions relating to the model and gener- ally approved plans for this develop- Terms Bralove Action as Part of Plans. ment. James K. McClintock of the American Red Cross, Dr. Tait McKenzie, sculptor, and Noel Chamberlain Sands, landscape architect, represented the Red Cross at the conference. Flyers’ Medal Considered. An air mail fiyers’ medal of honor, considered desirable by the Post Of- fice Department as an award for out- standing work, was taken under con- sideration by the commission. The sketch of a mural painting, to be placed in the Miami, Fla. post office, was studied and the subject of traffic signs on the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way was taken up with R. E. Toms, Bureau of Public Roads engineer. ‘The Bondholders' Committee of the Shoreham Hotel today denied a suit | filed recently by Harry M. Bralove to | enforce a mechanics’ lien against the | property was in any way hostile to the | reorganization plans worked out by the disposed of in the District Supreme Court for an additional 60 days. Justice Adkins did not allow the fil- ing of a supersedeas bond to stay the operation of his order affirming order No. 936, but only fixed a cost bond on | appeal at $500. The cab companies will seek an early hearing in the Court of Appeals, but if this cannot be ar- ranged prior to the Summer recess of that court, an application will be made for & supersedeas bond, it is expected. The Public Utilities Commission was represented by Ascistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts. BALTIMORE PRESS CLUB TO HONOR RADIO OFFICIAL G. Franklin Wisner, chief of the press sion, who was president of the Balti- more Press Club from 1913 to 1920, will be the guest of honor when the club celebrates its twentieth anniversary at Lhehlotd Baltimore Hotel tomorrow night. Sir Willmott Lewis, correspondent of the London Times, will be the princi- pal speaker. Mayor Howard Jackson of Baltimore also will take part in the celebration. A newspaper playlet by George Ben- | series and presents to both young and seasoned horses an opportunity for ex- | perience in good competition, The list of exhibitors probably will, include Richard K. Mellon of Pitts- burgh; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sommerville | of Orange, Va.. Trillora Farms of New | Jersey, Clover Height Farms of Canada, Mrs. R. L. Benson of Princeton, N. J.; Dilwynn Farms, Montchanin, Del.; Mrs. | Simon Patterson of Pittsburgh and | others. | Among the local owners who will show are Vernon G. Owen, Karl W. | Corby, Gwinn W. Rust, Mrs. W. J. Chewning, jr. and many others promi- | nent in the activities of the Riding and Hunt Club. The Fort Myer, Va., horse chow team, fresh from winning per- | formances at the Atlantic City show, | will provide numerous entries | .,Of the prize money, approximately $2,600 will be available to the hunters and $250 to the children's classes. Stable appointments and hlghc point managers will be offered $100. In addi- tion to the cash awards there will be cups, plate and other prizes, ARMED BANDITS SQUGHT Pair Rob Man of $63 and Escape in Auto. In a “believe it or not” spirit Y. E., which operation required considerable Booker, investment banker, of 4517 |fammering. Having accomplished this Hawthorne street has sent to The Star | the following account of a domestic I decided to made one more effort to tragedy in which he unwittingly played | dislodge the old nest, so I turned the nington, William Markey, Walter Wal- | son, correspondent of the Minneapolis | Police are seeking two armed colored the part of the villain—a role that he regrets all the more because of a long interest in birds and their welfare. He tells the story in his own words, as follows: “During the past Winter I have had a half dozen hluebirds coming regular- ly to a feed box near my living room window. About two weeks ago a pair of them seemed greatly interested in | an old nesting box which had fallen out of a tree to which it had been at- tached and which had been placed on | a windowsill about 5 feet from the ground until I had an opportunity to put it back in the tree. hurry to do this, since last year it was monopolized by English sparrows and service of the Federal Rddio Commis- |and jumpers, $1600 for saddle horses|I did not particularly care to encourage these obnoxious guests. Three days ago my wife again reminded me that the bluebirds seemed greatly interested in the box, so I decided I would put it up in the tree and hope that the blue- BBds would manage to hold it against the sparrows. “In order to attach the box to the tree it was necessary to nail a board on the back of it, so I took it into my cel- lar where I keep my tools. I first turned it upside down in an effort to shake the old sparrows’ nest out, but did not suc- ceed. 1 then reached in with two fin- I was in no | box upside down and hammered on the bottom, then reached in again. I was rather startled to feel something soft and warm, and when I peeped in there was & female bluebird clinging bravely to the remnants of the nest and making no effort to escape, “I felt like a murderer, particularly when I saw at my feet several pale blue eggs which had fallen unnoticed while I was shaking the box. I could not re- place the box on the windowsi, since the board I had attached to it made this impossible without more hammer- ing, and I did not want to commit further sins in this direction. Therefore, as gently as I could, I attached the box to the body of a tree a few feet from the window with the rather futile hope that a bird which would stand by her home‘ thrglll:h “l:lch a s ordeal might continue to occupy the premises if unmolested. » “I watched the box for about 10 min- :‘:l‘ l;:e fi;z‘llll‘fle l:i:ofl:er continued at r . I felt rather encmu’t{td an hour later when I saw the male and female bluebirds fiercely attack a spar- row which came to investigate the box in its new position. Perhaps, thought I, they realized it was al] a mistake on my part and will continue to regard us as their friends. The next morning, Gilmore D. Clarke, newest member of the commission, was assigned the problem of studying questions bearing on the landscaping of Columbia Island. Mr. Clarke, a landscape architect, will be assisted by James L. Greenleaf, con- sulting landscape architect of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission. DOG ATTACKS MAN Cement Worker Injured in 15- Minute Fight With Canine. Attacked by a bulldog, Anthony Norica, 65 years old, of the 500 block ‘Third street northeast, received cuts of the legs and arms after a 15-minute battle in front of St. Stephen’s Church yesterday afternoon, according to‘a po- lice report. Norica was laying the cement for a | walk at the church, located at 161 Brentwood road northeast, when the bulldog was reported to have fastened his teeth in the man’s leg. Norica was treated at Sibley Hospital. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Tllustrated lecture, “From Peking to Ceylon” Will C. Barnes, Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street, 8:20 p.m. Meeting,' Washington Philatelic So- | clety, 1518 K street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Queen Elizabeth Chapter, | ayghters of the British Empire of the irict, Willard Hotel, 8:30 pm. i Rummage sale, Woman's Army and | Navy League, 1122 Connecticut avenue, | today and tomorrow. Reception, Kentucky Society of Wash- ington, Willard Hotel, 8:15 p.m. Meeting, Chemical Soclety of Wash- ington, Interior Department, 8 p.m. Meeting, Rhode Island Soclety, Wil- lard Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting and buffet supper, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Willard | Hotel, 8 p.m. | Book review, Federation of Women's Clubs, Mount Pleasant Library, 2 p.m. | Benefit bingo party, Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. Religious cantata, choir of Second Baptist Church, Vermont Avenue Bap- tist Church, 8 pm. Dr. W. Scott Mayo, director. D: Di TOMORROW. Luncheon, Cornell Club, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Department of State, Uni- versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Raleigh Ho- | tel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. committee. Legal Move Explained. Bralove, a contractor who partici- pated in building the hotel, filed suit in District Supreme Court asking that his mechanics’ liens, totaling $148,- 2:;1.83. be enforced against the prop- erty. Declaring that a conception of Bra- love's suit as hostile to the committee’s plans is erroneous and harmful, the Bondholders’ Committee today issued the following statement: “This suit was filled solely for the purpose of protecting the mechanics’ liens claimed by Mr. Bralove on his own behalf and purchased by him from other creditors. Such suits must be brought within one year from the filing notice of the liens and it was merely the desire of Mr. Bralove and the Note- holders’ Committee that the claims so asserted should be maintained on the same basis as similar claims, on behalf of which a number of other similar suits already have been filed. Favored by Committee. “The suit in question is in further- ance of the committee’s plan, and, un- der an agreement between the commit- tee and Mr. Bralove, is to be entered in the office of the clerk of the court by Mr. Bralove for the benefit of the committee upon the committee’s de- mand.” The sult was filed through Attorneys W. C. Sullivan and Young, Simon, | Koenigsberger and Brez. MRS. CAROLINE HANDY TO BE BURIED TOMORROW Leader in Founding of Grand Chapter of 0. E. S. Here Was Born in New York 74 Years Ago. Mrs. Caroline Austin Handy, 74, who was instrumental in the establishment of the District Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and its third grand matron, died Monday at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Funeral serv- ices will be held at 3 o'clock tomprrow |afternoon at the S. H. Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street, followed by burial in the Handy family lot in Congressional Cemetery. Born in New York City, Mrs. Handy was married in Washington to Dr. Wil- liam E. Handy. After living here sev- eral years the couple moved to Los Angeles, returning to Washington about 18 years ago. Dr. and Mrs. Handy were among the organizers of Esther Chapter, No. 5, O. E. S, establishment of which, as the fifth chapter, entitled the District ta a grand chapter. They made their home at 1725 Seventeenth street. LAWYERS TO ORGANIZ The Natlonal Association of Federal ARCHITECTS STUDY PLANS FOR CAPITAL IN FUTURE YEARS Institute Opens Annual Con« vention Here With Program for Noble City. MEDAL IS AWARDED TO SWEDISH DESIGNER Progress Reported in Study for Improvement of Housing Con- ditions Throughout Nation. Looking far beyond the present period of depression and viewing the ultimate consummation of the building of a truly noble National Capital, the American Institute of Architects and 10 other pro= fessional bodies will scrutinize current and future plans for the development of Washington, during the convention g! the institute which opened here to< ay. This important phase of the work of the institute will come up for specific consideration, involving numerous defi= nite proposals, at a conference to be held Friday morning as a part of the institute convention program at the Mayflower Hotel. The convention proper was opened this morning with an address by Robert D. Kohn"of New York, president of the institute, who declared that housing that meets the needs of the lower in- come groups of the population of this country, for which no “adequate” pro- vision ever has been made, is the aim of studies now being conducted by ar- chitects. Marks Seventy-fifth Anniversary. ‘This is one of the objectives of stud= ies of the economic aspects of housi and the uses of land which he reporte now are well under way. The institute announced today the award of a gold medal to Ragnar Ost berg of Sweden for “the most dise tinguished service to architecture.” Ostberg designed the Stockholm City Hall. The medal has been awarded only 10 times in the last 25 years, twice to Britishtwice to Prench and six times to American architects. The convention, which marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the found- ing of the institute, is being attended by a large body of delegate architects from chapters throughout the United States. The conference with important ree lated professional associations will be known as the Bicentennial Conference on the National Capital and will be staged in co-operation with the George W Bicentennial Commission, In addition to the institute, the pare ticipating organizations are the Amere ican City Planning Institute, the Amers ican Civic Association, the American Federation of Arts, the city-planning division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Landscape Architects, Association of the Alumni of the American Academy in Rome, Garden Club of America, the Mural Painters, the National Confer- ence on City Planning and the Na« tiona Scupture Soclety. Peaslee to Preside. Horace W. Peaslee, second vice prese ident of the Architects’ Institute, wifl preside over the conference, which wil act upon a number of proposals deale ing with,the development program fod the Capifal. Similar pre will be considered by officiels representing the other bodies Thursday evening. An executive committee representing the various groups recently was set up with Mr. Peaslee as chairman and Gardner S. Rogers, a director of the City Planning Institute, as secretary. It has drafted a group of resolutions for consideration here this week. Agreement in principte on three main points was reached. These provide that the development of Washington, in its general plan and in its details, should be in the hands of the ablest profese sional men in order that it may expresg the highest ideals and accom] ent of American art; that the employ! ment of such men should be madq possible by definite legislative authorid zation, and that the full force of pro+ fessional and civic organizations should be nihrj:cted toward tge ucon&pl:;,hm:s! of t program and towar e propriation of ample funds to obtaid the men best fitted for the work, the proper execution of thetr designs and adequate maintenance on a high stande ard. ' Seek Closer Relationship. Other problems which may be acted on at the conference include a Sugges= tion for a more definite relationship between the Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commis= sions and the professional and other societies _interested in the development of the Capital. It has been. declared that uow the contact between these commissions and the professions exists only in times of emergency, when support is desired either for obtaining authorizations or appropriations or for the blocking of some i1l considered project which “jeopardizes” the plan of Washington. The proposal has been advanced also that, in view of the number of general planning projects reviewed by the Fine Arts Commission, the established pro- fession of city planning should have recognition in the personnel of the fine arts body. The Bicentennial conference also will censider pwoposals that the united sup= port of the interested professional bodies be thrown behind specific proj= ects in the Capital development proe g-am, such as completion of the Mall, the Monument Grounds, the George Washington Memorial Parkway and the National Arboretum. Progress Is Reported. Reporting progress in the study of means of producing more adequate housing for the low income groups of Americans, President Kohn declared: “The construction industry is almost paralyzed; millions of its teehnicians and workers are idle. It is essential to find work for architects in a field in which there is a social need for service, one that can be met with economically sound _projects. “One such field is that of large-scale housing to meet the needs of income groups for which little building ever has been done in this country. The study of ways and means is still in its beginning, yet the architects have been trying to clarify the basic principles on which any solution must be founded.” Notable progress has been made in the past year, Mr. Kohn added, in the work of unification of the architectural profession and the building industry. The recent formation of the Con- struction League, he said, promises to inaugurate a new era for the industry. Thirty or more national associations | ter, Orville Platte’ and Joseph Kauff-|Journal, will be one of the features. | men who early today held ers as far as I could, but only succeed- man. Additional players in tonight's| Robert H. Lane, Newark Evening | Portale, 627 F street, and mb‘gdvh‘?:\e r;; :1 in touching some feathers with the cast will include Miss Nora Woodward, | News correspondent, formerly in news- | $63. Portale said he was walking near | tips of my fingers. Mrs. Wilbur Griest and Mrs. Lloyd | paper work in Baltimore, and Paul Mal- | Seventh and D streets when the hold-up “This did not surprise me, since I Lucas. lon, of the United Press, president of knew sr.rrovu frequently lined their It is the group’s sixth annual presenta- the White House Correspondents’ As-| The robbers escaped in & walting nests with feathers, I then proceeded to tion. sociation, also will participate. automobile. nail & board to the back of the box, however, both birds had departed, and the sparrows were in undisputed pos- of the box. “If I had deliberately tried to drive my bluebirds away ';ly'm bly have not dtM-dh & more or ef- Practitioners, an association of lawyers | are expected to affiliate with the league practicing in the Federal courts, will [in an attempt to create an unusual be organized next Monday at 10 o'clock [ type of deliberative conference ine at_the Raleigh Hotel. tended Luncheon, Advertising Club, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Roast beef dlmé!g. 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