Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1932, Page 17

B0, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1932. = he Sundy Shee [Cvasierox | MRS, NORTON ASKS “AMERICANIZATION" OF WASHINGTON Chairman of House District Committee Urges Voice in Government. BELIEVES LIVING COST WARRANTS PRESENT PAY Bees Favorable Action on Rail Merger and Other District Bills in Congress. Pleas for “Americanization of the National Capital” so that the half mil- lion Americans resident here can enjoy the greatest privilege of an American citizen, of having a voice in govern- ment through the ballot,” and that the people throughout the country would fairly consider the situation of Govern- ment employes in the question of salary reduction, were made in a radio address last night by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee. Mrs. Norton also predicted an early and favorable report on the proposal for the incorporation of credit unions within the District, and expressed con- fidence that the street railway merger bill which has been under consideration by Congress for more than 20 years will be favorably acted upon in the House tomorrow. She quoted Sanford Bates, director of the Bureau of Prisons, ad- vocating the passage of the bill creating & board of indeterminate sentences and pardons in the District and concluded “it seems a bill worthy of favorable consideration by Congress.” Discusses Representation. In discussing the right of franchise and national representation for resi- dents of the District of Columbia, Mrs. Norton said in part: “I particularly would like the privi- lege of Americanizing Washingtonians in this session of Congress. My resolu- tion calling for the appointment of a congressional committee to study this important problem is still before the House Committee on Rules and I am hoping that some action will be taken thereon. “The half million Americans of the District of Columbia constitute the only community in all the expanse of the continental United States—highly in- telligent, public - spirited citizens— which is €enied representation in the National Government. “In relation to national laws, the sole function of the District residents is to obey. They take no part in the laws which they must obey. “In relation to taxes, their sole func- tion is to pay. They have nothing to say, like other taxpayers, concerning the amount and kind of taxes they shall pay and how the tax money shall be spent This is evidenced by the unpopular and unfair ‘Mapes bill' now before Congress, and against which I voted in the House. Held Right of All Citizens. “National representation is a distinc- tive, basic right of the American citi- zen—in government of the people, by the people, for the people. The Dis- trict should be represented in the Na- tional Government. “Another national election will be held in November, when the citizens of the United States choose their candi- dates to perform the executive and leg- islative functions of the great repre- sentative Republic. Every voting American is a sover- eign in his own right, and on election day he or she exercises this sovereignty & the vote is deposited in the ballot x. To all full-fledged Americans, elec- tion day is a day of - ational inspira- tion and patriotic p-.ae. “To the beautiful City of Washing- ton, D. C., with its splendid populace, it 1s a day of keen regret. “This {5 not a criticism of the of- ficials in charge of your Government In my judgment, they are able, efficient gentlemen and have fully co-operated with me. In fact, I consider Washing- ton, as a city, better governed in many yespects than are a great many other cities comparable in size. My regret is that you are deprived of the greatest | privilege an American citizen is heir to —that of having a voice in Govern- ment, through the ballot.” Comparison of Conditions. Discussing the reduction of salaries of Federal employes, Mrs. Norton em- phasized that peopie throughout the country have not appreciated the real conditions and expenses of Government employes, but have figured the presum- ably high salaries paid by the Govern- ment in comparison with salaries paid in country towns where living condi- ns are entirely different. She said rning economy and of Federal em- arguments in favor being thing is so much chesper than it has been heretofore. “While it is agreed that foodstuffs iderably cheaper than they have been for several years, it is also an important fact to take note of that axes have not decreased. the biggest item in the fam- I this item is reduced 8 at the cost decreased to any con- pressed by talk cannot be tor Capper in a recent { the rents ge citie 1ave not been me rates—it is e can be little budget ses Higher. has been called, through therwise, to the fact that nt employes in Washington 1 a much better position and are i than those ely every one is no comparison 1 districts and resid- | where food and rent, the other items in- ved, are probably 1 sections T sestion of living in city and rural cts was evidenced many times during the war period, when the Government, in need of workers, called upon the people of the rural districts o accept positions in Washington, “These suburban people considered the salaries in Washington very exor- bitant compared to those received in their own towns, but after living here for six months many of them returned to their homes convinced that a salary of $75 a month received in a small town ‘was equal in buying power to twice that amount in Washington.” twice as high as in Women's Clubs to Meet. The D. C. Pederation of Women's Clubs will meet Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Roosevelf Hotel. Mrs. John F. Sipple will be the guest of honor. A musical program has been arranged. : gree with the views ex- | living | i | yesterday in the Virginia Gold taking a spill at the sixth jump Neither horse nor rider was injured. VIRGINIA GOLD CUP 5 WON BY MELTA Victory Is Second for Sum- ner Pingree at War- renton. | By & Staff Correspondent 3 WARRENTON, Va, 7—In a/ sun hot enough to slow up all but the most energetic, Melita, 7-year-old bay gelding, ran 4 miles over a gruelling course to win the eleventh running of the Virginia Gold Cup here this after- noon. Under a steady ride by Jack Skinner the stout son of Melcager-Dusty Girl came home a city block ahead of Dun- can Read’s Silvery Jim, which the owner rode. Mrs. F. M. Gould's Os- tend finished a fast-going third after falling neer the end of the race. Wil- llam Streett remounted after the s and made up ground, but was too far back to regain the commanding poci- tion he held previously Gets Second Victory. While Col Bradley today was ir | the ranks of Derby winners for third time, Melita's victory before sev- eral thousand spectators gave Pingree a second leg on the equally famous in amateur | chasing. ~ The owner of Fl Farms first captured the event in 1930 with Solssons. The day’s program opened with two races on the R. C. Winmill estate. Mrs | T. W. Durant’s Fugitive took the first | contest by 150 lengths or mor L R Stuyvesant’s Halo was second and Charles Castleman remounted Shaugton | Boy after a fall to come in tt Pu; tive's owner will receive the Warrenton | Hunt Cup, valued at $300. | In the North Wales Cup, which fol- | lowed, William Almy, jr n his own | William Kennett the last quarter mount in third po sant’s How Divine | ville's Palm Off ca f T M: in second and | third, respectively. There were half a dozen spills in the morning contests, | but were not serious | Ostend Takes Fall. | After Mrs | Guard had wor setter in the Gold Cup rowed to Melit. | ter fell and Jack € fully the rest of the victory. Among the spectalors were Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, Tinsley Garnett, Miss Phyllis Hight, M Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs, M Mr. and Mrs t others of Shea, Mrs. Cl Mrs. Edward 4 | Alvin Baird, Mr. and Mrs. Regi | Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bryan and many others from Virginia; Hamil- | ton Southworth, Basil Ryan, Antionette Frissell, Alice de Peyster, Rosmund Pin- chot and others from New York. Summaries First race, Warrenton Hunt Cup: six started, three finished—First. Pugitive Mrs. T. W. Durant; second, Halo, Lewis Rutherford Stuyvesant, owner and rider; third, Shaughton Bov, Walter Bowes, Charles Castleman, rider. Second race. North Wales Cup started, 7 finished—First nett, William Almy, jr rider; second, How Divine, L R Stuyvesant, owner and rider: third, Palm Off, Mrs. T. H. Somerville, Noel Laing, rider. Virginia Gold Cup race: seven started, five finished; timber course, 4!, miles —First race, Melita, Flying = Horse Farm, Jack Skinner, rider; second, Silvery Jim, Duncan H. Read, owner | and rider; third, Ostend, Mrs. PFrank | M. Gould, William Street, rider. | Scholarship Fund Sought. The Bryn Mawr Club of Washing- ton will hold a sale of second-hand | books this week at the Transportation Bullding, to raise a scholarship fund for a Washington girl in Bryn Mawr College. The sale will open Tuesday and continue all week, under the chair- manship of Mrs. E. O, Hi way to help his | C Hol 10 William Ken- owner and Bt and galloped off into the nearby woods. _ BOVE: Jack Skinner, who rode the Flying Horse Farm's Melita to victory Cup, is shown receiving the cup pre- sented by Mrs. Baldwin D. Spilman, on whose course, near Warrenton the race was held. Below: Bulgold and his rider, R. G. Duffy, pictured p in the Gold Cup race of four miles. Igold arose quickly after the mishap Vrtsmr Staft Phfl((i ARLINGTON RITES TOMOTHERS TODAY Tree to Be Planted There This Morning—Other Ex- ercises Planned. Mother's day will be observed today with special services at Arlington Na- ticnal Cemetery, Washington Cathedral ana throughout the cf Exercises honoring the mother of the Unknown Soldier will begin at 10:30 o'clock this morning in Arlington Cemetery. A “Mother's Tree” will be pianted, Mme. Schumann-H will sing and Col. Frederick H. Payne, As- sistant Secretary of War, will speak At another in the Arlington Amphitheater at 2 pm., Sec of War Patrick J. Hurley and Gen. Doug- service by Boy and G earth from will be deposited at the ever: Legion Auxiliary in Charge, Henry C. Spengler Unit, American_Legion Auxiliary, w charge 2va C. C man of the Bicentennial The tree, nie C. Knight, president of the Sp ler Unit, will be accepted by Robert R Dye, a: tant cemetery superintendent Mrs. Virgil H. Stone, national pre dent of the American War Mothe and Mrs. Leonidas C. Dyer, pi of the Congressional Club, wil greetings. A wreath will be p Committee | the tomb of the U guard of honor be Star Mothers. The led by Mrs. R. P. Quesenbe Joanna Hynson. A Mother's day tribute to Mar Washington, mother of the f dent, will be paid at 4 o'clock ington Cathedral under auspices of the District Bicentennial Commission. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will preach and Mrs, John D. Sherman, a member of the United States Bicentennial Commission will read a tribute to the life of Mary Ball Washington The United tSates Marine Band the Cathedral Choir will provide patr otic hymns Bible Lessons to Be Read. Besides the Catheral clergy Barney Phillips, chaplain of the Se rector of the Church of the . Rabbl Abram Simon of the Hebrew Congregation will Ze 8¢ | the Washingion Federa will give the New Rev. James Shera Montgom lain of the e of Repres will read the psalm Other Mother's day_ services will be conducted at Calvary Baptist Church A program has been prepared by the West Virginia Society and the meeting will be addressed by Miss Anna Jarvis Harry L Snyder of Shepherdstown, W Va.. also will speak The All States Soclety i with the West Virginia group in the program. John L. Bateman, secretary of the latter group, heads the specia committee on arrangements, and is as sisted by Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, Mrs H. W. Campbell, Mrs. Todd C. Sharp, W. E. Hoffhines and John W. Smith THREE INJUR.ED IN CRASH D. C. Men Hurt in Chillum, Md,, Auto Accident. ‘Three Washington men were in- jured, cne seriously, when an auto- mobile in which they were 'riding turned over on the Montgomery road near Chillum, Md., last night The men, Thomas Leador, 24, and Walter Jarboe, 23, both of Terra Cotta, D. C., and Aubrey 8. Freeman, 24, of 216 Underwood street, were en to Garfield Hospital. Leador was found to have severe head injuries, while Jarboe and Free- ntatives, (man were only slightly hurt, to be presented by Mrs. Jen- | ( ca-operating FIRST INAUGURAL RECEPTION SHOWN ON CAPITOL STEPS Washington Again Receives Cabinet and Citizens in Pageant. SPECTACLE WITNESSED BY THRONG OF 15,000 0ld and Modern Dances Follow Presentation, Under Auspices of Bicentennial Body. shington received again the gentlemen of his cabinet and their ladies, together with representative citi- | zens, when the reception following his inauguration 143 years ago was de- picted last night on the East Plaza of the Capitol before 15,000 persons. Presented under auspices of the Dis- trict Bicentennial Commission, the | program was attuned to music by the United States Army Band Orchestra and marked by dancing that ranged from Washington's own day to the | present The throng faced the Capitol from across the plaza and hemmed in the theater by rising on the north and south steps of the building itselef. The ! rotunda steps, however, were cleared, and from the rotunda walked George and Martha Washington, impersonated by I C. Buchannan and Mrs. R. A Allen. Descending to a point near the ground the leading couple halted. A long file of costumed men and women walked before the newly inaugurated First President, curtsying and bowing in salute. Finally the cabinet bowed their greetings and the historic scene was over. Early Dances Presented. Following the depicted reception, a series of early dances was presented jon the Capitol steps. First a minuet J was danced by the Carmody Dancers, costumed in red wispy gowns of the Colonial fashion. These were followed by the Griffith Dancers, who presented a gay gavoite, and then came the Thomson Commu Center Dancers, who offered another minuet. An old- | fashioned square dance by the Randall Dancers, followed by a third minuet by the Capitol Society, Children of the American Revolution, completed the program Seventy-five members of the Daugh- ters of America presented a drill on | the plaza. The program was preceded by mem- bers of the District Bicentennial Com- | mission, who descended the rotunda | steps to places on the plaza for a review of the presentation. Jazz Tunes Played. An incongruous note was struck fol lowing the formal program when t music and hoop-skirted, white-wigged Colonial figures stepped out in figures were joined in these dances by hundreds of couples from the mass of spectators for a program of street dancing. Last night’ | direction of Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, | pageantry director for the commission. | State society presidents who ~partict pated in the program included Edward J. Lang, Connecticut; Capt. Thomas J. Joseph Horgan, Frank E. Hickey, Massachusetts H. Bartlett, New Hampshire: Claude W Parker, New Jersey. Dr. W. J. Davis | New York; Maj P. Denson, North | Carolina; Representative Samuel A | Kendall, Pennsylvania: Willlam B. | Child, Rhode Island: Senator Ellison D | Smith, South Carolina: Mrs. Mabel R | Pierce, Vermont; Thomas S. Settle, Vir- ginia, and Elmer E. Field of the New England State Soci HUSBAND SLAYS WIFE "AND SHOOTS HIMSELF| Physicians Doubt His Recovery. Unconscious at Freedmen's Hospital. mes Ross, 25. colored, who shot elf through the head yesterday after killing his wife, Ida, 17, still was unconscious in Preedmen's Hospital last night, and physicians expressed doubt he would recover Ross, according to witnesses, shot his wife while the two sat in his taxicab on Brookland avenue near Michigan ave- nue. Throwing his wife's body into the street he started to drive away, then turned the gun upon himself. The auto- mobile continued about 100 yards, final- ly crashing into a tree, careening a few yards farther and :riking another, Ja! | | WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Brakes of Auto Driven by Colored Man Are Found in Good Condition. Four-year-old Charles Jackson, col- ored, 2437 Eighth street, was fatally in- | jured ~ yesterday, when struck by an | automobile ¢n Eleventh street "lorida avenue He died at Children's Hospital several hours later, - The car was driven by William A Saunders, colored, 31, of 2622 Eleventh street. The brakes were found to be in good condition EDUCATORS WILL MEET | District Group Holds Final Session of Current Year Saturday. The District Education Association | will hold its final meeting of the cur- ent year at noon next Saturday at the Kennedy-Warren, when T. D. Martin, director of membership of the Natiooal Education Association, and Henry Gil- ligan, member of the D. C. Board of Education, will speak Officers will be elected and delegates chosen for the National Education As- sociation’s convention at Atlantic City in June. FRENCH PLAN RITES Wreath to Be Placed Today Btatue of Jeanne d'Arc. A wreath, ordered by Mme. Carlo Polifme, president of Le Lyceum, a French woman's organization with headquarters in New York, will be placed on the statue of Jeanne d'Arc n Meridian Hill Park today, in observ- ance of the Frengh holiday, “Jeanne d'Arc da; Army Band Orchestra broke into jazz | the | modern rythm. The Colonial costumed | program was under the | near { tennial pageant. CHILD EDUCATION * PARLEY ADIDURNS Annual Four - Day Session Comes to End With Ban- quet—DOfficers Named. Six hundred members and guests of | the Association for Childhood Educa- tion brought their four-day annual meeting here to a close last night with |a banquet session at the Willard Hotel | The dinner was marked by a sym- | posium on important proviems and ob- jectives of the organization, with Miss Ella Ruth Boyce, Pittsburgh, presiding Mrs. Edna Hazard Woodward of this city was chairman of the Dinner Com- | mittee. 5 Miss Wahlert Elected. Miss Jennie Wahlert, supervisor of | primary grades, St. Louis, Mo., unani- mously was elected vice president of the association, representing primary grades, and Miss Fleanor Troxell, early elementary supervisor, Kalamazoo, | Mich., was elected secretary-treasurer at a business session yesterday morning They will serve two-year terms Other officers, including Miss Julia | Wade Abbott, Philadelphia, president, will serve another year. The next convention will be held in Denver, Colo., next Summer. Reports of officers and standing committees were presented yesterday and the dele- | gates visited the Pan-American Union | Building at noon. Paper by Mrs. Gesell. Mrs. Arnold Gesell, New Haven, Conn., delivered a paper on “Growing Up With | Adults,” and Dr. Ernest R. Groves, re- | search professor of sociology, Univer- sity of California, on “Knowing the |Child Through the Home" yesterday afternoon at a session in the auditorium | of the Department of Commerce Build- ing. | Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan. Journal of the National sociation, and William H. Kilpatrick, | professor of philosophy of education Teachers' College, Columbia University, addressed earlier meetings. 'KENMORE ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL SESSION editor of the Education As- | Dinner to Advisory Board at Mans- fleld Country Club Opens Confer- | ence at Fredericksburg. | By a Staff Correspondent of The §tar. FREDERICKSBURG, Va A dinner of the advisory x Mansfield Country Club last nigh augurated the annual meeting of the Kenmore Assoclation. The State Re- gents and their committees opened to- day’s session in the great room at Ken- | more. | mittees attending are Vaughn of South Dakota, Mr Wheelwright, Richmond, Va.: | B. Ball of Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. J. W. Mecks, also of Muncie, Ind.; Mrs. | Francis Crowningshield, Wilmington | Del; Mrs. Crawford Toy Birmingham, Ala.: Mrs. Pullman, Ala- bama: Mrs. Charles M. Chapin, New Jersey; Mrs. Benjamin Morton, Ten- nessee; Mrs. Charles M. Lee, Phila- celphia; Mrs. Howland, Philadelphia, and Mrs. C. M. La Faitte, also of Philadelphia; Mrs. Thomas H. Tolliver, and Mrs. A. Harriman of Wash- ington, D. C.; Miss Mary Day and Mrs Wilmer Biddle of Baltimore and Phila- deiphia. Mrs. Francis Parkinson Keye: Mrs. Walmouth, Mrs. Frank Height of New Hampshire; Mrs. Peter Arring- ton of Warrington, N. C.; Mrs. H. H Benkhard of New York, and Mrs. S V. R. Crosby, Boston, Mass Mrs. W. D. Duke, and Mrs, Duke of Richmond, Va ‘Thomas Mrs. E. Frank POTOMAC MIéSlaflRY UNION HOLDS MEETING Given in Session at Lees- burg Church. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va.. May 7.—Group No. 1, Potomac Women's Missionary Union, met at the Leesburg Baptist Church The group is composed of churches in Hamilton, Calvary, Leesburg. Little River, Middleburg, Mount Hope, North Fork, Purcellville, Round Hill and Waterford Devotional perfods were conducted by H son of Leesburg. Talks were made by Dr. T. W. Ayers, Rev. Fletcher Ford, Rev. C. T. Taylor, Rev. H. B. Jennings, O. L. Emerick, A. O. Hutton, Mrs. Eugene Drake and Mrs. J. W. Chamblin. During the day Miss Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Arthur Jenkins, Mrs. Allensworth and the Lees- burg Girls' Auxiliary gave musical selections. Officers re-elected were Mrs, Luther Otley, group leader, and Mrs. Dudley Carneal, secretary. The Fall meeting will be held at Waterford. Rites Today for Mrs. Kincheloe. UPPERVILLE, Va., May 7 (Special) —Mrs. Anne Warren Kincheloe, 63, wife of James Mason Kincheloe, died today at her home here. Interment will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Upperville, Va, toworrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. _ | four children and active in civic affairs ' match. Among the regents and their com- | J. D Johnson, | Mr. and | Talks and Music Selections Are | P. White and Mrs. Magnus Thomp- | 1 Prowler Topples In Old Shed and Finds $2,000 Gold By the Associated Press | LEWISTON, Mont, May 7— G. McEwan likes to prowl around abandoned buildings in the de- serted Kendall mining district. | | Yesteraay he broke through the | | fioor of an old shed. He found | a heavy, vellow object | He took his find to men who | | know gold. They said it weighed i 107 ounces and was worth more than $2,000. It was probably hidden there a quarter of a century ago, when the district was producing much gold ore. WAGE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE THIS WEEK Carpenters Reject Offer of $8 a Day ‘ by Master Builders’ Asso- ciation. Further negotiations to establish & new wage scale for carpenters here will be made this week, it was indi- ed last night as the Carpenters’ Dis- Council, in a referendum vote by members of the union, rejected a tender ){ $8 per day made by the Master Builders' Association. The workmen voted 12 to 1 against the proposal, according to union offi- cials. Approximately 1,800 of the 3,300 n_carpenters in the affiliated locals cast ballots. Members of the Navy Yard local, the mill workers and the lexandria local were not permitted to vote. The agreement under which the scale of $11 per day was paid, expired May 1, and the proposal for a $3 cut was made instead. It has resulted in umion carpenters being called off a number of jobs and employment by ter Buflders of other workmen H. Hardison, president of the Dis- trict Council, and W. T. Allen of the executive board of the ted Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners, In- dianapolis, declared last night the buflding trades unions will support the carpenters in their stand against a wage cut. * ey FIRE OFFICERS NAMED 0. H. Easterday Is Elected Chief of Brentwood Department. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | “BRENTWOOD, Md. May 7—Thi Brentwood Volunteer Fire Departme elected officers to fll vacancies as fo |lows: O. H. Easterday, chief: E. M. Brown, assistant chief: L. Blair Miller, captain; James E. Sampson, fire mar- shal, and Lee Hoyle, superintendent of | machinery. | | Marine Corps Orders | | Col. Jesse F. Dyer, on transfer of the | flag of the commander in chief. Astatic | Fleet, detached U. S. S. Houston; to | U._8. 5. Rochester First Lieut. Harold E. Rosecrans, on discharge from Norfolk Naval Hospital detached Portsmouth, Va.; to Quantico, Va. Chief Marine Gunner Willlam A Buckley, detached 4th Regiment Shanghai, China; to Cavito, Philippine | Islands. Chief Pay Clerk Harry H. Thompson, retired as of June 1, 1932. President Washington and his cabinet were reincarnated at the Capitol last night in the District of Columbia Bicen- Shown here are, left to right: Mrs. R. K. Gorman as Mrs. Duane, wife of New York's mayor; Thomas E. Nance as Postmaster General Osgood, Mrs. Frank E. Hickey as the wife of Vice President Adams, I. C. Buchannan as George Washington, Mrs. Richard E. Allen as Martha Washington, Frank Hickey as Vice President Adams, Miss Lena E. McDonald as Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson; Dr. A. S. Davidson as Thomas Jefferson, Wiggins as the wife of Secretary of War Knox and W. K. Herold as Secretary Kn: —Star Staff Photo. CTE D. €, FINANCE OPPOSING PENSINS | Commissioners Deliver Un- favorable Report on Old Age Benefits. | The precarious financial condition of | the District municipality was called to the attention of Congress yesterday by the Commissioners in a report on Senator Capper’s old age security bill. | The Commissioners refer to this| measure, proposing a maximum pen- sion of $9 per week to aged persons, as “meritorious and appealing,” but find it unwise at this time. | | “The Commissioners feel obliged.” | they wrote, “to call attention to the precarious and uncertain financial con- dition of the District of Columbia at this time; the revenues are falling | short of = estimates, and absolutely ‘nrcessarv expenditures are increasing and must be met from current revenues | as there is no surplus. The amount of the Federal contribution for the next fiscal year is uncertain; certain pro- posed new sources of revenue are under consideration, but in no way determined, | so that at this time it is entirely im- possible for the Commissioners and their budget officer to estimate within several millions of dollars, what resources of the District of Columbia will be a year from now. i “While the proposed legislation is meritorious and appealing, the present is not believed an_opportune time for its enactment. The Commissioners must strongly recommend against the passage of the bill." WOODSIDE P.-T. A. PLANS COMMUNITY DAY EVENT Program of Games, Recitations and | Dances Will Be Presented at School on Friday. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING. Md, May | Plans for Community Day to be held | at the school on Friday, were an- nounced at a meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association of the Woodside School The program will include a doll car- riage parade, Maypole dances, songs and recitationssexhibitions of work and | a luncheon, in charge of Mrs. W. H.| Reynol A nominating committee to select a | slate of officers for the a: election in June includes Mrs. J. G. Pratt, Miss Chapi jon, the Prof. . principal Ta- ver Spring High S Neel, secretary of the Silve Public Library Association, Dorcthy Nichols and Miss ‘membcu of the school faculty. Harper, i CLUB PLANTS TREE Rock Point Ceremony at School. Special Dispatch to The Star LA PLATA, Md., M: Point Homemakers black wa Rock _Po the Georg Mrs. Horte tion Homemakers Hold —The Roc ay K Clul a the celebration of | tennial. e { the an poem. J R. Bowie ed on trees. | ogram was given by the pupils of the school Overcomes Huge Handic ARMLESS MAN HAS WIDE FIELD OF ACTIVITY. VERY one could see how griev- ously Tommy McAuliffe was handicaped with the possible exception of McAuliffe himself. | And because McAuliffe was too busy | overcoming the disadvantage to brood | over its appalling nature, he wears his — | empty coat sleeves as a badge of dis- tinction rather than an emblem of defeat. McAuliffe came to Washington yes- terday at request of the District Voca- tional Rehabilitation Service to demon- strate the superiority of will over body At _his home in Buffalo, N. Y., Mc- Auliffe plays 18 holes of golf daily. | wielding _accurate clubs which he | clutches between cheek and shoulder Unassisted, he uses the telephone by taking the receiver wire between his | teeth and clamning the receiver be- tween cheek and shoulder. McAuliffe writes as legibly and almost as swiftly as more favored through the expediency of placing pen- cil or pen in his mouth. He reverses the pencil in his mouth and pounds | out 50 words or so a minute on the ypewriter | ¥ RicAuliffe, now 38 vears old, was the | victim of a street railway accident at the age of 8 | The armless boy was an ardent sportsman and in high school managed ase ball, foot ball and basket ball teams before going away to college. Prom school he went into the coal business and prospered until reverses of concerns which owed him money wiped | out a small fortune. He then worked for a newspaper and played vaudeville engagements, always extending his ac- | tivities until they were much wider than the average man's. McAuliffe is married, the father of persons | TOMMY McAULIFFE. | —Star Staff Photo. | | of his native city. He ice skates with | | the best, has run the 100-yard dash in | 10 seconds and once shot 18 holes of | golf in 86. | McAuliffe requires.assistance to dress, but otherwise fends for himself with- | out aid. He will address high school students | each morning during the coming week and a tentative program has been ar- ranged for several radio lectures. He alo will compete in an exhibition golf | years, | the Teachers’ DISTRICT BUDGET READY FOR SENATE GROUP THIS WEEK $600,000 Relief Item Left Out by House Will Be Considered. TOTAL OF $4,173,109 ALREADY TRIMMED OUT Commissioners and Other City Of- ficials to Be Heard Briefly by Committee. With the Commissioners and other municipal officials to be called as the first witnesses, the District subcommit- tee of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee will begin work at 10 o'clock Thursday morning on the District ap- propriation bill, it was announced yes- terday by Senator Bingham, Republican, Connecticut, subcom: e chairman. _ The bill came from the House with its total pared down to $39,913.810, which is $5,797,828 below appropriations for the current year and $4,173,109 less than the budget recommended for the coming year. Federal Share Reduced. The Federal share toward District expenses was reduced by the House from the current lump sum of $9,500,- 000 to $6,500,000. In taking more than $4,000,000 off the total recommended by the Budget Bureau, the House made cuts all through the bill, including curtailment of funds for schools, street improve- ments, Sewer Department, Water De- partment and many other municipal functions. ~ These changes will be studied by the Senate subcommittee, which also is expected to consider the item of $600,000 for unemployment re- lief, recommended by the Com - sioners and the Budget Bureau, but left out of the bill by the House. Testimony to Be Brief. Senator Bingham said that in view of the pressure of time, witnesses would be asked to make their testimony brief by submitting statements for the record where that can be done. In addition to Senator Bingham, members of the subcommittee are Senators Nye, Steiwer, Keyes, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Glass, Kendrick, Copeland, Bratton, Thomas of Okla- homa, Byrnes, Capper, Kean and King. The last three are ex-officio members of the Appropriations Subcommittee by reason of their membership on the | Senate District Committee. MERGER BILL UP FIRST. | Traction Measure to Be Considered in House Tomorrow. The street rallway merger bill will be the first business taken up by the House at tomorrow’s District day ses- sion. “We succeeded two weeks ago in bringing the merger bill to the stage for final passage after more than 20 years of debate in Congress and out,” Chairman Norton of the House District C ittee said last night. “This bill will create a consolidated street rail- system, which every one seems to Mrs. Norton also called attention to several other measures which she hopes to get favorable action upon tomor- row. One of these is the Bowman bill to regulate the sale of securities. An- other measure to be called up if time permits provides for establishment of a board of parole for the District. REPRESENTATIVE AMLIE MARRIES GOVERNESS Gehrta Beyer Becomes Wis- Mrs. consin Member's Bride in McLean, Va. Representative Thomas R. Amlie of Wisconsin and Mrs. Gehrta Beyer, gov- erness to his three sons for the last two were married last night at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mau- | rice Farkasch, McLean, Va Donald Montgomery, attached to the Federal Trade Commission, was best man, and his wife matron of honor. Other attendants were Mrs. Alfred Briggs of this city and Mrs. S. M. Mac- Millan of Madison, Wis., sisters of the bride ‘The bride is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin and a member cf the Association of University Women. MUSIC WINNERS NAMED Four Silver Cups Awarded in Fox Theater Competitions. ‘Three judges, Miss Jessie McBride, executive committee secretary of the National Symphony Orchestra, and Leon Brusiloff and Phil Lambkin, Wash- ington orchestra leade! last night named the winners of loving cups offered in ater's second annual festival.” The awards ican Univer: Central High H Institute of Musi Orchestra and the Washi; School Cadet Brigade Bar DR. S. B. HALL TO SPEAK TO FAIRFAX TEACHERS Meeting of Institute to Be Held Friday Morning at Madi- the “music week were won by t Men's G Amer- son School. Special Dispatch to The Star. May 7—Dr. nstruction, Institute for County in Madison School, at 9:15 am. o D. W. Peters of Board of Education, C. J. Hyslup, director of Vocational Education for High Schools; Miss Kathryn Cook of the District of Columbia Department of Education, Miss Clara Pitts, elementary supervisor in Alexandria and curriculum specialist under Dr. Hall, and Supervising Prin- cipal Eaves of Jefferson School in Alexandria. The opening music and entertainment will be furnished by the Falls Church High School. The meeting will have two joint sessions, with group confer- ences both morning and afternoon. Friday at Fairfax beginning ers will be R. 0. T. C. Inspection, Georgetown University's R. O. T. C. unit will undergo its annual War De- partment inspection thiz week followed by its competitive military events on May 19. Maj. Andres Lopez, inspector of the 3d Corps Area, will repegt for the ispection purpose L=