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— WASHINGTON, D.tC, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1932. * PAGE B—1 JOINT MOVEMENT AGAINGT U. S, PAY LTS 5 PLANED Labor, Patriotic and Busi- ness Leaders to Unite in Fight. SLASHES POSTPONE END OF SLUMP, SAYS GREEN Legion Post Commander Cites 10| Evils in Economy Bill Passed by House. Plans far a concerted movement against Federal pay cuts were discussed yesterday at a joint conference of labor, patriotic and business leaders in the American- Federation of Labor build- ing. William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, declared there ‘would be no revival of business activity until the bottom of the depression had been reached. He said every wage cut delayed ending hard times. He said it would require great pressure and in- Buence to prevent Congress from slash- irg #alartes of Gevernment employes. Cuts Hurt actitude. “Ma=rchants will have to be convinced the bottom has been reached before they will buy goods,” Green said. “Every wage cut creates a worse psychology. 1f the Government holds up wages it will have a profound psy- chological effect. If the Government yields to the pressure of organized mi- norities it will only add to the serious- ness of the situation and postpone eco- nomic_recovery.” C. W. Browning, commander of Vic- tory Post of the American Legion, listed 10 points he said were indicative of the eyils of the economy bill already passed by the House: “Economy at the expense of citizens most deserving of help 'rather than penalty—labor and veterans. “Economy at expense of citizens that did not benefit by the era of inflation. “Economy at the expense of Govern- ment efficiency. “Economy that is petty and penny- pinching. “Economy That Is Political.” “Economy that is not economy, but ture Govern- & political ges! penalizing ment servants, civil and military and veterans to satisfy an organized and insidious propaganda to tighten the control of industry by finance, “Economy that will result in double taxation on labor and veterans. “Economy by requiring citizens who are Government servants to pay the debts of foreign nations. “Economy by reducing the purchas- ing power of labor—the great mass of our citizenship—at a time when it can only further extend the hardships of depression. “Economy by further disruption of business and delay in recuperation. “Economy by false propaganda and misrepresentation to effect a reduction in expenditures of $200,000,000 or 5 per cent of the budget.” ressed the opinion that most cham- TS mrou&ouc the ewntgd wnl! op- posed to the proposed leral pay slashes. He said such legislation is “pernicious.” John T. Taylor, legislative repre- | sentative of the American Legion, | called for concerted action before the ! economy bill is pushed through Con- gresc. | F. G. Fraser, department commander of the American Legion, also expressed opposition. The group decided to meet again Tuesday night. Other organizations ‘will be invited to send representatives, including the Disabled American Vet- auu and the Veterans of Foreign ars. A. U. DEBATE RECORD WINS RECOGNITION Chapter of Honorary Forensic Fra- ternity Installed and Char- ter Members Initiated. The debate record of the College of Liberal Arts of American University was formally recognized yesterday by the national honorary forensic frater- nity, Delta Sigma Rho, when a new chapter was installed and charter mmembers initiated. A joint banquet of the new chapter and the George Washington University chapter was held last night at the University Club, when represenutlve.s; of both institutions spoke. |s Dr. Henry L. Ewbank of the Univer- | sity of Wisconsin, who formally in-| stalled the new American University chapter, in his address yesterday morn- ing said a careful survey of two years by the fraternity had disclosed "that the local college had an excellent debate record, a well organized speech department, that the institution was of high scholastic standing and organ- ized on a stable and permanent basis. Miss Louise Feinstein, president of the George Washington chapter, ex- tended a welcome. At ceremonies be- hind closed doors, the following char- ter members were initiated: Yule Pisher, Charlotte Magee, Robert Mar- cus, Earl Masincup, Artbur Murphy, Max Tucker and Ethelwyn Hine. Officers of the new chapter were named, with Pisher president, Masin- cup editor-historian, and = Marcus treasurer. | Dr. Ewbank, Dr. Woods and Prof.| W Hayes Yeager, Depew professor of | public speaking at George Washington University, were the principal speakers t the banquet. The toastmaster was Arthur S. Flemming, former American University coach. Among the guests were Representative and Mrs. Charles ‘West of Ohio, Gilbert L. Hall, national treasurer and vice president of the fraternity; Mrs. Frank W. Smith, mational secretary; Dean W. C. Van Vieck of George Washington Univer- sity, and Mrs. Van Vieck. | S. U. V. HOLD MEETING ®. C. Man Named Official of Patri- otic Society. Many Washingtonians attended the forty-sixth annual encampment of the Department of Maryland, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, in Wilming- ton, Del., from Wednesday to Friday. Among them were John R. Wells, who was elected vice commander; O. A. C. Oehmler, appointed to the department council; Everett F. Warner, James W. 1gons, Druid H. Evans, Michae] John F. Hauck, Ma F. McElroy, 1z'ncl R. endel O T and RIG. GEN. PELHAM D. GLASSFORD (holding gun) participating in the trap shoot events at the annual shad bake of the Washington Board of Trade at Bay Ridge, Md., yesterday. Commissioner Luther H. Reichelder- fer is looking on. B0 ATTEND TRADE BOARD SHAD BAKE Games, Athletic Events and Entertainment Enjoyed at Annual Event. Led by the District Commissioners and other high public officials, approxi- mately 800 Washington business and professional men “took a day off” yes- terday to participate in the thirty- eighth annual shad bake of the Wash-| ington Board of Trade, at Bay Ridge, | Md. The members of the trade body | and their guests journeyed to the | beach rescrt, escorted by a corps of motor cycle policemen, and spent the ;il};n;t games, llhlretlc t;venu'.: and en- oying a program of entertainment. Special launches carried members of the party to the U. 8. 5. Wyoming, anchored in the bay, which was brought down from New York Friday night for inspection. Two speedboats also were placed at the disposal of the Board of Trade for pleasure trips on the bay. Goif Tournament. —sStar Staff Photo. CREDIT UNION BILL 'Tomorrow‘s D. C. Day Calen- dar Includes 23 Other Lo- cal Measures. The credit union bill, along with 23 {other District measures, will come up {for consideration in the House tomor- | row after that body acts on the O'Con- | nor-Hull beer bill. S ‘Tomorrow has been designated as Dis- trict day, and it is expected all local bills will receive full consideration. If not, however, Chairman Norton ¥ the House Disrict Committee said sphe has been given assurance of a night Bession to complete the work. In addition to the credit union bill, Congress must act on the measure - ON HOUSE SLATE LOGAN'S HISTORIC ORDER TO BE READ ON MEMORIAL DAY Daughter of Civil War Gen- Program at Arlington. ADDRESS BY YADEN AND MUSIC PLANNED Bons of Union Veterans Will Ob- serve May 28 With Exercises in Oak Hill Cemetery. an order originally establishing Memo- rial day will be held May 30 in the Ar- lington Amphitheater, under auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, & daughter of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan of Civil ‘War fame, will read Logan's order desig- nating May 30, 1868, “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country and to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor remains to honor the memory of his departed com- rades.” Music will be furnished by the Ma- rine Band. Soloists will include Miss Jeanette Elizabeth McCaflrey, who will sing “The Star Spangled Banner”; Miss Dorothy Sherman Pierson, “Just Before the Battle Mother”; Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, “Out of Night the Bugle Blows"; Mrs. Elsie Jorss Reilley, “There Is No Death,” and Miss Ruby Smith Stahl, “The Recessional.” Yaden to Be Speaker. William F. Dorsey, department com- mander of the Grand Army, will pre- side. James G. Yaden, president of the G. A. R. Memorial Day Corporation, will speak. The colors of numerous patriotic or- ganizations¢ will be massed around the rostrum of the amphitheater. in Oak Hill Cemetery. under auspices of William B. Cushing Camp, No. 30, De- partment of Maryland, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Comdr. John R. Wells will preside. Services will be conducted the same day by the Cushing Camp, at Holy Rood Cemetery. Still other exercises that day will be held under auspices of the Department of the Potomac, United Spanish War Veterans, at Mount Zion and Union Baptist Cemeteries. Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans, will ha charge of services May 29, at 10:30 am, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Comdr. A. Eugene Pierce will preside. Services honoring sailors, soldiers and Marines who lost their lives at sea will the Coast Guard Service, at the Navy District of Columbia auxiliaries of the United Spanish War Veterans. At St. Elizabeth’s. Benjamin F. Motley will be in charge eral to Take Part in G. A. R. | A program including the reading of | Other cxercises will be held May 2!L be held aboard the U. S. 8. Avache of | Yard May 29. under auspices of the| | which provides for opening up the Buz- | of services to be conducted at St. Eliza- 2ards Point area between the Navy Yard | beth's Hospital by the United Spanish and the Army War College to impor- | War Veterans May 29, at 2:30 pm. tant industrial development and the bill | The speakers will include Dr. Willlam setting up a new schedule of license | A. White, hospital superintendent; 3,000 guests yesterday at an o 70 STEERS VANISH ATPRESS BARBECUE Beach Resort Like Ranch | With Eats and Speaking and 3 Governors Present. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md., May 21 —The men who write the news from Washington, and many of those who help make it, transformed this resort into an improvised Texas ranch today and celebrated the way the Texans did something to celebrate. Chesapeake Beach never saw any- thing like it before, and probably will never again. And neither will the dip- lomats, cabinet officers, members of guests who journeyed here to take part in the National Press Club’s first barbecue. In its halcyon days old Texas never had a barbecue such as the one staged by the Press Club. And a hungrier so much barbecued beef, nor ate as many chopped onions. Twenty Yearlings Devoured. Twenty yearling steers, fresh from the cactus-covered ranches of Texas, were sacrificed to the appetites of a crowd that knew only the taste of barbecued pig. So were some thou- sands of sour pickles, soft rolls, potato back in the early days when they had | Congress and some of the other 3,000 | crowd probably.never before disposed of | ld-fashioned Panhan fl dle festival, 19 MEN HELD IN RAID | One Accused of Gaming; Others Released on $100 Bond. Raiding an alleged gambling estab- lishment in the 1700 block of Seaton | street yesterday afternoon, third pre- cinct police arrested 19 men, one on a gaming charge and the others as wit- nesses. The officers said they found paraphernalia for the playing of “num- bers.” Harry H. Lindsey, 39, of 1400 block of T street, alleged proprietor, was | charged with permitting gaming and | held at the third precinct. The others were booked as witnesses and released under $190 bond each. Policemen J. F.| Fha!ps and G. W. Lynn conducted the raid. WOMAN'S FEARS TRACED IN ARSON Didn’t Want Others to Get Sister’s Bungalow, Son Declares. Obsessed with the fear some other member of her family would gain pos- session of her dead sister's unoccupied bungalow at Greater Capitol Heights, Mrs. Florence Healey, 57, of 610 D street southwest, disguised herself as a | section. | after they are rendered or the service Golfing members of the outing party | 8anized to promote thrift among its | took part in a tournament at the Annapolis Roads Club. Prizes in this | event went to the following: F. Kra-| mer. Raloh Russell, W. B. O'Connell. O. T. Wright, Ray Garrett and Holt | Wright. R. P. Schulze arranged the matches. | Other events and the winners in- | cluded: Kiddle car race, J. O. Hite; sack race, J. R. Wannon; trap shoot- ing, first, C. M. Richards, and. second, C. M. Clark; horseshoe pitching, first, William F. Mathison, who was awarded The Evening Star gold medal; second, Theodore Langohr, and, third, D. S. Lanahan. ‘The Naval Academy had an edge over the American Legion in the boxing | bouts between the two, under direction | of Heinie Miller, who acted as referee. | Claude Ricketts of Navy was given a | decision over Leonard Tucci of Amer- | ican Legion in a three-round bout. Other | results were: Ray Bohana of Navy | knocked out Roy Bonbrest of American | Legion in the first round of their | scheduled three-round bout; John | Smothers of Navy gained a decision over Dave Zabriskie, also of Navy; Otto | Jehl, Navy, was beaten by Harry Hass, American Legion; John Ryan, Ameri- can Legion, lost to Lieut. George Mof- fett, and Duke Crinkley of Navy beat Jerry Dunn of American Legion. Wrestling Bout. George Adams and Frank McLaugh- lin battled to a draw in the only wres- tling bout. A base ball game between the Public Order and Membership Committees was won by the former, to 2. Prizes and souvenirs were awarded those who attended the shad bake. Thomas L. Eagan was chairman of the committee which planned the affair, with_Granville Gude as chairman of the Entertainment Committee. Ben T. Webster, president of the Board of Trade, was chairman of the Reception Committee. CAMP LETTS OPENIN IS SET FOR JUNE 1 Appearance of Y. M. C. A. Haven for Boys on Rhodes River Has Been Much Improved. Its appearance drastically changed by numerous improvements effected under an expansion program, Camp Letts, Y. M. C. A. vacation haven for Wash- ington boys on the Rhodes River, near 1 Annapolis, will open for the 1932 sea- son June 24, it was announced yes- terday. J. C. Ingram, director of the boys’ Gepartment of the Washington Y. M. C. A. and a national authority on camp- ing, will serve his fourth year as camp director T. Aided by continued benefactions of John C. Letts, retired merchant, for whom the camp is named, and by gen- erosity of several organizations, camp officials have embarked on an ambitious five-year building program. Five of a group of log-type cabins, with modern improvements unknown in pioneer days, will be ready for the new season, and a broad, scientifically planned athletic field will greet the campers, the gift of the Washington Lions Club. ‘The camp is for boys from 10 to 18| years old. Registration is in charge of | t 1732 G street. Vessels to Be Blessed. Vestments and sacred vessels for dis- tribution to poor churches and foreign missions will receive solemn bletsing at Director Ingram, al fees in the city. The Credit Union, according to Rep- resentative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland, s a co-operative society or- members and to create a source of credit for them for provident pur- poses. ‘The Credit Union bill was ap- proved by the Senate April 11. The proposed new license fee scheduls represents several years of careful study by District officials and members of the House District Committee. It is sponsored by Represenative E. W. Gibson of Vermont, former chairman of the special committee which inves- tigated the legislative needs of the municipal administration. This bill was one of the remedial measures recommended by the Gibson Com- mittee. The bill undertakes to correct cer- tain inequities in assessing license fees by basing them solely upon the cost of necessary Inspections of establish- ments seeking the license. The bill seeks particularly to secure greater revenue from the issuing of licenses to taxicabs and local and interstate busses. VETERANS’ COUNSEL JOB REMAINS OPEN No Appointee in Sight for Smith’s Position as “Reorganization” Goes Forward. The $9.000 job of William Wolff Smith as special counsel of the Veter- | ans’ Administration, who resigned un- | der pressure, will not be filled, it was | learned yesterday, but the work he had directed will be placed under other officals. In the meantime, it was also dis- closed, “certain reorganization changes” are under consideration involving the disposition of this work, but for the present Smith's force working on “in- surance claims” will be under the su- pervision of J. O'Connor Roberts, so- licitor of the Veterans’ Administration. Smith resigned when the House Committee on Military Affairs in a | formal resolution asked Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans’ af- fairs, to dismiss him. While Veterans' Administration offi- cials would not discuss reorganization, | it is known that conferences have been | under way for some time looking to a| shift of war risk claims litigation from Veterans’ Administration to United States attorneys and the Department of Justice. { | |EXERCISES V\;ILL HONOR SAILORS OF-CIVIL WAR G. A. R. Relief Corps Is Sponsor- ing Event Tomorrow—White House Furnishes Flowers. ‘With flowers furnished by Mrs. Hoo- ver from the White House gardens, members of the Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic this afternoon will pay tribute to sailors who lost their lives during the Civil War with exercises aboard the steamship Gen. Rucker on the Potomac River, Corps members will embark at 1:30 | o'clock from the War College Wharf. They will be led by Mrs. Louise Watson, resident, and members of her staff. g‘he flowers will be thrown on the water a the exercises as the boat pro- ceeds down the river. “Thi program will be under Convent of Perpetual V_street, at 4:30 1419 o' i | whine ias s > direction of Mrs. Margaret Marsh, Adelaide Foster will have Samuel J. McWilllams, department commanders of the United Spanish War Veterans, and Representative Joseph J. Manlove of Missouri. Other ceremonies will be conducted ! at Glenwood, Prospect Hill and St Mary'’s Cemeteries May 29, under au- | Kit Carson Women's Relief Corps, N | Spanish War Veterans. The National Cemetery at the Sol- diers'’ Home will be the scene of me- morial exercises at 9 o’'clock, May 30. Victims of the battleship Maine will be remembered May 30 at the Maine Mast, in_Arlington Cemetery, by the Spanish War Veterans. ADVERTISINGFCLUB HOLDS ANNUAL SPRING FROLIC | Meeting, Marked by .Absence of i | Speech Making, Held at Shoreham Hotel. The annual Spring frolic of the Washington Advertising Club was held in the Shoreham Hotel last night, fea- tured by an elaborate program of enter- tainment. ‘With representation from all phases of the advertising business, the yearly get-together of the organization was ‘marked by an absence of speech making. Following a short address of welcome by Howard W. Berry, president of the Advertising Club, which was broadcast on Station WRC, the banquet and ball was devoted entirely to funmaking. Ernest S. Johnston was chairman in charge of the Spring frolic. Music was furnished by a Meyer Davis orchestra. HYDE TO BE SPEAKER Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Mrs. John F. Sippel, president of the Federation of Women's Clubs, will head the list of seven Washington speakers scheduled to address the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American For- and Friday. d‘fl'i"he assoclation is one of the oldest conservetion organizations in the country. Other Washingtonians to speak are Henry O'Malley, chief of the United States Bureau of Fisheries; Paul G. Redington, chief of the United States Biological Survey; W. S. Conant, Amer- jcan Engineering Council; N. G. Grover, United States Geological Survey, and Maj. Robert Y. Stuart, United States Forest Service. chips, and spicy tomato sauce, the like | man yesterday and started a fire which of which still remains a secret to old | destroyed the dwelling, according to spices of the Grand Army, assisted by | |11, and Harden Camp, No. 2, United | John Snider, the barbecue impressario of Amarillo, Tex, who supervised the preparation of the feast. Nothing was | left when it was over but the bones of the 20 young steers. ‘The barbecue was not all that the | newspaper men prepared for their dis- tinguished guests, however. There were other things, especially entertainment. The Navy Band mixed popular tunes with stimulating marches. There were boxing end wrestling matches, and George O'Connor sang some of his in- inimit: able ballads. ‘Then, too, several of the prominent guests made brief speeches. These in- cluded Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, who welcomed the guests to his State; Gov. O. Max Gardner of North Carolina, Gov. James R. Beverly of Porto Rico and old John Snider himself. Garner and Hurley Present. Prince Georges County authorities. Mrs. Healey, widowed mother of two grown sons, was found sitting beside a | Ci road about three blocks from the flam- ing bungalow shortly after two dairy employes reported they had seen emerge from behind the dwelling with a gallon coal oil can in her hand. Placed in County Jail. ‘The can, together with a quantity of matches, still was in her possession, it |is said, when she was found on irofids}de by Constable Earle Blackwell of Capitol Heights. After questioning Mrs. Healey, the | constable took her before Justice of |the Peace Oscar T. Poore at Capitol | Heights, who committed her to the county jail at Upper Marlboro pending Ia hearing on an arson charge. Mrs. Healey, according to Blackwell, declared she started the blaze because Speaker Garner, & Texan, and Secre- | I2CITed she artec the Dl o done L e e A T S TS When they eat it, were among those e i o ko ithe: Teast. Tt the juna| g veraned st ATl ter i K38 Who seeméd to enjoy it most of all was | Go: Bowever Mrs. ey Cen e o ad. Bascom Nolley Timmons, president of | 1€ 8¢5 flre to the bungs or, & to her the Press Club, who conceived the idea | nevhew Harry Gates, 39, and visiting of & real old-fashioned Panhandle | HePPqr: BTy B 29, N Toclock estry Asssociation at Baltimore Thurs-|p barbecue in the East, and turned out in a 10-gallon hat and a cowboy outfit to show the tenderfeet newspaper men what a Texas cowboy really looks like. SCHEDULE OF CAPITOL BAND CONCERTS DRAWN Programs by Army, Navy and Marine Organizations Will Begin June 1. | David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, | yesterday announced the schedule of band concerts to be played at the east front of the Capitol during the Summer months, beginning June 1. All the con- certs by the Marine, Army and Navy Bands are scheduled to start at 7:30 .m. ‘The schedule follows: United States Marine Band (Wednes- day evenings)—June 1, 17, 29; July 6, 13, 20, 27; August 3, 10, 17, 31; Septem- ber 7, 14, 21. United States Army Band (Friday evenings)—June 3, 10, 15, 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19, 26; Sep- tember 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. United States Navy Band (Monday evenings)—June 6, 13, 20, 27; July &, 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Sep- tember 5, 12, 19, 26. CHILD, PL UNGING FROM WINDOW, GRIPS PIPE IN DIVE TO SAVE LIFE Cut Lip and Lqose Teeth Only Damage as He Was About to Strike Concrete Areaway. When Ernest Perrone, 17 months old, grows into a young man he wil probably become an expert trapeze artist. He took his first nose dive yesterday afternoon from a first-story window at 804 I street and exhibited amazing dexterity in catching hold of an iron pipe 7 feet below. Instead of a fractured skull, he sustained nothing more damaging than a cut lip and the loss of his front baby teeth. Lusty yells from the frightened child brought' roomers.and neighbors to the rescue. They I swinging from the pipe by his less his feet $han a foot from the concrete fioow of the areaway. Just how Ernest hap- pened to perform the feat probably won't be known, for he simply can't talk about it The little chap was playing in the | yesterday morning, but insisted she did not know why she had done so. Named Administrator. Mrs. Healey, according to her attor- ney, Charles C. Marbury, was placed in charge of the dwelling last Novem- ber, a month or so after the death of her sister, Mrs. Ida Gates. “She was appointed administrator of the estate Candidates Feast on Texas Beef HOTOGRAPH shows Gov. Ritchie of Maryland (left) and Speaker Garner of the House eating barbecued steer from the same plate at Chesapeake Beach, where the newspaper men of Washington entertained more than —Star Staff Photo. DELINQUENT WATER ACCOUNTS MOUNT Registrar Shows Revenues Continue Despite Delay of Payments. ‘The District’s water delinquent ac- counts have risen from 8 per cent in 1931 to 24 per cent in 1932, according to statistics compiled by Edward H. Grove, water registrar. In spite of the rise in delinquencies, however, the actual revenue has not fallen off, due to increased sales of water and to the progress of the Water Department’s five-year program of meter installation. ‘Water bills are sent out in five groups through the year—the flat-rate bills, the Southwest and Southeast sections, the Northwest city section, the North- east section and the Northwest county These bills are payable 30 days moy be shut off. - Of the four classes sent out thus far in 1932 (all have been sent except the Northwest county sec- tion bills) the percentage of bills re- maining unpaid at the end of the 30- day periods ranged from 11 to 42 per cent. Last year they ranged from 7 to 10 per cent. Delinquency Increases. ‘The figures are as follows: Customers. Delin. Per Delin. Per 1932. Cent. 1931 Cent 14,000 . 16,000 19,000 000 Section. Flat rate . Southwest Southeast Northwest 6,000 2,000 6000 2,000 15.000 5,400 The figures given above do not mean that there are 16,000 unpaid water bills today, but that thus far this year 16,000 accounts have run beyond the 30-day period. In such a state of affairs the water registrar’s office is not making any effort to keep strictly up to the matter of turning off the water when the bill remains unpaid. There is only one man assigned to this work, and it would be a physical impossibility for him to cut off each service on the day after the 30-day period of grace. Even if this were possible, according to Mr. Grove, he would not allow it to be done, for health and humanitarian reasons. Tragic Letters Exhibited. Mr. Grove exhibited some tragic let- ters from consumers in difficulty with their water bills. In one case he ex- hibited two letters from the same woman. With the first she inclosed a $1 bill, asking if it would be possible to wait for the rest of the money ($7.75) until the first of May. In such cases, Mr. Grove said, where he is satisfled that the customer is in distress and needs the water, he waits as long as he can and then sends his personal check for the balance to the collector of taxes. A subordinate in his office has the key to the drawer in which these part payments are kept, and a careful check maintained of the money so paid. Eventually, according to Mr. Grove, he gets his money back, 10 1,400 1,100 1,700 1:200 12 T Northeast . |of her sister and brother-in-law,” | | Gates_explained. “She never told me | anything about anybody trying to get | | possession of the place.” | | However, her son, Wilbur Healey, | 11527 B street southeast, asserted che | told him she feared some other mem- | ber of the family might try to take the | | bungalow away from her. She seemed | to feel she was entitled to the dwelling in exchange for taking care of her sister'’s son for the last seven months or so, he added. WIN DEBATE MEDALS Veronica Ann Dodd and John V. Hughes Are Victors. Miss Veronica Ann Dodd and John V. Hughes won first and second prizes, | respectively, last night in the gold | medal debate held by thé Washington College of Law. Other speakers on the | question, “Resolved, That the protocols | in respect to the World Court now be- fore the Senate should be accepted by the United States without further reser- vations,” were David T. Burgh, Norma Windsor, Leigh R. Sanford and John E. Lady. Medals will be awarded at commencement exercises June 9. The judges were Clyde B. Aitchison, interstate commerce loner; Leo A. Rover, United States attorney, and Consuelo Northrup, former Vermpnt State's attorney, 25 DESIGN BANNERS | Art Students Enter Contest Staged for All States Officers. Twenty-five art students from Cen- front parlor in the absence of his | tral and Eastern High Schools have en- | mother Mrs. Mary Perrone, who had | rolled in the contest to create a design gone out to a store, He had just|for a banner for the All States Officers’ | knocked over a vase of roses. Looking | Society. The contest, sponsored by the |about for other things to do, Ernest|Community Center Department, cloes spied his “lost” bracelet on the sill of the open window. He made a lunge for it and took a plunge head down- ward. Policemen in a scout car took him to cy June 2. The winners will be enter- tained at a dinner given by the society at the Kennedy-Warren June 6, which will close the society’s season. Ira Y. Bain, of the but even if it did not come in, he would write it off to charity. Last year the water rents and assess- ments for water mains yielded $1.717.- 000. Up to April 30 of the current fiscal year (10 months) the revenues have been $1,689,464.30. The prospects | are that the revenues this year will exceed those of last by about $18,000. This has been accomplished largely by the replacement of approximately 5,000 non-registering water meters during the fiscal year. BANQUET TO FINISH JEWISH FUND DRIVE Speakers to Tell of European Re- lief at Dinner at Community Center Tonight. The United Jeweish campaign in ‘Washington to raise $50,000 for East- ern European relief and the reconstruc- tion of Palestine will close tonight with . a banquet at the Jewish Community Center. Several distinguished Jewish speak- ers will discuss the conditions abroad that make necessary the raising of $5,- 000,000 this year in the United States to ameliorate the distress of Jews in other lands. Although the sum thus far collected is short of the quota fixed for the Capital, no attempt will be made at the banquet tonight to solicit fun ds. Heading the list of speakers is Nahun Sokolow, guest of honor, the president of the World Zionist Organization and one of the founders of the Jewish homeland movement. _Others are James Marshall of New York, Federal Judge James W. Mack of New York, Jehudai Kaufman, Palestine scholar, and Dr. Abram Simon, president of the District Board of Education and co- chairman of the local drive 8| | knight, CAS HOLDER LIMIT FIVE MILLION FEET, COMPANY 15 TOLD Utilities Commission Says Plans Should Be Made Pending Site Decision. NORTHEAST CITIZENS VICTORY IS FORESEEN Approval of East Station Project Would Defer Disputed Loca- tion, It Is Believed. Although the question of a site fo the Washington Gas Light Co.'s ne; gas holder has not been settled, the Public Utilities Commission yescerday wrote to inform the company that i rrflght proceed with the preliminary work of preparing a contract for a holder of at least 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity. The company’s petition for & 10,000,000 cubic foot holder to be bullt at Riggs road and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks northeast met stormy opposition from its pospective neighbors when the commission held public hearings on the application re- cer,}[.)l])fl e commission wrote the com- pany that it had been impres'egé“by the testimony at the hearing as to the need for additional holder capacity, in order to take care of the maximum load next Winter with safety, and that pending a final decision on the site, t'he company should proceed with pre- Iminary work on the contract so as to be able to let it a short while after the decision is made. Citizens’ Victory Foreseen. This was regarded at the District Bullding as foreshadowing a victory for the citizens of the northeast who so strenuously opposed the advent of a gas holder in their midst. Toward the close of the public hearing the company of- fered to meet the objections by cutting the size of the projected tank down to half and building two tanks, cne on the Riggs road site and one on property now owned by the company at its east station. The commission's letter was inter- | preted as meaning that the commission is prepared to approve the 5,000,000 holder at the East Station and will deal with the troublesome question of holder capacity in the northeast section of the city later. Expansion Plans Considered. ‘The company contended at the hear- ing that holder capacity in the north- east was absolutely essential to the prog- ress of its plans for expansion of serv- ice, particularly house-heating service, in the northeast territory. Residents of that section, however, contended that | the company might weil build the holder at its east or west station and get the necessary gas out to the northeast section by laying extra mains. The company said that the latter course would be extremely expensive, and that oty for that lype of expansion. from money for type the banks, PALESTINE RIOTS TO BE DESCRIBED {Rev. Earle Willey to Tell Experi- ences in Holy Land for D. C. Hadassah Chapter. | from Rev. Earle Willey, minister emeritus of the National City Christian Church, wil address Washington Chapter of Hadassah on the night of May 31 on the subject of his experiences and ob- servations in Palestine with one of the first parties to visit that country after the Arab-Jewish riots of 1929. Mr. Willey will describe his adven- tures with the Arabs while excitement was rumning high in Palestine and also picture reconstruction activities in Palestine as they appear to an unbiased observer. The anmual election of officers and selection of delegates to the national convention in New York City next Sep- tember will take place at the meeting. The annual get-together luncheon of the chapter will be held at the May- flower Hotel, Tuesday, June 7. N GEM THEFT SUSPECT TO BE BROUGHT HERE Effort Will Be Made to Link Bal- timore Prisoner With Rob- beries Netting $15,000. After questioning Willlam H. Preston, | colored, who was arrested in Baltimore Wednesday while trying to pawn ap- proximately $1,000 worth of jewelry, Washington detectives said last night the man would be brought here in an effort to link him with jewel robberies totaling $15,000 of fashionable north- west, homes during the last few months. Lieut. C. P. Cox and Detective A. M. Tolson said the colored man denied any connection with the Washington thefts, but some of the jewelry found in his possession closely resembled articles stolen here. The officers intend to go to Baltimore again Monday or Tuesday and bring him back to the District. Meanwhile Baltimore police are investigating his possible connection, with several recent robberies there. Lieut. Cox said the man would be questioned in connection with burglaries at the homes of David Friday, 4525 Garfleld street, May 4; John M. Swart- zell, 2725 Thirty-fourth place, April 24; Mrs. Mary Rodenberg, 3501 Macomb street, April 3, and John Phillips, 4300 Thirty-seventh street, February 8, and others. K.'C. PLAN FIELD MASS AT CATHOLIC U. MAY 30 More Than 50,000 Persons Expect- ed to Attend Imposing Event Starting With Parade. Plans have been completed for s huge field mass of the Knights of Columbus May 30 at Catholic Uni- versity Stadium, Pred J. Rice, supreme announced yesterday. More than 50,000 persons are expected to Mr. Rice said local knights and their brothers from Maryland and Virginia participate. “A Night in Portugal” Given. “A Night in Portugal,” featuring music and educational talks, was given at the Sears-Roebuck Art ery, ‘Wednesday night, of the . deeriee. L 2 will parade to the mass in a body. They will meet at North Capitol street and Michigan avenue. Music will be provided by the Wi George Washington University Band, Members of 5 = = 5 rigd > ARG, ST -