Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 13

oo | The Samitny Shat [ D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1932 NERAL NEWS * RETAIL CREDIT MEN OPEN 20TH ANNUAL SESSIONTOMORROW 2,000 Delegates Are Expect- ed to Attend National Body’s Convention. PRESIDENT WILL LAY WREATH AT ARLINGTON Dr. Luther Reichelderfer to Offici- ate at Meeting Tuesday Morning at Mayflower Hotel. The twentieth annual convention of the National Retail Credit Association, with some 2,000 delegates in attead: ance, will open tomorrow in the May- | flower Hotel. | At 10:30 o'clock in the morning a! special delegation headed by Frank | Batty, president, and Mrs. S. H. Talkes, | general convention chairman, will lay | a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldler. At 12:30 o'clock the board of | directors will be guests of the Associ-| ated Retail Credit Men of Washington ; at luncheon, the board convening for| 3 its preconvention meeting afterward. Cruise Tomorrow Night. Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock 1,500 delegates and guests will leave the Seventh street wharf for a Mardi Gras | cruise aboard the City of Washington. Special transportation has been pro- vided from the hotel to the boat by Milford Brotman and his committee, | consisting of Leo Baum, F. E. Obold, Clifton Lane, Benjamin Anderson, R . Brothers and Louis Karl. i Dr. Luther Reichelderfer, president of the Board of District Commissione will officially open the meeting Tue day morning in the convention hall of the Mavfower Hotel, where sessions will be held to Friday. June 25 Other opening-dav speakers include Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerc: David J. Woodlock of St. Louis, manager-treasurer of the o ganization: W. W. Everett, vice pres| dent of Woodward & Lothrop's devart- | ment storc: Henry J. Allen, assistant to the president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and John A viee president of the Federal- American National Bank & Trust Co. Departmentals Tuesday. Tuesdav afternoon will be devoted! irelv to departmentals. Represent- e Fdith Rogers of Massachusetts, will eddress the service group, com- posed of credit reporting bureau and co’e~tion managers. The trade groups ~1' have as their speaker M. H. Con- Saks-Fifth Ave. New York. "hl cf Gimbel Bros., Milwaukee. M. Ewing of Neusteter's, ver. Colo. and W. Donald Sweger. frer Pomeroy's. Harrisburg, Pa., will] the department store and 's wear group. The men's Wear group will have as its speakers H. O. Wrenn of Omaha, Nebr.; W. E. Glass| of Denver. Colo. and W. E. Woodhead | of Des Moines. Iowa. W. H. Keplinger | of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Ak- ron, Ohio, will address the automobile | tire and accessories group, While H. C.| Stroupe of Memphis. Tenn., and S. O. | Clinger of Jacksen, Mich, will talk be- fore the public utilities ‘departmental. ! Miss Elsie M. Lee, official hostess for the women, will entertain her guests with eight sightseeing tours and a| bridge luncheen. National officers and" directors _arriving for the convention are President Frank Batty, San Fran-| clsco: Vice President A. P. Lovett,) Kansas City, Mo.; Second Vice Pres! dent Charles M. Reed, Denver Colo.: Manager-Treasurer David J. Wood- lock, St. Louis. Mo.: Secretary Guy H. Hulse, St. Louis, Mo.; Directors E. K. Barnes. Spokane: Justin M. Edgerton, New York: Russell H. Fish, Denver; James D. Hays, Harrisburg, Pa.: James | R. Hewitt, Baltimore; C. F. Jackson, St. Louis, Mo: Leo M. Karpeles, Birmingham, Ala: W. R. Kendall, Memphis, Tenn.; E. W. Manahan, Bos- ton, Mass; J. G. McBride, Wichita, Kans; A. D. McMullen, Oklahoma City, Okla., Max Meyer, Lincoln, Nebr.; F. E. Parker, Detroit: L. R. Pearce, Des Moines, Iowa; Milton J. Solon, _Minneapolis, Minn.; Robert Stern, Dallas, Tex.; J. R. Truesdale, Pittsburgh, Pa.; W. W. Weir, Los An- geles, Calif. LIBRARY EXTENDS “FINELESS” PERIOD| Remission of Penalties on Overdue Volumes Brings Many Returns. Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library, announced yester- day that the period in which overdue books may be returned to the librery without penalty has been extended through Saturd: June 25. He said this decision was reached be- cause nearly three times as many books were being returned each day at th~ end of the week as on Monday, when “fincless week” began and because of numerous requests from readers who could not go to the library before clos- ing_time vestcrday. The total number of books on which fines were remitted numbered 5,196 ¥ and 463 cards, on which accumulat cs were remitted, were relcased to borrowers. One book returned has been out since 1913. Many left the librarv between 1926 and 1930. In one case three books cue since 1930 and valued at over §23 were brought in. Dr. Bowerman has urged all readers ing Public Library bocks in their ion to male a diligent search for them so they may be returned now without finzs being charged. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU T0 HOLD SESSION FRIDAY Flection of Members to Board of Trustees to Mark Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Washing- ton Better Business Bureau will be held h Hotel Friday at 12:30 o'clock, it was announced yesterday by Joshua Evens, jr. chairman of the board of the bureau, who will preside at the session. The election of members to the board of trustees will mark the meeting. The Nominating Committee, charged ‘with presenting names of nominees, wi'l present its report soon after the busi- ness session gets uncer wey. B. B. Burgender is chairman of this commit- tee. Other members are Y. E. Booker, C. H. Pope, A. J. Sundlun and Ben T. Webster, Happy to Retire at 71 WESTERN WILL LOSE W. EDWIN PRIEST. THOUSAND things to do and pleasant places in which t> do them is the out'ook of W. Edwin I Pricst, venerable and loved teacher of history at Western High School, when he gees from his class room into retirement Wednesday. This genial gentleman, with his little black skull cap and his close-crcpped white beard and his 71 years, looked lightly yesterday upon thte prospect of ending 43 years of service in the Wash- irgton public schoos. In the first place, while his leaving Western, where he has taught for 26 years, is officially a “retirement,” it means for Mr. Pricst a long-waited opp rtunity to “do just what I want to do." Chiefly. it means he can write poctry and fondle the | curios with which he has surrounded f in his home at 102 West Thorn- d. It's quite possible you've seen Mr. Priest yourself with his black note bock perched ccmplacently cn a downtown drug store soda fountain stool, lost to the bustie ar-und him and writing in | lead pencil the verse that his mind | conceives. Likes to Visit Drug Stores. “I like to go to those drug stores,” he told a reporter for The Star yes- | terday at his home. “It is so pleasant there with so much life and s> many pleasant noises and sounds about. Why sometimes I sit lost to the world for | two hours at a time in those places and then. when I've had enough, I go h:me. That's my relaxation, you see.” In addition to his pcetry Mr. Priest hopes to add to He has all sorts in a cabmet in his home; s:me tiny cnes less than two inches high and some tall siender affairs with fragile necks. This collection, he confided to the reporte! all will to Joshua Svans, of his pupils in earlier has been interested in d o in schocl wor terday concluded are better than boys and girls of 40 vears ago. ‘They are more sericus today, more interested in what are studying, and more mature,’ s2id. “OF don’t mean to sa t X e good young pec because we did, zencrally, the boys ved. 1 don't think ¥ girls are superior, but I've noticed that oftentimes boys are willing to emulate a brilliant girl in school these days.” Mr. Priest re Priest lled some of his other WONAN CRITICALLY INIURED BY AUTO Mrs. Elizabeth Bell Johnson Victim of Connecticut Avenue Accident. | Crushed bencath an automobile while crossing Cennacticut avenu» just south’ of California street, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell Johnson, 42, of 2013 Kalorama road was taken to Emergcney H al last night in a critical condition. The mis- hap was one of thres major traffic ac- cidents occurring in the Capital last night, claiming a total of three victims Physicians at Emergenry Hospital <ai 15, John- son was suffering from a fractured | jaw, broken ribs and internal in- juries, and that her Tecovery was prob- lematical Police arrested the driver of the car which struck Mrs. Johnson, Wil- liam Q. York. 18, Kensing- He is pend- come of Mrs. Johnson. « m's in- juries. Two Companions Escape. | Witnesses said Mrs. Johnson was | crossing Connecticut avenue from east | to west when York's machine, travel- | ing southward, hit her. At the time, | police were ormed, two women com- | panions were walking with her, but | neither of them could_be located fol- | lowing the mishap. Bystanders said | Mrs. Johnson walked out in front of | her compeniors and into the path of the approaching automobile, | J. C. Dunlop, a taxicab driver of 1307 | Twelith strect, who took the injured spital, said he saw werve toward the cen- ter of the street, where Mrs. Johnson was walking, to avoid striking a car about to make a U-turn. | Mrs. Johnson is employed by the | Washingten Tent & Awning Co. Alexandria Man Hurt. Lionel Beaton, 219 South Ash street, Alexandria, Va. was injured about the head when he crashed into a | lamp post at New Hampshire avenue | and I strect while trying to avoid a col- | lision with another car driven by an unidentified operator. | Beaton swerved out of the path of | the other car, struck the post, which | stood in the center parking of New Hampshire avenue, breaking the post | off at the base, and continued across the parking and the curbing on the far side of the street, finally stopping | between two trees. Beaton was {aken to Emergency Hos- pital in the truck of the Firc Rescue | Squad, and _after treatment for a| lacerated scalp, was sent home. Chris Papis. 7117 Feurth strect, a huckster, was knocked down and slight- | ly injured last night when an auto- mobile collided with his push cart at Twenty-third and L streets. Papis w taken to Emergency Hospital for treat- ment and sent home. TWO FINED, ONE FORFEITS BOND FOR DRUNK DRIVING By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ‘! | | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 18. —Three men, accused of driving while drunk, were fined or forfeited collateral | in Police Court yesterda They were Charles W. Burgess of Capitol Heights, arrested by Constable Perry Armstrong and fined $101 for driving while diunk and reckless driv- ing; Roy Bailey, first block of New York avenue, Washington, fined $110 for driving while drunk and having no | license, and Matthew Green, Mitchell- ville, who forfeited $115 on charges of driving while drunk. reckless driving and having no license. State Loliceman Serman arrested | Green, while Patrolman Eckhart pre- forred the charges against Bailey. Francis Fletcher, colored, was sen-| tenced to four menths in the House of Correcticn by Judge J. Chew Sherifl on charges of assault and battery on Mizhael Marshall at Mitchellvile, EY EDWIN PRIEST. —Star Staff Photo. Ww. pupils who, like Mr. Evans, are prom- inent in their lives today. He named Robert V. Fleming of Riggs National Bank, Senator Robert La Follette and his brother, Gov. Phillip La Follette of Wiscensin, and Dr. Sze, China’s eminent statesman, who is so popularly known in Washington. All of these “boys,” he said, were goed pupils. The work he has been in these years? History that ranges, as he explained it himself, “from Adam to Amos and He has a chart of world events and personages in his class room at Western which begins with a picture of Adam and runs the gamut to the two black-face radio stars. After Wednes’ Mr. Priest will muse among great standing trees which rround his home in Chevy Chase. He | has there numerous stone benches and rustic seats connected by flagstone walks and marked by plaster casts of Greek and Roman fij S The philosophy of this man who came to Washington from the beautiful rolling country of Eastern Pennsylvania in 1889 and who taught for 17 years at the old Washington High School before going to Western, is one of happiness. Be happy in what you do, he says, and you'll do it well. Mr. Priest’s mother, now nearing 91 years of age, still lives with him and one of the chief happinesses of his life | is caring for her. COUPLE WOUNDED BY SNIPER'S SHOT Youth and Girl Ordered From Auto Parked at Roadside. A youth and a girl were wounded by a sniper’s bullet last night as they were | parked in the young man’s car on Sar- gent road, half a mile past the District line about 11 o'clock. Sue Whittington, 16, of 330 Bryant ' street northeast has a bullet wound in her shoulder, considered by Sibley Hos- pital dectors not serious, and Wesley Owens, 18, of 58 U street has a serious | bullet wound in his neck. Ordered to Get Out. The couple told police they were parked at the side of Sargent road about 11 pm. when a coupe drove up, stopped in front of them and two men alighted. The men approached their machine and ordered them to get out. They complied and as they did so, they said, one of the men drew a pistol and fired at them, the same bullet wounding both. Then the men got in their car and fled. Owens managed to get the girl back in the car and dr trict, stcpping at Ninth and Monroe | streets northeast, when he saw Police- | man James E. Dawn of the fifth pre cinct. Owens staggered out of the ca: and asked Dawn to drive him to a hos- pital, explaining that he and the girl had been shot. Police Get Descriptions. Dawn drove them to Sibley Hospital, where they were treated and put to bed. Headquarters detectives questioned them and secured a description of the men in the coupe. Owens said he was unable to get the license number of the car. Owens is an advertising agent for the Washington Daily News. NORTH BEACH COUNCIL ORDERS TAX RATE CUT Levy of $1.00 a Hundred on Realty Provided—Street Improvement Program Planned. By a Staff Correspondent of the Star. NORTH BEACH, Md, June 18—A 50-cent cut in the town tax rate here has been ordered by the mayor and Council, according to an announcement made tonight by Mayor Michael J. Lane, following a meeting of the Coun- cil. The rate for the coming year, as a result of the cut, will be $1 per $100. Calvert County, in which North Beach is situated, has reduced its tax rate 34 cents, Mr. Lane said. The mayor and Council claim a sur- plus in the town treasury will enable them to meet current expenses and carry out all major improvements planned with the lesser tax rate. During the past year, Mr. Lane said, | 85,500 has been spent building hard- surface streets in the town, and $8,000 will be spent this year to complete the work. The 1932 street improvement program will start Monday. Vi o s A COLORED BOY KILLED BY SHOTGUN DISCHARGE Man Tells Police Weapon Went Off Accidently After Being Taken Frcm Lad. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, June 18—Said to have been shot when a gun went off accidentally at the home of his parents, 12-year-old Ambrose Gray, colored, of Gum Springs, died in Alexandria Hospital tonight. The discharge from a .12-gauge shot- gun lodged in the boy’s heart. He died shortly after reaching the hospital. Charles D. Chase, colored, 32, of Accctink, told police he took the gun away from the boy and it exploded as he placed it in a corner. taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff H. D. McGarrity of Fairfax County. GREAT AMERICAN PAGEANT WILL BE GIVEN THIS WEEK Historical Presentation to Be Held on Slopes of Monument. EVENTS IN WASHINGTON’S LIFE WILL BE DEPICTED Fort Myer and Fort Washington Troops to Participate—Army, Navy, Marine Bands to Play. The green slopes of the Washington Monument Grounds will be the scene of the presentation Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday nights of the great outdoor historical pageant “The Great American,” being sponsored by the Dis- trict and United States Bicentennial Commissions. The wide pageant field where battle scenes will be erected will extend to the south and west of the Sylvan The- ater stage. These scenes will be par- ticipated in by troops from Fort Myer and Fort Washington, augmented by hundreds of Washingtonians repre- senting citizens associations, civic clubs, drama units, churches and patriotic organizations. Units from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps also will co- operate. 4 12 Events Feature Pageant. back to the Dis- | Chase was | hi Twelve outstanding events in the life istory of Washington, occurring in | chrenologlcal sequence’ and developed {into three main parts, will feature the | pageant, which was written by Miss Ethel Claire Randall and J | Knudson of the United States Bicen- tennial Commission. Music will be provided by the United States Army {Band on two nights, while the United | States Marine Band will play on the third night. Choral music will be fur- nished by a chorus of 300 members, in- ciuding the entire membership of the National Capital Chorus. The first action of the pageant fs entitled “George Washington, Colo- nist” It includes three episodes, “The Surveyor,” “The Burial of Gen. Brad- dock” and “The Marriage of Wash- ington.” Five episodes will be included in the second action, “George Washington, Warrfor.” They are “Taking Com- mand of the Army,” “The Birthday at Valley Forge” “The Battle of Mon mouth.” “The Surrender at Yorktown and “Washingion's Farewell to His Officers.” The third action will comprise four episodes, “The Signing of the Consti- tution,” “The First Inauguration,” “A Presidential Ball,” and “The Planter at Mount Vernon.” Between acts dances will be presented by Marian Chace and Lester Shafer, { Washington Denishawn dancers. This | group also will present “The Dance of epllogue, and an early American dance in the third action. The Capital So- { ciety of the Children of the American Revolution will present a minuet in the first action in the marriage scene. ‘Will Lead Spirituals. public schools will lead a group of sing- ers in the presentation of Negro spirit- uals in the Mount Vernon scene closing the pageant. will be the “Voice of America,” spoken by Maj. Charles Trowbridge Tittmann “Truth.” by Maurice Jarvis; “Courage. by Thomas Cahill, and “Devotion.” by Orris Holland. The Thirteen Colonies in the prologue will be represented by troopers of the Machine Gun Troop of the Third United States Cavalry, Fort Myer, Va., and in the epilogue the 48 States and the Territories will likewise be represented by soldiers from Fort Myer. The defenders of the United by units of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the de- fenders of the United States in time of peace will be groups of Washington men and women, impersonating art, music, drama, the professions, agriculture, labor and others. troops of Boy Scouts and other units in this group of peacetime “defenders.” Boy Scouts will also take part in the episode of the burial of Gen, Braddock. The role of George Washington will be enacted by different players in the | various pageant episodes; Willlam Wal- lace will be seen as the surveyor, Rich- ard Strigfellow will portray Col. Wash- ington, in the burial of Braddock; Wil- “The Marriage.” Throughout the sec- ond action, “George Washington, War- rior,” the role will be assumed by Capt. H. B. Turner from Fort Washington, Va. with troopers from the 3d Bat- talion, 12th United States Infantry, at Fort Washington, appearing as officers and soldiers. In the third action James Otis Porter will appear as Washington, except in the final episode. “The Planter of Mount Vernon.” when Capt. C. C. Cal- houn will be the Washington. Organizations Represented. Among the organizations, groups and agencies throughout the city repre- sented in the many scenes of this great pageant will be the Anacostia Citizens' Association, Bartfield Players, Com- munity Center Department, Children of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of America, Daughters of Liberty. District of Columbia Boy Scouts, Chapel Play- ers, Christian Endeavor Players, East Washington Community ~ Players, Friendship House, Henry D. Spengler Unit and Post of American Legion. Helen Griffith Studio, Women's Club of I. 0. O. F. Temple, Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocohontas, Mount Ple2sant Players, McKinley High School drama group, Mid-City Citizens' Assocation, National Capital Cholr. Neighborhood House, Northeast Bicentennial Committee, Playground Department, Salvation Army, Scottish Clan McClellan, the Washingtonians, Washington Readers' Club, Women's Rellef Corps and Sons of Union Vet- erans, Women's City Club, and many others. PLAN NURSING SERVICE Visiting Nurse Will Be Appointed in Montgomery County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, June 13.—A visit- ing nurse service sponsored by the Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross will be established in Montgomery County on September 1, it was ennounced today by Mrs. J. Somerville Dawson, chairman of the Visiting Nurse Service Committee of the chapter. A graduate trained nurse recom- mended by the National Red Cross headquarters in Washington and who as had special training in public he-lkth work will be selected for that work. T ames K. | | Truth, Courage and Devotion” in the, Prof. A. H. Johnson of the District | Symbolic characters in the pagent | States in time of war will be portrayed | There will also be| liam O. Chapman, as Washington, in| PAGE B—1 Animal Rescue League’s New Building Ready TILE WALLS AND SUNNY QUARTERS FOR HOMELESS PETS. HE architecture of the Animal Rescue League's new home at | 71 O street may be lost on the inmates, but not its safe, sani- tary and comfortable accommodations. Stray creatures of every degree, while they may waste scant appreciation on !the English facade of gray fleldstone. | or the interfor trim of glazed tile, will thrive in modern, sunny and well ven- tilated quarters on a suitable diet. They will receive expert medical care in a room especially designed as an | animal clinic, and in the final extrem- | ity will be humanely destroyed in a lethal chamber or in one of several chloroform compartments. | ‘The bullding was constructed for ap- ! proximatey $25.000 from funds re- | ceived in the sale of the old headquar- | ters at 349 Maryland avenue south- west to the Government. Headquarters Moved. ‘The league’s headquarters was moved | Monday into the new building, which { will be formally opened Thursday. Mrs William F. Ham, president, has sent {out invitations to members and ladies | in official and diplomatic circles to visit {the building, between 10 am. and 10 pm. thy privately-donated cages for dogs | have been installed in a separate room from & dozen cat cages. The cats, being more sociable, will share an out- door runway, but the dogs will be segre- gated according to size and disposition in severel runways. Strays which find their way into the home will receive medical care from three veterinarians, who contribute | service and advice in cases where the j owner cannot be located or is too poor to defray the cost. Night Emergency Service. | ‘The new home houses an apartment on the second floor for the caretaker, in order to maintain a night emergency | service. The league will send for stray | animals at night, it was explained, only | in cases where the stray has been ! wounded and is in need of immediate attention. A sccre or so of dogs and a few cats already are quartered in the new home. Above: Exterior view of the new fieldstone building of the Animal Rescue League. which will be formally opened Thursday. the new building. One of the inmates, a large police dog’ of unmistakable lineage, was frisking about his cage vesterday and giving every sign of pleasure in his new sur- roundings. Unless he ran off from a good home he may be reluctant to re- Jjoin his master. Below: Reception room in' —Star Staff Photos. In the garage at the rear are two comfortable stalls for stray horses, donkeys or mules. The league bars none, fur or feather, hair or hide, and almost every conceivable creature has come at one time or another under its | proteciion. GRAND JURY TO GE SHORTAGES AGAIN INew Panel to Receive Further‘ Findings in Arlington Cases Tomorrow. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | ARLINGTON COUNTL COURT HOUSE, Va.. June 18—The latest de- velopments in the alleged shortages in | | various county offices will be consid- | | ered Monday morning by the following | grand jury, which was summoned to- | day by Sheriff Howard B. Fields: { _ Edwin P. Goucher, Frederick E. Mann, Louis C. Carl, Preston E. Dewey, Harris Levy, Walter K. Handy, Lawrence Maus, | | A. J. Craft and Joseph'D. McDonnell. The grand jury is to be presented with additional information that has been developed by State auditors since the indictment at the April term of | Circuit Court of former Treasurer % Wade B:"i‘ former Clerk Willlam H. | uncan and F. J. Hallock, f | of the School Beard. R The trial of all three of these cases | was continued from the last term, and Commonwealth’s Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas and Assistant Attorney General Collins Denny. jr., announce they are zeady to procced With the trials. De. | ense attorneys were not prepared to | say today whether they y 8t this term, ¥ Sl ey LUNCHEON WILL HONOR MRS. PUTNAM’S ESCORT Seven Making Flight Here With Aviatrix Will Be Guests of Women'’s Press Club. Members of an honor escort of seven, which will accompany Amelia Earhart Putnam on her flight from New York to Washington Tuesday, will be guests of the Women's National Press Club at a luncheon meeting in the Willard Hotel | at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The party will include Blair Niles. author ~of “Condemned to Devil's | Island”; Delia Akeley, explorer and au- thority on African pygmies; Miss Gertrude Emerson. co-editor of Asia; Marjorie Trumbull, specialist in the archeology of Mexico and _Central America; Miss Gertrude Mathews Shelby, author of “Gullah Tales”; Grace E. Barstow Murphy, vice president of the Society of Women Geographers, and Miss Lucille Sinclair Douglass, geo- | graphical artist and lecturer. Mrs. Putham, who is a member of the Society of Women Geographers, will re- ceive the first medal presented by the society on her arrival in New York to- morrow. The medal was executed by Miss Douglass. GETS $20 AWARD College Park Woman Places Fourth in Slogan Contest. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md, June 18.— Mrs T. E. Woodward of College Park has been awarded $20 and fourth place among 368 contestants in a national slogan and essay contest conducted by the Naticnal Poultry Council, it was announced today by the University of Maryland extension service. Her _slogan was, “Eat Eggs and Keep Fit.” Wins Scholarship WILLIAM J. SHAUGHNESSY. MAN FOUND IN BED SERIOUSLY WOUNDED| Aloysius Mayhew, 23, of Riggs Road, in Marylard, at Hos- pital—Three Probed. Found lying in his bed apparently suffering from a severe blow on the head, Aloysius Mayhew, 23, of Route 1, Riggs road, Maryland. was brought to Sibley Hospital last night, where it was | said his condition was serious. At an early hour this morning police had been unable to ascertain how he had received the injury. Mayhew's injury was discovered about 11 o'clock by his uncle. William C. Shoemaker, on reaching the home. Joseph Waller, brother-in-law of the injured man, who also lives at the Riggs road address, was summoned by Shoe- maker. Waller told police that May- hew was lying in a pool of blood. Wil- liam Mayhew. brother of the injured man: Shoemaker and Waller took him to the hospital. Local police took the three into cus- tody because of their inability to ex- plain how Mayhew was injured. and turned them over to Maryland author- ities. Prince Georges County police said the men probably would not be held. AMITY OF WASHINGTON FOR INDIANS DEPICTED Special Dispatch to The Star. ACCOKEEK, Md., June, 18—An Indian play showing the fricndship of Col. George Washington for the Colonial Indians was presented on an outdoor stage around a campfire, at the closing exercises of the local school. Certificates were awarded as fol- lows: For completion of elementary grades, to Sarah Mildred Willett and Prancis Kenlon; for perfect attendance. to Lucile Wilson, Billy and Harold Kremer and Francis and Robert Ken- lon. Pins for perfect score in the music memory contest were given to Carolyn Claggett and Lucile Wilson. Prizes of- fered by the president of the Parent- ‘Teacher Association and by the prin- cipal, for improvement in letter writing, were awarded by a committee of the P.-T. A. to Lucile Wilson, Foster Willett and Kathleen ‘Wl!hn. 3T GONZAGA BOYS GIVEN DIPLOMAS |Dr. O’Leary of Georgetown University Speaker at Annual Exercises. Thirty-seven boys were graduated by Gonzega High Schocl commence- ; | ment exercises Friday nigit when Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J. professor of [ethlcs at Georgetown University, was | the speaker. Rev. Dr. Timothy B. Bar- rett, eminent Jesuit theologian and an alumnus of the school, presided. Guests | at the exercises included Sesostris Sidarouss Pasha, Egyptlan Minister. The moral, social and practical as- pects of education were discussed by William J. Shaughnessy, Robert H.| Schombert and David F. James, mem- bers of the graduating class. Scholarships Awarded. ‘William Shaughnessy was honor grad- | uate, being awarded the Gecrgetown University schclarship on an average cf 958 per cent for the entire four- | year course. He won also the medal | for general excel'ence and the premiums in_senior mathematics and French. The gold medal for excellence in de- bate was awarded to David F. James, while that for dramatics went to Ger- ald F. Gregg. Thomas F. Cowan won the scholarship to Columbus University. Recipients of Diplomas. | Rev. Michael F. Fitzpatrick, s. J. | president of the school and rector of St. Aloysius Church, with which Gon- | zaga is associated, presented diplomas | to_the fcllowing: Leo Michael Al'man, James Waters Barry, Charles Edward Berberich, John | Joseph Casey, Joseph Francis Xavier Colliflower, John Joseph Day., John | Anthony Desch, Milburn Joseph Don- | ohce, Thomas Paul Dove, Francis Daniel Dunan, Joseph Edwin Duvall, George Irving Eppard, Bernard Jo- | seph Pitzpatrick, Thomas Smith Garges, | Gerald Fitzgerald Gregg, William Louis Hechmer, Joseph Aloysius Hurney, David Fellion James, Ignatius James Keane, Rogelio Vicente La'O. George | Edward Lewis, Joseph Francis Xavier Mayhew, John Martin McMahcn, Jo- | seph Thomas Mulcare, Joseph Deniel in | i i i ped for a red light }BANI]IT CAPTURED BY ONE OF VIGTIMS AFTER LONG CHASE Believed to Have Staged Three Hold-ups Within Two Hours, SPEEDING TAXIS BLOCK ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE Robbery Trail, Starting Near Ca- thedral, Leads Through Ex- clusive Capital Section. A bandit, believed to be the same one who staged three hold-ups in less than two hours last night, was captured by his last victim, aided by a policeman and three other men, after 8 chase In which the alleged robber fired one shot at his pursuers. Armed with staged the first oclock at Thirty. Wisconsin avenue., ;:1!40 An automobile ucas, 415 Oglethorpe street, wh halted at a “stop™ sign Anér‘::nb}::g Lucas of $5 and forcing him to get out of the car, the bandit drove away The next robbary took place at Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues, almost in the shadow of the National Cathedral. where the victim was George Kerr, 1712 Euclid street, who had stop- & Trevolver, a bandit hold-up ‘about 8:30 -fourth street and There he stepped driven” by Louis Warns His Victim. “I mean business.” he warned Kerr, covering him with his gun, “Drive on.” With the robber seated beside him and prodding his ribs with his re- volver, Kerr drove down Massachusetts avenue. The bandit ordered him to stop at the British embassy, but later changed his mind and commanded him to continue to the Japanese embassy. Near the latter mansion. however, the robber again changed his mind and ordered Kerr to continue driving. A few blocks farther on he forced Kerr to halt long enough to relieve him of his wallet, containing $1.90, and his coat. “Now take off your pants,” the ban- dit_commanded. Kerr refused to remove his trousers, however, and the robber again told him to “drive on.” Soon afterward Kerr stopped his machine and announced he was “too tired” to drive any farther. He got out of the automobile, “stealing” his coat while the rcbber was looking in another direction Short Chase Fails. As the bandit drove off, Kerr stopped a passing motorist and attempted to foliow the robber, but lost him after a short chase Shortly afterward the third hold-up came at Twenty-second and Q streets, where a bandit stepped into a taxicab driven by Lloyd Jones, 505 Montana avenue northeast. He ordered Jones t0 “move over,” and the cab driver fol- lowed instructions so thoroughly that he moved out of the taxi. The robber drove away, and Jones leaped into a cab driven by H. W. Mobley, 400 G street rortheast, asking him to follow the bandit. As the two taxis sped past Massa- chusetts avenue and Twenty-first street, the robber fired at his pursuers, but they continued the chase ey were joined by another cab driver, Ira C. Harper, 3030 O street The bandit abandoned his taxi at Florida avenue and R street and at- tempted to escape afoot. He was fol- lowed. however, by E. E. McGuire. 3006 R street, who was walking nearby. Robber’s Cab Blocked. McGuire encountered the taxi drivers at Florida avenue and S street and the group pursued the bandit to Connecti- cut avenue and Q street, where he hailed a cab. While Mobley kept his taxi in such a position that the driver of the robber's {cab could not get his car out of its parking place, McGuire summoned Traffic Policeman Dwight G. Wash- burn, on duty nearby. The officer placed the man under ar- rest and took him to the third precinct, | where he gave his name as Arthur G. Brock, 21, of Cherrydale, Va. A gun was found in the cab in which he was arrested. Brock, who was booked for investiga- tion, apparently had been drinking, a cording to the hold-up victims. He was identified by both Kerr and Jones. DR. WALSH FAVORS READJUSTING DEBTS Georgetown U. Vice President Tells Woman's Federation They Are Millstone. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE. June 8 —Readjustment of war debts was advocated by Rev. Ed- mund A. Walsh, S. J.. vice president of Georgetown University, at the con- cluding session of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs convention to- night. “If removal of that millstone hanging on the neck of Europe be the first step on the road to world recovery,” he de- clared, “I should say let it be taken.” Father Walsh described Soviet Rus- sia’s military forces as one of the po- tential menaces to the peace of the world and declared Germany's possible friendly relations with Russia was the defeated nation’s “trump card * * * in the absorbing game now being played before the eyes of the entire world. “No political observer.” he said, “can escape the conciusion Europe is drift- ing backward to the old, discarded sys- | O'Connell, John Joseph O'Connor, Nicholas Donato Rinaldi, Joseph Paul Robson, Edwin Leith Ruppert, Joseph Peter Sawyer, Robert Henry Schombert, William Joseph Shaughnessy, James Anthony Sheridan, Charles Anthony Simpsen, Herbert Sherman Smith, Nor- man Wendell Springer and John Jo- seph Tocmey. BIBLE SCHOOL TO OPEN Chevy Chase Baptist Church Begins Four-Week Program June 29. | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md, June 18.—The annual community Vacation _ Bible School of the Chevy Chase Baptist Church will be cpened Juge 29, under the &irection of Rev. Edward O. Clark. A four-week program, including hymns, Bible stories, religious instruction, drama, games and handcraft, has been map| out by Rev. Clark. school will be open to all chil- dren from 4 to 14 yecrs old. Registra- tion of students will be held at the church June 28, from 2 to 4 pm. tem of ‘balance of power.'” e OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED BY JOB'S DAUGHTERS Speclal Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., June 18.—Miss Christine Jackson, honored queen, and other newly elected officers of Job's Daughters were installed at a meeting here last night. Others installed are Miss Virginia Rollins, senior princess; Miss Regina McCauley, junior princess; Miss Louise Carl, guide; Miss Janet Michelback, marshal; Miss Lala McNeeley, secre- tary; Miss Mildred Shepherd, treasurer; Miss Grace Walters, librarian; Miss Virginia Skillman, senior custodian; Miss Louise Grigsby, junior custodian; Miss Virginia Gary, inner guard; Miss Barbara Shepherd: outer guard: Miss Margaret Krigbaum, Miss Elizabeth Simpson, Miss Gladys Ives, Miss Jac- queline Foster and Miss Mary Hunt, :neuen instal