Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1932, Page 17

WASHINGTON, B.adl, TUESDAY, JULY RULING TO DISPEL FURLOUGH DOUBTS S EXPECTED SOON McCarl Believed Prepared to Issue Decision by End of Week. DEPARTMENT HEADS HOLD| ACTION ON PAY SLASHES Views Differ on Whether Employes Must Work Payless Days Before Taking Vacations. The uncertainty in Government es- tablishments over administration of the furlough plan was in a fair way today toward being dissolved, as it was under- stood Controller General McCarl would issue Tegulations soon to serve as a| guide | The Federal agencies, in general, have | been in the dark as to just what steps | would be required, ever since the econ- omy bill was passed. They have hesi- | tated to take independent action be- cause of the possibility a conflict would arise later, it having been conceded that there were certain angles of the legislation upon which some word from the controller would be necessary in order to provide uniformity. Expected This Week. McCarl's decision, it is expected, wi cover the furlough plan in its entirety, both as regards the mandatory 24-day leave-without-pay and furloughs re- quired in lieu of dismissals, to keep within appropriations. It is looked for before the end of this week, and is expected to inform department heads as to the way in which pay roll deduc- tions are to be made. This point, it is believed by those who have studied the matter, will determine, among other things, whether Government workers will be able to take extended leave, and spread the pay deduction through the year, or whether they must lose it in a Jump. In this connection, the opinion was expressed that under the law it would become necessary for the employe act- ually to earn such time off by work- ing for a corresponding number of pay- Jess days before going on leave, unless | he tock a lump deduction, as he other- ‘:;C would be receiving pay for time o President Hoover is understood to have solicited the views of some of- cials on the general subject of the fur- Jough plan, but this could not be con- firmed at the White House today. In | some quarters, it was indicated, the | five-day week was favored. President Given Power. The President can fix conditions for | applying the furlough where it is in- voked to save dismissals. Meanwhile it became certain that some departments will have their own 1ndividual problems to meet in the econ- omy bill, when it became known at the Treasury that officials there were pre- paring to get opinions from the con- troller general on several questions. Among these is one involving the exemption of certain employes from | operation of the furlough. Under the | economy bill, Section 104, it is pro- | vided that among those exempted from | the furlough are persons whose “com- | pensation is derived from assessments on banks” and “or is not paid from the | Federal Treasury.” | This raises an interesting question for employes of the National Bank | Redemption Agency, of the office of Treasurer of the United States. These money counters are paid by money from the Treasury, but the Treasury is reimbursed by the national banks. The question therefore arises: “Shall these | money counters be forced to take the furiough or not?” Similar Issue Raised. A similar question arises for employes | of the Fecderal Farm Loan Bureau, whose money likewise comes finally from the | Farm Loan banks H It was believed that national bank | who are pald direct by the | d not by the Treasury, prob- ould be exempt frem the furlough. Bureau chiefs of the Treasury have asked to survey the situation questions they think may | has issued two executive crders covering phases of the economy bill f these cuts travel allowance by n The new maxi- | ted States and $6 mpares with the old emized account was | in the United States utside. Where no itemized ac- was rendered before, the rate| s in effect sick- | new uniform | Igated IRWIN SURRENDERS | ON GAMING CHARGE nce Police Raid Ten Days Ago, He Gives Up Voluntarily prom Sought | rch since a raid on | days untarily | afternocon | warrant setting up a gaming the premises when d and police | through a concealed pas A numbe re subpoenaed as sses following the rai i to have been e place. He geway Irwin is al- | of the operators | ! plained he had | been out of the ci r some time and | came to headquarters when he learned police were looking for him AUTO DEATHS DECREASE Only Six Killed in D. C. for June, Records Reveal. Six persons were killed in traffic ac- cidents in the District during June— the smaliest June total in three years. | This figure was included in the monthly report of Inspector L. I H Edwards, assistant superintendent of | police, The total number of accidents for the month was 674, with minor in- jures resulting from 255 and property damage in 456. | \ ‘There were 5115 arrests for lrrmrlmmuuncement has been made that a| Grifin, Winchester; Mrs. Willlam B. infra-tions during the month, 2.217 of | card party for the benefit of St. Rose’s | Sinnott, Washington, D, C., and Arthur which were for parking violations. | Catholic Church, Cloppers, will be held | G. and Harry E. Athey, ti Other arrests included 419 for speeding, 19 for driving while drunk, and others. | qua jous doubts have been | ried |land will Jbe possible Landmark’s History Doubted | WASHINGTON PLACARD COMES OFF GEORGETOWN HOUSE. The house at 3051 M street, reputed of George Washington when he was surveying Washington in 1791 | nored sign which for | has designated the quain stone_house at 3051 M street in Georgetown as General Washington's Head- while surveying Washington in s been removed by the owners nt of dcubt as to its authen- in ers 1791" b on ac ticity A new sign will be erected in its place gving en authentic account of the early history of the picturesque old but the new sign will say at all about George Waashing- disclosed today by Miss Alice Douglas Goddard and Frederick J. God- dard of 3077 Dumbarton avenue, owners | of the property. They have the old sign in their Georgetown home and have virtually decided on the language which is to replace the words concerning George Washingtcn, The change is being made by the| owners, they explained today, not be- cause they do not believe the George ‘Weshington tradition, but because seri- cast on the authenticity of the story. They want it correct. Marble Sign Falls. The first sign was a marble block placed by the Piram Ripley Society, Children of the American Revolution, in 1899. This block fell, was cracked in’ several pieces several years ago and is now in the museum of the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis- trict of Columbia, at Nineteenth and H streets. It was replaced by a larger sign painted on metal and with the same wording, “General Washington’s Head- | quarters While Surveying Washington in 1791. Erected by Piram Ripley So- ciety, Children American Revolution, 899." When a bill was introduced in Con- gress some time ago providing for pur- chase by the Government of the build- ing as a museum the bill was referred to the Citizens' Advisory Council for report. Dr. George H. Richardson, a | member of the council, investigated the authenticity of the use of the building by Washington, and reported that the tradition could not be sufficiently au- thenticated to justify approval of the bill | today that inquiry from the Children | have, however, unearthed from official for years to have been the headquarters —Star Staff Photo. No official action has ever been taken against the sign on the old house, but the owners went into the matter on their own account. Mr. Goddard and his sistér had the records carefully searched, and, they said, so far had failed to find official confirmation of the Washington tradition. They said of the American Revolution also failed to disclose any further proof. They records some of the early history of the interesting old house. and will incor- porate some of this in the new sign, which soon Is to be painted and hung in the same place beneath the eaves. Picture Presented. - These words will include some of | the same language which Miss Gud-} dard and her brother replaced on a| plcture cf the old building they pre- TWO PERONS D, THO BADLY HUR INHOLDAY TRAFF Man, 53, and Girl, 18, Fatally Injured in Auto Collision in District. HORSE IS KILLED AS CAR CRASHES INTO WAGON Operator Abandons His Machine and Escapes on Foot After Animal Is Struck. Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured in the heavy holiday traffic yesterday afternoon and last night. Norman Harrell, 53, of 107 Fifth street southeast, died at Providence Hos- pital at 4:30 o'clock this morning from injuries received when run down by an automobile last night while crossing the street in front of his home The driver of the car, Miss Yvonne M. Beuchert, 18, of 201 Fifth street northeast, was taken to No. 4 precinct for questioning following Harrell's death. Later she was released for appearance at the inquest, probably tomorrow. The injured man was taken to the hospital by a motorist and treated for a compound fracture of the right leg and internal injuries. The accident oc- curred between 9 and 10 o'clock p.m. Girl Fatally Injured. About six hours earlier Miss Mae Strickland, 18, of 1008 K street, was fatally injured when the automobile in which she was riding vith three com- panions was overturned at Sixth and K streets southwest by another machine operated by & ®olored man, who failed to stop. The girl was removed to Emergency Hospital in a private automobile and died shortly after arrival there of & tractured skull and internal injuries The others hurt in the same accident were Miss Gertrude Sanders, also 18, who roomed with Miss Strickland at A view of the fireworks display last night on the Washington Monument celebration of Independence day. slopes, the closing feature of yesterday’s —Star Staff Photo. |All That Sparkles A0 BRAVE RAIN ATCULPEPERSHO Twenty-Eighth Annual Event Is Slowed Up by Con- tinuous Downpour. ‘ Trusting Minister |Colored Pastor Loans $5 | to Well Dressed Stranger. | Ring Was Paste. | 1 | | | | Rev. Smallwood Williams, colored, was | glad the stranger liked his sermon, he | Maryland and the records of the town | ,. zented to the Association of Oldest |the K street address, and Jonn Waiton . cas called | 21, Of 4812 Seventh street Inkabitants. The picture “'j eo. | Was treated at Emergency Hospital for to the attention of the assoclation ¥ { internal injuries and Walton at Provi- terday at Hts BoUnh o irmen o | dence Hospital for a fractured pelvis ames F. : th the iommitites ‘on' HAN ‘and Archives. ] Xng condition; ‘of both ‘i considered i serious. “According to the land records of [SGONL. B g0 g0 o f Georgetown,” the new sign will sa; gonne place, driver of the machine, of Geo n, s 11 say The girl | 1840‘ By the Associated Press. CULPEPER, Va., July 5—More than 4,000 fans witnessed Culpeper's twenty- | eighth annual Horse Show and Racing | the all-day downpour of rain. Association meet here yesterday, despite | | sald, and opened his_pocketbook. ‘The pastor of the Bible Way Chusch | of Christ had been a little suspicious at | first, returning to the parsonage at 2234 Eighth street, last midnight, to find the | stranger seated on his doorstep. But the stranger was well dressed and loquacious and presently the pastor be- gan to sympathize. The colored man “the earliest owner of this propert; lot 3 (old Georgetown), after the for- | mation of the town in 1757—was John Boone, to whom the commissioners for Georgetown allotted said property on June 11, 1762. “Among the later owners prior to| the Revolution were Christopher Leyh- tan and Cassandra Chew.” Discussing the Washiongton tradition, Mr. Goddard said today: “It would be very pleasing if true, but since it is questioned, we feel we want on that sign only what is true.” The Piram Ripley Soclety of the| C. A. R, according to Miss Armee Powell, national coresponding secretary of the C. A. R., went out of existence here a few years after it erected the marker. The old building now is occupled on the ground floor by the slate roof shop | of C. H. Huddleston, and on the second | floor by Mr. and Mrs. James R. Davis, | who have made their home there for | WORK WIL BEGIN ON ARLINGTON GATE Approval of Indepzndent Of- fices’ Act by Hoover Releases | Funds for Construction. | Construction of the pretentious me- | morial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery at the east wall, forming the westerly terminus of the Arlington Me- morial Bridge project, will go forward immediately. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, today announced he is awarding the contract to the Pecora Construction Co. of Balti- more, Md., for $123,000. This will en- tail the laying of half a million dol- lar’s worth of granite that has been on the ground for many months Now that President Hoover has signed the independent offices’ appropriation act, in which funds for the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission are car- the work can go forward. Funds for the commission were slashed by Congress from $84C,000 to $340,000. This will mean that little of the pro- gram of improvement for Columbia Island can proceed Col. Grant expects to be able to con- tribute the commission’s share of $20,000 toward the widening and paving of Constitution avenue between Second and Third streets. The District government will pay 60 per cent of it and the Bridge Commission 40 per cent Apart from this small section, the widening of Ccnstituticn avenue east- ward of Fourteenth street and west of Virginia avenue will have to wait, due to lack of funds. Col. Grant expects, however, to be able to pave Memoria avenue, running from the boundary channel bridge to the east wall of Arlington National Cemetery and termi- nating in the hemicycle, as the memo- al entrance is now. Some grading, ding and gene improvements around the bridge and on Columbia Is- Col. Grant as- FIRE RAZES DWELLING | Home Occupied by William Shuster Near Rockvillé Is Burned. Special Dispateh to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., July 5.—A dwell- ing near Rockville, which belonged to Wallace Posey, was destroyed by fire Sunday night, entailing & loss of ap- proximately $2,000. The building was occupied by William Shuster and fam- lly, all away at the time, who lost all of 'their household effects. The Rock- ville Volunteer Fire Department was summoned after the flames had gained such headway that they could not be checked. Announce Card Party. | CLOPPERS, Md., July 5 (Special) — the home of the Thursday afternoon Misses Hutton, near WHITAKER HEARING 5 SET FOR FRDAY Rover ' Completes Plans for| Prosecution of “Fox™ in McLean Swindle. Norman T. Whitaker, accused of con- spiring with Gaston B. Means to swindle | Mrs. Evaly sh McLean of $104,000 which she posted for return of the | Lindbergh bab; 1 be arraigned Fri- day at 1:30 o'c the District Su- preme Court Arrangem ‘Whita! 19” of the k completed at tween Leo A torney, and J charge of the States Burea Justice F. criminal div side at the a mained in did Means no effort t demanded for Whitak prosecution_of | ox” and “No. ( 1som hoax, were | rence today be- | United States At- | Keith, agent in | office of the United estigation, nson Letts of the court will pre- Whitaker re- ail today, as ently was making | bond of $100,000 | ase. here last week where he was arrested | f the Bureau of In- | d by New York de- tectives. He The state 1sed reporters or he decl the indictment nection with naping at Whitaker prom- | At that (.me‘ cuss the charges in | but disavowed any con- the Lindbergh baby kid- | that he was is ight of the ab- 1 checked and found ! alibi RITES HELD FOR CHILD Garrett Park Girl Atfer Spectal Dis ROCKVT neral of Ma year-old d ert H. Hetz | | | Died in Hospital Fall From Swing. y 5—The fu- izabeth Hetzer, 6- and Mrs. Rob- Park, who died ington hospital sustained when ook place here | al ‘was in Rockville as a re: she feil fr this morr Union WIDOW GETS ESTATE Will of W’l::;hip\t:r Real Estate Man Is Probated Today. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., July 5.—Charles J F. Athey, real estate developer, who died recently, left his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Margaret E. Athey. At her death the residue is to be divided equally among their children, Mrs. May city. Mrs. Athey has qualified as executrix of his will, probated today, escaped injury. He told police he was proceeding south on Sixth street and | the hit-and-run car was coming east on K street. Jones is a George Wash- ington University Law School student. | This morning, Policeman R. S. War- ner of the fourth precinct, arrested William Nelson, colored, 32, of the 100 block of C strezt n t. said to be the owner of the car which struck Jones' machine. He is being held for | investigation. Taxicab Passenger Hurt. Little was known either Miss Strickland or Miss Sanders at their rooming house, which they entered about two weeks ago. was killed is thought to have come from Funston, Ga., and Miss Sanders is from Lugoff, 8. C. Both are said to have been waitresses George Jackson, , of 726 Seventh street southwest was slightly cut and bruised yesterday afternoon when the taxicab ‘which was hurrying him to Ewmergency Hospital was in_collision with an automobile at Twelfth street and Constitution avenue. The other machine was operated by William Black of Henderson, N. C. When Jackson became ill at his home, a taxi driver, John R. Burns, 439 K street, volunteered to take him to the hospital. Mrs. Jackson, who was accompanying her husband to the hospital, was slightly bruised in. the accident. No arrests were made. A horse lost its life yesterday after- noon ~when an automobile crashed head-on into a wagon near First and M streets. The driver of the horse, Robert Simms, colored, of the 200 block of Q street said the operator of the au- tomcbile fled after the accident, aban- doning his. machine, which bore Vir- ginia plates. Simms escaped injury. BABCOCK TAKES OATH IN NEW FEDERAL POST Becomes New Secretary of Civil Service Commisison, Succeed- ing J. T. Doyle. E. Claude Babcock, whose appoint- ment as secretary of the Civil Service Commission was announced Satuvday was sworn in_this afternoon Babcock, who has been assistant retary, succeeds John T. Doyle, who tired after 49 years' service with commission. Mr. Bab has filled several posts in the c on, and was named assistant to Doy March 1, 1931 Babcock, former ° national mander of the Disabled American erans of the World War, is a and practiced law for three y Lyons, France. col rs in He is a member of the his arrival here has| pedera] Bar Association, the American ' Bar Association and the Federal Club. ) He is a native of Sandusky, Mich He is married and has two children Their home is at 3301 Military road. ARLINGTON PREPARES FOR POLITICAL DRIVES Republicans to Hold Smoker Thurs- day and Democratic Committee Will Meet Friday Night. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star CLARENDON, Va., July 5.—Both the, local Republican and Democratic or- ganizations in Arlington Couaty will begin this week with what they prom- ise to be one of the liveliest campaigns in the history of the county. 8 On Thursday night the Republican Club will hold a_smoker at the Lyon Park Community House. Members have been promised a varied program of en- tertainment. Dr. Victor Meyers is resident. " Robert N. Anderson, president of the Democratic Club, who was a delegate to the recent national convention in Chicago, returned yesterday and imme- diately called a meet] of the execu- tive committee {:rm ‘ hl’: glthl. The meeting will be A ome. On Friday night the League of Re- publican Women will hold a mass meet- ing at the court for the purpose of creating the campaign, Rain started here several hours be- | explained he was a well-to-do Philadei- The girl who| the | {fore the opening and continued all uring the showing. All classes were sliding and slipping during their per- formances and the races were run on a slow, slippery track. Do Tell Out of Money. Of the four flat races and one steeple- chase, winners in all races except one were doped out to perfection, that being the steeplechase in which the favorite, Do Tell, did not run in the money. The betting was small, compared with previous years, and this is credited to the fact that a wet track had the fans shy of thelr favorites. ‘The results follow: Yesterday's Results. Class No. 1 (half-bred suckling colts) —First, Marksman, E. L. Redman; sec- ond, Report, Clifton Simpson; third, entry of M. P. Waugh, Class 5 (broodmares, mares suitable | to breed hunters, they must have bred this season or have foal at sides)— First, Primrose, B. M. Clifton Stmpson; | second, Polly, E. L. Redmon; | entry of M. R Waugh. | _Class 2 (half-bred yearlings)—First Foggy Morn, Mrs. M. R. Waugh; second, ! Peach Brothers; third, Tom Sawyer, Mrs. Paul A. Adams. Class 4 (thoroughbred yearlings)— st, Tigaran, E. L. Redmon; second, onel D. C., Ernest W. Woif; third, y of Clifton Simpson. ss 10 (saddle horses)—First, True | Mrs. Allen Potts; second, Robin | Adair, A. and G. Rives; third, Happy Long, Peach Bros. | Class 22 (hunters and jumpers, open | to all)—First, Sportsman, Miss Eliza- | beth Nesbitt; second, Gay Cockade, W. ‘G Bogert; third, Spring Morning, James N. Andrews, jr. | Class 14 (hunters)—First, No Suree, | L. C. Leith; second, Sandy, Thomas H. Somerville; third, Sergeant, Thomas H. Somerville, Love Token Is Victor, Class 12 (ladies’ saddle horses)— First, Love Token, Mrs. | second, Robin Adair, A. and G. Rives; | third, Chinquepin A. and G. Rives. Class 23 (jumping class, touch-and- out if no horse. Clears jump, no prizes awarded, jumps 4 feet, to be raised in event of tie)—First, Chinquepin, A. and G. Rives | | out if no horse. Clears jump, no prize | awarded, jumps 4 feet, to be raised in event of tie)—First, Mint Julep, W. W. Osborne. Class 16 (green hunters)—First, Clearanfast, Mr. aud Mrs. G. P. Plum- mer; second, Tupelo, Edwin Vaughan; third, Royal Pleasure, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Plummer. Class 17 (lightweight hunters)—First, The Maid of Afton, John A. Massie; second, Sportsman, Elizabeth Nesbitt; third, Chatter Play, E. W. Woolf. Class 18 (middie and heavyweight hunters)—First, Decanter, Jack Rine- hart; second, Red Tape, L. M. Allen; third, Musketeer, Thomas H. Somervifle. RACES. | First race (local, half-mile)—First, Leo Mac, B. G. R. H. Vocington; second, Gray Manny, Bigl Wangh; third, Air- | way, John Lewis. |~ Second (open half-mile)—First, High | Lady, Mrs. A. S. Bowman; second, Sans | Sable, W. L. Furr; third, Volante, C. W. Byers. CAPITAL MAN BREAKS JAIL IN HYATTSVILLE Robert Janney, First to Escape, Is Later Arrested by Wash- ington Police. By a Staff Co-respondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, July 5—The “distinction” of being the first prisoner to break out of the lock-up in the met- ropolitan district building here fell to Robert Janney, 900 block of New York avenue, Washington, last night. Janney was placed in the center cell block in the basement of the after being arrested by Town Chief Police Albert Anderson on charges dflflnl'bfledfllflkmdl‘fi.fi it was ing. A short time later third, | Allen Pott; | Class 23 (jumping class, touch-and- | | phia physician, embarrassed by a pick- | pocket to the extent of applying for a | $5 loan. | " A ticket home, he said, would cost $4.90 and another 10 cents would sup- | ply a ham sandwich. The stranger even | produced a flashy diamond ring, which | he offered as security. Then he mentioned the fact that he had attended the Sabbath evening serv- ice of the Bible Way Church and found in Rev. Willlams' words encouragement to turn to the pastor in time of stress. The stranger got the $5 and the pas- tor took the ring. On second thought, Rev. Williams looked againsat the ring and hurried to No. 2 precinct. Rev. Willlams’ sermon must have been lost on the stranger, whose diamond was paste. 'SCORE SUBPOENAED IN GAMBLING RAID | Two Men Held as Proprietors of Place in 800 Block of Eighteenth Street. | A score of persons were found in an 2lleged gambling establishment in the | | 800 block of Eighteenth street during a | raid yesterday by police, who sub- | poenaed them as Government witnesses against two men arrested as operators of the place. The latter men identified themselves as John L. Charles, 36, and Edward S. | | Kelley, 33, both of the 800 block of a gambling table. The place was filled with a holiday | throng ‘when the official party, led by | Detective Sergt. Howard Ogle, walked |in. The officers questioned about 30 other occupants and allcwed them to | g0 home before taking Charles, Kelley | and the score of Government witnesses | to_the precinet in patrol wagons. ‘The officers said the place contained | elaborate equipment for playing the | races and was frequently by a high- | class clientele. Earlier in the day Ogle and his men | ccnducted another holiday raid in the | first block of H street near the Govern- ment ting Office. They arrested | William C. Ryan, 32, of the first block | of H street, on a charge of permitting | gambling. 'Ryan posted a $500 cash | bond on the charge and Charles and | Kelley were released in $1,000 bond each. | | INCREASE OIL FLOW Acid in Sand Strata Steps Up | Production. A Midwestern chemical company has | discovered a new treatment for oil wells | to_increase production. By injecting acid into oil-bearinf sand, chemists for the company say, they have increased the porosity of the strata. Eighteenth street, and were booked at | | No. 3 precinct on charges of setting up | Al T Sparkles | (1) ATION SEEN IN FOREIGN POLICY G. W. U. Seminar Speaker Declares Monroe Doctrine | Probably Will Be Modified. Modification of the Monroe Doctrine | to the extent that the will become defi- | nitely localized to the Caribbean region was_described as a probability today by Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus, associate pro- fessor of Hispanic American history at George Washington University, at the introductory lecture of the university's six-week seminar on Latin America. Dr. Wilgus traced the growth of His« panic American studies in the uni- versities of the United States and as- serted that these studies eventually will have a powerful influence on the foreign policy of this Nation. He said further that they may lead to the modification of the Monroe Doctrine so that it will | apply more particularly to the area em- braced by the Caribbean Sea. In the United States, Dr, Wilgus said, there have been three distinct policies toward Latin American: 1, the Monroe Doctrine, which is mainly concerned with the prevention of n inter- ference and for whieh, he said, there is no longer a necessity; 2, pan-Ameri- canism, which seeks to exercise an in- fluence which, though friendly, is re- garded as dangerously paternalistic by Latin Americans, and 3, imperialism, which now openly stands for economic domination of Hispanic America by the United States. A fourth policy, which Dr. Wilgus said should be promoted in this country, is “intellectual co-operation.” This, he explained, would be a definite effort on the part of the peoples of the northern and southern continents to understand one another and to work together. Commenting on the Monroe doctrine, Dr. Wilgus contended that the general public does not recognize that this doc- trine is not at all today as it was orig- inally. Since its adoption 100 years ago. | he said, corollaries have been engrafted upon it, giving it an increasingly im- perialistic trend. . The seminar will continue tomorrow | with a lecture by Dr. S, G. Inman of | Columbia University. CONTINUOUS FURLOUGH School Employes Permitted to Take 24 Days. Public school employes, including offi- cers, are being permitted to take 24 days of their furlough in a continuous period, with the warning that they may have to suffer the full pay deduction in one month, Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, said today. ‘While officers, clerks and custodians are being warned against the possibility of their having to lose 24 days’ pay in a single month, Dr. Kramer said every effort would be made by school author- | ities to spread the pay deduction over the year. A number of employes, he | said, are willing to risk the heavy de- duction, AMENDMENTS APPROVED House Agrees to Three on District Bills. ‘The House today agreed to the Sen- ats amendments on three District bills which now go to the President for his signature. One of these regulates the purchase and transportation of firearms; another puts the District condemnation pro- | ceedings in harmony with the Federal | condemnation law, and the third au- thorizes a 2';-gallon container for ice cream, BABY “PARKED” IN LOCKED AUTO Four-month-old Francis Shea had a hot time of it on his first 4th of July lebration yesterday in the tightly- 1 RESCUED BY POLICE, FIREMEN Taxi Driver Breaks Window to Prevent Suffocation of Francis Shea. were ready to admit having lexing problem that had young woman stepped and went to work. loosened the infant's tightly PAGE B—1 0.C.CELEBRATON BADS BRLLIANTY AFTERDOWNPOLR 150,000 Watch Fireworks on Grassy Slopes at Monument. FREE SCORES BONUS MEN AND OTHER ‘LOBBYISTS’ Speaker, in Senator Watson's Place, Attacks ‘Narrow’ Demands Before Patriotic Throng. Washington showed its approval of 156 years of American liberty yester- day in a city-wide observance of the Fourth of July, which, off to a rain- marred start, wound up in tumultous fashion with a galaxy of pyrotechnics on the Washington Monumant Grounds. An address by Representative Arthur M. Pree, Republican, ot California, speaking instead of Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, who was unable to attend, marked a patriotic program in the Sylvan Theater which preceded the fireworks display. A crown estimated at about 150,000 persons thronged the grassy slopes at the base of the tall Monument shaft to view both events. Characterizing organized minorities as a menace to & democratic form of government, Representative Free, dur- | ing the course of his Independence day address, took occasion to attack the urpose of the influx of the so-called ‘bonus army” into the Capital. Scores Lobbyist Horde. “It is difficult enough for honest legislators who wish to serve their country well to combat the horde of lobbyists who with skilled technique press for the demands and needs of certain specific, narrow interests of our country to the exclusion of all others,” the speaker declared. “But it is high time for intelligent citizens to take thought when certain numerous elements of the population gather en masse in the Nation's Capital to insist upon their alleged rights. We sympathize with these men. We be- lieve that they are simply misled and we ccndemn those who by irresponsible utterances are responsible for their presence here. But we cannot sub- scribe to a program which in benefiting a small part of the Natlon will work great injury upon the others who are in need. “No one group of the Nation has a mcnopoly of distress or suffering at this time. Relief must be relief for the Nation, not for the group.” Representative's patriotic ad- dress, broadcast over a metwork of the Columbia Broadcasting System, called for the people of America “to shake cff the discouragement and paralysis which is upon you and march forward again to that goal which is America’s great destiny.” Fiveworks Impressive. The mammoth fireworks display, climaxing a day of celebrations in many community centers, was one of the most outstanding of the annual demonstra- tions of its kind held here. Starting shortly before 9 o'clock, the exhibition included impressive set pieces depicting stages of Washington’s career, a_tribute to whom was woven into the Independ- ence day celebration as rt of the bicentennial observance. e fireworks were in charge of a committee headed by Claude W. Owen. Cost of the dis- play, it was stated, was covered by the sale of tickets for seats for spectators. The Sylvan Theater program was presided over by Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of the Citizens' Committee appointed by the District Commission- ers to sponsor the 4th of July celebra- tion. It included a concert by the | United States Marine Band, massing of | the colors, invocation by Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J., president of Georgetown University; Representative nfi“ address, vocal selections by Eva Whitford Lovette, a tableaux of the 13 original States, reading of the Declara- tion of Independence by Robert Down- ing, recitation of the oath of allegiance by Boy Scouts, and presentation of the colors. Co-operating in the municipal pro- gram were the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, the Community Center Department, District Bicenten- nial Commission, Greater National Capital Committee and the United States Signal Corps. Postponed to Today. The citizens of Takoma Park, who had planned an all-day patriotic pro- gram for the fourth, tonight will stage a colorful pageant and parade post- poned yesterday on account of the early morning rain. The:s event to- night, in which 30 floats portraying “The Life of George Washington” will participate, will begin at 5 o’clock, with the United States Army Band in the lead. Other exercises on the Takoma Park program, however, were held later yes- terday as the weather cleared. These included patriotic ceremonies &t 10 o'clock in the Takoma Park School, at which Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A., retired, was principal speaker, and a fireworks display in front of the school in the evening. An athletic meet was h;ld at the Whittier School Play- nd. The East Washington celebration, scheduled to have taken place at the | Eastern High School Stadium, was postponed until Saturday. {ARMED BANDITS GET $300 IN ROBBERIES Cash Registers Looted After Man- agers Are Bound With Cords. Armed bandits obtained almost $300 last night in hold ups at the Chastel- ton Market Co., 1700 Seventeenth street, and the Plaza Service Station, 49 Massachusetts avenué. The robbers bound the manager of the latter place, Barnett R. Lester, 1704 Irving street, after looting the cash register of $35. Fred Neam, proprietor of the market, told police three colored men brandish- ed guns and ordered him to stand against the wall beside a customer, Harold Button, 1500 block of Sixteenth street. while they took $233.17 from the till. The trio after ordering the two men not to move untul they had two young white men, one of whom held a gun while the other bound his