Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1932, Page 15

@he Foe WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, HOPE ABANDONED FOR FUNDS RAISE ING DEPARTMENTS Congress’ Efforts to Adiourn Biock Move to Restoring Part of Reductions. COPELAND DROPS PLAN TO ADOPT HOUSE BASIS Word Awaited From White House on Recommendation for Fur- lough Provisions. With Congress making every effort to adjourn by the end of this week, | hope has been virtually abandoned for any last-minute action that would | Testore some of the money for the five Government departments that suffered the heaviest cuts in annual appropria- tion acts. They are the State, Justice, | Commerce, Labor and Interior Depart- ments. Before the general economy bill was enacted, the Senate had gone through on the kills for these departments with its plan of cutting 10 per cent from ap- proprigtions in addition to cuts previ- ously \made by the House. Senator Copeland, Democrat of New York, who recently prepared a resolution seeking to restore the funds for these depart- | ments to the amounts the House origin- | ally allowed, said today he has found | that the only chance for any action | now rests with the House. This is be- cause of the custom that has been fol- lowed in the past of having appropria- tion matters orginate in the House. Jones Sees Little Hope. Senater Jones, chairman of the Benate Appropriations Committee, pointed out yesterday that it has al- ‘ways been contended that appropria- tions should start in the House, and while he does not necessarily grant that contention he said he did not be- lieve the Senate would enter upon a discussion of the subject so near the end of the session. There has been some discussion of the possibility of considering deficiency | jtems for these departments at the opening of the next session in De- cember, but this still leaves depart- mental officials facing the problem of arranging their personnel so as to keep | within the funds allowed for personnel | services for the fiscal yesr. If, for ex- ample, the furloughing of employes for extended periods of time because of reduced appropriations should be put off until late in the year and deficiency funds were not forthcoming, the di partments would then have to apply drastic retrenchment measures in the | Jatter part of the year to keep Within | eppropriations. Work Peak Varies. i It was suggested today that in some overnmental bureaus work is heavier in ummer than in Winter, and in such cases it might be more practicable to put off the prolonged furloughs until a slack season later in the fiscal year. In some other instances, it was said, the latter part of the year is the busiest time. These administrative furloughs made | necessary by heavy cuts in certain ap- | propriations are separate from the gen- eral furlough called for in the economy Meanwhile. word is being awaited from the White House on the recom- mendations submitted by a group of | Government officials as to how the gen- eral furlough question is to be admin- | sstered. | MINIMIZE PROHIBITION, ROPER URGES PARTY | > | D. C. Delegate Would Have Drys Work for Election of Favor- able Congress. The temperance cause can be served best in the coming campaign by mini- hizing agitation of the prohibition question “and by the drys devoting their energies to the election nof United [tates Senators and Repyesentatives in mccord with their views,” in the opinion | ©of Daniel C. Roper, who was one of the District delegates to the Democratic National Convention. In a statement last night, Mr. Roper | declared his whole-hearted support of | the Roosevelt-Garner ticket and stressed | economic issues. On economic problems, he said, the Democratic platform is | clear and constructive. _Discussing the | prohibition plank, Mr. Roper said: “To many sincere drys the guestion raised fn the Democratic plank by the words “we favor repeal of the eighteenth ®mendment,” is one of conscience. The action taken reflected the views of the Smajority, but certainly no such action rcould deny full liberty of thought and onsclence to the minority.” S CHEDI'? UNION CHARTERS TO BE PREPARED HERE CommMsioners Direct Superintend- ent of Insurance to Accept Applications. The District Commissioners yesterday directed the superintendent of insur- ance to receive applications for forma- tion of credit unions under the bill en- acted recently, permitting the unions in the District. The superintendent of insurance and the corporation counsel were directed to confer with the ccn-l troller of the currency in drawing up regulations, The act provides for incorporation, on approval of the Commissicners, 6f mutual financial organizations which | may sell up to $200 worth of stock of r value not to exceed $10 to any of ts members, which may make loans to members at rates not to exceed 1 per cent per month. They may not take deposits. WOMAN DIES OF BURNS Mrs. Sallie Moudy, 70, Hurt Fatally in Melting Paraffin. ‘Mrs. Sallie Moudy, 70, died in Sibley ‘Hospital last night from burns received yesterday when some paraffin she was melting to seal jars of preserves caught fire in her home in the 1200 block of Femilion street. A certificate of acci- dental death was issued, by Deputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. Mrs. Moudy was given first aid by a physician from Emergency Hospital and later removed to Sibley Hospital in the Emergency Ambulance. Her burns were at first thought to be not serious. Peath was believed hastened by inhal- { ing some of the flames. KINSWOMAN MAY SHARE FLIGHT HONORING GEORGE WASHINGTON Great - Great - Great-Niece of First President Will- ing to Go. Suggested as Passenger for Doolittle Plane Over 0id Trails. Anne Madison Washington, great- great-great-niece of George Washing- ton, may get the thrill of her life by sharing in a whirlwind airplene flight honoring her kinsman. She has been named by the Federal Bicentennial Commissicn as the logical passenger for Maj. James H. Doclittle, who plans to take off July 26 from | Kittery, Me., for a dawn-to-dusk flight | over many of the points covered by Washington in his travels The flight, to take place cn official | “Post Office day,” or the first clear day | thercafter, has been arranged by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce and it has been desired to have a Washington descendant travel with the speed flyer. Nephew Also Suggested. Her name has been suggested by the commission, with which she works, and an alternate proposed in_ the person of her 17-year-cld nephew, John Augustine | Washington, jr., great-great-great-great- ew of the first President. ve never been up in an airplane in my life,” Miss Washington said, “but | 1 most certainly 1 have no fear of flying, though I expect that a trip of that length—nearly 2,500 miles—might prove somewhat tiring. “The name of my nephew was sug- gested, also, in case I should not be able to go, and, though he has flown | a little bit, it would be the adventure of a lifetime for him. “If the plans to carry a Washington descendant are carried out, it might be arranged that each of us ride part of the journey.’ Miss Washington, a quiet and kindly woman, is a direct descendant of John Augustine Washington, full brother of George, and her grandfather, also named John Augustine Washington, was the last members of the famiiy to own Mount Vernon. She was official hostess at the American exhibit last year at the French Colonial and Over- seas Exposition in Paris. Will Show Advance. The memorial flight, designed to show the advance in transportation and com- munication sirce Washington's time, is SCHOOL EMPLOYES 10 WAIT FOR PAY Checks Not to Be Made Out Until Furlough Tangle Is Settled. No pay checks will be available for the public school system's employes Friday, it was revealed today at the Franklin School Administration Build- | ing by the finance office. The pay roll for the custodial and clerical employes, who are paid twice a month, has not yet been made up. it was explained, because the District auditor has not yet issued any instruc- tions concerning the application of the furlough to the school employes. Awaits Instructions. Maj. R. O. Wilmarth, assistant super- intendent, in charge of the pay roll, said the »oll would not be made up until he had some definite instructions on the deductions question. Maj. Wilmarth explained that some school employes took & ‘“vacation” secure in the conviction that when they returned to their positions the furlough deduction would not be made for as much time as their leave embraced from the next pay check due them. He said it now appears in the opinion of some District officials that this is not legal. He blamed a number of varied rumors for what he termed a lack of co-opera- tion among the various District depart- ments on the pay question. Four Days Required. The semi-monthly pay is due the clerical and custodial employes of the tem Priday. At a normal time the yroll is dispatched by the finance office of the school system to the audi- tor's office five days ahead. Four of these are required to draw the checks. If the necessary instructions forthcoming from the District Building late today and the school finance office dispatches its roll to the District audi- tor by noon tomorrow, the earliest date on which the employes could receive their pay would be Monday, July 18, and the strong probability is that the| checks would not be forthcoming before Tuesday or Wednesday. If tbe Dis- trict officials charged with that re- sponsibility fail to issue the orders awaited by some of the departments| immediately the payday will be still| further delayed. - DANGING TO FEATURE FESTIVAL PROGRAM Second of Summer Entertainments to Be Staged on Monument Grounds. ‘The second presentation in the series of Summer festival programs, sponsored by the Community Center Department and the Office of Publci Buildings and Public Parks, will take place in the Monument grounds tonight at 8 o'clock. With the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Glee Club and Ye Olde Tyme Dancing Club of Columbia Heights Community Center leading the program, the presentation will be staged in the natural setting of the Sylvan Theater. = Songs and dances of several years ago will be featured at the festival The Glee Club is directed by Robert H. Davidson, assisted by Mary O'Donoghue, contralto, and Evelyn Scott, violinist. Mrs. E S, Potter is directing the Danc- ing Club. FUNERAL RITES HELD | Mrs. Laura V. Smith Buried in Glenwood Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Smith, 445 Tenth street southwest, who died after a long illness, were held re- cently. Burial was in Glenwood Ceme- téry. Mrs. Smith is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. A. Brewton, 3606 Ordway street. ' will go if I am invited. | are | ANNE MADISON WASHINGTON. scheduled for the anniversary of the | establishment of the Continental Post. ,On July 26. 1775, a resolution adopted by the Centinental Congress established (the post and named Maj. Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster Gen- eral of the United Colonies. The itinerary has been charted over | many of the places visited by Washing- ton and it has been calculated that Washington would have had to spend 50 days in going over the same route ithst Maj. Doolittle, former Air Corps | officer and holder of the West-to-East transcontinental flight, hopes to cover in a single day. Starting in Maine, 8 new and fast plane will carry the flyer over Boston, Providence, Newport, New London, New g;:vtn, White Plains and New York V. From the metropolis the plane will g0 over Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Hack- ensack, Paterson, Morristown, Prince- ton, Washington Crossing, Trenton, Monmouth, Philadelphia, Germantown, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Elkton, Md.; Baltimore, Annapolis and Washington. | Finish Is in Gotham. Southward from the .Capital plane will head for Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Fredericksburg, ~ Wakefield, Yorktown, probably Dismal Swamp, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Rich- mond. Northward, the route will pass to Winchester and into Pennsylvania over | | Fort Necessity, Pittsburgh, Point Pleas- | ant, over the site of Fort Le Boeuf, | Fort ~Stanwix, Schenectady, Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Albany, Newburgh, W New York Ci PLANS T0 INCREASE. NATURAL GAS HERE: Sperry Explains How Com- pany Can Avoid Erection of | New Storage Tanks. | 3 Purchase of additional natural gas and installation of pressure equipme at the East Station manufacturing | plant of the Washington Gas Light Co. were cited yesterday by Marcy Sperry, president of the company, &s means of getting along during the com- ing Winter without building an addi- tional storage tank. Mr. Sperry con- ferred with Chairman Mason M. Pat- rick of the Public Utilities Commission on the subject. | The company’s proposal to build a 10,- 000,000-cubic foot gas holder on a north- east site near Riggs road and the Balti- more & Ohio railroad tracks caused a strong protest from many citizens' associations. in the neighborhood. A substitute proposal to build a 5,000,000~ cublc foot holder near the company's East Station on Virginia avenue south- east met the same reception. In public hearings on their appi cation for the Riggs road site, com- pany witnesses testified it was absolute- ly necessary to have extra holder capacity to carry their heavy Winter load without breakdowns in the service, but Sperry sald he had been advised otherwise. Acting on the company's testimony, the commission had issued an order for the building of a 5,000.000-cubic foot holder by January 1, not specify- ing the site cn which the holder was to be put. Mr. Sperry asked the com- mission to withhold its order. ‘The commission took this under advisement. "THREE HURT IN AUTO UPSET BY QUICK STOP | Driver and Two Girls, All 16 Years 01d, Victims at Thirty-fifth and Woodley Road. ‘Two girls and a boy, .all 16, were slightly injured last night when the automobile in which they were riding overturned at Thirty-fifth street and Cokinos of the 3700 block of Macomb street, applied the brakes to avold s!r(l}kl;lgl B.nnthjr car, ‘okinos and the two girls, Audre; McCleary and Rena Guers'itz both o}; ez;esfgl"g]dockt 1.;:( Thirty-eighth street, Ve at Emergency H bruAlflasl:nd lxc;mtin;gs e -month-old boy, Fran] 600 block of Irving stieet. sn‘é sau‘;e"lr-‘ year-old colored man, also were slightly | injured when struck by automobiles last night, the latter by an alleged hit-and- | un driver. The boy was treated at | Garfield Hospital for cuts and bruises. | He was hit while playing near his homs | by an automobile driven by Aaron | Gerber, 33. of the 1700 block of Upshur | street, police say. - The injured colored man is Angrish Fauley, 47, of the 400 block of Third | street northeast, who was hit by the automobile at Third street and Massa- chusetts avenue northeast. He returned home after receiving treatment at Casualty Hospital. SCHOOL JOBS ASKED Approval Sought for Two Appoint- ments in System. ‘The District Commissioners yester- day asked the Budget Bureau to ap- prove the appointment of a school principal and a caretaker, these being V.| the first positions to be filled under the economy act which requires approval of the President for all new appoint- | ments. | The candidates were recommended by the District Personnel Board. Their names were withheld for the present. the | t Point, Tappan and the finish at | Woodley road after the driver, George | HALBERT IS URGED | T0 HEAD 350000 RELIEF FUND HERE Welfare Board Recommends Social Worker for $4,000- a-Year Post. HELP WILL BE LIMITED TO DISTRICT RESIDENTS Cost of Administration Fixed at Not More Than $35,000 by Law. The Board of Public Welfare has | recommended t> the District Commis- | | sioners appointment of L. A. Halbert, | 1400 Fairmont street, to administer the ! $350,000 unemployment relief fund made available in the 1933 District appropri- ation bill. Mr. Halbert has had long experience in social work in Kansas | City and Rhode Island. He would be| { paid at the rate of $4,000 a year. The board also has drawn up a set of regulations for administration of the fund to present to the Commissioners for adoption. The funds will be limited | to District residents and may be split | between direct relief and furnishing | “made work.” At first the lists of the Associated Charities and similar organizaticns will be used in selecting the recipients of the | relief, but later the board will make up its own lists. $35,000 Limit Prescribed. The eppropriation limits the amount to be used for administration of the| fund to $35000. Mr. Halbert's ap- | | pointment must be approved by the| | Ccmmissioners, the Budget Bureau and | |the President, under terms of the 1 economy act It also was announced yesterday that | | Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District audi- tor, has accepted the chairmanship of | the Office Management Committee of the Community Chest. | The announcement was made by E. C. | Graham, president of the Chest, who explained the work of the committee consists in keeping in close touch with the office of the Chest organization and {advising it as to the most effective methods of handling its problems. Maj. Donovan is not a new comer to Chest work. He was active in several campaigns and in the last drive was | | chairman of governmental solicitation !in the District Government. Praises Boys’ Clubs. Monday night, at a meeting of the Community Chest Speakers' Bureau in | Holiday House on the Mount Vernon | Boulevard, William Murphy of the Dis- trict Crime Prevention Bureau, declared boys clubs are the greatest possible aids in_the prevention of crime. His talk { followed an outline of boys' club work given by Charles M. Fyfe, director of the Washington Boys' Club. ‘The meeting was called to outline a speaking program for the 1933 Com- | munity Chest campaign, which is to get under way in November. | Walter S. Ufford, general secretary of the Associated Charities, declared that, in spite of the $350.000 appro-| | priation of District funds for the relief of the unemployed, relief would still | be a paramount issue in the coming: mpaign. CQPESI g!... Benjamin described the us:‘ “cottage meetings” as a means of | gglngcl%g Ehe purposes of the Chest o} the attention of the public. 1 Elwood Street, director of the Chest, | presided. Other speakers were MIs. | | John Jay O'Comnor and ‘Wheeler. e i | DRAFT PLEA TO FILL TEACHER VACANCIES District School Heads Will Outline Needs for Approval of Hoover Under Economy Plan. District public school authorities are undertaking to complete the framing of epplications for presidential au- thority to fill approximately 300 teach- ing positions. Under the law, as it went into effect at the end of the last! fiscal year, vacancies occurring in the| school system may be filled only on the approval of the President. The exceptionally large number of vacancies this year, according to Dr. Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent, is due to the unusual number of retirements and deaths dur- ing the last year. The vacancias thus| created quickly exhausted the list of eligible cmmid“tflli dund temporary achers were installed. munder the rules of the school board | these temporary teachers were relieved from duty at the close of the last school year so their places could be taken by eligible teachers comprising the new Spring list of successful candidates. ‘Meanwhile, however, the legislaticn pro- venting the filling of vacancies, except | with specific executive approval, was cted. engtach of the applications carries a specific defense of the necessity of fill- ing the vacancy. They now are being completed at_the Franklin School Ad- ministration Building. The general de- fense for the filling of teaching vacancies is that the class of children taught by the former teacher still is in existence and must have a new teacher in charge. DIN LAW UNNECESSARY Senate Told Ambulances Have Re- ceived Warning. The District Commissioners wrote the Senate District Committee today that no new regulation is necessary to curb fhe moise made by ambulances and Police and Fire Department vehicles. The new regulations were requested by the committee, which adopted & resolu- tion to that effect introduced by Sena- tor Glass o Virginia. ';’he Commissioners declared notices had been sent to persons operating n;:bulnnceu and to members of the Fire Departments requesting fn‘llfieé"gunu vehicles with a mini- mum of noise. WILL EXHIBIT WORK Reserve Officers’ Training to Be Explained at Fort Hunt. exhibition of the work in camp byAtl;)e Reserve Officers Training Corps students of Huw;;d and ';m;irr;;g sitles will present llzlr\lx‘x‘xl:.r Vi on vistors day, next mde‘eytcbu will start at 1:30 o'clock and end about 4 o'clock. [or face prosecution by the commission. | this vear théy would be prohibited from | tomorrow to consider proposed new BUS LINES WARNED OF APPROAGHING CURB-LOADING BAN Offstreet Terminals Must Be Established by First of Next Month. TWO TENTATIVE PLANS MADE BY COMPANIES Lower Floors of Annapolis Hotel and Masonic Temple May Be Made Into Stations. Operators of interstate bus lines serving downtown Washington were notified today by the Public Utilities Commission that they must provide off- street terminals by August 1, as ordered, The commission, last August, issued an order to the interstate or Class A | bus companies that after August 1 of loading or discharging passengers from | terminals making use of the public | streets in the congested downtown area. Several months ago the companies were notified that July 15 was the deadline for the filing of replies to this order showing what arrangements they proposed for the establishment of new terminals. Would O. K. Rerouting. Several proposals have been presented to the commission in the meantime and the utilities body has decided it would approve rerouting of bus lines necessary for the provision of one or two of the proposed terminals, but as yet no official report has been made of | final completion of plans for estab-{ lishment of new off-street terminals, | it was said today by the commission office. Meanwhile, it Is reported at least two | of the interstate bus concerns are en- | deavoring to complete arrangements | for_the new terminals. The letter of the commission, posted esterday, placed the interstate bus con- | erns on notice that unless arrange- | ments fcr the new terminals were com- pleted by August 1 they faced prosecu- | tion by the commission for failure to comply with its order. | First Order Complied With. 1 The move of the Public Utilities Com- mission to eliminate the street terminals of the interstate bus companies from | town area was started after consideration of the matter. The order was in two parts. It was| ordered first that after April 1 of this vear no bus terminals of the interstate lines, either off or on the public streets, would be permitted within the are: bounded by Seventh and Fifteenth streets, New York avenue and H street and Pennsylvania avenue. This was complied with by reloca- | tion of the terminals to temporary loca- | tions outside this first parking zone. | Committee to Meet. After August 1, however, the com- mission ordered that only off-street terminals would be permitted within the second parking area, in which the interstate terminals now are located. | The Co-ordinating Tratfic Commltteei of the District government will meet routes of the bus lines to and from the new terminals which have been | suggested. If these lines are approved | the routes then will go before the joint | board, composgd of members of the Board of Distict Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission. | Two proposed new terminals have | been suggested informally to the com- mission, but to date final arrangements | have not been reported to that body. One calls for conversion of the first floor of the Annapolis Hotel for a | terminal. The other concerns a pro- posal to convert the lower portion of | the Masonic Temple at Thirteenth street and New York avenue into & terminal for a second bus company. FIVE BID ON RAZING RED CROSS STRUCTURE $1,649 Lowest Offer on Job at D| and Seventeenth, Where Small Park Will Be Opened. Five bidders sought the job of demol- ishing the temporary Red Cross Office | Buflding on D street between Seven- teenth and Eighteenth streets, when | bids were opened yesterday by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of Public | Buildings and Public Parks, on behalf of the American Red Cross. The indicated low bid was submitted by Rhine & Co., Four-and-a-Half street and Pennsylvania avenue, who agreed to do the work for $1,649. Red Cross | officlals have the bids under consid- eration. § After the wartime Red Cross building is torn down, the space will be given over to a small park. The Fine Arts Commission is now engaged in studying designs for a monument to the eminent American nurse, Jane A. Delano. This memorial is to be erected in the Red Cross quadrangle, bounded by Seven-: teenth and Eighteenth streets, D and E | streets. DEMOCRAT L.AWYERS TO SUPPORT TICKET Roosevelt-Garner Club Formed to! Conduct Active Campaign in District. Democratic members of the Wash- ington_bar last night prepared to line up behind the naticnal ticket, when the Lawyers' Smith-Robinson’Club of ! four years ago was dissolved and thel Lawyers’ Roosevelt-Garner Club formed to succeed it. The reorganization was at the University Club. Officers were elected as follows: Charles A. Douglas. president; Con- rad Syme, first vice president, and these additional vice presidents: Col. James S. Easby-Smith, Sefton Darr, South Trimble, jr.; John S. Barbour, Levi H. David and Robert H. Woolley. Jo V. Morgan was named secretary and John E. Laskey _treasurer. ‘The ciub voted to co-operate with other similar groups and to take an active part in rallies and in getting the absentee vote lined up. QU ) BURGESS WILL FILED Estate of Standards Official Valued at $58,639.17. Dr. George K. Burgess, head of the Bureau cf Standards, who died July 2, left an estate valued at $58,639.17, ac- cording petition of his widow, | tary Mrs. Suzanne B. Burgess, 1613 Harvard street, for probate of his well. ‘The entire estate, comprising person- ality only, is left to the widow. g ning Skar WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. Others Soug IT WASN'T TOO HOT, HOWEVER, FOR THESE SUN-BATHERS. HILE Washington sweltered yesterday, these swimmers at the Alrport | W Pool invited the direct rays of the sun as they sported on the “beach” after a plunge. PAGE B—1 ht Shade | —Star Staff Photo. | Texan, Importuning Congress‘ for Change, Says It Should Be “Hiccoup.” | | l Also Dough Wouid Be “Do” if | Near-Centenarian Can Fulfill Ambition. Ninety-five years have only multi- plied the zeal of Prof. J. G. H. Buck fer the fulfillment of his aim in life Half a century ago this goal was but an idle notion, such 2s a busy man toys with in leisure moments. Twenty years ago it became an avo- cation, to which he devoted all his time on_retirement as an educator. Today, at an age when most men have abandoned worldly ambition, Prof. Buck’s idea is almost an obses- sion, and, like many another man with an idea, he has come to Washingtor. to further it. Hails From Texas. From his home in San Antonio, Tex., Prof. Buck has come to haunt the halls of Congress, and to use such political influence as he can muster for the simplification of the English language as it is conventionally written. Three weeks ago Prof. Buck arrived, took a room at 323 East Capito] street to be near Congress, and began a lone crusade for his reform—the aim of his dwindling years. Yesterday, a little discouraged, but still determined to get a hearing be- fore adjournment, be came to The Star, hoping to obtain favorable notice for Prof. Buck, who rode with Gen Forrest’s Cavalry during the Civil War and lived to hold many responsible positions in Texas schools and colleges, is still active as he approaches his 96th year, and even more enthusiastic about his idea. “Take the word ‘hiccough,’” he said 1y, “gh is substituted for p. In . his idea. SEEKS SIMPLIFIED SPELLING LAW AT 95 TO SAVE MILLIONS| | Office of Public Buildings and Publie | ! i ’ { PROF. J. G. H. BUCK. —Star Staff Photo. h is substituted for o, in phtr " phth is cubstituted for t, in | gh is substituted for a, in | tte is substituted for t, and aux is substituted for o.” “Now,” said the professor, “suppose | I take the letters which form the above | simple endings—they are p-o-t-a-t-o, and suppose I substitute back, as they have been used in the above cases, to | spell ‘potato.” It would go like this— Ghcughphtheightteaux.” If he can simplify the spelling of | the English language he will save this country $133.336.000 annually in print- ers’ bills, the professor estimated. Resembles Shorthand. 1 ‘gazette’ in ‘bes Tho_professor, as he pores over his simplified spelling, continues to elimi- | nate a letier here. a syllable there. | His writing is beginning to resemble | the notes of a shorthand stenographer, | and sometimes the professor himself | is a little vague, now that his memory is not what it was, as to the merning. But the idea is clear as ever, only | more consuming. PLUMBING MEASUREi 7BANDITS GET $42 SENT TO PRESIDENT Bill to Regulate District Standard: Through Licenses Accepted by Senate With Changes. Congress took final action yesterday | on a bill establishing new regulations to govern plumbing and gas fitting in the District of Columbia when the Senate, on motion of Chairman Capper, accepted House amendments and ap- proved the bill. This sends it to the White House for the President's sig- nature. At present the license fee for master plumbers is $3, which the bill increases to from $10 to $25, at the discretion of the Commissioners. It also enables the Commissioners to revoke licenses | for cause. ‘While the bill was under discussion Senator Trammell, Democrat, of Flor- ida, denounced the new general license law, passed a few weeks ago, because it increases the annual license fee on taxicabs from $9 to $25. He said it would be a hardship on men who are Lry:“ to make a living driving taxi- cal On motion of Senator Reed of Penn- | sylvania the Senate also adopted a con- ference report on a bill making addi- | tional funds available to continue the | purchase of “land’ adjacent to Bolling | P‘leid. ‘This report still required House action. GARNER NOTiEICATION TO COST ONLY 6 CENTS Temporary Chairman Barkley of Democratic Convention to Send Letter to Texan. By the Assoclated Press. Speaker Garner has decided on the most economical method possible to receive the formal notification of his nomination for the Vice Presidency. It will cost two 3-cent postage stamps and will take place within a few days. Senatcr Barkley, the temporary chair- man of the Democratic National Con- | vention, will notify the Texan by letter. Garner will reply in kind and the letter will be made public. ‘There will be no ceremony. HURLEY OFF TO OHIO Secretary to Make Frequent Talks in Dry States. Secretary of War Hurley left here today for Columbus, Ohio, where he will address the Republican State con- vention tomorrow. The administration will use Mr. Hurley frequently during the presi- dential campaign, particularly in- the “doubtful” States. He has been a con- sistent champion of the administration during past year. ‘While in the West, the War Secre- hopes to be able to attend the re- union of the 3d Division—his old out- fit—at Fort Wayne, Ind., before re- turning to Washington. 15 schedulegq for Saturday. | gave police a description of the men. | Americans. ‘The reunion | Dickson, IN TWO HOLD-UPS Two Men ard Woman at Service: Station Believed Same Trio as in | Other Capital Robberies. Armed bandits obtained approximate- 1y $42 in two hold-ups last night and early today. Two men and a women, believed to be the same trio who have robbed a number of perscns in the last several weeks, early this morning held up Wil- liam H. Spwill, manager of a gasoline station at Fifteenth and Church streets, and took $7 from him. The three drove up to the station in a coupe, in which they made their escape, Spwill told police. He gave a description of them. Earlier_last night three colcred men held up Robert L. Musselman, clerk in a store in the 1200 block cf Four-and-a- half street southwest, took between $25 | and $30 from the cash register and $8 from Musselman’s pockets. Musselman NEW BOOKS OF STAMPS TO BE READY JULY 25 Will Be Placed on Sale Here Two Days Before They Are Avail- able in Rest of Country. The new 3-cent stamp books will be | offered for sale here July 25, and else- | where in the country two days later or as soon as distribution can be made thereafter, the Post Office Department announced yesterday. ‘The books will contain 12 stamps and sell for 37 cents. For the benefit of collectors, the stamps will go on sale at the philatelic agency of the Post Office Department and at the branch philatelic agency to be operated at the Mayflower Hotel in connection with the annual con- vention of the Society of Philatelic ‘The post office will not prepare first day covers with stamps from the new book. NEVER TARDY IN 52 YEARS Robert E. Fugitt Makes Record in Federal Service. Pifty-two years’ service without being tardy once was the record hung up by Robert E. Fugitt, principal clerk of the Administrative Division of the Quarter- master General's Office, War Depart- ment, when he was retired recently under the compulsory provision of the economy act. During his long service Mr. Pugitt missed only 20 days from work because of illness. On his retirement he was entertained at luncheon by his asso- ciates at the War Department and pre- sented with a complete golf outfit and a basket of flowers. Club Meeting Tonight. ‘The Labor Roosevelt-Garner Club will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the City Olub. 1320 G street. R. A. , chairman, has asked all vice chairmen of the club to m':d. | ington” and Virginia | residents of Fairfax County. | FIGHT ON BUSSES T0MOUNT VERNON DUE AT HEARING civh Leaders Prepare Argu- ments Against Carriers on New Memorial Highway. NINE COMPANIES ASK PERMITS TO OPERATE Residents at Lower End of Route Say Service Is Needed for School Children. Opposition to the proposal that busses be allowed to run on regular schedule alonz the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, aroused both in Washington and along ihe route traversed by tne scenic road in Veginia, was marshaling its forces today to save the road for the enjoyment of the public. A public hearing on the matter will be held to- mn]rl'm;\' morning in the office of Lieut, Col. U. §. Grant, 3d, director of the Parks, who h: highway. Applicaticns for use of the highw have been made by nine bus companies Opponents of the proposal to open the highway to bus trafic pointed out today that while barring the lines from the road might work a hardship on some residents 2long the lower end of the highway, this hardship would be ove: weighed by the benefit millicns of vi tors to Washingten and historic Virginia would receive through unhampered use of the road for pleasure, “Pick-Up” Traffic Limited. They further held the belief that there was not sufficient passenger “pick- :\xnlpm‘_‘gir';;mc lait be gained from service the road to make the v on that basis alone. e . Civic and business leaders of Wach- ingtcn, Arlington County, the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County were preparing to fight the proposal and keep the bus lines operating on other roads between Washington and po l“nalhe vicinity of the Memorial High- y. Business men of the Alexandri Chamber of Commerce were ho! . public hearing this aftern: bef. the chamber's board to determine tha sentiment of Alexandria interests to the proposal that the busses be allowed indiscriminate use of the road. The Arlington _and Fairfax County Cham- bers of Commerce already have cos demned the proposal, and will have Tepresentatives at tomorrow'’s hearing which begins at 1:30 am. Other Roads Available. Likewise, officials of both counties, and Edmund Ticer, mayor of Alex- andria, have expressed disapproval of any Proposal that would open the Memorial Highway to the bus lines, holding that other roads between Wash- points in the vicinity of the highway are ample for transportation of commuters to and from the Capital. _The proposal also has received the disapproval of both the United States and the District George Washington Bicentennial Commissions, the Amer- ican Automobile Association and the American Motorists’ Association. Some residents of the lower end of the memorial highway, between Alex- andria and Mount Vernon, were rallying to the support of the bus companies’ proposal. ~ Speaking for some of the George S. of Wellington Villa, Va. on the izhway, contended today that denial of the use of the highway to bus lines would work a hardship on some of the s jurisdiction over the | residents along the road. Compelied to Buy Autos. “Since the Mount Vernon Electric Railway was destroyed in building the highway,” he said, “many residents have been compelled to purchase auto- mobiles to reach their business or stores in Alexandria and Washington, But even automobiles do not provide for other members of families, including children going to school and others who cannot drive. The number of busses needed for these residents would be insignificant as compared with the numerous tourist busses.” He said residents along the highway did not favor turning over the highway to long-distance commercial busses and were not interested in giving the local transportation work to any particular company. DRIVER IS FINED $170 ON 8 TRAFFIC CHARGES Caught With “Dead” Tags and Liquor After Speeding by Boulevard Signs. Arraigned before Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt yesterday, Harry Diggs, colored, 24, was found guilty on eight traffic charges and was fined a total of $170. . Diggs was arrested first Saturday morning by Policeman R. E. Talbot, third precinct, who said he found liquor in a rear compariment and that the automobile had “dead” tags. Free under bond, Diggs was captured again Monday after a lengthy chase on R street by Policeman G. C. Deyoe, who sald Diggs drove past four boulevard stop signs. Charges of “dead” tags, speeding and failure to exhibit a permit also were placed against the man. Judge Schuldt ordered a fine of $5 for the first sign, $10 for the second, $25 for the third and $50 for the fourth. Diggs was assessed $25 for speeding and a similar amount on each of the tag charges. He was asked to pay $5 for the permit offense. The liquor charge was continued until next week. AUDIT OF MONTGOMERY SCHOOL BOARD COMPLETE Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 13—The report of the firm of certified public accountants which several months ago began auditing the accounts and records of the County Board of Educa- tion was presented to the board here yesterday. The gudit covered the period from August 1, 1926, to April 30, 1932, and the report stated that “a proper ac- counting has been made for all cach transactions,” which means that the accounts of the board were shown. to ba exactly in accord with the findings ot the auditors. then and up to and includig 30, 1932, the cash receipts 123,166. On _April 30, was on hand $2,850.49.