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A—14 *=» CONGRESS SPENDS §236.776,000 MORE THAN OLD SESSION Figure to Be $588,776,000 With Appropriations for Un-v employment Relief. SUPPLY FUUNDS MAKE $5,415,300,000 IN ALL Unofficial Tabulations Show No Effect of Economy Drive, Effective in Future. Unofficial tabulations showed today the present session of Congress. despite its insistent demand for economy in Government, appropriated approxima- tely $236.776.000 mdre than the pre- ceding session. Enactment of the un- emplovment relief bil! is expected to raise the sum to $558.776.000. Appropriations provided since Con- gress convened in December, have reached a grand total of about $5.415 300,000. This figure includes funds a propriated for the current fiscal year as well as deficiency and_extraordinary :F’?:(\Dn:\unns used in the 1932 fiscal §5,178.524,000 Last Session. The last session of Congress which ended March 4. 1931, appropriated $5.- 178.524.000. giving the present econom bound*session a generous excess of $236.- 776.000_to its credit. and the end is not ¥or. The unempiovment relief bill carries an appropriation of $322,000.- 000 for public works. When it is finally passed. the record of the present session is destined to reach $558.776.- 000 beyond the appropriations of the preceding session The estimate of the appropriations was based on a tabulation of the sums carried in the regular and miscellaneous supply bills. plus the permanent annual and indefinite appropriations, and a comparison with similar appropriations made by the former session of Congress. The nine regular appropriation bills for the 1933 fiscal year. carried a total of $3.138.773.000, compared with 454.842,000 for the 1932 fiscal vear. The Teduction in these regular appropria- tions amounted to $316.069.000. The savings, however, were offset by in- crease: in miscel priations Not Affected by Saving. The savir omy act with 1 i payless furlough for Government employes, will not affect the sum of the appropria- tions. The am saved will be i pounded by the Tre: bject to fur- ther orders of Co It is pointed out amount of the approp: s does accurately reflect prospective expendi- tures during a fiscal year. since an ap- propriation for a given fiscal year does not necessarily mean its expenditure in that vear. In the case of the current fiscal year. it is probable that expendi tures will be held down below the reg- ular appropriations as a result of the operation of the provizions of the econ- omy act and other savings POLICE HUNT FAILS ng appro- that the total Potomac Dragged as Fisherman Tells Tale of Midnight Incident. Police of the seventh and harbor precincts made a futile search in the Potomac River near Chain Bridge early today. following a report by a fisher- man that an object which appeared to be a human body was cast from the bricge about midnight Alvin Queen. 58, of Chain Bridge. Va ., told police he was standing in the road- way about 50 feet from the bridge when a car stopped in the middle of the first span on the Virginia side. Two men alighted. he reported, carrying what ap- peared to be a body. They swung the object over the railing, and he heard it splash on hiting the water, Queen said. The fisherman was unable to give police the tag numbers of the car, but said it was a large dark sedan, and he believed there were three or four men in it After two of them had thrown the object from the bridge. he said, the car sped toward Washington. BRIDLE PATH VICTIM IS REPORTED IMPROVING Miss Elizabeth Waldecker, 23, to| Be Examined for Possible Skull Fracture in Fall From Horse. Injured in a fall from her horse in Rock Creek Park last night, Miss Eliza- | beth Waldecker, 23, was said by Emer- | gency Hospital attaches to be improving today. She suffered a head injury gnd bruises. A more detailed examination will be made later to determine if there | is a skull fracture. | A yourg man who accompanied her | riding stopped a passing motorist after | she was thrown and she was taken to Emergency Hospital She is a former | resident of Greenfield, N. H.. and lived here at the Washington Co School. on the old Georgeiown roa in Be- thesda. Md. She is employed as a clerk in Municipal Court CHARGED WITH SLAYING WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW Colored Man Says Jealousy Drove | Him to Shoot Women in Home Here. Two hours after he is alleged to have shot. and Killed his estranged wife and mother-in-law, Ernest H. Bolden, col- ored. 25, was arrested early today at his home in the 2600 block of K street, by seventh precinct police, and charged with murder. The shooting occurred in a house in the 1200 block of Thirty-seventh street. The victims were Mrs. Elsie Bolden, 25, | and Mrs. Janie Plummer. 54, her mother. Edward Riley, brother of Mrs. Bolden, also was fired upon, but es- caped injury. After the shooting. Bolden, who, ac- cording to police, was intoxicated at the time, went to the Key Bridge and threw his pistol into the river. He then went to his home where he was found asleep in bed by police. He ad- mitted shooting his wife and mother-in- Jaw, and said he did it because he was Jealous of Mrs. Bolden's attentions to another man. Commencement Exercises. Rev. Homer A. Kent. pastor of the First Brethren Church, will preach at 11 o'clock Sunday on “The Body cf Christ.” At 8 p.m. the commencement exercises of the Summer Bible school will be held. The school has just com- pleted three weeks of work. Sunday school will meet at 9:30 am. Young Pecple's Christian Endeavor will meet t | | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932. Old Mystery Solved TIDAL BASIN GIVES UP SWAN BOAT FIGUREHEAD. four years ago. those of the preceding session, follow | | | Legislative | Independent offices | Agriculture g | State, Justice, Commerce Interior Navy War b Treasury-Post Office | District of Columbia and Labor Emergency construction .. Total deficiencies | Permanent annuzals and indefinites. ... ORKMEN removing telephone wires after a motor boat race on the Tidal Basin recovered this old figurehead of the swan boat, for which | police searched for several months after its disappearance almost The figurehead. a favorite with youthful pa of the boat, was later replaced. ngers It was supposed it had been stolen —Star Staff Photo 11933 ApdefiuA"'rIONs COMVPARED WITH THOSE ALLOWED FOR 1932 Relief Acts More Than Balance Savings Made in| Departmental Measures. Appropriations made by the present session of Congress, compared with Regular Annual Departmental Appropriation Bills. 1932 $26.973.000 1933 $18 982 000 446,000 175.408.000 11211381000 45,533,000 83.000 000 000 000 $148,932,000 $1.213,970,000 $1,285,000.000 Miscellaneous Acts Carrying Appropriations, | eterans administration S. Employment Service apital stock of R. F. C.... Disarmament Conference ... .. Capital stock Federal Land Banks | Congressional Printing | Army-Navy pensions . Miscellaneous ... | Vi I |c Total Regular annuals Deficiency bills . : { Permanent annuals and indefinites Miscellaneous acts . Grand total | Foliage in Parks and Pri- vate Places. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director { of public buildings and public parks, today ascertained that a “red” army has “marched” on Washington, and is occupying the Capitol and White House grounds, in adcition to otber parts of the city The colonel explained that the “enemy” is the red spider, an insect pest of microscopic minuteness, making up in numbers what it lacks in indi- vidual size. Attacking trees, shrubs. plants, flowers and vines, the pest is invading the yards of private residences as well as the parks, the colonel pointed out. adding that at this season espe- cially, oak and cherry trees, hydrangea and phlox are attacked. The underside of the foliage is usually attacked by the red spider, which sucks the sap, devitalizing leaves, causing | them to discolor and fall. Prequent spraying can control the infested plants and trees, the colonel asserted, | breaking up the minute webs spun by the insects, through use of a nicotine- sulphate solution. SAYS LIQUOR TRAFFIC Religious Liberty Group's Secre- tary Believes Saloon Should Be Eliminated. Prof. G. S. Longacre, international secretary of the Religious Liberty Asso- ciation, told a meeting of the Takoma Seventh-day Adventists’ Men's Ciub last night the “liquor traffic must be de- stroyed, or it will eventually destroy this’ Nation.” “The saloon.” he said. “was put out of business 12 years ago because it was the greatest crime-producing agency in the United States. Every legitimate business enterprise seeks to strengtnen and fortify the constitutional guaran- ties, life, liberty and happiness, and serves as a home builder instead of a | home wrecker. Any business enterprise. irrespective of its kind. which destroys ! the individual, wrecks the home and puts a blight upon posterity. does not | MUST BE DESTROYED | deserve the protection of the law, but | | deserves to be banished and utterly de- | stroyed by due process of law.” | Following the address, the members | voted unanimously in favor of retention | of the eighteenth amendment and vancement of temperance. CHILDREN.VISIT CITY South Carolina Epworth Group Guests of Col. Cooper. Fifteen boys and girls recently grad- and visiting the various public buildings ng the points of interest in the city For a number of years, Col. Cooper | has given this trip to the graduating class of the Mcthodist orphanage. pledged themselves to work for the ad- | ted 1 the Epworth Orphanage | High School, Columbia, . C.. ate guesis | tion of a new intake at the Tidal Basin in Washington of Col. Wade H. Cooper, | | Inc.. of Philadelphia. 1930-3 20,000 00.000 | 609,090 00,000 - | wa 200,417,000 $842.595.000 Recapitulation, 1930-31 $3.454.84: . 3092 1,213.970.000 200,417.000 32 000 932,000 5.000.000 $5.415.300.000 ‘RED’ SPIDER ARMY 7 HELD IN ROBBERY INVADES CAPITAL OF GENERAL'S HOME Insects Doing Heavy' Damage to Three Boys Remanded to Grand Jury in Stealing From Treat Residence. Three colored youths. said by police to have broken into the home of Gen Chirles A. Treat. 1818 Nineteenth sutot, July 10 and removed about $3.000 worth of jewelry and furnish- ings pleaded not guilty in Police Cour yesterday and were remanded to the grand jury under $5.000 bond each The youths gave their names as John Williams, 19. 2200 block of Champlain street: Edward Rose, 20, 1700 block of Connecticut avenue. and Vernon David- son, 19, 2000 block of E street A fourth, Phillip Johnson. colored. 16, who came under the jurisdiction of the | Juvenile Court, was sentenced to the National Training School. Police also arrested three colored men who were charged with receiving some of the stolen goods. The house of Gen. Treat, according to Detectives W. B. Christian and J. W. Shima, was entered while Gen Treat was on a vacation in Connecticut. The general, however, reiurned and ap- peared in court yesterday. RATES AND SCHEDULES CHANGED BY AIRLINE! Reductions Result of Improved Service at Some Points Between Richmond and Florida. Minor changes in rates and sched- ules, effective today, have been an- nounced here by Eastern Air Transport, operating airmail and passenger service through tre Capital to 26 Atlantic sea- board cities between New York and Miami. Fare reductions between 2 number of points have been made possible by opening of the new direct Commerce Department zirway between Richmond and Jacksonville, Fla., shortening the coastal airway mileage. The airline now allows round trip reductions between all points 200 or more miles apart, in- stead of 500 miles as in the past. Schedule changes are mostly at in- termediate points. none of them affect- ing arrivals or departures at Washing- ‘on-Hoover Airport. TUNNELS PLANNED Tidal Basin Water Would Be Used in Federal Triangle. A contract for construction of a sys- tem of tunnels to supply water from the Tidal Basin for use in air conditioning systems in the Federal triangle was awarded tcday to Peter and A. J. Ellis, The sum is $179.- 500 and the work is to be finished in | 180 calendar da; ‘The principal work includes construc- near the John Paul Jones Monument, cleaning and repairing of the present old tunnel fro mthere across the Mall and construction of a new tunnel from Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue, along the base of the Federal triangle cn Constitution avenue. - 95.000 INIUNCTION DENIED 10 OIL HUCKSTERS APPEALING D. C. BAN Plea to Prevent Arrests Pend- ing Writ Decision Is Rejected. RULING IS AWAITED ON REVIEW PETITION Three Law Violators Seek Validity Test in Appellate Court on Capi-* tal Police Court Action. An application for an injunction | against the District Commissicners and Chief of Police Peltam D. Glassford, which weuld have prevented the arrest of gasoline hucksters until the District Court of Appeals decides on the validity of the sale of gasoline cn the streets, was denied today by Justice F. D. Letts in District Supreme Court. Review Is Sought. { An application for a writ of error to review the Police Court decision in sus- taining the validity of the recent regu- lation against the sale of gasoline from ank wagons on streets is now pending in the appellate court Jacob Holmes. Robert A. Moore and Wesley B. Beahm. three of the huck- sters, recently were convicted in Pclice Court and had sought a writ of error. However, they were again arrested. with | a ed violators of the regulation, | t Supreme Court to enjoin further arrests until the appellate court decided on the appli- caticn for the review of the Police Court decision. Ruling Dismissed. ‘The case was argued last week by Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner for the hucksters and by Assistant Corporation Counsel Vernon E. West and Edward W. Thomas. Briefs were submitted to the court and Justice Letts decided to deny the application for an injunction. He dismissed the rule which had been inst the Commissioners, under which the arrests had been suspended BURIED IN. VIRGINIA | Rush H. Williamson Former Spe- cial As | | | tant to Attorney General. Fun es for Rush H. WiHiam- {son, 54. former special assistant to the | Attorney General. who died in New York Wednesday. were held vesterday in Market, Burial was in St 1y there. g 15 vears in the Gov Y berame a_m-mber N o w firm of Donovan, Bond. Reichle & Alvord Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ruth ds Williamson of this city. and ers, Misses Ma:y and Martha Mrs. Keyser Price, all CHILD DIES OF BURNS Five-ye | three ld Grace Clite of the first bock of Randoiph place died in Sibley | Hospital early today of bu: received | when her clothing caught fire while she | playing with matches in her home | Thursday. A certificate of accidental death was | wssued by Deputy Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. | FARM MOVE~BILL KILLED gred to encourage a back-to-the-farm | movem killed today by the | House On Thursday the H use voted to re- {turn this measure, cal’ed up by Chair- man Connery, to the Labor Committee, | Under it the Depariments of Agricul- Lebor and Commerce and the m Board would encourage unem- yed to return to farms | Today Representative Johnson. Demo- | | crat, of Texas. moved to reconsider the vote returni bill to 'Rrpxrwnt Republican, of | Ilinois, countered with a motion to | . | table J:hn: request. The Adkins motion was acopted, 147 to 29. 2 | Marriage Licenses. | v . 31, 4433 Douslas st £, Goion. 24, 4428 Do ne. ias sl st se. o sel ! a Billock. | 57, bot Rév. K. W, Ros 1 of Richmond. Va.; Rev. Solo- 24. 1766 Columbia rd 30. 1766 Columbia rd 27. 1320 Randolph s 22,3106 N st.. Rev | Lofius. | and’ Alice M. Johnson. v “W. 'S Aberneths D. ‘Johnson. Gravee L Dodd G harles R Thompson. 28. 1601 Argonne | A 04 Olive | v. J Frederic Wenche! William THompson. 36, both of Baltimore. 3 Fortune. |~ Joseph s | Da o t. and Janet 5 11 3. Phelps reen, | R s G. McCarthy, 49. Benning, D. C.. ian’ Hamlin, 31, Ch.caso, 4il.. Rev | Ja 29. Brooklon. N V. anql | par E_Knabp, 24. 221 Tennessee ave. | L. Ennis | t 44. 130 Seaton pl 26, 2724 11th &t Rock_Creek Church ina Klug. 24. 807 Rock Creek Church rd.: Rev J. D. Buhrer Herschel P. Kinney, 28. 713 A and Ethel A. Malone. 25. 1231 29th F. Poore rles R. High. 53 New York Powers. 17. 1019 Kearney st Rev. Herman McKay Henry Adolf Koch 310 3d_st. Lucy & Windsor. ranklin, Va Nicholson = 2025 13th st.. and Rev. A. A 2d st. and Spence: Rev. Walter ex * rd.. and Ki ne. | st Rev’ ave.. ne. and Rev Julia L. Graham Leo L. Mamie R H. Brooks. Births R.eported. The following births have been reported to the Health Depaitment within the last 24 hours Paul F. end Thelma M. Lochler. girl George W. and Marraret E. Haig. girl. Alphonsus M. and Alice L. Crowley. girl. Currie F. and Lillian E_Bovd. girl Henry A and Elizabeth Grimes Richard L. and Owen G. Kephart Oliver E. and Alice Baker. girl James A and Aun E. Howard. girl. James P. and Salley Spindle.’ bo: nd Elizabeth Bitanca. boy. Alber: d Nellie N. Moffat. boy. Cerl E. and Edna M. Lippold. boy. Samuel and Virginia_Bucolo, boy. Mitchell 1. and Doroihy Dreese. boy. W, and Dorothy E. Groome, boy. 2 . bo: D William and_Edith Youner, girl. Isaac R. and Pauline Booth. girl Rescoe &nd Evelyn Washingion, girl. Roosevelt and Evelyn Harrison. girl Booker T. and Eleanor Faulkner, boy. George and Evelyn Smith. boy. n_and Edith M. Lofty. boy. S. and Amelia’ Richardson. rl &irl, Wil Gt ‘ Deaths R.eported. | The folicwing desths have been reported i te the Health Department within the last Cora C. Brown. 88. 1208 th st. s w I l Laura Andresen, 86. St. Elizabeth’s Hos- | Uit Mary H. Todd. 78. 1608 20th Sarah R_Mou Sibles Hospital. Willlam B. Mvers. 58. 5708 4th st _H. Keck, 57. United States Naval | ®irl, | william Hospital mas and Marie Paolino. 10 Pita . en route Freedmen's and Anna Wade, 45 | pe | determining the proper committee. | Insurance f and Regina Wein- | Rasmussen i First Graduation at Training School EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE BOYS GIVEN DIPLOMAS AT COMMENCEMENT. Scene at the first graduation exercises ever held at the National Training School The program took place Thursday night. torian, is shown making his address. OUTHS who had completed their terms at the National Training School for Boys were encour- aged Thursday night to con- tinue in the outside world the which mark eir v the’ imsiitution by speskers the school's first formal exercises. Austin H. McCormick, assistant direc- tor of the Bureau of Prisons, in charge of education, told the boys they had made a good record in availing them- DISTRICT PAROLE BL 1S SGNED pro s dressing graduation Measure Given Approval by President Provides Inde- terminate Terms. President Hoover 3 the bill providing for board with a terminate sentences for The measure, <po: Capper of the Senate District Com tee and Representative Black of New York, is regarded by many as a_model of its kind. It was ind by the National Commission on Prisons and Prison Labor, the National Federation of Women's Clubs and other organi- zation: It e ations of the Cait; residents of this city by the District Commiscioners, who shall serve jithout compensation. This board 1s directed to examine into the physical, mental and moral records of the prisoners committed to the local penal institutions; recommend treat- ment which, in the board’s opinion most conducive to the prison mation, and provide for a time of ri the ex-pris- ablishes a board for the penal . to consict of appointed in and the rehabilitation of oner in the community One of the important provis of a court, in imposing a e up person convicted of felony, to name a maximum sentence and a minimum sentence, the latter not to exceed one- fifth of the maximum. thereby makin it possible for any convicted person. ex- cept those sentenced to death. to be released on parole at any time after serving the minimum sentence. The board also may authorize the release on parole of prisoners serving an in- determinate sentence. ‘The President also has sig: amending the charter of the Firemen's Co. of Washington and Georgetown, permitting the company to broaden its field of insurance risks with capitalization increase up to $1.000.000. Another measure signed by Mr. Hoo- ver provides for completion of the ac- n of land adjacent to Bolling a bill AUTO LAUNDRY MAN ENDS LIFE WITH GAS Suicide Notes Are Left to Wife and Shop Employes by William A. Lynch. The body of William A. Lynch, oper- ator of an automcbile laundry at 627 K street. was found in the gas-filled cellar of his establishment this morning. a suicide note to his wife beside him and a note under the cellar door warning employes of the shop not to enter the cellar. Dr. C. J. Murphy, who viewed the body deputy coroner, said he would is- | sue a certificate of suicide after making a more therough examination of the bodv at the District Morgue. Lynch. who lived at 5621 Eighth street. was_found shortly after 7 am by James Beck. an employe. The gas meter had been disconnecied and a monkey wrench lay close by. One jet of an old gas stove also was open. He had one child, 10 years old. CONCERT SCHEDULES Bands to Appear Five Times Next Week in City Parks. Five band concerts will be held dur- | had b |ing the coming week in the city's parks. They will be given from 7-30 to 9 pm., except on Saturday, when the hours will be from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The Army Band. will play Monday evening in the District of Columbia | World War Memorial, in West Potomac Park. The other concerts scheduled follow: ~ Tuesday evening, Stanton Park. Navy Band; Thursday evening, World War Memorial, Marine Ban Priday evening. Rock Creek Park, Si teenth and Kennedy streets, Col munity Civic Band, and Saturday, Sy van Theater, Army Band. | CROP PLAN APPROVED Senate Passes Conference Report Also 0. K.'d by House. The Senate yesterday approved e: tension of crop production loan prov sions to include planting. Summer fal- lowing and the dairy and poult:y in- | dustries. Without a-record vote, it accepied a conference report—also approved by the House—on & bill permitting such ad- vances from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation’s zgriculture fund. which is administered by the Agriculture De- paitment. The bill now goes to the President. P | teday the | Harvard Teirace " owners. selves of the school's advantages and urged them to continue the work of self-betterment_after dismissal The graduation exercises were held for members of the junior high school nd the eighth grade. The program cpened h a band concert and pro- cessior followed by the invocation delivered by Rev. C. P. Flo pastor of the M. E. Church South of Hyatts- ville. Md Introductory remarks were made b Col. Claude D. Jones, superintendent, G. P. 0. WORKERS UNITE TO PROTECT DEPOSITS to their Form Protective Association Manage Interests in Closed North Capitol Savings Bank. Print- the to Employes of the Gover Office who depo h Capit Si in e association to look y me J. M. McCau! orary chair BUS TERMINALS MOVE MAY WAIT Deiays Probable in Transfers Due August 1, Inquiries of Firms Reveal. y was named te bus with street s2c0! interstate 5 inquiries of the ssion as to their plans of those termin Grevhound 1 a term ssed by the ct for the lterations necessary will requ months to execute. Severzl of the lines also exrect to use a terminal at the Annarolis Hote remodeling work for the t has not y-t been sta:ted the W igton Rapid (Baltimore service) ar ton-Luray a Washin, and Annap lines. ¢ The in_Lines notified mission that they are makin sary arrang'ments. with where their new terminal w.l The commission issved an o vear banning all terminals from zone and all strect te'mi- second. These Trensit Co. the Weshing- n, Marlbero the com- ne nece stating nals from U. S. CLERKS’ FEDERATION ASKED TO REINSTATE TWO Bureau of Standards Local Gives Them Henor Memberships at Meeting. The National Federation of Federal Employes was asked to reinstate J. P. McKeon and G. L. Jefirey, members of the Bureau of St Gards Local No. 26 in a resolution adopted at a mee the latter crganization last night two men were given honorary mem! ships at the meeting. These men, who had been active in the joint conference on reafliliation with the American Federation of Labor pended by the executive council of the national federation. In tendering them honorary member- | their own local in the as a mark of our es- <hips last night resolution did s teem and respect.” Certain members of the local reported lution was adopted after considerabie deb: LAPEL “MIKE” USED | Frederic William Wile Broadcasts Senators’ Interviews. ‘The “lapel microphone,” used so suc- cessfully at the Democratic convention, made its first appearance on Capitol Hill yesterday when Frederic William Wile, political analyst, interviewed 3 Senators, 13 Representatives and a member of the press gallery for the | Columbia netwo: | | Senators Connall Radio listeners heard short talks from y of Texas, Bingham of Connecticut and Costigan of Colo- rado as Mr. Wile walked through the lounges with the instrument clipped to is coat The Reprcsentatives who spoke were from all secti-ns of the country. John Snure, Washington cor- respondent of the New York Herald- Tribune. spoke for the press. Home to Cost $7,500. Plans for the construction of a two- story buici ing at 6437 Sixt strect, Lo cost $7,500, have been DLlod with the District government by t Deveiopment ~ Co., for Boys. Ross Essary, valedic- and the graduation address was made by Dr. Frank Bomberger tatory was delivered by Herbert Samuel- son, the class will by Zoro Elliott, the class prophecy by Johnny Waite, the poem by Esmer Owens and the ictory by Ross Essary. Francis H. Deuhay, president of the school's board of trustees presented the diplomas, and the graduating class was introduced by S. J. Staples, edu- cational direct at the school. SEARCH WIDENE FORBANDIT TR Three Ho!d-ups During Night Bring Added Zeal to Hunt by Police. Police today broadened their search for the mysterious trio of two men and a woman for holdups of e stations and stores - past few weeks gasoline station two stores were reld up last night when the robbers obtained a total of $189. In:pector Frank S. W. Burke. chief detectives, issued an order that police pay “spectal attention” to gaso- Iine stations and stores. with a view to_apprehending the trio. Police_are positive it was the same three who, at 3 o'clock this morning neil of The salu- | Another | CHOLCE OF HOOVER VOICED BY DRYS N POLEY REPORT Methodist Leaders Block Hot Fight to Openly Indorse G. 0. P. Ticket. COLVIN QUITS BOARD TO PUSH THIRD PARTY Loophole Left for Bolt if Accept- ance Speech Takes on Damp Tinge. A comparison of the public utterances of the Republican and Demoeratic presidential nominees clearly indicating preference for President Hoover, was issued late yesterday by the National Prohibition Board of Strategy for guidance of the organized drys of the country in the coming election. An intense fight by a strong element within the board to force immediate open indorsement of Mr. Hoover fell short of success in the face of a de- | termined stand by Methodist leaders | and those who rallied to their support The summation of campaign policy | finally adopted by the strategy body, however. in the words of one of the prohibition chieftans, amounts to & | “virtual indorsement” of the Hoover- | Curtis ticket. but leaves ‘a loophole for the drys in case President Hoover | changes his previously expressed stand in respect to the eighteenth amendment in his acceptance speech. Colvin Quits Board. The comparison of the two major party candidates and the statement in the declaration of policy that “it may be taken for granted that either the Republican or Democratic _candidates will be elected,” had a flare back in the resignation {rom the board of strategy of D. Leigh Colvin, national chairman | of the prohibition party. | Asserting the resume of President | Hoover's record makes him out to be | dvier than is warranted. Mr. Colvin tendered his resignation following agreement on the policy declaration. He is pushing actively plans to put a strong. nationally known bone-dry third party ticket in the field Mr. Colvin vesterday sought to per- suade Senator Borah of Idaho to head m’c prirhl ition ticket, but was met with refusa In its statement the board advised the dry electorate of the Nation to sup- port “those candidates who believe that iplolhbll.un ought to be the law.” Avoid Resubmission Plan. President Hoover and Vice President Curiis were pictured by the board as adhering to this view. No reference was made in the statement to the re- submission plank in the Republican | Platform. and the Democratic platform | was mentioned only in a quotation from | Gov. Roosevelt's acceptance speech A definite decision to fight resubmi sion was embodied in_the declaration | One wing of the dry forces had advo- | cated resubmission in order to obtain & | reaffirmation of prohibition from the count held up a gasoline station in the 1400 block of H street northeast and robbed Francis C v of the 100 block of First street northeast. night clerk at the station, of $39. Riley, like other victims of the trio, was bound and forced into a rear rcbhers mace their escape Tag numbers of the automobile used in the hold-up of the gas station were cbtained. Pclice went to the address ziven for the man to whom the tags are ed, but Police have a partial description of the two men and the woman. The latter is said to be 6 feet tall The second robbery last night was by three colored men who held up Lewis Craft at pistol point in a store in the 2100 block of Eighteenth street. took $100 from his pockets and $15 from the cash register. The man held Craft at bay with a pistol while they backed | from the store he third robbery was by four colored all armed. who robbed Samuel nekoff of $35 in a store in the 1800 Fifteenth street. The vouths, described as being between 15 and 18 vears old. backed from the store and made their escape in an automobile. SAMUEL ROSE AWARDED LEGION SERVICE TROPHY National Radio Officer Rewarded for Outstanding Work in Veterans' Behalf. he Watson B. Miller trophy for 1932, given by the District department of the American Legion for outstanding and unselfish scrvice to the Legion, has been awarded to Samuel Rose of Stuart Walcott Post. No. 10. it was announced today by Dr. Ray F. Guynn, commander of the post. Mr. Rose has been national radio cer of the Legion since 1929, and has egion's campaign to in- in Government life in- surance. He has been successful in having radio, stage and screen stars make personal appearances in the vari- ous local veteran hospitals to entertain the patients of promoted the terest vetera | This is the second time Mr. Rose has | won the trophy. which was awarded him first in 1930 During the World War., Mr. Rose enlisted in the Army and served in the Judge Advocate Gen- eral's Department. He was harged with the rank of serg=ani major. VIRGINIA U. VETERANS NAME CRENSHAW HEAD Former Alumni Secretary Recently Returned From Paris, Where He Lived After War. Lewis D. Crenshaw, former alumni secretary of the University of Virginia, has been named director of the univer- sity’s World War Veterans' Association. Crenshaw recently returned to the United States from Paris, which has been his home since the war, to confer with officials of the organization. which is planning the compilation of a his- tory of the activities of the Virginia alumni in American and allied armies during 1914-18. He is also planning a reunion of the University of Virginia veterans in France in 1934 or 1935. He is here to confer with officials of the War and Navy Departments and the Library of Congress with regard to | the service records of University of Virginia men. LAST SERMON TOMORROW Grace Church Pastor to Preach Final Time Before Vacation. Delivering his last sermon before the goes on his vacation, Rev. F. W. John- son, pastor of the Grace Church at | Ninth street and South Carolina avenue southeast, will preach at 8 o'clock to morrow night on “The Man Who Pros- red.” He will preach at 11 am. on 'he Unanswerable Appel.” Bible school classes will be held at 9:30 am. tomorrow, The young people will meet at 7 pm. rcom while the | found he did not live there. | The board siated | _"We fully agree that the question of prohibition” shonld be settied by the | votes of the people, who under the Con- | stitution have the right to vote in the election of Senators. Congressmen and | legislators. which officers after election {are charged with the power to vote for or against the resubmission or ratifica- ! tion of amendments to the Constitution. People Should Determine. “The eighteenth amendment was em- bodied in the organic law by the votes of Senators, Congressmen and State legislators. all elected by the people in the constitutional manner. “The question of the retention, mod- ification or repeal of the eighteenth amendment should likewise be deter- mined by vots of the people in sena- torial, congressional and legislative elec~ | tions.” The decleration advised “that the record and present atticude of all can- aidates on the quesiion of submission, nodification or repeal of the eighteenth amencment, or the weakening of the volstead act or of the State prohibition enfercement laws, be secured and pub- lished, in order that the position of | such candidates may be clearly indi- cated in present and future elections.” Following the resume of utterance of | President Hoover on prohibition, the | declaration contained = the statement | that “in his acceptance speech, he will ubtless deal further with this sub- o Vice Fresident Curtis was pictured as bone dry. Roosevelt Speech Quoted. Gov. Roosevelt was quoted in his ac- ceptance speech as saying: “This con- vention wants repeal. Your candidate | wants repeal.” The preser. sttitude of Speaker Ga: ner was given in his statement to the press June 21, when he said | “When the prohibition amendment was proposed. 1. as a member of Con- gress, voted against it “I have never believed it sound or workable, and it should be repealed.” Speaking yesterday from the Senate ‘flo«)r. Senator Harrison, Democrat of | Mississippi. pledged his support to the | Democratic repeal plank. The Mississippi Senator told his col- { leagues that he had supported at Chi- cago a plank calling for resubmission of the prohibition question to the people “But now that a repeal plank has been adopted.” he said, "I will give it my support. I did not want to go that far, but I am for it." BLUE-COCKADE CHAPTER IS INAUGURATED HERE Association Working for Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment Opens | Headquarters. Organization of a local chapter of the Blue-Cockade. national non-profit association, working for the repeal of the eightecnth amendment, was begun here during the past week. Headquar- i ters have been established in the Wil- | lard Hotel. under direction of Laur- | ence E. de S. Hoover. Members of the Blue-Cockade sign & pledge not to vote for any candidate | for public office who does not_clearly i and unconditionally commit himself and his candidacy to repeal. Plans are being made for a repeal ball at Congressional Country Club Au- gust 12 Bowie Clarke is chairman of | the Ball Committee. he organization was formed in New York about two months ago by a group headed by Burgoyne Hamilton, who was elected president. RATE HEARING DELAYED of C-mmission Acts on Illness President of Phone Company. Resumption of the public hearing on reduction of Washington telephone rates has been poitponed from Monday to Cussday by the Public Utilities Com- mission o account of the iliness of Lloyd B. Wiison, president of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co.