Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1932, Page 17

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - The Foening Sfar PAGE B—1 “RENT TAXI" FINES WASHINGTON, D. MASONS PREPARED C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932. Children Exhibit Basketwork Creations HANDICRAFT DISPLAY IS HELD AT MITCHELL PARK PLAYGROUND. New Parole Board Sworn MEMBERS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE. THO MEN BEATEN | BY AUTOIST AFTER ALLEGED HOLD-UP Car Crashes During Battle; as One of Pair Flees With Money Bag. POLICE TO RESCUE OF STEPHEN CATALANO FPrisoners Give Names of Storey and Williams, Bailed in Other Robbery Cases. Two men were being held for inves- tigation by police today following an alleged hold-up attempt in which they are said to have been beaten and dis- armed by their intended victim, whose automobile crashed into a parked car while the battle was in progress. The men under arrest gave their nhames as Vernon S. Storey, 33, of the 1000 block of Fourteenth street north- east and George Williams, 26, of the| 1000 block of Sixteenth street. They were to be questicned today in connec- tion with several recent hold-ups, in- cluding the series in which Sanitary Grocesy Co. stores were robbed. According to police. the two men yes- terday approached Stephen Catalano, 26. as he was about to enter his ma- chine, parked in the 700 block of Thir- teenth street northeast, and informed him they wers officers. Informed of Arrest. Flashing a badge, one of the men is gaid to have told Catalano he was “under arrest” and ordered him to “come along with us to the ninth pre- cinct.” Catalano, who lives at 3306 Perry street, Mount Rainier, offered no Tesistance, he said, but got into his au- tomobile, ‘seating himself between the two men As the man behind the steering wheel started the car, Catalano glanced down, he said. and noticed his money bag, containing between $120 and $200 tnat he had collected. was missing. This angered him, he continued, and he kicked the driver in the face. Both men attacked him then, he declared, one of them drawing a gun, while the other grappled with him. The man with the gun, according to C:talano, was urged by his companion to “use the gat on him,” as the battle continued in the moving machine. Grasping the driver’s nose, Catalano sted the gun from his hand and ¢ it into the street, he said. “I pulled his head back and got a scissors hold around his neck,” Cata-| lano went on, “at the same time throw- ing my arms around the other fellow. Just then I noticed a woman and a child in the path of the automobile, which was steering itself, and I knew we were going to hit them. “I let go with my arms, grabbed the wheel and swerved the car away from the woman and the child. We crashed into a parked machine, and one of thu ten jumped out and-.started to run, taking my money bag with him.” Detective Sergt. Jake Wolf, noticing the fight as he drove past, pursued the man with the money bag, cap- turing him in an alley between G and H streets and Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets northeast. The bag still was in the man’s possession, but, police said, it contained only about $35 in silver. Meanwhile Catalano was continuing his struggle with the other man, sub- | s2quently identified as Storey, while a | rapidly growing crowd looked on. The fight weas iInterrupted by detectives cruising in a police automobile. Although both prisoners are consid- erably larger than Catalano, who is v about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs but 130 pounds, they were somewhat battered when Detective Sergt. Steve Brodie, Ninth Precinct De- tective Harold Johnson and _another | policeman halted the battle. The badge said to have been displayed by Storey was identified as one lost recently by a second precinct policeman. Occupation Not Given. Catalano refused to give his occu- pation, merely explaining the bag con- tained his “collections.” Both Storey and Williams, at the time of their arrest, were at liberty on $1,500 bond each, police reported, in connection with a charge of stealing a car about a month ago. Storey, according to police records, was arrested in 1924 in connection with the death of Charles F. Jarvis, who was run over by a machine in Keanes lane northeast. Both Storey and the driver of the automobile, James O'Connor, were charged with first-degree murder, but were convicted of mansiaughter and given five-year sentences. Williams, also known as Elbert Pierce and George Wright, likewise has a rec- ord, police said. — MANY VISITORS COMING HERE FRATERNAL DAY Dozens of Lodges, Both Local and Out-of-Town, to Join in Parade and Rites October 27. w 1 Plans are rapidly going forward under the guidance of the District Bicen- tennial Commission for the Fraternal day celebration and parade to be held in the Capital the night of October 27. Dozens of lodges, both local and out- of-town, are expected to participate. Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the Bicentennial group, said todey he has received word from distant fraternal groups indi- cating thev expect to take part in the festivities here. The Knights of Pythias of Fredericks- burg. Va. ere planning to send about 1,000 marchers. four floats and a band. HE three members of the District missicners today. F Emmett Scott. and Parcle took the oath of office in the presence of the District Com- Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Commis- soners, is shown at left reading the oath. members are, left to right, Dr. Loren Johnson, Isaac Gans and Dr. 's first Board of Indeterminate Sentence The_three parole board STEPHEN CATALANO. __—Star Staff Photo. BALLOU EXPECTS BIG ENROLLMENT Superintendent of Schools Returns From Summer in New England. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, believes Washington schools will have the heaviest enrollment in their history during the coming year. Dr. Ballou returned to his desk at the Franklin School Administration Build- ing today after a Summer spent in teaching at Yale University and va- cationing at his camp at Belgrade Lake. Me. Although adhering to his policy of never forecasting enrollment figures, Dr. Ballou made his prediction because of the great number of queries he has re- ceived from parents whose children are to enter public school for the first time this year and those whose children for- merly attended private school. At Yale, early in the Summer, Dr. Ballou was a member of the special, faculty which conducted a seminar on education for a select group of school superintendents and principals from virtually every section of the country. Although limited to 100 students, Dr. Ballou said the seminar drew approxi mately 40 men, others having to with draw because of retrenchments in their respective school systems. Following the close of the seminar at Yale, Dr. Ballou joined his family at their camp in Maine. During the sojourn there he suffered an unusually severe attack of hay fever, and the Board of Education early this month, extended his leave. BUST TO Bé UNVEILED FREDERICK, Md., September 16 (% —The memory of Roger Brook Tan former Chief Justice of the United States and author of the famous Dred Scott decision, will be honored tomor- row with the unveiling of a bust of the famous jurist at his former residence here. The bust is the work of Joseph Ur- ner, son of Assoclate Judge Hammond Urner of the Maryland Court of Ap- peals. <| taken his life shortly after the attack, ATTACKER OF TWO 1S FOUND HANGING Two-Month Search Following| Markham Assault Ends. Body Is Burned. pecial Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTO! . September 16.— The discovery of the body of Shadrock Thompson, colored, hanging from the |imb of an apple tree at the foot of Rattlesnake Mountain, near Linden, |last night brought to & close a two- | month search for the alleged attacker |of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Baxley in | their home, near Markham, Va, on | July 12." Before the body could be re- | moved from the tree some one ignited | |it with a match, authorities say, and it i si | be garbed entire was destroyed. Authorities _here today were con- ! vinced that Thompson had committed suicide shortly after the attack upon Mr and Mrs. Baxley, and Dr. George | H. Davis, coroner, ssued a certificate to | | that cffect. The rope found around ] | Thompson's neck was identified as hav- ]mg been in Thompson's possession the day before the attack, Commonwealth's | Attorney C. W. Carter said. and a pile | of rocks beneath the body indicated | that he had climbed up on them, tled | the rope to the limb and then jumped from the rock pile. ‘ | | enactment of the laying of the corner | | Found by Farm Hand. | The body was discovered by Noah | Kenney, farm hand, in an old orchard | to make an earlier discovery | body was explained by the fa | the orchard had been allowed to grow into a dense thicket. | After finding the body Kenney notified ' residents of the community and by the | time Deputy Sheriff W. W. Pearson of Fauquier County reached the scene ap- | proximately 30 persons, men and | women, had gathered there, it was said. | Pearson, Baxley himself, who was| notified of the find, and other persons | are sald to have identified the body, | despite its advanced state of decomposi- tion, before it was burned. Officers succeeded in saving the head and shoes | to prove the identification. Before the excitement subsided last night not only officers and citizens of | the community had gathered at the| scene, but a number of persons had also | come here from Front Royal and other | places. Commonwealth's Attorney Carter ex- | pressed the opinion that Thompson had | when he believed that his capture was inevitable. Occurred on July 12. The attack on Mr. and Mrs. Baxley | occurred during the early-morning | hours of July 12, when Thaompson is alleged to have beaten Mr. Baxley into | unconsciousness with a large club and . then to have dragged Mrs. Baxley into the forest a mile away. The search for Mrs. Baxley started when her hus- band regained consciousness and found her missing, but she was not discov- ered until 7 o'clock the next morning. Both Mr. and Mrs. Baxley were pa- | tients in the Warrenton Hospital for \se\‘ern] days after the attack, but have | | now recovered. | Thompson's wife had formerly been | employed in the Baxley home, and he | had fled from the section when his wife | secured a warrant for his arrest on a; charge of assault. It is believed that | the attack upon Mr. and Mrs. Baxley | was the result of fear on Thompson's part that their knowledge of his re- turn to the neighborhood might lead to his arrest. ‘The spot where Thompson’s body was found is approximately § miles from the Baxley home. ‘DEPRESSION UNIVERSITY’ TO OPEN DOORS IN VIR | Educators to Teach for Room, Board and Academic Surroundings—Students Will Share Duties. From Baltimore comes word _that Washington Lodge, No. 1, and Liberty Lodge. No. 10, Independent Order of 0Odd Fellows, will participate, while the Modern Woodmen of America of New- ark, N. J., have also signified their in- tention of being in the line of march. «INDETERMINATE” LAW USED IN SENTENCES Justice Bailey Imposes First Prig- on Penalties Under New Statute on Hold-up Pair. District Supreme Court Justice Jen- nings Bailey today imposed his first “indeterminate” sentence under the new law that went into effect July 15. He sent Charles Skeen and Wiiliam Booker, both colored, to the penitentiary for from 5 to 12 years after they pleaded guilty to two charges of hold- ing up two taxicab drivers on July 29. The colored men took $2 and a wrist watch from Lloyd C. McClellan of ‘Takoma Park, the latter took $7 from Richard L. Mockabee, 1614 Seventeenth sigeet. The first of its kind in American history, “Depression University” will open its doors this year at Port Royal, Va., according to a statement released today by Dr. A. C. C. Hill, jr. ‘Unemployed professors and impecu- nious students will make up the per- sonnel of the college, Dr. Hill said, and knowledge will be almost as free as the wil ind. There will be no cheer leaders—unless a few are unavoidedly enrolled—no laboratories, no degrees, but the college will offer professors a chance to live and pursue their academic interests, | students an opportunity to educate | themselves at nominal expense. Dr. Hill, Brookings Institution here and Spring- fleld College in Massachusetts, said if the plan meets with public response a rnmrty of 20 and a student body of 100 will be assembled. The professors will be paid just what they are getting now —nothing. But they will be supplied room and board and a congenial en- vironment for professional studies. The students will pay an inclusive fee of $250 to cover all tuition and liv- ing expenses. They will care for their who formerly was with| GINIA THIS FALL own rooms, take turns washing dishes and waiting on table. Several closely grouped dwellings, two manor houses and an old town hall at Port Royal will provide quarters for the institution. The town is some 70 miles from Washington, located on the Rappahannock. Although the college will have no physical science courses, because labora- tory equipment is expensive, and will refrain from granting degrees because of its temporary nature, Dr. Hill said the curriculum will otherwise be nor- mal in every respect. An effort will be made to enroll the undergraduate body chiefly from the ranks of those who would normally enter the junior or senior year of college this Fall. The “depression college” plan oc- curred to Dr. Hill while he was making a study of British unemployment relief methods for Brookings Institution, he said. Among those who have con- sented to serve on the Advisory Com- mittee of the college are Undersecre- tary of State Willilam R. Castle, H Dr. John Henry MacCracken of the American Council on Education; Dr. Leverett 8. Lyon of Brookings Institu- tion, and Rev. J. A. Ryan of Catholic University. SISO, IFOR PIGTURESQUE PARADE TOMORROW Will Re-enact Washington’s Laying of Capitol Building’s Corner Stone. COLUMN WILL FORM ON ELLIPSE AT 2 P.M. Marchers Will Comprise Five Units, One to Be Garbed in Colonial Cestumes. Parading in the picturesque Colonial costumes of 139 years ago, to which will be added the colorful regalia of the Masonic fraternity, local Masons tomor- row will re-enact the ceremony of Sep- | tember 18, 1793, when George Washing- ton laid the corner stone of the Capitol | Building. Forming on the Ellipse at 2 pm,, & column of several thousand members of the organization, from the Capital jurisdiction and elsewhere, will wend its way down historic Pennsylvania avenue to Capitol Hill, repeating in every de- tail the eighteenth century Maso: procession which preceded the actual corner stone laying. Sponsored by the District of Colum- bia Grand Lodge of Masons, with co- operation of the United States Bicen- tennial Commission, the event will mark also the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution and of Washington's Farewell Address. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, who will be grand marshal of the parade, is in charge of plans for the festivities. Five Units in Column. The marching column, stepping to the strains of music from nearly a score of bands, will comprisc five units, one of which, numbering 2,000 persons, will in Colonial costumes and uniforms 'or the purpose of completing “shots™ for a moving picture recording of the entire re-enactment ceremonies, banks of the Potomac will be portrayed in the morning, when a battery repre- senting the Virginia Volunteer Artillery of Alexandria will receive Teflt Johu son, in the role of the first President, | at Georgetown. He will be escorted through George- town by members of, the same lodges which took part in fhe original cere- mony 139 vears ago—Alexandria-Wash- 0. 22: Potomac, No. 5, and d. No. The Capital’s ceremonial avenues will be cleared and police lines established as the column begins the trek from the Ellipse, up Fifteenth street and east- ward on Penn: nia avenue. The procession will move through the Capi- tol Grounds by way of the north road- way, thence south across the east plaza to B street southeast, where it will dis- band and prepare to join in the re- stone. Relics to Be Used. For the actual Masonic rituals Mr. at the base of the mountain. Failure | Johnson will retire from the role of | of theGeorge Washington in favor of A. Ex-| ct that | nest Tate, a member of the fraternity, | | who will wield the silver trowel, the marble gavel, the square and level ac- tually used by the first President Treasured relics, they have been brought forth from their display cases in the various old lodges of this area for the event. The motion picture which will por- tray the entire program, including Washington’s departure from Mount Vernon, his journey through Alexan- dria, will be completed this month, and will be made available to Masonic lodges throughout the country. The local Grand Lodge is co-operating with the national Bicentennial group in its filming. A reviewing stand has been erected on the east plaza of the Capitol, where distinguished guests, including Govern- ors of the 13 original States, are ex- pected to witness the corner stone re- laying, scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Extensive research has been conducted by the Masons to make the ceremony as nearly authentic in every detail as possible. ‘The first division of tomorrow's pa- rade will be headed by Gen. Fries as grand marshal, and will include the | United States Marine Band and dis- tinguished guests. The second division, comprising Colo- nial units, will include Col. George E. Ijams as marshal, Almas Temple Band, Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4; Alexandria- Washingten Lodge, No. 22; Potomac Lodge, No. 5; Federal Lodge, No. 1; White Horse Battery of the 16th United States Artillery, United States Navy Band, eight groups of Masons in Colo- nial costume, members of the Eastern Star in Colonial costume, other groups in Coloniel costume, Grand Lodge of the District and Knights Templar mem- bers in uniform. Miles Heads Military Units. The third division, headed by Brig Gen. Perry L. Miles as marshal, will comprise military units, including the 3d Cavalry, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry; 1st Battalion, Cavalry; 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry; 2d Squadron, 3d Cavalry, and 1st 16th Field Artillery. With Lieut. Col. L. C. Kunzig as marshal, the fourth division will include the Blue Lodges of Maryland and Vir- ginia; 42 Blue Lodges of the District; members of the Scottish Rite Temple, Shrine, Almas Temple, the Grotto, Tall Cedars, De Molay, Eastern Star and Jobs Daughters. The fifth and last division will con- sist of patriotic and civic organizatio some in costume, many of whom W Tide in coloriully decorated automobiles. Brig. Gen. William F. Horgon will be marshsl of this div . Other bands participating include the 13th Engineers Band, 3d Cavalry Band, District National Guard Band, 121st Engineer Band, 260th Coast Artillery Drum and Bugle Corps, George Wash- ington University Band, Veterans of Foreign Wars Band, Washington Gas Light Co. Band, Costello Drum Corps, Washington Boys' Independent Band, Victory Post Drum Corps, Elk Boys' Band, Almas Temple Drum Corps, Grot- to Band, Tall Cedars Band, Quantico Marines' Band, Firemen's Drum and Bugle Corps and the Odd Fellows’ Band. The role of Martha Washington in the ceremonies will be portrayed by Mrs. Reuben A. Bogley. ‘The committee in charge of the cele- bration consists of the Grand Master Reuben A. Bogley, chairman ex-officio; Gen. Fries, chairman; Past Grand Mas- ters J. Claude Keiper, Gratz E. Dunkum and James T. Gibbs, and Paul B. Cromelin, Needham C. Turnage, L. Whiting_Estes, Aubrey R. Marrs, Sol Bloom, Edgar Poe Allen and John M. Gibbs. _— Young Democrats to Elect. FAIRFAX, Va., September 16 (Spe- clal).—The Young Democrats’ Club will meet tonight in the court house to elect permanent officers. the | arrival of George Washington on the | | background. i s RENDERING PLANT FOUGHT BY WOMEN Arlington Business Club Joins Citizens’ Group in | Opposition. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Siaff Correspondent of The S ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., September 16.—Opposition to the erection of a rendering plant at the proposed site at the Jefferson Davis Highway and Columbia Pike, South Washington, was expressed in a reso- }lution passed last night by the Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club of Arlington County. It was ordered i that copies of the resolution be sent to the county board and to the Arling- ton County Civic Federation. This resolution follows similar action already taken by the Civic Federation | the Jefferson_ Citizens' Association and ! the Rosslyn Precinct Civic League. The | board will vote on the question | of ipating in the fight against he plant at its meeting tomorrow and | the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission will have the matter before it either today or tomorrow. | | The action by the Business and Pro- | fessional Women’s Club followed a dis- | cussion of some length, a few of the members taking the stand that industry should be encouraged. When the vow was taken, however. there were only a few scattered nayes. ‘Tomorrow’s meeting of the county board is to be attended by members of a special committee of citizens who were appointed at a mass meeting in Virginia Highlands to conduct the fight against the plant. It is expected that it will be necessary to carry the matter | been no indication by the Board of Zoning Appeals, which granted the permit after County Manager Roy S. Braden had denied it, that it is willing | to_reopen the case. The Washington-Hoover Airport and { affiliated operating companies have al- ready appealed to the county board and the Department of Commerce and are | expected to be represented at the board { meeting. It is expected that the board { Will vote to participate in the court | action, since four of the five members have already expressed themselves as individually opposed to it. CAEMMERER JOINS BATTLE. Fine Arts Board Secretary Is Opposed to Erection. H. C Caemmerer, executive secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, today adedd his protest to those against erec- tion of & rendering plant at the Jef- ferson Davis Highway and Columbia Pike intersection in Arlington County. Mr. Caemmerer pointed out the gen- eral policy of the Fine Arts Commission is to oppose construction of anything near the Capital detrimental to this city, and that might mar the general appearance of its environs. Polk to Organize Lawyers. Jessie 1. Straus, president of the Roose- | velt Business and Professional League, | announced today that Frank L. Polk, former Undersecretary of State, had 2ccepted the chairmanship of the law- yers' division of the league. Precinct I:ooks Like Second-Hand Store, Due to Seizures Station Police Commence Sorting Out Three Truck Loads of Stolen Articles. The tenth precinct police station as- | sumed the aspects of a second-hand store today as officers began sorting out three truckloads of stolen articles, re- covered after the arrest of three colored men sald to have admittd a series of thefts. Police were ende‘cbvorlnrgu fi‘l’ locate the various articles. Owl%:rnsxa:{flg),gomur J. O. Patton, who made the lrmhd wu_r:!;sy invts!ttl's'lun‘ the men’s activities. vip;flmm‘ w'mmd— George Washington Da burn, D. C.; his brother, Willlam Henry Davis, 42, of the 900 block of Barry place, and Alvin Queen, 30, of the 1300 block of W street. Patton also was checking on the pos- sibility the men were responsible for {he wholesale marauding of plants and flowers in cemeteries here. He received a tip, he said, that locked cemeteries | were stripped of flowers and plants that were sold on the streets on Labor day. Patton arrested the men while in- vestigating reports that numerous flowers, plants and shrubbery were stolen from the yards of homes in the precinct. The men admitted the thefts, he said, and one of them took him to | go George Washington Davis’ home, where the dfluw:i and other articles were und. c'rhe alleged stolen articles included marine engines, surveyors’ instruments, wire fencing, automobile parts, fire ex- tinguishers, poultry crates, etc. | to the Circuit Court, since there has| NEW YORK, September 16 (A).—| | ington at 1:30 p.m., September ! School Association will meet at 8 p.m. - Rites Here ACCOUNTANT TO BE BURIED IN ROCK CREEK CEMETERY. JOHN EDWARD BATES, One of the first public accountants to practice in Washington, will be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery tomorrow fol- lowing funeral services at 11 a.m. at his late home. 3616 Fulton street. Mr. Bates died Wednesday, shortly after he was stricken with an acute heart attack while en route to work. He is survived by six children. —Harris-Ewing Photo. MEETING SHORTENS INSPECTION TOUR Horace M. Albright, Park | Director, to Attend Con- | ference Here. | Horace M. Albright, director of the National Park Service, has shortened his annual tour of park inspection to participate in the Bicentennial Confer- ence on Planning, Parks and Govern- ment at the Willard Hotel September | 18-25, and will assist with arrangements | for entertainment of delegates on sight- | seeing trips to places of historic and scenic interest in Virginia. Mr. Albright’ will accompany e party of delegates to leave by boat at 6:30 p.m., September 21, for Old Point Com- | fort, where they will disembark on the | following morning for a motor tour of historic_places in Tidewater Virginia, Juris- many of which are under Federal The delegates are to stop at York- town, where the deciding Revolutionary battle was fought, at Jamestown Island | to see the ruins of the first permanent English settlement in America and for an inspection of the restoration work at Williamsburg being carried on by | John D. Rockefeller, jr. They will re- | turn to Washington by way of Fred- | ericksburg. The second party Wil | diction. 1l leave Wash- 23, by automobile for & tour of Shenandoah | National Park, stopping at Skyland on | the crest of the ridge and returning on the night of September 25. The party will traverse the 40-mile section of Sky- land drive along the ridge which has been completed by the National Park Service in co-operation with the Bureau of Public Roads. The visitors_will be entertained on the night of September 23 at a ban- quet at Skyland and many hiking and horseback trips have been planned to scenic points in the vicinity. - Beltsville Group to Meet. BELTSVILLE, Md, September 16 (Special).—The Bel le Home and Monday in the school. Election of officers and plans for year's program will be discussed. Miss Lewis may be seen s HILDREN of Mitchell Park Playground, at ‘Twenty-third and 8 streets, are shown in the above picture exhibit- ing some of the basketwork they have done under supervision of Miss S. L. Lewis during classes in industrial | handicraft ccnducted at the playground during the past Summer. ated in the left —Star Staff Photo. BY GAPITAL VOTED Planning Commission at Chi- cago to lliustrate Up- building Here. Participation in the Century of Prog- ress Exposition at Chicago next year was voted today by the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, which inaugurated a two-day session. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, the com- mission’s vice chairman and executive officer, said the organization's exhibit at Chicago would be illustrative of the upbuilding of the National Capital and would be patterned largely after the display now on view in the National Museum, which is a feature of the Bi- centennial celebration. Historic and modern maps, models and photographs will visualize the development in Washington for the Chicago exposition visitors, Col. Grant said. Fund Limited to $7,000. In deciding to join in the Chicago exposition, the commission accepted the | invitation of the Federal commission directing the Government's participa- tion in the exposition. A limit of $7,000 has been placed on the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission's patt in the display. After approving the minutes of the August meeting the commission directed its attention to preparation of the forthcoming annual report Later in the day the commission ar- ranged to hear a report of progress on land purchases for park purposes in the nearby Maryland valleys under the Capper-Cramton act. Deveolpment in Cabin John, as part of the Greater Washington park system. also is being considered by the commission. Irving C. Rook engineer of the Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, is acquainting the national group with latest developments in cre- ating the new parks. Land Purchases Debated. A number of items relating to land| purchases are being debated by the national _commission. Frederic A Delano, the commission’s chairman, presided at today’s gathering. The problem of pollution of the Po- tomac River and Rock Creek, which is to be stgdied by the Public Health Serv- ice unfer congressional mandate, and the situation growing out of erection of the proposed rendering plant in Arling- ton County, Va., are due to come up for consideration later in the commission’s deliberations. WOMAN AND 2 MEN HELD IN TAXI MISHAP Police Seek Two Others for Inves- tigation of Injury of Mrs. Inez Comer. A woman and two men were being held by police today pending the out- come of injuries received by Mrs. Inez Comer, 24, when she fell from a_taxi- cab on New York avenue northeast, near Bladensburg road, last night. Those held identified themselves as Margaret Simms, 22, first block of V street; James Cox, 25, of the 1000 block of M street, and Howard Groce, 25, of the 500 block of L street. Two other men, said to have fled after Mrs. Comer was hurt, were being sought by De- tective Sergts. Dennis J. Murphy and Elmer F. Lewis. The group, according to the de- tectives, were returning from a party in Maryland when Mrs. Comer fell out of the taxi, sald to have been. driven by Groce. Mrs. Comer, who also gave an address in the first block of V street, ‘was taken to Emergency Hospital. where she was found to b2 suffering frcm cuts and bruises. She was to be X-rayed today to determine whether she was hurt internally. OF SHIPS IN | By the Assoclated Press. Vessels of the United States Navy must not be represented as sailing under a foreign flag even in make-believe dramas of motion pictures. Nor may Navy personnel impersonate the office and crews of any other na- tion. These are among the regulations compiled by the Navy Department to wvern the co-operation extended by the Navy in making movies. it frequent The department makes available its vessels and personnel to movie concerns, but it exercises a rigid supervision and must pass on the com- pleted picture before it can be released. Among the other requirements are: Vessels Must Not Be Represented as Sai Flag Even in Pictures. NAVY TIGHTENS BAN ON USE MAKING MOVIES ing Under Foreign “The picture must not have as its background the life or activities or a foreign navy. “The picture must contain nothing which can in any way discredit any branch of the Government, or any foreign government service, or the per- sonnel or uniform of such service. “The picture must not contain any- thing offensive to public morals or good taste, or be otherwise objectionable.” ‘The scenario of each picture is on by a special naval board headed by Comdr. J. H. Ingram. The board also views the completed picture in a spe- cial projection room at the Navy De- partment and then renders its decision. FAIR PARTICIPATION GIVEN TRIO AS 125 (ABS ARE CANCELED Black and White and Yellow Co. Action Forces 250 Men Off Pay Roll. FIRM HAS ONLY 200 LEFT OF 500 FLEET Loss of $50 Per Vehicle a Month Claimed—Convictions First Under Ruling. ‘The first convictions under Te- cent regulations of the Public Utilitics Commission forbidding operation of rented taxicabs were obtained in Police Court today, as cne large taxicab com- | pany withdrew from ope lit was w the existing 20-ce | The victim: soin's re | were Milton of ion H | Pierce and How James V. I, who were | arrestea_vesterday | Mascn. District convicted o {ing a rented cab in vi | commission regulaticn | ed $5 | The drivers. however, pleaded pove | and Judge Hitt reduced the fine to §2 Drive Follows Complaint. Sergt. Mason 1s understood to have | initiated his drive against the opera- | tion of rent«l taxicabs as the result of made to h it was employes. William R. Brown, manager of the company, said the withdrawal of the cabs left on s firm's cabs in The com- declared, ed, amounts 0 a cab each mon Brown said the comg because a T I 1 | Tie commission issued the regulation against rented taxicabs specificall rea: up the taxi rental busin | Washington, which Roberts charged | was unfair to the driver and offered no | 1iability protection to the public in case iof an accident | Some of the cabs sent out by the ren- {tal companies, according to Roberts. have the appearance of being owned by {a firm which is financially responsible for damages. | on the y. he declared. some {of the companies will not accept any { responsibility fo; which the | drivers are involved, addition | escape the workmen's tion law | because on a care! ased rental | contract they can show operator | is not an employe, but a lessee of the cab. Thus the drivers, under the law | can be held ble for damages, ut few if an he said, carry insurance. of the men who drive the Roberts said, have been v other em com] 11 Many rented cabs, the cabs is very sm: on the other hand a good return on their investment. — 'CIVIL SERVICE JOBS IN YEAR REPORTED 21,449 Appointments Made Dur- ing Last Fiscal Period. The Civil Service Commission an- nounced today that 21.449 appointments were made to competitive classified po- sitions in the Federal civil service dur- ing the year ended last June 30. This compares with 38,461 during the pre- ceding year. This reduction of more than 17,000, it was said, is due primarily to two rea- sons—the lessening of the number of | voluntary separations from the Govern- { ment service and the President’s policy {of making only absolutely necessary appointments Of the appointments made during the last fiscal year, 6,460 were.appointments of those entitled to veteran preference, it was stated. This number is 30.11 per cent of the entire number of ap- pointments, as compared with 26.16 per cent in the preceding year. CASE NOLLE PROSSED WHEN ACCUSED DIES A charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, which pending Wallace Taylor, ct ed, 46, as a re- sult of his attack on a policeman with an ax on September 5, was no prossed by the assistant District at- torney's office in Police Court yester- day due to the death of the defendant in_Gallinger Hospital several days ago. Taylor was shot four times by Police- man C. W. Sine when the latter, in company with another officer, went toa house in the 2300 block of Ainger place southeast to quell a disturbance and was attacked by & man brandishing an ax. Taken to Gallinger Hospital for treatment for his wounds, Taylor re- ceived fatal injuries when he jumped from a fourth-floor window of the in- stitution on September 9. A charge of assault had been placed against him. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band this evening at the United States Capitol at 7:30 o'clock. William J. Stannard, leeder; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader. March, “Colonel Petit". ..Zimmermann Grand scenes from the Brazilian opera “Il Guarany” . Serenade, “Heart ‘Waltz, “Mis Lagrimas”...... Excerpts from “High Jinks”. final | March, “Pathfinder of Panama, “The Ster Spangled Banner,