Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1932, Page 17

FIGHT 15 OPENED ON‘SCENERY LOFTS N HEH SCHOOLS City and Fine Arts Officials Object to Extensive Stage Equipment. REICHELDERFER POINTS TO MATERIAL SAVINGS 1Joins Charles Moore in Advocating Restriction in New Fort Reno Building. A movement is I‘Ifldex'w‘:‘yt to cu’rb Ercsent elaborate expenditures for ‘scenery” lofts in District public high schools, in which the Commissioners and the Fine Arts Commission are allies. The question of the future of the ex- tensive theatrical equipment in the senior high school auditoriums is being brought up at this afternoon’s meeting of the Board of Education in the pres- entation to the board of correspond- ence by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president of the Board of Commission- ers, and Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission. Dr. Reichelderfer’s letter is merely & note to the president of the School Board, Dr. Hayden Johnson, forwarding to him Dr. Moore's letter, which carries the weight of argument sgainst the scenery lofts. Substantial Saving Seen. Both officials contemplate restricting stage equipment in the new senior high school for the Fort Reno section Of Chevy Chase. Pointing out that the “esthetic objections given by the Com- mission of Fine Arts to such construc- tion is of extreme weight with the Dis- trict Commissioners,” Dr. Reichelderfer wrote that “the savings possible with the elimination of these lofts are so substantial that we would favor the elimination of such a; loft in the Reno senior high school, plans for which are now being drawn, and for any other senior high school contemplated later.” Dr. Reichelderfer solicited the views of the school board. In his letter, addressed to Dri‘minhzl- derfer in response to an earlier com- munication from the Commissioners, Dr. Moore attacked the scenery lofts as incompatible with good school-house architecture and expresses the opinion that such elaborate equipment is not necessary for the amount of dramatic work done in the high schools. Elimi- nation of such lofts, Dr. Moore asserts, would result in an original saving of from $25,000 to $35.000 in each case in ecddition to a large maintenance saving. ’I“l;nze commission, according to Dr. Moore’s letter, is of the unanimo opinion that the “high scenery 10fts on the Roosevelt duplicated on the Fort Reno School or any other school.” Regarded as Unnecessary. ese lofts” Dr. Moore's letter con- “throw the school group out of ce. They are a great detriment to the appearance of the neighborhood, and they sre not necessary for the amount and character of the instruc- tion in dramatics proper to school work. “An suditorium with a good stage is all that is necessary. Such is the opinion of the architectural members of the commission, who have had experi- ence in school building in other cities. “This commission realizes that this is ® large subject and that there is much to be said on the other side. But they had reached this conclusion quite independently of the question of econ- omy. They feel that the good order of the city requires the elimination of these unsightly lofts, and for some time they have been studying with the muni- cipal architect means oi mitigating ‘what had been represented as a& neces- sary evil. The results have not been satisiactory. “Therefore, at the risk of seeming to overstep the limits of their province of advice, this commission ventures to sug- est to the Board of Commissioners of e District of Columbia that they elim- inate from the program of competition Zor school buildings all scenery lofts. “The result would be an original sav- ing of from $25,000 to $35,000 in each case, and an annusl maintenance saving amounting to & large sum. The mem- bers of this commission believe that the quality of the dramatic instruction 'would be enhanced by developing in the pupils ingenuity in constructing simple stage settings adequate to any drama they are able to present.” COMMITTEE INDORSES REPORT ON TRAFFIC Chamber of Commerce Group Favors Recommendations of Di- rector.Van Duzer. ‘The Transportation Committee of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce at & luncheon meeting in the Raleigh Hotel yesterday adopted a resolution indorsing the annual report recently submitted to the District Commissioners by Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer, After hearing a brief talk by Mr. Van Duzer, the committee voiced its approval of the movement now under way to promote safe driving in the District and of the plan to inspect all automobiles sold here before titling them. “As_this rule goes into effect,” Mr. Van Duzer said, “the number of im- properly equipped and unsafe cars oper- ating on the streets of the District will be gradually reduced. In this way, past recommendations of the chamber on this matter will become increasingly ef- fective.” Mr. Van Duzer said a study of the trafiic situation here has revealed that the majority of accidents are due to carelessness. He advocated intensive educational effort to impress drivers with the need for greater care. ‘The committee devoted a large por- tion of lutmeeting“ to dwcussima ‘gxtm proposed transportation co-ordina plan on which it has been working. B AR S, TWO POSITIONS OPEN Civil Bervice nounces Examinations. ‘The Civil ‘eterans’ Aq partment, to be filled by examinations: Senior clincial photographer, $2,000 & h-r, Veterans' Administration, for duty For this position the Vet- Hines, Tl ' Administration prefers a man. date December 1. ring aide (gyro : Na n’l:"m"'.yn.:d' ‘lun. Closing ‘School should not be | Commission An- Service Commission has ap- ced the following openings in the dministration and Navy De- ), 81,- | for the hotel, it was New York Clty, ; “date Deoem- Awaiting Y EMBERS of the Ge wn Unit nights have kept a M tor of the observatory. WATCH CONTINUES FORMETEOR SHOW Tardy Display May Rival That of 1833, When East- ern Skies Blazed. The Leonids still are holding off. The grand celestial show—perhaps even ‘rivaling that of 1833, when there was a literal rain of fire over the east- ern horizon—may come tonight, if it comes at all this year, astronomers here believe. Georgetown and Naval Observatory astronomers kept up their watch on the eastern heavens last night and will con- tinue tonight. The former are stationed at the university observatory and the | latter on a hilitop to the northeast of the city, where they are away from the | glare of the street lights. Count Made of Fifty. Between midnight and daybreak to- by Rev. Paul A. rection of the constellation , Which arose over the eastern horizon just be- fore midnight. If there had been no moonlight possibly many more would have been visible. ‘Those counted, however, came at ir- regular intervals, and could not be likened to the literal rain of fire which was expected to mark the end of this 33-year period. Several of those seen last night, the Georgetown astronomer reported, were very brilliant, with trails o(ul!.ht visible for considerable inter- vals. ‘The increase over Monday night, the astronomers believe, is clear indication that the earth actually has raced into the zone of the Leonids and tonight may strike the thick part of this great |belt of rock and iron which encircles |the sun. There is some increase in | the number of shooting stars every time the planet sweeps through this broad belt, but astronomers believe that once every 33 years it strikes an espe- clally thick portion. The greatest shower of shooting stars history was recorded in diaries for |in | the literally rained fire and terrified crowds believed that the day of judgment had arrived. Then came the great shower % htly less '?‘fnule“:umgr. rain of meteors in 1899. The t year marks the termination of another 33-year period. Year Delay. Possible. s culations cannot be very 3 hoqv:‘m. and if the shower does not o Enetner watah wil be -obable that —anof ‘wal kv:pc next year. The best chance, on the whole is tonight and if the shower comes it will be the sight of a lifetime. Individuals interested may orlent them- { selves by looking slightly to the North- | | east just before midnight and locating a pair of stars about half way up to-| ward the zenith. They will be slightly east of the constellation Orion. These are the Gemini and almost directly under them, shortly before midnight, will arise the constellation Leo. It is in the region of Leo that the shoot- ing stars are to be expected. ONLY FEW OF CENSUS | WORKERS TO BE KEPT| | Most of 630 to Lose Jobs Do Not Have Civil Service Status to Be Placed Elsewhere. Few of the 630 temporary employes of the Census Bureau who are to be| dismissed soon have civil service status which enables them to be placed on the re-employment register, it was learned today. Since preference in appoint- ments now is given those with suc] status, the impending dismissals prob- ably will aggravate considerably the unemployment situation here. More than a dozen calls were re- ceived at the Civil Service Commission yesterday, when the forthcoming sev- erances were made known, by workers seeking to determine their chances for re-employment. ‘The Census Bureau will cut off 533 employes December 1 and the re- | mainder on December 31, these being the last of the 6,022 temporary workers taken on 2 years ago. The Commerce Department retained them in service as long as possible, it was said. HOTEL DIRECTOR NAMED Harry P. Somerville of Willard Also Will Be Manager. In addition to receiving the man- agership of the Willard Hotel, Harry P. Somerville, former manager of the ll-lotel Sagamcre in Rochester, has been lelected to the board of directors of the Inc., the operating Rain of Fire SCIENTISTS WATCH THIRD NIGHT IN VAIN FOR METEORS. tile watch on the eastern skies for the expected meteor shower of the Leonids which is due to make one of its 33-year- interval visits to the earth. Left to right: Walter J. Miller, Rev. E. J. Kolkmeyer and Rev. F. W. Sohon. Seated, Rev. Paul A. McNally, direc- year 1833, when the eastern sky|g, he | l versity faculty, who for the past three —Star Staff Photo. DR FUTRALL HEADS LAND GRANT GROLP Elected President at Conclu- sion of 46th Annual Con- vention Today. Dr. J. C. Futrall of the Arkansas State College was elected president of the Assoclation of Land Grant Colleges and Universities at the conclusion of the forty-sixth annual convention this morning in the Willard Hotel. Other officers chesen were: Dr. T. O. ‘Walton, Texas, vice president; Thomas P. Cooper, Kentucky, secretary and | treasurer, and the following members of the Executive Committee: Dr. R. A. Pearson, University of Maryland: A. R. Mann, Cornell; F. E. Turneaure, Wis- consin; P, B. Mumford, Missouri, and €. A. Lory, Colorado. ! The following were named chairmen | of subsections: R. Y. Winters, North Carolina, agriculture; E. J. Kyle, Texas, resident teaching; U. P. Hedrick, New York, experimental station work; C. W. Creel, Nevads, extension work; 8. B. Earle, South Carolina, engineering, and the agriculture, engineering and home economics sections. Experts in those flelds addressed members ‘of the asso- clation. Definite recommendations for restor- mg agricultural prosperity were made last night by a special committee of the association. Farm Committee Members. The committee was composed of | Thomas Cooper, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, ¢l 3 . R. Tolley, Giannini Foundation, University of California; H. W. Mumford, dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois; M. L. ‘Wilson, head of the department of agri- cultural economics, Montana State Col- lege; George F. Warren, head of the de- partment of agricultural economics, Cornell University, and L. N. Duncan, director of the agricultural extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic In- stitute. The outstending problem, the report | stated, is to close the gap between | prices of farm products, now at only 55 per cent of pre-war averages, and | larm costs at 140 per cent. To this end, the following recom- mendations were made: Modification ‘of those policles of eco- nomic isolation and national self-suf- ficlency which prevail throughout the world and which make it difficult for the United States to maintain the vol- ume of its exports. Further development of the Federal Land Banks. “To keep present farm business intact,” it was stated, “and to prevent the wholesale dispossession of farmers there is need for governmental action in supplying short-term credit to meet maturing obligations.” Reduction of governmental services and activities through increasing effi- clency in the administration of gov- ernmental units. Change in the tax system so as to! obtain a greater proportion of revenue from sources other than farm property, Reductions in transportation costs, if prices of farm products and other com- modities remain at a lower level than prevailed before the depression. Other Legislation Named. New land policy legislation providing for permanent land-use planning, co-' ordinated land-use research and the beginning of retirement of submarginal lands from agricultural uses. Another statement, issued jointly by the National Advisory: and Legislative Ocmmittee on Land Use and the Na- tional Land Use Planning Committee, emphasized dangers of a wholesale and “unguided” campaign to turn the Na- tion’s unemployed into farmers. It was pointed out that the remaining public lands in the West offer little oppor- | tunity for farming. TAKOMA PARK URGES HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING Association Instructs Delegates to Present Resolution on South Area Project. Construction of a high school build- ing in an area directly south of Takoma Park was urged in a resolution adopted last night by the Takoma Park Citizens Association. The organization’s dele- gates to the District of Columbia Pub- lic School Association were instructed to present the resolution to the latter' group at its next meeting. ' The following delegates were appoint- ed for the ensuing year: S. E. Blassing- ham, Mrs. L. White and W. K. Worwood. C. Leonard Boyer reported that new tennis courts, a base ball field and cin- | der path would be added to the recrea- | tion center at Fourth and Whittier streets. An effort also is being made to obtain a swimming pool on the field, he said President H. R. Smalley announced the next meeting would be featured by the presentation of motion pictures of made by the National company announced by the tired as president cf corporstion and manager sion 1..4 the progress being Capital Park and Pmuml in the beautification of Wi environs. unmmmn:%m held in the Takoma Park of ‘Washington Public Library, Marie Dye, Michigan, home economics. | in Wi Bessions were held this morning by|ing C., BETHESDA . OF ¢ FLAYS A RATES N PLEA FOR CUT Forwards Petition, Asking Early Hearing, to Public Service Commission. CLAIM PRESENT CHARGE IS BUSINESS HANDICAP Official of Electric Company Tells of Steps Taken to Meet De- mands of Area. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., November 16.—A petition flaying the rates charged in this area the Georgetown Gas Light Co. as unjust, unreasonable and dis- criminatory and requesting that a pub- lic_hearing be held here so that an early rearrangement of the rates can be urged was forwarded to the Mary- land Public Service Commission today by the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce. The petition, voted upon last night, urges the commission to call the meet- ing “as soon as possible,” claiming that residents of the Bethesda district will be done “irreparable damage in being forced to pay the prevailing rates dur- ing the time it would require for the commission to conduct a survey and appraisal” of the Washington firm’s property. Rates Held Excessive. It is charged in the petition, which was prepared by Samuel Stonebraker as attorney for the chamber, that al- though district is a part of the metropolitan area of Washington and is served by the company through the same mains as the people of Washing- ton and the cost of service is no higher to the company, the rates charged here are much in excess of those charged by the gas firm in other sections. The present rates of the company, it is set forth,.are discriminatory and retard the business interests of the dis- trict and that the service facilities of the gas company are not extended as rapidly as possible because of the high rates, thus depriving the business in- terests and citizens of the service they should receive. “While the essentials of character and service are identical with other sections,” the petition reads, “Bethesda ha:“not received like reductions in Tates Company Official Speaks. C. Melvin Sharp, assistant to the president of the Potomac Electric Power Co., gave a short talk in which he explained the steps being taken by his firm to keep up with the growing demands of the publie for electricity. Sharp said that reports during the past year disclosed that 16 per cent more electricity was consumed by the public ‘ashington and vicinity than dur- the preceding year. The Rellef Committee, appointed re- cently, was authorized by to proceed with its work of soliciting funds for the relief of the unemployea and destitute living in this section. The money raised will be apportioned be- tween the Social Service League and Bethesda Fire Department for distribu- tion among the needy. e ) MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS ARRESTED FOR PEDDLING Alleged to Have Misrepresented “Irish Lace” Sold to Navy Department Employes. A mother and her two daughters were arrested for investigation as unlicensed peddlers yesterday, when they were ap- prehended in the Navy Department Building selling what they represented to bz “Irish lace” smuggled into this country. The younger daughter, 14 years old, was released. Those held are Mrs. Sarah Williamson, 52, and Jane Wil- liamson, 26. The arrest was made following the discovery by several employe purchasers that the goods was what they termed inferior in quality and an imitation of the imported lace it was purported to be. The Better Business Bureau also made & complaint to officers. Detective Sergt. Charles Warfleld of the clothing and jewelry squad is inves- tigating the case. e ALASKA GOLD SHIPMENTS IN OCTOBER HELD LARGE Value of 81,743,630 Proves Greater | Than for Any Month in Decade. Gold shipments to the United States| from Alaska during October were valued at $1,743,630 and proved to be one of the largest shipments of any month for more than a decade, the Com- merce Department reported today. Much of the gold, it was explained, represented the clean-up from dredges in Nome and Fairbanks districts. Prac- tically all dredges in these districts have suspended work until next Spring. ‘The Yukon is now frozen solid for its entire length, the report said. Shipments of merchandise from Alaska to this country in October were valued at $4,004,863, compared with $4,- 532,053 of the same month last year, according to the report. D. C. BUYS EIGHT-MULES ‘The machine age may be on the way, | of but it hasn’t quite arrived. The District Commissioners are still buying mules. They acquired eight fine specimens yesterday from A, Rice & Son; price, $238.50 each. The mules will be put to work at the District Re- formatory st Lorton, Va. Fair Warning WEDNESDA Mrs. Henry Ford and Mrs, Frederic H. | RS. HERBERT HOOVER soon may have. a horticultural scholarship named after her, if .the plans of Mrs. Henry Ford are carried out. In a statement issued today in con- nection with the convention of the ‘Woman's Natlonal Farm and Garden Association, of which she has been president for five years, Mrs. Ford dis- closed that efforts are being made by the association to raise funds for a scholarship for a Girl Scout to study at the School of Horticulture for Women at Ambler, Pa. “This scholarship will be called the Lou Henry Hoover scholarship in honor of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, for many years an honorary member of this assocla- tion,” Mrs. Ford said. Mrs. Ford came here from her philan- thropic Wayside market venture on the Boston Post road, at South Sudbury, Mass., and brought practical advice to Washington women who hope to help farm women sell surpluses through such a project. sociation convention ooened this morn- ing at the Willard Hotel. Simply gowned in a woolen-weave of black, with white pearls and ear-drops for contrast, Mrs. Ford was the center of & group at Sunward, the suburban home of Miss Florence E. Ward, ex- tension expert of the Department of Agriculture. She pictured roadside shops and stalls, patronized by both automobile wayfarer and citizen of the community, as the logical place for the mer'u wife to sell her produce and iwork. But she warned the chamber | produ Sudbury, owned by Henry “Mr. Ford's idea was to have an old- These leaders of the Woman’s National Farm and Garden Association mapping plans for the association’s annual meeting, which b ‘Wagnes, Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, Baroness de Sounin, The Farm and Garden As- | vening Stae WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION , NOVEMBER 16, 193 May Name Scholarship for First Lady FARM-GARDEN ASSOCIATION, MEETING HERE, IS RAISING FUNDS FOR SCHOOL AWARD. , Miss are shown conf today at the Willas lorence E. Ward, at wh PAGE B—1 GOVERNMENT AID PLANNED T0 RALT HUNGERMARCHERS erring over the tea table and Hotel. Left to right: Mrs. W. W. home the conference took place; Delano. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes also attended the preliminary fashioned grocery store, just as it had been in that little, old community,” she said. “He found a grocery store 100 years old and moved it there. We just groped our way, stocking things that we could remember old stores did cany. “Well, the man who was running it didn’t understand our wishes. And we were 80 busy we didn't get over often. And when we did we found things no ‘woman would want to buy. “China mixing bowls — perfectly drnd.hgll‘&ooklng' pottery! There it is, men ! “It's just too bad that men will go ahead and do things without consult- ing women! “There were all sorts of souvenir surpluses—in six dozen lots. And $3,- 500 worth of post cards!” Right then and there, Mrs. Ford said, the old grocery store, while keeping its eld. She some her- self, and called & woman in to help er. “To get rid of frult and vegetables you have to show them,” she said. “I had seen those old New England church carriage sheds, with the open bays that they drove into when they went to church, and I had one reproduced and shelved to the ceiling for frult and flowers.” Mrs. Ford first became interested in the Farm and Garden Association dur- ing the presidency of Mrs. Francis King mcre than five years ago. Always a devotee of gardening, Mrs. Ford was attracted by one of the asso- clation’s purposes, “to assist the woman on the farm and the woman in the city %o & better understanding of their mutual and individual problems.” “To “pfl'm wherever practical with the leral and State agencies for the improvement of rural conditions, POLIGE WAGE WAR ON PANHANDLERS Score Racket of Bums Who Get Money by Playing on Sympathy of Citizens. Police and court authorities in the Capital are co-operating to wipe out professional panhandling and belleve | that cases of actual need, when made known, are taken care of by the agen- cies organized for such work. There are, of course, some pan- handlers who are sincere in their re- quests for food or money, these officlals say. At the same time, however, they sald that with some bums it has a “racket,” playing upon the sympathies of the kind-hearted citizenry. Police on the Alert. o men are stopping it wherever they see it,” Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, said. “Those | who ask for something to eat, not men- tioning money, usually are really hun- | gry, 1 believe. And, I might add, quite | often get fed.” When a man is picked up on the streets asking for money he is usually | brought and he is taken into court. Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt, who sat last month on the District of Columbia branch bench, before which alms askers are brought, said he had sent about 50 persons to jail during the month, making the provision in all cases that if they were able to show him they were in actual need, or could get any other means of livlihood they would be released. Only one made such an effort, and was released, he said, leading to the conclusion the remain- der must have been “on the stem” pro- fessionally. ‘Three men were brought before Judge Ralph Given in District of Columbia branch today, all charged with solici- ting alms and all arrested by Officer | Spottswood F. Graveley of No. 3 pre- cinct. Cases Are Investigated. ‘Thompson, picked up on Pennsylvania avenue, got 25 days, and Ira Pace and Sam A. Eyler each gob 10 days. Pace was arrested on Vermont avenue and Eyler on I street, all in the third precinct. All pleaded guilty. to Thieves SALESMAN TELLS THEM HIS CAR CONTAINS NOTHING OF VALUE. Its owner, a shoe salesman, has that O snd doors. BSERVING thieves won't waste their time breaking into this automobile. investigated before a formal charge is| JOSEPH OLIVER NAMED PERMANENT RECEIVER Cox for Great National Insurance Co. Joseph Oliver, Baltimore, has been appointed by District Supreme Court Justice Joseph W. Cox as permanent receiver of the Great National Insur- ance Co., which was organized in this city, but whose offices were removed to Baltimore and later to Newark, N. J. The appointment was made in a suit | A. Burkart, a former president of the | organization. Charges involving invest- | ments of the company were made. Mr. Oliver will succeed Henry I Quinn and George W. 8. Musgrave, who have been temporary receivers since the filing of the suit. The court named Attorneys W. Gwynn Gardiner and Spencer Gordon as attorneys for the permanent receiver. 1% TAXI STANDS SET UP BY BOARD Utilities Commission and D. C. Heads Compose Body Issuing Orders. ‘The Joint Board, consisting of the Public Utilitles Commission and the District Commissioners, yesterday issued an order setting up 195 taxicab stands, nine stands for sightseeing vehicles and five stands for express vehicles in vari- ous parts of the city. Jurisdiction over these stands was transfe Joint Board by the recently enacted license act. The Ennclpll new departure in the order the placing of public hack hotels, that the municipality cannot do this. The hotels have &m of renting concessions to companles, giving them the right to stand in front of their entrances. Otherwise the stands are in most cases the same as those now in exist- In a few cases old stands have DEMOCRATS TO MEET Special Dispatch to The Star. Baltimorean Appointed by J’\uflce‘ | flled against the company by Joseph | rred to the | stangs before all major downtown | 2000 which have heretofore claimed | stealing meeting. —Harris-Ewing Photo. beside offering opportunities for the ex- change of members’ ideas by means of correspondence through the official magazine, Home Acres, and hy meet- ings of the divisions and branches in the various of the country, we are definitely fostering two major pro- jects,” Mrs. Ford sald, namely market- and scholarships. y members all possible opportunities for marketing farm and garden products, including some types of handiwork, the association aid ma- terfally in turning back to the farm women thousands of dollars they other- wise would not receive, according to Mrs. Ford. Under the scholarship sys- tem, the association purposes to heip women “to the best training in agri- culture, horticulture and the related professions, and to develop opportuni- ties for the women so trained,” said the wife of the famous automobile acturer, "T&els whole movement toward help- entered a more modern | manuf. transf their interdependence knows no inter- District Commissioners Hope to Discourage Pilgrim- ages at Sources. SERIOUS SITUATION SEEN BY MAJ. BROWN Police Investigating Proposed Dem- onstration at White House on Thanksgiving Day. The District Commissioners, it was learned today, are planning to seek the aid of the Federal Government in dis. coursging the pilgrimages to Washi ton this Winter of the “hunger marc! ers” and other unemployed groups. Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride has been delegated by the Commission- ers to confer with Attorney General Mitchell, in an effort to work out a plan to check the marchers before many of them start on a pilgrimage to the Capital. The decision to ask the co-operation of Federal authorities followed a confer- ence between Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby and Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- perintendent of police, at which plans were discussed for handling the unem- ployed armies if they come in spite of repeated warnings that the District is utterly without funds to feed and shelter marchers. Serious Situation Seen. Maj. Brown admitted after the con- ference that the situation would ‘be serious if the 3,000 or more men and women come to Washington next month without any means of subsistence, which now appears likely, according to infor- mlu:m received by the Police Depart- ment. “The coming of these unemployed groups,” Maj. Brown sad, “will in- evitably place & serious situation upon the Di for which it is not responsi- Ee. ‘The- Police D"’“""‘"’&a:‘ well as e ioners, are g every- thing possible to discourage the march- ers, but it appears to be of no avail.” With & force of less than 1,400 men, Maj. Brown pointed out that the de- it would be national boundaries,” Mrs. Ford con- tinued. “It is a worldwide problem. We have an internasional liaison through our membership in the organ- ization known as the Liaison Commiit- tee of Rural Women’s and Homemakers’ Associations, whose headquarters are in London, the honorabls president of which is the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair. Princess Alexandrine Cantacuzene and myself are the vice presidents, and we have a mem| comprising groups from some 30 ferent countries. position for outstanding achieyements ** * and in these days of readjustment zgnrecnnnmmm holds a key posi- 94000 LOOT TAKEN IN ROBBERY WAVE Georgia Avenue Delicatessen Is Scene of Hold- up. Nearl;” a score of robberies, in which | bandits, burglars and petty thieves ob- tained cash, jewelry, clothing and other loot with g total value of more than $4,000, were under investigation today by police. The latest robbery report was made 'blzm in han difficult prol dling the than 3.000 unwanted visitors. especmx:fiy' in the event of an emergency. Never- theless, he said, he and his subordinates had worked out a program of action, predicated on the duty of the depart- ment to maintain law and order and to protect life and property. Probing Demonstration. after Maj. Brown re- office at police head- Frank Tmm turned to Benjamin, leader of t| “hunger march,” has in- formed District officials these children will be ht to Washington as a preliminary- to the na- tional hunger march. The children are to be recruited from cities in the East and New England States, and Inspector Burke plans to contact police officials in these places in an effort to get advance informa- tion as to the number coming, the mode of transportation and the nature of the proposed demonstration at the White House. - Airport Site Offered. An offer to turn over the 2,000-acre George Washington airport site below Alexandria, ., for the use of the “hunger marchers” and other groups coming to Washington this Winter, was made today to Maj. Brown by Henry Woodhouss of New York. Woodhouse, a representative of the airport company, made a similar offer during the encampment of the bonus expeditionary force, but it was rejected because he stipulated the large tract would have to be cleared of underbrush and weeds. His new proposal is con- ditioned on “construction by some Fed- by Samuel Karlinsky, who said he was held up snd robbed of approximately $170 in his delicatessen at 2901 Georgia avenue shortly after 1 o'clock this few moments later, he said, they ap- proached him, and one of them ordered several cigars, proffering a $20 bill. When Karlinsky turned from the cigar box in which he keeps his paper money, he related, one of the men drew a revolver and ordered him to step aside. Pocketing the contents of the box, the robber, according to Karlinsky, m the cash register, '.h:ln sencllx: storekeeper’s pockets, reliev of his wallet. - After warning Karlinsky to make no outcry, the hold-up men ran from the store, leaped into & waiting automobile and sped away. The storekeeper gave police detailed descriptions of them. Mack Rutherford, 32, Walter Reed Hospital, was the victim of the e beat Bb over Ui head: oet night over 2 ht —t e nig! him into their car and driving him to “a town somewhere in Maryland.” He was treated at Emergency Hospital. . Jimmy thieves obtained a total of eral agency of temporary shelters for the unemployed. Check on Bonus Marchers. Checking up on repotts that 2,500 members of the original Bonus Expedi- tionary Force had secretly returned to ‘Washington, police learned that the remnants of the once large bonus army who started an organization known as the Khaki Shirts of America, had aban- doned headquarters in the 1800 block of North Capitol street and moved to the 1200 block of D street northeast. L. W. Walde, secretary of the organi- zation, said the North Capitol street headquarters had to be given up be- cause of the lack of funds. Other members told police the organization was “dying” because of dwindling financial support. ‘The latest organization to appeal to former tervice men not to participate in the various on-to-Washington move- ments is the District Department of the Disabled American Veterans. Rich- ard O. Molton, jr., commander of the only | department, issued the appeal, which pointed out that the various movements are “D:Tmz organized by Communistic s, him of $120 after forcing | agit: MARCHERS AT WINCHESTER. Small Delegation of World War Vet- $2,316 in an apartment house in the hm)ekalrg‘ ) W and clothing valued at $1,245 from the suite of Miss Martha E. Hughes and Miss Vernita Branson, and ; cles worth $1,071 from the apart- ment of Miss Minnie F. Dean, Roosevelt High School teacher. Both burglaries were reported . d‘?rgyerur:.bbanu ‘were . Thelme. » 1366 Shep- herd street; Miss Bessle Levinson, 1629 Columbia road; John C. Royle, 4721 Blagden terrace; Mrs. J. H. Polking- bham, 3154 Monroe street, and Mrs. Sadie Morris, 1919 Sixth street. Mrs, widow sald key to trance. Royle said two fur coats, worth $300, were_stolen from his home while he HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 16. A meeting of the Executive Commit of the Young Men's Democral Club of Prince Georges County has been mmnl‘?thihm 9:30 o'clock, the Waldman 'P. apartment o by | Cor erans Arrive, Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November 16— A small delegation of World War vet~ erans, bearing placards indicating they were on their way to Washington to de- mand payment of the bonus, arrived here today to await the com- of reinforcements from other sections of the country. The veterans f‘lme in cars bearing gs. Representatives of service mens’ or- ganizations said they had no intention of en the veterans to camp in Winchester, and called their attention to Gov. Pollard’s warning from the mmissioners of the District of Co- lumbia that the municipal government of Washingtot: is utterly without funds to feed and shelter any of the relief- seeking groups. POLLARD HITS DEMAND. Declares” State Will Not Provide Food for Marchers, RICHMOND, Va., Novémber 16 (#).— to & telegram received from