Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1932, Page 14

A—U ws RF.CADSOUGHT “FOR, ELIVINATING “BLICHTED” AREAS Brehitects Propose Board to Control Replacement of Buildings. DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER LEGISLATION ®lan Modeled After Acts Passed in New York State and Ohio. A definite step to make the District eligible for loans from the Reconstruc- tion Pinance Corporation for develop- ment of large scale housing projects to replace “blighted” areas has been taken by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. ter, the chapter has drafted proposed | Hall apartments here. legislation to provide for creation of a | District Housing Board to regulate en- terprises conducted by limited profit corporations incorporated under the act. | | York. Baby Plays With Wild Kitten CUB HEADED FOR ZOO IF HE GETS TOUGH. Nency Jean Veasey, 15 months old, and Estanislan, a 6-mcnth-old oscelot cub, find it's lots of fund being kids together as Nancy pays a call on the Colom- After an extended study of the mat- | bian “tiger” kitten in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Price at the London The Prices’ son, Richard M., reprecentative of an Amer- ican business firm in Colombia, Central America, captured the cub there and sent it back as a pet for his two little nieces, Joan and Patricia Lovejoy of New If Estanislan gets ferocious he will soon find himself in a zoo. Nancy | Jane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Veasey, also THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TOBEINCLUDEDIN SHENANDOAH PARK Hoover Deeds 165 Acres on Rapidan River for U. S. Project. LAND IS CONDEMNED; CLEAR TITLES SOUGHT Virginia Conservation Commission Head to Complete Transfer With Richey on Monday. President Hoover's Rapidan River camp is to become part of the proposed Shenandoah National Park. The now historic fishing rendezvous |in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir- | ginia witnessed notable international | conferenices, outstanding among which | was that with Prime Minister Mac- Donald of Great Britain three years ago. | The Chief Executive and Mrs. Hoover, | with many of their friends, have spent | | many Summer week ends at the moun- | |tain_retreat during their four years of the London Hall. |occupancy of the White House. ~ Now | —Star Staff Photo. |it is to be incorporated into the great The proposed legisiation has been | placed before the District Commission- | ers and members of the National Capi- | tal Park and Planning Commission for consideration John Ihlder, housing consultant_of the planning commission here, also has been asked to review the plan. Members of the chapter of archi- | tects hope for consideration of the leg- | sslation by Congress at the coming ses- | ston. | SAVINGS IN SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SOUGHT Dr. Ballou to Ask Director- ship Instead of Assistant Superintendent. Modeled After New York. The proposed law, it is announced, has been modeled after the State housing board acts of New York and Ohio, which make those States eligible for loans from the finance corporaticn Tor slum clearance projects. The chapter proposal has been draft- ed by a committee of architects, in- cluding _Louis Justement, chairman; | Robert F. Beresford, Gilbert L. Rodier | and Delos H. Smith, Francis P. Sulli-| Dr- Frank W. Ballou, superintendent | wan is president of the chapter. | of schools, will recommend that the public playground of the East, and will be held in readiness for use by future Presidents. | President Hoover has deeded over the | 165 acres purchased by him the first | Summer he was President, along with | the buildings erected upon this land, and the necessary condemnation pro- ceedings have been entered upon to comply with legal requirements of the | State of Virginia and the Federal Gov- ernment for this tract to become a part of the park under the Federal Gov- | ernment. Condemnation Effected. Already the condemnation proceed- ings necessary to meet Virginia's laws | have been consummated through the | offices of the Virginia Conservation Commission. The next step will be to obtain clear title, preparatory to turn- ing it over to the Federal Government. This particular tract, with other tracts | nearby, which have been used in con- | | nection_with the President’s camp, but OPIUM SMUGGLERS TAXU. 3. INGENUITY Methods to Foil Activities Is- sued in Treasury’s An- nual Report. Uncle Sam’s ingenuity is taxed to the utmost to foil the strategy of opium ,v D. C. The Washington chapter, at a recent | Board of Education ask President Hoo- meeting, went on record in favor of|ver to authorize the elimination of one smugglers, according to the annual re- |port of narcotic traffic activities just v legislation and adoption of necessary legi | issued by the Treasury Department. All Sorts of Trickery. s Tepresentatives have held confer- | ssistant superintendency and create in ences with Col. U. S. Grant, executive | its place a new directorship. offiger of the Park and Planning Com- | This ws - i bl Hei s was Indicated yesterday folloW-| oy sorts of trickery 15 resorted to, tion of Washington's alley dwellings, | 0§ an executive conference Detween|u.. renor points out. Seventy-three | The proposed housing board would be | Dr. Ballou and his official staff, which | . hi Ak | given direct and extensive control over | marked the end of the first chapter in | 0NCes of morphine were carried off a | the projects carried on by private cor- | the superintendent’s efforts to dispose | Japanese ship at Seattle in the cotton- | porations created under provisions of | Of the vacancy created by the death | quilted jacket of a dapper quarter-| the act, including the preparation of | last month of Miss Rose Lees Hardy, as- | master. = Forty-seven tins of heroin | general plans for developments, regula- | Sistant superintendent in charge of | were discovered in 12 innocent-looking | tion of rentals in the new developments | €lementary instruction. | barrels of olive oil on a Greek boat and power to enforce its rulings. The change in the positions will re- | docked at Brooklyn. The Federal Stockholders in such corporations | Sult in an immediate savings of $1.300 | agents discovered dope in such unmmyl would be limited to a return not in ex- | On the first year's salary. Miss Hardy | places as a hollow mast, under the | cess of 6 per cent per year on their | Was at the top of her classification as |fisor of a pantry locker, in a pillow slip | investments. s unnslsust:lrfiy s:gef;fmdm;“:lfi m:‘n and a laundry bag, in egg crates in the | Right of Eminent Domain. ning salary for the new director would To enable the building corporations to | be $3,200. The new position's salary sbtain all the parcels of property needed | Would be increased, under normal con- for creation of new housing to replace | ditions to a maximum of $3,700. The “blighted areas,” the District Housing | ReW director would be immediately sub- Board would be given the right of | Ordinate to Robert L. Haycock, assistant eminent domain, under and pursuant | Superintendent. to the condemnation law. Dr. Ballou would not discuss his | The proposed legislation calls for an | Plans for recommending the reorgani- annual appropriation of $25.000 from | Zation. However, it is known that he | he revenues of the Disirict for the | has interviewed from one to six school expenses of the work of the commission, | Principals and teachers daily since he o " | took up consideration of the existin SETN SHERTL I DATE BY B SSRGS | cliih Tow: woith W e ot N against limited dividend corporations | e - g gl el | make known his plans, he said, until | The law proposed by the architects’ | his recommendation has been approved A “ te pub- | by the Board of Education’s Commit- e fiter i e gt S0/ pnis DUE ] 9 ou (Peoomn: iand finally by the lic health, safety, morals and general | p . - | President. Public discussicn of the pro- welfare: By providing for the elimina- | Preeid change, he explained, -'wguldi stir up again the feelings” of the school | tion of insanitary and dangerous hous- | S 2 ing conditions and for the constricHon | oyoiey, Darsonnel which, .he adoitied. | already had been riled by rumors of and supervisior of safe and sanitary | housing at reasonable rentals; making a | i e8Qy study of housing conditions and needs; | th¢ change. authorizing the incorporation of limit- | ed dividend housing companies and | prescribing the rights, powers and du- ties thereof.” Seven Members on Board. The proposed District of Columbia AT Housing Board would consist of seven | Funeral services were to be held here members: The chairman of the Na- |2t 3 oclock this afternoon for Edward tional Capita] Park and Planning Com- iGrN retired pharmacist and ‘ormer mission, the District Engineer Commis- | Tesident of Washington, who died Thurs- sioner and the District building inspec- | 42Y in Hudson, N, Y. tor. as ex-officio members; and four | Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. citizens well qualified and experienced | Margaret's Episcopal Church, was to | in modern housing practice and poli- | Officiate at the ceremonies at Gawler's | cies, to be appointed by the President, | funeral establishment. | at leasi two of whom are to be bona | Mr. Green was a resident of this city | fide residents of the District and se- | for 15 years. He retired five years ago | lected on recommendation of the Dis- |8nd moved to New York. He was a trict Commissioners. member of the New Jerusalem Lodge of | Members of the bhoard would serve Masons, the Knights Templar and the without salary, except for one acting as | Shriners. - tor of housing for the board Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. | e proposal for Government loans | Lilian Green; two daughters, Mrs. Mary for such housing projects is based on a | Lowrey and Miss Lillien Green, and a belief that the needs here go beyond | 500, Edward Elliott Green. the problem of elimination of the alley | While in Washingtcn the family lived dwelling. There is need, the architects | 3t 1860 Mintwood place. believe, for creation of new, modern and sanitary housing for the portion of | > population in the lowest income . now provided housing in Wash- “blighted” or obsolete dwell- FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY | FOR EDWARD GREEN| | Deaths Reportca. Sarah A. Smoot. 516 7th st se Willlam Shafen? 4405 1 st Mary Wright. 40, G pita Unknown, about 35 Hospital 38." Walier Reed Hos- Taft Bridge. | 4. Castaity Hos- This argument is presented in the re- | pitap o> O Simpsor. po:t of the committee of the local chap- ter of the itute of Architects, ap- proved recently. Housing Overproduced. “The mounting vacancy figures for | Pial ses and apertments,” the report eem to indicate that cverything else, has been ‘Orricon Smith. 0. Sarah E_A_Shorte of Charles J 1914 Bohrer st . 117 U st s0n, Gallinger Hos- chison. 497 L . n.w revce and Elizabeth | Hospital nnie Knott, of James A ) o Providence Hos- | pital | . however, that hous- the pecple has for the very been pro- in the last profitable to > most prosperous third ing for twc | fat. HINT OF RETIRING IS GIVEN : BY HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE steward's ice box, behind the pineling | of a state room, in coal bunkers under | a mountain of fuel. From the Far East thrcugh Pacific ports comes most of the smoking opium in characteristic packages bearing the imprint of a rooster, a picture of a little man on a queer horned animal, and numerous Chinese char- | acters. Turkey, the government reported. scems to have replaced France as the principal source of narcotics, the bulk of which enters through New York. One Federal agent contracted to buy 75 ounces of merphine from two smug- glers for $3,525. “In order to receive delivery,” said the report, “the offizer and an employe were compelled to ride in an automobile to a dark street. followed by another car in which other members of the smugeling gang were seated. Both cars stopped and while the actual delivery | was being madc the agent and his em- | phreys, a splencid road has been built ploye were covered with a machine to guard against possible arrest. Career at An End. The career of the schooner Mara- bella now seems definit<ly at an end, the report says, thanks to the co-opera- tion of the Chinese, Canadian, Pana- manian and Mexican governments. Flying the flag of Panama, the auda- cious craft in the Summer of 1931 sailed from China with a big cargo of aliens and opium and, despite a care- ful watch along the Pacific Coast, sneaked into a secluded Mexican port and landed its contraband with the aid of airplanes. The United States Government this year succeeded in haing the ship con- fiscated by the Chines> gavernment, its registry canceled ny Panama and its skipper banished by Chinese authorities. MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR DIES AT SISTER'S HOME gun Miss Elizabeth Anderson Taylor, 80, died early today at the home of her sister, Mrs, Fannie Cclmesnil, 2509 Seventeenth street, with whcm she lived. She had bzen il for two months. Mise Taylor came here 18 years ago from Henderson, Ky. She was a mem- ber of the Richard Stoddari Ewel Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- federacy. Surviving her are Mrs Colmesnil and another sister, Mrs Sarah Marchall of Henderson. Funeral servics wil be hcld at 2 p.m. tomor: a* the residence. Buriel will be in Henderson sperous two-thirds of had to move into of the more ed in th: of our citi which we call President Campbell, Hoover of With a frankness that is characte istic, Thomas E. Campbell, who heads the Civil Service Commiscion, today cpeculated on the prcbability of his re- tirement from the presicency of the Government's huge personnel agency as the result of the forthceming change ir administretion. Addres-ing rome 400 emploves of the commission at a meeting celled in the interests of the Community Che:t, Prec- ident Campbell, who is a Republican appointes cf President Hoover, without referring_dire=t his own’ politiccl faith, said that it was probebly the X time he would be associated with Civil Service femily” in a civic venture Mr. Campkell h unit cf the Community Che-t and this m 7's meeting was held to present “100 per cent” bannc's to four divi- sions of the commission which have t seem possible, the chap- . that private ini- able to solve the n the older por- tions of Ameri “Evil Effects Apparent.” evil of bad housing for have been quit two generations, tive, during all that any serious effort ard pri time, has not m t_condition: during these T the N: times when busi- lon are men to work 2s been discussed, solving the proo- initiative alone t relief bill, in which the $1,500,000,000 is made available im clearance and other self-Lq- uidating. projects, limits the lending of money to States which have a State Housing Commission chould not be extended to the crdinary type of non-regulated corporation “The rebuilding of blighled areas| There is, therefore, urgent need of a cannot be accomplished without the | District 'Housing Commission, wlich right of eminent domain, a right which | would have the power to regulate hn is given to private limitad dividend cor- | ited dividend housing corporations porations under the New York State | much as the public utility corporations ( now are regulated.” The proposed District Housing Bo would be empowered to study housing total exemption from taxes and co-op- | conditions, to prepare projects and pro- eration of municipal or Federal G grams for correction of ccnditions emments in the form of large loans at | found to be opposed to the public we!- moderate interest rates will be required | fare, to recommend or approve areas to reduce costs sufficiently to house the | for Jhousing developments of limited class of people it is desired to reach. | profit corporations under:the act and “The right of eminent domain and | to develop plans for the reconstruction tae benefits of tax exemption obviously of blighted or slum areas. 14 housing law. “Co-operation and help from municipality in the form of pardal the Appointee, Tells Employes quotas. The 11 the Gov- g more than ge of pledges for the Chest, having reached 72 per cent of its qusta. Two G. O. P. Members. Campbell = one of the two Re- publican members of the ccmm ssicn, the other being Commissicner George W:les, who t the end cf t Hoover accedes to a commission fcrmer na, has be:n wilh tae co; two ye:crs A wining enginzer for a leng time eciive in re tion work in the Wast, his name had premnent in pelidical g Intcrior ent Pre re-cleded and Se 3 to Teturn o his duties at Leland ferd. Tc Sl Giving Spirit Praiced. Noting the sizz cf the empioyes’ con- 'l praised 7 had given, cal'- ct that member: afl hove suffercd at. thel 20 p r cent told ihe workors that he had P2y s rangng as high a He als: | mission that the emploves there were | “stuck up,” and he added that if “stuck |up” meant taking pride in work well |dcne they were entitled to adopt that | attitude. - | which have been leased, will be con-; demned and taken over by the Federal | Government. William E. Carson, chairman of the | Virginia Conservation Commission, who has been personally attending to con- demnation proceedings and preparation of necessary titles, will call at the White House Monday to work out with Lawrence Richey, the President’s secre- tary, details incident to completicn of this transaction. In a letter to Chair- man Carson two years ago President Hoover expressed the wish that his camp be made available for future Presidents. This letter of the President’s was in reply to one received from Mr. Carson, informing the President that the Rapi- dan camp was within the proposed park boundaries, but that the commis- sion had no intention of interfering | with the plans of the President for making the camp his retreat during his term of office. At the time the | Precident made it known he intended | when he went out of office to deed the | property to the Government, so as to make it a part of the proposed park |and to suggest that it be maintained | for any of his successors in office who | might care to journey to that section | | for brief vacations or for the purpose | of Summer conferences. Road Built From Highway. When President Hoover acquired his 165 acres of camp property that section | was virtually a mountain wilderness, | with only the roughest sort of trafl | leading from the main highway. Since | then, with the assistance of the Ma- | rines, who were stationed in that vi- cinity to serve as guards for the camp, | and units of Engineers from Fort Hum- | from the main highway at Criglersville, | at the foot of the mountain, to the | camp and on over the crest of the | mountain, connecting up with the | mountain’ highway. Also there has | been more than 15 buildings erected on the President’s property, a water sup- Lply and necessary electrical equipment | installed, and everything else provided to make the spot a comfortable and attractive one. It is understood that | various buildings and cabins, along with |the piping and electrical 'equipment, could not be installed today at market prices for less than $200,000. Besices | the President’s cabin, there are the | large mess hall, a so-called community center, which has served as a congre- gating place for gue:ts at week end parties; the servants' quarters and in- | dividual cabins for the guests. In 1929, when citizens of Madison County. Va., gave a large outdoor recep- | tion at Madison, Va., in honor of the: | President and Mrs. Hoover, the former ! |in a brief speech then expressed the | hope that the proposed Shenandoah | National Park, would soon become a# | reality, and that his camp along the ! | headwaters of the Rapidan would be | & part of that park. Since then he h:s taken the keenest interest in aZvancing preparation for establishment of the| park. Besides the 165 acres purchased by the President, there were several thou- | sand other acres leased to be used in| | connection with the camp. About 1,200 acres of this was for the use of the| Marines. The remainder was along the Rapidan and other creeks in the vicin- ity to be uttlized for fishing purposes. | THOMAS J. TRACEY DIES Thomas J. Tracey, 80, réiired coai| operator, who spent the last 25 years of his life in Washington, died las night at his home, 331 Thirteenth street nertheast | A native of Schuylkill County, Pa., Mr. Tracey is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ellen N. Tracey; two sons, John and Richard, and three daughters, | Mrs. Mary Abernathy, Mrs. Joseph Rob- son and Mrs. Ernest Clemens, all of Washington. Funeral services will be held Mon- day at 9 am. at the Holy Comforter Church, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Births R.eported walter M. and Mary C. Hile Willlam H. and Theresa John E. and Aleas: Addams §. 554 Home Ald Walter J. and Viole: Keeler, bov Artaur P. and Martha Carson, boy. Andrew D. end Letha Shorter. girl. Coleman F. and Zula Summers. girl d M-Traret H.Tasie,gil thy Bowic, glil. Sullivan. girl t L Anson. girl ¥, boy. s, b been told before he ceme to the com- | ith. boy. d Emma Minor. girl Lawrence and Iola Davis. girl, Frank and Rose Buren. Wilton and Sarah Henson, IN FIGHT ON 0. § PAY GUT RENEWAL Resolution Asking Repeal of Economy Act to Be Given Convention. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES WILL SEND DELEGATES Green Will Be Requested to Call Meeting Here to Map Uni- form Attack. ‘The force of the American Federation of Labor will be invoked in the fight by Government workers against threatened continuance of the economy act. On behalf of the newly formed Amer- jican Federation of Government Em- ployes, an affiliate of the American Fed- eration of Labor, David R. Glass, first vice president, will go as a delegate from the employes, to the Federation of Labor convention, opening in Cincin- nati Monday, to present their cause. All other groups of Government work- ers likewise will be represented at the convention, and it is intended that this group of delegates will get together in Cincinnati Monday night to draw up resolutions which the federation will be asked to support, it was said today by M. T. Finnen, secretary of the National Association of Letter Carriers. ‘Will Offer Resolutions, Glass will present resolutions adopted by the American Federation of Govern- ment Employes, in session here, calling for repeal of the economy act, 30-year optional retirement and classification for employes in field service, the issue which last year caused the split Be- tween the A. F. of L. and the National Federation of Federal Employes, and led to formation of the Amersan Fed- eration of Government Employes. Glass also is hopeful that William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, can be prevailed upon to call a meeting here of the heads of all unions in which Federal employes hold membership, te formulate a uni- form Jine of attack on the economy act. e believes this is preferable, he sald, to independent action by the unions. Finnan, whose organization has 60.- 000 members, hit the movement fot con- tinuation of the economy act, now un- derstood to be backed by the Bureau of the Budget, declaring “to attempt to liquidate the depression on the salaries of letter carriers and other government employes receiving meager wages is fallacious.” Says Pay Should Be Raised. “As a matter of fact,” he continued, “the wages should be increased and not decreased. The reduction of the wages of letter carriers and other gov- ernment employes will not only retard the return of prosperity, but will have { Do appreciable effect on the problem of government taxation. “It is imperative that immediate ac- tion be taken by all government em- ployes affected. The agencies work- ing for continued operation of the economy act for another year are busy night and day. Our forces should be equally alert. Our answer to their campaign should and will' be an un- qualified and insistent demand for the repeal of the economy act during the forthcoming session of Congress.” He said that’ “various movements” organized o press for government ecor omy are spending “‘enormous amounts mn their campaign. REAR ADMR. HAYDEN BURIED IN ARLINGTON ired Naval Officer, Outstanding Scientist, Originated Standard Time Service. Reer Admiral Edward E Hayden, U. S. N.. ieti:ed, was buried todey in Arlingion National Cemeiery after fu- neral services at Washington Cathedral. He died Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Regarded as the foremost authority on ocean storms and hurricanes. A miral Hayden was one of the Navy's outstanding scientists. He was orig- inator of the standard time service. Honorary pallbearers included Surg. Gen. Hugh 8. Cumming, United States Fublic Health Servic Surg Gen. Charles E. Higgs, Army; Brig. Gen. S E. Tillman, Capt. Edward Dorn, Comdr. H. Harlow and Comdr. Theodcre Dewey. Admir2] Hayden is survived by his J widow and two sons, Col. H. B. Hayden, U. S. A, retired, and Capt. Reynolds Hayden, U. S. N, commander of the hospital at the Quantico Marine base. MRS. MARY B. EDWARDS WILL BE BURIED MONDAY ¢ Mrs. Mary B. Edwards, 72, a native of Washingion, who was fetally injured November 10 when siruck by a strcet car in Beverly Hills, Calif., the home of her daughter, Mrs. Francis S. Forst. will b buried Monday beside her hus- band, the late Brig. Gen. John E:- wards, U. 8. A, in Arlington National Cemctery. Funeral services will be held at 10 am. at the S. H. Hines funeral parlor. Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong resident of th's city, and attended the District public s-hcols. Two years ago she went to live with Mrs. Forst, and was struck by the street car while sinz a down- _town thoroughfare in Beverly Hills. Besides Mrs. Forst, Mrs. Edwards is survived by ancther daughter, Mrs. M. F. L'Hommedieu. 1318 Harvard street. Gen. Fdwards. a Civil War veteran, died several years ago. oe Licenzes. Frances C. Gust Rev. Allan F. Marri Ralph 8! 19, ooth Pocre Morris Yaffee. ° 28, both of Balt hu 8. and of Philadelphia . and Freda Rube: re; Rev. G. Silv ther Listrine Fuller, Seaton pl., and Rev. Aithur Ihurst. Miss tenden st.; Rev 105 North Cap'- 1740 Euclid and Dehlgren, Frederick: 5. and Mary imore: R= nd Jeen R. Rev. Abram Waranch, R mon. L e pl.; Rev. ant V. H. olson. Raymond Gore e. 0 dst st se. Austi, i 530 16, Brentwood, Md.: Iowa Apartments, . 23, Nashville, Tenn.: and Heanah W. Rev. J. T. R and Mildred E_Aus N £ ’ SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 19 d cut avenue and Ellicott street. RUSTEES, directors and friends of the Methodist Home for the Aged gathered yesterday to attend tree-planting exercises commemorating the George Washington Bicentennial, at the institution’s grounds, Connecti- Above: Mrs. Samuel Polkinhorn, who was in charge of the ceremony, turns a spadeful of dirt on the tree. —Star Staff Photo. THE WEATHER District of Columbia: Fair, with cold wave and lowest temperatiTe about 26 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and colder, rising temperature Monday; mod- erate to fresh northwest winds dimin- ishing by tomorrow morning. Maryland: Fair with cold wave, ex- cept snow flurries in west portion to- night; tomorrow fair and colder. Virginia: Generally fair with a cold wave, freezing temperature on the coast tonight; tomorrow fair and colder. West Virginia: Generally fair with a cold wave except snow flurries in ex- treme east portions tonight: tomorrow fair and colder in east portions. Forecast for Week of November 21 to November 26, Inclusive. Fair Monday, rain Tuesday, except snow or rain near Canadian border; then generally fair until Friday or Sat- urday, when rain is again indicated. Monday and Tuesday, colder middle of week and warmer by Friday. River Report. Potomac River little cloudy and Shenandoah River clear this morning. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Inches. 30.18 30.13 29.99 Yesterday— 4 pm. | Highest, g0, 64. Lowest, 42, 9:00 p.m. yesterday. Year ago, 59. 54, Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. " '&:38am. 12:03 pm. .. 6:19pm. The Sun and Moon, Rises. Sun, today .. 6:35 2 Sun, tomorrow 6:56 4:52 Moon, today.. 10:13 pm. 12:11pm. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour afier sunset. Rainfall. Monthly rainfall in inches in the Capital (current moenth to date): Month, 1932 Average. Record. - 482 355" 700 ‘Tomorrow. 12:18am. 23 a.m. 7:15 p.m. Sets. '89 '00 28 "6 November . December “ejure Stations. Weather. WUAH &vpa9isos | "megor wug Raining Cloudy [ = Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy .. Ptcloudy § Cloudy 30,0 ittt 4 Raining . Clear Clear Reining Cloudy Raining WASH . Cold Sunday night, rising temperature | 12:57p.m. | 'MISSION WILL DISTRIBUTE 5 |Society Conducts Annual Business Session at Washington Club. | Dr. Clarence A. Weaver was re-elected | president of the District of Columbia WEAVERRE-RLECTED NATIVES PRESIDENT FINE ARTS GROUP DECIDES ON ELMS FOR MALL HIGHWAY Reaches Agreement With Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission. REPORT MADE ON GARDEN PLANS AT MONUMENT Possible Effects Upon Stability of Shaft Discussed by Maj. D. H. Gillette. American elm trees will line the four pretentious higliways in the Mall from the Capitol to near the Washington Monument. This decision was reached yesterday afternoon at a joint meeting of the Fine Arts Commission and th& National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, Considerable discussion preceded the | vote, in which the planting of oak, | sycamore, red oaks and severa! types of | elms was discussed. The consensus was | that American elms should be utilized, because the arching together of the trees on either side of a highway gives a ;Gothlc arch effect, such as along New Hampshire avenue. Traffic Problems Discussed. Traffic problems on Columbia Island engaged the attention of the two com- missions, but it was decided to ask the architects of the Arlington Memorial | Bricge, McKim, Mead & White of | New York, to give the problems addi- tional concentration. The commissions discussed advisability of having two | traffic circles on the axis between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House, as well as another circle at the north- west end of the island, to connect with | the Lee Boulevard and another circle | at the southeast end of the island, link- | ing traffic with the Mount Vernon Me- | morial Highway and the Virginia road | system. Under the proposed traffic pro- | gram, only national parades and State | tunerals, traveling along Constitution avenue and over the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery, | Society of Natives at its annual busi- | jo i, Pess unhampered along the axis. ness meeting last night at the Wach. ington Club. In his election Dr. Weaver defeated Jesse Suter by a vote of 28 to 13, and at Mr. Suter'’s sug- gestion the re-election of Mr. Weaver | was made unanimous. Other officers chesen included Judge Robert Mattingly, who was retained as first vice president; Henry W. Samson, second vice president; Mrs. Ada Hodge, | third vice president; ;Brlght. who was retained as recording secretary; Mrs. Watson V. Shelton, cor- | responding secretary; Frederick G. Um- hau, who was elected to his sixth term |as treasurer, and James F. Duhamel, | who was re-elected historian. | Two Delegates Named. | Fred Emerv, past president of the | society, and Willlam H. Groverman were | choten delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. Fellowing the election Dr. Weaver Entertainment Committee. During the business session Mr. Um- hau read the year’s report on the society’s treasury, Miss Etta L. Taggart reported on the work of the Federation of Citizens’ Associatjon, and Mrs. Oatley read her Membership Committee report. The society adopted a resolution call- | ing for the establishment of the waters |{of the Potomac River that are adja- | cent to the Washington and Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard as a bird sanctuary. The action was taken with a view to getting the Federation of Citizens’ Associations to seek protection of ducks on the river which now are "; | targets for sportsmen’s guns. 84 | 91 | 89 | Approves School Names. The society at the suggestion of Mr. Duhamel approved a list of five promi- | nent men in the history of Washington | as names of future public schools. The | names, which will be forwarded to the Board of Education, which now is con- | sidering naming several mew schools, 85 |are Washington Topham, prominent ,'gf | civic leader, who died recently; Gecrge | Digges, master of Warburton Manor, at | the present site of Fort Washington, who was George Washington's famous “Neighbour Digges”; George Mattingly, | old Washington steamboat owner; Not- | ley Young, original proprietor of the | Southwest section of what now is ‘Washmgton. and Hugh Taggart, a for- | mer United States attorney for the | District. In a brief paper which he read to the | soclety following the business meeiing Mr. Duhamel reviewed the history of the | section of the city surrounding the Capi: | tol. Referring to the forthcoming in- auguration of President-elect Franklin . Rcosevelt. Mr. Duhamel to'd the or- ganization that as Tiber Creek often Pi.cioucy | overflowed its banks, it chose the day of the inauguration of President Jefferson | to go on one of its rampsges. The President and his party were unable to t:cloudy | reach the Capitol in their carrazes |and on their horses, but were obliged to abandon their efforts to rice at | Second street and Pennsylvania avenue and ccntinue their journey on foot by | way of a pebbled walk and foot bridge. The meeting was concluded with & | musicel prcgram. Mrs. May Hayre, | contralto, and Mrs. Freda Phillips, so- | prano, were soloists. Mrs. Phillips and William G. Starke canz a cut. Mrs. | Robinson, chairman of the Entertain- ment Committee, planist. | Overcome by Gas in Garage. Franz C. Choate, 41, was overcome by carbon monoxide gas from his auto- mobile in the garage in rear of his home, 212 Ascot place northeast, yesterday | afternoon. He was taken to Casualty | Hospital, ‘where his condition was re- | vorted as fairly good this morning. 00 THANKSGIVING BASKETS TO NEEDY Many Church Organizations Co-Operate in Providing Cheer—Greater Necessity This Year Is Stressed. | In keeping with former years, many church crganizations are arranging to co-cperate with the Central Union Mis- sion in its annual ‘Thanksgiving day cheer to needy fami- lies of Washington. Social service workers at the mission have inquired into the needs of every | case, and between 500 and 600 baskets of food, each containing a substantial dinner, will be distributed from the dmlsslon headquarters on Thanksgiving ay. families will be given other necessities. distribution of | cf food will be given away this year a the mission quarters, and church or- ganizations which have assisted in the past and others who are seeking their first opportunity are requested to com- Miss Emma | reappointed Mrs. Ze'l W. Oatlev chair- | man of the Membership Committce and | | Mrs. Ella C. Robinson chairman of the | In noimal timese a chain would be fixed between the two circles across the axis, thus diverting trafic in a circular shape, arcund the circles. Ancther traffic plan for Columbia Island proposed traffic distribution, without assistance of the exterior cir- cles at either extremity of the island, but Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr., engineer | of the Planning Commission, explained | today that the whole matter will have | to be given further thought. Maj. D. H. Gillette, assistant execu- tive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission and a specialist on the Washington Monument foundation, submitted a lengihy report to the two commissions, relating to the proposed development of gardens at the base of the shaft. He discussed the possible effects the 1901 plan might have on the stability of the monument, peinting out that a Special Engineering Board, ap- pointed by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grani, 3d, vice chairman and executive officer of the Planning Commission, decided that no great amount of earth should be either taken away from or added to the area surrounding the base of the Wash- ington Mcnumen:. The two commissions will ettempt to decide the best thing to do that will | least affect the stability of the mcru- ment. So-called formal and Informal plans were discussed. Caemmerer Reports. H. P. Caemmerer, executive secre- tary of the Fine Arts Commission, made a report. on proj regulations for Washington builders under the Ship- stead-Luce act, requiring Government indorsement for plans of structures fronting on Federal and municipal properties here. A copy of the pro- | posed regulations was placed in the | hands of each member of the Plan- | ning Commission _and given the per- | sonnel of its staff. Earlier, the e | Arts Commission. at a separate meet- | ing, bad approved the proposed regula- tions and the final vote will be taken | by the planners. At noou, the Fine Arts Commission, holding its own meeting, visited the | site of the proposed Fort Reno High School and dec.ded that architectural plans stould fit in with the location to J the best advantage. A. L. Harris, muni- | cipal architect, is perfecting the final | plans for the new school. The com- | mission also studied preliminary de- | s’'gns for ofl stations, one at Twenty- | seventh, F streets and New Hampshire avenue, submitted by Architect Williem 1. Deming. and another proposed sta- tion, plans for which were drawn by Julius Wenig, another architect. FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY FOR COL. EDWARD BROWN Burial Arrangements for 82-Year- Old Retirsd Army Officer to Be Made Later. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon for Col, Edward T. Brown, | 82-year-cld retired Army officer, who | died Thursday night at Walter Reed Hospital. Chaplain R. E. Boyd was to conduct the service at 2:39 o'clock at | Tabler’s undertaking establishment. Burial arrangements will be made later. Col. Brown, a veteran of the Spanish- | American War and Philippine Insurrec- | tion, retired in 1911 at his own re- quest, after more than 49 years' service, He was graduated from the Military | Academy in 1873 and commissioned in | the 5th I”7eld Atillery. ‘While stationed 2t Fort Warren, Mass., Col, Brown was awarded a gold medal | by Congress for hercism in saving lives | on the occasion of the sinking of the United States tug Resolve in Boston | Harbor January 3, 1900, He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Angelina W. Brown of Paris, Me.; a | daughter, the wife of Lieut. Col. George | E Turner, retired. of Redlands, Calif., and a son, Col. Thomas W. Brown of | Fort Benning, Ga. | | CITY NEWS IN ];RIEF. TODAY. Depression ball, State Societies, Washe ington Hotel, 9:20 p.m. Meeting, Wicconsin State Society, Wil- | 1ard Hotel, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Eizh: v Ch:pel, Twelfth and C streets southwe: p.m. Card party and dance, Unity Play Unity Chaptgy, O. E. 9 pm. Meeting, League for the Larger Life; House, | municate with the mission. Names of | 816 Sixteenth street, 8:15 p.m. In addition to food, many of the <o as to avoid families recei The necessity for giving has never | been so great during the past three a central point of handling all cases. years as now, Sup.. John S. Bennett sald, and for this reason no limit has been fixed on the numbers of families | to be added. The special Thanksgiving offerings will be distributed as far as dren's Emergency Home, they go, it was said in explanation ef the need for the utmost co-operation. It s understood that all | ! families will be supplied and informa- tion given as to specific needs. The Women’s Guild, which volun- teers its services each Thanksgiving and Christmas, will have charg: of dis- tributing the baskets of food. Strict | precautions will be taken, it was sald, ving more | than one basket. For-this reason it | was believed the better plan is to have The families receiving aid comprise many new ones, added to the mission's regular list this year by reason of acute vnemployment ccnditions. At the Chil- | which th: Central Union Mission conducts also, the 40 boys and girls will have & spe- | | Bingo party, Mizpah Chapter, O. E. S., Georgetown Masonic Hall, 1210 Wis- consin avenue, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Ladies' Aid Society, Epiphany Chapel, Twelfth and C streets | southwest, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Georgetown University Dental School, Mayflower Hotel, 10 p.m. Card party, Daughters of American Colonists, Thomas Circle Club, 2 p.m. Dance, Defense Post. No. 2357, V. F. W., Masonic Hall, Milis and Rhode Is- land avenues northeast, 9 p.m. Thanksgiving dance, Curley Club, Continental How.' l:lOmm