Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1932, Page 17

Washi ngton News NANY ROLPS O PANSFORSTAGH GREATINLEURAL Beard of Trade and Greater Naticnal Capital Group Take Initiative. WIRE SENT TO GRAYSON URGING COLORFUL FETE Proceeds of Semi-Official Ball Would Be Given to Com- munity Chest. Plans for giving Washington a color- ful inaugural next March were taking form today as widely diverse groups started co-operating on preparations for making the affair a national cele- bration. Initiative was taken today in a_tele- gram sent by the Washington Board of Trade and its Greater National Capi- tal Committee to Admiral Cary QGrayson, chairman of the Democratic Inaugural Committee, who is conferring with Gov. Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga., on inaugural plans. ‘Taking assurances from those close to Gov. Roosevelt that the lid was off the inaugural so long as expenditure of public funds was not involved and that the President-elect has no objection to ‘Washington and the rest of the Nation making merry at its own private expense on the day he takes over the helm of the ship of State. The Board of Trade offered its services in promoting & patri- otic celebration calculated to start the Nation on a new administration in a Joyous spirit. Would Aid Chest Fund. One of the inaugural features pro- posed in the telegram to Admiral Gray- son is a semi-official inaugural ball, to which the new President would be in- vited as guest of honor, the proceeds to 80 to the Community Chest. John F. Costello, Democratic ne- tional committeeman for the District of Columbia, approved the action taken by the Board of Trade. Later the Democratic chieftains of Washingten, | Tepresentatives of other trade and civic organizations, representatives of rail- roads, bus companes and hotels and others interested in promoting a large celebration will be brought together by the Board of Trade and the Greater Nationa! Capital Committee to formu- late plans for enlisting the entire coun- try in the celebration An actual inaugural ceremony that will be sizple and dignified, and be of 1O cost to .he Federal Government, is dispatches m where the President- from the rigors of his | s E opposed to the transportation trocps or bluejackets from other rec- of ths countrv, it is stated, bui 'would not object to having troops quar- tefed near, Wachin-ton taking pari in, the inaugural parade. No mention hes | been made of the West Point cadets, | but the Annapolis midshipmen, nearby on the Severn, could be brought to ‘Washington for the parade at little or no expense and would make a showing 28 of other inaugural years. Will Return Sunday. Admiral Grayson is expected back in Washington Sunday, and will make a geport to the Democratic Advisory Committee, on inaugural plans at a luncheon meeting at the University [Club. Shortly thereafter the machinery /of his committee will be set up, a head- quarters will bz established and the rk of planning the multitude hat must werk with clocl cent Admiral Greyson tcday | ov: “The Washington Board of Trade, consisting of approximately 4,000 l:Bd-; ing business and professional men of} the ci as patriotic inspiration to the rest of the country and to co-operate toward making dignified and attractive cere- mony in Capital during that period. Fully understand President-elect does not desire spending public funds. Pre- sume there is no objection to making event inspiring one from local point of view. Do you think President-elect would attend semi-official inaugural ball, the proceeds to go to the Com- munity Chest? We have absolutely no desire to conflict with, or usurp pre-i rogatives of local Democratic Commit- | te2 or such groups as may have matter in charge, but the bcard’s Greater Na- tional Ca 1 Committe>, time staff of 20 employes, ment devoted entirely to promotion of information and interest in the Na- tional Capital. With their experience, their publicity department, their litera- ture and desire to call the attention of the country to the inaugural, then can co-operate effectively if desired. The of Trade would like to be helpful.” (Signed “President Trade.” “BEN T. WEBSTER, Washington Board | of ! Raiircads to Co-operate. d of the! Grezter D Commit:ce, today said | his ccmmittee has the ascurence of the co-cperation cf the railrcads to provide ! special rates for brirging visitors to the Cepital for the inaugural. Pub'icizing of the inaugural celebration v.m'cu%h railroad publicity offices throughout the country, and, if necessary, establish- ment of inaugural specials and other facilities to get people to Washington for the celebration. Posters, calling attention to the cele- oration, will be sent out by the general inaugural committee to be organized by Washingtonians, and every effort will be made to bring to Washington the largest throng ever to witness the induction cf a President into office. | have been given by | s that there will be mace in hotel rates during tion $25,000 WILL BROKEN BY DECEASED’S NIECES Caveat Charged Daniel McCarthy With Mental Incapacity and Undue Influence. A will disposing of $25,000, probated in 1922, was broken yesterday by the verdict of a jury in District Supreme Cour; folowing a trial lasting nearly a ! | Spikes, l HIS pulchritudincus quintet will Can’t You See,” at Tech High & McNary. Rehearse for G. W. Show TROUBADOURS TO PRESENT MUSICAL COMEDY THIS MONTH. 16 and 17, under direction of Dennis Connell. Jane Hughes, Hilda James, Peggy Bastable, virglmaiigwxms and Ruth be seen, among others, when the George Washington University Troubadous present the musicai comedy “Oh Say, School Auditorium on December 14, 15, Left to right, in picture: tar Staff Photo. - BRICKLAYERS BUY Treasurer of Union Obtains Property for $355,000. ‘The Bricklayers' International Union purchased the Smith Building, nine- story office structure at 815-817 Fif- teenth street, when the property was placed on the auction block late yester- day for default in payment of the out- standing first trust. The property was_purchased with a winning bid of $355,000, submitted by Richard J. Gray, treasurer of the inter- national union, who was represented at the sale by Robert T. Highfield, vice president of the Mount Vernon Savings Bank. Large Crowd Attracted. The sale, conducted by Vernon Owen of the firm of Thomas J. Owen & Son, auctioneers, attracted o large crowd and was marked by competitive bidding. Bidders were required to qualify prior from | t5 the sale and to make a deposit of $15,000. Among bidders appearing at the sale were W. Gwynn Gardiner, at- torney, representing undisclosed inter- ests; James O'Donnell, capitalist, and A. A. Laporte, understood to be a rep- resentative of certain bondholders in the property. The union plans to move:its interna- tional headquarters to the Smith Build- ing and to_occupy two floors of the property. The organization plans to rent the rest of the building, which in- cludes a lavish banking room and mezzanine in the first story. ‘The union headquarters, formerly located at Indianapolis, was moved to ‘Washington May 1, 1925, and now is quartered at 1415-1417 K street. The union plans to move the office to the Smith building about May 1 next. Erected in 1922. The property, sold under default of a first trust amounting to more than $1,000,000, was erected in 1922 by the F. H. Smith Co., defunct mortgage firm, several cf wicse principal officials were ccnvicted of fraudulent operations in conneziicn with premetion of bonds. Tas frope 3 acvertisad for sale he American Security & Trust Co., Cercoran Thcm, president, substi- tuted trustez under deed of trust of the F. H. Smith Building. Inc, ap- desire to-promote inaugural | pointed in equity cause by District Su- | preme Court. The property hss a total assessed value of $663,340, including a valua- tion of $4420 for a small improved parcel at the rear of the main build- ing. The main building has an as- sessed value of $658,920, of which $385,- 000 is for the building and $273,920 is for the land. FATAL WRECK CAUSED BY CHILDREN PLAYING Stones and Tie Plates Found on Tracks in Vicinity of Cleveland. By the Associated Press. Spikes placed on the rails by chil- report today for a passenger train wreck August 19 on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at Cleveland, in which one person was killed and six were injured Reporting to the Interstate Com- merce Commission today, Director Borland of the bureau said there had been five instances of spikes, stones, and tie plates being found on tracks of this railroad in the vicinity of Cleve- land since January 20. In three in- stances children vere arrestz2d and placed on probation. A 13-year-old hoy was arrested in connection with the fatal accident and committed to an institution at Hudson, Ohio. mol in a freak accident in the 5100 block Conduit road last night, 9-year-old Louise Brown remained in Georgetown R Ho: dition. Her injuri regarded as critical Louise was crushed when she top- pled from the front seat of her mother’s fouring car as it was being backed out of a parking lot in front of a group of however, were not body. ‘es, Nell Brown, the said she did not see Loul first intimation she had of an accident | was when she felt the wheel pass over | her body. The little girl made no cry | whatever, she said. Attendants at a | nearby filling station who witnessed | the accident, helped place the child in her mother’s machine and accompained will was that of Daniel Mc- Brown to the hospital. who died February 15, 1922, o other children, Marion, 11, and ng the tulk cf his estate to James Steve, 8, were riding in the rear seat Cur.in and his wife, Maria. A caveat of the machine when Louise fell cut, was filed by McCarthy's nieces, Esther Davis, Mary Nicholson and Louise Col- burn, who charged their uncle with mental incapacity and undue influence. resented by and Attorn but like their mother they were looking toward the rear as the machine was | being backed into the street, and failed | to see her fall, Failure of the auto door to latch properly was blamed for the mishap. Louise's greatest concern today when visited by her father, Marion G. Brown, Jr, and Mrs. Brown, SHITH BULDING International| | dren were blamed in a safety bureau | |Final Preparations | Made for Fete to Walter Johnson Dinner to Be Held To- night for Capital’s Most Famed Ball Player. Final preparations for the Walter Johnscn testimonial dinner at the Shoreham Hotel tonight were under way today, with a program of speeches, enter- | tainment and dancing expected to draw many of the city’s notables to the affair honoring Washington's mo:t famous base ball player. Frank J. Hegan is general chairman and will act as toast- master. | The dinner portion of the program | will begin at 7:30 and will be followed | by a_series of vaudeville acts, a special | ckit by Schact end Altrock, the famous | comedy team of the Washington ball | club, and a news reel showing high spots of Johnson's professional career. From 10:30 until 11 the entertainment will be broadcast over station WJSV of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Dancing will take place from 11 until 2, COURT DECEPTION Faces 1 to 5 Years Tn Alleged Attempt to Substitute for Defendant. A sentence of from one to five years faces Stanley H. Ball, 1316 Park road, if he is convicted on a charge placed against him in Police Court yesterday after he allegedly attempted fo substi- tute himself for a defendant in a gam- bling case. awaiting the man he sought to displace | would have been a $250 fine or 90 days 1n jail Rall, the court avers, answered to me of Richard Allen, charged h William Sachs with permit- 2s a result of a raid in the ourteenth stree. November When “Allen” appeared before the 9. bench Detective C. D. Schamp and Po- liceman Kenneth Pratt, arresting offi- cers in the case, fafled to recognize him. “Your honor,” said Schamp, ad- dressing Judge.John P. McMahon, “this man is not the Richard Allen we ar- rested November 9. There was con- siderable confusion for a few moments. Edward Buckley, professional bonds- man, was called to the bench and ordered to forfeit the $500 bond posted in behalf of Allen. Judge McMahon then appointed Attorney Robert I Miller to represent the alleged im- | postor. |~ On advice of Miller, the man declined to make any statement and was ush- ered away to the court cell block. Later | he was arraigned before Judge Ralph Given in United States branch, and held for hearing December 7 on a charge of false personation before a court with intent to defraud. Bail was fixed at $1,000. The gambling case, due to go on trial | before a jury, was postponed in- definitely. UNKISSED WIFE SUES Two in Two Years Too Few, Judge Agrees, Granting Divorce. SAN FRANCISCO, December 1 ().— Two in two years zre too few, | Mrs. Lucy Dobson complained in Su- | perior Court here yesterday. Judge UN over by her mother's auto- | ital tcday in an undetermined con- | stores on Conduit road, the right front wheel of the machine passing over her child’s mother, | ise fall, and the Frank H. Dunne agreed, granting her a | divorce from Starrett W. Dobson, apart- ment house owner. Injured by Mother’s Car GIRL IS CRUSHED WHEN SHE TOPPLES FROM FRONT SEAT. LOUISE BROWN, mother. “It wasn't your fault, Mama,” she said, smiling. ‘The Browns Teside at 4637 Brewer place. was for her ~ Che WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, CHARGED T0 MAN The maximum sentencet REALTORS PLANNED ALK WITH JUDGES, hm@fim Minutes of Meeting Involving Eviction Case Stays in Record. “BLACK LIST” ALLEGED BY THREE WITNESSES Tenants Declare Lease Breakers Were Refused Apartments in Other Buildings. The Senate committee investigation of rental conditions here heard testi- mony today that the Executive Com- mittee of the Washington Real Estate Board had directed its attorney to “talk informally” with judges of Municipal Court regarding stays of eviction against tenants. This evidence was presented to the investigating subcommittee of the Sen- ate District Committee by Oscar H. Brinkman, its counsel, who read into utes of the Realty Board. Record of Meeting Quoted. The record of the meeting of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Real Estate Board of September 9, 1932, Mr. Brink- man said, showed the following: seems to be the practice of two judges in Municipal Court to grant judgments in cases of non-payment of rent with a_stay of execution varying from 3 to {15 days, Judges Cobb and Mattingly being the most lenient. “The president was instructed to dis- cuss the matter with Roger J. White- ford, attorney for the board, with a view to having Mr. Whiteford talk in- formally with the judges of the Munic- ipal Court.” At the conclusion of the reading of this statement, Senator King of Utah, a member of the investigating body, de- contempt of court of any such action. Mr. Brinkman's reference to the realty board minutes brought to a con- clusion the morning session of the hear- ing which was to be resumed at 2:30 this afternoon. “Blacklisting” Alleged. Testimony that certain Washington real estate firms have an “understand- ing” by which they refuse to lease apartments to tenants who have firms was presented to the committee, to support charges that a system of “blacklisting” of tenants who break leases is maintained by real estate agents here. The testimony was introduced by Os- car H. Brinkman, counsel to the Senate Committee, to support his charge that a system of “blacklisting” of tenants who break leases is maintained by Wash- ington real estate agents. In answer to subpoenas, three Wit- nesses told the committee that due to reduced incomes they have been forced to seek cheaper apartments, and that they had been refused releases from ex- isting rent agreements and also refused permission to rent apartments in other buildings. In the course of the early proceedings today, Mr. Brinkman announced that he did not wish to call certain real estate witnesses to the stand unless they would sign waivers of immunity, im- plying that he would seek criminal prosecution. The first witness was Kenneth Ar- denger, 829 Quincy street, who said he had been forced to move from an apart- ment managed by the Thomas J. Fisher Co. use he and his wife had lost r jobs. He said the Fisher company, when told of the situation, ‘refused to release him from his existing lease and that an agent of the B. F. Saul Co., agents of the Quincy street building, to which he wished to move, told him they could not accept him as a tenant un- less the Fisher company released him from the former lease. Ardenger said he appealed to the owner of the building and was permit- ted to take the lease there regardless of the action of the Saul company. t this point Harvey Jacobs, vice president of the B. F. Saul Co., in answer to questions by Senator Cope- land, said that if a prospective tenant were delinquent in payment of rent at a former location they would hesi- tate tu accept him as a tenant and would refuse to do so in some cases. Earlier Testimony Recalled. Mr. Jacobs told Senator Copeland | he would not call such a practice black- listing, but rather that it was merely taking consideration of facts pertaining to the ability of a tenant to pay his Tent. Senator Copeland, member of the committee, then declared he wanted the record to show that at a former session of the Investigating Committee several prominent local real estate men had testified emphatically that there was no such thing as either a “blacklisting” agreement among them, or that there was a ‘“real estate | ring " | “As I understand it,” he said, “one | of the purposes of this committee is to make it possible for tenants who have | suffered reductions in income to be able to move from their apartments into others at a cheaper rent.” Senator Capper, after reading the let- ter from the Saul company, which had been inserted in the record, asked if it did not mean there was an under- standing among members of the Wash- ington Real Estate Board that they would not give leases to prospective ten- ants who had broken leases held with other members of the board. Mr. Jacobs replied: “It would appear s0.” The second witness called by Mr. Brinkman was Miss Ellen Kelly, now of 736 Twenty-second street. She told the committee that a day or two after | the record a quotation from the min-| “The president stated that a great| many members had informed him it | P clared there should be prosecution for | IN. Y, Foening Shap WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION HUNDREDTOFACE CHRGE I POLE RELEAEHS BADE Confessed Burglar Offers to Help Trace $20,000 Loot in Capital. ADMITS HE ENTERED 35 APARTMENTS HERE Declares Maryland Girl Did Not Know He Had Wife When They Married. For the sake of the young wife he married bigamously August 13, Ken- neth Hundred, arrested in New York for many burglaries here and in Balti- more, will volun- tarily return to this city and help trace the alleged to taken from fash- ionable apartment houses during the past few months. Hundred told De- tective . Sergt. Thorhas Bragg that if police will re- lease his wife he will return to ‘Washington and co-operate with the lice. Admitting he en- tered 35 to 40 apartments here, Hundred, who is known by many aliases, also confessed being a fugitive from prison road gangs in Kentucky and Georgia. Kentucky has offered $100 reward for his appre- hension. Hundred, whose real name is thought to be Hyman Kronick, told Bragg he already was married when he went through a wedding ceremony in Mary- land with the young woman who was arrested with him at the Pennsylvania Seation in New York Tuesday. The first wife, Mrs. Lilllan Kronick, who lives in the Bronx with their three children, is a language and music | teacher. She said she married Hundred |8 years ago. He was the son of a Springfield, Mass.. contractor, she de- clared. He left her 2 years ago. Escaping from a Georgia chain gang last July, according to his own story, Hundred came to Washington, wooed Miss Prances Hodges, a dental hygien- ist here, and married her last August. Both he and his second wife claimed she knew nothing of his criminal ac- tivities. Fingerprints Checked. Last night Hundred's fingerprints were checked against those found in an apartment at 3817 Thirty-sixth street after a robbery there and were found to coincide. At that address also was found & suit box stolen by Hundred from an apartment at 3625 Sixteenth street, police declared. Hundred is being held in New York for violation of the Sullivan law, which prohibits carrying of deadly weapons. When arrested Tuesday night he at- tempted to draw a revolver, but was seized by detectives. Arraigned before Magistrate Adolph Stern in New York, Hundred and his bride were held on $5,000 bond each as fugitives from justice. Hundred will be arraigned tomorrow on the con- cealed weapon charge and Bragg thinks New York authorities can be persuaded to give him a suspended sentence to permit his return to Washington Tues- day. He also is wanted in Baltimore on five charges of housebreaking. ‘While admitting more than half of the burglaries charged to him, Hundred was vague about addresses, and no at- tempt was made to get a detailed list of the cases before his return here. A quantity of the loot has been dis- posed of, Hundred declared, while an- other part of it is hidden in this city. The prisoner refused to tell police the location of his caches, but said he would point them out when he reaches Washington. Hundred, or Kronick, is known to police by a number of aliases. Under the name of Joseph Rawlins, he served three years in the District Reformatory at Lorton, Va, on a charge of gran larceny. He was sentenced April 12, 1922. The earliest record is in Boston, where he was arrested in 1920 and the case against him dismissed. February 18, 1921, he was sentenced to two years in the State prison at Concord, Mass. for larceny committed in Boston. Nothing was heard of him until 1927, when he was arrested in Mount Vernon, for larceny of an automobile under the name of Hyman Kronick. Other Arrests Reported. In 1929 he was arrested for larceny in Charleston, S. C., under the name of Kenneth Lee. April 21, 1930, he was arrested in Lexington, Ky, for house- breaking and sentenced to eight years in the State reformatory. In Septem- ber of the next year he escaped from a road gang in Kentucky and went to Georgia. There he was sentenced to 20 years for housebreaking. Again, he broke away from a chain gang and reached this city. Hundred’s arrest came after his wife Kenneth Hundred. 1932. “Santa Claus” | | | IS traditionally cheery chuckle stilled by grief and his merry eyes dimmed by tears, Colum- bia Heights' Santa Claus has laid away his familiar trap- pings and regretfully declined the in- vitation of his friends on upper Four- teenth street to make his annual pil- grimage of jofl to that community. Incognito, he may slip out to the gayly lighted lane named in his honor and mingle with the hundreds of boys and girls whose adoration he has won during annual appearances in the ysst. His visit will be in the guise of an ordinary mortal, however. One Wwho has been touched by & great sorrow. Substitute Asked. Bowed by the loss of & wife who had shared his joy in spreading Yuletide happiness among the children of Co- lumbia Heights during the Santa Claus lane festivities, Old Santa, otherwise William Archer Bresnahan of 2207 First street, has asked the Columbia Heights Business Men'’s Association to appoint a substitute for him this year. Mrs. Bresnahan died last Friday after a brief illness. She was laid to rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery last Monday. The invitation for Santa to make a two- week visit to upper Fourteenth street came just after the funeral. Plans Unofficial Visits, “Nothing has given me greater pleas- ure in my life than serving the young- sters in Santa Claus lane during the past several years” the popular old gentleman explained today. “I have gotten as much thrill out of these ap- pearances as the wide-eyed kiddies themselves. I want to tell you, it is a real pleasure to look into those bright, {ounfi faces and shake those little ands. GRIEVING OVER WIFE'S DEATH, ASKS SUBSTITUTE. REP Gives Up Role WILLIAM A. BRESNAHAN. —Star Staff Photo. “Somehow or other, I just can’t bring myself to do it again this year. I have thought it over, trying to make up my mind to go ahead for the sake of the little ones, but I hope they will under- stand when I say that I'm afraid I cloudnt go through with it in the proper spirit. “But I think Il make a little un- official visit out there, now and then, Just to see those smiling faces again. That will do me more good than almost anything I know.” NAVY YARD CHANGE AFFECTS ONE-THRD Civilian Workers Begin Ro- tating Plan, Eliminating Married Persons. Starting today, about one-third of the civilian workers at the Washingtcn Navy Yard are affected by the rotating plan of work, in which all will share, as part of a Nation-wide policy instituted by Secretary Adams, but married per- sons, whose wives also work for the Government, under a modification of the orders, will lose out. Navy Yard officials explained today that 47 married men, whose wives also work for the Government, are being placed on indefinite leave of absence, without pay, effective immediately. This is in accord with the provisions of the economy act—section 213—but yard of- ficials are hopeful that this will be changed, 80 that this disability may be removed by Congress. Absenée Leave Alternative. A distinction is drawn between the outright discharge of married workers, as originally contemplated, and the placing of them on indefinite leave of absence, without pay. The Ilatter method, officials said, permits their re- employment, probably on the rotative basis, when the present legal disability 1s removed, or when work picks up. ‘Thus, 47 married workers, Wwhose wives also work for the Government, will not share, for the present, in the rotating work program. These include 44 machinists, two laborers and one electro-plater. Single persons, or married whose mates do not work for the Government, are now on the rotative work arrarge- ment. In the group of 1,214 machinists there is an excess of 2 per cent. This means that in the next two months each machinist at the Washington Navy Yard will take one day off without pay. In the joiners’ group, in which there are now 49, there is a 4 per cent ex- cess. Thus, each man in this category will lose two days’ pay in the next two months. There are 80 bollermakers and a 10 per cent excess exists there. Each boilermaker will lose five days’ pay and work in the next two months. ‘Workers on 5-Day Week. At present, the 3,800 civilian work- d | ers at the Washington Navy Yard are on a five-day week, no work being done on Saturday. Under an old law, Navy Yard workers were entitled to a half- day on Saturday. Under the economy act, 8.3 per cent of pay was eliminated, requiring. in effect, that no work be done on Saturday mornings. So, since the first week of last July, Washington Navy Yard workers are on a five-day- week basis, and under the new policy, in the machinists, joiners and boiler- makers groups, there will be a four- day week, part of the time. The ro- tating plan applies only to groups in which there is an excess of workers for the amount of labor to be done, HEART STROKE FATAL Everett F. Beall, Adjutant Gen- eral's Office Clerk, Dies. Everett F. Beall, 69, clerk in the Adjutant General's Office of Building was trailed to New York by Sergt. Bragg. He was arrested as the couple greeted each other in the station. At his New York hotel were 10 suit cases and 1 trunk containing articles thought to have been stolen, ranging from foot ball charms and fraternity pins to fur coats and radios, | rather, a “dog-eat-dog” sort of com- petition. Senator Copeland, referring to the statement of Miss Kelly, remarked: “It appears to be a ‘dog-eat-dog’ af- fair—unless you are a member of the real estate board.” The third witness as to the rental “agreements” was a Mrs. Lansdale, a she had signed a lease with the B. F. Saul Co. for the Tental of an apart-|answer to an official subpoena, widow and mother of two children, who made it clear she was testifying only in She ment in the Keystone, at 2150 Pennsyl- beaid she had been leasing an apartment vania avenue, she was given notice by lat 1740 K street through the Fisher her employer she would receive a pay cut of 25 per cent, whereas she had anticipated a cut of but 10 per cent. Declares Proceedings Threatened. She testified a Saul company emvloyefl, in answer to a letter from her, sai they could not break the lease, and that if she did so they would her wages. Miss Kelly said she then at- tem| to lease an apartment in the Drake Building, managed by the H. L. Rust Co., and was told by an agent of that firm she would have to get a re- lease from the Saul company. since | the two firms had en understanding on that matter, She finally agreed, she said, to make a payment toward the August rent, but that in the meantime the apartment she had selected in the Drake had been leased to another party. At this point Senator Copeland re- | ferred to testimony which had been given at an earlier session by Randall Hagner, den; there existed any “black list” agreement, or that there was a “real estate ring.” Hagner as- serted at that time that there existed, company, and that when she became ill and had to move to a new location the firm of Boss & Phelps told her they could not sign her new lease until the Fisher company had given her a Te- lease from her former agreement. She was told by an employe of Boss & Phelps that that was in keeping with a “courtesy” agreement which ex- isted among the realtors. Mr. Brinkmam ~then called on Charles J. Rush, executive secretary of the Real Estate Board, to supply the Investigating Committee with names of the members of the board. LeRoy A. Halbert, supervisor of emergency relief work for the District, under the Board of Public Welfare, told the Rent Subcommittee this afternoon that approximately 5,600 families are receiving assistance and that new appli- cations !«g emergency unemployment relief are being received every day. Mr. Halbert, is the expenditure of the fund of Congress granted | in the District lleve distress in Washington, act to re- E, War Department, Sixth street, near B street southwest, was fatally stricken with a heart attack while at work today. The fire rescue squad worked for about half an hour in an effort to re- vive Beall. He was pronounced dead by an Emergency Hospital physician, who accompanied an ambulance to the build- ing. His son, Everett F. Beall, jr., was CITIZENS REQUEST MORE POLICEMEN Burke Tells Randle Highlands Group Hunger Marchers Are Communists. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, characterized the hunger marchers as a “bunch of Communists seeking publicity” in a speech last night Igfore the Randle Highlands Citizens' Association. The detective chief spoke generally on the hunger marchers and said police plans had been perfected for dealing with the army, but declined to make them public. The association passed a resolution urging an addition to the number of policemen assigned to the eleventh pre- cinct, which includes Randle High- lands. It was pointed out that No. 11 covers the largest territory of any pre- cinct in the city and there are not enough officers to adequately protect the interests of those living south of the Anacostia River. A resolution was also approved asking per playgrounds facilities for the ndle Highlands area. There are no playgrounds at the present time for younger children, the association dis- closed, the only play places being ath- letic flelds in the Anacostia Parkway, maintained by the Federal Government and not by the District of Columbia. The question of rearran; the streets in the park vicinity also was taken up. A study of this problem is now made by the Washington Board of Trade, in conjunction with an association committee headed by Ver- non N. Snoper. e Police Capt. Frank M. Dent, former eommander of the eleventh pre- cinct, thanked members of the associa- tion for their whole-hearted support of the Community Chest. He said the group had oversubscribed its quota by 47 per cent. Adelbert W. Lee, association presi- dent, presided over the meeting, which was held in the Orr School, Twenty- second and Prout streets southeast. B SELECTION BOARD OF NAVY CONVENES Nine Captains and 22 Commanders to Be Recommended for Promotion. promotion to rear admirals and of 22 commanders to the grade of captain was the task before the Navy Selec- tion Board, meeting today at the Navy Department. The board is expected to be in session for 10 days, examining the records of candidates for promtion. The list of appointees will be made public after President Hoover is advised of the choice made. Admiral Luke McNamee, commander of the Battle Force of the United States Fleet, is president of the board. His associates are Vice Admiral Frank H. Clark, commander of the Scouting Force of the United States Fleet; Rear Ad- miral Henry V. Butler, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard; Rear Ad- miral Thomas T. Craven, chief co-ordi- nator, here; Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius, commandant of the 9th Naval District, Great Lakes, Ill.; Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the Naval Academy; Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin, judge advocate general; Rear Admiral Walton R. Sexton, assistant chief of naval operations, and Rear Admiral Willam D. Leahy, commander The recommending of 9 captains for | PAGE B—-1 TWO FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE IN AMICK SLAYING Sisters of Wallace and Za- lenski Hysterical as Deci- sion Is Announced. COURT ROOM HEAVILY GUARDED BY OFFICERS |1’air Face 5-t0-20-Year Sentences in 0ld Colonial Tea House Killing. BY PHIL LOVE, Stafl Correspondent of The Star. LA PLATA, Md., December 1.—In a court room in which a special detail of policemen, deputy sheriffs and con- tables kept the crowd under constant surveillance, John Wallace and James Zalenski were convicted of second-de~ gree murder last night in the Old Co- lonial Tea House shooting, in which Grover Amick, Washington filling sta- tion attendant, was slain on November 23, 1931. As the verdicts were read by Francis V. Wheatley, foreman of the jury of Charles County business men and farm- ers, one of Wallace'’s five sisters ran screaming to the jury box andécollapsed. At the same time, Zalenski's sister be- came hysterical and was assisted from the court room, crying: “I want my Jimmy!"” While court attaches and spectators were administering to Wallace's sister, Miss Agnes Wallace, he and Zalenski were handcuffed and taken to the office of Sherift Robert V. Cooksey. From there the convicted men were trans- ferred under heavy guard to the Charles County Jail, about 100 feet from the court house, where they will remain until sentenced by Judges Willlam M. Loker and Joseph C. Mattingly. Face 5 to 20 Year Sentence. ‘The sentences probably will not be pronounced until the first part of next week, the convicted men's attorneys having three days in which to file a motion for a new trial. The verdict, returned by the jury after less than an hour’s deliberation, makes Wallace and Zalenski liable to sentences of from 5 to 20 years in the Maryland Peni- attorneys—J. Wilson Ryon, Paul Mules, John Mudd and State Senator Walter J. Mitchell—were to confer with members of their families today regarding the advisability of seeking a new trial. The verdict against~Zalenski was an- nounced first. As tley intoned the first degree, but guilty of murder in the second degree”—Zalenski’s sister screamed. ‘The verdict Wallace was e;mmmeed a few moments later. Miss ‘allace, who had been sitting next to Zalenski's siste: d toward to an ante-room, where she was re- vived. Wife Weeps at Verdict. Wallace's wife and other sisters re- ceived the verdict more calmly, as did his mother and father. His wife wep® softly, but other members of his family showed little emotion. A friend took Mrs. Wallace’s 6-month-old baby from her arms while she made her way through the crowd to watch her hus- band and Zalenski being led from the court room. The convicted men showed no emo- tion when the verdicts were announced. Zalenski sat with his arms folded, look- ing toward the jury box, while Wallace fingered the lapels of his coat as his eyes roved around the court room. They were escorted to the jail by eight policemen and deputy sheriffs, and an extra guard was placed around the lock-up. ~They, will be heavily guarded until sentenced, it was sald, and then will be taken to the peniten- tiary in Baltimore under heavy guard. Sought to See Brother. Zalenski’s sister hovcred around the jail for more than half an hour, begging officers to permit her to have a word with him. Although Sheriff Cooksey assured her she could see her brother this morning, she refused to leave until Mudd and Ryon told her it was im- possible to gain admittance to the jail until today. The case was placed in the hands of the jury at 5:55 pm. after the defense had devoted the greater part of the day attempting to build up an alibi for Wallace. Taking the stand in their own de- fense, Wallace and Zalenski denied having known each other, except “by sight,” prior to their arrest. Wallace admitted having visited the Bladens- burg tea house several times prior to the hold-up that resulted in the kill- ing of Amick, but denied having any knowledge of the crime. Demands First Degree Verdict. Special Prosecutor Frank M. Hall, in his closing address to the jury, de- notified by police. Beall lived at 2016 Hillyer place. of destroyers, United States Fleet, and wmder destroyers, Scouting HOOVER PRESENTED MEDAL AS BICENTENNIAL CHAIRMAN Federal and Commission Officials Attend Ceremony Commemorating Nine-Month Celebration. President Hoover, who was chairman of the United States Bicentennial Com- mission, today was formally presented with a master official medal commemo- rating the nine-month celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George W ‘The ceremony incident to the presen- tation Mmfm in the White House exeuctive office and was witnessed by Senator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of commission and chairman of the Execu- tive Committee; Arthur A. Ballantine, Undersecretary of the Treasury; James . Assistant Secretary of the commission, and Mrs. Laura G. Praser of New York, sculptor, who designed the This medal, struck off by Was in ‘which 273 oches i dpmeter 804, GORiRL rings. The platinum was made avail- able through mmcmmu‘:na the platinum . From the same lmlm of the Bicentennial Commis- 8 Mrs. Praser's design was accepted from a number of models submitted by the country’s leading sculptors. The likeness of George Washington is on the obverse side and on the reserve is a vmfi figure of Liberty and the in- out all the land.” As presented to President Hoover the medal is encased manded a verdict of first-degree murder, pointing out that, under the Marylana law, any slaying perpetrated during the commission of a felony constitutes first- degree murder, whether the killing is premeditated or not. Under the Mary- land legal code, he said, all members of a group staging a robbery in which some one is killed are equally guilty. Hall conducted the prosecution in collaboration with State’s Attorney Alan Bowle of Prince Georges County and State's Attorney Edward J. Edelen of Charles County. The trial was moved to La Plata from Upper Marl- boro on a change of venue requested by the defense. Amick was shot when a gang of six bandits held up the resort and robbed the proprietor. Charles (Doggie) Leavitt, of nearly $400. Leavitt and four other persons, including a woman entertainer, were wounded in the gun battle. One of those wounded, Thomas witness Tuesday, the first day of the trial, declaring Wallace and Zalenski were members of the hold-up gang. Under cross-examination, he said Bow. had promised to nolle press the indic ment against him if he appeered as a prosccution witness, bul no action hes been taksn along this line yet. Proctor to Give Eireu. John Clagett Proctor, secretary of the National Association of Retired Federal u::; :?l o'clock auurdnyc:fge noon in Roop b