Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1933, Page 17

s 'BOY DIES, SIX HURT WHEN AMBULANCE AND AUTO COLLIDE Pa'rents, Badly Hurt in Crash, ' Are Not Told of Death of Son. HOSPITAL CAR ON WAY TO SCENE OF SHOOTING Chinese Says He Fired at Men Causing Disturbance in Hotel. ‘Was Given Beating. Apparently Ycar-old son is dead, Oren Lentz, 26, and his wife, Mrs. Leah Lentz, 21, lay critically injured in Emergency Hospi- tal today—victims of a crash last night between their automobile and one of the institution’s ambulances, in which the boy lost his life and four other persons, including their year- old son, were hurt. Lentz, who lives at 9902 Franklin avenue, Indian Spring Park, Md, is believed to have a fractured skull, in- ternal injuries and cuts in the smash- up—the third in which Emergency am- bulances have been involved at or near the corner of Fourteenth and E streets during the past year or so. His wife also suffered a severe head injury, in addition to a broken right arm, cuts and bruises. Their infant son, Jerrell, had his left wrist fractured and | was cut about the face. Boy Lives Two Hours. ‘The older boy, Oren, jr., died in the hospital about two hours after the crash. His skull had been fractured when he and Jerrell were thfown from their father's car, which overturned several times after it had been struck by the speeding ambulance. The others hurt are: Lentz's sister, Miss Helen Lentz, 21.i of 1467 Girard street, cuts; Thomas Edwards, 1443 Girard street, a passenger in the Lentz machine, bruises, and Clarence Montgomery, 28, colored, driver of the ambulance, cuts and bruises. Dr. Darrell Crain, whom the ambulance was rushing to the scene of & reported shooting, escaped injury. The shooting call was received at the hospital about 8:30 p.m. The crash occurred a few minutes later, as the ambulance, with siren shrieking, roared across Fourteenth street, eastbound on E street. The automobile, with Lentz driving, was traveling southward on Fourteenth street, headed for Highway Bridge. Meet in Center of Intersection. ‘Montgomery saw the Lentz car as he approached the intersection, he said, but he assumed the driver would hear the siren and stop. Lentz evidently did ot hear the alarm, however, for he continued across the intersection. The vehicles met directly in the cen- ter. The noise could be heard for sev- eral blocks, it was said, and the Lentz machine half-rolled, half-slid across the | intersection, coming to rest against a curb. The automobile was wrecked and the - ambulance was badly damaged. Montgomery was released in the custody of hospital officials pending an inquest. ‘The shooting report originated, it de- wveloped, when Ching Pah, 55, Chinese owner of the Penn Hotel, 497 Pennsyl- vania avenue, fired a shot at Wilbur Wright, 33. ‘Wright and another man, according to the Chinese, walked into the hotel shortly after 8 o'clock and attempted to break up the furniture. In an effort to force the men to leave, Ching said, he opened fire with his revolver, but the bullet did not hit any one. Chinese Given Beating. Instead of leaving, however, Wright, iaccording to police, gave the Chinese a beating. When the ambulance failed to arrive, Ching was taken to Emergency in a private car. After receiving treat- ment he was transferred to Gallinger Hospital, where he was saild to have a possible fractured skull. Wright was arrested by Policeman L. O. Tompkins and booked for investi- gation at the first precinct. Capt. William E. Holmes, precinct com- mander, ordered a search for Wright's unaware that their 3-‘ Oren Lentz, jr., 3 (left), killed last night when his father's automobile | tion of radio Station WMAL tomorrow, crashed with an Emergency Hospital ambulance at Fourteenth and E streets, and his year-cld brother Jerrell, who was injured. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oren Lentz, also were badly hurt. AIR SKILL SAVES 21 3. OFFICIALS Uninjured as Plane Strikes Trees After Motor Fails Near Bowie. Coolness and skill saved the lives of two Department of Commerce aero-| nautics officials last night when the sudden failure of the engine of their plane compelled them to make a forced landing in a dark, tree-dotted field be- tween two and three miles northeast of Bowle, Md. The plane struck trees while approaching the ground and after landing but both men escaped without injury. The plane was flown by Roy Keely, supervisor of maintenance of Depart- ment of Commerce aircraft, who had as his passenger John Groves, chief of the airway bulletin section. They werd! returning from Philadelphia in a De- partment of Commerce cabin mono- plane last night and were within sight of the lights of the Department of Commerce intermediate field at Bowie when the motor stopped. B Keely was too far from the Bowie fleld to make possible a landing there. In the darkness he picked the clearest visible spot, but while gliding in crashed through tree tops. *He was able to re- gain control and made a good landing with the already slightly damaged plane, but crashed into trees during the | landing run. The landing gear was badly smashed and the wing was in- jured. ‘The plane was loaded on a truck and brought to Bolling Field for repairs. Keely and Groves were back at their desks in the Department of Commerce today. o CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Costume dance, Curley Club, Contl- nental Hotel, 9 p.m. Meeting, American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, Cosmos Ciub, 8 p.m.; speaker, John A. Dickincon of the Bureau of Standards. ‘Talk, Horace Albright, director of the Naticnal Park Service, University Club, 8:30 pm. Dance and card party, Bethany Chap- ter, No. 24, O. E. 8, Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm. Card and bingo party, Burnside Corps, g;.‘ 4, W. R. C, Hamilton Hotel, 8:15 Lecture, “Attack Aviation,” Capt. George C. Kenney, Army Air Corps, Munitions Building, 8 p.m. Bingo party, benefit Pettit Auxiliary, No. 6, United Spanish War Veterans, Southern Daliries Auditorium, 60 M companion. Gurdo C. Boerking, 35, Pittsburgh, was arrested as a witness and held at the fifth precinct. No one was seriously injured in either of the other mishaps involving Emergency ambulances. A fire truck and a police machine also figured in accidents in the same neighborhood in recent months, but these crashes, too, resulted in comparatively minor hurts. Emergency officials did not tell Mr. and Mrs. Lentz of their son's death, they said, because of their condition. ‘They were not sure, however, whether friends or relatives had broken the news. GLASSFORD TO OPEN * PENNY RESTAURANT Former Police Chief Will Be Backed by Bernarr Macfadden. ‘With the financial backing of Bernarr Macfadden, physical culturist and publisher, Brig. Gen. Peiham D. Glass- ford will open the Capital's first “penny restaurant” about March 4, at 1924 Pennsylvania_avenue. Guy Glassford, his son, will be the f@ctive manager, enabling the former police chief to devote his entire atten- tion to establishing “Camp America” in Loudoun County, Va. where he in- tends to rehabilitate unemployed and gransient youth. Gen. Glassford had planned to open the “pennyteria” later this Spring, but ue to Me<Zadden’s desire to have the estaurant in operatioi when the inaugural crowds are here, the opening date was advanced. The philanthropic publisher already has similar penny cafeterias_ operating in New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit and Indiana- lis. poGl&sslm'dk son was in New York last week studying the methods of the restaurants there and familiarizing himself with all its details. His father already had visited the “pennyterias” in New York and Boston and was en- thusiastic over their success. Dance Is Planned. CLARENDON, Va,, February 28 (Spe- cial) —The Drum and Bugle Corps of Arlington Post, No. 139, American Legion, will march in the inaugural parade Saturday, following which it will play for a dance to be given by the post in the community house of &yon Park in the evening. street northeast, 8 p.m. Card pmy,‘ benefit St. Stephen’s Church School' Hall, Twenty-fourth and K streets, 8:15 pm. Meeting, Georgia Avenue Business Men’s Association, German’s Bakery, Second and Upshur streets, 8 p.m. Banquet, Barristers’ Club, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Association of Master Lock- smiths, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Mecting, American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm. Card party, Burnside Corps, No. 4, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Anniversary party, Sisters’ Hebrew Aid Circle, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Thirteenth street and Spring road, 8 pm. Card party, Church of the Nativity auditorium, 6000 Georgia avenue, 8:15 p.m. Dance, Hope Council, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Naval Lodge Hall, 8:45 pm. Card party, Bell Club, benefit St. James' Cathofic Church _ auditorium, ‘Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier, 8 p.m. Meeting, Grace Lutheran Council, Shurrh, Sixteenth and Varnum streets, pm. Card party,” Ways and Means Com- mittee, Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chap- ter No. 41, O. E. S,, Northeast Masonic ‘Temple, Eighth and F streets north- east, 8 pm. ‘TOMORROW. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayfiower Ho- tel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, board of lady managers, George Washington University Hospi- tal, Mayflower Hotel,. 12:30 a.m. Luncheon, University of Missouri Alumni, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon. Veterans' Administration, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, George Washington Medi- cal Society, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, P. E. O. Sisterhood, Har- rington Hotel, 12:30 p.m, Lun cheon. department Merchants’ and Manufaci ciation, Raleigh Hotel, 12: heads, rs’ Asso- pm. BANKRLETCY BIL 5 ST T0 HLSE Senate Approves Measure, Including Rail Feature, by Vote of 44 to 8. | By the Associated Press. Following more than eight hours of | debate, which carried the Senate into a night session, that body last night, by a vote of 44 to 8, passed a sweep- | ing bankruptcy relief measure which provides machinery for individual and farm debtors to obtain extensions or | cash settlements and for railroads to | readjust downward their capital struc- | tures to avoid receiverships. | Passage of the bankruptcy measure cleared the wey for consideration today | of urgent appropriation bills and con- | ference reports. ‘The bankruptey bill, sponsored by Senator Hastings, Republican, of Dela- | ware, now goes to the House, which has | passed a bill on the same subject, but | radically different. The two proposals will be sent to conference for composi- tion of differences, but whether an | agreement can be reached before March 4 is uncertain. ‘Opposition to the bill in the Senate centered principally on the railroad feature. This was approved, 42 to 15, splitting parties and factions wide apart. | | Railway Needs Cited. ‘The opponents claimed this section, offered by Hastings as an amendment to the bill reported by the Judiciary Committee, had not received committee censideration and the subject was of such wide importance that hasty ac- tion was unwise. Proponents, including Democratic Leader Robinson and Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan, argued the roads were badly in need of the legls- lation if wholesale receiverships were to be avoided. ‘Twenty-one Republicans and a sim- ilar number of Democrats voted for the railroad amendment. Nine Democrats and six Republicans opposed it. ‘The eight who opposed the bill on final passage were Braston, Bulow, Dill, George, Neely, Russell and Tramell, Democrats, and Brookhart, Republican. Hastings withdrew, at the request of Robinson, another jmportant amend- ment, which would have brought cor- porations other than railroads within the scope of the legislation. Robinson suggested this would have led to lengthy debate and endangered the bill's passage. Provisions of Measure. ‘The bill as passed by the Senate sets up machinery under which individuals can obtain extensions or cash settle- ments and railroads can readjust their capital structures to avoid receiverships. Under the Hastings bill an individual debtor who can obtain the consent of a majority of his secured and unsecured creditors to an extension or cash settle- ment of his obligations may petition the Federal Courts for approval of such settlement, A farm debtor could either proceed under that method or band together with 14 other farmers in his county to obtain similar relief through the ap- pointment by the courts of a concilla- tion commissioner. Under the railroad clause, carriers seeking to avoid receivership could peti: tion the courts and the Interstate Com- merce Commission for permission to organize their financial set-ups, provi ing they obtain an agreement with a certain percentage of their creditors, Little hope was held today for the final passage of any measures other than appropriation bills before Satur- day, although efforts were renewed in the House to get through a Senate-ap- proved bill to allow Southern planters to participate In a Government cotton pool. SCHOOL LUNCH BILL ON HOUSE CALENDAR McLeod Measure Would Provide $40,000 for Undernourished Children Here. ‘The McLeod bill, providing an appro- priation of $40,000 for hot lunches for undernourished District school children, ‘was iced on the House calendar to- day following a favorable report by the House District Committee. Representative McLeod, Republican, of Michigan, author of the clared there are 5,000 school children in Washington who are undernot and on starvation rations. He made several unsuccessful attempts last week to have the $40,000 carried in the 1934 District appropriation bill, but each time his amendment was rejected on a point of order. ‘The $40,000 fund under the bill would be administered by the Board of Education. COMPENSATION SOUGHT A Federal workmen's compensation commission and compensation for em- ployes on transportation lines would be provided in & bill introduced yesterday l;{v eemmr Wagner, Democrat, of New ork. Totally and permanen employes would receive two-thirds of their average weekly wage, with a grad- uated xcale for lesser disal funds would be provided by Che Zy WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1933. i, de-| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NBC. TO TAKE OVER WMAL TOMORROW FOR BLUE NETWORK Complete New Set of Pro- grams to Be Brought to Washington. SINGLE OFFICE PLANNED FOR TWO STATIONS HERE M. A. Leese to Become Advisory Counsel on Broadcasts of Local Civic Interest. The National Broadcasting Co. will take over the management and opera- Frank M. Russell, vice president of the company, announced early this after- noon. This statement followed an- nouncement by the Federal Radio Com- mission authorizing the leasing of the station to the network organization. On Thursday morning Station WMAL will become a member of the blue net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. This will bring to the station a com- plete new set of network programs, most of which have never been hroad- cast over a Washington station. Features Scheduled. Among the blue network features al- ready scheduled for WMAL are the fol- lowing: Great Moments in History, Sherlock Holmes, Sisters of the Skillet, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Townsend Murder Mystery, Three X Sisters, Har- ry Reser's Orchestra, Marx Brothers, Charlie Chan Detective Dramas, “You and Your Government,” National Farm and Home Hour, Radio Guild Plays, series of “Laws That Safeguard So- clety,” Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Pickens Sisters and more than 50 other sustaining and commercial features. Vice President Russell of N. B. C. !also announced that Martin A. Leese, owner of Station WMAL, will become advisory counsel to both WRC and WMAL on programs of local civic in- terest. Mr. Leese has been operating Station WMAL for seven years. He has leased the station to the National Broadcasting Co. for a period of five years, beginring tomorrow. Will Have One Office, | While both WRC and WMAL will | retain their individual identity, general offices for both stations will be located | in the National Press Building, now | headquarters of the N. B. C. in Wash- ington. The staff of the two stations will be headed by K. H. Berkeley, who will serve as manager; Vincent F. Cal-! lahan as assistant to the vice president, in charge of sales and publicity; A. E. Johnson, as division engineer in charge of technical operations; Herluf Pro- vensen and Carlton Smith, assistant managers, and Milton R. Baker. N. B. C. has leased the studios of Station WMAL, located at 710-712 Eleventh street. These studios, of the latest design and equipment of the most modern type, will continue in use. ~All programs for Station WMAL will be| brcadcast from the Eleventh street! studios, except programs coming inl from New York over the blue network. CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR MORE SEWERS Bids for $19,316.84 From Three Companies Accepted by D. C. Commissioners. Contracts for construction of new sewers in the District having a total cost of $19,316.84 were awarded today by the District Commissioners at their biweekly board session. The Bright-Shepherd Co., Inc., of ‘Washington, was awarded the contract for construction of a storm-water sewer at Buzzards Point in the vicinity of South Capitol and R streets. The com- pany submitted a low bid of $7,794.83. 1‘5‘;«: ‘Warren F. Brenizer Co., also of W n, was awarded the contract for laying of & storm-water sewer under Seventeenth street between Decatur and ening Sfaf ¥ . High Winds Uncover Potomac Bed GALE SENDS WATER DOWN NEAERLY THREE FEET. LT H valleys in its basin. s IGH winds from the northwest yesterday caused an exceptionally low tide in the Potomac River here, sending the waters down 2 feet 9 inches below the normal low tide level. plained this by saying that the northwest wind held the waters down in Chesapeake Bay and barred the flood that comes in from the ocean, causing the Potomac here to have but little more than its normal flow from the Officials of the United States Engineer Office ex- High tide was but little more than what low tide normally is, due to the unprecedented conditions, which come but once in several years, the officials said. The low mark was reached yesterday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock, officials asserted. The depleted waters uncovered the foundations of an cld wooden bridge that led into the National Capital. Today the winds were subsiding and officials expect the tide range soon to reach its normal, which is about 2 feet 9 inches. tide level. The record low tide is shown as being in 1888, when the waters went down 4 8-10 feet below the normal low —Star Staff Photo. PATRONAGE BUYING ASSAILED IN SOUTH South Carolina Leaders Ob- ject to Farley’s Party Contribution Plan. By the Associated Press. Numbers of Southern Democrats in Congress are attempting to find out how the patronage jobs in their States are going to be passed out. ‘The South Carolinians already knew of a proposal advanced in their State | and Representative McMillan said they | thought it a “damnable outrage.” | Alabama, | North Carolina, Mississippi | and Tennessee members were studying | Meanwhile, Arkansas, Georgia, the situation. James A. Ferley, chairman of the | Democratic National Committee and the next Postmaster General. is handling patronage for President-elect Roosevelt. Leaders to Have Stay. South Carolina State chairmen, as hav- ing said the State leaders expected to have a say in appointments usually reserved for members of Congress. McMillan told also of reports that appointees in his State would be ex- pected to make campaign contributions needed to wipe out the Democratic de- ficit. C"I for one, and the rest of the South Carolina delegation, certainly will have nothing to do with appointments under that sort of regime,” McMillan said. If I am to have the responsibility for ap- pointments, I expect to have all of fl,‘ If not, then I don't want the appoint-| ments.” Representative Driver of Arkansas said that before his delegation took a definite nandh|: ml{bs:e "fl’ggdcl‘{t what | arrangements have been e “WE‘ are making an investigation to see how far the State organization has been sounded out and to learn their aspirations in the matter of patronage, he said. Not Advised, He Says. He added he hndu"not betehn ld'twbzz tate ization or the patron: thd]xpe enleris "?rgn'lnthe Arkansas situation with reference to campaign contribu- O presentative Cox, one of the lead- ing members of the Georgia delegation, Crittenden streets, for $1,941.50. ‘The J. B. McCrary Co. of Atlanta, was awarded contracts for laying of a combined system sewer in the vicinity of Tunlaw road and Watson place ex- tended, for $4,158.93, and laying of a storm-water sewer under Randolph street between Twenty-first street and Twenty-fifth place northeast, for $5,421.58. oo g SAFECRACKERS FAIL IN STORE ROBBERY ' Safecrackers, who satisfied their hun- ger and thirst with cakes and ginger ale while they worked on a strong box in the rear room of a Sanitary grocery at 1105 N street last night, were unable to open the cash compartment of the safe and went away with loot amount- ing to about $25, mostly in cigarettes. ‘When 1. R. Fitzwater, manager of the store, opened 1t at 7 o'clock this morn- ing he found the broken safe, paj from his desk scattered about the floor and the remains of a “party” on a small form scale a few feet from the safe. Several cakes and two large bottles of ginger ale had been taken from the ghelves and consumed, he told police. Entering by cutting the bars on a rear window, the burglars knocked the combinations off both #hke outer and inner doors of the safe, but were unable to drill into the second compartment, made of hard steel. About $200 was muth: compartment, Fitzwater told police. WASHINGTON ELKS LODGE HAS ELECTION TOMORROW | _Washingtan Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. Elks, will hold its ual election for officers tomorrow night in the lodge room of the club, 919 H street, with contests on for only two offices, esteemed * lecturing knight and trustee. ‘The lodge will convene at 3 pm. The polls will open soor after that and close which the ballot- ce are as follows: Exalted ruler, Joseph P. Hagerty; esteemed leading knight, Dr. John T. Ready; esteemed loyal knight, James J. med lecturing knight, Dr. disabled | A. M. Ve e . P. Hagerty, Mwmmw in discussing the patronage situation, said: “I presume patronage will be placed as has heretofore ulmz'nI the cus':)ou::),n :g:{ speaking for myself, I propose that wlglch is commonly understood as congressional patronage, with due def- erence to the wishes of the Senators. “I will, of course, co-operate, as in the past, with the Senators and my House colleagues.” Lacks Information. Representative Wood of Georgla sald: “T have no information from any authoritative source concerning the method of distribution of patronage. I stand ready to control any of such, which I may be permitted to do, acting in perfect harmony with the Senators from Georgia and my colleagues in the House.” tative Vinson of Georgia, D een ot House Naval Affalrs chairman of the Commif ia Senators and Repre- ittee, said: “The sentatives handle the patrc that is due them, in my opinion.’ Representative Tarver, another Geor- gla Democrat, sald he would have no statement until he learned the attitude of the incoming administration. Representatives Ramspeck and Cas- tellow both said they would like more information on the u]nt.ronnce situa- tion in Georgia, but added they wanted to handle all of it that they could get with due tion to the admin- istration’s wishes and local sentiment. TWO SEIZED AT HOTEL WITH ORDERED LIQUOR McMillan quoted Claud N. Sapp. | Men Caught While Attempting to Make Downtown Delivery—U. S. Agent Helps Police Squad. ‘Two men were arrested and & quan- tity of liquor confiscated at a down- town hotel selves as James Bliss, 60, of the 1700 block of G street, and Albert H. Rob- inzon, 25, of Hyattsville, Md. Each wunumchnrzed wit nledot murem than a of liquor and possession of more than 60 quarts of whisky and 16 quarts of alcohol. Each was released under men through the office of W. R. Blandford, assistant prohibi \tor. Blandford called by Edward P. delivery of the alleged liquor, MAN SEIZED IN CAPITOL TO BE RELEASED SOON _— | Suspect Arrested With Bulging Pockets Found to Have Old Rags and Turpentine. Abraham Winogradow, 22, of Perth Amboy, N. J, whose bulging pockets caused his arrest in the House gallery yesterday, probably will be released to- day or tomorrow, according to police. Winogradow, who said he had come here from Miami, Fla., was taken in custody by a Justice Department agent, who noticed the suspicious bulge in his | pockets. A search disclosed he was carrying a bottle of turpeatine and a bunch of old rags. He said he had used them for sore feet on his hike here from Miami. A check of Winogradow's finger- prints failed to tally with any in police records, and for that reason his release probably will be ordered shortly. YOG DENOGRAT 3L N HOLSEHT |Western Representative- elect Asks Harmony in Forming New House. ‘The caucus of new Democratic mem- bers of Congress, called for tomorrow night, will meet stiff opposition in its efforts to organize the newly elected Democrats into a Young Democrats’ bloc, it was learned today. Martin F. Smith, Representative-elect from the third Washington district, is organizing the opposition in an effort to obtain party harmony. Mr. Smith said he would attend the caucus and use every means in his power to prevent forma- tion of the bloc. Representatives-elect Will Rogers of Oklahoma and Thomas O'Malley of ‘Wisconsin have taken the initiative in calling the caucus. Mr. Smith said several men will oppose the bloc. “While I regard it as a mistake for a rump caucus to be called at this time,” Mr. Smith said, “I shall attend and will express my views that this is no time to divide the Democratic mem- bership into two groups. “The splitting of our ranks into separate units would be very unfor- tunate and disruptive of party har- mony. We have been elected to work together in putting into immediate ef- fect a program of progressive and con- structive legislation and we should carry out the mandate of our constitu- ents. The majority membership of the House should not be divided into two scparate groups. Instead, we should form our ranks into one harmonious body, striving for the one objective of enacting without delay legislation to benefit the country.” Mr. Smith said probably the real rea- son behind the caucus was the fear on the part of the new members, who have been elected in such overwhelming num- bers, that they will be given secondary consideration and all the plums in the way of committee assignments and the like will go to the old party wheel horses. He said he personally believed the elder heads of the party would be fair to the younger, but that whether he was right or not, the thing to strive for is harmony at any cost. LAUDS MRS. NORTON FOR KEEPING POST |z U. §. Trade Board Secretary Com- mends Decision to Remain Chair- man of District Committee. Fred A. Berlin, secretary of the Na- tional Board of Trade, y to Representative Mary T. Norton of ting her for her of the are not, of course, ol oftentimes do not know just what is best for them,” said Mr. Berlin. “Un- fortunately, the local civic bodies, for the mest part, are dominated by vicious interests, but, your record in straight- ?| ening out the affairs of the District is quite commendable. ,500 bond. Arrm“mu for intercepting the | Committees the delivery were made ASK SECOND TERM Local Groups Urge Reap- pointment of Commissioner Reichelderfer. Reappointment of Dr. Luther H Reichelderfer to serve another term as a member of the Board of District Com- missioners is bel‘ng urged by local groups in a movement which now has reached organized proportions, it | today. Dr. Reichelderfer's term as presiden’ of the Board of Commissioners will ex- pire April 9, which also will be the end of the term of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, as police commissioner of the District. For some weeks there have been reports that friends of Dr. Reich- elderfer have been hoping President- | elect Roosevelt, after his inauguration | Saturday, would see fit to continue the service of Dr. Reichelderfer for an- other three years. Movement Public Today. ‘The movement in Dr. Reichelderfer's behalf . became a matter of public notice today when the board of di- rectors of the Association for the Pre- vention of Tuberculosis made public a resolution urging his reappointment. At the same time it was made known that two other medical groups here have taken the same position. They are the Women's Medical Society and the Medico-Chirurgical Society. In addition to these groups, accord- ing to persistent reports, many other individuals, some of them holding offi- cial positions in Government service, stand ready to say a good word for the proposed reappointment, Gen. Crosby last week announced his intention of submitting his resignation to President-elect Roosevelt a day or two after the inauguration of the new President. He was motivated, he said, by a desire to take a rest from his rather hectic duties of the past three years to consider offers of later activity and private pursuits and also to pave the way for the new President, if he chose, to at once place one of his per- sonal appointees on the Board of Com- ‘missioners, ‘Gen. Crosby, according to comments of his friends, also had in mind that his resignation about five weeks prior to the official end of his three-year term might open the way for consideration by President Roosevelt of the then known recommendations which would come for the reappointment of Dr. Reichelderfer, Makes No Comment. Dr. Reichelderfer himself has had no comment to make so far on the reported movement seeking his reappointment. “When asked if he was considering fol- lowing the lead of Gen. Crosby in ten- dering a resignation shortly after the inauguration of President Roosevelt, he merely indicated he had not given the .matter serious thought and rather was devoting his full attention to the duties of his office. = The other District Commissioner, Maj. John C. Gotwals, in charge of the en- gineering divisions of the District, also plans to continue in harness at the pleasure of the incoming President. His term will not expire until early next year. The resolution adopted by the di- rectors of the Association for Preven- tion of Tuberculosis reads as follows: “Whereas by virtue of the law one of Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, appointed by the President of the United States, must be an officer of the Engineering Corps of the United States Army, a trained ex- in the construction of buildings and highways, therefore be it resolved that in an age when public health prob- lems are of major consideration, a physician has special contributions to make in the interest of the health and protection of some half million dents of the District. “That in view of the fine record made by Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi- dent of the Board of Commissioners, the Tuberculosis Association joins with the District Medical Society, the Wom- en’s Society and the Medico-Chirurgical Society in recommending to the Presi- dent-elect of the United States the re- appointment of Dr. Reichelderfer as Commissioner.” £ —_— ANNUAL BALL PLANNED Hairdressers and Casmotologists to Hold Style Show Also Tomorrow. ‘The annual ball and style show of FOR DISTRICT HEAD developed | DONALDSON FACES CHARGE OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE Jury Indicts Former Police Employe in One of Three Deaths. THREE OTHER CAPITAL CASES INVESTIGATEL Woman Named in Fatal Shootir Trial Confronts Two Men in Ice Pick Stabbing. Charles C. Donaldson, 48, alleged have shot to death his brother, Sii O. Donaldson, 43, and the latter's s and daughter last January 5, was in dicted by the grand jury today on . charge of first-degree murder. Donaldson, a former night firemsa at_police headquarters, was indictc only for the slaying of his broth: with whom he lived at 923 Marylar avenue southwest. The other victim of the shooting, described by poli as a drunken rampage, were Mary 7 Donaldson, 14, and George Donald son, 18. ‘Two other children of Silas Donal¢ son—Allen, 8, and Luttrell, 11—escape injury, the former by dodging behin a bed and the latter by leaping frcr a second-story window. The shootir occurred in the Donaldson home. Arrested immediately after the shoo! ing, Donaldson declared he hoped ! would be executed, according to D tective Serq. Jchi C. Dalglish, who i vestigated. Insanity Plea Expected. It is expected Donaldson will pl insanity. First-degree murder indictments al were returned against Annie E. Hair: ton, colored; Nick Alexapoulos and Com minos Zacharakis. The woman wa accused of the fatal shooting of Dr Christopher C. Stultz, colored, at hi home, 637 Third street northeast, abou three weeks ago. The physician, wh had employed the woman as housekeeper, died the day after he was shot. Alexapoulos and Zacharakis were jointly accused of the killing of Chris- tos Haralampidis in January, 1930, The victim, stabbed with an ice pick and beaten with a brick, was found dead in a room above a restaurant at 511 | Ninth street, of which he was manager. | A manslaughter charge against Gil- |lie K. Reynolds was ignored by the |grand jury. She had been held =< | responsible for the death of Arri Blackston, in an automobile crash © Piney Branch road and Butterr: | street on February 7. Auto Driver Exonerated. | .. The grand jury also exonerated W down by obile February 17 while crossing at Georgia avenue and Emerson street. The girl was killed instantly and Hucks, who roomed at the Burns home, died the next day. The grand jurors also declined to indict 19 other persons. They are: Oliver W. Bryan and Percy K. Miner, non-support;” Rcbert M. Johnson znd James Bailor, joy-riding; Samuel Band- ler, grand larceny and joy-riding; Charles Tate and Milton W. Day, re- ceiving stolen property; George Kent, Iva Jenkins, John Lyons, Ernest Glover and James T. Wills, zssault with dan- gerous weapon; George L. Wood, assault to rob; Tero James, George Law, Ray- mond Rollins and Kathlesn Rollins, robbery; John G. Parham, rape, and John E. Garvey, false pretense:. Others Named by Jury. indicted and the against them incl Harry Bowie, alias Harry Latham, and Herbert P. Diggs, joy riding; Lester Barker, grand larceny and joy riding; Roscoe B. Strong and Edward B. ‘Thomsor, alias Robert E. Wilson, alias Eddy Thomas, grand larceny; Percy Brown, housebreaking; Troy M. Moore, alias Milton Moore; Sylvan P. Taylor, Sidney Davis, William Longstreet, Archie Lyles and George Moy, house- breaking and larceny; Archie Lyles and George Moy, violation Harrison nar- cotic act; Howard T. Ferguson, viola- tion Harrison narcotic act and narcotic drugs import and export act; David Johnson, alias David Green, assault with dangerous weapon: James F. Smuthers, depredation to private prop- erty and grand larceny; E: Smith, alias F. M. Smith, embezzle- ment; Charles Johnson, Robert D. Robinson, John Ginyard, Harrison Gray and Andrew Gray. alias James Proctor, robbery; Ross Fagan, assault with intent to commit robbery, and Littleton C. Edwards, alias L. C. Ed- wards, forgery and uttering. MAN OF 78 CALM IN SLAYING CASE Albert Koch Smokes Pipe, Thought- fully Awaiting Grand Jury Action—Claims Accident. charges Still puffing meditatively on his pi Albert Koch, 78, was & p{hoflfl' mp&eé District Jaill today, awaiting grand m t;nc?mrm hl: murd:ll; ihme in the o son-in- Palmer Gray, 45, ey och, & retired photographer, ordered held for thghmnd D}ur; }we:f terday, after a cornorer's inquest ir the District Morgue. Under question- ing by Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald, he told of the events pre- ged]‘x’lg ti‘r‘ze hflm&l‘?g'fl which occurred unday -floor flat at g the shot was fired accident- ally, Koch declared Gray had E’g%’ed his daughter, Mrs. Rose Gray, 28, to p';d:xlle fruits and vegetable from door oor, CONFERENCE TO OPEN Recreational Workers to Convene Sunday at 8 P.M. Sponsored by the National Recrea- tion Association, bureau of colored work, the annual Conference of Recrea- tion Workers will open here Sunday afternoon at 2 o'cleck in the Garnet- Patterson Community Center. The conference will continue through Tues- ‘The topic for discussion Sunday will be “The Inter-racial Aspect of the Program for Colored ‘The musical prcgram will include selections by a boys' chorus of 60 voices, Williams; & solo by L. Vaughn Jones, concert violinist of the Howard Univer- sity Conservatory of Music, and w"mm"m ’rhwx