Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1933, Page 15

Washington News GAINS IN BUSINESS | IN DISTRICT SHOWN BY CLEARING HOUSE Today’s Volume of Checks Cleared Greater Than Total of Yesterday. RUMORS OF MERGERS CONTINUE TO BE HEARD Building and Loan Associations Re- port Increases in Both Assets and Members. Checks cleared through the Wash- Angton Clearing House today showed an Sncrease over yesterday, as local bus ness continued more normal activif and new deposits came in to the 20 open banks, and to all the building and loan associations in the National Cap- al. ”The increase in checks cleared was 4Anterpreted as a direct indication of improved business and banking and it was predicted in the financial dis- trict that a steady gain could be ex- Pected from now on. Clearings rose from $1.716.728.31 yes- Serday to $1,728969.44 today. Building and Loan Gains. Meantime the building and loan as- Bociations, every one of which reopened in the District of Columbia, today were idoing an_increasing business, accord- to Wiliam S. Quinter, secretary of the Building Association Council of the District of Columbia. Deposits at these associations are far outnumbering withdrawals, Mr. Quinter 3aid, and the amounts coming in_are much larger than those going out. New ‘wccounts are being opened in much farger number than usual, he reported. The building and loan associations of the city in the council, Mr. Quinter said, showed an increase in assets of $634,434 during January and February, bringing their total assets here up to $87,922,030 During February 962 new accounts were opened for savings mem- bers, and 307 new loans were made by associations which are members of the council. These new loans totaled $1,040,928. Counting both savings mem- bers and those receiving loans, the as- sociations thus increased by 1,269 mem- bers during February. Meantime reports of mergers among Washington banks continued to circu- late in the financial district. Conserva- tors were busy again today in the 13 banks which did not receive licenses to reopen checking and rechecking the status of their banks, attempting to work out future plans. The time element in counection with any possible reorganization is held ex- tremely vital, as these banks are anxious to hold all their former customers, some of whom have made at least temporary financial conncctions with other bank- ing institutions. The reports continued to involve in- dividual banks and possible new group- ings of several banks. No statements could be made today by the conservators as they have not yet worked out just what can be done. FPurthermore, the final ruling in connection with the re- opening of a unit bank or of a con- solidation of banks must be decided by the controller of the currency. The Treasury Department was buried with work on reports from banks all over ths country, so that it was pre- sumed it would be scme time before the controller of the currency could give complete consideration to the reopening of local banks. Opens Trust Account. At the Chevy Chase Savings Bank, Uohn C. Walker, president and con- servator, announced that his bank opened its trust account today for both deposits and withdrawals. Under the emergency bank act, the conservator is allowed to set up such a trust account, segregated from the other accounts of he bank, for deposit and withdrawal. iThe deposits must be kept either in ash, on deposit at the Federal Re- rve Bank or in Government bonds. Franci§ H. Sisson, president of the {American Bankers’ Association, has ex- essed to President Rocsevelt on be- alf of the association cordial support in constructive efforts to restore con- itions. Mr. Sisson’s communication as follows: “On behalf of the American Bankers' JAssociation I wish to offer my sincere ‘wongratulations for the courageous imeasures you have taken to stabilize the banking situation in the emergency presented and to assure you of our “cordial support in constructive efforts “to restore normal banking and business conditions. We believe your strong and reassuring statement to the public ‘Msrch 12 should greatly aid in the Testoration of public confidence upon 'Which recovery must be based.” National bank notes in circulation are pound money, it was explained by officials today, even though the bank itself may be in the hands of a con- servator, or even a receiver. The na- tional bank note is issued on the basis of bonds which belong to the bank, and which have been deposited with the United States Treasury, so any national bank note in circulation is worth its face value. This explanation was made in view of the fact that some persons in the District had been refusing to accept bank notes on a bank in this city which is in the hands of a receiver. Deaths l.?eport;d. arshall, 02. 1325 13th st. el MGwens. 55, Providence Hospital Emma L. Cross. 80. Sibley Hospital. Max Ringer. 8. Gallinger Hospital Saran C, Goldsmith, 76. 428 15th st. n.e. . Charles 1 Woods. 4. George Washiagton niversity Hospital. e n Martha E. Pratt, 74, 3720 Upton st. Harry J._Levi. 71, Metropolitan Theater. Charles E_Kcarney, 70. 448 th st. sW. Eilzavetn Daniels 681031 Newton st. n.e. n 7 3 r) B T 5410 7th st. Iield Hospital. 1210 ‘Washington “Annie J. Muzzy, Ga John® €. Muiford. ' 56. eircle. Murphy, 55 Gallinger Hospital. Willam Shmn s sibiey Hospital: T. Clarke. 45. en route Casualty Siston 4 o warter. Heeq Hospital rge Elston. 40 Valter e 051 L. Geortn 1 Himos. 30, Walter Reed Hos: pital. e ‘atherine Sharpe. 72, 1817 9th st. Sy Scott, 408 11th st, se. Edward Smith. 51, 308 3rd st. s.e. Eugene White. 47, Gallinger Hospital. Minnie Jones. 46. 5t. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Emma Gregus. 44 12341, Congress ct. Herman Tibbs, 40, St. Elizabeth's Hos- Pils). mmie E. Shorts, 30. 1814 T st. ———e Births Reported. rd H. and Lucy E. Alsop. gl Telena_G. Anderson, girl. B o and Tda L. Bryant. boy. Eirdie V. Burdette, girl. ina pma ! remia infection. he | peringy Sstae WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Society and General WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1933. Suffers Disease for Science DR. FRANCIS DELIBERATELY EXPOSES SELF TO TULAREMIA. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ELIBERATELY ignoring the minimum precautions which he urges upon others, Dr. Ed- ward Francis, Public Health Service research worker, is keeping himself continuously exposed in his laboratory here to infection with the dreaded germs of tularemia, or rab- bit fever, in order that he may keep up a continuous fight against the dis- ease in others. In other words, Dr. Francis volun- tarily undergoes a succession of mild attacks in order to avoid the probabil- ity of a severe attack which would in- capacitate him for months from active work. It is one of the conditions for efficient functioning in his unique job. A single attack of tularemia, it has been shown, confers a variable, short- lived immunity to the disease. Fran- cis is proceeding on the theory, which is working out in practice, that it is best to contract the disease at the borderline point where the immunizing agency in his blood is attenuated to the point where it will not prevent in- fection but at the same time is suf- ficlently preserved to prevent the ex- treme condition of collapse which usu- ally attends tularemia. Danger in Carcasses. ‘Tularemia infection usually comes from rabbits and is likely to attack marketmen, hunters and housewives who handle the carcasses of these ani- mals. Any break in the skin of the hands gives the infecting organism a chance to enter. The best precaution is to handle rabbit carcasses only with gloved hands. for one never can know when a rabbit may contain the dreaded organism. For years Dr. Francis has been preaching the necessity of wear- ing gloves for all whose work brings them in contact with either dead or live rabbits. Assistants at the hygenic laboratory of the Public Health Serv- ice, where the experimental work with the disease is carried on, are required to operate only with gloved hands. It is this primary precaution which Dr, Francis himself deliberately neg- lects. The work is carried on with rabbits in whom the strains of the or- ganism are kept going from generation to generation. For years he has been handling them freely with ungloved hands and has suffered in the past few yeers five mild attacks of the di- sease which only his most intimate associates knew anything about. ‘Through them all he has continued at work. ‘The other day an associate in the Pub- lic Health Service dropped into Dr. Francis’ laboratory. He noticed an ulcer on the doctor's finger which looked suspiciously like the kind of ul- cer which appears at the site of tula- It is one of the aymp- toms cf the disease. Further inquiry revealed that Dr. Francis also had the characteristic glandular swelling un- | der the arm which soon follows the primary sign. Period of Weakness. ‘Tularemia, as the disease is described by the Public Health Service, seldom is fatal to man, but the victim is very sick for a short time, after which there is a protracted period of great weakness and lassitude during which any effort is al- most impessible. A year or more may elapse before the system has shaken off these after effects of the disease. It is this period when working efficiency is almost at the vanishing point that the scientist wishes to avoid and the only way to avoid it is to keep the tula- remia in his system all the time. Dr. Francis belleves that, regardless of pre cautions, a person working with ttia- remia-infected animals all the time is in danger of contracting the disease every now and then and it is better to have it frequently and mildly than in- frequently and severely. The malady does not pass directly from man to man, but must be transmitted through the medium of some small wild mam- mal like the rabbit. Several cases have occurred in Washington and the first case definitely identified was that of an employe of the old Center Market. Dr. Francis long has been a pic- turesque figure in the Public Health DR. EDWARD FRANCIS. Service. He has continuously exposed himself to deadly diseases in order to learn about them, and the grim deter- mination with which he follows a promising clue regardiess of the peril involved has become a by-word among doctors. His discoveries are credited with saving thousands of lives. Francis is_the original discoverer of tularemia. It was unknown to phy- sicians until he described it in the Journal of the American Medical Asso- ciation. At that time he contracted the malady himself for the first time and the record of his trip across the continent from California to Washington carrying some infected rabbits whose blood con- tained the organism while he was prac- tically delirious from the fever consti- tutes one of the most stirring stories in the annals of American medicine. Later he contracted undulent fever and nearly died of the disease. Discoverer of Germ. “As for tularemia,” said one of his Public Health Service associates, “that's his own disease. He found the germ and seems to think he owns it.” Although the cause is known, accord- ing to a Public Health Service descrip- tion of tularemia, there is no specific treatment of the disease in man. When it comes, about all a physician can prescribe is complete rest. Relapses are of frequent occurrence after appar- ent recovery. As a precaution it is ad- vised to handle rabbits with suspicion at all times and particularly when they are dying. It may also be contracted deer flies. and the bites of animals, but such cases are infrequent in most parts of the country. “The first symptoms,” says the Pub- lic Health Service description, “usually appear four to five days after infection. The onset is sudden and usually is ac- companied by alternate chills and fever, severe headache and sore eyes. There is likely to be profuse sweating, back- ache and pains in the muscles. An en- largement of the lymph glands which drain the site of the infection usually develops and this usuallly is followed by an ulcer at the point the organism entered the body,” such as was seen on the finger of Dr. Francis. The point most emphasized by the physician who revealed the unique hero- ism of the Public Health Service doc- tor is that to Dr. Francis himself it is nothing unusual, but merely a matter of routine work. Catching rabbit fever is part of his job. RELIEF APPLIGANTS CONTINUE TO GROW Number of Cases Pass 10,-| 000 Mark for First Time, Welfare Board States. Applications for relief continued to increase during the past week, accord- ing to a report submitted late vester- day to the Unemployment Relief Com- mittee of the Board of Public Welfare, showing that the number of open cases on the rolls had passed the 10,000 mark for the first time. Lerdy A. Halbert, director of unem- ployment relief, informed the commit- tee, headed by Sidney F. Taliaferra, that for week ending March 11 there were 10,230 cases on the rolls, although only 8,797 actually were re ceiving aid. During the past week there were 505 new applications, of .which 43 were rejected and 462 were left for de- cision. Since last August, when the relief organization began to function, there have been a total of 18,335 applications for aid, of which a total of 8,105 have been disapproved. Expenditures since last August total $718,992, leaving approximately $481,- 000 for the remainder of the current fiscal year, ending June 30, it was re- ported. WOMAN TO FIGHT TEA ROOM CLOSING Proprietor Admits Operating Com- mercial Business Despite Zoning Regulations. Although admitting she is operating & tea room in a residential area, in con- flict with zoning ations, Miss Eliza- beth Williams today she is pre- pared to pit her case against opponents before the court. Miss Williams is the operator of the exclusive “Yellow Feather” tea room on Phelps place, near Bancroft place, SCHOOLS TO TAKE ROW INTO COURT Vaccination Law Opposed by Father, Whe Tries to Force Pupils’ Attendance. Robert L. Haycock, assistant super- intendent of schools, at noon today was preparing to submit to the D. C. Juve- nile Court the case of Barbara and David Entz, 8 and 6 year-old Thomson School pupils, whose father is waging & campaign to have them admitted to class despite his alleged failure to com- ply with the vaccination laws. Late yesterday Entz forced his chil- dren to attempt to beat their way into the Thomson School in the face of a guard of four men who blocked the ‘doors against them. His idea then, he proclaimed loudly, was to make “a test case” and “to get them to put their hands on my children”—and incidentally to have newspaper photographers take pictures of the children’s futile efforts. ‘The children appeared at the Thom- son School again this morning, and seeing the same guard posted against them, made no effort to enter the build- mfi b“!:x left fihe premises, . Haycock, meanwhile, is preparing “information papers” on the cage. ‘which he will submit to the Juvenile Court at the close of the school day today. The school officials point out that while they are specifically forbldden by law from admitting to the public schools any pupil not vaccinated or otherwise pro- tected against smallpox, another law requires parents to send their children to school when they reach 7 years of age. Under that compulsory school at- tendance law, Barbara, who is 8, would be permitted only two days’ unauthor- ized absence from school. Barred yes- terday and today, this period will be completed, and, in an effort to_settle the case. the school authorities will seek 8id of the Juvenile Court in enforcing the compulsory school attendance law. LR 5 DIES FROM INJURIES Richard Newman, Colored, Was in Auto Accident March 3. ichard Newman, colored, 67, of the established there some weeks ago in an historic residence. Numerous members of Washi; 's elite, in social and governmental circles, are listed by Miss boy. | her customers. There came & day, however, when boy. boy. | some other property owners of the sec- tion filed a protest with District of- cials, ch: g that while the tea room may be of exclusive character, it was o] élbedmvlohtkmo(mlmlnll’el- lons. Capt. Oram, District director of in- tion and executive ‘officer of the found the tea n;wm a Police with a request that the place closed. Williams as among | prarch Ri¢ 1800 block of Second street, died at Preedmen’s Hospital today from injuries received in an automobile accident at New York and New Jersey avenues Joseph M. Weaver, 27, of the 2800 block of Twentieth street northeast, was :J:adflmorthamrw.m\!m Buster Keaton Charters Plane. MEXICO CITY, March 17. (#).— Buster Keaton, movie comedian, has chartered a private airplane to take b:'flm 'o':rhml:‘nl., arriving there from some other rodents, the bites of READY FOR FIGHT | BEAUTIFICATION ONSPOTTED FEVER Eastern Invasion Again Fear- ed, With Danger to Children, Hikers and Others. HEALTH SERVICE GIVES RULES OF PRECAUTION Underbrush and Weeds Particular Haunts of Dog Ticks That Com- municate Dread Diesase. With the spotted fever season again rapidly approaching in this part of the country, sufficient vaccine probably will be available this Spring to protect per- sons in the mid-Atlantic States whose occupations render them especially ex- posed to_infection, according to Public Health Service officials. : For children, hikers, picnickers and others who may get occasional ticks on the skin, the Government doctors say. the best protection will be afforded by periodic and thorough examinations for these insects. For the next five or six months every tick is to be regarded as a potential disease carrier. This will be the third season for this dreaded malady with its high mortality rate in the East, especially Maryland and Virginia. Until three years ago it was believed to be confined to a limited range in the Rocky Mountains. Last Summer three children contracted it in the District. Difficult to Manufacture. Manufacture of the vaccine which {gives a fair protection against the dis- ease in the West is a difficult, expen- sive and dangerous job—so much so that no commercial drug firm ever has been willing to undertake it. It is manufactured only at the Public Health | Service laboratory at Hamilton, Mont., where several workers already have sac- rificed their lives in its production. Al- i thought the physical capacity of the laboratory has been taxed to the limit, it is explained at the Public Health Service, it has not been possible to pro- duce the vaccine in anything like suf- general vaccination program in the Eastern area. The vaccine is made from the ground- up bodies of ticks which have fed on laboratory animals infected with the spotted fever virus. is is a slow job | at the best and, in the past, more than { half the vaccine secured has been thrown away each year when tests have shown that it was practically worthless. This year, with improved methods, it is believed that approximately 65 per cent of the material can be saved. Limited in This Area. After all, Public Health Service doctors | explain, the discase is far from being | generally diffused over this area, as is { the case in certain Rocky Mountain sections. It appears to be confined to certain focal points, one of which is fairly near Washington, and varies in its virulence from place to place. A general vaccination program would cause great expense and discomfort and would not be justified by any actual danger. From the present indications it will be possible to supply the vaccine on re- quest to farmers, foresters and others whose work requires that they remain for protracted periods in underbrush in localities where there is actual danger of the disease. But to protect children and picnickers in this way will be out of the question this year. Spotted fever is spread in this sec- tion by the common dog tick. It is an ubiquitous insect, especially prevalent around towns. It is brushed off dogs and other animals when they pass through tall grass and bushes. Then it will get on persons. But it has been demonstrated that at least eight hours i5 necessary for the tick to get enough of the fever virus into the system to cause the disease. Consequently there is no danger if a tick is removed from the body inside of this period. The practice followed in the Bitter Root Valley of Montana and other notorious fever areas is for members of hunting parties and others to examine ecach other thoroughly at least once every eight hours. Health Service Rules. ‘The following instructions, just is- sued by Dr. R. R. Parker of the Public Health Service for the Rocky Mountain area, are believed equally applicable in this part of the country, where the dis- ease is somewhat milder in its mani- festations: “The first precaution is the wearing of such clothing as will prevent the ticks from getting inside the trousers from the bottom, such as high boots, leggings, puttees or socks outside the trouser legs. Passing the hand over the neck occasionally to feel for ticks is a good habit. “In seeking their hosts, ticks crawl up grass, bushes and other low vege- tation and are seldom found at a height greater than 18 inches. In spite | of precautions a certain number may reach the body through openings in the clothing. Thorough examinations made iwice each day are desirable. “If two persons occupy the same bed exceptional care should be used for the reason that the first person to whom an infected tick attaches is reasonably safe for some hours, but if it should become dislodged during the night and reattach to a second person infecticn would take place quickly. Instances of infection by one tick of two per- sons in the same bed are not un- common.” Avoiding of Trails. Campers in the open are urged to avoid proximity to trails and old roads in pitching their camps and especially’| brushy areas beside streams. The safest camping ground, it is pointed out, is in standing timber where there is little underbrush. “If it is necessary to camp in a dan- us situation,” the instructions con- tinue, “considerable protection will be afforded if nearby vegetation is dragged over with a white cloth which can be attached to a pole. ‘The first consideration, it is pointed out, is immediate removal of any at- tached tick, regardiess of the method. Some use turpentine, iodine, kerosene and similar substances to make the insect let go its hold but it usually is best to merely pick it off with the , rather than allow any delay. Although the eastern form of the disease appears to be less virulent than the western, it is extremely dangerous, Dr. Parker points out, and the only thing to do is to put the victim to bed and call a doctor at once. Any exertion is to be avolded an are Th: five days after the infe u lve :g?lu of dflK; sensations being fol- lowed by a definite chill. This is soon 10 with a fever accompanied by severe e, bloodshot eyes often sensitive to light, sore eye-balls, white- coated tfiue with red edges, deep, dusky fi on face; pain the muscles, bones and joints; backache, d such drugs as dangerous. a in leed, bronchial cough, constipation and ked weakness. its g-rueulnly in the lower portion; nose- " marl ficient quantities to render possible a' IN JOINT PROGRAM Arts Commission and Plan- ning Body Also Plan Roose- velt Isle Landscaping. COLONIAL HOUSES WOULD BE RESTORED Groups Inspect New House Office Building as Guests of Allied Architects, Inc. Further beautification of downtown ‘Washington, the proper landscaping of Theodore Roosevelt Island and restora- tion of a number of old Colonial houses in Georgetown, were on the joint pro- gram of the Fine Arts Commission and the Natfonal Capital Park and Planning Commission today. The two governmental groups that pass on future developments here in- spected the new House Office Build- ing this morning as guests of the Allied Architects, Inc. Later members of the two commissions were guests of the architects at luncheon. ‘The commissions were holding a joint session this afternoon to consider a number of matters affecting develop- ment of the Capital. Foremost among these were: The question of the utility bridge acrcss B street south to link the new Agriculture Department buildings; erec- tion of the statue to the Revolutionary ‘War hero, Gen. Artemus Ward, in a preposed circle at Massachusetts and Nebraska avenues, near American Uni- versity; a landscape plan for the Samuel Gompers Memorial to be erected by the American Federation of Labor at Tenth street and Massachusetts avenue; further plans for the American Pharma- ceutical Association Building, now under construction at Twenty-third street and Constitution avenue, and landscaping for ‘Theodore Roosevelt Island, Yor which plans have been prepared by Henry V. Hubbard, a member of the Planning Commis:ion. The two groups also will give atten- tion to restoration cf some of the old | Colonial homes in Georgetown as is | advocated by local architects. Treatment Is Discussed. The Fine Arts Commission, at a morning session, discussed the architec- tural mndscape treatment to be given the Great Plaza in the public buildings development in the triangle. Plans for | this were submitted by E. H. Bennett of the Chicago firm that is studying this problem. No decision was an- nounced. Tomorrow the Fine Arts Commission t#ill inspect the statutes in Statutary Hall | at the Capitol, in compliance with a recent injunction of Congress. Engi- neers have suggested that this be done, because of the weight of the statues on the floor, and the Congress has con- s{:der!d the advisability of removing them. | _ Discussing the recent report of the Public Health Service on pollution of the Potomac River, the Planning Com- mission yesterday prepared to warn the | District Commissioners that a nuisance | problem will likely arise here in the near | future. The Public Health Service re- ! port said there is no public health prob- lem involved at present, but hoisted the danger signals over what is coming, with an increase in population in the metropolitan area. The commission was advised by Public Health Service authorities that at pres- | ent pollution of the Potomac River does not endanger the shellfish down- | stream of the National Capital and| that no water supply\is taken from the river below the city. Condition Objectionable. The condition presented by the Ana- costia River is objectionable, the com- mission found, for that stream is being polluted by adjacent Maryland com- | munities. The banks of the Anacostia River, within the District. are now being improved as a recreational area, | as the United States Engineer's Office r is creating Anacostia Park along the flats. Polluted river water will not be conducive to proper recreational activ- itles, such as boating, because of the danger of persons catching typhoid, if the water becomes increasingly polluted, commission officials said. The commis- sion made no specific recommendations on constructing sewage disposal plants, here or in nearby Maryland or Virginia, but wished to ecquaint the municipal authorities with the growing problem. E. A, Schmitt, engineer in the United States Engineer Office, who is chair- man of the Co-ordinating Committee, reported to the commission on advance planning of public works in the Dis- trict. The staff of the commission, as a result of this report, will consolidate graphically all the activities of various agencies for future development, in one map, so that officials may be able to | visualize the problem more easily. Irving C. Root, engineer of the Mary- land-National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, presented a number of maps, showing where his organiza- tion has purc ground, with the aid of Federal money, in the nearby Mary- land valleys—Rock Creek and Sligo. Maj. D. H. Gillette, engineer of the Federal commission, . Settle, secretary, reported to their par- ent body that they had inspected the 1 Federal accounts of the Maryland or- ganization, to which moneys have been advanced under the Capper-Cramton park-puruchase act, and found them in excellent shape. e e CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Card and bingo party, Phoenix Club, 7 Fourth street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Sunshine Club, Southern Dairies Auditorium, 60 M street north- east, 8 pm. g Dance, Elks Club, 919 H street, 8:30 pm. Dance, Beta Chi Sorority, Rho Chap. ter, Beaver Dam Country Club, 10 p.m. Card party, Nativity Auditorium, 6000- Georgla avenue, 8:30 p.m. Card and bingo party, St. Theresa’s mmmu, 1409 'V street southeast, Banquet and dance, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Dance, Delta Nu Fraternity, Hamilton Hotel, ?fl.‘m i Dance, New York State Soclety, Shoreham Hotel, 9 pm. . Card , benefit 8t. Jerome's Church, Hya! e, Md., § pm. Card party and dance, Wisconsin So- clety, Roosevelt Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, Auxiliary, United War Veterans, D. C. ‘Washington Hotel, 9 pm. ' Lecture, Dr. Ze Bamney T. Phillips, ent, REPRESENTATIVE MULDO' Y. HE House District Committee was completed today by the appoint- ment of the six Republican members. These appointments were announced in the House by Minority Leader Snell, who is Chair- man of the Republican Committee on Committees. ‘Two of the six are “hold-over” mem- bers from previous Congresses—Repre- sentative Gale H. Stalker and Repre- sentative James L. Whitley, both of | New York. ‘The new ‘members are: Represent- atives Gardner R. Withrow, Wiscon- Isin: Michael J. Muldowney. Pennsyl- vania; Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois, and George Burnham, California. Representative Withrow comes to the District Committee with extensive civic and legislative experience. He has al- ways been in clese contact with the city finances of his home city of La Crosse. He served as a member of the State Legislature and was also the rep- resentative of the railroad trainmen on the brotherhood for the State of Wis- consin. While in the Legislature he He is 40 years old. Representative Muldowney comes to Congress direct from the Municipal Council of the City of Pittsburgh. He had previously served in the State Legislature from 1925 to 1929. He was born in Philadelphia, is 43 years of age, single, and was graduated from Du- quesne University in 1908. Representative Dirksen is 37 years old. He was for a time employed as socn as he was of age. REPRESENTATIVE BURNHAM. a consulting chemist by a large corn products concern in New York. At the age of 18 he went to work on the Minneapolis_Tribune. while attending the University of Minnesota. During | the World War he served in an Artil- ley training unit, was_ then assigned When he came back heme and en- |gaged in manufacturing washing ma- chines, dredging and the bakery busi- | ness. 'As a district commander in the American Legion he became a candi- | date for Congress in 1930 and was suc- | cessful in 1932. Representative Burnham was former- ly & merchant, banker and realtor and aided materially in development of the Imperial Valley, California. He has for | years been well known in official Wash- | ington, having been largely instru- mental in securing San Diego harbor | improvenients, the United States Ma- | rine Corps base, a war-time concrete ship building plant and other Govern- ment projects. He was formerly presi- dent of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and a member of the cham- ber's Army and Navy Committee for many years. He was organizer and vice president of the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, honorary commer- cial commissioner to China. in 1910, a member of the Southern California Economic Council, is past president of the Boy Scouts and Order of De Molay, which he helped to organize. He is 62 | years of age, was born in London, came to this country more than half a cen- tury ago and became naturalized as COMMITTEE READY FORD. C. BEER BILL House Body Will Meet Mon- day—Measure Introduced in Senate. With the national beer bill in the final stages of enactment, the House | District Committee will hold its first | meeting Mondsy at 10:30 am. to con- | sider the District beer bill introduced by Representative Palmisano, Demo- crat, of Maryland. Just as soon 4s the personnel of the District Committee was completed to- day with announcement of the six Re- publican lents by Minority Leader Snell, Chairman Norton, con- fined to her bed with a severe cold, issued the call for the meeting. Pre- viously he had notified her office to have the committee meet whenever Represéntative Palmisano thought nec- essary” Mrs. Norton is extremely enx- jous to preside herself at the organi- zation meeting on Monday if her doctor gives permission. Seeks Executive Session. Palmisano sai¢ he would prefer to have an executive session of the com- mittee to report out the beer bill. Hear- ings have been completed and there is a working agreement with Represent- ative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, who has led the fight against the District beer bill, but who promised to help get it through as soon as the Senate had acted upon the national beer bill. Rep- resentative Palmisano emphasized there would be no delay by the committee in reporting the bill. h Speaker Rainey and House Leader Byrns have announced their support of the District beer bill and that, as essential legislation, an oppor- | Corps b in |ent Assistant tunity will be given for its the House at the earliest possible date. Bill Introduced in Senate. Meanwhile, plans for consideration of the District beer bill at the Senate end of the Capitol aré awaiting the return of Chairman King of the District Committee, who is recovering at home from a cold. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary: land, introduced the measure as ‘& separate bill yesterday afternoon after Democratic leaders had asked him not to offer it as an amendment to the national bill. Initc:kin zhuu' Senator Tydings g course, Senat expressed the hope that the sej District would upon bill for the be ac at the present session of Congress. Senator King may be able to return to his office tomorrow. “The Holy Commuynion,” parish house of Epiphany Church, 8 p.m. ‘TOMORROW. Meeting, Women’s City Club, 736 Jackson pluace, 3 pm. Luncheon, Harvard Club, University Club, 1:15 pm. D. C. Heads Receive | | First Application | For Beer License | ‘The first application for license to sell beer in Washington, if and when permitted by an act of Congress, was filed today with the District Commissioners by S. ‘Wagshal, operator of a delica- tessen on Columbia road. The application was accom- panied by a check drawn to the credit of the District govern- ment, with the space left blank for the amount of the draft :;unry to meet the license HENRY ROOSEVELT TAKES NAVY OATH |Assistant Secretary Sworn 20 Years After Sixth Cousin Assumed Same Post. ‘Twenty years to the day after Frank- lin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as As- sistant Secretary of the Navy, his sixth cousin, Col. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, took the oath for the same post at noon today at the Navy Department. Beneath an array of framed photo- graphs of members of the Roosevelt family who have held the job, Col. Roosevelt became the right-hand man of Secretary Swanson. A personal :;l::ed,-;ulr':dminllo;ln G. Murfin, vocate gener: - ma?umg 5. ‘h'l of the Navy, ad: 3 velt Was confirm Senate ye;:erdny. . - Roosevelt, a colonel in the Marine Reserves, will m"gh':het prr:; : st Jahncke of New Orleans. It was only 8 few months ago that Jahncke signed the commission making his successor a colonel in the Marine Reserves. At the same time yesterday, the Sen- ate also confirmed two other Navy appointments — Capt. Perceval Sherer Rossiter, commander of the Naval Hos- pital here, to be surgeon general of the Navy with the rank of rear admiral, and Rear Admiral Emory S. cousin of Col. Charles A. Lin It was referred to the|Re] s as vice | - es, and Eugene O. 1 for reappointment gmumnmt Tresident . Holliday of Mississippi nor of the Philij Sykes of 85 Federal radio Avra "'eo to | House bills in service: Harold Shants of New York, H. Mer- rell hoff of New York, Cloyca K. Huston of Iowa, Win R. Scott of Ohio, H. Merle Cochran of Arizona, as an observer in the balloon service. | PAGE B—1 COMPANIES DEFER B CENT FARE ACTION PENDING MERGER Utilities Commission Sugges- tion for Certain Changes Causes Surprise. HANNA SAYS TRACTION WOULD LOSE REVENUE Representatives of Lines Recall , Similar Plan of Last September, Which Was Not Considered. ‘The suggestion for 5-cent fares for certain kinds of street car service, made by the Public Utilities Commission yes- terday, apparently will not be taken up by the street car companies, at least until after the merger negotiations now going forward have been completed, it was indicated today. The announce- ment seemed to have taken the indus- try by surprise, since its representatives had informed the commission last September that a scmewhat similar plan could not be considered until after the companies had merged. President John H. Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. said today his company cculd not possibly consider the suggestion, as jt was quite certain that, even if it meant an increase in riders, it would also mean a decrease in revenue, and with the company now barely making fixed charges such an experiment could not be made. When People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech last September suggested a five- {cent zone fare, Mr. Hanna appeared willing at first to give the scheme a cautious trial. President William F. Ham of the Washington Railway & Electrict Co., however, discouraged it | from the start. The commission called the company heads into a conference |to discuss the Keech plan. and both | agreed that it would be bstter to wait until after a corporate merger had been effected | The act authorizing the merger was signed January 16, giving the companies |six menths in which to arrange the { details of the merger. The negotiations have been somewhat delaved by the recent eccnomic crisis, but Mr. Hanna said today that he felt confident that the details could be completed within the six months. After the companies { have agreed, the merger must still be |approved by the Public Utilities Com= missicn. under the terms of the act { Mr. Keech said today that he was in | favor of the commission’s cuggestion, or |any other sclution that would bring | riders back to the car companies. In 1his memcrandum suggesting the zone fare last September, he pointed out that | between 1919 and 1932 the companies | had lost 77,282.673 revenue passen: |or about 44.5 per cent, with the gre: est loss in 1932. He said that a nickel fare for short rides would result in an increase in revenue without any cor- responding increase in operating costs. MISPLACEMENT OF SIGNS ANNOYING TO MERCHANTS Parking Restrictions Were to Have Been on N, Instead of M Street. On Wednesday signs were M street between New Hampshire and Connecticut avenues announcing that parking would be prohibited during construction work on the street by the Potomac Electric Power Co Merchants impatiently vaced the stores, watching trade dwindle, and oc- casionally peering out the door to see when the street work was to begin But no workmen appeared—and the parking ban evidently was sending customers elsewhere. Two days passed. The merchants conferred, ~ then complaired. Then Traffic Bureau and power ccmpany of- ficials huddled and split up into an investigation. They found the signs had been put on M instead of N strect—where con- struction was already proceeding, con- siderably hampered by parked auto- mobiles. The signs were changed—and the M street merchants today ceased their pacing as trade began to trickle back. 3.2 or 3.05 Beer Is Declared About Same as Old Brew Pre-Prohibition Pabst ‘Blue Ribbon’ Was Only 2.9 Per Cent. Whatever the outcome of the contro- versy between the Senate and the House on the alcoholic content of the beer the Nation is soon to drink, whether it be 3.02 or 3.05 per cent of wlcohol by_weight, it will be real beer. Rufus S. Lusk, executive director of the Crusaders, 2 wet organization, to- day revealed that the beer contemplated compares favorably with that which was sold as standard brands before prohibition. There were beers sold before prohi- bition, he revealed, which actually con- tained less than the amount of alcohol prescribed in either the House or the Senate action. One of these, a standard brand, Pabst “Blue Ribbon,” sold widely before pro- hibition, contained 2.9 per cent of alcohol by weight, and another, Posetti, “Bohemian,” contained only 2.5 per cent of alcohol by weight. Other standard brands and the amount of alcohol they contained, by weight, were: Schlitz, pale, 3.1 per cent; Budweiser, 3.8 per cent; Cream City Pilsener, 3.3 per :znb and Blatz Muenchener, 3.5 per cen - ‘These beers, Mr. Lusk explained, were all light beers. - The heavier and darker beers all contained more alcohol than is contained in that contemplated in either the Senate or House bills as [ ) Some of the ales, he said, ran up to as high as 7 per cent of alcohol by weight, ie new beer, if it be 3.05 by weight, would have 3.8 per cent of alcohol by volume, while if the House figure of 3.2 is finally accepted, the content of al- cohol by volume would be 4.0 per cent. Senator Tydings today placed the difference between the Senate and alcohol percentage at ‘just & drop.’ “I've figured it out,” the Marylander told reporters, “and it means that the Senate would contain one drop less of Whlcohol in a total volume of 66635 drops.” (| \