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DISTRICT BEER BILL REPORT MAY REACH HOUSE LATE TODAY Changes Made by Committee Make Rewriting of Meas- ure Necessary. SENATE GROUP DECIDES TO HOLD BRIEF HEARINGS Chairman Tydings, Promising Speed, Will Limit Each Side to Two Witnesses. With approval of the District beer bill in prospect this week, the House ¥District Committee moved swiftly today to get the measure on House calendar as soon as possible. Representative Palmisano, Democrat, | - of Maryland, sponsor of the bill, an- nounced that the measure, with the amendments agreed to by the commit- tee, probably would be in shape to re- port to the House late today. Rewriting of the bl has been made necessary by the changes. In the Senate, however, the Tydings beer bill for the District, a counterpart of the Palmisano bill, has not moved quite as far on its legislative journey. The Senate District Committee at its meeting late yesterday decided to hold brief hearings on the measure to give both wets and drys a final opportunity to air their views. Hearing Date Not Fixed. ‘The hearings will be held by a wet subcommittee, but the date has not. yet been fixed. The subcommittee is com- posed of Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland; Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinols and Senator Carey, Republican, “s&ogm;‘fydl ho will serve as ator , who B chairman of zl!‘x? beer subcommittee, made it clear there would be no undue delay in getting the bill before the Senate. He sald he would limit the hearings to two witnesses from each side, with the d:m: number on each amendment, %ended by the House District Committee, the bill calls for 3.2 beer, -reduces the local tax per batrel from $1.20 to $1, requires a separate license for each hotel that is a member of 8 chain, and increases the license fee for those handling beer in bulk from $25 to $50. Further Changes Possible. ‘The bill may also be changed what by the Senate Committee. Sen- ator Tydings,indicated he was favor- ably toward an_ amendment that would prohibit the sale to minors. e EE— from nal = ence, but Senator gs said in that some- instance & local police regulation was | b being attached to Nation-wide legisla- tlal:.‘ ‘whereas the District Committee is dealing with local regulations for the District. Another ame: Committee will would authorize becue stands which have auf rflnl facilities to serve beer on trays motorists. In its present form, the bill requires the beer to be served at tables in restaurants. Since there is no time limitation in the local bill for legalizing the ranu- facture and sale of beer/ the District, will be in a posi- haye sufficient prepare for the beer trade. Lusk SI‘I-‘I.WK Rufus S. Lusk, national legislative officer of the Crusaders, suggested & number of amendments to the bill dur- lnf the hearings before the House com- mittee. The outstanding changes he proposed were designed to prevent the brewers from owning the establishments where beer is sold and to make flexible the limitation on the number of licenses issued, so that each neighborhood could be allowed a sufficient number of estab- lishments to meet the demand. Lusk's proposed amendment to keep brewers from owning the establishments where beer is sold, he said, would pre- vent ene of the evils of the pre- prohibition era. His proposed amend- ment would require the applicant for & license to furnish a sworn statement that no brewer, manufacturer, whole- saler or distributor of beverages “has any direct or indirect financial interest in the premises upon which the business lcensed is to be carried on.” Lusk also argued that the bill as now framed would prevent the Com- missioners from licensing additional beer establishments in a neighborhood where the demand for the beverage might increase. The bill in its present form would require the Commissioners to determine the whole number of li- censes to be issued in the District be- fore any licenses. The only re- striction that the Lusk amendment ‘would impose is that the Commissioners, in issuing a license, take into considera- tion the number of licenses already issued in the immediate neighborhood where such licensed business is to be | conducted. : “Brewer’s License” Proposed. Another amendment proposed by Lusk would create a “brewer’s license™ in addition to the “on sale” and “off sale” licenses as provided in the bill. ‘The brewer’s license would cost $1,000 &_year.. ml further urged that the bill be amended so licenses would be granted only to an individual and in his per- sonal name, and if obtained for the )Illw of using it in the business or on_behslf of an individual, proprietor association, or firm, partnership- or corperation, the application be accom- by a declaration to that effect RECOVERING FROM FALL Mrs May Zaugg, 45, was believed today in Gallinger from injuries she receive When she plunged from the second- story of her apartment in the 1400 block of R street. Mrs, Zaugg, said to be an efploye of & downtown department re- ital last night The Fp , WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1933. *BARNACLE BILL" WHISTLES Women Discuss Equal Rights INTERVIEW AUTHOR OF NEW NATIONALITY BILL. RS. M. B. JOHN of New York (left) and Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles of Delaware (right), chairman of the National Woman's Party, are shown above interviewing Representative Samuel Dickstein of New York with reference to the bill which he has just introduced to remove all rema; discriminations against women in so far as nationality is concerned. The bill, of which Senator Royal D. Copeland of New York is the author in the Senate, would make the children, born abroad of American mothers, nationals of this country. Representative Dickstein is chairman of the House Immigration and Naturalization Committee, which will hold a hearing on the bill next Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ublic —Star Staft Photo. FRST LADY VT AARILLS SHOW Mrs. Roosevelt and Cabinet Women See 20th Annual Flower Display. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt this morn- ing attended amaryllis show of the Department ‘of Agriculture, accompanied by a group of cabinet women. The show is in the department’s exhibition greenhouse, at Fourteenth street and Constitution ave- nue and is open daily from 9 am. to 9 pm. The wife of the Ambassador of Spain, with a group of friends, was a visitor yesterday. ‘The largest attendance thus far was | Posals during the luncheon _hours yesterday ‘when more than 800 employes from the new United States Department of Com- merce Building crowded the green- ouses. - Today is & special day for the em- es of the new Internal Revenue ilding- and the Post Office Depart- ment. y and Saturday are special days for’gd.h: young women attending col- leges and . More than 20 large busloads are to come on those two days from 14 institutions. Offe of the iculture Depart- ;l;nl made an ofllail inspection of th: ow yesterday and espec approve the collection of white amaryllis devel- oped by the department’s gardeners. Members of Congress have been espe- chogim:nvlud to attend the show to- m There are more than 1,200 plants in the show and nearly 7,000 blooms of a wul:l variety of coloring and petal for- mation. BOARD NAMED T0 TRY CAPT. J. W. PIERSON Inspectors Davis, Beckett and Headley to Hear Drunken- ness Charge. Capt. Joseph W. Plerson, command- 5 firedbe{mnl’olloe Trial Board composed of three inspec- tors of the department on a charge had been found under influ- serve as . The trial was ordered on recom- mendatjon of Maj. E. W. Brown, super- intendent of police. Capt. Plerson, a veteran of 29 ' service, was sus- the twentieth annual| STUDY 15 PLANNED OF RENT PROBLEMS Senator Capper Heads Sub- committee to View Re- cent Reports. A subcommittee headed by Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, was named by the Senate District Commit- tee yesterday to itudy’ the’' committee’s recent re) on rental and housing problems and determine whether legis- lation is to be recommended. Chairman Capper will be assisted on the subcommittee by Senators Copeland, Democrat, of New York and Kean, Re- publican, of New Jersey. Senator King of Utah, new Demo- catic chairman of the Senate Commit- tee, suggested creation of the subcom- mittee and said that among the pro- to be studied is whether there should be any legislation for a mora- torium on mortgage foreclosures and evictions in rent cases. . Senator Capper was chairman of the subcemmittee which conducted the rent inquiry in '.l:g m Congress. Earlier meeting yesterday Chairman King announced that instead of naming a list of standing subcom- mittees he would Jg&amt special sub- tee the advisability of on of Jjoint meetings from time to m portant or controversial measures. He said proposed revision of local taxation public hearings by some method of limiting the time or number of witnesses to be heard on va- rious questions. CONSERVATORS PUSH WORK AT BANKS HERE Exact Information on Dates for Re. suming Business With Licenses Is Lacking. — Conservators of Washington banks which have not yet received their licenses to reopen on an unrestricted basis, continued today to correct as much as possible their positions with the hope of opening their doors to business shortly. G Definite information.as to when of the institutions which are still tied | up will resume normal banking opera- tions was lacking, however, both at the banks themselves and at the Treasury Department. St the All banks in the hands of conserva. tors are under complete control of the years’ pended last week after police officials. | controller of the currency and may not an anonymous telephone tip’ erson was off duty and previously had been ordered to bed to recover from a heavy cold. If the Trial Board finds him guilty, it must recommend his dismissal, the finding, however, could be appealed to the District Commissioners. REASSURES RETIRED CIVIL SERVICE GROUP Alcorn Certain No Deductions in Annuities Were Intended in . Economy Act. y to affect retired civil service ‘worl Pointing out that he has had many inquiries on the subject, Mr. Alcorn said: “T am sure it will not affect such civil service em .” In support of his statement called attention to s paragraph of the law which, states that the term “compensation” does not include payments out of any retire- ment, disability or relief fund made up wholly or in part of contributions of emj e ectai Conkroms i s 10 tend that any deductions should be made from the annuity of any retired civil -ervlegavorker. Im:m r u.'fl?:. ployes e mw.mam-&mm annuities Glee Club to Give Concert. ‘The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club of the Y. W. C. A, will present a concert at leg | Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K stregts, ‘Thursda y. Samuel Stern, Na guest at 8:45 p.m. cellist with the Orchestrs, will be reopen until they receive a formal license. e 3 Indications were seen at the Treasury that some of the banks of the country are preparing to again after being closed since the banking holiday. It was learned that the list of banks granted licenses to reopen wilt be made puhl:f: dally by the Treasury Depart- men woul mp?;t oon ¢ wmhmcm soon_con! = late in ht‘):e flxnuc h:hl district today, but ‘M ml as to dates was not CEREMONY IS PLANNED Co. BY TALL CEDARS More Than 800 Members From Baltimore Expected for Initia- tion Here March 31. More than 800 members of the Tall Cedars of on are expected to come m nommun‘:é.lmm March 31 an lon ceremony for almost Ealeigh oty “the” oos] Tobest "¢ Tall Cedars. L/ 2 The local forest also will be host to thousands of visiting members of the 0ld Wound Proves Fatal. o from the effects, doctors said. et wound inflicted September when he and Patrolman trolman Ollhlfl PAY AND FURLOUGH ISSUES DISCUSSED AT MEETING TODAY New Economy Act Problems Being Thrashed Out in Conference. SITUATION COMPLICATED BY OVERLAPPING LAW Many Questions Add to Uncer- tainty of Status of Govern- - ment Employes. With the new economy act present- ing a number of questions that must be cleartd L}g by the’ controller general, personnel officers of the executive de- partments and independent establish- Mments are conferring this afternoon at the Clvil Service Commission to study the act and decide on the rulings that are to be sought at the outset. It also will be decided if the Civil Service Commission will present the queries to Controller General McCarl or if this action is to be instituted by some other agency. When the first economy act went into effect last July, the controller gen- eral immediately began to be bombarded by establishments throughout the Gov- ernment for interpretations covering various phases and, as rulings on these ‘were made, coples were broadcast for the guidance of all. Situation Complicated. In the present instance, the situation is complicated by reason of the fact that ghe new law, becos operative on April 1, will overlap three months originally intended to be covered by the old economy act, as well as taking in the fiscal year 1934 for which the old economy act had been re-enacted. In connection with the new law, it was sald by those who will be charged with its administration, a number of questions on pay deductiong and leave that require solution immediately pre- sent themselves and are expected to form the basis of the questionnaire that will go to the controller general. They include the following: Can legislative furlough (the staty- tory deduction of one month) ac and unused,on March 31, 1933, be al- lowed after April 1? Can administrative furlough (leave without' pay applied to avert dis- missals) accrued and unused on March 31 be allowed after April 1? After April 1, 1933, will the salary deductions for one administrative day’s furlough be computed at the base pay rate or at.the base pay less 15 per cent (this is the maximum reduction which may be applied under the new law)? ‘Where legislative furlough deductions have been made in excess of the amount required to March 31, which would be three-quarters of & month's pay, and absence was not had, should (a) re- fund be made to employe, (b) should credit on 15 per cent be made? ‘Where employe has been absent in excess of the required amount of legis- lative furlough to March 31 and ap- propriate deductions have been le, shall there be, any deductions for credit { to the 15 per cent? Annual Leave Issue. Does annual leave begin to accrue at the rate of 15 days per annum on April 1, July 1, or be retroactive to January 1 of this year? Does annual leave accrued and un- used on June 30, 1932, when leave was suspended, accrue and become available for use after April 1 under the new law? Must the 15 per cent deduction be im- pounded for the fiscal year 1933 in the same manner as the 83 per cent de- d“ummm,zh impoundm: f e ent of the 15 cent deductian be made. in 1934, even though estimates for that year took into consideration the 813 per cent deduc- tion made during the current year? BORAH AT WHITE HOUSE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS Progressive Leader Declines to Comment on Conference With Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. ‘White House doors opened to Senator Borah for the first time in many months last night when the Progressive leader went there to hold his first conference with President Roosevelt since the start of the new administration. Senator Borah made it clear to news- iper men afterward, however, that didn’t want to talk about it. Borah has been an infrequent visitor at the Executive Mansion during recent Tent Hoover arter supmorting. hiss i Oover af po; n 1928. He accepted lx‘u.g ht, however, an invitation to confer with Mr. Roose- velt there along with 14 other Senate and House leaders. A score of newspaper men surrounded e 3 e the circle, saying: “This is my first visit here. Let those talk who usually do.” Mail Defrauders Sentenced. r penitentiary terms and $3, ,:fih were imj in Federal Court CHANGES ADOPTED BY CIiY HEADS ON CAR RESTRICTIONS Traffic Advisory Council Ap- proves Amendments of Commissioners. CfiNSTITUleN AVENUE IS IN NEW REGULATIONS Revisions Are Also Made in @eorgia Avenue Parking Areas by Orders. Numerous changes in District traffic regulations, generally extending re- strictions against parking of automo- biles, were adopted today by the Dis- trict Commissioners. The amendments were indorsed by the traffic advisory council, a board of representatives of various local organizations interested in traffic matters. Under the amended regulations there is to be no parking of cars at any time on Oenstitution avenue between First and Second streets. Willlam A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic, in forwazding the recommended changes to the city heads, said this change rm made necessary by the increase in t on Constitution avenue. Georgia Avenue Change. On Georgia avenue from Kenyon street to Rock Creek Church road, un- et iing Vi be peritied Trom 3 . parking t rom 8 am. to0 6 p.m., except between Quebec place and Rock Creek Church road, Jhe" gfi;l;ln: is prohibited between 4:39 and :30 pm. One-hour parking will be permitted between 8 am, and 6 p.m. on Georgia avenue from Florida avenue to W street, but parking is to be prohibited at all times on Georgia avenue from W street to Trumbull street. Other changes are as follows: On L street, from Twenty-fourth street to Pennsylvania avenue, two- hour parking between 8 am. and 6 p.m.; Macomb street, between Wiscon- sin avenue and Thirty-eighth street, one-hour parking from 8 am. to 6| p.m.; Mount Pleasant street, from La- mont street to Park road, one-hour parking from 8 am. to 5 p.m., but no parking on the east side of Mount Pleasant street from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Meridian Place Parking. Meridian place, from Pourteenth to Sixteenth streets, no parking at any time on the north side; T street, from New Hampshire avenue to Sixteenth | street, on the south side, no parking at any time; Wisconsin avenue, from Newark to Macomb streets, west side, one-hour parking from 8 am. to 6 p.m.; Wisconsin avenue, from Macomb street to Woodley road, west side, no parking from 8 to 9:30 am., and one- hour parking between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wisconsin avenue, from Woodley road to Massachusetts avenue, west side, no pa from 8 to 9:30 am. Wisconsin avenue, from Warren to 8 am. to 6 p.m.; Twelfth street, from Constitution avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, no parking on the east side between 8 am. and 6 pm.; G street, from First to North Capitol streets, is made an eastbound, one-way street, at the request of business men of the | neighborhood. {CONTRACTS FOR WORK | ON STREETS ARE LET| Improvement Program in Dis- trict Will Cost Total of ° s, 182 Contracts for improvement of Dis- trict streets at a total cost of $111,182 were awarded today by the District €] Commissioners. ‘The Corson & Gruman Co. of Wash- ington was awarded a contract for $50,959 for the laying of nmew concrete strip roadways and new asphalt sur- facing on various streets in different sections of the District. This work in- volves laying about 11,000 tons of asphalt and about 4,500 tons of strip concrete. McGuire & Rolfe, Inc., of this city, was awarded contract for the surfacing of streets for a cost of $60,223. This work calls for the laying of about 11,000 tons of asphalt. These projects are a part of the 8] street improvement program which is to be started early next month. TRIAL FUND IS VOTED Senate Approves $5,000 Expenses in Louderback Case. JAPANESE CHERRY BLOSSOMS EXPECTED BY EASTER SUNDAY First Blooms Will Appear Early This Spring If Warm Weather Continues. Washington probably will have its cherry blossoms on Easter Sunday, ac- : F g ] ] i i ¥ ] 15’;! i g " | i ] i g i | k i 4y e ] i i E " i ] Egg T ] i 2 g Veazey streets, one-hour parking from |y ening Sfar- F¥¥ WAY OUT OF LIQUOR PENALTY Entertainer Gets 30-Day Sentence or $150 Fine Suspended When He Offers "My Wild Irish Rose™ for Court. Bill, the Saflor,” sat in the prisone; at Police Court this morning, his lips absent-mindedly form- ing the notes of “The Prisoner’s Song.” A professional whistler who has per- formed on the radio and in vaudeville, “Barnacle Bill,” otherwise known as “Tex” Latches, 1900 block of Seven- teenth street, mused upon the fact he ml;dx;tnotchlnlehhtunetwnle‘n e 30 days. IHA Iudd found the warb] “flxflneu Chndise atr e Beard Congacss had abolished police informers, according to | P’ the officers who arrested him yesterday and charged him with illegal posses- Arraigned before Judge Isasc R. Hitt today, “Barnacle Bill” said he never wanted to go- into the liquor business around to the witness box, smiling “Now whistle” said the judge. “A good old-fashioned tune I'll give you, your homor,” said “Barmacle Bill th;’g;flgfi‘g he t hi WO in his mouth and inhlll:(inl dfiepflng::th into his barrel-like frame. “Stlent commanded the judge. irnacle Bill” came the dulcet From notes of “My Wild Irish Rose.” ‘The attendants, judge and rosecutor listened appreciatively. “Pirst rate. First rate” said Judge Hitt when the song was finished. “I might say,” the judge added, “that is the first time I've heard any one whistle that way since I was a boy. "'rhau the way I was taught to anyway and wouldn't do it now if he [do it. e aid, che iquor seized. By, proAibi: e : iquor - tion agents was intended for a little party with friends. “This man was in the Navy 16 years and was wounded in action. He is a professional entertainer and has no past police record,” Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb told the court. “I recommend a suspended sentence.” “Take the stand,” Judge Hitt ordered. The 240-pound defendant walked “I learned that on the open prairie down in Texas, your honor,” said le Bill,” beaming with satis- faction at the compliment. “Thirty days or $150,” said Judge Sailor.” “Well,” said “Barnacle Bill” as he left the court room, “that’s the first time I've-ever been in jail. And, as far as that goes, it's the first time I ever whistled my way out.” P0ST SALE FOUGHT BY RS, ILEA Trust Company Fails to Have Former Publisher Re- moved at Once. ‘While the American Security & Trust AIR CRASH VICTINS | BURIAL THURSDAY, Two Majors and Lieutenant Will Be Interred in Ar- - lington Cemetery. ‘Two Army majors and a leutenant, | PAGE B—1 HOUSE COMMITTEE AWAITS ESTIMATES FOR DISTRICT FUNDS Figures Expected to Reach Appropriations Group To- morrow or Thursday. HEARINGS ARE LIKELY FIRST OF NEXT WEEK Buchanan Has No Specific Infor- mation on Amount of U. S. Contribution. New estimates for District ria- tions for the fiscal year wnnm&r:p July 1 are expected to reach the House Ap- propriations Committee tomorrow ' or Thursday, Chairman Buchanan said to- day, unless the budget director has been too crowded by other emergency work. Chairman Buchanan has invited the surviving members of the District sub- committee, which held hearings on the District estimates in the last session of Congress, to sit with the membership of the new subcommittee on deficiencies in considering the new estimates. They include only the three Democratic mem- bers, Representatives Cannon, Missouri; Granfleld, Massachusetts, and Blanton, Texas, the two Republican members, Representative Simmons, Nebraska, and { Holaday, Illinois, not being in Congress now. As soon as the new estimates are received, Chairman Buchanan intends to_confer with the members of the Ideficiency subcommittee and will start hearings just as soon as it will be convenient for members of the sub- cum;n“-l&e. probably the first of next week. Because extensive hearings were held in the last session on all of the Dis- trict estimates, it is not considered probable that the subcommittee will duplicate those hearings. It is antic- ipated that the subcommittee will con- sider principally any changes in the District estimates that may be sub- Co. today was seeking some solution | victims of the crash of an Army trans- 1‘ mitted by Budget Director Douglas as of the financial difficulties surrounding | the Washington Post, Mrs. Evalyn| Walsh @McLean, estranged wife of Ed- ward B. McLean, announced she would “oppose to the utmost” any attempt to sell the paper outside her family. ‘The trust company falled in District Supreme Court yesterday in its effort to have McLean, former publisher of the Post, removed at once as co-trustee of the estate of his father, John R. McLean, which owns the paper. Jus- tice Jennipgs Bailey held McLean must be given 45 days in which to answer the trust company's petition seeking his removal. Will Conserve Estate. The court, however, instructed that no more money be advanced to the paper out of the trust estate. He also directed the trustees to endeavor to reach some agreement with the Post's creditors whereby it could continue in long en to conserve for xmm -mm&“‘h equity it may have in the paper. Corcoran Thom, president of the company, recommended yesterday | thie Post be placed in reecivership and :}dumnpoulblehythen- ver. Mrs. McLean “Astonished.” Mrs. McLean declared she was “utter- ly astonished” at the move to sell the paper. She said: | “I still have the greatest faith in the Wi Post. I have fought for 20 years to keep it in this family, and I am going to keep on toward that end. “I have offered good security for the Post and have absolute confidence in it and want to save it for my sons. I intend to oppose to the utmost any attempt to sell it outside the family.” PARK SAVINGS BANK AUDIT IS RUSHED| Officials Decline to Discuss Possi- bility of Prol’eeutin Action. Auditing of the apparently juggled books of the Park &snn Bny:k. where an indicated shortage of $1,600,000 was discovered following the suicide a week ago of its vice president, Robert S. Stunz, was being rushed today by ex- pert accountants of the United States Bureau of Investigation. The 8! estimate is based on a discrepancy of $1,600,000 found be- g :hend the dlpmwn account a; e ' accoun both of which should balance. . Inve tors, meanwhile, are endeav- oring to the full extent of Stunz’s #800,000, o Future status of the bapk, which is ted*i;tll’l‘en’i“.n::ur; wflldepe‘:; on the outcome of the Justice Depart- gflvmfiomewthehnk.” DETECTIVE SERGT. NALLY HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Suffers Concussion of Brain When Cars Collide—Taken to Casualty Hospital. Detective Sergt. Thomas J. suffered concussion of the brain today col port plane Sunday afternoon five miles from Pete ., Va. will be buried| with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery at 11 a.m. Thursday. Posthumous appointment of one of the victims, Maj James A. Willis, sr., father of the pilot of the wrecked air- plane, Lieut. James A. Willis, jr., to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Regular Army was announced today i Army orders. The promotion is effec- tive.as of March 19, the day of his death, and was made in accordance with the act of Congress which author- izes the promotion of World War offi- cers, upon death or retirement, to the maximum rank held by them during the war. The third victim of the crash was Maj. John H. Parker. The corteges will move from the Fort Myer gate to the cemetery. Palll ers for Col. Willis and Maj. Parker, both of whom were on duty here in the office of the judge advocate general, will be selected from among the officer person- compared with the estimates submitted by Budget Director Roop in the last Cor . Long hearings are not like- 1y to be held. Chairman Buchanan said today he had received no gpecfic information re- garding the amount of Federal contri- bution toward support of the National Capital that the new budget director will recommend. —_— CHARACTER DEVELOPING FOR CHILDREN IS URGED Dr. 8. M. Ely Suggests Co-operation Between Parents and Teachers in Address Before West P.-T. A. Co-operation between the parents of school children and teachers in develop- cha: and health habits was ing character nel of that office. Pallbearers for Liuet. | stressed last night before a meeting of Willis will be fellow pilots on duty at Bolling Field, where he was assistant P e Aecident | In tigation Board e Acciden vestigation , appointed by Lieut. Col. Barton K.| Yount, commanding officer at Bolling Field, returned late last night from .- where the board members interrogated eyewitnesses and exam- | ined the wreckage of the plane. Their report will be made to the War Depart- ment within a few days. DIES AFTER HEARING OF AIR CRASH DEATHS Lewis Stewart Atkins, 72, Was Cousin of Maj. John A. Parker, ‘Who Was Rilled Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Epiphany chaptel, Twelfth and C streets southwest, for Lewis Stewart Atkins, 72, who died suddenly yesterday after a heart attack in the office of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen in the Labor Building. Mr. Atkins was & cousin of Maj. John A. Parker, U. 8. A, who was killed in an air crash Sunday afternoon near Petersburg, Va. He had been des ent since he heard of the crash, his b'a’:e lnfltl.“ adding that he had not n 5 A retired post office clerk, Mr. Atkins was & native of Somerville, N. C. He had lived here for s number of years. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, John L. and Robert B. Atkins, both of Washington. SPACE IS REARRANGED IN SENATE GALLERIES More Seats Obtained for Guests of Members and $3,000 Saved. By the Associated Press. By rearranging space in the galler- ies yesterday, the Senate provided more room for friends and relatives of its ture for pay of gallery attendants. The demand on the part of wives, daughters, nephews and cousins for meuemhbw‘n'g!mhh been oral . has growing and so has the number of those who uku:ndgeteurflllormerndlulery seats. AND IS ROBBED OF $7 Several Housebreakings Last Night Also Are Reported Bl gffgzs the Joseph Rodman West School Par- ent-Teacher Association by Dr. Seldon M. Ely, assistant superintendent of the District of Columbia schools. Stressing proper training along these lines, Dr. Ely pointed out to the mem- bers of the association, will pay great dividends both to the individual, the community and the Nation in the future. He explained to the association the new form of report card which was is- sued for the first time this semester, and called attention to the places pro- vided on it for health and character markings for the individual children. Dr. Ely also lauded the schoolboy patrois and cited figures which he de- clared indicated that the system had resulted in considerable improvement in the protection for children en route to and from school and while in the vicin- ity of the buildings. Arsenio Ralon Ralon rendered several violin solos. The meeting was presided over by Claude W. Owen, president of the body. MISSISSIPPI SALES TAX TOPS ALL ESTIMATES Two Per Cent Yields More in Nine Months Than Expected in Full Year. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., March 21.—Missis- sippi’s nine-months-old 2 per cent sales tax yesterday topped legislative esti~ mates for a full 12 months’ yield. Finance experts had figured the levy would yield $2,000,000 each year. Figures compiled today for Chairman Alf H. Stone of the State Tax Commis- sion showed sales tax revenue of $1,987,- 067.20 collected since June 1. Early mail pushed the total past the full year's estimate, with taxes of March, April and May yet to be added to the year's revenue. GUS 0. NATIONS DROPS $200,000 LIBEL SUIT Dry Agent‘ Sought Damages for Article Written by Mres. Willebrandt in 1928. agent, today dropped a libel suit he had suit 1s still pend- Lawrence. A ing in New York against Mrs. brandt. D. A. R. ENTERTAINMENT o h ¥Eef 2 i