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A—14 wxx CITY HEADS STUDY | PROBLEM OF BEER - FOR POLICE FORCE None, However, Makes Pre- diction or Suggestion on Course to Be Taken. STRENGTH OF BEVERAGE LEGALIZED ENTERS ISSUE Decision May Be Found in De- termination of Effect in Individual Cases. District officials today began a study of the question of whether members of the Police and Fire Departments are to be permitted to quench their thirst with 3.2 per cent beer upon legalization of its sale here. None of several officials who gave thought to the matter today would ven- ture & prediction or suggestion as to what should be donme. The question naturally is one which will be consid- ered official after Congress completes its action on the pending District beer measure. No decision as yet has been reached. It was clearly indicated today, how- ever, that the District Commiss.oners, after they have drafted regulations governing the iicensing and sale of beer here, as proposed, likely would be asked to decide whether policemen and firemen should be granted or de- prived of the right, when on duty or in uniform, to quaff the amber beverage. Strength of Beer Is Question. ‘The first thought that has arisen in the minds of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, and George . Watson, chief engineer of the Fire Department, is that the beer legislation is based on a presumption that 3.2 per cent beer is non-intoxicating. At the same time they have in mind the statement of numerous informed observers that 3.2 per cent beer is ap- proximately the same as that served in_pre-prohibition days. Unless it should be decided that fire- men and policemen are not to drink beer when on duty or in uniform, it appears the problem may resolve itself into determination in individual cases of whether, in fact, such officer or fire- man is under the influence of intoxi- cating liquor. Intoxicants Prohibited. In pre-prohibition days, policemen were not permitted to enter a saloon, except in line of duty. Such officers and firemen now, of course, are prohibited from use of in- toxicants, except by a physicians’ pre- scription. Policemen, now, by police regulations set by the Commissioners, are not per- mitted to smoke when on duty. There appears no determination on the part of District officials to deprive policemen or firemen from drinking any non-intoxicating beverage, but what will be found to be an “intoxicating” drink remains for the future. PER DAY EMPLOYES MAY GET BENEFITS 3,300 of D. C. Rolls to Learn Cu- mulative Leave Status by McCarl Ruling. Expectation that the 3,300 per diem employes of the District government may be granted the same cumulative leave benefits as the classified statutory employes as a result of the new economy law has arisen during study of the matter at the District Building. Unless the matter is settled definitely in rulings expected to be made soon by Controller General McCarl on effects of the new economy measure, District officials plan to ask the Federal officer for definite instructions on the point. The question was raised yesterday by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineering department of the Dis- trict, who is personnel officer for wage scale employes, in a memorandum laid befrr> Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, Dis- tr ‘ditor and personnel officer. an act of Congress approved in the District Commissicners were au ed, in their discretion, to grant | not to exceed 15 days leave of absence with pay each vear to per diem em- ployes who have been employed for 10 or more consecutive months, The economy law of last year, how- ever, suspended such leave during the fiscal year ending June 30 next. The new economy law, approved March 20 this year, repeals the ‘section of the economy law of last year which sus- pended the leave with pay. A decision is awaited, however, from the con- troller general, on the question of an- nual leave which will have accumulated. Under regulations adopted in a pre- ‘vious year by the Commissioners, the service year for per diem men ran from March 1 to February 28 of the next year. The new economy law be- comes effective April 1. ADDED FACILITIES URGED FOR SCHOOL! Tubercular Colored Children Un- able to Get Proper Care, Federa- 192 tion of Civic Associations Told. ‘The need for more adequate school facilities for tubercular colored children was outlined last night at a mesting of the Federation of Civic Associations in the board room of the District Building. W. H. lewis, reporting for the fed- eration’s Education Committee, said the ‘Toner School, for tubercular colored pupils, is now filled to its capacity of 60, and there is a waiting list of 60 additional pupils now unable to attend school or obtain school medical inspec- tion. A new school for tubercular children being erected on Defense Highway, he said, would accommodate only such children as are already in schools. ‘The committee recommended that the Board of Education be urged to pro- vide additional temporary facilities pending completion of the new school. The federation, which is headed by George W. Beasl also amended its constitution to permit standing com- mittees to initiate studies of civic mat- ters and to present recommendations to the federation for action. The Com- mittee on Public Health and Sanitation was directed to report on alley housing conditions. N D. C. JOBS CONSIDERED Qualifications of those seeking Gov- ! ernment positions in the District were discussed at a meeting of the District Democratic Negro Centra] Club, at the club headquarters, 1007 U street, | ‘Thursday night. Plans for indorsement of colored ap- plicants for District positions were dis- cussed, but no réecommendations were made. The club was organized in 1931, | and I. W. Bennett is president and N. 8. M. Maxwell, secretary and treasurer, v » ¥ Park to Get TiiE EvE Goethe Bust BRONZE MASTERPIECE 70 BE PLACED ON MERIDIAN HILL. I of Public Buildings and Public street. HIS bronze bust of the,famous German poet, Goethe, reached the Office Parks yesterday and will be placed in the northwest corner of Meridian Hill Park, in a niche, near Sixteenth Standing beside it is Miss Verna Boehle of the park division. The bust is the gift -to the Federal Government donated by the Goethe Society of America, which maintains headquarters in New York. Repre- sentative Sirovich, Democrat, of New York, was instrumental in securing legisla- tion enabling the Government to accept the gift. S. Hill Park as soon as Lieut. Col. U It will be placed in Meridian Grant, 3d, the director, can make the necessary arrangements. This has the indorsement of the Fine Arts Commission, its executive secretary, H. P. Caemmerer, sald today. ' ‘The sculptor of the bust was the German, B. Boes, who made a study of a number of busts at Weimar, the home of Goethe, before completing the work which has been brought here. —Star Staff Photo LEARNED SOCIETIES ANNOUNCE AWARDS Aloysius K. Ziegler of Cath- olic University Among Honored. By the Associated Press. The American Council of Learned Societies announced awards today ag- gregating $64,000 to be made to 57 scholars for research, The awards included 16 fellowships providing $1,800 a year and traveling expenses, and 41 grants in aid of re- search ranging from $100 to $1,000. Work Provided For. The fellowships provide for work in history, archeology, literature, science, art, philology, law and linguistics. Thirteen of the fellows will work in Europe, one in Persia, one in China and cne at Vancouver Island. Aloysius K. Ziegler, 2 graduate of the Catholic University of America here, is included in the list. Ziegler is now in Paris under the terms of the Penn- field scholarship, awarded him by the university. He is to return to Wash- ington in September, 1934, to take a post as instructor in the Department of Latin and Greek. Ziegler's studies abroad will be lengthened by the new grant, which is in the amount of $300, for travel ex- F‘enses and secretarial service to aid im in the study of the history of geomancy, or prophecy. He is a native of Wisconsin. Those receiving the awards included: Jacques Barzun, Columbia Univer- sity; Phiip H. Davis, Vassar; Made- leine Doran, Wellesley; Mark W. Eccles, Harvard; Benjamin Ginzburg, assistant editor, Encyclopedia of th2 Social Sciences; Edward B. Ham, Princeton, and Hugh O'N. Hencken, Harvard. Rozelle P. Johnson, University of Vermont; Hunter Kellenberger, North- wood School, Lake Placid, N. Y.; Adele Jeanne Kibre, University of Chicago; Cyris H. Peake, Columbia; Paul F. Saintonge, Mount Holyoke; Chauncey D. Sanders, Indiana University. Myron B. Smith, American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeclogy; Mor- ris Swadesh, Yale; Daniel V. Thomp- son, jr., Yale; Herbert D. Austin, Uni- versity of Southern California; Florence Elberta Barns, Baylor College for Women; Marion E. Blake, Mount Holy- oke; Rae Blanchard, Goucher Colleg: Blanche B. Boyer, Mount Holyoke; William A. Campbell, Wellesley; Sarah L. C. Clalp, Louisiana State Normal College; Earnest Diez, Western Re- serve University. Others Receiving Awards. William L, Fichter, Brown; Joshua Finkel, Temple Petach Tikvah, Brook- lyn; Alexander D. Fraser, University of Virginia; Jacob Hammer, Hunter Col- lege: Marguerite Hearsey, Hollins Col- lege; John W. Hebel, Cornell Jess H. Jackson, William and Mary; Franklin P. Johnson, University of Chicago; Charles W. Jones, Oberlin; Fiske Kimball, director of the Penn- sylvania Museum of Art; Rudolf Kirk, Rutgers; Max L. W. Laistner, Cornell; Jakob A. O. Larsen, University of Chicago; Charles H. Livingston, Bow- dcin College; Howard F. Lowry, College of Wooster; Dorothy MacKay, Duke; Kemp Malone, Johns Hopkins; Clara Marburg, Vassar. B. D. Merritt, American School of Classical Studies, Athens; Charles B. Millican, New York University; Willlam B. Osborn, Central High School, Evans- ville, Ind.; Samuel Rosenblatt, Johns Hopkins; C. Russell, University of North Carolina; Leon P. Smith, Uni- versity of Chicago. Antcnio G. Solalinde, University of Wiscensin: Lorenzo D, Turner, Fiske University: Charles B. Welles, Yale; John E. Wells, Connecticut College for Women, Harold R. Willoughby, Uni- versity of Chicago. —_— NEW U. S. ENVOYS BEGIN INTENSIVE STUDIES HERE J\!dge Bingham and Josephus Daniels Confer With Experts at State Department on Vital Issues. By the Associated Press. Judge Robert W. Bingham, the Am- bassador to Great Britain, and Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico, are in- stalled at the State Department for week or so of intensive schooling in the international problems with which they will have to deal under the Roosevelt administration. Judge Bingham, Louisville newspaj publisher and lawyer, yesterday pald his first visit to the department since his appointment as Aml lor was con- firmed. After conferring with Under- secretary Phillips, he was assigned an office only & few steps from that of the Secretary. At the other end of the Secretary’s corridor- Mr. Danicls devoled himself to a study of Mexico, with the aid cf Herschel V. Johnson, chief of the Mex- ican Affairs Division. One of the major problems in which Judge Bingham wiil -thoroughly inform himself is that of war debts, as he will probably handle some of the negotia. tions already begun through the British envoy, here, OFFICIALS AWAIT GREAT AR MERGER | {Aeronautic Branch of Com- merce Department Seeks Completion Reports. Officials of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce today are | awalting official confirmation of reports |from New York which indicate the | completion of the greatest aviation mer- | ger in the history of the industry, af- fecting alirlines, aircraft engine and air- | craft instrument plants from coast to | coast. Air Companies Affiliated. The merger affects North American Aviation, Inc., and General Aviation Corporation and has been approveda by the boards of both these organizations. Meetings of the stockholders of both companies are to be called within the next few days to vote on final accept- ance of the plan, according to the re- ports received here. The National Capital is affected chiefly through Eastern Air Transport, which recently absorbed the Ludington Alrlines and which now is involved in | the merger which will combine it with | the coast-to-coast line of Transconti- | nental and Western Afr. The merger, if approved, is expected | to be followed by the organization of a great new operating company which will be composed of the Sperry Gyro- scope Co. of New York and London, the Ford Instrument Co., both manufac- turers of aircraft instruments; Inter- | continent Aviation, Inc., and the Cur- | tiss-Wright Corporation. National Group Seen. ‘The merger also will bring into the same operating organization the New York-Miami system of Eastern Air “'IYansmrt and the New York-Los An- | geles lines of Transcontinental & West- | ern Alr, resulting in one of the world's largest national airline groups. It is believed that through this merger, sub- stantial operating economies can be ef- fected. The new airline combination will be controlled by North American Aviation, Inc. If the proposed plan is approved by the stockholders, according to the re- ports received here, North American, in addition to complete ownership of East- ern Air and the largest single interest in Transcontinental and Western Afr, will wholly own General Aviation Manufac- turing Corporation and the B-J Afrcraft Corporation, both in Baltimore, and a substantial interest in Douglas Aircraft Co., Santa Monica, Calif. All three of these aircraft manufacturing companies hold important Government contracts ;qor military airplanes for the Army and avy. Mail and Passengers Carried. Transcontinental and Western _Air, which is to be amalgamated with East- ern Air, is composed of Transcontinental and Western Air, operating mail and passenger lines from New York to Los Angeles and San Prancisco and from New York to Chicago, and Western Air Express, operating mail and passenger lines from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City and from Cheyenne through Denver to El Paso and Amarillo, Te HAVENNER BACKED FOR COMMISSIONER Anacostia Citizens Indorse Presi- dent and Former Federation Chief as Candidate. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Anacostia Citizens’ Association and former president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, was indorsed for a District commissionership at the monthly meeting of the Anacostia As- sociation in the church hall at Ana- costia_last x;:fihm As the result of complaints voiced at the meeting as to the facilities of the annex of the Van Buren School, Dr. Havenner instructed the association’s School Committee to make a thorough investigation of conditions and to re- port at the next meeting. . Several citizens reported that the con- ditions in the annex were such that sickness among children has been a direct result. If conditions are found, after investigation as charged, repre- sentations be made to the Board of Education. ‘The association also decided to in- stitute immediately a clean-up campaign for the section, with a lawn and garden beautification, program so that the com- nsa;n‘;g‘ywmprmnemm-spmmu T PREACHES TOMORROW At the Georgetown Presbyterian Church Rev. Frank S. Niles will preach tcmorow morning on “The Praise of Men or the Praise of God?” There.also will bz an appropriate children’s story- | sermon. The evening service, at 7:30 o’clock, will be in charge of the young people and the leader will be Robert Hulburt. The it Worry?” tical to Live Wi Rev. Mr. Niles will continue .his ey Thursd: series “The Last 1d during the it year were et s e . Highly teciical jomm a0 Lal | l torfum Browning said, tional opportuni program. full wvailal B of Federal employment clerical, messenger AR, WASHINGTON, FORMER U. 3. GLERK CONFESSES T0 PLOT ON SOCIETY LEADER Wilson Moore, Ex-Employe Here, Threatened Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose. TRAPPED IN KANSAS CITY AFTER DEMANDING MONEY Intended Victim, Once Reported Engaged to Curtis, Is Resident at Mayflower Hotel. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 25.—Wilson Moore, 33-year-old ex-convict and for- mer clerk in the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, in a statement yester- day confessed an attempted extortion plot against Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Washington and Kansas City soclety woman. ‘Trapped by postal inspectors who fol- lowed the directions Moore had given his intended victim for the delivery of money, the former convict pleaded gullty before a United States commis- sioner to a charge of sending an ex- tortion letter through the mail. He was held in default of $15,000 bond for the action of the grand jury. The charge under which he entered his plea, however, was filed in connection extortion attempt di- Dubinsky, Kansas City with a second rected at Ed theater man. Served Several Terms. In.a statement attributed to Moore by Cyrus M. Zimmerman, tal in- spector, the prisoner sald served several terms in a home for incor- rigibles here, a term at the Boonville, Mo., reformatory, and terms at the Huntsville, Tex., penitentiary for rob- bery and at the Monroe, Wash., prison for carrying concealed weapons. Later, the statement said, Moore was a clerk in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington, serving from 1925 to 1932, under the name of Cecil Coles. He said the bureau was informed of his prison record and he was dis- charged. Resentment at what he con- sidered soclety’s unwillingness to let him earn a living as exemplified by his discharge from the bureau led Moore to dectde upon extortion after his recent return to Kansas City, he said. Moore’s statement said he knew of Mrs. Loose's activities and knew she was at the Mayflower Hotel, where she had gone for the inauguration. He wrote her two letters from Kansas City, the last one being forwarded by airmail un- der date of March 19. Threatened Death. He said he expected Mrs. Loose to be frightened, since he threatened her life and property, told her he knew all about her social standing, and warned her not to tell the police under penalty of death. The letters, which asked $1,000, were signed Edwin Lewis. In his second letter yesterday was set as the deadline for payment. Mrs. Loose turned the letters over to T. M. Milligan, chief postal inspector, who sent one of them here yesterday. By the simple experiment of follow- ing directions in the letter for deliver- ing the money, officers gave a dummy letter into the hands of Moore, who was at the home of a hrother here. ‘Taken to police headquarters, officers said Moore first made an oral and then a written confession of the attempts both against Mrs. Loose and against the Kansas City theater man. Friend of Curtis. Mrs. Loose, who resides at the May- flower Hotel, is a close frfend of former Vice President Charles Curtis and his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, and entertained them many times during the last four years. She was hostess to Mrs. Gann in- her Summer home in Gloucester, where she entertained on the same lavish scale as she has done through the Winter season in Wish- ington. Before the inauguration of Vice President Curtis her engagement to him was rumored. She is the widow of one of the founders of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. and is known for her generous support of charity balls, concerts and other pub- lic entertainments. She established a large memorial park in Kansas City. BOY FATALLY INJURED IN MOTOR COLLISION Woman Autoist Released in Cus- tody of Attorney Pending Inquest. William Miller, 8, colored, 1800 block of Thirteenth street, was fatally in- jured yesterday when struck by an automobile operated by Mrs. Carrie L. Stamates, 3300 block of Park place, while in the 1700 block of Vermont avenue. Mrs. Stamates was released in cus- tody of her attorney pending appear- ance at an inquest probably Monday. HEADS CLERKS’ UNION Miss Correll Elected by Labor De- partment Unit. Miss Marie Correll was elected presi- dent of the Labor Department branch of Federal Employes’ Union No. 2 at a ll;;nchem m“utn‘ yesterday in the r en! Other officers selected included C. E. Burner, vice president; Miss Edna L. Stone, second vice president, and Miss Mary M. Hurley, secretary-treasurer. Delegates to the Board of Representa- tives of Local No. 3 will be Miss Correll and Miss Rose Veber. D. C. SLTURDAY, Threatened i MRS. JACOB L. LOOSE. HORAE MANN 10 N CATHOLE FATH Hoover Leader in 1928| Voices Denial of Religious Attack on Smith. Horace Mann, a Hoover leader in 1928, whose name was linked promi- mently with the injection of the re- ligious issue into the campaign, has embraced the Catholic faith. ‘The announcement was made yester- day in the Baltimore Catholic Review, which said that Mann, who has law offices in the Munsey Building, and Mrs. Mann, were baptized here on March 17, and received their first communion the following day. ‘Their conversion, the Review said, was traceable to radio addresses made by Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, noted Catho- lic orator and author. Hearing Dr. Sheen, it was amplified, Mr, Mann be- came intercsted, with the result that he and his wife undertook the instruc- tion from the clergyman that culminated in their reception into the church. Dr. Sheen baptizing them and giving the | first communion. Denies Religious Attacks. The Review also publishes an inter- view from Mann, in which he disclaims responsibility for the religious attacks on Alfred E. Smith, the Demccratic presidential nominee. “I know of all the organized bigotry and anti-Catholic propaganda in that campaign,” he says, “and, although I have been accused of being directly re- sponsible for the bigotry in the South- ern States, I can truthfully say before God that while I was in the office I never permitted anyone to make use of anti-Catholic propaganda.” Mr. Mann, a native of Tennessee, was active in Republican politics there for many years, and his efforts in behalf of the Hoover ticket were credited with swinging the heavy Southern vote to the Republican ticket. He later split with the President when Mr. Hoover overhauled the patronage-distributing machinery in Southern States, and in December, 1931, set up headquarters here for what was described as a Nation-wide organiza- tion, whose purpose was to head off the renomination cf Mr. Hoover. Son of Methodist Minister. ‘The renomination, he said, would be an “utterly useless gesture,” destined to certain and calamitous defeat. Mr. Mann was not a member of any church, although his father was a Methodist minister. Mrs. Mann had previously been baptised in a Protestant denomination. Their home is at 3601 Connecticut avenue. PRESIDENT .GIVEN CHAIR | A large American armchair, made of Mississippi cedar, has been presented to President Roosevelt by F. S. Walcott of Port Gibson, Miss., who recently gave the President, for good luck, the left hind foot of a Mississippi rabbit. The chair was taken to the White House yesterday by Representative Doxey of Mississippi, who was accom- panied by Mrs. Doxey, and members of the District Inauguration Committee, Consumers’ League Meets. ‘The Progressive Consumer League. Inc, held its annual dinner at the colored Y. M. C. A, Thursday evening March 23, Officers of the lsague are: T. Duport Georges, president; Theodore S. Botts, vice president; S. A. Georges, secretary; Daniel O. Alston, treasurer, and Samuel Daniels, comme: investigator. CIVIL SERVICE HAS NO TESTS LISTED, FIRST, Moratorium on Examinations Due to Economy Program, Dr. Browning Explains. For the first time in half & century, the Civil Service Commission has no examinations for Federal employment pending, it was discloszd last night by Dr. Robert M. Browning, personnel re- search expert of the commission, in a talk before the Y. M. C. A. Voca- tional Guidance Forum at the Central Y. M. C. A. > ‘This morat on has existed Ia'mmll A Opportunities in the Government Service.” At present, he remarked, vo-| cal ities in the Govern- ment are at low ebb, due to the econ- omy examinations weeks, Dr. 7,000 Names on Lists. ‘There are now 7,000 names of typists on the eligible list stenogra ad available for other will and and the like, it was & fow post- inted out. be | activiity and the like. TIME IN 50 YEARS mfid positions in the field, the official said. Federal employes who are released due to reorganization and retrench- ment policies are placed on a list of persons eligible for reinstatement, and will receive preference in appointments, the forum was told. Present List Sufficient. departmental reorganization pid should call for establishment of new bureaus or departments, the Civil Serv- ice Commission is Yrvpued to supply a complete personnel organization from “There was a time when security of tenure was one of the chief attractions of the Government service,” the speaker | said, with a smile, adding the only| reasons for discharge in times past were | inefficiency or violation of certain Civil Service regulations regarding political M. C. A ‘Wilbert Smith, senior Y. secretary for development of the Y. M. C. A. in the Near East. E. A tary of the X, Mg i s, s MARCH COL.G.B.MCLELLAN Former Congressman and Mayor of New York Found in Stream by His Wife. SON OF FAMOUS UNION GENERAL IN CIVIL WAR Policeman Drags Army Officer to| Safety—Condition Is “Not Serious.” Falling and breaking his leg while making his way across Piney Branch, about a block west of Sixteenth street, Col. George B. McClellan, one time mayor of New York and former Repre- sentative from New York State, yester- day lay in the shallow water at the edge of the stream until & policeman found his wife trying frantically to drag him to safety. At Emergency Hospital today it was said that his condition is “not serious.” Col. McClellan is the son of the famous Civil War leader, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who was com- mander in chief of the Union armies during the early years of the war and later was the Democratic candidate for President in 1864, being defeated by Abraham Lincoln. Col. McClellan is 67 years old and lves at 2424 Cali- fornia street. The mishap occurred when Col. Mc- Clellan slipped on the concrete bottom of the stream while taking his dog for an airing. He and Mrs. McClellan had gone for ani afternoon drive through Rock Park, and he had left her In their automobile, parked at Beach drive and Piney Branch road. Found Lying in Stream. ‘When her husband failed to return within a short time, Mrs. McClellan began a search for him. 8She found him lying in the stream, too far from the nearest thoroughfare to be able to attract the attention of passersby. Unable to move her husband, Mrs. McClellan was still attempting to drag him to safety when Mounted Park Policeman J, R. passed by and assisted her. Mason telephoned police headquarters and a patrol and a scout car were dis- patched from the tenth precinct. The l(l’l}l l'.ook Col. McClellan to the tal. | | Served Five Terms, Col. McClellan, a linea] descendant of William Bradford, first Governor of Plymouth Colony, was a member of the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Con- gresses. He served as mayor of New Yocrk from 1904 to 1909, Lg:evmusly having been a member of t city'’s Board of Aldermen. From 1917 to 1919 he was in the Army, serving both in this country and in France, and he still is a colonel in the Officers Reserve Corps. He has Hved here, off and on, since 1895, but did not establish a permanent residence until nearly eight years ago. Prior to his retirement, he taught at Princeton University and lectured at numerous other educational insti- tutions. POLITICS OPPOSED IN NAMING JUDGE Juvenile Court Place Should Be Filled With Qualified Person, Boys' Club Board Holds. Deploring references to the pending appointment of a presiding judge for the Juvenile Court here as a “political appointment,” the .board of directors of the Northeast Boys' Club yesterday adopted a resolution urging that the appointment be based purely on special qualifications. The board pointed out that the ap- pointment “probably will take place in the near future,” and explained that the group “is deeply concerned” in the character of the appointee “as it af- lfectl the immediate welfare of chil-| dren of Juvenile Court age, to the end that they shall become useful members of society.” The most important factor in the success and failure of such work, the board declared, depends upon the quali- fications of the presiding judge of the Juvenile Court. In its resolution the board urged |“that the person chosen have such qualifications as are necessary for the wise administration of the Juvenile Court in accordance with modern scientific practices.” The board of directors of the club is composed of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Bruce Baird, Hopewell H. Darneille, Rev. J. Harvey , William Hurd Hill, Coleman Jennings, Comdr. W. G. Longfellow, Chauncey G. Parker, ir.; Rev. Allen Parsons, Bert Sheldon, W. R. Willoughby, George J. Cleary, Wil- liam J. Tooney, Thomas J. Groom and A. ‘,B Hinds, executive director of the club. e THEFT INVESTIGATIONS - DETAIN 10 PERSONS Police Hold Nine Colored Men and One Colored Woman for Questioning. ‘Nine colored men and a colored wom- an today are being held by police for investigation in connection with a series of hold-ups and thefts. ‘Three of the men and .the woman are being investignted, according to po- lice, in connection with several hold- ups in past weeks in which a sawed- off shotgun was said to have been used | investigations before placing charges against any of those under arrest. AD STUDY ASKED Buying Capacity of Newspaper Circulation Cited. A resolution “ requesting the ne \pers to make & of the value of lves as ad medis,” with a view to basing their advertising rates on the buying capacity as well as the numerical strength of their circula- o e Adboritamg Ciup. of $aemingron e on “tg:m recommendation of Joseph D. K.'rhe action followed s discussion of Egypt, told the forum of | Kaufman and merchant must include a cen for advertising in GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. SEEK Y. S. PROTEST ON PERSECUTIONS Jews and Other Faiths to Join in Anti-Hitler Meet- ing Monday. Virtually all denominations will be represented in a demonstrative protest meeting at the Belasco Theater Mon- day night when American Jews and Gentiles will unite to present strong opposition to the persecution cf Jews in_Germany. ‘The demonstration will seek to voice a concerted appeal to the United States Government for a formal protest to the government of Germany against the reported outrages. Plans for the meet- ing were completed this morning. Meanwhile the Washington post of Jewish War Veterans of the United States adopted a resolution drafted by the national executive council of the organization, Roosevelt and Congress “to sever com- mercial relations with Germany until that nation gives clear-cut prcof that | by its conduct it has repudiated the | terrorism of Hitlerism and is agamn functioning as a civilized world power.” Monday night's protest meeting was initiated by Jews, but rapidly enveloped virtually all other races and creeds. Applauding the action of the State ent instructing American Am- | 's and consuls in Germany to gather information and report to the State Department the “true facts” abou* the persecution of the Jews, the leaders of the Washington protest will urge the Federal Government to “go all the way” in registering with Germany its dis- approval of “mediaeval barbarism.* This Government set a precedent in }:7‘5 'hllll.‘;l it ;ollowed in 1902 when ormally protested against m - ment of the Jews. - Tk The committee in charge of the meet- ing includes Isidore Herschfield, chair- | man; John Korman, treasurer; Morris Klass, secretary; Rev. Dr. John A. Ryan, National Catholic Welfare Con- ference; Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. Russell H. Clinchy, Mount Pleasant Congregational Church; Rev. Joseph Sizoo, New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church; Prof. John H. Gray, ex-president of the American Economics Assoclation; Charles Edward Russell, author and lecturer; Maurice D. Rosen- berg. Joseph Salomon, Irvin Goldstein, Benjamin Meiman, Louis Splegler, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Joseph A. Wilner, Maurice Bisgyar, Zalmen Henkin, Mrs. Henry Oxenburg, Rabbi J. T. Loeb, Morris Garfinkle, Joseph Tepper, Mor- ris Cafritz, Rabbi Solomon Metz, Rabbi Z. Green, Louis Weinstein and Rev. Louls Novick. o HORSE SHOW TITLE IS WON BY ASK HIM Baltimore Hunter Piles Up Big Lead at Final Indoor Exhibition. Ask Him, a seasoned hunter owned by Allen Hechter of Baltimore, won the grand ch=mpionship of the 1932- 33 Riding and Hunt Club horse show series last night as the indoor season :llereignx&e tx:l)n: close with an exhibi- lon e at Twenty-second and g i!mdl!e'd b, 2 y his yo owner, the clever fencer took blu‘:gln the lead- in class, which opened the night's pro- gram, and the hotly contested Corin- thian division. The Hechter entry also was third in the opeh hunters. As the Meryland champion turned in ribbon-winning performances in class after class his score mounted to an unbeatable lead cver Mrs. William G. Hill's chestnut Questionnaire, which has run a neck-and-neck race for the cham- pionship throughout the year. Questionaire, victorious in the open .| hunters last night, wes awarded the tricolor of that partic ular show. The Hill lepper was with Ask Him this season in individual show champion- ships, each capturing two. Ask Him, however, piled up the greater class-by- class score. Miss Evelyn Walker rode her own mount, Hawk, to a first in the hack and hunter class, which ranked as the largest of the evening, while Mrs. Robert Guggenheim's Sister took the touch and cut. In the saddle classes, Mrs. J. D. Patch’s Bally Forest gave a trim per- formance to earn the cup and blue in the park type contest, Melvin C. Hazen’s Karl K. was best among the thoreughbred saddlers ‘and *Estabrook e’s g Joseph won the small five-gaited division. Judges were E. E. Hale of Nokesville, Louis Leith of Middleburg, Mrs. Ruth Guitar of Warrenton and John Gheen of Washington. Wilton J. Lambert was chairman of the committee in charge of the show, and assisting him were Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert, Justice Owen J. Roberts, Brig. Gen. Willlam E. Horton, Perry Belmont, Marvin Mclntyre and Macy L. Sperry. & DEATH OF LAW STUDEN IS DECLARED SUICIDE Nelson Sokolove, 28, Found Hang- ing From Belt in His Resi- dence Here. A i e Donald I the deatn of Nelson Sokolove, 28, local law student, who was found hmgm% by a belt from a transom in his home in the 1100 block of Bu- chanan street yesterday afternoon. The body was found by Stanley Asreal, whose father, an uncle of Scko- love, took the body down and called for aid, police and the calling upon President | PAYMENT OF TAXES T0D.C. INPEDEDBY BANKING STUATION Large. Number of Checks Is Being Held Up in Office of Collector. DELINQUENCY PENALTY FACES THOSE AFFECTED Substitute Remittances Must Be Made During Next Week, Towers Warns. A large number of checks drawn on local banks in piyment of the March installment of District real and per- sonal property taxes, it developed today. is being help up in the office of Chatham Towers, tax collector, because I several of the banks affected 'still are not open for general business. ‘The number of such check payments runs into the hundreds, it was esti- mléed, although no tabulation has been made. May Be Delinquent. Thus, unless substitute payments are made during the next week, District cfficials will have no alternative under law but to order such taxpayers placed on the delinquent lists, it was ex- plained today. 1t was estimated that between $40.- 000 and $50,000 in tax payments by checks which were received by the col- lector period to March 6, could not be sent through the clearing house be- fore the banking holiday was declared. These taxpayers were given receipts. They already have been notified of the inability of the District to collect on the checks and the number of such cases daily is being reduced as new payments are offered. Some Granted Delay. Hundreds of other taxpayers, how- ever, who submitted for tax payments checks drawn on banks which have nct yet been opened for checking business, have not received receipts and during next week must proffer new payments if they are to avoid the penalties for delinquency. No estimate was avail- able today as to the amount so tied up. Under the new tax collection law, home owners who filed requests prior to March 15 are being permitied to make their March tax payments either in April or in two installments in April and in June. Those who applied for this benefit after March 15, under the law, cannot be granted such delay. 1S!JBSISTENCE GARDEN ' OPENING PLANNED ‘Nine-Acre Tract at Wisconsin | Avenue and S Strest Soc | to Be Ready. Plans for opening subsistence gar- dens this Spring on a nine-acre tract at Wisconsin avenue and S street were practically completed at a meeting yes- terday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Flather, at 3306 O street. | Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, chairman | of the Garden Committee of the Dis- | trict Committee on Employment of the Council of Social Agencies, presided. Mrs. L. B. Shippen was appointed to Tepresent the Georgetown group on the city-wide garden conference. | ,Mrs. William E. Conant, chairman of the Civic Committee of the George- town group, announced the George- town Garden Club has appropriated $150 for use in promoting the gardens, and will supply volunteer supervisors for the work. W. R. Beattie of the Agriculture De- partment, it was announced, has agreed to act in an advisory capacity to gar- den supervisors throughout the city. The Associated Charities and other organizations are preparing lists of men who want to work the gardens. An effort also will be made, Mrs. Brooke announced, to get plows and men from Gallinger Hospital to clear and prepare the land. THREE CAPITAL YOUTHS SEIZED AT BALTIMORE Trio Will Be Returned Here Face Charge of Taking Auto. ‘Three Northeast Washington youths were being brought back to this city by police today after having been picked up in Baltimore last night and admit- ting they had taken the car in which they drove to the Maryland city with- out the owner's knowledge. They gave their names as Charles McIntosh, 18, 400 block Twelfth street norheast; Dante Aquiliano, 17, 1300 block of West Virginia avenue north- east, and Edgar Garnell, 17, 700 block of C street northeast. According to Baltimore police, who questioned the youths, they were found wandering on Baltimore streets about 1 am. The automobile, which had been reported missing by Dr. W. D. Kretchting, 1000 block of East Capitol street, was later found along Washino- ton Boulevard, near Morrell Park. ta N, TWO NEW ADMIRALS TO BE PICKED BY BOARD Officers to Be Chosen to Succeed Rear Admiral Riggs and Rear Admiral Dunbar. Announcement was made today at the Navy Department that two new rear ‘admirals in the Medical Corps will be chosen by a selection board, scheduled to meet here May 1. ‘The department sald that these pro- motions ere to be made to fill vacan- cles when they occur through the retirement of Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, former surgeon general of the Navy, who is now a special assistant to Secetary Claude A. Swanson, and Rear Admiral Arthur W. Dunbar, who reaches the retirement age of 64 years on_October 1. Admiral Riggs will be president of the selection board and serving with him will be Rear Admiral Charles P. Kindleberger, Medical Corps, and Ad- miral Dunbar. Lieut. Comdr. John Harper, Medical Corps, on duty in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, as editor of the bureau's publication, will serve as the board's recorder. - RECEIVES FLOWERS Baskets of !!lo:;mcwdly m?v;‘y&d the greetings of the Governor of - souri and the mayor of St. Louls to President Roosevelt, on the occasion of the opening of the international flower show in SLu U:u!sAs:'yc!‘tt}‘xe Florists’ Telegraph Delivery on. Prese!‘:ntlm of the floral greetings to the President and to the mayors and leaders of the largest cities, is an an- nual event in connection with the show. ‘ashington florists