Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1933, Page 17

4 o — ] Washington News . NEW TRAFFC CODE S APPROVED BY DITRET HEADS Regulation Follows Outline of | Model Adopted by States Throughout Country. CHANGES ARE DESIGNED T0 PROTECT PEDESTRIANS Right of Way in Making Left Turn and at Intersections Clearly Defined. An ambitious program of public works here. contemplating expenditure of $6.029.695, was laid before the Fed- eral Employment Stabilization Board | today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, di- rector of public buildings and public parks, in anticipation of the early pa: sage of the national industrial recoves act. Under the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, in the program, improve ment of Constitution avenue from Vir- ginia avenue to the Potomac River would entail expenditure of $200,000: purchase and planting of trees and hedges along Memorial avenue from Boundary Channel Bridge to the East Gate of Arlington National Cemetery would cost $60.000: a bridle path at the water gate, near the Lincoln Memorial, would cost $7.000: sidewalks. etc., for the parkway approach, leading up to| A simplified new traffic code for Washington, generally following the | outline of a model code adopted b_v‘ States throughout the country. was ap-| proved today by the District Commis- sioners The new code is the result of work' extending over more than a year by! District officials and the Traffic Ad- visory Council in a move to modernize Washington's present complicated sys- tem of traffic regulations, which was started after the model code was pro- posed by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, which was perfected in 1930. Adoption of the new code came quickly after agreement had been reached between several District offi- cials over questions of phraseology and jurisdiction in numerous sections DH‘ the code. Final action on the draft| had been delayed for two months due to these controversies. New Code Is Compromise. ] ‘The new code is a compromise in | that it contains a clause safeguard- ing the jurisdiction of the Public Util- jties Commission over utility transpor- tation, to which there had been ob- Jjection from members of the Traffic Advisory Council, which drafted the code in co-operation with William A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic. While the new code primarily is de- signed to simplify and better organize present regulations and to bring them into line with the model code there are a number of changes to provide better protection for pedestrians at intersections. One new section provides that no driver of any vehicle approaching from the rear of any other vehlfletb w!llilch has s at a cross-wal allow 3 pedm to cross the road, shall overtake and pass such standing hicle. Enforcement of this new regu- tion, it is believed, will reduce the of accidents at intersections. YieM fo Pedestrians. The new code also provides that at tersections where traffic is controlled E‘y signals or_police officers, drivers of sutomobiles shall yield right of way to pedestrians crossing or starting to cross the street on a “go” signal. There is also a new rule as to right of way between cars at intersections. ‘This reads: “The driver of a vehicle within an ntersection intendipg to turn to the Jeft shall yield to any vehicle approach- ing from the opposite direction which 3s within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, that said driver having so yielded and having given a signal, when and as required by law, may make such Seft turn and other vehicles approach- ing the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield to the driver mak- ing the left turn.” It also is provided that where an au- tomobile is halted in obedience to a “stop” sign and has yielded the right of way to other cars close enough to the intersection to constitute & hazard, may then have the right of way to the in- tersection without giving way to other vehicles approaching the intersecticn. Regulations Not Repealed. “saving clause,” included in the M'I:l ® 4t the: request of the Utilities Commission, states that nothing in the ode “shall be construed as repealing and nulling, or in any way superseding, E‘:stmding regulations or orders of the blic Utilities Commission or the joint rd relating to common carriers.” The code also provides for much re stringent action against motorists, t-';c, in applying for a driver’s permit, ail to give their correct name and ad- srees. Mr. Van Duzer believes this sec- tion is so worded that the District could bring a forgery charge against a person willfully giving the wrong name. INLAND CUSTOMS POSTS MAY BE CLOSED JULY 1 Representative Burke Says Only Chicago Would Be Excepted in Economy Step. By the Associated Press. Representative Burke, Democrat, Ne- braska, said today he had received word from the Treasury Department that its economy program probably will include closing all inland customs offices July 1, except at Chicago. This is expected to save approxi- mately $600,000 annually, he said he been informed. hagurke said this would affect the fol- Jowing States or cities: Omaha, includ- ing Nebraska and Wyoming: Duluth, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Arizona, Colo- ado, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minne- ota. Tennessee, Utah and Nevada All branch offices as well as main of- ces would be closed in these States rnd districts, Burke said “I do not understand this program to absolutely definite.” Burke said, “and rwfll investigate further.” AL BURNS PROVE FAT T0 ROBERT STAUNTON| Wife Died Few Hours After Can of Alcohol Exploded in Home i Saturday Night. Robert Staunton, 39, died in Gallinger Hospital last night from burns received Saturday night in his home at 748 Sixth street. A can of alcohol exploded, also fatally burning his wife, Mrs. Betty Staunton, 25, who died a few hours siterward Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald has issued a certificate of accl- dental death in the case of Mrs. Staun- ton. The explosion was caused by fumes from the can of alcchol igniting by a i tectives reported Staunton called for aid at the time of the explosion and with the help of & couple in the building succeeded in tearing the burning clothes from his | Potomac Park field house, ighted match, headquarters de- | the Lincoln Memorial plaza, would cost $25,000: the plaza on Columbia Island would entail expenditure of $165.000. while gates and & fence at the Memorial entrance to Arlington National Ceme- tery would cost $40.000 and grading and landscaping on Columbia Island is es- timated at $100,000. $30,000 For Flood Control. The report shows that flood control | here would cost $30,000. Improvement of the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way between K and P streets would entail $166,000, while improvement of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway thoroughfare to skirt the National Zoo- logical Park would cost $342,000. Im- provement of the parkway from P street the Q street bridge would cost $75,000, while improvement in the park- way to create a suitable underpass be- neath Massachusetts avenue would cost $250,000. Addition to the PFederal warehouse, the report asserted, would cost $1.200.- 000, while the improvement of Union square, just west of the Capitol, would cost $383.625. Improvement of Ana- costia Park would entail $75,000. Development of the Mall would cost $450,000: improvement of Piney Branch parkway would cost $127,000, while fur- ther beautification of Meridian Hill Park would cost $171,000. Construction of an addition to the present library wing of the Interior De- partment Building, to provide space for the consolidation of the various libraries of that department, would cost $185,000. Banneker Center Project. For improvement of the Banneker Recreation Center, near Howard Uni- versity, the report estimates a .cost of $160,000. Lmprovement of Anacostia Park, near the District line, would cost $100,000, the previous item of $75,000 being for the road to Bolling Pleld. Improvement of Takoma Manor Rec- reation Center would entail $145.000, while that for Chevy Chase would cost $79,000. Construction of items -necessary to complete the existing unit of the Fed- | eral Ware House—including electrical work, heating, plumbing, storage racks, cooling tower, etc.—would cost $25,000. Under the Fort Drive program, con- templating construction of a spacious motor highway, linking up various Civil War. forts in the National Capital, the | report estimated the cost of com- | ponent parts as follows: Reno to Connecticut avenue, $55,000; Stevens to Slocum, from Paul Junior High to Kansas avenue, $70,000; Rock Creek to Stevens, $47,500; at North Capitol, $5,000; Madison street to Fort Totten, $100,000; around Fort Mahan, $85,000; Maddox Branch, Conduit road to Forty-sixth street, $125,000; Pennsyl- vania avenue to Good Hope road, $200,- 000, and Bladensburg to Kenilworth, $575,000. Road Projects. For the center section of the East the report | anticipates expenditure of $205,000; for the Klingle Road Bridge, $35,000; for a new road between Seventeenth street and the Lincoln Memorial, $43,570, and for a central garage, $520,000. For installing chilled drinking water service in the old Post Office Depart- ment, $11,000 is contemplated, while for repairing and pointing up the exterior stonework in the State Department Building, $2,800 is anticipated; for re- pairing and pointing up stonework in the old Land Office Building, $1,074 is estimated, while for similar work in the old Patent Office Building, $1,020 is estimated. For cleaning and pointing up interior stonework at the Lincoln Memorial $6.890 is needed, the report says, to prevent further deterioration. For repairing exterior dcors in the Navy and Munitions Buildings, $672, and for resurfacing the roadway in the rear of those buildings $2,340,000 is antici- pated. Resurfacing the pavement in the courtyards and driveways of the State Department Building would cost $7,000, while for replacing the flagstone side- walk surrounding that building $8,000 is needed. Constructing an exterior wall and cencrete floor to form room for storage in the courtyard of the Interior De- partment Building would cost $1900, while for removing the old cast-iron chimneys from the State Department Building $5,000 is estimated. Painting Interior Building. | Painting the exterior woodwork and | metalwork of the Internal Revenue Building, necessary for preservation, would cost $15.906. Replacing 10 obsolete elevators in the Interior Department Building. $250,000. Installation of an incinerator in the new Department of Commerce Build- ing would cost $49,000. Connecting_the old Post Office De- partment Building electrically with the Internal Revenue Building would cost $18,840, while doing the same thing in linking up the old Southern Railway Building at 1300 E street with the new Post Office Department Building would cost $10,000. Increasing the capacity of the elec- tric feeders in the Interior Department Building would cost $600. Installing HOTTEST DAY OF AS MERCURY The hottest day thus far this year was in the making at noon with the mercury expected to climb well into the 90's Jater this afternoon. The hot spell probably will be termi- " nated, however, by showers and thun- derstorms tonight and tomorrow. at- tended by falling temperatures tomor- row afternoon, One heat prostration occurred in wife after he had made a futile effort to extinguish the flames by wrapping a sheet around her. While seriously burned himself, phy- had beld hope for Staunton's B, downtown Washington yesterday after- noon, although the maximum temper- ature—86 degrees—was several points lower than that predicted for today. Mrs. R. C. Wood, 30 years old, of Alban Towers Apartments, 3700 Massa- " The T WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Sfaf WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1933. a fire alarm system at 1300 E street, where none now exists, and one is considered necessary for protectien of the building and its occupants, would | cost $800. Replacing two obsolete elevators in the old Land Office Building with elec- tfically operated ones would cost $27.- 800, while replacing a_ similar number of elevators in the old Patent Office Building with modern equipment would cost the same. New Elevators Needed. Replacing two obsolete elevators in the old Pension Office Building with the electrically operated ones would cost $29,800. Installing a chilled drinking water system in the Navy and Muni- tions Building will cost $10,188. Replacing’ water mains and sewers in the older parks will cost $54,550, while reconstructing roads in the parks as outlined in the five-year program, prepared in collaboration with the Dis- trict of Columbia Highway Department, will cost $491,228. Col. Grant said $50,000 could be spent for feeding, cabling, removal of dead wood, surgical treatment of cavitles, etc. Reconstructing two greenhouses would cost $15,000. On the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway construction of bridle paths and foot paths would cost $33,500, while a water supply system for that newly acquired Federal area would en- tail expenditure of $30,000, and un- derdraining the side slopes adjacent to the highway would cost $15,000. Memorial reflecting pool would cost $113,000. $100,000 in Repairing Monument. Repairing the Washington Monu- ment to control spalling (falling down of pieces of stone) would cost $100,000. Connecting the old Post Office De- F‘anment Building to the new central eating plant, which is not included in the present Treasury Department contract, would cost $11,600. Doing similar work in hooking up the old Southern Railway Building—likewise not _ included in present contracts— would cost $5,603. Connecting Mall Building E and the "old Bureau of Fisheries Building to the new central heating plant would cost $12.344. Reroofing the State Depart- ment Building would cost $45,000, while resurfacing the roofs of the Navy and Munitions Buildings would cost $27,000. Repairing the roof on the ‘orl’d 2Poc! Office Building would cost 121, Removing five obsolete hydraulic elevators and equipment in the old Post Office Department Building and replac- ing them with new electrically operated equipment would cost $105,000, while removing the five obsolete elevators in the old Southern Railway Building and replacing them with modern equipment would cost $85,000. Removing one obsolete elevator in the State Department Building and replac- ing it with modern equipment would cost $30,000. Replacing obsolete elevator enclosures of two elevators on the easl side of the State Department would cost $22,000. Col. Grant was unable to estimate the savings on replacing the obsolete elevators in these last men- tioned buildings, but he said that he believed the expenditure is justified. ‘The report estimates the increase or decrease in annual expense of physical upkeep and ating costs to achieved as a result of the contemplated new work.' Based on a 30-hour week, estimates are made for each project on the dally average number of men direct- ly employed. D. BYERS MAIJ. JASON DIES AT HOME HERE | Retired Army Officer Was Cited by Pershing for Overseas Service. Maj. Jason D. Byers, U. 8. A, re- tired, died today at his home, 65 M street, after & brief iliness. He wag In his 60th year. Born in Martinsburg, W. Va, Maj. Byers enlisted in the Army in 1893, re- ceiving_his commission at the outbreak of the World War. In France he served in the Quartermaster Corps with the rank of captain and was cited by Gen. John J. Pershing for “exceptionally | meritorious service.” He also was deco- rated with the French Medal of Honor and by the government of Tunis. Maj. Byers was a past master of ‘Washington Centennial Lodge of Ma- sons, a member of the American Legion, ‘Washington Sojourners’ Club. the So- ciety of the Army of Santiago de Cuba and the board of trustees of the United Brethren Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Viola Byers, and a son, J. Harold Byers. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. BLAST HURL.S CONCRETE Acting Fire Chief Schrom Slightly Hurt at New Jersey and D. A 5-inch slab of concrete, catapulted by & blast set off by workmen wrecking the Panorama Building, New Jersey avenue and D street, struck Acting Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom on the head yesterday after crashing through the roof of his automobile as he drove nearby. Chief Schrom, who is 60, lives at 1314 Maryland avenue northeast. Stunned, he escaped more serious in- jury only by the fact the force of ‘the blow was broken by the top of his car. Concrete f{ragments also smashed windows of the machine of Albert 8. Vincent, 1118 E street scutheast, but he was unhurt, "YEAR EXPECTED BEGINS TO CLIMB Showers and Thunderstorms Tonight and Tomorrow Probably Will Terminate Heat Spell. chusetts avenue, was overcome while in the 1200 block of P street. She was re- vived by the fire rescue squad and taken home, where her condition was pro- | nounced not serious. May so far has averaged 3 degrees hetter than the corresponding period | last year, although a 91-degree tempera- | ture” was experienced on May 7, 1932. The mercury reached this year’s high mark of 91 degrees wrdneud.led is ex] to go well above that this afternoon. The temperature got into the 90’s on only three occasions in May of 1932. ‘The heat today was sccom) | eomparatively A concrete bottom for the Lincoln | VAST PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM | HERE OUTLINED BY COL. GRANT Submits Profects to Fedoral Emplosment| 19 RO SIRICKEN Stabilization Board Anticipating Pas- sage of Industrial Recovery Act. | panied by & ] fortable humidity, o the | Service BOY NEAR CAPITAL | BY SPOTTED FEVER Dog Tick Encountered in Underbrush Believed Start of Dread Infection. DOCTORS HOLD PARLEY AT HOME OF PATIENT 7-Year-0ld Hartley Day of Somer- set in Satisfactory Condition as Emergencies Are Waited. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Eastern type, the new disease of the Summer woods, which has arrived in this part of the country only during the past three years, has made its first ap- pearance near Washington this year. The victim is Hartley Day, 7-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Day, 405 Cumberland avenue, Somerset. The child presumably picked up & dog tick in the underbrush somewhere in the neighborhood and rapidly developed the dreaded malady which is spread by this minute, spider-like insect, which abounds everywhere. Because of the likelihood of other cases a conference was held at the Day boy's home this morning by Dr. J. F. Davidson, the attending physician; Dr. V. L. Ellicott, Montgomery County health officer, and a representative of the Maryland State Health Department. As a result another conference will be held today with scientists at Mary- land University on the practicability of cleaning up immediately the weeds and underbrush where children are likely to play. Methods of doing this will be discussed and also whether it should be a function of the State, county or local community. Emergencies Are Awaited. ‘The Day boy was reported today as progressing satisfactorily, but all that can be done s to wait for the de-| velopments of the disease. No treat- ment is known, except to attend to! the general condition of the patient | and attend to emergencies as they arise There is every likelihood of an in- crease in the incidence of this tick- carried disease in nearby Maryland and Virginia this Summer, according to the United States Public Health Service. Two Summers ago there were only four cases reported in Maryland. Last Summer there were 100 cases. Normally another big jump is to be expected, the incidence of the disease depending largely on the number of ticks carrying the virus. It is believed the majority are harmless, but even- tually every dog tick will be a potential killer, since they get the virus from infected animals, and it ds hereditary among them. The sad part of the story, say Pub- ! lic Health Service officials, is that there | is very little to be done about it. The | spotted fever vaccine used in the West | is available in very limited quantities. | The disease first made its appearance | in certain valleys of the northern Rocky | be | Mountain area, varying greatly in virul- ence from place to place, and was traced to a close relative of the dog tick which was strictly confined to that region. After several lives had been lost in the process, it was found that a vaccine prepared from the ground-up bodies of the infected ticks themselves afforded a fairly good protection. Slow, Dangerous Job. But the preparation of this vaccine is a slow, costly and dangerous job. It is manufactured only in the Mon- | tana laboratory of the Public Health| No commercial firm has been willing to undertake it and there has been a considerable list .of fatalities among the Government personnel en- gaged in its preparation. Nobody knows how the virus made its transi- tion from the strictly localized Rocky Mountain tick to the dog tick which abounds everywhere. The disease made its appearance suddenly in Virginia three years ago. ‘The Eastern form is almost identi- cal with that known in the West, but is not quite so virulent. The danger is especially great in the case of children. The best protection, according to a circular isued by the Public Health Service, is to examine a child thoroughly twice a day—at noon and just before bedtime. A peculiarity of this virus is that it appears to be manufactured in the body of the tick during the process of feeding on the blood of the human, or warm-blooded animal, to which it has attached it- self. The virus is not present in suf- ficient quantity to be very dangerous until the insect has fed for about eight hours. The bug is most likely to be picked up from tall weeds or thick under- brush such as are abundant in subur- ban neighborhoods. DEMOCRATIC'CIRCLE OF PHOTOS COMPLETED of Wanamaker in Farley’s Portrait Burleson Replaces Reception Room. ‘The Democratic photographic circle : in the reception room of Postmaster General Farley is complete. A portrait of Albert Sidney Burleson, Postmaster General under President Wilson, has supplanted that of John ‘Wanamaker, a Republican incumbent of the office 50 years ago. His likeness now takes its place with that of three | others of like political faith—Will H. Hays, Harry 8. New and Hubert S. Work—in the post office galleries to which they were removed by Postmaster General Farley in favor of three Demo- crats. The only remaining picture other than those of Democrats is that of Ben- jamin Franklin, the father of the present postal system. He appears to be safe, as another picture of Frank- lin hangs directly in front of the Post- m;ster General's desk in his private office. ————— LOST MAN SEEKS KIN Police Asked to Find Ben Jamison, Brother Living Here. Appealing to police today for aid in| finding his brother, James Jamison of Orangeburg, S. C., was asked: “Is your brother lost?” “No,” was the reply. “I am.” Jamison, who is 32 said he came| here to seek employment, figuring on staying with his brother, who has lived here for some time. He had only enough mongy to pay train fare as far as Alexandria, he said, and he walked the remaining six miles to ‘Washington. The police began a search for his , Ben Jamison, who i not listed Police Pistol Team Off for Matches Society and General SEVEN LEAVE FOR TRENTON FOR ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. A police. Maj. Brown are not members of the team. , PISTOL team, consisting of five shooting members, an executive officer and team coach, representing the Washington police, left today by automobile for Trenton, N. J, to participate tomorrow in the annual pistol and revelver tournament of the New Jersey State police. . I. H. Edwards, Lieut. H. G. Calahan, E. C. Moore, E. L. Warden and Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of Back row: B. F. Bean, G. M. Stewart, K. G. McCormick and A. In the photo, left to right, front row: or L. C. Poulsen. Inspector Edwards and —Star Staff Photo. CITY HEADS SEEK RELIEF FUND GRANT Apply for Fund From Hopkins to Aid Local Destitute Families. The District Commissioners yesterday filed with Harry L. Hopkins, Federal re- lief administrator, an application for a grant from the $500,000,000 nationai emcrgency relief fund, to sustain th- public program of care of destitut families in the District. This notice will be followed soon b a formal statement of emergency need: here, showing the necessity for addi- tional funds in the very near future George S. Wilson, director of the Board of Public Welfare, reported to the Commissioners yesterday afternoon the ' remaining District government funds would not last beyond the second week in June. ‘The statement dispatched late yes- terday to Director Hopkins reported that between January 1 and March 31 last the District expended out of local public funds $389,194.88 for emergency relief. In addition, the District dis- bursed $11,829.29 of funds of the Washington Community Chest. Under the Federal relief act, the Dis- | trict is entitied to an emergency grant amounting to one-third of the sum of prublic monies spent during the first quarter of this year, or about $130,000. D. C. BILL'S STATUS STILL UNSETTLED House and Senate Conferees Fail to Agree on Federal Appropriation. The differences between the House and Senate over the 1934 District ap- propriztion bill, involving primarily the size of the Federal share and the park refund issue, were still unsettled today. and no definite time has been set for another meeting of the canferees. Although no progress has been made toward reaching some middle ground on the controversial questions, the con- ferees have not reached an agreement on the basis of the House contribution of $5,700,000. ‘The Senate placed the Federal con- tribution at $6,250,000, and when the conferences began two weeks ago it is understood the Senate grdup offered to meet the House on a figure somewhere between the action of the two Houses. Thus far, however, there have been no indications of the willingness on the part of the House conferees to go above the House figure. ‘The other major item at issue is whether the District should be re- quired to make another reimbursement of $1,000.000 to the Federal Treasury in 1934 toward advances in carrying out the park program in view of the | fact that further advances are mnot being made on account of present fiscal conditions. The House voted to require another payment in 1934, but the Senate struck this out after hear- ing testimony to the effect that the reimbursements are being made faster than was intended by the original law. While it is likely that the conferees may resume meetings next week, no call has been issued fixing a definite | time. Elected to City Council. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., May 26 (Special). —Adam Link was elected to City Council here yesterday at the an- nual election as the only new member. He was unopposed. Three others were re-elected, Loyal Anderson, E. G. Hen- son and T. D, Webster. The mayoralty was not at stake this year. N Hitch-Hiker Tells Police of Liquor Carried by Driver Francis P. Haddon Also Charged With Possession of Concealed Gun. A hitch hiker whom he had be- friended by giving him & ride on his truck late yesterday led to the arrest of Francis P. Hadden, 19, of the 200 block of Webster street, on chlr‘el of possession of 68 gallons of alleged liquor and having a concealed weapon. Policeman Harold E. Moore of the Traffic Bureau was tipped off by the hiteh hiker as the latter alighted from the truck downtown that the vehicle, in addition to containing an outward visi- ble load of a number of crates of eggs, also had an invisible load of liquor. Officer Moore, although rised at the tip, decided to follow the vehicle. Over- hauling it in the downtown section, he found the information true. rested had the concealed Youth on Deathbed Says Boy Pushed Him Under Train A deathbed statement by a 14- year-old colored boy that he was pushed beneath the wheels of a train by another colored young- ster he did not know caused homicide squad detectives to launch an extensive investigation today into the death. The victim, James Madison, 800 block of Third street south- east, who died in Providence Hos- pital early today, had both legs cut off by a train on a railroad spur at First and I streets south- east yesterday. IPRESIDENT PRAISES - SCHOOLBOY PATROL }‘Message of Commendation | Read as Safety Units Pre- pare to Parade. As a message of commendation from President Roosevelt was read to them in the class rooms of the city, Wash- ington’s schoolboy patrols made final | preparations today for their second an- | nual safety demonstration and parade COMPLETION SEEN |Reorganization of School Personnel Expected by | Board Monday. | e | The Board of Education expects to complete its reorganization of the public school personnel in accordance with demands of the slashed 1934 budget at a special meeting of the | committee of the whole at 11 am. Monday, it was indicated after a spe- cial meeting late yesterday. ‘ Should its members, sitting as a com- mittee of the whole, come to an agree- the manner of saving the salary sums demanded by the budgetary reductions, the board then will have to hold an open meeting to take formal action on its plans. It is probable, however, that the board will delay its final action until the next regular meeting of the board, June 7. At its brief open meeting late yes- terday the school board _authorized the vacation school schedule and the buildings in which classes will be held. Summer school will open June 5 for @ session of 30 school days, Classes for white pupils will be held as follows: Senior high school—Cen- tral High School. Junior high school— Macfarland _and Stuart Junior High Schools. Elementary schools—Brown, | Buchanan, Burroughs, Curtis, Emery, Johnson, Ludlow, Fairbrother, Force. Petworth, Plerce, Wallach, West and Webster. Classes for colored pupils will bé held as follows: Senior high school—Dunbar High School. Junior high school—Garnet-Patterson Junior High School. Elementary schools— Bell, Burrville, Cook, Cleveland, Gid- dings, Lovejoy, Mott, Phillips, Sumner and Twining. | The first of the retirements to take | effect since it became apparent that | $90,000 would have to be saved in | teachers and librarians’ salaries, was | authorized by the board at its brief| | meeting late yesterday. Miss Eliza | Matthews, a teacher at the John F. | Cook School, was retired for disability | as of Mav 31. In asking the board to approve the retirement Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, announced that the vacancy would not be filled, but that the retired teacher's work would “be done by another person.” \DESTROYER WILL REACH D. C. ON MEMORIAL DAY |U. 8. S. Dupont, With Naval Re- servists From Boston Area, Will | | ment on necessary Be Open to Visitors. | | The destroyer U. S. S. Dupont will [Teach the Washington Navy Yard on| |the morning of Memorial day, with a detachment of Naval Reservists from the Boston area. In making this announcement today the Navy Department said that visitors will be allowed aboard from 10 a.m. to 5 pm. daily during the sojourn of the Dupont here, until she sails for New- port, R. I, June 3. Naval suthorities pointed out that while training cruises with pay for Naval Reservists have been curtailed during the fiscal year 1934, the Dupont's | cruise is being held during the current | school patrol movement as an important factor in the national safety effort was |in the form of a letter to Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Auto- mobile Association, sponsor of the pa- | trols. Hopes for Expansion. The Chief Executive expressed the | hope the patrol movement “will con- tinue to expand as a it fea- the in- ture of our national effort in terest of traffic safety.” “The movement,” he added, “is un- g‘u&lombly a fine builder of morale. t also develaps a sense of responsibility which cannot but make for good citi- 2zenship.” There are expected to be between 4,000 and 5000 participants in tomorrow's | parade, with 2,942 local boys in the line of march. Others will come from Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. ‘The Pennsylvania units will start ar- riving in the Capital this evening about 6 o'clock and will be quartered at the Tourist Camp. Early tomorrow the visiting boys will be taken for sight- seeing tours. Parade Begins at 3 P.M. ‘The parade will start at 3 p.m. with Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, as grand marshal. The column will form on Constitution ave- nue between John Marshall place and Third street and will proce west on | Pensnylvania avenue from John Mar- shall place to Fifteenth street, thence south to Constitution avenue and west to the Ellipse, where it will disband. Members of the House and Senate District Committess, the Board of Edu- cation and Dr. William J. Cooper, United | States Commisisoner of Education, will | be among the distinguished guests who will review the parade from a stand just East of Sixteenth street on the north side of Constitution avenue. ‘There will be 75 floats and nine bands in the line of march. SWANSON COMMENDS LIEUT. COMDR. WHITE | Naval Medical Officer Was Active in Developing Monoxide Detection Instrument. | A Washington naval medical officer, active in developing an instrument for detecting deadly carbon monoxide gas | in_airplane cockpits and cabins, today | was commended by Secretary of the Navy Swanson. _He is Lieut. Comdr. Joel J. White, un- til recently on duty in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Depart- ment, with additional duty as instructor in aviation medicine at the Naval Medi- cal School here. At present he is under orders for duty on the staff of the commander of aircrafi of the Base Force. Lieut. Comdr. White was born in Memphis, Tenn., October 26, 1890, and was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the Medical Corps of the Navy in June, 1917. He served aboard the bat- tleship U. S. S. Oklahoma, on the U. S. S. Bridge; with the Public Health Serv- ice in Haiti; took a course of instruction PAGE B—1 FOUR NEW BANKS SEEN LIKELY IN HAMILTON MERGER 7th Street Savings, Franklin National and U. S. Savings Among Candidates. GRAHAM TO BROADCAST EXPLANATION TONIGHT John Poole’s Action Clears Situa- tion at Federal-American Institution. Possibility that four new members may join the new Hamilton National Bank consolidation within a short time loomed today as it was understood cer- tain additional banks were considering the merger. Among those understood to be still considering the merger are the Seventh Street Savings Bank, the Franklin Na- tional Bank and the United States Savings Bank. Edwin C. Graham, president of the new Hamilton National, plans to ex- plain the new merger to a radio au- dience tonight when he speaks from S:w WJSV beginning s 8:15 o At the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co. the situation has now cleared with the decision by John Poole, president and conservator, to re- main at the difficult task of conservator in order to realize as much as possible from the assets of that institution for the sake of its depositors. Mr. Poole will not be an officer in the new Ham- ilton Natipnal Bank, but will devote his entire time to the big problems of conservator of the Federal-American. ‘This was learned late yesterday when it was announced by another official of this bank that plans have virtually been completed for the turning over of $5,000,000 worth of assets to the new Hamilton to make available to deposi- tors this sum as 50 per cent of the total deposits in the bank. ‘This official also stated that there would be left in Mr. Poole’s hands a total of assets amounting to about $8.- 500,000. It will be Mr. Poole’s task, this official said, to so handle this $8,- 500,000 assets that the depositors will get their remaining 50 cents on the dollar and there will be something left over for stockholders. This means that the depositors after obtaining their first 50 cents on the dollar shortly after the bank opens would receive all of the other 50 cents in case the assets pro- duced enough cash. COURT WILL PREVENT POST SALE HINDRANCE Authorizes Receiver to Pay Over- due Rent and Back Taxes. | To eliminate any danger of inter- ference with the public sale of the ‘Washington Post on June 1, Justice James M. Proctor today authorized Ben- Jjamin S. Minor, receiver for the paper, to pay overdue rent, amounting to $645, and back taxes in the sum of $2,159.64. Minor had asked the District preme Court for permission to pay these charges, stating a lien might be placed on the property in favor of the land- lord, which would hinder the sale of the newspaper. The receiver filed a report showing that taxes due in March for the second half of the fiscal year ending June 30 were unpaid and that rent from March 1 to March 25 also is overdue. The receiver stated he has paid rent since his appointment. ‘The Post is to be sold at public auc- tion from the front steps of the news- paper’s bullding by order of Justice Proctor. TWO DROWNED CHILDREN BURIAL IN ARLINGTON Funeral Services Tomorrow for Donald Tudor and Archibald TU. “Sonny” Turner, Jr. An 11-year-old hero and his 8-year- old cousin, whom he tried to save from drowning off the Army War College dock late Tuesday, will be laid to rest among other gallant dead in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow. Requiem mass for Donald Tudor, who was dragged down in the death grip of his younger cousin, Archibald U. “Sonny” Turner, jr., was sung today in the Immaculate Conception Church. The body then was returned to Tabler’s funeral home, 928 M street, to await burial the next day. The two boys, sons of Army ser- geants, will be laid in graves side by side. Pallbearers for the Tudor boy will be chosen from among his class- mates at Immaculate _Conception School, while those for “Sonny” will be selected from among his playmates at Washington Barracks. in aviation medicine at the Army School of Aviation Medicine, Mitchel Field, Long Island, N. Y., where he qualified as a flight surgeon, graduating with honors, and subsequently served with various aviation units. Brake Inspection Reveals Majority fiscal vear and that the 1st Naval Dis- trict Reservists aboard are performing | two weeks' active duty without pay. The Dupont is attached to destroyer | squadron 10 of the training squadron of | the Scouting Force, with home port at | Boston. She is commanded by Lieut. | Miles DuVal who was recently on duty | in the Navy Department. PRISONER IN CALIFORNIA ‘W. D. Seay, investigator for the dis- trict attorney's office at Los Angeles, who came here to get Kenneth J. Hines, 39, wanted there on grand theft charges and four other counts, involving more than $30,000, received word last night that Hines had reported to the district attorney’s office in the California city. | Hines, arrested early this month, had his bond set at $15,000 when arraigned in court here, and this sum subsequently reduced to $2,000 'h Hines AS OFFICER COMES HERE pass Of Autos Faulty 75 Per Cent of 23,000 Cars Since January 1 Fail to Pass Test. Inspection of the mechanical equip- ment of 23,000 automobiles since was by steering gears taking second place. A check-up on the mechanical equip- ment of all automobiles sold or trans- ferred was started the first of the year by Director Van Duzer in a move to lessen the number of accidents due to rnéltyheqlllnment, juc! Washington 1Y) late J. F. Hillebrand, former chemist HILLEBRAND AWARD GIVEN TWO AT DINNER Drs. La Forge and Haller of Agri- culture Department Honored for Chemical Achievement. ‘The Hillebrand award of the Chem- ical Society of Washington was pre- sented last night to Drs. F. B. La Forge and H. J. L. Haller of the Department of Agriculture at a dinner held at the Cosmos Club. The award was for working out the chemical formula for rotenone, a sub- stance derived from various tropical plants which kills cold-blooded animals but hss very little effect on warm- blooded, thus making it a valuable in- secticide which eventually may replace most of the poisons now in use. The award is made annually to some chemist in memory of the chief of the Bureau of Standards. “HERNDON DAY” CHANGED Firemen Shift Event to July 22 Instead of August 5. Special Dispatch to The Star. * HERNDON, Va., May 26.—The Hern- don Volunteer Pire Department has changed the date for hold! “Hern= don day” from August 5 to July 22 and aj the: following El!cuwe Com-