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AT HUMIDITY DROPS 10 26, BREAKING HEAT PALL HERE Three Dead and Score Pros- trated During Record Friday Temperature. 100 MARK MAKES D. C. SECOND HOTTEST CITY More Than 100 Deaths Toll in Heat Belt Covering States This Side of Mississippi. A sharp drop in humidity, coupled with slight cloudiness and a breeze from the northeast, today brought temporary respite from the record heat of yesterday. The bureau's regular daily forecast predicted thundershowers “tonight and Sunday; not much change in tempera- ture. Gentle variable winds.” ~The weekly forecast for Middle Atlantic States: “Possibly scattered showers and thundershowers at beginning of week and again about Priday. Temperatures mcstly normal or above.” A survey of the effect of yesterday's heat showed three were dead and more | than a score prostrated. The dead are: Joseph Francis Maden, 47, of 1518 Gales street northeast, who died early today. William H. Bell, 68, colored, of 1400 D street southeast, who died late yes- terday. John Wallace, 34, colored, of the 2100 block Virginia avenue, who col- lapsed about 4:30 p.m. yesterday at Fourteenth street and Constitution ave- nue and died three hours later at Emergency Hospital. Both Heart Sufferers. ‘Madden and Bell both suffered from heart trouble, according to physicians of Casualty Hospital, but their deaths were attributed to the heat. One other man, Merrell Golden, 30, colored, of Surratsville, Md., was in an = extremely _critical condition today at Casualty Hospital, as the result of a sun stroke, suffered while he was pitch- ing hay yesterday. He may nol re- cover, it was said. Excessive humidity made the leat yesterday almost unbearable. The offi- cial Weather Bureau thermometer rocketed fo 100 degrees late yesterday, making the Capital the hottest city in the country, with the exception of Phoenix, Ariz, where the temperature was 102. The humidity went over 81 per cent yesterday, but this morning was recorded at only 56 ver cent. Yesterday was within two degrees of being the hottest June 9 in the reccrds of the Weather Bureau. In 1874 the thermometer hit 102. The official tem- perature recording, however, was ex- ceeded on the thermometers of many private citizens, which reflected the eddying heat waves from sidewalks and buildings. Deaths Exceed 100. Throughout the heat wave belt, covering practically every State this side of the Mississippi, more than 100 deaths were reported. At Clifton, Va., an 80-year-old man, John Nowlan, was overcoms while walking along a road near the Old Diamond House. He was found dead by Bazel Ambler. Nowlan was a bachelor and is survived by a niece, Mrs. W. F. Edmonds of Falls Church. All Washington public schools were closed yesterday at 12:15 pm. and numerous Government establishments excused their employes. Thousands flocked to swimming pools and out on the highways in search of cooling breezes. Municipal swimming pools at the McKinley High School and the Francis pools for colored, at Twenty- fifth and N streets, were opened for| the season today. Park police were faced with an old seasonal problem today—what to do about youngsters who persist in jump- ing in park, fountains. They reported numerous complaints had been received and pointed out the practice must be curbed. SACRED HEART SCHOOL GRADUATION TOMORROW La Plata Institution to Hold First Exercises in Upper i Department. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LA PLATA, Md., June 10.—The first graduation exercises of the high school departmert of Sacred Heart School will be held at the school tomorrow after- noon. Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts will deliver the address to the graduating class. The full graduating program for the school consists of the baccalaureate sermon which was delivered in Sacred Heart Church here last Sunday by the Rev. F. Fay Murphy of Georgetown University. The class night exercises will be held in the school auditorium tomorrow night. Closing exercises of the school will take place Friday night. The first graduating class of the school is composed of the following: Laura Mattingly, Emma Murray, Ethel Martin, Rita Albert Hyde, Willlam Nalley, Amelia Stonestreet and Elizabeth Gardiner. PRESIDENT INVITED TO WEST VIRGINIA CAMP Stream Near Capon Bridge Stocked With Trout—Farley Inspects Location. Special Dispatch to The MARTINSBURG, W. Va., June 10.— President Franklin D. Roosevelt has been invited to spend a day fishing and in recreation at the camp of Judge G. XK. Kump of Romney. The camp is on Cold Stream near Capon Bridge, W. Va., and has been stocked with hun- dreds of 12 and 14 inch trout. South Branch sportsmen, announcing the invitatior d Jemes A. Farley, Postmaster General, camp site, which has been improved, and approved of it as a good place for the President to spend a few hours on the trout stream The visit, if made, probably would not be announced in advance in order to give the President privacy, it was stated. Judge Kump. a brother of Gov. H. G. Kump of West Virginia, is under- stood to have accompanied Mr. Farley 10 the camp during the last week. The invitation, it was indicated, was ex- tended through Gov. Kump. If the visit is made it necessarily wil be before August 1. which is the clos- ing date of the trcut season in this State. STATUE TO BE UNVEILED Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., June 10.—A statue of the Little Flower will be un- veiled tomorrow at 7:30 pmn. in_Our Lady's Roman Catholic Chapel, in Med- Jeys Neck. Rev. Father Herbert Park- er will preach the sermon following the unveiling and bless the statue of St. Theresa, and tell the hjstory of the Little Flower. It was given to the church by Miss Irene Touhey of Wash- It 1s 5 feet 6 inches tall. ington, D. C. s " ayden, Mildred Jameson, | has inspected the | MODEL SHOWS HOW CAR OROTHY KING displaying the has been proposed that they be in oval formation. DA.,,, . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1933. Proposed Thomas Circle Route] (PRESIDENT DELAYS GRIEVANCE BOARD LINES WOULD BE SHIFTED. model in clay of the proposed shifting of the street car tracks at Thomas Circle to speed up traffic. The tracks now follow a circle about the statue and landscaping in the center. It cut through the circle north and south —Star Staff Photo. DISTRICT HIGHWAY NEEDS DESCRIBED Board of Trade Cites Neces- sity of Sharing Public Works Funds. ‘The Washington Board of Trade, tak- | ing cognizance of statements challeng- | ing the necessity for the District of | Columbia sharing in the appropriations for highways included in the public works bill, issued a statement today pointing ocut that the highway needs of the District are 50 per cent greater than can be accommodated under the | 2-cent gas tax and that many improve- ments authorized by Congress in 1927 have not been accomplished because of shortage of funds. The statement follows: “The question has been raised as to the necessity for the District of Colum- bia sharing in the highway portion \gu-der section 204 of the public works Annual Needs $3,000,000. “The statement has been made that the existing highway funds of the Dis- trict are more than sufficient to take care of all the highway needs. The existing highway fund, if intending to mean the 2-cent gasoline tax return, amounts to slightly more than $2,000,- 000. The annual highway needs of the District of Columbia are conservatively estimated at a sum 50 per cent greater than this amount. “Even with such an increased sum, the replacement of unsafe and inade- quate bridges must proceed at a slow rate. Little progress has been made on grade crossing eliminations, many of which were specifically authorized by Congress in 1927. Bridges in new locations, the necessity for which has arisen through increased traffic in the last several years, have not even been scheduled. “The approximate $2,000,000 that would come to the District in connec- tion with the public works bill for highways, including bridges, grade crossings, etc., would permit the Com- missioners to go forward with desirable and essential projects held in abeyance, due to a shortage of funds in the reg- | ular appropriation. A great deal of | this work involves Federal highway routes into and through Federal terri- tory within the Districi of Columbia. It is ‘appropriate to State that develop- ment plans of the Federal Government within the District of Clumbia have during the last few years brought abcut the necessity for extensive highway “If the $2,000,000 for highway work proximately 60 per cent of this weuld be expended on thoroughfare streets abutted by Federal or Federal-con- trolled property. The improvement of these thoroughfares, while of benefit to the residents of the District of Colum- bia, would be of material benefit to the Federal Government in providing proper approaches and access to their more recent improvements and of ex- treme benefit to the thousands of tour- ists from all of the States visiting Washington annually. Safety Aids Seen. “The list of projects furnished the statement of the Board of Trade in- cluded typical examples of the kind of projects described above. The $2,000 | 000 fund could be allocated to the im. | provement of Federal rcutes, development in conjunction therewitl. | becomes available to the District, ap- | Senate Finance Committee with the | Federal | REDUCTION URGED IND. . VALUATIONS President Ray of Brightwood Group Cites Discrimina- tions Under Assessments. Special Dispatch to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md, June 10— A reduction in the assessed valuation of property in the National Capital was ' advocated here last night at Charley Forest Farm, where President Charles W. Ray of the Brightwood Citizens' Association and Mrs. Ray were hosts to the members of that organization, as they have been an- nually for several years past. In discussing the real estate situation in the District several cases of dis- crimination in assessments were’ cited, and it was pointed out that the only fair and equitable method would be on the basis of appraised value of property. The proposed reduction of the tax rate from $1.70 to $1.50 $100, as included in the 1934 District appropriation bill, it was said, retains the present assessments, which, in the opinion of several of the speakers, were fictitious values. Deception in Figures. These high assessments would also leave the impression with members of Congress that property was . actually worth the amount on the assessment books, whereas at a forced sale it would only realize about 50 per cent of the assessed value. It was also brought to the attention of the meeting that it has been several years since a re- valuation had taken place. The asso- ciation agreed with Assessor Richards that the small home owner had been favored as compared with business property. At the conclusion of the discussion a resolution was unanimously adopted to be sent to the District Commissioners requesting that a reduction of assess- ment be made on the appraised value of property in the District of Columbla. A special committee was appointed to confer with the city postmaster, Wii- liam Mooney, and request that the Brightwood Post Office be kept open until 9 o'clock Saturday nights instead of closing at 2 o'clock as at present. Street Oiling Desired. tween Rittenhouse and Sheridan streets and Piney Branch road in that vicinity will be requested of the District au- thorities in order to relieve the dust situation, especially during the Sum- mer weather. John Clagett Proctor was appointed to represent the association at the pub- lic memorial services to be held Sun- day night at 8 o'clock in the Roosevelt High School for deceased members of the Metropolitan Police Department. ‘The association was advised that the revolving red lights for facilitating the movement of fire apparatus in heavy traffic was being installed on all of the new motor-driven equipment, but thai funds would not permit providing the oider apparatus with this device. The outing concluded with the ren- | dition of several selections by the C. & | P. Telephone Co. Glee Club and the | serving of refreshments. \GENE DENNIS IS GUEST OF ADVERTISING CLUB | property approach streets, grade cross- | ing eliminations in the interest of { human safety, and the replacement of | narrow light bridges to meet modern | traffic conditions without in any way overlapping the regular items in the | appropriation act. g “The ever increasing traffic of this city makes imperative the widening and | improvement of many of the main | thoroughfares not only in the interest at this time of giving employment to the | pecple of the District of Columbia, but in the interest of safety to the traveling | public. If Washington is not included in this portion of the bill it will be the only municipality in the United States not permitted to share under this act. | " “The financing of highway i ! ments in the District of Columbia is | different frcm any other municipality {in the ccuntry. Through its gas tax | heretofore supplemented by varying amounts from the general fund appro- priation highway work is carried on annually with only a small varying | proporticn. In cther cities that operate | under the bond issue peak years | spot their highway activity to the ex- tent of millicns of dollars with lean or | intervening years between the peaks. It is believed this city's plan, due to its { ability to finance through its present methods nct only is more economical but 1 of much greater effect in that develop- | | ment can be laid out in a logical se- | quence as conditions warrant the im- provement.” QUITS D. C. COMMITTEE Representative Scrugham, Democrat, of Nevada resigned today as a member of the Hcuse District Committee. His resignation was accepted by the House. He told newspaper men he had taken this action in order to accept an as- signment on the House Banking and Currency Committee. Mr. Scrugham was a member of the Public Utilities Subcommittee of the District Committee and also served on the Streets and Trafic Subcommittee Members of the Washington Adver- | tising Club were entertained yester- |day at their luncheon meeting in the Raleigh Hotel by Miss Gene Dennis, psychic performer now playing at a local theater. D. Stuart Webb, recently retired pres- ident of the Baltimore Advertising Club, discussed the functions and services of such a club. He described advertising methods that have been successful m Baltimore. Harold M. Talbert, Washington Daily News cartoonist, winner of the Pulitzer prize this year, was introduced to the club members. President Walter D. Barkdull pre- ‘sided. 'TWO SUITS ASK $75,000 | FOLLOWING ACCIDENT By & Staff Correspondent of The Star, | UPPER MARLBORO, Md. June 10. —An automcbile accident which result- ed in serious injuries to two men and | the death of two mules led to two dam- | age suits totaling $75,000 being filed |against the Mullan Construction Cor- | poration Thursday. J. Frank Cocksey, one of the plain- {iffs, says that a truck he was driving hit a truck belonging to the contract- |ing firm, which had been parked with- out lights on the Southern Maryland pike near Waldorf. November 10, 1932. Cooksey asks $50,000 for personal in- juries, damage to his truck and the loss | of the two mules that were riding in | the truck. | Harry Collison, a passenger in Cook- | sey’s truck, asks $25,000 damages for | personal injuries. Both are repre- sented by Attorney Joseph A. Wilmer. Berry E. Moore of Rosaryville filed | suit for $2,000 against the Grangers' Mutual Insurance Co., clalming that amcunt is due him for the loss of @& tobacco barn which burned down Jan- uary 6. Attorney J, Frank Lillard ap- pears for Moore, -~ The oiling of Thirteenth street ba- | P APPOINTMENTS OF |APPROVAL POSSIBLE! . ncrat 15 NEW HEADS OFD.C. Roosevelt Has List of Those Recommended, but Other Business Defers Action. SELECTIONS EXPECTED PROBABLY ON MONDAY Melvin C. Hazen, Joseph J. Cotter, Malcolm S. McConihe and E. G. Walker Mentioned. Since yesterday President Roosevelt has had before him a list of several names recommended by Postmaster General Farley, patronage dispenser for the administration, for appointment as | civilian Commissioners of the District of Columbia, but it is doubtful if the President will make a decision and send the nominations to the Senate be- fore Monday. If Congress adjourns to- night recess appointments are expected. This small list of names, which does not contain more than four or five, is of men who stood the so-called “acid test” and were selected by Postmaster General Farley from more than half a hundred who were either candidates or aspirants for appointment to the Board of Commissioners to succeed Commissioners Reichelderfer and Crosby. Four Names Known. ‘While President Roosevelt has not given the slightest indication of what his final selections will be, it is known that on this list appeared the names of Melvin C. Hazen, for many years surveyor of the District; Joseph J. Cotter, for a number of years asso- ciated with the Interior Department and later an executive in the oil in- dustry and for the last eight years a practicing attorney in this city, and Malcolm S. McConihe, real estate op- erator and builder. It is understood also that those who have been advancing the name of Ernest G. Walker, for many years a newspaper correspondent in this city, :x‘ave not given up hope for his selec- ion. Mr. Farley brought his list to the White House early yesterday afternoon hoping he could go over the names with the President and have the latter make his selections in time to send the nomi- nations to the Capitol yesterday, but the pressure of other business was so great that the President had little time to give to the study of the subject with Mr. Farley and the matter Was put over until today. Finds President Busy. ‘The Postmaster General was back at the White House again early this morn. ing, and left half an hour later, say- ing that he felt sure the President would not find time to dispose of this business today. It is not likely that the President will be in a position to name a_suc- cessor to Leo A. Rover as United States attorney for the District, or a suc- cessor to Miss Kathryn Sellers as judge of the Juvenile Court, in the imme- diate future. Attorney General Cum- Per | mings, to whom the President has dele- gated the task of considering the can- didates and available material from whom to make his selections for these two posts, said today -he has not had time to give any thought to the m.at- ter and his belief was that no such ap- pointments would be made for scme little time. DEATH OF VETERAN BEING INVESTIGATED Elmer Rodgers Said to Have Told Friend of Beating Before Finding of Body. Homicide squad detectives were mak- ing an investigation today into the death of Elmer Rodgers, 61-year-old Spanish-American War veteran, found cut and bruised beside the railroad tracks at Terra Cotta, D. C., on May 30. Rodgers, who lived at the home of William C. Ehlers, first block of Rock Creek Church road, died June 3 of eumonia, resulting from exposure. The investigation was ordered by Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald after it was learned Rodgers told a friend he had been beaten and robbed by two drinking ccmpanions. An autopsy, performed following his ceath at Gali- inger Hospital, disclosed he was cut and bruised and also was suffering from alcoholism. In order to release the body for burial, Dr. MacDonald issued a temporary certificate of death from natural causes, but swore in a jury in event an inquest should prove necessary. Rodgers formerly was an inmate of Soldiers’ Home. Ll CHARGE DISMISSED AGAINST “THE FOX” Fugitive Warrant Based on Bad- Check Accusation at Richmond Dropped by Court. The fugitive charge against Norman T. Whitaker, “The Fox,” who was con- victed with Gaston B. Means in the Lindbergh kidnaping hoax, was dis- missed by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court today on motion of Assis- tant U. S. Attorney Milford F. Schwartz. The fugitive warrant was based on a charge of passing a bad check in Rich- mond, Va. Schwartz informed the court that Whitaker had been sentenced to serve a prison term here. He said this was the reason for asking dismissal of the fugitive charge. e YOUNG PRINCE GEORGES DEMOCRATS HOLD DANCE Special Dispatch to The Star. . LANDOVER, Md. June 10.—The Spring ce of the Young Men's Dem- ocratic Olub of Prince Georges County last night at the Beaver Dam Country Club was largely attended. Among the guests were J. Enos Ray, chairman of the State Democratic Committee and nominee for collector of internal revenue for the Maryland district, and Mrs. Ray and State Sen- ator and Mrs. Lansdale G. Sasscer. The club’s Social Committee, Walter L. Green, chairman, was in charge of the function. AUXILIARY TO GIVE PLAY By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CABIN JOHN, Md, June 10.—The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department will present their play, “Ye Old Time Min- strel,” here Monday night at 8 o'clock in_the Cabin John-Glen Echo School. Proceeds from the play, which has been given by the auxiliary on two previous occesions and is being repeat- ed at the request of citizens of th e community, will be divided between the auxiliary and the Parent-Teacher sociation of the school and used for financing the various activities of those organizations, AT THIS SESSION :Conferees to Decide Fate of Liaison Officer Plan, Ac- cepted by Senate. WHEELER THINKS BUDGET CHIEF FAVORS PROPOSAL Finance Chairman Agrees to Take Recovery Bill Amendment to Conference. A Federal liaison officer to hear and adjust cifferences between Government workers and their superiors, with the Civil Service Commission acting as a board of appeal, may be provided for by Congress in the closing hours of this session as the result of action taken by the Senate last night. On motion of Senator Wheeler, Dem- ocrat, of Montana the Senate last night added to the industrial recovery bill an amendment authorizing this new step in civil service procedure. The final de- cision rests with the conferees. If the House conferees accept the amendment it will go through immediately. Sirovich Sponsors Plan. The plan was brought forward a few weeks ago by Representative Sirovich of New York, who has been in conference with members of the Senate as to the possibility of putting it through as part of the emergency bills. Senator Wheeler tried without success to have it incor- porated in the independent offices ap- propriation bill last week. When he offered it again last night to the re- covery bill, Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chairman of the Finance Committee, accepted it and agreed to take it to conference. Senator Wheeler told his colleagues the Civil Service Commission has writ- ten a letter indorsing it, and that he understands the director of the bud- get also favors it. Some legislation of this kind has been discussed L'y members of Congress from time to time for a number of years, but has never come this close to being enacted. Text of Wheeler Amendment. Under the amendment e liaison officer would have to be a civil service employe with 20 years of experience, but he would be independent of any executive department. The Wheeler amendment reads as follows: “That there is hereby created the po- sition of liaison officer, and there is hereby established in the Civil Service Commission a board of appeal consist- ing of the three commissioners; that the position of liaison officer shall be independent of the executive depart- ments and independent offices and said officer shall be empowered to hear, in- vestigate, and adjust all differences be- tween employes and their superiors. There shall be a right of appeal to the Board of Appeal by the head of the department or the employe concerned. The liaison officer shall co-operate at all times with the commissioners on important matters and the Board of Appeal shall take action on appeals from the finding of the liaisbn officer after the head of the department or the incumbent of the position affected has objected in writing and all persons in interest have been afforded an oppor- tunity to be heard and their decision shall be final. Appeals of employes shall be without prejudice to them. The liaison officer shall receive a salary of $6,000 per anfium, and shall be a civil service employe with at least 20 years’ service in the classified civil serv- ice selected by the Civil Service Com- mission. To carry out the provisions of this amendment the Civil Service Commissioners shall upon request of the liaison officer furnish the necessary eouipment and assistance by transfer 1from the civil service rolls.” EAST-WEST HIGHWAY LINK BEING PLANNED Improving of Philadelphia Avenue in North Takoma Park Projected. Special Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARE, Md., June 10.—The improvement of Philadelphia avenue, from Georgia to Saratoga avenues in North Takcema Park as a link in the east-west , inter-county highway has been included in the county paving program for the present year. It is also planned to eliminate the dangerous curve in Carroll avenue, a short distance beyond the Sligo stream bridge. Work on this road has already started and is to be pushed to com- pletion. Much interest is being displayed by citizens of this town in the proposed widening of the College Park road from Riggs Mill _roed to the Washington- Baltimore Boulevard, which is also on the schedule of road improvements. The extension and improvement of Carroll avenue from Browns Corner to the Avenel road is being urged by resi- dents of that section. This would com- plete the stretch of roadway and con- nec; up with the Avenel-White Oak road. QUESTIONS NEW ELECTION LAW CONSTITUTIONALITY Member of Annapolis Board of Vote Supervisors Asks for Injunction. Special Dispatch to the Star. ANNAPOLIS, June 10.—Questioning the constitutionality of the new ecity election law, passed by the recent. Leg- islature, John A. Russell, Republican, minority member of the Board of Elec- tlon Supervisors of Annapolis, through Louis Strauss, attorney, today filed a petition in the local Circuit Court re- questing that the majority members of the board be restrained from hold- ! ing a city-wide registration of voters and a primary election on Tuesday and from revising the registration lists on June 20. Judge Nicholas H. Green signed an order directing that the writ of man- damus requested be issued unless the defendants show cause to the contrary on or before 11 a.m. Monday. The case | was set down for hearing at 11 am.| Monday. —— FIRE TAX VOTE JULY 11 Colmar Manor Referendum Pro- vided by Legislature. Ly a Staff Corresperdent of The Star. COLMAR MANOR, Md., June 10.—A referendum to decide whether the citizens of this town desire to give the mayor and Council authority to levy a fire tax of not more than 10 cents will be conducted in conjunction with the regular municipal election, " July 11, it was ‘decided by the town authorities. Provision for the referendum was made in a law passed by the last islature. The Council also set June 23 and 24 as registration days. The books will be open from noon to 9 p.m., at Cas- Reare’s (iarage, - NATION'S DEPOSITORS OFFER l : PLAN OF REOPENING BANKS| Supporting President Roosevelt in his efforts to lift the burden which the de- pression in business and the cost of government “has laid on the backs of the people, Committee today laid before a meeting of about 300 delegates, representing de- positors from several States, at ayflower Hotel, a program recom- mended to be sent to the President for reopening closed and restricted banks. The gathering was called by Frank H. Schrenk of Philadelphia, chairman of the National Depositors’ Committee, who outlined the program in detail and planned to go to the President with the committee to present the proposal. A general liberalization of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation and Fed- eral Reserve Bank practice as it applies to closed and restricted banks was rec- commended in the program laid before the convention for approval. “Sordidness and Tragedy.” Representative Everett M. Dirksen of Tilinois, who presided at the opening session this mcrning, painted a word picture of what he called the “veil of sordidness and tragedy,” which he said the banking situation had cast over the country. "He -characterized the problem of deposits in closed banks as one of the most important questions that faced the American people today. | He referred briefly, but pointedly, to the | “quiz of the House of Morgan”; to the the National City Bank; to Samuel Insull, “a fugitive from justice in Greece,” who has caused “despair and anguish to the people of my State,” and demanded that something should be done to relieve the people. Chairman Schrenk of the Deposi- eralization of R. F. Federal Reserve Bank Practice Recommended to President. the National Depositors’ | |ing out the Government policy of eco- the | | indictment of Charles E. Mitchell of | C. -amdl tors’ Committee briefly outlined the bank crisis and then told his hearers that the “thousand or mare of the 5,000 banks now sealed up or operating under restrictions might have been opened two months ago if those charged with carry- nomic rehabilitation had shown a spirit of co-operation.” Depositors’ Rights Ignored. “Instead of that,” he said, “the rights of depositors have been completely ig- | nored while the big banks have been ! pursuing a selfish policy of strangula- | tion. _Collateral, such as cash and Lib- | erty bonds held by smdll restricted and | a small percentage of its open market value in a Nation-wide campaign to put these small banks out of business. “The National Depositors Commit- tee was formed bécause bankers found after three months of attempting to break down this campaign that they were utterly helpless. Controlled at every turn by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury or the R. F. C., the bankers found it impossible to get even a fair hearing. They were referred from one group to another.” The program laid down by the De- positors’ Committee for adoption at the convention this afternoon presented 12 points. 5 | The only “forgotten man” in the ad- ministration’s plans for relief, it was declared in this program, “is the de- | positor in the thousands of closed and restricted banks who has waited with a patience and forebearance unequalcy in history for the relief to which he :¢ entitled if the pledge of the party im power and the moral obligations of the Government are to be faithfully kept.” HENDERSON QUITS AIR CONTEST BODY Follows Mrs. Putnam as Re- sult of Clash Over Avia- tion Meet Dates. Resignation from the Contest Com- mittee of the National Aeronautic Asso- ciation of Clifford W. Henderson, for several years manager of the national air races, was announced here today by former Senator Hiram Bingham, presi- dent of the association. Henderson’s resignation follows that of Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam as vice president of the association and a mem- ber of its Contest Committee. Both | resignations are a result of the feud be- tween the National Aeronautic Associa- tion and independent aviation interests which are planning an unsanctioned air meet of national importance in Chi- cago July 1-4 in competition with the | national air races in Los Angeles at the same time. Henderson Obligated. In submitting his resignation, Mr. Henderson wrote: “The unfortunate situation arising this year, involving the duplication of the dates assigned to the national air races is most regrettable. “I have created definite obligations in both Los Angeles and Chicago in- ! volving sponsoring organizations and underwriting groups for two aviation events of international importance. Maj. Ervin Gef®Post. “I feel that by effecting this resig- nation, I can best serve the sponsoring groups to whom I am committed and in addition avoid embarrassment to i | | that I am a member of the committee which sanctions aviation competitive events in which I am involved.” Henderson's place on the Contest Committee will be filled by Maj. R. Gilpin Ervin, who was a flying instruc- | tor at Rockwell PField, Calif., during the World War, Bingham announeed. COMMITTEE REPORTS PRICE FOR KITS FAIR Says So Large an Amount Should | Not Have Been Spent, However. By the ASsociated Press. A report holding the $1.40 paid Be | Vier & Co. of New York for toilet kits supplied reforestation camp workers was a fair price, but that so large an amount should not have been spent, was ap-| | proved today by a Senate Military Af- | | fairs Subcommittee. It was sent promptly to the whole committee. Chairman Sheppard declined to make | the report public pending completion of a poll of the Military Committee, | but it was understood it recommended that hereafter emergency purchases for the Conservation Corps, without bids, | be approved by the controller general. | Members were represented as feeling that comparable articles should have | been purchased at lower prices for the‘} camp workers. DEATH OF PHYSICIAN LAID TO CAR CRASH Montgomery Doctor, 78, Was Hurt in Collision During Rain Two Weeks Ago. Special Dispatch to The Star. DICKERSON, Md., June 10.—In- juries sustained in an automobile col- lision near here about two weeks lgok are given as the cause of the death of Dr. James R. Hicks, 78, one of Mont- | gomery County’s leading physicians, at his home here yesterday. The collision was between & machine | operated by Dr. Hicks and a truck and occurred during a rain storm. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Walker Hicks, and the follow- ing children: Mrs. Leo Roberson, Misses Myra and Ara Lee Hicks and George Hicks, all of this vicinity. Dr. Hicks had been a resident here about 15 years, coming here from Taze- well County, Va. FORFEITS $202.50 BOND Washington Man Fails to Answer Smoke-Screen Charge. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 10.—Clar- ence Ash of the 1700 block of Seaton street northwest, Washington, was scheduled to appear in Police Court here yesterday to answer a charge of having an automobile with a smoke screen, adjusted for operation, but he was not on hand when his case was the Contest Committee, due to the fflcli WARRANTS ISSUED IN§24 000 HOLD UP Name Two in Robbery of Woodridge-Langdon Bank. Reward Offered. ‘Warrants have been obtained for the | arrest of two alleged undtrworld char- | acters in connection with the $24,000 | hold-up of the Woodridge-Langdon | Savings & Commercial Bank, it was revealed today in a bulletin sent to police in all parts of the country by | Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives. < The warrants, issued by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, name Harry Libby, 37, and Charles Thornton (Doc) Bean, 39, both of whom | are said to have numerous aliases, as participants in the robbery, which oc- curred several months ago. Stating a $250 .reward will be paid by the United States Fidelity & Guar- any Co. of Baltimore for the arrest and conviction of the men, the bulletin gives detailed descriptions of the fugi- cent of any of the stolen money that may be recovered also will be paid, the bulletin says. The bank, it was ex- plained at police headquarters, held.a | hold-up insurance policy issued by the Baltimore concern. Bean- is described as being an opium addict, who, nearly always armed, is “dangerous.” Both he and Libby are said to have criminal records in other cities, including Baltimore, Philadel- phia and New York, and to have num- erous underworld connections. RENT INQUIRY FUND IS VOTED BY SENATE Hopes for Gas Merger Bill at This Session Wane as Considera- tion Is Blocked. The Senate today passed the King resolution, authorizing an appropria- tion of $2,500 to enable the Public Utilities Commission to continue the inquiry into rental and housing con- ditions in the District. The commis- sion was instructed to gather data re- lating to rents and also to receive »nd adjust complaints during the recess of Congress under a separate resolution pasced last week on motion of Senator Capper, Republican, of Kanas. The resolution is designed to providé the funds to carry out the Capper res- olution. The King resolution still re- quires action by the House. The bill to authorize merger of the ‘Washington and Georgetown Gas Light companies also was called up again to- day, but for the second time within a week its consideration was blocked. This is probably the last time the cal- endar will be called at this session, which means the gas company merger is destined for postponement until the next session. THOMAS HYDE ELECTED SHERWOOD P.-T. A. HEAD Finance, Sanitary and Grounds Committees -Are Appointed for Next Year. | special Dispateh to The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md., June 10.— Election of officers for next year was the feature of the last meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of Sher- wood School this week and the follow- ing were elected: President, Thomas Hyde, 4th; vice president, Reuben Hines; secretary, Mrs. Dawson Trun- dle; treasurer, Mrs. Reuben Brigham. Joe Peters presided in the absence of Mr. Farquhar, who is in California. Austin LaMar, A. Douglas Farquhar and Mrs. Reuben Brigham were named on the Pinance Committee, Mrs. An- | drew J. Boyd on Sanitation and Edward | Snowden of the Grounds Committee. NEWSBOY LOSES ROUTE {COLLECTION TO SWINDLER | Carlton Black, 12, Tricked Out of $6.85 by Man Who Fails to Return. Twelve-year-old Carlton Black, 1008 Massachusetts avenue, lost $6.85, col- lected on his newspaper route, to a swindler yesterday. Carlton said the| man_sent him for a watch and coat| and held the money as security for his | return. The boy failed to find the| whn.ch and codut h‘x:d when l;’e.dmumd the man an ‘money disap- | peared. ‘The swindle took place at' Eleventh and G streets. Various other thefts were reported to ' police during the night. Among the victims was Rufus Brooks, 700 block of Sixth street, whose pay envelope con- taining $10 was snatched from his hana at Pirst and P streets. The thief called for trial and Judge Donald A. De- Lashmutt declared his collateral of $202.50 forfeited, jumped into & waiting automobile and escaped. - IPARTMENTRLAN AT RIGES MANSION ST IS REICTED Zoning Commission Also Bars Store Grant at Morrison and Connecticut Ave. 12 CHANGES APPROVED AND 11 TURNED DOWN Auto Repair Shops Allowed in closed banks, has been marked down to | First Commercial, With Neigh- bors’ Consent. Plans for replacement of the his- toric George W. Riggs mansion at 1617 I street by an apartment house and for construction of a group of stores with facilities for parking cars on the east side of Connecticut avenue be- tween Morrison and McKinley streets have been blocked by the District Zon- ;:ing Commission, it was announced tG- ay. The commission rejected petitions of owners of these properties for a change | from residential to first commereial zoning in the restrictions on the sites. Capt. Hugh P. Oram, executive of. | ficer of the commission, announced the commission had approved 12 posed zoning changes, rejected 11 and | deferred action on several more which | were debated Wednesday at a public hearing. ' Permit Auto Repair Shops. An amendment to the zoning code, approved by the commission, will per- mit“the operation of automobile repair shops in first commercial districts, pro- vided written consent is given by own- ers of 75 per cent of property within 200 L{seet of such proposed establish- ments. The commission refected a second amendment which would permit use of larger lots in the downtown section than is now permitted, except for large automobile storage garages. The proposal was advanced by clvic interests in a move to lessen traffic congestion resulting from parking of cars on public streets. property, based on a claim that nearby commercial areas and high assessments had made the house unusable as a residence, were op] would damage their property for use as_homes. Considerable opposition at the hearing to the proposal for de- velopment of stores and parking facil- ities on Connecticut avenue near Mor- rison street. Approval of this petition was asked by spokesmen for the owner, | who claimed there was more need for | stores there and that the property was unsuited for dwelling purposes. Changes Other Property. The commission changed the classi-~ fication of property within the area bounded by Sixteenth, tives. An additional reward of 10 per | P2 Other changes include the following: Property on the north side of Florida ;between Trinidad avenue and Orren street northeast, not including two cor- ner lots, from residential “B” to first commercial “D” area; property on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue be- | between Branch avenue and a line 550 !Ieet east of Thirtieth street southeast, | from residential “C” to residential “A” area; property in the vicinity of Mon- tena avenue and an unnamed crossing the intersection of Fifteenth and streets the n 1 Property on Rhode Island avenue be- tween Brentwood road and an unnamed street between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets northeast, from first com- mercial to residential 40-foot “A” area. = e |AGAIN HONOR HEAD | OF CRITTENTON HOME Directors Elect Mrs. fiow E Robertson as President to Fifteenth Term. Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson was elected yesterday to' her tenth consecu- tive term as president of the Board of Directors of the Florence Crittenton Home. She had served fourteen terms in all. . Other officers chosen were Mrs. John Boyle, jr., first vice president; Mrs. | Frederick M. Kerby, second vice presi- |dent; Mrs. Frederick G. Mitchell, re- cording secretary; Mrs. A. M. McManus, corTesponding secretary; Mrs. James Macoughtry, treasurer, and Mrs. Shan- non Butts, assistant treasurer. In her annual called attention to ual. She expressed grafitude to the circles which, through their contributions, have made possible the home’s night school, from which the public schools withdrew support some time ago. sary of the founding of Florence Crittenton - Mission. FIND SHORT MEASURE Three. filling station employes convicted in Police Court today charge of giving short gasoline sales and fined §$: an alternative of 30 121 ' ployes of a station af Pennsylvania avenue southeast. tors of the office of District inspector of, ures, reported thai short 27 to 98 ounces. Inspector Roberts said at his office that the inspectors re- p:l’tmh. the pumps had been tampered - i CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Annual meeting, \utomo- o ual n':”n' g, American A.“ i Tea dance, Wilson Teachers College :,.lumn‘l7 Association, Willard Hotel, 4 pm. Tea dance, Catholic Shoreham Hotel, 4 to 7 p.m. Dinner and dance, Phi P{ Shoreham Hotel, 8 to 1 p.m. Annual garden party, Business ¥ Council, 2901 Grant road, 2 to 7 p‘:?. Banquet and. dance, Phi Sorority, Mayflower Foter ¥-as o Dinner, officers of the 62d Ca: Division, Mayflowes Hotsl, 1:30 pibv University, So-