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* WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foen Huckster Loses WHITEFORD NAMED COUNSEL FOR NEW HAMILTON- BANK Goal of $1,250,000 for Stock F Sales Is Nearing Reali- | zation. f waist. Yesterday, however, he got to think- ing that maybe it would be better to| | hide his money—this time $1,130—in |a safr place. So he jammed the roll | of $20, $10 and $5 bills into a_mayon- naise jar, dug a hole in a stall of the | stable in ‘which he has made his home | for the past 20 years or so and buried it. When he arose this morning he de- | cided to “draw out” a little money with | which to replenish his stock of pro- | duce. It was a good day for;huckster- | ing and he thought he'd iake the| best of it. | He dug away the dirt and resched | down into the hole. There was noth- | ing there—not even the jar. Frantically he shoveled up all the dirt in the stall and painstakingly sifted it. was gone. he summoned police. For a while. he was so upset that he Money After Attempt at Robbery. OR years W lliam Jenks, 67-year- old huckster, had been carrying all_his worldly wealth—usually | well over a thousand dollars— ! around in a bag tied around his | OPENING DATE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT AUGUST 1 Franklin Institution Progressing | Toward Reopening Alone—Oth- ers Planning Action. Roger J. Whiteford, well known attor- ney. has been selected counsel for the | propesed Hamilton National Bank mer- ge7 1t was learned tod Mr. Whiteford todey was busily en- gaged in conferences with leaders i ! : that h the Hamilton Bank movement, and is | couldn't remember exflctly’ how ml\hlt taking an active part in the big tesk |monzy he'd had of how long it had of cetting up the new financial institu- | taken him fo save it. Then. after he'd tion . : Syl " “It was $1.140—no, $1,130. I'd been e 1 e carrying it around with me for years Aanen mesion First, I had it in gold certificates; then, | e o after the passage of the anti-hoarding | St i !law, T had it changad into silver certifi- | $1,250,000 capital Dol structure necessary et | | “Last Thursday night, while I was | Defore, Cha/cimge | walking up the alley here, on my way | S be e | home, ‘a couple of fellows jumped out | L T | of the weeds and tried to rob me. One | Who felt g |of 'em hit me over the head, but I o fought 'em off and got away. | g P L ‘After that, I got to thinking things W Life Savings, $1,130, Buried in Stable Floor Had Just Decided to Hidev J | | WILLIAM JENKS. __—Star Staff Photo. over and decided maybe T'd Detter D9 | the industrial recovery act, the com- | government were directed today by Maj. | carry the money around any more. stable here. 1 went away for a while, to market—but when I came 4 everything looked all right. I didn't ASHINGTON, D. CONGRESS LIBRARY ANNEX PLANNED (02 |Recovery Act Had Provision’ for Project if Asked by | Commission. | ALRA | ISITE ALREADY CHOSEN | IN REAR OF BUILDING |Would House Copyright Division and Provide Much-Needed Book-Stack Room. | | i | Acting under authority contained in |the Library of Congress will ask the | President to advance from the public | ing how their employes are affected by | Nav TUESDAY. JUNE 20, ny Star 1933. Society and General % 4 PAGE B—1 DISTRIGT OFFIGIALS SURVEY EFFECT OF - AS PUBLIG WORKS ~ ECONOMY PLANS Donovan Asks Department’ Heads to Submit Re- ports for Action. STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO OFFSET SHORTAGES Three Departments Likely to Suffer issals Under New Laws. Dism All department heads of the District Then, convinced that the money ~bout 3.30 p.m. yesterday, I hid it in th> 'mission in charge-of building needs for A Daniel J. Doncvan, auditor and per- sonnel officer, to submit reports show- iOut of Work for Year, Bene Belmont Seeks Aid for Children. l But in that event, what would become of his semi-invalid wife, HERE are times when Bene Bel- with her “leaky” heart, and who would take care of the youngsters? mont, unemployed father of three children, wishes he would die. 'Race-Riot Bullet Tortures Veteran, Ineligible for Care T Sometimes, though, he gets to feeling | | he_forgets about his wife and children. Yesterday, for example, he awoke about 2 am. with a “terrible, shooting pain” in the right side of his chest He has such attacks often—“bulletitis," he calls the ailment, because it is caused by a bullet that has been lodged between his tenth and eleventh ribs since July, 1919, when he was shot while acting as a Home Defense League guard during the race riots. Hospitals Could Not Aid. “I felt terrible,” he said. “It hurt e something awful. “I didn’t have any money to pay & | private physician—I've been out of j work for a year and a half—so I start- ed calling” hospitals. Walter Reed. al, Emergency—none of them woud | m notice anything wrong this morning, | works fund approximately $5,000,000 | the Federal economy measures and what | take me. Even though I was a veteran, gither, until I put my hand down in the | needed to go forward with the proposed | Steps should be taken to meet any short- | “Then I felt like I was going crazy. | All the money I had—every dime— | gone.’ Jenks’ stable is in the rear of 1036 Bladensburg road northeast, and he lives in the loft. “Once, about eight years ago,” he said, “a fellow tried to take my bag, and I knocked him clean out of the loft. 1It's this business of being robbed without knowing it that burns me up, and if T ever get my hands on the rascal that did it—." definite time could be predicted as ta when the stock o N (PTINIST MEETING | REQUEST SEARCH Library of Congress Annex. The recovery act carried a provision | 2uthorizing the President to make funds {available for this purpose, if request- ed to do so by the commission in charge of the project. The com- | mission met late yesterday at the Cap: itol and decided to submit the formal application. The commission is com- posed of Senators Barkley of Kentucky, chairman; Senator Fess of Ohio, Repre- sentative Keller of Illinois, Representa- tive Luce of Massachusetts and Archi- tect of the Capitol Lynn. ‘The site for the Annex has been bought, and bids are to be opened June 27 for the work of clearing the ground | age in appropriations. The recommendations will be sub- mitted to the District Commissioners in the near future for action. Decision will be reached before July 1. It appeared today that three depart- ments were likely to suffer dismissals in order to limit personnel expenses to ap- propriations. These are the office of municipal architect, the office of the building inspector and the Department of Vehicles and Traffic. Some other de- partments may be affected in a limited way. The three departments named, how- campaign would g0 g, J. Whiteford. of existing structures. The site is in|ever, Maj. Donovan was informed, the rear of the main Library Building | could not abscrb reductions in appro- | the Government hospitals couldn't do anything for me—they said they couldn’t, because my trouble wasn't the result of my war service. “Then I called the police, and an | officer came up. He saw how I was | suffering, and he sent for an Emergency | Hospital ambulance. All right. Swell. But did I get into the hospital? “Not so you could notice it! “The doctor looked me over, then ! gave me something to ease my pain, {said that was all he could do—that I wasn't an emergency case and I'd have to get my own physician. No Funds for Doctor. “But I don’t have a doctor any mora. ! Why, I can't pay my rent, can't eat half the time, let alone hiring private | physicians. My youngest girl has the | jn | and pretty soon I went to sleep. Ho| So desperate that, for the time bemny | BENE BELMONT. —Star Staff Photo. | inventiveness he was given a $25 award and a handscme certificate. “That and a nickel” he said, displaying the cer- tificate, “will buy me a cup of coffee.” When the section in which Belmont ' worked was placed under the Civil Ser ice he tried to take the examination, but was turned away because he was less than the minimum height. Only an Executive order could have saved his job, and, although Merritt O. Chance, then postmaster, and various others in- terceded for him, the order never was issued. | Shot in Race Riots. It was toward the end of the race riots that Belmont was shot. The bul- let entered the left side of his chest, | missed his heart by a fraction of an inch and lodged in the right side. Another Home Defense League guard, on duty with him, was killed by the | same colored man who shot him. For | months, he lay in Emergency while phy- sicians despaired of his life. After he had pulled through, he went to the metal lathe business. He made GROUPS WORKING HARDTO AGRE N TRACTION NERGER iWant to Submit Plan to Stockhelders for Approval on July 3. DAY AND NIGHT MEETINGS HELD BY COMMITTEES Distribution of Stock-in New Com- pany Reported Chief Problem to Be Solved. Merger committees of the Washington | Railway & Electric and Capital Trac- |tion Cos, it was learned today, are | working feverishly to complete the | merger agreement to be submitted to their stockholders for ratification July 3. | Behind closed doors in the Potomac !Electnc Power Co. Building, at Tenth iand E streets, the committees are meet- ;lng almost daily and often at night, in an effort to reach a decision on the {most vital features of the unification pact—the division of stock and bonded indebtedness to be assumed. The com- | mittees are understood to be in e- {ment on other details relating to the iconsolidation. This information, how- ever, is being guarded with utmost secrecy. Stock Set-up Left to Companies. | The joint resolution of Congress, authorizing consolidation of the two | companies, left for negotiation between |them, the number of shares of capital stock in the new company to be issued | mumps now, and I can't get a doctor | for ‘her, so how am I going to get on- | for myself? No, sir—if I could hire| ‘& doctor, I'd get him for her, not for out pretty well until the depression came along; then things went from bad to worse until, about a year and a half | ago, he was forced to give up. over the top. Opening Date Indefinite. The date for opening the Hamilton to the Capital Traction and Washington Railway & Electric, the amount of bonded indebtedness to be assumed and other important details. and extends from the south side of the | priations by furloughs to the extent i Folger Shakespeare Library to Pennsyl- | which would avoid dismissals. vania avenue and from Second to Third | The entire matter was reviewed at a streets southeast. | three-hour session of all District de- | it was said that no | | | | i | National now may be late in July, or perhaps August 1, according to some indications today, on account of the tre- | mendous amount of work necessary in | setting up the new bank. When the Capital structure is com- plete the next step will be to apply for a charter. Then contracts will b2 drawn up between the seven or eight conservators, representing the seven or | elght banks in the merger, and the contracts will be laid bzfore the court for approval. Assets of the member banks will be divided into two classes, the liquid and the slower assets. A | tremendous list of all of these assets | must be made and presented to the court for approval on the contract. These things all require time. Rush Legal Details. Conservators were urged in a letter tocay by W. Irving Shuman of the Troasury Department to push forward the task of preparing data for the con” tracts to be submitted to the court for spproval, in order that the opening of tl bank may bs expedited. Warren or, Treasury credit expert loaned to e Hamilton National bank, is| understood to be concentrating most.of his attention to this big job of classi- fying the assets of the member banks, preparatory to setting up the new Ham- fiton merger. The quick assets will be taken over by the Hamilton, and the slower assets will be kept in the hands of the conservators of the member banks for slow liquidation. When the bank merger opens 50 cents on the dollar will be made available to de- positors. There are now seven banks the merger. m'l'h: newstoumel for the bank merger | s well known in Washington, as he has been prominent befcre the bar in repre- senting large interests here in the National Capital. He is a native of Maryland. During the Wilson adminis- tration he was assistant corporation counsel from 1913 to 1916. For some time he was a_member cf the firm o!l Darr, Whiteford, Peyser & Darr, which | firm represented ihe Security Savings & ercial Banl cn.:nzmthe present time Mr. Whiteford | 1s senior member of the firm of White- | ford, Marshall & Hart, with offices at 815 Pifteenth street. Franklin Bank Plans. The Pranklin Bank is making sub- stantial progress now toward reopening alone, outside of the Hamiltcn merger, and has been given official authority to proceed with the further necessary wteps. ith more than ;he r;e‘:eflssary :;el;;:r agreements from depositors repre - ing three-fourths of the total deposits obtained, officials of the bank held a conference with Treasury officials yesterday, and went over in detail what further requirements will be necessary before the bank can reopen. These 2cditional requirements have not been made public. In this connection, however, it is known that it is the policy of the Treas- ury Department throughout the coun- | Optimists PLANS COHPLETED Sixteenth District Gathering to Precede International Convention. Final arrangements will be completed tonight for the three-day fifteenth an- nual convention of the Optimist Inter- naticnal, which will open Thursday morning at the Mayflower Hotel. | Preceding this international gather- | ing, the annual meeting and luncheon of the Washington-Baltimore-Richmond | Optimist district, designated as the six- teenth district, will be held tomorrow night at the Hamilton Hotel. Guests at the Iccal gathering tomor- row night will include a number of and their wives from dis- tant parts of the country, who will be here for the international convention. An attendance of about 200 ‘is antic- ipated. | Nevius to Preside. i District Gov. Herbert B. Nevius of | this city will preside at the meeting, | which will elect new district officers. | The present officers are Mr. Nevius, governor; George Kahl, Baltimore; J. V. Talley, Richmond, and Harry J. Pirie, this city, Meutenant governors, and James W. Burch, this city, sccre- tary-treasurer. | 1t is estimated that the international | conclave will bring to Washington 700 delegates and members of clubs of 115 | citles of the United States and Canada. For the early arrivals, the convention | headquarters in the Mayflower Hotel | will be open for registration all dl!i tomorrow, and a get-together dance and buffet supper will be held for them in_the evening. Preparations for the convention were | started several months ago by com- mittees composed of members of the ‘Washington, Baltimore and Richmond Clubs, working under the general di- | rection of Henry Schaffert, convention | chairman. The committees will hold their final meeting tonight to put the finishing touches to the arrangements. | Committee Chairmen, The chairmen of the various com- mittees are: | Henry Schaffert, General Committee, | with George Kahl, Baltimore, and Ravee Norris, Richmond, as vice chairmen. Wash B. Williams, entertainment; Frank M. Pierce, reception; Louis C. Carl, transportation: J. Rogers Yates, finance; Joseph B. Murphy, local regis- tration; Joseph E. Rice, souvenir; R. J A. Kaemmerer, voice; Kline, information; Clarence Shaffer, decorations; Hugh E. Phillips, golf; Paul Easby-Smith, publicity; Harry J. | United States Engineering Office Willlam M. | ANEWFOR STUDENT Gibbs’ Parents Are Convinced Body Found in Canada Is Not That of Son. Convinced that the body of the| young man taken from the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg, Canada, June 3, wes | not their missing son, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gibbs, 1821 Newton street, ! last night requested a resumption of the Naticn-wide search in progress | since the University of Pennsylvania sophomore disappeared last January. An X-ray photo of the dead youth's teeth, forwarded here, furnishéd con- clusive proof that it was not his son, Mr. Gibbs declared. He said a check- up revealed a marked dissimilarity be- tween the dental work depicted in the X-ray picture and the condition of young Gibbs’ teeth. Immediately after the find of the body in Canada, which tallied in many respects to the description of the miss- ing student, Mrs. Gibbs said she did not think it was her son use of differences in the teeth. The complete examination confirmed her belief. The young man left the University of Pennsylvania January 6, leaving a note in which he stated that his body would never be found. A widespread police search and repeated efforts by his family to communicate with him through the newspapers have failed to produce a clue of his whereabouts. His family last night issued the fol- lowing statement: “Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs do not seek to | compel their son's return home, but they do request that a wide publicity as | possible be given this notice in the hope that if it comes to his attention he may be prompted to advise them that he is safe, even though he may be unwilling to disclose his whereabouts.” PUMPING PLANT BIDS OPEN ON JULY 6 Announces Work for Booster Buildings. Bids will be opened on July 6 at the | United States Engineer Office here for | the construction of the booster pump- | | ing plant buildings for the Washington Aqueduct, which will increase the water supply of the National Capital some three fold. Pirie, hotel; Wade H. Atkinson, medi- Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr., district The Annex will contain a large num- ber of needed new bookstacks and also will house the Copyright Division, the branch printing office and bindery and the Card Division. There also will be rooms for special collections. Thes An- nex will consist of five floors above the cellar, the top floor to be set back from the walls of the floors balow. . DARING DRUG STORE ROBBERY NETS $215 Bandits Hold Up Employes and Customers at Maxwell and Tennysen. Forcing the proprietor, three em- ployes and. a woman customer to lie| down and another women to sit in al chair, two bandits late yesterday ob- | tained more than $200 in a hold-up of the Maxwell and Tennyson drug store at 1801 I street. * | Approximately $170 was obtained from the store’s two cash registers and an additional $45 from the two women customers. Forced Into Chair. Miss Ruth Overby of the Copley Courts Apartments, one of the custom- ers from whom the bandits obtained $40, was forced to sit in a chair after she had steadfastly refused to lie on the floor in the face of three commands with a pistol pointed at her. The other woman customer, Miss Edith Keise-| come, 4029 New Hampshire avenue, was robbed of her purse containing $5 in cash and other articles valued at $5. One of the bandits entered the store | through the regular entrance for cus- tomers, while the other went in through | a door to the prescription room, usually reserved for employes. | Training a pistol on David L. Max- | well, one of the proprietors, the em- | ployes and customers, one of the bandits | commanded. “Lie down on the floor.” All except Miss Overby quickly com- plied with the demand, Maxwell and the employes lying behind the counters and Miss Keisecome on the floor in the front part of the store. Rifle Cash Registers. The men then rified the cash registers and took the pocketbooks from the two women. The employes in the store at the time were John Gossage, Ernest Gore and J. E. Randels. Miss Overby and M!ss Keisecome were reimbursed by the drug company for the money taken by the robbers, it was learned. JACQUES FUNERAL RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW try, that in reorganizing or reopening | cal; Anthony Ludwig, photography: | engineer for the War Department for banks new personnel is put in active A | Lee Thompson, budget: Charles Fyfe,|the Washington area, said today that boys’ relations, and Dr. Ralph Bonnette, | the bids will be opened at 3 o'clock Native of New York Had Been| charge cf the revived institution. Others Consider Action. As the bank situation here appeared | to be clearing up, especially as regards ! the Hamilton merger and the reorgan- ized Franklin National Bank, indica- tions were still more definite today that there would be actual devdopm‘enu of | importance in the remaining unlicensed | especially the Sevi C 3 Shrect s‘;fr;gs Bank, the Mcunt Vernon | Coroner Studies Death of Child, E Bank and the Park Savings | ;i‘nlf.‘s What these developments will | Left Alone for Only Few Minutes. speakers. PROBES SMOTHERING OF BABY IN NURSERY be has not vet been finally determined. The Seventh Street bank is believed to be negotiating to join the Hamilton merger, or perhaps the Pranklin Na- tional Bank, more like'y the former. While the Industrial Savings Bank, a ‘The coroner’s office today was in- vestigating the death of 2-month-ol co'ored institution, is reported to have ' Agnes Cornell, who was smothered ves- | sold $100,000 worth of stock in @ Pro- ' terday in the day nursery of Miss Nellie posed new nat'onal bank, the prospects | M. Walter, 1400 block, Lawrence street of its opening appear further in the northeast. Tuture than the other unlicensed bank: | The child, who was being boarded at of the city. | the nursery for Catholic Charities, had S ‘bcen turned on her side only a few FARLEY ORDER RESTORES | minutes before she was found dead, but 2-CENT MAIL LOCALLY | pillows, smothering herself. She was left unattended only a few minutes, it was said. The body, still warm, was taken to a doctor’s office, where the child was pro- nounced dead. Dr. A. Magruder Mac- Donald, acting coroner, said he would make a further investigation before is- sulng a death Cortiicate. 3 Miss Walter has conduct e nursery ArsOR e = &2‘2:.?5;35“’.’53 :::.‘UY 14 years, and the Cornell child was Suburban areas, under an order signed 52id to have been the first to die at yesterday by Postmaster General Far- the home. Jey which puts the rate into effect throughout the country for local mail on July 1. ‘The rate change was provided in Jegislation at the recent session of Con- gress, postal officials desiring to ascer- tain what effect it will have on the mall movement. Those nearby communities to which mail from Washinston will move for 2 cents_because uleé are served through the Washington office, are: Rosslyn, Clarendon and Cherrydale in Virginia, and Bethesda, Seat Pleasant Maryland. iapnarent]}‘ had buried her face in the Washington Change Includes Sub- urbs—Rate Effective Through- out Country. e e MORE SEATS PLANNED Senate Press Gallery Change to Be Made in Congress Recess. to enlarge the seating capacity of the press gallery in the Senate while Con- gress is in Tecess. o i ik end of the gallery s fofh feet. {in his office, for the erection of the | new buildings at_the Dalecarlia Reser- | voir, on Conduit Road, near the District | | line’ The work to be done includes: | | construction of a complete booster | \plumping station, I’ilh(wlng walls, ]muA cluding installation of two complete | D sluice gates and all necessary accessories: | 10rs for John B. Jacques, 83, retired | construction of an earth fill dam, with | Government Printing Office employe, | a sheet pile core and construction of a | Who died yesterday at the Westchester complete superstructure for a control | Apartment, where he had been resid- house, upon a concrete substructure, ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs. | constructed by the Federal Government. | William C. Fowler, wife of the District Retired From Government Print- ing Office Since 1922. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Hysong's funeral par- | | partment heads held last night with the District Personnel Board. Details of each department were analyzed in re- gard to the 30-year involuntary retire- ment provision as contained in the In- | dependent Offices act, the rotative fur- | Tough system, application of the mar- | riage clause and dismissal of employes | on grounds of efficiency. \COAST GUARD ROLLS LOSE OLDEST OFFICER! Comdr. John Dennett, Retired, Was 89 Years 0ld and Veteran of Two Wars. | | | Comdr. John Dennett, United States Coast Guard, retired, oldest officer on the Coast Guard rolls, died Saturday at his home at York Village, Me., it has been learned here. He was 89 and a veteran of the Civil and Spanish- American Wars. A native of Maine, he entered the Navy in 1863, serving until 1865. He re-entered that branch as an ensign the next year, serving for a short time be- fore his appointment in 1871 as an en- sign in the Revenue Cutter Service, now the Coast Guard. He served continu- ously until his retirement in July, 1906, because of a physical disability. During his career in the Coast Guard he served at all stations, including Alaska, and was commended for heroic rescues on scveral occasions. During the Spanish War he commanded the cutter Galveston, which was actively in- gaged in the hostilities. He will be buried near his home. THIRD VICTIM REPORTED | OF SPITTING PICKPOCKET| Mike Cleary, 70, of 16 Q street north- east, yesterday became the third victim of the “spitting pickpocket” when he had a total of $350 taken from his pocket while on North Capitol street, he_reported to police today. The pickpocket, a colored man, spat on Cleary, then apologized, took his handkerchief and started brushing Cleary’s coat. ~Upon arrival home, Cleary found his pocket had been picked of a leather billfold, containing | $100 in small bills and an envelope con- | taining $250 in bills that he had re- | ceived from the United States Treas- | ury in return for gold-back bills. Two other victims reported similar thefts in the past few weeks. BITTEN BY MONKEY Girl, 7, Still Likes Pets, but Will Be More Careful. Little Jean Browne, who is just 7. still likes pets, she says, but she will think twice before she pets a strange one again—especially if it happens to be a monkey. Jean, who lives at 1825 New Hamp- shire avenue, was making the ac- quaintance of Al Burke's domesticated monkey yesterday in a park at Seven- teenth street and New Hampshire ave- Maine CAPITAL T0 PROFIT Officials at the Capitol are planning Erection of the dam in the Dalecarlia | Reservoir, the officials say, will permit | the water to flow more freely out of the conduits that bring Washington’s sup- ply down from Great Falls. The dam will allow the water to be pumped apidly from the lower to the higher level in the reservoir, thence through the city's water supply system to the | faucets of the users. The Federal Gov- ernment brings down the water from the Potomac River at Great Falls to the city, where it is purified at the Dalecarlia plant. From the reservoirs, the Water Department of the District | transmits it to the householders. The Government is purchasing special booster pumps from the De Laval Steam Turbine Co of Trenton, N. J., at a cost of $59,000 for four pumping units. The new structure which the Government is now proposing to build, will house these pumps. — BURNED BY STOVE Lighting a gas stove in the kitchen of her home this morning, Mrs. Renee S. Gibbs, 82, of 804 I street, was burned about the face when the flames flared out. The fire rescue squad took her to the Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. In another accident today, 3-year- | old Ethel Jennings, colored, 917 Forty- seventh place northeast, was seriously | burned when her clothing caught fire | city. | ing health officer. Mr. Jacques had been retired since 1922. He was a native of New York nd lived in Indiana before com- Washington in 1895. OBSERVE GOLDEN Dr. Charles Edward Munroe, inter- nationally known scientist, and Mrs. Munroe are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at their home in Forest Glen, Md. today, surrounded by their five children and 12 grand- children. The long and notable career of Dr. Munroe in the field of chemical re- search has been marked by his de- velopment of a smokeless powder, which many years ago. It was the first smoke- less powder adopted by the Navy for use in large Dr. Munroe has added much to the |CELEBRATED SCIENTIST AND WIFE IDr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Munroe Surrounded by Five Children and Twelve Grandchildren. he invented during experiments at the | Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, R. I, | ‘The plan under consideration would Takoma, | add approximately 24 seats to the press " Chase in|gallery by moving the railings at each | which took the child to Casualty Hos- | able study to as she came too near a pile of burning | world’s knowledge of chemical science, | trash in the back yard of her home. Her | being the author of more than 100 | mother, Mrs. Loretta Jennings, beat out | books and papers on chemistry and ex- the fire and called the rescue squad, | plosives. He also has devoted consider- development of peace- ves in industry, 1 pitady time uses of nue, when the animal suddenly bit her. The wound was dressed at Emergency Hospital. The monkey and its owner live in the 1700 block of New Hamp- shire avenue, according to police. WEDDING TODAY me.” So Belmont still lies abed at his home, j 4101 Eighth street, waiting for his lat- rest attack of “bulletitis” to subside. "I get it every once in so often,” he said. “It always goes away, but it | always comes back, too. My only hops 1s that some day—if I can't get into a hospital—it'll kill me.” Belmont came to this country from his native Russia while still in his teens. Shortly after his arrival here-— before he could even speak understand- able English—the United States was drawn into the war. One night, in Union Square, New York, he heard a Socialist speaker ad- vise a crowd of listeners not to enlist. “I thought he was wrong,” he said. “I was making a good living here, and it seemed to me I owed it to this country to go to war. I got up and made a speech myself—entirely in Yiddish— and, as a result, 150 men came forward and volunteered to enlist with me. “All right. So far, so good. Then- after the war, I came to Washington. That was in November, 1918, the day after my discharge, and I was still in uniform. I got a temporary job at the City Post Office, in the parcel post divi- sion, for the holiday season. “They liked me so well, however, that they kept me until after the first of | the year. Then, some time.later, I went to work repairing the locks on mail pouches.” After one of his fingers had been cut | off, Belmont figured out a better way to | repair the locks, and for this piece of | Since then he's been living “from hand to mouth,” as he puts it. He was successful in obtaining food for | participants in the first bonus march, ' but he hasn't always been able to do |as much for himself. | “We go hungry often,” he said. “I could do some kind of work—drive a | cax_or something like that—but no- | body'll give me a chance. My wife : can't do anything because of her heart, and the kids are all too young—there’s | David, who's 12; Sylvia, 10, and Rose, 8. Lost His Home, Too. “I Jost my home long ago. Since then I've just been moving from one place to ancther. Here, in with some other folks, and we all chip in on the rent. My share’s only about $28 a month, but that's an awful lot when you're not working. “My insurance policy’s about to lapse, and I ct to lose my furniture any day at all now. I borrowed some money on it once, when I had no other way to keep things going, behind with the paymen Belmont has a signed statement from Dr. N. J. Helfgott, 1028 Connecticut avenue, under Wl care he was for about 15 months, testifying as to his | physical condition. He is subject, the statement says, to “gastro-intestinal dis- turbances” with frequent pain in the epigastric region, marked tenderness and muscular rigidity. There also is pain between the tenth and eleventh ribs, the statement adds, and this “may be attributed to the lodging of a bullet. BY PUBLIC WORKS Highways, School Buildings and Other Projects to Be Financed by U. S. Help. District officials are preparing a list of needed public improvements not provided for under the drastically reduced District budget for the fiscal year 1934, but which may be carried forward under the huge fund pro- vided in the national recovery act. Detalls of the proposed program have pot been completed as yet, but the District Commissioners sald yesterday the Federal administration would be asked to approve grants for numerous important items which otherwise could not be constructed during the next year. Highway Work Included. ‘This work ‘falls into two classes: Highway improvements, which come under the appropriation in the re- covery act for Federal roads, amount- ing to $400,000,000, and public build- ings, which would serve public need as well as increasing local employ- ment. At the same time, the Commissioners are preparing to file with the director request for approval of local street and highway improvements which may be financed out of the $1,500,000 in sur- plus gasoline tax funds collected from local - motorists. _ Shortly, also, the Commissioners will ask Budget Bureau approval of use of surplus water rent funds amounting to $635,000 for other local projects not authorized specificaliy in the local budget. School Projects Listed. | The Commissioners yesterday received from officials of the Board of Educa- tion a list of school Huilding projects which they ask be provided for undec the public buildings section of the national recovery act appropriation. While this list was not made public, it was reported the suggestions included In observing their wedding anniver- sary, Dr. and Mrs. Munroe had with them three daughters and their hus- bands, namely: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Dolph and Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. Rouzer. Two sons and a daughter-in- law also were present: Mr. and Mrs. Treadway B. Munroe and Russell B. Munroe. Dr. Munroe was born at Cambridge, Mass, and is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was assistant in chemistry. During his long career, he also has served as professor of chemis- try at the United States Naval Acad- emy; chemist to the torpedo corps; dean of faculty of graduate studies, | George Washington University; emeri- | Democrat, of Florida, chairman, an- tus since 1918; chief chemist of United States Bureau of Mines; consulting ex- pert of Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines, and a member boards and commissions. . | tional recovery act appropriation. proposals for the completion of the Young Elementary School and addi- tions to the Deale, Eliot and Brown Junior High Schools. Another item on the list was the proposed Woodrow ‘Wilson Senior High School, which may be started but not completed under an appropriation in the District supply bill. ‘The Commissioners also have re- quested officials of the Public Library system of Washington to submit a list of proposed building operations whicin may be carried forward under funds which may be allotted out of the na- PROBE TO BE DAY LATE The Senate Banking Committee in- vestigation of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will start next Tuesday, instead of Monday as a first planned, Senator Fletcher, nounced yesterday. of the budget in the near future a| g OPPOSES ALTERING and I'm away | mit s ; said, are the only medium by regain The companies have selected July 3 as the date for submission of the merger agreement to the stockholders to com- ply with provisions of the merger reso- lution, which requires that the finan- cial set-up of the new company be ap- proved by the owners within six months, The final date for such action, under the resolution, would b2 July 10. The companies, however, have until January, 1935, to consummate the mer ger, but indications are it will be com- long before that time. The Pub- ic Utilities Commission, which must in- dorse the financial set-up of the new it itmost 1o ‘expedite the nal g uf e ite t] nego- tiations. 3 Stock Distribution Problem. The distribution of the stock in the new company, on a fair and equitable basis, among the owners of the present t‘k;?elmmmh?md to be the chief problem merger com- tees. The committees, however, are expected to reach an t on this important question the next Public utilities experts at the District Building also are confident that an agreement will be reached and that the merger will be consummated iong be- fore the final date fixed by Congress because of the distressing financial con- dition of both companies. Consolida- tion, with improved service, and new and modern equipment, it was which the some of the lost car lines ean business. —_— COL. JOHN M. FIELD DIES AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE OF THOMAS CIRCLE Fine Arts Body Hits Traffic and Parking Situation in Business Area. The Fine Arts Commission, late yes- | terday, rejected the proposal to alter|3S 3 Private. Thomas Circle to facilitate traffic move- ment, foreseeing that, if that be done, “then one by one the other circles will disappear; and so the distinction of ‘Washington among American cities will be_ruined.” It said that “no adequate regulations have been made and enforced to con- trol traffic throughout the business sec- tion of the city,” and asserted that if recommendations contained in the 1930 traffic report of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission were carried out this “would go far to relieve a general traffic situation in Washing- ton already intolerable and growing worse.” Cites Parking Situation. The commission’s report, transmitted by its chairman, Dr. Charles Moore, to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, as execu- tive and disbursing officer of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission, pointed out that the Presi- ment the driveways around the Lincoln Memorial, as well as the entire Mall, are utilized as all- day parking places. It added that Washington stands practically alone in permitting all-night parking. “Until dras measures are taken to restore the thoroughfares of Washing- ton to their purpose as thoroughfares, instead of free parking places, it is idle to hope for relief by lopping off sections of circles,” the report said. Recognizes Protests, Dr. Moore took cognizance of protests over the proposed alteration of Thomas Circle, from representative citizens’ as- sociations, the congregations of the churches facing Thomas Circle, the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and many pri- vate citizens, “all having at heart the integrity and beauty of a city that is the heritage and the pride of the Amer- ican people.” Summing up its opinion, the commis- sion said: “The Commission of Fine Arts, therefore, recommend that Thomas Circle be retained as it is, at least to the sidewalk line, and that cer- tain changes be made in the outer curb lines of the circle by which the traffic flow will be materially aided. This commission feel that the changes as shown on the model could not be other than experimental,.and even if accom- plished, the authorities would immedi- ately desire to go back to the present layout.” Changes Approved. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission and the Public Utili- ties Commission have both approved the proposed alteration of Thomas Circle. The District Commissioners as yet have made no formal decision on the pro- gram, although a model has been made Fletcher said the opening had been postponed because Ferdinand Pecora, committee 1, would be unable to be in Wasllagtion Monday, and this is being studied. In an interview with The Star re- cently Dr, Moore opposed the alteration Retired Army Officer Will Be Buried in Arlington Ceme- tery Tomorrow. Col. John M. Field, U. S. A, retired, died yesterday morning at Fort G. Meade, Md, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Herman O. Lane of the 34th In- fantry. Col. Field was a native of Toledo, Ohio, and énfered the Army in 1878 During the Spanish- American War he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the 1st District of Columbia Infantry and later served with the Puerto Rican regiment of in- fantry. He reached the grade of colonel during the World War and was retired for age December 8, 1922, Funeral services will be held tomor- row at Fort Myer, followed by inter- ment in Arlington National Cemetery at 2:45 o'clock with full military honors, e S— MAJ. KIRBY RECOVERING FROM PLANE INJURIES Skull Found Not to Be Fractured by Walter Reed Authori- ties. The injuries suffered by Maj. Maxwell Kirby, head of post operations at Lang- ley Field, Va., who leaped from his burning plane near Leonardtown, Md., yesterday, were not so serious as at first reported, it was said at Walter Reed Hospital today. The aviator received no fractures and his condition was said to be good. It was thought he suffered a skull frac- ture before he was examined at the hospital. KENNEDY RITES PLANNED Wife of Army Officer to Be Buried in Arlington. Mrs. Marguerite Kennedy, wife of Lieut. Col. John T. Kennedy, U. S. A., Who took her life yesterday by inhaling illuminating gas, will be buried in Ar- lington National Cemetery following fu- neral services at Fort Myer Chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. Rennedy, who lived at 4464 Greenwich Parkway, was the mother of three children. A note was left indi- cating that she was worried over il health, Honorary pallbearers will be Lieut. Col. F. K. Ross, Lieut. Col. James H. Van Horn, Lieut. Col. Thomas D. Os- born and Lieut. Col. Harve; Maj. John P. Lucas, Maj. Herl Tay- lor, Maj. Irwin C. Davis and Maj. W. O. Rawls. of Thomas Circle, viewing it as the inauguration of a program that would jeopardize the L'Enfant plan. 3 The commission’s opinion asked what avail it was to spend tens of millions of dollars adorning the Nation's Capital with public buildings and parks “and at the same time destroy those beauty spots which give charm and to W as & capital cif