Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1933, Page 13

WATER AND SEWER ' PROJECTS DRAFTED $403,010 Total to Be Sought for Montgomery in U. S. Program. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, Juy 1— Punds to build water and sewer proj- | ects in Montgomery County, estimated | to cost $403.010, will be sought from | Maryland's share of the public works | program, it was announced today by T. Howard Duckett, chalrman of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission. Most expensive of the projects con- templated would be the Rock Creek trunk sewer from Coquelin Branch to Bethesda Branch, cosling $136.625. Two other imporiant trunk , sewers are included in the schedule prepared by the commission, one on Little Falls Branch, above Corduit road, costing $53,157, and another on the branch below Conduit road, which would cost | $18,000. i i ! Extensions Outlined. Extension of sewer lines proposed by the commission, and their estimated costs as set forth in the cchedule to be filed with the Public Works Com- mittee of the sixth congressional dis- trict, are: Pairfax and Exeter roads and Montgomery lane, Edgemoor. $4.150; Highland drive, Woodside park, $1,788; Montgomery avenue, Highland Park, $1784; continuation of Bradley road sewer along Booze Creek (Huntington terrace outfall), $7,200, and sewer in the proposed Columbia Boulevard, Sil- ver Spring, $1,800. The total cost of the sewer projects is placed at $149.179. Outstanding water projects listed in- clude a 16-inch main on the Bethesda- Silver Spring highway from Jones Bridge road to Jones Mill road, costing $45,600; a standpipe at Battery Park Hills, which, together with “special valves, valve vault and connections, would cost $30,353, and extensions of water mains in Cedar lane, Alta Vista, &t a cost of $30,000. | Other water extensions asked are on the Rockville pike to Jones Mill road, $5,400; Sonoma road, Sonoma, $810; Fairfax road, Exeter road and Mont- gomery lane, Edgemoor, $1,130; Ken- sington road, Capitol View to Kensing- ton, $7.000; Forest Glen road. Argyle Park to Brookeville road. $13.163; Wil- son lane, Edgemoor to English Village, $4,300. Many Jobs Required. ‘Montgomery avenue, Highland Park, $414; t\’ngllard avenue, River road to Friendship Heights, $4,905; Leland ave- nue, Forest Glen, $234; Lucas lane, Glenbrook Knoll, $1,452; Willard ave- nue and section 1-A. Chevy Chase, $8,125, and Cumberland avenue, Som- erset to Kenwood, $1,945. Chairman Duckett said that most of the work in connection with the proj- ects would require hand labor, thusi giving employment to a maximum num- | ber of men, which is the main idea of the public works program. As plans are completed for most of the projects, work could start within two weeks, he said. Last Thursday Mr. Duckett laid be- fore the public works subcommittee of the fifth congressional district the plans of the commission for water and sewer projects ir Prince Georges County, esti- mated to cost $601,600. The total cost of proposed projects in the metropoli- tan area of both counties is $1,005,368. LIGHTNING STARTS FIRE IN OIL TANKS Two Elizabeth, N. J., Firemen! Hurt in Battle as 30 Lines of Hose Are Laid. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J., July 1.—Lightning struck among the storage tanks of the ‘Texas Ofl Co. tonight and started a fire that destroyed two tanks and 300,000 gallons of petroleum, later spread to a third tank and menaced two others. | A general alarm was sounded and all available apparatus rushed to the scene. Firemen laid 30 hcse lines and poured water on the flaming tanks to no avail Eventually they turned from water to chemicals. Two firemen were injured when the ladder on which they were standing toppled over. The men were taken to| the Alexian Brothers’ Hospital. The gas tanks of the Elizabethtown Gas Co. were threatened for a while. f ELECTRICITY GAIN NOTED bl H Business Recovery.” A report that more electricity was consumed during May than in the same months of last year was called by the Geological Survey yesterday a “signifi- cant indication of the beginning of in- dustrial recovery.” The survey said the 5 per cent in- crease over May, 1932, was the first time in three years that the figure has climbed. The increase ranged from 3 per cent in the Mountain and West, North-Cen- tral States to 10 per cent in the New England States and 16 per cent in the Scuth Atlantic States. The Pacific States showed a decrease of 4 per cent. Reports for June indicate a con- tinued rise, the Geological Survey said, but complete figures are not available. | SON OF DAVIS MARRIES ‘Ambassador at Large Attends Cere- mony at North Easton, Mass. NORTH EASTON, Mass., July 1 (®). —John Paschall Davis, son of United States Ambassador at Large and Mrs. Norman H. Davis of New York, and Miss Evelyn Ames, daughter of Prof. and Mrs, Oakes Ames of Boston and North Easton, were married here late today at the Summer estate of the bride’s parents. Mr. Davis' father came here for the ‘wedding direct from his visit to Presi- dent Roosevelt off the Maine coast, ‘where he reported on the Geneva Dis- armament Conference. PLANS WORLD FLIGHT ‘Wiley Post Lands at Mitchell Field From Dayton, Ohio. NE WYORK, July 1 (#).—Wiley Post, who plans to take off this month on a solo flight around the world, landed at Mitchel Field today after a flight from Dayton, Ohio. The Oklahoma City aviator, who cir- cled the globe with Harold Gatty two years ago, will endeavor to be the first man to make the circuit alone. — ' D. C. TEACHER MISSING Brookings Institute Instructor Fails to Reach Missouri. NEVADA, Mo, July 1 (#.—J. B. Journey, attorney, expressed fear today for the safety of his son, R. C. Journey, a teacher thheC Brookings Institute, Washington, D, C. Mr. Journey said his son departed from Washingtol “Significant Indication of n June 9 for Nevada, but that no word has fpeen received of him since that time, Saving White House Tree SURGERY JOB DONE TO KEEP FINE SPECIMEN. ART of the Government' tive Mansion, where Dav P neatly with cement. of the big trees at the west entrance on the front lawn. a nice play house for “Sistie” just now, but Parsonage will plaster it up |QUEZON TOfi RESIGN | DANZIG FOR SPEEDY AS SENATE HEADi PEACE WITH POLAND ‘emergency” work is being done at the Execu- Parsonage is seen hollowing the base of one It would make —Star Staff Photo. Says He Will Leave Body if Vote Rauschning Says Perpetuation of Is Against Filipino Inde- pendence. By the Associated Press. MANILA, July 1.—Apparently de- | | Disagreements Can Only Harm Nations. By the Associated Press. FREE CITY OF DANZIG, July 1.— | termined to fight for rejection of in- | The determination of the Free State's dependence proffered the Philippines by | Nazi government to settle existing dif- Congress, Manuel Quezon, president oliferenccs with her neighbor, Poland, | the insular senate, arrived tonight from | amicably was testified today by Presi- Baguio, mountain resort near here, to |dent Hermann Rauschning of the rally his forces. The legislature will | Danzig Senate on the eve of departing convene July 17 to act upon the inde- | for Warsaw to discuss with the Polish | authorities various outstanding disputes. pendence question. Quezon was met by an enthusiastic throng. He asserted 16 of 24 Philippine Senators favored rejection of the con- Herr Rauschning declared that per- petuation of disagreements in these gressional offer of freedom in 10 or 12 | difficult times would only mean harm- years and that 67 of 96 Representatives were of the same mind. been a strong advocate of immediate | independence. | ing both states economically, and that Quezon had | Danzig's Nazi government would do nothing contrary to existing treaties in the confidence that Poland would “I am resigning as president of the | likewise observe them. Senate when the legislature meets,” Quezzon told the crowd. “I also ask | that Sergio Osmena resign as president pro tem, and Manuel Roxas as Speaker of the House. “Then we shall leave the legislature to choose its leaders. pendence law.” Osmena and Roxas are campaigning in the southern provinces for popular support of the independence proffer for which they worked in Washington. RECOVERY OFFICIALS INVITE BARBER CODE Administration Promises Agroe‘ ment Will Be Handled by Special Group, Barbers have been invited to submit a code to the National Recovery Ad- ministration, to be handled “by a spe- cial committee at the proper time.” Assurance to this effect was given Claud C. Bowers, 902 Baltimore boule- vard, Riverdale, Md., who describes himself as a ‘representative of barbers in general,” in & letter from the ad- ministration. The letter, rcceived yesterday, was in reply to one from Mr. Bowers suggest- ing barbers be given some assistance. U. S. DIPLOMAT’S WIFE HELD BY PARIS POLICE Gendarmes Objected to Remark She Made, but Later Apolo- gized. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 1—Mrs. Walter S. Schoellkopf, the former Anna Johnston of Buffalo, N. Y., the wife of the secre- tory of the American embassy in Ma- drid, was detained several hours Thurs- day before being released with apologies from police who objected to & remark she made while asking information. What she said was not disclosed, but friends said the remark was misunder- stood by a policeman. She was released after representations by the American embassy and departed the same night for Spain. NINE ENGINES ORDERED Lackawanna Deal First of Import- ance in Year. NEW YORK, July 1 (#).—The first sizeable order for railway engines in. more than a year was announced today by J. M. Davis, president of the Lacka- wanna Railroad Co. Nine engines of the Diesel oil-electric drill type, Mr. Davis stated, have been purchased for use in the passenger sta- tions at Hoboken, N. J., and Scranton, Pa, as well as for light industrial switching in Jersey City. 8ix of the new engines will be built by the American éocomnuve Co. and three by the Ingersol d Co. The American Locomotive Co.’s allotment will be equipped with single power plants of 600 horsepower each. EARLY ARREST SEEN New York Police Continue Probe of Gang Slaying. NEW YORK, July 1 (#).—Police Com- missioner James S. Bolan said today | that the police expect to make arrests | shortly in their investigation of the | slaying of Murray Marks, alias Morris | Moll, 32. Marks, who was said to have been ar- | ginia in 1922. He is rested many times but against whom there is no record of any convictions, was shot down as he stepped from a bus in the Bronx Thursday night. Police belleve his death was the of gang dispute, If they win, I | Nazi government. shall withdraw from the legislature, | all her ob! which was and is against the inde- | treaty to | | was graduated from University of Vir. “Danzig will do everythi possible to bring about speedy solution of all m‘i‘;nts at issue,” President Rauschning said. “I trvet that my visit to Warsaw will help remove any prejudices against the Danzig is fulfilling ations under the Versallles ord Poland free access to the sea. Its harbor facilities are un- surpassed and its safety will be increas- ingly guaranteed under the Nazi ad- ministration.” NAVY DROPS 50 NURSES DUE TO HOSPITAL CUTS Corps to Stay Within Regular Ap- propriations During Coming Fiscal Year. Some 50 nurses of the Navy Nurse Corps are now being separated from the service, through disability and other means, as part of the Navy's economy program. These nurses received their compen- sation from the Veterans’ Administra- tion, but the number of patients in naval hospitals now has been sharply curtailed, funds from that source have likewise dropped, because of the re- strictive policy of the administration relating to hospitalization of World War veterans. Officials of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Depart- ment, are permitting the Navy Nurse Corps to be reduced so that this agency will keep within the regular naval ap- propriation during the coming fiscal year. 2 A couple of hundred doctors in the Navy Medical Corps and some 1,300 haspital corpsmen have been dropped. The physicians have been transferred to the Civilian Conservation Corps, while the excess hospital corpsmen are being allowed to transfer to the ‘sea- man branch of the Navy or to other duties. . Fire Destroys Chair P_lant. THOMASVILLE, N. C., July 1 (#).— Fire today destroyed a plant of the ‘Thomasville Chair Co. Expensive ma- chinery as well as a large stock in the building was burned. Damage was es- timated at $35,000 to $40,000. Parents Announce Engagement of Miss Gallaudet Granddaughter of College Founder to be Bride of C. S. Francis, Jr. By the Associated Prass. PINE ORCHARD, Conn., July 1.—Mr. and Mrs. Edson Fessenden Gallaudet of Pine Orchard today announced the en- gagement of their daughter, Miss Denise Gallaudet, to Carleton Shurileff Prancis, jr.,, of Boston and Philadelphia. Miss Gallaudet is & granddaughter of the late Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, ifounder and first president of Gallaudet College of Washington, D, C., and of the late United States Senator Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri. She was graduated from Ethel Walker School, Rome in 1928 at the home of her uncle and aunt, the Marchese and Marchesa Casatl. Marchesa is the fcrmer Miss Anna Cockrell. Francis, son of Dr. and Mrs. Carleton Shurtleff Francis of Brookline, Mass., a member of the Delta Psi fraternity, St. Anthony Club of New York lndml.fla:g El, lndd'fl: Racket Club of , an in thi vered the - in 1 Hines Ineligible. for Pension; DISIRch HUUS'NG May Soon Retire From Office SURVEY PLAVED Faotual Study of Develop- ments Since 1925 to Be Made for Commission. A factual survey of developments in the housing fleld in Washington since 1925 will be made by the District tax assessor for use by the Public Utilities Commission in its investiga- tion of rental conditions here, it was announced yesterday. Arrangements for the survey were made in a conference between James Ring, rent investigator for the Utilities Commission, and William P. Richards, tax assessor. ‘This survey s to produce facts not only as to the number and type of dwellings and apartment houses erected since 1925, but also will include con- siderable data relating to gross rentals | on apartments and thelr general finan- | clal situation. Mr. Richards will also turn over to Mr. Ring a great volume of data he already has collected on spartment | houses erected here between 1910 and | 1925, including evidence of assessments, prices paid in sales transactions, gross rentals and operat. costs. Mr. Ring is recef! stream of calls from tenants regarding rents now being charged. He now has | available for distribution mimeographed ! forms to, be filled out in connection with the ‘rent study. These forms are in three classes, one for temants of apartments, one for tenants of dwell- ings and a third for owners or agents of apartment houses. PROTESTS ILLINOIS VOTE ON LABOR AMENDMENT By the Associatedd Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil, July 1.—Formal protest was en'ered in the Senate today | | | | | | i against the vote by which the proposed | 8ap between a private in the ranks of | child labor amendment to the Federal | the National Guard to the stars of a rank of brigadier general in the Na- Constitution was ratified last night. ! Senator James J. Bartour, Evanston Republican, asserts that the action was | void since the vote was by a majority of | ihe Senators present, rather than by a constitutional majority of 26. The result was that serious question was raised as to whether the approval rial reward that he did receive was a |the liberalization of the veterans' pen- | he or his dependents could ex) of Illinios would be permitted to stand. 'commission in the Coast Artillery as a 'sion system and the conselidation of | case of death or disability. General Scrapped Status by Resigning From Army in 1920. HE man who has W the expenditure of $7,000,000,000 for pensions and operat! costs of the vast Veterans’ inistra- tion duri the last 10 yea: and who as eml tion officer sent a million or more soldiers to France dux- ing the World War, is not eligible for a pension when he retires from the Government after approximately 35 years of service. This was disclosed yesterday by friends of Frank T. Hines, who since the Harding administration has been in charge of veterans’ affairs for the United States Government. His early retirement from office is being forecast in tical circles here. es, it was pointed out, scrapped his pension status when he resigned from the Regular Army with the rank | become vice | of brigadier general to president of the ill-fated Baltic Steam- ship Lines immediately following tie close of the World War. ‘When the affairs of his company ran into heavy financial seas he was a}- inted = veterans’ administrator by it . and efforts by Sen- ator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, and former Senator Smoot of Utah to have his pention status restored me. with defeat in Congress, his friends| & fairly steady | said. Two Pension Bills Falled. ‘Two bills were introduced in Congress in 1928 seeking & pension for the ad- | ministrator. One sought that Hines be | retired with the rank of major general ! in recognition of his long service and the other asked for a pension of $5,000 annually in view of his long serviev. They both failed ge. The efforts of his congressional friends were renewed in 1930, when a rider was attached to the veterans' disability = allowance bill straight $5,000 annual allowance for ?l?u'. The amendment, too, met with efeat. A native of Utah, Hines hurdled the brigadier general in 20 years. In 1898 he enlisted in Battery B, 1st Utah Vol- unteer Artillery, participating in 24 en gagements in the Philippines. recommended for & Medal of Honor, but the award was never voted to him by Congress. The mate- BRIG. GEN. FRANK T. HINES. second lieutenant. He was made a first | ! lleutenant in 1904. i A captain at the outbreak of the! World War, Hines was in Europe and | was detailed to aid in evacuating Americans. So thoroughly did he per- form this task that he was assigned to the War rtment here as assistant | to the chief of the gemeral staff. A few months later he was made chief |of the vital embarkation service, con- | trolling the movement of all troops to | Europe. Saved U. S. Huge Sums. In this role Hines developed the or- ganization that moved the A. E. F. to| | France and was credited with saving | | hundreds of millions to the Govern- | {ment in adjusting rates with foreign | | governments and by speeding up the | homeward trek from the battlefields. | | It was reckoned that the return of | 600,000 men earlier than had been | scheduled cut agprothuly $66.000,000 | | off the United States’ war bill. His re- | | adjustment of = transportation rates with Great Britain saved $67,753,698 more. In 1918 Hines was elevated to the | | tional Army, and this commission was srewritten into Regular Army ranks in 1930. However, in August of that year | He was | he resigned his commission and went | cording Congressional | on the Army’s reserve list to go with | would be definite and permanent, so the privately owned Beltic Line. | Hines is credited with bringing about | approached him he said Derr was go- YOUXIS DROWNED NEAR GREAT FALLS Norman S. Derr of Fairfax Loses Life While Swim- ming. Special Dispatch to The Star. GREAT FPALLS, Va, July 1.— Thought to have been’ seised witn cramps while swimming in the Potomac River, a short distance below Great Falls, near the mouth of Difficult Run, Norman & Derr, 21, of Fairfax, son of £ty Agent and Mrs. H. B. Derr, was drowned this afternoon, and up to a late hour his body had not been re- covered. another young man, O'Neil Sutphin, also of Fairfax, were swim- ming about 50 feet spart when the drowning occurred, accor to Sut- phin, who said Derr, an exct it swim- mer, suddenly called to him. Sutphin swam to Derr's assistance, and as he ing under for the third time. He grabbed Derr, who began to struggle, and being much larger than Sutphin, broke from his and . Members of the Fairfax Fire t- ment were called and dragged the river. Derr recently was married and leaves, in addition to his parents, his widow, the former Hazel Menefee of , and a sister, Grace, of Fair- fax. o EDUCATOR, 72, RETIRES Dr. E. E. Brown Was New York U. Chancellor 22 Years. NEW YORK, July 1 (P .—After 22 years as chancellor of New York Uni- versity, Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown re- tired today. He was succeeded by Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, formerly presi- dent of the University of Iilinois. Teacher, author, administrator and acholar for 54 years, Dr. Brown retired with the title o fchancellor emeritus of the university. He is 72 years of age. all veterans’ relief agencies under his campaign. He also proposed a uni- form policy, under which all veterans would receive equal consideration ac- to their needs. The policy that a man entering the military serv- ice would know just what recompense | pect in | i Ghsarborn, Mok WIDE SCOPE SEEN FOR EXTRA SESSION Chance to Revise Maryland’s New Laws Will Be Welcomed. By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star, UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Juy 1.— | A welcome opportunity to revise laws passed by the General Assembly early this year and found to be unsatisfac- tory, and to renew efforts to pass leg- islation which failed, will be afforded | if Gov. Ritchie calls a special session of the Legislature. A special session may be necessary for two reasons, it was pointed out within the last few days. Representa- tive Stephen W. Gambrill said the Gov- ernor is considering calling the Legisla- together to pass enatling acts so that counties and towns could finance 70 per cent of public works projects and thus obtain the remaining 30 per cent as Federal grants. Relief Need Cited. Richard P. Cleveland, chairman of the Board of State Aid ard Charities, pointed out that unemployment relief heeds in the State are so great a spe- cial may be necessary to deal with that problem. Under the Maryland law a special session cannot last more than 30 days, but any type of legisiation may be ‘This would open the door to revision of many laws passed at the last session and already found to need changing. The Prince Georges County beer law would fall in this category. It undoubt- edly would be revised to eliminate a provision prohibiting the sale of beer on y. made more definite in re- gard to requiring permits for brewers and distributors, and specifically repeal all existing “dry spot” laws. ‘Would Wait Until 1935, 1f a special sessicn is not called these changes will have to wait until the next regular session in 1935. Some provisions of the State beer law probably would come in for revision, also. Among the bills which failed at the Iast session and might be reintroduced if a special sessicn is called. are the uremployment insurance bill, lrn- sored chiefly by Miss Lavinia Engle of Montgomery County, and the bill to permit women to serve on juries. A, lady writes to say that she does not understand why an 8-cylinder car does not cost more to run than a car with fewer cylinders. She refers to my statement that our Ford V-8 develops more power on a gallon of gas than any oar we have made. The use of 8-cylindefs does not mean the addition of two or four extra fuel consumers. It is not, for example, a 4-cylinder engine multiplied by two. Our 8-cylinder engine takes the fuel supply of an ordinary 4-oylinder engine and divides it eight ways. And why? \ By reducing four larger explosions into eight smaller ones, we get engine smoothness and quietness. It is just the difference between going upstairs in four long not the amount. Jumps or in eight ordinary steps. Two things use up gas—bad engine design and useless car weight. having an engine that gets a high percentage of power out of the fuel, the strong body and chassis so that no power is wasted ia Ford V-8 has a light, moving excess weight. The only extravagance about the new Ford V-8 engine is in the building of it. The whole question of car economy needs clearing up. gives economy all round. Price, operation, upkeep, all play their part. The extravagance is ours——the economy is yours. An economical ca I what you save on gas you lose elsewhere, that is not economy. As to upkeep, our dealers say that in recent years the improved quality of Ford cars has cut down their répair business 50 per cent. As to price with quality,——judge for yourself. As to oconony; here is the record of a stock car three weeks out of shop in Oklahoma: Besid Eight-cylinders indicate the way the gas is used, r £ . On a run of 10,054 miles at the rate of 1,000 miles a day—the Ford V-8 gave 18.8 miles per gallon of gas. . tor. The 0il was changed once in 1,000 miles. That should answer a lot of questions. June 30th, 1933 iy Not a drop of water was added to the radia-