Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1933, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D . ., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 1933, BIG PUBLIC WORKS ACTION EXPECTED Decisions Likely Tomorrow on Group of Sium-Clear- ing Projects. e public works schemes \-Federal character and in- | cluding a group of proposals for slum | clearance may be acted upon tomorrow | e Public Works Administration. | Officials declined to make known the auds for which the housing units were | ecing considered, but said they had | laid down a broad policy that tke monthly rental per room for the housing units should be under $10. The policy under which the Public Works Ad tration is working is that the ccst should be sufficiently low to war- | rant cess of the unit and permit, tenants to move into them from slum areas. Has Passed Billion Mark. Public Works Administration has passed the billion-dollar mark in| its grants for public works scheme, | but the larger part of this has been for Fede: projects, mainly because | work on them could begin immediately re-employment and raise power The fund totals 300.000.000 | snanll ‘The ency loans for com- were announced tod: ation, one of $36.00¢ { where the_elec- damaged by a recent and another of $20.000 Colo., to repair_the mu-| work system, affected by The loans are to be repaid at 4 per cent 2 post coffice building projects were being put in the backgrcund by se officials. Altogether some 2,400 s were proposed, but it was! indicated that, aside from the 14 ap- i last week, there would be delay 1 ments. storm Most Are Undesirable. | budget _director. | t offices in differ- | nost of them fell in the sirable.” v Authorit ed $50.000.000 from | Administration as a| opment of the Ten- | ounced that it had n cffice at Muscle ces are to be cpened and Chattanooga. 1 | HOTEL EMPLOYES HELD ‘ | | mai UNDER BLANKET CODE n. Themas S. Hammond, Execu-| tive Re-employment Director, Includes Workers. s S. Hammond, executive ent Roosevelt's emer- yment campaign, heid hot-1 employes working d. lodging and tips are in- 1e scope of the blanket wage | t the agreements | v are adopted, are | ver all employes and | ers would have to be | um wage and conform m hours before the Blue | i be displayed by the man- hat | e said, a deduction could r the rooms and board | and the 2 ent worked out satisfactorily | GANDHI AGAIN JAILED Early Release on Parole Expected, Ho POO! India, August 2 (#).—The Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned today in the old Yercda jail here, which has grown so familiar to him through pre- | Vious detentions in connection with his | sobedience campaigns who arrived here this morn- r an all-night train journey rom Ahmedabad. was arrested with his | and 33 devotees in Ahmedabad as | about to start a new move- for independence. > was held in Yeroda jail for 16 s up to last May because of his 1sal to torminate a disobedience campaign. His early release on parole 15 expected. ever. driveway. Call ME pecialize in _cellar, top soil. sodding. © BE RESPONSIBLE FOR - by any one but myself. DE- HENRY. 1911 2nd st. n.w. 3% _ NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ne other ntracted by o SHERRILL, 4916 Bat ANY ND AFTER THIS DATE. AUG. 1. 1 ¢ be responsible for any debts but by “mysell. MILES ? Rock Creek Church rd.* RE_IN ANNOUNCING H. 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Ave NA. 2 Treasury Department ©Ofice of the Comptroller of the Curremey Washington. D. C. May °u. 1933 Notice 13 hereby given to may have claims against ~The Commercial National Bank of Washington.” District of Columbia, that the same must be presented to Robert C. Baldwin, Recelver, with the legal proof thereof within thre months from ie or they may be disallowed. o * "¥7r."T, O'CONNOR. Comptroller_of the Currency. ZURNACES ciancd_ by _vacuum, Parts for every rnace He: nd ired 24 895 Fla. ave Route line. We have a complete stock of blank books, priced to please you. Come in today. to 5 P.M., Sat. to 1. | persons who Ter | ney. Suicide SENATOR'S 50N KILLS SELF IN CALIFORNIA. ARCHIBALD M. JOHNSON, Forty-two, son of Senator Hiram John- son of California, who shot and killed himsel? yesterday at his home in Hills- borough,” Calif. He left a “prayer” in which he spoke of loss of fortune and “compromise with honor, truth or woman’s lies.” Young Johnson was found dead by a butler. He was & well known attorney and sportsman in Cali- fornia. —A. P. Photo. Can VYou, §oluéy1/t P Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at & famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities when confronted ~ with _particularly =baffling cases. This problem has been taken from his case book covering hundreds of crimi- nal investigations. l darkened Toom. A startled ex- clamation broke the silence, a flashlight_dropped and rolled along the floor as the electric lights were turned on. The professor faced Dan Fulton and his son, Bob. An Accidental Discovery. BY H. A. RIPLEY. ORDNEY stepped quietly on to the cottage porch, pushed open the front door and entered the “So it was you who followed me up the path from the boat house!” the elder Fulton exclaimed. “If I hadn't had to use my flashlight” pointing to the floor, “to find m: way in the dar ness you'd never been able to trail me. Bob.” turn- ing to his son, you please leave us alone?” The young man reluctantly obeyed. “I guess it's no use, professor.” Fordney noticed the torn shirt and the blood on the palms of the man’s hands as he resignedly gestured while contin- uing to speak. “I stabbed Jack Rob- bins after waiting years for my revenge and I'm willing to pay the penalty.” “I discovered his body in the boat house quite by accident,” Fordney said “Then when I saw some one, a few minutes later, moving near the scene of the crime, I naturally followed,” he continued, picking up the flashlight from the floor and noticing, after a moment’s examination, that the only marks on the shining surface were fingerprints too blurred to be of any practical use. The professor's quick eye sight of Bob through the partially opened door of an adjoining room in the act of hastily packing a suit case. After gazing at the untied strings of Fulton'’s shoes he demanded, “Why are you lying about your part in this matter? How did Fordney know the elder Ful- ton was lying? (For solution see Page A-6.) Perhaps you have a story or problem you would like to submit to Prof. Ford- If so. send it to him care of this paper. He will be delighted to receive it. HARDWARE MEN TO MEET The Retail Hardware Assoclation of the District will hold a special meeting Friday night at the Mayflower Hotel to discuss plars for co-operating with the administration recovery code. An invitation to all hardware mer- chants in the city to attend the meet- ing, whether they belong to the as- sociation or not, has been extended by F. A. Weaver, sccretary of the or- ganization. zuaranteed to rid the home of roaches: et a can now. Worry no more with these disease-carrying pests. ROACH HO DEATH ITCHING | | Wherever it occurs and whatever the cause, relieve it at once with Resinol Columbia Permanent Building Association PAYS 5% compounded semi-annually Under U. S. Gov't Supervision Organized Jan. 1, 1903 Loans Made on Owner- Occupied Homes NO COMMISSION 733 12th St. N.W. Melvin C. Hazen, Pres. Wm. P. Richards, Vice Pres. Floyd E. Davis, Treasurer Fred A. Smith, Secretary C. Clinton James, Attorney Member Building Association Council of the District of Columbia am—3 005 caught | | | “CEMETERY VCTIM" STRUCK BY GUARD Eyewitness Affidavits Say Michael Hockstra, at Hos- pital, Had Handbills. Michael Hockstra, 31, of 525 Twenty- third street, is believed to be suffering from a fractured skull in Gallinger Hospital today after being struck al- legedly by a guard at Arlington Na- tional Cemetery yesterday. According to a_number of affidavits of eye-witnesses Hockstra appeared at the cemetery yesterday morning and attempted to distribute handbills an- nouncing “International Anti-War Day” to a group of laborers near the storage sheds of the cemetery. He started exhoring the men to stand up for ther rights and not to go to war. John Lightburn, a foreman at the cemetery, ordered Hockstra to_stop. Hockstra, however, according to Light- burn’s affidavit, refused to stop and at- tacked Lightburn. Lightburn _then summoned the guards and Edgar Beaver, a member of the guard at the cemetery, appeared and knocked Hockstra to the pavement. Struck Once With Hand. “He assaulted me.” said Beaver's af- fidavit, “I struck him once with my hand.” J. McLynn, a timekeeper. saw the attack on Lightburn and attempted to step between the guard and Hockstra. ! He confirmed the story told by Beaver, | as did several other workers When Hockstra was knocked down, Robert Dye was summoned 2nd he or- dered the man taken to the hospital on the Fort Myer military reservation, whence he was removed to Emergency Hospital and then Gallinger. Dye said today that Hockstra had ap- peared at the cemetery some time last year and asked for work and that he had been given about eight months’ common labor. He was a mnon-civil service employe and recently it has been necessary to dismiss all such employes on account of reduced appropriations. Alleged Thréatening Gestures. Dye said Hockstra took this as a per- sonal affront and had previously made several threatening gestures against of- ficials of the cemetery. He sald he had issued orders that Hockstra not be allowed near the workers, as he interfered with their work, although it was impossible to keep him out of the cemetery, which is open to the public The workers among whom Hockstra attempted to distribute the hand bills | are those unemployed persons sent to the cemetery for “made work” by un- employment relief headquarters. At Gallinger Hockstra's condition was | described as critical. Yesterday it was thought he might be suffering from heat prostration, and he told hospital officials nobody had knocked him down. He bears no bruises, marks of having been hit. Jack Munday Dies Suddenly. ST. LOUIS, August 2 heart disease while visiting his father. His widow and son, who live in Phila- delphia, survive which we sell are honored in They enable supply themselves with funds just as require.’ ing away with the risk of loss as well as the inconven- ience which actual currency entails. Complete informa- tion gladly supplied. OF THE DISTRICT §OF COLUMBIA Under United States Government Supervision — “Conservative Management A new shipment of Seersuckers has just arrived. We now have all sizes on hand in single and double breasted mod- In conventional stripes, glen plaids and many new novelty patterns. Indications are that these suits will be much higher in price next year and you can save money els. by buying now at this low Tan Poplin Suits White Pique Russian Cord Suits cuts or other (#) —John | Mundinger, 47, known on the stage as | Jack Munday. died here yesterday of | U. S. Worker Dies 1 | GEORGE M. MOORE. GEORGE M. MOORE, 47, DIES AT SANITARIUM George Mansfield Moore, since 1917 an investigator in the office of the: controller general. died vesterday at | the Washington Sanitarium, Takoma | Park, after a protracted illness, He | was 47 years old. Born in Maulden, Ky.. he attended | Berea College at Berea, Ky, for two | years and then taught school there until he took a civil service examina- tion for departmental clerk and came ' to Washington. While residing here, Mr. Moore grad- uated from George Washington Uni- versity, received his M. A. from Ameri- can University and a bachelor of laws degree from National University Law School in 1925. |ty, Ky, and a member of the Pet- worth Baptist Church here. He is survived by his widow, Mary E. Moore; his son, Mansfield Moore, now a med: cal student at George Washingto! his father and mother of Kentuck three brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held at his residence. 2 Sherman circle. at a_time to be anounced later. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. | The Travelers Checks every part of the world. travelers to do- —Helpful Service” Southwest Corner Fifteenth and H- Streets Northwest WASHINGTON, D.C. A A price of $10. | of certain practices | Investigating | _He was a member of the Scottish | Rite, Masonic Lodge of Jackson Coun- | corporated in the cotton code. MAJOR “BUY” DRIVE TOSTIMULATENRA Johnson Says Start of New| Expansion Will Be When Time Is Ripe. ___(Continued From Pirst Page) up your part in this program,” Gen. Johnson said. “The time is approaching,” he said, | “and the signal will be mer:ly the cer- tainty that this plan is working. That tainty, this is no flash in the pan. “When that moment comes—and I think it is almost here—I am going to supplement our present program by adding a request to all consumers that they spend for re-emplcyment. “The only reason we have delayed was that we didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. “It weuld be unfair to ask people to spend until it was safe for them to do o Johnson said the “Buy Ncw” move- ment some time ago was unsound be- cause it asked people to spend reserves which they needed to guard carefully. He also criticized the “Share-the-Work” movement. While the spreading of employment and increasing purchasing power are primary objectives of the recovery pro- gram, Johnson emphasized that an- other important element is elimination at bring degra- daticn to some industries and have threatened others.” He cited the elimination of child labor in the cotton industry as an example of reform that could be ac- complished by group action Johnson. as head of the Government trio supervising application of the al- ready opera’ cotton textile code, in- tended to reach an early decision on the special report dealing with the cotton miil “stretch out” system, which Robert W Bruere, chairman of the Committee, said was drafted with the idea of having it in- The now made public, lve the problem report, not until was designed to s caused by mills increasing the number of machines each worker had to tend The Pennsylvania visit was regarded significant in view of the coal strike | and other labor troubles | There was no assurance that the | strike question would be touched on {in the administrator’s talk, since he | says that until a coal code is in for YOU can own 3 CROS- LEY for LESS THAN THE COST OF ICE! This model has 3! cubic feet capacity: 8 square feet shelf space, 2 trays, 21 cubes each; 3 inches of insulation on top, bot- tom and sides and doors. $10 $10 $10 v Suits | week. | is written into the code. people are back at work with a cer-| ®g 'he has no jurisdiction. He has set August 14 for a hearing on the coal cot™. The administrator also was trying hard to settle the dispute between oil industry leaders over the inclusion of price-fixing provisions in their code. Special cofimittees were appointed by oil representatives to discuss that ques- tion with Johnson. One conferee, E. B. Reeser of Tulsa, Okla, a former president of the American Petroleum Institute, said that without price regu- lation, many companies will face bank- ruptey. Johnson has ordered a hearing Au- gust 10 on the code of the hosiery in- dustry, which proposes a 40-hour work week for labor, a similar total averaged over six months for office employes, and exemption for maintenance forces, dyers, shipping workers. Two 36-hour shifts are proposed for full-fashioned hosiery plants. Wages run from mini- mums of $13 and $12 in North and South to $27.50 and $24.50 for top pa: with & minimum for learners of $8 A modified company union plan Set for August 14 was a hearing on the salt industry, which proposed 35 cents minimum Lourly rates for male labor and 30 for female in the North and 25 to 20 cents in the Texas and Louisiana fields. A 42-hour week is pro- | | vided for salt manufacturers with 40 hours for all other work. These newcomers joined a list of 24 on which hearings either have been held or will be within the next 10 days. Public study of the automobile code will begin about the middle of August. Homer Building 13th, F to G Sts. 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