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o] @he Sndlay Shoe [orowes vows | FEDERATION FALLS 10 ACT ON BALLOU PROMOTION PLAN City Heads Asked to Double Staff of School Physi- cians, However. RESIDENT IS URGED TO SUCCEED FOWLER % Ci\.izem Favor Use of Per Capita | Bevies in Comparing Taxes ‘for President’s Inquiry. The proposal by Dr. Frank W. Ba!-; lou. superintendent of schools, that promotion of pupils from one grade to another be dependent upon their | state of health, failed last night to | gain the indorsement of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations. The matter was before the Federa- | tion Committee on Public Health, but | it was not reported out. The Feder- ation, however, acting on the commit- | tee's recommendation, called on the Commissioners to double the present | staff of physicians, nurses and dentists engaged in examining school children. According to Dr. Charles B. Camp- bell, chairman of the Committee on Public Health, the District now spends | $64,000 per annum on a set-up, which | has one nurse per 8,000 children, and one physician per 18,000 children. This, he said. should be doubled be- | fore the health of the children could | be properly guarded. | Ask Local Doctor. : Another report by this committee suggested the nomination of a resi- | dent of the District for the job of | health officer, vacated by the retire- ment of Dr. William C. Fowler. “We believe,” the committee report- ed, “that a physician who has lived in the District of Columbia and is fa- miliar with the particular problems with which we are faced, would be more competent than one who would | be selected from outside of the city | because of political affiliation.” On recommendation of the Commit- tee on Law and Legislation, the fed- eration indorsed a series of legislative measures increasing the penalties against prostitution and soliciting. It was proposed to increase the penalty for soliciting. which is now a $25 fine, 10 $100 or 90 days in jail or both, and furthermore to make any person who knowingly frequents or lives in a house of ill fame a vagrant and subject to the vagrancy statute no matter how much money such a person may pos- sess. | By adopting a report of its special | committee on taxation, the Federation | recommended that the experts to be selected by President Roosevelt to pass | on the #llequacy of the Federal pay- ment use per capita levies in com- | paring the tax burden of the District with those in other cities. Tax Method Favored. | trance. % PCT. OF AGENTS Wife Sees Groce In Brief Duel With Pistols| Morris Kaufman, left, and his HILE his wife and two chil- dren looked on, Morris Kaufman, 38, exchanged shots early last night with a colored man who at- tempted to hold up his grocery at 4928 Blaine street northeast. He put the intruder to flight. Kaufman was at the meat block, about eight feet from the store en- His wife stood with their Kaufman is reaching for the gun with which he routed the bandit. the foreground is the bullet hole resulting from the brief gun fight WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY r Rout Bandit | U. 5. AND [IANA[]Al SCOURED FOR . C. HEALTH OFFIGER 2 In sons, Harry, 11, holding Stanley, —Star Staff Photo. | two boys behind the counter. The | would-be bandit came to the door, | brandished a pistol and ordered them | to hold up their hands. | Instead of complying. Kaufman | reached for a gun on a shelf and | ducked behind a meat case, just as a bullet from the colored man’s gun | buried itself in the receptacle | "As the grocer dodged. he also fired. |and when Mrs. Kaufman screamed | the colored man fled. REMAIN IN' POSTS Nearly Al of 900 Who Failed in Test Await Ac- tion of Congress. ‘The Treasury yesterday began tak- ing stock to determine how many of the payless employes of the alcohol tax unit were staying on the job, and estimated on the basis of early. ad- vices that the number would approxi- whom funds were lacking. Some points were reached directly by telephone, while telegrams were sent elsewhere, and the information The report pointed out that thei “equalized or evaluated tax rate” sug- | gested by the President as a yard- stick of comparison is not the method ! generally followed by experts in com- | paring tax burdens. The usual prac- | tice of the experts is to take the as sessment and the tax levy in cities | of comparable size and work out the | assessment and levy per capita. “Per capita statistics,” the report sald, “may be easily and accurately determined and it is believed that other standards of ‘measurement i addition -to the average or evaluated rate should be used.” | The report further suggested that| taxes placed on public utilities here ( in lieu of personal property taxes should be considered as a part of the general property tax for comparison with other cities, and that it should be noticed that much of the tax col- lected in other cities goes for debt service. H On the recommendation of the; Committee on Highways. Parks and | Waterways, the federation asked the ! Commissioners to give serious consid- | eration to the use of the process of | chemical, mechanical precipitation | with filtration for the sewage disposal | plant, so as to rid the sewage of 90| per cent of its putrecible matter. The | plans of the Commissioners at pres- | ent contemplate only a preliminary | treatment which will remove but 30 per_cent. | The matter of banning night park- ing of automobiles on 30 downtown streets will be taken up at a special meeting of the federation called for: December 15. i In the absence of President James G. Yaden the chair was taken by First Vice President L. A. Carruthers. Carruthers announced the choice of | committee chairman for the coming year by Yaden. The only major change was that Thomas E. Lodge tucceeded George E. Sullivan as chair- man of the Committee on Laws and Legislation. Town Officer Named. BERKELEY SPRINGS. W. Va., De- cember 1 (Special).—A. B. Dyche, for- mer sheriff of Morgan County and former district deputy prohibition en- | forcement agent, has been named town sergeant for this municipality, beginning his duties today. - Refer Panha;dlers To Welfare Units, City Head'Advises‘ | ‘Allen Says Send Beggars | to Emergency or Tran- sient Relief Agencies. When a citizen of the District is accosted on the street by a pan- handler, here is the procedure recom- mended by the office of Commissioner George E. Allen to insure co-operation with local relief agencies and at the same time aid the alms seeker to ob- tain succor, as opposed to sucker: If the panhandler says he is an un- employed resident of the District, re- fer him to the Emergency Relief head- quarters at Fifth and H streets. If he says he is a transient, refer him to the Transient Bureau at John Marshall place and C street. These two agencies are in touch with the local institutions equipped t take care of the needy. n | | civil service status. . obtained generally was that only those employes who had arranged for other employment were leaving the service. | The showing was not a surprise, as | officials had anticipated that by far | the majority would stand by, pending | evelopments. Meanwhile, the Civil Service Com- mission yesterday analyzed the re- | sult of the examination on which.so | many of the employes of the unit | failed. All told, 8,951 persons took the | test, this number including both in- | cumbents and new applicants. From this, 2,645 emerged successfully, and | 6,306 failed; the successful percentage | being 29.54. 339 in Service Pass. Of the eligibles thus created, 339 came from the unit, 348 from other | branches of the Government. and 1,743 applied from outside sources. There | were 215 eligibles whose previous | status has not been established. | Making up those who failed were | 856 definitely known to have come from the unit, 666 from other Gov- ernment agencies, 4,572 from other sources, and 212 whose status is un- certain. Inasmuch as the Treasury has estimated that more than 900 in- | cumbents failed to qualify, it is as- sumed that the difference between this figure and the 856 announced | by the commission lies in that group whose former status has not yet been determined by the commission, and also the number who refused to take the examination on the ground that they already possessed competitive Ansell Advises Fight. In connection with the payless group, whose members were advised by the Treasury that they could stay on and take a chance on Congress voting their pay, Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, counsel for a large number, said that it did not matter what Con- gress did about the pay, inasmuch as they could not be legislated out of office (unless their positions are abolished) and are entitled to recover through the Court of Claims, until removed by civil service pr ure. Holding their jobs by reason of one civil service examination, they were not required to take the “patronage rider” examination which cut off the pay of those who did not pass, it 1s contended. It was recalled that in refusing last Monday to issue a temporary injunc- tion to restrain operation of the rider, Chief Justice Wheat of District Su- preme Court did not pass upon its legality. STUDY OF GOVERNMENT PLANNED AT LEESBURG Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., December 1.— The Loudoun Young Democratic Club will hold a meeting Thursday at Goose Creek Tavern, near here, at 7:30 o'clock. Featuring the program will be short talks on the duties of their offices by the Leesburg Town Council and other officers. The speak- ers will include Mayor Charles F. Harrison, Dr. Herbert Howard, Neville Bradfield, J. T. Hourihane, John F. Thompson, Harry Newton, W. E. Plas- ter, T. W. Carter, L. C. Rollins and R. D. Shroy. The meeting is the first of a series planned by the Young Democrats for a study of local government. The general publié¢ is invited to all of the meetings. James di Zerega has an- nounced the following program com- mittee: Mrs. John Galleher, chair- mate 95 per cent of the 900-odd for | ROAD AND TRAFFIC EXPERTS TO SPEAK |Highway Research Board Will Open Annual Sessions Here Thursday. | Experts on roadway construction and traffic will sddress the Highway Research Board of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research, National Research Council, at its fourteenth annual meeting Thursday and Friday in the building of the Na- tional Academy of Sciences and Na- tional Research Council, 2101 Consti- tution avenue. The first general session will con- vene Thursday at 10 am. Meetings of the main committees of the board will be held Wednesday. The com- mittees include: Committee on Transportation Eco- nomics, R. L. Morrison, chairman; Committee on Design, A. T. Gold- beck, chairman; Committee on Ma- terials and Construction, H. S. Matti- more, chairman; Committee on Main- tenance, C. P. Owens, chairman, and the Committee on Traffic, William A. Van Duzer, Washington traffic direc- tor, chairman. Program for Thursday. ‘The general session Thursday morning will be devoted to various technical discussions, pertaining to highway construction and traffic. Thursday afternoon additional scien- tific discussions will be held in con- nection with a session on “Design and Traction Resistance,” while simultaneously another session on “Traffic” will be addressed” by experts. R. L. Morrison, chairman of the Com- ittee on Highway Transportation Economics, will report for the com- mittee at the morning session. Among the topics to be considered will be “Road Widths and Accidents,” “The Effect of Heavy Motor Vehicles on Highway Costs,” types of road paving and the life of the different kinds of materials, costs and other items. At the Thursday afternoon session on traffic, reports will be made by Traffic Director Van Duzer for the ic Committee. of which he is chairman, and also on the subject of “Psychological Tests of Drivers.” Other reports will be made at the traffic session on subjects as follows: “Relation of Highway Lighting to Highway Accidents,” by Arnold H Vey, Office of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of New Jersey; “Toll Bridge Traffic Patterns,” by N. W. Dougherty, professor of civil engineering, Univer- sity of Tennessee; “Traffic Regula- tion in Municipalities,” W. 8. Can- ning, engineering director, Keystone Automobile Club, and “Studies of Traffic Capacity,” B. D. Greenshields, professor of engineering science, Deni- son University. Dinner Scheduled. Thursday at 7 p.m. the board will hold a dinner in the Washington Hotel. Friday morning it will hold a symposium on “Research Features of Flexible Type Bituminous Roads,” with experts presenting papers on lab- oratory experiments and other re- search conducted in connection with materials used in construction of that type of roads. Friday at 2 pm. another report session will be held and the meetings will be brought to a close With a busi- ness session of the Executive Com- mittee with representatives of mem- ber organizations at 4 p.m. CIVIC GROUP TO ELECT Orr Indorsed for Re-election by Arlington Federation. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LYON PARK, Va., December 1.— The Arlington County Civic Federa- tion will hold its annual election Tues- day night at the Lyon Park Com- munity House. Arthur Orr, president, is indorsed for a second term by leaders of the tion. Other incumbent offi- cers include George O. Basham, vice man; Howard Armfield, Mrs. F. P. Smoot and Jack Russell. president; E. L. Bennett, secretary, and F. E. Mann, treasurer, Committee Is Seeking Best Qualified Physician for Post. APPLICATIONS OF 50 ALREADY RECEIVED Citizens’ Group to Meet This Morning to Begin Work of Making Choice. The best qualified candidates for the position of District health officer will be sought at places throughout | the United States and Canada, Dr.| William Gerry Morgan, head of the| citizens' committee named to recom- mend the new District official, said last night. I He said his committee would send | out letters to medical and public health leaders at numerous places in this country and Canada in search of recommendations. This extensive can- vass is being made with the knowledge and approval of Commissioner George | E. Allen, Dr. Morgan said. 50 Candidates for Post. Already there are about 50 candi- dates for the position. Dr. Morgan said as many as 80 names may be compiled before the committee starts the process of elimination. “Our purpose,” he said, “is to obtain a list of the very best available men | for this important position and then recommend to the Commissioners those who, in our opinion, are most | qualified.” The committee is scheduled to meet this morning at the office of Dr. Mor- gan, 1801 I street, to begin the work of finding & successor to Dr. William C. Fowler, who was retired November 30 after reaching the retirement age of 170. Dr. Morgan said it probably would take some time for the committee to complete its canvass of available can- didates. Dr. Daniels Not Interested. ‘There were insistent reports yester- day that Dr. Worth B. Daniels, well known Washington physician who re- cently was appointed a member of the | District Board of Public Wel@are, was | being considered for the post. Dr. Daniels told The Star last night, however, that he was “not at all in- terested in the plsition for myself.” A committee member also said Dr. Daniels had told District officials he did not wish to be considered. Other -Washington physicians are said to be on the list of candidates, but the roster has not been made public. Officials say there has been no predetermination that the new health officer shall be either a Wash- ington man or be drawn from some other section. Praise for the “faithful, conscien- tious and valuable work performed by Dr. Fowler came yesterday from Com- missioner Melvin C. Hazen in a per- sonal letter to the retired official. 'YULETIDE RACKET MORNING, DECEMBER 9 “y 1934, * “Baby” Senator-elect Heard Here Holt to Fight ior Senate Seat Despite Age Limit Restrictions “Baby” Senator-Elect Says Senator Rush D. Holt as he addressed the National Women’s Democratic Club last night. Left to right: Senator Holt, Mrs. Charles S. Hamilton, president of the club, and Miss Jane Holt, the Senator’s sister. | “Power | Trust” May Contest His Right to Assume Duties in January. ‘Washington gave ear last night to a new spellbinder, the “baby” Senator- elect, Rush Dew Holt, from West Vir- ginia, who charmed a friendly Demo- cratic audience and looked upon the broader fields to open if he can get | past the constitutional age limit to a seat on Capitol Hill. Holt said he believes a fight will be | speeches. was frequently raised during the cam- ' paign. He said his answer was “I can't help my age. I got here as soon as I could. But the West Virginia reactionaries, now that I have | been elected, are not afraid that I wellfl be seated. They're afraid I will. | “I drove 37,000 miles through West Virginia and made 90 campaign | I fought the power Lrus(‘ waged to bar him by “the power and championed the laboring man. trust,” saying he antagonized it in West Virginia while championing the New Deal and the laboring man. He declared, however, he will be present | when the new Congress opens in Jan- | uary, despite the advice from some friendly quarters that he not present | his credentials until after his 30th birthday anniversary next June 19. The Senator-elect declined to say whether he would demand that he be seated in January. Wins Applause and Smiles. Holt won applause and laughter from a representative audience of Nev: Dealers who thronged the National WARNING SOUNDEDI‘WDmen'S Democratic Club house las* 1 night to hear the Senator-elect from Better Business Bureau Cites Those Who Prey on Recip- ients of Checks. A warning against the horde of petty racketeers who rise up with the Yuletide to prey on recipients of Christmas savings checks, was issued yesterday by Louis Rothschild, direc-: tor of the Washington Better Busi-' ness Bureau. | Millions of dollars in checks are in the mails this week end, destined to buy presents for the families and; friends of the city's thrifty, thought- ful people of moderate means, and it is from among these that the Christ- mas grafters select their victims,' Rothschild declared. These racketeers concentrate on schemes for swindling persons out of from $5 to $200, on the average, knowing the temptation to try to increase a small sum in order to buy a more generous present. One of the most numerous of the racketeers and the type hardest for the law to reach is the borrower who has no intention of repaying the loan, Rothschild asserted. “The smari financial racketeer does not sell anything,” he explained. “He borrows money and fails to pay it back. There isone particular schemer here who for years has been making faces at the law by merely posing as abig and prosperous business man. He borrows money from gullible peo- | ple, giving promissory notes in an amount above the actual loan and never paying the victims anything. ! In other words, he borrows $500 from a person, usually an elderly man or, woman, and gives his note for $700.° The creditor thinks that he is going to make $200. Actually he has lost' $500 and the promoter is in no fear of going to jail.” ! B. L. M’KNIG;iT, FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYE, DIES Pneumonia Attack Is Fatal Came to Capital First With Sen- ator Perkins of Kansas. Boyd L. McKnight, an employe of | the Post Office Department for many | years and more recently engaged in financial investments here, died sud- denly of pneumonia early yesterday in Emergency Hospital. % Mr. McKnight came to Washington | with Senator Perkins of Kansas and | later served with the Post Office De- partment in New York City and Washington. He lived with his mothe= at their home at Thirteenth street and Fairmont avenue until her death 10 years ago. He was a resident of the Cumberland Apartments and was not married. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Bennett | B. Cushman of Orlando, Fla, and three nieces, Miss Madelaine Mc- Knight, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Louis R. Porteus, Portland, Me, and Mrs. Charles Carroll of Hoisington, Kans. Funeral arrangements have not been made. I the coal fields. “You probably will hear much more | from me on the subject of labor if I get into the Senate. The New Deal | gave the miners of Southern West | Virginia the first economic freedom | they have ever known. Wages have gone up, hours down: mines have re- | opened, and they are out of the red | i at last. | “I will be a friend of the union | man in the Senate. Give men work | and wages and they will buy. A | laborer will eat more meat in a day | | than a Wall Street coupon clipper Despite his poise, and a certain glib | command of the English language Holt seemed younger than his years The audience was more pleased than | disappointed by this fact, however, | and gave the speaker credit for his outspoken manner and sense of humor. Holt was introduced by Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, president of the Women's Democratic Club and wife of a mem- ber of the Federal Reserve Board. ““We are glad to welcome a man who Hamlin said, “at such an early age. His record. I believe, was equaled only twice before, both times by brilliant statesmen. He was a member of his State Legislature at 25. In this he has something in common with an- other “kid Senator,” Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served in the New York Legislature at an early age.” Holt said the question of his age | He said he wanted a job came triumphantly to the Senate,” Mrs. | will need in a week. He will wear out more clothes, except in the seat of his pants. We will have prosper- ity when the working man has a job and wages to spend. “My election was no personal vic- tory. I do not regard it as such. It was a vote of confidence in the New Deal.” | Besieged by Job Hunters. The Senator-elect said he had an early introduction to job hunters. “On the night of my election,” he said, “I sat up until 4 am. No sooner had I gotten to bed, happy in the knowledge I had won, than some one knocked at my door. | “I got up and admitted the man. | ‘Will you | remember me, Senator?’ he asked. “‘Always!' I replied.” The Senator-elect, a bachelor, brought with him to Washington, his | sister, Miss Jane Holt, who will act | as his hostess when he obtains his seat in the Senate. Holt said he was | returning to Washington soon for the | Gridiron Club dinner, and hoped to | establish a home here in the near future. MARYLAND SOCIETY GROUP NOMINATES John Snowden Stanley of Laurel Is Proposed for Presi- dent. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 1:— John Snowden Stanley of Laurel has | been nominated by the Board of Gov- | ernors and Nominating Committee of | the Southern Maryland Society for president. The annual election of officers and governors will be held at the Baltimore County Club Wednes- day. Other officers nominated, to be voted upon at this time, are Joseph Chaney and John Philip Hill for vice presidents; Biscoe L. Gray for sec- retary and Douglas V. Croker for treasurer. The following have been nominated for governors: Edward M. Thomas of St. Marys County, John F. Wwilson of Anne Arundel County, Dr. Elliot H. Hutchins and John Parran of Calvert County, S. H. Hamilton and W. M. Jenifer of Charles County and John B. Magruder of Prince Georges County. The business meeting will be fol- lowed by a supper and dancing. The occasion is known as “ladies’ night.” CHAMBER TO MEET Bethesda Body to Hear Reports of New Committee. Special Dispatch to The Star. BETHESDA, Md., December 1.—The Bethesda Chamber of Commerce will meet in the County Building Monday night at 8 o'clock. Reports are to be made on a number of important matters assigned to new committees. | | Public Utilitles Commission of Arling- GAS RATE HEARING WILL BE DISCUSSED Arlington Utilities Commission to Debate Impending Court Action. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December 1 The Arlington County gas rate h ing to be held before the United States District Court at Richmond December | 17, is expected to be the chief topic for discussion at a meeting of the ton County at the court house Mon- day night at 8 o’clock. The Richmond court will act on the petition of the Rosslyn Gaslight Co., | which denies the right of the State Corporation Commission to order a reduction in its rates, which it did June 1, 1933. The order of the State Corporation Commission has not been put into effect and should the gas company re- ceive an adverse decision, it will result in Arlington consumers sharing a re- fund of $70,000 to $80,000. ARLINGTON WILL OPEN BIDS ON TWO PROJECTS By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., December 1.—Bids will be opened in the office of County Manager Roy S. Braden next week on two recently authorized projects. At noon Monday bids for the in- stallation of a traffic light at the in- tersection of Lee Highway and Glebe road, will be inspected. The light already has been purchased. Friday noon the county manager will open bids on approximately 5,000 feet of 2%;-inch fire hose, to be issued to the county's seven volunteer fire | companies. | Building goes up, will not be demol- ~—Star Staff Photo. NRATOBENMOVED: N HOUSING SHFT: Recovery Unit Goes to Structure Vacated by Labor Department. Some housing shifts that will bring | scattered units of several Federal agencies together are in immediate | prospect. | ‘The N. R. A. force will be centralized | | in the Labor Department building at | Bentley said. !of the bar. 1712 G street when Labor goes into its new home at Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue shortly after the | start of the new year. | As the principal section of N. R. A. evacuates the Commerce Depart ment, room will be made for some bureaus now in other quarters, thus enabling Secretary Roper to have his | entire staff under one roof for the first | time, even with the additions due to be made by reason of the agricultural census. { To be Renovated. The Labor Department now is in" a private building. and this is to be renovated before the N. R. A. goes in, it was explained by A. E. Demaray, associate director of the National Park Service, who has charge of space Allotments. Demaray said also that the Archi- | tects Building at 1800 E street. which | is to give way as the new Interior ished for some little time. The Subsistence Homesteads or- | ganization will continue to occupy it until around March 1, when, it is an- ticipated that the additional story on the present Interior Department will be completed to take care of the | Subsistence Homesteads group. Dema- ray made it clear that this will not hold up the new Interior Department Building. Others to Be Vacated. Other structures in the way of the new Federal development likewise will be vacated by March 1, it is antici- pated. The old Faod Administration Build- ing at Eighteenth and C streets, that will form the site of the southern end of the new Interior Department, is now practically demolished. The contractor completing the dem- olition of the Food Administration is to start this week razing the old heating plant at Nineteenth street and Virginia avenue, where the new Pan American Union Administration Building will rise. The Fine Arts Commission, at its meeting tomorrow, is to consider plans for this structure, submitted by Dr. Paul Cret, noted Philadelphia _architect. BYRD PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADMR. L. M. NULTON Pleased Because Retired Naval | Officer Has Returned to Winchester. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., December 1.— Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd has heard at Little America that Admiral Louis M. Nulton recently returned to Winchester, his native town, to reside after being placed on the retired list of the Navy after about 46 years' ac- tive service. In a radiogram received by nis brother, Senator H. F. Byrd, last right, the polar explorer said: b the 1 Winter night there was plenty of time to think, and one of the thoughts that often oc- curred to me was how lucky it is for Winchester that Admiral Nulton de- cided to come back there and live. Louis Nulton is one of the greatest admirals the Navy ever had. He won the profound respect of his fellow officers as an officer and a gentle- man.” N PAPER EXPORTS GAIN An increase in exports of paper and paper products from the United States during the first nine months of this year over the corresponding period of 1833 was reported yesterday by the Department of Commerce. Shipments totaled $13,990,039 as against $10,200,612 last year. The bulk of the increase was in news- print and wrapping paper exports. i | | | {F. C. Pullin, PAGE B—1 NINE ARE SLATED TOLOSEPOSTS N PROBATIN TAF Present Members, Lacking Educational Qualifications, Must Be Replaced. 60 WILL TAKE EXAMS TO SELECT NEW FORCE Judge Bentley Says Jobs Will Be Found for Most of Those Removed. Increased educational requirements for probation officers of the Juvenile ! Court will force from their jobs all old employes when an examination is given Priday to select a reclassified | staff, Judge Fay Bentley said last night. Nine members of the staff of 15 which the new judge found when she assumed office last February still re- main in the service. One has been re- tired and five others have obtained other employment. All of the remain- ing nine will lose their jobs. Two temporary employes are eligible for the examination. Negotiations now are under way for jobs for two or three employes, Miss Bentley declared. In the end, not more than one or two will fail to be placed, she said. Salaries to Be Raised. ‘The new staff will have a profes- sional classification under civil service, with an accompanying increase salaries. In order to make available additional funds to meet the salary increases, the probation department will have one fewer employes than formerly. The post of chief probation officer was filled several months ago. There will be 12 probation officers selected by competitive “assembled” examination. These jobs pay from $2,000 to $2,400. A position of super- visor of probation carries a basic salary of $3,200. The person to fill this post will be selected by “unas- sembled” examination, which permits varying emphasis to be laid on person- ality and experience. Two alternative educational require- ments for the examinations rendered all old employes ineligible, Miss Bent- ley explained. The applicants either must have specialized in social stud- ies during their regular college course, or have taken cne year post-graduate work in an accredited school of social studies. While most of the present employes have one or more degrees, they have not specialized in social work, Miss Several are members Two are university grad- uates now studying law, two hold two degrees each and two have been em- ployes of the court for as long as 16 years. 60 Will TalLe Test. More than 60 qualified applicants will take the examinations, Miss Bent- ley said. “I said last February, when I be- came judge, that I was not satisfied with the type of service being ren- dered by the probaticn department. A committee which included Miss Katherine Lenroot of the Children's Bureau, Labor Department: William J. Savin, director of the Associated Charities: Rev. John O'Grady, director of Catholic Charities; Campbell John- son, head of the colored Y. M. C. A Louis Merriam. formerly with the Brookings Institution. and Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the Com- munity Chest, studied the situation and recommended the reclassifica- tion.” “All probation department employes were told in February that there would be a shake-up, Judge Bentldy declared, and by July 1 they knew what the new educational requirements would be. T Sl TWO GYPSY WOMEN FILCH MAN OF $25 Alexandria Mer- chant, Says One of Pair Snatched Money. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 1.— Police here tonight sent a look out for two gypsy women in an automo- bile with Georgia tags, who, are al- leged to have filched $25 from a grocery store proprietor while in the act of telling his fortune. ‘The proprietor, F. G. Pullin, oper- ator of a store at Queen and Royal streets, told police the women asked to tell his fortune, with the condition being that he removed all money from | his person. After taking $25 from his pocketbook, one of the women grabbed the bills, and both fled, he said. To Kentucky Held, But Later Released Police Puzzled Over Cap- ital Concern’s License to Sell. A truck bearing $2,300 worth of liquor, consigned to a Loulisville buyer by the Z. D. Gilman Co., Wash- ington wholesalers, was held up tem- porarily by police yesterday, while District officials puzzled over whether the liquor license, issued to Charles H. Franzoni, head of the company, was still in effect. Mr. Franzoni died last Sunday. Police were informed the license had expired, since it had been issued to the head of the company per- sonally. However, they finally allowed the truck to proceed with its consignment. Legal angles of the problem are to be studied further tomorrow by the corporation counsel's office, police were informed. While only a techni- cal legal point is at issue, it was said the principle is important. The truck, bearing South Carolina tags, was stopped by the police liquor squad under the direction of Detec- tive Sergt. Roy Blick. It was allowed to proceed after a memorandum of sale and a sample of the liquor were taken. Police were told there was to be a shift of drivers in South Carolina.