Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 29

MORAL ISSUE SEEN N ALLEY PROET Proper Housing for Persons Removed by Clearance Held Necessary. . The Alley Dwelling Authority has the moral responsibility of assuring that there will be proper housing for persons now living in alleys as well as the legal responsibility of rede- veloping alley dwelling areas, John Ihlder, executive officer of the board, declared last night. He outlined this point as one of three major principles in the oper- ations of the agency, which was cre- ated about a month ago to carry out the special act of Congress providing a “revolving fund” of $500,000 for al- ley dwelling clearance. The authority, he said, must do three things at virtually the same time: First, secure the property at a fair price; second, secure a purchaser or a tenant who will make proper use of the redeveloped property and pay a price or a retnal that will reimburse the authority, and, third, assure that present alley dwellers have oppor- tunity to find other homes that com- ply with the District standards. Aid of Agencies Sought. \Dr.C The appropriation, he explanied, was made only to carry out the legal re- sponsibility placed on the board. Seek- ing to accomplish the second objective, the authority is asking the co-oper- ation of other agencies interested in proper housing, he said. Among these is the agencies giving relief, which are interested because many of the alley dwellers are on relief lists. Discussing principles of the board’s work, Mr. Ihlder said: “The Alley Dwelling Authority has divided its work between a short- term program and a long-term pro- gram. It has 10 years in which to finish its job and when that job is finished the authority’s hope is that it will stay finished. Willowtree alley is an illustration of what it wishes to avoid. More than 20 years ago Jacob Riis, the New York housing reformer and friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, visited the Washington al- leys and then testified at a hearing before the Senate Committee on the District. He described a house in ‘Willowtree alley whose inmates were suffering from tuberculosis and from a venereal disease. “In that house,” he said, “I saw the towels of the Senate barber shop drying.” The Sen- ate voted promptly to buy up the houses in that alley and convert their sites into a playground. Authoritity’s Advantages Cited. “Willowtree playground was created 20 years ago. It has never pleased the playground people, for they ob- ject to a hidden playground just as we object to the hidden alley dwell- ings. But more than that, this rush Job left in existence several alley dwell~ ings. Since the Alley Dwelling Au- thority was created there have been demolished four of the seven alley dwellings that have continued to exist there these %0 years, Three still re- main. “The advantages the alley dwelling authority have are these: Choice among more than 200 alleys, of which it can handle only a few at a time, the fact that after 1944 no alley dwelling may be used as a dwelling and the fact that iy can condemn., “The short-term program of the authority will deal with those alleys where there are few complications. ‘The longsterm program will deal with squares whose redevelopment involves city planning problems or co-ordina- tion with the program of another agency, such as the public schools or the playgrounds department. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission has plans for District de- velopment into which the alley pro- gram should fit. It also is necessary to consult with branches of the Dis- trict government to assure, for -ex- ample, that the redeveloped square will help, not hinder, the fire depart- ment’s work.” MRS. M. C. CRAWFORD FOUND DEAD IN HOME Heart Attack Seen in Death of Wife of National Symphony Member. Mrs. Katherine M. Crawford, 38, wife of Merlin C. Crawford, a member of the National Symphony Orchestra, was found dead yesterday on the floor of a small laundry room in the rear of their home at 2022 Sixteenth street. Her husband found the body shortly after noon. There were no marks of violence, and Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald is investigating on the probability she might have died of a heart attack. Meanwhile, he is holding up issuance of a certificate indicating the cause of death. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford operate a rooming house and have no children. She appeared to be in excellent health, her husband said, when he left home to attend an orchestra rehearsal. SUBURBAN CLUB Pale Dry Ginger Ale Makes every drink a holiday drink £l Dinner Size Now 10c L] - A Superfine Washington Product 1310 Ridge PI. E. Lincoln 0243 Head of Seventh-Day Adventist Church Home From Australia. Tells of New Race of People on Island of New Guinea. BY JAMES MARTIN MILLER. R. C. H. WATSON, supreme head of the Seventh-day Ad- ventist Church, has just re- turned to his home in Ta- koma Park after a 14-months’ trip to Australia, South and Central Africa and to scores of the islands of the Pacific. As a missionary and head of his church, President Watson has made more than 100 ocean trips between Australia and New Zealand, 21 trips between the United States and Australia, two trips between Syd- ney and Japan, five trips across the Atlantic from New York and several trips to China and India. During his most recent. pilgrimage to Australia and Africa President Watson traveled more than 70,000 miles. Dr. Watson brings documentary evi- dence that in an unexplored area of the vast Island of New Guinea some 300,000 “new” people have been dis- covered. They were people who had THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART ONE. . H. Watson Has Traveled 70,000 Miles to Preach Gospel DR. C. H. WATSON. never heard of America, Europe or even Australia, until after some Lind- bergh bird-of-the-air swooped dowa upon the terrorsstricken humans a lit- tle more than one year ago. Held Fantastic Tale. When the people of Australia were upon it as & fantastic tale. But after an investigation the Australian min- ister in charge of island territories re- ported to-the Commonwealth Parlia- ment that his officlals had “definitely discovered” the existence of between 200,000 and 300,000 “new” inhabitants in the hitherto unknown region in the interior of New Guinea, westward of the Morobe gold fleld. Dr. Watson reports that thhh: rich country of definite agricultural and pastoral value, with people who are not primitive savages, but appear to be & type superior to bush “kana- kas,” with a definite culture of their own. About the time Dr‘ ‘Watson arrived in Sydney on his latest trip, J. L. Taylor, an administration officer, and M. J. and D. J. Leahy, explorers, reached Sydney directly from the new country. They said people had never heard of the other peoples of the world. or of Christianity; in fact they never knew there was a world. Yet these primitives believe in immortality and worship somewhat as our Indian tribes. Dr. Watson brought back photographs indicating their methods of agricul- ture, and how, by trenches, they di- vide their lands and flelds. They dis- play considerable skill in irrigation and drainage. Two Distinet Tribes. ‘The Leahy brothers estimated there are 300,000 inhabitants in this strange land. The people of the area from Benna Benna to Mount Hagen appear to be of two distinct tribes. The first may be called the Benna Benna, their correct tirbal name being as yet un- known. They live in villages of from 20 to 100 small circular houses. They are a handsome race, well built and | of medium height, with a high sense menting themselves with leaves and flowers. Their excellent sweet potato nrdmmdt.bd.rmunumdm sugar and cucumbers denote them to be agriculturists of a high order, yet primitive. In squares, with mathematical pre- cision. The explorers believe both tribes are of non-Melanesian origin. ‘Went to Preach Gospel. Most explorers to New Guinea seek gold, but not Dr. Watson. He was interested to know if these newly dis- covered 300,000 people had heard of the gospel, the teaching of which has been his life work. Finally he sent an Australian missionary friend by air- plane to join the “new” people as their teacher and religious instructor. It was while Dr. Watson was in Australia last Spring and Summer that the machinery was put in motion to send Elder Gilbert McLaren, a sea- soned missionary, with assistants to begin work among these “newest” peo- ple of the world. Dr. Watson quoted from a letter he has recently received from Missionary McLaren: “Yester- day I marked out a proposed mission site. * * * The boys have aiready erected a small house, and are work- ing on a larger one for the white workers.” The international headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Is located in their General Confer- ence Buliding in Takoma Park. It is |here F.esident Watson makes his | neadouarters. But President Watson ICKES HELD READY 10 SIGN CONTRACT Work on Glenn Dale Hos- pital Expected to Start This Week. Public works officials said yester- day that Secretary Ickes is ready to sign the $1,600,000 contract with the District so that work might start this week on the new adult tuberculosis hospital. Ickes is understood to be in full ac- cord with the Commissioners on the matter of the site at Glenn Dale and the construction schedule. When he signs the contract, in the next day or s0, he will advance sufficient funds to sink & deep well at the site to deter- ml,ly“ the adequacy of the water sup- ply. The only reservation the public works administrator is expected to make is in connection with the supply of water. Engineers are confident that an ample supply can be tapped —_— his church. His denominational rep- resentatives are in 295 countries and islands. The tracts and literature of the church sre printed in 161 different languages. In addition, 444 different languages and dialects are used orally at & depth of 1,000 feet. If not, Ickes will insist that the suburban or city water mains be tapped. That would cost $150,000 or more, and the ex- pense would have to be charged sgainst the total allotment for the hospital. Under the terms of the contract the Commissioners may receive the whole or an advance on the allotment of $1,500,000. Secretary Ickes does not intend to hold the Commissioners to the letter of the contract, it is understood, but will give them leeway to meet any contingency that might arise. While the contract calls for completion on July 1, 1936, it was indicated that this would not necessarily include comple- tion of the roads, sidewalks and sim- ilar work. Occupancy of the building by the following September 1, it was said, is the main consideration. ‘The completion of the new hospital would add from 600 to 700 beds for tubercular patients in the District. WOMAN FOUND DEAD Inquest Ordered in Death of Agnes Dyson, Colored. Agnes Dyson, 43, colored, was found dead last night on the kitchen floor of her home at 237 Third street southwest, her clothing burned and a deep wound on her head. Police reported that a kitchen stove had been overturned and ashes scattered over the floor. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald has ordered an inquest, and police first told of the discovery they looked of decoration. They delight in orn: We expect to announce our new 1935 cars, and have them in dealers’ showrooms where you may sce and examine them, on Saturday, December 29th. The cars are coming off the line now and distribution will soon commence. I have never been very much in favor of the custom of yearly models. Good motor cars do not become obsolete simply because the calendar turns a leaf. Our former custom was to put improvements on our cars as soon as we devel- oped and tested them, so that there was continuous refine- ment and progress. The custom of introducing new models annually is justified when they are really new, and not merely equipped with new talking points for the purposes of salesmanship. Last year’s Ford V-8 was a good car, the best we had built up to that time. We don’t say to any customer with a last year’s car that his car is out of date. If it is giving him serv- ice, and if he is not in the market for a new car, there is no reason for him to feel that he is behind the procession. He still drives the fundamentally latest thing in cars. The new car has all the qualities and advantages of last year’s car, with something added. The improvements we offer are not experimental in any sense; they were thoroughly tried out under every conceiv- able circumstance before we finally adopted them. That, in fact, is our job all the year ’round —refining, improving, making new balance of qualities, always adhering closely to our principle of continuous growth in the basic purpose of the Ford car. The 1935 V-8 engine is practically the sime engine we built in 1934, because we have not learned how to build a better one. It has, however, some refinements, amongst which are the copper-lead connecting rod bearings, and the new type of crankcase ventilation. is a world traveler in the interests of |by their missionaries. are investigating. Most of the improvements concern’ the riding qualities of the car. There is now more comfort both in driving the car and riding in it—and it was always a very com- fortable car to drive. This year we have paid particular attention to the comfort of the back seat rider. The rear seat is now forward of the rear axle, so that all passengers ride between the axles. With the new flexible springs, this gives what has been aptly described as “a front seat ride for the back seat passengers.” Besides, it has permitted changes in the design of the body which have resulted in those lines of beauty so much in favor with automobile owners today. We have always had three fundamentals—Durability, Econ- omy of operation and maintenance, and Comfort. Safety, of course, is taken for granted. The Durability is just what it always was; no onc needs to be told at this late day that Fords are built to last. The Economy is even greater than before—an 8-cylinder engine with the economy of a four. As to Comfort, however, there has been a very considerable advance, as I think you will agree when you have tried the car out. We built more than 20,000,000 cars previous to the V-8. We have built 1,300,000 V-8 cars. The V-8, we believe, is the proper engine for the low-price car field, which is our field. This 1935 car will be on display December 29th, with all de- tails ready for your information. It is entirely probable that some of our prices will be lower than in 1934. We want them lower becausgswe expect to build a million cars and better next year, and the price must be right. If the price is right, people will buy; men will go back to work; a thousand related businesses will feel the new impulse. At least, we are trying to make 1935 a busier, happier and more hopeful year. g REDFERN DOUBTS BODY FOUND IN BRAZIL IS SON Says Flyer Who Disappeared in 1927 Was Far From Scene of Discovery. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 15.— Dr. F. C. Redfern of Columbia said tonight that after a careful study of findings in South America he did not believe a skeleton found beside a wrecked airplane in Brazil was that of his son, Paul Redfern. The educator pointed out that Guar- apauva, where the plane and skeleton were found, was far off his son's course. Paul Redfern took off from Augusta, Ga., August 25, 1927, in an attempt to fiy non-stop the 4,600 miles to Rio de Janeiro and disappeared somewhere south of Venezuela. “Pilgrim’s Progress” in Films. “The Pilgrim’s n'olre-)"w to be