Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1934, Page 21

Wasl-l"ington News ROOSEVELT BANS |Gangsters Suspe WORK ON FEDERAL STRUCTURES HERE No Money to Be Spent for Rebuilding or Major Repairs Now. LIBRARY REMODELING T0 WAIT INDEFINITELY Removal of 0ld Post Office and Alteration of State-War-Navy Edifice Put Off. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt’s public build- ing program will not include any provision for rebuilding present Fed- eral buildings in the Capital or even the renovation of these structures, it was stated today at the White House. ‘The President said he is opposed to spending money for such purposes at this time. He also said he disap- proves tearing down any old Govern- ment buildings, even though ethey might be unsightly from an_archi- tectural standpoint, since the Federal Government needs every bit of avail- able officé space. Mr. Roosevelt believes the money that could be spent in this connection might better ‘be used for new build- ings. Old Post Office to Stay. This means such landmarks as the old Post Office Building and the State, War and Navy Building, for the remodeling of which Congress authorized an appropriation of $2.- 000,000 several years ago, will not be torn down any time soon. The President intimated also he would indefinitely postpone any con- templated remodeling of the Library of Congress exterior. However, he said the physical treatment of this build- ing remains with Congress. Mr. Roosevelt recalled, however, that some months ago, while motoring past the Library of Congress, he did men- tion that he thought the exterior of the Library of Congress was entirely out of keeping with the architecture of the Capital, the new Supreme Court Building and the adjacent Senate and House Office Buildings. The President revealed, too, that he is opposed to the proposal that the Federal Government purchase prop- erty for two or three blocks west of the State, War and Navy Building and bordering on the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue, upon which to erect & building for the War and Navy De- partments. Mall Site Planned. He said any new buildings for the ‘War and Navy Departments will not be erected on this site, but will be built on property bordering on the Mall. . The President gave the im- pression he favored a site somewhere near the present Munitions Building, but not quite so far south. ‘The Munitions Building, the Presi- dent believes, must be taken out of West Potomac Park some time in the Zfuture. Congress, in 1929, authorized an ap- propriation of $2,000,000 to make the State-War-Navy Building, “more pre- sentable.” President Hoover was most outspoken in his dislike for the ex- terior of this famous old public build- g. In declaring the Federal Govern- ment needs all available office space possible to house the many agencies which have growm up as a result of the New Deal recovery program, Presi- dent Roosevelt said there is no pos- sibility of still further increasing the number of employes in the city. POLICE TRIAL BOARD ASKS ONE DISMISSAL Finds Claude Matheny Guilty of Failure to Communicate With Station. ‘The Police Trial Board yesterday recommended the dismissal of one po- liceman and fines of $300 and $100, respectively, for two others. Policeman Claude Matheny, No. 2 precinct, was recommended for dis- missal after he was found guilty of failing on a number of occasions to communicate with the station house from the police box, failure to report on time for a roll call and failure to patrol his beat on foot. Matheny was placed under suspension last night pending final action by the Commis- ers. The fine of $300 was recommended for Policeman E. T. Hinsley, eleventh precinct, after the board had found him guilty of being under the influ- ence of liquor and neglect of duty while in a police radio car Saturday night. Policeman Everett Grimes, who was with him, was recommended for the $100 fine for neglect of duty. The latter charge against both Hinsley and Grimes was preferred in connection with their alleged failure to receive radio calls and failure to report at the police box. [ — CRIME TALK GIVEN BY HENRY SUYDAM Speaks Before Women’s Demo- eratic Educational Council on Importance of Co-operation. Opinions on crime as developed be- he Foening Stap ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934, cted in Theft Of Guns F rom Three Stores Police today were investigating the theft of about a dozen shotguns and rifies from show windows of three downtown sporting goods stores. With the possibility that the thefts may have been perpetrated by gang- sters seeking to replenish their armo- ries, Assistant Detective Chief Bern- ard W. Thompson assigned two head- quarters detectives—H. E. Brodie and Leo Murray—to the case. The stores are the Atlas Co. at Eleventh and E streets, the Army & Navy Trading Co. at 801 D street and Fogel's Army & Navy Store at Tenth and D streets. The Atlas store loot consisted of a Subscribers Get First Telephone Refund Checks Special Force at Work Mailing Rebates to 140,000 People. The first of the telephone subscribers to get their refund checks fygm the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. received them today. The stream of checks will continue for several weeks. ‘Those now receiving the checks are present subscribers of the company, numbering approximately 85,000. In addition, 55,000 checks will be sent later to persons who were subscribers subsequent to October 10, 1932, but have since had their service discon- nected. The second job will involve not only checking over the telephone accounts, but also discovering the pres- ent addresses of the old subscribers, Each customer gets back 10 per cent of his bills subsequent to October 10, 1932, plus 6 per cent interest cal- culated to February 15, 1935. The special force at the telephone company’s offices engaged in sending out the checks is expected to be doing business at the rate of 4,000 checks per day as soon as the work gets well organized. FOOD AT LOWEST PRICE SINCE SPRING 1.8 Per Cent Decline Here Is Third in Size in Country. While retail food prices for the country at large dropped only three- tenths of 1 per cent from the pre- vious two weeks, prices in Washing- ton declined 1.8 per cent to the lowest level recorded in the Capital since last Spring. Out of 42 staple foods covered in the survey of the Bureau of Labor statistics, only 9 declined in price. Nine others advanced. Twenty-four changed so little that the difference could not be recorded. In only 2 of the 51 cities reporting did the decline exceed that in Wash- ington: Manchester, N. H., and Port- land, Me. In the Southeast, prices advanced in four cities and dropped in four others. Meats and eggs led the decline. Ad- vances were registered by cheese, canned corn, onions, sirloin steak, leg of lamb, pure lard, oleomargarine, red salmon and tea. The declines were by eggs, bananas, oranges, navy beans, chuck roast, rib roast, round steak, suced ham lnd pork chops. BROWN TO BE HOST AT K. C. YULE PARTY Between 500 and 700 Orphans to Be Entertained at National Theater December 27. Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown will be one of the principal hosts at the Knights of Columbus’ Christmas party to orphans at the National Theater, December 27. Maj. Brown's Boys’ Club, No. 5, also will participate. The party is given each year by the K. of C., and between 500 and 700 orphans usually are entertained. This year Arthur Reilly and N. B. C. Announcer John Mayo will act as masters of ceremonies and present an array of talent from the broadcasting studios and the Fox and Earle Theaters. Among those who will donate their services are Henry Nestor, the singing policeman; the tumbling boys from Maj. Brown’s Boys’ Club, No. §, and Evelyn Tynor, well known pianist. Christmas boxes will be distributed among the guests who will come from all of Washingtons orphanages. The local transportation companies have donated busses to bring the youngsters to the party, which will get under way at 10 am. PADLOCK INJUNCTIONS MAY FOLLOW RAIDS Action Against Houses of Il Re- pute Sought by Vice Squad Chief, Padlock injunctions against houses of ill repute, where there have been repeated raids, will be sought by Lieut. George M. Little, head of the police Vice Squad, he said today. This decision 'was made, Lieut. Lit- tle said, after a conference with Supt. fore the recent crime conference here | o¢ pojice Ernest W, Brown and Dis- were outlined Monday night by Henry | trict Attorney Leslie C. Garnett. ‘The injuncti Suydam, special assistant to the At- torney General, before the Women's Democratic Educational Council at r the Mayflower Hotel. Mr. Suydam. s on “Public Opinion and Crime,” emphasized the importance of co-operation between the various law-enforcement agen- cies. He also urged a model code of criminal procedure and told of the consensus of the crime conference regarding more rigid laws peralnlnc to - parole sys Ommmmmhenhurtookmln —'.‘lm .ddh"“ldmolwhhwm 4 ons will be sought under the Kenyon act. Under the injunctions, Little said, e right is given to “seize everything within the walls of the premises.” C. of C. Meets Tonight. KENSINGTON, Md. December 19 (Special).—The Shubert Singers, & male octette directed by Mrs. Chester W. Adair, will present a program of Christmas music at the :z'eeuu of the Kensington Chamber Commerce scheduled for the local elementary school at 8 o'clock tonight. 12-gauge automatic shotgun, a straight 10-gauge shotgun, & straight 13- gauge shotgun, a 16-gauge Stevens pump gun and three knives. The Army & Navy Trading Co. said it could not determine accurately what had been stolen, but said several shotguns and ‘a quantity of ammu- nition was missing in addition to zolf clubs, golf bags! tennis racquets and foot balls. Fogel's reported one shot- gun, a .22-caliber rifle and a leather hunting jacket missing. Show windows of four uptown stores also were smashed last.night and police said they were seeking a young colored man for questioning in con- nection with the cases. AIRPORT MEASURE READY FOR HOUSE Commission of Five Would Have Power to Choose Permanent Base. Creation of a commission of five members with power “to lease and operate Washington Airport for a pe- riod of five years as an atrport for | Washington and to close the portion of Military road now crossing the air- port will be authorized in a bill to be introduced in the House next month by Representative McSwain of South Carolina, chairman of the House Mili- tary Affairs Committee. The commis- sion is then to choose a permanent airport site for future development. McSwain bases his measure, which already has been drafted in readiness for introduction when the House con- venes, on the necessity for national defense, although the alrport i§ in- tended to serve all the commercial and civil needs of the District, as well as its emergency military needs. Asks Five-Year Terms. The commission proposed by Mc- Swain would be composed of five per- sons, to be appointed by the President for five-year terms, to serve without pay. One of the commissioners is to be a resident of the District, one of Maryland and one of Virginia, one an Army Air Corps aviator lnd the other a Navy aviator. The commission would have power to elect an airport manager and other officers and to make necessary rules and regulations. The commission is authorized to close Military road and to acquire by lease for five years the present Washington Airport, condemn- ing it for public use if a satisfactory price cannot be agreed upon. Cost on 50-50 Basis. The cost of rental and necessary improvements will be charged against the District of Columbia and the Fed- eral Government on & 50-50 basis. The commission is directed by the bill to undertake a study of sites for a permanent airport for Washington and to select and obtain options on five sites, designating them in the order of their fitness, for final selec- tion by the President and Congress. CONTRACTOR ADOPTS CARPENTERS’ TERMS Work on Interior Department Building to Proceed, With Pay at $1.25 an Hour. The carpenters’ strike on the In- terior Department Building was set- tled today when the contractor, Mc- Closkey & Co., agreed to pay $1.25 an hour, the carpenters’ demands. The men will return to work tomorrow morning, the carpenters’ union an- nounced. ‘The men had gone out on strike for & restoration of the wage of $1.25 which had been paid by the contractor until recently. Monday morning, when the men were notified the scale would be $1.10 based on a P. W. A. ruling of April, 1933, the carpenters’ union not only struck the Interior job but also pulled its men off the Woodrow Wilson High School, which is being construct- ed by the same contractor. Men will return tomorrow also to the high school job, About nine men went off the In- terior Building and 12 off the Wood- row Wilson High School. The ques- tion of wages was not involved on the ‘"high school, where the contractor still was paying $1.25, the prevailing wage on a job constructed out of District of Columbia appropriations. The Interior job is a top floor being added to the building with P. W. A. funds. RELIEF WORKER CLAIMS CAR AND $21 STOLEN Says Men Imprisoned Him in Hotel Room—New York Wom- an’s Purse Snatched Away. ‘Walter Hoff, Fairmont, W. Va., re- lief worker, told police last night he had been robbed of $21 and his auto- mobile by two armed men who had forced him to drive them from Fair- mont to this city Monday. After reaching here, he said, they confined him in a hotel room until yesterday when he was able to escape and get to the police station. His automobile was recovered last night by Sergt. Frank M. Alligood. It was parked near Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street. Julia C. Thompson of New York reported that a young colored man had snatched her pocketbook And escaped up an alley near North Capi- tol and First streets last night. m bag contained a railroad ticket New York ande$ll72 in cash, Aha KING URGES WORK Senator Frowns on Direct Relief Policy. Future Federal emergency relief plans should, as far as possible, take the form of work projects rather than direct relief payments, in the opinion of Senator King of Utah, a Democratic member of the Senate Finance Com- AIRPORT PROBLEM AMONG SEVERAL UP TO' PLANNERS Meeting Friday to Consider Unifying Recreations and Utility Bridge. $2,300,000 GRAVELLY PROJECT CONCERNED Final Ruling of Commission on Independence Avenue Span Desired by Officials. Development of the Gravelly Point airport, the present status of the re- port on unifying the District’s mul- tiple recreationsl facilities and a pro- jected utility bridge over Independ- ence avenue fo link two units of the ’ Department of Agriculture, will be foremost among topics to be con- sidered by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which be- ;{m a two-day session on Prld-y ‘The commission ‘will be informed a reques; for $2,300,000 in P. W. A. funds for construction of the Gravelly Point airport is on its way to Admin- istrator Ickes. A discussion over whether founda- tions for a utility bridge should be permitted in Independence avenue, to unite the Administration Building of the Department of Agriculture and the Extensible Building, just to the south, will be entered into jointly by the Finance Commission and Planning Commission the first thing Friday morning. Final Decision Desired. Secretaries Morgenthau and Wal- lace want a final decision on the bridge problem. The Treasury pro- poses to discuss plans for building a three-arch bridge with two supports in Independence avenue, considered by some as trafic hazards. Orig- inally the planning commission had recommended a single span. Treas- ury Department officlals on Friday will tell the two commissions that the cost involved in a single arch is such as to preclude its construction. The status of the recreation report, submitted recently by L. H. Weir of the National Recreation Association, in which he submitted four proposed plens to unify recreational facilities here, will be reported upon by ‘Thomas S. Settle, planning commis- slon secretary. Pollution of Rock Creek will be an- other topic, The commission has an agreement with the Washington Sub- urban Sanitary Commission, entered into in 1931, which states that when the pollution of any ‘stream affects park lands or "% menace to health, the Washington Suburban Sanitary ‘Commission agreed to begin construction of the necessary reme- | j, dies within two years from the time the polluted condition was established. This time is to be determined by a board representative of the National Planning Commission, the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Washington Sub- urban Sanitary Commission, after due investigation. Water Front Report. John Nolen, jr., director of planning of the national group, will lay before his body the draft of a report to the United States Engineer Office regard- ing river and water front improvement of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. This problem is under study by the chief of Army engineers at the re- quest of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission will consider a proposal to employ jobless men, as a relief project, in throwing up a levee as a flood-control measure for the National Capital in the line of Inde- pendence avenue extended in West Potomac Park, which would become a permanent feature of the Mall devel- opment. This weuld go from the Lin- coln Memorial to the Washington Monument. The United States En- gineer Office has brought this to the commission’s notice. Mr. Settle will report to the commis- sion on the status of the District of Columbia-Virginia Boundary Commis- sion hearing and the reports he made to it. A preliminary analysis of the trans- portation survey, recently conducted here, will be laid before the commis- sion by Charles M. Herrick, city plan- ner. His final report will be made in January. G Street Widening. At the request of the Co-ordinating Committee the commission will con- sider the widening of G street, north of the old Patent Office Building, be- tween Seventh and Ninth streets. This in no way affects the building, officials declared today, asserting it is quite a different problem from the widening of F street, on the south side. It does require adjustment of the fence line along G street at the two corners. At the present time G street be- tween Seventh and Ninth streets is a two-way th are, but there is only one lane south of the car tracks. Now, G street is 47 feet wide. The new plan would make it 55 feet, an in- crease of 7% feet, with materially im- proved traffic conditions and a cost considered nominal, compared with the benefits. Unofficial estimates placed the cost in the vicinity of $10,000. - The present temporary improve- ments at Sixteenth street and the Dis- trict line, which was named by Con- gress the Montgomery. Blair Portal, will be given the X FIFTY TO SING CAROLS Special Dispatch to The Btar, NAMES RELEASED BY PAROLE BOARD INNEW PROGRAM Precedent Broken to Aid in Protecting Welfare of District. 35 CASES BROUGHT UP FOR GROUP DISCUSSION Seventeen New Applicants Listed in Announcement of Experiment. Breaking with tradition in parole law administration, .the Board of In- determinate Sentence and Parole has made public the names of prisdners who have applied for release and to be subject to consideration at a meet- ing of the board Saturday. ‘The board has published a list of 17 prisoners applying for the first time foi parole and the names of 18 others whose cases heretofore have been con- tinued by the board for further con- sideration, Wilbur La Roe, jr., dcting chairman of the board, explained today the new step is an experiment. He said he saw no harm in making the list public prior to action by the board and that the listing of the names might bring some helpful information to the board. Step Outgrowth of Complaints. If the plan does not work in the in- terest of the public welfare, however, he added, it will be dropped. The step was taken as an outgrowth of com- plaints voiced against the release of several prisoners of long police record, two of whom have been returned to prison for violation of parole pledges. ‘The names of the 18 up for parole consideration for the first time are: Kenneth E. Beard, Cebron McCon- nell, James W. Spradling, Eugene M. Mothershead, McKonest Dixon, Albert Clyde Berry, Herbert H. Beckwith, Joseph Edwards, Joseph Carter, Clarence Lynch, John Richardson, Raymond Corbin, Frank V. Webb, Henry: T. Snowden, Claude M. Sum- mers, Edward Richardson and Amos Mungo. 18 Get Additional Hearings. The 18 others scheduled for addi- tional hearings are: Robert Gray, Isalah Hawkins, Thomas Bruce Lunsford, William G. Duffy, Frank Hiller, Nathan Sond- heimer, Aubrey C. Cross, Ellis Riley, James Beard, Homer B. Shropshire, Lawyer Thomas, Howard Lewis, Martin Walsh, John Clark, Alfred James Hopkins, James M. Bryant, Henry Maxwell Wolfe and William A. ohnson. 4,400 FAIL TO CALL FOR PARK DIVIDEND Half of Checks Distributed Those Who Call—Bank to Close at Night. About 4,400 checks for the 20 per cent dividend being paid by the Park Savings Bank still are uncalled for, it was announced today by John F. Moran, receiver of this insolvent insti- tution. When payment of the dividend started Monday there were 8,800 checks available, amounting to $600,000. Moran said he could not estimate ac- curately the amount of money repre- sented in the checks remaining. ‘Tonight will be the last evening the bank will remain open until 8 o’clock for accommodation of depositors. Be- ginning tomorrow the closing hour will be 5 p.m. and on Saturday the doors will close at noon. - - PEACE TORCH SEEN BORNE BY PRESIDENT Resurrection of Wilson's Ideal Forecast by Tumulty in Radio Address. By the Associated Press. Joseph P. Tumulty believes Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hull are carrying Woodrow Wilson's torch of peace. The secretary to the war-time President told a radio audience last night “in 1920, we witnessed the crucifixion of Wilson’s ideal of peace, but soon, in the Providence of God, we will behold its resurrection.” “Wilson’s ideal would have won if meanness, intrigue and envy could have been dethroned,” he said, refer- ring to the President’s creation of the League of Nations, which the United States refuSed to join. YULE TREES. PLANNED FOR SHUT-IN CHILDREN Christmas trees for children shut in hospitals and orphanages during this holiday season will be donated by local members of the Florists’ Tele- graph Delivery Association. The first presentation will take place at Children’s Hospital, Thirteenth and W streets, at 10:30 am. Friday by & committee of the local group. Similar addition to all the orphanages in the District. A tree will be provided for each ward or room. _— CLUB TO HEAR.BATES ‘The Princeton Club of Washington 'fllhouiumonthl:muun‘tmor- 'j of Prisons, will be the guest speaker. BLANTON DENIES TAXI METER STORY Disputes Report That He Said Roberts Urged Ban Abolition. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, issued a statement today denying he told William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Com- mittee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, that William A. Roberts, people’s counsel, had appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommit- tee and urged abolition of the two-year ban on the use of meters on taxicabs. Clayton's statement to that effect at the federation meeting Saturday pre- cipitated a heated argument with Roberts. Blanton’s Statement. Blanton's statement was labeled “Keeping the Record Straight” It carried an excerpt from a letter written to Blanton by Clayton and delivered Saturday. The quoted excerpt follows: “The Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations (comprising some 60 organiza- tions) have three times voted its sup- port to your restriction against meters on taxicabs. Is that restriction car- ried in the oncoming District appro- priation bill? “The present people’s counsel, Mr. W. A. Roberts, is working hard to have it removed and thus throw the cabs, lock, stock and barrel, into the recep- tive arms of the Capital Transit Co.— raise cab fares and play held generally with the transit situation here.” Sought Meter Use. Blanton's statement then explained: “I rang up Mr. Clayton and asked him for permission to use his letter in the hearings, which he granted. I did not tell Mr. Clayton or any one else that Mr. Roberts had appeared before our subcommittee, for he had not. “I did ask Mr. Clayton, based on his letter, whether he or Mr. Roberts represented the sentiment and wishes of the people of Washington on the taxi controversy. I did tell Mr. Clay- ton that use of his letter would help our committee.” Clayton later declared Blanton's recollection of their conversation was substantially correct and that he had not intended to convey the impression at the federation meeting that Roberts had appeared before the subcommit- tee this year. SPEEDING GARMENT CODE RULING ASKED Adkins Is Urged to Expedite De- cision on Suit to Restrain Enforcement. District Supreme Court Justice Jesse C. Adkins today was asked to hand down an early ruling in a suit brought by 31 cotton garment manu- facturers to restrain enforcement of certain sections of the N. R. A. code relating to that industry. Assistant United States Attorneys David A. Pine and John J. Wilson pointed out the temporary restraining order granted while the suit was filed will remain effect until a ruling has been made. They said the Cotton gymznt Code Authority, to avoid giv- “any advantage to the relatively few manufacturers joining in the suit, joined in the litigation. Red Cross Drive Nets $100. Society and General Miss Helen Hay- ward, 900 Twen- tieth street, shown with a 400-pound stur- geon, caught about 100 miles off Cape Hat- teras, by Capt. Jimmy Temple- man of the Irene Pearl. The sturgeon meas- ured 9 feet in length. The pic- ture was made after the fish was brought to the George W. Carroll Co. fish market here. Just to provide comparison, Miss Hayward is holding an ordi- nary bay fish. ~—Star Staff Photo. Pupils Carry Out Fire Drill Well; Blaze Was Real 300 Van Buren Studengs File Out of Building in 1Y, Minutes. It was a real fire all right, but the 300 pupils of the Van Buren School, Fourteenth and W streets southeast, thought it was ohly a fire drill as they flled out of the building when the gong boomed shortly after § am. today. Even some of the teachers thought it was just practice, though it seemed a little strange to have a fire drill with rain pouring down outside. Not until the engines arrived a minute or so later did they realize there was a fire. The blaze did no damage and was confined to trash in the basement. Firemen extinguished it in less than five minutes. Meanwhile, the children waited in the Van Buren Annex nearby. With- in 15 minutes the smoke had cleared from the building sufficiently to re- sume classes. Miss M. E. Graves, the principal, who sounded the alarm, proudly point- ed out that the building was emptied in exactly a minute and a half. BABCOCK PARLEY SOUGHT BY LODGE Committee Seeks Explana- tion of Charges Preferred Against A. F. G. E. Group. A committee from N. R. A. Lodge, No. 91, American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes, tomorrow will seek an interview with E. Claude Babcock, national president, to obtain an ex- planation of the charges he has pre« ferred against the group, which faces possibility of ouster. This was decided last night at a heated session of the lodge in the Hamilton Hotel, at which President Babcock walked out when he was un- able to obtain the floor. Purpose of Conference. Miss Jessica Buck, the lodge secre- tary, said today that the proposed conference was designed to obtain a “peaceful” explanation of Babcock's charges. He has called upon the lodge to show cause why its charter should not be revoked. for an attack on the parent body, revolving around a con- vention wrangle in New York in Sep- tember. At that time, the federation adopted a resolution to ban picketing in labor disputes, over the protest of John L. Donovan, N, R. A. lodge president, and a group of supporters. This was a flare-back of Donovan’s fight with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A. head, when picketing was resorted to by Donovan sympathizers, after his dismissal from the N. R. A. by John- son. He was eventually restored to duty. Disloyalty Charged. After the convention the Donovan sympathizers circulated through the A. F. G. E. membership a critical re- port on the convention activities in New- York and Babcock notified the PAGE. B—1 URGED AT HEARING ON CITY BUDGET Officials Ask Building at Fourteenth and Rhode Island Northeast. HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES CONSIDERED House Subcommittee Pushes Work and Is Due to Finish Saturday. Funds for construction of & new fire truck house at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast were urged by Fire Department offi- clals today during hearings on the 1936 District budget before the House Appropriations Subcommittee. The estimates, it is understood, carry an item for the new truck house, but provide it should be financed with funds originally appropriated for a similar building in the vicinity of Sixteenth street and Colorado avenue. The proposed Sixteenth street truck house was never built because of the objection of residents in the neigh- borhood. Aside from the Fire Department estimate, the subcommittee went over those of the Health Department and the courts and made plans to take up the important public welfare budget later in the day. Welfare Estimate Cut. ‘The welfare estimates contain the emergency relief item over which there is expected to be considerable discus- sion. The Commissioners sought $3,- 000,000 for relief in the coming fiscal year, but the Budget Bureau reduced the amount to $2,000,000, the same as appropriated for the current fiscal year, Commisisoner George E. Allen in- tends to make a vigorous fight for the additional $1,000,000. He insists $3.- 000,000 is the absolute minimum needed to carry out the relief program. Conditions at the District Reforma- tory at Lorton, Va., and the adminis- tration of the parole law also are ex- pected to be discussed in connection with the welfare estimates. Barmard’s Campaign. Capt. M. M. Barnard, general super- ntendent of District penal institutions, has waged a determined campaign for funds to complete the walled inclosure around the reformatory reservation, but I has not been revealed whether the get contains an item for this The Monday Evening Club and other: organizations have urged ap- propriations for the Parole Board, which has.been handicapped in the past Decause of the lack of funds and adequate staff of parole in- spectors. The subcommittee is making rapid progress in its consideration of the budget and, from present indica- tions, will finish Saturday, in cordance with the prearranged sched- ule of Chairman Cannon. The final day of the hearings is to be a civic field day, when representatives of various organizations will be given an opportunity to tell the subcom- mittee what they think the District needs. — “SWEEPS” WINNER QUITS ACTIVE DUTY Swanson’s Orderly, Who Shared $50,000 With Daughter, Goes on Reserve List. Sergt. Maj. Harry S. Remington, orderly to Secretary Swanson. who shared the $50,000 winnings of his daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Booth, in the Irish Sweepstakes, will be placed on the reserve list of the Marine Corps December 31. Sergt. Maj. Remington has been in the service since 1912. He will be eligible for retirement in eight more years, Mrs. Booth, 30-year-old secretary in the_division of insolvent national banks, ‘Treasury Department, split her ticket with her father on Highlander, third place winner in the Sweepstakes, Since her good fortune, Mrs. Booth, a widow, has been on leave. She would Heither deny nor confirm rumors that she intends to give up her job and marry an instructor at the Naval Academy. Mrs. Booth and her father live at 2201 Fifteenth street. Sergt. Maj. William W. Harrmann will succeed Sergt. Maj. Remington as orderly to Secretary Swanson. TWO GUILTY OF BEATING Pair Convicted of Assaulting Offi- cer Making Arrest. John F. Thomas, 33, and Walter R. Thomas, 38, of 605 Sixth street south- west and 432 Tenth street southwest, respectively, were convicted by a Po- lice Court jury yesterday of assaulting Pvt. D. B. Flohr of the fourth police precinct on October 28. Motion for a new trial was filed. The two men were charged with beating Flohr when he attempted to arrest Nellle R. Thomas, wife of Wal- . | ter, and another woman on & disor- appointed to confer with him. CHICAGO, December 19 (). —Ex- tortion against Edmund R. sending an_extortion Mary Cave Hall, defendant in a $100.- 000 alienation of affeapjons suit. [Y derly charge. The offense is said to have occurréd at 719 Seventh,street southwest. WOMAN DENIES THEFT Demands Jury Trial on Charge of Shoplifting. Anna Miller, 68, of the 1300 block of Rhode Island avenue pleaded not guilty to two charges of petty larceny and demanded a jury trial today when arraigned before Judge Ralph Given, She was released on $500 bond. Officer Paul E. Ambrose of the spe= cial Ohflmn huudny shoplifting :gm woman and her ‘with hlm stolen §6 worth of goods from a department store and a five-and-ten-cent store. L]