Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1934, Page 21

Washington News FGHT FOR BRIGE | FUND IS RENEWED BY TRADE BOARD $15,000 Urged for Location Survey Before House Subcommittee. NEW HIGH-LEVEL SPAN HELD VITALLY NEEDED 0ld Chain Structure Source of Constant Apprehension—Women Ask Social Service Aid. The Washington Board of Trade today renewed its fight for replace- ment of antiquated Chain Bridge dur- ing hearings on the 1936 District budg- et before the House Subcommittee on Appropriations. The entire Bridge Committee of the organization, headed by George C. Shinn, chairman, appealed to the sub- committee to recommend an appro- priation of $15,000 for an engineering survey to determine the proper laca- tion for the proposed new bridge. The plea was supported by Clyde S. Bailey of the Conduit Road Citizens’' Associa- tion, which has been actively cam- paigning for a new bridge across the upper Potomac. Urgent Need Stressed. Shinn and Bailey both stressed the urgent need of a new high-level span, pointing out that the present struc- ture, which was built in 1873, is obso- lete and “a source of constant appre- hension.” A group of prominent Washington women urged the subcommittee to in- sert in the appropriation bill an item of $11,240 for establishment of a social service department of the Gal- linger Municipal Hospital. The delegation, headed by Mrs. Prentiss Willson, president of the Wom- en’s Auxiliary of the District Medical Society, declared the social service de- partment is an acute need and would benefit the entire city. The sum re- quested, it was explained, would pro- vide one chief medical social service service worker, four assistants and one clerk. With Mrs. Willson were Mrs. Lester Neuman, Mrs. Anne Archbold and Miss Irene Grant of the American Association of Medical Social Workers. Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Asso- ciation, asked the subcommittee to provide funds to begin the replace- ment of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia River and to be liberal with the Community Center Department of the public &chools. Plea for $218,000 School. A vigorous plea for an appropriation of $218,000 for the erection of a new | building to replace the Dennison Vo- cational School was made by Mrs. Harvey Wiley, president of the Dis- trict Federation of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Edward Chapin of the American Association of University ‘Women. Mrs. Leslie Wright, member of the Ben Murch Home and’ School Asso- ciation, urged an appropriation of $20,000 for a stadium at the new ‘Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. She said she believed the Budget Bu- reau had already approved an item of $70,000 for completion of construc- tion at the school and grading of the grounds. Mrs. Wright also asked an appro- priation for a second wing at the Alice Deal Junior High School, which, she said, is overcrowded. Hearings on the budget will come to a close after civic and business leaders complete their arguments for public improvements, and the sub- committee will spend the holiday pe- riod in marking the 1936 appropria- tion bill. Chairman Cannon expects to have the measure ready to report it to the House a few days after Con- gress convenes January 3. Rufus 8. Lusk, secretary of the Washington Taxpayers’ Association; Dorsey Hyde of the Georgetown Citi- zens’ Association and E. Claude Bab- cock, president of the American Fed- eration of Government Employes, were among the witnesses heard by the subcommittee late yesterday, after it had finished taking- the testimony of District officials. Lusk reiterated his demand for mu- nicipal economy. Babcock urged elimination of the 7-day week for guards at the District Jail and the 12-hour day for orderlies. Liberal maintenance and equipment funds for the Georgetown branch of the Public Library, now under con- struction, was requested by Hyde. A. F. OF L. WAGE GROUP SEEKS PAY RESTORATION Drafts Bill Alsoc Opposing Promo- tion Prohibition for Presen- tation to Congress. Restoration of pay as of January 1 and elimination of other economy act provisions, including the prohibi- tion against promotions, is provided under a bill drafted by the American Federation of Labor wage conference for presentation when Congress con- venes. Restoration of former travel allow- ances and full application of the classification act also are provided. The conference is composed of the American Federation of Government Employes and other groups affiliated with the American Federation of HOLD-UPS AND THIEVES TAKE $1,000 IN LOOT Three Colored Men Get $775 From One Victim—Nine Thefts Are Reported. Money and goods totaling about 81,000 were reported as among the loot of thieves and hold-up men in the past 24 hours, according to police records. George Burnett, colored, 429 H street, was the greatest single loser. He told police he was held up near Seventh and O streets last night by three young colored men who robbed him of $775. 8 In all there were nine burglary, $heft and pickpocket cases and nll'lye attempted burglary reported, (Story on Page A-1.) Left, above: Workmen em- ployed by “Jimmy’s Place” erecting a new fence, intended to conceal the notorious gambling place from public view. The house is clearly seen in the background. Right, above: Material used in fence, torn down yesterdgs by Dis- trict authorities, being replaced by employes of the place. The use of the material is expected to lead to a legal controversy, since the Dis- trict may contend the fence was purchased along with the property bought some time ago under con- demnation proceedings. Below is the makeshift road used by patrons of the place after the other road was blockaded. The man at the right is directing the car to turn to the left into Mary- land to avoid the halting and ques- tioning which would follow if he turned into the District. —Star Staff Photo. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934 Scenes as District Police Harassed “Jimmy’s” Propfietdrs and Patrons SEVEN INDICTED | IN DRUGS PROBE Physician Is Charged With Seeking Supply - After License Revoked. Continuing the drive against (.he‘. iliegal drug trafic which was started last week, the District grand jury to- day returned indictments against seven persons alleged to have violated the drug laws. Thomas Carmarda, his wife, Lillian; William Young, John Callahan, Herb- ert I Burke and Tom La Rose were charged with violating the Harrison narcotic act and the narcotic drug import and export law following their arrest by narcotic agents and local police. Dr. F. William Ferris, 618 Seventh street southwest, was charged with making an application for drugs after his license to procure narcotics had been revoked. The indictment al- leges he made a false application by stating he was entitled by virtue of his profession as a physician to ob- tain drugs. Bogus Money Ch.lrged. Charges of possession or passing of counterfeit money were returned against eight persons. Among them were 22-year-old Edna Virginia Hill and her sweetheart, George Woodin, 24, who is aecused of giving a filling station operator a spurious $10 bill in payment for oil. Others named are William D. Stone, Fred Martinez, George E. Shanks, Harry E. Newham, James G. Murtishaw and Tom K. Blocker. William Preston Ellis was charged with embezzling $1,018 from the Na- tional Savings & Trust Co., where he was employed. The offense allegedly occurred in July, 1933. Grand larceny of $1,300 from the McLachlen Banking Corp. was charged to Joseph G. Stinson, colored, former employe. Sol Line was charged with forging and uttering four Government checks for $244. David Gross, colored, 18, 1014 Columbia road, charged with breaking into 36 houses in the North- west section, was named in two in- dictments charging housebreaking and larceny. Many Others Indicted. Others indicted, with the charges against them, are: Herbert Hillman, joyriding; Wil- liam Blalock and Samuel King, as- sault with a dangerous weapon; Rob- ert Carroll, assault with a dangerous weapon and housebreaking and lar- ceny. - Joseph G. Simpson, Robert Carroll, 1. H. Chase and William Banks, grand larceny; William Peter Banks, robbery; Sam Kushner and Morris Greenfleld, pandering; Walter Tate, Henry Lan- dry, Corbin Shields and Oliver Adams, violating liquor taxing act of 1934; Henry Clyde Privette, violating sec- tion 851-B, D. C. Code; Franklin C. Moseby, violating section 194, U. 8. Penal Code; Philip Rosen and Edward Schweitzer, violating section 512, title 18, U. 8. Code, and John H. Lawson, manslaughter. The grand jury cleared the follow- ing of the charges indicated: Aubrey E. Ellis and La Jeanne Y v vy . A4 RANDOLPH 70 SEEK ADDITIONAL POLICE House District Committee Member Addresses Busi- ness Men’s Federation. Additional police personnel will be | sought for Washington by Represent- ative Jennings Randolph, the House District Committee member, last night said at a dinner of the Federation of Business Men'’s Associations in the La Fayette Hotel. Randolph, who out- lined his ideas for more rigid law enforcement in the District, said he would demand money for more police- men when the District appropriation reaches the House floor. Six suggestions for combating crime throughout the Nation as well as in the District were made by Randolph. 1. A reward of $50,000 by the American Bankers’ Association for every person killed while trying to hold up a bank, and $25,000 for every person caught and convicted of the crime e. 2. Standing rewards should be of- fered by cities for the arrest and conviction of all persons committing major_ crimes. 3. Immunity and rewards should be offered all who double-cross their allies in crime such as kidnaping or bank robbery. 4. Broadcasting companies should be utilized to spread descriptions of criminals being hunted. 5. Heavy prison sentences should be placed on any unauthorized owner of a machine gun or any dealer who sells one to an unauthorized buyer. 6. Every city should have a vigil- ance committee made up of business and professional men to inspect the work of law enforcement agencies. CITY LIGHT RATE CUT URGED BY M’CARRAN Member of District Discusses Approaching Study Committee of Charges. Discussing the approaching annual study of electric light rates in the Dis- trict, Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada today expressed the belief that the rates should be lowered. People’s Counsel Roberts and offi- cials of the Public Utilities Commis- Penchohr, grand larceny; Robert Van Ness, housebreaking and larceny; Harvey Lyons, assault with a dan- gerous weapon; George T. Queen, vio- lating liquor taxing act; Richard Blair, carnal knowledge; Thomas McCone- ghy, embezzlement, and Jeannette H. Messinger, homicide. e LIDO CIVIC CLUB ELECTS Joseph M. Bunoso, attorney, was elected president of the Lido Civic Club at its monthly supper meeting last night in the Mayflower Hotel. Other officers elected and installed during the meting were Ralph Cipria- no, first vice president; Dr. Joseph Demino, second vice president; Frank Denunzio, secretary; Ben ; treasurer; Dr. Charles X. Suraci, ser- geat at arms, and Dr. Samuel -D. Amato, Commit . chairman of the Publicity | sign tee. sion predicted yesterday that some re- duction will be found possible when the figures for the year are compieted. under the sliding scale plan of anrual revision. Senator McCarran, Who is a mem- ber of the District Committee, indi- cated he also is giving some thought to gas rates in the Distriet. DU PONT BLAST KILLS 3 SCRANTON, Pa., December 21 (®).~Three men were killed last night when a press room at the powder_plant of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. at Jessup was wrecked by an explosion. The force of the blast hurled the bodies of two about 200 feet and the other was found in the wreckage. Plant officials said they could as- no reason for the blast. They are investigating. 1 Roosevelt’s Yule Greeting Shows Fireside Scene President and First Lady Seated in Homey and Official Atmosphere. By the Associated Press. The White House Christmas cards this year show President and Mrs. Roosevelt sitticg informally by their fireside. “A merry Christmas from the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Christ- mas, 1934, is their simple greeting for their second Yuletide in the White House. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt are shown seated on a large divan. A vase of flowers behind them, the President’s favorite ship pictures on the wall, & ship model on the mantel and official flags flanking the fireplace give at once a homey and official tone to the holiday scheme. BOUNDARY CASE HALTED 2 WEEKS Virginia to Present Its Argu- ments January 3—Govern- ment Rests. Virginia will be called on to present its case in the Virginia-District boundary dispute January 3. The special commission adjourned after an all-day hearing yesterday. The District claims, with certain exceptions, ownership to the high- water line on the Virginia shore as it is supposed to have stood in 1791. The Districts’ case was presented by Henry H. Glassie, special assistant to the Attorney General. Principal bone of contention that has developed so far is the extent of Alexanders Island, on part of which the airport now stands. Much ae- pends on whether the island, now a part of the mainland through filliug operations, really was ever an island. The Government claims it was, but Virginia will claim that it was always part of the mainland. The hearings y ended on a distinct note of holiday spirit after a day in which it had been noilceably absent. State Senatar Frank L. Ball was trying to pin the commission down to a ruling that, the Govern- ment having rested its case, it would be precluded from presenting any more testimony except strict rebuttal, “I am -sure,” ruled Commissioner Charles H. Brough, former Governor of Arkansas, “that the honorable and distinguished gentlemen from Virginia and the equally honorable and no less distinguished gentlemen from the Dis- trict of Columbia may be relied upen ta do the right, the scholariy and the gentlemanly thing. The hearing is adjourned.” 11 Die Building Bridges. SAN FRANCISCO, December 21 (#)—Eleven men have been. killed during the 16-months work on San Francisco’s two bay bridges, State Industrial _Accident Commissioner Frank MacDonald said yesterday. | New SUIT FILED T0 GET JOB IN TAX UNIT New Yorker Who Passed Examination Asks That Others Be Ousted. A new angle was injected into the alcohol tax unit dismissal controversy today when Samuel William Cohen of York City, who successfully passed the recent examination held for investigators, asked the District Supreme Court to compel Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau to give him a job. Cohen asked that approximately 1,000 employes, who failed the ex- amination, but are being kept on in “duty status” without pay be dis- missed and their places filled by those who passed the examination. He said he was filing the suit on behalf of himself and 2,600 other successful candidates. Cohen charges the duty status ar- rangement is illegal and contrary to the expressed mandate of Congress. He asserts it is “inimical to the best interests of the country and con- trary to all tenets and ideals of the present administration.” ‘The suit was filed through Attorney Saul G. Lichtenberg. It was said at the Treasury that Cohen has no case. The fact that an applicant passes & civil service exam- ination, it was added, does not make it mandatory that he be given a job. He simply must wait until he was called for service, it was emphasized. INDUSTRY DROPS 86,000 WORKERS Pay Rolls Fall $3,915,000 From October to November—Other Gains Reported. By the Associated Press. A decline of 86,000 workers on in- dustrial pay rolls from October to No- vember was reported today by Secre- tary Perkins. She said pay rolls fell off $3,915,000. Miss Perkins said she found the re- Wrt. “very satisfactory,” however, in lew turing employment and what she termed the lightness of the general fall-off. November ordinarily shows a decline, she said. The Secretary said a 9 per cent in- crease in ent in manufacture of agricultural implements also was “very en £ icouraging. Despite gains in wholesale and retail trade, anthracite and bituminous coal mining and banks, Miss Perkins said, the total employment went to the level of July, 1931. In October the level corresponded to that of March, 1931, she added. Total employment and pay rolls were not given. g False Alarms Spur Hunt. Police were searching today for a group of men who drove through the city last night and turned in false fire alarms between 7 and 1 o'clock. A reward will be paid information leading to their arrest. Stap v ¥’ MAFF INURES CUTBY CANPAGN iny Four Hurt in 24 Hours. “Flying Squad” Busy in Northeast. I Only four persons have been injured in traffic accidents during the past 24 | hours, the police reported at noon to- | day, as the campoign against viola- tion of trafic regulations continued | unabated. the Traffic Bureau today again Was concentrating on speeding on Bladens- burg road northeast. Patrick H. Moran, 64, of 638 Sev- enth street northeast, suffered head | injuries and bruises early today when | the automobile in which he was rid- |ing overturned at Forty-ninth street and Central avenue northeast as the driver, John J. Foreman, 25, of the 500 block of P street northeast, lost control in trying to negotiate a turn. Foreman was treated for cuts and bruises and taken to No. 11 police station, where he was being detained pending the outcome of Moran's in- juries. Two Others Hurt, Two other persons were injured & collision at Western avenue and Forty-first street early this morning. The injured persons were Mrs. Nancy Sparks, 23, of Bethesda, Md., and Harry W. McClelland, 35, of Burtonsville, Md. They were treated at Georgetown University Hospital. Mrs. Sparks was only slightly hurt and left the hospital after being given first-aid treatment and Me- Clelland remained in the hospital, suffering from cuts and bruises. James Achey, 20, of Burtonsville, driver of the car in which McClel- land was a passenger, and Mrs. Sparks, were charged by police with reckless driving and posted $500 bond for appearance in Police Court at a later date. A total of 64 arrests for speeding were made by Trafic Bureau police seven being made during this ‘morn ing’s rush hours. Of this number | 42 were arrested by members of the | motor cycle “flying squadron,” placed on duty upon orders of Supt. of Police | Ernest W. Brown and Comissioner Melvin C. Hazen in line with trafic | safety efforts. Some 20 other arrests were made for failure of motorists to give proper hand signals when mak- ing turns. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, as- sistant superintendent of police, today issed orders to all police captains to instruct their men to come to “a correct and definite conclusion as to cause” Qf each accident they report, making a careful check of details to determine this. Will Confer With Judge. Maj. Brown, who yesterday had expected to confer with Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of Police Court, a proposal to es- tablish a night court to speedily try traffic offenders, today was expecting to confer with the jurist on this subject. The idea previously has been discussed by Maj. Brown and Commissioner Hazen. Traffic officials said today the spe- cial details of motor cycle police prob- ably will result in a reduction in.the number of arrests, because of mo- torists exercising more care in driv- ing. realizing- they likely would be arrested otherwise. 387 Cases Reported. Up through yesterday, 387 cases had been brought before Traffic Court this week. More than 100 wergq for speeding charges, with 13 cases of passing a red light and 10 cases of reckless driving. Seventeen - cases were for driving an automobile with- out having secured a permit. - Thir- teen cases were nolle prossed. For the same period of days of the week, beginning December 3, 370 cases were brought before the court, which dropped for the same period of the week, beginning December 10, to 236. Traffic Court Ttecently “has' been packed to overflowing nearly every morning. This morning more than 20 persons were standing in the aisle, waiting for their cases to be called. of an increase in non-manufac- | peen CHRISTMAS VACATIONS BEGIN HERE TOMORROW This was the last day of school in 1934 for some 100,000 joyful children whose Christmas holidays will con- tinue until January 2. Ninety thousand of them-are pupils in the city’s/public schools and about 10,000 attend private and parochial tions. At most of the high and junior high schools students brought contributions The “flying squadron” of | from 8 a.m. yesterday to 9 am. today, | PLANNER OPPOSE UTLITY BRIOGE Independence .Avenue Held Destined to Be One of Main Thoroughfares. Construction of a utility bridge across Independence avenue to link up the administration building of the Department of Agriculture and the extensible building, to the south, to- day was opposed by formal vote of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. This action was taken after the Treasury Department had presented the matter to a meeting of the Plan- ning Commission and the Fine Arts Commission. The planners based their opposition on the ground that Independence avenue is destined to be one of the main thoroughfares of the city. The tentative program calls for a width of 80 feet near the Depart- ment of Agriculture and 60 feet near the Capilol. Single Arch Preferred. The Planning Commission said that if any bridge has to be built it would prefer a single arch with a minimum {and two automobiles overturned in |Of 60 feet in length. Prof. Henry V. Hubbard of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., land- scape architect of the Planning Com- mission, said that his organization must be the guardian of the streets of the National Capital and provide for rapid movement of traffic here. The problem of the bridge is a local one for the Treasury and ure Department, the planners felt, but their commission must take a city- wide view of the problem. Lauls A. Simon of the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, which is building the new Government structures here, laid the plans for the bridge before the commissions. Architectural Harmony. Fine Arts Commission, spokesman for his group, ssid that either a triple or would saiisfy his organization. He de- clared that this would fit in with the architectural harmony of the build- ings. Tentative plans for a new War De- partment building which would be erected in the Northwest Rectangle, in the vicinity of Virginia and New York avenues, were lald before the planners by Maj. Gen. Louis H. Bash, quartermaster general of the Arm These represented revised studies, con- templating the occupancy of three city blocks in area, and the height of other public structures in that section. STORE WINDOWS BROKEN Three More Are Smashed, but Little Is Stolen. Three more show-window smashings ‘were reported to police, who still are searching for the person who broke into the windows of three sporting goods stores Wednesday and stole a quantity of shotguns, rifies and am- munition. The store windows broken this morning are those of Benjamin Jew- eler, 2334 Georgia avenue; Raymond B. Martin, 1722 Fourteenth street, and John Mandara, 123 G street. Nothing was stolen from the latter two, but Jeweler reported 50 pounds of sugar missing. Starling Battalion Routs Pests From Archives Building Fighters Return Tonight and Tomorrow, Under Lanham’s Orders. talion of the District government drove off all the birds with balloons. at least. 3 Although the Archives Building is Federal territory, and previously had Dr. Charles Moore, chairman of the | single span arch construction PAGE B—-1 ANT-SMOKE BILL WITH TEETH BEING DRAFTED FORCITY Committee Plans Measure for Congress as Many Sign Petition. HEALTH OFFICIALS GET DELUGE OF COMPLAINTS Bill Being Written Would Shift Inspection Powers to Dis- trict Engineers. Enactment of a new smoke nuisance law for the District with “teeth” strong enough to authorize inspection of all heating and fuel burning equip- ment, used by private homes, apart- ment houses, hotels, office buildings and railroad locomotives, will be sought by the Commissioners, it was disclosed today at the District Build- ing. A committee of District officials and citizens, at the direction of the Com- missioners, is drafting the new meas- ure, which will be taken up for ac- tion soon. Private residences and railroad lo- comotives, as well as commercial buildings, will be covered by the pro- visions of a tentative draft of a new act, now being considered. Only com- mercial buildings are subject to the terms of the present law. Petition Asks Enforcement. Meanwhile, a campaign for more strict enforcement of the present law has been started by Mrs. Mahlon Pit- ney, representative of the Dupont Cir- cle Citizens’ Association, who is ask- ing that all interested sign a peti- tion to Congress to consider the prob- lem of smoke nuisance. At the same time, the annual deluge of complaints against smoke is begin- ning to flood into the office of the Dis- trict Health Department, which is charged with enforcement of the present law. An important part of the new law now contemplated by the Smoke Law Committee would be a requirement that plans and specifications for all heating and fuel burning equipment would have to be approved by the District, and that the plants them- selves would have to pass inspection. Pees would be charged for the inspec- tions to meet, in part at least, the cost of the new inspection service, ‘Would Transfer Authority. Administration of the new law would be transferred from the Health De- partment to the District Engineer De- partment. An adequate staff of in- spectors would be employed. Use of heating and fuel burning equipment would not be legal until it had met wlth"theu:ppfic;vnl of the District’s agents. ually, it is argued, proper equipment would save money for householders and others, since emis- sion of heavy smoke is regarded by engineers as an indication of waste of fuel. Drafting of the new law was placed by the Commissioners in the hands of a committee consisting of Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant Engineer Commissioner; Capt. Hugh P. Oram, District director of inspection; Jame: E. Colliflower, president of the Mer- ants and Manufacturers’ Association; . A. Bennett, heating and ventilating engineer of the municipal architect’s !office; Dr. Edward Schwartz, acting | District health officer; M. X. Wil- | berding, member of the Washington ! Board of Trade; P. C. Bowie, repre- | senting the Washington Real Estate Board, and James H. Ferry, vice presi- dent of the Potomac Electric Power Co. ‘The present law, applying only to commercial buildings, merely states in general terms that emission of heavy smoke is regarded as a nuisance. The health office has two inspectors reg- ularly assigned to the task of obtain- ing enforcement of the law. Action is taken in cases where there is re- fusal to make necessary corrections in heating plants or their operation, or !l:t lche more flagrant instances of vio- on. Many Violations Found. During the past fiscal year, inspec- tors of the health office made 23,948 observations of smoke in commercial buildings and found 1,062 violations. Out of this number 146 cases were turned over to the corporation counsel | for prosecution. There were fines in 93 cases. Fines and forfeitures during the past year totaled $1,290. | Capt.’ Oram holds railroad locomo- , tives to be among the worst offenders as causes of the smoke nuisance. The iBrook]lnd Citizens’ Association and other groups and many individuals have protested for years against the smoke coming from railroad engines passing through the northeast sec- tion of the District. Mrs. Pitney, as a means of organiz- ing a drive against smoke nuisances, suggests that all interested submit their names to her, to be transmitted to Congress in the form of a petition, |~ Representative Hamilton Fish, ir., | of New York will present the petition. ! “Before the war, soft coal could not be used in the District,” said Mrs, “Since then millions of dol- D. A. R. INVITES 150 Children to Be Given Christmas Party Tomorrow. More than 150 children will be in- vited to a Christmas party at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, :lvqn by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution of