Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1935, Page 17

Washington News FIREDAMAGESNEW LORTON BULDING LOSSSETATSIOD Morning Blaze Destroys In- terior and Roof of Offi- cers’ Quarters. LOW WATER PRESSURE HANDICAPS FIREMEN Capt. Barnard Also Believes Heavy Fog Prevented Earlier Discovery of Flames. A 810,000 fire of unknown origin early this morning destroyed the in- terior and roof of the new officers’ quarters of the District reInrmamry' at Lorton, Va, which was to have been occupied for the first time to- day or tomorrow. Handicapped by a shortage of water, prisoners, institution officers and soldiers of Fort Humphreys were unable to halt the flames until they had consumed the woodwork and roof, which was all combustible material in the structure. The blaze, thought to have been smoldering most of the night, was discovered about 5 a.m. by a prisoner, | who went to the stables to care for | the animals. Fog Masked Flames. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintend- ent of District Penal Institutions, who lives on the reservation, was notified, and the reformatory fire-fignting ap- paratus, manned by some 50 prisoners, | was called into action. Capt. Barnard said he felt sure the | fire would have been discovered much carlier except for the almost impen- etrable fog which obscured even the brightest electric lights a short dis- tance away. The new building is located some distance from the other units, and | none of the dormitories occupied by prisoners was in danger. The fire fighters had difficulty in getting their apparatus to the build- ing because of grading and paving work around it. When they finally | succeeded in smashing the doors of | the structure. the interior was a mass of flames, which soon ate, their way through the roof and destroved it. Water Pressure Weak. The water supply did not fail com- pletely. Capt. Barnard said, but was so weak as to greatly retard efforts to combat the flames. A new water system now is under construction. ! An investigation was launched to-l‘ day to determine the cause of the| fire. Capt. Barnard said he thought it may haye resulted from spontane- ous combustion in trash left by paint- ers and carpenters yesterday. ‘The building, which is of brick con- struction and two stories high, cost $21,000. Its walls and forndation were constructed from P. W. A. funds, while the interior work was done by | prison labor. MURKY FOG BLOCKS ALL AIR TRANSPORT Mo Campaign Against Launched When Fleet of 15 Autos. Approximately 15 automobiles, occu- pied by members of two bakers’ union locals, today began trailing all non- union delivery trucks of the Barker Bakeries, Inc., and the Sunrise Bak- ery, Inc.. in a campaign against em- ployment of non-union men. The automobiles gathered at Geor- gia avenue and W street and later proceeded to the bakery establishments to begin the trailing. George K. Turner, secretary of ‘the Bakers' Union, Local 118, said it is | planned to have committee members of the two locals call upon all cus- D.C. SUPPLY BILL BEING CONSIDERED Measure Expected to Be Ready for House by End of Week. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The House subcommittee on ap- propriations applied finishing touches to the 1936 District supply bill today and made preparations to have it | placed on the House calendar before the end of the week. Behind closed doors the subcommit- tee, headed by Representative Can- non, Democrat, of Missouri, went over the controversial items in the Budget Bureau’s estimates and whipped the appropriation bill into shape to send to the Government Printing Office. If the present House program is followed, the District measure prob- ably will be called up for consideration next week immediately after dispo- sition of the independent offices ap- he e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1935. A torized Union Pickets Start Trailing Trucks of Bakeries Open-Shop Drivers Lecals Marshall tomers of the two bakeries, both stores and individuals, to ask them to stop patronizing the non-union operators. ‘Trucks from Baltimore and Philadel- phia making deliveries here also are to be trailed, it was said. The uniony plan also includes the picketing on foot of Federal Bake Shops, Inc. The Bakery Salesmen’s Union, Lo- cal 33, is co-operating with Local 118 in _the procedure. Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, instructed police to be on the alert to avert trouble. Unless the law is violated police do not ex- pect to take a hand, Burke said. PARLEY WILL MAP WORK-AID PLANS I | Commissioner Allen Calls | ter Conference of Officials . for Thursday, Prompted by announcement of the ! President’s policy of substituting work | projects for direct relief, District Commissioner George E. Allen has called a conference of relief, engineer- ing and financial officials for Thurs- day at 3 p.m. to map a program. Meanwhile, the Commissioner has | orders from Federal Relief Adminis- trator Hopkins to go ahead with pres- | ent relief efforts until further orders. | Many of the questions which will | | arise must await rulings by Federal | | authorities, while others must be | | solved by District officials. | Classification a Problem. One of the most important problems propriation bill, which has been given the right of way. $41,000,000 Total Seen. Chairman Cannon and other mem- bers of the subcommittee have inti- mated the bill will carry appropria- tions totaling $41.000,000, approxi- mately the same amount as recom- mended by the Budget Bureau. The subcommittee, however, is understocd to have made a few changes in the budget items, but in the juggling proc- ess did not materially alter the total. Some of the items are said to have becn decreased and others increased. Cannon said the subcommittee had given careful consideration Budget Bureau recommendations and pointed out it had done a “good job” of estimating District needs for 1936. | Representative Jacobser, Democrat, of | Iowa, another member of the sub- committee. voiced a similar opinion. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, one of the most active mem- bers of the subcommittee, declined to comment on the budget recommenda- tions, but promised to say plenty when the appropriation bill is called up for consideration. He revealed he is preparing a statement on Dis- | trict affairs that will adequately cover | his views. §5,700,000 Federal Sum. to the| | ence include Assistant Engineer Com- | Engineer J. B. Gordon, Highway En- i The bill will be reported, according to Chairman_Cannon. with $5.700.000 i fixed as the Federal obligation to the | expenses of the District, despite the Break Hoped for Today May Bring Rain—100 Langley Field Planes Poised. One of the most general air trans- port tie-ups in months today awaited an expected break in the fog which has blanketed the Eastern States for two days. The Weather Bureau forsees a thin- ning of fog and smoke tonight, fol- lowed by its disappearance tomorrow. ‘The local outlook is for “occasional rain with mild temperature tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow night.” The fog vyesterday and today brought air transportation to a stand- still throughout the East. The Weather Bureau said the thick haze was the result of mild Winter temperatures accompanied by stagnant air. Fresh- ening breezes would soon clear the | fog away. The temperature tonight is not ex- pected to go below 46 degrees. Departure of nearly 100 bombard- ment and pursuit airplanes and an at- tached airship from Langley Field, Va, to Florida and the Gulf States for maneuvers designed to test the mobility of the component units of the new General Headquarters Air possibility that this figure may be | altered as a result of the tax study being made by Treasury experts at the direction of President Roosevelt. Cannon, however. explained that if the President recommends an increase the change can be made later, either | in the House or Senate. The result of the tax study is ex- pected to be known this week, ac- cording to information from the Treasury, which will make it possible for the President to have his recom- mendation before the House prior to final action on the appropriation bill. | FAHNESTOCK' cusToDY BATTLE IS CONTINUED District Supreme Court Orders; Case of Two Children Held Until Tomorrow. The battle for custody of the two | children of Mr. and Mrs. Snowden A. | Fahnestock, socially prominent New- port, R. I, couple, was continued until tomorrow by an order issued in Dis- trict Supreme Court today. The continuance was ordered after | Force, Army Air Corps, was held up |it was learned it would be impossible yesterday because of weather and it |for any judge to hear the case today. was regarded as doubtful here whether | The wife charges the husband the formations would be able to leave | illegally removed the children from a today. train in Union Station last week and e ANOTHER STORE HOLD-UP, LAID TO COLORED PAIR Grocer and Customer Robbed by Two Men Linked With Other Crimes. i Harry Smith, manager of a grocery | store at 4701 Georgia avenue, looked into the muzzle of a gun last night and handed over $13 from the cash register, along with a dollar of his own to two colored men. At the same time, James ». Sheedy, 4711 Georgia avenue, a customer, lost his bill-fold containing a driver's per- mit and some papers. » The same colored men are believed to have held up Lawson B. Souder, manager of a store at 90 P street, secreted them in the home of his mother. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, in the 2300 block of Massachusetts avenue. She charged he is not a suitable person to have custody of small children. The husband then countered with a suit in which he accused his wife of being infatuated | with another man, and asked the | court to award him permanent custody | of the children, Clara, 7, and Mary Lee, 6. WREATH IS PLACED ON JACKSON STATUE Likeness Capitol Rotunda Honored in Memory of New Orleans Battle. A wreath was placed today on the in tapping the cash register for $6. Police | statue of Andrew Jackson in the ro- also believe this pair got $9 from Orris | tunda of the Capitol, by the Jackson Phillips, manager of a store at 1347, Democratic Association of the Dis- R street. trict of Columbia, in accordance with Earlier in the day. three Sanitary |its annual cbservance of the anni- Grocery Stores had been held up by! versary of the Battle of New Orleans. two colored men, believed to be the} In the recent rearrangement of Sta- same pair, and robbed of receipts | tuary Hall, the Jackson statue was amounting to $141. Recreation to Be Discussed. Recreational plans for the District will be the subject of an address by Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples in Powell Junior High School tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Representing the Com- munity Center Department, Mrs. Peeples will discuss the Weir report, prepared by the National Park and Planning Commission. ¢ s one of those moved to the rotunda. William McK. Clayton is president ot the Jackson Democratic Associa- tion of the District, and other mem- bers of the committee in charge of Jackson day observance are John Boyle, Arthur S. Browne, Dr. Cline N. Chipman, Clinton R. Colvin, Crarles A. Douglas, James F. Duhamel, J. S. Easby-Smith, Robert N. Harper, J. Fred Kelley. Wilson J. Lambert, Wil- liam J. Neale, Charles W. Ray and James L. Skidmore, L] will be how to determine what work- ers now on relief rolls can be classed | as employables and, as such, be eli- gible for work on the federally ! financed work projects. i ards which will segregate the unem- ployables who must be cared for out of District funds also must be set up. | It was thought at the District Build- ing today that Commissioner Allen's: low-cost housing plan. halted by Con- troller General McCarl, will be one of the first jobs on which work will start. Other projects which are expected to be considered are new highways, im-| provements to playgrounds and new ! sewers and water mains. Invited to Conference. Those asked to attend the confer- missioner Howard F. Clark, Sanitary | gineer H. C. Whitehurst, Elwood Street, director of public welfare; Emergency Relief Director Alice Hill, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, Emergency | Works Director William Cleary and a | | representative of the United States Employment Center. Commissioner Allen said that in fix- _ing lower wages on relief projects than is paid on private works, as provided | by the President, care must be taken to prevent a general forcing down of ! wages generally. A decision must be reached as to whether Allen or Engineer Commis- sioner Sultan will head the works program. TWO AGENTS HELD AFTER SEIZING AUTO Brothers in Repossessing Business : Charged With Housebreaking | and Larceny. Two brothers who have been repos- sessing automobiles for a finance! | company”® were arrested today on' charges of housebreaking and larceny in connection with the seizure of an automobile belonging to Baldwin A. Hopkins of 5512 Kansas avenue. __The brothers. George McWilliams, jr. 22, 500 block of F' street northeast, and John George McWilliams, 24, 3000 block of Rodman street, were arrested by Detective Sergts. Hugh Robey and Jake Wolfe of the automobile squad on a warrant issued by the District attorney’s office. The brothers were- released in cus- tody of their attorney for appear- ance in Police Court Thursday. Hopkins charges the brothers broke | into his garage to repossess the car, and that when they took it away it | $20 and a brush | contained negotiable notes valed at $385, paint valued at valued at $1. The District attorney's office held, the detective saide that automobile time payment contracts do not permit finance company employes to force their way into private property to re-; Ppossess cars. RATE HEARING CALLED | Arguments on Electric Schedule | Set for Jan. 28. The Public Utilities Commission late yesterday announced a public hearing for January 28, on reduction of Potomac Electric Power Co. rates. The commission and Peoples’ Coun- sel William A. Roberts have an- nounced there will be a slight de-; crease in electricity rates for the com- ' ing year. No estimate has been made a:n e probable amount of the reduc- B —— FOOD COSTS STEADY Prices Tend to Rise in South and Fall Elsewhere. The cost of stocking the pantry shelves during the two weeks ended December 18 was reported by the Labor Department yesterday to have remained about the same as during the previous two weeks. Food that cost $1.143 during the two weeks ended December 18 colll $1.146 the previous fortnight. The same food cost $1.16 last September, the high point in 1934; $1.03 a year ago; 98 cents two years ago. Prices tended to rise in the South and to fall elsewhere. 4 | Columbia off the mud bottom. STEAMERAGROUND IN POTOMAC FOG; PASSENGERS SAFE Ferry Boat Takes Off 75 From Norfolk and Wash- ington Ship. PR X CAPTAIN FILES REPORT AT HEADQUARTERS HERE High Tide Expected to Free Vessel From Mud Near Mathias Point. With 75 passengers aboard, the southbound Norfolk and Washington steamer District of Columbia, ran aground during a fog last night near Colonial Beach. 60 miles down the Po- | tomac, and was still fast in the mud | at noon today. The passengers were removed by the ry-boat, Lord Baltimore, to Mor- town, Md., this morning at 10:15 o'clock and from there to Potomac Beach, where they were put aboard busses and taken to Norfolk. The boat grounded at 10:50 o'clock last nig The steamer went aground near Five-Point Light House, 7 miles north of Colonial Beach. Autos Also Landed. At 6:30 o'clock this morning Capt. Potomac The Norfolk and Washington steamer District of Columbia, which went aground last night in the Potomac off Mathias Point. Map showing location of accident. 10 DISTRIGT BILLY HEAD SENATELIST Anti - Gambling and Auto Responsibility Measures Face Quick Action. gambiing and automobile responsibil- ity measures, will head the list of business on the Senate calendar as a Yesult of the prompt action of the District Committee in reporting them favorably late yesterday. John Quincy Adams, in command of the ferryboat, went to the rescue. By 10:15 o'clock he had landed the 75 passengers and 29 automobiles. A Government tug this afternoon steamer. Capt. Frederick Posey, veteran river pliot, was in command of the steam- er. There was no excitement when the boat hit the mud, according to a report filed by the captain this morn- ing at steamship headquarters here. Passenger List on Ship. No names of passengers could be obtained. as the list is in the purser's office aboard the steamer. The District of Columbia left the The stand- | Seventh Street Wharf at 6:30 o'clock | 5 q44¢iona) last night, the usual sailing time Because of fog on the river she pro- i ceeded slowly. Newest of the Norfolk & Washing- ton Steamboat Co.'s liners. the Dis- trict of Columbia was commissioned ; in 1924, command ever since. the river since the 90s. Tide May Free Ship. Officials of the steamboat company immediately contacted towing com- panies for a tug to take the District of High tide, however, may release the steamer. In the meantime passenger service from Norfolk is tied up, the other two ships of the line—the Northland and the Southland—are here at the dock. One will leave tonight for Norfolk.| ‘When released from the mud the Dis- trict of Columbia probably will pro- ceed to Washington. Capt. Posey has been in He has plied Finland Is Lecture Topic. An illustrated lecture on Finland will be delivered on Thursday eve- ning at 8 o'clock in the Interior De- partment auditorium by Miss Nina Strandberg. unofficial representative of the Finnish people in the United States. at the invitation of the Na- tional Park Service. The lecture will be free to the public. YOUTH IDENTIFIED IN TWO ROBBERIES Ernest N. White, Jr.. Accused of Store and Bank Runner i ing action on questions that were | considered at the last session, Chair- man King called a committee meeting | was attempting to extricate the| yesterday afterncon at which the | committee approved his plan. The Senate will be in recess today and | tomorrow, but if the calendar is called i Thursday, these District measures will be ready. Usury Bill on List. ‘The eight other bills reported favor- : ably are: Strengthening the definition of | usury in the District code, placing safeguards wround | procedure of recording and releasing deeds of trust, changing the rules governing the disposal of property in the custody of the police property clerk. allowing the stepchildren of | officers and employes of the United States residing outside the District to attend local public schools without tuition, placing the corporation counsel on the Healing Arts Commission in- | stead of_the district attorney, fixing | penalties for unlawful entry on un- { occupied private property. establish- t of acquiring land for public purposes, | and exempting from taxation certain | property of the Daughters of Union | Veterans of the Civil War. The Senate Committee also author- ized Chairman King to continue the subcommittee which last Summer in- vestigated the financing and proposed reorganization of the Mayflower Ho- tel. Senator Reynolds was on the subcommittee and Chairman King will add Senator McCarran of Nevada and either Senator Austin of Vermopt or Senator Carey of Wyoming. Senator King said the subcommittee has not completed its study, and he was au- | thorized to prepare a resolution, ask- | ing the Senate for an additional $1,000 to conclude the inquiry. | Reaches Numbers Game. When the anti-gambling bill was | called up, Chairman King told his col- leagues it is “very badly needed” and Senator McCarran inquired if it would reach the numbers game. He was told that is one of the main purposes i of the measure. | _Senator McCarran filed the favor- able committee report on the motor- ists’ responsibility bill. It does not make liability insurance compulsory for all drivers, but provides that if a motorist is convicted of certain serious traffic offenses, or has failed to pay ‘Ten local bills, including the anti- | Carrying out his intention of speed- | the | ing the excess-condemnation method | Hold-ups. {an accident judgment claim, he must 1 | Ernest Newton White, jr., 22, of 701 ! establish his financial responsibility before being permitted to drive again. This financial responsibility may be ; two daring hold-ups and robberies. Fourth street, held in secret arrest by established in one of three ways, by the police for several days, was reveal- insurance, by bond or by a cash de- ed today as the suspected principal in | posit. The purpose of the excess condem- Identified as the man who shot and I nation bill is to allow governmental robbed Frank M. La Porte, Riggs Na- | agencies, in carrying out public im- tional Bank runner, at Union Station | provements, to buy more land than December 17, White was also identified | would be actually used, with authority as the lone gunman who held up a liquor store at 7 L street northeast on Christmas Eve. In the L street robbery, White was charged with securing $427 cash re- ceipts from the Atlas Liquor Co. In the Riggs Bank case, White is said to have escaped with $1,900 after shooting La Porte. Still in Casualty Hospital suffering from the wound inflicted at Union Station, La Porte, f his bed yes- terday, identified White as the robber. The patient is said to have picked his to replat and resell the excess area. The object of the plan is to eliminate or avoid adjacent developments that would mar the public improvements, and also to avoid inequities which re- sult when property owners are left with small, irregular-shaped parcels of land after the rest of the parcel of |area has been acquired By the Gov- { ernment. Resolution Presented. Senator Capper of Kansas yesterday afternoon reintroduced the joint reso- assailant out of a line-up of five men. | lution proposing a constitutional Previously, White had been identified ' amendment under which Congress in a line-up of eight men at police | would be given power to grant the headquarters, and charged with rob- | District of Columbia representation in | bing the liquor store. { House and Senate and the right to White was released on probation in | vote for President and Vice President. 1932, it was learned today. and was Being a constitutional amendment. the i still on probation at the time of the | resolution was referred to the Judici- two robberies. Held in Holdup ary Committee. The Kansas Senator believes it is a national disgrace to continue to de- prive the residents of the seat of gov- ernment of national representation, and declared a few days ago he has noted a growth of sentiment outside of Washington in favor of the pro- posed constitutional amendment. — POSTAL CLERK WAYLAID BY TWO HIGHWAYMEN Joseph Adams ‘in’ Serious Condi- tion in Hospital After Attack Last Night. Joseph Adams, 61, a clerk in the City Post Office, was in an undeter- mined condition at Garfield Hos- pital today after he was waylaid and severely beaten by two robbers last night while on the way to his home, at 3306 Warder street. dA;m Was returning from an erran a store when the attack occurred, fn the 500 block of Lamont street. ‘The men fled after-the attack a.:ed a by summoned assistance. Mm removed -to_the - hospital. He had been severely beaten about the head and his scalp lacerated in several places. o Below: FINES TOTAL $360 Traffic Offenders Get Quick Justice as Coffers of Court Swell. Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who has a way of his own in handling fast-traveling | motorists who run afoul of the law, | did a little speeding himself in Traffic Court today. In about an hour and a half he en- riched the court coffers by $360 in levying fines or accepting the for- feitures of 43 speeders. The judge took the personal bond of 15 other speed law violators. About a score of others were to be arraigned later on spced counts, while about 160 more persons were to be brought into court for various traffic violations. Second Offense Costs $25. James A. Ryder. 6010 Thirty-third street, was fined $25 for second-offense speeding, while William L. Todd. 3500 | Fourteenth street, was assessed $20 on a similar charge. Others fined were James W. Rettew, speeding, $10; failure to stop at stop sign, $5; no lights, $2; Elmer A. Logue, second-offense speeding. $15; Ray- mond G. La Pointe and Edward J. Day, speeding, $10 each. Speeders paying $10 were: John R. Casseen, Frank W. Kelly, Daniel C. Slayton, Charles K. Mears, Harold A. Blood and William C. Ger- lick. | | Speeders Paying 55. Epeeders paying $5 included: Justin M. Miller, Victor J. Gauz:» George W. Sebastine, Lyman W. Keefe John H. Eddinger. Carmelo Mule, Mar- garet V. Shaw. Prank M. Hadley, Wil- lis J. Lothrop, Francis J. King, Sophie | G. Smith, Christian S. Heritage, jr.; Harvey J. Shipley. Sidney C. Massey, William A. Johmson, Burvie O. Ram- say, Delbert J. Reynolds and Randolph Collick. Martha J. Crawley, John D. Hen- ning, Edward R. Coombs, Hunter A.| Sansbury, John E. Dyer, William J.| O'Neill, Allen S. Russek and Frank Comunale. o FRATERNITY TO MEET | Theta Delta Chi to Hold Conven- | tion in Boston. Charles E. Pledger, jr. local at- torney and president of the Grand Lodge of the Theta Delta Chi Frater- | nity. has announced that the eighty- eighth international ccnvention of the fraternity will be held at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston from June 22 to 25 Pledger is to preside over the ses- sions. The local contingent will be headed by Cylde Garrett, president of the Washington Graduate Asso- ciation of Theta Delta Chi: Capt. Ed- win Gere, vice president of the asso- ciation, and Carroll M. Meigs, secre- tary-treasurer of the association. Other Washingtonians will make the trip. among them Representative | Frank H. Buck of California, Stanton C. Peelle, past president of the Bar Association of the District: Charles | H. Tompkins, Robert Ash, Enoch Chase, Henry Ravenel and a group | of delegates of the local chapter of | the fraternity at George Washington | University. IOWANS TO DANCE ‘The Towa State Society will hold a | reception and dance Saturday at 8:30 pm. in the Willard Hotel in honor of the two new members of Congress from Iowa and their wives—Repre- sentative and Mrs. Hubert Utterback Gwynne. The entire Iowa delegations in the Senate and House are expected to attend. League to Hear Goldstein. A meeting of the Young People’s League of the Bnai Israel Synagogue at Fourteenth and Emerson streets. will be addressed this evening at 8:30 o'clock by Alfred Goldstein, local at- torney and new vice president of the | Argo Lodge, B'nai Brith. His topic | will be “The Aims and Ideals of B'nai | B'rith.” Bold Thief Steals Policeman’s Coat In Station Locker He Even Breaksthe Door to Obtain Loot at Third Precinct. It looks as though the ~pollce are in for it. On Sunday they were greatly em- barrassed to report the theft of patrol wagons from the third and seventh precincts, but since these were recov- ered, they do not feel so badly about that. However, Policeman Earle L. McNale of the third precinct discovered today that some thief had the nerve to in- vade the station house and steal his overcoat from his locker on the second floor. Furthermore, he had locked the locker and the thief had broken the door. ‘The coat is valued at $30 and be- longs tb the Police Department. r i JUDGE 1 SPEEDY; Sbciety and General | | | | [ | | A 1! \ | | | ENPLOVERS DRAFT ISIRANERUN Capital Group’s Program Would Protect Those Mak- ing Under $2,000. ' Believing Congress scon will adopt | | legiclation providing some kind of un- ! employment insurance, a group o(“ | leading Washington employers yester- | day drew up a plan outlining their preference. : 1t would protect only employes mak- i ing under $2.000 a vear. Employers would contribute 2 per cent of pay | rolls on salaries under $2,000, em- | ployes 1 per cent of their salaries. to establish an “unemployment reserve.” | The plan adopted also urged that | the State, or here the Federal Gov- ernment, contribute to the fund ai sum equal to the amount contributed ! by the employers. | Meeting One of S The zroup met in the Willa%d Hotel. with W. W. Everett, vice president of | Woodward é: Lothrop, presiding. and Edward D. Shaw. sec: v of the Mer- chants & Manufacturers’ Association. serving as secretary. The meeting was one of 183 similar | meetings held in cities throughout the | country under general chairmanship | of S8amuel W. Reyburn, president of PAGE B—-1 CITY HEADS READY 10 AMEND BILL, CURTAILING POWER Hazen and Allen Willing to Safeguard Schools From Spoils System. BOARD WOULD RETAIN APPOINTIVE RIGHTS Business and Civic Leaders Will Voice Opinion at Hearing on January 186. Moving to allay resentment am school officials, Commissioner Mel:. C. Hazen said today the District Commissioners are willing to amen:i the proposed bill designed to gi® them veto and directional power oue: hitherto semi-indcpendent boards, as to safeguard 2gainst system. He said he thought the Commic- sioners would be agreeable to takinz the initiative in adding some safe- guarding clause, which would assurc the Board of Education of continued authority over appointment of teache:s and school officers and over determina- tion of educational policies. Seek Reviewing Power. He specified. however, that I thought the Commissioners shoul have power to review decisions re- garding school administration which were not concerned with the technical phases of education. Citing repai to buildings and furnaces as an e e2mple. Hazen said the ultimate 1c- sponsibility for such matte: be centered in the District A public hearing on the propos measure will be held January 16 the public schoo introduction of the spoil }10 a.m., when representatives of bu ness, civic and official organizatic: and agencies will be invited to e:.- press their views. “There is no reason for al! this t2: about a spoils system being intic duced in the public schools,” declaret Hazen. “We never had that in min<l and would oppose it as much as an one else.” Allen Agreed to Change. Asked specifically whether the Cor: missioners were willing for the =2 pointive power over the superinten ent of schools to remain in the Boa of Education, Hazen said they we: Commissioner Allen egreed vi' Hazer in his willingness to chan the propozed bill so as to protect ti merit system which has giown up i the public schools. “I am sure the Commicsioners woul ' e willing to agree to inclusion of provision which would make certai.i i the Associated Dry Goods Corp. of | Our public school system will not 5 New York, to congder various forms ; Subjected to a spoils system of polt- of unemployment legislation now be- | ical appointments,” Allen asserted. fore Congress. Board Members Irked. An employe making more than 2 $2,000 a year would not be required to! The present draft of the bill, which contribute anything, nor would his|Would give the Commissioners power | employer for_ him.’ Mr. Shaw ex- |over all acts of the Board of Educa- plained, the theory being a person tion, yesterday aroused the ire of making more than that sum would be | members of the School Board. five of able to set up his own reserve. Those | Whom said they would not continue making under it. however, would con- | t0 serve if the bill were passed in its ! tribute the 1 per cent toward setting | existing form. Ena up a reserve for themselves or fellow | | Meanwhile, three citizens' associa- LDl U s L e e er year, it was expla: . BET yeR 5 expiaine | would curtail tie powers of the Boar | Difference of Opi: ;cr Education to make appointment There was a diffcence of epinion | 40¢Y Nere the Georgetown Progre:- as to metheds through which the re- sives, Forest Hill and Michigan Pa.. cerves should be set up. The majority favored a State-wide pool. which, it ion. associations. was explained, aims to assist those industries with the greatest fluctua- tions in employment. Others favored a pool by an industry or group of in- dustries, while still others favored a segregation system by individual em- | ployers. The record of the vote here was sent to New York headquarters, where, ! under the chairman. a consensus of | business men from all over the coun- try is being compiled. D. C.-LOS ANGELES AIR LINE TO STAR: Maiden Westbound Flight o Monday via Nashville, Dallas and Phoenix. Inauguration of Southern transco | tinental air transport service fro Washington to Los Angeles, delayr |GEORGE IS .PRESIDENT and Representative and Mrs. John W. | | Other Officers Are Selected by Organization of Business and Professional Men. Leo George, president of the Na- tional Federation of Post Office Clerks. has been elected president of the Y's Men’s Club of Washington, it was an- nounced today. _ Other officers were chosen as fol- lows: Phillip Murray. first vice presi- dent; Wallace Talley, second vice president; Gilbert Hyatt, third vice { president: Floyd McTyier, secretary and treasurer, and Fred Nettleship. George Richardson. Henry Porter, William Werber, William Otte. Ran- dolph Myers and James Lewis, all | members of the board of directors. The new officers will assume their | duties Thursday at the weekly lunch- | eon of the club at Olmsted’s Grill. | The club is composed of business and professional men interested in the Young Men's Christian Association IN U. S. WAREHOUSE Firemen Quickly Extinguish, Blaze, Aided by Automatic Sprinkler System. Firemen quickly extinguished a fire of undetermined origin in the trash shaft of the new Federal warehouse of the Procuremént Division, United States, Treasury ment, at Ninth ! and D streets southwest, shortly after 7 a.m. today. An automatic sprinkler system in the shaft was set off by the heat from the flames and aided firemen in/| quickly putting out the blaze. Fremen donned gas masks to make their way through heavy smoke inside the large bottom of the shaft. There was some | water on the first floor and in the basement of the building, but officials | expressed the opinion no damage had been done. Smoke and steam coming out the top of the shaft first made it appear from the outside as if there was con- siderable fire or: the upper floors of the structure. OF Y’S MEN'S CLUB| TRASH SHAFT BURNS | i pending the completion of a Depar ment of Commerce airway lin through Southwestern Virginia ar Tennessee, will be undertaken Sund: by American Airlines. ‘The new line will give Washing: its first direct connection with t! Southwest and will open to air tran | portation a new territory. includi the Tennessee Valley area and ti Western Virginia region. The schedule, as announced in Ch cago by C. R. Smith, president « American Airlines. according to a Associated Press dispatch. will call fc a 20-hour-and-30-minute trip fro | the Atlantic to the Pacific in the nev est high-speed Douglas and Curtic [ Wright sleeper planes. The first plane is to leave Los An geles at 7:15 p.m. Sunday and cro the continent by way of Phoeni Tucson, El Paso, Abilene. Fort Wort! Dallas, Memphis. Nashville and Wash { ington to New York. which is to b reached at 6:41 p.n. Monday. The first westbound trip is sched- i uled to start Monday afternoon. The high-speed planes are to make no stops between Washington ana Nashville, but the Virginia cities will ! continue to be served by airmail planes and later by local-stop passenger | planes, which will connect with the limited-stop high-speed planes. A.D. A HEA.D TO SPEAK Ilhlder to Address Council of So- cial Agencies Monday. John Ihider, director of the Allcy Dwelling Authority, will discuss the work of this organization at the Jan- uary meeting of the Council of Social Agencies Monday, Januaiy 14, at 12:30 o'clock luncheon at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets. An application from Emergency Hospital for membership in the coun- cil will be scted upon. K. C. CLUB DANCE SLATED The Kermess Committee of the Knights of Coluribus will hold a re- ception and dance in the Old Heidel- berg room at the Knights of Colum- bus Club. 918 Tenth street, from 8 o'clock until midnight Friday. John B. Coyle is in charge of arrangements. The next meeting of thc Kermess Committee has been set for Priday night, January 18, it was announced. Q